CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES "*
48th YEAR, NO. 94. TWO SECTIONS TWELVE PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1959 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
PORTS GREATEST
NEEDi LIGHTS TO GUIDE
SHIPS AT NIGHT
Fire Destroys
Luther Lewis
Home at Davis
? Four Fir* Companies
Answer Alarm
?
? Flames Spread Fast;
Nothing Saved
The two- story home of Mr. fnd
Mrs. Luther Lewis, Davis, wis de
stroyed by fire at 9 o'clock Satur
day morning. Beaufort, Marshall
bcrg, Davis and Down East fire
equipment answered the call for
help, but the flames worked so
fast that the house could not be
saved.
In the home at the time were
Mrs. Lewis, her daughter, Mrs.
Jean Davis and two children, and
< Mrs. Lewis's granddaughter, Olivia
' Mason, 9-year-old daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Ronald Earl Mason,
Beaufort.
Mrs. Lewis said that a fuse blew
while she was using the washing
machine. She replaced it and that
blew. As it did, fire flew out of
plug receptacles throughout the
house and the fire spread every
where at once.
Mrs. Davis, who was upstairs,
, got out of the house as soon as
Mrs. Lewis called to her that the
house was on fire. The children
were on the back porch. No one
was hurt, but everything in the
house was destroyed.
Mrs. Davis tried to save some
pictures of her children that were
on the living room wall, but fire
was blazing up from a plug re
> ceptacle under them and she
couldn't get to them.
The whole house burned in half
an hour. It was located on the
Davis side of Oyster Creek bridge.
The Lewis's carried a small
amount of fire insurance on it.
They are staying now with their
son, James Carl Lewis, at Davis.
Mr. Lewis, who has a wholesale
fish business at Davis, plans to
'rebuild.
Officer Checks
Two Accidents
Highway patrolman R. H. Brown
* investigated two weekend wrecks
in which Marines were involved.
The first occurred at 11 p.m.
Thursday on highway 70, just east
of the county line on highway 70.
Steven Donald Clark, BMT-1, Cher
ry Point, was driving a 1955 Chev
rolet convertible which skidded off
the road into a canal.
No damage was done to the car.
Tke driver was not injured but
was charged with careless and
reckless driving.
A 1949 Chevrolet convertible was
wrecked at 12:45 a.m. Monday on
the Nine-Foot road. The driver
had not been identified by press
time. Patrolman Brown said the
ear failed to make a sharp curve,
ran off the right side of the road
and back across into the ditch on
' the left.
Three Camp Lejenne Marines
were taken to the Cherry Point dis
pensary before the patrolman ar
rived.
USCG Makes
Lengthy Search
After searching the water* of |
Core Sound for eight hours Sunday
night, Fort Macon Coast Guarda
men were informed that the boat :
they were looking for, which had '
been reported overdue, was safely
dockcd at Beaufort.
The station received a call at
T:25 Sunday night that a 24-foot J
cabin cruiser was overdue at the ,
Core Creek bridge. The boat, be
ing piloted by Pfc. Mosley Ealey j
of Cherry Point was to have ren- .
deivoused at the bridge with a Pfc.
Bremer, alio of Cherry Point.
The M-footer returned to the Fort '
Macon station at 3 a.m. Monday,
after learning that the boat was ;
dockcd in Beaufort. I
In another weekend assist the ,
Coast Guard refloated a 40-foot ,
cabin cruiser that ran aground in ,
Bogue Sound. The owner of the ,
boat, the Long Gone, of Lexington ,
Port, Md., put in the distress call ,
at 7 p.m. Saturday.
The Long Gone was refloated at
3 a.m. Monday and towed to Can- <
non Boat Works.
Crew members on both assists |
were Hastle Babcr, BM2, and Lin- <
ton Williams, EN-2. ,
Finance Meeting
There will be a meeting on sav
ings and investments at the civic
center, Moreehad City, at 7:30 to
night, announces Mrs. Floy Gar
ner, home agent. Family savings
will be discussed and a spaaker
will explain investments. All in
terested persona are invited.
