: hi CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES IA'
48th YEAR, NO. 66. TWO SECTIONS SIXTEEN PAGES ~ MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY, AUGUST 18, 1959 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
Boating Safety Program Will
Become Effective in January
Launched In Raleigh Wednesday
by the state Wildlife Resources
Commission was the motorboat
safety program. The new program
has an adopted set of regulations
and a budget of $235,633 for the
current biennium.
Executive director Clyde P. Pat
ton told the commission the admin
istration had been stampeded by
folks from all over the state for
motorboat safety enforcement.
It was agreed that the regula
? tions adopted will have to be sup
plemented later as the commission
gains experience and knowledge of
boating safety enforcement.
The regulations adopted make it
unlawful, after Jan. 1, to operate
on state waters any motorboat of
more than 10 horsepower that is
not registered and numbered prop
erly.
The regualtkms set forth when,
where and how applications for
boat numbers are to be made and
cost of an initial certificate or
registration card.
A certificate will be valid until
the last day of the calendar year
in which it is issued.
The numbering system will con
sist of the symbol, NC, followed
by not more than four arabic num
erals and two capital letters. These
?must be printed in letters not less
than three inches high on each
side of the bow of the boat.
Regarding safety equipment and
accident reports, federal regula
tions have been adopted in addi
tion to certain supplemental safety
equipment requirements.
Director Patton said that the reg
ulations will be made in public
in full as legal advertisements in
newspapers.
The institute of government has
already been asked to set up
schools to familiarize office and
field personnel of the commission
with the regulations.
Registering and licensing will be
handled by the finance and person
nel division of the commission and
members of the enforcement di
vision will see that the regulations
are observed.
Youth Attempts
To Take Poison
A 17-ycar-old Beaufort youth,
Maxton Mason, who nearly drown
ed at Atlantic Beach Aug. 1, re
portedly attempted suicide there
Thursday night, according to bcach
policc chief Bill Moore.
Chief Moore said he received a
call from the Beaufort police de
partment about 9 p. m. saying the
boy's mother was worried because
he had left home with a can of
rat poison. She asked that the po
lice be on the lookout for him.
Lt. W. G. Mitchell of the beach
, policc found Mason in the rest
room at Buddy's about 10:30 p. m.
As the policeman approached, the
boy put the can of poison to his
mouth. Mitchell slapped the can
away and only a little poison got
into Mason's mouth.
He was taken to Morehead City
Hospital for treatment and, upon
recommendation of A. H. James,
juvenile judge, was placed in the
juvenile detention ward.
Weatherman Calls
This Driest Month
Last week again saw no rain (all
on Carteret County as tempera
tures remained hot and sticky, ac
cording to local weather observer
Stame.v Davis. Total measurable
rainfall so far this month in the
area is .15 inches, which makes
August the driest month of the
summer, according to Mr. Davis.
Temperature ranges, as record
ed by Mr. Davis for the period
Thursday through Sunday were as
follows :
High Low Wind
' Thursday ?l 79 SW
Friday 92 78 SW
Saturday 83 71 NW
Sunday 88 72 SW
Civitans Report Profit
On Thursday Night Dance
The CiviUn club of Morchead
City reports that the dance they
co-sponsored with the World War
I Veterans Thursday night at the
Blue Ribbon restaurant made a
profit of $75. The profit will be
turned over to the Carteret county
chapter of the Association for
Mentally Retarded Children.
Ralph Styron was the speaker
at the Friday meeting of the Civi
tana. He (poke to members on the
plumbing, beating and air-condi
tioning business.
Sheriff Finds No Trace
Of Jeep Stolen Friday
Sheriff Hugh Salter reported yes
terday that a Jeep stolen from a
Newport sawmill Friday night has
not been found.
The Jeep, belonging to Aaron
Craig of Newport, is green and
bears lioaoaa number K43-SW.
"
Donald G. Willis Retires
Norfolk, Aug. 12 ? Chief Boatswain's Mate Donald G. Willis of
Harkers Island reads his retirement papers presented by Coast Guard
Commander Albert Frost, Chief of Personnel, Fifth Coast Guard
District. (Official Coast Guard Photo)
Norfolk, Aug. 12 ? Chief Boat
swain's mate Donald Gray Willis
of Harkers Island has retired from
the Coast Guard. He had completed
20 years and 25 days of active
service.
His last day of duty was July
31?,.Aad his last duty was to ac
cept the retirement orders from
Commander Aibert Frost, Chief of
Personnel for the Fifth Coast Guard
District, at formal ceremonies held
at the District headquarters here.
