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-s~ CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES "" , 48th YEAR, NO. 21. TWO SECTIONS FOURTEEN PAGES MORE HEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NOBTH CAROLINA FRIDAY, MARCH 13, 1969 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS Sam Hood, Carteret Native, Killed by Bus A colorful career came to a vio lent end Tuesday night when Sam Hood, 41, former editor of The Beaufort News, was killed in Pitta 4 burgh, Pa. A reporter for the Pittsburgh Press, Hood was one of two per sons killed when a bus mowed down a group of commuters wait ing to board a street ear in down town Pittsburgh during the height of Tuesday evening's rush hour. Details of funeral arrangements for lluod were not available yester , day. Born in Morebead City in 1917, Hood was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Gurncy P. Hood, who are living now at 911 W. Johnson St., Raleigh. His father was mayor of Morehtad City during the first world war and for 20 years was commissioner of North Carolina banks. Sam left Morehead City as a child when his family moved to Tarboro, later to Elizabeth City and to Raleigh in 1931. Hood was on the staff of the Rocky Mount t Evening Telegram in 1939, was staff photographer for the Raleigh Times from 1940 to 1342 and be came editor of The Beaufort News, now the .Carteret County News Times, in 1942. After holding positions at Ithaca, N. Y., and Harrisburg, Pa., in journalism, Hood went with the Pittsburgh Press in 1945. His widow is the former Eliza beth Wallace of Newmanstown, Pa. They have a son, Christopher Rhodes, 10. He also has a brother, Lee, of Raleigh. Ilood was one of two killed when brakes on a bus failed. Fourteen were injured. The bus driver said he had to choose between hitting the trolley and swerving to the curb. He swerved to the curb, knocked down people waiting for the trolley, several persons on the Sidewalk, and sheared off a light pole. Hood not only was a press pho tographer, but reporter, writer, composer, music critic, author, and scenic and portrait 'photographer. In May 1955 he won a $500 award from Pall Mall for his "Big Story". His coverage of a Pittsburgh mur der story was dramatized over tr. , 130 Pupils Write Essays on Vision More than 130 essays have been submitted by Morehead City high school students in the 1959 essay contest on Vision and Highway t Safety, it was announced today by Dr. R. E. Outlaw, contest chair man. Purpose of the contest, said Dr. Outlaw, is to make the public more aware of the part good vision plays in preventing traffic accidents and highway fatalities. The contest is sponsored by the I North Carolina State Optometric Society in cooperation with the Safety Division of the North Caro lina Department of Motor Vehicles. This is the third year the contest has been held in this state. Prizes of savings bonds totaling more than $1,000 are being offered winners on the local, district and state levels. First place winner in the state will receive a $300 Sav ings bond and expense-paid trip to the North Carolina State Opto metric Society's annual banquet. I Dr. Outlaw today reminded coun ty high school students that the deadline for the contest is Sunday. Eqlries submitted after that date cannot be considered. Six Appear In Monday Court On a very Ught docket, only six defendants appeared before Judge Herbert O. Phillips Monday in Morehead City Recorder's Court. Mrs. Nell Mattox, who was charged with possession of a quan tity of non tax-paid whiskey was sentenced to six months in jail. The sentence was suspended at condition that she remain on good behavior for ? period of one year and pay a fine of $30 and court costs. In two cases, in which the de fendants were called and failed to appear, Leonard Briscoe Melton Jr. and Cpl. Jack Akers forfeited bonds to the state. Briscoe waa charged with having an expired driver's license and Akers was charged with allowing an un licensed person to drive his car. James Tadlock was to appear before Judge Phillips to answer charge* of public drunkenness but the court was informed that Tad lock was now In Jail serving time on another charge. Nexar Ipoek Jr., paid