75 DAYS ? And Beaufort's
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CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES
47th YEAR, NO. 59. TWO SECTION8 TEN PAGlttS UOREHEAD CITY AND SEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY, JULY 25, 1958 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
Miss North Carolina on Vacation
Photo by Reginald LewU
During her week's vacation at Morebead City, Betty Lane Evans, Miss North Carolina, has been
"living it np". Here she rides a bumper car at Atlantic Beach Monday night. The next day, she
and Bonnie Fish, Miss Morehead City, visited Cherry Point Marine Air base.
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Postal Inspectors
Arrest Beaufort
Carrier Saturday
? Thomas E. Reipess
Charged with Theft
? Inspector* Say He
Stole Two Letters
Thomas E. Respcss, 44, formet
employee at the be.ii'ort postof
fice, has been arraigned by federal
authorities on charges of stealing
two letters from the United States
mail at Beaufort.
Respess was arrested late Satur
day evening by postal inspectors.
He waived preliminary hearing be
fore United States commissioner,
Matilda H. Turner, New Bern, and
was released under $200 bond.
J. P. Betts, Beaufort postmaster,
said yesterday that Respess was
relieved immediately of his posi
tion as special delivery postman.
The letters Respess is reported
to have stolen were two envelopes
containing parking meter fines, ad
dressed to the town of Beaufort.
Dan Walker, town clerk, explain
ed that the envelopes in which
overtime parkers may place their
fines, 50 cents, and sometimes a
dollar, are put in the postoffice.
Then the clerks put a notice in the
town's postoffice box that mail is
there on which postage is due.
Mr. Walker said that recently
the postage due notices would be
in the box, but when the mail was
called for at the general delivery
window, it was not there.
Postmaster Betts said he didn't
know when Respess' case would
go before the federal grand jury.
He said no one has been hired to
replace Respess. Special delivery
mail is now being delivered by the
driver of the parcel post truck.
Another Beaufort postal em
ployee was found guilty in April
1937 of misappropriating postoffice
funds. He was discharged, fined
$150, put under a year's suspended
sentence and on two years' proba
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Defendant Pays
$10 Fine, Costs
Herman Schurer, Cherry Point,
was found guilty in Atlantic Beach
major's court Monday night of
p u b I I c drunkenness, destroying
personal property and resisting ar
rest.
He was ordered to pay $10 and
costs plus $5 to replace a man's
shirt which he had torn.
John D. Lovelace, Cherry Point,
charged with public drunkenness
and breaking arrest, was fined $15
and costs.
Other defendants, charges
?gainst them, and penalties fol
low: James M. Provest, public
drunkenness, costs; Charles F.
Toxell, public drunkenness, $5 and
costs; Charles E. Short, Mariani
Guido, Thomas P. Obechuck, Wal
ter H. Rogers, Ellwood Gordon,
all charged with public drunken
ness, paid costs. They were from
Cherry Point.
Bill Rhoades. Raleigh, public
drunkenness and refusing to give
identification, $15 and costs;
Thomas Stroud, Kinston, public
drunkenness, $15 and costs; and
William T. Swift, Camp Lcjeune,
loud and profane language, $5 and
costs.
Two Boys Found
After Search
William and James Smith, 9 land
1 respectively, were found Wed
nesday morning after a night-long
search by Morehead City police
aid firemen, by the Coast Guard
and private citizens.
The two boya left their home at
2100 Fisher St., Morehead City,
early Tuesday morning, firemen
?aid. Their father, Yancey Smith,
reported them missing that night.
Private citicens Joined the po
lice and firemen in a search. The
Coast Guard began a search of
the waterfront by boat and vehicle,
covering an area from Beaufort
Inlet to the Morehead City Bridge.
When they hadnt been found by
7:J0 a.m! Wednesday, a general
alarm, 33, was sounded from the
(ire station.
Then the police got a call that
the boya were on Shackleford
Street. A police detail found the
two boys in the 1300 block of
Shackleford and picked up Jamea.
William, however, spotted the
police and ran away. It took the
police several minutes before they
found him under a house.
The boys were taken home and
their father Mid he planned to
take them to A. H. James, juve
nile judge. This marked the third
time that William has run away
(ram borne.
Miss North Carolina, B?tty Liar Evans of Greenville, looks over the Marine Fglhter F4D Skyrsjr,
which holds the title of the world's record for time- (o-climh speed. Miss Evans was visitlnf the Marine
Corps Air Station, Cherry Point, where she was appointed an honorary Jet pilot by the squadraa com
mander. (Official t'SMC Photo)
Pair Convicted on Morals
Charge in Morehead City
Mrs. Mary Murphy. Morehead <
City, and Frank E. Barker. I
Adamsvillc, N. C., were in More- <
head City recorder's court Mon
day, charged with registering in i
a rooming house for immoral pur- j
poses.
