CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES ,w'
48th YEAR, NO. 47. {TWO SECTIONS FOURTEEN PAGES itOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY, JUNE 12, 1959 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
No Rain Cuts Yield of Crops;
Less Than Half Inch in June
Barden Reports
On Status of Port
Bill at Capitol
Cang. Graham A. Barden of thii
district stated this week that he
is "encouraged" over the prospects
of money for Morehead City har
bor last Friday. It does not include
any funds for Morehead City har
bor.
Mr. Barden said he did not in
sist on an amendment to add the
money, although he thought Con
gressmen were favorably inclined
toward providing the funds.
He gave two reasons for not in
sisting on an amendment:
1. "If an amendment had car
ried, it would have likely brought
about a series of amendments by
other members on projects not
nearly so meritorious and this
would have put us in an unfavor
able light with the membership of
the appropriations committee.
2. "If the amendment had not
been adopted, it would have pre
sented our senators with a nega
tive House record, which would
have been hard to overcome."
Congressman Barden continues,
"As it stands, our record in the
House is good and if the money
can be included on the Senate side,
1 feel confident that the Conference
Committee members of the House
Appropriations Committee will ap
prove of including it in the Con
ference report."
Funds being sought for the har
bor enlargement and deepening of
the channel to. 35 feet total $1,370,
000.
' Lack W rata the pad nine days?
bas "cut the yield of everything", .
R. 11. Williami, county agricul- I
tural agent, reported yeiterday. |
Farmers are in the midat of iriah
potato harveat right now. The blue- ?
berry crop haa been good. Picking I
of the berriea ia about complete. |
The aaapbeaa yield ia down and
Mr. WUliama said nothing much I
can be expected from the tomato I
crop. Migrant crewa are at work 1
in the fields, as well as youth
workers and day-haul laborers.
The county has gotten less than k
half an inch of rain since the first j,
of June. The total rainfall has been h
.42 inch, according to Stamey Da- _
via, Morehead City weather ob- 0
server. h
On the flrtf day of June .27 fell. ?
second day .07 and third day .OS;
none since then. Home gardens ''
are parched and watering doesn't
do much good. v
"1 hate to ruin the tourists' va- a
cations, but we could sure use c
some rain right now," Mr. Davia
said, "a nice shower during the v
night while they're sleeping." c
Few farmers are equipped to b
cope with drought. Those who have
irrigation systems are Neal Cam
pen, K. W. Wright, Raymond Ball, .
Hugh Pake, Roy Keller, Roland
Salter, Doll Lewis, Johnny Ogles
by, Rufus Oglesby, Graydon Jor- v
dan, Jason Morrison, Lionel Pel
letier and J. F. Winbcrry. "
Weather such as the county is
experiencing is frequently termed s
a "weather breeder", borne show- P
era over the weekend are predic
ted, but the predictions aa of yes- 1i
terday were vague. C
Temperatures and wind dircc- a
tion since June 4, follow: C
Max. Min. Wind
Thursday 79 66 NE v
Friday 82 66 ENE tl
Saturday 86 62 NE s
Sunday 86 68 S
Monday 86 67 SW j,
Tuesday 85 67 SW p,
Wednesday 88 69 SW
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Bonnie Blue Sweetheart >
Drama Opens at 8 Tonight"
Coast Guard
Makes Two Runs
A Baltimore man, George T.
Litchfield, was taken off SS Cuboke
Tuesday by 'Coast Guardsmen at
the Fort Macon station. The Fort
Macon station received a teletype
message from the district office
in Norfolk stating that Litchfield
had become ill aboard the Cuboke
and required hospital treatment.
The 40-footer was dispatched and
intercepted the Cuboke six miles
south of the sea bouy. The patient
was returned to Fort Macon. A Dill
ambulance took him to the More
head City Hospital.
Serving as crew aboard the 40
footer were G. N. Burbage, W-2;
Curtis F. Joscy, BM-3; Eugene
Carpenter, SN; and Dan Robinson,
SR.
On Wedt-osday at 3:05 p.m. the
Coast Guard station received ano
ther distress call, from the Sports
man's pier. The caller stated that
there was a boat broken down
near the pier.
