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AU. WHO READ READ THE NEWS-TIMES CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES "" 47th YEAR, NO. 84. TWO SECTIONS TEN PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1958 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS Train Wreck Blocks Highway A near-empty box-car turned over in front of Fry Roeflng Co. Wed nesday morning and Mocked highway traffic for nearly an hour. The box-car had several Items In it, with Beaufort as it" destination, but it toppled off Its wheels as H was being shifted out ol tie west track fJieto D> Urcimld lJ?wl? on state port property. The accident Is believed to hive been raised by the ear ahead of It Jamming In a switch. Officers in the picture are 14. Carl Blomberg and Sgt. Bill Condle of the Morehead City police department. Two Defendants Get Jail Time In Gfy Court Tw? <?(??<!??? got KMJay jai scnteocsa in MOfthead pity record er's court Monday. Edglfr -Taylor Morebead City, was convicted ol his second offense of public drunk enness within 1! months and Henrj Carter, also of Morefcead City, was convicted of breaking into th< property of Mary Truman. * ? Camp Lejeune Marines Jamei Ginas, Bobby Murphy and Thomai Casey were not tried for breakinf out a window in Jay's Tackle Shop However, Murphy and Ginas eac) paid $10 and costs for disorderly conduct and using loud and pro fane language. Casey paid $23 an< costs but he was also charged witl resisting arrest. George Collins, Morehead City was ordered to pay costs and glv< Eula Herring $38 to pay for a glasj . door that he broke at her house. Dean N. Layton, Colon, N. C. was fined $50 and ordered to pa] costs for careless and recklest driving. The state elected not f try him on charges that be let the scene of an accident. A judgment was entered agains a $100 bond posted by Atlantii Bonding Co. The bond was put u] for H. R. Blake of Kinston wh< was charged with passing $65 ii bad checks at the Jefferson Hotel Jessie A. Holland, Moreheat City, paid $10 plus costs for care less and reckless driving. Thos< who paid costs follow: Drlorfs Ana tenia, Beaufort public drunkenness; Paul E. Evey Camp Lejeune, and George R. Wal lace Jr., Morehead City, speeding Wayne Earl Thompson, Emerali Isle, failure to yield the right o way; LaVena and John O. Easton Morehead City, public drunken neu and fighting in public; am Alfred L. Taylor, Newport, m muffler and no light on liceoai plate. Alexander H. Neilson, Sea Level charged with public drunkenness forfeited a cash bond. > The state elected not to try twi defendants. They were Jame Brake, Kinston, charged with care leas and rcckless driving and driv ing after hia license had been re voked, and Harold A. Lee, Eln City, charged with driving with out a license. Caaes were continued against Um following: Haywood .Strickland Joseph Morgan, Mabel Hortoa Clem Bangert Gaskill, Leroj Weeks, Frank H. Bultman, Eddi, Martin Je. and George F. Lewis. Register Found The caah register stolen from th< Phillips' ? station Sept. 11 wai found recently in a trash dump a highway U by Ted Hall of More head City. One hundred fifty dot lari had been taken from the regia ter. Checks were still in it. Tin register waa turned over to tlx sheriffs department j Photo by Bob Seymour i A large crane time to get the ear back on Its wheels. The tracks across the highway, blocked by the wreck, were cleared by the state f?rt car mover. Traffic was moving by 1:15, about an hoar after the 1 accident. Yesterday afternoon ears again Jumped the tracks in the 4M and SW blocks of Arendell Street, but they did not topple over. Three Morehead Boys Steal 1 Two Trucks, Break into House ' Three 14-ycir old Morehead City ' white youths were back home thii week' aft^r serious brashes with the law last weekend in F.dgo , combe and Beaufort Counties. ' According to Philip Paul, chief of police at Washington. N. C? the > three boys stole a loaded lumber > truck at Battle boro in Edgecombe - County Sunday and drove It t? - Beaufort County. There, a mile - from the city limits of Washington, 1 N. C., the truck got stuck and the - boys abandoned it. Then, according to chief Paul, ' they broke into the 1- M. Bush ? houser home in Washington and ? stole toad. From there they en r tend i farm implement place and 1 stole a pickup t(uck. At they were lea rial Washing ton In the pickup, they had a wreck. One boy suffered cuts on . his wrist and another cuts on his [ (ace. The third was not injured. ( At that point they were picked . up by the state highway patrol. ? In a hearing before a juvenile - Judge in Washington, N. C., Mon i day morning, they