i CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES ""
47th YEAR, NO. 73. TWO SECTIONS TWELVE PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT. NORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 12. 1968 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
State Shell Club
ToMeetinCounty
? Session Opens Tonight
At Camp Glenn
? Shells to be Exhibited
( In Fisheries Building
The North Carolina Shell Club
will meet in the county this week
end. The opening session will be
gin at 7:30 tonight on the second
floor of the commercial fisheries
building, Camp Glenn.
Dr. Theodore Rice, of the radio
biological lab, Pivers Ifland, will
speak on Radio Isotopes in Marine
{Research.
The club will go on a shell col
lccting trip to Cape Lookout to
morrow morning, leaving the Ang
lers Motel, Harkers Island, at
about 10:30 a.m.
Beginning at 4 p.m. tomorrow
in the commercial fisheries build
ing, there will be a business meet
ing and social hour. Shells will be
exhibited and will also be on sale.
Club members arc encouraged to
display their collections.
I The club is two years old and
has between 150 and 200 members.
It meets quarterly in different sec
tions of the state. Anyone interest
ed is welcome at the meetings.
Between 40 and 60 members are
expected at this weekend's ses
sion.
Civitan Club
To Meet Today
Morehead City's newly-organized
Civitan Club will meet at noon to
day at Capt. Bill's Waterfront Res
taurant.
i Officers of the club are Jimmy
Wallace, president; Walter Morris,
first vice-president; The Rev. Sam
uel Moore, second vice-president
and chaplain; Rufus Butncr, treas
urer; Joe Beam, lecretary; and
Kenneth Wagner, Ralph Styron
Hichael Taft, George Vickroy, and
Bernard Leary, directors.
The club will receive its charter
at a formal presentation ceremony
Saturday night, Sept. 20, at the
Morehead Biltmore Hotel. Mem
bers and their wives will attend
the dinner meeting, which starts
at 7 p.m.
Mr. Wallace points out that any
members who join the club be
tween now and the 20th of this
month will be charter members.
Men interested are invited to the
meeting at noon today.
The Morehead City Club was or
ganized by New Bern Civitans.
New Bern Club members have
been meeting with the new group
in Morehead City and will be pres
ent on charter night.
Building Costs
Total $61,690
Ten building permits issued dur
ing August by A. B. Roberts,
building inspector for Morehead
City, totaling $61,690, is the largest
for the year, not including the item
of $400,000 for a new warehouse at
'the port terminal.
Bell and Munden, funeral direc
tors, have been issued ? permit
for the building of a funeral home
on Arendell Street, at 22nd, at a
cost of $50,000.
A permit to T. T. Potter calls
for a storage building at the bulk
plant of the Sinclair Co. on Evans
street, costing $2,400. Kenneth Mc
Cabe, who recently lost his garage
by fire, will erect a new structure
costing $3,000.
New homes are being built by
Albert L. Hewitt, Bay Street, $2,
600 and George C. Williams Jr.,
12th Street, $1,500.
Balance of the permits cover al
terations, issued to Roy Ellis, Tay
lor Avenue, $250; E. R. Tyler,
27th Street, $450; A. L White, 22nd
Street, $800; R. L. Underwood,
11th Street, $200; Warren Duncan,
Shepard Street, $490.
Total coat of construction cov
ered by permits for the seven
months of 1958, not including the
item of $400,000 for the new port
terminal warehouse, $151,055.
Placement of Rout* Sign
Sends Cars by School
Parents of Beaufort school chil
dren suggest that one of the "70"
signs ou the new highway from
i the bridge be moved farther east.
' At present the sign is located at
Marsh Street. The arrow on the
sign points north on Marsh. There
fore, cars turn that way. Then to
get on to highway 70, they have
to go east on the block by the
school, thus creating more traffic
there.
If the sign were moved between
Marsh and Live Oak, parents say,
motorists would not be confused
> and would continue east another
block before making the turn do
L to 70.
Car Burns at Broad Creek
Photo# by J. W. Sykes
Newport firemen pour miter on burning car in the two photM
above, la the lower picture, the trunk lid is propped open to allow
water to shoot inside.
Robert Glazier Bound
Over to Superior Court
Robert Glazier, Morehead City,
waa bound over to luperlor court
from Morehead City recorder's
court under $500 bond Monday.
