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48th YEAR. NO. 60. TWO SECTIONS TEN PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFpjtT, NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY, JULY 28, 1959 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
45 Attend Melon
Cutting at Cedar
Point Saturday
The quarterly meeting and an
nual watermelon cutting of the
County Hiatorical Society Saturday
afternoon at the Ennett cottage.
Cedar Point, wai one of the largest
attended meetings of the year. The
annual event was the fourth of its
type with A. D. Ennett and John
S. Jones acting at host as well
as supplying the melons. Forty
five attended.
F. C. Salisbury, president, pre
sided. Recognition was made of
the death of two members of the
society since the last meeting, that
of Mrs. Eunice Paul of Sea Level
and Harry S. Bell of Beaufort. El
der M. L. Simmons of Newport,
who has a rare bible known as
the "Breeches bible" was present
and offered to let the book be
placed on exhibition at such time
when the society can arrange a
place for such relics.
Through the efforts of Earl Cam
pen of the Core Creek section and
the society, a state historical mar
ker will soon be placed on the
grounds of the Tuttle Grove Meth
odist Church, marking the site of
the Core Sound Meeting House and
burying ground. It is the first
Meeting House of the Quakers who
came into Carteret County in 1721.
Mrs. John S. Gibson of Cedar
Point presented an interesting his
torical paper covering White Oak
township. The township is the
largest in Carteret County, em
bracing an area ten miles square,
with the least population per
square mile.
Within its boundaries arc two
points of interest, the Hadnot
Creek Primitive Baptist Church,
the oldest church structure in the
county and the Jabez Weeks me
morial, claimed to be the only me
morial in the nation erected to a
pine tree. Early plantations of the
area such as the Hill, Borden and
Ferrand holdings were in early
days the largest plantations in the
county.
Van Potter, Miss Amy Muse and !
Mrs. D. F. Merrill were appointed
as a nominating committee to se
lect officer* to be voted on at the
October meeting. The meeting Sat
urday brought to a closc the fifth
year of the society.
George Wallace
Speaks to Rotary
George R. Wallace, Morehead
City, was the speaker at the Thurs
day night meeting of the Morehead
City Rotary Club at the Rex res
taurant. He spoke on his recent
trip to Europe. Mr. Wallace re
cently returned from Paris where
he attended a meeting of the In
ternational Association of Seed
Crushers.
Mr. Wallace said it was remark
able that the 800 delegates to this
meeting, though they came from
34 countries and were in competi
tion for world trade in the same
commodity market, were, never
theless, able to sit down and dis
cuss their mutual problems and ex
change data on scientific research.
Guest* at the meeting included
W. C. Carlton Sr. of Acworth, Ga.,
who came as the guest of his son
Bill Carlton and Archic R. Davis
of Durham, who was the guest of
Bud Dixon.
Attending the meeting as visitors
were Sterling Wootcn and Bob
Bryan of Goldsboro. Heywood
Jones of Zebulon, Bill Davis, of
Beaufort, Joe Williams of Clinton,
Jim Fleming of Greenville, James
C. Cooper of Henderson, Dave Van
Sant of Madison, N. J., and Wurth
Kreigcl of Raleigh.
Marines Fly
To Puerto Rico
Camp Lejeune ? A reinforced
company from the second Marine
Division was airlifted to Vieques
Island. Puerto Rico, Wednesday as
|part of an air transport training
tercise.
The unit is Bravo Company. 2nd
|Rccconnaissance Battalion, which
was accompanied by a battalion
headquarters staff group. The
?group is commanded by Maj. J. C.
IScharfcn, battalion executive of
cer.
Personnel, equipment and sup
?plies were airlifted in R4Q "Flying
?Boxcars" from the Marine Corps
|Air Station, Cherry Point, N. C.
Ike company will be followed by
? similar unit sometime this week.
Training by the Rccon unit will
lie conducted at Camp Garcia, Vie
??oes Island, for an approximate
|*)-dsy period.
consisting of an
APA's and two LST's
dock at the Morehead City
terminal this week. The AKA
dock today and the other ves
oo Thursday.
