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hht CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES 47th YEAR, NO. 61. TWO SECTIONS TEN PAGES MORE HEAD CITY AND BKAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY, AUGUST I, 1968 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS Solicitors Convono in Morehead City i Photo by Bob Seymour Solicitor Robert Rouse, Farmville, left, tells of an incident that occurred while he was making prepa rations for the solicitor's convention at the Morebead Biltmore Hotel last weekend. His audience includes, left to right. Sheriff Hugh Salter, Beaufort, Horace Koraegay, Greensboro, outgoing chairman of the association, Attorney General Malcolm Seawell, Lester V. Chalmers, Raleigh, incoming chairman, and Judge W. J. Bundy. Calvin Adams, Broad Creek, Dies from Accident Injuries -4 Historical Group Meets Saturday At Ennett Cottage The summer meeting of the County Historical Society, ?t the Ennett cottage on Bogue Sound Saturday afternoon was attended by 40 members and guests F. C. Salisbury, president, presided. Among the guests were Mr. and Mrs. D. L. Corbitt of Raleigh. Mr. Corbitt is connected with the State Department of Archives and His tory. In this connection, he also serves as organizer of county his torical societies. In a short talk he expressed his pleasure in the progress and ac complishments of the society since be organized it four years ago. He also made suggestions for creating greater interest In local history among the younger generation. Mrs. Inez Una of Davis gave a well prepared paper covering the early history of Davis, Davis Is land and the township. She is a descendant of the first family of Davis to settle along Core Sound. Recognition was made of the death of L. B. Ennett on June 28. He was one of the society's faith ful and loyal members. A nominat ing committee, consisting of Mrs. W. A. Mace, Mrs. Lucille Smith and A. D. Ennett was appointed to present a slate of officers to be Voted at the October meeting. This gathering at the Ennett cottage was the third annual meet ing there. On each occasion A. D. Ennett and John S. Jones have acted as hosts at a watermelon cutting. In the absence of the secretary, Mrs T. T. Potter, this office was filled by Mrs. Mace. The October meeting will be held in Beaufort. Miss Ethel Whitehurst will present an historical sketch on the early ?hipwrecks along the Carteret i coast. Seven new members joined the society Saturday. Newport Rotary Hears Report On Attendance C. S. Long, attendance chairman of the Newport Rotary Club, pre sented his annual report at the .dub meeting Monday night at the school lunchroom. Program chair man Roy T. Garner presented Mr. Long as his "program". Mr. Long complimented the club for keeping ita attendance in the upper bracket of the district. He discussed the duty of each Ro tarian so far as attendance was concerned. Mr. Long suggested use of the "buddy system" in at ' tendance. Through this system each mem ber is responsible for the attend ?nce of his partner. The club has had great success in using the pro gram in previous years. , Club president Junius Creech an nounced that Rotary District Gov ernor W. Jesse Moye of Farm ville will attend the Aug. II meet ing of the Newport club. Visitors and guests at the meet ing included Dr. A. F. Chestnut. Morebead City. William T. Boyd, guest of Rotartan John TomlinsOa, and former Rotarian Derryl Gar Finnen Called Gene Smith called the Beaufort Fire Department at 1:30 p.m. Wed nesday to report a fire In the marsh near his home at Shell Landing. The Beaufort rural truck went to the fire but the marsh grass on fir* was surrounded by water. It burned itself ??L ? Two persons, one of them from Broad Creek, died *s the result of injuries received in an auto ac cident at 3:30 Tuesday afternoon 200 yards west of the Carteret Craven line on Highway 70. Cal vin Fair Adams, 34, of route 1 Newport (Broad Creek) died Wed nesday morning at the Cherry Point hospital. Marvin Gray Sawyer, 18, route 2 Roper, N. C., died several hours after he was admitted Tuesday to the hospital at Cherry Point. Saw yer was a brother-in-law of S/Sgt. Alfred O. Mauer, USMC, driver of one of the cars. Adams was driver of the other car. With him was his brother, William C. Adams, 40, also of route 1 Newport, who was criti cally injured. Pelvis Broken Others injured were Mrs. Alfred O. Mauer, 24, of Cherry Point, who suffered a fractured pelvis, and the Mauer's four children, Patricia Leigh, <; Mitii Ree, &; Alfred Otto )f., S, and Dwight Anthony. 