CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES "?<
48th YEAR, NO. 12 TWO SECTIONS TEN PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1959 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
Beaufort Town Board Puts
Its Approval on Bond Issue
The Beaufort torn board Friday
night, in special session at the town
hall, endorsed the proposed $2*4
million school bond issue.
Request for endorsement was
presented by Dr. Theodore Salter
and Gilbert Potter of the Beaufort
citizens committee for better
schools.
The endorsement was made
unanimously, commissioner Gerald
llill voting for commissioner Math
Chaplain in Mr. Chaplain's ab
sence.
In answer to questions by the
commissioners, Dr. Salter and Mr.
Potter gave the following informa
tion:
? The number of vocational ed
ucation programs in the county de
pends on the amount of funds
available. The limited number of
programs in Carteret at present is
due to the fact that with the pres
ent enrollment, the state allots only
a certain number of teachers, and
those teachers now must be used
to teach basic subjects.
? No one can say what the pro
posed buildings will look like, be
cause an architect cannot be hired
until the money is in hand to pro
ceed with the work.
? This year, Smyrna, for exam
ple, offers no foreign language in
high school. As a result, some of
the Smyrna seniors cannot qualify
for admission to major colleges in
the state.
? By 1961 it is estimated that
students in high school in Beau
fort-Smyrna will number 700 and in
the Morehead-Newport school, 900.
? The proposed school for the
western part of the county and the
cast will be "built simultaneously,
brick for brick and dollar for dol
lar".
Attending the meeting, in addi
tion to those mentioned, were com
missioners James Rumley, W. R.
Hamilton, Otis Mades, attorney
Gene Smith, town manager Dan
Walker and Mayor C. T. Lewis,
who presided.
Cars Collide
South of Newport
, Two automobiles collided at 7:25
p.m. Friday on the Nine-Foot Road
south of Newport. Driver of one
of the cars, Thomas Natoll, 24,
Cherry Point, was taken to the
Cherry Point dispensary.
Patrolman R. H. Brown, who
investigated, said Natoli com
plained of a shoulder injury.
According to the patrolman, Na
toli, in a 1955 Oldsmobile, attempt
ed to make a left turn as Clifton
Miller Daniels, 58, route 1 Have
lock, was trying to pass. Both cars
were headed north.
Daniels was driving a 1955 Chev
rolet. It jumped the ditch and
continued up the road. Damage
to each car was estimated at $300.
Charges are pending.
Anne Herbert
Wins Contest
Anne Herbert, sophomore it
Morchead City high school, won
the American Legion oratorical
contest and a $25 government bond
yesterday morning at the school.
This makes it two in a row for
Anne. She also won the contest
last year and came off with third
place in the district finals at Jack
sonville in 1958.
Placing second was Charles
Lyncb, a senior, who won $10. The
other four contestants received
bronze medals. They were Bar
bara Nichols and Elizabeth Taylor,
sophomores, Ann Sanderson, a
junior and Walter Morris, a sen
ior.
The speeches were based on the
US constitution. Judges were J.
A. DuBois and Floyd Chadwick
Sr. of Morehcad City Legion Post
No. 46.
Miss Herbert will compete In
district finals at Jacksonville Fri
day, Feb. 20.
One Week Left to Buy
Sfate, Town Auto Tags
H
February Bathers
Come to sunny Carteret Coun
ty!
Three Marines from Camp Le
jeune, shown above, enjoyed the
surf at Atlantic Beach Sunday
afternoon. The three who claim
title to "first swimmers of the
season" are Pvt. T. W. Miller,
Pvt. E. K. Martin and Cpl. R.
L. DcWitt, N Company, Third
Battalion, 1st ITR.
They said the water was all
right, but it was a little chilly
when they got out.
(Photo by John A. Baker).
? One week remains to buy 1959
auto tags ? both state and town.
Tags sold by noon Saturday
through the office of the First
Citizcns loan department, More
head City, totaled 3,463 auto tags,
6 motorcycle, 447 private truck
tags, 89 farm truck and 314 trailer
tags.
All 1959 tags must be on vehicles
by midnight Feb. 15.
Town tags sold in Morehcad City
by noon yesterday numbered 9U0.
About 700 more are to be sold.
Collected thus far for the firemen's
"hot papa" suits is $169. Persons
who buy town tags are invited to
contribute a dollar toward the
suits.
The suits will cost over $500 and
were ordered when it was thought
that $2 per town tag could be
charged. That proposal has since
been found to be illegal, so only
$1 per tag is being charged but
the suits will have to be paid for.