Professional Skiers Visit Beaufort
News-Time* Photos by McComb
Three members of the Columbus Water Ski Demo ns of Columbus, Ohio, form a human pyramid and
pass under the open Beaufort drawbridge. The Dem ons, who put on water shows in the Columbus area,
spent last week vacationing in Carteret County. The two girls on the bottom are Donna Arledge, left, and
Mary Taylor, while 15-year-old Linda Levitt rides on their shoulders.
Riding piggy-back at 35 mph
isn't the easiest thing in the world
to do bat Dave Finkel and Linda
Levitt make it look simple.
Sixteen-year-old Donna Arledge
Is already a veteran water skier.
She is shown riding one ski; her
other foot holds the tow rope.
Donna Arledge, Linda Levitt, ud Mary Taylor perform In local
waters with the Duke Marine laboratory, on Plver'l Island, In the
backcrwni.
Tide Table
TMei at ike Beaufort Bar
HIGH LOW
Tuesday, July 28
2:15 a.m. 1:44 a.m.
2:34 p.m. 1:31 p.m.
Wednetday, My 2*
3:07 a.m. t:3B a.m.
3:47 p.m. 10:24 p.m.
Thuiday, July II
4:0* a.m. 10:30 a.m.
4:40 p.m. 11:13 p.m.
Friday, July >1
3:06 a.m. ll:lt a.m.
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Hubert Stalvey Arrested
On Bad Check Charges
Docketed (or trial in county court
this morning is Hubert Stalvey,
charged with passing three bad
checks in this area.
Sheriff Hugh Salter said that
there may be more checks around
that were signed by Stalvey. He
wa? arrested Sunday by deputy
sheriff Bruce Edwards.
Ektted Ia Rmni
Walter Teich, Morchead City,
hat been elected to the board of
directors of the North Carolina 4-H
Club Development Fund, Inc. Mr.
N*h Witt mm a tar-yur urm.
Dave Flnkel and Linda Levitt
prove that two people can get
along quite well on only two
water skis.
?
Sgt. Paul Bray
To Go Overseas
Acting Gunner Sergeant Paul D.
Bray, USMC, and Mrs. Bray and
their two children left Saturday for
Palo Alto, Calif., where Mn. Bray
and the children will reside at 476
M^adero Drive. While in More
head City during the last six and
one-half years, they resided at
1602 Evans St.
Gunner Bray expects orders to
the Far East shortly after hia ar
rival in Palo Alto.
For five and a half yean, Gun
ner Bray was head of the Carteret
County US Marine military detail.
During the past year he haa been
assigned to other duties at Cherry
Point Marine Base.
Gunner Bray was active in many
civic affairs and according to More
head City's mayor, George W. Dill,
one of the finest military detail
officers be has ever known. "Gun
ner Bray was a man who used
his head and it is a fine bead be
has for diplomacy and finesse,
which his job required to a high
degree," Mr. Dill remarked.
Gunner Bray was active in the
Toastmastcr's Club, several times
spoke to the Rotary and. Lions
clubs and was one of the leaders
in youth work at the First Baptist
Church, Morehead City.
"In leaving Morehead City," he
said, " I feel I'm leaving home
and so do all the members of my
family. Wherever 1 am, I (hall
have Morehead City in my heart
and I hope to make Morehead City
my home in retirement."
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Heavy Traffic Runs Wreck
Total to Seven for Weekend
150 Additional Boxes Will
Be Installed at Postoffice
Port Calendar
Morehead City Part
Lembelus ? Due Thursday to
unload cargo of asphalt (or
Trumbull Asphalt Co.
Goettingen ? Due Thursday to
pick up tobacco for Europe.
Southport ? Due Friday to load
cargo of tobacco for northern Eu
ropean ports.
Coast Guard
Aids Two Craft
Despite heavy traffic on the water
over the weekend, Coast Guards
men at the Fort Macon Lifeboat
station reported only two assists
for the period from Thursday
through Sunday.
On Thursday the fishing vessel
Sibyl was observed by crew mem
bers of the 30-footer to be in dis
tress near Radio Island. The boat,
owned by Otis Purifoy of More
head City,' had run aground. The
30-footer proceeded to refloat the
Sibyl and the craft was able to pro
ceed under its own power.