The M-foeter was dispatched and
upon arriving at the scene found
the boat, a 26-foot cabin cruiser,
in a four-foot surf. The craft was
refloated by the Coast Guard and
towed to the Beaufort causeway
where it was moored. Piloting the
boat was Robert Akers of More
head City.
Crew aboard the 30-footer includ
ed G. N. Burbage, W-2 and Aulcie
Farmer, BM-3.
Accountants Will
Convene Monday
The North Carolina Society of
Accountants will convene Monday
at the Morebead BUtmore HoteL
The convention will continue
through Thursday.
Theme ft the meeting will be
Knowledge and Integrity Make
Good Practitioners Better.
Serving an the convent!? com
mittee are Mr. and Mrs. James
C. Harvell, Mr. and Mrs. Gordon
C. Willis, all of Morehead City;
Mr. and Mrs. P. A. Fecher, Mr.
and Mrs. C. K. Spruill, Mr. and
Mrs. 1. E. Blaylock, all of New
Bern, and Mr. and Mrs. William
D. Starling, Jacksonville.
Both Mr*. Harvell and Mrs.
Willis will serve as registration
derka.
Mrs. Harretl has planned events
for the women which include a
guided tour of this area, cruise
to Cap e Lookout, visit to Cherry
Point and Tryoe Palace.
Between a hundred and a hun
dred ?ad fifty peraoaa arc invited.
? Everything is ia readiness for
tha opening of Bonnie Hue Sweet
heart at 8 tonight in the Morehead
City actual auditorium.
The drama, produced by the Car
teret Community Theatre, depicts
a story of Civil War days in the
Morehead City-Beaufort-Harlowe
area. It will also be given at 8 to
morrow night.
It la baaed an the life of Emetine
Pigott, Confederate spy who was
born at Harlowe. Miss Ruth Peel
ing, who wrote the play, empha
sizes that it is merely based on
some of the historical facts in Miss
Emeline's life. Much of it ia fiction.
The play will run approximately
two hours and 10 minutes. Curtain
will be promptly at 8. If present
plans are carried out, soft drinks
will be available at intermission
at the front of the Morehead City
school building.
Tickets are available now at the
Inlet Inn and Wheatley'a men's
store in Beaufort, at Helen's Beau
ty shop, Hill's, Dixon's Motel,
Morehead Biltmore and the cham
ber of commerce office in More
head City.
Tickets will also be available at
the door. Reserved seat tickets
may be purchased at the door, if
all have not been sold in advance.
Reserved seat admisstoa is fl.50
per person for adult or child, $1
general adult admission, and 50
cents for children of school age.
Many of the relatives of Miss
Pigott are reported to be going to
see the play. Among relativea in
this county arc Mrs. J. H. Davis,
Harlowe, a niece of Miss Emetine;
Mrs. D. G. Bell and Dr. Ben
Royal a < Morehead City, ? grand
niece and grandnephew, and the
Pelletiers of Stella. Mrs. Dan Al
len of Reidsville ia alao a grand
niece of the play' a heroine.
(Nate from director to stage
crew: Please wear aaeakera to
night or plan to go ia atocking
order to cat dam aa the
af aaiae darlag aceae changes).
D?a Anltaae wm la Boa
tan Charged
With Slaying
Waives Hearing
Willie Grant, charged with the
nife slaying of Pearlie Pipkin
ist Thursday, waived preliminary
earing in Carteret County re
order's court and he was bound
ver to superior court without
ond.
Other cases in court Thursday
>llow:
Frank Johnson, chargcd with
iolation of fishing laws. Judgment
uspended on payment of one-half
ourt costs.
David Walter Webb, charged
'ith having no operator's license,
ailed and failed to appear, thcre
y forfeiting bond.
Paul Jones, Newport, charged
rith allowing a person to use his
river's license. Charges dropped.
Dorsey Ray Locklcar, charged
vith speeding. Charges dropped.
Jackie Holland Willis, charged
rith speeding. Charges dropped.
Gary Paul Batt, chargcd with
peeding. Judgment suspended on
ayment of court costs.
Speeding charges against the fol
jwing were dropped: John G.
Gardner, Dennis Branes, Lee Bry
nt Jenkins, Sherwood V. Smith,
iuy Dudley Jr., William Tilghman.