In reviewing the 44-year-old
North Carolinian s Coast Guard
career, it is noted that some 10
years and 10 months were served
aboard lightships. Perhaps note
worthy is the fact that his first
and last duty stations were light
ships; the St. John's River light
ship back in March of 1940, and
finally the Relief lightship for the
Fifth District. He also served
aboard the Diamond Shoals light
ship.
Other duty afloat includes the
CG -83464, a patrol on which Chief
! Willis participated in the Norman
I dy Invasion, and the CG-95307
based at Norfolk on search and
! rescue duty.
| Ashore, he served at the Coast
| Guard Yard, Curtis Btfy, Md.;
I Unit 202 and Ellis Island Receiving
I Center at New York, N. Y.; the
Coast Guard Groups at Cape May
and Barncgat City in New Jersey;
and at Miami ahd Lake Worth in
j Florida. He also served under the
Groups at Fort Macon, and Beau
fort.
He married the former Hilda
Davis of Harkers Island. His par
ents, Walter and Blanche Willis,
| still reside at Harkers Island. His
j brother, Walter C., is in the Coast
Guard attached to the Receiving
Center at Cape May, N. J.
| Chief Willis indicated no defi
I nite plans concerning his retire
I ment other than residing for the
I present in Harkers Island.
Morehead City Rotarians
Hear Dr. C. G. Bookhout
Dr. C. G. Bookhout, director,*
Duke University Marine Biological
Laboratory, was the guest speak
er at the Thursday night meeting
of the Morchead City Rotary club.
He spoke to Rotarians on Carteret
County and it's excellent facilities
for marine research.
Dr. Bookhout said this area has
long been recognized as a strate
gic location for marine biological
research because of the easy ac
cessibility to the ocean, sounds
and numerous creeks.
Since the establishment of the
Duke marine laboratory here, Dr.
Bookhout said, it has experienced
growth each year in the student
body and during the 1958 summer
session 75 per cent of the student
body came from colleges and uni
versities other than Duke.
The present program of study is
not only for the PhD candidate,
but also provides for the high
school science teachcr he said,
whereby live specimens in their
natural habitats may be collected
and studied.
Rotarian Dr. A. F. Chestnut had
as his guest Prof. Hatanaka, To
hoku University, Sendai, .Japan,
who is visiting at the UNC Institute
of Fisheries Research under the
auspice's of a Ford Foundation
grant.
New members welcomed into
the club were Williajn Baugham,
George Lore, Charles McNeill and
Herbert O. Phillips III.
Visiting Rotarians at the meet
ing included Harold Cadmus, High
Point; J. Richard Callahan, York,
Neb.; Ed Comer, Newport [ George
Griffin. Raleigh; and Bernard
Ward, Goldsboro, who had his son,
B. R. Jr., as his guest.
Term to Ead
The second summer term of the
Duke Marine laboratory will end
Saturday. The term opened July
IS. The first summer session at the
lab on Pivers Island, opened June
II and ended July IT.
New Deputy
C. H. Davis Jr.
. . . new deputy sheriff
Grabi Fire
The Morchead City fire depart
ment was called to 18th and Brid
ges St., yesterday morning to ex
tinguish a grass fire. No damage
was done by the blaze according
to the fire department.
Tide Table
Tide* at the Beaufort Bar
HIGn LOW
Tuesday, Aug. IS
7:59 a.m. 1:54 a.m.
8:18 p.m. 2:08 p.m.
Wednesday, Aug. II
8:46 a.m. 2:38 a.m.
9:02 p.m. 2:54 p.m.
Thursday, Aug. 10
8:31 a.m. 3:21 a.m-.
8:48 p.m. 3:38 p.m.
Friday, Aug. Z1
4:00 a.m.
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This issue contains the Back-lo-School section. The Morehead City
Merchants Association invites you to shop in Morehead City stores.
Isthmian Ship Goes to Manila
('apt. J. Kauserud of the Steel Architect, first Isthmian lines i
ship to call at Morehead City, chats with Charles McNeill, right,
assistant operations manager, Morehead City state port. The Steel
Architect took 526 hogsheads of tobacco to Manila.
Carteret Folks Witness
Launching of Juno Rocket
Former Resident Vies
For Shrimp King Title
V. J. (Puck) O'Neal, formerly
of Morehead City, is one of five
candidates for the title of King
Shrimporee in Aransas Pass, Tex.
The king will be chosen by pop
ular vote and will be crowned 1
Sept. 5 before the coronation ball,
and in time to reign over the con
test at which Miss Shrimporee will
be elected.
Gene Webster, last year's king,
will direct the campaign of O'Neal,
who is associated with the seafood
industry at Aransas Pass.