Making the assist were Coast
Guardsmen Curtis F. Joscy, BM-2;
Ethridgc Davis, ESG-1; and John
L. Lewis, ESG-1.
The station received a radio call
Friday morning at 11:30 from the
cabin cruiser River Forest IV that
the vessel was disabled and adrift
due to engine, failure near Cape
Lookout.
The 40-footer was dispatched and
took the River Forest IV in tow
and moored it at the Gulf docks
in Morehead City. The owner and
pilot of the boat was Axson Smith
of River Forest Manor, Belhaven
Craw aboard the 40-foot er in
cluded Curtis F. Josey, BM 2; Eth
ridgc Davis, ESG-1 and John L.
Lewis, ESG-1.
Alter many, many, uiih?i? w
waiting, new postofficc boxes have
arrived at the Morehead City post
office. The announcement was
made jointly Friday by Harold
Webb, postmaster, and J. A. Du
Bois, manager of the chamber of
commerce, who has been assisting
Mr. Webb in pleas for additional
boxes.
Mr. Webb said that an engineer
from the Atlanta postofficc depart
ment headquarters is expected
here soon to install the boxes.
They will be placed on the west
Nail placed in the Morehead
City po?U>fflce after 4:45 p. m.
will not leave Morehead City un
til the next day. Postofflce per
sonnel suggest that business firms
which have large amounts of
mail place the mail In the post
office prior to the deadline.
wall of the postofficc with a small
corridor behind them so that post
al clerks can place the mail in the
boxes.
The new installation will bring
the number of boxes to 559. Eighty
applications are already on hand
for the new boxes. Mr. Webb sug
gests that anyone interested in hav
ing a box make application now.
Of the new ISO, ninety are the
small boxes, 48 arc medium size,
and 12 are the large type. Rental
on the small box is $1.20 for three
months; medium size, $1.50 for
three months and large size, $2.25
for three months.
Regarding the mail dispatch bull
etin above, Mr. Webb said that fre
quently 300 to 500 letters arc placcd
in the postofficc after 5 p. m.
daily. This mail will not go out un
titl the next day, whereas if the
mail were placed in the postoficc
by 4:45, it would leave Morehead
City almost immediately.
Mr. Webb asks that any firm
which has postage meters date the
mail for the day following V It Is
impossible to get the mail to the
postofficc by 4:45 p. m. on the day
the letters arc written.
Fry Truck Drivers Get
Safety Awards S aturday
William Jarmaa, left, Fry track driver, receive* a IZl check fram
Ike company and coaxratnlatioas fram plant safety manager Tray
Moore far kia record of kavtag driven SM,?N miles wiUraut aa acci
dent.
R. Dawson, <5
Dies Suddenly
Raymond Dawson, 45, Morehead
City, died auddenly of ? heart at
tack about 4 p. m. Sunday after
he bad returned from a fishing
trip.
Mr. Dawaon and hia neighbor,
George D. Morton, 107 N. 23rd St.,
had come in at the Morehead
S porta marina on Radio I aland and
were getting Mr. Morton'a boat out
of the water when Mr. Dawaon be
came ill.
He waa ruahed to the Morehead
City hoapital in the Brooka and Ma
aon ambulance, but waa dead upon
arrival. The funeral aery ice will
be held at 4 tomorrow afternoon
at the BeU-Munden funeral chapel.
Officiating will be the Rev. John
Cox of the First Christian Church
and the Rev. Samuel Moore of
Franklin Memorial Methodist
Church.
Mr. Dawaon la survived by his
wife, Edna; three brothers, Sam
uel of Buffalo, N. Y? Albert of
Pennsylvania, aad Ajatmrfar at
CtoMltDd. "hi*
' Track driver* of the Fry Roofing
Co., were honored Saturday morn
ing at a safety awards meeting
and steak dinner at noon at the
Rex restaurant in recognition of
the fine safety record they estab
lished during the past year.
Ten drivers who have driven a
total of 3,733,909 miles without an
accident during the past twelve
months were honored. The top
award of the day went to veteran
driver William E. Jarman who has
driven (50,000 accident-free miles
over a period of nine years. Jar
man received a cash award o I $25
plus a travel alarm clock from the
company.
