CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES '?<
47th YEAR, NO. 37. TWO SECT10N8 FOURTEEN PAGES MORE HEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT. NORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY, MAY 9, 1958 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
New Trawler Rams Drawbridge
f nolo oy U6? stymour
This trawler was being towed through the Morehead City drawbridge Wednesday morning when the
current and wind caught it and forced it into an unopened leaf of the bridge. Drivers of the can that
waited for over an hour walked along the bridge to check the damage to the boat when the Coast Guard
towed it away.
The Morehcad City drawbridge
was closed to traffic from 10:30
a.m. until noon Wednesday. The
reason for the hold-up is pictured
here.
The boat in the picture is a new
trawler just bought by Garland
Fulcher of Oriental. The trawler
was being towed through the draw
when the current and wind caught
it and drove it into an unopened
leaf of the bridge.
Bridgetender S. D. Weeks re
ported that the east leaf of the
draw was under repair and he
was able to raise only the west
leaf. The tow boat, another trawler
owned by Mr. Fulchcr, made it
through the draw without difficulty.
Dallas L. Stowe of Oriental was
the pilot.
When the new trawl -r rammed
into the bridge, the tow line parted.
The wind and current held the
trawler against the bridge until
the Coast Guard pulled it free.
Coast Guardsmen BM/1 John
Gaskill and EN/2 Ronald Quldley
secured a line on the trawler and
towed it to state port where the
tow boat had tied up.
Democrats Schedule Meeting
For Tomorrow Morning
Chamber Lists
Pony Pennings
The Beaufort Chamber of Com
merce this week reported on the
pony penning! scheduled for this
summer.
Pennings will be held the first
Saturday of June, July and August
' at Cape Lookout. On Mondays fol
> lowing those Saturdays ponies arc
1 rounded up in Diamond pen at
Shackleford Banks.
Boats for pennings at both placet
leave from Harkers Island and
Marshallberg.
The only penning scheduled thus
far for the Fourth of July is north
of Drum Inlet at Ira Morris's
camp. Boats for that penning will
leave from Atlantic and Cedar Is
land Beach.
The "original" horse pen at "the
head of the hole" is on the banks
across from Stacy and there pen
nings will be held on the second
Saturday of June, July and August.
Boats for that penning leave
from Davis, Stacy and Atlantic.
The pennings attract tourists,
some of whom buy young horses
and take them home with them as
pets for children.
B. E. Tarkington
To Remain Here
B. E. Tarkington, 'principal of
Beaufort School, has decided to re
main as principal another year.
The board of trustees was In
formed officially of ' his decision
Mooday night at a meeting at the
school. ,
Mr. Tarkington had told the
board lakt month that he wanted
them to accept his resignation.
Upon learning of this, teachers and
others connected with the school
signed a petition requesting Mr.
Tarkington to remain.
At Monday's board meeting the
opening for football coach was dis
cussed, but no action taken. The
board haa received a good number
of applicants for; the position, the
principal said.
Bearing Postponed
The telephone rate hearing,
scheduled for Tuesday before the
State Utilities Commission, has
been postponed until June 17. The
postponement was granted at the
request of the East Carolina Phone
Fight Committaa's attorney, Sam
uel Behrends Jr.
"? County Democrats will meet in
convention at 11 a.m. tomorrow at
the courthouse, Beaufort.
All precinct committee members
and other Democrats in the county
are expected to be there, Irvin
Davis, chairman of the Democratic
committee, announces.
Precinct committees elected at
; precinct meetings Saturday are the
' following:
1 Davis ? T. B. Smith, B. S. Pond,
Virgil Styron, Miss Pearl Davis
t and C. H. Davis.
t Bettie ? Guy C. Gillikin, Gard
? ner Gillikin, Ivey Arthur, Minnie
? Gillikin, Roland Salter,
t Wildwood - C. A. McCabe, Jose
phine S. McCabe, Earl Murdoch,
i Curtis McCabe, Sam Garner.
