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48th YEAR, NO. 16 EIGHT PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT. WORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 24. 1969 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
Six Injured in Head-On Collision
Of Truck, Car on Lennoxvil/e Road
Photo by J. W. Sykes
White paint splattered both vehicles in a head-on collision Sunday. The buckets of paint were under
the hood of the pickup truck, left. The Ford, right, was driven by Jackie Seweil, Beaufort.
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Bill Would Let
Anybody Catch
Fish 'Any Time'
Gehrmann Holland, state fisher
ies commissioner, restored peace
and order Thursday when Senators
Cicero Yow of New Hanover and
S. Bunn Frink of Brunswick ex
changed hot words with members
of the commercial fisheries com
mittee of the Board of Conserva
tion and Development.
Yow and Frink have concocted
a bill which would permit oyster
ins on Tuesdays and Fridays dur
ing the normally closed season
and shrimping seven days a week
for amateur fishermen intent only,
according to Yow and Frink, on
filling their deep-freezers for home,
consumption. r
Commercial fishermen have long
looked askance at the so-called
amateur fishermen who have the
power, not individually, but
through sheer weight of numbers,
to torpedo all the conservation ef
forts of the Division of Commer
cial Fisheries.
Yow and Frink were about to
storm out of the meeting when
Holland asked to say a few words.
They were directed at both the
members of the Fisheries Com
mittee and to the senators. They
were:
"If you don't compromise, you're
licked. These gentlemen (Yow and
Frink) are going to get support
from all over the state. I've had
letters."
The Yow-Frink bill would allow
people to take oysters for their
own personal use on Tuesdays and
Fridays during the closed season.
The limit would be one bushel per
person, not to exceed five bushels
per boat
CAD's ban on taking shrimp be
tween the hours of 8 a.m. Satur
day and Sunday midnight would
also be repealed.
The Yow-Frink bill is a measure
specifically designed to permit the
holiday, amateur fishermen to en
joy himself. It may have general,
public support unless the conser
vation-minded Commercial Fish
eries Committee can combat it
successfully with conservation
facts and figures.
Waddell, Adams
Now in Jail Here
Transferred to this county from
Elizabeth City Saturday night were
Johnny Ray /Waddell, 25, and Hor
ace Adams Jr., 11, charged with
breaking and entering Huntley's
Hardware, Beaufort, the night of
Nov. C and stealing approximately
a thousand dollars.
The two youths and Linwoad
Mears, also believed to be involved
in the theft, were apprehended by
the SBI Nov. 12 at Elizabeth City.
In their car at the time were
burglary tools identified ai those
used to crack the Huntley safe.
Mears has been returned to a
prison camp in Currituck County.
Waddell and Adam* had been held
by Elizabeth City authorities until
their transfer here. At the time
of the Huntley Job, Waddell was
on parole, having been convicted
on previous breaking and entering
charges.
Fire area Called
Morehead City firemen answered
a call to Carteret Drug store at
10:36 a.m. yeaterday where an
electric light fixture was smoking.
XteM was no fire and no damage.
Six persons were injured at 6:10
p.m. Sunday in a bead-on collision
on the Lennoxville Road, less than
a mile from Beaufort. Still hos
pitalized yesterday were Mrs.
Jackie Sewell, Lennoxville Road,
Beaufort, and Raymond Taylor,
highway 101, Beaufort.
Others injured were Jackie Se
well, the two Sewell children, Bren
da, 10, and Jack III, 6, and Charles
E. Mason, Beaufort.
The Sewells and Mr. Mason were
in a 1957 Ford driven by Mr. Se
well and Mr. Taylor was driving a
Studcbaker pickup truck. The acci
dent happened on a curve.
According to W. J. Smith, high
way patrolman who investigated,
the pickup truck was beaded east
and the Ford west. They came to
gether on the south side of the
road.
White paint, in cans under the
hood of the pickup truck, were
smashed, throwing paint over the
wreckage.
Mrs. Sewell, cut on the forehead
and suffering from a leg injury,
was taken 16 Sorehead City Hos
pital in the Adair ambulance. Tay
lor was taken to the hospital by
Clarence Davis Jr. in his car.
The Beaufort fire truck was call
ed to the scene when it was feared
fire would break out, but the truck
was not needed. Neither was the
rescue truck which was also called.
Jackie III suffered a fracture be
low the knee on his right leg. The
leg was put in a cast and he waa
discharged from the hospital.
Mr. Taylor, age (2, has a crushed
hip and broken shoulder. Mr. Ma
son, age 73, is suffering from frac
tured nbs and a cut on his right
arm. Mr. Sewell had a cut on his
head and rib injuries and Brenda
was suffering from bruises.
