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CARTERET COUHTY NEWS-TIMES 49th YEAR, NO. 18. EIGHT PAGES MORE HEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY, MARCH 1, 1960 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS Judge Upholds Citizens Opposed to Joining Town Judge W. J. Bund? has signed a restraining order, barring the town of Beaufort from annexing areas on the north part of town. Had no opposition been voiced, the areas would have become a part of Beaufort today. In a letter dated Saturday, Judge Bundy said he had given "careful and serious consideration" to both the petition for a restraining order and the demurrer. The petition for the restraining order was filed by George Huntley Jr. and others, represented by Gene Smith, Beaufort attorney. The demurrer, overruled by the judge, was filed by the town of Beaufort, represented by town at torney Claud Wheatly. The letter from judge Bundy, re vealing his decision, was sent to both attorneys. The judge's restraining order prevents the town from putting into effect any part of the annexa tion ordinance. Mr. Wheatly said the town is forbidden to go into that section for any municipal pur nnsp The town attorney said yester day, "I shall advise the town, if re quested. that under the terms of the order signed by the judge, it would be a violation for the town to perform any municipal service in that area, whether it be sewage service, fire protection or police protection." The town attorney so advised the town board in special session yes terday afternoon and a resolution was passed forbidding town activ ity in any portion of the area pro posed for annex. The town attorney said that he will also request a supreme court review of the proceedings thus far, and ask for an immediate hearing. The town board approved that move at its meeting yesterday aft ernoon. Attending the meeting were may or W H. Potter, Mr. Wheatly, clerk Ronald Earl Mason and commis sioners David Farrior, Billy Dav is, Bert Brooks, and William Roy Hamilton. The mayor said that he regret ted that the town would have to withdraw its services from the areas affected by the annexation proposal, but the court order left the town no ctake. ' - Beaufort town board on Jan. 11 passed a resolution extending its town limits. On Feb. 9 citizens op posed to becoming a part at the town filed a petition saying that the town of Beaufort was not fi nancially capable of complying with the law that permits a town to annex new areas by resolution. On Saturday, Feb. 13, the town filed a demurrer. The demurrer contended that the petition of out of-towners did not comply with the law in that it did not state how any specific property owner would be hurt by becoming a part of the town. Judge Bandy beard arguments for and against the restraining or der at Greenville Saturday, Feb. 20. He said then that he would con aider both the petition and demur rer, and make his decision later. The next step will be a review ' of the petition by the court. Judge Bundy has stated that he can hear the case any Saturday this month, except the last Saturday. Mayor Proclaims Day of Prayer Mayor George W. I?UI has pro ^ claimed Friday as World Day of Prayer in Morehead City. Churches of the city will join in a World Day of Prayer service at 10 a.m. Friday in the First Bap tist church. The service will end at 11 a.m. At nooa church bells will ring, calling people to observe a minute of silent prayer. The mayor, in his proclamation, points out that World Day of Pray er has been designated on an in , ternational, interdenominational, and inter-racial basis to loin the people of the world together in furtherance of the doctrine, "The Lord ia Thy Keeper." i The mayor commented, "It is ncccssary that we be ever mindful of the vast power of prayer in fur thering His word and His work and in combating the forces of evil that ' surround us." Officers Raze Still Friday at North River .Marshall Ayacue, county ABC officer, and three deputy sheriffs dismantled ? 