ALL WHO READ
READ
THE NEWS-TIMES
CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES . .
47th YEAR, NO. 84. TWO SECTIONS TEN PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1958 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
Police Catch Three
Men Near Tackle Shop
Photo by Reginald Lewto
Lt. Joe Smith, Morehead City police department, frisks Thomas J. Casey, Camp Lejeune Marine,
after he was arrested in Morehead City Thursday night.
Impostor Nabbed
Early Yesterday
In the county jail yesterday was
Tom Parrish. 31, Galax, Va., who
is wanted in High Point on charges
of passing bad checks.
Deputy sheriff Bobby Bell ar
rested Parrish at a Morehead City
hotel at 2:30 a.m. yesterday. The
deputy said he was registered un
der the name of Bill Thomas.
Parrish was being held yester
day for High Point authorities. Ac
cording to deputy Bell, Parrish was
selling furniture as a factory rep
resentative for Bill Thomas of High
Point and Wyatt Exum of Galax.
Mr. Thomas and Mr. Exam
came to Carteret early Sunday
morning, carrying two warrants
for Parrish. The warrants, charg
ing him with passing worthless
checks, were turned over to deputy
Bell.
The officer, Mr. Thomas and Mr.
Exum went to the hotel where they
woke Parrish. Parrish admitted,
deputy Bell said, that he had
posed as "Bill Thomas." He calm
ly got dressed, went to jail.
Newport PTA to Hear
Program on Civil Defense
A 30-minute movie on Civil De
fense will be shown at 7:30 tonight
at the Newport Parent-Te?cher
meeting at the school.
Among the speakers on Civil De
fense will be John Valentine,
county director; the Rev. John
Cline, Beaufort; Dr. John W. Gal
ney, Morehead City, and Stewart
Daniels, Smyrna. All will speak on
a phase of the CD program.
Grain Shipment Today?
If weather permits, 7,500 tons of
corn will be put aboard the Trinity
at Morehead City port today. Rain
during the past three days has also
delayed work on the new grain
loaders.
Three Camp Lejeune Marines
were apprehended by Lt. Joe Smith
and Sgt. Bill Condic of the More
head City police force Thursday
night after they broke a window at
Jay's Tackle Shop, Evans Street,
Morehead City
The three, James M. Ginas,
Thomas J. Casey and Bobby R.
Murphy, all of Camp Lejeune, were
tried in Morehead City recorder's
court yesterday.
Glnas and Murphy were charged
with damage to personal property,
disorderly conduct, loud and pro
fane language and were fined flO
and costs. Casey, who was found
guilty on those counts aa well as
resisting arrest, paid $25 and costs.
Judge Herbert Phillips ordered
them also to pay for replacing the
window they broke.
Lieutenant Smith said J, ,C.
Simmons, owner and manager of
'Uo^Xafekl* Shop, was is flfc ihop
when he heard the window, oti the
5th Street side, crash at about 10:30
p.m. He ran out and saw the Ma
rines, all of them in fatigues. He
chased them west on Evans Street
toward Captain Bill's.
At Capt. Bill's he phoned the po
lice. Lieutenant Smith, with Ser
geant Condie, who was not official
ly on duty, went after the Marines
who had hidden behind the produce
stand at Arendell and 7th Streets.
The officers took them to the po
lice station and took from Casey a
fire axe that had been used to
break the window. They said that
all three, who were on temporary
duty at the port, had been drinking.
Officer Checks
Two Accidents
State highway patrolmen inves
tigated two accidents between 11
p.m. and midnight Saturday.
At 11 p.m. 25 feet south of the
Jones-Carteret line on the Mays
ville-Stella road a 1953 Podge
smashed into two asphalt-laying
machines. Driving the car, accord
ing to patrolman J. W. Sykes, w-as
Clarence Leo Melton, USN, sta
tioned at Norfolk. Melton was
headed south.
The patrolman said the machines
had Dares around them. The car
was demolished and th? driver
slightly shall en up H? said ha wm
going about 50 miles an hour in ?
heavy rain.
The accident happened just south
of the bridge.
Melton has been charged with
careless and reckless driving, driv
ing too fast for existing conditions
and driving without a license.
