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CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES ■<*
49th YEAR, NO. 101.
TWO SECTIONS
sixteen Pages
MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1960
PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
Wreck Severs
Head from Body
Of 7-Year-Old
# Accident Happens
Thursday at Harlowe
'• Driver Charged With
Manslaughter
A 7-year-old Negro boy, Edward
Ray Gaskiil, was decapitated at
4:30 p.m. Thursday at Harlowe
when a car, out of control, left
highway 101 and shot into a yard
' where the youngster was playing.
Patrolman Nathan Robinson, who
investigated, said the car, driven
by Cpl. Cebren F. Pack, Cherry
Point, knocked the boy 39 feet,
hit a three-quarter ton pickup truck
and shoved it a distance .of 30 feet.
He said he could not state defi
nitely what caused the child’s head
to be completely severed from the
body. The driver was charged with
driving drunk, careless and reck
less driving and manslaughter.
The patrolman quoted Pack as
saying that he had had two beers,
was going toward Beaufort at be
tween 50 and 55 miles an hour and
was lighting a cigarette when ashes
fell down his shirt. As he was try
ing to get the lighted ashes out
of his shirt, he lost control of the
car, he told the officer.
Pack, who lives on route 1 Have
lock, was driving a 1954 Mercury.
It left the highway on the right
side on a straight stretch of road,
traveled some distance, moved
sideways and forward across to
the left of the highway almost a
hundred feet, left the highway
on the left, hurtled ahead 123 feet
more and struck the child who was
playing with his cousin in the drive
way of Walter Harkley’s house.
See WRECK, Page 7
Moose Announce Yule
1 Dinner, 7:30 Tonight
Members of the Morehead City
Moose lodge will celebrate their
seventh anniversary with a dinner
at the Moose home, Atlantic Beach,
at 7:30 tonight. All members and
their ladies are cordially Invited.
The lodge promises an outstand
ing program and dinner. The event
will welcome new members and
their wives, as well as honor mem
bers who have obtained the higher
‘degrees of the order.
Mrs. Philip K. Ball Heads
County Heart Fund Council
Mrs. Philip K. Ball of Morehead
Cits' has been named chairman of
the Carteret County Heart council
by Eric Korosy, field director for
the North Carolina Heart associa
< tlon.
Mrs. Ball, a native of Morehead
City, is active in civic and religious
work. She is secretary of the Gar
den and Civics Department of the
, Woman’s club, has served as presi
dent of the department and of the
American Legion auxiliary.
She serves on the bishop’s com
mittee of St. Andrew’s Episcopal
t church, where she is a member.
She is a past president of the
Episcopal Churchwomen and was
the first organist and choir direc
tor.
Mrs. Ball and her husband, who
is the county surveyor, have lived
in Morehead City since 1944. Prior
to that they made their home in
Washington.
The new chairman has three
i children, Mrs. Graham Elliott of
Washington, Mrs. Alec Bonner of
Irving, Tex., and Bill Baugham of
Morehead City. She also has five
grandchildren.
Donations to the heart fun<j,
checks for memorials and other
Agriculture Leaders Continue Try
To Improve * Legion s 'County Fair
October minutes of the County
Agricultural Workers council,
which pertain to the annual Ameri
can Legion fair, Beaufort, were
ordered sent to C. L. Beam of the
American Legion when the council
met last Thursday afternoon at
the postoffice building, Beaufort.
A letter was to be sent accom
panying the minutes. The minutes
specified that a meeting be held
with Legion representatives to dis
cuss the type of program the fair
puts on.
Mrs. David Beveridge, member
of the council and vocational home
economics teacher at Beaufort
school, read a letter giving the
amount of prize money paid on
winning booths and exhibits at the
fair in Beaufort county.
According to -the counci), the
prizes are considerably higher
than those paid at the Carteret fair.
She stated that in the case of one
booth at the Carteret fair this year,
the premium paid by the fair was
not enough to cover the cost at
1 Traffic Island Built
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News-Time* Photo by McComb
The traffic island above, erected during the past week, is located on Cedar street, Beaufort, at Live
Oak. A reminder of where motorists might land, if they don’t heed the traffic signs, appears in the
background.
