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48th YEAR, NO. 57. TWO SECTIONS FOURTEEN PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY, JULY 17, 1959 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
Press Association Opens
Summer Meeting Last Night
Burnet R. Maybank Jr., licutcn *
ant governor of South Carolina,
addressed the North Carolina Press
Association at its 81th annual con
vention last night at the Morebead
Biltmore Hotel.
By 4 p. m. yesterday ISO news
paper men and women had regis
tered (or the meeting which will
end at noon Saturday.
Scheduled events for today in
clude the directors' breakfast at
8 a.m. and group meetings of the
associated dailies and non-dailies
at 2 this afternoon at the hotel.
At 4 the newpaper folks will
leave for Cherry Point where they
will be taken on a tour of the Ma
rine Corps air station. Prior to
dinner at the officers club, they
will attend a social hour at the
club.
John I. Anderson, president of
the association, will preside at the
annual business session at 10 a.m.
tomorrow. At this session new of
ficers will be elected.
Mr. and Mrs. Lockwood Phillips,
publishers of THE NEWS-TIMES,
were host at a social hour prior
to the banquet last night. Toast
master at the banquet was presi
dent Anderson.
Henry Belk, editor of the Golds
boro News-Argus, gave the invoca
tion. The welcome was extended
by Mrs. Phillips and George Dill,
mayor of Morehead City. E. A.
Resch. editor and publisher of the
Chatham News, Siler City, gave the
response.
John Harden, of Harden Asso
ciates, Greensboro, introduced the
speaker. Wade Lucas, public in
formation director for the Depart
ment of Conservation and Develop
ment, spoke on civil defense.
Giving the formal welcome at
the dinner tonight will be Col. R.
K. Frazer, representing Gen. R.
K. Rottet, commanding general of
the station.
C. O. Jeffress, Greensboro, vice
president of the NCPA, will re
ipond. "Hawaiian style" enter
tainment, following the dinner, will
be in charge of Capt. E. W. SchulU
of the public information office.
Daring tomorrow's business ses
' sion, William C. Lassitcr, general
counsel of the NCPA, will give his
report. Reports will be heard from
Miss Beatrice Cobb, secretary
treasurer of the association, and
Holt McPherson, head of the Jour
nalism Foundation.
Harvey F. Laffoon, of the Elkin
Tribune, and past president of the
NCPA, will present the past presi
dent's pin to retiring president An
1 derson.
Officers Find
Clarence Medlin
Clareace Medlin, wanted for rob
bery at the Curve Inn, Morehead
City, on Jan. 18, 1957, was arrest
ed Tuesday night at the Wagon
Wheel, west of Morehead City.
Medlin is in the county jail un
der $500 bond.
Sheriff Hugh Salter said that
when he, deputies Marshall Ays
cue and Bruce Edwards picked
Medlin up, he admitted that he
knew they had been looking for
him for two and a half years.
He is charged with taking ap
proximately $70 from the Curve
Inn on Jan. IS, 1957. Police offi
cers say that Ernest Lowe, who
with his wife operated the Curve
Inn, was drugged prior to the theft.
Lowe told officers that he took
two drinks with Medlin and then
passed out. Mrs. Lowe said that
her husband was unconscious from
2:30 p. m. on the day of the theft
, until 11:30 that night.
According to court records, Med
lin was under suspended sentence
at the time the money disappear
ed. On Dec. M, 1956, he was found
guilty of temporary larceny of a
car. Medlin is from Fayetteville.
C.H. Davis Jr.
Becomes Deputy
Corbett H. Davis Jr., Davis, was
sworn in Wednesday morning as
deputy sheriff in the sheriffs of
fice at Beaufort. The oath was ad
ministered by A. H. James, clerk
of superior court.
Deputy Davis if a graduate of
8myraa high school and is mar
ried to the former Janet Wade of
Williston.
Sheriff Hugh Salter reports that
the addition of another deputy
Bake* it possible -now to have a
law officer on duty around the
clock, each officer working an
tight-hour shift.
The other deputies are Bruce
Edwards and Bobby Bell. ABC of
ficer Marshall Ayacue is alao dep
aUU* St MantM? SmiUl' coo~
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Lion Accepts Trophy
Mgttg
James Crowe, district governor o( Lions International, presents
the White Caae trophy to Cliff Edwards, Morehead City, right, Mr.
Edwards led his club in raising the largest amount (or the blind in
Uoos clubs of let* than 30 members.
Ocracoke Civic
Club Approves
Engineer Report
The Ocracoke Civic Club, at a
recent special meeting, voted
unanlw aproval of the reecnt
US engineer'* report on deepening
and widening the channel of Ocra
coke Inlet.