were ordered I to pay all damages. Them 4wy were returned to BhttUMr* and placed in custody of the Edge-4 combe County sheriff's department. The hoys became involved in the weekend escapades after they de cided that they would run away from home. One of them has a reputation for being a trouble-maker and two reportedly are members of the Crows, a teen-age group of boys in Morehead City. Names are withheld because the boys are under 16 and come under jurisdiction of juvenile court. Curb Market Hours Today Will be 3:30 P.M. to 5 Because of the Home Demonstra tion Achievement program tonight, Home Demonstration curti market hours will be from 3:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. today. Friday hours usually are 4 p.m. to 6. The Home Demonstration curb market is located at 13th and Evans Streets, Morehead City. Thomas Parrish Gets Two Years on Check Charges Coroner's Jury Clears Pastor In Girl's Death ? Eye-Witnesses Give Testimony at Inquest ? Coroner's Inquiry Held Tuesday Night A coroner's Jury has found no criminal negligence on the part of the Rev. Clifton Styron, Davis, in the death of 4-year-old Mary Ann Reels, Negro child struck by a car Mr. Styron was driving. The in quest was conducted Tuesday night at the courthouse, Beaufort. Mary Ann died Monday, Oct. 13, I In the Morehead City Hospital, the ' day after she was injured. ? Witnesses at the inquest. Theo- I dore Johnson, Pearl Johnson, . Grover Murray and Sadie Murray, | alt of North River, said they saw the car strike the child. They said that the little girl was walking by the side of the road with a group of children, their backs toward traffic. Suddenly, Mary Ann ran out on the road in front of the car. Mr. Styron, who is 32 years of age, gave the same teatimony. W. J. Smith Jr., highway patrolman who investigated, also testified. The jury took 10 minutes to re turn its decision. On the jury were Orville Gaskill, E. W. Downum, Jack Neal, Paul Jones, U G. Dunn and F. M. Thompson. Coroner L. D. Springle conducted the Inquest. As an outgrowth of the accident, Mr. Styron was charged with driv ing with insufficient brakes. He was fined $10 and court coats in ' county caurt yesterday. JCstoHave Essay Contest The Morehead City Jaycees will sponsor i high school essay con test this year. Dr. Russell Outlaw was appointed Monday night to head the contest committee. The subject or the essays wil. bj My True Security. Prises and rules will be announced later. Vice-president Bill Singleton re ported on the district executive meeting conducted in Jacksonville last week. Mr. Singleton, Donald Davis and Jerry Willis attended the meeting. Thirteen members indicated that they would attend the general dis trict meeting in Jacksonville next Tuesday. Mr. Davis, Mr. Willis and P. H. Geer Jr. told the club they planned to attend the stale convention in Winaton-Salem Nov. 14-16. Dr. Outlaw was also appointed to head the Get out the Vote cam paign. The Jaycces will circulate hand bills and give out lapel pins urging people to vote tn the No vember elections. Mr. Geer was appointed chair man of the distinguished service award committee. The committee will poll bualneas and civic lead ers to determine the outstanding young man in the community dur ing the past year. Phono Company to Sell 48,773 Sharat of Stock Raleigh (AP)-The State Utilities Commission has given the go ahead signal to a request by Caro lina Telephone k Telegraph Ca of Tarboro to sell 41,773 shares of common stock. In its application filed with the commission earlier this week, the company said it will aell the stock at not less than S125 per ah?re. The company's present stock owners will have first ohancc to buy it on the basis *L one new share for each five thqp now own. Proceeds from the stock sale will be used to reduce tfie company's indebtedness on short term loans. where is he? Where is William Harvey Stod dard? The county draft board is look ing for him. MrB. Ruby D. Holland, clerk of local board 16, Beaufort, ?ays that Stoddard, when he regis tered, gave as his next of kin "Mrs. Harold Whaley, route 1 Morehead City". Mrs. Holland reports that mall addressed to him there is re turned marked "unknown". Any one who knows Stoddard's whe' 'abouts is asked to contact the draft board office in the courthouse annex, Beaufort. Otherwise he will be reported as delinquent to the United States district attorney. I/Veek of Grace For Tax Delinquents Ends Tomorrow The sale of property on which ounty taxes is owed will take place it noon tomorrow at the court louse, Beaufort. The sale was originally scheduled or noon last Saturday, but the heriff, as provided by