:s= CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES
49th YEAR, NO. 42. TWO SECTION8 TWELVE PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY, MAY 24, 1960 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
Greensboro Girl , 74,
Dies in Auto Accident
Fourteen-year-old Susan Moore,'
Greensboro, was killed at 6:15 Sat
urday morning in a three-car col
lision north of the Atlantic Beach
draw bridge. The girl's death was
the fourth traffic fatality in the
county this year.
According to Morehead City po
lice, who investigated, Miss Moore
was in a 1957 Pontiac with five
other Greensboro residents. The
Pontiac, driven by J. E. Leonard,
36, was travelling north across the
bridge.
Police said that Leonard came
up too fast behind a 1960 Studc
baker, driven by Willard Hardy of
Morehead City, and rammed into
the rear of the Studebaker. After
the impact, the Pontiac glanced
to the left, smashing into the
bridge rail and back onto the road
way. It was then hit broadside by
a southbound 1955 Mercury driven
by Willard Lewis, 37, of Broad
Creek.
Riding in the Pontiac, in addition
to Miss Moore and Leonard were
Mrs. Marie Moore, 41, the girl's
mother, Mike Kinney, 17, Betty
Oakes, 16, and George Trogdon,
20.
Both the Pontiac and the Mer
cury were demolished. Police
estimated the damage to Hardy's
Studebaker at $300.
Two Bell-Munden ambulances
took the injured to the Morehead
City hospital. All of the occupants
of the Leonard car were injured,
as well as Norwood and Willard j
Lewis in the Mercury. Norwood,
23, Broad Creek, is Willard's bro
ther.
The dead girl is survived by her
mother, a brother, Frederick How
ard Moore, and a grandfather in
Florida. Funeral arrangements
are being made in Greensboro.
Patrolman E. D. O'Neal Jr., as
sisted in the investigation by pa
trolman J. V. Giaimo, said that
none of the injured was thrown
from the car. The dead girl was
sitting on the right rear seat of
the Pontiac.
The Pontiac skidded 100 feet, pa
trolman O'Neal said, and the Mer
cury skidded 40 feet in an attempt
to avoid hitting the Pontiac. Hardy,
alone in the Studebaker, was not
hurt.
The two officers were patrolling
in the vicinity of the bridge when
they heard the crash. They were
on the scene within 2 minutes.
Mrs. Moore told patrolman O'
Neal that her daughter, Susan, had
recently undergone an operation
on her heart.
Sheriff Hugh Salter, acting as
coroner, impanelled a jury of six
men for an inquest. They are
Wade Bell, Mack Edwards, Arthur
Baugh, all of Morehead City; L.
J. Hill, Jack Sewell and Francis
Arthur, all of Beaufort.
No charges have been filed,
pending outcome of the inquest.
16 from County
Receive Degrees
Among (he 951 students receiv
ing degrees at East Carolina Col
lege's Slst commencement exer
cises in Greenville Sunday were
16 from Carteret county.
Graduates receiving master of
arts degrees were Frederick Lin
wood Broadhurst, Julia Murphy
llcrndon of Morehcad City and Wil
liam Hubert Skarrcn of Beaufort.
Receiving bachelor of arts de
grees were James Bryan Gillikin,
Atlantic, and Clyde Pasteur Owens,
Beaufort.
Receiving bachelor of science
degrees were Harlan Boyd Carra
way, Johnise Abbott Hardesty,
Virginia Taylor Russell, and James
Mcrilyn Small, Newport; Thomas
Leonard Davis and Roy Davis Sty
ron, Davis; Virginia Joyce Ham
met and Clara Creagh Wall, Have
lock RFD; James Wadsworth
Owens and Katherine Theresa
Prytherch, Beaufort; and Fred
? erick Carlton Salter, Sea Level.
Chancellor John T. Caldwell of
North Carolina State college, Ra
leigh, was the principal speaker.
President Leo W. Jenkins of East
Carolina conferred the degrees.
The college chpir presented a pro
gram of music.
Smith Home Burns
Saturday Night
Firemen from Morehcad City's
West End station battled a fire at
the Yancey Smith home Saturday
night, but the house was heavily
damaged before the blaze was ex
tinguished.