Aerial Attack
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Photo by Reginald LewU
"When the enemy U grounded, hit from the air ? a runn of a chair will be fine support. Then let him
have it, with a left to tlie kisser and . . Well, the cat manual on how to win a friendly fight goes on and
on. But most kittens don't have to read it. They instinctively know how to play "war."
Morehead City Police Raid
Annie Hinson Home Friday
nor? bead uuy police raiaed An-i
nit Mae Hinson's house at 1304
Fisher St., Friday night' a*i'?
restwf the Hbifpn womeafor pos
sessing non-taxpaid whiskey for the
purpose of sale and resisting ar
rest.
After hearing some of the testi
mony for the state, Claud Whcatly,
attorney for the defendant, request
ed a jury trial. Bond for Annie
Mae was set at $500. She was re
cently tried for possession and sale
of non-taxpaid whiskey in superior
court and the case ended in mis
trial.
CapL Carl Bunch testified that
the police had received a tip that
they could find bootleg whiskey at
the Hinson house Friday night. The
captain said he got a search war
rant, and with deputy sheriff
George Smith, Sgt. Bill Condie and
two military policemen went to the
Hinson house.
He testified that he found a half
gallon moonshine whiskey jar
broken in the sink in the kitchen.
He also said that Annie Mac was
in her bedroom screaming and hol
lering that an officer had bit her.
The- captain said Uut when he
told her she was under arrest she
declared that she wasn't "going no
d place." When the officers
took her arms to put her in the po
lice car, she yelled at them to let
her go.
Captain Bunch said that three
men were in the house, Charles
Foreman, Jessie Daughtery and
Roy Hill. He said an odor of boot
leg whiskey came from the kitch
en sink.
Sergeant Condie testified that as
be went in the back door of the
house, his flashlight beam fell on
Annie Mae "smashing something
at the sink."
He said that Annie Mac swung
around as he came in and he put
up his hands and grasped her
wrists. In addition to a smashed
jar in the sink, there was also a
full jar which he said smelled like
bootleg liquor.
The sergeant said that Annie
Mac claimed he struck her.
Deputy Smith was called to the
stand but did not testify when Mr.
Wheatly and judge Herbert Phil
lips got into a discussion as to
when an objection should be made
regarding validity of a scarch war
rant. Captain Bunch had testified
that he took no oath when obtain
ing the search warrant Friday
night from Mrs. Mary Hughes, as
listant clerk of court.
Mr. Wheatly then requested the ,
lury trial. Presented as evidence
in court was a half-gallon jar of
bootleg whiskey which Sergeant
Condie said he found in the sink
ind another jar, half-full of color
ess liquid, which Captain Bunch
laid was water in a jar that was
ormcrly filled with moonshine.
roastmasters to Meet
County Toastmasters will meet
it 7:30 p.m. tomorrow at the civic
:enter. Lecil Smith will be topic
natter and M. H. Owens toaatmaa
Friday Paper WilL
Go to Press Early
Because this is Thanksgiving
week, the publication schedule of
THE NEWS-TIMES will be
changed slightly to allow mem
bers of THE NEWS-TIMES staff
a holiday on Thursday.
Friday's paper will go to press
about 4 p.m. tomorrow (Wednes
day ) and will be delivered
throughout the county Thanksgiv
ing morning.
Deadline for church news will
be noon today and for general
news, 10 a.m. tomorrow. Dead
line for general advertising will
be 4 p.m. today and for classified
ads 1 p.m. tomorrow.
John Swain
Gets Roads Job
Raleigh? Appointment of John P.
Swain of Raleigh as secondary
roads officer of the State Highway
Commission succeeding Harold
Makepeace has been announced by
highway director W. F Babcock.
Effective date of Swain's appoint
ment is Jan. 1 when Makepeace
leaves his highway post to become
Private Secretary to Governor
Hodges.
A native of LaGrange, Swain has
lived in Raleigh' since 1920 and has
served for 24 years as a member
of the Wake County Board of Com
missioners, 16 of which were as
chairman. He is a past president
of the North Carolina Association
of County Commissioners.
He ii a Mason, a member of the
Edenton Street Methodist Church
in Raleigh and a director of the
Carolina Country Club.
Married to the former Mary Al
len of Raleigh, the Swains have
three children and six grandchil
dren. Their home is at 1516 Jarvis
St., Raleigh.
