"--sr CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES
47th YEAR, NO. 98. TWO SECTIONS TEN PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1968 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
Daylight Thief Gags Woman, Steals
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Police Arrest
Two Young Men
In Dom's Theft
? Ronald Jordan, Jack
Lawrence Pott Bond
? Police Say Two Sign
Confessions
Arrested over the weekend for
?tealing $138 75 from Dom's Lunch,
Morehead City, were Ronald Jor
dan, 21, and Jack Lawrence, 19,
both of Morehead City.
The youths waived preliminary
hearing in Morehead City record
er's court yesterday morning and
were bound over to the March
term of superior court.
Both were released after a $500
bond for each boy was posted at
the conclusion of the court session.
Patrolman Bill Condie said both
boys have signed statements ad
mitting that they robbed Dom's.
According to the information they
gave the patrolman, Jordan left
his house at about 4 a.m. Friday
morning, Nov. 28. He picked up
Lawrence at about 4:15.
They went first to the Morehead
City Garment Co. where Lawrence
"picked up a flashlight lying by
the building" and then they went
on to Dom's.
Patrolman Condie said that Jor
dan pried open the back door of
the place with a screw driver and
Lawrence went in. He picked up
a cash drawer which was in a
drawer at the back of the place,
then left.
The two drove to Crab Point
where they split the money, with
out bothering to count it. Then
they told the officer they drove U>
Mansfield to see if they could get
some gas. No station was apen so
they beaded to the Beaufort-More
head causeway. /
As they got on the bridge they
threw the black plastic cash draw
er over the side of the bridge.
Patrolman Condie said the tide
was probably coming in because
he found the drawer on the shore
with sand, in each compartment
of it, weighting it down.
The boys deny stealing, accord
ing to chief Herbert Griffin, a
pork loin that was in the refrigera
tor at Dom's that night.
The chief said that the boys,
lifelong residents of Morehead
City, have been in trouble time
and again and have been in and
out of reform school. They were
not represented by an attorney in
court yesterday.
, Stolen Sunday night at Dom's
was money from a container
placed there to collect money for
mentally retarded children.
Police Raid
Edgewaler Hotel
Armed with a search warrant,
Morchcad City police swooped
down on the Edgewatcr Hotel In
the north part of town Sunday
night and broke up acroas-the-bar
whiskey salei.
Isabel Casey, operator of the ho
tel, has been charged with possess
ing whiskey for the purpose of aale.
Charles Holland, Morehead City,
' and Charles Ellison Raye, identi
fied aa a menhaden fisherman,
have been charged with gambling.
Capt. Joe Smith said they were
playing poker for stakes.
The police closed in at about 9
p.m. when the place "was jump
ing". Whiskey was being sold by
the shot, which is Illegal in this
(Ute.
In court yesterday were five bot
tles of taxpaid whiskey seized in
the raid and brought in for evi
dence. Most were empty. Tke
case has been continued until next
week.
Accompanying Captain Smith in
the crack-down were Patrolmen J.
V. Giaimo, and E. D. O'Neal Jr.
Community Theotro Will
M??t Tomorrow Night
Members of (he Carteret Com
munity Theatre will meet at S to
morrow night at -the recreation
building, Morebead City, (or their
monthly meeting.
Miaa Hortenae Boomer, program
chairman, baa arranged a apecial
Christmas program. During the
business session, reports will be
given on the November play. Papa
is All, and plana for the rest of
the season will be reviewed.
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Wins Smithwick Historical Award
F. C. Salkbary . . , bounty historian
F. C. Salisbury. Morehead City,
noted historian of Carteret County,
added another to his . list of his
torical honors Saturday when he
was named recipient of the Smith
wick Cup at Raleigh by the North
Carolina Socicty of County and
Local Historians.
The Smithwlck Cap is awarded
annually to the writer contributing
the best material on county and
local history. It was won last year
by a college professor, author of
a book.
Mr. Salisbury was not in Raleigh
to receive the award, lie did not
know that he was the recipient
until he received Sunday morn
ing's papers.
The Smlthwick award was es
tablished by Mr. and Mrs. S. T.
Peacc of Henderson. The late Mr.
P^ace was a well-known Vance
County historian.
Now Mrs. Peace has established
another historical award, the
Peace cup, in silver and topped
with the lamp of wisdom. It will
be awarded every two year? for
the best county or local history
published in a two-year period by
a North Carolinian. The first
Peacc award will be made in 1959.
Io 1955, 1956 and 1957 Mr. Salis
bury received awards of merit.
