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ALL WHO READ READ THE NEWS-TIMES CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES ? 49th YEAR, NO. 19. TWO SECTIONS FOURTEEN PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY, MARCH 4, 1960 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS 90 Passengers Enjoy Trial Run on Car Ferry Tuesday By NORWOOD YOUNG Citizen^ of Ocracoke had their first look at the luxurious auto ferry, Sea Level, Tuesday, and ap parently liked what they saw. "Wonderful!" exclaimed Mrs. Stanley Wahab, "We've waited a long time for this." Said C. F. Boyette: "It's the greatest thing that ever happened to Ocraeoke." Other islanders voiced similar com ments. The Sea Level arrived at Ocra coke around 1:30 p.m., on its first trial run from Atlantic. Aboard were approximately 90 passengers, 11 autos, a station wagon and a pickup truck. There was room for several more cars. For many passengers the journey marked their first visit to Ocra coke. A biting northwest wind kept everyone inside the vessel's two heated passenger lounges during most of the journey. F. C. Noyes, Sea Level, superin tendent of operations, said the ferry was forced to "literally cr eep" through Core Sound, particularly Wainwright channel, because of shallow water. The channel, he said, is supposed to be maintained to a depth of seven feet at mean low water. The Sea Level was drawing only 5^ feet of water, but struck bot tom several times. Noyes said a number of expected minor troubles developed during the shakedown cruise, all of which can and will be corrected without difficulty be fore the Sea Level goes into regu lar service. Ansley O'Neal, operator of the Ocracoke-Atl antic mail boat for many years, served as pilot dur ing the test run. Capt. W. T. Skit tletharp, of Bridgeton, was in com mand. Roland Styron, of Sea Level, was chief engineer, and William R. Robinson, of Sea Level, assist ant engineer. Aboard also was George J. Brooks. Beaufort, en gineer in charge of construction of harbor facilities. Among the guests were Dick O'Neal, state representative from Hyde county, and Wayland Ser mons, state representative from Beaufort county. Owned and operated bf* the Sea Level-Atlantic-Ocracoke Ferry Co., Inc. of Sea Level, an enterprise of the Taylor brothers, the auto terry will soon go into regular ser rice between Atlantic and Ocra coke. Mayor Orders Halt of Services Mayor W. H. Potter ordered Beaufort police and firemen Mon day to provide no services in the areas proposed for annexation. Firemen may answer calls beyond the areas in question, but not in them. Beaufort has an ordinance which permits only town-owned appar atus to be connected to town fire hydrants. The town is basing its action on a restraining order signed Friday by judge W. J. Bundy, resident judge of the third judicial district. Judge Bundy's order enjoined the town from putting into effect its annexation ordinance of Jan. 11, I960. The town authorities in terpret the order as meaning that no town services, such as those that have been extended to fringe areas in the past, shall be con tinued. A crowd at Ocracoke awaits the ferry, Sea Level, as it heads for the island slip on its trip from Atlantic. Photos by Norwood Young ? Willie Willis Rites Conducted At Sea Level The funeral service for Willie Willis, 58, Sea Level, who died in an auto accident Monday night, was conducted at 2:30 Wednesday afternoon in the Missionary Baptist church. Sea Level. Mr. Willis was driving a 1955 Chevrolet which collided with a 1954 Oldsmobile driven by Lionel D. Gilgo, Atlantic, at 6:30 p.m. Monday. According to patrolman J. W. Sykes, Mr. Gilgo said that he and his wife, Emma, were headed west' on highway TO at Sea Level and just as they got opposite the Willis residence, Mr. Willis, who was headed east, made a sharp left turn in front of the Gilgo car. He intended to turn into the driveway to his home. The Willis car was turned around, went back across the high way to the opposite side and head first into a canal. Mrs. Gilgo had cuts on her face and an injury of her left shoulder. Mr. Gilgo had a bruised and cut knee. The Chevrolet was termed a to tal loss. Damage to the Oldsmo bile was estimated at $900. Mr. Willis's death is the first highway fatality this year. There is some conjecture