Automobile Hits
Two Parked Cars
Six hundred fifty dollars' damage
was caused to three cars at 6 45
p.m. Sunday on Bridges Street in
front of the First Baptist Church.
A 1952 Chevrolet driven by J.
Clay Norris, 1400 Bridget St.,
Morehead City, struck two parked
cars. Damage to the Noma car
was estimated at $300.
The same amount of damage was
done to a 1946 Oldsmobile owned
by Linwood E. Wade, 205 S. 17th
St., Morehead City, one of the park
ed cars struck.
Fifty dollars damage wai caus
ed to a 1954 Ford, owned and park
ed by Ralph T. Wade, 105 S. 29th
St., Morehead City. Norria was
taken to Morehead City hospital in
the Dill ambulance where he was
given first aid treatment and dis
charged.
Norris told patrolman J. C.
Steele, investigating officer, that a
car approaching him from the west
had headlights that blinded him
and he struck the parked cars as
he turned to the right to avoid the
oncoming car.
Two Cars Bump Saturday
At Beaufort Intersection
Minor damage was done to two
cars Saturday afternoon at 12:30
in a bumper scraping incident at
Gordon and Ann Streets, Beaufort.
According to police reports, a
1957 Chevrolet, driven by William
Thomas Delamar, 217 8urner St.,
scraped the rear fender and bump
er of a car belonging to Archic
Lowry of Pembroke, N. C., aa Del
amar pulled from the curb. Both
cars were headed north on Gordon
Street.
Police estimated damage to both
vehicles at $50. There were no
charges filed. Police chief Guy
Springle investigated.
Conservationist Announces
Farm-City Week Observance
Maynard H. Owens, soil conser
vationist, announces that this is
National Farm-City Week.
The week opened Friday and will
end with Thanksgiving Day. In
the statement proclaiming Farm
City Week, President Eisenhower
requests national, state and local
farm organizations and urban
iroups to join in the observance,
emphasizing through meetings, ex
hibits, and publicity the achieve
ments of rural groups who work to
promote the cultural, spiritual, ed
icational, recreational and health
[acilities in their areas.
Ik* preside*! says, "1 also re
quest urban groups to join in this
observance, along with farm
groups, as evidence of America's
appreciation of all those on the
farms and in the cities who pro
vide us with our daily bread . .
Ezra Benson, secretary, of agri
culture, commenting on the observ
ance, said, "1 especially encourage
you to call attention to the prob
lems of water shortage, water pol
lution, and flood which often have
their origin on the land . . . These
problems adversely affect farm
and city people alike.
"Teamwork by rera! and mfcan
people will speed the solutiaa of
these common water problem*,"
Frank Oglesby, 18, Dies
When Car Wrecks Sunday
Churches Announce Time
OfT hanksgiving Services
a numper 01 i arterei cnurcnes*
will have special Thanksgiving ser
vices Thursday. Some will be full
worship services, some will be brief
and most will feature special
Thanksgiving music. Countians are
invited to worship at any of the
churches.
Four Beaufort churches will have
a union service at 10 a.m. Thurs
day at St. Paul's Episcopal Church.
Participating are Ann Street Meth
odist, St. Paul's Episcopal, First
Baptist, and the First Free Will
Baptist churches.
The Free Union Free Will Bap
tist Church, Sea Level, will have
its service at 11 a.m. The service
will be followed by dinner in the
churchyard.
Probably the first service to be
held in Morehead City Thanksgiv
ing Day will be the 7 a.m. mass in
St. Egbert's Catholic Church.
The First Baptist Church, More
head City, will follow with holiday
worship at 9 a.m. and Camp Glenn
Methodist and First Methodist
churches will have their services
at 10 a.m.
The First Free Will Baptist
Church, Morehead City, will ob
serve Thanksgiving with a mission
ary service at 7:30 p.m. The Rev.
Raymond R i g g s of Nashville,
Tcnn., will be the speaker.
The Rev. S. S. Moore, pastor of
Franklin Memorial Methodist
Church, Morehead City, announces
that the Thanksgiving service in
Franklin Memorial will begin at
9:30 a.m. Thursday.