Town Considers Resumption
Of Court Headed by Mayor
Choral Club
To Give Program
The Choral club of Queen Street
high school, Beaufort, under the
direction of Miss E. E. Vines, will
present a Christmas vesper service
Sunday at 4 p.m. in the school
auditorium.
The vesper service will be di
vided into two sections. The first
part, entitled The Coming of the
King, will include the following
selections:
The Lord’s Prayer, Marlotte;
Christmas Lullaby, Mozart; Sheep
May Graze, Bach; Silent Night,
Seymour; Angels We Have Heard,
French carol; Go Tell it on the
Mountain, spiritual.
The second part of the music,
Adventures in Caroling, will in
clude:
Echo Carol, German; Ukrainian
Bell Carol, Leonvitch; The Bells
of St. Mary’s, Adams; Hark to Hie
Angels, Hungarian; The First Noel,
Englttb; Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desir
ing, Bach; 0 Holy Night, Adams.
The public is cordially invited to
hear the Christmas music, an
nounces Miss Vines.
Mrs. Philip BalB
... accep* position
gifts may be mailed to jjlrs. Ball.
There will not be a heart fund
drive, according to present plans.
Collection of funds for the heart
association will be a yeaiSfround
process.
crepe paper used at the booth. '
Mrs. Beveridge stated (hat if the
premiums were not raised by the
next fair (assuming there will be
one), her home economics depart
ment would not participate.
The council asked Rs secretary
to request a reply to its letter
from Mr. Beam, who the council
says is head of the Legion. It was'
suggested that several Legionnaires
meet with the council in January
to work out reorganisation of the
fair program.
R. M. Williams, coasctf member
and agricultural- agent, reported
on the Dec. S meeting of county
commissioners and Mr. Beam. Mr.
Williams attended the wanting and
stated then that therg- ahould be
a new and better fair program and
"better timing.” AgricuJtMral lead
ers said they were not notified un
til a week before this year’s fair
that there was going to be a fair
and that they would be expected
to put on their usual exhibits and
get farm people to exhibit. ' "
Mr Williams told tbo
’ Beaufort town commissioners dc-4
cidcd Monday night to look into the
possibility of resuming mayor’s
court.
Mayor's court is not the same as
the recorder’s court, which the
town operated several years and
then discontinued. Claud Wheatly,
town attorney, described it as
somewhat like a justice of the
peace court, with the mayor as
presiding officer.
The town did away with mayor’s
court when it entered on the re
corder's court plan. When that
proved too expensive, the town
sent its cases to county recorder’s
court where it received, by agree
ment with the county, a portion of
the court costs levied.
The court subject arose when
mayor W. H. Potter read a letter
from Odell Merrill, clerk to the
county board of commissioners,
which stated that the county decid
ed that after July 1, 1960 it would
no longer split court costs with the
town.
The attorney said statute permits
the county to withdraw from the
arrangement just as it likewise
permits the town to withdraw it
it wishes.
The board requested the clerk,
Ronald Earl Mason, to look up rec
ords on mayor’s court and report
to the board at a later meeting.
The board approved purchase of
two citizen band radios for the fire
department. The cost, $275, is to
come from the fire department
budget. Dr. David Farrior,. fire
commissioner, said the radios
could be used by the street depart
ment too.
Fireman Frank Lewis, who at
tended the meeting, said the towns
of Bridgeton and King use citizen
band radios in their fire depart
ment.
The board authorized purchase of
a six-cylinder four-door police car
from Parker Motors. The clerk
presented informal quotations from
three dealers.
Mayor Potter, disgusted because
the county has declined his invita
tion to “restore and maintain” the
dump on Lennoxville road as it
should be, asked the board to or
der that the gate across the road
be moved back from the Lennox
ville road to the point where town
trucks dump trash and open the
area now closed.
After concluding that the town
dumps trash in the area by consent
only of private property owners,
commissioners made no move to
comply with the mayor’s sugges
tion.
The clefk reported that residents
on Pollock between Broad and Ce
dar have expressed interest in hav
ing the street pavedr The petition,
See BOARD, rage 1
the county board made no decision
as to the fair, but that Luther Ham
ilton Jr., county attorney, was to
bring county regulations regarding
the fair and licensing of carnivals
to the next meeting.
The conned elected officers. B.