Alvin McCoy Edwards, charged
'ith driving on the wrong 'side of
lie road. Not prosccutcd by the
tate. ?
Lee Will Teel, charged with fail
ig to comply with a court order,
lot prosecuted by tile state.
Guy Jerry Joyner, charged with
aving no insurance on his vehicle,
ailed and failed to appear, there
y forfeiting bond.
Pierson Willis, charged with aid
lg and abetting in an affray,
harges dropped.
Lucius Branton, charged with
peeding and having no chauffeur'*
cense. Called and failed to sp
ear, thereby forfeiting bond.
Elmer Gillikin Jr., charged with
ublic drunkenness and possesion
f non-tax paid whiskey. Called
nd failed to appear, thereby for
siting bond.
John Bell Jr., charged with tres
assing, threatening of life and
ireatening to burn the house of
ic prosecuting witness. The case
ras ruled malicious prosecution,
udgment of the court was that
he prosecutor pay court costs.
Jesse WiUard Gorman, chargcd
rith drunk driving and having no
luffler. Judgment suspended on
ayment of $100 and coiirt costs.
James Edward Burton, charged
rith having no operator's license,
lot prosecuted by the state.
Gary B. Snyder, charged with
aving no operator's license and
oing the wrong way on a one-way
tfeet. After deciding not to prose
utc on the first charge, the court
See COURT, Page 2
Tide Table
TMm at the Beaufort Bar
BIGH LOW
Friday, June 12
2:33 a.m. 5:57 a.m.
6:00 p.m.
Saturday, Jane 11
2:38 a.m. 6:50 a.m.
1:20 p.m. 7:21 p.m.
Sunday, June 14
1:23 a.m. 8:00 a.m.
2:13 p.m. 8:49 p.m.
Monday, June IS
2:23 a.m. 9:07 a.m.
3:12 p.m. 9:58 p.m.
Tneaday, June 18
3:29 a.m. 10:06 a.m.
4:15 p.m. 10:55 p.m.
Billfish Catches Continue
As Big News in Carteret
Photo by Reginald iUwl*
M Capt. OtUs Purifoy's dock in More bead City, the martin get filed one an top of the other. The Negro workers on the dock are he g toning
ta dread seeing the partyboats coma home with more of those MMg amies" aft they term the monstrous game fish. What it being do we with
the martin? The meat is deilck>ir . So.ipe is being filleted far the iftglin who catch them. Some of the meat 1? bclnf frown or iirtwd.
And of couth, many of the beads and Uili are belag mounted.
County Planning Board Bill
Passes Reading in House
Gloucester Club
PJans Barbecue
A barbecue chicken supper was
planned Tuesday night at the meet
ing of the Gloucester Community
Club.
Mrs. Monroe Whitchurst was
named chairman. The supper, a
complete meal, with drink and
dessert, will be served from 5:30
to 7:30 p.m. Saturday, July 11, at
the community park.
Tickets must be obtained in ad
vance from club members so that
a sufficient amount of food can
be prepared.
The chickens will be barbecued
by Emmitt Piper, Bill Pigott, At
Hubbard, James Murphy and Mon
roe Willis.
The club met this week at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Nat Smith.
Seventeen member? and a guest
were present. Walter Stewart op
ened the meeting with prayer.
The next meeting will be July
21 with Mr. and Mrs. Emmitt Pi
per.
?oat Inportaat Jofc. klclutlfe U that of
Btae Sweetheart, ta aha mi
, hapea a prompter*! mt>
i to i IMM
The bill creating the Carteret
County Planning Commission
passed the second reading in the
House Friday.
The bill, introduced by assem
blyman D. G. Bell June 3, pro
vides for planning commissioners
with the "power and authority to
adopt and enforce comprehensive
regulations providing for the or
derly growth and sound develop
ment of Carteret County.
The bill that would permit beau
fort's newly-elected town officials
to take office in May pasted the
House June 5. The new law would
become effective in 1961. At pres
ent, newly-elected officers' terms
do not begin until July 1.
SB 347, introduced by Sen. 'Lu
ther Hamilton, passed the second
reading in the House last Friday.