The couple was picked up by
Morehead City Police Capt. Carl 1
Bunch. Barker was fined $25 and 1
charged costs while Mrs. Murphy
got off by paying costs.
Andrew Midgett. Morehead City,
got the heaviest fine of the day?
$200.' He was convicted of driving '
after his license had been [evol^pd
Midgett was also taxed court costs.
Four defendants paid $50 and
court costs. They follow: Gordon
C. Hollingsworth, Greensboro,
passing a worthless check for ISO;
Robert E. Parker, Morehead City,
assault; William L. Stagg, Chapel
Hill, speeding; and Mack T. Har
rell, Pinetops, careless and reck
less driving.
Leroy Motes, Morehead City,
was in court on two bad check
charges. In each he got a six
month sentence suspended on pay
ment of costs and the checks Id
question.
Hattie E. Morris, New Bern, and
Mary E. Sweargian, Augusta, Ga?
paid costs for being drunk in pub
lic.
Gary T. Hart ma*. Camp Le
Jeune paid costs a( a previous
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court action and charges of fail
ing to comply with a court order
were dismissed.
Frank Johnson, Swansboro, and
Wesley R. GUscow, Camp Le
leune forfeited cash bonds. Both
lad been charged with speeding.
Cases against Durwood B. Wil
is, Robert A. Wilkins and Hazel
V. Bradshaw were continued.
Beauty Queen
Tours Down East
With Jaycees
The Beaufort Jaycees took Miss
Vorth Carolina on a tour of eastern
Carteret County yesterday after
loon Members of the club picked
ip Betty Lane Evans at the More
lead Biltmore Hotel at noon.
The first stop was at the Sea
>v?l Inn, where lunch was served.
Vftrr an auto tour of the Down
Sast communities, Miss Evans and
he Jaycees returned to Beaufort
or a guided tour of the town con
kicted by Grayden Paul.
After seeing the historic places
n town. Miss Evans weat to the
lirport where Jaycee J esse Tajr
or was waiting with a plane. He
ook Miss Evans on an aerial tour
4 the county.
Talent Judges
Choose Raskin
Cherry Point ? Sgt. Arnie Rai
kin, Marine Corps Air Station,
Cherry Point, captured second
place honors in the Fifth All-Navy
Talent Contest semi-finals held at
Norfolk, Va., July 11.
Raskin appeared in the More
head City Centennial Variety show
last summer, at the Centennial
ball and has been seen over tv
stations in eastern Carolina.
He captured second place hon
ors at Norfolk, with his impersona
tions of Peter Lorre, Arthur God
fer, Walter Brennan, Ed Sullivan
and Jerry Lewis.
Sergeant Raskin, Jubilaat over
his second place victory stated,
"The audience was very receptive
and an outstanding group to play
for. You couldn't have asked for
a better audience, and In my three
years of entertaining, I don't bssi
tate In saying that I have sever
played to a greater group. Maybe
an equal group, but not better."
Ladles Entertained
Down Eart Lions entertained
their wives Tneaday night at a
Indies' night Meeting at the Sea
Level Inn. Following dinner,
gamea were played. Joe Mason,
the club's new president, was mas
ter of ceremonies.
Prisoner Re-Taken Tuesday
Four Hours After Escaping
Sam Foe, right, looks glum after his attempt to escape from a prison gang failed. With him i* an
unidentified employee of the State Prison Department and in the foreground one ol the bloodhounds uaed
in Tuesday's search.
Millworker Held
For Stabbing
Robert Cplson, Beaufort, is be
ing held in the county jail on a
charge of stabbing Charles Bru
ton, J>8, Sunday cast of Safrit's
lumber mill.
Bruton was taken to the More
head City Hospital by Guy Sprin
gle, chief of police, where he un
derwent an emergency operation
for knif$ wounds in the abdomen.
Also cut, allegedly by Colson,
was Walter Bruton, Charles' broth
er. He was cut on the arm, ac
cording to Bruce Edwards, deputy
sheriff.
Colson claimed that the Brutons
jumped him and pulled knives on
him. To protect himself, he said
he had to cut them. The three
men are employed at Safrit's mill.
Bond on Colson had not been set
by yesterday. No hearing has been
docketed. Authorities arc waiting
to see whether the elder Bruton
recovers.
Towns Endorse
New Agency
Telegrams from Beaufort and
Morchead City went to Raleigti
yesterday, addressed to the com
mittee conducting a hearing on
the advisability of eatablishing a
state waterways commission.
The telegram from C. T. Lewis,
Beaufort mayor, read, "I heartily
endorse the organization of a sep
arate waterways commission for
North Carolina. It is our belief
it is vitally needed and will mag
nify the marine potential of this
state."
Telegrams from Morehead City
endorsing a waterways commis
sion wire from Mayor George Dill
and the chamber of commerce.
Attending the hearing from Car
teret were J. A. DuBois, manager
of the Morehead City chamber of
commerce, and W. H. Potter,
Beaufort.