A committee of the club wai ap
pointed to put the approval in
written form for the July 6 hearing
of the Rivers and Harbors Board
at Washington, D. C. Highlights of
a letter of approval, sent over the
signature of R. S. Wahab, commit
tee chairman, and others are as
follows:
Commercial benefits: Thousands
of fishing vessels used Ocracoke
Inlet during 1958. Value of fish
and shrimp (including menhaden),
dependent on Ocracoke Inlet, runs
in excess of $1,000,000 annually.
Ocracoke Inlet is the only entrance
to inland waters between Cape
Henry and Cape Lookout for craft
with draft of more than 6 feet. As
many as 200 vessels tie up in Sil
ver Lake harbor at Ocracoke when
the ocean is to rough for fishing
and shrimping. It requires about
16 hours for the average vessel to
run from Ocracoke Inlet to Cape
Henry and seven hours to Cape
Ocracoke Civic Club concurs in
the opinion of the engineers that
a channel 18 feet deep and 400 feet
wide through the ocean bar, with
a jetty, ai required, on the north
side, would reasonably meet the
needs of present navigation.
Benefits U National Defease:
Many ships were sunk during the
war in vicinity of Diamond Shoals
and between Portsmouth, N. C.
and Wimble Sboals. Navy had a
force of more than 600 men baaed
at Ocracoke. If Ocracoke Inlet had
then had a channel IS feet deep,
aub-chascrs and other Navy craft
could have operated through the
Inlet and prevented destruction in
the vulnerable area of Diamond
Sboals.
For all of the above reasons, the
following committee members ap
proved the report at district engi
neer: R. S. Wahab, Neafie Scar
borough, Marvin W. Howard, Ben
jamin E. Spencer, Oacar Burrus,
Thurston Gaskill, Benjamin O'Neal,
Charles Stowe, Junius Austin and
Theodore Rondthaler.
Day With No Rain
Arrives Wednesday
Showers ceased in Carteret Wed
nesday, at least temporarily. It
was the first day in more than a
week that no rain fell, according to
Stamey Davis, weather observer at
Morchead City.
Down East waa drenched with
blinding rain Tuesday, while other
parts of the county received no
rain at all. Rainfall recorded Mon
day was 1.31 inches, for Tuesday,
1.42 inches.
Temperatures and wind direction
for Monday through Wednesday fol
low:
High Law Wind
Monday tl 7? Sw
Tuesday 10 70 SW
Wednesday _ ?7 71 Var.
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Port Calendar
More head City Port
Bahia Santiago de Cuba ?
Scheduled to leave yesterday
with cargo of grain. Ship was
delayed pending meeting of in
spection requirements. It was
originally scheduled lo sail Tues
day.
Ferseo? Docked yesterday with
Eno products for. Standard Oil.
Rita Maenk ? Due today to
load tobacco for the Far East.
Esso Annapolis ? Due July 20
with petroleum products for
Standard Oil.
Esso Patterson ? Due July 23
with petroleum products for
Standard Oil.
Nabob ? Due July 24 to load
tobacco for Europe.
Goettingen? Due July 31 to pick
up cargo of tobacco for northern
European ports.
New Rescue Squad
Seeks Members
To maintain an active rescue
squad, 14 members must be ob
tained within three months, an
nounces Ray Kennedy, assistant
chief of the newly-organized squad
in Morehead City.
Persons in Morehead City and
vicinity interested in rescue work
are Invited to contact Frank Sar
vis at the Dixie Barber Shop, phone
PA 6 3206; after t p. m. phone PA
8-5438.
The membership fee is $5. The
rescue squad met Wednesday
night at the West End fire station.
James Hatcher, head of the res
cue squad at Mount Olive, was
the speaker.
Motorist Cited
After Wreck
In Morehead City
Ralph Endy of Miami, Fla.. was
charged with speeding after being
involved in a four-vehicle crash in
downtown Morehead City early
Thursday morning.
Endy, going east on Arendell at
12:20 a. m. struck a parked pickup
at 1008 Arendell and knocked it
into another truck parked beside it.
After the collision, Endy's car con
tinued down Arendell, jumping the
railroad tracks and hitting a fourth
vehicle which was travelling west.
Damage to the two parked trucks
was heavy, according to patrolman
Joseph Giaimo who investigated
the accident. The first, a 1959
Chevrolet pickup, was damaged to
the extent of $1,000. The other
vehicle, also a 1959 pickup, re
ceived $500 in damages. The two
vehicles were owned by Charles
McKinlcy of Newport and Clarence
Daniels of Charlotte, respectively.
