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FIGHT CANCER WITH A CHECK AND CHECK-UP CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES 48th YEAR, NO. 29. THREE SECTIONS TWENTY PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY, APRIL 10, 1959 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS Coroners Jury Says Officers Killed Taylor in Self-Defense Frank Nance Reports Youth Work Successful More than 17, Ml placements of youth workers, colored and white, were made in Carteret last year through the Beaufort -Mobile Farm Labor office, Frank Nance, super visor, reported this week. Young people who would like to do farm work this summer are registering now in high school, through the cooperation of the prin cipals, Mr. Nance said. There will be more openings for young people this year in tomatoes and tobacco, the supervisor added, lie said farmers are pleased with the kind of work the boys and girls do. Any employer in this area who needs workers for the summer is invited to contact Hugh Gordon, Beaufort, 8-4941 or 8-4800, J. D. Lilley, 8-4941, or Mrs. E. W. Ten ncy, Morehcad City Employment Security office. Mr. Nance says all types of young people, high school and col lege, have been registered for jobs and are available either in agri culture or industry. On the farm front, cutting of cab bage is expected to start the last of this month. Twenty-two crews will be at work, most of them from the Lumberton area, and a few from Florida and Georgia. Blueberry harvest will begin the last of May and continue until the last of June. J. W. Young, Stella blueberry grower, is using one out of-county crew of SO or 60 to sup plement a hundred youth workers on a day-haul basis from Newport and Swansboro. One hundred to ISO youth work ers are expected to harvest the berries on the Bccbc farms at Beaufort. Former Girl Scout Chairman Gets Certificate Mrs. R. O. Birnum, past chair ' man of the Morehead City Girl Scout neighborhood, was presented a certificate of appreciation at the monthly meeting Wednesday. Mrs. Robert Conway presented it, saying that the program has improved and the membership increased un der Mrs. Barnum. Minutes were read by Mrs. Ger ald Davis and these announce ments made: contributions from the troops for the Juliette Low World Friendship Fund arc due immediately to Mrs. Barnum. An nual troop financial reports are to be mailed to the council office, Goldsboro, prior to May 1. Mrs. Lawrence Hart, Carteret district 9 chairman, encouraged the leaders to take the forthcom ing training courses, one to be a day camp staff course at Cherry Point in May. The annual business meeting of the Coastal Carolina Council will be held at 10 a.m. May 7 at Camp Lcjeune. Every registered adult is urged to attend to vote on a revised constitution and the 1960 plan of work. Mrs. Sam B. Kale, neighborhood chairman, explained the Brownie Holiday, Saturday, May 9 from 10 a.m. to 1 at the recreation build ing. All Morehead Brownies are invited. An Indian theme will be carried out with games, songs, flag ceremony and lunch. ( The next neighborhood meeting will be in May. Attewliiig were Mrs. John Bap tist, Mrs. Barnum, Mrs. Kenneth Broadhurst, Mrs. Conway, Mrs. Gerald Davis, Mrs. James Gillikin, Mrs. Hart, Mrs. R. B. Howard, Mrs. Kale. Msr. Robert Lawrence, Mrs. Al bert Lea, Mrs. Bernard Leary, Mrs. Thomas McManis, Mrs. Ger ald Murdoch, Mrs. Hugh Porter and Mrs. Jerry Willis. Hokfon Ballou Speaks To Beaufort Rotary Holden Ballou of Beaufort talked to the Beaufort Rotary club on restaurant operation at their meet ing Tuesday night In the Scout building. His particular topic was coat control. The Rotarians had as their visi tor Fred Lewis ot the Morehead City Rotary club. Name to Speak Mr*. G. T. Spivey, county public health nurse, will apeak on health at a chapel program in Queen Street School, Beaufort, today. XNews-'iimes Photos by McComb Coroner David Munden, left, and sheriff Hugh Salter examine gun Everett Taylor, route I Newport, used to kill his father Saturday night. Newport Town Board Sets April as Clean-Up Month Newport town commissioners have declared April as clean-up month at the request of Leslie Ber cegeay of the town civic improve ment committee. The commission ers met Tuesday night at the town hall. The clerk, Miss Edith Lockey, was authorized to send out letters to owners of grown-up vacant lots, asking them t? clean their lots or the town will clean them and send them a bill. Deadline for persons wishing to file for town office was set. It is 6 p.m. Saturday, April 25. Any one who wishes to file must pay Ms filing fee In person to Miss Edith Lockey, town clerk. Election judges will be Miss Ada AUcn and Mrs. Robert Parrish. It was reported tkat firemen would start tomorrow to dig the foundation for their new fire sta tion. The