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CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES
48th YEAR, NO. 39. TWO SECTIONS SIXTEEN PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY, MAYTsTTisi PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FB1DAYB
County Observes Armed Forces Day
Four Eastern Cities Join Hands
In Development of Region
Cecil Best Will
Serve One Year
On State Roads
? Three Appear Monday
On Bad Check Counts
? Driver Gives Notice
Of Appeal
Cccil Best, Morehead City, is
serving a year in jail as a result
of action taken Monday in More
bead City Recorder's Court.
Best appeared to answer to
charges of possession and trans
portation of illegal whiskey. The
ruling the the court was that he
serve six months on this charge
and also be made to serve six
months for violation of conditions
of a suspended sentence banded
bim Jan. S, 1959.
Anotijer Morehead City man,
William Gray, appeared before the
court on three separate charges.
1 He was charged with failure to
comply with a court judgment of
Jan. S, 1959; simple assault and
drunk and disorderly conduct.
The first charges were dismissed
and the court decided not to prose
cute on the assault and drunk and
disorderly charges.
Appearing before judge Herbert
O. Phillips 111, on bad check
charge* were Wilbur Heath, of
Trenton; James E. Penucl of New
Bern and R. L. Manning of Green
ville. Penuel and Vanning were
ordered to pay court costs and the
checks while the judge deferred
judgment in Heath's cue until
May 25.
Jcthro Ezzcll, Morehead City,
was found guilty of careless and
reckless driving. He paid $50 and
court costs. Ezzcll gave notice of
appeal to superior court and bis
bond was set at $100.
William Guthrie, of Morehead
City, was fined $25 and court costs
after being found guilty of public
drunkenness.
Being found guilty on three
See TOWN COURT, Page S
MOD Chapter
Supplies Vaccine
Since the stale health depart
ment provides polio vaccine only
for children up to 6 years of age,
vaccine needed by the county
health department, for adults,
is being supplied by the county
March of Dimes chapter.
The county chapter has recent
ly bought another supply of salk
vaccine for adults.
Dr. Luther Fulcher, county
health officer, reports that sincc
salk vaccine has been in use,
the county March of Dimes chap
ter has supplied vaccine for giv
ing shots to 2,460 adults.
150 Expected
At Tourney
This Weekend
One hundred fifty persons arc
expected to compete this weekend
in the seventh annual Coastal Caro
lina duplicate bridge tournament
at the Morehead Biltmore Hotel.
Play will begin at 2 p.m. today
and close Sitiday night. Members
of committees for the tournament
are the following: entertainment,
Mrs. C. R. Wheatly, chairman;
Mrs. Harvey Hamilton. Miss Eliza
beth Lambeth, Mrs. Don Martin.
Hospitality, Mrs. Floyd Chad
wick, chairman; Mrs. Al Dewey,
Mrs. Ruth Keel, Mrs. B. O. Ketner,
Mrs. C. C. McCuiaton, Mrs. George
R. Wallace arid Mrs. Joe House.
Partnership committees: wo
men'! pair, Mrs. J. S. Steed; men's
pair, Harry I. Saunders; mixed
pair, Mrs. George Eastman; open
pair, Mrs. B. O. Ketner; team-of
four, Al Dcwcy.
Publicity committee, C. L. Beam,
chairman, Mrs. James Rumlcy
and Mrs. Charles W. Davis; rules,
Miss Laeke Lentz, chairman, Miss
Sally A. Boyce, S. Bryan Broad
foot, Dr. Charles Duffy, and Mrs.
D. J. Lewis.
Trophies, Mrs. C. L. Beam,
chairman, Mrs. Alvah Hamilton
and Mrs. Harry I. Saunders.
Tournament director is Jerry
Machlin.
Cabbage Farmers Ship
Out Big Loads T his Week
By R. M. WILLIAMS
County Agricultural Agent
The busiest farmers in Cirteret
County this week are the cabbage
producers. Even though movement
of cabbage out of the county has
been favorable, prices received by
growers have been considerably
lower than the opening market
prices.
Due largely to adverse condi
tions during the early growing
period and the lack of an adequate
amount of moisture at present,
cabbage tonnage on many farms
will be only average for this year.
It has been reported that the old
Irish potato supply is still plentiful
and indications are at the present
time that these potatoes will con
tinue to move into the edible trade
during the month of June. The mid
western area of old potatoes is ex
pected to be out of the way by the
last of this month.
During the fall and winter
months a ten-year farm census
will be taken. Our federal farm
census is the basic source of in
formation on agricultural and rural
living. This census information is
very important to all agricultuin
workers.