The house is located on highway
24 about a mile from the junction
of highways 24 and 70. Firemen
received the call at 10:20 p.m. and
were on the scene about an hour.
Nobody was at home when the
fire was discovered. Very little
was saved from the one story
frsme dwelling. It is not known
bow the blase started.
ASC Office Issues Report
On County Farms for 1959
Court of Honor
Recognizes Boys
In Scouting
Troop <1, Newport, won the par
ticipation award at the recent
court of honor in Bethlehem Meth
odist church, Bogue, and troop 446.
Bogue, won the attendance award.
Council Renfrow, Morehead City,
presented second class ratings to
the following: Steve Wickiier, Jim-'
my Hall, Johnnie Davis, Billy
Chalk Jr., John Chalk, Tom Dix- j
on, Howard Barnum, all of troop
13(1, Morehead City.
Gregory Ferguson, Michael
Mann, Lewis Cutler, George Fish
111, and Tony King, all of troop 61,
Newport.
Dr. R. 0. Barnum, Morehead
City, presented first class ratings j
to Victor Wickizer, troop 130,
Morehead City; Lynnual Triglcth, |
Walter D. Trigleth, Joseph Trig
leth, Neil M. Taylor, Donald W.
Hicock, Roger W. Blakney, Alvis
N. Heath, and Roy T. Cannon, all
of troop 446, Bogue.
Eddie Robertson and David
Bradfield, all of troop 61, Newport.
Presentation of Star rank to Ken
neth Mann, troop 61, Newport, was
made by Joe Tyson, Scout field
executive.
Cecil Sewell, Morehead City,
presented merit badges to the fol
lowing: Fred Davis and James
Simpson, both of troop 201, Beau
fort; Benny Eubanks and John
Scitter Jr., both of troop 130, More
head City.
Harry Drake. Larry Drake, Lew
is Maggiolo, Kenneth Mann, David
Muffleman and David Bradfield,
all of troop 61. Newport.
' GorM C. Willis, Morehead City,
is chairman of the advancement
committee, Carteret district. Boy
Scouts of America.
? Issued last week was the 1959
annual report of the county Agri
cultural Stabilization and Conser
vation committee.
Paid to county farmers under
the ACP program last year, ac
cording to the report, was $18,058.
One hundred thirty-six farms par
ticipated in the program. This
covered 32,457 acres of farmland,
6,250 acres of cropland and 1,510
acres of non-cropland pasture.
The farm practices subsidized by
the government included perma
nent cover crops, rotation cover,
open drainage ditches, enclosed
drains, winter and summer cover
crops.
Four hundred fifteen farms in
the county had tobacco allotments
in 1959. The total acrcagc allot
ment in the county was 1,338.44.
Tobacco was harvested from
1,280.62 acres. The total produc
tion was 1,746,841 pounds. Aver
age yield per acre was 1,364
pounds.
Of the 34 farmers in the county
with cotton allotments, only 12
planted cotton.
The county allotment on wheat
was 143 acres. There is no allot
ment in the county exceeding 15
acres, the report revealed.
Two payments were made in the
county last year under the wool
program, one for shorn wool, cov
ering 6,409 pounds and one for un
shorn lambs covering 24,745
pounds.
Four loans were made for farm
grain storage bins.
Through 1*59, twenty farms had
signed to participate in the Con
servation Rese-ve program, an in
crease of 16 over 1958.
Six "reporters" were employed
by the ASC program to check
farms to see that the farmers com
plied with the federal requirements
throughout the year.
Members of the county ASC com
mittee are Roy Keller, chairman;
Clarence M i 1 1 i s, vice-chairman,
and J. C. Barker. B. J. May ii
the county office manager.
Fifteen ASC committeemen arc
elected annually.
Last Year s Play-Goers
Comment on Production
Bonnie Blue Sweetheart, the his- 1
torical drama based on the life of
Emeline Pigott, returns to the
stage again this year by popular
demand.
The play will be presented Fri
day and Saturday nights, June 10
and 11, in the Morchead City school
auditorium. Curtain time is 8
p.m.
Many verbal commenti in praise
of the production were received
last year by the producers, the
Carteret Community Theatre.