Judge Herbert Phillips found prob
able cause in the case in which
Ulazier was charged with break
ing into Whiteway Laundry Aug.
31.
Glazier allegedly took money
(less than $100) and a 1951 Ford
panel truck. He was also charged
with drtving the truck while he
was drunk.
Glazier, an employee at the
laundry, has served time in federal
prison for car theft. An orphan,
he came to Morehead City ? in a
car he stole, Chief Herbert Griffin
says ? but a church group decided
to look after him.
In spite of getting a job and a
home. Glazier periodically had
bnishes with the law, usually in
volving taking cars.
Enters Ballding
On Aug. 31, according to testi
mony, Glazier went to the beach
and after drinking beer, went back
to Morehead City. As an employee,
he had access to the laundry build
ing. so he went in, according to
Chief Griffin, took pennies that had
accumulated in the cash register,
got in a laundry truck and set off
for New Bern.
About four miles before he got
to New Bern, the truck had a flat
tire. He got out, the chief added,
wiped fingerprints off the truck,
walked to New Bern where he
boarded a bus and returned to
Morehead City.
When Kenneth Wagner, owner of
the laundry, questioned Glazier as
to the whereabouts of the truck, he
said he didn't know. Later when
in custody of police, Glazier told
the chief how he took the car,
wbere he had left it and how he
had returned to town.
Tourist Caterers
To Meet Monday
Business persons interested in
tourist promotion are invited to ?
meeting st 6:96 p.m Monday at
Captain Bill'* restaurant. More
head City. Dinner will be dutch.
Purposes of the organization are
to give national publicity to this
area, establish uniform standards
of operation of hotels, lodges, mo
tels, restaurants etc., establish a
policy on enter-area referrals and
state-wide referrals, and distribute
costs of a coordinated program.
Members of the organizing com
mittee are Michael Taft, Mrs. J.
B. Darker, W. L. Derrickson, Al
Dewey, J. Morton . Davis, lira.
Clayton F\ilcber Jr., Adam Mayer,
Ed Willard, Shelby Freeman, Joe
DuBois, Charles H. Wells and Au
brey Nichols.
Bob Simpeon, More head City, to
temporary chairman.
James Collins, Morehead City,
*aa fined (200 and coats for driv
ing after bis license had been re-,
voked He was also charged with
breaking and entering the home
of Beatrice Collins and disturbing
the peace. He was found guilty of
disturbing the peace only and was
taxed court costs and ordered to
stay away from the woman's
house for one year.
Pay $33, Costs
Melvin G. Woodman, Morehead
City, was charged $35 and costs
for speeding and running a stop
sign. Gerald Gore, Camp Lejeune,
paid $35 and costs for speeding
and driving with an expired li
cense. The judge told him he could
get $25 of the fine back by pre
senting a valid license to the court
within two weeks.
Two defendants paid $15 and
costs. They were Dewey Ellis,
Greensboro, guilty of careless and
reckless driving, and Walter M.
Wood. Kinston, charged with fail-,
ing to yield the right of way.
Richard Schmidt, Camp I^ejeune.
was fined $10 and ordered to pay
court costs for speeding and
scratching off.
Four defendants were charged
court costs. They follow: Mrs.
Julia Holt, Morehead City, run
ning a red light; Fiona Gore,
Morehead City, public drunken
ness; Aubrey Brunnctt, Dunn,
running a stop sign; and Robert
I.. Thompson , Raleigh, expired
drivers license.
' Charges Dropped
Edward L. Stinson, Raleigh,
showed a valid license and regia
tration card and charges against
him were dropped.
Clarence Pitts, Quantico, Va.,
and Leonard Dewey Phelps Jr.,
Morehead City, forfeited cash
bonds. Both were charged with
speeding.
Cases against the following were
continued; Pierson Willis, Louis
G. Casper, Berklin M. Snyder,
Eugene R. Roberts, James E.
Milby, Richard L. Manning, John
N. Co*, Lydia P. Grady. H. R.
Blake and Royal D. Golden.
Two Cars Collide
On Causeway
A 1950 Chevrolet driven by Louis
N. Lawrence, route 1 Beaufort,
was struck in the rear at 11 a.m.
Saturday in front of Bunch'a fish
inn camp on the Beaufort-More
head causeway.