J. May was elected president, to
succeed Howard Garner: Mrs. Bev
eridge was- elected secretary, suc
ceeding David Warrick; Mr. War
rick was elected vice-president,
succeeding Mrs. Joe Chytka.
A review of this year’s work was
compared with the goals that had
been set. Suggestions were made
on-improving the council program
for lMt.
Mrs. Rosemary Lockard, home
economics teacher at Morehead
City, replacing Mrs. Chytka, was
welcomed to the council.
I. M. Bobbins was welcomed
back to the council meetings after
being absent due to illness.
Present, in addition to those
mentioned, were Maynard Owens,
Miss Evelyn Henderson, Mrs. Floy
Garner, and Mrs. Ruth Tutterow.
Hunt Continues
For Missing Man
Still missing at press time yes
terday was L. Hugh Marshburn
Jr., 42, of Carolina Beach, brother
of Mrs. John Bordeaux of More
head City. Since early Friday,
planes, boats and skin divers have
been searching Snow’s Cut, on the
inland waterway near Carolina
Beach, and the surrounding area
for the missing man.
Mr. Marshburn was last seen
about 11 p.m. Thursday as he drove
away from his office in Wilmington
in the direction of his home. Of
ficers believe his car left the high
way and plunged into the water at
Snow’s Cut. They have confined
their search mainly to that area.
A woman resident reported bear
ing a splash shortly before mid
night Thursday and, coupling that
with other evidence at the scene,
officials have concluded that a car
definitely went into the water.
The missing man is 5 feet 10
inches tall, weighs 165 pounds and
has close-cropped grey hair. He
wears dark-rimmed glasses. When
last seen he was wearing a white
shirt, bow tie, gray trousers and
a red corduroy jacket.
His car is a 1955 Chevrolet sta
tion wagon with blue bottom and
cream top. The car carries a Caro
lina Beach firemen’s license, num
ber 4, on the front and 1960 North
Carolina license, UA-552, on the
rear.
Ted Hall House
Burns Monday
Both the Beaufort and Morehead
City fire departments have been
kept busy this week with a rash
of fire alarms.
The alarms started Monday night
when the Morehead City West End
station was called out in the snow
storm to extinguish a house fire
at the residence of Ted Hall on
Highway 70 next to the Blue Rib
bon restaurant.
The cause of the fire is unknown
although it apparently started in
the living room and by the time
the alarm was turned in, had
spread upstairs and into the roof.
Firemen were on the scene near
ly two hours, battling the blaze
which pretty well gutted the house.
Smoke apd water damage was al
so high, according to fire chief
Lindsey Guthrie.
Morehead firemen were called
out again Wednesday morning
when fire broke out at the Ocean
Oil Co., west of town on Highway
70A. The fire apparently started
in the insulation of a wall Of the
office building. Firemen were on
the scene and bad the blaze ex
tinguished in 30 minutes. Only mi
nor damage was reported.
On Tuesday night the Beaufort
fire department answered an alarm
at the apartment house at Front
and Fiilford streets. An electrical
short had started a minor blaze
in one of the apartments. The fire
was extinguished in less than 15
minutes. Damage was slight.
Woodmen to Celebrate
Christmas at 7 Monday
Woodmen of the World, Camp
188, Morehead City, will have its
Christmas 'party at 7 p.m. Mon
day at the lodge hall. Members
and their families arc invited.
. There will be gifts for the chil
dren, refreshments and carols.
Santa, will pay a visit at 8 o’clock.
A 12-gauge automatic shotgun will
also be given away.
Money raised from the shotgun
project will be used to pay cost
of repairing toys for needy chil
dren and to pay for Christmas par
ties at 19 orphanages throughout
the state.
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Judge Upholds Order That
Stopped Removal of Cattle
Jurors Named
For Civil Court
Next Month
Names of the following county
residents were drawn Tuesday for
jury duty in the Jan. 16 term of
civil court:
Morehead City—Carl Gunnerson,
Eugene Edwards, Ethan Davis Jr.,
J. A. Durham, John Tillery, Joe
Earl Roberts, Eugene D. Lampley,
Ronal Earl Willis, Edward L. Mc
Lawhorn, Shirley Meadows Scott,
Lucy K. Wade, Robert I. Barts,
Plymouth Willis, James B. Macey
Jr., William L. Yeager, J. C.
Haney, S. D. Weeks.