Mr. Mason and the two children
were riding on the back seat of the
Ford, and Mr. and Mrs. Sewell on
the front. Mr. Taylor was alone in
the pickup.
Both vehicles were demolished.
Charges are pending.
Announcing
In Thi? Issue
ALL-COUNTY
Hoop Quintet
See Sports Page
Ports Director
To Speak Here
D. Leon Williams, executive di
rector at state ports, will be the
speaker at the annual member
ship dinner of the Morehead City
chamber of commerce Thursday
night, March S, at the recreation
building. .
Charlies Parker, head of the
state advetrising division. Depart
ment of Conservation and Develop
ment, will be a member of a panel.
He will tell what the state is doing
to advertise this area.
J. A. DuBois, chamber manager,
says that the dinner is being held
in the recreatio* building to allow
persons to see the improvements
that have been made there and to
observe its seating capacity with
a view to serving as a convention
hall.
The dinner will be catered by
the Rex Restaurant. Tickets, $2
each, are available from chamber
directors or the chamber officc.
All men's civic clubs are invited
to the dinner, as well as chamber
members.
Rev. Al Daniel to Head
Migrant Program for '59
The Mf. At Daniel, pastor of
Wildwood Presbyterian Church,
was re-elected chairman of the
county migrant ministry commit
tee Friday afternoon at the edu
cational building of Ann Street
Methodist Church, Beaufort.
Other officers chosen were the
Rev. William Jeffries, Marsball
berg, assistant chairman; the Rev.
Alex Thompson, Beaufort, treasur
er; and the Rev. John Cline, Beau
fort, commodities chairman. Mr.
Cline will hanlde contributions of
clothing, health kits, toys and other
supplies.
The secretaryship is yet to be
filled. Mrs. Russell Klemm, who
served as secretary during the
ryear, was commended for
service.
Color slides on last year's work
were shown. The committee voted
to have another set made to send
to the North Carolina Council of
Churches for use in publicizing the
migrant ministry work.
Two sets of slides are' available
in this county for showing, to
church and civic groups. Showing
takes 20 minutes. Mr. Jeffries
should be contacted by groups in
the eastern part of the county who
wish to show slides and Mr. Dan
iel ahould be contacted by group*
in the western part of the county.
A script is provided with the
slides.
Mr. Cline, who has served at
treasurer during the past year, re
ported that contributions ot cloth
ing and many have been coming
in over the winter months. The
meeting closed with prayer by the
Rev. Carroll Hansley.
Committee officers will meet thia
morning at 10 in the First Baptist
Church, Beaufort, to plan this
summer's program.
Demonstration Women
To Attend Workshop
Home Demonstration Club mem
bers are invited Wednesday to a
meeting and demonstration on
clothing construction.
Conducting the workshop will be
Miss Mary Em. Lee, extension
clothing specialist. The process at
making clothing will begin with
laying on of the pattern to the
finishing.
The meeting will begin at 9:30
in the home agent's office, court
house annex, Beaufort, and end
about 3:30. Each one attending it
asked to bring lunch.
County Toastmasters
To Meet Tomorrow Night
W. D. Munden will serve as
toaatm aster tomorrow night at the
meeting of the County Toastmas
ters Club, civic center, Morehead
City.
Speakers will be Lecil Smith, J.
B. Eubank., M L. Davis with Dr.
W. L. Woodard and John Baptist
as alternates. Critics will be BUI
Wilkin*, Oscar All red and Dr.
Theodore Rice. Master critic will
be Or. Bui sell Outlaw.
Club Sets Goals I
In Clean-Up
OArea Chairman
Named Yesterday.
? Campaign to Get
Under Way March 1
The Beaufort Woman's Club has
mL.k*?flc goals in iu three
month clean-up campaign.
4ddition to clean-up, paint-up
and garden-up by individual home
ownera, the club hopea to improve
the appearance of the triangle ap
proach to the Beaufort bridge from
the causeway, create garden spots
onvacant lots in town, plant pine
seedlings, start a "bottle pile" and
tsrsisT* of pupus in pr?
The "bottle pile" would be used
to show how many bottles can be
found lying about the town. Every
one will be invited to deposit bot
tics on the bottle pile.
ofM". N- Gilchrist, chairman
of the Woman's Club campaign,
said any suggestions on clean-up
are welcome.
i In* Car?p?'?n wi? March
I and end June 1. The club will
devote its full efforts to the clean
president'" G" W" Du"Can'
Completed yesterday were ap
pointments of area chairmen in
the clean-up program. They will
meet at 10 a.m. Thursday at the
home of Mrs. Gilchrist.