a fine of $2 and a third of the court costs eo ? chart* at orerparking. Sam Hood . . . bus victim Dr. H. V. Webb Speaks Monday To Smyrna PTA Dr. H. V. Webb of Sea Level Community Hospital was the speaker at the Smyrna PTA meet ing Monday evening. "Looking Ahead to the Future" was his theme. He said health would be the major challenge in the future, then spoke briefly on education and re ligion. In the absence of the president and vice - president, Mrs. Bill Pigott, past president, presided. Devotions were given by the Rev. Ray West, pastor of the Straits and Harkers Island Methodist churches. Minutes of the last meeting were read by Mrs. Dyon Simpson, sec retary, Mrs. Edward Moore, treas urer, reported a balance of $922.18. Mrs. Joseph Owens, chairman of the room representatives, said $311 was made on the recent ham supper. She expressed her appre ciation for all the help and dona tions, and asked the room repre sentatives to meet Tuesday to de cide how to use the money. Vannle Willis, chairman of the ways and means committee, re ported he had turned over $142.70 to the treasurer. This was profit from the last clam bake. Mrs Owens, chairman of the nominating committee, presented nominations for next year's offi cers which were approved. They are Charles Davis Harris Jr., pres ident; Alonzo Salter, vice-presi dent; Mrs. Dyon Simpson, secre tary; Mrs. Edward Moore, treas urer. Banners for attendance were wbn by Mrs. Thelma Moore's 4th and 5th grades and Mrs. Ben Jones' 10th grade. The April meeting will be in charge of Harkers Island with Mrs. Mary Lewis as chairman. At the conclosioa of the business session PTA members went to the lunchroom where .Gloucester and Straits communities served re freshments. Beach Mayor Hears Five Cases Five defendants were given a hearing in Atlantic Beach mayor's court Tuesday night. AU were ordered to pay costs, with the exception of Larry E. King, Coast Guardsman, who was convicted of public drunkenness, resisting arrest and damaging the beach jail. King was ordered to pay $S fine, reimburse the town for damage amounting to fx, pay costs and he was restricted from the beach for 30 days. Robert H. Wallace, James N. Hensel and Ralph M. Shepherd, all of Camp Lejeune, were con victed of public drunkenness and disturbing the peace. Brock H. Aker Jr., Cherry Point, was found guilty of public drunk enness and interfering with an -officer. Power to be Off Sunday In Western Carteret W. C. Carlton, manager of Car teret-Craven Electric Membership Corp., announces that the electric power will be off Sunday morning from 1:30 a.m. 'til S a.m., from the Broad Creek bridge west to the Swansboro bridge and from NC 24 to Uie Pelletier community. The purpose of the outage U to install a new regulator station In the recently completed three-phase line to Swansboro. Streets Recti red James Rumley, Beaufort street commissioner, told board mem bers Monday night that 1,4a bu shels of oyster shells had been placed on dirt streets last month, as well a* 300 too* of mail $150 Removed From Registers In Drug Store ? Police Believe Theft Wat Inside Job ? Attempt to Crack Safe Unsuccessful The Morehead City Drag store, owned by W. C. Matthews, was robbed Monday night of approxi mately $150 by what police believe to be a lone bandit who hid in the store until after closing and then rifled three cash registers and attempted to crack the safe. Polir.-; chief Herbert Griffin, Morehead City, reported that the robbery was first discovered by an employee of the drug firm, Mrs. John Ballou, when she opened one of the registers Tuesday morning to obtain some change and found it to be empty. Further investigation of the other registers revealed that they, too, had been cleaned out. Police investigators believe that the robber was undoubtedly some one who was familiar with the store and knew of a place where he could hide without being de tected until after the store had closed. The bandit made an unsuccess ful attempt at cracking the safe, which is located at the rear of the store near the prescription coun ter. The dial of the safe had been knocked off and acid poured over the door to hide any trace of fin gerprints. The narcotics were locked