Beaufort—Clinton T. Lewis, Mar
vin G. Taylor, Henry Kirk, Regi
nald Gillikin, Adrian L. Gillikin,
Joseph L. Goodwin, Peter C. Beam,
Charlie S. Smith, Roy Keller, Mar
garet S. Davis, Ralph L. Phillips,
Ralph Kittrell, Jack O. Chadwick,
Robert M. Lewis Jr., Dan Smith,
Ethel Davis, James Stewart, Mar
garet S. Simpson, H. I. Carraway,
John S. Johnson, Guy Edwards,
Roland F. Salter, Alton Cole, Theo
dore Willis.
Newport: Robert Thomas Adams,
Edward C. Nelson Jr., Luther Ed
ward Turner, W. J. Hardesty, Asa
Mann, Albert Cannady, C. L. Mc
Cabe, Andrew J. Hunter.
Harkers Island—Charles W. Han
cock, Waiter Yeomans Jr., John
nie A. Willis, Garrison Gray Lewis,
Charlie Nelson, George Perry Wil
lis, Allen Moore, Dallas Guthrie.
Atlantic—Mrs. Katherine C. Da
vis, E. V. Morris, Ben B. Salter,
John Stewart MacCormack, Jordan
Mason, Lloyd H. Mason, Ira S. Mor
ris Jr.
WUliamston—T. C. Willis, Gray
den Paul Fulcher.
Marshallberg—Earl D. Johnson,
Elwood R. Willis.
Davis—Charlie Willis, Edna Bell
Piner, Violet Lane Styron.
Salter Path—Joseph Zajac; Mcr
imon—William R. Wallace, J. H.
Wallace, Virgil M. Tosto.
Gloucester — Lela R. Lcffers;
Straits—Ben T. Watson; Sea Level
—James Styron; Stacy—Ross Har
ris; Lola—Woodrow Daniels.
County commissioners met in
special session Tuesday at the
courthouse to draw the jury.
Theatre to Give
Play Again
Members of the Carteret Com
munity theatre agreed at their
meeting Wednesday night to pro
duce The Little Minister again un
der sponsorship of the Carteret
County Shrine club. Proceeds, after
expenses, will be split 50-50. The
Shrine club plans to give its share
to the Shrine crippled children’s
hospital.
The Little Minister was given
last month. The theatre lost $5.02
on the production, according to
Mrs. Earl Holt, treasurer.
Tbe play will be given next
month, the date to be announced
when the leading lady, Mrs. Mer
ritt Bridgman, recovers from a
broken foot.
The Little Minister will be con
sidered the theatre’s second pro
duction this season. Portrait in
Black is scheduled for the third, to
be given in March.
Mrs. Tressa Vickers, president,
presided at the meeting in the
Morehead City recreation building.
The Rev. Robert Wood and Donald
Jackson, Morehead City, were wel
comed as new members.
Beach Mayor Hears Four
Cases Tuesday Night
Four cases were heard in Atlan
tic Beach mayor’s court Tuesday
night at the town hall.
Four defendants, all from Camp
Lejeune, were found guilty of dis
turbing the peace. The mayor or
dered them to pay costs. They are
Eugene L. Knutson, William Evans,
Arthur C. Smith Jr., and Robert
J. Leaper.
Tide Table
Tides at the Beaafort Bar
HIGH ' LOW
Friday, Dec. it
6:09 a.m. 12:43 a.m.
6:32 p.m. -
Saturday, Dec. 17
6:57 a.m. 12:48 a.m.
7:24 p.m. 1:35 p.m.
Sunday, Dec. 18
7:46 a.m. 1:40 a.m.
8:16 p.m. 2:25 p.m.
Monday, Dec. IS
8:37 a.m. 2:31 a.m.
9:10 p.m. 3:14 p.m.
Tuesday, Dee. 29
9:32 a.m. 3:21 a.m.
10:09 p.m. 4:03 pjo.
Mayor Believes
He'll Run in May
While there’s many a day be
tween now and May, W. H. Pot
ter, mayor of Beaufort, said yes
terday that he is considering
running for re-election.
•'ll' it seems required to assist
and help keep in motion the co
operative spirit in this area, I
will; if I feel that I can’t be of
any help, I won't,” the mayor
remarked.