Police estimated the damage to
Endy's car to be $1,800 and that
to the fourth vehicle, a 1950 De
Soto, driven by James Birdie Rice
of Morehead City, $300.
Receiving minor injuries in the
mishap were Endy and Curtis Hill.
Both were taken to the Morehead
City hospital and released after
treatment.
Driving rain was the cause of a
minor accident Tuesday afternoon
when Jessie Lassiter of Norfolk,
Va., backed his car from* the curb
at 7th and Arendell into the side
of a car driven by Mary Moore of
New Bern.
Lassiter told police he failed to
see Mrs. Moore because of the rain
falling at the time.
Investigating officer, chief W. H.
Griffin, estimated the damage to
Mrs. Moore's car to be $50 while
Lassiter's vehicle escaped damage.
No charges were filed against
either driver.
Arendell and 14th street was the
scene of another minor accident
at 10:10 a. m. Wednesday.
Gladys Jones of Beaufort, going
VbuUt o?U4h, hit a truck that had
been parked by Loftus Slocks t/
Morehead City. Mrs. Jones told po
licc the truck was protruding into
the street and when she attempted
to go around it she scraped the
rear of the truck.
Chief Griffin estimated damage
to Mrs. Jones's 1956 Mercury at
$50 and that received by the truck,
$10.
No charges were filed.
Hugh Gordon
Reports Progress
Hugh Gordon, chairman of the
Carteret chapter for bringing aid
to mentally retarded children, said
yesterday that he is encouraged by
progress being made to set up a
special school (or the youngkters.
Mr. Gordon said that the major
problem will be to find a teacher.
With the support of the Civitan
Club of Morehcad City, he believes
that sufficient supplementary pay
for a teacher will be found.
Mr. Gordon asks parents who
have children over 6. not regular
ly enrolled in a public school, to
contact him, phone PA 8-4S11, if
they are interested in having their
children taught.
State C&D Approves High
Bridge Across ' Port ' River
Taste-Testing Smoked Fish
Photo by Reginald Lewi*
D. G. Bell, left, tastes some of Capt. Ottls Purifoy's smoked fish,
with Mayor George W. Dill, Morehead City, Rear Adm. Peter V.
Colmar, commanding officer of the Fifth Coait Guard district, and
Edgar Kirk, secretary to the State Ports Authority.
Efforts of ( apt. Ottis Purifoy
and Frank Bayer to prepare salt
water fish by smoking them, got a
boost this week at Morchcad City.
The boost came from R. Walker
Martin of Raleigh, chairman of
the subcommittee on food proces
sing and packaging of the State
Board of Conservation and Devel
opment, and two of the group'*
members. F. i. Boling of Stter
City and H. C. Kcnnett of Durham.
In company with G. F. Albright,
head of the Small Industries Sec
tion of the Department of Conser
vation and Development, and Dr.
Frank B. Thomas food processing
specialist at Slate College, Mr.
Martin and his committee visited
the small installation being used
by Mr. Bayer to smoke fish.
Mr. Martin, Mr. Boling, Mr. Ken
nett, Mr. Thomas and Mr. Albright
pronounced the smoked fish as be
ing "simply delicious." They told
Capt. Purifoy and Mr. Bayer the
potentials (or development of a
smoked fish industry in this area
"look very good."
Same of the smoked fish ? blue
marlin and dolphin ? were taken
aboard the Coast Guard Training
Ship Unimak Monday when Peter
V. Colmar, rear admiral. USCG,
entertained the C&D and State
Ports Authority at a luncheon.
"Excellent," said admiral Col
mar, who is commandcr of the
Kifth Coast Guard District at Nor
folk, Va.
Several of the C&D board mem
bers took several pounds of the
smoked fish home with them when
they left Morchead City.
Miss Beaufort Meets
With Jaycees Monday
Beaufort Jiyctci entertained
Miss Beaufort, Peggy Jo Wallace
at dinner Monday night at the
Scout Building. Miss Wallace spoke
briefly on her trip to the state
pageant in Durham and thanked
the Jaycecs for all they had done
for her since she was elected Miss
Beaufort.
The Jaycecs also voted to send
letters of thanks to Jean Chadwick,
Mrs. Charles Hasscll, Gerhnrann
Holland Jr. and to the merchants
and persons who gave of their time
and money to make the Miss Beau
tort pageant a success.
First aid kits, which will be sold
by members, have arrived and can
Former Chief Receives Plaque
Vernon Guthrie, third from left,
received an appreciation plaque
from firemen recently. Mr. Guth
rie, former chief of the More
head City fin department, wai
instrumental in cooatrucUoa of
Mt Wwt End fin (UtioiL
The plaque was presented him
at a (teak dinner.
