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MO REHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1960 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
Carteret, 1960, in Review
By F. C. SALISBURY
JANUARY
Week of January 3:
First baby to be born in 1960 in
Carteret county, Dorothy Ann Bald
win, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jo
seph D. Baldwin, Marshallberg.
Robert L. Humber of Greenville
delivers his 19th annual report on
World Federation in the Baptist
church, Beaufort. County Commis
sioners grant request of Historical
Society to preserve the old jail
building and to allow room for a
future museum.
New construction work in More
head City for the year 1959 totals
$422,039. Carteret County contrib
utes 10 to highway death toll dur
ing 1959. John Johnson, custodian
'\f the courthouse for 25 years, was
presented a watch at retiring cere
mony this week.
Marriages: Miss Rae F. Hassell,
Beaufort, to Thomas P. McNa
mara, Long Island, N. Y.; Miss
Elizabeth L. Potter to William S.
Davis of Beaufort; Miss Barbara
J. Kittrell to Kenneth R. Jones.
Deaths: Mrs. Zylphia D. Potter,
84, Beaufort, Mrs. Gertrude G.
Chadwick, 83, Straits; Charlie A.
Adams, 47, Bogue; Mrs. Orpha C.
Salter, 79, Sea Level; Mrs. Tamsy
M. Daniels, 66, Atlantic; Andrew
Mason, 70, Stacy; Alice F. Taylor,
10, Sea Level.
Week of January 10:
Morehead City rescue squad re
ceives approval and permission
from the city commissioners to
start operations. Thieves break
Edgar Swann Wad elected pres
ident of the Morehead City Ro
( tary club.
window glass in Webb’s store,
stealing clothing and shoes. Beau
fort town fathers vote to proceed
with town expansion. Doris Phil
lips, Dottie Chalk and John Crowe
of Morehead City selected to at
tend youth conference next sum
mer at Amsterdam, Holland.
Newport provides site for $100,
000 garment plant. Morehead City
commissioners start search for city
manager. Deaths: Mrs. Mannie L.
•Lewis, 63, Marshallberg; Paul F.
Bowden, 36, Newport.
Week of January 17:
Minnie Jackson of Beaufort kills
her roomer, Mosse Jackson, with
a .22 calibre rifle during an argu
ment. The Carteret County Shrine
club elects Gerald S. Mitchell,
president; Dan Sadler, vice-presi
dent and Theodore Phillips, secre
tary-treasurer.
1 William Simmons, 22, Newport,
killed in auto accident. Linda Gar
ner and Joseph A. Mann were in
jured. NEWS-TIMES editorial page
Miss Grace Wilson, Beaufort,
was named chairman of the coun
ty committee on aging and will
attend the White House Confer
ence on Aging next month in
Washington, D. C.
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wins first place in state press as
sociation contest. Fire damages
the Negro Elks Club on Fisher St.
in Morehead City.
Edgar Swann elected president
Morehead City Rotary Club. Mrs.
Luther Hamilton elected president
of the Garden club of Morehead
City and Mrs. Albert Chappell of
the Beaufort club.
Marriages: Miss Nancy A. Atkin
j son of Beaufort to Harley F. Gar
ner; Miss Dallas G. Gillikin of Ot
way to Charles G. Morris. Deaths:
Monnie H. Fulcher, 60, of Stacy;
Mrs. Hattie D. Davis, 86, More
head City; Mrs. Norma G. Mur
ray, 31, of Beaufort; Mrs. Alida
L. Woodland, 80, of Morehead City;
The Sea Level, Ocracoketo-Atlantic ferry, arrived at Atlantic in March, ready for trial runs. The ferry
operated throughout the summer, but stayed at Atlantic after Donna, on Sept. 11, closed channels it had
been using. The state has announced that it will provide toll ferry service from Ocracoke to the Car
teret mainland in the future. The Sea Level is privately owned.
Mrs. Irene D. Bower, 70, of Beau
fort.
Week of January 24:
For the first time in 37 years the
Atlantic Methodist church was host
to the New Bern district confer
ence. The first cold snap of win
ter hits county with snowfall. Home
of Willie Dixon at Lennoxville ex
tensively damaged by fire. Cheryl
L. Fulcher, three year old child of
Mr. and Mrs. Warden Fulcher of
Sea Level, died from burns receiv
ed when her clothing caught from
a grass fire. The Rev. W. T. Rob
erson and family of Beaufort left
this week for the Baptist mission
field in South Vietnam.