2. All the children suffered cuts and bruises. Sergeant Mauer was not hurt. William C. Adams suffered frac tured rib* and abdominal injuries. Sawyer's major injury was * skull fracture. According to Patrolman C. C. Jones, who investigated. Adams was driving a 1956 Dodge and was headed toward Newport, lie and his brother were employed by a contractor at Cherry Point. The Mauers, in a 1954 Ford, were headed toward their home at Cher ry Point, coming from Atlantic Beach. Rainy Downpour Patrolman Jones said it was raining hard at the time and the Ford apparently went into a skid and into the path of the Dodge. Patrolman W. E. Pickard of Car teret County was the first officer at the scene. He said it appeared as though the Ford skidded, turned and slammed into the Dodge, the cars coming together sideways rather than head-on. Both cars are a total loss. The injured were rushed by am bulance to the Cherry Point Hos pital. Bell and Munden ambulance of Morehead City carried four of the injured. Patrolman Jones said no charges will be filed pending further inves tigation which will include a cor oner's inqu??t. 11? said date of the inquest will depend on the condi tion of the injured. The funeral service for Calvin Adams was conducted at 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon in the Church of God, Broad Creek. The Rev. F. W. Patrea, pastor, conducted the service, assisted by the Rev. Ed Jones. Burial was in the Broad Creek cemetery. | Mr. Adams is survived by his wife. Bertha; three daughters, Martha Ann, Mollie Lou and Vir ginia Eleanor, all of the home; his father, David Fair Adams; three sisters, Mrs. George Taylor and Mrs. Eva Mason, route 1 Newport; Mrs. Amasa Murdoch, WUdwood; and two brothers, Odell and Wil liam, both of route 1 Newport. Linen Strvkf Truck Bocks into Parked Car June* Edward Wllklns, driving a Washington Unen Service trock, backed into a packed car near the mate gat* at the part terminal at 12:45 p.m. Wedaeadar. police re ported. The ear, a Plymouth, waa owned by a Marine, George Bel trw, who la atatidaad at the port. Morebead City Police U. Cart Blomberg investigated the acci dent. He aaid Urn truck wm not damaged. t)amage to the car waa eetimated at OR. There were no chargea. Nine Rounded Up In July on ABC Law Violations It has been a rouch month for violators of the whiskey laws. M. M. Ayscue, ABC officer, reported yesterday that nine have been haled into county court for posses sion of coastal corn (in the west it's called mountain dew). Alfred Anderson and his wife, Beaufort, were arrested again Sat urday night for possession of boot leg whiskey. Anderson it under suspended sentence for a previous violation of the ABC laws. Hit case was continued yesterday. Picking up the evidence at the Anderson home were Officer Ays cue, Chief Guy Springlt and (Mis Willis of the Beaufort pottM de partment, and Bruce Edwards, deputy sheriff. The same officers, on Friday, ar rested Herbert Baum, who lives in the 400 block of Pollock St., Beau fort, and Clayton Steel, who lives in a place on Baum's property. Eleven jars of bootleg whiskey were found under Steel's bed, Of ficer Ayscue reported. Baum said that he rented Steel's place to Steel. Both men were charged with possession of whis key. Baum was fined $25 and costs and Steel ISO and costs. Other violators who appeared in court this month were George Wells, J. O. Edwards, L. W, Davis, Richard Hill, and Zelua Gillikin. Port Calendar Morehead City Port Igadl? Due Monday to load to bacco for Manila. Hartvlg Maerslt? Due Wednes day to load tobacco for Keelung. Kerkedyk? Due Aug. 13 to load tobacco for European ports. 