CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES ,#'
? 48th YEAR, NO. 48. TWO SECTIONS FOURTEEN PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY, JUNE 16, 1959 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
Capacity Audiences Acclaim
Sweetheart' Tremendous Hit
(Editor'! Note: The following comment on Bonnie Blue Sweet- 4
heart, historical drama presented in the Morehead City school audi
torium Friday and Satarday nights, was written hy Elinore Cowan
Stone, Morehead CUy, author and member of the Carteret Commun
ity Theatre. Mrs. Stone wrote the review upon request. The second
comment which appears, written by Corinna Gant, Atlantic Beach,
was brought into the newspaper office voluntarily yesterday morn
ing).
1 do not pretend to be a dra
? matic critic. Anyhow, I feel that
audience appeal is often more sig
nificant of the real value of a play
than the verdict of some Broad
way wise boy.
Certainly Bonnie Blue Sweet
heart, the historical pageant writ
ten by Hiss Ruth Peeling and pro
duced by our Community Theatre,
seems to have had audience ap
peal far exceeding that of some
old theatrical successes which our
? club had tried at earlier perform
ances. And this is not entirely be
cause the subject of the play is
of local interest? like the Lost
Colony, for instance.
The story, of course, is based on
the life of a beautiful? and very
smart? Confederate spy, one Eme
tine Pigott, who lived in our county
during the "War between the
States". However, the script gives
evidence not only of Miss Peeling's
explorations into the Carteret
County library, but also of her
' really creative imagination. So far
as 1 know, the whole plan of the
pageant is unique.
The formal division into three
acts was unnecessary, for one fol
lowed through the nineteen indi
vidual episodes exactly as through
the succeeding chapters of a book,
with the humorous narrative of
Miss Lillian Giddens, as Emcline
, Pigott aged 74, to give continuity
during the brief curtains. The
performance was well directed,
and very cleverly stage managed.
There were really two stages:
the one upon which the events of
Emetine's life unfolded visually;
and the small picketed off-stage
enclosure in which the elderly
Emeline chatted with three small
children.
With amazing versatility, a few
carefully chosen pieces of period
furniture, ? house front, some
white picket fencing, some drops,
and a few pine trees created, in
rapid succession, the illusioa of a
living room, a street scene, the
woods near Harlowe, an attic, a
provost marshal's office, a prison
at New Bern, and the rest of the
nineteen settings.
The costuming was attractive;
amazingly, even most of the uni
forms seemed to fit. And how
j those boys could sing!
Out of forty actors ? many of
them excellent? 1 am sure 1 shall
rouse no professional jealousy if
I single out just one for my Oscar.
The young gentleman who played
Bremen Protect
Homes Thursday
Morehead City firemen protected
homes on the Crab Point Road and
at the north end of Yaupon Terrace
Thursday night at S o'clock when
flames from a wheat field roared
dangerously close to the houses.
Firemen said they were called by
an unidentified woman on Emeline
Place who said she thought a house
was burning.
The wheat on the field had been
harbested. The stubble was being
burned by J. T. Oglesby, owner of
the farm.
K. M. Foreman, county forest
ranger, said yesterday that he
went to Crab Point Friday where
another wheat field had been set
afire.
The forest ranger put out a fire
at Harkers Island Sunday, across
from Harkers Lodge. About an
, acre and a half of cut-over land
burned.
Mr. Foreman said it would be
well for persons to refrain from
burning, since there has been no
rain for almost two weeks.
George (John Kussell), who never
missed a trick, and whose voice
could be heard all over the audi
torium.
The interest la our Bonnie Blue
Sweetheart is such that many with
whom 1 have talked (eel that the
pageant should be adopted as a
yearly event during our summer
tourist season.
Those of us from Atlantic Beach
who were privileged to see Bonnie
Blue Sweetheart, put on by the
Carteret Community Theatre group
last Friday and Saturday nights,
were delighted with the splendid -
portrayal of this historical drama.
In this play the gifted author,
Ruth Peeling, has taken us back J
into another age, and has given
us a vivid insight into the trou- .
blous times when brave men and I
women suffered and died for their |
principles.
Real talent combined with the ?
hard work of many people made I
this an excellent production. The |
continuity of this play, together
with the charming costumes, at
tractive settings and expert di- c
rection, showed good management, ii
Especial mention should be made t
of the three gifted actresses who a
portrayed the life of Emelice s
Pigott.