town authorized a check for $200 to be given the firemen as the balance on the amount agreed to be paid them to help meet the cost on the new building. It was reported that 10 firemen will attend the Eastern Carolina Firemen's Association meeting Tuesday and two will go to the pump school at Charlotte next month. The Cherry Point Mutual Vet erans Housing Association has also donated $50 toward the new fire station and town hall. The board reaffirmed availability of a town lot on the Nine-Foot Road for use as a baseball diamond for a youth program. Douglas Henderson, sanitation commissioner, was given the au thority to start mosquito spraying when he sees fit. Bags of sawdust will be soaked with oil and put in marshes. The commissioners agreed to in vestigate an additional road from highway 70 to west Newport, as well as possibility of extending the north eni| of W. Railroad Boule vard to the city limits. Commissioner B. R. Garner pre sented the water clerk's report for March. The average bill for the month was $2.80. Miss Lockey was authorized to write those who have not paid tap-in fee, reminding them that the tap fee is past due. Un collected in tap-in fees is $1,895. March bills ordered paid amount ed to $782. Attending the meeting, in addi tion to those mentioned, were com missioners Wilbur Garner, John Kelly, Dick Lockey and attorney George Ball. At a Monday night inqueit in connection with the (hooting of Everett Taylor, the coroner's jury heard the testimony of five wit nesses and deliberated only ten minutes before returning a verdict of justifiable homicide on the part of law officers who shot and killed Taylor Saturday night, April 4. The jury recommended that no grand jury action be taken. The inquest was conducted by coroner David Munden at the municipal building, Morehead City. The first witness called to the stand was deputy sheriff Marshall Ayscuc, who along with deputy Bruce Edwards, fired at Taylor. Ayscue testified to the events that led up to the shooting of Taylor, starting with his being called to the home of Taylor's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry A. Taylor. Ayscuc stated that he received a call at about 8 o'clock Saturday night to go to the home, near Gales Creek. Upon arriving, he found Henry Taylor lying in the yard dead. Taylor's wife told him that Everett had killed his father and had gone to his house which is located across highway 24 from his parents' home. Ayscue said other officers at the scene with him were Bruce Ed wards, patrolman Bill Pickard, and constable Bill Dugcc. After being warned by Taylor's wife that Everett had stated he would kill anyone who tried to come af ter him, the officers went to the home of the younger Taylor. The officers spotted Taylor in back of his house when he stepped out from behind a building with his shotgun in his hand. Ayscuc testi fied that he and Edwards were facing Taylor with the lights of a car illuminating the scene from behind the officers. Ayscue then commanded Taylor to put down the gun and Taylor shouted back that he was on his own property and for them to get off his land. Taylor then raised his gun to fire and Ayscuc and Edwards fired, killing Taylor. (Officers also had at the scene a searchlight). The witness identified a shotgun, exhibited by the coroner, as the one Taylor had in hia hand when he was killed. In answer to a ques tion by a member of the jury, Ayscue stated, "We gave Taylor every chance in the world to put his gun down before we fired." He also stated that he had been told by the dead man's brother that he would get a gun and kill Taylor himself if they failed to do so. The second witness was sheriff Hugh Salter who testified that at the time of the shooting he was investigating another shooting and knifing incident in Beaufort. Sal ter testified that Taylor had a reputation of drunk and disorderly See INQUEST, Page 3 What Board of Education's New Budget Requests Are AAUW to Make Final Show Plans Final plans for tomorrow's side walk art show will be made at the meeting' of the American Associa tion of University Women at 8 to night at the civic center. Ceramics and enameled copper Jewelry, made by AAUW members during the past year will be on dispUy. Anyone who has any art or craft work he would like to exhibit is in vited to take it to the site of the art show, S. 8th Street, by Rose's 5 and 10, by 9 a.m. tomorrow. The exhibits must be picked up at S p.m. There will be no judg ing and tiiere is no exhibit fee. In case of ram, the show will be held in the, civic center. Mrs. William Nicholson, Beau fort, will speak tonight on the In ternational Federation of Universi ty Women. Hostesses will be Mrs. Clarence Guthrie, Mrs. Joyce Lewis and Mrs. G. B. Talbot, all of Beaufort Clouds, Showers May Follow Spring Days Although the