Some of the comments in writing
follow:
From Grovcr C. Munden, More
head City: "Congratulations . . .
on a job well done in presenting
this fine production."
From Mrs. Mary C. Hughes,
Morehcad City: "I would like to
take this opportunity to tell you
just how much I enjoyed 'Bonnie
Blue Sweetheart' ... I wouldn't
have missed it for anything.
"1 think the entire cast gave a
wonderful performance? from the
little tots right on through to the
older ones ... I know that all of
you worked very hard but it was
not in vain? everyone had a very
enjoyable evening."
From Clarke Cole II, Beaufort:,
"The staging was remarkably goad
for an organization which only pro
duces a few plays a year, and the
acting reflected credit both on na
tive abilities of each member of
the cast and on the skill of the
director.
"Heartiest congratulations o n
your success!
"A friend in Charleston, S. C.,
who is a granddaughter of Capt.
Josiah Pender of Beaufort had
hoped so much to bring her daugh
ter up to sec the play, but at the
last moment was prevented from
making it . . . she would have
, been proud of her grandfather as
depicted in the play."
TMea at the Beaufort Bar
Tid? TabU
HIGH
LOW
Tuesday, May ?
7:34 a.m.
7:52 p.m.
1:35 a.m.
1:40 p.m.
WrdaeMtay, May a
8:16 a.m.
8:30 p.m.
2:1S a.m.
2;22 p.m.
Thursday. May U
8:57 a.m.
9:06 p.m.
2:SS a.m.
3:00 p.m.
Friday, May XI
9:39 a.m.
8:42 p.m.
3:38 a.m.
3:36 p-Bk.
r rem w. B. Chalk, Morehoad
City: "I was ou! of town last week
and regretted 1 could not attend
the play ... I have heard from
several sources that it was most
successful and I just wanted to
let you know I was thinking about
those taking part in the play and
hope you were rewarded for your
efforts by the success of the two
performances."
Bonnie Blue Sweetheart will
have this year many members of
the original cast. Miss Hortense
Boomer and Miss Ruth Peeling
arc the directors.
Coast Guardsmen Tow
Outboard to Dock
Coast Guardsmen from Fort Ma
con assisted a 13-foot outboard mo
tor boat Sunday morning about
10:35. The Fort Macon station re
ceived ? message Sunday that the
boat was stranded near buoy 12
in Beaufort inlet due to engine
failure.
The 40-footcr, on boarding duty
in the area, towed the outboard to
a dock at Atlantic Beach. The
boat was owned by R. C. Minnis
of Hillsboro. Two persons were
aboard.
Officers Arrest
Two Men Sunday
Near Beaufort
? Wanted Man, Junior
Branton, Picked Up
? James Oxedine Held
For Drunk Driving
Arrested late Sunday afternoon
on the Gibbs road near Beaufort
were Junior Branton and James
Oxendine, Beaufort.
Deputy sheriff George Smith,
who with deputy Marshall Ayseue
made the arrests, said that Oxen
dine was driving drunk, and with
him in the car was Branton. They
aimost ran broadside into the of
ficers' car. The officers gave
chase and stopped the two.
A warrant for Branton has been
out for more than a week, charging
him with illegal cohabitation with
a 14-year-old girl in Beaufort. The
girl, according to A. H. James,
juvenile judge, has been placed in
a training school.
Branton is also charged with as
sault by pointing a gun at a mo
torist, William White, USMC, Cher
ry Point, Sunday. Deputy Smith
said that Oxendine and Branton
ran other cars off highway 101.
White, according to officers, was
run off the road and gave chase
to see what was the matter in the
Oxendine car. When he did so,
Branton pointed the gun at him,
so he took the license number and
reported it to the sheriff's depart
ment.
Deputies Smith and Ayscue,
meanwhile, had run up with Oxen
dine and Branton. It was later,
after apprehending the two, that
they learned of White's report.
Mr. James, who is clerk of court
as well as juvenile judge, said
Branton ran another car off the
road and the driver of that car
also is expected to prefer charges.