Driving the car which struck the
Chevrolet was Alice H. Page,
Stella, according to Patrolman J.
W Sykes. She was in a 1958 Ford.
Both cars were headed east. Law
rence said that he slowed because
traffic ahead of him had slowed.
She couldn't stop in time.
No one waa hurt. Mri. Page
was charged with following too
cioaciy. Damage to the Chevrolet
wai estimated at $100, to the Ford
1200.
A 1956 Cadillac burned up at
2:45 p.m. Wednesday just west of
Broad Creek on highway 24.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Flippin,
of Kinston and Morchead City,
who were in the car, escaped and
their belongings were gotten out.
The Flippins were headed toward
Morehead City. Mr. Flippin told
patrolman J. W. Sykes that the
car started to feel as though its
brakes were on.
He pulled to the side of the road
and flames started leaping up.
Newport firemen put the blaze out.
Mrs. Flippin was driven to More
head City where she picked up her
car. Mr. Flippin is in the tobacco
business in Kinston. Their home
in Morchead City is at 2007 Shep
ard St.
Line Trouble
Cuts Power Flow
Two wires down on a pole on
Lennoxville Road Sunday morning
caused power failure in Beaufort,
on Radio Island, on the Beaufort
Morehead causeway and east to
North River.
George Stovall, local power com
pany manager, said that one of
the wires burned at an insulator
and the other under a hot line
clamp.
The first trouble call was re
ceived at the power company at
7:45 a.m. Then a call informed the
power company about the two
lines and their location (the caller
was not identified). Knowing where
the trouble was enabled the power
company to restore power to all
customers except those on the
Lennoxville line.
Power in Lennoxville was re
stored about 9:30 a.m.
Causeway Service Station
Robbed of Nearly $300
50 Men Meet Monday to Talk
Of Beaufort, County Future
Budget People
Hear Requests
For State Ports
A new warehouse and railroad
tracks costing $500,000 and a new
office building costing $32,000 arc
among the Morehead City port
items requested in the budget for
1959-61.
D. Leon Williams, executive di
rector of the state ports, appeared
before the advisory budget com
mission Wednesday at Raleigh.
The budget for both state ports,
Morehead City and Wilmington, to
tals $16 million in permamcnt im
provements.
The proposed Morehead City
warehouse would consist of 100,000
square feet.
Two warehouses, 80,000 square
feet each, costing a total of $790,000
are requested for Wilmington. New
railroad connections there would
cost $40,000. Total request for Wil
mington is $970,000.
Requests for $88,147 and $85,194
with which to expand operations
of the ports drew questions from
the budget commission as to why
the SPA couldn't meet these ex
penses out of its own funds.
Mr. Williams said there was a
net loss in operations of the ports
during the last fiscal year, where
as the year before showed a profit
of some $40,000.
Reason for this, explained Mr.
Williams, is that "tfce scrap iron
market is dead." This has affect
ed t>usiness considerably at the
Wilmington port, he said.
"When we get to the place that
we can show a profit on our op
erations, then we can pay back
to the state," the ports director
remarked.
? By B. C. BROWN *
News-Times SUff Writer
A group of some fifty of thf bus
iness and civic leaders of the area
met in the Scout building Monday
night, with W. H. (Piggie) Potter,
acting chairman of the group pre
siding.
The opening statement of the
acting chairman presented a broad
gauge challenge for cooperation in
agreeing on, and developing, the
many and real potentialities ?not
just of Beaufort? but of the county
and the area. He asked that they
state on individual cards their own
conccpts in the light of their own
thinking and interests.
He stated eloquent!} the belief
that if the attitude of the people I
has been an "If I can't you
shan't" attitude, it should be abol
ished and superceded with a shoul
der to shoulder cooperation In con
tribution of means, personal effort,
and above all, a willingness to
join with the consensus of the
thinking as to what can be de
veloped.
Enthusiasm Shown
The group seemed studiously en
thusiastic. By far, the majority of
those in attendance stated views
which, though at variance in de
tail, in their final objective were
essential in agreement.
For example, strong and well
considered statements were made
by Holden Bailou, Jo Barbour Jr.,
Glenn and Braxton Adair, Wiley
Taylor, Gray Haasell, Claud Wheat
ly Jr., J. F'iymond Ball, Bruce
Tarkington, B. J. May, Dr. W. L.