temperatures have been very spring-like for the last few days, weather observer Stamey Davis says that cloudiness will in crease over the weekend, folio* ed by showers. High and low temperature*: Max. Mia. WM Monday <8 5? SW Tuesday ., 70 H SE Wednesday T2 38 SW ? H. L. Joslyn, county superinten dent of schools, presented a $514, 926 budget to the county commis sioners Monday morning. Of that amount, $181,658 has been estimated as needed for current expense, $333,268 for capital in vestment (new buildings, altera tions, equipment, etc.) Revenue expected from the coun ty commissioners was $380,000 and revenue from other sources, $134, 926. Breakdown on expenditures : gen eral control $10,008, instructional service $43,935, operation of plants $8,408, maintenance $58,000, fixed charges (rents, insurance, etc.) $13,400, auxiliary agcncics (emer gency drivers, repair parts, library supplies, textbook clerk, adult edu cation, lunchrooms, driver educa tion) $47,907. The foregoing items total $1(1,858. Proposed capital outlay: new buildings ? $15,000 to put to $34,000 set aside last year for gym at Queen Street School, $260,000 to lay aside for Morehead City School (including new equipment and fur niture: additions and alterations $16,373, plus $24,895 to make re pairs at Newport School as a re sult of state fire inspection, $16, 000 fo t buses and a thousand dol lars for new equipment, making a total of $333,268. Sources of income, in addition to the $380,000 requested from the county: state - federal vocational agriculture $7,480, state - federal home economics $9,2*0; textbooks $1,000, adult education $2,500, lunchrooms $31,000, federal aid (public law 874) $75,000, rentala $1,416, and driver education $7, 250, making a total of $134,926. la answer to qaestiaas from county commissioners and a dele gation from Morehead ;City Mon day morning at the county board mnrtiafc Mr. Joilya laid Uut fed cral money will make possible ? new salaried position on guidance and counseling in the county next year. The position will carry a (alary of $4,820 and $250 travel expense. Rents to be paid during the com ing year by the board of educa tion total $1,160 or $50 a month for a small building on the courthouse square which the board rent* from the county and rent for the two classrooms in the rccreatioo build ing, Morehead City. Adult education is a new item in the budget? $2,500 for the vo cational fisheries courses, fupds provided by the state. The $16,373 item in the budget it for renting extra classrooms and putting up temporary ones. After the budget was explained, board chairman Moses Howard said that the county could provide See EDUCATION, Page 1 Fire Endangers HomesatAtlantic ? Forest Ranger Gets Blaze Under Control i Two Fires Flare Up East of Beaufort Nannon homes at Atlantic, along highway TO. were endanger ed by a (ire Tuesday. The blaie started about 9:30 a.m., according to E. M. Foreman, county forest ranger, and was not under control until about 2 in the afternoon. Seventy acres were burned. The blaze started on the Shell Road and jumped highway 70. It was fanned by an east northeast wind. Mr. Foreman used the tractor and plow and backfired to bring the fire under control. Residents of the area helped fight the fire. Mr. Foreman especially expressed his thanks to Sergeant Charles, who is in charge of the airfield at Atlantic. The sergeant handled the backfiring. The fire is believed to have been started by some youngsters who may have been playing hooky from school. The marsh at Cedar Island Bay was also burning Tuesday, but Mr. Foreman said it was endangering no property. He believes that it, too. was set afire. The forest ranger put out two fires Sunday. One was near the Gibbs' brothers near Ileaufort on Ray West's property adjoining Ivey Eubanks' land. An acre burned. Eight acres of marsh and wood land on the west side of highway 70 near Sea Level Hospital also burned. That fire is believed to have started from aomeonc setting the trash pile afire. Persons who want to burn prop erty off between midnight and 4 p.m. must have a permit, ranger Foreman said. Because the Core Creek bridge is not usable by highway traffic, fire-fighting has become compli cated, he explained. The Interna tional Paper Co. is helping out by having its equipment for fire lighting ready on the vest side of the bridge and ranger Foreman has his equipment on the cast side. Board Names School Official II. L. Joslyn was reappointed su perintendent of schools Monday at the meeting of the county board of education. Several new committeemen were appointed. In Beaufort, G. B. Tal bot replaces Ed Nelson; at Camp Glenn, Leslie Brinson and Fred Willis succeed themselves; at Mar kers Island, Earl Rose succeeds Fcrnie Willis, who filled the unex pired term of David Yeomans. On the