At 11:55 p.m. on highway 24 east
of Gales Creek a car driven by
Wiley Stallings, Newport, skidded
and turned over. Patrolman Sykcs
said Stallings was headed east.
In the car with Stallings were
Avon Millis, Kenneth Brown and
Troy Garner, all of Newport. They
were treated at the Morehead City
Hospital. The car was a total loss.
Mayor Proclaims UN Week
Mayor C. T. Lewis, Beaufort,
has proclaimed this week as
United Nations Week.
In the proclamation setting
aside this period, Mayor Lewis
commented on the founding pur
pose of the UN, "to save suc
ceeding generations from the
scourge of war."
The UN,. Mayor Lewis contin
ued, has been successful in re
storing peace to many troubled
areas of the world and has done
much to relieve suffering among
the unfortunate.
The mayor remarked that the
future effectiveness of the UN
"depends in large measure upon
the support given it by the Amer
ican people." Since an informed
public can best serve the desire
of all men for peace, freedom,
and Justice under law, be re
quests that everyone inform him
self fully concerning the United
Nations.
Hundredth Ship Docks Saturday;
Erlangen Loads Leaf for Germany
The Holland-American Er
for the state port, Morel
marked the first time that i
cial vessels have called at t
dar year.
Mayor George Dill heac
welcoming delegation cor
town's leading citizens. Thi
gen's master, Capt. A. Jac<
Port operations manager W
the mayor who introduced th<
presented Captain Jacobs wit
The key was engraved : Capt
100th Ship, 1958.
4.
new
racket*?
Eugene Espy, Morehead City,
is circulating a petition to be
sent to the postoffice department.
The petition requests that the
department have a postal Inspec
tor check on the activities of a
door to-door book salesman.
Mr. Espy says that the man
has accepted money tor books to
be delivered, then sent a form
letter to his customers saying
that he is temporarily sold out
but will make delivery "as soon
as possible".
According to Mr. Espy the
salesman made a sweep through
Morehead City in February and
sent the letters out in March. The
man's only address ia a New
Bern postoffice box number.
Anyooe who haa had a similar
experience is asked to contact
Mr. Eapy at hia home in Mitchell
Village and sign the petition.
2-Year-Old Boy
Struck by Car
William Ray Dingess, 2, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Billio Ray Dingess,
Broad Creek, was discharged from
the Morehead City Hospital yes
terday after being treated for in
juriei he received when (truck by
a car at 4:35 p.m. Friday.
According to patrolman J. W
Sykes, the child ran in front of a
car in front of the Broad Creek
Church of GoA Driving the car,
a 1953 Ford, wai Thomas M. Gar
ner, route 1 Newport. He took the
child to the hoapital.
The boy had cuts and a head in
jury. In the pedestrian accident
last Wednesday, Lathan Sweatt,
IS, Beaufort RFD, suffered ? bro
ken leg.
Sweatt was struck at 3:45. p.m.
on highway 70 four miles east of
Beaufort. Patrolman Sykes said
the car was driven by Benjamin
G. Borcn, Sarasota, Fla. Sweatt.
he said, had gotten out of ? car
ahead of Boren, walked behind it
to crou the road and did not see
the car Boren was driving.
No charges were filed against
the driver in either case.
langen was skip No. 100
lead City, this year. It
as many as 100 commtr
he port in any ona ca I en
led Saturday morning a
nposed of some of the
?y visited with the Irlan
>bs of Hamburg.
alter Friederichs introduced
s other visitors. Mayor Dill
,h a key to Morehead City.
. A. Jacobs, MV Erlangen,
During refreshments, the group
itscuased the progress of the port
ind the interest in port develop
nent shown by Holland-American
Ljnea The Erlangen has called at
he Morehead City port 12 timet
ilnce she was commissioned two
rears and nine months ago.
Captain Jacobs, who has been
naater of the Erlangen since she
vas christened, told a brief history
if hit ship. She was built in Ham
turg with work beginning in May
9S5. She was completed in Jan
lary 1956.
The Erlangen was named for a
ierman town. Germans have a
;r*at interest in maritime trade,
le pointed out, and towns and cities
ompete to have their names on
hips.
Tkf Erlangen, a freighter, his
uxurioui pa?sengcr accommoda
ion a for 12. She carries passengers
>etwoen New York and Hamburg
inly.
