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?= CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES '?< 49th YEAR, NO. 34. RIGHT PAGES MOREHiSAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY, APRIL 26, 1960 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS Carteret to Become Part of Faster 'Metropolitan Mail Plan Saturday Beginning Saturday, April 30,+ Carteret will become a part of the "metropolitan plan" of the post office department. Purpose of the plan, which has been put into effect in other parts of the country, is to deliver, with in a certain radius, first class mail and newspapers (all preferential mail) the morning after the mail is put in a mail box or the post office. Carteret falls in the Rocky Mount metro district, a section of counties spanning a 200 mile ra dius, according to Harold Webb, Morehead City postmaster. In this county, a mail-carrying truck usually came in late in the afternoon and did not return up state with outgoing mail until the next morning. Under the new |>lan, the truck will come in late in the afternoon and leave again for points west several hours la ter. This will be the practice every day except Sunday. Mail will be picked up at certain mail boxes in Morehead City and at the beach between 5 and 6 p.m. so that it will go out on the truck leaving at 6:40 p.m. Mail boxes to be tapped between 5 and 6 are those at 2209 Arendell, t8th and Arendell, 14th and Aren dell, 9th and Arendell, the Jeffer son hotel and the box in front of the postofficc. At the other boxes in town, a notice on the box will tell the mail , depositor where the mail can be placed to assure its leaving that night. All 16 boxes in Morehead City have mail pick-ups until 2:30 p.m. Only the ones listed above will have a pick-up after 2:30. Mail put in the postoffice itself will*also go out at 6:40 p.m. Deadline for putting mail in there will be an nounced later this week, Mr. Webb said. J. P. Belts, Beaufort postmaster, said yesterday that he had not re ceived final details on dispatches from the Beaufort postoffice. That information will be announced la ter this week. Objectives of the "metropolitan plan," according to the postoffice department, are as follows: ? That every piece of preferen tial mail deposited in an area by t the close of the day (5 p.m.) will be at the delivery office toy the start of the following business day (9 a.m.) if that office is in the same metropolitan area ? Preferential mail posted after 5 p.m. delivered the following day IF possible ? Preferential mail for area out side a metro district to receive "the most expeditious treatment." Baby Dies After Eating Pills Jack Wallace Jr., 18-month-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Wallacc, Beaufort, died shortly after being admitted to Morehead City hos pital Thursday afternoon, appar ently of strychnine poisoning. According to Dr. Luther Fulcher, attending physician, the child ate some pills containing strychnine, while his mother was getting her driver's license in Beaufort. The pills were given Mr. Wallace for low blood pressure. The child was in the Wallace automobile and apparently found the open bottle, which had fallen from his father's pocket. Funeral services were conducted Sunday at 2 p.m. at the Purvis t Chapel AME Zion church in Beau fort by the Rev. I. F. Davis, pas tor. Burial was in Oceanview cemetery. Surviving, in addition to the par ents, are one brother, Donald of the home; the maternal grandpar ents, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Cowan of Beaufort; the paternal grand parents, Mr. and Mrs. Dan Wal lace of Baltimore, Md.; the patern al great-grandmother. Mrs. Rose Wallacc of Fairmont; the matern al great-grandmother, Mrs. Esther ? Stewart of Beaufort; four uncles, three aunts, and six great-uncles. Cars Collide On Highway 70 Two car* collided at 11:35 p.m Friday on highway 70 two hundred yards weat of the highway 24 and 70 intersection No one was hurt. Driving a 1955 Chevrolet was John D. French, Cherry Point. Driving a 1955 Ford was Robert Wallace Godette, route 1 Havelock. Both cars were headed west. According to patrolman R. H. Brown, the Ford signaled to turn left, went half way across the road and then cut back to the right. The I Chevrolet had started to pass on the right. The two crashed. Damage to the Ford was esti mated at $150, to the Chevrolet, *300 to $400. The officers said charges will be filed against both driven. Pine Seedlings ? Free! C. N. Stroud, Morehead City, has just