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TWO SECTIONS TWELVE PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1960
PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
49th YEAR, NO. 95,
Look Out, Mr. Turkey!
News-Times Photo by McComb
“Now they think I’m not going to eat this turkey, but you just wait and see!” Little Don Matthews,
son of Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Matthews Jr., 108 Yaupon Terrace, Morehead City, makes his own Thanks
giving prediction. And if his tummy is as large as his eyes, there will be room for turkey—and then
some. __
Two Defendants Sentenced
To Jail in Court Tuesday
Two defendants charged with en
gaging in a fight, were handed
jail sentences Tuesday in county
recorder’s court. They were Em
mitt Stewart, who drew a six
month jail term, and Wilbur Mc
Daniel, who was given nine
months. Willie May, charged with
the same offense, was not prose
cuted. His case was dismissed.
Other defendants receiving jail
terms Tuesday included James
McDonald, charged with a second
public drunkenness offense within
12 months, and John Noe, charged
with public drunkenness and va
grancy. Each drew six-month
terms. The court also recommend
ed medical treatment for Noe.
Twelve defendants were ordered
to pay court costs for speeding vio
lations. They were Jefferson
Stamps, Everett Lewis Golden,
James Arthur Harrelson, David
Cleveland Jackson, George Savern
Britt Jr., Joseph Earl Iluff, Ivan
Lee Hinton Jr., Jerry Earl Law
rence, Albert Clinton Murdoch Jr.,
Everette Lynn Harper Jr., Thomas
Daniel Maloy and Eddie Monroe
Tootle.
Other defendants, their charges
and the findings of the court were
as follows:
James Cleon Kinnion—Speeding,
not prosecuted.
Joe Lewis Burton—Having no op
erator’s license, not prosecuted.
Joe Baum—Failure to comply
with a former court order, dis
missed.
Kenneth Neil Riggs—Having im
proper lights and improper use of
dealer’s plates, not prosecuted.
Timothy B. Cole—Indecent ex
posure, undressing in public and
swimming in a restricted place,
not prosecuted.
James Brown—Improper regis
tration, no operator’s license and
driving with a revoked license, not
prosecuted.
Herbert Daniels Davis—Failing
Audience Warmly Receives
Play, The Little Minister
Members of the audience were
generous in their praise of the Car
teret Community Theatre’s produc
tion of The Little Minister Tues
day night.
Mrs. D. G. Bell, .a faithful thea
tre-goer, termed it the best play
the little theatre has ever given.
Her sentiments were echoed by
others who extended congratula
tions to the cast after the curtain
call.
Carol Willis, on behalf of the
cast, presented a bouquet of red
carnations to the director, Mrs.
Joyce Lewis, during the curtain
call. Carol played the part of the
, little girl, Effie.
The cast termed the audience
most attentive. Applause indicat
ed that efforts of the theatre group
were appreciated.
In the cast, in addition to Carol
Willis, were Susan Bridgman, the
to comply with a former court or
der, dismissed.
Russell Ward Gaskill—Having no
operator’s license, not prosecuted.
Freddie Franklin Brown—Failing
to comply with a former court or
der, dismissed.
Robert Ellis Ferguson—Failing
to comply with a former court or
der, dismissed.
Dalton Nelson—Failing to com
ply with a former court order, not
prqsecuted.
Maechel Ole Patterson—Having
an expired operator’s license,, not
prosecuted.
James Brown—Driving with a
revoked license, not prosecuted.
Edwin George Helmetag — Fol
lowing too close, not prosecuted.
Willis Elmer Byrd — Speeding,
bond forfeited.
Donald Arthur Innis—Following
too close, bond forfeited.
Michael Boyd Fulcher—Having
no operator’s license, costs.
Selby Anderson Fulcher—Having
no liability insurance, not prose
cuted.
Robert James Johnson—Speed
ing, $10 and costs.
Willie Mosley—Public drunken
ness, not prosecuted.
James R. Howard—Non-support,
not prosecuted.
Elwood Lewis—Assault, not pros
ecuted.
Leslie Eugene West—Having no
operator’s license, not prosecuted.
Lewis B. Carter—Being drunk on
the highway, dismissed.
Don M. McKennon, James Car
roll and Mrs. R. C. Brown—Pos
session of non-tax paid whiskey.
McKennon and Carroll were fined
$25 and costs each while Mrs.
Brown was not prosecuted.
Walter G. Kittrell — Failing to
Stop for a stop sign, bond forfeited.