The Erlangen, as usual, stopped
n Morehead City to pick up to
>acco for Germany. Captain Jacobs
omplimented the Morehead City
ongahorrmen on the efficient way
hey handled his cargo.
TW growth M the port is a mat
er of personal pride to a great
lumber al Morehead1 City rtal
tenta, some of whan solicited trade
or Hie port at their own expense.
Five years ago only 23 commer
ial ahlps called at state port. The
onnage was 1*2,137 tans. In the
'ear ending June 30, 19S6, 64 cotn
nercial ships accounted for 297,397
ons. The report for the year end
ng June 30, 1957, ahowed (2 com
nercial ships snd 311,331 tons|
Continuing the steady increase,
he report for the past year is 117
commercial ships and 332,797 tons
if cargo. Business at the port has
>een so good that a new warehouse
arith 100,000 square feet of storage
space is being built.
There are already two ware
louses with M.OOO square feet of
irea and three transit sheds with
132,000 square feet of storage area.
In addition to the storage facilities,
lie port now has grain loaders, a
nodcrn tobacco fumigation plant
ind a trunkline railroad. Southern
Railway.
Visiting Captain Jacobs aboard
he Erlangen, besides the mayor,
vere Dr. B. F. Royal, a veteran
>romoter of the port; Lockwood
Phillips and Bob Seymour of THE
MEWS -TIMES, W. B. chalk, P. H.
leer Jr., and J. A. DuBois of the
chamber of commerce; Mrs. Wil
iam Davis of the Morehead City
Shipping Co., and D. G. Bell, coun
y legislator.
Photos by Bob Seymour
This group ot Morehead City business and civic leaders greeted Capt. A. Jacobs, second from left,
master ot the Erlangen, lOflth commercial ship to dock at Morehcad City this year. Pictured, left to
right, are Mayor George DUI, Capt. Jacobs, Joe DuBois, Dr. B. F. Koyal, Lockwood Phillips, W. B.
Chalk, P. H. Geer Jr., and D. G. Bell.
T Mayor George Dill, left, gets a good M at the Holland-American
Lines flag aboard the Erlangen. Capt. A. Jacobs tells the mayor and
other (Mats Ike significance of the flag
With the Armed Forces
Ronnie S. Ross, Stella,
Serves on Columbus
Subic Bay, P. I.? Ronnie S. Ross,
boilerman third class, USN, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Spencer R. Ross of
Stella, is serving aboard the heavy
cruiser USS Columbus which ar
rived at Subic Bay in the Philip
pines Oct. 3 (or minor repairs, and
rest and recreation (or the crew,
while on a cruise in the Western
Pacific.
The Columbus, flagship ot Com
mander Cruiser Division Three, is
a unit o( the US Seventh Fleet in
the Far East. Since mid-July, the
heavy cruiser has made brie( stops
at Hawaii, Guam, Tawian, and Ja
pan.
Army Pvt. William L. Sutton, son
o( Griselda Cotton o( Morehead
City, has recently completed his
MP schooling it Fort Gordon, Ga '
He is a 1953 graduate of Smyrna
High School. ,
He entered the Army May 21 c
and received his basic training at ^
Fort Jackson, S. C. For his new t
assignment he will go to Texas. t
Great Lakes, 111? Glenn Phillips, '
?on of Mr. and Mrs. Guy Phillips
of Stella, graduated from rccruit [
training Sept. 20 at the Naval
Training Center, Great Lakes, 1U.
The graduation exercises, mark- t
ing the ends of nine weeks of 1
"boot camp", included a full dress 1
parade and review before military [
officials and civilian dignitaries.
In nine weeks of instruction, the ii
"raw recruit" is developed into a I
Navy Bluejacket, ready for duty i
with the fleet. 1
Superior Court
Civil Term
Ends Friday
The week-long session of civil
:ourt ended Friday at the court
louse, Beaufort. Judge Clifton L.
floore, presided.
In the case of Barbara Dingeu
'I. Billie Ray Dingcss, the jury,
vhich deliberated for hours, found
hat the defendant had abandoned
lis wife and she was due alimony.
The details of the judgment had
lot been drawn up by press time
resterday.