Persons who have already paid
the $2 can get $1 refunded, or
they may contact the clerk's of
fice and tell the clerk, or town
treasurer, that the money can go
to the firemen's suits.
Town tags in Beaufort sold thus
far number 275.
False Alarm
A false alarm was turned in from
box 43, 13th and Fisher Street, at
9:20 p.m. Friday. Morehead City
firemen answered the alarm.
Charles W. Chapman Will
Serve Six Months in Jail
Charles W. Chapman was sen- <
tenccd to tlx months in prison in
county recorder's court Thursday.
Judge Lambert Morris found him
guilty of trying to break into the
borne of George W. Green, New
port. Green la Newport'a auxiliary
police officer.
Three defendants got $200 fines
and were ordered to pay court
costs. They were Ira T. Willis and
Henry W. Merrill, driving after
their licenses were revoked, and
James L. Cox, carclcss and reck
less driving.
Four defendants drew fines of
$100 plus court costs. They follow:
Francis J. McGowan, Frank Was
nik, and Herman C. Peterson, driv
ing drunk, and David R. Felton,
careless and reckless driving.
Guy C. Mosley was tried on two
separate chragcs. He was fined
$25 for careless and reckless driv
ing and $35 for careless and reck
less driving and improper registra
tion. He was ordered to pay court
costs in both cases.
Those who paid $10 and costs
follow: Joseph M. Carter, speed- .
ing; George Ellison, public drunk
enness ; Herbert Walker, no license !
and no brakes; Franklin D. Gilli- ,
See COURT, Page 2 i
House Burns
At Core Creek
A home owned by Mrs. Helen
Small, Core Creek, burned to the
ground Saturday morning. The
house, a two-story frame building
with an ell, was located on a dirt
road about a half-mile cast of the
Core Creek bridge.
Mrs. Small was in Norfolk vis
iting her granddaughter but her
son, Roland Small, was at home.
He managed to escape without in
jury but was unable to save any
personal effects or household fur
nishings.
Coast Guardsmen at Fort Ma
con were notified at S:15 a.m. that
a "boat was burning" on the Intra
Coastal Waterway near the Core
Creek bridge.
When they arrived at the bridge,
the bridge tender told them a
house had burned down. Making
the trip were BM/1 John C. Gas
kill, ET/3 Charles Jarman, ET/2
Samuel Wciralcincr and EN/3 Rus
sell Prince.
Abraham Lincoln Starts
Life in North Carolina
By 8GT. RICHARD MAGAN
Cherry Point ? "What's your
name son?" a burly first ser
geant here asked one of his new
men.
"Abraham Lincoln," replied
the young man.
The astonished top-kick stood
up and demanded with a glare,
"Let me see your identification
card."
He soon apologized as he noted
the name on the ID card: Abra
ham F. Lincoln, Sergeant, US
Marine Corps.
Such unfriendly welcomes are
not new to Sergeant Lincoln lie's
been the subject of skepticism
ever since he was old enough to
recite his full name.
"Once, when I was going to
high school," he related, "I was
promptly expelled by my new
teacher as soon as I gave her my
name. I had to visit the princi
pal to get the matter straighten
ed out."
Unlike his famous namesake,
who claimed Illinois as his home.
Sergeant Lincoln was born on a
farm in Canandaigua, N. Y. He
says his 83-year-old grandfather
Is the oldest living relative of
President Lincoln.
Sergeant Lincoln has been as
signed to the Second Marine Air
craft Wing Band. He is a trench
horn player.
Faith, the Essence of Growth
(bailor a now: im toiiowuf to Ike first of a ?erica of three arti
cles written by H. L. Joslyn, county superintendent of schools).
I have served the schools in Car
teret County for 37 years and have
worked with men and women on
school boards and committeei who
have served their communities un
selfishly and with ? great deal o<
personal sacrifice.
These men and women receive
no salary or special privileges,
but study the school problems with
one end in view; what will be the
best solution to the .problem for
the children of the county?
I am hearing such remarks as,
"I'd be for the hood issue, but
what assurance da I have that the
politicians will use it as they out
line?" or, "You can't trust politi
cians, so why vote (or the bonds?"
After the years a I service the
Board of Education have given and
the remarkable reduction in debt
the Commissioners have accom
plished, I think such remarks not
only uncalled for but insulting to
these men.
During the 12 years thst I have
served as County Superintendent
of Schools, I have found both
bodies of men anxious to serve
the people of Carteret County to
the best of their ability and inte
grity. The voters gave than these
important responsibilities in good
faith. ,
The Board ot Education have 1
studied the needs of education and '
have had advice and help from '
the State Board of Education in
formulating the best plana to fill
the needs o I the county.