in the safe. After the robbery the thief let himself out of the store by a back door that is loeked from the inside by a padlock. The SB1 is assisting the More head City police in the investiga tion. $40,000 Suit Arising from Shooting Goes to Jury Yesterday Afternoon March Brings Plenty of Rain 0 Rainfall Heavy First Two Weeks ? Temperatures Mean Spring is About Here Carteret County has had 2.S3 inches of moisture so far for the month in the form of snow that fell on the county on March 2 and rain that hit the area on the 5th. Although the weather has been rather cool for this time of the year, E. Stamey Davis, weather observer, reports that we are right on the verge of spring and the cold spells will become shorter and far ther between as the month pro gresses. Temperatures for the month so far have been a little under sea sonal normals. Following are the temperatures for the month as recorded by Mr. DavU: Max. Min. Wind March 2 .................. 52 33 N March 3 58 35 SW March 4 ...... ...... 58 35 SW March 5 ................ 61 40 ESE March 6 64 55 SW March 7 57 47 W March 8 54 39 NE March 9 66 41 SW March 10 61 43 W March 11 M 40 E County Shows Big Spurt In Higher Retail Sales Morehead JC's To Sell Candy Morehead City Jaycees dccided Monday night, on rccommcndation of the directors, to sell peanut brittle. The sale will start in the near future. Reports from committee chair men were heard at the meeting at the Blue Ribbon. Dr. Russell Outlaw reported on plans for the district Jaycee meeting the third weekend in April at the Morehead Biltmore. He als? said that most of the Jaycees went to the polls in the school bond referendum. Paul Cor dova stated that the football com mittee had conferred with high school officials on the forthcom ing football season. (Jaycees as sist in sponsoring high school foot ball). L. G. Dunn suggested that the Jaycees sponsor a variety show put on by the prison band from Raleigh. President Jerry Willis stated that Morehead City Jaycees have been invited by the prison warden to see the show when it is presented at New Bern March 21. Norrls Edge stated that the tape recording of the My True Security oration has been sent in for judg ing in the district. The contest, sponsored at the high school, was won by Truman Kemp Jr. A letter from Miss Laura Ste phens, Beaufort, thanking the Jay cees for the flowers they sent her after their DSA banquet, was read. Firemen Show Tokyo After Dark Tokyo After Dark will be the film Down East firemen will show at the recreation center at Atlan tic tonight and tomorrow. Proceeds from the films go to support the fire department. Firemen also remind all home owners that their dues for 1959 are now payable. Dues, or dona tions, may be mailed directly to the fire department or any volun teer fireman may accept them. Leon Mann Jr., Newport, was the speaker at the recent firemen's meeting. His topic was a county wide volunteer tire department system. Down East firemen wholeheart edly endorsed the program. The meeting was well attended. Ac companying Mr. Mann were George Green, Newport Ore de partment captain,' and Charles Masters, former Newport fire <*?. - ' ' ? Among all of N?rth Carolina's 100 counties, Carteret was 11th from the top in per cent of In crease in retail sales subject to sales tax in the fiscal year, Febru ary 1958 through January 1959, over the preceding fiscal year, February 1957 through January 1958. This is revealed in an analysis of Sales and Use *Tax collections by the North Carolina Merchants' Association. The stale-wide increase was 3.69 per cent. Carteret's increase was 9.61 per cent. Those counties with increases greater than Carteret's are: Yan cey 30.42 per cent; Madison 15 31 per cent; Anson 12.28 per cent; Onslow 12.11 per cent; Scotland 12.98 per cent; Clay 11.52 per cent; Dare 11.33 per cent; Orange 10:96 per cent; Forsyth 10.24 per cent; and Granville 9.87 per cent. The county with the greatest re tail sales, Mecklenburg, showed an increase of 4.10 per cent, the sec ond county, Guilford, an increase of 7.