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:== CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES 1#< 49th YEAR, NO. 12. KIGHT PAGES MO RE HEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 9. 1960 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS Boy Scouts to Observe 50th Birthday with Parade, Court I. D. Gillikin Re-Elected Head Of Republicans ? Party Meets Friday At Courthouse ? Delegates for Coming Conventions Chosen County Republicans re-elected I. D. Gillikin, Beaufort, chairman of the county Republican committee at their convention Friday night at the courthouse, Beaufort. Elected to the executive commit tee were Elmo Wade and Jesse Piner, Williston; Luther Smith, At lantic; Jim Piner, Marshallberg; Paul Jones and Ray Gordon Lew is, Beaufort; A. B. (Tom) Garner, Newport; and Otis Slaughter, route 1 Newport. Osborne Davis was re-elected secretary. A vice-president is yet to he chosen. Chosen as delegates to the Con gressional and state conventions were Claud Wheatly, Jim Piner, I. D. Gillikin, Luther Smith, A. B. (Tom) Garner, A. L. Wilson, Clar ence Lewis, Osborne Davis, Elmo Wade, Percy Davis and Jesse Pin er. The congressional convention will be at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 17, at the courthouse, Jacksonville. At that time a candidate for Con gress and delegates to the national convention will be elected. Carteret is entitled to 11 dele gates. The number is based on the total number of Republican votes cast for governor in the last general election, 1956. At that time county Republicans cast 2,214 votes for Hayes. The ratio is one delegate (or ev ery 200 vote* cast. The state convention will be at 10 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 27, at Ra leigh. "Mr. Wilson was elected head o I both delegations. Mr. Gillikin reported on the Re publican dinner he attended at Charlotte recently. He said that President Eisenhower's closed cir cuit television address was in the form of an answer to a young wom an, who had just come of voting age. She asked with which party she should affiliate. The chairman reminded his lis teners that during the current Re publican administration's seven years there has been no shooting war, more people are working, paychecks are bigger, and the country is in better shape than it ever has been. Locally, Mr. Gillikin questioned funds used for mosquito control. He said he'd like to know what's been done with the money. Mr. Wheatly commended Mr. Gillikin for the fine work he has done as chairman. Mr. Gillikin commented, "I'll try to serve you better next year than I have. The committee has work ed hard and I thank everyone." He remarked that too many Re publicans are registered as Demo crats. He said no one should be ashamed to have his name on the registration books as a Republican. He suggested that they change their registration. Mr. Davis reported that $125 has been paid on the ^party's $241.40 quota for 1980. Edward Wheatly, 7-year-old son of Mr. Wheatly, passed the hat and collected $47.50 at the close of the convention. Twenty persons attended. Five May Enter Congress Race Things are (till unsettled in the Congressional race, but at present it looks as though at least five will be running. Lines won't be firm ly drawn until March 18, deadline for filing for the seat now occupied by Rep. Grahanp A. Barden. Two for-sure candidates are Rob ert L. Stallings, New Bern, and Skinner A. Chalk, Morehead City. J. O. Simpkins, New Bern, is expected to announce his candi dacy this week. Sam Whitehurst, general assemblyman from Stal lings and Simpkins' county, Crav en, has decided not to run. Others planning to make the face are Dr. David Rose of Wayne county, now a state senator, and David Henderson, Wallace, lawyer and county judge in Duplin. With a* many candidates in the field, things may shape up into a run-off after the May primary. The Third Congressional district covers nine counties, Carteret, Craven, Duplin, Jones, Onslow, Pamlico, Pender, Sampson and Wayne. I ? Carteret Boy Scouts will observe* the 50th anniversary of Scouting this week with a parade Saturday afternoon in Morehead City and a full Court of Awards Sunday night in the First Methodist church, Morehead City. Also scheduled for this week, Boy Scout Week, is