I Salter Path ? George W. Smith,
Ty Frost, Joe Zajac, Edwin Guth
i rie, Flora Bell Pittman.
i Portsmouth ? Thomas Bragg,
i Marion Babb, Will Willis, Ernest
I Salter.
Pelletier ? S. B. Meadows, Mrs.
Edith Jones, L. P. Jones, E. L.
i Waters, Colon Brown.
Cedar Point ? Dr. L. J. Dupree,
Ralph Paul, Charles Dudley, J. S.
Jones, Mrs. Ralph Gordon.
Stella ? Gerald Pelletier, Mrs.
Bertie Pelletier, L. W. Pelletier,
J. D. Young. J. C. Barker.
Broad Creek ? J. C. Guthrie,
Coley Guthrie, W. C. Adams, Ber
tha Siebenschuh, Romaine Rose.
Beaufort ? C. G. Holland, W. A.
Smith, Mrs. Rosa Lee Salter, Otis
Mades, Leslie Springlc.
Sea Level ? Frank Taylor, Mra.
Earl Hamilton, Harvey Taylor, Ro
land Willis, Ralph Taylor.
Harlowe ? John W. Ives Jr.,
Mrs. James V. Tolson, W. C. Mc
Lawhorn, Paul A. Jarman Jr., W.
R. Conner.
Otway ? A. B. Lewis, Elnora
Lawrence, Tyler Lewis, Alfred Gil
likin, Leo Lawrence.
Merrimon ? Mrs. Lottie Cahoon,
B. G. Hardy, L. H. Hardy Jr., Wil
liam Pittman, J. A. Hardy.
Wire Grass ? G. L. Dudley,
Evelyn Jordan, David Dickinaon,
Mrs. Will Norris, Harry Edwards.
Harkers Island ? Charlie Rus
sell, Charlie Lewis, Henry Davis,
lrvin Guthrie, Danny Yeomans.
Cedar Island ? J. B. Goodwin,
Monroe Gaskill, Swindell Goodwin,
Mrs. Dora Day, Floyd M. Daniels.
Smyrna? George Hancock, Floyd
Chadwick, Earl Davis, Harry Chad
wick, Bertie Simpson.
Newport ? D. Ira Garner, Edith
Lockey, Edwin Garner, Nick Allen.
Marshallberg ? E. O. Moore, C.
R. Willis, Troy Moore, James B.
Gillikin, Velna Lewis.
Morehead No. 1 ? A. H. James,
A. B. Cooper, D. G. Bell, Mrs. Sam
Adler, Albert Lea.
Morehad No. 2 ? Harvey Hamil
ton Jr , Lenta Willis, Bobby Bell,
Bruce Goodwin, Mrs. Paul D. King.
Five of the IT precincts, Bogue,
Straiti, Williston, Stacy, and At
lantic, had not reported results of
their precinct meetings by mid
week.
Few Remain to Decorate
Graves of Bovs in Grev
I By F. C. SALISBURY
ir
For fifty years, a group of loyal
women of Morehead City, daugh
ter! and granddaughters of men
who wore the grey in that* civil
?trife of 1861-63, paid honor to their
ancestors, both living and dead,
on May It each year; a date set
aside to memorialize thoae vet
erans who bad answered the last
roll call.
And until the last veteran had
joined his comrade in the bivouac
of the. daad, these women looked
to the comfort and needs of such
soldiers.
The Emelina J. Pigott Chapter,
Daughters of the Confederacy,
Morehead City, was organised la
19M. Some fifty members formed
the chapter, which in later year*
reached a membership of over one
hOndred. The late lira. Char lei S
Wallace was the first president,
serving for several years, with
Mis* Eva Hardesty (Mrs. Charles
Tolsoo) a* recording secretary.
