CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES
48th YEAR, NO. 60. TWO SECTIONS TEN PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY. JUNE 23, 1959 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
ALL WHO READ
READ
THE NEWS-TIMES
Fish Fry, Pony Penning Will
Be Held Down East July 4
Officer Finds Thief Within
Minutes After Store Robbed
Both the annual fuh fry and pony penning down east4
will take place again this year on Saturday, July Fourth.
The fish fry at Sea Level community hospital will start
at noon and continue until 2 p.m. The pony penning, spon
sored by the Cedar Island Banker Pony Association will
take place between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m.
Th? fi?h fry, ipontored by the board of trustees at the
Shipping Firm
Hopes to Extend
Routes to NC
? Maritime Commission
Approval Needed
? New Service Would
Mean More Business
Representatives of the American
Export Lines Inc., have indicated
strong interest in extending their
routes to Morehead City and Wil
mington if Maritime Commission
authority can be obtained.
Three spokesmen for the lines
met Thursday with House Mer
chant Marine Committee Chairman
Herbert C. Bonner (D-NC) and
Rep. Alton Lennon (D-NC) to dis
cuss the possibility of such an ac
tion.
Representatives of the North
Carolina State Ports Authority had
proposed such a conference, pri
marily to gain export and import
tobacco traffic at a savings through
the ports.
Bonner said after the confcrence
that the lines now take a route
that does not go below Virginia
ports, and that its contract with
Maritime for the route is up for
renewal now.
"It was felt that to apply for an
extension now would necessitate a
hearing, and delay the renewal the
contract," he declared.
But after the contract is renewed,
an application for an extension of
the route could be made. A hear
ing would probably be necessary,
but the American Export people
would not face the possibility of
delay in renewing their present
contract, Bonner pointed out.
Lennon said that if the plan is
successful, Turkish tobacco could
be brought into the two ports, and
flue-cured tobacco could be export
ed through them by the American
Export Lines.
Conceivably there would be other
traffic through the ports by these
lines as well, he added.
Highway 111
Folks Plan Club
Residents of the area from West
Beaufort to the Core Creek bridge
will organize a community club at
8 p.m. Thursday in the Free Will
Baptist Church, Russells Creek.
A preliminary meeting was held
last Thursday night at the home a I
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Howerin. Pres
ent was J. A. Glazener, Raleigh,
extension program planning spe
cialist, State College; R. M. Wil
liams, county agricultural agent;
Harry Venters, boys 4-H advisor;
and Mrs. David Beveridge, Beau
fort vocational home economics in
structor.
Kred McDanlels was elected tem
porary chairman and Miss Nancy
Broda, temporary secretary. Mr.
Glazener showed slides.
Attending, in addition to those
mentioned, were Mrs. Gaston
Simpson. Mrs. G. T. Spivey, Mrs.
George Broda, Mr. and Mrs. W. B.
Norris Jr., and Mrs. Homer Lewis.
The hostess served colas and
cookies.
New Patches
Members of the Morehead City
policc department are s parting new
shoulder patches. The blue patches
bear the Morehead family crest
and the date, 1858, when the town
was incorporated.
hospital, bas been an annual event
lor the past five years.
The picnic area used, on the hos
pital grounds, bas been rebuilt.
More tables have been added and
each table is equipped with roof
and benches.
Charles F. Caudeil Jr., hospital
administrator, announces that the
entire area has been cleaned up
so that the people attending may
enjoy to the lullest the annual
event.
Proceeds Irom the fry go to the
hospital. *
The Cedar Island Banker Pony
Association estimates that 75
ponies will be penned. Twenty-live
to thirty of them will be offered
for sale, ranging from colts to
adult ponies.
No admission is charged for the
penning, which in the past has
drawn many crowds. Cedar Island
is located 40 miles east of More
head City on highway 70.
The Cedar Island Banker Pony
Association is composed of pony
owners working to save the herds
of banker ponies which have come
colsc to extinction in recent years.
Marine Units
Return Friday
ToMoreheadCity
Marine units from Camp Lejeune
unloaded at Morehead City Friday
after participating in Tramid-59.
A two-week training exercise for
midshipmen from the Naval Acad
emy, Tramid-59 demonstrated to
the future Naval officers the fun
damental technique! of *|nphibiow
assault. ... .. *
TIM Second Division Marine*,
who were commanded by Lt. Col.
R. C. Reifel, staged an amphibious
landing exercise at Camp Pendle
ton, near Virginia Beach on June
111.