The Smithwick award was given
for his series of historical articles
which have appeared in the Car
teret County News-Times during
1958. Announcement of the honor
was made by Phillips Russell of
Chapel Hill.
Kuiincrs-up, both of whom re
ceived awards of merit, were Her
bert O'Kecf, editor of the Raleigh
Times, and Mrs. E R. MacKethan,
columnist on the Fayetteville Ob
server.
Mr. Salisbury is president of the
Couoty Historical Society. He was
presented a silver bowl in 19S7 by
the Morehead City Centennial com
mittee for writing the pageant,
The Blue and the Gray in Carteret
County, which was produced dur
ing the week of the Centennial.
Mr. Salisbury is a regular col
umnist for THE NEWS-TIMES,
writing the Friday column, Here
and There, which appears on the
editorial page. He is known best
for his articles on county history
which appear frequently in the
paper.
72-Voice Choir Will Present
Messiah Dec. 19 at Beaufort
A 72-voice choir representing
churches of the county will pre
sent the Christmas portion of Han
del's Messiah at ( p.m. Friday in
the Beaufort School auditorium.
The program is being sponsored
by Ann Street Methodist Church'.
Mrs. Charles Hassell director of
Ann Street church music, is direct
ing the presentation. She will ac
company the chorus at the organ.
Piano accompanists will be Rachel
Mundine of Newport and, if br
can come home from the Univer
sity of North Carolina by then,
Robert Morris of Atlantic and Cha
pel Hill.
Soloists will be Stanley Potter,
Jr., Beaufort, tenor', Mrs. Stanley
Potter Jr., Beaufort, Mrs. Josiah
Bailey, Morehcad City, and Mrs.
Herbert Waldrop Jr., Clinton, 10
pranaa; Mrs Austin Williams,
Morehead City, contralto. Mrs.
Waldrop is formerly of Newport.
Tide Table
TMm at the Bcaafort Bar
HIGH LOW
Tnetdajr, Dcc. (
8:41 a.m. 12:27 a.m.
7:09 p.m. 1:11 p.m.
WedncMUy, Dec. 10
7:32 a.m. l:l>a.m.
8:00 p.m. 2:03 p.m.
Thanday, Dec. 11
S:22 a.m. 2:11 a.m.
S:S3 p.m. 2:53 p.m.
Friday, Dec. 12
9:13 a.m. 3:00 a.m.
?:? p.m. 3:41 p.m.
Stanley Potter Jr.
. . ( tenor (oloUt
Memberi of the chorus are the
following :
Gloucester: Mrs. Ray West, Miss
Roberta West, A. L. Hubbard.
Atlantic: Mrs. Jack Johnson,
Philip Quidlcy.
Sea Level: Or. and Mrs. Herbert
Webb.
Harlowe; Sue Ward, Sheron Wil
kinson, Sandra Pake and Denard
Harris.
New Bern: Ralph Lewis.
Morehead City: Mrs. Josiah Bai
ley Jr.. Mrs. William Davies, Mrs.
Paul Branch, Mrs. Earl Deubler
Jr., Mr*. Rufus Butncr Jr., Mrs.
Clifton Lynch.
Mrs. Austin Williams, Mrs. Paul
Geer Jr., Anna Marie Lewis, Ruth
Bailey, E. H. Swann, Bill Baugbam
and Roy L. Wootcn (Atlantic
Beach).
Beaufort: Mr and Mrs. Sal
Palaizo, Mr. and Mrs. Bob Mea
dows, Mrs. T. T. Potter, Mrs. Vin
cent Wright, Mrs. Charles King,
Mrs. Claude Morning, Mrs. Bert
Brooks.
Mrs. Jarvis Herring. Mrs. John
Cline, Mrs. William Willis, Mrs.
Barbara D. Willis, Mrs. Claude
Wheatly Jr., Mrs. Charles Owens,
Mrs. Charles Clifton. Patsy Willis,
Ginny Lewis, Becky Munroe, Glyn
da Harris, Judy Gililkin.
Patsy Pake, Roberta WB1U;
Clare Fulcher, Norma Hales, Ruth
Durham, Jo Anne Allen, Patsy
Whitehurst, Sandra Whitehurst, 14.
John Haynes, Edward Willis, Cliff
TUghman.
Earl Mades, Tucker Littleton,
Frank Morning, E. W. Downum.
Earl Willis, Charles Hassell Jr.,
Frank Potter, Sammy Merrill Jr.,
Grady Phillips, George Huntley
Jr., and Calvin Jones Jr.