Mayor Potter succeeded mayor
C. T. Lewis in 1959. Town elec
tions occur every two years in
May.
Driver Appeals
Penalty Given
For Speeding
Tim Dayton Lawrence, convict
ed of speeding in county court
Tuesday, entered a notice of ap
peal. His sentence was a $10 fine
and court costs. Lawrence's case
was transferred to the next term
of superior court. Judge Lambert
R. Morris set bond for the defen
dant at $100.
Six defendants, charged with
speeding, were ordered to pay court
costs. They are Richard Robert
Ridenhour, Brake Jackson Taylor,
Albert Clayton Sharpe, Arthur Dav
idson Carr, and Richard Carroll
Morris.
Four other defendants, Paul Ed
ward Kilfeathcr, Richard Gordon
Batdorff, James Revel Ping, and
Gerald Arthur. Focht, were fined $5
and costs for speeding.
Other defendants, their charges
and the findings of the court were
as follows:
Thomas Noe, Beaufort, public
drunkenness, costs.
Hooker Morris, engaging in a
fight, $3 and costs.
L. C. Mason, violation fishing
laws, bond forfeited.
James Riley Johnson, speeding,
$10 and costs.
Darrell Lawrence, driving on the
wrong side of the road and im
proper registration, $10 and costs.
Paul Wingate Lewis, failing to
stop for a stop sign, costs.
Bobby Gene Mason, failing to
keep, a proper lookout, resulting
in an accident, costs.
Gene Corbitt Norris, speeding,
$15 and costs.
Bert Copeland, larceny, one year
in jail and roadwork, suspended on
Sec COURT, Page 8
Car Backs into Car
On Highway 70
A car-backing out from the Red
Rooster, a drive-in east of Smyrna,
collided with a car headed east
on Highway 70 at 11:40 p.m. Satur
day.
Driving the 1958 Ford backing
on to the highway was Willard S.
Sanders, Williston. Driving the oth
er car, a 1957 Chevrolet, was Leon
Tony Fulcher, Stacy. According to
patrolman W. J. Smith Jr., Ful
cher was taking John Taylor, Ot
way, to the Sea Level hospital at
the time.
The Fulcher car hit the Sanders
car in the side. Damage to the
Sanders car was estimated at $150,
to the other car $350. Patrolman
W. J. Smith Jr., who investigated,
said charges are pending.
Attorneys Argue Case
In Courthouse Tuesday
Judge W. J. Bundy upheld Tuesday the temporary court
order restraining sheriff Hugh Salter and the state attor
ney general from removing or shooting cattle on Shackle
ford banks.
The judge presided at a hearing in the county commis
sioners’ room of the courthouse, Beaufort. Ralph Chad
wick and Mrs. Olive Willis, peti
tioners in the suit against the
sheriff and the attorney general,
were represented by attorneys
Harvey Hamilton Jr. and Charles
W. Stevens.
Mr. Chadwick, a resident of
Straits, and Mrs. Willis, a resident
of Harkers Island, jointly own, they
say, about 30 head of cattle on
Shackleford. Mr. Chadwick attend
ed the hearing.
Sheriff Salter and the attorney
general, Wade Bruton, were rep
resented by Luther Hamilton Jr.,
county attorney.
After hearing arguments from
both sides, the judge said he would
take the matter under advisement,
and recessed the hearing. He said
he expected to make a decision
“within the next few days.” Mean
while the restraining order would
stand.
The judge agreed to hear the
case on its merits rather than con
sider the restraining order alone.
Attorneys for both parties agreed
that the big question to be answer
ed is, "Is the 1959 statute, making
cattle on Shackleford the property
of Carteret county, unconstitution
al?”
Luther Hamilton denied the com
plaints set forth by attorney Har
vey Hamilton, who read the recent
laws on cattle.
Statute 1057 of the session laws
of 1957 states that after July 1,
1958 it shall be unlawful to let
livestock run at large on the outer
hanks; exempted arc ponies on
Shackleford and Ocracoke.
The l»w gives the director of the
department of conservation and de
velopment authority to move or
confine the ponies behind fences
when he believes such is necessary
to prevent erosion of the outer
banks.
Although the laws do not spell
out the reason for passage, Luther
Hamilton contended that it is gen
eral knowledge that they were
passed to prevent destruction of
vegetation on the banks by live
stock and thus preserve the banks
as dikes that keep the sea back
from the mainland.