the dedication of the Wild wood Scout hut and community building Thursday night. Dr. R. O. Barnum, Scout parade chairman, Morehead City, an nounces that Saturday's parade will begin at 2 p.m. All Boy Scout troops in the county are expected to participate. Girl Scouts have also been invited to march. The parade will start at the school, go south to Arendell Street, east on Arendell to 7th and then west on Arendell and back to the school. Engraved plaques will be given to the best marching unit and to the best float. The best Girl Scout units will get certificates of award. Judges for the parade will be mayor George Dill, Lt. Col. Wilbur Free and Joe Tyson, Scout execu tive. Newport and Morehead City school bands will march in the pa rade. Beaufort band and the Ma rine bands have also been invited to participate. Dedication of the Wildwood Scout building will be preceded by a bar becue supper from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday. The building, construct ed by Boy Scouts, with community help, will be available to other organizations in the community. Price of the barbecue will be a dollar for adults and 75 cents for children. Dr. S. W. Hatcher, Morehead City, chairman of the Carteret Scout district, will be the speaker at the dedication service. The Wildwood Boy Scouts will present the key to the building to Wild wood Presbyterian church, which sponsors the community's Scouting activities. Mr. Tyson will give the address prior to presentation of the 1960 troop and pack charter. Dr. Dar den Eure, Morehead City, will pre sent the charter to the Wildwood troop atd Dr. Barnum will pre sent the Charter to Cub Pack 371. The dedication service and char ter presentation will start at 7:30 p.m. Dr. Eure will be in charge of the Court of Honor at 7:30 p.m. Sunday in the First Methodist church. Two Morehead City Scouts will receive the Eagle award, highest rating in Scouting, and possibly more boys will be eligible for the award by that time, according to Dr. Bar num. He reports that this is the first time a full awards ceremony will be possible in this county. Awards are scheduled to be given in all ranks. Car Wracks Saturday On Broad Creek Road Connie Ray Forreit, route 2 New port, failed to make a curve on the Broad Creok road at 8:30 p.m. Sat urday, went into a ditch and side swiped a tree. According to patrolman W. E. Pickard, who investigated, Forrest was headed east. He was charged with speeding in excess of 3 5 miles an hour. No one was hurt. Damage to the car, a 1956 Chevrolet, was esti mated at $800. License Revoked Earnest Dennis Wiggins, New port, has had his driver's license revoked by the North Carolina De partment of Motor Vehicles for driving under the influence. To Seek Re-Election D. G. Bell, Moreheid City, an nounced yesterday that he will seek re-election to the state legis lature. Mr. Bell has served three terms in the legislature and at present is chairman of the state commercial fisheries committee. Walter Thomas Becomes Chief At Farmville Walter Thomas, former member of the Morehead City police depart ment, has been named chief of the Farmville police force. He will begin his duties Feb. 15. At present he is detcctive lieu tenant and identification officer of the Greenville police department. L. T. Lucas, former Farmville chief, retired Feb. 1. He was recommended for the Farmville job by S. G. Gibbs, po lice chief of Greenville, who said that Thomas had done a good job on the Greenville force since join ing it two years ago. He termed FarmvUle's gain Greenville's loss. Mr. Thomas went to Greenville from the police department in Morehead City in February 185S. He began his police career in 1955 in Morehead City and joined the State Highway Patrol in 1KT in Craven county, v > ? After a brief pAriod with the SHP, Mr. Thomas', attended the New York Instiluta Criminology and became a qualified identifica tion officer. Upon completion of his study there, he returned to Morehead City to serve another month on the police force before going' to Green ville, where he has held the posi tion of detective lieutenant for the city police and identification of ficer for Greenville and Pitt Coun ty He is married to the former. No vella Reid of Farmville, Va., and is the father of two boys, aged 3 years