On a warrant sworn out over a
month ago by R. H. Brown, state
highway patrolman, Branton is
charged with hit and run. He al
legedly struck a car near the Har
lowc Methodist church and failed
to stop.
Lad Undergoes
Brain Surgery
Twelve-year-old Charles Rose
Otway, is reported to be recov
ering at Duke hospital follow
ing brain surgery shortly after
midnight Friday. He is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Rose Jr.
Charles was struck on the left
temple with a baseball bat at 1
o'clock Friday afternoon at Smyr
na school. It was reported that the
boy walked into a bat another
youngster was swinging.
Although he got up and seemed
to be all right, he later became
dazed and was taken to Sea Level
hospital. Paralysis of his right
side soon set in and that night the
youngster was rushed by Adair
ambulance to Duke hospital where
an operation was performed im
mediately.
It was reported yesterday that
Charles came through the opera
tion satisfactorily and was making
normal progress toward recovery.
Silver Bay to Make Tar
Heel Cruise in July
The cruise of the research ves
sel, Silver Bay, in Carolina waters,
has been postponed from June to
July 15-Aug. 5, G. B. Talbot, di
rector of the US fishery laboratory,
Pivcrs Island, announced this
week.
Persons who would lika more in
formation on the Silver Bay's plans
are invited to contact Mr. Talbot,
PA8-3281.
Proclamation Signed
?. N. William, rUkt, chairman of dairy mouth, samples a flaw
of GoMaa Guernsey milk produced oa the Open Ground* Farms war
Beaufort, while Maaca Howard, chairman af the county hoard of
riMMlialirim. ii|u a dairy ? th >rwla?ailn?
Skin-Diver Drowns While
i . \
At Cape Lookout Sunday
To Attend Boys, Girls' State
Beaufort high school girls and boys who will attend Boys and Girls' State are David Jones, Kddie
Taylor, Charles Hassell, Ginny Lewis, Sheron Wilkinson and Sandra Whitehurst. Eddie and Sheron are
the alternate delegates.
Petitioners Attend Highway
Hearing in Beaufort Thursday
Committee OK's
Harbor Funds
Sen. Everett Jordan announces
that the House Appropriations
committee approved Friday $942,
000 of the cost of deepening the
harbor at Morehead City.
1 The total amount needed to deep- j
en the harbor to 35 feet is estimat
ed at $1,197,000.
A portion of that, already ap
propriated, has enabled the let
ting of a contract. The successful !
bidder was the Gahagen firm of
New York, which expects to have
the dredge, Peru, start on the job
June 7.
| Shoaling outside the harbor has
been creating problems lately.
Depth beyond the bar is 26.6 feet,
I almost 6 feet less than the author
ized depth. Mayor George Dill
says efforts are being made to get
a hopper dredge to do emergency
work on the channel leading into
the harbor.
Cars Collide
Near Morehead
Two Morehead City residents
were involved in an auto accident
at 4:15 p.m. Sunday on highway
70 just outside the Morehead City
town limits.
Charles McNeill was travelling
west in a 1956 Ford ranch wagon
and was being followed by Doug
las West Jr., who was driving a
1959 Pontiac.
Highway patrolman J. W. Sykcs,
who investigated, said traffic was
stopping and starting and at one
point West failed to stop, hitting
the rear of the Ford.
Mrs. Charles McNeill and Gcor
gina McNeill, passengers in the
Ford, were treated for cuts at
Morehead City hospital. Damage
to the Ford was estimated at $200
and to the Pontiac at $250.
Five Countians
Finish Training
At Cherry Point
Five Naval apprentices from this
county received graduation ccr- 1
tificatcs recently from Brig. Gen.
R. K. Rottct, commanding gen
eral of Cherry Point air station.
They are James H. Gurganus,
aircraft instrument mechanic;
William L. Pcllctier, machinist;
Paul M. Smith, aircraft initrumcnt
mechanic, all of Newport; Mclvin
C. llunnings and Louis J. Noc,
aircraft electricians, both of Beau
fort.
Daring their four years of class
room and on-the-job training, ap
prentices were schooled by skilled
mechanics.
Apprentice trainees are paid an
hourly wage rate during the time
Ithey axe in training.