Woodard, George Brooks Sr., Gene
C. Smith, Gilbert Potter, J. P.
Harris, and others.
The potential in physical re
sources, while in the forefront of
the thinking, did not eclipse the
potentials in the human resources.
Mr. Tarkington and others em
phasized this. Mr. Tarkington said
he has to advise his students that
if they expect to succeed in com
petition with those schooled in
See MEETING, PAGE 2
MP Office Opens at Beach
Atlantic Beach Police Chief W. W. "BUI" Moore officially opens Ike new military police detachment
office Wednesday alternooa at Atlantic Beach. S/Sgt Donald R. Richards, tieft), who wai la charge of
the contraction of the baliding gives the chief his firing line iastractions as CapC John L. Dean, pro
vost marshal of Cherry Point, and Atlantic Beach mayor Alfred Cooper await the "rihboa cutting".
Following the opening of the MP office, Mayor Cooper entertained military and civilian police of Beers at
a barbecue luncheon at his beach home. (Official Marine Corps Photographs).
S/8gt Donald R. Richards, (seated) "mMrat ea glneer" of the aewt AtUatk Beech Military
Police Detachment Office, ta congratulated by police chief ?. W. "Bill" Moon faUewtac ike offWal ?pea
lag of Ike ba tiding Wedaesday afternoon. T/Sgt Paal Bray, left), NOOIC of ike Mora bead CBf Detaeh
neat, amOea Us approval. Cherry raiai pravoat marshal Capt. Ma L. Deam, (aeatars "baefca^" f/Bgt.
Richards durlag the opening ceremony. On the right of the phete an "cawtraeMea iau" ?iptin, CpL
N. 0. wyakafp. 8gt K. U Abraiat and Ffc. J. T. Caaaea wha aader the pMaaca el Seigust
arda, have speat the Uat aeath aa the )aiat UvUUa- military
State Reports
Traffic Count
? Highway Division
Checks Beach Bridge
9 Planners Consider
Traffic Control Devices
A traffic count was conducted
on the Atlantic Beach bridge by
the Suite Highway traffic division
over Labor Day weekend.
James Burch, head of the high
way commission'! statistics divi
sion, has reported to Mayor George
Dill, Morehead City, the results of
the traffic count.
Number of vehicles using the
bridge Friday, Aug. 29?7,250; Sat
urday, Aug. 30?13,100; Sunday,
Aug. Jl? 15,100. Between 7 p.m.
Saturday and 7 p.m. Sunday, ve
hicles using the bridge totaled
16,500.
During the Sunday period a
wreck occurred which prevented
traffic flow across the bridge for
four and a half hours. The statis
tics division states, however, the
mayor said, that It takes into con
sideration on a traffic count "no
extenuating circumstances;".
The mayor said that during the
count, Ted Garner, police com
missioner, queried beach and town
business people relative to business
volume. It was concluded that
business that weekend was about
75 per cent of what would have
been considered an "average week
end" during the peak aeason, June
15-Aug. 15.
Labor Day weekend followed the
first hurricane scare of the sea
son, Daisy.
The traffic count was taken, the
mayor explained, to help the state
determine what kind of electronic
control devices are needed to alle
viate traffic jams on the bridge
and in the areas at either end.
Car Hits County
Mosquito Truck
A 1954 Chevrolet driven by
Thomas Hayes, route 1 Newport,
ran into a county mosquito spray
truck at 7:10 p.m. Monday on
highway 24 in front of Hall's ser
vice station.
Patrolman W. E. Pickard said
both vehicles were headed west.
Driving the spray truck, which
was putting out fog, was Charlei
FUlingame, Beaufort.
Hayes suffered a bump on his
head. Damage to the car was es
timated at 1400; to the truck $300.
Hayes was charged with driv
ing too fast for existing conditions.
The patrolman said that the spray
fog was thick, hindering visability,
and the truck's red light was
blinking.
Car Hits Rear
Of Car Ahead of It
A 1957 Chevrolet driven by Oliver
A. Carraway, Merrimon, ran into
the rear of a 1957 Dodge driven
by Graydon E. Jordan, route 1
Beaufort, at 3:45 p.m. Monday on
NC 101 at Core Creek.