that he may have died of a heart attack, but this could not be established con- 1 clusively without an autopsy. Officiating at the funeral was the ! Rev. Wayne Steadman, pastor of the Missionary Baptist church, as- j sistcd by the Rev. Phil Quidlcy, the Rev. James Lineberger and the t Rev. J. F. Floyd. . Interment was in the Simmons ville cemetery. Mr. Willis is survived by his i wife, the former Carolyn Golden; I one son, Dallas R. Willis; and his stepmother, Mrs. Hettie Jane Wil lis, all of Sea Level; one half brother, George Willis, of More head City, and one grandson. Methodists Will Begin Week-Long Evangelistic Mission This Sunday forty-five hundred members of the Methodist churches in the Morchead City-Beaufort area will conduct revival services in their respective churches Sunday, March 6. through Friday, March II, as the North Carolina Conference-Wide Evangelistic Mission begins. As a part of the conference goal of enlisting 100,000 new commit ments to Christ, services will be held nightly in the local churches. Dr. A. J. Walton, retired profes sor of the Duke Divinity School, will preach at the First Methodist church, Morehead City. Dr. Wal ton, before coming to Duke in 1948 tad a varied ministry. He was minister of several of the largest churches in West Vir ginia and served as superintendent of tlie Fairmont District. He serv ed as dean of Morris Harvey col lege and director of extension and promotion work for the Methodist church. While at Dake he was professor of practical theology and director of student field work, serving -as director of the Duke Endowment Dr. Walton is one of the moat be loved and highly respected minis ters ever to be associated with Duke Divinity School, according to ministers of this area. The revival at Ann Street church, Beaufort, will begin Monday night, March 7, with services continuing nightly at 7:30 through Friday night, March 11. There will be a service of worship each morning from 8 to 8: IS. The guest evangelist at Ann Street will be the Rev. Warren B. Petteway of First Methodist church, Henderson. Mr. Petteway, a young man, and pastor of one of the leading Methodist churches in eastern North Carolina, began his ministry at Swansboro. Music will be furnished by the adult, youth, and junior choirs of the church. The week of special iervices will be preceded by an extensive program of visitation evangelism directed by Mri. D. F. Merrill, chairman of the commis sion on membership and evan gelism and T. D. Eure, chairman of the visitation committee. On Wednesday of this week 22 prayer meetings were held in homes of the church members. W. Eugene Tisdale will preaeh at the aeries of services at the Camp Glenn Methodist church Sun day through Friday each night at 7:30. Mr. Tiadale, minister of Gib son Memorial Methodist church in Spring Hope, is known for his preaching at youth revivals. Assisting Mr. Tisdalc will be the host pastor, the Rev. Jack P. Mansfield and the Rev. Samuel S. Moore, pastor of Franklin Memor ial Methodist church. Special music for the services will be provided by the church choir, the male quartet and guest soloists. Revival services at St. James Methodist church in Newport will be conducted by the Rev. D. E. Earnhardt of Durham. He has served 40 years as a pastor, a dis trict superintendent, a college president, and Army chaplain and is one of North Carolina Metho dism's most popular evangelists. Services will begin each night at 7:30 from Sunday through Friday. The Hariowe Methodist church spring revival will feature the Rev. Vernon Tyson, associate pastor of Edenton Street Methodist church in Raleigh as guest evangelist. Mr. Tyson has an AB degree from Guilford college and a BD degree from Duke Divinity School. He has held pastorates at Oak Ridge Set EVANGELISM, Page 2 Passengers ride in comfortable seats in one of the heated lounges. A Man Called Peter Plays To Full House Tuesday A large and responsive audience saw the Carteret Community thea tre play, A Man Called Peter, Tuesday night at the recreation building, Morehead City. With a cast of 15, the play was one of the largest "regular sea son" productions ever staged by the theatre. Playing the leading role of Dr. Peter Marshall was the Rev. Jack P. Mansfield, pastor of Camp Glenn Methodist church. Mr. Mans field gave an