Other drivers receiving awards
Included James Brinsoo, E. E.
Jenkins, and Rudolph Guthrie who
have each drives 240,000 miles
without an accident; Willard Gray
and Durwood liardison, 340,000
miles; Jasper Bowcna and Fred
Cannon, 360,000 miles; Sidney
Thomas, 34*, 000 miles; and Robert
Arthur Jr., 3(0,000 mile*.
Cpl. Marshall Parvin of the State
Highway Patrol, Jacksonville spoke
to the drivers at the awards cere
mony and complimented them on
their record. He urged them to
strive toward even greater goal*
during the coming yur.
? Heavy weekend traffic brought a total of seven acci
dents and injuries to three.
Thomas Meeks, injured in an accident on the Merrimon
Road at 6 p.m. Sunday, was still unconscious in the More
head City Hospital yesterday. The extent of his injuries
had not been determined. Meeks, believed to be originally
from South Carolina, is a pulpwood <
worker.
Wilbur D. Hatscll, Swansboro,
suffered cuts and internal injuries
at 7:40 p.m. Sunday on highway
24. He was taken by ambulance
to the hospital at Jacksonville.
Mrs. Arlie E. Daniels, Cedar
Island, sustained neck and shoul
der injuries at 1 p.m. Saturday in
an accident on highway 70 150 feet
west of the drive to the Dr. Herbert
Webb residence. Sea Level. Mrs.
Daniels was admitted to the Sea
Level Hospital.
Patrolaua W. E. Pickard said
that Mceks, a white man, was driv
ing a 1950 Buick, headed west on
the Merrimon Road and failed to
make the first curve beyond the
Merrimon Road-highway 70 inter
section.
The patrolman said Mccks was
apparently traveling at a high rate
of speed. He was taken to the
hospital in the Adair ambulance.
Hatsell was driving a 1952 Ply
mouth and was struck in the rear
by a 1956 Ford driven by John E.
Burns, Stella. According to patrol
man R. H. Brown, Hatscll was
beaded east, and slowed to turn
left into the Cedar Lane drive-in,
an eating place, when he was hit.
Damage to the Ford was esti
mated at $350 and damage to the
Plymouth $400.
Driving the 1*4* De Soto in which
Mrs. Daniels was riding was her
husband, Arlie. They were head
ed east. According to patrolman
J. W. Sykes, who investigated,
Daniels said he fell asleep. The
car went off the right side of the
road, back to the left and turned
over. Damage was estimated at
$350.
A 1957 Chevrolet, driven by Sara
M. Peacock of High Point, hit a
tree at 2 :4s p.m. Friday three
miles west of Newport on high
way TO.
According to patrolman Pick
ard, the Chevrolet had pulled out
to pass a 1951 White tractor and
trailer and as it was alongside the
trailer, the truck driver, Ernest
West, Kinston, started to pass a
car in front of it.
To avoid a sideswipe, the Chev
rolet went off on the left and hit
the tree. The two vehicles were
headed cast. Damage to the car
was estimated at $300.
At ? p.m. Saturday on the Thur
man Pittman Road, Merrimon, a
1953 Plymouth driven by Miss Jean
Pittman and a 1956 Ford driven
by Carl Edwards, Beaufort, met
head-on on a blind curve. No one
was hurt.
Patrolman Pickard said both
cars put on brakes to avoid the
collision but due to the sandy road,
8ee ACCIDENTS, Page 2
Band to Present
Last Concert
Memberi of the band who have
been receiving inatructioa at the
Morehead City recreation building
this aummcr will present their aec
oad and laat concert at 7: IS Wed
nesday night outdoors
Following the concert, there will
be a dance (or the young people
on the tennis courts, announce!
Fred Lewia, recreation director.
Mr. Lewis all* announces that
the final tournaments began yea
terday. Although the tournamenta
will be this week, the recreatioa
program will continue one more
week, through the first week in Au
gust.