law, can continue (postpone) it. Sheriff Jugh Salter chose to postpone the ale one week, since some of the lelinquents, he said, told him they vould be able to pny the taxes if (iven seven more days. Taxes may be paid up until noon omorrow. If no one buys the prop irty at the auction, it is baught by he county, which may then sell it f it chooses to do so. youth to Meet The Carteret County Youth for 'hrist rally will be held at Stacy frm Will Baptist Church tomorrow tight -at 7:90. Thom*? Parrish, charged with putting worthless checks into circulation, was sentenced to two years in state prison in county recorder's court yesterday. Judge Lambert Morris found Parrish guilty of signing a name other than his own to two $25 checks given the Morehead Biltmore Hotel. Since theae check* were passed, similar checks, to which Parns'i signed the name "Bill * Thomas" have been turning up in ? the Morehead City area. The | amount of the checks runs into hun dreds of dollars. Parrish was arrested at 2:30 i Monday morning at the Morehead Biltmore Hotel, a few hours before < he was planning to check out. The arrest was made by Bobby Bell, deputy sheriff, who had two war- i rants from High Point where Par- ' rish was also wanted. Michael (Bill) Taft, manager of Ihe Morehead Biltmore. was put on the witness stand by Wiley Tay lor Jr., solicitor, yesterday morn ing. Mr. Taft said that both the $25 checks were cashed at the hotel. When Mr. Taft returned Sunday from a trip to the western part of the state, he was informed by the night clerk that the sheriff's depart ment had phoned the hotel to tell them that the real "Bill Thomas" who lives at High Point had not signed the checks. Then Bill Thomas of High Point and Wyatt Kxum, Onlax, Va., (for whom Parrish had been working) appeared at the hotel with deputy Heii early Monday morning. Mr. Taft said he was wakened at 3:30 a.m. and In the lobby met Bill Thomas from High Point who aaid (hat Parrish had been signing his name to checks. After Mr. Taft's testimony, Par rish was asked if he wanted to take Ihe stand He said he did not, but later at the request of Judge Mor ris, took the stand. He claimed that he used the name "Bill Thomaa" with Mr. Thomas'a permission and said that ' he himself was not trying to "rep resent Bill Thomas". Parrish told the Judge that he is originally from Tennessee, and that - Bee YARR18H, rs|s 7 Wind Causes Schooner to Go Aground Tuesday Refloating ? $2 ? foot sailing schooner proved too much of a Job for either the Coast Guard or Car eret Towing Co. this week. At 3 j.m. Wednesday the sailing vessel finally slipped into deep water with 50th the towing company and the "oast Guard doing the honors. The schooner. Malabar II. owned jy Eddie J. Chamberlain, Essex, :'onn , called the Fort Macon Coast r>uard station at 11:10 Tuesday light. She reported that the wind vas causmg her to drag anchor >nd requested assistance. The schooner had been anchored n the channel near state port. When the Coast Guard boat ar ?Ive'i, the schooner was hard ?ground. The Coast Guardsmen n ado a survey of the situation and eft to return at high tide, about I a.m. The Coast Guard boat struck an inderwater obstacle and brut its jropeller in an effort to get the .chooner into deep water. At that ime the towing company was called in. The tag was unable to get the ichooner bsck into deep water ao it 3 p.m. the Coast Guard sent mother boat to asaist. At this time he combined efforts of both units re?d the schooner Members of the Coast Guard Tew were EN/1 Ronald Qiudley. EN/3 Norvie Gillikin and YN/3 terry Lewis. Water Firm Announces Operation of Wells Tide Table (Enters Standard Time) Tide* it the Beaufort Bar HIGH LOW Friday, Oct 24 6:00 a m. 12:12 a.m. 6:16 p.m. Saturday, Oct 25 6:42 a.m. 12:27 a.m. 6:57 p.m. 12:55 p.m. Sunday, Oct 2* 7:20 a.m. 1:06 a.m. 7:33 p.m. 1:36 p.m. Monday, Oct 27 7:S4 a.m. 1:47 a.m. 9:11 p.m. 2:16 p.m. Toeaday, Oct 26 1:27 a.m. 2:24 a.m. >:45 p.m. 2:56 p.m. Right Ship, Wrong Line Our sincere apologies to the Hamburg- American Line. The Erlangen, the hundredth ahip to load at Morehead City state port this year is a Ham burg-American ship. It was iden tified as a ship of another line in Tuesday's paper. Actually, the mistake is inex cusable, but as we told a county official one day recently, U there's anyone who has never made a mistake, we'll take his picture and run it on the front page with his life story.? The Editor., (See port pictures of Erlangen and other ships at port on page 7 this scction). Victory Lives Up to Its Name, Conquers Storm The Victory proved to be worthy t her name when s?ie rode out lie lashing three-day northeaster hat hit this area late Saturday light. The Victory, a 45 foot snapper ioat, made port at Morehead City Vednesday, her windshield broken ind flying bridge cracked from the icavy /en that craahed over it. Aboard the boat were its owners, V. M Reed and E. R. Reed, and fohn Newton, engineer and deck land. They anchored 60 miles offshore about 23 mites southeast of Frying Pan lightship, when the itorm hit. The Coaat Guard from here to Norfolk had been alerted, but the Victory made it to port under her own power. 