2!4-Year-Old Nearly Drowns In Shore Hole Two - and - 1 - half year-old John Lynn Eldred, son of Mr. and Mrs Kenneth Eldred, 205 S. 10th St., Morehead City, narrowly escaped drowning at S p.m. Wednesday when he fell into a deep, newly dredged hole along the shore at the south end of 10th Street. Mrs. Georgia Day Eldred, grand mother of John, said that the little boy had gone down to the shore with his father and older brother, Kenneth, 10. Mr. Eldred waa work ing on his skiff, pulling it up on the shore, when his older son, Ken neth, ran to him and said, "Daddy I Look, run!" The 2 Wye a r -old waa floating face down in the water. He was limp and had stopped breathing. The father grabbed him, bent him double and ran his finger down his throat. The child vomited, but later examination at the hospital revealed that there was probably little water in his lungs. Mrs. Eldred, the grandmother, reported that the doctor said water probably got up the child's nose and he was suffocating when he was seen floating. Mr. Eldred said that the hole was about 5 feet deep and that it is even deeper at high tide. It was evidently dug during the past sev eral weeks since the Gordon Wil lis fish house property changed hands. The hole is just west of the fish house. The grandmother said that many children play along the shore at the foot of 10th Street and are not aware that the deep hole has been dredged. Mayor George Dill, Morehead City, said that "anything over board" is not the town's responsi bility. He said the hole was prob ably dug by the owner of the prop erty. Roland Lewis Case Continued Continued yesterday in county re corder'! court was the cue of Ro land Lewis, Otway, charged with assault on his young daughter with attempt to kill. Lewis's attorney, Henry White hurst, New Bern, requested that the preliminary hearing be contin ued until Thursday, Aug. 21. Lewis, who was arrested July IS, has been released from the county jail under $2,000 bond and has returned to work at Machine and Supply Co., Beaufort. According to authorities, Lewis drove his 3-year-old daughter to a lonely road at Emerald Isle on the night of July 14 and attempted to take her life, as well as his own, by carbon monoxide poisoning. Lewis had rigged his automobile with hoses leading from the ex haust to the inside of the car. His daughter was found lying near the car the next morning and was taken care of by neighbors. Lewis was later found west of Emerald Island by Coast Guardi men from Bogue Inlet station. Since taken into custody, Lewis has been given psychiatric exam ination;). Bond for his release was posted by his employer, W. J. Ipock, the sheriff said. 40th Anniversary Today Duffy Rowe ... at Us desk Duffy H. Rowe, Railway Ex- i press agent, Morehead City, ob serves his 4Mb anniversary with the Railway Express Agency to day. Born and reared in New Bern, Mr. Rowe became affiliated with the company Aug. 1, 1918. He came to Morehead City Sept. IS, 1923 and since that time his faiuifully managed the Railway Express office on S. 6th Street. Five months before coming to Morehead City, Mr. Rowe and Miss Vivian White of MaysvWe were wed. They live now on 4th Street. Mr. Rowe was at one time a member of the Morehead City Lisas Club and li a member of the Benevolent and Protective Order Elks aad the Masonic > ? ? . Workmen Clean Bridge With Hand Brush** Workmen were buay on the Morehead City- Beaufort bridge across Newport River thii track. They're cleaning the concrete aide railings with brtubeal The meticulous ele"u~cg Job is ia preparation (or painting the bridge with cement and sand and filling in crick*. Newport Alarm Newport firemen went to the home at Carl MiUa, highway IV east of Newport, at 1:43 p.m. Wed nesday. A patch of woods behind the Douse was afire, but the fire waa out by the time firemen ar rived. " ABC Officer Hears Report On Operation of Drive-ln < Higher Postal Rates Go into Effect Today New postal rates go into effect today. It is