(8 per cent, the third county, Forsyth, an increase of 10.24 per cent as shown above, and the fourth county, Wake, an increase of 6.93 per cent. Twenty-five of the 100 counties showed decreases in retail sales ranging from a high of 12.85 per cent for Gates to a low of .02 per cent for Vance. 1959 Easter Seal Child Billy Fraser, 3-yearold son of Mr. and Mrs. Don W. Fraser of Asheville and North Carolina's Easter Seal Child with Gov. Luther H. Hodges at the governor's office in Raleigh. ? Whether Manly Maton, Broad Creek, will receive $40,000 in damages from constable Ralph Paul rests in the hands of the jury, which retired late yesterday after noon. The case got under way late Wednesday afternoon on the third day of the civil court term in the courthouse, Beaufort. ^ Mason claims that as a result of Paul's wounding him at lfl'1/1 tlia nidht Cnn/tav T i ? no B 4 ? i 1958, he suffered physical pain and his means of earning a living were interfered with. Mason said he works putting pipes under houses and testified Wednesday that his "leg still bothers" him. The shooting incident happened on highway 24 about three miles east of Cedar Point. Paul testified that Mason received the wound when Mason grabbed for Paul's .22 calibre revolver. At the time, Paul said he was holding the revolver in his left hand. He told the court that had he in tended to shoot anyone, the re volver would have been in his right hand, because he's right-handed. raul, constable in White Oak township, in the western part of the county, was represented by at torney Harvey Hamilton Jr. Coun sel for Mason was C. R. Wheatly Jr., Beaufort attorney. On the witness stand, Mason said that on the night of the shooting, he was at Fred Hare's, known as Sue's Place, waiting for Hare to come home from fishing. When Hare came back, he and Mason drove to Swansboro (about 8 o'clock, after dark) then returned to the Cedar Lane drive-in. There, Mason explained that he had some discussion with the pro See CIVIL SUIT, Page 8 FFC Approves Move Of Te/egraph Office Sheriff Wins Race With Prisoner Held in the county jail yesterday was Richard Robitaille, Morehcad City, charged with public drunken ness and resisting arrest. The youth, who said his home was originally in Maine, was pick ed up by sheriff Hugh Salter and patrolman J. W. Sykes Wednesday night at the intersection of highway 24 and 70. En route to the county jail, after leaving patrolman Sykcs in More head City, the sheriff said Robi taille jumped out of the car and ran. The sheriff took off after him and cornered him in the backyard of the Earl Holt residence, 404 Arendcll St. In the course of the chase, sheriff Salter slipped and fell, tore a hole in the knee of his trousers and gashed his knee. Hearing the scuffle in his back yard, Holt called the Morehead City police and eventually learned that the sheriff himself was one of the scufflers. Robitaille was finally locked up at 9:50 p.m. ? Location of a data B telegraph office at Beaufort has been approved by the Federal Communications Commis sion. A letter containing this information, from the FCC, was read to Beaufort town commissioners Monday night at their meeting at the town hall. The office, now on Craven Street and operated by B. C. vicKery, win oe movea 10 inei Mason insurance agcncy office, Front Street, with Earl Mason serving as agent. Western Union says that the same type of service will be of fered from the class B office as was offered heretofore. Hours will be the same and telcgrami will be delivered as usual. Thornton Darling, 109 Broad St., appeared to ask that the town cor rect the poor sewage drainage problem at the west end of Broad Street. Gray Hasscll, town en gineer, explained that fill from the bridge is washing down and cut ting off ebb and flow of tide at the outfall of four sewage lines. As a result, the sewage Is car ried off only on high tide. Mr. Has scll termed it a "terrible condi tion". The board approved con struction of a drainage ditch as an immediate solution. At the request of Holden Ballou, chairman of the municipal affairs committee of the Beaufort Com munity Development Corp., the board agreed to meet Thursday Folks Hope That Shipbuilding Firm Will Survive Financial Difficulties Hopes were being expressed in the Morehead City area yesterday that insolvency o ? the Kirchofer and Arnold