Beaufort Parents
Start Patrol Duty
Beaufort parents have started,
this week, safety patrol duty at
street crossings hi the vicinKy of
Beaufort sehool
The project was planned at the
November PTA meeting in an ef
fort to protect youngsters who have
to cross streets bearing heavy
traffic.
On duty this week arc Mr. and
Mrs. Clarence Guthrie, Mrs. Claud
Wheatly, Mrs. Jack Sewell, Mr.
and Mrs. Carlton Rose, and Mrs.
Lockwood Phillips.
The parents arc stationed at Ce
dar and Marsh Streets, Cedar and
Live Oak, at a point on Lennox
ville Road and a short distance
east of the school on highway 70.
In the Immediate school vicinity,
Beaufort police and safety patrol
boys are on duty when school
starts in-the morning and as it dis
misses in the afternoon.
Motorists are asked to drive cau
tiously and parents are urged to
have their children cross streets
only where parents, police or safe
ty patrol boys are stationed.
Stale Verifies
Bond Issue Vote
The state board of elections has
formally verified Oet. 27 returns on
the bond referendum. Voters re
jected bond issues totaling $350,000
for building armories and restoring
historical sites.
The seven other bond issue*, to
taling $34,050,000, were approved.
These included $lt,Ml,000 for
new facilities at colleges and uni
versities; $12,053,000 for new build
ings at mental hospitals; $1,500,000
for community colleges; $500,000 to
match federal and local funds in
local hospital construction; $466,000
for state training schools; $140,000
for the state rehabilitation for' the
blind; and $500,000 for port facili
ties at Southport.
The rejected issues were $100,000
for armories, to match federal
funds, and $250,000 for historical
sites.
Otway Boy on Bike
Collides with Truck
Rodney Pa?l Gillikia, 10, Otway,
was slightly injured at 3:45 p.m.
Friday when he rode his bicycle
out of his yard on the Crow Hill
Road. He collided with a 1951
Dodge pickup truck driven by Cur
vis L. Guthrie, Harkers Island.
Rodney was discharged yester
day from the Morehead City hos
pital. He suffered bruised left
thigh, bruised eye and skinned
knuckles.
Patrolman J. W. Sykes said
Guthrie was headed south and as
he approached the Gillikin home,
the boy rode out in front of the
pickup.
There was no damage to the
truck. No charge* were filed.
Chamber Mails
Budget Proposal
For Coming Year
Mailed to business and profes
sional people of Morehead City this |
week from the greater Morehead
City chamber of commerce was an
explanation of the proposed budget
for 1960.
The proposed budget of $28,000
is an increase of approximately
$13,000 over 1959. The bulk of the
increase would be used to step up
the chamber's advertising and pu
blicity program, including six
months' coverage of fishing news.
The budget for 1959 was $14,943.
of which only $9,370 had been col
lected by this month.
Being requested for a more com
plete promotion and advertising
program is $14,650. J. M. Davis,
chamber president, in a letter to'
chamber members points out that
$50 from 250 chamber members
would provide $2,585 for 75,000 j
brochures; $4,000 for press cover- j
age of sports fishing and resort;
news; $1,500 for tv and radio pub!
licity; $2,540 for 13 outdoor adver-i
tising signs, $2,025 for ads in state]
and national publications, and
$2,000 for displays at fairs and
boat shows, plus a float to repre-j
sent the town at parades and cele
brations throughout the state.
The president says, "If you want
more progress and prosperity in
1960, remember that we have only
December, January and February
in which to act. After March 1,
people's plans are made, the die is
cast and little of our advertising
1 will affect our business until 1961."
In addition to the usual chamber
of commerce dues, members have
been invited to invest an additional
amount of money in the special
promotion activities proposed for
the chamber in 1960.
Members have been asked to re
turn a budget questionnaire plus a
statement on how much they will
invest in the promotion program.
Band Collects
$562 on Tag Day
Members of the Morehead City
high school band and majorettes
collected $562.24 in their Band Tag
Day activities Friday night and
Saturday morning.
Clyde Burr, president of the
Morehead City band association,
said the collections are about $400
short of that received last year. He
expressed his appreciation to those
who contributed.