inspired and 'com manding performance as the Pres 1 byterian minister, a Scottish im migrant, who became chaplain of the United States Senate. The role of his wife, Catherine, was sympathetically portrayed by Georgette Beaver, who made her Carteret Community theatre debut as the housekeeper in this season's first production, Angel Street. Johnny Fussell, with pep, and the aplomb of a professional, play-; cd the role of Peter John Marshall, young son of Dr. and Mrs. Mar shall. Lillian F. Giddens, outstanding personality in many theatre pro ductions, again turned in a spark- : ling performance as Miss Judith Bickle. Her timid sister, Jesse, was realistically played by Miss Hortense Boomer, who also direct ed the play. Wayne King returned to the cast of a community theatre production for the first time in six years and gave a stellar performance as Al lan Talbot. He made his debut in One' Foot in Heaven. Senator James Polk, a bluster ing politico, was played by Thomas Respess, veteran of many success ful Carteret theatre plays. Jimmy Wheatley capably portrayed Joe Keating, a wayward youth. Jean Holt lent a comedy note as the independent, lazy housekeeper, Hulda. Bill Davis portrayed the part of Steven Grant, taking at See REVIEW, Page 8 Tide Table mtiitlteBctetB,, high 1:20 . :? ; m , 48 a *??* 5 * " pi ?;*? ? 2 3? . *?"*"? MMnk ? P m 3;0* pm #?? 2 m 3 33,mM-d^ ? * p" IZZiz >*>"? umll Surprise Snow Storm Hits Wednesday Afternoon '? ? 3I- i4 .^w. .,x-;..*-.xJii#3K?i:,v ' mi****. .** .'f! News- Times Photos by McComb Snow put fluffy blossoms on trees in Ann Street chureh eemetery Wednesday afternoon. This is * view of the Ramsey family plot on Ann Street. ? Cars Crack Up As Snow Makes Driving Risky WUle the snow was a delight to many, it brought slippery road con ditiohs and a flurry of highway ac cidents. Five accidents were investigated Wednesday nigtit by patrolman J. W. Sykes. In addition, a couple cars skidded into ditches and acci dent reports on them had not been completed by press time. No one was seriously hurt in any of the mishaps. At 4 p.m. Wednesday, a 1959 Ply mouth station wagon driven by Sey mour Bush, Wolcott, Conn., crash ed into the rear of a 1952 Ford driven by Mrs. Clara Blakeney, route 2, Newport. The accident occurred on high way 24 at the Bay Shore Park de velopment. Both cars were headed cast. Mrs. Blakeney, according to the patrolman, was getting ready to make a right turn when Bush crashed into her from the rear. Damage to the Blakeney car was estimated at $200 and to the sta tion wagon $450. Charges arc pend ing. At 5:55 p.m. Wednesday at the intersection of Mansfield Parkway and highway 70, west of Morehead City, a 1957 Plymouth driven by Art F. Taylor, Mansfield Parkway, was struck in the rear by a 1954 DeSoto driven by Coy T. Wray. route 1 Newport. Patrolman Sykes said that Tay lor had just pulled out of the park way and had started west on high way 70 when the DeSoto came up from the rear and hit him. Damage to the Plymouth was estimated at $350 and to the De Soto, $350. Wray has been charged with driving too fast for road con ditions. At 5:35 p.m. a mile east of Gales creek on highway 24 a 1955 Ply mouth driven by Norman E. Sal ter, Salter Path, collided with a 1959 Mercury driven by Richard Skinger, Concord. See WRECKS, Page 8 Morehead School Announces Science Fair This Month Alton Taylor, science teacher at Morehead City school, announced this week that the science fair at Morehead City school will be held Thursday and Friday, March 17 and IS. This will be the third annual sci ence (air at the school. Pupils in grades 5 through 12 will enter ex hibits. Hie Northeastern District science (air will be held April 1 at East Carolina college in Wright audi torium. Clarence Styron Jr., Morehead City school, now a freshman at Davidson College, was one of the winners in the senior division, bi ological sciences, at the district fair last year. He represented the northeastern tecUm at the state science lair. Drnnis Wade, g, left and Gray Willis Jr., 7, right, Morehead City, built this fine snow man in the Willi* yard on Shepard street, More head City. The snow made crepe myrtle tree* m Ana Street, Beufort, look like fine etchings. It lay heavily on grau and trees bat melted <m streets and sidewalks. Many a batch of snow cream