It will provide the latest up-to
date facts on the rapid changes
taking place in agriculture. There
Prisoner Breaks Law
Whila Serving Tim*
You can break the law even while
serving time for breaking the law.
This was proved yesterday in coun
ty recorder's court when 18-year
old Elbert A. Foy, New Bern, was
found guilty of breaking in the
storeroom at the Newport prison
camp.
The break-ia occurred Saturday.
Foy told officers he wanted some
cigarettes. At the time be was
aerving three months for slicing up
?otneooe wili a tails at New Bern. ;
is no other source of agricultural
information that is quite as com
plete and as basic to our agricul
tural program as this census In
formation. I would like to urge
everyone who might play any part
in preparing this federal census
information to give as accurate
information as possible.
BUI Stanton, extension eastern
district forestry specialist, will be
in Carteret today. He will be work
ing with several of our timber
owners with forestry problems.
Anyone interested in obtaining Mr.
Stanton's services in carrying out
better forestry management prac
tices <m their farm is asked to con
tact our office.
A North Carolina State College
alumni meeting will be held at the
city hall in Morehcad City at I
tonight. Floyd Chadwick, general
chairman, announces that assistant
football coach. Bill Smaltz, State
College, will be the speaker.
All Carteret people who are
alumni of State College arc invited
to attend.
Rotarians Discuss
Currant Events
The program at the Tuesday
night meeting of the Beaufort Ro
tary club constated of a discussion
of current events in which Ro
tarians are invelved.
Speaking briefly on the new ath
letic booster dub was Clarence
Stamper. John Duncan spoke to
Rotarians on the work of the local
Boy Scout troop.
Calvin Jones led a discussion on
tbc Beaufort Little League pro
gram and Bruce Tarkington closed
the program with a dlscusaion oi
the athletic program at Beaufort
Ugh school.
Visiting Rotarians were Paul i
Walker of Henderson and Jia Bob i
Sander* U liorefacad City. J
? Presidents, managers and indus
trial development chairmen from
the Chambers of Commerce of
Goldsboro, Kinston, New Bern and
Morehead City met at the Rex
Restaurant Wednesday night to
complete the organization of an
area association, which has been
named the Neuse Development
Association.
All four communities have a
common interest in the develop
ment of traffic and industry along
the route of the Southern Railway
and US Highway TO. All are vitally
interested in the progress of the
state port at Morehead City and
all are dependent upon the fresh
water supply of the Lower Neuse
River, comments J. M. Davis,
president of the Morehead City
chamber of commerce.
W. B. Chalk, chairman of the in
dustrial committee of the More
head City Chamber of Commerce
presided. He praised the group for
its unselfish devotion to the in
terests of the entire area and for
its desire to cooperate in develop
ing the total resources of central
coastal North Carolina.
Olin Wright, manager of the
New Bern chamber of commerce,
spoke of the need for a survey of
area resources which should be
printed in brochure form. He cited
the need for advertising the ad
vantages of the entire area.
Lynn Covert, executive vice
president of the Goldsboro Com
mittee of 100, suggested a slogan
"If you haven't investigated East
ern North Carolina, you've missed
a bet." He also stated that each
community should conduct its own
survey. He stressed the need of
funds, so that when a suitable in
dustry is located something def
inite could be offered. He noted
that loans were available from the
Small Business Administration.
Charles McCullert, manager at
the Kinston chamber of commerce,
suggested that a group of indus
trialists be invited for an extensive
tour of this section, similar to a
tour sponsored by Durham recent
ly
Don Dikeman, ot the New Bern
chamber insisted that the major
factor in attracting industry was
to have funds available for con
struction of buildings on a lease
agreement.
J. D. Lewis, president of the
Goidsboro Chamber said that their
funds were raised by contributions
of from $1,000 to $5,000, ten per
cent paid into the corporation, the
See CITIES, Page 6
Helping to provide (he all-important musical sparkle in the parade
this afternoon will be the Second Marine Air Wing band.
A uatt tl Women Marines from ("berry Point will march la today's parade.
Lawyer 'Wins and Loses Morals
Case in County Court Yesterday
Beaufort JC's
List Committees
At the Monday night mooting ol
the Beaufort Jaycccs, Billy lpock
was named to head a committee
to secure a car that will represent
the Jayceos in the Armed Forces
Day parade tuday in Morehcad
City.
Other committees formed includ
ed a beauty pageant committee
and a membership drive commit
tee. Named to bead the beauty pa
geant committee was Jesse Taylor
with Billy lpock and Glenn Willis
named as co-chairmen.
The new membership committee
will have John Young as chairman
and Hubert King, Guy Smith and
Raven Dardcn assisting as co
chairmen.
