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50th YEAR, NO. 9
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MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA
TUESDAY, JANUARY 31, 1961
PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
Two Otway Boys Killed in Crash
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Funerals Held
At 2,4 Sunday
Funeral service for Thomas Pick
ett Gillikin were conducted at Ot
way Christian church Sunday at 2
p.m. by the pastor, the Rev. J. W.
Funk. Burial was in the family
cemetery.
He is survived by his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Zelva Gillikin; one
sister, Hilma, of the home; one
brother, Billy Earl, of the home;
his maternal grandmother, Mrs.
Maude Piver of Morehead City, and
his paternal grandmother, Mrs.
Sarah Gillikin of Otway.
The funeral for William Clyde
Lawrence was conducted at 4 p.m.
Sunday at the Otway church with
Mr. Funk officiating. Burial was
in the family cemetery on highway
70 near Otway.
Surviving are his maternal
grandmother, Mrs. Arietta Gilli
kin, with whom he lived; his
mother, Mrs. Carla Hill, and two
brothers, Perry and David.
John Mason Hurt
In Car Crash
John Mason, son of Dr. and Mrs.
Manly Mason, Newport, who was
injured in an auto accident about
midnight Saturday, underwent
brain surgery at Duke hospital
Sunday morning.
He is reported to be recovering
satisfactorily. Mason and another
youth were in Mason's ’56 Ply
mouth when it turned bottom-up on
highway 70 a couple hundred yards
west of the Carteret county line.
Patrolman W. E. Pickard ar
rived soon after the accident hap
pened and found the boys still
pinned in the car. It had landed
on its roof in a ditch. By-standers
said they couldn’t get the boys out.
The door that was most accessible
was locked.
Patrolman Pickard said that the
boy with Mason (name was not.
available) was able to unlock the
door and the patrolman got them
out. Mason had a gash on a his
head and had apparently lost a lot
of blood.
He was taken to the hospital at
Cherry Point, then to Morehead
City hospital and from there to
Duke. He suffered a concussion.
The operation was performed to
relieve pressure on the brain.
Mason’s companion was not hurt.
Special Session of Court
Ends; Damage Suits Closed
The special two-week session of
civil court closed Friday. Settled
was a suit of long standing which
arose from an auto accident at Ot-'
way in March 1959. The cases
were compromised.
In the suit, Tennie W. Willis,
friend of Gene Autry Willis, vs.
Charlie Hancock, Alice Jones Rose
and William C. Rose, the court
ruled that the Willises shall col
lect $960 from Hancock and $390
from the Roses, the defendants to
pay court costs.
From the damages awarded, $350
is to go to C. R. Wheatly, attorney
for the plaintiff; $89.70 to the More
head City hospital and $120 to Dr.
John Way.
The Roses and Hancock were
also ordered to pay a total of $4,400
to Ervin Gillikin, friend of Nancy
Fay Willis, as well as costs. Of
that amount $1,250 was ordered
paid the plaintiff’s attorney, Mr.
Wheatly; $67.15 to the hospital, $70
to Dr. Way and $385. to Dr. Law
rence Rudder.
In the suit brought by Ervin Gil
likin on behalf of Belma Gillikin
Rose, Hancock was ordered to pay
$1,400 and the Roses $760, of which
$400 was ordered to be paid attor
ney Wheatly; $59.15 to go to the
Morehead City hospital and $90 .to
Dr. Way.
The court awarded Charles Ed
ward Springle $1,000 damages in a
suit brought agaiiut T. T. (Tom)
Potter, T. H. Potter and Rudolph
Mason.
The jury ruled that T. T. Potter
did not assault Springle, but that
T. H. Potter had. Springle had
requested $27,000 in damages.
Springle filed suit against the
Potters and Mason as the result of
a fight which took place at the
Sinclair Refining Co., office, More
head City, Aug. 5, 1959. All four
men involved gave testimony.
Springle testified that he went
to the Sinclair office in response
to a telephone call from Mason,
who asked that he come down and
settle a bill as he had promised to
do two weeks earlier. At the of
fice be was given a bill for $22,
while only about $12 worth of the
tickets were signed by Springle.
Springle said he told T. T. Pot
ter, who waited on him, that he
had an arrangement with the man
ager of the service station, where
Thursday is Groundhog Day
If the groundhog wakes up Thurs
day morning and sees his shadow,
that means there will be six more
weeks of winter. If it’s a cloudy
day and he doesn’t see his shadow,
spring is right around the corner—
so the story goes.
How the groundhog gained the
reputation of being a weather fore
caster is a puzzle. Some believe
it originated in Colonial times and
has its roots in the old European
belief that, a sunshiny Candlemas
GROUNDHOG
DAY
Day (Feb. 2) meant six weeks of
cold ahead. In Europe, it’s the
badger who looks for his shadow.