Holden Ballou heads Beaufort
Rotary club. Miss Grace Wilson
heads local committee on aging.
Beaufort Baptists approve plans
for a new educational building on
the site of the old church structure.
Simon Martinas, owner of the
Beaufort department store, goes
out of business after 28 years in
the county.
Marriages: Miss Brenda Smith
of Morehead City to David E. Wil
lis. Deaths: Dewey- J. Bowen, 36,
of Beaufort; John B. Henderson,
37, of Newport; John C. Lewis, 76,
Gloucester; Alex Moore, 62, of
Salter-Path; Mrs. Mary W. Mer
rill, 81, of Beaufort; Chris N. Mor
ris, age 3, of Newport.
FEBRUARY
Week of February 1:
Grayden Paul rebuilds trawler
for use as museum during the
251st anniversary of the settlement
of Beaufort. Dr. Russell Outlaw
of Morehead and Grayden Paul of
Beaufort honored by the highest
civic awards of the Jaycees. Home
of Frank Marino of Morehead City
badly damaged by fire. New At
lantic-Ocracoke ferry given the
Kame Sea Level. A. B. Cooper
starts campaign to raise $30,000
for Morehead City chamber of com
merce.
State Highway commission says
new bridge over Newport River
will parallel present one. Mrs. Lou
Morris, Morehead City, celebrates
her 90th birthday anniversary.
Marriages: Miss Ellen Smith to
Clifton D. Mann, Newport.
Deaths: Charles T. Ramsey, 79,
Beaufort; Thomas C. Davis, 81,
Marshallberg; Joe Guthrie, 78,
Morehead City.
Weejc of February 7:
Skinner A. Chalk and D. G. Bell,
Morehead City, file for congress
and state legislature, respectively.
I. D. Gillikin heads the county Re
publican party. Home of Mr. and
Mrs. Donald Willis, Sea Level, de
stroyed by fire. Beaufort commis
sioners looking for site for new
city hall.
Carteret county ranks first in
state, percentage wise, in number
of 1958 graduates enrolled in col
lege. Queen Street school of Beau
fort opens new gym.
Marriages: Mrs. Fannie Olsen,
Beaufort, to John Perkins; Miss
Edna G. Chadwick of Straits to
Carlton Lewis; Miss Diane Draper
to James H. Stokoe of Newport.
Deaths: Mrs. Love S. Wade, 78,
Morehead City; Mrs. Lena W. Ful
cher, 75, Williston.
Week of February 14:
First Chinese ship ever to clock
at Morehead City takes on load of
tobacco. Flu cases in county said
to have totaled 5,000. Moses How
ard heads Newport Rotarians. The
Rev. W. A. Hales, pastor Free Will
Baptist church of Beaufort, accepts
call to Richmond, Va., church.
Property owners outside Beaufort
limits ask for restraining order
against annexation.
Marriages: Miss Doris G. Buck
to Francis E. Warner. Deaths:
Mrs. Kate G. Willis, 70, Morehead
City; Guy C. Lewis, 67, Marshall
berg; Mrs. Idella C. Dempsey, 70,
Morehead City; Mrs. Polly B. Gil
likin, 67, Beaufort; Mrs. Lula P.
Ricks, 81, Beaufort; George C. Nor
man, 79, South River; James T.
Gibson, 19, Bogue; Billy Hamilton,
62, Harkers Island; Joe Pickett, 52,
Beaufort; Mrs. Luvenia Tootle, 77,
Morehead City.
Week of February 21:
Red and White supermarket,
Beaufort, robbed of $3,700. Fred
Smith of Atlantic and William Rose
of Harkers Island in laden trawler
escape death in storm when res
cued by a Liberian motorship.
Beaufort Seadogs win county title
in last of the season’s basketball
games.
Utilities Commission denies Caro
lina Water Co. request for higher
rates. Home of Julius C. Davis
badly damaged by fire.
Marriages: Miss Edith L. Baer to
Edgar E. Cole of Beaufort. Deaths:
Oswald L. Prescott, 50, Newport;
Theresa H. Arrington, 85, Beau
fort.
MARCH
Week of March 1:
The new Atlantic-Ocracoke ferry
arrived at Atlantic on Sunday. A
self-inflicted shotgun wound kills
Capt. J. Riley Lewis, Marshallberg.
Carteret community theatre pre
setts play A Man Called Peter.
Surprise snow storm hits county
on Wednesday with four inches of
snow. Willie Willis of Sea Level
killed in auto accident. Monday
night.
