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CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES ,0' 48th YEAR, NO. 64. EIGHT PAGES ' MORE HEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY, AUGUST 11, 1959 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS Negro Van Driver Killed at Newport < Town Board Asks Elections Board to Hold Referendum Town Expansion Proposal To Go Before Voters Received by the county board of elections yesterday wis a request by the town commissioners of Beaufort that the elections board ?hold a referendum in the areas proposed for inclusion in the town. The resolution was passed Fri day night after the town board at a public hearing, received petitions requesting a referendum on ex panding the town limits. Approxi mately SO persons attended the hearing. The petitions bore 215 names. It .is estimated that there arc prob ably 400 to 500 qualified voters in ' the new areas. The law requires that only 15 per cent of those need request a referendum, in order to have a vote on annexation. According to mayor W. H. Potter, the board of elections will provide for a special registration period of two weeks. Those eligible to regis ter and vote are the ones who voted in the last gubernatorial elec <Uon and have lived in the proposed annexation area six months, he added. Should the areas, Ann and Front Streets extended. Highland Park, Hancock Park, Glendale Park, Jones Village, Circle Drive and Huntley Park, as well as certain sections along the West Beaufort Road become a part of Beaufort, the population increase is esti mated at 1,400. Rescue Unit Will Meet Wednesday Members o I the Morche'ad City rescue squad will meet <t 7-30 Wednesday night in the Civil De fense office, courthouse annex, Beaufort. Two films on rescue work will be shown, announces chief Lenwood Brinson. One is a Red Cross film and the other a Civil Defense film. H. C. Gurganus, Newport, a qualified first aid instructor, has '.been invited to meet with the squad. If there is sufficient inter est in a first aid course, Mr. Gur ganus will be asked to give the instructions. Ten squad members attended last Wednesday's meeting at Ray's Body Shop. A hamburger supper was served. John Valentine, coun ty Civil Defense director, spoke on the tie-in between rescue squads |nd Civil Defense. He told of the methods of pro curing surplus equipment i n d stressed the need of rcscue squad operation throughout the county. Three visitors were present. Davis Organizes Fire Department A voiuleer Arc department is being organized in Davii and will be a sub-station of the Down East (ire department, according to Bill Gorges, secretary of the Down East group. Elbert Pittman, chief of the Da vis department, submitted names I of 14 volunteers at the Down East fire department meeting Thursday night. He said that a drive is on in Davis to get funds to operate the department. It was also announced that a fund drive is being conducted in Atlantic. Both departments will be a part of the county civil defense unit The trucks arc purchased through defense and must be modified .nto small tankers. i A new volnnteer, Julian Sanders, has joined the Atlantic department. The group extended a vote of thanks to the Beaufort fire depart ment for standing by while the Marshallberg truck is being repair ed. Woman Loms Control, Car Ends up in Ditch Mirgta Bennett Garner of New , port, traveling on the nine foot ^?road Thursday at 6:30 p. m. swerv ed her IMS Ford to miu tome dogs and ended up in a ditch. Patrolman J. W. Sykea, who in vestigated, said that Mrs. Garner apparently lost control of her car when ahe swerved. It ran' off the left aide of the road and into a ditch. Damage wis Mtjpatad at UK. The petitions requesting a refer endum were presented at Friday's bearing by Fred Smith. Mrs. Mar garet Holbrook told the board that she thought a referendum was the democratic way to handle the an nexation proposal. It was suggested by the board that commissioner William Roy Hamilton, in charge of trade and civic affairs, assisted by Wiley Taylor, Holden Ballou and two others of their choosing, serve as a committee on providing informa tion on the merits of town citizen ship to those who now live on the fringe of town. The town board has asked that the elections board hold a referen dum "as soon as possible." Officials attending Friday night's brief