'She tied up at Cap* Ottta Purifoy's dock in Morebead City. When the storm blew up, the boat couldn't come in, so its crew decided to anchor. They could cook nothing, because of the pitching and rolling. The men had a steady diet of sandwiches. The Victory went out fishing for snapper ? week ago yesterday. u a statement made Mat before the docking of the Trinity last ?eek, he expressed confidence in the new operation under the (aid ing band of Fred Webb of tireen 'ille. He also at?ted that specialists trom State College and the North Carolina Department of Agricul lure had been moft helpful with lata and information which led to the reactivation of the grain facil I TV Bow of 7,500 tons of corn Wodneaday into, the hold of the I ?hip Trinity at the state ports, i Morebead City. -marked the react! I vaboo of grain facilities which I have been idle aince 1956. The \ cargo ia destined to bq discharged 1 ?t -Rotterdam, Holland. ( D. Leon Williams, executive di- I rector of the Porta Authority, ex- i pressed his regrets at being ab- I mt far Um occasion. 1 u iii nrfiB wnen memners 01 the North Carolina Grain and Feed Dealer! Association, led by Mr. Webb, became interested In the pouibility of exporting grain through a North Carolina port But there *ll a question whether North Carolina could support such a program. The North Carolina Department of Agriculture helped find the an swer. Data rmrrnint existing - ... i rain (acuities, total storage capa- i Ities, and the movement of grain n and out of the state were quick ie tabulated/ The State Porta Au hority came up with the answers onceraing shipping and the physi al plant at the docks. Grain from areas other than forth Carolina will move through he port, stated E. E. Lee, direc or at commerce and traffic lot the lute ports. According to Mr. Webb, presi- i dent of Fred Webb, Inc., substao- f till tonnagei of com, soybeans, ? and other grains will be shipped I through the ocean terminal at Morebead City. Mr. Webb laid, "We will be able 1 to transfer our grain from railroad . ears and tracks to ocean-going ves- ' Sea GBAIN. Page 1 1 ( aroilna Wit* r lo. yesterday an lounced operation of two new wella n the county, one in Beaufort and >ne at 24th and Fisher Streets In Morehead City. C. W. Williams, manager of the ?ater company, made the follow ng announcement yesterday: "The new well is in operation in Beaufort and has been for some :ime. The reason this was not pub icly announced is becauae we vanted to make sure this plant vas operating properly. "Since this ia a new automatic ?lant, there are several adjust ments that have to be made re tiring several weeks in which to iccomplish the adjustments. "The well ia producing over <00 iallona per minute or more than !00 gallons per minute more than my well Beaufort has had in the Mat. "This well is, also, equipped with ? Continental gasoline engine for ise in emergency operation, re placing the outmoded die set equip nent. The people in Beaufort will ?emcmber during the last hurri anc the Carolina Water Co. fur ?ished water although the power ras off; furnished water to ita cus omers in Beaufort as well as hav ng water for fire protection. "This laaUllaUoa is not only a lew well but a completely new nimping plant, a 100 per cent auto natic plant. Installed for the pur pose of giving Beaufort more water ind removing the odorous hydro ten sulfide from the well. "Due to slow deliveries on equip nent, we were longer working on his plant than we first anticipated, nit the Carolina Water Co. wishes o thank ita customers in Beaufort or their patience." Aa to the Morehead City well, klr. Williams said, "Tbia supply ?rill pump to the tank on the corner if 5th and Arendell, giving More wad City a two-way feed instead if one aa they have had in the wat. "This installation ia equipped rith a Continental gasoline en line to be used in emergencies to issure Morehead City a continuous rater supply." H Isati Arrive Three Harvey Smith flah boats lave arrived in Beaufort, the Prin ?ess Bay. Calcasieu and Fish lawk. All bav? Beaufort captains.
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