? Many folks in Beaufort and
Morehead City, who fortunately
happened to be looking in the right
direction, saw the launching of the
Juno II rocket Friday night at Cape
Canaveral, Ela.
The spectacular sight was also
witnessed by people in New Bern,
Wilmington, Camp Lcjcunc and by
persons at other points in eastern
Carolina.
Mrs. J. C. lfarvell, 403 E. Ter
minal Blvd., Atlantic Beach, said
that she and her family saw the
rocket, as it was travelling straight
up, leaving a trail of smoke be
See ROCKET, Page 2
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Officers Report Four
Wrecks Since Thursday
Three Stranded
At Shackleford
As Boat Grounds
9 LaGrange Residents
Spend Night on Boat
? Coast Guard Makes
3 Refloating Attempts
Three LaGrange residents were
forced to spend the night on their j
boat Friday when the vessel, a 26
foot cabin cruiser, ran aground |
near Shackleford Banks and Coast
Guardsmen were unable to refloat
it due to low tides.
The boat, SanKat, owned by R. I
O. Creegh of LaGrange was first j
sited in distress by the station
tower at Fort Macon. The Coast
Guard 40-footer was sent to the
assist and found the SanKat
aground. Due to low water the ;
40-footer was unable to refloat the
vessel and returned to the station
to await high tide.
At 4:30 a.m. Saturday the 30
footer and the 40-footer returned
to the scene and again were unable
to get the SanKat off the bottom.
Both vessels returned to Fort Ma-i
con and at 4 p.m. Saturday after- j
noon the 40-footer and the 56-footcr
were sent to make another attempt
at refloating the vessel. This time
the Coast Guard was successful
and the SanKat was towed to
Joyce's dock on Atlantic Beach.
Crews on the three Coast Guard
boats included base commander
Glen Burbage, Ronald Quidley,
EN-1; Cecil Taylor, BM-1, and Eu
gene Carpenter, Seaman.
The Coast Guard made another
assist early Friday morning when
a distress call was received from
the fishing vessel Miss Alma own- i
n\ Wilfcwi A. Way of Beau
fort.
The call said that Miss Alma
was disabled near the sea buoy due
to a broken shaft.
The station dispatched the 40
footer to make the assist. Miss
Alma was taken in tow and moored
at Wade's dock in Beaufort.
Crew aboard the 40-footer was
Aulcie Farmer. BM-3; and Eugene
Carpenter, Seaman.
Beaufort town commissioners
met last night at the town hall.
? Four traffic accidents were in-'
vcstigated by law enforcement of
ficers over the weekend.
Bruce C. Godwin of Tarboro was
charged with following too close
as the result of an accident Satur
day at 9:25 p. m. on the Atlantic
Beach road, south of Dom-L's
drive-in.
Godwin was driving a 1951 Pon
tiac and hit the rear of a 1956 For*
station wagon driven by Hugh Al
len Stiles of Morehead City. Stiles
said he had stopped for congested
traffic.
Highway patrolman J. W. Sykes,
who investigated, estimated dam
age to the Ford at $150 and to the
Pontiac at $200.
A Miami, Fla., man, Aaron
Bcaty and Alton Willis of More
head City were the drivers of cars
that were involved in an accident
Thursday night in front of Fry
Roofing Co.
According to Morehead City po
lice department' reports, Willis was
backing out from Frys and was
struck by Beaty's vehicle going
East on Arcndell. Beaty said that
he faded to see Willis in time to
avoid hitting him.
Police investigator E. D. O'Neal
estimated the damage to Beaty's
car to be $50 and that to Willis'
auto $75.
Charges are pending, according
to police.
Highway patrolman W. E. Pick
ard investigated an accident at 4
a 111 Sunday juat west of the Beau
fort drawbridge.
A 1955 Oldsmobile, driven by
Ralph Gaskill of Sea Level, cross
ed the traffic island at the inter
section of the new highway and
the old bridge road. It knocked
down the automatic railroad sig
nal
Patrolman Pickard said the driv
er had apparently gone to sleep
ami lost control of the car. No
charges were filed.
A 1951 Plymouth sustained $250
in damages in an auto accident
Sunday afternoon at 2:30 cast of
the Harkers Island bridge.
The Plymouth was driven by
Jean Carol Gillikin of Williston.
As she made a left turn into a
side road she was hit from the rear
by William Nolan Brooks of Hark
ers Island, who Was attempting to
pass in a i?56 Ford.
After hitting the right rear of
the Gillikin vehicle, the Ford hit
a utility pole beside the road and|
glanced off, hitting a stump.