Carteret Toast matters
Club to Meet Tomorrow
The Carteret County To^tmai
teri Club will meet at 7:30 tomor
row night at the Morebead City
civic center. M. L. Davia will be
toaatmaater and E. G. Phillips
will be topic master.
Prepared (peakera are William
Wilkins and Jaaper Bell. Alter
natea are Lecil Smith and Cliff
Faglie. Critici are Tbomas Price,
O. N. Allred, C. T. Lewia and Or.
W. L. Woodard.
oh
my!
A cruise booked on the liner,
Arosa Sky, from Morehead City
last Octobcr was cancelled when
the Arosa Sky was sold.
At Bermuda Sunday, the liner
Arosa Star was seized and the
183 paasengers aboard taken off.
Writs attaching the 7,114-ton
liner and her cargo for more
than a million dollars in debts
were posted on the foremast sev
eral minutes after the ship
docked at Bermuda!
Scheduled to sail from More
head City in April and June is
the Arosa Sun, another of the
ships operated by the Swiss
"Arosa" line.
Planning to cruisc from the
Morehead City port on the Sun
arc members of Sudan temple
and the North Carolina Savings
and Loan League.
Morehead Lions
Raise Fund to Aid
'Eye-Crippled'
The Morehead City Lioni Club
has received answers from about
300 of the 3.000 Be Thankful You
Can See letters sent out by Lion
O. J. Morrow. Mr. Morrow re
ported on the campaign at the
Lions Club meeting at the Hotel
Fort Macon dining room Thurs
day night.
Each letter contained two sheets
of Be Thankful You Can See
stamps and a stamped envelope
addressed to the Lions Club. The
letter asked the addressee to send
a contribution to the Lions Club.
All funds collected in the cam
paign will be spent in the county.
This is la contrast to the White
Cane drim, in which moat of .11*:.
'tnoney collected goes to the state
association for the blind. Lion C.
W Williams read a letter from
Lions International complimenting
the club on its performance in the
White Cane drive. It was the
fourth club in the district to turn
in its money.
With money from the Be Thank
ful You Can Sec and White Cane
drives, the club bought over 200
pairs of glasses for needy persona
in the county last year. Owens
Frederick reported that the club
had bought 12 pairs last month.
The Lions also pay for eye op
erations for needy persons. Not
only do they pay the hospital and
doctor bills, the Lions pay for
transportation to and from the hos
pital.
It was announced at the meeting
that the Beaufort Lions would have
a charter night banquet Tuesday
night (tonight). Lion J. E. Crowe
was commended for his work in
organizing the new club.
Two Boys Caught
At Thieving
Passing of sentence in the case
of an 11 and a 12-year-old boy
charged with stealing has been
deferred six months by A. H.
James, juvenile court judge.
The two boys were caught at
about 10 p.m. Thursday night as
they were coming out the back
window of the Freeman Wholesale
house, formerly LicH Motors, in
the 500 block of Arcndcll Street,
Morehcad City.
They were caught by two Free
man employees who were return
ing to the warehouse after making
deliveries. The boys had with tbem
a box of cigars, four cartons of
.22 long rifle bullets, seven boxes
of candy, a box of gum and $5
taken from a caah drawer, accord
ing to Capt. Joe Smith of the
Morehead City police department.
The Freeman employees notified
the Morehead City police that they
had caught the youngsters red
handed. The boys appeared before
judge James yesterday morning.
Captain Smith said the young
sters took out a big pane of glass
at the back of the warehouse to
gain entry.
Murphy Dis* Jailed
On Charge of Assault
Murphy Diae, Morehead City
Negro, is in the county jail,
charged with assault.
Diae la under a 10-day suspended
sentence a result of being con
victed In county court Oct. SO with
assaulting Albert Mills, Morehcad
City. Diae la now charged with
assaulting his employer. His bond
has lwtn Mi it $1100.
Engineers Will
Hear Requests
On Waterways
? Hearing on Waterways
Set for 10 Dec. 15
? Meeting Will be Held
At Davis
Wilmington? A one-package ap
peal for deeper harbors and chan
nels in the Core Sound area is ex
pected at a public hearing at Da
vis at 10 a.m. Monday, Dec. 15,
by the Corps of Engineers.
It is anticipated that fishing in
terests will lay great emphasis on
a proposal to deepen from 7 to 12
feet the waterway connecting Pam
lico Sound and Beaufort Harbor
by way of Core Sound.
There are also indications that
the existing federal projects which
branch off from this route will be
promoted for deeper channels and
harbors In addition, it is under
stood that some communities
which do not have federally au
thorized projects will appeal for
better harbors and channels.