Marriages: Miss Beatrice M.
Kasha to Everette H. Cannon,
Swansboro; Miss Glenda S. Lewis,
Morehead City to Raymond E
Gartman. Deaths: Benjamin S.
Russell, 91, Newport; Mrs. Thelma
Wade Whitehurst, 56, North River;
George W. Adams, 42, Morehead
City; John C. Banks, 91, Morehead
City.
Week of March 6:
Paul S. Jones of Beaufort named
crew leader in this area for the
1960 census. Committees appoint
ed by the county coordinating com
mittee on aging. White Oak town
ship citizens ask for full time dep
uty sheriff in their area. D. L.
Winstead, M. O. Pittman and J. D.
Lamm of the Carolina Telephone
Co., receive safe driving awards.
Deaths: Keithly Willis, 61, More
head City; Mrs. Lillie W. Daniels,
72, Cedar Island.
Week of March 13:
Town of Newport breaks ground
for new postoffice building. For
the third time thieves break into
the Medical Arts Building in More
head City. Judith Cameron of At
lantic Beach receives Distinguish
ed Flying - Cross posthumously
awarded her father, M/Sgt. Edgar
Cameron.
The third snowfall in ten days hit
county with six inches. The total
snowfall has been 12 inches. John
R. Coward of Broad Creek, cab
driver in Norfolk, shot to death in
holdup.
Marriages: Miss Phyllis L. Mor
ris, Atlantic, to Guy Taylor Jr.
Deaths: Henry G. Chadwick, 72,
Gloucester; Mrs. Ira T. Willis, 75,
Morehead City; Mrs. Lovie J. Mor
ris, 75, Atlantic; John Smith, 84,
of Morehead City.
Week of March 20:
Gov. Luther Hodges attends
launching of first fiberglass yacht
at Cannon boatworks. Mrs. H. G.
Loftin elected president of Beau
fort Woman’s club. Pack of wild
dogs kills five sheep on the Gil
christ farm.
Marriages: Miss Matilda M. Gil
likin, Otway, to Johnnie B. Davis;
Miss Shirley P. Garner, Beaufort,
to Roland A. Walton; Miss Betty
L. Stokes, Beaufort, to Clyde P.
Owens; Miss Julia Cook to James
E. Guthrie Jr., Morehead City;
Miss Lela Hollis to Charles S. Can
field Jr., Morehead City.
Deaths: Thomas Bragg, 82, Ports
mouth; William HL Ballou, 61,
Morehead City; Mrs. Della S. San
ders, 79, Harkers Island; Mrs. Eve
lyn W. Lambeth, 68, Morehead
City; Mrs. Addie S. Lewis, More
head City; Miss Maybelle Neal, 59;
Mrs. Abbie F. Taylor, 46, Sea Lev
el.
Week of March 27:
Census taking gets under way
with 21 canvassers in the field,
■©urtis-Horton presented watch* toy
the First Methodist church for 22
years of service as sexton. Mr.
and Mrs. Darcy Willis celebrate
50th wedding anniversary. Beau
fort Seadogs take basketball tour
ney, giving them state title. The
Atlantic-Ocracoke ferry started
regular schedule on Saturday.
Deaths: Mrs. Charlie A. Smith,
89, Bogue; Clessie A. Dennis, 46,
Bogue; William T. Lewis, 81, Beau
fort. Luther J. Stratton, 48, Davis;
Alonza Willis, 78, Stacy.
APRIL
Week of April 3:
Grand jury blasts county airport,
terming it in hazardous condition.
John H. Forbes of Camp Lejeunc
killed in auto accident west of
town. Mrs. G. T. Spivey named
chairman 20th district, Home Dem
onstration clubs. Hospital group
ask vote on bond issue of $1 mil
lion.
Mrs. W. J. Hales celebrates her
90th birthday. Chief warrant boat
swain Alonza P. Bland retired
from Fort Macon station.
Marriages: Mrs. Grace E. Lewis,
Morehead City to Floyd M. Chad
wick Jr.; Miss Evelyn Riddle to
Cooper Hamilton, Morehead City.
Deaths: Ernest L. Guthrie, 62,
Beaufort; William M. Jenkins, 51,
Morehead City; Leon Mann Sr., 72,
Newport; E. L. Guthrie, Beaufort;
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The Alphonso, museum of the sea, came into being with Beanfart’s
spectacular 251st anniversary celebration in July.