was whipped up in this county Wednes day! Everybody ? grown - ups and young'uns ? enjoyed one of the heaviest snowfalls in years. The snow started about 1:30 p.m. in the Beaufort-Morehead City area and reached down east about an hour later. The flakes, heavy and wet, fell thick and fast until dusk, putting a layer of about 4 inches of white over the ground. After dark, a light warm rain started and by yes terday morning every flake of snow had disappeared. The snow caused postponement of Beaufort's basketball game at Kenansville Wednesday night. The game was rescheduled for yester day afternoon. Although it was cloudy yesterday, the sun broke through frequently. Stamey Davis, weather observer, reported Wednesday s high tem perature at 41 and the low at 31. The temperature at 5 p.m. Wed nesday while the snow was still lulling was 32. Monday and Tuesday's tempera tures follow: High Low Wind Monday 56 46 W Tuesday 53 34 NW The month of February. whicfi ended with Leap Year day Monday brought extremely heavy rains. The rainfall for the month totaled 6Vj? inches, Mr. Davis reports. The heaviest rain, 2.92 inches, fell Friday, Feb. 19, and was fol lowed with another heavy rain of 1.57 inches on Thursday, Feb. 25. The lowest temperature for Feb ruary was 25 degrees on Monday, Feb. 15 and the highest was 65 de grees on Friday, Feb. 19, day of the heaviest rainfall. Hit-Run Case Sent Tuesday To Higher Court ProbaMe cause was found in county court Tuesday in the case against William H. Neighbors and the case was transferred to the next term of superior court. Neighbors was charged with hit and run, careless and reckless driving and drunk driving. He was the driver of a car which hit Ma rine MP Ronald A. Goff while Goff was on duty at another traffic ac cident Friday night near Swans boro Judge Lambert Morris set bond for Neighbors at $500. Eddie Lee Collins, convicted of non-support, appealed his case to the superior court. Bond for his appearance was set at $100. Other defendants, their charges and the findings of the court were as follows: Joseph G. Quirk? Failing to stop at a stop sign, $5 and court costs. Gillcs Jack Vallicres? Speeding, costs. Thomas Adolph Jones ? Drunk and careless and reckless driving. Found guilty of careless and reck less driving only, $25 and court costs. Glcnda Kay Mizelle? Having no operator's license, costs. Louis Gene Osborne? Having no license on trailer, costs. Emma Pearcc Gaskill? No oper ator's license, costs. Larry McComb ? Speeding, im proper operator's license, costs paid. Alexander Godette ? Speeding, $10 and court costs. Harold Eugene Ascue ? Having expired license plates. Not prose cuted. Josephine Pyrthcrch? Failing to stop at a stop sign resulting in an accident, court costs. Obelia Wilson ? Assault. Mali cious prosecution. Prosecutor to pay court costs. Elvin Henry ? Failure to comply with a former court order. Dis missed. Morgan Bell Stewart ? Speeding, $15 and court costs. Eddie Lee Collins ? Failure to comply with a former court order. Dismissed. See COURT, Page 8 Newport Board Orders $10 Water Deposit from Those Renting Homes Newport town board, in session Tuesday night at the town hall, or dered that a $10 deposit be collect ed from all persons moving into rental property where city water la used. The ten dollars will be applied to water rent. If the occupant should move before the $10 for wa ter has been used, he will be re imbursed. The board felt this necessary be came fome renters move in and out of a placc and never pay the I water bill. Juniui Creech, water adminis trator, was authorized to have wa ter cut off at homes or businesses where the water bill Is two months overdue. Either the water is to be cut off or the money collected, the commissioners said. The board also aatborlfed plac ing a lock on the dial of the phone In the town hall. No long distance calls may be diarged to th*t num bcr in the future. This action was taken because some long distance calls have been on the bill, which cannot he traced to anyone au thorized to make them. Commusioner Leslie Bercegeay was asked to determine the num ber of privies in town. Owners will be notified that they have un til March 1, 1961 to get rid of them. CommissUaer Beanie Garner Sac NEWPORT, Pag* t
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