During the active years o< the
r.w #
chapter, programs of patriotic in
terest were held on cach Memorial
Day. Citizeni of the town and
county Joined with the members,
gathering at Bay View Cemetery
where tribute was paid, both to
the living and dead, in word and
acta of decoration.
As the ranks at the men in grey
thinned with passing years, so did
the membership of the chapter. A
faithful few who up until two years
ago endeavored to carry on the
day's observance, have finally been
obliged to disband the chapter.
Not only in Morehead City, but
in other towns of the South where
May 10 is observed as Memorial
Day, there will be many graves
of those wearers of the grey that
will not receive a wreath of green
in remembrance of sacrifice and
service.
Suspends License
The state highway safety division
has suspended the driver's licenae
of Lenster T. Morton, Morehead
City RFD.
Chamber Bestows Distinguished
Citizen Award on Town's Mayor
Beaufort Chief Locks Up
Four Charged with Fighting
Released from the county jail <
under bond are four men charged
with diaturbing the peace and fight
ing Saturday night in the house and
on the street at 115 Moore St.,
Beaufort.
Ivan Lawrence, Otway, was in
jured in the fight and was treated
at the Morehead City Hospital.
Ivan is charged with fighting
in the home which is occupied by
Mrs. Gertie Gillikin and her two
small daughters. Also charged with
fighting in the house ia Keith Law
rence, Otway, and M. T. Gillikin.
These three then ended up in the
street, .according to Guy Springle,
chief fo police.
Eldon Gillikin of Virginia, and
M. T. Gillikin, who lives on Craven
Street, Beaufort, are charged with
disturbing the peace and using loud
and boisterous language.
Warrants were sworn out by
Chief Springle Tuesday afternoon.
Chief Springle said that he does
not know why the fight start ad. He
said the men had been drinking.
Hie chief, who lives across the
street from the Gillikin house said
he went to the house when he heard
the brawl.
Neighbors reported that for the
past year they have seen men go
ing In and out of the bouse, which
they say is occupied by women
other than Mrs. Gillikin. On sev
eral occasions, complaints about
the house were made to the police,
but when the police checked, they
said nothing "out of order" could
be noted.
Ivan Lawrence, cut in the fight,
was taken to the hospital by Chief
Springle.
The welfare department is now
investigating the case, relative to
the welfare of the two small girls.
Mrs. Gilltkin's husband is report
edly stationed with the Coast Guard
"somewhere in the north."
The bouse ia rented to Mrs. Gil
likin by the farmer Margie Paul,
now at Waabington, N. C., accord
ing fa Chief Springle. '
National Guard
To Attend Camp
Several Morchead City bus
inesses were given warm praise
this week by First Lt. Merritt E.
Bridgman, commanding officer of
Battery C, 690th Field Artillery
Battalion, for permitting National
Guardsmen in their employ to at
tend the 15-day active duty field
training period at Fort Bragg June
8-22.
"Field training is the climax of
our entire year's work," said
Lieutenant Bridgman, "and it is
imperative that every member of
battery C attend."
At Fort Bragg the Guardsmen
work as a closely-knit combat unit
putting into practice the knowledge
acquired during 48 armory drills
during the preceding year.
"Unless every member of our
unit is present," said Lieutenant
Bridgman, "we cannot operate ef
ficiently and our training mission
will suffer.
"Businesses which encourage
guardsmen to attend summer
camp are performing a patriotic
service," the unit commander said
"A strong reserve force saves
our nation many millions of dol
lars in tan money," he continued,
"and we are proud that our local
businessmen are giving ua their
support."
The businesses which employ
guardsmen who will attend camp
are Morehead Garment Co., Sun
shine Laundry, Willis Brother's
Lumber Co., Morehead City Ship
building Corp., Sanitary Fish Mar
ket and Restaurant, Lloyd A. Fry
Roofing Co., Inc., Blanchard's
Electric Service and Carteret Con
crete Co.
E. O. Moore Reports
On Tax Collections
Tax collections thus far this
year are a bit ahead of last year,
E. O. Moon, county tax collector,
told the county board Moaday
morning.