Coastal Residents Happy
Over New Ferry Decision
Tax Listing Will Begin_
Tuesday Throughout County
Listing of taxes will begin this'
Tuesday and continue through
Tuesday, Jan. 31.
Property holders arc required by
law to list, with persons appointed
in their township, all property, im
provements to property and their
personal property. Failure to do so
constitutes a violation of law and
subjects the guilty person to fine
and imprisonment.
Listing by phone is uot permissi
ble and all who list taxes sign their
name to an oath which states that
they have concealed no property
nor have connived in any way to
defraud the government of its just
tax.
List takers are the following:
Walter Smith, Atlantic township;
U. E. Swann and C. Z. Chappell,
courthouse, Beaufort; Mrs. Dora
Day, Cedar Island; Mrs. Delia Da
vis, Davis and Stacy.
Charles W. Hancock, Markers
Island; Mrs. S. E. Wilkinson, Har
lowe; James Gillikin, Marshall
berg; Mrs. Thelma H. Pittman,
Merrimon; John Baker and Garth
Cooper, city hall, Morehead.
Prentiss Garner, Newport; Mrs.
Blanche Willis, Sea Level; Mrs.
Dolly Taylor, Smyrna; Theodore
Willis, Straits, and Sam B. Mea
dows, White Oak.
Firemen Down
East Change
Their Name
I)own East firemen, at their an
nual meeting Monday night at Air.
lantlc, voted to change their name
to the Atlantic Volunteer Fire de
partment as of Jan. 1, 1961. New
officers were elected.
They are Marvin Rice, president;
William. Gorges, vice-president;
and Winston H. Hill, treasurer.
The home membership drive be
gins next week and firemen ex
press the hope that it will be much
better in 1961 than this year. The
membership drive will be centered
in Atlantic but contributions will be
accepted from anyone. The fee is
$5 per home.
The department expressed its ap
preciation for a donation given by
Carolina Power and Light Co.
Members decided that any mem
ber of four years in good standing
who was 50 years old or older
would be an honorary member.
Honorary members are Burnis
Morris, Warden Gillikin, William
Gorges and Allen Jones.
Firemen will sponsor Jerry Lewis
in the movie, The Bell-Hop at 7:30
Saturday night. This will be the
last movie until school closes in
the spring.
Officers report that the recrea
tion building is now theirs and the
only debt owed is $350. It is hoped
that with cooperation of all resi
dents the debt may be paid off in
a short time.
Mr. Rice, president, says, “We’d
like younger men to become fire
men. It feels good to belong and
to know that you are working for
the good of your community. We
feel that the new year will be bet
ter and that our department will
get out on the top again. We wish
all of our friends a very Happy
New Year.”
The department meets the first
Thursday night of each month at
the recreation building. Residents
of all down east communities arc
welcome.
Jury Says Fatality Accidental
A coroner’s jury ruled Wednes
day night that the auto accident
which claimed the life of pedes
trian Kenneth Johnson, Harkers
Island, was accidental.
The jury deliberated 10 minutes
before returning its decision at 10
minutes of 8 at the courthouse,
Beaufort. C. R. Wheatly, Beau
fort attorney, represented the
Johnson family.
Mr. Johnson, 54, died en route
to the hospital after he was struck
Monday night at about 9 o’clock
by an automobile driven by Bob
bie Jean Rush, 17, of route 1 Beau
fort.
Coroner David Munden called
James E. (Jack) Rose as the first
witness. Rose testified that he and
Johnson were passengers in an
other car. The car was headed
toward Shell Point on the Harkers
Island road and it stopped, be
said, to let Johnson out, across
1961 License Tags Will
Go on Sale This Tuesday
New license tags go on sale Jan.
3 at First-Citizens loan department,
Morehead City. Hours are 9 a m.
to 4 p.m. weekdays and 9 a.m. to
noon Saturday.
The ’61, yellow-on-black tags
must be in use after Feb. 15, the
expiration date for current plates.
Miss Foy Ingram, director of the
Motor Vehicles Department’s regis
tration division, envisions sales of
close to two million '61 tags. She
had listed late in November of this
year about 1.9 million registered
vehicles and the count next year
isn’t expected to fall off.
North Carolina cars and trucks
have been required to be tagged
since 1909, the year the legislature
Morehead Man's Widow
Found Slain Near Kinston
The body of Ruth Graham Til-4
lery, wife of the late Dannis Tillery
of Morehead City, was found Tues
day behind an abandoned building
200 yards off highway 70 at Kin
ston.