75-gallon still in a ?wamp area on the south aide of North River Friday afternoon. . Thirty gallon* of whiskey were ' found at the still, which apparent I ly had Just been run the night be > fore, according to officer Ayscue The (till was located on a high hummock of land and had to be, reached by wading through water. Accompanying the ABC officer on the raid were deputies Bruot Edwards, George Smith and C. H. Davit to. . . I ? Charlotte-Bound Exhibit . iiwimimi mil' r"" r-yr"ri,'wr?i' .. ss& .. i ? x. W. L. (Buck) Duke sets up the exhibit which will puhllciie the Car teret county area at the Vacation and Boat show this week in the Coliseum at Charlotte. On display this week at Char lotte at the Vacation Show in the Coliseum is the above exhibit, plus other pictures and mounted fish that are not shown here. On duty at the Morehead City exhibit are Mr. and Mrs. W. L. (Buck) Duke and the following: John Baker and Shelby Freeman, Wednesday and Thursday; Mr. and Mrs. Marinus Snipes and Ken New some. Thursday and Friday; Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Duke,. Miss Jo* | Ami Parson and Mrs. George Mi jzesko, Friday and Saturday. ! There will be a tv review of the j Morehead City exhibit Saturday j morning. Literature and displays have been sent to the show by the Oceanana motel and fishing pier, Atlantic Beach hotel, Morehead Biltmore, Coral Sands motel, E. J. Willis Bicycle Shop, Mrs. Owen Dail, the Greater Morehead City chamber of commerce and Capt. Ottis Purifoy. Retired Teacher Heads Committee on Aging Heading the county's committee on aging, which has scheduled a special meeting on aging next Tuesday, is Miss Grace F. Wilson, Beaufort Miss Wilson is a retired teacher. Among her many interests and hob bies is gerontology, the study of situations and problems connected with elderly persons or "senior citizens." Miss Wilson was born in Phila delphia and lived most of her early in New Jersey. She received her bachelor's degree in supervision of elementary schools at Columbia university and her master's in su pervision and psychology at Cor nell. After college, she supervised stu dent teaching in teachers' colleges in New Jersey and New Hamp shire. She first came to North Carolina in 1943 where she taught school at Lukens in this county. The following year, J. G. Allen, who was then county superin tendent of schools, asked her to su pervise teaching at elementary schools throughout the county. In 1944-45 she drove from Cedar Island to Stella, reaching schools over sandy, rutty roads. Then she returned to New Hampshire until 1964. In that year she came back to this county. She taught in the Beaufort ele mentary school three years before retiring. In 1942 she became a member of Delta Kappa Gamma, international honorary for women teachers. Letters from Miss Wilson, rela live to next week's meeting, were sent last week to ministers, lead ers of eivic and fraternal organiza tions, public officials and agencies serving senior citizens.. The letter follows: "The Governor's Coordinating Committee on Aging of Carteret County is planning a meeting on March 8 at 2 p.m. in the Eure building, (Ann Street Methodist Church Education building), in Beaufort. Dr. Catherine Dennis, a member of the state committee will speak. "As the number of older people See COMMITTEE HEAD Page 2 Miss Grace F. Wilson . . . heads committee Duke Postgraduate Medical Course Scheduled for July Durham ? This year's summer postgraduate course of the Duke University Medical school wtil be held in Morehead City July 18-23. Expected to attract some 75 physicians from North Carolina and other states, the course will be centered around lectures in pe diatrics and medicine. Its pur pose is to provide refresher work and to help physicians keep abreast of developments in med ical fields. Dr. William M. Nicholson, assist ant dean of the Duke Medical School in charge of postgraduate education, said that this year's course wiU be the sccond conduct ed in Morehead City. Previously, the annual summer event was held on the Duke campus. ' The change was made, Dr. Nich olson explained, to give doctors an opportunity to combine postgrad j uate study with summer recrea tion. I Daka faculty Members who will teach the course are Dr. Wilburt C. Davison, dean of the Duke Med ical School and James B. Duke Professor of Pediatrics; Dr. Nich olson, professor of medicine; Dr. William F. Barry, associate pro fessor of radiology; Dr. William J. A. DeMaria, associate profes sor of pediatrics. Dr. Walter L. Floyd, associate in medicine; Dr. Doris A. Howell, associate professor of pediatrics; Dr. Claude R. Nichols, assistant