The success of this production, (
which gave so much pleasure to f
visitors and townspeople alike, r
could well be an inspiration to I
make this an annual event. c
Corlnna Gant
Tressa Vickers
. . . production manager f
Hortense Boomer
. . . assistant director J
Truck Turns Over Near J
Newport Saturday ?
A 1949 CMC truck, driven by 1
Joel Oliver Cannon, route 1 Beau
fort, and owned by Morehead I
Block and Tile Co., ran off high
way 70 and turned over at 7:15 P
a.m. Saturday. ti
The accident happened a thou- *
sand feet east of the river at New- e
port The driver was unhurt Pa- I
trolman W. E. Pickard investi- S
gated. No charges were filed. ii
Two Officers Will
Patrol Waterfront
Ted Garner, Morehead City po
1 i c e commissioner, announces
that two men have been assigned
specific patrol duty to keep check
on dumping of fish on the More
head City waterfront.
"We have warned party boat
men and others along the water
front not to throw fish or other
refuse overboard, but it seems
to do no good," the police com
missioner said. "Now we're real
ly going to crack down and en
force the ordinance prohibiting
dumping of such trash."
Commissioner Garner said that
the practice of throwing fish car
casses and trash overboard is
unhealthful as well as unsightly
and nauseating.
Army Issues Stern
Warning to Boats
SlockingChannel
Wilmington? Fishermen who an
hor their boats in the Atlantic
Qtracoastal waterway are advised
hat it is a violation of the law
ind the practice could result in
erious consequences.
The warning comes from the
,'orps of Engineers' district office
ollowing a complaint by a com
nercial carrier who said that the
>ractice "is worse this year than
;ver before."
Col. H. C. Rowland Jr., district
engineer, said violations of the
aw concerning both anchoring and
speeding, too, had resulted in
lamagc to life and property.
He pointed out that tugs with
>arges are big and cumbersome
ind can't be stopped and maneu
vered like small boats. Regardless
>f how careful pilots are, he con
inued, anchoring in the waterway
ind speeding on the channel de
velops unavoidable situations which
>therwise could be prevented.
The practice, according to the
:omplaint, appears to be most
>revalent between Morehcad City
ind Charleston, S. C.
Colonel Rowland said the law
s very specific and pointed out
ipplicable excerpts: "No boat, re
gardless of size, shall anchor in
i dredged channel or narrow por
ion of the waterway for the pur
>ose of fishing if navigation is
instructed thereby."
"Vessels shall proceed at a speed
vhich will not endanger other ves
icls or structures, and will not in
erfere with any work in progress
ncident to maintaining, improv
ng, surveying or marking the
:hanncls."
This regulation applies when
necting and overtaking other ves
cls and when passing through
Irawbridges.
3tway Mosquito Spray
tig to bo Ready Soon
Vannie Willis of the Otway Com
nunity Club announces that the
ar for spraying mosquitoes will
le ready by the end of this week.
Mr. Willis said a 1950 Nash, now
onvertcd into a spray rig, was do
lated to the community by Paul
lotor Co., Beaufort.
The community club will meet at
:30 tonight at the Otway Chris
ian Church. All residents of Ot
vay are earnestly requested to at
end.
'atrolman Returns
W. J. Smith Jr., state highway
latrolman, Beaufort, has been re
urned to Morehcad City Hospital
ifhere he is recovering from an op
ration on his back which took
ilacc at Duke Hospital. Patrolman
imith is expected to be discharged
d about a week.
Letter to the Rev. Virgil Moore
' The Re*. J. Furman Herbert,
pastor of the First Methodist
Church, Horehead City, in the
following letter to the Rev. Virgil
Moore, makes a plea to Mr. Moore
to return home.
Mr. Moore, pastor of the Camp
Glenn Methodist CBurch, left More
head City June 4 and has not been
seen since. Mr. Herbert, with ap
proval of the bishop and his dis
trict superintendent, as well aa
sheriff Hugh Salter, has written
the letter and asks that anyone
knowing of his whereabouts please
see that Mr. Moore reads the let
ter and assist the missing minister
h any way to coo tact his family
or Mr. Herbert.
Morehead City, N. C.
June 13, US?
Dear Virgil . . .