Band members collected from
house-to-house Friday night. Fol-i
lowing solicitation downtown Sat
urday morning, the band gave a
Thank You parade.
Franklin C. Ogletby, IS, route 2 Newport, died in the
emergency room at Morehead City Hospital at 1 :50 a.m.
Sunday as a result of injuries received in an automobile
accident at 12:10 a.m.
According to highway patrolman R. H. Brown, Oglesby
was headed north on highway 101 about 1.4 miles north
of Beaufort, evidently at a high*
rate of speed.
The patrolman said Oglesby fail
ed to make a curve to the right and
ran off the left side of the road.
His 1952 Ford started skidding and
went back across the highway,
across a ditch, hit a utility pole
broadside and broke it off. The car
skidded 430 feet.
He was taken to the hospital,
where he died of a concussion and
internal injuries. Oglesby was a
member of the senior class at New
port high school.
Patrolman Brown said the youth
had gotten his license back in Au
gust after it had been revoked by
the Department of Motor Vehicles
for a year. Found in Oglesby's |
wallet was a citation for racing in
the state of Texas.
The officer reported that Oglesby
had been riding with several other
boys who had left him at the Snack
Grill, a drive-in on highway 101,
eight-tenths of a mile from the
scene of the accident. At the Snack
Grill Oglesby had gotten into his
own car.
Funeral services were conducted
at the Graham Chapel Pentecostal
Holiness Church at 2 p.m. yester
day with the Rev. Archie WUlis of
ficiating. burial was in the church
cemetery.
Surviving are his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. B. C. Oglesby; two sis
ters. Bessie Lavon and Estelle; two
brothers, Nathan and Daniel of the
home; his maternal grandmother,
Mrs. Bessie Graham; and his pa
ternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.
B. A. Oglesby.
Oglesby's death is the ninth high
way fatality in the county this year.
The smashed car, in front of
Ray's Paint and Body Shop, More
head City, was attracting many
spectators Sunday and Monday.
New Bern PCA
To Meet Saturday
Stockholders of the New Bern
Production Credit Association will
attend their 26th annual meeting
at the Craven County courthouse,
Saturday morning, at 10:30, an
nounces Wade H. Davis, secretary
treasurer.
Dr. D. W. Colvard, dean of agri
culture, North Carolina State Col
lege, will be the principal speaker.
G. Tull Richardson, president of
the association, will preside. Two
new directors will be elected at the
meeting as the term of two direc
tors expires this year. ?
Many prizes will be given to
lucky persons present, according to
Mr. Davis. The general public is
invited and members of the asso
ciation are requested to attend.
The association makes loans to
farmers in Craven, Carteret and
Pamlico counties. Mr. Davis re
ports that 62 members from Car
teret had loans for the past year
in the amount of $245,000. Law
rence A. Garner of Newport is a
member of the board of directors
representing Carteret County.
Mother Writes Letter
Commending Bus Driver
A mother whose youngsters ride
a Morehead City school bus recent
ly wrote Lenwood Lee, school prin
cipal, a letter commending the
school bus driver. The letter fol
lows:
Pine Knoll Shores
Morehead City, N. C.
November 17, 1959
Mr. Lenwood Lee
Morehead City School
Morehead City, N. C.
Dear Mr. Lee:
I esteem highly a prompt and
dependable person, and I should
like to take this opportunity to
commend you on your driver for
the No. 38 school bus, who never
varies over a few minutes in hia
schedule. Not only does he de
serve recognition for this, but he
is also to be praised for his firm
attitude regarding the discipline of
students riding his bus. 1, as a
parent of two of those students, ap
preciate this driver and wish there
were more like him.
Very truly yours,
Dorothy R. Freeman
(Mrs. Shelby Freeman)
? #
The driver of the bus is Lcnlon
Lewis, a senior, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Thomas Lewis, 306
N. 24th St., Morehead City.
Mr. Lee's comment on Mra.
Freeman's letter follows:
"I have beea supervising school
bus drivers and routes (or eight
years. During this time many
complaints concerning the drivers
have been registered. Today a dif
ferent note was sounded.
"This is the first letter any par
ent has ever been thoughtful
enough to write-in eight years,
mind you ? commending a driver
for his diligence and punctuality.