investment firm, a ma jor stockholder in the Morebead City Shipbuilding Co., would not permanently close the shipbuilding company. The shipbuilding firm, under the Kirchofer management since 1952, has not been operating on full schedule since late 1958. Kirchofer and Arnold, Inc., Ra leigh, filed a petition for reorgan Tides at the Beaufort Bar Tide Table HIGH LOW Friday, March 13 10:56 a.m. 11:17 p.m. 4:43 a.m. 4:49 p.m. Satarday, March 14 11:35 a.m. 11:54 p.m. 5:17 a.m. 5:14 p.m. IS Sunday, March 12:15 p.m. Moaday, March 5:53 a.m. 5:39 p.m. 1< 12:31 a.m.. 12:56 p.m. 6:44 a.m. 6:16 p.m. 17 Tuesday, March 1:14 a.m. 6:06 a. it 1:03 pjn. i 1:46 pja. ization arrangement in US Eastern district court Wednesday, March 4. The petition, signed by judge Don Gilliam, authorized the company to continue operations under the management of James W. Thomp son Jr., vice-president, whose home address is 1801 Shcpard St., More head City. It was predicted in Raleigh yes terday that a federal court referee may be appointed to direct the af fairs of the investment firm. At ? coming hearing, the firm hopes to show that if it ia allowed to con tinue bperation, it can regain solid footing. In addition to Carteret persons who are owed money by the invest ment firm itself, a number of coun ty firms are owed money by its affiliated organization, the ship building corporation. According to papers filed in fed eral court, creditors of Kirchofer and Arnold arc Mrs. Rosa M. Adair, Beaufort, $2,946.70 and $1, 652.86; W. H. Muse, Beaufort, $2, 890; Dr. S. W. Thompson Jr., $2, 964, and J. W. Thompson Jr. $71C.tt, both of Morebead City. One af the major tnOan la 8. S. Stevenson Sr., Henderson, *69, 1 885.41 and $142,358.42, builder <f the Triple S occan fishing pier cast of Atlantic Beach. In addition to its holdings in Morehcad Shipbuilding, Kirchofer and Arnold has considerable inter est in Anvil Brands Inc., manufac turers of work and play clothes, and the Frank Corp., - Savannah, Ga., auto parts firm. In its petition to reorganize, Kir chofer and Arnold says that pros pects for collection of mortgages it holds are deemed to be "excel lent" over a period of time. But if the business is discontinued and liquidation of its assets forced, many of the assets would be sold at sacrifice prices. When the Morehead City ship building firm was working full force, as many as 260 persons were employed. The firm was awarded a Navy contract in early IKS and has manufactured fishing boats un der the trade name, llatteraa trawler. Symptoms of financial difficulty at the shipbuilding corporation have been noted locally for the past year or mora. The firm was slow in paying bills ? If bills were paid at all. There were reports that the boats being turned out 8m INSOLVENT, Fafa ? night, March 19, with Mr. Ballou's committee and the town planning board. Construction of a new town hall will be discussed. Mr. Ballou said that his commit tee is contemplating raising $5,000 to present to the town as payment on a town hall. Commissioners authorized Gene Smith, town attorney, to attend the meeting of the National Rivers and Harbors Congress May 13-15 at Washington, D. C. Dan Walker, town manager, reported on the re cent League of Municipalities meeting he attended at Raleigh. Mr. Walker also reported that with Civil Defense funds a build ing will be obtained for the rescue truck. The old one was blown down In a storm. To deter vandalism in Ann Street cemetery, three 6,000-lumen lamps have been put in the cemetery and one has been put in front of the cemetery on Ann Street. Mr. Wal ker said the additional lights will cost about $10 a month. Be reported that Guy Springle, chief of police, caught water com pany workmen about to tear up the streets on two occasions and made them go to the town hall to get a work order. A letter from Mrs. Lockwood Phillips, chairman of the county March of Dimes chapter, was read. Mrs. Phillips thanked the board for their cooperation in the March of Dimes drive. Engineer Hassell said that peo See FFC, Page 1 Heart Fund Now Totals $1,038 Received in the Heart fund drive so far is $1,031.30, announces Mrs. Frank Sample, treasurer. This is about half of the amount