Patrolman J. W. Sykes said both
cars were headed toward Beau
fort. Jordan had stopped behind ?
school bus and was just regaining
speed when Carraway hit him
from the rear, the patrolman aaid.
Damage to the Carraway car
was estimated at $600 and damage
to the Dodge at $300. Carraway
has been charged with following
too closely.
Tide Table
(Eastern Standard Time)
TMm at the Beaufort Bar
HIGH LOW
FrMay, Sept. 12
1:55 a.m. 12:5t a.m.
7:15 p.m. 1:15 p.m.
Batartay, Sept. 11
7:40 a.m. 1:42 a.m.
1:08 p.m. 2:04 p.m.
Saaday, Sept 14
1:27 a.m. 2:28 a.m.
?:(0 p.m. 2:5$ p.m.
Maaday, Sept 15
?:17 a.m. 3 12 a.m.,
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? Night-Time Thief
Escapes with Loot
* Back Door Forced
To Gain Entry
Close to $300 in cash was stolen
from the Phillips 66 station on the
Beaufort- Morehead Causeway in an
after- midnight robbery Thursday.
Not only was money taken, the
entire cash register was carried
away. Cigarettes were stolen from
the vending machine, money was
taken from shuffleboard game and
juke box.
The sheriff's department reports
that approximately $130 was in the
cash register. Most of the receipts
from the cigarette machine were
in a cigar box kept in the bottom
of the machine. That was stolen.
The top part of the machine,
where the money is, was tampered
with but not broken open. Deputy
sheriff Bobby Bell said most of the
money was in the cigar box in the
bottom, and only about four or five
dollars in the top part.
The electric clock was stopped at
1:10 a.m., leading officers to be
,1ieve that the burglar pulled the
plug out at that time to keep the
clock light from revealing his
movements.
Allen (Buddy) Smith, who was
ion duty, closed the station at mid
night Wednesday.
Entry to the place was gained
by forcing a tack door in the grill
section of the station. From the
grill, or area'where food is served,
the burglar entered the service sta
tion section.'
The business, which includes boat
sales and reftair, is owned by Son
ny Lane.
Salvation Army
i Leader Speaks
Capt. William H. Abcrnathy of
[ the Salvation Army, New Bern,
was guest speaker at the Newport
Rotary Club meeting at the school
lunchroom Monday night. Captain
Abernathy was the guest of pro
gram chairman Lonnie Howard
and was introduced by Bob Mon
tague.
Captain Abcrnathy traced the
history x>f the Salvation Army from
its beginning as the East London
Mission in 1865. The Army now has
representatives in 84 countries
preaching in 102 languages.
The Salvation Army has been
represented in New Bern for the
past 71 years. In addition to reli
gious work, the Salvation Army
does a great deal of social work.
Last year, for instance, 379 tran
sient cases were bandied through
New Bern.
Visiting Rotarians at the meet
ing were I. E. Pittman and Bob
Howard, both of Morehead City.
Navy Ships Head
For Near East
Marines boarding Navy trans
ports at Moretwad City this week
are heading (or the Mediterranean
area. There U some speculation
that the ships, Cambri and Ogle
thorpe, may have Lebanon at their
destination.
An Associated Press dispatch
yesterday reported that a battalion
of 1,700 Marines will begin board
ing ships Monday at Beirut, Leba
non. and will sail directly to the
United States.
A battalion at the same strength
left Lebanon Aug. 14-15. Withdraw
al of the second battalion will leave
about 10,000 Marines and soldiers
in the force that began landing at
Beirut July IS at the request of
President Camille Chatnoun's gov
ernment.
Sewing Machine,
TV Stolen off Porch
A tv act and i portable sewing
machine, packed and ready for
mailing, were atolen from a porch
at 912 Fisher St., Morehead City,
Wednesday night.
Living at the home, according
to Lt. Carl Blomberg, who investi
gated. were Mr. and Mrs. Laymon
Calwell. They said they had packed
the items, left them on the porch
and went to bed. When they got
up next morning, the tv and sew
lg machine were gone.
Value a < the stolen goods is es
timated at $400. Mr. Calwell told
the officer that the tv had to be
repaired, as Lieutenant Blomberg
contacted tv rapair shops to tell
them to be on the lookout far the
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