TMes at tke Beaufort Bar
(Eastern Standard Time)
Tide Table
HIGH
LOW
Friday, July 25
3:07 a.m.
3:46 p.m.
9:35 a.m.
10:25 p.m.
Saturday, July 26
4:14 a.m.
4:46 p.m.
10:34 a.m.
11:21 p.m.
Snday, July 27
5:19 a.m.
5:46 p.m.
11:29 a.m.
Moaday, July 26
6:17 a.m.
6:40 p.m.
12:15 a.m.
12:22 p.m.
Taesday, July 29
7:06 a.m.
7:27 p.m.
1:05 a.m.
1:JS 9*.
Wlwi deputy Brace Edwarda found ft lying town, restiac la the
woodt, Foe offered no retliUnce. He asked only for a driak. "I
thought he wasted a driak of whishey, hat all he araated waa water,"
said the officer. "After all, he'd heea raanlng far four hoars." Poe
la getting his driak above.
Fat tu kuM kack to New Bern priaaa uar hi Ac track at ?
rifht At Ml an depatlri Brace Edward* aad Kanhall Ajnc* ,
talking wtth a pritoa faard. At right la another frieea qaku cat- |
pierce wUk a llif? I,
? Sam Poo, 19
Found at Otway
? Was Sorving Time
For Burglary
Sam Poe, 19-year-old pris
oner who walked away from
a crew repairing the Mar
kers Island bridge Tuesday,
was recaptured several
hours later at Otway, a short
distance from the Crow Hill
Road.
Poc, formerly ?n honor grade
prisoner, will be tried in Carteret
superior court in October on a
charge of escaping, W. F. Jacobs,
superintendent of the New Bern
prison camp, said yesterday.
Serving 2-4 Years
Jacobs said Poe was serving
two to four years on a charge of
breaking and entering and larceny.
Because he was convicted on a
felony, he must stand trial for es
cape in superior court rather than
county recorder's court.
Poe was with a bridge crew
composed of seven of his fellow
prisoners from the Craven County
prison camp. During the lunch
hour, while they were in the shade
at the end of the bridge, Poc
walked away. Because all the pris
oners were honor grade, none of
the guards were armed.
Officers Called
Time of Poe's leaving the crew
was 12:20 p.m., according to Bobby
Bell, deputy sheriff. When the
sheriff's department was notified
of the escape, deputies Bell, Bruce
Edwards and Marshall Ayscue
went into action.
Poe was reported to be walking
north along the shore, so deputy
Bell requested Douglas Lewis, Ot
way, to take Him in Lewis's out
board motorboat southward from
Ward's Creek bridge.
When Poe saw the outboard com
ing toward /him, he beaded into
the woods. He came out on the
Crow Hill ltoad in the vicinity of
the Wilton Davis home and started
toward the house, but the Davis's
German shepherd dog, Tina,
changed his mind.
Chased by Dog
The Davis children described
"the man Tina chased" as a col
ored man wearing dark blue pants
and a light blue shirt. Poe con
tinued along the Crow Hill Road.
Deputy Edwards found him be
tween 4 and 4:30 p.m. lying in a
patch of woods near the road.
Meanwhile, the New Bern cainp
had been called and for the second
time in one week, Jacobs, the
superintendent, with his blood
hounds, came to Carteret County.
He had been called Tuesday, July
IS, to track down Roland Lewis
of Otway, charged with assault
with intent to kill his daughter.
In addition to the Carteret offi
cers, two prison guards and J. W.
Sykes, highway patrolman, were
looking for Poe.
Poe was convicted in Whitcville
but is originally from New York.
Id the future, Jacobs said, he will
work oo the roads under armed
guard.
Ira S. Morris
Wrecks Auto
Ira 8. Morris, ?7, Atlantic, suf
fered only a little cut on hii arm
in an accident at 12.45 p.m. Wed
nesday which demolished his car.
Morria, driving a 1956 Ford, was
headed east on Highway TO west
of Atlantic when hia car ran off
the highway on a curve. It went
to the right 225 feet, hit a utilities
pole, cut it in two, traveled an
other 90 feet and turned over once,
coming to rest on its wheels. The
accident happened near the
Charles Hamilton residence.
Mr. Morris said be remembered
the car going off the curve, but
after that be couldn't remember
what happened. He was examined
at Sea Level Hospital and dis
charged.
No charges were filed. Patrol
man J. W. Sykea investigated.
Outboard Boat Runs
Aground off Shackloford
A 20-foot outboard motorboat op
erated by George A. Johnson, Shel
by, ran agroond near Shackleford
Banks about noon Tuesday. Fort
Macon Coast Guard station got a
call at 11:10 and sent a launch to
lid Johnson. ,
Coast Guardsmen John Gaakill,
Norvie GUlikin, Aulcie Farmer,
Eugene Carpenter and Jack Miller
?rent on Um call. They freed the
boat and towed it to Sonny's
Ctuaowar Yacht Basin