meeting at the town hall, in addition to the mayor and com missioner Hamilton, were commis sioners David Farrior, Bert Brooks, William Davis, clerk Ron ald Earl Mason and attorney Claud Wheatly. Fire Damages Barn in Newport A tobacco barn owned by Clar cncc Millis, Newport, was heavily damaged by (Ire Saturday after noon. The barn was the larger of two barns located near the Millis home on Deep Creek Road. Mr. MUlii bad cheeked the heat in the barn, wbitlhjwas filled with, tobuco, about half an Hour he fore the fire was discovered by neighbors. Neither Mr. Millis nor his wife was at the bouse when the fire was discovered. Prompt action by the Newport fire department saved the barn from total loss. According to B. J. May, ASC manager, Mr. Millis plans to repair the inside of the barn, put on a new roof, and use it again. Mr. Millis said his loss was not covered by insurance. Mayor Presents Key To British Captain Mayor George Dill presented the key to Morehead City to Capt. B. Waldie of the SS Bassano Friday morning at the state port. The British ship sailed Friday with a load of grain for Hull, England. The Greater Morehoad City Chamber of Commerce was repre sented at the presentation by Ed gar Swann, chairman of the trans portation committee. The vessel, a passenger-freighter of the Ellerman Wilson line, ope rates from Newcastle and Hull, England, to New York, Philadel phia, Pa., Baltimore, Md., and Hampton Roads, Va. This is their first call south of Hatteras and their first vessel to load at More head City. Carolina Grain co. supplied the three thousand tons of soybeans, and Heide and Co., Inc., were the agents and stevedores. Humidity Raises Temperatures High humidity readings during the past week have made our mod erate temperature! seem a lot warmer than they actually were, according to local weather ob server SUmey Davis. He recorded the following temperature ranges for the period Thursday through Sunday. High Low Wind Thursday S3 75 NE Friday M 71 SE Saturday 89 79 SW Sunday 86 80 SW Tide Table TMe> at the Baaaiart Bar HIGH LOW Tandv, Aaf. It 12:53 a.m. 7:0* im. 1:34 p.m. . S:OT>,m. WeMijr, Aaf. 12 1:55 a.m. 1:20 a.m. 2:35 p.m. 1:10 p.m. Thmflajr. Aug. IS 1:01 a.m. (:10 a.m. 1:?1 p.m. i 10:24 p.m. rrtiax, Aaf. 14 4:12 a.m. 10:13 a.m. AAlfM. U:Bp.a. Vote on Expansion Will be Oct. 10 Saturday, Oct. 10, has been set as the referendum date on ex panding Beaufort town limits. The elections board, C. Z. Chappell chairman, announces that the polls will be open at the town hall on that date from 6:30 a. m. to 6:30 p. m. Only those who live in the area proposed for annexation may vote, if they have registered dur ing the special registration peri od that begins Sept. 12 and closes Sept. 26. Roanld Earl Mason, town clerk, has been named reg istrar. Judges of the election will be Wiley Taylor Jr. and John N. Miller, both of whom live in the area proposed for inclusion in the expansion. Taylor Rites Will Be at 4 Today The funeral service (or Joseph Clarence Taylor, 67, Morehead City, who died at 7 p. m. Satur day in St. Vincent's Hospital, Jack sonville, Fla., will be conducted at 4 o'clock this afternoon in the First Methodist Church, Morehead City. The Rev. B. L. Davidson, pastor, will officiate. Interment will be in Bayview cemetery. Mr. Taylor, who has been ill for some time, is survived by his wife, the former Grace Wallace of More head City; a daughter, Mrs. W A. Van Nortwick. and four grandchil dren of Jacksonville. . fi?., (. brother, Robert, Morehead (Sty, and a sister, Mrs. W. L. Derrick son, Morehead City. Pallbearers will be Ed Willis, Theodore Miller, Oscar Joslyn, Bill Baugham, Lester Styron, Jack Styron, Fairleigh Small, and Ju lian Weeks. Mr. Taylor was president of Car teret Inc., president of R. W. Tay lor Co., treasurer of Carteret Fish and Oil, vice-president of Wallace Menhaden Products Inc., and vice president and general manager of Mayport Fisheries Co., Fernandina Beach, Fla. He was a Shrincr, a member of the York Rite and Elks Lodge. Doctors Begin First Coastal Postgrad Course ? Designed to Combine Work With Recreation ? Sessions to be Held At Morehead Biltmore Physicians from three states ar rived here yesterday morning to attend Duke University's 1959 sum mer medical postgraduate course. This year's course will be the first ever held in a coastal resort in stead of on the Duke campus. The