professor of psychiatry; Dr. Her bert O. Sieker, associate professor of medicine; Dr. Madison S. Spach, associate in pediatrics; and Dr. John V. Vcrncr, associate in mcdi cine. The program will provide 30 hours of Categofty I, Postgraduate Education, required by the Ameri can Academy of General Practice. Information about the course can be obtained by writing to the Di rector of Postgraduate Education, Duke University Medical School, Durham, N. C. Hit-Run Driver Injures MP On Highway U ? Incident Follows Two-Car Collision ? Cpl. Ronald A. Goff Suffers Broken Leg While directing traffic around a wreck on highway 24 Friday night, a military policeman, Cpl. Ronald A. Goff, Cherry Point, was struck by a hit and run driver. He suf fered a compound fracture of his left leg and the other one was bruised. The hit and run incident was ob served by several witnesses. Pa trolman W. J. Smith, who investi gated, said Goff was struck by a 1959 light green Ford believed to have been driven by William H. Neighbors, Camp Lejeune. A Camp Lejenne ambulance took Goff to the base hospital. The first accident, where Goff was on duty, occurred at 11:10 p.m. It involved a 1955 Imperial driven by Miss Wanda Lou Barnes, More head City, and a 1956 Buick driven by Howard Smith, Swansboro. Smith was still confined yesterday to the Onslow County hospital. According to patrolman Smith, Miss Barnes was proceeding east on highway 24 about a mile and a half east of Swansboro and was slowing to make a left turn, when the car was struck from the rear by Smith. The Imperial turned over and the Buick spun around and headed in the opposite direction. Neither Miss Barnes, nor Bruce Goodwin, Morehead City, passeuger and owner of the Imperial, was injured. The Buick was termed a total loss. Damage to the other car was estimated at $1,000. Charges in the two-car collision and the hit and run case are pending. Driver Clips Two Autos - Ctarges of driving drank and careless and reckless driving were filed against a Camp Lejeune Ma rine, Woodfin Nichlos Jr., Satur day as the result of two traffic ac cidents in which he was involved. The first accident occurred at 24th and Arendell Streets, More head City. Police said that Nich los, going north on 24th, ran into the rear of a 1957 Ford driven by Richard Anthony Conti of New Bern. After hitting Contl, Nichlos fail ed to stop. He was pursued by Conti to the intersection of 20th and Bridges where a second collision stopped him. Hit by Nichlos's car in the sec ond collision was Garrett Herbert Fisher, driving a 1954 Plymouth. Fisher was going west on Bridges and was preparing to turn north on 20th Street when his car was ?truck by Nichlos, who was going east on Bridges. IX Joe Smith, who investigated both mishaps, issued Nichlos a ci tation charging him with drunk driving and careless and reckless driving. He appeared in Morehead City recorder's court yesterday morning but his case was continued until next week. Conti's car was damaged to the extent of $50 while damage to Fish er's auto amounted to approxi mately $600 Police estimated the damage to Nichlos's 1948 Ford at $500. Car Ferry Arrives Sunday At Atlantic ; Trial Run Today The new car ferry, Sea Level, arrived at Atlantic Sunday and is shown moored at its landing. ? v * Scout Leaders, Wives Attend Annual Banquet Ninety adult Scout leaders and their wives attended the Boy Scout district recognition banquet Thurs day night at the Blue Ribbon club. Awards were presented Scout leaders for their service and achievements during the past year. Dr. R. O. Barnum, Scout com missioner, presented appreciation awards to the following: Charles M. Hill, Robert M. Parker, New port; George T. Bridgers, Beau fort; Leland L. Sanders, F. D. Mezias, Boguc. Robert A. Sellers, Smyrna, and Mrs. Harry Salter, Morehcad City, who also received the den mother training award. Gordon C. Willias, advancement -ch^rman, Morehcad City, gave the Green Band awards to Jamea T Lewis, Stacy; B. O. Ketner, Wildwood, and Dr. Barnum, More head City. The highest honor, Compass award, went to Cecil Scwel, More head City. It was presented by Dr. D. J. Eure. Woman Injured In Friday Crash Mrs. Ruth Pierson Johnson, route 2 Newport, suffered a fractured pelvis and cuts on the head at 6 o'clock Friday night when the 1959 Oldsmobilc she was driving