Others in the picture are, left
to right, Walter Morris, fire com
missioner; D< G. Bell, Carteret's
legislator in the IK* general as
sembl^IW^ Hall, former fire
? r ?
Ilton, of the state's seventh sena
torial district, and Joe FVilebcr.
chief of the Morcbead City fire
department
Firemen thanked Mr. Bell and
Senator Hamilton for their sup
port at tfca firemen's pension bill.
(Photo kgr Mb Baku)
be purchased from any Jayccc for
the price of $1.
In other business, eight mem
bers announced plans to attend the
district meeting to be held in Kins
ton Tuesday. Making the trip will
be Dickie Dickinson, Billy Ipock,
Guy Smith, George Thomas, Jesse
Taylor, Henry Eubanks, Manlcy
Mason and Raven Dardcn.
Miss North Carolina will be the
guest of the Jaycees Tuesday and
tentative plans for the day's sched
ule call for a tour of the old homes,
an airplane trip and tour of Down
East.
Two Injured
In Tuesday Crash
W. D. Allen, Newport, and Mrs.
George Wcthcrington, route 2 New
port, were injured at 10:30 Tues
day morning in an auto accident
a mile cast of Newport on highway
70.
Mr. Allen suffered rib, leg and
arm injuries and Mrs. Wcthcring
ton had several cuts.
Mr. Alien was riding in a 19M
Chevrolet driven by Mrs. Inei Al
len. Mrs. Wcthcrington was in a
1950 Dodge driven by Mrs. Zeta
Summcrcll of route 2 Newport.
According to patrolman R. H.
Brown, the Chevrolet was headed
west and the Dodge cast. The
Chevrolet ran off the road on the
right, according to the patrolman,
then skidded back across the high
way and struck the Dodge.
Damage to each ear was esti
mated at $200. Charges are pend
ing. Mr. Allen was still confined
yesterday in the Morchcad City
Hospital. Mrs. Wcthcrington was
treated at a doctor's office.
Motor Flares Up
Fire broke out in a deep freeze
motor early Wednesday morning at
the Broadway Cafe in Morehead
City. Firemen who answered the
alarm said the only damage was
smoke in the kitchen. The fire was
dlacovsrad ?t approximately 3 ua.
Beaufort Mayor Appears
Before Board at Morehead
BY WADE LUCAS
The State Board of Conservation
and Development voted to ask the
State Highway Commission to give
consideration to the construction of
a high-level bridge between More
head City and Beaufort at its con
cluding sessions here this week.
The C&D board acted on a re
quest made by Mayor W. H. Potter
of Beaufort, who appeared before
the group's committee on water re
sources, inlets and coastal water
ways.
The bridge would span Newport
River, just north of the expanding
state port at Morchcad City.
Mayor Potter said a high-level
bridge is needed to provide an un
interrupted flow of both water
borne and highway traffic. He told
the committee that a bridge of this
type would also enhance the de
velopment of the Morchcad City
Rcanfort area and give a boost to
tourist traffic over this route com
ing from Ocracoke and points
north.
The motion to approve Mayor
Potter's request was made by Lori
mcr Midgett, board member from
Elizabeth City.
Kernie Smith of More bead City,
who asked the water reaources
committee to request the Army
Corps of Engineers to recommend
the construction of one Jetty from
the Fort Macon area and the other
from Shacklcford Banks for the
purpose of stabilizing Beaufort In
1 let, was told construction of thei"
1 jetties have been authorized and
are now under consideration by the
1 Corps of Engineers.
1 The board adopted a second
: resolution asking Out the Atomic
Energy Commission b* forbidden
to drop radio-active materials in
! the Atlantic off Morehead City.
Copies of the resolution were or
dered sent to every member of tile
North Carolina delegation in Con
gress and to Federal agencies con
cerned with the matter.
A petition presented by owncri
of private oyster beds and private
grants in the New River area in
Onslow county requesting permis
sion to dredge with power boats
for oysters in such areas was de
ferred three months for further
study.
The fisheries committee return
ed to N. L. Gibbs of Englehard a
petition to close Wysocking Bay
to oystering in ccrtain areas for a
period of two years. It was sug
gested that the petition be resub
mitted after being clarified.
Approved was the fisheries'
committee recommendation on a
compromise between commercial
and sport fishermen regarding the
tailing of shad, herring, rock and
other commercial fish in Albemarle
Sound and the Chowan River.