Chairmen are as follows: Area I
torT? w?n! f,treet west of T"rner
west t? Bcaufort ? "dge and
west to the cauaeway)? Mrs. C. L
Beam and Mrs. C. G. Holland.
Are* * (east of Turner to Marsh,
north on Marsh to the highway
west on the highway to Fulford'
then south to Front and west to
the business section)? Mrs. Wil
liam Roy Hamilton, Mrs Wiley
Lewis and A1 Dewey.
Arie J (from Fulford east,
WIN? ? "a lh! nor,h Lennox -
vUle Road and on the south by
the waterfront) _ Mrs. Norwood
Young Mra. Lock wood Phillips,
Mrs. James Lupton.
Many? L<T^ "rett C,st to
B^d tbt south b*
Broad Street and on the north by
Wfl Beaufort bridge and
marsh) Mrs. M. A. Thurrnan anS
Misa Jane Atkinson.
Area $ (Marsh Street east to
Huntley development and north to
S w Braxton Ad*'r
and Mrs. David Be vendee.
?A"a ? (We,t Beaufort Road
northward, bounded on east by
highway 101 )? Mra. R. M Wil
M?- Martin Willis and Mra
A1 Biermann.
Area 7 (between highways 101
z. ??rMcsene smith -
,. A"a * (downtown business aec
tion) ? Community committee of
u ij ? Deve'opment Corp
Holden Ballou. chairman.
Mra. Charles Davia is serving as
publicity chairman. *
David Dickinson
Hurt Wednesday
David Dickinson, 12, Core Creek,
was still confined to the Morehead
City Hospital yesterday. He was
suffering from injuries sustained
Wednesday night in the 100 block
of Marsh Street, Beaufort, when
he walked into a trailer behind a
Whitehurst Awning and Blind Co.
truck.
Driving the truck was James
Whitehurst, Beaufort. According to
reports, Dickinson had gone to the
Harry Bell home on Marsh Street
to do some work. He left the house
to go to his truck to get some tools.
As be was getting ready to re
cross the street to the Bell home,
Whitehurst came by. The two men
waved to each other and as soon
as the truck passed, Dickinson
started across the street, not rea
lizing the trailer was coming too.
Somehow the dropcord Dickin
son was carrying over his shoul
der got tangled in the trailer and
he was dragged along the street.
Whitehurst said be felt a thud and
stopped as soon as he realized
something was wrong.
Dickinson got up, didn't think
anything was wrong with him and
drove home. He went to the hos
pital, however, the next morning.
Some of the tools he was carrying
at the time of the accident were
found in the trailer.
He's suffering from a severely
bruised right hip, bruised left arm
and strained back.
T* Be ia Anthology
The poem. Who Pays, by Evelyn
Pokryzwa, Beaufort, published in
the current issue of Writer's Voice,
has been selected for inclusion in
the magazine's anthology of poems
for 1959. Mrs. Pokryzwa reports
that only one poem in each iasue
of the magazine is chosen for the
Seadogs Take County Title
In 78-44 Win over Pirates
Butch Hassell, left, Seadog ace, and Sammy Merrill, right, accept
ed the boys' championship trophy. H. L. Joslyn, county school su
perintendent, presented It after the Seadogs defeated Atlantic Friday
night.
Photos by Donald Edwards
Hippy Hawkettei bold the county championship trophy. They are
Becky Garner, left aad Peggy Jo Wallace. H. L. Joslyn, county ta
pe rintendent of acboola, made the presentation of the trophy after the
girls* game Friday night at the Beaufort gym.
72 Western Carteret Citizens
Voice Objections to Bond Issue
Circulated In the western part of |
the county recently was the follow
ing atatement on the proposed
school bond issue and the school
consolidation plan. Seventy - two
persons concurring with opinions
in the statement affixed their sig
natures to it.
The statement, with ligners'
names, follows:
The chips are down and as far as
we can see the issues are plainly
before the people regarding the
Bond lasue for schools. Unfor
tunately the issues and facts con
cerning the Pay-as-You-Go plans
for better education are not clearly
before the people of Carteret Coun
ty, so let's analyze the two cases:
Under (be Bond Program the
people are being offered two large
and expensive buildings, costing
one million dollars each, and in the
words of Mr. Joslyn at a PTA
meeting, equipped with the bare
essentials. The other five hundred
thousand dollars has become the
most elastic amount of money that
has ever been allocated by a local
government group.