These include a channel to Cedar
Island Refuge in Cedar Island
Bay, a channel from Nelson Bay
into Mingcr's Creek and a refuge
harbor in the creek, and a channel
to and harbor for Brett Bay.
A notice on the hearing issued
by Col. H. C. Rowland Jr., district
engineer, urges all interested par
Clayton Fulchcr, Atlantic, an
nounced yesterday that Sen.
Everett Jordan will attend the
meeting.
tics, public and private to attend
the hearing and to present their
views on whether or not it U ad
visable to modify the existing fed
eral projects in the area.
The notice asks in particular for
information concerning the value
of increased catch of menhaden
and edible fish resulting from im
proved water depths, decrease in
ipoilagc, savings in operating
costs, reduction in damage to
hulls, propellers and rudders, and
increased safety including the sav
ing of lives as a result of more
acccssiblc harbors for shelter from
storms.
Such information and other re
lated data arc requested for the
purpose of justifying improvements
which any or all of the proposals
may warrant.
The notice points out further that
depths greater than 12 feet need
not be considered since that is the
maximum depth of all connecting
channels except Beaufort Inlet.
The bearing will be held in the
Davis community bjilding with
Colonel Rowland presiding.
Santa Claus Arrives
Last Night in Morehead
Santa Claus arrived in Morehead
City last night, accompanied by
school bands.
He rode a fire truck and tossed
treats to the children. The town's
Christmas decorations were turned
on for the first time in honor of
Santa's arrival.
The parade was arranged by the
Morehead City merchants.
Joe DuBois, manager of the
Morehead City chamber of com
merce, expresses the town's ap
preciation to Beaufort for allowing
Beaufort's ladder truck to be used
to put up the Christmas lights. The
truck Morehead City used in prior
years was not available.
Firemen Called
Morehead City firemen were call
ed at 2 p.m. yesterday to a brush
fire on 20th Street south of Eme
tine Place. The flames were threat
ening houses on 20th Street.
jewelry valued ar $i,uuu
Taken in Morehead City
Morehead City police yesterday were searching
for a heavily bearded burglar who took approxi
mately a thousand dollars worth of jewelry from
two families and gagged and tied Mrs. Naomi Ham
lin at 2302 V4 Arendell St., Morehead City, Friday
afternoon.
The robbery took place between 1 and 2 p.m. Mrs.
Hamlin was tied to a kitchen chair, while her 16
month old daughter slept in another room. Although
unharmed, Mrs. Hamlin wasn't released until neigh
bors returned from Cherry Point at 3:45 p.m.
Chief of police Herbert Griffin said that in his years on
the police force, such a daring robbery has never occurred
in Morehead City.
Mrs. Hamlin lives in the downstairs apartment at 2302 Vi
Arendell Street. The neighbors who released her, Mr. and
Mrs. Anthony Marengo, live upstairs. The jewelry was
taken from both apartments.
The Stale Bureau of Investigation
has been called in on the case.
Mrs. Hamlin describes the burg
lar as a white man, about 30. lie
wore a Navy pea coat, dark stock
ing cap pulled far down over hia
forehead, coat collar turned up
around his chin, had a heavy black
beard, was about S foot 11 or 6 foot
tall, weighed about 200 pounds, and
wore brown pants. His shoes were
spattered with paint.
She said she was so scared she
couldn't tell anything more about
him.
The only wards he said when he
entered her apartment were,
"Don't move," She said he didn't
threaten her nor did he have a
gun as far as she could aee.
According to chief Griffin, the
Mafengos had gone to Cherry
,1'aUt Jo do some shopping. After
a while, Mrs. Hamlin heard I
noise upstairs, and thought they
had come back.
She went to the bottom of the
stairs that lead to their apartment
and called to Mrs. Marengo to
come down and have some coffee
with her. Then she went into the
kitchen, plugged in the coffee pot
and sat down with her back to the
kitchen door.
The next thing she heard were
the words, "Don't move!" The
mAn took a dish towel, gagged her,
then cut off the end of a wash
line strung in a store room, and
tied her hands and feet to a chair.
The man had probably ransacked
the upstairs apartment and then
proceeded to go through the Ham
lin apartment.
From the upstairs apartment a
ruby and diamond ring valued at
$85 was taken, an engagement ring
valued at WOO, and a white gold
wedding band with seven diamonds
valued at 1175.
Taken from the Hamlin apart
ment was a class ring, a wedding
ring, a rhlnestone bracelet and
necklace, < 1954 "Mart" high
school (Texas) class ring and a
wedding band valued at $45.