You must try to realize bow very
sdoui you, especially your iamuy n
and your close friends all of whom a
are devoted to you, and greatly v
worried about you. Your wife is v
staying at the home of her sister ?
in Havelock. I
I visited her this week. She f
asked me to write a letter to you, p
putting it in the papers in the C
hope that you will read it. Her own
message to you is "Beloved life r
is not worth living for me without r
you." e
We believe you are ill, Virgil, t
or you would not let your wife and V
family suffer this way. Surely you a
will contact them quickly. I have y
talked by Long Distance with our r
Bishop and with our District Sup- li
erintendent. I speak In all sincerity d
when I say that we believe you
have done nothing whatsoever to
cauae you to be disturbed in this
way.
The eftkiala ft ttw (Www
j * I v uu ana respcci yuu as uo
ill the paitori of the Conference
rho know you. Please let us know
rhere you are Virgil. If necessary
re will gladly come and get you.
sincerely believe your Con
erence is ready to find you ? fine
ilace to preach and serve your
lod and his people in his pulpit.
Virgil please contact your wife
ight away or Dr. Hobbs, or call
ne Long Distance collect wher
ver you are. My telephone num
ler is Morehead City PArk 6-4055.
Ve all love you and respect you
ind want you back at work. If
ou care to call me I will totally
espect any confidence you place
a me as to your location or coa
lition.
Host sincerely your friend,
J. Furnas Herbert
Pastor,
First MatbodJit Church
_ W. C.
Albert Gainey
Will Succeed
B. E. Tarkington
H. L. Joslyn, superintendent of
Carteret County Schools, an
nounced Monday that Albert R.
Gainey had been appointed to fill
the vacancy at Beaufort High
School as principal.
He succeeds Bruce E. Tarking
ton, who has been principal at
Beaufort for the past seven years.
Mr. Tarkington resigned in May to
accept a principalship in Forsyth
County.
A native of Wayne County, Mr.
Gainey received his AB degree
from Atlantic Christian College in
1943, ME degree from University
of North Carolina in 1953.
He has served for the past three
years as principal of the North
Edgecombe High School in Edge
combe County. Previous to this,
he served as principal of the Wil
low Springs Elementary School for
five years.
Mr. Gainey is a veteran of 31
months service in the infantry dur
ing World War II, 20 months in Eu
rope with the 9th Infantry Division.
Mr. Gainey, Mrs. Gainey, who
is the former Mrs. Nellie H. Peck
of Seven Springs, and their three
children, Bill 11, David 10, and
Cindy 7, expect to. move to Beau
fort the" first of August. The
Gaincys arc members of the Meth
odist Church.
The new principal was born and
reared near Goldsborc.
Accident Victim
Leayes Hospital
Mrs, tiuy Hamilton, New Bcra,
arb? was injured in an auto accNj
dent at the North River bridge last
Monday afternoon, was discharged,
from the Horehead City Hospital
yesterday.
Also injured in the accidcnt was
her 11-year-old nephew, Dodd Ham
ilton, who was given emergency
treatment at the hospital.
Patrolman J. W. Sykes, who in
vestigated, said Mrs. Hamilton,
with her two young nephews, was
headed west on highway 70, when
her car failed to make the curve
at the bridge. The car kept going
straight off the road, through a
marsh and ended jus at short dis
tance from a telephone pole.
The right front end was torn up.
The patrolman said Mrs. Hamilton
was unable to explain how the ac
cident happened. He said she
couldn't remember leaving home
that morning.
Mrs. Hamilton was driving her
husband's car, a 1955 Imperial
Chrysler.
False Alarm
Morehead City firemen answered
a false alarm at 2 a.m. Friday at
box 39, located at 29th and Evans
Streets.
Joseph Rose Escapes Death
When Car Goes Off Pier
Joarph Rom, a, of Markers
Island, narrowly escaped death at
1:30 yesterday morning when the
1959 Chevrolet be was driving
plunged off a pier at Morehead City
state port near the Trumbull plant.
Rose, who was alone in the car
at the time, escaped from an open
window after the car had settled
on the bottom. He was able to
swim ashore before collapsing on
the pier where he was found in a
semi-conscious state at approxi
mately 1:45 by night watchman
Tommy Willis.
Willis took Rose to the Army En
gineer hopper dredge, Gerig, where
Rose is employed as a mess stew
ard. Willis notified the Morehead
City police department. Police of
ficers determined that Rose had
been drinking prior to the mishap.
Capt. C. E. Bunch of the More
head City police notified the Coast
Guard station at Fort Macon and
a boat and grappling equipment
was dispatched to search for the
sunken vehicle. The Coast Guard
arrived at the pier at approximate
ly 5:15 a.m. and after several
hours of probing had failed to lo
cate the car.