It permits county commissioners
to levy special property taxes for
payment of salaries of the county
accountant, farm and home agents
and veterans' service officer.
The bill making all cattle on
Core Banks tile property of Car
teret County after June 1, 1959,
passed tbe Senate last Thursday.
Four other bills recently ratified :
allowing Newport to supplement
teacher pay with non-tax funds;
including new cemetery in More.
hcad town limits, and incorporat
ing Bay Shore Park and Cape Car
teret.
Although it had been hoped that
the legislature could close shop by
tomorrow, it looks now as though
the session may lengthen Into next
week.
Beaufort Policeman
Checks Prowler Report
A report of a prowler at 201 Ann
St., Beaufort, was received by the
Beaufort police department early
yesterday morning.
The call, received at 12:10 a.m.
stated that a colored man waa on
the porch of the house at that ad
dress. Patrolman Mack Wade went
to the sccne but failed to find any
sign of a prowler.
State Broadcasters End
Meeting Tuesday Noon
The North Carolina Association
of Broadcasters, Inc., concluded
their spring convention at the
Morehead BUtmore Hotel Tuaaday
noon.
Election of officers waa deferred
until the October meeting at Sou
thern Pines. The meeting opened
Sunday aflarnooo.
' By BOB SIMPSON <
A bonui in billfith is the
reward for sportsfishermen
in the waters off Cape Look
out. A two-day total of 36
blue marlin is believed to be
ail all-time high for any mar
lin fishing center. The sea
son's total since May 24 is 65
blue marlin, 3 white marlin
and 3 sailfish.
Largest blue to date was a 397 V? -
pounder by J. D. Rivers, Durham,
aboard Bunny Too out of Morehead
City. Rivers and his wife each
caught two marlin, something of a
record in itself. Other boats ac
counting for a quartet of blue mar
lin are Bunny and Dolphin, also
out of Morehead City, the latter
boat bringing in four on two suc
cessive days.
Bringing In other billflsh were
Bunny Too and Dolphin 111, each
with a white marlin, Dolphin and
Lois Nancy II, each with a sail
fish; ap outboard skiff from Har
kers Island, Little Ben, trolling for
bluefish in Cape Lookout Bight,
returned with the season's largest
sailfish, a Mi-pounder.
Morehead City's first triple
header was brought in by the Blue
Water, a feat to be repeated sev
eral times by other boats. Boats in
the down east section of the coun
ty have turned to marlin fishing,
amopg them Miss Belle, out of
Marahallbcrg, with two on her first
trip.
Morebead City'* martin fishing
record ia all the more remarkable
because 1969 is only its second sea
son. In mid-September of 19S7
Capt. BUI Olscn of the private boat
Mary Z introduced marlin fishing
here when he took a first-time Gulf
Stream angler offshore and
brought him back with a blue mar
lin. Full of enthusiasm, fishermen
caught 28 blue marlin in 1958.
Private sportsfishcrmcn have
joined the marlin hunt: Rebel II
has had three; Partner, two; Red
Snapper, two blues and one white;
Frenchic, from West Palm Beach,
Fla., one.
Red Snapper's white marlin, a
82^4 -pounder caught by owner
John Stackhouae, Goldsboro, is the
largest to date. International
iportafishermen are making plans
to explore the fabulous martin
fishing offshore from liorchcad
City.
Firemen Called
Morehead City firemen answered
a call to a trash fire Wednesday
afternoon. The call stated that the
Whiteway Laundry waa burning
but upon arriving at the scene,
firemen found only a trash fir* in
back at Um pUoo.
Meter School
Closes Today
The 2tth annual electrical meter
school opened at Morchcad City
Tuesday under the auspices o(
State College. It closes today.
Meter department employees of
the state's electrical utilities arc
meeting at Camp Glenn school
building. The course, presented
each year by the college's electri
cal engineering department and
extension division, runs for four
days.
The school is divided into three
sections: single phase, polyphase,
and an advanced course for the
benefit of all persons enrolled.
More than 30 college professors
and experts in the electrical field
will instruct the course.
Heads Lion District
Jtmei E. Crowe, Morehead
City Lion, was clcctcd governor
of Lion district 31H at the state
Lions Club convention this week
at New Bern.