The Utal collected for April was
*25,800.76. Of that, $23,806.05 was
on the 1867 levy and *1,882.71 en
1864 and prior levies. Percentage
of the 18(7 levy collected thua far
la 88.15.
E. L. Brinson, collector of de
linquent personal property taxes,
collected *881.18 last month.
No property advertised for tax
sale Monday was bid in. Names
of delinquent taxpayers must be
advertised, as required by law,
before further legal action can be
taken to get 8 Judgment against
the property.
?
Beaufort Board
Rejects Proposal
On Fire Hydrant
Town Offers to Return
Rural Association's Title
To Tank Truck
The Beaufort town board de
clined Monday night to accept a
proposal for leasing a privately
owned fire hydrant to the Beaufort
Rural Fire Association.
The board said, however, that
the rural association was welcome
to do whatever it wanted to about
leasing the hydrant if it would like ,
to have back the title to the rural
truck. The title was turned over
to the town on condition that town
equipment answer fires in the as
sociation's rural area.
The hydrant is located out of
town, in the vicinity of Huntley's
corner on highway 101. The pro
posal to lease it for 10 years to
the rural fire association was made
by Huntley and Adams Insurance
Co.
The proposal was presented by
Leslie Springle, chairman of the
rural association.
The town fathers turned down
the proposal for the following rea
sons:
1. The town has been told by
fire underwriters that further ex
tension of the fire-fighting area
would make Beaufort citizens lia
ble for a higher lire insurance
rate.
2. Operation of the fire depart
ment costa $23,000 or a third of
the town's total budget and ??r
vices cannot be expanded to per
sona who do not help support the
department with tax funds.
Dan Walker, town clerk, said
that if Uie town would agree to
use the hydrant, fire insurance
rates of the persons living within
a thousand feet of the hydrant
would go down.
"I want the Beaufort Rural Fire
Association to understand this,"
Mr. Walker said, "I live within
a thousand feet of that hydrant
and even though my rates would
go down, I am againat any pro
posal which would lead to upping
the fire insurance rates of all per
sons in town."
Mr. Springle said that he could
not understand why the fire de
partment sends its equipment all
the way to Smyrna when no mem
ber of the rural association lives
anywhere near there. .
He was informed that under a
new agreement with fire depart
ments east of Beaufort the fire
trucks will no longer go beyond
Ward's Creek.
Cliff Toal
Gives Talk
Cliff Toal, vice-president
of Southern Railway in
charge of industrial develop
ment, was principal speaker
at the annual membership
banquet of the Morehead
City Chamber of Commerce
last night at the Morehead
Biltmore Hotel.
Mr. Toal and T. M. Von Sprecken
made the report that resulted in
Southern's buying control of the
AUantic and Cast Carolina Hail
road. "Mr. Von Sprecken and I
were appointed in 1953 to study the
situation down here. We advised
the board at that time to buy con
trol of the A&EC," Mr. Toal said.
"Even at that time it was evi
dent that Morehead City would
grow into an important port and
industrial city and that its popu
larity as a resort would increase.
"Morehend City will grow and a
sure sign of that progress will be
its growing pains. A sound blue
print for the town's growth should
be drawn up.
Industry is Interested
"There are industries interested
in this area ? industries that need
frontage on deep water. Finding
that space will be a problem. A
couple of bridges that will not
clear deep-draft vessels create a
serious botUeneck.
"To get around that problem ypu
must have sound planning, co
operation from everyone involved
and a good deal of somebody's
money," Mr. Toal commented. j
"We at Southern want you to j
consider us a part of the commun
ity. We are dedicated to giving you
the best rail service available but
our job does not stop there.
"We will support the chamber in
all its activities directed toward
improving Morehead City. The
chamber of commerce needs the
support of every business in this
area and Southern wants to do its
share.