Morchead City school board Dr. A. F. Chestnut and Mrs. A. B. Roberts succeed themselves; at Newport R. T. Dickinson suc ceeds himself; on the Smyrna school board Elmer Davis suc ceeds Earl Davis, Jerry Law rence succeeds Osborne Pigott and at Stella, L. W. Pcllcticr succeeds himself. Board members, in addition to the ones named above, arc as fol lows: Atlantic, Dr. Herbert Webb, Monroe Gaskill, Clayton Fulchcr Jr., Mrs. Olecz Fulchcr, and Ro land Willis. Beaufort: G. R. BaU, H. D. Paul. George liuntley Jr., David Hill; Camp Glenn, Gerald Murdoch, Kenneth Wagner, Roger W. Jones. Harkcrs Island: TUton Davis, U. L. Pincr, James Gillikin, Tommy Lewis; Morehead City, W. C. Carl ton, Mrs. Geortfe W. Dill Jr., Tru man Kemp. Newport: Charles Hill, Gerald T. Merrill, Lawrencc A. Garner, and Nathan Garner; Smyrna, Roland Styron, Virgil Styron, and Edward L. Moore. The board of education members presented their budget to county commissioners Monday. Present were Robert W. Safrit Jr., chair man; Theodore Smith, Davis; W. B. Allen, Newport, and George Wallace, Morehead City. D. Mason, Atlantic, was absent. Chamber Directors Request Estimate from Chairman Morehead City chamber of com mcrcc directors, at tbeir meeting Monday night, requested Dr. Rus sell Outlaw, chairman of the tourist and convention committee, to as certain minimum coata on equip ping the recreation building for conventions, and report at the May meeting. W. B. Chalk told of cooperative effort* between Goldaboro, Klnston, New Bern and Morehead City to attract industry to eastern Caro lina. The area meeting of the group will be at Morehead City May 13. I. R. Sanders, treasurer, report ed that the balance in the treaaury waa leu tbu $300. Director* w thorizcd concerted effort to collect dues and pledges. i. A. DuBois, clumber manager, was authorized to (end a resolu tion of thanks to the Goldaboro newspaper for lta efforts in pro moting the Seashore highway. It was decided that the classified section of the new More head City brochure shall list only the tourist connected businesses that are chamber members. Attending the meeting, in addi tion to those mentioned, were J. M. Davis, president; Dick Parker, Walter Morris, Shelby Freeman, S. A. Chalk, Bud Dixon, Henry White, ik} Bufaf Butflcr. Car Collides with House Photo by J. W. Sykes Darrell Lawrence, route 1 Beaufort, escaped injury Saturday when hit c>r, shown above, ran off the road at Barkers Island, hit a house and came to a stop in the yard. Eddie Collins In Court Again Eddie Collins, Beaufort, no stran ger to county recorder's court, was in court again yesterday on a charge of possession of non-taxpaid whiskey. He and eight of his Wednesday night guests at his home on Pine Street, across from the Elks Tem ple. Beaufort, were cited to court. Collins and his friends were picked up by ABC officer Marshall Ay? me, deputy Bobby Bell, constable George Smith and Carlton Garner, assistant chief of police, Beaufort. Deputy Bell had gone to the home to serve papers ordering Col lins to come into court to answer to a non-support charge. Officer Ayscuc, who went with him, no ticed a half jar of moonshine and found eight more jars, a total of kVi gallons in the bedroom. He also came upon a knife, blackjack and brass knuckles in the living room where the seven men and one girl were sitting around sipping a beverage out of paper cups. Collins' $200 bond for appearance in county court yesterday was post ed by Henderson Godctte. Two Accidents Occur Tuesday Morchead City police investi gated two accidents Tuesday. At 12:30 a.m. William Hcadcn Finer, 101 N. 8th St., driving a 1956 Ford, ran into a parked 1951 Chevrolet. Patrolman Buck Newsome, who investigated, said Pincr was going cast on Bridges. He has been charged with careless and reckless driving. The parked car was owned by 0. R. Ellis, 1203 Bridges St. Dam age to Pincr's car was estimated at $300. Damage to Ellis's car w.as estimated at $200. At 2:30 p.m. a 1959 Buick driven by M. A. Cunningham, route 1 Morchcad City, collided with a 1959 Nash Rambler station wagon, driv en by Florence N. Robinson, 103 Yaupon Terrace, Morchcad City. Mrs. Robinson told Sgt. BUI Con dic that she was beaded south on 20th Street and at Bridges stopped at the stop sign while a funeral passed. Then she pulled across Bridges, not seeing the Buick, which was beaded west. No charges were filed. Tides at ike Beaufort Bar Tide Table HIGH LOW Friday, April M 9:47 a.m. 9:59 p.m. 3:46 a.m. 3:49 p.m. Satarday, April 11 10:25 a.m. 10:31 p.m. 4:19 a.m. 4:16 p.m. Sunday, April ? 