Mrs. Tillery, 47, was a teacher at
Kinston’s Adkin high school. Her
husband died 10 years ago. She
lived in Kinston with her brother,
Clarence Graham, who told police
Being held yesterday for the
murder of Mrs. Ruth Graham
Tillery, was Winston Philip, 56,
Durham Negro, operator of Dur
ham Surgical Supply. SBI agent
J. B. Edwards says Philip was
the last person to see Mrs. Til
lery alive. Blood stains were
found in Philip’s station wagon.
that he last saw her about noon
Monday. She has two children, age
10 and 13.
Coroner Raymond Jarman said
death resulted from head injuries,
including a two-inch gash above
the right eye which appeared to
have been inflicted with a hatchet.
She also had been beaten with a
stone which was found at the scene.
The woman’s body was found be
hind the abandoned Banks Chapel
school at Falling Creek on the out
skirts of Kinston. Jarman said
death occurred about midnight.
Hit and Run Driver
Damages Parked Auto
A hit and run driver struck a
Mercury parked at 1313 Bridges
St., Morehead City, at 10 p.m.
Christmas eve. The car was own
ed by Milton Henderson, Washing
ton, D. C., cab driver.
Damage was estimated at $75,
according to patrolman Seldon
Sherwood, who investigated. The
car which did the damage is
described as a “blue car.’’
Cars Wreck
A Plymouth driven by Jennis G.
Bynum, 503 Fisher St., Morehead
City, and an Edscl station wagon
driven by Guy R. Dickenson, 1105
Ann St., Beaufort, collided at 12:20
p.m. yesterday at 22nd and Arcn
dell streets. Damage to both cars
totaled $375.
from his house. It then proceeded
east.
Rose said that two cars were
coming toward them. He said he
looked back and observed, “That
first car like to bit Kenneth.” Then
he said he saw brake lights on
second car and said to the driver,
“I believe that car hit Kenneth.”
The car Rose was in proceeded
on its way. Rose said he didn’t
go back to the Johnson house un
til later and by that time Johnson
had been taken to the hospital.
lie estimated that the two cars
approaching the car be was in (the
second of which was driven by
Miss Rush) were about 60 feet
apart. He estimated the speed of
each car at about 30 miles an hour.
Although the road was straight in
front of the Johnson house, he said
the two cars ha4 just rounded a
slight curve.
Rose was asked by Mr. Wbeatly
authorized the state’s first auto
census and subsequent registration.
Early-day owners made their
own tags of wood, tin and similar
material, painting on numbers is
sued by the Secretary of State.
The “do-it-yourself” trend contin
ued until 1913 when the state be
gan supplying tags.
Since 1930 prison labor has ham
mered out new plates which in past
years have been ycllow-and-blue,
maroon - and - silver, green - and -
white, black - and - white, red-and
white, and silver-and-blue.
They’ve ranged in size from a
real slim-Jim tag measuring a
scant four and one-half inches by
15 inches issued in 1927 to the cur
rent standardized 6 by 12 plate.
Hotel Addition
Brings Comment
“A convention hall, such as that
announced for the Morchcad Bilt
more will be one of the biggest
assets we have,” J. A. DuBois,
manager of the Morebead City
chamber of commerce, said yes
terday.
Announcement of letting bf the
contract for a 500 capacity conven
tion hall was made Tuesday by H.
J. Williamson, manager of the
hotel.
The addition, which will be made
on the east of the present dining
hall, will make it possible for the
hotel to handle conventions of up
to 800 persons, provided other mo
tels and hotels in the area are used
for overnight accommodations.
“This will mean more to the
county than people realize,” Mr.
DuBois said. “We have turned
down convention after convention
because of our lack of facilities for
handling them.”
He commented that in 1950 this
area had 241 rooms in motels and
hotels. This year, there are 1,012.
Mr. DuBois said figures on this
growth and what these added ac
commodations mean to the area
will be released soon.
Two Robberies
Occur in Beaufort
Beaufort police are investigating
two robberies that occurred Wed
nesday night.
The cigarette machine at Gant’s
service station on Cedar street east
of the bridge was jimmied open.
One hundred thirty-eight packs of
cigarettes are missing, chief Guy
Springle said. If the cigarettes had
been sold, then $34.50, which is
what they were worth, is missing,
he added.
Entered also was the Pollock
Street bar, owned and operated by
Carrie Davis. Reported missing
were nine cases of Miller High
Life, two cases of Budweiser beer
and seven cartons of cigarettes.
if Johnson was “infirm.” The wit
ness asked if he had to answer the
question. “Well, was he sick?”