received a supply of pine seedlings from the state nursery. They will be set on his farm R. M. Williams, county agricultural agent, reported to day that loblolly, slash and long leaf pine seedlings are still avail able at the state nursery and that land owners can make ap plication through the remainder of this month if interested. "Available conservation pay ments through the local ACP of fice will just about take care of the cost of setting out pine seed lings on your farm," Mr. Wil liams said. Principal Sends Letter To Junior-Senior Parents Three County \ Stores Entered ; Three robberies netted thieves } almost $150 in the county Saturday a night. q Three stores were entered, Bry- y an's grocery on highway 70 west F of Morehead City, Roger Jones and Colon Guthrie's stores at v Broad Creek. v The robbery at Bryan's occur I red sometime after closing at 6:45 1< p.m. Saturday. Between $25 and a $35 in change was taken from the t] open drawer of the cash register, t: according to Mrs. Fred Bryan. tl The glass in the front door of the store was smashed, then the lock fc turned. e The Bryans, who live at the back 0 of the store, said they heard noth ing during the night. a Although it was thought that $10 s in pennies had been taken from the c Jones store, the money was later p found. A hundred dollars was tak- y en from the open cash register at h Guthrie's. Entry to both places was made by breaking the glass f, in the doors and turning the lock. 0 If merchandise was missing at any of the stores, the owners said ^ they had not discovered what it jt was. a Investigating the thefts are sher- i iff Hugh Salter, deputies Bobby n Bell and Bruce Edwards. a Amateur Radio i Club Organized ; The Bogue Sound Amateur Ra dio club was formed Wednesday - night at the town hall, Atlantic . Beach. The club will meet again at 7:30 p.m. tomorrow at the beach town hall. Thomas O. Kincaid, presi dent, invites anyone who is inter ested in amateur radio. The club will be affiliated, he said, with State Civil Defense and the Races (pronounced Ray-cees) plan? Radio Amateur Civil Emer gency Service. Officers, in addition to Mr. Kin caid, whose call letters are K4 JLW, are Harry G. Williams, vice president, W4GQW; Lester Turn age, secretary, K4HDO; Ray Dan iclson, treasurer, K4HFR; Clyde c Burr Jr., K4TVV, Jack Savage, s Bill Moore, Robert Barts, Robert C Barts Jr., and William Barts. s t Driver Escapes Injury When Car Turns Over o Paul Eddy Waycaster, Cherry ' Point, escaped injury at 4 p.m. Saturday on the Lake road when t the 1960 Renault he was driving a turned over. r According to patrolman R. H. s Brown, the car tried, to take a t curve too fast, went off the road c and turned over. Damage was t estimated at 1400. Waycaster has d been charged with driving faster ( than reasonable and wise under r | existing conditions. I Juniors of Morehead City high chool will entertain the seniors Friday night at the annual ban iuet and dance. The following etter from T. Lenwood Lee, prin ipal, has been sent to parents of 11 juniors and seniors: >ear Parents: The juniors of the Morehead City ligh School will fete the seniors t the annual Junior-Senior Ban iuet and Dance to be held this ear on Friday, April 29, at the tecreation Center. The banquet, beginning at 6:30, /ill be followed by the prom which /ill feature the music of The )reamers of East Carolina Col ege. The parents of all juniors nd seniors are not only invited iut urged to drop by the Recrea ion Center during the course of he evening. The decorations are always ?eautiful and the students are qually attractive on this festive ?ccasion. The dance, which will conclude t 12 midnight, terminates the chool-sponsored portion of the oc asion. No week-end or over-night larties or further activities of any :ind arc sanctioned or approved iy the school. It is a violation of school policy or school personnel to chaperone r attend any further activity. Some very unfortunate incidents ave occurred in the past on Jun ar-Senior weekends. Both parents nd students are urged, therefore, o use good taste and good judg nent if supplementary activities re planned. Students and their guests who ttend the dance will not be per-! aitted to re-enter the building hould they choose to leave before he dance concludes. Please plan to come by the rec cation center for a short visit, at cast, if you possibly can. Sincerely, Lenwood Lee, Principal Historical Group Meets at Site Of Marker ? Sign Marks Location Of Meeting Mouse 9 George Huntley III Wins $50 Bond Centering a program about the historical marker in front of the Tuttle's Grove Methodist church proved to be of more than usual j interest to the Carteret County ' Historical society and guests at their meeting Saturday afternoon. W. S. Tarlton, historic sites su perintendent from the State De partment of Archives and History spoke on the significance of his torical markers. Up to the pres ent time, over 800 historical mark ers have been erected at points throughout the state. They mark battlefields, birthplaces and homes of prominent men and women, as well as buildings and sites where events of historic interest took place. These markers have been the means of stimulating a greater study of the state history, Mr. Tarlton said. Taking as her subject, The Com ing of the Quakers to Carteret County, Miss Annie L. Morton, a direct descendant of one of the prominent Quaker families ? the Stantons, presented a paper cover ing this group of early settlers. She traced the formation of the Society of Friends as founded by George Fox of England in 1652, and this religious sect coming into the Colony of Carolina in the early part of the 18th century. They set tled in the county along Newport River, so named from Newport, R. 1 , the hometown of the Borden and Stanton families. These two men and their fam ilies were the first Quakers to come to Carteret. They became the leaders of the settlement, serv ing in the religious affairs of the people as well as promoting in dustries of shipbuilding, brick making and the products of the forest. Later, Robert Williams joined the group and became activc as a ship owner, merchant and manu facturer of salt from sea water. Built on the site of the old Meet ing House is Tuttle's Grove Meth odist church, a church in the Wire Grass community near Beaufort, for over fifty years. A sketch of the beginning of this church and its service through the years was given by Mrs. F. C. Salisbury. Mrs. Martha Hunnings, age 93, the only surviving charter mem ber of the church was present, as was Mrs. Dollie L. Dudley, who has been a member since 1904. The award of a $50 government bond, offered by the society to any high school student of the county for the best paper on some sub ject of local historical interest was won by George W. Huntley III of Beaufort. His subject covered the history of St. Paul's School of Beaufort. The work shows a most extensive amount of research. The bond was presented by Tucker Littleton, a former teacher in the Beaufort school. A tribute was paid to the late Leon A. Mann of Newport, a mem ber of the society whose death oc curred on April 7. After the program, a service of dedication and tendering of the marker in the care of the church, was conducted by Mr. Tarlton, and accepted by B. A. Phelps in be half of the church. The Rev. James E. Smith, pastor of the church, gave the invocation and the bene diction. During the social hour, the Wom en's Society of the church served assorted cookies and cold drinks. Members of the society and guests numbered 65. F. C. Salisbury, president, presided. Three Carteret Mayors Boom Support for Terry Sanford 'Early Bird' Puts Tobacco in Field Leland Morris, Stella, prob ably can claim the title of being the first to set tobacco out this season. He set tobacco last Tuesday, April 19, according to R. M. Wil liams, county agricultural agent. Mr. Williams says that plants have been slow in reaching the size for transplanting from bed to field. Large plants are scarce and there arc usually only enough of those to set a small acreage at a time. More farmers in the western j part of the county arc expected i to be setting tobacco this week. Ferries to Go On Summer Schedule May 1 Raleigh ? The State Highway de partment announced today that it is placing toll-free ferries on a summer schedule effective May 1, to take care of increased traffic moving to the Outer Banks during the tourist season. The ferries, operating over the Alligator River, Oregon and Hat teras Inlets, normally begin sum mer schedules on June 1. The summer schedule ends Sept. 30. Ferries over the Alligator river will leave Sandy Point each morn ing at 5:30, 6:15, 7, 7:45, 8:30, 9:15, 10, 10:45, and 11:30, and in the afternoons at 12:15, 1 p.m., 1:45, 2:30, 3:15, 4, 4:45, 5:30, 6:15, 7, 7:30 and 8 p.m. until June 15, when additional night trips will leave at 9:20, 10:40, 12 midnight and 1:20 a.m. Ferries leave East Lake headed west at 5 a.m., 5:30, 6:15, 7, 7:45, 8:30, 9:15, 10, 10:45, 11:30, 12:15, 1 p