Fisheries chairman D. G. Bell
complimented the fisheries adviso
ry committee, headed by A. W.
Daniels, for their help in working
out the compromise.
Also approved was a regulation
making it unlawful to take fish
with nets in the commercial wat
ers of Currituck Sound between
April 10 and Sept. IS, or to sell
or ship out of the county any
fresh fish between these dates.
This ruling, however, docs not
apply to herring, mullet, shad, eel,
catfish or carp.
The fisheries committee's recom
mendation eliminating the size
limit on shrimp was also given ap
proval.
The commissioner of fisheries,
with the approval of the director
of the Department of Conservation
and Development and the advice
of the director of the Institute of
Fisheries Research, is authorized,
however, to close temporarily any
shrimping grounds or creeks when
ever it appears that the major por
tion of the catch is composed of
undersized shrimp.
Such areas would remala cloaed
See CAD, Page 1
Tide Table
Tides at the Beaufort Bar
HIGH LOW
Friday, July IT
S:30 a.m. 11:41 a.m.
?:00 p.m.
Saturday, July It
6:30 a.m. 12:30 a.m.
6:54 a.m. 12:37 p.m.
8??day, July It
7.25 a.m. 1:23 a.m.
7:45 a.m. 1:32 p.m.
Moaday, Jaly It
?:17 a.m.* 2:13 a.m.
I:M p.m. 2:24 p.m.
Twaday, Jaly 21
t:W a.m. 3:0S a.m.
9:0 pja. 1:14 1MB.
Driver Pays $100
Fine in County
Court Tuesday
Ollvrr Carndell was ordered by
judge L. R. Morris to pay $100 and
court eosta after being convicted
of drunk driving in county record
er's court Tuesday.
Three assault cases were ruled
malicious prosecution by the court
and the prosecuting witnesses in
each case were ordered to pay
court costs. Defendants in the three
cases were Mrs. Rosa llyman,
liarvey Atkinson and E. T. Thomas.
Lester Day. charged with viola
tion of shrimping laws, was made
to pay court costs. Violation of
health laws brought a judgement
of court costs to Roy L. Woolen.
Don Jeffers forfeited bond when
he failed to appear. He was
charged with having no liability
insurance apd improper use of
dealer's plates.
Eddie Stanley paid court costs
for having improper lights and
Norman Coulson was taxed costs
for allowing an unlicensed person
to drive.
Jessid Goodwin was fined S10
and court costs for speeding and
Roy Savage paid court costs on
charges of speeding and driving
on the wrong aid* of the road.
Speeding and following too close
necessitated payment of court
coats by Otto Hartman.
In final court action, T. Ricks
paid court coats on charges of pub
lic drunkenness.
Sixty-four cases were continued
until the next term of court.
Woman Found
Guilty of Theft
Marian Shepard of Morchcad
City was convicted of larceny of
personal property valued at less
than $100 in Morchead City record
er'! court Monday and drew a
aentence of six months in jail.
The sentence was suspended on
condition that she remain on good
behavior for a period of two years
and make restitution to Mrs. Eliza
beth Howlaod in the amount of
$50. She was also ordered to pay
court costs.
Tampa Greea of Havelock ap
peared in court to answer charges
of driving with no operator's li
cense. Judgment of the court was
that his 30-day jail sentence be
suspended on payment of $25 and
court coats. Green was also
charged on a separate warrant
with driving after his license had
been suspended. The state decided
not to prosecute on thia charge.
Julian Wade of Morchead City
was charged with public drunken
ness, his third offense within a 12
month period. Judge Herbert O.
Phillips sentenced Wade to six
months in jail.
The sentence was appealed to
the next term of superior court
and Wade's bond set at $30.
William Alfred Sanders of Camp
Lcjcune paid $23 and court costs
after being found guilty of public
drunkenness and unlawful parking
on the highway.
Lloyd Brinson Jr. of New Bern
paid court costs on charges of driv
ing without lights and Frederick
C. Jones of Key West. Fla., for
feited bond when he was called
and failed to appear to answer
chargea of having no operator's 11
cenae and failing to stop at a red
light.
There were 12 eases continued
until next week's term of court.
Sheriff Devises Plan
To Curb Speaker Thefts
Drive-in theatres are now coop
erating with the sheriff to prevent
theft of car speakers.
Sheriff Hugh Salter said that nu
merous speakers have been disap
pearing lately from drive-in theatre
Iota. Now, however, apeaker poles
are being numbered.
The car license number will be
taken as the ear parka bgr a pole
and the pole will be checked when
the ear leaves. U the speaker haa
disappeared, the guilty party caa
? license