and 14 months. Walter Thomas . . . chief at police Cedar Point Club Adopts By-Laws, Pays Bus Driver The Cedar Point community club met at the Waterway Monday eve ning, Feb. 1, (or a dinner and busi ness meeting. The Ladies' Auxiliary of the club were honored guests of the eve ning, and the increased number of residents that attended the meeting marked a growing interest in civic obligations in this area. After the reading of the club's by-laws, the group adopted a reso lution to prohibit the operation of a nuisance, to incorporate the club,, to raise funds to help pay a school bus driver and the appointment of various committees. The newly adopted club's by laws were read by Ralph Gibson, first vice-president, after which the articles for incorporation together with an explanation of the reasons why club incorporation was deair able, was presented by Dr. L. J. Dupree, chairman ol the board of directors. ?alph Pan], fire chief, and Lea Ion Crtimpler, assistant fire chief, beaded a committee to make suit able arrangements for the housing of the fire truck. A committee Was named to investigate and report so mosquito control, Ben Licko, chair man. Milton Truckner, Allen Vinson and Elmo Smith brought a finan cial problem before the club con cerning the funds to pay a school bus driver. An extra bus had been added to take care of the crowded bus situation but no money to pay the driver. Within minutes the sum asked for was contributed. With masic supplied by Ruth Ann Baker and Ashley Taylor the social hour was preceded by the introduc tion of the club's officers by M. D. Ingram, president. A buffet din ner of roast turkey and baked ham followed. The next regular meeting is scheduled for Monday, March 7, at the Waterway, and on Monday, April 4, the Ladies' Auxiliary is again invited to meet with the club for dinner. Hearlag Scheduled The State Highway Commission will conduct a bearing. at 2 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 1?, in the Pitt county courthouse, Greenville. The hearing will cover the second high way division, which includes Car ton L Skinner A. Chalk to Run for Congress , Becomes Second to File for Position Symphony Will Play Today In Morehead This is Symphony Day in More head City and Beaufort. Tonight at 8 o'clock the North Carolina Symphony will give a concert at the Morehead City school auditor ium. Soloist will be Kenji Kobayashi, a young Japanese violinist. He will play Vivaldi's Concerto for Violin and String Orchestra, in G minor, arranged by Nachez; Ca price No. 24 by Paganini; and Mo zart's Rondo for Violin and Orches tra, in C major (K. 373). Under the baton of Benjamin Swalin, the Little Symphony will feature the Hydn Symphony No. 96 in D major on tonight's pro gram. This is one of the "London" Symphonies composed in 1791. It became known as the "Miracle" Symphony because of a precarious incident that happened during its premiere. The audience had pressed for ward to applaud the great musi cian just as a chandelier crashed to the floor of the hall. Because Kenji Kobayashi . . . guest Mloiit there were no injuries, there were cries of "Miracle," througheut the room. Also included on the program will be Marcello's Suite for String Orchestra, a work typical of the eighteenth century. From the bal let Coppelia by Delibes, the orches tra will play the Waltz of the DoU, and from Lehar's operetta The Merry Widow, the symphony will play the familiar walta. Additional selections Include Vaughan Williams' Fantasia on Greensleeves, Alfven's Dance of the Shepherd Girl, and the Bac chanale from the opera Samson and Delilah by Saint. Saens. This evening's concert is open to members of the North Carolina Symphony society from any com munity. Sea Level Home Bums Thursday The two-atory home owned V Mr. and Mrs. Donald WiUia, Sea Level, was destroyed by fire about 2:30 lliursday mornin*. The Willis's and their three chil dren were not in the house at the time, but were living at Mra. Wil lis's mother's nearby. The fire was discovered by the Rev. John E. Floyd, pastor of the Sea Level Free Will Baptist church, who lives a short distance from the house. The Down East Fire Department was called but by the time fire men arrived, the flajnea were very far advanced. Faalty wiring is believed to have been the