m, 1:45, 2:30, 3:15, 4, 4:45, 5:30, 6 r>, 7. and 7:30. Beginning June IS, night trips leave East Lake at 8:40, 10, 11:20 p.m., and 12:40 a m. The Oregon inlet ferry, operat ing between Nags Head and Hat teras, leaves the north shore at Nags Head, beginning at 5 a.m., and makes half-hour runs through 6:30 p.m. Ferries leave the south shore at Hatteras, beginning at 5:30 a.m., and each half hour thereafter, until 7 p.m. The Hatteras inlet ferry, be tween Hatteras Village and Ocra cokc, leaves Hatteras at 5 a.m., 7:30, 10, 12:30, 3 p.m., and 5:30 p.m., and ferries leave Ocracoke bound for Hatteras at 6 a.m., 8:30, 11, a.m., 1:30 p.m., 4 and 6:30 p.m. A privately -owned toll ferry op erates between Atlantic and Ocra coke, leaving Ocracoke for Atlan tic daily at 2 p.m. and leaving At lantic for Ocracoke at 8 a.m. Fort Macon State Park Gets Ready for Opening General maintenance work Is un der way at Fort Macon state park, readying the park for opening, which will be the first week in June. No new consl ruction work will be started, according to Ray Par due. park superintendent. Sand fencing was done this winter to prevent erosion. Mr. Parduc said attendance for April has been above normal. Many visitors arc flocking to the fort. The crowd was especially large over Easter weekend. bchoes ot the Past Only One Crewman Survived Wreck Of Crissy Wright in February '86 I coiwr B HUIT . 1 D? lb onr ID I SCnCS Of BUHnCII ITIICKI OH Beaufort, providing background for celebration of Beaufort's 251st anniversary celebration in loly). By ALICE H. TAYLOR In all of Beaufort's glorious and 'olorful history, no story has won uch acclaim as the one of the >issy Wright, ill-fated 386-ton ves el. Before this story was writ en, my father-in-law, Mr. Wiley I Taylor Sr., carefully cheeked with some of the eldest residents if the coanty on facts concerning he event. Among those who concur with he facts to be presented below ire Mr. Van Potter, who was car icd to the shore on his father's houlders to watch the bodies irought in . . . Mr. Taylor, also if school age at the time, was at he shore when the Nellie Dey locked ... Mr. Sam Darling . . . ?apt. Dan Yeomans, who was a esident of Diamond City (t the ime . . . and three brothers from Marshallberg, J. K. C.illikm, T. Gillikin. and Capt. Fred GUlikin, who was in charge of the Life Sav ing Station at Cape Lookout when he retired. From these men wc have glean ed the colorful and exciting story of the Crissy Wright. The wind was blowing a gate to the southwest on a cold, Mttcr night in February of 1886. As the three-masted schooner, the Crissy Wright, made its Way up the Coast loaded with guano in the hold and lumber on its decks, the captain lost his bearings and ran aground on Shacklcford Banks opposite Wade Shore. As the sea grew rougher and rougher, the pilot boats were wash ed off the ship, and the crew was powerless to escape. The hours slowly passed, and with tike com ing 01 anouicr nay inc winu suu denly shifted to the northwest, and blew harder than ever. With the gale-force winds came ice, causing one of the worse bliz zards ever to strike this section. At daybreak tbe resident* of Shacklcford Banks sighted the ship. Great excitement and grave concern were felt by the 350 or 400 inhabitants, most of them living at Diamond City. The men im mediately launched a pilot boat and managed to get it to Wade Shore on the inside, or the sound side. After reaching Wade Shore, they carried the boat across the beach to the water's edge of the ocean, hut it was too rough for launching They built a big brush fire to let the crew on the ship know they were standing by to help them when the seas calmed down, and also to keep themselves from freez ing. See CKISSY WEIGHT, Page 1 Committee Organizes, Issues Statement Three of Carteret's mayors, George W. Dill, Morehead City; Leon Mann Jr., Newport, and W. H. Potter, Beaufort, have joined forces to elect Terry Sanford gov ernor. The county Sanford for Governor committee yesterday announced ?