estimated that the five months of higher rates, August through December this year, will boost postoffice receipts approxi mately 20 per cent. Harold Webb, Morehead City postmaster, said postoffice receipts for 1957 were $72,055.56. The in crease will boost 1958 receipts by more than $14,000 for a pearly total in the neighborhood of $86, 000. J. P. Betts, Beaufort postmas ter, aaid total stamp and stamped envelope receipts at the postoffice in 1957 were $31,644.21. The higher rates will mean an increase there of more than $6,000, putting the yearly total in the vicinity of $38, 000. Regular first-class letters will require 4 cents postage an ounce; air mail letters 7 cents an ounce; air mail postal cards 5 cents each, and regular postal cards 3 cents each. Where mail users still have on hand supplies of 3 cent stamps, 2 cent postal cards, 4 cent air mail postal cards and 6 cent air mail stamps, they may be used by the addition of an ordinary 1 cent stamp. Plenty of these are on hand at local postoffices, plus large sup plies of new 4 cent stamps, 7 cent air mail stamps, 5 cent air mail postal cards and 3 cent regular postal cards. Stamped envelopes arc avail able in the needed denominations of 4 cents for regular first-class letters and 7 cent air mail letters. The 4-cent stamp which will be used on most first class letters is the same 4-center that has always been available. It is of fuschia (lavender) color, showing the right profile of Abraham Lincoln. A special 4-cent commemorative stamp will go on sale Aug. 28 Us theme is the Lincoln-Douglas de bates. ? I MAIL VOLUME SOARS _ , v> '$? . i mu or ss* ,,-:T iivJf * * ? , ! Durham Woman Runs Afoul Of Law in Morehead City Two eases involving Margaret P. Vadesc of Durham were trans ferred to superior court from Morehead City recorder's court Monday. In one ease she was charged with theft of goods valued at over $100. Judge Herbert Phil lips found probable cause and bound her over under $250 bond. The state charged that the de fendant and a male friend took a tv set from a downtown Morehead City motel. The tv was valued at $149. In the second case the woman waa found guilty of registering at a motel for immoral purposes and fined $100 plus court costs. She appealed the decision to superior court and bond In that case was set at $250. Also appealing to superior court was George Dudley. Judge Phil lips had sentenced him to 30 days on the roads for assault on a fe male. His bond was set at $100. A M-day suspended sentence was invoked when the judge found Joseph Hewett guilty of failing to pay $25 per week for the support of his family. Two Flaed $1M Two defendants were each fined $100 and ordered to pay court costs. They were Hazel V. Brad shaw, found guilty of careless and reckless driving and driving with out lights, and William L. Roof, found guilty of careless and reck less driving and driving drunk. Lelaod K. McDowell paid $50 and costs for speeding and run ning a stop signal. Jane D. Lamp ley was fined $25 plus costs for driving without a license. Judge Phillips told her she could get the Tide Table TMei at ike Bcaafart Bar (Eaitern Standard Time) HIGH LOW Friday, Aag. 1 9:26 a.m. 3:11 a.m. I ?:3S p.m. 3:29 p.m. | Salardar, Aag. t 10:09 a.m. 3:M a.m. 10:11 p.m. 4:M p.m. Mar> Aaf. a 10:53 a.m. 4:12 a.m. 10:U p.m. 4:40 p.m. | Mwdar, Aag. 4 11:35 a.m. 5:0T a.m. 11:3T p.m. 5:25 p.m. I Taetdar, Aag. I 12:1* a.m. 5:40 a.m. . - $25 back if she presented a valid license within one Month. Harold R. Fcngcr was ordered to pay $25 and costs after being found guilty of speeding and run ning stop signals. Eugene Hessee was charged $10 and costs on one count of public drunkenness. The state elected not to try him on another count for the aame of fense. Those who paid costs were Coley F. Tesh and Richard Lee Manning, public drunkenness, and Norman H. Avery, allowing an unlicenaed person to drive. Those who forfeited bonds fol low: Clarence D. Adams, running < stop sign; Wayne L. Price, im proper turn and running a stop signal; James B. Harper and Clen nie