Leslie Lee Cox—Having no lights
or brakes on trailer, costs.
Vincent Paul Baginski—Speeding,
costs.
Fitzhugh Ernest Wallace—Driv
Rev. Robert Wood, Peggy Holt,
Jean Holt, Thomas Respess, Don
ald Jackson, Dr. M. T. Lewis,
Leonard Lewis, Trcssa Vickers and
Ruth Peeling.
Approximately one hundred per
sons saw the production.
Admission at the door and ad
vance ticket sales totaled $74. Ex
penses include a royalty of $25,
rental of furniture, and other mis
cellaneous expenses. It is estimat
ed that profit will be about $20.
The theatre expressed apprecia
tion to Hill’s store for men, Jim
Mitchell, Mrs. Lula Nelson, Mrs.
Grayden Paul, news media and
all others who assisted in the pro
duction.
In charge of the settings and
makeup was Tressa Vickers; ward
robe, Mabel Roundtree; and
lights, Virgil Lewis. Lillian F. Gul
dens was prompter.
ing on the wrong side of the road,
costs.
Elmer T. Beck—Issuing a worth
less check. The court ordered de
fendant to pay costs and to honor
the check.
Kenneth Russ — Speeding, not
prosecuted.
Vera Sabiston Bell—Failing to
comply with driver’s license re
striction, bond forfeited.
Elizabeth Ola Cannady—Improp
er passing, costs.
James Frederick Sweeney—Im
proper passing, $10 and costs.
Terry PresMn Shit*-—Speeding,
bond forfeited.
Thomas Scott Webb—Speeding,
$50 and costs. Full fine to be re
mitted to defendant upon comple
tion of driver improvement course.
Jesse Nixon—Assault, malicious
prosecution. Prosecuting witness
ordered to pay court costs.
Tommy Rose — Public drunken
ness, bond forfeited.
Dennis Lawrence—Non-support,
one year in jail suspended on costs
and $35 a week to the welfare de
partment for use and benefit of
defendant’s minor children.
Paul Strickland Jr.—Parking on
the highway, bond forfeited.
Howard Craven Cagle—Ijnpropcr
equipment, costs.
James Henry Hendrickson—
Speeding, $50 and costs.
William A. Sheehan — Careless
and reckless driving, not prose
cuted.
R. C. Gaddy—Issuing a worth
less check. Defendant ordered to
pay court costs and to honor the
check.
Nathaniel W. Cox—Public drunk
enness, costs.
Emmitt Stewart — Convicted of
public drunkenness on Oct. 31 and
given 30 days in jail suspended on
payment of $10 and costs. Costs
and fines vacated, since Stewart
is now serving a jail sentence.
See COURT Page 5
Air Coordination Plan
Resumes at Beaufort
In operation at the Beaufort
Morehcad airport again this year
is the direct wire service between
the airport and Cherry Point,
which permits clearance of fish
spotting planes from Beaufort.
The service was established last
year to make flying safe for fish
spotters, since military aircraft
are frequently over water at the
altitudes the spotting planes are
operating.
Marines on duty at the airport
are Sgt. William J. Munnelly, Cap
tain Maag and Captain Nelson.
They are on duty from 5 a.m. un
til dusk. The operation is expect
ed to continue through December.
'Early to Red'
This issue of THE NEWS-TIMES
went to press Wednesday, Nov. 23,
but is dated Friday, the regular
publication date. Therefore, there
are some announcements in it
about worship services taking
place Thanksgiving day.
Scallop Season
To Open Dec. I
• State Oyster Catch
Off 40 Per Cent
# Foodfish Catch Good
So Far This Winter
The scallop season in inside wa
ters will open next Thursday, Dec.
1, announces C. G. Holland, slate
commercial fisheries commission
er.
The oyster catch for the entire
coast is about 40 per cent off this
season. Commissioner Holland
said that Donna is responsible for
killing oysters and causing the
drop. Catches in Carteret are
about normal, however. There are
more oysters in Newport river
than there hOvc been in five or six
years, the commissioner comment
ed.
Price of oysters is high. In Hyde
county they are bringing as much
as $5.50 per tub delivered to the
shucking house.
Catches of foodfish offshore have
been tremendous, the commission
er reported. Catches of gray trout,
croaker and sea mullet slacked
off this week, however, because of
a declining market.
“Thanksgiving week is one of
the worst weeks in the year for
seafood,” Commissioner Holland
remarked. Everybody’s eating
turkey, duck, goose or chicken.