Other cases were disposed of li
ollows :
Tucker Smith and M. S. Smith
irere permanently restrained from
ntertng the land of Abram Davis
Mtd J. Morton Davia on the Abram
Wis farm which borders on Tusk
Say in the eastern part of the
ounty.
The court ruled that A. B. Rob
irtf, T. J. Thomas and R. W. Free
nan, trading a? W P. Freeman
Vholesale Co. shall receive $633
ilua interest from Oct. 1, 1936
rom Joseph F. Johnson.
The plaintiff, Clyde R. Cannon,
ecovered nothing in the auit
oel Edmond King, his wife, Jane
'ause King and Fonvielle Realty
;o.. Inc. The plaintiff was ordered
o pay coata.
Gerald N. Fulcher agreed to non
uit in the case of Gerald M. Ful
her Co. va. Leon G. Potter. More
lead Block and Tile Inc. is en
itled to recover from H. C. Weat
irook $681.38 plus interest from
iept. 1, 1957.
Non-suited waa the action by
<ona E. Humphrey vs. George E.
tumphrey.
la the eaae, Julia Buchanan,
hrough her next friend, Addie Tay
or, vi. Grand Mobile Homes Salea
nc., mattera were settled by com
iromiae and the case dismissed.
Two divorces were granted dur
ng the latter part of the week,
!rnest Brown and Dorothy Brown
ind Hubert Le^ Stamps and Jeaaie
"illery Stamps.
C. N. Stroud Leads Farm Bureau Membership Solicitors
Jesse Holland Drives
Car into Side of House
Jesse Holland, Morehead City,
w?s charged with careless and
reckless driving after he ran his
1956 Chevrolet into the Tillery
house at 1000 Bay Street at 12:45
a.m. Sunday.
Patrolman J. C. Steele reports
that Holland ran off 10th Street and
smashed into the house, causing
about $1,000 damage to the build
ing and $300 damage to the station
wagon he was driving.
(Eastern Standard Time)
Tides at the Beaufort Bar
Tide Table
HIGH
LOW
Tusday. Oct. 21
8:20 a.m.
S:41 p.m.
9:43 a.m.
10:13 p.m.
Wedaesday, Oct. 22
4:19 a.m.
4:3* p.m.
10:37 a.m.
11:01 p.m.
Thanday, Oct. 23
9:13 a.m.
I<30 p.m.
11:2< a.m.
11:4$ p.m.
Friday, Oct 24
(:M a.m.
12:13 a.m.
p.m.
Firm Barcn aeahenhip nllcltor C. N. 8treai, Marrkrid CHy, right, uki Geerge Creech, WMwml
rimer. If be I* tf*j to Jeta the tami this yea*. Mr. Creech, W mne, (cratche* hi* hnl tirtag to
Ogtn eat why ?VM7 tamer aad >?<???? tat a* wttltag u he )? to *to the Fum Banu.
Mr. Mrari keep* Ulklaf. evea while he b writing ay Mr. Cnech'*
nuatenUf cut The Fira Bareu birhecae he wu Ulklaf "boat
||?I?I mlfhty |N 4 to Mr. Cnech.
The M|gn( Ibfle cog is fha Car
teret County Farm Bureau mem
bcrihip program ia C. N. Stroud
ol Morehead City. Mr. Stroud baa
already accounted (or more than
a fourth of thia year*! membership
goal. The county goal la 250; Mr.
Strand kaa flcaed ? mcsbarc and
associate members Wednesday and
wis still worUag.
Mr. Stroud, a semi retired to- {
bacco grower who atill operates
an up-state (arm, manages to find 1
plenty of lime to work on the Farm
Bureau membership drive every
yew. I
?*TV i
Signed. wiled and delivered ? another Beaker Is added to the
Farm Boreal. Mr. Creech ??? (he Nth aether a Lined ^ by Mr.
Stroud thlf year. ?
"I am (old 011 the work of the
Farm Bureau. It if one of the
greatest organizations in the coun
try for farm folks," be says. Of
course, Mr. Stroud accepts no pay
(or the work he does.
Then to always a pleasant side
to atUag farm Bureau member
shlpg. Moit o I the farmers In the
county are anxioui to Join the
bureau (or racial aa well aa eco
noroic reasons
'When Mr. Stroud called on
George C. Creech of the Wildwood
Community he found a willing lia
6m F AtM KU1EAU. Pa* t