Damage to the Ford was esti
mated at $350 by deputy sheriff
C. H. Davis Jr., who investigated.
Riding in the Gillikin car was
Edna Chadwick, Straits. Riding
with Rrooks was J. M. Sparks,
Harkers Island. No one was hurt.
Brooks has been charged with im
proper passing.
Demonstrates New Coiffures
Mill Virginia Marold, above
hair atylist from New York, dem
onstrated new hair atylea to beau
ticiana at the meeting of the
North Carolina Hairdreaaera and
Coametologists Association over
the weekend. The association met
at the Morehead Biitmorc Hotel.
Regiatration for the meeting
totaled 450. Convention ? goera
were boused in motel* and hotel* i
throughout Um km.
Host for the meeting wn the
Carteret County Cosmetologists
Association. Supervising plans
(or the meeting was Mrs. Charles
Noe, Beaufort, who has been ap
pointed for another one-year
term on the North Carolina State
Board of Cosmetic Art Exami
ners.
During the past year, Mrs. Noe
served 11 vice-chairman of the
board.
Superior Court
Judge Grants
Four Divorces
? Court to Reconvene
At 9:30 This Morning
? Four Lockhart Suits
Docketed for Trial
Four divorces were granted in
yesterday morning's session of su
perior court.
They were Naomi C. Barnes vs.
Wayne William Barnes; Lois T.
Bitter vs. David K. Bitter; Peggy
Davis Steele vs. Gerald B. Steele,
and Ernest Phillips Jr. vs. Nancy
K. Phillips.
Court recessed at 1 p.m. yester
day and will resume again at 9:30
this morning. The recess was
necessary due to the absence of
a court reporter who is to arrive
today.
Examination of jurors for the
case, Mrs. Lester Babbitt vs. Mo
tors Insurance Corp. got under way
late yesterday morning. That trial,
docketed for yesterday, will gel
under way this morning.
The four suits, Lockhart vs.
World Fire Insurance Co., Lock
hart vs. London Insurance Co.,
Lockhart vs. Home Insurance and
Lockhart vs. Manhattan Fire In
surance, docketed for yesterday,
are to be tried today.
This means that cases docketed
for today may not come to trial
until later in the week. Scheduled
for today were Brown vs. Moore
(relative to docking of menhaden
boats at the Moore dock on Front
Street, Beaufort), Garner vi. Blake
and Smith va. Paid.
Serving as Juror* in yesterday's
divorce actions were Orville Gas
kiU. Wallace W. Garner, Russell
Bunch, Frances S. Davis, William
A. Howland Jr., J. M. Davis, B.
0. Kctner, Guy L. Brooks, Her
man Wetherington, Robert Lane
Davis, Clarence A. Bell and Frank
Cassiano.
Another special one-week term
of civil court will start next Moo
day.
J. 6. Jones Gets
30-Day Sentence
John Gordon loon of Rcidsville
received a 30-day Jail sentence in
Atlantic Beach mayor'a court Mon
day night. The sentence was sus
pended on condition that he pay
$10 and court costs and stay away
from the town of Atlantic Beach
for one year. He was charged with
public drunkenness, resisting ar
rest, using loud and profane lan
guage in public, striking an offi
cer, and disturbing the peace.
Frank A. Consolati, Cherry Point,
was charged with buying and giv
ing beer to a minor as was Clar
ence Lee Eubanks of route two
Trenton. Both men forfeited bond.
Donald L. Matkis. stationed
aboard the CGC Chilula at More
head City, was apprehended on a
charge of public drunkenness and
resisting arrest. He was fined court
costs.
George Armutrust and Michael
Perrin, both of Cherry Point, were
charged with engaging in an af
fray. Their caacs were turned over
to the military for disposition.
Harry Hungerford of Shallotte,
charged with buying and giving
beer to two minors, forfeited bond.
Caaea against Rudolph Thomas
Smith of Stantonaburg, charged
with public drunkenness, and
Jamea P. Higgins of Camp Lc
jcunc, charged with assaulting a
person with a baseball, were con
tinued.
Hlgglns, according to beach po
lice chief Bill Moore, turned on the
motor of the pitching machine at
the baseball concession while the
attendant waa working inside the
encolsure.
Lions From Fivo Areas
Attend Joint Mooting
Thirty-one members representing
five-?re? Lions clubs attended a
Joint dinner meeting Thursday
night at the Scout building in
Beaufort. Represented at the
meeting were Lions clubs from
Beaufort, Morchcad City, Have
lock, Sea Level, Down Eaat and
New Bern.
Carlyle Winters, deputy district
governor, was the principal speak
er at the meeting. He spoke te
Liens on cooperation between