The menhaden boats made ex
cellent catches Monday and have
had a good season so far. But the
import of fish meal and scrap,
competing with American-produc
ed meal and scrap, is reflected in
the amount of money boats are re
ceiving this year.
The menhaden fleet in this coun
ty is about half the number of last
year’s.
The big fish sought by the fac
tories showed up early this month,
on schedule. "There have beer
some years when they didn’t come
into our waters until December,”
Commissioner Holland said.
Five Join Beaufort Jaycees
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The newest members of the Beaufort Jaycees are these five men who were at the Monday night
membership meeting. Left to right, they are Bert Brooks, Ray Willis, Charles Smith, Billy Hardy and
Bruce Caton.
Speakers at the Beaufort Jaycee membership dinner Monday night included William Craft, Kenans
ville, district vice-president; Wiley Taylor, Beaufort, charter member of the Beaufort club; John Ken
nedy, Fayetteville, national director, and Marvin Koonce, past state president and national treasurer.
Five Beaufort men became mem
bers of the Beaufort Jaycees Mon
day night at the club’s member
ship dinner. Accepted into the
club by national director John
Kennedy were Bruce Caton, Bert
Brooks, Charles Smith, Ray Wil
lis and Billy Hardy.
Ten members of the original
Beaufort Jaycee club, founded in
1941, were honored guests at the
meeting. Also attending , were
Refuse from Fish Factories
Threatens New Development
Photo by Bob Simpson
The arrow, lower left, points to the gobs of foam dotting the water at Spooner’s Creek harbor Tuesday afternoon. The receding tide left
the refuse lying on the shore out of view to the left of this photo. In the distance at the right arc fish factories that operate on Bogue Sound.
Auto, Train Collide
At Newport Saturday
A Chevrolet station wagon col
lided with a train at Newport Sat
urday morning on the Johnson
street crossing.
Police chief Dan Bell said he
did not know who was driving the
car, but damage to it, a station
wagon, was estimated at $200. The
train was headed toward Morehead
City. No one was hurt.
The crossing is on a new street
which lead from highway 70 to
West Newport.
Town Manager
Dan L. Walker, Beaufort, has
accepted the position as town man
ager of Long Beach, N. C., a town
eight miles south of Southport. Mr.
Walker returns to Beaufort on
weekends.
members of the Morchcad City,
Kinston and New Bern clubs.
Past state president and nation
al treasurer Marvin Koonce de
livered the main talk. He told
the prospective members that the
Junior Chamber of Commerce is
an organization of young men in
action and urged them to take an
active interest in Jaycee work. Mr.
Koonce was introduced by district
vice-president William Craft.
Wiley Taylor Jr., a charter and
Rotting Fish, Scum Litter
Spooner's Creek Harbor
Refuse from nearby fish fac
tories littered the shore at Spoon
er’s Creek harbor this week, creat
ing a stench that made it almost
impossible for -construction crews
to continue work, according to
Sherman Rock, Beaufort, who with
George Vickroy, Morehead City, is
creating the multi-million dollar
yacht basin, hotel and restaurant
enterprise.
Mr. Rock said that the floating
scum damages hulls of boats, add
ing that his business will be jeopar
dized if such refuse floats against
hulls of yaehts expected to be tied
up at Spooner’s Creek next year
at this time.
The foanT is created by saltwater
life member of the Beaufort Jay
cecs, gave a talk on Jaycee ac
complishments of the past. Clyde
Owens, present president, introduc
ed Mr. Taylor.
Charter members present, in ad
dition to Taylor, were Jim Wheat
ley, W. H. (Piggie) Potter, Charles
Hassell, Graham Duncan Jr., John
Butler, Walter Morris, J. R. San
ders, Ralph Eudy, Halsey Paul and
C. R. Jones.
being whipped through the cen
trifugal pumps which are used to
get fish from the holds of the
boats into the factory. In the wa
ter that goes overboard from the
hold after the pump is primed and
fish moving, are particles of fish,
grass and fish scales.
The tide on Tuesday carried this
refuse west on Bogue Sound along
the shore and into the $100,000 har
bor recently constructed by Mr.
Rock and Mr. Vickroy.
The yellow scum and stinking,
rotting fish particles still lined the
shore yesterday morning. Even
the gulls were no longer attracted
to it.
‘‘That stuff on a hull of a boat
makes it necessary to haul the
boat and do a complete refinish
ing job,” Mr. Rock declared. ‘‘And
if boats are damaged while tied
in our harbor, wc'U be liable.”