It not only tarnishes building
needs for colored schools, a new
school plant .for the White Oak
township, but also is to provide
complete renovation for all exist
ing school buildings for efficient
use, sizing them down to meet the
needs of small students in the ele
mentary grades.
This could i
meat, ch
etc., for
school plants]
dents are
mentary ecu
of this is
menta for a?
i new equip
'kboards,
existing
i school stu
and elc
kred in; all |
Ite require
County are vo
ucation, but
money on
costing a million ]
a nighty elastic f
to do what we
far that amount i
Another fact i
ture for this bond I
realistic tax rate <
been set {or one ;
it to
that the tax rate will be raised as
a result of increased school main
tenance, transportation cost, and
other county department needs
sending the tax rate in the next
two or three years from $1.60 to
$1.75 or $1.85.
During that time Carteret County
will be rapidly facing additional
school building needs with a fixed
debt service. The tax rate then
would have to move even higher
than $1.75 or $1.85.
During the period there wil) be
nothing done to help the most es
sential factor for better education,
that of the teacher problem.
Classes will remain with high en
rollment. From 28 to 45 students
will be enrolled in certain classes,
based on the State Teacher Alloca
tion Plan of one teacher per 30
students average daily attendance,
or one teacher per 32 students of
total enrollment.
T h i ? information concerning
classes of 28 to 45 students was
gained by writing high schools cur
rently having enrollments of 700 to
800 students. The teacher then con
tinue? to be a person who main
tains order in her class and not ?
person to educate students, the Job
for which she was hired.
In summing up this information
we can only come to the conclu
sion that a person voting for bet
ter education cannot possibly vote
for the proposed bond program,
since the bond issue represents a
See SIGNERS, Page 1
Tide Table
Tide* it the Beaufort Bur
HIGH LOW
Tueaday, Feb. U
8:53 a.m. 2:53 a.m.
8:18 p.m. 3:1S p.m.
Wedaesday, Feb. a
9:40 a.m. 3:36 a.m.
10:06 p.m. 3:58 p.m.
Thursday, Feb. 16
10:31 a.m. 4:11 a.m.
10:58 p.m. 4:39 p.m.
Friday, Feb. XI
11:16 a.m. S:06 a.m.
UOt p.m. . u ?:? P-in.
Captain Speaks
To Rotarians
Capt. Ham Boge, muter -of the
Georg Russ, cargo abip which
brought <4,000 bags of teed pota
toes to Morehcad City, wai the
tpeaker at the Morehead City Ro
tary Club meeting Thursday night.
Captain Boge was Introduced by
Bill Davies of Morehead City Ship
ping Co., agent for the Georg Ruas.
Captain Boge related the difficul
ties the crew experienced in tak
ing on its cargo. The potatoes
came from Prince Edward Island,
off the coast of Canada, but be
cause of ice, the potatoes had to
be ferried on rail cars to St. John's
Newfoundland and loaded there.
The shipment was one of four
which has come to South Atlantic
ports. The potatoes will be distrib
uted to brokers in the North Caro
lina area.
Stanley Woodland reminded Ro
tarians of the district conference
March 1 and 2 at Greenville. Group
singing was led by Dr. Darden
Eurc. The club met at the Rex.
Fans Jam Seadog Gym
For Hoop Finals Friday
By WILSON DAVIS
After a first half that left Beaufort fans shaking their
heads and Tirate fans cheering, the Seadogs snapped
back Friday night in the county tournament to post a de
cisive 78-44 win over Atlantic. The two teams left the
Seadog floor at the half, the scoreboard reading 32.32.
The contest was played before a*
packed gymnasium.
The win, 20th straight this sea
son, earns Beaufort the right to
represent Carteret in the district
2 Class A preliminaries at Kenans
ville Friday night.
The Atlantic Pirates who had
won their last six games couldn't
keep up with the high-flying Sea
dogs who many Beaufort fans con
sider better than the Seadogs of
1964 55 that took the state cham
pionship.
The heavily - favored Seadogs
started slowly and the Pirates
found themselves in the lead 12-11
at the end of the first quarter. Both
teams stepped up the scoring pace
in the next quarter, Atlantic post
ing 20 points, It coming by free
throws, and the Seadogs scoring
21 to make it all even, 32-32 at
halttime.
At this point, moat fans conceded
that an upset was possible. Beau
fort had been pressed to win only
once this year. They tucked vic
tories under their belts usually by
margins of 20 or more points.
But the Seadogs had a bad first
half, making many fouls in using
their full court press defense. The
Pirates ran well against it, hitting
18 of 22 foul ahots.