After this exercise the midship
men integrated with the Marines
and other personnel from the Little
Creek Amphibious Base to form
a Provisional Landing Force for
a week of combined training.
The Force conducted a landing
exercise at Camp Pendleton Thurs
day, in which midshipmen actively
participated. The landing was wit
nessed by US Military Academy
cadets, high ranking military dig
nitaries, invited guests and the
general public.
The training was under the
overall command of Commander,
Amphibious Training Command,
Atlantic Fleet, at Little Creek.
Besides the Second Division
units, other Marine representatives
from the Second Marine Aircraft
Wing and Force Troops also par
ticipated.
Cars Collide
At Intersection
Extensive damage waa done to
two cars in a noon-time accident
yesterday at the intersection of
23rd and Bridges Streets, Morcbuad
City.
Involved in the mishap were
Margaret Cootfay Wray of Beau
fort and Yancey Smith of Newport.
According to police reports, Mrs.
Wray was going south on 23rd
Street and failed to stop at the stop
sign at the intersection. She pulled
onto Bridges and her car was
struck by Smith, traveling east on
Bridges.
Police chief Herbert Griffin, who
investigated, charged Mrs. Wray
with failing to yield the right of
way.
Damage to the Wray car was
estimated at $400 while that re
ceived by the Smith vehicle waa
set at $300.
Summer Courses Under Way at Duke
Newt-Time* Photo by McComb
Twenty-seven students are enrolled in courses for the first term of of the 1959 summer session, Duke Marine Laboratory. The laboratory
buildings are shown on the point of land to the right in the photo above. The marine station is on Fivers Island at Beaufort. In addition to the
students, approximately IS graduates are engaged in research. The first summer term will end July 17.
Three State Officials Speak
At Wine Control Meeting
Three state officials, the attorney- ?
general, state commissioner of
revenue, and chairman of the state
ABC board spoke at the weekend
meeting of the North Carolina As
sociation for Wine Control at the
Morehead Biltmore hotel.
Malcolm B. Scawell, state attor
ney general, was.the speaker at the
Saturday night banquet. Mr. Sea
well emphasized the need for strict
enforcement of control laws in dis
tribution pf alcoholic beverages.
Other speakers were James S.
Currie, state commissioner of reve
nue, and William S. Hunt, ABC
board chairman.
Mr. Seawell said, "When lobby
ists seek to get the General As
sembly to loosen controls , . . there
can be but one purpose in mind
and that is that the beverage in
dustries may increase their reve
nues ? but the great danger to
such industries is that loosening
controls must sooner or later lead
to a destruction of the alcoholic
beverage business in the state of
North Carolina."
The attorney general based his
opinion on the history of beverage
control legislation in this state.
"We were the first in the United
States," he remarked, "to ever
hold a . statewide liquor referen
dum. At the beginning of the cen
tury, we enacted laws to prevent
traffic in alcoholic beverages out
side incorporated towns, and then
to towns of less than 1,000 persons.
Over 50 years ago, saloons went
out of this state.
"Based on this history," the
speaker remarked, "I am firmly
of the opinion that only through
tightening of controls will the wine
merchants, the beer merchants or
the alcoholic beverage control
stores remain in North Carolina."
The attorney general also sug
gested that the alcoholic beverage
control laws be rewritten and re
codified.
The chairman of the ABC board
and revenue commissioner made
See CONVENTION, Page 3
Veterinarians Meet Today
Two hundred veterinarians and
their wives will convcnc today at
Morehead City for the 58th annual
meeting at the North Carolina State
Veterinary Medical Association.
The meeting will be held through
Thursday at the Morehead Bill
more Hotel.
Dr. B. H. Kinsey of Washington
will preside. New officers for the
195M0 year will be elected and
installed at the banquet Wednes
day evening. Dr. C. K. Swearin
gcn, husband of the former Sue
Murray Thomas, Beaufort, is presi
dent alnrt
The meeting will feature clinical
sessions conducted by outstanding
veterinarians from all sections of
the United States. These sessions
will be held from t a.m. to 5 p.m.
daily.
The annual honor award to the
veterinarian selected aa the one
having contributed the moat to his
profession during the past year
will be made at the banquet Wed
nesday night
A tail program lor the women
baa been arranged by the auxili
ary. This Includes swimming, boat
ins, tours and golf. A feature of
the opening day will be a clam
bake on the waterfront terrace,
followed by a moonlight cruise.