The commissioners have con- (
f erred with the State Treasurer
and the Local Government Com- ,
mission in handling the county fi- .
nances. Up to now the county has j
profited by this careful planning ,
and handling of county business. ,
Voters I Faith is the essence of
all business transactions, I appeal t
to you to support the bond issue i
in Um interest a I our children.
Police Break Up Thievery Ring ;
Two Men Caught in Styrons Store
Rulings Issued
In Eight Superior
Court Actions
Eight eases in superior court
were closed by rccent rulings of
the clerk, A. H. James, and Judge
Henry L. Stevens, New Bern.
The case of Vernon A. Fulcher,
brought by his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Billie A. Fulcher, against
Margaret Evans Pigott, was settled
by compromise.
The suit was the outgrowth of
an accident on the iiarkers Island
Road April 10, 1958. The defendant
agreed to pay the Fulchers $4,500.
Of that amount, $1,189.61 will go
to the Morehcad City Hospital and
$1,170 to Dr. John Way.
The order was signed by Judge
Stevens.
In the case of K. W. Wright Sr.
vs. Kenneth W. Wright Jr. and
wife, Doris Blake Wright, the court
ruled that the plaintiff shall re
cover from his son and wife $1,600
plus interest from Oct. 22, 1956
plus costs of the court action. The
suit was based on breach of con
tract.
In another breach of contract
suit, J. J. Keel and wife, Lettie,
were ordered to pay Roosevelt
Dixon $400.30 plus interest from
Sept. 16, 1958. The court granted
the sheriff privilege of selling a
1953 Dodge owned by William Bilbo
in order to recover from Bilbo
$346.50. The suit was brought in
the name of Carteret County.
In the case of Hubert Lee
Stamps vs. Jessie TiUery Stamps,
wherein divorce was granted in Oc
tober 1958, Mrs. Stamps withdrew
her appeal from the divorce de
cision.
The court ruled in the matter of
Florence H. Salter, widow, and the
Commercial Bank, administrator
of the estate of Dula M. Salter,
that Mra. Salter shall recover from
the estate of her husband $700 and
costs of the court action.
In the case, Nettie Willis Parker,
widow, and Herbert O. Phillips
III, administrator of the estate of
J. S. Parker, the court ordered
that Mrs. Parker shall recover
from the estate $650.
Agnes Gaskins Chapman and Wil
bur F. Chapman agreed on terms
of financial support for their son,
William F. Jr. A court order set
ting forth details of the agreement
was signed by Judge Stevens at
New Bern last week.
Stacy Scouts
Conduct Worship
Boy Scouts of troop 407, Stacy,
conducted the morning worship
service Sunday in the Free Will
Baptist Church.
Boys participating were Melvin
Ray Fulcher who gave the pledge
of allegiance to the flag, Philip
Styron, who gave the Scout motto
and slogan; Raymond LcMay,
Scout oath.
Roland Lee Fulcher, Scout laws;
Michael B. Fulcher, who spoke on
the history of Scouting; Doily Lee
Fulcher, who explained the steps
in Scouting; Raymond Lee Nelson,
who spoke on the Bible and the
Ten Commandments.
Dan Sparks talked on the Explor
er phase of Scouting, George Prior
on the 23rd psalm, and Barry Ful
cher on the God and Country
award.
All boys were in uniform. Their
Scoutmaster is James Lewis.
Two Vocational
Fisheries Classes
To Begin at Smyrna j
Two classes in vocational educa- ]
tion will get underway this week
at Smyrna School. I
The class in navigation will be
gin at 7 o'clock tonight, taught
by Hugh Willis, assisted by Archie
(ones. Dr. A. F. Chestnut, chair
nan of the vocational fisheries
?ducation program in the county,
reports that 14 have already en
tflled in the class. I
Others who wish to take the ]
rourse may sign up tonight.
A course in diescl mechanics
ind maintenance will start at 7:30 1
>.m. Thursday. The instructor will 1
? John Harris, Morehead City,
liesel engine mechanic at Machine .
ind Supply Co., Beaufort
Twelve have already signed to '
akc this course. Others may en
?oll Thursday night ]
The count* an Int. _ J
Photos by J. W. Sykes
Luther Brown, left, and Philemon Davis, right, both ot Morrhead
City, were caught red-handed in Styron's department store. More
head City, Sunday morning.
Patrolman J. C. Steele views smashed glasi door at Styron's.