L. McCabe, running stop sig nals; Randall G. Johnson, no 1958 license plates; and Robert A. Wil kins, careless and reckless driv ing. The state elected not to try the following defendants: Carlton Pitt man, charged with forcible tres pass; and Mrs. Doming P. Jen kins, charged with driving without ? license. Cases were continued against Robert Dudley, Robert Jack Sha fer and Mark Stevenson. Hartvig Maersk To Call at Port The Hartvig Maersk, making her maiden voyage on the Maerk Line's new Weat African aervice, will make port at Morehead City Wedneaday. Here the Hartvig win load to bacco (or Manila, reporta Bob Hicka, agent. Built in Denmark, and commis sioned late laat year, the ahip ia of 6,110 deadweight tona, approxi mately 410 feet long. Diesei-pow ered, it hai five large hatches and four bolda all mechanically ven tilated for the atowing of perish able freight. It also has deep tanka for transporting liquid cargo. The ahip will come here from New York, call at the weat coaat of this country before continuing to Africa and then to its home port in Denmark. Captain of the vessel ia JL P. Hearing Held Tuesday 1 Relative to Beer License Lawyers paraded 28 witnesses to the stand in Tuesday's hearing in which certain citizens of the Wildwood com munity were trying to have Mrs. Ann Sykes' beer license revoked. Mrs. Sykes operates Ann's Drive-In. The hear ing was conducted at the courthouse, Beaufort, by Earl L. Weathersby, hearing officer for the North Carolina Board oi Alconol control. Testimony wasi being recorded (or presentation be fore the ABC board. Mr. Weatbersby said he would present the case to the board at its meeting next Wednesday if possi ble. The board meets the first Wednesday of each month. Representing the citizens who want Ann's Place closed down was Judge Luther Hamilton, while Claud Wheatly represented Mrs. Sykes. Judge Hamilton called the first 15 witnesses. Neighbor Testifies The first witness was Mrs. B. 0. Ketner, who lives Just across US 70 from Ann's Place. She tes tified that as late as 1:20 a.m. she had been disturbed by loudspeak ers at the drive-in. Under questioning by Judge Hamilton, she revealed that "loud profane, vulgar language ' could be heard coming from the place. She reported frequent fights, es pecially around Marine pay days. Mrs. Ketner also made remarks about Mrs. Sykes' personal life, testifying that shortly after her former husband (Guy Avery) left, Timothy "Sonny" Sykes began liv ing with her. When Mrs. Sykes took the stand later in the trial she declared that Mr. Sykea lived in the drive-in, sleeping on a roll away bed, until they were married on April 12, 1?5T. During a cross-examination by Mr. Wheatly, Mrs. Ketner admit ted that she had never talked to Mrs. Sykes about the drive-in with reference to the disturbance it al legedly created. Mra. Ketner said the only time they had talked was when Mra; 8ykes had brought a petition by and asked Mr to sign it. Hie petition was directed at having her beer license renewed, according to Mrs. Ketner. Husband Testifies The second witness was Mr. Ket ner, who testified to substantially the aame thing as his wife. When Mr. Wheatly asked him if he had been annoyed by the drive-In since March 12, 1958 (the date of the fatal shooting of a Marine at the drive-in when the Marine Corps immediately put the place off limits), Mr. Ketner began, "Mr. Wheatly, I'm glad you asked that question. When a place is on pro bation ..." but he was cut off here. Mr. Weathersby asked him to merely answer the question with a yes or no. Mr. Ketner then said that be had not been annoyed since that date. Mr. Wheatly asked if Mr. Ketner had ever complained to Mrs. Sykes, her husband or any of the employeea of the drive-in. Mr. Ket ner aaid he had complained to the sheriff and deputy Bobby Bell. His complaints, came as the result of fights outside the drive-in. Mrs. Walter Whitley was the next witness. She testified that she lived about three-tenths of a miles east of the drive-in. Even at that distance, she declared she could hear disturbances at