Mrs. S. R. McLendon this aum
mcr has been conducting the rec
reatioa program for the smaller
Negro children is the library g I
the W. S. King acbooi
John R. Thompson la director of
the program for older Negro chil
dren who uae the Dudley building,
which is rented for the purpooe by
the Morehead City recreation com
misaion.
The building la also uaed for the
weekly teen-age dancca through
out the winter.
Phon* Company Extends
Highway 101 Swvlc*
Telephone company construction
forces have begun work on a pro
ject that will provide aervice to M
rural applicanta along NC highway
101.
This wai discloacd today by L.
A. Daniels, manager (or the Caro
lina Telephone and Telegraph Co.
at Morehead City, who stated that
the project will Involve an esti
mated expenditure of $18,928. The
project iavotvM bury kg 12-2 miles
Theatre Will
Attend Picnic
At Beach Aug. 12
Carteret Community Theatre
members will attend a picnic at
the beach Wednesday night, Aug.
12, at 6 p.m. All theatre members,
members of the cast of Bonnie Blue
Sweetheart and their families are
invited.
Each person is to bring enough
food and beverages for the number
of guests he brings. The picnic
will be held on the beach just west
of the Morehcad pier.
In case of rain, the picnic will
be held on the following Wednes
day, Aug. 19. The picnic will take
the place of the August theatre
meeting.
The theatre is planning now on
its first play of the 1959-60 season.
It will be Gaslight, a Victorian
thriller, directed by Jimmy Wheat
ley of Beaufort. It's the story of
a man who attempts to drive his
wife insane. His diabolic tactics
and the eventual discovery of his
plot by the police makes an ex
citing evening of entertainment.
Production Is scheduled for th?
latter part of October. Anyone in
terested in helping with the play
may contact Mr. Wheatley.
Patron memberships at IS a
year, arc now renewable. A patron
membership entitle* the holder to
attend all three playi of the forth
coming season free.
Defendant Sent
To County Court
Bound aver to county court
from Atlantic Bcach mayor's court
lastwcek was E. A. Canipe, who
gave his address as Morehead City.
Chief of police Bill Moore said Ca
nipe was apprehended at the bcach
July 14 for failing to stop at a
stop sign, no operator's license, no
registration and careless and reck
less driving.
Eugene Allen Piver, Beaufort,
charged with public drunkenness,
failure to comply with a court or
der, and damage to the city jail,
was ordered to pay costs and re
imburse the town $20.93 to cover
damages. Piver was restricted
from the beach for three years.
Evle M. Taylor, Broad Creek,
paid coats for exceeding the speed
limit and was restricted from the
Beach until June IS. 1980.
Costs were paid by the follow
ing: Glenn A. Sharpc, Jacksonville,
Fla.; Windcll Woodham, Jerry B.
Roe, Cherry Point; Robert G. Shir
ley, Camp Lejcune, all charged
with public drunkenness.
Costs were also paid by the fol
lowing: Howard B. Garwood, Jack
sonville, Fla., using loud and pro
fane language; Harvey Schwarder,
Cherry Point, public drunkenness
and disturbing the peace; Stephen
E. Borkin, Wilson, loud and pro
fane language; and Joseph W. Ob
yane, Cherry Point, public drunk
enness and disturbing the peace.
Stockholders
To Meet Aug. 1
Tkree new directors, a secretary
and treasurer will be clcctcd at
the annual meeting of stockhold
ers of the Morehcad City Country
Club at S p. m. Friday, Aug. 7, at
the clubhouse.
Nominated for directors are Rob
ert Seamon, Dr. Darden Eure and
David Mundcn; for secretary, Ber
nard Morton, and for treasurer
Mrs. A. B. Roberts.
The dlreclan will elect a presi
dent from among their number.
Stockholders who cannot attend the
meeting are asked to return the
proxy to the secretary by Wed
nesday, Aug. 3.
Retiring president of the club is
Richard McCain, who with his
family will move to Kinston the
middle of next month. Mr. Mc
Clain, a vice - president of First
Citizens Bank and Trust Co., has
been transferred to Kinston.
Work an the new gym for Queen
Street school it again under way.
There was a slight delay several
weeks ago until a sewer line waa
moved. The new metal hat das*