Three road requests were pre-<
scntcd to state highway officials
who held a hearing in the court
house, Beaufort, Thursday after
noon.
Representatives of the Beaufort
Parent-Teacher association appear
ed to inquire about the possibility
of the main highway through Beau
fort by-passing the school.
They were Mrs. L. J. Klein,
president; Mrs. Clarence Guthrie,
Mrs. Claud Wheatly Jr., Mrs. Nor
wood Young and Mrs. Lockwood
Phillips.
C. W. Snell, division engineer,
suggested that they file a petition
with him relative to the matter.
John Mason, representing resi
dents of Craven avenue. Highland
Park, asked that the street be
hard-surfaced. Mr. Mason was
advised that the state would do the
hard-surfacing if the property own
ers paid $1 per square yard.
W. II. Potter, maypr of Beaufort,
urged the state to do the paving
on Craven avenue, but at the same
time told highway officials that
their willingness to pave streets at
$1 per square yard makes it diffi
cult for town* to expand because
towns cannot do the paving at the
same cost as the state.
Robert Sutton, resident on a road
between highway 70 and the Coun
try club road, west of Morehead
City, appeared to inquire whether
he would have access to the new
dual lane highway to be placed
west of Morehead City.
He was assured that there would
be access points for all residents
living or having businesses along
the present highway.
Officials at the hearing, in addi
tion to Mr. Snell, were Ray
Franks, assistant division engi
neer; Heber Gray, district engi
neer, Kinston; C. Y. Griffin, dis
trict engineer, New Bern, and J.
L. Humphrey, county road super
intendent.
Two Cars Collide
East of Beaufort
Tray Goodwin, Cedar Island,
was charged with [ailing to yield
the right-of-way early Sunday
night when he was involved in an
accident eight miles <;ast of Beau
fort on highway 70.
Goodwin, the patrolman said,
was attempting to pass Thompson
at the time.
Patrolman J. W. Smith said
Goodwin, in a 1858 Ford converti
ble, ran into the rear of a 1950
Ford driven by Melvin Thompson,
route 2 Beaufort.
Damage to 1 hompson's car was
estimated at $100 and damage to
the other car at $250.
fa Political Committees
Ads relating to Saturday's pri
mary, and candidates in that pri
mary, must be in THE NEWS
TIMES office by 9 a.m. Wednes
day. In order to meet deadlines,
no ads can be accepted after that
time, Lockwood Phillips, publish
er, empiwaued.
Parade Will Start
At 2 Saturday
Highlight* of Armed Forces
Appreciation Day Saturday will
bo a parade at 2 p.m. in More
head City and a display of mili
tary equipment in Beaufort on
the Dey property on Front Street.
Participating in the parade
will be military units from this
area. Boy and Girl Scouts and
representatives of civic organiza
tions. Armed Forces Apprecia
tion Day is being sponsored by
Beaufort and Morchcad City
merchants.
Coast Guard units in the More
head City area and the Marine
Corps at Cherry Point n.'ld open
house Saturday in observance
of Armed Forces Day.
? Pfc. Don Watkins, USMC, Cherry
I Point, drowned late Sunday morn
ling at Cape Lookout. Watkins,
who was between 19 and 21 years
old, was skin-diving at the time.
With him was his brother-in-law,
Cecil Gordon Morris, 1627 Robin
son Dr., Jacksonville. Morris told
deputy sheriff George Smith that
he and Watkins left Jacksonville
Sunday morning, went to Harkers
Island and rented a boat to go to
the cape.
He said that they stopped at the
site of an old wreck within the
hook of the cape and swam there
awhile. Then they went to the
breakwater.
They put on their skin-diving
gear and went down to look for
flounder. Morris said. He related
that Watkins and he were swim
ming together. Watkins slightly to
the left and back of him.
Morris said that he looked back
on one occasion and Watkins
wasn't there. He estimated the
time at after 11 a.m. He looked
for the missing swimmer, couldn't
find him, then went to the boat.
As he looked over the water, he
saw Watkins' air tanks float to the
surface. He went to the place
where the tanks were and dived,
but couldn't find Watkins
He called to some skin-divers on
the shore to help h;in A Coast
Guard boat came by and that was
hailed. The Coast Guard helped
search and the body was located.