In other business, Manly Mason
was appointed as publicity secre
tary.
The motion was made and passed
that $4 per month dues of the club
be paid in advance.
It was also announced that the
board of directors will meet the
first Monday of each month at 7:30
p.m.
Newport Rotary
Honors Wives
Monday was Ladies Night at the
Newport Rotary club. Vice presi
dent Ed Comer presided in the
absence of president Junius T.
Creech.
Highlighting the entertainment
waa a program presented by Henry
Tuck and his wife. The couple sang
aongs and her husband played the
guitar.
Boy T. Gamer spoke for a few
minutes on the history of Rotary
and of the Newport club in par
ticular.
The welcome addrcsa to the la
dies waa made by Bob Montague.
His wtfe, Kathryn Montague, gave
the response.
To cloac the program, members
and their wivea joined in group
singing.
Tickets for the civil war drama,
Bonnie Blue Sweetheart, to be
given here in June are available
IV New Bern at the Queen Anne
-r Harvey liamuum jr., Morcncart
City attorney, both won and "loat"
a case (or bis clients, D. J. Hall
and Emma Lee Grantbam, in
county recorder's court yesterday.
Judge L. R. Morris granted Ham
ilton's motion for dismissal in a
case charging Mrs. Grantbam with
occupying a motel room for im
' moral purposes.
Hamilton moved for dismissal as
to Hall, who faced the iame
charge, but the judge did not grant
i the motion and Wiley Taylor Jr.,
solicitor, requested a jury trial.
Hamilton inferred, after the case
closed, that a grand jury would
never find a true bill and thus
Hall's case would never go before
a Jury.
Mrs. Grantham and Hall were
originally charged with cohabita
tion, but the state amended the
warrant and agreed to separation
of the cases for purpose of trial.
Mrs. Grantham's ease was heard
first.
The state called to the witness
stand Mrs. D. J. Hall, Morehead
City, who is legally separated from
D. J. Hall, defendant in the case.
Mrs. Hall testified that she saw
Mrs. Grantham and Hall riding in
an automobile on highway 70 the
night of April 3 and that they pro
ceeded to a motel at the beach.
They went into a motel room, she
said, then she continued to drive
up the Salter Path road, turned
and came back and parked In front
of the motel.
She said that she sat there until
she saw the lights go out in the
room in which Mrs. Grantham and
Hall were, then she went to see
Bill Moore, beach chief of police.
After speaking with Moore, she
testified that ahe went to the home
at A. H. Jamea, clerk of superior
court in Morehead City, and got
a warrant.
She returned to the beach police
station and then with chief Moore,
Tide Table
Tides at the Beaufort Bar
HIGH
LOW
Friday, May 15
12:56 a.m.
1:45 p.m.
7:33 a.m.
7:54 p.m.
Saturday, May l*
1:48 a.m.
2:40 p.m.
8:45 a.m.
9:19 p.m.
Snaday, May 17
2:52 a.m.
1:41 p.m.
. 9:44 a.m.
10:21 p.m.
Maaday, May 18
4:09 a.m.
4:42 p.m.
10:37 a.m.
11:18 p.m.
Taeaday, May 19
S:08 a.m.
11 :M a.m.
#:? p.m.
olliccr Murphy Jenkins and officer
William Earl Wilson, went to the
motel room.
She said the light was out in the
room and an officer knocked on
the door. She said that she didn't
know what time it was, but it was
after midnight.
The knock was not answered.
Mrs. Hall said that after some
more knocking, . . she came to
the door." She estimated that the
time between the first knock and
the opening of the door was about
five minutes.
Under questioning by the solici
tor, Mrs. Hall said that Mrs. Gran
tham had on a dress and was bare
footed and that a light was on in
the room when the door opened.
Hall, she said, was locked in the
bathroom, and did not come out
when officers asked him to. She
testified that eventually he came
out when Mrs. Grantham asked
him.
Hamilton, during cross-examina
tion accused Mrs. Hall of "follow
ing" her husband and Mrs. Gran
tham. She denied she followed
them. Hamilton then read portions
of the separation agreement Mrs.
Hall signed Jan. 9, 1959 which
stated that each party could live
separate from each other and that
each could live with whomever
each saw fit, without interference
from the other party.
In answer to questioning, Mrs.
Hall said that she read the regis
ter in the motel and only the name
of Emma Lee Grantham was on
the register, not D. J. Hall's.
Hamilton made mach of the fact
that many women "kick their shoes
off" at the end of the day and it
was not unusual for a' woman to
be in a room barefooted. Mrs. Hall
See COURT CASE, Page I ?