cause of the blaze. Because (be Willis's were not living in the house, most of their personal belongings, such as cloth ing, were saved. Tide Table HIGH LOW Tuesday, Feb. t 6:09 a.m. 6:34 p.m. 12:32 a.m. Wedaesday, Feb. M 6:51 a.m. 7:16 p.m. 12:40 a.m. 1:17 p.m. 7:3ri a.m. 7:54 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 11 1:25 a.m. 1:58 p.m. Friday, Feb. U 8:06 a.m. 2:06 a.m. 8:31 pja. 1:31 p.m. Skinner A. Chalk . . . runs for Congress Judge Dismisses Cases Against Eight Defendants In county court Tuesday judge L. R. Morris dismissed charges of failing to comply with former court orders against the following de fendants: Abbott P. Rose, Hiram Springte, Harold Jones, Antonio Almeda, Marvin Daniels, John Donaldun, William Butler, and MarfhiftMbbs Kra?a?. Judgment wa? complied with in the following cases in which the execution of the sentence had been continued by the court. Gary N. Johnson? Speeding and having no operator's license. $23 and court costs. James Style ? Public drunken ness, costs. Allen llargett? Public drunken ness, $10 and court costs. Clayton E. Brown ? Public drunk enness, costs. Other defendants, their charges and the findings of the court were as follows: John Bennett ? Having -no oper ator's license, not prosecuted upon payment of $6. Clifton Turner? Public drunken ness, costs. Julius Hill? Public drunkenness, costs. Marvin Styron? Violation of fish ing laws, costs. Shirley Gray Hill ? Failure to stop at a stop sign. Not prosecut ed. Bobby Leroy Hancock ? Driving on the wrong side of the road, one half court costs. Troy Edward Hunter Jr Speed ing, $10 and costs. Robert Noah Pritchard ? Speed ing, costs. Tcrrence Chester Alderaon? Fol lowing too close, costs. Emil Milan Misura ? Failing to stop at a stop sign, coats. K. Don Jamison? Assault. Mali cious prosecution. Prosecuting wit ness ordered to pay costs. Randall Leroy Blanchard? Speed ing and having no operator's li cense, costs. Thomas Kemp Glancey ? Speed ing, costs. Wilbur Max Jackson ? Issuing bad checks, four counts. Not prose cuted. Cecil Swain's Auto Stolen Stolen at 12:15 p.m. Saturday was a 1958 Chevrolet owned by Cecil Swain, 213 Broad St., Beaufort. The ear was parked by Free man's Wholesale house, Morehead City, where Mr. Swain la employ ed He aaid he saw the tail end of it disappearing around the cor ner on Bridges Street, off 4th, and thought, at first, that someone who knew bim borrowed it. After about an hoar of checking, he notified Morehead City police. No trace of the car bad been found by noon yesterday. Police said that a car stolen off the used car lot of Sound Chevrolet Co. several weeks ago, was recov ered at Cherry Point undamaged. The key* had been left in both the Swain car and the used car. Police warned motorists that ta leave the Ignition keys in the car "just for a few minutes, " invites theft. Heart Disease Takes Biggest Toll In County in 1958 Ronald Garl Mason, chairman of the county Heart Fund, reports I that 112 of Carteret's deaths in 1958 were caused by diseases of the heart and blood vessels. Deaths in the county totaled 216 in 1958. Heart and blood vessel diseases accounted for 52 per cent of the total number of deaths. Deaths from cancer, 35; accidents, 16; influenza and pneumonia, 4; pre maturity, 4; and diabetes, 5. Total figures for 19S9 have not been compiled as yet. Mr. Mason urges everyone to give generously to the Heart Fund. Morehead City Buys 17 Bonds S. C. Ilolloway, finance commis sioner, Morehead City, hai an nounced that the town bought 17 thousand-dollar bonds Friday morning. The bonds were bought at $5, five points under par value, which represents a saving to the town of $800 42 The bonds were due to mature in 1973. Also saved on the transaction, Mr. Ilolloway commented, was the interest that the bonds would have drawn over the next 13 years. In terest was approximately 3V4 per cent. Purchase price on the bonds was lit, 150 plus interest that accumu lated since Jan. 1. Purchase of bonds at a saving i> not always possible. They can be bought only when a holder is in terested >u selling, Mr. Holloway remarked. Once in a while, the opportunity arises. If the money is available, it's to the town's ad vantage to buy the bonds. Milliner A. Chalk, Morehead City, has announced that he will