"Naturally, I am proud of this
boy, a> I am of the many others
who are doing the same kind of
job now and who have done so in
the past. Most school bus driven
render tremendous service for very
little pay and still less praise.
"More citizens would do well to
recognize the contribution these
young men and women are mak
ing."
Tides at the Beaufort Bar
Tuesday, Nov. 24
Tide Table
2.19 a.m.
2:24 p.m.
1:51 a.m.
8:20 p.nv
Wednesday, Nov. 25
3:15 a.m.
3:29 p.m.
9:58 a.m.
10:14 p.m.
Thursday, Nov. 28
4:15 a.m.
4:35 p.m.
10:52 a.m.
11:05 p.m.
Friday, Nov. 27
5:13 a.m.
11:45 a.m.
1144 p.m.
5:38 p.m.
Football May
Cause Change
In Parade Date
If Beaufort's football team con
tinues to knock of* opponents in its
quest for the state class A cham
pionship, Beaufort's Christmas pa
rade date will be changed ? should
the championship game be played
Dec. 4.
Dec. 4 is, at present, the* parade
date. Beaufort has one more team
to conquer, Norlina, before a date
for the championship game would
become a factor in re-setting the
parade date.
Mrs. Wiley Lewis, chairman of
the town's Christmas observance,
said that if setting a new date is
Charles Willis, Morehcad City
parade chairman, and J. O. Bar
bour Jr., float committee chair
man for the Beaufort parade, an
nounced yesterday that they en
courage float entrants to put
floats in both parades. The More
head City parade will be 4 p.m.
Wednesday, Dec. 2.
necessary, it will be announced as
soon as a decision on the new date
is made.
The rain date for the parade is
Saturday, Dec. 5. If the champion
ship game is played Dec. 4, the
Dec. 5 date would probably be
chosen for the night of the parade.
Mrs. Lewis reports that personal
calls have been made to some
school officials and church leaders
in the eastern part of the county
inviting their participation in the
parade. J. O. Barbour Jr., chair
man of the float committee, espe
cially invites those having floats
in the Morehcad City parade to
enter them in the Beaufort parade,
too.
"So much work goes into those
floats," Mr. Barbour said, "that
as many persons as possible should
sec them." A hundred dollars in
prize money will be given winning
floats in the Beaufort parade.
Floats may be entered in four
categories, commercial, school, re
ligious and civic. The best one in
each classification will receive $25.
The parade will form at 6 p.m.
at the school grounds. The parade
will start at 7 p.m., go south on
Marsh Street to Front, west on
Front, to Turner and north on Tur
ner to the courthouse square where
bands will play and carols will be
sung.
Children are also invited to pa
rade their pets. They will have an
opportunity to win numerous
prizes, Mrs. Lewis promises.
A major feature of the parade
will be Santa Claus, who will make
his official entry in Beaufort the
night of the parade.
Smyrna PTA Will
Give Clambake
A "down cast" clambake and
dance will be sponsored at the
Smyrna ichool Saturday night by
the Smyrna PTA. Proceeds will
go to the PTA.
Dinner for each person will con
sist of steamed shrimp and cherry
stone clam cocktail, 18 clam , naif
a chicken, a sweet potato, an irish
potato, onion, slaw, sauce and
crackers.
Serving will begin at 6 p.m. and
continue until 10 p.m. The $2 25
ticket includes the dinner and
dancing. Special attractions will
include a <-ha cha dance contest
and the awarding of a banker pony
to the holder of a lucky ticket.
The public is invited, announces
Mrs. Catherine Golden, publicity
chairman.
Car Demolished When It
Overturns Saturday
A 1996 Chevrolet, driven by John
Bradley Allen, Newport, wai de
molished when it overturned dur
ing a heavy downpour at 11:20
Saturday night. Highway partst
man R. H. Brown, who investigat
ed, said the accident happened half
a mile west of the junction of high
ways 24 and 70 on highway 70.
Patrolman Brown said that Al
len, alon^in the car, skidded on
the highway, ran off tin lift side
of the road and turned over. Ha
was beaded west.
The driver was nniqjnr.^
charges were tiled.