The groundhog is also called the
woodchuck or whistlepig. He gets
the latter name from the fact that
after he eludes his pursuers by
ducking into his burrow, he some
times lets go with a shrill whistle,
which if translated probably
Moose Raise $525
For March of Dimes
March of Dimes funds raised by
the Moose lodge Sunday totaled
$525.72, according to Earl Holt,
secretary of the lodge.
The Moose manned a roadblock
on highway 70 at the race track
and a “toll bridge” stop on the
Beaufort-Morehead 'causeway. The
money was collected in a three
and-a-half hour period.
Moose on the job were Emmitt
Willis, past governor; Bump Sty
ron; Gregory Rice, Robert Rice,
Kemp Lockhart, Cal Dezern, Man
ley Salter, William Spickett, John
McKinley, William Rogers and
James Lawrence.
Mr. Willis expressed his appre
ciation to all the folks who gen
erously cooperated with the lodge.
the purchases were made, not to
pay for any tickets that did not
have his signature on them. There
was discussion as to whether Sprin
gle was going to pay the bill or
not and he said he finally told T.
T. Potter that if he wanted the
money he could straighten the mat
ter out.
He said that T. T. Potter became
angry and’ grabbed him around
the neck. He testified that he told
See COURT, Page 2
Omer Potter Studies at State
Omer Potter, Newport RFD,
center, left yesterday to attend
the ninth annual short course in
modern farming at State college.
The course is sponsored by the
North Carolina Bankers associa
tion in cooperation with State
college.
Mr. Potter’s expenses are be
ing paid by the banks in this
county. Representing Wachovia
Bank and Trust Co., left, is Ru
fus Butner, vice-president, and
means, “Ha-ha-ha -Guess—you
can’t get me now!”
According to Jack Dermid, in the
current issue of state Wildlife mag
azine, when the groundhog’s tem
perature goes down to 45 as he
hibernates, and his pulse and
breathing rate slow, he can be dug
from the ground and handled with
out being awakened!
While cautious, and one that will
retreat if he can, the groundhog
can put up a rousing fight. The
largest member of the squirrel
family, the groundhog weighs 5 to
10 pounds when full-grown.
If you want to know whether the
groundhog is going to see his shad
ow Thursday, get up when the sun
does, go outdoors and see if you
can see your own. But don’t let
anybody know, because you might
steal Mr. Groundhog’s thunder, and
after all, as Mr. Dermid points
out, he IS the only American ani
mal with a day named in his hon
or!
Several Show
Flakes Fly
A few snowflakes fell Sunday
morning, but a bright sun shone
the rest of the day and clouds fled.
E. Stamey Davis, weather ob
server, has reported temperatures
and wind direction for the week,
Jan. 22-29, as follows:
Max. Min. Wind
Jan. 22 .48 18 WNW
Jan. 23 .52 26 SW
Jan. 24 .55 43 SW
Jan. 25 . 29 22 WNW
Jan. 26 .38 23 WNW
Jan. 27 ..37 25 W
Jan. 28 .40 26 NW
Jan. 29 .. 43 27 N
Rainfall Thursday, which froze
on everything it touched, totaled
.62 inches. The icy walks sent
about 20 people to the hospitals
for treatment of sprains and brok
en bones.
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Morehead Rotary
Elects Officers
Albert Gaskill, Morehead City
accountant, was elected president
of the Morehead City Rotary club
at the meeting Thursday. He suc
ceeds Edgar Swann and will as
sume office in July.
Other officers elected, include D.
Cordova, vice-president; Bill
Baugham, secretary; R. W. Davis,
treasurer, and George Lore, Dr.
John Gainey, Dr. Jerry Norris and
David Lindsay, directors.
Guest speaker was the Rev. Cor
bin Cooper, of the First Baptist
church, Morehead City. Mr. Cooper
spoke on the topic, To Know Ho^v
to Live.
Guests at the meeting included
C. S. Halfhill of Charlotte and
Lloyd Wygant, Ashland, Ohio.
Lions Meet
Morehead City Lions met in the
dining room of the Hotel Fort Ma
con Thursday night. They adjourn
ed early so members could attend
the chamber of commerce mem
bership meeting at the high school.
right is J. R. Sanders, assistant
vice-president of First-Citizens
Bank and Trust Co., who is coun
ty Key Banker.
The farm course will end Feb.
10. One hundred fifty are ex
pected to enroll.
The course is one of the agri
cultural programs that has earn
ed Tar Heel bankers the top na
tional award from the American
Bankers association for 16 con
secutive years.