Morris estimates that 35 minutes
elapsed from the time he missed
Watkins until the body was found.
The Carteret sheriff's depart
ment was notified Sheriff Hugh
Salter said when he got word, it
was thought that Watkins might
be revived. A helicopter was sent
from Cherry Point to take him to
the Marine air station hospital, but
Watkins was beyond saving.
Morris told deputy Smith that
Watkins had a "blue place" over
his left eye. It is surmised that
he may have swum into a rock or
sustained some other type of acci
dental injury.
Sheriff Halter said he is expect
ing an autopsy report from Cherry
Point this week.
Almost a year ago to the day
another skin diver drowned in this
area. On May 27, 1959, Thomas
A. Gardner, 19, Smithfield, drown
ed at Shackleford Banks while
skin-diving.
B&PW Club Will Install
Officers at 7 Tonight
Officers of the Carteret Business
and Professional Women's club for
1960-61 will be installed at 7 o'clock
tonight at the Rex restaurant.
Plans will be made to attend the
state convention at Blowing Rock.
A Carteret club member, Mrs.
Marshall Ayscue, is running for
state treasurer of the club. State
officers will be elected at the con
vention.
Pastor, Family Leave
For Virginia Parishes
The Rev. A. M. Daniel and his
family, Wildwood, left yesterday
for Virginia where Mr. Daniel will
serve four churches near Louisa,
Va.
Sunday was Mr. Daniel's last
Sunday in Wildwood Presbyterian
church. Mr. Daniel wrote the fol
lowing farewell letter:
"When I first came to Carteret
County to serve five years ago, I
was told that if 1 ate some conch
soup I would never want to leave,
or if I did, 1 would return. Mrs.
R. H. Guthrie gave me some after
a few months here, and I have
eaten some every year since.
"Now 1 don't know if it was the
conch soup or the warm friendship
and love of the people here that
makes me sad about leaving Wild
wood community and Carteret
County. My time here has been
an enjoyable one, and I hope the
prediction of being drawn back will
come true.
"We want to thank everyone, our
neighbors here at Wildwood and|
all over the county, for the won
derful way they have received us;
first, myself, then Faye, and last
but not least our little daughter,
Deborah. The two above-named
! ladies wish to especially express
their thanks to the nurses in the
i maternity ward of the Morchcad
I hospital for their kind and unself
ish service.
"A special joy I experienced was
the working together of all the
ministers and denominations in the
county in the Ministers' associa
tion and on the Migrant Ministry
program.
"I am especially interested in
this important work and hope ev
eryone in the county will, through
their unselfish giving of time and
money, support the migrant min
istry couple this year, the Rev. and
Mrs. John Alexander, and the
chairman of the committee, the
Rev. Ralph Fleming.
"Another very worthwhile pro
gram of the county which meant
a great deal to me is Uie Scout*.
The Carteret District is doing a
great work under the chairman
ship of Dr. Sam Hatcher, but to
grow both in number and influence
they need everyone's interest and
aid.
"The Scouts of today will be the
leaders of tomorrow in our church
es, community, nation and world.
Their leadership tomorrow de
pends on our leadership today.
"Thanks again for a wonderful
five years in your county. You
will always be in our hearts and
prayers.
The Rev. and Mrs. AI Daniel
Census-Taking
Nears Finish
Mrs. L. 1. Klrin, census chief in
this arc*, reports that all "mop
up" work on the 1960 census is ex
pected to be finished by the end
of this week.
Mrs. Klein thanks the public for
their cooperation in the census.
She termed the cooperation "good"
and praised the enumerators for
their work.
Twenty-one enumerators worked
in the county during the first phase
of the census-taking. Mrs. Klein
said 16 were working during the
second phase in Carteret and parts
of four other counties.
The second phase consisted of
follow-ups on households which had
received blue forms on which more
detailed information was requested.
Although Mrs. Klein says she
does not expect to be working on
the 1970 census, she enjoyed her
work as census chief this year.
Kire Put Out
The Beaufort fire department
was eallcd to extinguish a grass
fire near the airport Saturday
afternoon. No damage was report
ed.