*>at it has support of community leaders from Cedar Point and the western part of the county, cast ward to the tip of Cedar Island. The committee is composed of Monroe Gaskill, commercial fisher man of Cedar Island; John Weston Smith, commercial fisherman and cattleman, Atlantic; Charles Har ris Jr., seafood dealer, Marshall berg. Gene Smith. Beaufort attorney; I)r. John Morris, Dr. John Gainey, I)r. W. M. Brady, Morehead City physicians; Rufus Butncr, More head City banker; Dr. Russell Out law, Morehead City town commis sioner; Frank Cassiano, life insur a n c e representative, Morehead City. E. B. Comer, Newport school 'principals; Jerry Garner, Newport i and James W. Young, Stella. The three mayors are acting as the committees top executives. They said that the aim of the com mittee is to emphasize Sanford's views as they affect Carteret. The committee issued the follow- j ing statement yesterday; "Sanford, who owns property and is a taxpayer of Carteret county, has recently spoken out on the lo cation of the proposed bridge cross ing the Newport river between i Beaufort and Morehead City. "Sanford has said that if he is j elected governor and the location of the bridge has not been settled by the time he assumes office, he will exert every effort to see that the location of the bridge docs not block expansion of the Morehead City port. Local interests are committed to a Beaufort Morehead causeway to Crab Point location, which also aeems to be the view of Southern Railroad and almost all interested users and promoters of the port. "Sanford has also taken a strong stand on other highway work, em phasizing the lack of progress in the paving of secondary roads in recent years. Sanford is concern ed, too, with the depressed state of the fishing industry, and the feel ing of the committee is that San ford will speak out on this issue in the near future. "Sanford's views on education arc well known and Carteret is vi tally interested in improvements in facilities and buildings in its school system. "So far, Carteret is the only coun ty to show an almost unanimous support from mayors within the county. If there are any other counties with such unanimous sup port for one candidate, they have not made an official announce ment." Among those who went to Ral eigh yesterday to meet with Mr. Sanford and announce their sup port were mayor Potter , mayor Dill, Mr. Smith of Beaufort, Mr. Harris of Marshallberg, Gaston Smith of Atlantic and Dr. Gainey. Pastor Accepts Beaufort Call The pulpit committee of First Free Will Baptist church, Beau fort, has announced acccptancc of a call by the Rev. Randy Cox. He will replace the Rev. W. A. Hales, who accepted pastorate of a Rich mond, V?., church early this month. Mr. Cox will begin his pastoral duties June 1. At present he is a graduate student at Columbia Bible collcgc, Columbia, S. C., where he is working on a master's degree. He is a graduate of Free Will Baptist Bible collcgc, Nash ville, Tenn. Mr. Cox Is a native of Washing ton, N. C. He is married and has one son. Supply pastor for the past month has been Brucc Dudley of Beau fort, a ministerial student at Mount Olive Junior college. Tides at the Beaufort Bar Tide Table HIGH LOW Tuesday, April 2? 8:40 a.m 8:56 p.m 2:4<i a.m 2:47 p.m Wednesday, April 27 9:21 a.m. 9:35 p.m. 3:21 a.m. 3:26 p.m Thursday, April 28 10:04 a.m. 10:14 p.m. 3:59 a.m. 4:00 p.m. Friday, April 29 1 10. S3 p.m. 10:41 a.m. 4:35 a.m. 4:33 p.m. Terry Sinford . . . rallies support Cliff Edwards To Head Lions Nominations for officers for the coining year were announced Thursday night at the meeting of the Morehead City Lions club. Named were Cliff Edwards for president; Jim McLain, secretary treasurer; Vernon Beasley, first vice-president; Hubert Kelly, sec ond vice-president and George Mi zesko, third vice president. Nomi nated for tailtwister was Joe Col lins and John D. Willis was nomi- 1 nated for Lion tamer. Since there were no additional nominations from the floor the candidates will run unopposed in the club election. Two new directors named were A N. Willis and Owens Frederick. They will serve with directors Jim Crowe and Oscar Allred, who were elected for two-year terms last year. II was announced that the club would travel to Havelock next week to attend the Havelock Lions club meeting and reclaim the jun gle prowlers' award The club is still looking for a building in which to hold their spring clean up and clean-out sale, which is scheduled for the last three days of this month. A letter from the county welfare department was read. It stated that the Lions club had bought five pairs of glasses, for visually handi capped persons, through the wel fare department. 