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News-Times Photo by McComB
Instant death came to two Otway youths Friday who were riding in the back seat of this car when it
skidded at high speed and slammed into an oil truck on the Harkers Island road. The force of the im
pact almost disintegrated the rear and end of the car.
Slim Crowd Helps
Launch '61 Campaign
'(1 Tag Sales
Move Slowly
State license tag sales arc run
ning considerably behind last,
year’s, according to figures re
leased Saturday by the tag office
of First-Citizens Bank and Trust
Co.
So far, only 2,258 auto tags have
been sold while 4,333 had been sold
last year by Feb. 10. The deadline
for purchasing the 1961 orange-on
black tags is Wednesday, Feb. 15.
Tag sales total 2,846, which in
clude 258 trailer tags, 47 farm
truck tags, 279 private truck tags
and 2 motorcycle tags. Total sales
by Feb. 15 in the county last year
were 7,974.
City tags in both Beaufort and
Morehead City are lagging too. City
tags sold in Morehead total 588
while only 145 have been sold to
date in Beaufort. The deadline for
the city tags is also Feb. 15.
Salvage Efforts Fail
The 80-foot trawler, Sarah J,
which went aground on shoals in
Oregon inlet during a storm Jan.
15, is still there. Efforts to break
her loose have failed, so the trawl
er will be abandoned. The Sarah
J is owned by Earl Holton,' Van
demere. Its captain and crew
were rescued by the Coast Guard.
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While in Raleigh, the young
farmers will be introduced to the
latest developments in agricul
ture. Classes will be taugbt by
members of tbe staff of the
school of agriculture at State col
lege. The young men will live
in college dormitories, have their
meals in the college dining hall.
Since 1953, over a thousand young
North Carolinians have profited
from the short course.
Although the crowd was slim,<
chamber of commerce officials
were pleased with the meeting that
launched the 1961 membership
drive Thursday night at the More
head City school.
A panel of seven answered ques
tions from the audience, and brief
talks were made by A. B. Cooper,
chairman of the membership drive;
Rufus Butner, immediate past
president of the chamber, and Skin
ner Chalk, president.
Mr. Chalk, in his remarks, point
ed out that the state has recogniz
ed the importance of the All-Sea
shore highway, a project the cham
ber has diligently backed. He re
ported that as the result of a cham
ber of commerce contact an of
ficial of the Owens Yacht Co., Bal
timore, has expressed interest in
this area from the boat-building
aspect.
Mr. Chalk stated that he is ex
tremely interested in seeing the
chamber go after light industry
that will not interfere with resort
development.
He listed as another objective a
clean town and a clean county.
“We'd like people to feel as soon
as they entered our area the way
you feel when you cross the north
ern boundary into Florida. You
immediately know you’ve come to
a place that’s pleasant and differ
ent.” he observed.
“Our community doesn’t look
the way it should. Waterfronts and
other areas should be clean. We
want suggestions on how to im
prove in that respect,” the presi
dent remarked.
He spoke of Spooner’s Creek har
bor as a “wonderful development
that is going to mean a great deal
to us.” Enlargement of the Bilt
more Motor hotel will mean, Mr.
Chalk remarked, that this area
will have the only large convention
facility on the North Carolina coast.
Mr. Butner said that the cham
ber’s byword last year was unity.
He expressed hope that this would
continue to be the theme this year.
Membership increased 250 per cent
last year and income was up 150
per cent.
Mr. Cooper expressed displeas
ure with the amount of dues paid
the chamber last year by A&P and
Colonial store. He said no busi
ness is assessed more than a fair
amount, based on the volume of
business done.
Members of the panel were
Moses Howard, Newport; Shelby
Freeman, Atlantic Beach; Mr. But
ner, William Davies, J. M. Davis,
all of Morehead City; J. O. Bar
bour Jr., Beaufort, and Elmer Wil
lis, Williston. Moderator was W.
B. Chalk.
Questions were asked by Dorn
See CHAMBER, Page 2
Tide Table
Tides at the Beaufort Bar
HIGH LOW
Tuesday, Jan. 31
8:07 am. 2:01 a.m.
8:34 p.m. 2:36 p.m.
Wednesday, Feb. 1
8:14 a.m. 2:40 a.m.
9:10 p.m. 3:13 p.m.
Thursday, Feb. 2
9:16 a.m. 3:16 a.m.
9:45 p.m. 3:47 p.m.
Friday, Feb. 3
9:47 a.m.
10:19 p.m.
3:48 a.m.
4:17 pjn.
Last Chance Today!
Today is the last day you can
list for taxes.
Of course, if you have more
money than you know what to do
with, you CHn wait until tomor
row and pay the penalty. But
then you also let yourself open
to arrest, a fine of $50 and 30
days in jail.