Paul Norman, body shop fore
man at Parker Motors, arrived on
the scene about 10 a.m. and after
donning diving equipment, located
the car on his second dive. He se
cured a cable around the car. The
Parker Motors wrecker and the
power wagon from the Coast Guard
then pulled the car to the surface
and a shipyard crane hoisted It out
of the water.
Rose has been charged with care
less and reckless driving, pending
further investigation, according to
police reports.
2 iuBMiniii inn "w >i*?
Newn-Tlmes Photos by McComb
Up from the depths comes Ihe 1959 Chevrolet belonging to Joseph
Hose of Harkers Island. A large crowd of onlookers was on hand to
watch the car being pulled up. It was a total loss.
Joseph Row, second from left, of Markers Island, talks with Coast Guardsman Earl Sells yesterday,
while workmen attempt to salvage Rose's car from the harbor bottom. Rom escaped drowning early yes
terday morning when he was able to get out of the car through an open window after .driving It off the
end of the pier at the port terminal. He said he thought he waa driving it into the parking lot at the
port.
Morehead City Eight-Week Summer
Recreation Program Opens Yesterday
ao eigni-weeK rammer program
at the Morehead City Recreation
Center started yesterday. Approx
imately 320 children were on hand
for the first day's activities, ac
cording to the director, Fred Lewis.
The morning program is set up
for youngsters in the 5, 6 and 7
year old age groups and will pro
vide them with instruction as well
as recreation. The afternoon pro
gram will be for children 9 years
old and up.
Ia charge of the Children's Story
Hour, beginning at 0 every morn
ing, is Miss Jackie Taylor. Help
ing with the morning and after
noon programs will be Mrs. Mamie
Taylor and director Lewis.
Ralph Wade, band director at
Morehead City high school, will '
hold group instructions in music
for the youngsters in the morning.
These lessons will be for begin
Tide Table
Tide* at the Beaafart Bar
HIGH LOW
Tuesday, Jane II
3:29 a.m. 10:09 a.m.
4:15 p.m. 10:55 p.m.
Wednesday, June IT
4:39 a.m. 11:01 a.m.
5:18 p.m. 11:51 p.m.
Thursday, Jaae U
5:44 a.m. 11:ST a.m.
?:14 p.m.
Friday, fui 19
9:43 a.m. 12:4* a.m.
lM+m. 12U p-a.
ning students. Mr. Wade will take
thcin in groups, according to the
instruments they play.
The high school senior band will
also hold rehearsals throughout the
summer, meeting with Mr. Wade
on Wednesday evenings. It is hoped
that the band will be able to stage
one or two summer concerts this
year, according to Mr. Wade.
Besides the story periods pro
vided for the youngsters, there will
be both indoor and outdoor games
they can participate in throughout
the day. Indoor games will include
ping pong, ahuffleboard, table
games and puzzles. Outside the
children will enjoy tennis, horse
shoes, badmlntoo, Softball and
croquet
Mr. Lewis reports that the snack
bar at the center will be open for
both the morning and afternoon
sessions. The morning periods will
start at 9 and run until noon and
the afternoon period will be from
2 until ?.
Starting June 22, Miss Suzanne
Beck of Morehead City high school
Answer Alarm
Beaufort firemen answered an
alarm at Jones Village Sunday
afternoon about 3:30. Grass was
burning oo the Howard Jones
property. The firemen put the fire
out in about 10 minutes, but re
mained at the scene about half an
hour, wetting down the mm to pre
vent further dn??g?
will be it the center to instruct
girli in baton twirling. This ia a
new feature of the program this
year and a large enrollment is ex
pected for the lessons.
Recreation center facilities are
open to all, permanent residents as
well as summer vacationists, Mr.
Lewis emphasizes.
Criminal Court
Opens Yesterday
The grand Jnry retired yesterday
morning at 11:23 a.m., following
instructions given them by Judge
Henry L. Stevens Jr. The one-week
term of criminal court opened at
10 a.m.
Robert D. Rouse Jr., solicitor,
said he expected court to end by
the middle of the week.
Serving on the grand jury are
Thomas H. Russell, foreman; Paul
E. Jones, Lloyd O. Crowe, Leo
iiaskins, Mrs. Robert E. Laugh
ton, Miss Amy Muse.
Ralph L. Baker. David M. Lind
say. Charles W. Merrill, David B.