120 Buy Tickets For Dinner By noon yesterday 120 reserva tions had been made for the Great er Morehead City chamber of com merce spring dinner meeting Thursday night. J. A. DuBois, chamber manager, said tickets must be bought in ad vance. Persons who do not buy tickets in advance run the risk of not being seated and perhaps not served, he remarked. The dinner will be at 6:45 p.m. at the Blue Ribbon restaurant. Guest speakers will be John M. Reeves, chairman of the State Ports Authority, and D. E. Stew art of Carolina Power and Light. Mr. Reeves was booked twice be fore to speak to the chamber, but illness and other plans interfered on those occasions. Mr. Stewart is area development manager of CP&L. Tickets for the dinner are avail able at Eubanks' studio, Beaufort, and Hill's and Lcary's in More head City. Funds for Cancer Come in Slowly, Chairman Says Contributions in the Canccr Cru sade are coming in slowly, Earl Lewis, chairman of the crusade, reported yesterday. Returns from the sale of plastic sword lapel pins in Morehead City amounted to $76. No report has been received as yet from Beau fort. Although the drive is scheduled to close Saturday. Mr. Lewis said continuance of the Easter seal drive far into April will probably necessitate continuing the Cancer Crusade next month. Persons may mail check* for Cancer to Mr. Lewis, c/o Belk'i, Hurchcad City, N. C. ? Five Injured In Crash West Of Morehead Five Marines were injured at 11:35 p.m. Sunday in a spectacular crash on highway 70 five miles west of Morehead City. Two cars turned over several times, one of them ending up on its nose with the back end in the air. The injured are Thomas R. Drake, driver of a 1954 Ford; Lar ry J. Bennett, driver of a 1948 Dodge; Thomas N. Matthews, John J. Tierney and Carl R. Boyd, pas sengers, all of Cherry Point. Drake is believed to have a rup tured spleen, according to patrol man R. II. Brown. Bennett suf fered a ruptured spleen; Matthews a cut on the left eye, brush burns and bruises; Tierney and Boyd, numerous bruises on the back and arms. The patrolman said all were thrown from the cars. They were taken to the Morehead City hos pital in the Bell-Munden ambu lance and transferred by Navy am bulance to Cherry Point. Patrolman Brown said both cars were headed west at a high rate of speed. The Dodge attempted to pass the Ford and as he did. ran off on the left, lost control, skidded back to the right and was hit broadside by the Ford. The cars turned over several times, ending up in the woods on the right. In the words of the patrolman, the Dodge disintegrated. The Ford was extensively damaged Charges against both drivers will be pre ferred when the investigation of the accident is completed, the of ficer said. Vandals Enter Museum of Sea Anybody caught tampering with the Museum of the Sea in Beau fort will be taken to court and if convicted will be liable to fine and imprisonment. Grayden Paul, director of Beau fort's anniversary celebration, who has been outfitting the museum, the former sharpie, Alphonso, said that either kids or adults have been breaking into the boat over the past several weeks. One night the interior of the boat was even used as a toilet. On an other occasion the shrouds were untied. Now Mr. Paul has placed iron bars and netting over the win dows and entrance to the boat, and a sign has been posted warning people to keep off. Beaufort police have been alert ed and are making regular checks. On several occasions, Mr. Paul said, they have ordered youngsters away from the boat. Mr. Paul, extremely distressed over the vandalism, said he could not comprehend anyone's having so little respect for community i property. Two Persons Hurt in Crash Two persona wr re slightly injur ed at 11:40 p.m. Sunday when the car in which they were riding piled into a utility pole by Willie Gray's junkyard west of Morchead City. Injured were Dale Edward Trombly, Camp Lcjcune, dirver of the car. and Lucille Peyton, Have lock. They had cuts on the head, according to patrolman W. J. Smith Jr. Another couple in the car suf fered shock and bruises, but other wise were not injured. Their iden tity was not known. According to the patrolman, Trombly was going west on Aren dcll Street and failed to stop at the stop sign at the intersection of highway 70A. He has beea charged with reck less driving and failing to stop at a stop sign. Damage to his 1960 Dodge was estimated at (700 to (800. Coast Guard Refloats Cabin Cruiser Saturday Fort Macon Coast Guardsmen assisted in refloating a 49-foot cab in cruiser that ran aground near Calico Creek Saturday morning. The boat, the S. B. Noruna, own ed by Uka Walter of South Dart mouth, Mass., was refloated by the Coast Guard 40- footer at 9 o'clock Saturday morning. After being pulled off the bottom it was able to continue under its own power.