run for Congress, subject to wishes of the voters in the Democratic primary in May. Mr. Chalk, a county commissioner, is the second candi date to announce that he will seek the post which will be vacated by Rep. Graham A. Barden next year. The first to announce was Robert L. Stalls ings Jr., mayor of New Bern. Others throughout the nine-coun ty Third Congressional district have been reported to be interest ed in the post, but none have as yet announced formally. Mr. Chalk's announcement comes as somewhat of a surprise to peo ple in this area. None of the so called political seers had predicted that he might be interested In the job. Mr. Chalk, a conservative, is a man of strong convictions. In an interview Saturday, he forthrightly stated his views on the growing power of the federal government and tremendous expense accom panying this growth. He is of the opinion that many of the economically unsound poli cies of the government, if elim inated, would mean a saving to every American citizen through re duced taxes. "I don't have the idea that if I go to Washington, I can change the present trend," he remarked, "but I would certainly like to try." Had Barden run for re-election, Mr. Chalk said that he would not have filed for the office and he would have supported Barden. "I agreed with him on keeping the federal government out of educa tion and out of all phases of eco nomic activity, insofar as possi ble," the Congressional candidate remarked. Commenting on federal subsi dies, Mr. Chalk termed them "eco nomically unsound." Elimination of subsidies, he predicts, would mean a reduction in expenses of $5 to $10 billion, these savings then permitting a reduction in federal taxes. "Thinking farmers do not want subsidies, and for the most part they do not benefit the small farm er, but only the large farmer who does not need the subsidy," he con tinued. nr. (lau is not in lavor 01 suo sidies to businesses or to foreign governments. He cited India as a country aided by American dollars, a country with a socialistic govern ment. "On a do-good basia. we arc distributing money to people who don't want it, doling it out to systems of government the average American is not in sympathy with, and I'm in favor of cutting it out," the candidate declared. On the home scene, Mr. Chalk deplores the federal government's system of paying its employees dif ferent wages for the same services, according to the area of the coun try in which the employee may live. "Why should a painter in the Brooklyn Navy yard get more, for the same work, than a painter at Camp Lejeune?" Mr. Chalk asked. This illustrates inequities in gov ernment practices that he says should be eliminated. Mr. Chalk, an insurance broker, is vitally interested in the economic development of North Carolina, and especially eastern Carolina. He is high in praise of Governor Hodges and his efforts toward im proving the state's economic con ditions. See CANDIDATE. Page 3 ? Coast Guard Helps Search For Cruiser Coast Guardsmen from the Fort Macon station assisted in a search early Sunday morning for a 30-foot cabin cruiser reported overdue at the Marshallberg boat works with three Marines aboard. Fort Macon received a call from the Cherry Point military police at 3 a.m. Sunday reporting that the Marines had departed the Cherry Point boat landing in the cabin cruiser Dolphin. They were re portedly towing a 16-foot skiff to Marshallberg. Fort Macon dispatched the 40 footer to join aircraft from Cherry Point and the Elizabeth City air station in a search of Adams Creek and the Neuse River. The Dolphin, disabled due to engine trouble, was sighted at 6:25 a m. at Point of Marsh in the Neuse River by a Cherry Point helicopter. A Marine crash boat was dis patched to the scene and towed the vessel to Cherry Point. The Coast Guard 40-footer escorted the crash boat. Names of the Marines, other than the pilot who was listed as Joseph Duval, were not known. Eugene Carpenter, BM-3 and Paul Kinnie, FM were the crew of the 40-footer. Car, Oil Truck Meet on Street A car and an oil truck collided at 11 o'clock yesterday morning in the 1900 block of Bridges Street, Morehead City. The driver of the Gulf oil truck, James Franklin Minor. 