Chamber Reflects Spirit
"The chamber reflects the spirit
of a city. An active chamber is
a genuine asset to any town while
an inactive chamber does more
harm than good.
"The chamber of commerce owes
a debt to the community, too. The
people look to the business leaders
in the chamber to steer the town
on a course that will be for the
benefit of everyone," Mr. Toal
added.
He concluded, "Southern is in
terested in Morehead City. We
want to see a well-rounded econo
my here. The port is important ?
so too are industry, tourists and
farming."
Banks to Close
All banks in the county will be
closed tomorrow, Confederate
Memorial Day. This includes
banks at Sea Level, Beaufort,
Morehead City and Newport.
Beaufort Seniors to Present Play
Photo by Bob Seymour
Mr. Geraate (Eraeat Carraway) walked late Ike middle of a qaar
rH between two of bis eervaats (J idle Moore aad Raymoad Gllllkla)
and waaad ap oa the floor la a sceae from The Doctor la 8pHe of
HlmaeU, a comedy that will be praaeated by the Beaafort sealora at
R toalfbt. "It takes more tfcaa big feet aW a walklu atlck to keep
aprlfkt to thla play." aaya Ernest
Ce?rge W. Dill Jr.
. . . diitlnxuiihed citlirn
Nine Pay Federal
Fines for Trying
To Take Loons
Nine Carteret men caught shout
ing loons and other waterfowl were
fined at New Bern Friday. They
appeared before United States
commissioner Matilda H. Turner.
The men were apprehended at
Emerald Isle April 25 by George
Ross, United states game manage
ment agent, in cooperation with
district 2 personnel of the North
Carolina Wildlife Resource* Com
mission.
Other alleged violators of the
federal game laws have also been
picked up and are scheduled for
hearings today at New Bern.
Men given hearing! Friday, and
the judgments, follow:
Wuodard Willis, route 1 Newport,
was found guilty of taking water
fowl in closed season and was fined
$25 ; Edward E. Salter, route 5 New
Bern, pleaded guilty to attempting
to take loons and was fined $25.
He was given a 30-day suspended
sentence.
Jim Willis, route 1 Newport,
pleaded guiHy to attempting to
take loons and was fined $23. Given
the same penalty on the same
charge were Sherman Salter,
James W Willis, both of route 1
Newport; and Jimmy Robinson,
Salter Path.
Jerry Pittman, Salter Path,
pleaded guilty to trying to take
loons. He was fined $25 and 120
of the fine was remitted.
James Salter and Kenneth Lewis,
both of route 1 Newport, repeated
offenders, were put on probation
for one year. Each was given a
30-day suspended sentence. Salter
was fined $25 and Lewis $30.
Loons are a migratory water
fowl which are not allowed to be
?hot at any time of the year.
While they have a fishy taste,
many people on the outer banks
like to eat them The feathers
are used to stuff pillows and bones
of the loon arc used for fishing
lures.
Mr. Ross explains that the loon
ii federally protected, just ai are
heron, sea gulls, and similar water
fowl. Anyone caught taking, or at
tempting to take loons, or other
waterfowl out of season, will be
prosecuted, game management
agents warn.
Mayor Gets
Plaque, Key
George W. Dill Jr., mayor
of Morehead City, was hon
ored last night at the More
head City chamber of com
merce membership meeting
as the town's Distinguished
Citizen.
The award, a plaque and key,
was given hy the chamber of com
merce for the first time this year.
It is intended to be presented an
nually. Presentation of the plaque
was made by Sen. Luther Hamil
ton, Morehead City.
The recipient was chosen by a
committee of five chamber of
commerce members whose names
have not been revealed. The giv
ing of such an award originated
with Bud Dixon, president of the
chamber.
Mr. Dill was first elected mayor
of Morehead City in 1943 and has
been re-elected si* times since, a
record in the annals of Morehead
City political history.
He is president of the North
Carolina League of Municipalities,
has actively promoted the port of
Morehead City, participates in
civic affairs and is a lay leader in
the First Methodist Church.