Truck, Car Collide
An Intersection
A truck collided with a Volks
wagen at the intersection of the
Laurel and Mcrrimon roads at
5:05 p.m. Wednesday, but no one
was hurt.
Driving the Volkswagen, and
headed cast on the Laurel Road,
was Haywood J. McManus, Davis.
A 1956 Chevrolet truck, driven by
Taffy M. Joseph, New Bern, was
backing out from a store at the
intersection and backed into the
side of the small car.
Damage to the Volks was esti
mated at 1150. There was no dam
age to the truck. Patrolman J. W.
Sykei, who investigated, filed no
durju.
?<
Men Will 'Pour'
At Open House
Guests at open house at the
Morchcad City Hospital between 7
and 9 o'clock tonight will find
"alien creatures" at the punch
bowl. Men will be pouring.
The male "hostesses" will be
Bud Dixon, Dr. Russell Outlaw,
Bill Chalk, E. B. Thompson, Bob
Matthews, Thomas Noc, and Ber
nard Lcary, all of Morehead City;
Bert Brooks, Claud Wheatly and
former mayor Clifford T. Lewis
of Beaufort.
Names of the "hostesses" were
announced thia week by Miss Stella
Propst, chairman of the hospital
week observance.
Open house hours this afternoon
will be from 2 to 4 p.m.
Five window displays through
out Morchcad City demooitrate
the various departments of the
hospital.
The window In the Town and
Sound Shop shows the operating
room; Belk's the maternity ward;
llill's, x-ray display; Morehead
City Drug Store, hospital labora
tory, and Carteret Gas Co., dietary
display.
Seventy-eight persons who were
born at Morehead City Hospital
attended the special open house
for them at the hospital Tuesday
afternoon.
Hospital week opened Monday
and will close Sunday. Carteret
County is served by two hospitals,
the Morehead City Hospital, mtini
cipally-owned, and the Sea Level
Community Hospital privately own
ed.
April Permits
Total $19,440
Of ten building permits issued in
April by A. B. Roberts, building
inspector for Morehead City, eight
covered repairing or alterations,
one house, and a garage, totaling
$19,440.
A permit for the building of <
house on Shackleford street be
tween 14th and ISth streets was
issued to S. H. Overby, to cost
f 12, 000; for a garage, to R. F. Stut
ter, $450.
Permits for alterations and re
pairing were issued to R. A. Can
non. $(00; D. A. Moon, $500; L.
F. Giddens, $2,000; Meadows Sea
food, $1,500; Ted Garner, $900; L.
C. Brown, $490; Lillian Keys, $?00;
and Charles Broadhurst, $300.
Total cost of construction for
the four months of the current
year Is $11(,(12; for the corres
ponding ptrwH at
Military Units to March
In Parade at 3:30 Today
Frank Cassiano, military liaison for Morehead City, an
nounces that everything is in readiness for today's county
wide Armed Forces Day observance in Morehead City.
In addition to the parade, which will start at Morehead
City School at 3:30, the Coast Guard vessels Chilula and
Conifer and Fort Macon Coast Guard station will welcome
Hiss Morehead
Will be Chosen
Monday Night
Miss Morehesd City of 1959 will
be selected from among eight eon
testsnts Monday night at the Blue
Ribbon Restaurant.
Floyd Chad wick Jr., chairman
of the Morehead City Jaycee com
mittee to find a Miss Morehead
City, announced plans at the Mon
day night Jaycee meeting at the
Blue Ribbon restaurant.
A committee of judges will
choose the lucky girl. The con
testants will present their talent
number at the Blue Ribbon Res
taurant Monday night following
the Jaycee meeting. Jaycees may
stay for the affair; parents of con
testants and other interested guests
will be welcome.
The contestants are Joann Par
sons, Dcanic Adams, Bobbie Dawn
Guthrie, Deanna Ballon, Laura
Lewis, Barbara Harrell, Virginia
Whaley and Wynona Blanchard.
The Jaycees decided at their
meeting this week to pay the ex
penses of a rising senior at Boys
State. Bcrl Ray Lewis was olcctcd
sheriff.
Three Jaycees reported at the
state convention at Asheville which
took placc over the weekend. They
were P. H. Geer Jr., Bill Single
ton and Jerry Willis.
Clifton Lynch was named chair
man of placing a Jaycee car in
the Armed Forces Day parade to
day.
Bill Singleton, newly - installed
president, presided.
BUI Slafletaa
. . . hi president
?visitors. ? cnuula is based at
the state port and the Conifer at
Fort Macon
Today, servicemen in uniform,
with their families, may fish free
from the Triple-Ess, Oceanana,
Sportsman and Morehead ocean
piers. Nearby beaches and picnic
grounds will be open to them.