The North Carolina Board of
Veterinary Medical Examiners met
yesterday morning for the purpose
of examining candidates for state
license.
la sMIUm to Dr. Ktaaey, other
officers of the veterinary medical
association Include Dr. C. J. Lange.
vice-president, Greensboro; and
Dr. J. T. Dixon, Winston-Salem,
County-Wide Fire School
Opens, Will End Friday
The annual county-wide fire
school started last night at the
Morchcad City fire station under
the direction of Otis Dowdy, deputy
chief of the Charlotte fire depart
ment.
The schooling sessions will be
conducted cach night this week,
ending with a dinner Friday night.
At that time, all firemen who com
plete the course will receive cards
certifying that they are qualified
firemen.
Feature of the Thursady night
session will be structural burning.
Firemen will practice putting out
flames in an actual situation. Be
ing sought now is a structure that
can be used in the practice ses
sion.
The classes are conducted at no
cost to firemen. All firemen in the
county are invited to enroll. The
school is sponsored jointly by the
Newport, Morehead and Beaufort
fire departments.
Among the visiting dignitaries
will be chief Frank Schlarp, Camp
Lejcune with training captain
Smith; and chief Mike Jowdy of
Cherry Point.
On Board
J. C. Harveil, Morehead City,
was elected a director at the re
cent North Carolina Society of
Accountants meeting at More
bead City.
Taxes paid this month will be
discounted at 2 per cent.
Added Attraction
New?-Tlmeg Photo by McCamb
CUMrra are Mjaytaj the m iMIUmN courts at the Hattni City rccreatioa ceatcr. Nearby are
aew picaic tables si so. The ana it llfbted aad aWi Inapt are hvIM to aiake netftke new facilities.
Frti Lewis, directar a I Ik* racreaOM pro? raa, says that imwmil ?l the
(VtiiallllMHll
Capt. Carl Bunch Makes
Arrest; Youth in Jail
Capt. C. E. Bunch of the Morehead City police force
.?aught the man who robbed Walter Morris's Jewelry store
sarly Saturday morning before Mr. Morris himself knew
the store had been entered.
In the county jail yesterday, under $500 bond, was Dal
las Harvell, 19. Merrimon, who confessed to the theft.
larvcu waivcu preliminary ncar-v
ng in Morebcad City recorder's
rourt yesterday morning. He has
ilso been charged with breaking
nto the apartments over Rupert
ind Bruce Willis's hardware stores
in Arcndell Street.
Harvell, however, denies those
mtrics. His arrest followed infor
nation given the police by Mrs.
Aaync Cheek and her husband, 906
Bridges St., and Richard Coughlin,
iriend of the Cheeks.
Mrs. Check said she saw, from
ler residence, a man climb up the
irain pipe behind the Willis's
stores Friday night. He went in a
tccond floor wnidow, came out on
;o an adjoining roof and then went
ichind Hamilton's furniture store.
She said be ducked behind a
chimney when a car passed on
Bridges Street. Because Mrs. Cheek
was alone and ill her night clothcs,
she did nothing until her husband
came home. When he came home,
lie and Coughlin followed the man
as he came out of the alley. They
also reported the incident to the
police.
Mrs. Cheek later reported to
Captain Bunch that she saw the
man drive off in a white and light
green Pontiac, either a 1955 or
1956 model. She described the per
son as a white boy dressed in light
clothcs.
Police investigated the upstairs
apartments over the Willis's. They
arc unoccupied at present. Foot
prints showed that the intruder had
walked through the vacant rooms,
broke out a transom and also broke
glass between the bathrooms in the
two apartments.
Captain Bunch said that the
burglar made an attempt to get
into the Rupert Willis' hardwire
store through a door on a back
stairway, but the door was barred.
The officer returned to the police
station and as he was leaving, no
ticed a man in light colored clothcs
Standing in front of Dee Gee's shop.
As the officcr looked at him, the
man went down the alley between
Dee Gee's and the Hardware and
Building Supply store.
Captain Bunch got in the police
car and intercepted the man in the
alley. He said the fellow had stuff
jammed in his shirt and sticking
out of his pockets.
The officer took him by the arm
and said, "What did you break
into?"
"A Jewelry store," camc the re
ply.
Harvell had am him cash totaling
$96.55 and numerous watches, some
new and some that were in the
See THEFT, Page 3
Trailer, Woods
Catch Afire
The West End fire station, More
head City, answered two alarms
over the weekend. The first alarm
Friday night at 10:30 was a fire in a
mobile home located at the Phillips
66 trailer lot, west of Morehead
City on highway 70. The trailer
was owned by Jerry Blackwell.