change was made to enable doc tors to combine postgraduate work with summer recreation. Attendance for the four - day course is expected to number some 65 physicians according to Dr. Wil liam M. Nicholson, assistant dean of the Duke - Medical School in charge of postgraduate education. The doctors will come from North and South Carolina and Virginia. A number will be accompanied by their families. Teaching the course will be eight Duke medical faculty members. The curriculum, devoted to pedia trics and medicine this year, has been planned to provide refresher study and to help keep physicians informed on new medical develop ments. During sessions at the Morehead Biltmqre Hotel, Uw physician* wiW, MUrod lectures and panels. Also schedules are ward rounds in hos pitals of the Morehead City area. The facalty for the coarse is com posed of the following Duke Phy sicians: Dr. W. C. Davidson, dean of the Medical School and James B. Duke, Professor of Pediatrics; Dr. Nicholson, professor of medi cine; Dr. Susan C. Dees, professor of pediatrics, Dr. Doris A. Howell and Dr. Madison S. Spach, both associate professors of pediatrics; Dr. Harry T. McPherson and Dr. Malcolm P. Tyor, both associate professors of medicine; and Dr. John V. Verner, associate in medi cine. Coroner's Jury Returns Verdict Clearing Driver The coroaer's Jury Thursday night found that there was no evi dence on which to hold William A. Murdoch, Wildwood, (or grand jury action in the deaths of Bert Mur doch Jr., 20, Wildwood, and Clar ence Adams, Broad Creek. Bert Jr. and Adams were in the car William was driving when they were killed late Sunday afternoon, Aug. 2, on the Markers Island Road. The Inquest was conducted by coroner David Munden before a handful of people in the Morehcad City municipal courtroom. The jury of six men deliberated half an hour before reporting to the coroner that Murdoch and Adams met death as the result of an unavoidable accident. Thrasaa Lee WUIls, Markers Island, was the first witness called. Willis said he was traveling east on the Markers Island Road Aug. 2 and came upon a 1950 Ford oc cupied by three boys. It was creep ing along in front of him. Willis said he pulled out and passed them. Then the Ford pass ed him and as it did so, one of the boys leaned out the window and called to Willis, "Let's go!" Willis said that ahead was a curve to the left that the 1950 Ford "never tried to make. It went straight and hit a pine tree." He said he passed the scene a short distance, stopped the car and ran back to the wreckage. Albert Wade, who owns a store nearby, also came up. Willis said the inside of the car was such a shambles, he couldn't tell who had been driving. He said he saw that one fellow was dead and didn't bother with him. The fellow wh* was living, Wil liam, was lying oo the floor bleed ing from his nose and mouth. Wil lis said that he tried to get William out and William declared, "1 don't want to get oat" WU1U estimated U* own speed it 30 to 35 miles an hour. The 1990 Ford, he said, may have been go ing SO to 55 miles an hour. In an swer to a question by a juror, be said he couldn't tell whether Wil liam Murdoch was paying atten tion to his driving, when he passed Willia. The next witness was Kirby Wil lis, brother of Thomas Lee, who was in the car with his brother and saw the accident. Kirby corrobor ated Thomas Lee's story, Mr. Wade, the third witneia, said he was in his store and aaw the one car pass the other, headed eaat, then beard the impact as a car hit a tree. He said he helped get William Murdoch out at the car, but the car had to be lifted away from the tree to get the other two out. Patrolman J. W. Sykes, who in vestigated the accident, said that the 1950 Ford in which the two See INQUEST, Page S ,? moving * $rr>?A'i? CO. r Photos by J. W. Sykes At the far left is the Newport theatre building, now used as a storage building, it was extensively damaged when the moving van crashed into it Saturday morning. At the right is the gasoline tank truck which hit the van. Fire hoses, used to wash away gasoline, are in the foreground. ? tnm*& ?.tar '* u?. ymrnmm A close-up of the moving van cab shows how it crashed into the building. Covered with a sheet at lower left ii the body of the driver, Eben Lee Barker, Beaufort, who was killed. No Diagnosis Available As Yet in Jerri Williams Case Three Directors Named by