collected last year, she said. Any Heart Fund workers who still have money arc asked to turn it in to G. T. Spivey, Beaufort, chairman, or Mrs. Frank Sample, at First-Citizens Bank and Trust Co., Morchcad City. Received to date from the com munities: Gloucester-Straits $33.02, Gales Creek 111.2#, Broad Creek $54.57, Bcttie $36 25, Cedar Island $20. Davis $27.88, Queen Street School $146.47, Beaufort $243 84. Atlantic Beach $33.58, Harkers Island $68.48, Atlantic $83.53, Sal ter Path $47.35, Mill Creek (Ml and Morebead City (2UJL Traffic Cases Fill Last Week's County Docket Truffle violation! which included charges of speeding and reckless driving, improper passing, driving without a license, using improper turn signals and driving on the wrong side of the road made up the majority of the cases heard in the county recorder's court last Thursday. Speeders who were ordered to pay $10 and costs included James T. Sturm, Laurie Edward Guthrie, and James Arthur Harrelson, whose chargc was carelcss and reckless driving. Thomas Dudley Gillikin and Mi chael Ellis Barrows paid only court costs on speeding charges while in the case of Joseph F. Kelly Jr. judgment was suspended on pay ment of $25 and costs. Hugh Parker, who was charged with careless and reckless driving as well as speeding, drew a 30 day jail sentence which was sus pended on payment of $10 and costs. Charles Neal McCormick, charged with careless and reckless driving and having no tail lights on his vehicle was given three months in jail and assigned to work the roads. Both sentences were suspended on payment of $50 and costs. Found guilty of having no op erator's license was Anthony Car roll Styron. In addition, Styron was charged with having no lights, no insurance and no license plates. Hit 30-day sentence was suspended on payment of court costs. Raymond Wallace paid court cost 8 after being found guilty of I driving on the wrong side of the | road. Two men, Carl Hugging and Henry Jacobs appeared before judge Lambert Morris on charges of public drunkenness. Huggins was given 30 days in jail and as signed to work the roads, suspend ed on payment of court costs. Jacobs, who was assigned to work the roads for a period of 30 days, also had his sentence suspended by the court on payment of $10 and co&ts. In a larceny case Lloyd Lewis, charged with breaking and enter ing and larceny of a tv set, was bound over to superior court on $500 bond. Case* of five men, Douglas Mor ris, Harold Collier, Benjamin D. McCausley, James Collier and Bill White, whose charges included 12 counts of breaking and entering and larceny last year in White Oak township and Swansboro, were continued for grand jury action. Henry W. Turner Jr. was or dered by the court to pay $5 a week for the support of David Thompson Turner in answer to non-support charges against him. O* a bad check charge, Bert Wooten was ordered to pay court costs and the check. Paying one half of the court costs was Jesse Norris, who was charged with vio lation of the fishing laws. Charges of cheat and defraud against William Green, William Arnold and Jerry Brown were re duced to a misdemeanor, forcible trespass. The men were given 30 days in jail, assigned to work the roads, suspended on the condition that they remain on good behavior for two years and each pay one third costs. The state decided not to prose cute Marietta F. Taylor, charged .with no licenae; Emanuel Sadler, non-sppport; Tib Collins, assault; Roy Equalla and Tommy Willis, temporary larceny; Esther Vinson White, improper turn signal; and James Everett Norris, improper passing. The court continued 38 cases to the next docket. Director Comments On Play's First Reading Miss Ruth Peeling, director of the historical drama, Bonnie Blue Sweetheart, yesterday said she was pleaae<| with the first reading of the play Sunday. Rehearsals will begin April 1. A rehearsal schedule for April, May and the first two weeks in June will be mailed this week to members of the east. The play is scheduled for production Friday and Saturday, June 11 and 13, at the Morebead City high school. It is being aponaored by the Cartaret Comaimifr Theatre.
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