Mr. Crowe, who has served as
deputy district governor, suc
ceeds Ben il. Parrot! of Kinston.
lie will take office July 3 and
serve until July 1M0.
Morehead City Lions set up a
hospitality room at convention
headquarters in the Governor
Try on Hotel, New Bern. Mr.
Crowe commended O. J. Mor
row, chairman of the room, and
others who assisted him.
"They did a wonderfol job,"
Mr. Crow* commented. Mr.
Crowe, a resident of Beaufort,
ii deputy collector of customs In
the Beaufort ? Mowhrid City
Survey Team
Works at Ferry
Site, Atlantic
A sarvey team wis in Atlantic
this week working on the location
of the ferry slip for the Ocracoke
Atlantic-Sea Level ferry.
The ferry will land, according
to present plans, at the foot of
the road leading to the Methodist
Church, on property owned by D.
Mason.
Alfred, Leslie and William Tay
lor, three of the four Taylor bro
thers who arc building and will
operate the ferry, were in the
county Tuesday and went to Ocra
cokc to chcck on plans for the
ferry's operation from there.
Dan Taylor, West Palm Beach,
Fla., the other Taylor brother, re
cently informed Cccil Morris of
Atlantic that the ferry would def
initely be in operation Labor Day.
Although the terry is referred to
as 'Ocracoke-Sca Level-Atlantic"
no official word has been received
as to whether the ferry will op
erate into both Sea Level and At
lantic, or just Atlantic.
The Taylor brothers arc partic
ularly interested in Sea Level,
their hometown, where they have
built and opet-ate the Sea Level
Community hospital.
Counties to Join
In Soil-Testing
Drive in Fall
Four counties, Carteret, Pamli
co, Craven and Jones will join in
November in a soil-testing cam
paign.
The program was discussed yes
terday afternoon at a meeting of
the County Agriculture Workers
Council at the Carteret-Craven
Electric Membership office.
Guest speakers were Dr. W. C.
White, extension agronomist in
soil management, and Dr. E. J.
Kamprath of the soil testing ser
vice, both of Raleigh.
Attending the meeting in addi-,
tion to the county's agriculture
officials were representatives of
md and fertiliser firms and rep
resentatives of the Morehcad City
chamber of commerce and the
Beaufort Community Development
Corp.
Mr. Williams said that numerous
farmers have not had a test made
of their soil, therefore how to fer
tilize is a hit and miss affair. Fur
thermore, the soil testing lab at
Raleigh is overburdened with work
in the spring of the year, and
sometimes cannot get reports back
to farmers for three or four weeks.
For this reason, agriculture spe
cialists are urging counties, by
groups, to put on a special cam
paign to get soils tested.
Further developments in the No
vember soil-testing program will
be announced.
Minister Still
On Missing List
By yesterday afternoon, the
sheriff's department had received
no word on the whereabout* of the
Rev. Virgil Moore, Camp Glenn
Methodist pastor who disappeared
a week ago.
Deputy sheriff Bobby Bell re
ported that he has written the
legal division of the Veterans Ad
ministration, Winston-Salem, rela
tive to the disappearance of Mr.
Moore, a world war II veteran.
Deputy Bell said veterans admin
istration facilities will be put to
work to locate the minister.
Mr. Moore was last seen at
about t o'clock last Thursday when
he closed out his personal account
at a Carteret bank. He was driv
ing a 1957 Chevrolet with the li
cense number SS 902.
A native of Hickory, Mr. Moore
married, in 1954 the former Mrs.
Prank Brooks, Bayboro, who with
her 13-year-old daughter is living
in the parsonage at Camp Glenn.
Proper Working
Of Stop Lights
Awaits Switch
The new signal lights at 24th
Street and Arcndell still aren't
connected in the manner planned.
State highway official! have been
here this week, but apparently
another switch is needed to regu
late traffic when a train passes
24th Street. According to unveri
fied Informitkw, getting the switch
is causing the delay.
The red and green signals were
switched on for a brief time Wed
nesday a week ago, but then they
went off and now the lights a re
merely blinking, aa they have for
the past several weeks.
The lights are at the interwe
tion of the beach road and highway
TO ia Kanbaad Citf. "3