Mr. Wheatly asked.
“Well,” the witness hesitated,,
“yes ... he was ... sick.”
Eider Lawrence Aposhian was
Tide Table
Tides at the Beaafert Bar
HIGH LOW
Friday, Dec. 39
6:33 a.m. » 12:14 a.m.
6:55 p.m. 12:53 pjn.
Saturday, Dec. 31
7:15 a.m. 1:00 a.m.
7:38 p.m. 1:38 p.m.
Sunday, Jan. 1
7:52 a.m. .1:41 a.m.
8:17 p.m. 2:20 p.m.
Monday, Jan. 2
8:29 a.m. 2:21 a.m.
8:57 p.m. 3:00 p.m.
W. H. Potter, mayor of Beaufort,
and J. A. DuBois manager of the
Morehead City chamber of com
merce, were among the coastal
residents who were-elated yester
day over news that the state will
operate a toll ferry between Ocra
cokc and the Carteret mainland.
The State Highway commission,
in special session Wednesday aft
ernoon at Raleigh, reversed a de
cision it had made several weeks
ago.
Whether the state will buy the
present ferry or put into operation
other ferries, or when the service
will be started is not known. The
Sea Level, the present auto and
passenger ferry, operated last sea
son.
Its owners, the Taylor brothers,
of Norfolk, West Palm Beach and
Sea Level, said that they expected
to sell the ferry in the near future.
They offered to sell it to the state.
Two members of the highway
commission recommended that the
state buy it, but the recommenda
tion was rejected. After the re
jection, a delegation of Carteret
residents, headed by mayor Pot
ter, met with J. Melville Brough
ton, highway commission chair
man, and asked that the highway
commission reconsider the matter.
Mayor Potter said yesterday,
‘‘It’s in the best interests of the
state to make the ferry service
available. That’s what we want
ed.” In stating that he was pleas
ed with the decision, mayor Pot
ter remarked that the state has
some ferries that will be surplus
soon and that they may or may
not be suitable for the run between
Ocracoke and this county.
W. F. Babcock, director of high
ways, and Cameron Lee, chief en
gineer, were appointed by the high
way commission to make recom
mendations as to how ferry service
should be provided. They will re
port to the commission the latter
part of this month.
Mr. DuBois said yesterday, ‘‘The
announcement of the highway com
mission’s decision is the happiest
news I have heard since it was
first announced that a ferry would
be put in aervicc. We hope the
state gets the ferry in operation
416 soon as possible”.
He added that no complaint about
tolls had been made to the cham
ber during the ferry operation this
summer.
As a result of Wednesday’s de
cision, Mr. DuBois said the All Sea
shore Highway association is pro
ceeding with plans to publish a
brochure on motels, restaurants,
places to go and things to do all
along the outer banks route.
Cars Collide
At Ann, Pollock
Two cars collided at Ann and
Pollock streets, Beaufort, at 3:05
p.m. Monday.
A 1954 Pontiac, driven by Glenn
Adair, 121 Craven St., and a 1957
Pontiac driven by Lewis C. Wil
liams, route 1 Beaufort, were in
volved.
Chief of police Guy Springle, who
investigated, said the car driven by
Adair was proceeding on Ann street
and the car driven by Williams
went through a stop sign on Pol
lock. Williams was headed south.
In addition to damage to cars,
the fence around the Howard Bes
sent property, 618 Ann St., was
damaged, according to the police
report. The car driven by Adair
was owned by Mrs. Biilic Lewis,
Marsh St., Beaufort.
Alarm Answered
Beaufort firemen answered a fire
alarm Wednesday at the home of
Gerald and Sandspur Gaskill, 804
Cedar St. A leak in the chimney
had poured smoke into the attic,
but there was no damage.
the next witness. He told coroner
Munden that he was driving the
car ahead of Miss Rush and had
to swerve to avoid hitting Johnson.
Roth Elder Aposhian and Miss
Rush were headed west, off the
island.
“It appeared to me that the man
(Johnson) was standing in the mid
dle of the road,” the witness said.
I don’t know how we missed him.”
He said that he swerved his car
to the right to avoid Johnson.
Elder Rex Mohlman, who was
riding with Elder Aposhian, did not
take the stand, but Elder Aposhian
said that he (Mohlman) looked
back and saw that the second car
struck Johnson.
“We didn’t want to accept the
fact that the man had been hit,”
Elder Aposhian said. “We went
on to the place we were going, then
came back about five minutes la
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