Webb, Cecil N. Adams, W. Vance
Fulford.
Gordon E. Freeman, Dr. T. R.
Rice, Claud H. Guthrie, W. H.
Ogleibjr, George Green and Wade
Ned.
Paul Norman of Morehead City
adjusts his diviaf eqaipment aa
be prepares to eater the water
and aeireh far the car that
plunged off the ead of a pier.
Nornaa located the car aa kil
aecaad dive.
Car Caaght
A car traveling west on Aren
dell at lltb Street Saturday night
broke off a tie rod end when it
hit a concrete block on the grata
plot by the railroad. The miabap
waa investigated by Patrolman J.
D. O'Neal. Arendcll narrows from
two lanes to ooe where tba acci
UNC Fisheries
Institute Gets
$21,401 Grant
? National Science Fund
To Finance Research
? Dr. Earl Deubler Will
Direct Flounder Study
Dr. A. F. Chestnut, director of
the University of North Carolina
Institute of Fisheries Research at
Morehcad City has announced that
the university at Chapel Hill has
received official notification that
a research grant of $21,400 has
been awarded by the National
Science Foundation to support a
program of basic research on the
biology and ecology of the sou
thern large flounder (Paralichthys
lethostigma) and related species
in North Carolina.
The research will be conducted
at the T- titute of Fisheries Re
search ui'der the direction of Dr.
Earl E. Deubler Jr.
Dr. Chestnut points out that al
though flounders of the genus Par
lichthys constitute a valuable com
mercial and recreational resource
to the people of North Carolina,
very little is known concerning
the natural history of the species.
With the aid of the ncwly-awurd
cd funds from the National Scicncc
Foundation, the institute will be
able to expand its continuing pro
gram of research on flounders by
providing for equipment, addition
al personnel, and offshore apeci
mens necessary to the successful
completion of the project, the di
rector commented.
Data will be compiled concern
ing age and growth, reproduction,
cinbryological development, and
distribution relative to environ
mental factors, such as salinity,
temperature, oxygen, and bottom
types.
A study of geographical varia
tion throughout the range of the
southern large flounder is antici
pated, to determine whether dif
ferent stocks exist along the coas
tal United States from North Caro
lina to Texas.
In addition to the major objec
tives of the proposal, the research
grant allows for the collection of
distributional data concerning ma
rine and brackiah-water fishes in
North Carolina, and for the train
ing of graduate students in the
field of ichthyology and fishery bi
ology.
iiiieueuiun
Continues to Be
Accident Site
The Morehead City intersection
of 24U) and Arcndcll, despite new
traffic signals, continuea to be a
plague to motorists. Two accidents
happened there over the weekend.
The first accident occurred at
2:55 Sunday afternoon and involved
a car and a boat trailer. Jerry
Lee Garner of Morehead City was
driving a 1953 Ford panel truck
east on Arcndcll, pulling a boat
and trailer behind him.
He stopped suddenly when the
line of traffic in front of him
stopped, and be was struck from
the rear by Roper Van Horn. Van
Horn was driving a 1956 Chevrolet
and told police officers that he
was unable to stop in time to avoid
hitting Garner. Damage was minor
to both vehicles.
There were no charges filed
against either driver. Sgt. Bill
Condie investigated.
The second accident happened
an hour later and Involved a New
port man and a driver from Wash
ington, N. C.
According to police reports, Er
nest Robinson of Washington was
traveling east on Arendell and
made a left turn at 24th Street.
Upon going through the intersec
tion, his ear was struck in the side
by a vehicle being driven by Glen
wood Windberry of Newport. Wind
berry waa traveling west on Arcn
dcll.
Sergeant Condie, who Investi
gated, said that both drivers had
green lights but Robinson was
chargcd with (ailing to yield the
right of way.
Damage received by the Wind
berry car was estimated to be $255
while $200 was the figure set for
Robinson's car.
Servico Station Entered;
$10 Taken from Register
Ten dollars was stolen from tke
cash register In the Texaco Service
station just east of Bud Dixon'a
Motel on Arendell Street, More
bead City, sometime after 11:13
p.m. Friday.
Tb? theft was discovered by
Marion T. Noe, station operator,
at 1:15 Saturday morning. Sgt Bill
Condie, who investigated, said en
try waa gained by breaking a pone
of glass in a northeast window.
Then the window waa unlocked.
Nothing but the caah waa a iia