2404 Bay St., Morehead City, was charged with failing to yield the right-of way and having a truck with an improper turn signal. According to Lt. Joe Smith, Morehead City police force, Minor was headed east, signaled for a right turn and went over into the left lane. The driver of a 1960 Fal con, John W. Herbin, 2010 Shepard St.. was attempting to pass the truck when it went to the left. Damage to the truck was esti mated at $50, to the car, $250. Own er of the truck was reported as P. H. Geer, Morehead City. No one was hurt. Dane* at Newport Will Raise Money for Band The Newport Band association will sponsor a Valentine dance Fri day night in the school gym begin ning at t p.m. There will be round and square dancing to music by the Carolina Rhythm Boys. Admission will be $1 per coupic and 75 cents stag. Proceeds will go to buy band uniforms. Teen agers and adults are invited. Chamber Finance Chairman Declares Morehead Area Dying, Can be Saved A. B. Cooper, chairman of the Morehead City chambcr of com merce finance drive, has stated his views on the campaign as fol lows: It is a downright shame for us, the citizens of the Morehead area, who call ourselves progressive, to let our Chamber get in the condi tion it is now in. I agree with the Governor . . . We in the far East take too much for granted and expect someone else to do the work. Yes, I did ac cept the chairmanship of the fi nance committee, because back in 1946, I had a part in organizing the present Chamber of Commerce. In actuality, the now dying condi tion of your business and mine and the livelihood of the salary man, has been created by the good work of the Chamber of Commerce in, the past. You and I, every reader of thU article, and every citizen of this area is directly responsible for our condition and you have a direct obligation to do something about it. From time to time, I will interrupt what I am saying, to relieve a very sickening and disgusting feeling that gets down in me, about our condition, about our grand-glorioui nphfff* resources tod possibilities, about our doing 10 d little about it, about so d many "free riders" which we have in our com munity. about ao d.. many "do littlers" here in our community, who let a few "work-horaea" strive to keep our community existing. (Pardon these few remarka . . . but . . . there will be more of it). When the Chamber was organiz ed the only induatry here was the shirt factory. There was no shingle plant, no oil terminal, no truck lines, no action at the port termi nal, no freezing plant, no acrap fish factory, no net factory, only one bank, two or three run-down stores, one restaurant, no outstand ing aeafood restaurants, no crowd ed school rooms, an old broken down bridge to the beach, (? very run-down beach), no motela, very few rooma available for tourists, no decent freight service, very few party boats, no head boats, no Fab ulous Fishermen's Association, no fishing piers, no decent phone or power service, no land develop ments, no publicity or promotion, no decent highway in or out, no grain elevator . . . and on and on. JUST STOP AND THINK! Think of oar area in IMS and be fore and since you have been here. Then think of it today. I mean p| PI lift jtop indjgg for I miniita or so and really think. Yea, we have a pretty good section. We have gradually improved and pro gressed, year by year, through the efforts of the Chamber of Com merce and the same very few "work-horses." I know that each and every one of you who lives here must, in all sincerity, be glad to be living in our community. Well, so am I . . . extremely glad that I am living in this section. But ... are you just living here or are you really a part of the community? I know you are not a "work-horse". In fact, we certainly do not expect you to be a "work-horse," but arc you a "free-rider' or a "do-littler?" You just may be. Oily you have the answer to this question. Our goal is to eliminate every single "free-rider" in our section and we do intend to reach our goal. To explain my statement that our present condition h-s been created by the improvements, year by year and through the effort* of Chamber of Commerce, the de mand for various other Improve ments has arisen, which you and I have endeavored to meet in our respective enterprises. 8m finances, Fag* ?
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