Parakeet Show Will Take
Place at Morehead-Biltmore
The Eastern Carolina Budcrigar
Society announces its second an
nual open show May 30 and 31, 1959
at the Morchcad Biltmorc Hotel,
Morehcad City. The ECBS is affil
iated with the American Budgeri
gar Society.
The first annual show was held
in Havclock in 1958 and proved so
popular that it is being moved to
Morehcad City to accommodate
the increased number of birds ex
pected to be shown this year.
Badgerigars, a ? r e popularly
known as parakeets or Budgies,
have been very popular for years
but the variety of their coloration
Is still surprising to most people.
The two sections of judging in
both Championship and Novice
:Iassifications arc Normals and
Rarcs.
Normals include mauve, cobalt,
?nd yellow and the more common
Tid? Table
Tides at the Beaufort Bar
HIGH LOW
Tuesday, Feb. If
10:08 a.m. 3:56 a.m.
10:37 p.m. 4:1S p.m.
Wedaesdajr, Feb. 11
10:50 a.m. 4:3S a.m.
11:21 p.m. 4:55 p.m.
Thursday, Feb. 12
11:32 a.m.' 5:13 a.m.
8:30 p.m.
; Friday, Feb. ft
.2:03 a.m. 5:55 a.m.
2.U JUH. w . 1:07 P.O.
varieties. Rare* include opalinea,
cinnamons, violets and harlequins.
Exhibitors are expected from
ten states and the District of Co
lumbia; from Massachusetts to
Florida. All of the birds will be
pedigreed but each bird ia judged
more on its individual points than
on blood lines.
Breeders maintain that without
an excellent pedigree a bird will
not have good points. Judging is
on stancc, proportion, coloration
and condition. Whether or not a
bird can talk is not considered.
An added attraction will be a
foreign bird exhibit. The public is
invited to sec the birds on Satur
day, May 30, from 1 until 9 and
Sunday, May 31, during the morn
ing and afternoon. More than 300
birds are expected for the show.
Theatre to Elect Officer*
At Meeting Tomorrow
Officers will be elected at the
meeting of the Carteret Commun
ity Theatre at t tomorrow night 1
at the recreation building. More
head City. They will be installed '
at the annual theatre dinner next
month.
Nominations are Jimmy Wheat- '
ley, vice-president; Mrs. Virgil
Lewis, business manager; Misa |
Patsy Holt, secretary; and Mrs.
Frank Carlaon, treasurer. A nom- ,
ination ia yet to be made for pres- ,
ident. (
Chairman of the nominating I
com mitt? was Frank Carlson, I
Morehead City police over the weekend cracked an or
ganized theft ring that is believed to cover eastern North
Carolina. The break came when Barry Willis, son of Mr.
and Mrs. James Willis, 104 N. 10th St., saw two men go in
Styron's Department store early Sunday morning. He
called the police.
Officers caught two Negro men in the store and since
Jesse Daogberty
. . . part of ring
Pedestrian
Walks into Car
Leslie Fulchcr, 41, Mansfield
Parkway, was injured at 11:20
p.m. Friday when he was struck
by a car at the intersection of
highway 70 and Mansfield Park
way. Driver of the car was Avon
Darrell Davis, 17, route 1 New
port.
Mr. Fulchcr suffered a cut on
the scalp, probable concussion,
and bruises. His physician yester
day reported him in satisfactory
condition at the Morchead City
Hospital.
According to highway patrolman
R. H. Brown, Fulchcr was stand
ing on the south side of highway
70 and started walking rapidly
across the highway as Davis ap
proached from the east. The pa
trolman said Fulchcr walked into
the left side of the car. He was
taken to the Morchead City Hos
pital by the Dill ambulance.
The outside rear view mirror
was knocked off the car. Total
car damage was estimated at tlu.
Davis was driving a 1950 Ford.
He had passengers in the car.
All had been to the basketball
game in Morchead City and were
on their way home at the time of
the accident.
NCEA Elects
Vice-President
T. Lenwood Lcc, principal of
Morchead City School, was elected
vice-president of the Carteret unit,
North Carolina Education Associa
tion, at its meeting Tuesday after
noon at Morchead City School.
Mr. Lee will advance to the pres
idency In 1960-61. He will serve as
vice-president next year.
The NCEA adopted a resolution
endorsing the $2<4 million school
bond issue. Mrs. Sammic Williams,
legislation chairman, gave the
legislative report.
Teachers of the various schools
presented a skit on ethics. It was
entitled As Written in the Code.
A guest at the meeting was Or.
Douglas Jones, East Carolina Col
lege, who will teach the extension
course starting here tomorrow.