He said that three-quarters of
a million dollars has been Invested
to date in the harbor and seawaHs
under construction. At present 25
men arc employed. It is antici
pated that 65 will be on the pay
roll next month when construction
of buildings starts.
Plans are to have the basin in
operation this summer. Total cost
of the finished project is estimated
at $4 million.
Construction work has been un
der way for a year. Menhaden
factories operate only in the fall
of the year, thus fish trash and
refuse did not become an obvious
threat to the Spooner’s Creek en
terprise until this fall.
Although there are methods by
which the creation of such refuse
can be avoided, most menhaden
plants arc reluctant to use those
methods because of the added ex
pense.
Club President Reports
On City Park Program
Mrs. Gus Davis, president of the
Morchcad City Woman’s club,
sponsor of City Park Day next
Wednesday in Morchcad City, an
nounces that ice cream, cookies
and soft drinks will'be served dur
ing the day.
The Morchcad City school band,
under the direction of Ralph Wade,
will play. Topsoil has been donat
ed, Mrs. Davis said. Rose’s store
has donated 18 azaleas. Refresh
ments are being donated by Maola,
NBC, and the Pepsi Cola firm.
Returns Home
Dr. Luther Fulcher, who injured
his hip in a fall at his home in
Beaufort Nov. 13, returned home
from Chapel Hill Tuesday. He
had been undergoing treatment at
Memorial hospital since the day
after his accident. His condition
is reported good.
Tide Table
Tides at the Beaufort Bar
HIGH
LOW
Friday, Nov. 25
1:26 a m.
1:44 p.m.
7:35 a.m.
8:19 p.m.
Saturday, Nov. 26
2:24 a.m.
2:44 p.m.
8:49 a.m.
9:21 p.m.
Sunday, Nov. 27
3:24 a.m.
3:46 p.m.
9:52 a.m.
10:16 p.m.
Monday, Nov. 28
4:24 a.m.
4:46 p.m.
10:42 a.m.
11:05 p.m.
Harrison Horton
To Serve 90-Day
Jail Sentence
A Morehead City man, Harrison
Horton, received a 90-day jail sen
tence Monday in Morehead City
recorder's court after the court
found him guilty on an assault
charge. Horton was also ordered
to serve a 90-day suspended sen
tence that had been handed him
last May. In May the court had
suspended his jail term on one
year’s: good behavior. The two
terms are to run concurrently.
Two defendants forfeited bond
Monday when they were called
and failed to appear. They were
Julius Wilson, Morehead City,
charged with issuing a worthless
check and Vonda Ruth Alligood,
Newport, charged with speeding.
Julius Willis, Beaufort, charged
with issuing a worthless check,
was ordered to pay court costs and
to honor the check.
Theodore Dudley, Morehead City,
received a six-month jail sentence
on a conviction of breaking and
entering the home of Alice Bryant,
1312 Bay St. and destroying per
sonal property. Judge Herbert O.
Phillips suspended the jail term
on payment of $50 and costs and
one year’s good behavior.
Kirby Kafer Wilson, New Bern,
appeared before the court for a
preliminary hearing on charges
against him of breaking and enter
ing in the night time with intent
to commit a felony. Probable
cause was found and the case was
transferred to the next term of
Superior Court.
Bond for Wilson was set at $5,000.
Wilson was also charged with tres
passing at 2101 Bridges st. The
defendant requested a jury trial
and this case was also transferred
to superior court under the same
bond.
Eight cases were continued un
til next week’s term of court.
Frame House
Bums Monday
A two-story frame dwelling on
the Mill Creek road burned Mon
day at 2:30 p.m. The Jesse Lewis
family, who lived in the house, was
not home at the time.
The fire was put out by the New
port fire department. Two beds
and some kitchen furniture were
saved. But only the walls of the
house were left standing.
Firemen said a driver of a bread
truck reported the fire to them.
Taken to the fire was the pumper
and tanker. Lewis, a Negro, works
at a fish factory and has quite a
number of children, according to
fireman Dan Bell.
A smoldering chair caught fire
again Tuesday morning and fire
men were again notified, hut the
fire was of no consequence, Bell
said.
Breaks Ankle
Walter Oliver, 18-year-old Negro
suffered a broken ankle Wednes
day morning while at the R. W
Taylor fish factory west of More
head City. He was taken to More
head City hospital in the Dill am
bulance.
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