crash ed at the intersection of highway 70 and the Masontown road. Five Boy Scouts in the car with her were given emergency treat ment at the Cherry Point hospital and were discharged. According to patrolman W. E. Pickard, Mrs. Johnson was headed east on the Masontown road at a high rate of speed, failed to stop at the stop sign at highway 70, jump ed a ditch and hit several pine trees. Mrs. Johnson is in Camp Lejeune hospital. Damage to her car was estimated at $1,000. She haa been charged with reckless driving and failing to stop at a stop sign. Stella Resident Sheds Light on Hole in Ground M. D. Ingram, Stella, hat helped shed some light on the mysterious "buried pot" found recently neat the headwaters of Calico creek, on land being bull-dozed by George Huntley, Beaufort. Mr. Ingram found in 1954 some thing similar to it on Woodrow Bright's farm along Hadnot creek, a tributary of White Oak riv^r. He wrote to the University of North Carolina and received a reply from Joffre L. Coc, director, Research Laboratories of Anthropology. Mr. Coe suggests that the lined hole in the ground was used in dis tillation of products from the pine tree. Referring to Mr. Ingram's de scription of the curiosity on the Bright farm, the UNC anthropolo gist wrote: "The earthenware pat which you described ia very interesting. If the sides arc from six to eight inches thick as you say and the bottom flat, 'ben I believe what you have la neither an earthen ware pot nor one of Indian origin, but rather the impression or mold of a barrel used in early distilling operations. "These are fairly common throughout the coastal area and result from the bedding of barrels in the sand and the seepage of tur pentine, pitch through the barrel or over the sides to solidify the sand adjacent to it . . Although the "pot" found on the newly-bull-dozed land near More head City is not in the form of a barrel, it is possible that the wood or material which originally creat ed the hollowed place in the ground has rotted away, leaving only the pitch-saturated clay and sand as See HOLE, Page 2 Tide Table Tidn it the Beaufort Bar HIGH LOW Tuesday, March 1 11:03 a.m. 4:47 a.m. 11:29 p.m. 5:04 p.m. Wednesday, March 2 11:49 a.m. 5:30 a.m. .. - 5:44 p.m. Thanday, March 1 12 : 14 a.m. 6:1* a.m. 12:34 p.m. ?:30 p.m. Friday, March 4 12:59 a.m. 7:17 a.m. 1:20 p.m. 7:33 pjft. 4 The spanking new vessel attracted many spectators Sunday after noon. This is the ramp by which vehicles will hoard and leave the vessel. Curtain Rises on A Man Called Peter at 8 Tonight A Min Called Peter, the play to' be given at 8 tonight by the Car teret Community theatre in the Morchcad City recreation center, tells the story of a minister. Or. Peter Marshall. A Scottish immi grant, he became chaplain of the United States Senate. The part of Dr. Mdishall is play ed by the Rev. Jack Mansfield, young, dynamic minister of the Camp Glenn Methodist church. Dr. Marshall is a brilliant per sonality, full of life, at home with young people, and living to the fullest the Christian doctrine he preaches. Because his hobby is collccting clocks (especially the kind that strike often and loud) many clocks arc seen as the curtain rises. An other characteristic of Dr. Mar shall's personality ia depleted in' the pictures? sea scenes. As the story unfolds, the audience learns that Dr. Marshall, while seeming to have not a problem in the world, has to contend with crit ical members of his congregation besides problems of the young peo ple in whom he has a deep interest. His wife becomes ill and event ually he, himself, due to overwork, suffers a heart attack. How he overcomes these difficul ties, with the help of a loving wife, and how those who were against him eventually join in bis one-man crusade for Christ completes the ?tory of a man whose name has be come legend in modern religion. Imparting the Scottish fl?vor to the play arc the songs, Roamin' in the Gloamin' and Loch Lomond, sung by the young people in the cast in the opening and closing scenes of the play. Jimmy Wheatley ,ls stage man ager. In chargc of properties is Stella Propst. Patsy Holt is promp ter and in charge of make-up is Tressa Vickers. Directing the play is Hortense Boomer, who is also a member of the cast. Regular theatre-goers will note that something new has been add ed. The