The law further states that any
one who violates it by not getting
livestock off, shall be guilty of a
misdemeanor, liable to $100 fine
and 30 days in jail.
Harvey Hamilton read chapter
782 of the session laws of 1959.
This law states that all animals on
the banks after July 1, 1959 shall
shall become the property of Car
teret county. It further directs the
sheriff of the county to remove,
by any method he deems neces
sary, any animals remaining after
that date and turn them over to
charitable institutions of the coun
ty, as the county commissioners
direct.
Harvey Hamilton emphasiz
ed that the law says the sheriff
should remove, not shoot the cat
tle. The sheriff, by direction of
the governor and county commis
sioners, promised several weeks
ago, that he would shoot the cattle,
since that seemed to be the only
way to get rid of them.
Attorney Hamilton and Stevens
contended that cattle owners were
See CATTLE, Page S
Officials at Hearing
Among the officials at the commercial fisheries hearing Saturday
morning at Morehead City were Eric Rodgers, left, chairman of the
state commercial fisheries committee; Lorimer Midgett, Elisabeth
City, member of the committee, and John Rodman, Washington, N.
C., attorney for the North Carolina Fisheries association.
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Mayor Pleased
With Reception
Of Ferry Request
Mayor W. H. Potter, Beaufort,
who headed a committee that con
ferred Wednesday with J. Melville
Broughton, chairman of the state
highway commission, was well
pleased with the reception given
the committee at Raleigh. Re
sumption of ferry service between
Atlantic and Ocracoke was sought.
He said Mr. Broughton was most
gracious, as were W. F. Babcock,
director qf secondary highways,
and Sam .Beard, public relations
officer with the State Highway
commission. Ralph Morris, high
way commissioner from New Bern,
also attended the conference.
Mr. Broughton said he would in
form the other highway commis
sioners of the committee’s proposal
that the state acquire the ferry
under long-term purchase agree
ment or operate it under long
term lease, with tolls continuing.
The highway commission could
act on the proposal at its Jan. 31
meeting, or in special session prior
to that, the chairman said.
Whether the committee’s proposal
See FERRY, Page 7
State Purchases
Island Property
The Council of State approved
funds Monday at Raleigh for hur
ricane repair to Fort Macon and
for acquisition of 914 acres of land
on Portsmouth island owned by Ro
land McClamroch, F. M. Simms,
and W. J. Long.
The state paid $18,280 for the is
land property. It hopes to acquire
more than 20,000 acres on the outer
banks between Ocracoke and Cape
Lookout. Four hundred thousand
dollars to finance the buying was
appropriated in the 1959 general
assembly.
A state sand-fencing project for
a 14-mile stretch on Portsmouth
is nearing completion.
The state and federal government
are cooperating on a plan to pre
vent further erosion of the outer
banks, which have been seriously
damaged by storms in recent years.
The council appropriated $35,000
for repairs of state parks damaged
in hurricane Donna. The paints are
Fort Macon, Jones Lake, Petti
grew and Singletary.
Since damage at Fort Macon, in
this county, far exceeded that at
the other parks, it is assumed that
the major portion of the funds will
come to Fort Macon.
Ray Purdue, superintendent of
[ Fort Macon, said yesterday he has
not been told the exact amount to
be used here.
Officers Plead
For Safe Yule
“Tile Yuletide season is a friend
ly, joyous time of year, so let’s
keep it that way!”
That was the plea from Carteret
state highway patrolmen who said
this week North Carolina motor
ists must take extra safety mea
sures to keep themselves from be
coming the victim of some sense
less -traffic mishap. In Carteret
alone, there were 10 auto acci
dents this past weekend.
“Hundreds of motorists each
Christmas season die violently and
needlessly on our highways,” pa
trolman W. E. Pickard warned.
“The tragic hour-by-hour account
ing of fatalities tend to take away
much of the joy of major holiday
weekends, particularly for those
of us working to prevent holiday
accidents,” patrolman Pickard
said.
“Unless we use extra care this
year, the funeral wreath will re
place the holly wreath in many
North Carolina homes,” he warned.
He called attention to the fact
that December traffic mishaps
over the past ten years have claim
ed 1,107 victims.