11:05 a.m. 11:04 p.m. 4:50 a-m. 4:38 p.m. Monday, April U 11:4$ a.m. 11:41 p.m. 5:22 a n> 5:02 p.m. Tuesday, April 14 12:29 a.m. 5:5! a.m. i:3B pjb. In a Saturday accident at Har kers Island, a car ran into a house and in an accident at Otway the same day, Leola Davis, Mar kers Island, was injured. A 1954 Ford driven by Darrell Lawrence, route I Beaufort, ran off the highway on Barkers Island at S p.m. Saturday and hit a house belonging ot Thelma Davis. Dam age to the house was estimated at $200 and to the car $300. Patrolman J. W. Sykes investi gated. He alto investigated the accident at 11:1$ a.m. Saturday in which Mrs. Dtvli was injured. She suffered broken ribs and cuts on the face. She was in a. ear itrfven by Joseph Neal Davis, Markers la land. He was headed east and ran into the rear of a stopped 1953 Pontiac driven by Helen Brooks Guthrie, route 2 Beaufort. The accident happened In front of the Otway grocery store. Damage to each vehicle was es timated at $400. Two Found Guilty Of 'Firelighfing' Two men found guilty of taking deer at night with artifieial light were given six-month suspended sentences in county recorder's court yesterday. They were Harry Morris and Johnny Clark Willis, Atlantic. They were apprehended Thursday, March 26, on the MerHaion Road by W. T. Rhyne and C/ M Ifi?e necr Jr., wildlife protectors. Each was fined $250 and costs, to be paid within six months and their guns, lights and knives were confiscated. Bond, $250 for each, was posted by Ira Morris, Atlantic, following their apprehension. Rachel M. Dai I Creates Unique Marine Art Work Something new in the art worlds has been created by Rachel M. Dail of the Edgcwater Ixxige near At lantic Beach. With shells, drift wood and bcach vegetation she has created pictures. Pictures have been croatcd in a similar manner by some artists with straw flowers and other ob jects, but Mrs. Dail's creations are believed to be the first of their type'? they are definitely the first using native Carteret materials. Mr*. Dail says she likes to think that "art has come up from the sea" rather than only out of the mountains! Her pictures are now on display in an exhibit hall at the lodge on Fort Macon Drive. The natural markings of shells are used to best advantage to de pict clouds or sails on ships ; pieces of driftwood, unadulterated in any way, becomc animals, trees, peo ple ? and cach picture almost tpHs a story: Whaling Days. Three Generations Mending Nets, Girl in a Garden, The Easter Story, A Flower Garden, The Madonna (a turtle rib is the madonna's cloak and a starfish the Star of Bethle hem). Other pictures include The Old Man and the Sea, Heron in Flight, Jack Frost Chasing Butterflies, The Mildred B (a sailing craft of driftwood) in Lookout Bight and a particularly lovely one, Paris in Springtime. The scenes are against a black background, in a frame. Mrs. Dail, who made the pictures over the winter months, was helped by her husband, Owen, who worked on the frames. The pictures are not for sale. Mrs. Dail said they could never be replaced because the characteristic of <?ach shell, bone, seed pod, or piece of driftwood in them cannot be duplicated. The artist said ahe hopes that her work may serve as another tourist attraction to this area. A small admission price admits the public to the exhibit. April 12-U, will be National Li brary Week. The theme encourages persons M "be batter informed through waning JC's Complete Meeting Plans Plans have been completed for the district jaycce meeting to be held at the Morehead Biltmore on April 18 and 19, according to a report given to the Jaycees Mon day night by Dr. Russell Outlaw and Dr. Bob Barnum. They also announced that they have sent an invitation to Miss North Carolina, Betty Lane Evans, to attend the two-day meeting. Marion Mills, chairman of the profit-making committee, reported to the club that 400 boxes of pea nut brittle have already been sold and that an additional 200 boxes have been ordered. In other business the Jaycees voted to purchase two gross car nival-type hats that will be given away at the district meeting this month and also at the State Con vention in Asheville next month. The program for the evening consisted of campaign speeches. Rufus Butncr, campaign manager for treasurer candidate Horace Willis, spoke in behalf of his can didate. Other speakers included presidential nominee Bill Single ton and Charles Willis, campaign manager for internal vice-presi dent candidate, Clifton Willis. J. M. Davis Addresses Chamber Executives J. M. Davis, president of the Morehead City chamber of com merce, spoke on the topic, What Members Expect, at the meeting of North Carolina Chamber of Com merce Executives at Jacksonville yesterday. Also attending the meeting waa J. A. DuBois, Morehead City chamber manager. Ltfnae Isaacs Invitation Maj. Gen. J. P. Riseley, com manding general, Camp Lejeune, invites the public to view the azaleas at Lejeune this weekend between noon and T p.m. Saturday and ? a.m. to I pM. Sunday. 1
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