Initials QTC, standing for Carteret Community Theatre have been placed on the upper, part of the curtain. The monogram and accompanying dramatic m a i k i ?m dam by Bob Kick Hortenie Boomer . . . director Jimmy Whaatley . . . stage manager Port Calendar Morehead City Port SornUlyli ? Due tomorrow to load tobacco (or Europe. Santa Maria? Due March 6 to load dry milk for South America. Hochkamp - Due March 7 to load cargo of bag grain for South America. South Star-Due March 12 for tobicco for Europt. | The long-awaited day arrived I Sunday ? the car ferry that will ' ply Pamlico sound, between At I lantic and Ocracoke, arrived at At I lantic. | Special guests have been invited by F. C. Noyes, Sea Level, to make a trial run on the ferry today. Mr. Noyes believes that the ferry might start its regular run about the mid dle of this month. Named the Sea Level, in honor of its owners' home community, the black and white craft is captained by William T. Skittlctharp, former ly of Bridgeton The ferry will be operated by the Sea Levcl-Atlantic-Ocracokc Ferry Co., owned by Dan, William, Alfred and Leslie Taylor, natives of Sea Level. Their father, Maltby Tay lor, was a passenger on the ferry as it came down the inland water way from orfolk. TTie modern black and white craft left Norfolk at 10 a.m. Satur day. Also aboard her were Erby Willis, Atlantic, and Moody Rose, Sea Level. The Ocracoke landing, as well as the Atlantic landing, near I). Mason's store, are ready for busi ness. The ferry, which will carry as many as 200 passengers and be tween 16 and 24 vehicles, was de signed by the Coast Engineering Co.. Norfolk. It was built in the Wiley Manufacturing Company's yards, Port Deposit, Md. Powered by two 450-horsepower diesel engines, it has a 5-foot draft, is 130 feet long and 38 feet wide. Roland Styron, formerly of Sea Level, is chief engineer and Wil liam R. Robinson, assistant en gineer. The ferry will make automobile travel possible between the Car teret mainland and the outer banks and forge another link in (he state's All Seashore highway. The ferry was originally sched uled to start operation on Labor Day 1959, but the steel strike and other factors caused delay in de livery. The schedule of fares for the fer ry has not yet been released. Shotgun Wound Kills J. R.Lewis Capt. J. Rilry Lewis, Marshall berg, died Sunday night of a shot* gun wound at his home. Coroner David Munden said the wound was self-inflicted. Captain Lewis lived with his daughter, Mrs. Reginald Gaskill, Marshallbcrg, and her husband. He has been in ill health and reported ly despondent since his wife's death Jan. 9. Death was caused by a 12 gauge shotgun wound in the upper left chest. The sound of the gun going off after everyone was in bed, wakened Mrs. Gaskill. Captain Lewis was found in his bedroom in his pajamas. He had apparently pulled the trigger of the gun with his toes. In addition to Mrs. Gaskill, Cap tain Lewis is survived by a son, Donald, Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Other survivors were not known, according to Mr. Munden. Funeral arrangements had not been made yesterday, pending the arrival of the son from Fort Lau derdale. Veterans Officer Goes to Capital C. L. Beam, veterans service of ficer, will leave today to attend the National Rehabilitation confer ence at Washington, D. C. He will return Sunday. To be discussed at the confer ence will be terms of the new pen sion law which will go into effect July 1, 1980. Mr. Beam says this law can af fect all world war 1 veterans and widows and will definitely affect all world war II and Korean vet erans, widows and children. Veterans wanting information on their own Individual case should contact Mr. Beam next week. His office is on the second floor of the courthouse annex, Beaufort. County Republicans Attend State Convention Nine county Republicans attend ed the state Republican convention at Raleigh Saturday. Between 1,200 and 1,500 Republican! from throughout the state attended. Carteret's delegation consisted of I. D. Gillikin. chairman a I the county committee, Osborne Davis and Clifford Tilghman, all of Beau fort; James I. Piner, Marshall berg; A. L. Wilson and A. B. Gar ner, Newport: Elmo Wade and Jesse Piner, Williitoo, and Luther Kaithj Atlantic.
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