The two-bedroom trailer was de
stroyed. Firemen fought the blaze
for nearly an hour.
At Ike time tke fire broke out
there were four members of the
Blackwell family in the trailer, but
all managed to get out. The blaze
was believed to have started in the
back bedroom.
The second alarm was received
Sunday at 6:30 p.m. when a woods
fire threatened to burn buildings
at the Grady Rich warehouse On
highway 70.
When firemen arrived, some
lumber at the warehouse had been
ignited but firemen prevented the
fire from spreading to the ware
house. Cause of the blaze if un
known.
Tide Table
TMet at Ike Beaafwt Bar
HIGH LOW
Taesday, Juae 23
10:25 a.m. 4:09 a.m.
10:41 p.m. 4:19 p.m.
Wednesday, June 24
11:21 a.m. 4:M a.m.
11:35 p.m. 5:11 p.m.
Thandajr, Jim XI
12:14 a.m. S:4C a.m.
: ? CM p.m.
Friday, Juae M
13:28 a.m. ?:3> a.m.
???*
Men Injured
In Four Weekend
Highway Wrecks
Four of Carteret's numerous
highway mishaps over the week
end were investigated by patrol
man W. E. Pickard. The other ac
cidents were investigated by pa
trolman Jenkins of Craven county,
who has been assigned weekend
duty in Carteret. He could not be
contacted by press time.
Bruce A. liennings, Cherry Point,
was injured when struck by a 1957
Volkswagen driven by Robert B.
Owens, Tarboro. The accident hap
pened four miles west of Newport
on highway 70 at 1 a.m. Saturday.
Patrolman Pickard said that
Hcnnings was with a group of Ma
rines walking on the right side of
the road, their backs toward traf
fic. They were headed west, as
was Owens.
liennings' leg was broken. He
was taken to the hospital by an
ambulance from Cherry Point.
Damage to Owens' car was esti
mated at $50.
Each of two men in a 1952 Chev
rolet suffered broken legs at 10:50
p.m. Saturday on the Nine-Foot
Hoad four miles from Newport.
They were Timothy M. Kelly, USN,
Camp Lcjcunc, driver of the car,
and David H. llafelow, passenger.
Patrolman Pickard said Kelly
was headed west and failed to
make a curve. He has been
charged with careless and reckless
driving. Both men were taken to
Cherry Point by the Newport am
bulance, then moved to the Le
jcunc hospital. The car was de
molished.
Two accidents occurred simul
taneously at 1:15 a.m. Sunday. A
1931 Pontiac driven by Francis E.
Warner and a 1957 Ford driven by
Freddie Lee Evans, Newport, col
lided on highway 70 four miles
west of Newport.
Patrolman Pickard said Evans,
headed cast, went around a curve,
crossed over to the left and raked
the left side of the Pontiac, which
was going west.
No one was hurt. Evans has
been charged with driving on the
wrong side of the road. Damage
to the Pontiac was estimated at
$200 and to the Ford $250.
At Sea Level a 1956 Ford driven
by Charles G. Morris, Atlantic,
failed to make a curve and went
into a canal. Morris said that he
fell asleep. With him at the time
was Frank Nelson. Both were
taken to the Sea Level Hospital
where they were checked for in
juries.
They suffered scratches and
bruises. The patrolman estimates
the car a total loss.
Red Cross Official
Reports Receipt
Of Contributions
Even though there was no Red
Cross drive this year, Mrs. James
Rumley, county home service
chairman, reports that contribu
tions totaling $607 have been re
ceived.
The contributions were made by
the following: Marine Corps Air
Station, International Paper Co..
AlrP of Beaufort and Morehead
City, Miss Gladys C. Turona, the
women of St. Paul's Episcopal
Church, J. M. Goodwin of Atlantic,
and Aaron Chishoim of Wilmington,
in memory of his wife.
Mrs. Rumley explains that no
Red Cross drive was conducted be
cause no one could be obtained to
do the work. It may be possible,
she said, that one will be conducted
in the fall.
Miss Cathy Chalk Goes
To Contest, Greensboro
Miss Cathy Chalk. Morehead
City, area dairy princess, left this
morning by plane for Greensboro
where she will compete in the state
dairy princeaa contest
Miss Chalk is the daughter al
Mr. and Mrs. Skinner A. Chalk Jr.,
Morehead City.
Selection of ? state dairy princess
Thursday night In Kiaer Junior
high achool auditorium, will be tha
highlight o I the June dairy month
celebration. Miss Chalk will m
taataMMtar.