Miss Joyce Taylor, president,
presided at the business session.
Devotions were conducted by H. L.
Joslyn. The next meeting will be
In April. Place and time will be
announced.
Toastmasters Club
To Meet Tomorrow
The Carteret County Toastmai
tcrs Club will meet at the More
head City Civic Center at 7:30 p.m.
tomorrow. Toastmaster for the
meeting will be Dr. W. L. Wood
ard.
W. D. Mundcn will be topic mas
ter. Prepared ipeakcrs will be
Paul Bray, William Wilkins, David
Willis, E. G. Phillips and Lecil
Smith.
Critics will be Dr. Russell Out
law, Jack Price, John Baptist, Ot
:ar Allred and Jasper Bell.
Mliof Explosion
A student at Morehcad City high
ichool "threw a firecracker" in
i classroom at the school Wednea
lay. T. L. Lee, principal, said the
>oy la no longer a member of the
itudant body.
then the men have confessed to
other robberies. They told officers
that a man from New York makea
trips to New Bern twice a month
to pick up their stolen loot.
Caught In Styron's Sunday night,
the second time the store has been
burglarized in less than a month,
were Luther Brown and Philemon
Davis Brown said that on the first
break-in Jan. 19, when goods val
ued at more than $500 were stolen,
his accomplice was Jesse Daughcr
ty- ,. .
Daughcrty waived preliminary
hearing in Morehead City re
corder's court yesterday. He was
put under $500 bond as was Davis.
Brown, Daugherty and Davis will
be tried . in superior court. But
Brown was found guilty yesterday
of stealing chickens also, so he will
begin serving a year in prison im
mediately.
He will be returned for the trial
in superior court.
Time of the glass-smashing at
Styron's was set at shortly after
12:30 a.m. Sunday. Willis, a senior
at Morehead City high school, lives
across the street from the depart
ment store. He heard the glass
shatter and saw the two men go in
through the broken glass door.
Capt. Carl Bunch and Patrolman
J. C. Steele, who were in the pa
trol car, arrived at the scene mo
ments after Willis called. Patrol
man Steele went in through a
broken glass door while Captain
Bunch rode around the block to
check for suspects on the street.
When he returned to the store.
Captain Bunch found Patrolman
Steele with Davis. Davis said that
he had a companion in the store.
The captain found Brown behind
the cash register. Patrolman Steele
had found Davis lying on the floor
behind a counter.
Police chief Herbert Griffin, on
the witness stand, read a statement
by Brown concerning the break-in.
Brown said that he and Davis met
outside the Edgewatcr Hotel about
12:30 a.m. Sunday and decided to
break into the store.
They took a lug wrench (used
for changing tires) from a parked
car but when they got to the store
they found it would not go into the
crack between the glass doors. (In
the Jan. 19 entry, the glass doors
were pried open).
Davis said Brown then took a
brick and knocked out the glass in
the cast door at the front of the
building. The two men walked
down the street then returned to
enter the building.
When Patrolman Steele searched
Davis, he found seven pairs ol
socks in his pockcti. Brown did
not have anything on his person
when he was found.
Davis asked for an opportunity to
take the stand, "to tell why I went
with Brown." He told the Judge
that he had just got out of prison
that week and decided to go with
Brown so he could turn him In to
the police. He said he was taking
the socks as evidence.
While the Sunday foray Into Sty
ron's was unprofitable, Brown said
he did pretty well when he and
Daughcrty broke into the store on
Ian. 19.
On this occasion, Brown said, he
iscd a tire tool to pry open the
ioor In his statement Brown ad
-nitted taking at least seven sultt
Clarence Styron, owner of the
itore. said nine were missing),
hree or four shirts, shoes, pants.
See THEFT RING, Page 1
Blimps to Drop j
'Drift Bottles'
The Bureau of Commercial Fish
eries and the Navy will drop about
1,000 "drift bottles" from Navy
blimps operating out of Lakehurst,
N. J., on or about Feb. 18. 1959.
The bottlca will be dropped into
the coastal waters from Sandy
Hook, N. J. to Chincoteague Bay,
Va., for the purpose of studying
surface currents in winter.
This information will be used in
research on cod now spawning In
those waters. Some of the bottles
are expected to turn up on the
shore within a few days after they
are dropped.
A reward of SO cents will be paid
for each card returned with the
best information the finder can
provide, announces John P. Wise,
chief cod investigations.
The bottles are of the "pop"
variety, about 7 Inches Ugh, sealed
with rubber stoppers. Each con
tains an orange flyer and post
Hid reoovaqr Infnrnritka card.