The mayor is manager of the
George W. Dill and Sons funeral
home as was his father, George W.
Dill who founded the business in
1900.
He represented the county in
1951 in the state legislature Mayor
Dill Is a member of the Masons,
Elks, past president of the More
head City Rotary Club, member of
the county board of health, and
former chairman of the board of
stewards of the First Methodist
Church.
Nine men were considered for
the honor, according to Mr. Dixon.
The mayor was chosen at the third
meeting of the committee which
considered nominations.
Stolen Car Hits
Power Pole Here
A 1953 Mercury, stolen from Sam
Aleasi, Havelock, was demolished
at 10:45 p.m. Wednesday. The car,
headed toward Morehead City, ran
off US 70 at the Amoco station
west of the Blue Ribbon Gub.
The car followed the general
direction of the highway, tearing
down mailboxes, signs and any
thing else in the way. It finally
stopped when it ran head-on into
a power pole in front of the Blue
Ribbon Gub.
Highway patrolman J. W. Sykes
said the car "folded up" when it
hit the pole. The driver of the car
must have been injured, according
to the patrolman, who said blood
was splattered all over the daah.
Civilian and military hospital!
and doctors in this area have been
alerted to be on the look-out for
a man suffering from severe cuts
about the face.
Governor Asked to Proclaim
May 22 as State Ports Day
D. Leon Williams, director of the
state ports, announced Monday on
a visit to Morchead City that Gov.
Luther Hodges has been requested
to proclaim Thursday. May 22, as
North Carolina Ports Day.
The day has been so designated
Harkers Island PTA Will
Sponsor Spring Festival
The PTA of the Harkera Island
School will sponsor a Spring Fes
tival at the school On Saturday
night at 7 p.m. ?
This will consist of a talent show
made up of school and local adult
talent, selection of school princess
and Island Popularity Queen, a ba
zaar, bingo and other festivities.
Refreshments will also be sold.
Admission will be IS and 2S cents.
TMe* at the Beaufort Bar
Tide Table
HIGH
LOW
May S
Friday, May
11.42 a.m.
1:22 p.m.
7:05 a.m.
7:27 p.m.
May IS.
1:07 a.m.
S:3S p.m.
May U
9:05 a.m.
S:3S p.m.
May 12
?:5S a.m.
10:2S p.m.
May 11
10:43 a.m.
U:U p.m.
Saturday, May
1:34 a.m.
1:1S p.m.
Sunday.
2:27 a.m.
3:10 p.m.
Moaday,
3:22 a.m.
4:04 p.m.
Tuesday.
4;17 a.m.
4:55 p.m.
to focua attention on the state's
deep water porta at Morehead City
and Wilmington, which generated
over IS million to the state'a
economy last year.
May 22 ia Observed nation-wide
ai Maritime Day. It was firat pro
claimed in 1835 in commemora
tion o I the departure of the SS
Savannah from Savannah, Ga., on
May 22, 1819. The Savannah made
the firat aucceaaful trans-Atlantic
voyage under steam propulsioo.
Mr. WUHama, who has recently
come to North Carolina from the
ports director's post in Georgia
aaid that Savannah "made a big
thing" of National Maritime Day.
tie was pleased to learn that
North Carolina ports, for the first
time this year, have taken an in
tereat In such observance.
North Carolina's observance of
a porta day was suggested edi
torially by THE NEWS-TIMES in
January 1857 and again early this
year. The suggestion has been ably
promoted and backed by the Mare
bead City chamber of commerce,
J. A. DuBois, manager.
At the chamber board meeting
Monday noon at the Sanitary Res
taurant, the baard discussed plans
for obaervlng open house from 1
to S p.m. May 22 at the Morehead
City port.
The Coast Cuard will alao be
contacted to learn whether the
Chilula, which bertha regularly at
the port, conld' be opened to Vta4
tora.
Further plana on observant* of
the day will be announced.