With the start of the second half,
it was a different ball game. The
old master, Seadog coach Tom Mc
Quaid, dropped the pressing de
fense and the Seadog sharpshooters
started hitting, scoring 10 points
before the Piratca made a basket.
Then the Pirate* just lost their
hustle and were out of the ball
game when the score stood at
S7-36 at the end of the third
quarter. '
Both Pirate coach Roy Cocker
ham and McQuaid put their entire
squads in action in the dying min
utes of the last quarter. The Sea
dogs scored 21 points while giving
up < to make the final reading
78-44.
Four Beaufort players scored in
double figures. Butch Hasseil led
See TOURNEY, Page Z
Speeders Pay
Costs, Fines
In County Court
Whammles were the net that
caught a number of motorists con
victed of speeding Thursday in
county recorder's court.
Defendants and their penalties
were as follows: Ronald T. Jor
dan, Francis Walter Mulvey Jr.,
Paul R. Bussemey, Haywood D.
Harris, Cecil Best, James L. Eze
kiel, Quentin M. Lewis. Donald C.
Howard, Earl F. Mozingo, Henry
Lloyd Harward Jr., and Robert
Howell Peacock, all of whom paid
costs.
Wayne H. Gibson, $10 and costs;
James D. Ramsey, William H. Sni
der, Arthur R. Hodgson, Charles
J. Zmrhal, $5 and costs; David
Edward Johnston., $S0 and costs.
Penalties varied in accordance
with the number of miles the speed
limit was exceeded.
A fine of $25 and costs was
levied on each of three defendants,
Max Ayers, Mrs. B. B. Rucker
and Betty Jo Williams, convicted
of renting * room at the beach
and occupying it for immoral pur
poses.
On a larceny charge, Pat Wells
and Gurney Hayes were given two
years in jail, suspended on con
dition they remain on good be
havior four yean and pay $10 and
coats in <0 days.
Eugene Clifton Davis, convicted
of drunken driving, paid $100 and
costs. Herbert Pollock was sen
tenced to 30 days in jail for fight
ing and Andrew Porter drew 30
days for assault.
Ciifi dismissed were the (al
lowing: Nehemiah Williams, Ben
nie Murray and Charlie Lee Wil
son, (ailing to comply with a court
order; Nehemiah Williams also
forfeited bond on a charge o ( pub
lic drunkenness and disorderly con
duct. Also dismissed was a case
against R. C. and Esther Brown,
charging them with contributing
to the delinquency o ( a minor.
The state decided not to prose
cute caaes against the following:
John Owens, destroying and dam
aging personal property; George
L. Versiga, speeding; Allen Willis,
violation o( the (ishing laws; Pa
tricia F. Jones, no operator's li
cense; Allen Anderson, (ailing to
comply with a court order and
non-support; Fred Ernul, non-sup
port; Bruce Carney and George
Equilf, no operator's license.
AIm dropped was a case against
Equils charging him with (ailure
to comply with a court order.
Bonds were forfeited by James
Puckott, public drunkenness; Ben
nie Rhctt, public drunkenness,
using profane language and draw
ing a knife; James F. Meadows,
expired license plates; James Gor
don Guthrie, improper lights; Zora
O'Neal, violation of (ishing laws,
and Thomas A. Jones, public
drunkenness.
Ob another warrant charging
public drunkenness, disorderly con
duct, disturbing the peace, Jones
paid $10 and costs.
Malicious prosecution was ruled
in the case charging Murphy Dise
with assault and the prosecuting
witness paid costs.
For violation of (ishing laws,
Milan M. Hargett and Robert Wes
ley Ross paid hall costs.
See COUBT, Page S
Snow Falls, Flowers Bloom,
Calamonda Tree Bears Fruit
while the snowflakes flew for
about an hour Friday afternoon,
daffodils were blooming outdoors
and in Hamilton Furniture Co. on
Live Oak Street, Beaufort, a dia
mond* tree w putting forth new
fragrant blouoms.
William Roy Hamilton, proud
owner of the tree, lays it has at
tracted lots of attention. The tree
is now bearing fruit, as It has
been since November.
The fruit looks like miniature
oranges, and as does the orange
tree, blossoms and fruit appear an
Mr. Hamilton brought the plant
back from Florida with him in
January 1S5?. Then it waa about
2 feet high. Today it reachea to the
ceiling in the atore and has just
about outgrown the washtub in
which it if planted.
The fruit tastes much like a
qumquat, Mr. Hamilton says. You
eat akin and all.
The tree will continue to bear
for a couple more m oaths and then
put forth new branchea and leavea,
getting ready for the fruiting sea