Club Dr. Darden I. Eur*, Robert Sea mon, ?nd W. D. Mundcn were Elect ed director! of the Morchead City Country Club at the annual stock holders meeting Friday night at the clubhouse. Bernard F. Morton Jr. was elect ed secretary and Mrs. A. B. Rob erts Jr. will again (ill the office of treasurer. Dick McClala, president, presid ed and Mrs. Roberts gave the fi nancial report for the 1958-59 fis cal year. Reports were also heard from the committee on finance, grounds, house and pool, real estate, enter tainment and golf. * Beach Commissioners Give Consent to Cleanup Drive The torn cemiaisshmen of At-' Untie Bcach met Saturday and voted to atart a cleanup of the town. Doing the cleanup work will be the Atlantic Beach Rescue Squad, who the commissioners voted to hire for the job. The rescue squad will make reg ular cleanup r ns over the beach, and the streets of the town as well. The first cleanup is sched uled for next week. la other board buainess mayor A. B. Cooper read a letter from the state highway commission re garding a meeting to be held in New Bern Wednesday for the pur pose of bearing local road prob lems. Appointed to attend the meeting were commissioners W. U Oar rickson and Dr. Edward Bizzell and town clerk M. G. Coylo. The three will meet and prepare a re port on road problem! to preaent at the meeting. Aetiag m a suggestion by Mr. Coyle, the board voted to purchaae a Polaroid land camera to be uaed to record landmarks and other matteri of intercat to the town. Commissioners R. A. Barefoot, A. F. Fleming, and Mr. Derrick son and clerk Coyle were appoint ed to make the selection of the camera. Funds will come from the Atlantic Beach Improvement Corp. Mr. Coyle reported that a tele phone had been Installed in his of fice and the new number, listed under Atlantic Beach town dark, \t PArk 6-3240. Definite diagnosis of the disease,* which last week caused hospitali zation of a 3-year-old Negro girl, will not be available until Friday, according to Dr. L. J. Norris, at tending physician. The child it be lieved to have polio. Dr. Norris said that he can go only by what the child's father told him when he was called by doctors at Memorial Hospital, Chapel Hill, after the girl, Jerri Williams, was admitted. The child, a resident of More head City, was taken there Thurs day. The father was told that doc tors would call him this Friday. They also said that the child could use her left arm, which last week was partially paralysed. Dr. Norris said yesterday that he could not Warn to what extent the child could use her left arm. No polio cases have been report ed thus far. If the Williams case is polio, it will be the first in the county this season. Two homes in Beaufort, where brothers and sisters of Jerri Wil liams, were staying were quaran tined. Also quarantined was the Williams home in Morehcad City. The county health department said that the quarantine means that children 16 years and younger may neither leave the borne nor may others outside the home enter. Highway 70 Intersection Scene of Auto Accident The intersection of highway! 70 and 70-A was the scene of an acci dent Saturday morning at 1:30. Highway patrolman J. W. Sykes, who investigated, said a 1954 Ply mouth ran the stop sign, went a cross the road and hit a cement base on which a railroad sign is mounted. The Plymouth waa driven by Mi chael Morris May* of Camp Le jcune. There were two passengers in the car. Mayo has been charged with run ning a stop sign. Damage to the Plymouth was eatiaatad at $450 by patrolman Sykes. Drivers Charged After Wrecks Charges of railing to yield the right of way were filed against two drivers involved in weekend acci dents. Both were investigated by highway patrolman William E. Plckard. At 4:15 p. m. Saturday eight miles west of Morehead City on highway 24, a 1956 Ford backed from a station iato the path of a 1959 Chevrolet. The driver o I the Ford. Christo pher Houghton of Morehead City, was charged with failing to yield the right of way and having no license. His car was damaged to the extent of $50. The Chevrolet, driven by Allen Bell of Newport, had damages esti mated at $150. A 195? Chevrolet driven by James Edwards of Greenville stopped at the intersetcion of highways 70 and 70-A Sunday afternoon at 4:45. The driver apparently did not see a 1957 Ford coming and pulled in to ita path. Damage to the Ford, driven