When the Marengo's drove up in
back of the apartment house at
about 3:45, Mrs. Marengo could see
Mrs. Hamlin through the window.
She said to her husband, "Naomi's
gagged I" Her husband thought
she was kidding.
They went In the apartment and
while Mr. Marengo cut the ropes,
Mrs. Marengo took the gag out of
Mrs. Hamlin's mouth. Then he
went upstairs and found that their
apartment had been ransacked.
Chief Griffin said that the burg
lar came in the "outside door" to
the apartment house. He said it is
always supposed to be locked, or
else the lock was so weak that It
was easily opened.
Civitans Will Bury Time
Capsule Thursday, Dec. 18
A Ume capsale will be buried in
front of the Morehead City muni
cipal building Dec. IS at 3:30 p.m.
A Civitan Club committee la plan
ning a program .for the event.
According to publicity chairman
Charles Markey, a welcome speech
will be made by Mayor George
Dill. Dr. B. F. Royal, Citizen of
the Century will also be called on
to apeak.
The Morehead CHy high school
band has been invited to play prior
to the ceremony.
Mayor Dill will seal the urn,
containing a Centennial issue of
THE NEWS-TIMES, a Centennial
booklet, a Centennial program,
I r^tapniai mIm r^t'r
and pictures of the youngest child
of each member of the Centennial
steering committee.
These children will be on hand
for the burying and will be the
ones responsible for seeing that
the capsule is dug up, with the
proper ceremony, in 2000.
While last year's centennial
marked the 100th birthday of the
founding of Morebead City, this
year is 100 years from the date
the town was incorporated.
Members if the Clvttu commit
tee arc Jasper Bell, chairman,
Mr. Markey and Joe DuBoia. Items
to be buried in the urn are on dis
play; in the window o t Sanitary
Barbar Shop.
Milton Truckner
To Head County
Farm Bureau
Milton Trucluier was rc-elccted
president of the county Farm Bu
reau at a membership meeting at
the Morehcad City school cafeteria
Thursday night.
Other officers elected arc In
land Morris, vice-presidcnt, l.cttie
Catherine liall, secretary, James
Davis, treasurer, C. N. Stroud,
membership chairman, Y. Z. Sim
mons, vice-chairman of the mem
bership iommlttec, and R. M.
Williams, advisor.
Department heads elected fol
low: Miss Georgina Ycatman,
dairying; D. W. Truckncr, tobacco;
Bobby Oglesby, swine; Gordon
Laughton, poultry; John Fclton
Jr., general crops; Blaine B. Bau
gus, forestry; George Creech, soil
conservation; Roy Keller, sweet
potatoes, and Elmo Smith, frulta
and vegetables.
Principal speaker at the meet
ing was Lex Wray, director of
foundations, State College. Mr.
Wray discussed the advantages of
having a strong farm organization
and complimented the county
chapter on topping its member
ship goal of 250 members. At the
time of the banquet there were
253 members.
Lionel Pelletier won the door
prize, a live turkey. Winners of
the corn production contest were
C. T. Garner, Newport, and Ed
ward Millia, a Newport 4-H'er. Mr.
Garner reported yeilds of 128.9
bushels per acre while Edward's
yield figured out at 119 bushels
per acre.
Both of the winners said they
had planted Spate's D-4 variety.
Mr. Garner planted the corn as
part of a variety demonstration
conducted by him and the county
agent'a office.
On the same field, Mr. Garner's
yields ranged from the high of
126.9 to a low of 59.2 bushels per
acre. Results and findings of the
experiment are In Mr. Williams'
office.
Mr. Stroud announced that he
would represent the county at the
National Farm Bureau convention
at Boston this week. He left Sun
day and will return this weekend.
Leo Thacker Jr.,
Beaufort, Makes
AFROTC Flight
Cadet Lea W. Thacker Jr. of
Beaufort made the first flight from
the Greenville airport in the new
cadet flying program, which be
gan at Eait Carolina College last
week.
Capt. Vance M. Lockamy Jr.,
officer in charge of the Flight In
troduction Training Program, an
nounces that the flying program,
though a formal part o? the AT
ROTC program at the college, ii
organized similarly to other ac
tivities or clubs.
Only qualified senior AFROTC
cadets are eligible to participate.
Successful completion of the pro
gram will entitle the cadet to re
ceive a private pilot's license.
Ns Change
B. J. Hay, county ASC office
manager, announces that there
were no changes in the county al
lotment* for tobacco and cotton
farmers out year.