They are also invited to make
use of the recreation building fa
cilities on Shepard Street between
15th and 16th. Boat trailers may
be launched at the city park just
east of the football field where the
parade will disband.
On display at the football field
will be the most modern weapons
as well as other equipment used
by Marines. A Marine helicopter
will land at the field at 3 p.m. Dur
ing the parade, jets from Cherry
Point will fly over Morehead City.
The parade will start at 3:30 at
the Morehead City School, procced
east to 7th Street, south to Aren
dell and west on Arendell to the
football field where the review
stand will be located.
Units in the parade will be the
Cherry Point Second Marine Air
Wing hand and color guard, com
pany of women Marines, Camp !<c
jcune dmm and bugle corps, drill
unit, motor drawn artillery.
Coast Guard unit, Army Reserve
unit, Morehead City, Beaufort, and
Queen Street school bands, county
Boy and Girl Scouts, representa
tives of civic organizations and
town officials from throughout the
county.
At the end of the parade the
marching units will be served soft
drinks and doughnuts at the foot
baU field.
Superior Court
Cases Settled
Four superior court cases hive
been disposed of recently. Non
suited was the case of Uldine M.
Davis and William Oliver Davis,
trading as S. W. Davis vs. Manley
Taylor. The defendant died and
the plaintiffs agreed to pay costs.
Compromised was the case of
David R. Durham vs. Randall
Marshall Hardee. The defendant
agreed to pay Durham $4,750. The
suit was the outgrowth of an ac
cident on the Mason town Road
Aug. 10, 1938.
The issue between D. C. Marsh
burn, who brought suit against
George W. McCoy and Tcmpler
Green was sealed and the case
dismissed. The plaintiff paid costs.
Also settled was the case of
Chealey Sabiston vs. Alton Gas kill.
The case was non-suited.
Shrimp Season to Open
At 12:01 A.M. Monday
The season (or UUi| shrimp
Irom North Carolina's inland wa
ters, except in New River and its
tributaries will open at 12:01 a.m.
Monday, William P. Saunders, di
rector of the Department of Con
servation and Development, an
nounced today.
Mr. Saunders said the decision to
open the shrimp season Monday
was taken on recommendation of
C. G. Holland, state fisheries com
missioner, Cecil Morris of Atlantic,
chairman of the commercial fish
cries committee of the State Board
at Conservation and Development,
and Dr. A. F. Chestnut, director
at the Institute of Fisheries Re- ,
search, Morchcad City.
Shrimp cm he takes only from i
the state's inland waters subject :
to regulations previously adopted
by the State Board of Conservation :
ind Development, Mr.' Saunders
?aid, and in accordance with a sta- I
utory law affecting the taking of i
ihrimp in the waters of New Han- i
jver, Pender and Brunswick coun- i
ics. All boats must be properly i
icensed, Mr. Holland said. I
State inland waters are closed to |
ihrimping from midnight Saturday I
intil Sunday midnight except in
few Hanover, Pender and Bruna- ?
wick counties.
Mr. Holland, who b head of the I
' 4 D Department's commercial
isheries division, said investiga- |
ions in several inland water areas
ndicated "better signs of shrimp .
han existed at this time laat .
rear."
These investigations by llr. Hoi- |
and. Dr. Chestnut and .members
if their staffs showed the brown
potted shrimp and the' native
vbite tbrinp ?m start numerous
thin they were last year. Some
shrimp boats last week caught as
many as 800 pounds offshore, Mr.
Holland reported.
Fishery records, as filed with
the CM) Department here, showed
the shrimp catch last year in state
Inland waters totaled 1,661.440
pounds with heads off against 3,
710,061 pounds, heads off, in 1957.
Chamber Passes
Bridge Resolution
Since the State Highway Com
mission is expected to make a de
cision next month on location of
the bridge at Morehead City,
across Newport River, the Greater
Morehead City Chamber of Com
merce has passed a resolution
relative to bridge location.
The resolution requests that the
bridge "permit access of ocean
(hipping to the thousands of acres
at industrial sites along the river's
shoreline" or that a highway tun
nel be built "which would be a
permanent solution of the highway
problem and solve the future needs
tor port expanaion."
High Winds Accompany
Hard Shower Wednesday
A spring shower, accompanied '
by high winds, brought .30 inches
ti rain to the county Wednesday
iftcrnoon, according to weather
jbscrver Stanley Davis.
Temperature ranges for the past
ihroe days were as follows:
High Low Wind
Monday <2 ?7 sw
Tuesday ! K M SW
Wednesday M ? SW