by William Earl Laughinghouac of Beaufort, was estimated at $150 and damage to the Chevrolet at $50. Edwards was charged with failing to yield the right of way. Newport Will Publish List of Tax Delinquents The lawn of Newport will publish ill list tt delinquent taxpayer! in THE NEWS-TIMES starting Aug. 21. All property on which taxes have not been paid wiU be sold at pub lic auction at tba Newport town ball ob Sept. 14. ? Coroner Conducts Inquest Last Night An inquast was conducted last night at the Morehead City town hall into the death of Eben Lee Harker, 34 year-old Negro, who was killed in an accident Satur day morning at 6 :50 at New port. Harker was driving a 1950 Chev rolet tractor-trailer truck and was attempting to make a left turn when struck from the rear by a 1950 White gas tanker driven by Paul Taylor of Greenville. Both ve hicles were headed west. The accident occurred in front of the old Newport theatre, now used as a warehouse by Hinson Moving and Storage Co. Harker was employed by the storage com pany. When the tanker hit the left rear of the trailer, the trailer was push ed forward and jacknifed sideways into the building, according to highway patrolman J. W. Sykes, who assisted Newport police chief Dan Bell, investigating officer. Harker and two passengers, Floyd Kenneth Hill, 22, and Walter Joseph Fulford Jr., 19, of Beau fort, were thrown from the truck cab. Both were taken to the More head City Hospital. Fulford suffered an injured right ankle, cuts and bruises. Hill suf fered a compound fracture of the left leg, a crushed ankle, cuts and bruises. Harker died from multi ple injuries, according to patrol man Sykes. Taylor, who was not hurt, stated that Harker failed to give a turn signal. Newport firemen were on tha scenc and washed off the street gasoline which was pouring from the tanker. Traffic was sent on a one-block detour around tht wrtck. On the coroner's jury at last night's inquest were Lionel How ard, Monroe Garner, Bill Dugee, Charles Gould Jr., Allen Elliott and Swindell Garner. If Swindell Garner testifies as a witness, another juror was to have been substituted, David Mundcn, coroner, said yesterday. Harker's body was taken to Bar row's F?ner%l Home, Morehead City, by the Bell-Munden ambu lance and wai later transferred to a New Bern funeral home. He Is survived by his wife and several children in Beaufort. Chase Follows Hit-Run Accident A bit and run driver damaged a 1953 Pontine owned by Milton P. Mincey of Swansboro in an acci dent at 11:30 p. m. Sunday five miles eaat of Swansboro on high way 24. In a report received by investi gating patrolman J. W. Sykes, Mincey gave the following account of the accident: The Poatiac, driven by Mincey and carrying four passengers, passed a 1*54 DcSoto driven by John Alex George of Cherry Point. The DeSoto then passed the Min cey car and farther up the high way stopped in the middle of the highway. Again passing the car, Mincey continued east. A car, later found to be the De Soto, approached Mincey from the rear at a high rate of speed. In an attempt to pass, the DeSoto struck the left rear fender of the Mincey car and the front bumper of Mineey'a car was caught by the rear bumper of the passing De Soto. Since the car did not stop, Min cey gave chasc. he said, and esti mated speed of the DeSoto at 90 mph. Approaching (he intersection of highwaya 24 and St, George cut off his headlights and turned onto highway St, Mincey told the patrol man. The Deflate struck a traffic is land in the highway and skid 200 feet sideways, stopping in a field. No one was hurt. Passengers in the Pontiac were Mrs. Milton Min cey and Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Tay lor and aon, Billy, of Swansboro. Riding with George were Darrel W. Carpenter and Burleigh F. Wil son, both of Cherry Point. Damage U the Poatiac was esti mated at $50 and damage to the DeSoto at $200. Changes are pend ing. Highway Group Will Hold Hearing Tomorrow Interested persons from Carteret, Craven and Pamlico countiea are invited to attend a public hearing o { the state highway commiaaioa tomorrow in New Bern. The hearing, mainly concerning road problems, will be held at the Craven county courthouse (ram 2 4 p. m. It is the second in a aeries of hearings to be conducted each month in tie commission'* secood division.
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