Spanish Pirate Invasion Stole Show Saturday Afternoon
Roddy Kilowatt, alias Charles Grant, Morehead CUy, and a bevy of pretty girls ride the Carolina
Power and Light Co. float in Beaufort's street parade Thursday.
Flying the Jolly Roger, pirates row ashore on Beaufort's water
front Saturday afternoon. In real life, these buccaneers are members
of the Beaufort volunteer fire department.
David Henderson, congressman-elect. left, and Terrv Sanford, North Carolina's next governor, posed
with Grayden Paul, director of Beaufort's anniversary celebration, at a luncheon for reporters Thursday
noon at the Inlet inn.
Miss North Carolina, Judith Lynn Klipfel, is seated on the throne on this float.
Among the 20 boats in the shrimp boat parade yesterday morning
uere the Dickie Boy, above, followed by the Lala G. Boats carried
Beaufort beauty queens of years gone by.
Right prevails and the hiaady invaders are haaled off to Jail. The
men re-enacted the iBTasiaa of Beaafort by Spanish privateer* to
1747.
Boh Hudgins raises the skull and crossbones on the Alphonso after
the captain, Charles Ilassell, was cantured and lashed to the mast.
New?-Tlmoi Photo* by McComb
Mixing it up on Front street, Beaufort, are Spanish pirates and the local militia. Farmer at left rushes
to attack with pitchfork, while farmer, center, is about to have his right leg pulled from under him by
a wrestling pirate. There was a real casualty. Earl Lewis, defending the old home town, got a broken
ankle.
1,600-Ton Cuban Ship Disabled ;
Nine Crewmen Seek Help at Lookout
Nine luoans, in a powered life
boat, came ashore at Cape Look
out at 10:15 yesterday morning,
asking for help. Their ship, the
Cuban M/V Matanzas, was disabled
and at presstime yesterday was
anchored 14 miles southwest of
Cape Lookout with the Coast Guard
cutter Chilula standing by.
The Cubans, who speak Spanish
and some broken English, said they
had an explosion in their engine
room, followed by fire at 4 p.m.
Sunday. They got the fire out at
midnight. Due to prior trouble,
their communications system was
out of order, to they had to come
ashore for help. Twenty-four mem ?<
bers of the crew stayed aboard.
LI. John Riddell. commanding of
ficer of Fort Macon Coast Guard
group, said the Matanzas was in
ballast, en route to Havana from
Baltimore. She's a 1, 600-ton ves
sel. The Chilula left Morehcad City
at noon to stand by.
Beaufort's Spanish invasion was
a mock affair Saturday, but some
have suggested that in view of the
strained relations between Cuba
and the United States, the Spanish
speaking Cubans were launching
an invasion of their own yesterday
on the shores of Carteret county!
Recreation Commission
Seeks Piano for Center
A piano is needed at the More
head City recreation center. Dr.
S. W. Hatcher, chairman of the
recrcation commission, wonders If
anyone has a piano they would carc
to donate.
If so, please contact Dr. Hatcher,
or Fred Lewis, recreation director.
Mr. Lewis can be reached at 6-3345.
Eight hundred attended the clam
bake in Beaufort Saturday night.
Girls employed at the Morehead City Garment Co. (raced their float
Pedal power propelled Deborah Rose and her vehicle aloa* the
parade route.
Local militiamen, summoned from the countryside by boric maa t. P. Harris, nt to (he ntaM to
repel Ike invaders.