the drive-in quite clearly. CsnsisUoa Wakes Her Mrs. Whitley mentioned one spe cific instance. She testified that on Saturday night, Feb. 1. she was awakened by a commotion in her yard. Two men (she waa sure they came from Ann'a place) were Bee HEARING, Page t Wednesday Was Year's Hottest Day With Scorching 94 Wednesday wis the batted day of the year, according to weather obierver Stamey Davis. Mr. Davii reported nil the mercury climbed to M In the ihade. Re ports from the beich were ?? high m 100 ia the dude. ? I The wind hai ; bees from the southweat all week but Wedaeaday there waa hardly enough breeze to atir a leaf. There waa no rain in the immediate Marehead area dur ing the paat week. Maximum and minimum temperature! and wind direction for the week follow: Max. Mia. WW Sunday ? T? SW Monday M 78 SW Tueaday O 74 SW WodOMdar ? . M 74 6W } School Sets Up Graham Davis Scholarship Fund In memory of Graham L. Davis, Straits, the Graham L. Davis Scholarship Fund has been estab lished at The Medical School, Uni versity of Minnesota. Mr. Davis, who died in Morehead City Hospital July 4, as the result of injuries received in an automo bile accident June 30, was a na tionally known hospital consultant and established the course in hos pital administration at the Uni versity of Minnesota. James A. Hamilton, professor and director of the course, says, "It is fitting that the memory of Graham Davis should be honored by the establishment of a student scholarship fund in the field of hospital administration, which was the area of his greatest interest and one in which he made prob ably his greatest impact, among many notable achievements. "Not the least of these was his part in setting up the course at the University of Minnesota. The fund will permit us to carry on, to some degree, the tradition of service to which his whole life was devoted. "We are proud that the Univer sity of Minnesota has been given this trust." No flowers were sent for Mr. Davis's funeral. Persons wishing to pay tribute to Mr. Davis and his family were invited to con tribute to the scholarship fund. Youth Assist In Leaf Harvest Between SO and 60 young people ?re helping with tobacco harvest under the agriculture youth pro gram, Robert King of the farm la bor office, Beaufort, reported yes terday. The youth program, he added, has worked out exceptionally well this summer. J. D. Lilley, of the farm labor office, said that farmers are well pleased with the tobacco crop. The leaf is ripening faster as dry weather prevails. Farmers are getting good cures and the pound age is good. They have been pleased with the new variety, 187, Mr. Lilley commented. In addition to the youth work ers, a crew of migrant laborers from upstate are helping with to bacco on Wayne West's farm at Newport and another crew is on Dan Oglesby's farm at Crab Point. The Crab Poin crew was winding up irish potato harvest this week. About half of the county tomato crop is being left in the field. The market has blown up and farmers can make no money on picking and packing the tomatoes. Many have already plowed under the to mato vines and are getting ready to put in another crop, Mr. Lilley said. Sweet corn is about 80 per cent harvested in this area. Water melons are plentiful and the price low. Paving Begin* Yesterday On New Highway 70 The State Highway Commission started paving new highway 70 (Cedar Street) through Beaufort yesterday. All traffic will be de toured. The first phase of the paving will be 1V4 inchea of asphalt with rock In it and the second and last phase will be 1V4 Inches of asphalt. It is estimated that the entire paving proceaa will require seven days. The state has made no decision aa yet on what route higway 70 will follow from Live Oak Street ?evoke* Ureases The state driver license division has revoked the licenses of four county motorist*. They are Harold Snipes, Harvey Leo and James Morris, More be ad City, and Flo rian M. Tomkowski, Cape Look out. All have boon convicted of drivJag drank.
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