All personal property and im
provements to real estate must
be listed by the end of business
today. Listers have been on
duty throughout the county since
the first of January.
You must list your taxes in
person. No listing may be done
by phone.
Car Stolen New Year's
Eve Still Missing
Still missing, according to At
lantic Beach police records, is a
1955 Buick convertible with Illinois
license that was stolen New Year’s
Eve from in front of the Idle Hour
Amusement center.
Chief of Police Bill Moore said
the car was owned by Phillip R.
Mason, a former resident of this
county who works in Illinois.
He said that the report of the
theft was filed with the State High
way patrol.
First Baptist Church Honors
Retiring Sexton, John Tillery
John Tillery, for 43 years sexton
at the First Baptist church, More
head City, was honored at the 11
a.m. service Sunday in the church.
His children and other members
of the lamily attended the service.
The congregation gave him $100 in
January Highway Deaths
Now Total Four-—
This sticker on the rear bumper
of the Gillikin car is distributed
by the AAA Auto club of Southern
California, an organization that
promotes safe driving among its
members.
Beach Cdttage
Entered Sunday;
Marine Held
James Crandell, Marine at Cher
ry Point, was charged Sunday with
breaking and entering a cottage at
Atlantic Beach. Chief of police Bill
Moore, who apprehended Crandell,
said that apparently nothing is
missing from the cottage Crarttiell
broke into.
It is located on W. Atlantic boule
vard and is owned by W. A. Mar
lowe Jr. and Dr. Robert C. Pope,
Wilson. The owners said they
couldn’t get down here immediate
' ly to check contents of the house.
Crandell told chief Moore that he
didn’t take anything, but was look
ing for a telephone.
His car was stuck in the sand
on the beach and he couldn’t get it
out. He went to the police station
at the beach for help. A wrecker
pulled the car out about 5 a m.
Sunday. It is believed Crandell
went in the house about an hour
before.
Chief Moore said Crandell smash
ed out a front window, went in and
left by the front door. Because
he couldn’t pay for the wrecker,
he left his tool box with the police
as security. Later, it was found
that the cottage in the vicinity of
the stuck car had been entered.
Chief Moore got fingerprints at
the house. When Crandell came
back for his tool box, the chief
told him that he wanted his name,
address and fingerprints, that he
wanted to check them against
prints he got at the house.
The chief said Crandell then ad
mitted he went into the house. He
was released in custody of MP’s
and is docketed to appear in coun
ty court today.
Chief Moore reported that Cran
dell claimed his car got on to the
beach before he knew it. The road
ended and he didn't know he was
on the beach until his headlights
hit the water.
cash and announced the establish
ment of the John Tillery Student
Loan Fund to aid students from
the church and from W. S. King
school.
The fund has been established
with $400. The amount will be an
Mr. and Mrs. John Tillery, 1M3 Bay St, Morebead City, had tt
children, nine of whom are living. All nine attended the service
honoring Mr. Tillery Sudsy.
Two Otway youtns, i nomas r.
Gillikin, 16, and William Clyde
Lawrence, 15, met instant death
Friday morning in an auto crash on
Harkers Island road near the place
formerly known as Leo's.
The pair were passengers in the
back seat of a car driven by Clyde
O’Neal Gillikin, 24, route 2 Beau
fort. Gillikin’s car, a 1950 DeSoto,
was apparently travelling at a high
rate of speed when it went out of
control on a curve, left the right
side of the pavement, careened
back to the other side of the road,
skidded 500 feet and crashed into
an oil truck parked on the shoulder
of the road. Gillikin and Lawrence
were both thrown out of the death
car.
Willie Dail, Beaufort, driver of
the oil truck, told investigating of
ficers that he was going south to
wards Harkers Island. He said
that he saw the Gillikin car ap
proaching at a high rate of speed
so he pulled his trueje off on the
shoulder of the road to avoid a col
lision. The rear end of the Gillikin
car crashed into the front of the
oil truck. Dail escaped without in
jury.
Perry Lawrence, 19, was also a
passenger in the DeSoto. He suf
fered minor bruises and was treat
ed at the Morehead City hospital.
Gillikin, the driver, was admitted
to the hospital with a back injury
and cuts on the face and hands.
The driver and the dead youth
are not close relatives. The Law
rence boy who was killed is a
brother of Perry Lawrence, who
was also in the car.
Coroner David Munden has im
panelled a jury for an inquest, but
the date will depend on when the
driver of the car is discharged
from the hospital.
Jurors arc Carl M. Willis, Mart
Lewis Jr., Harkers Island; Alger
non Gillikin, Keith Lawrence, Ot
way; the Rev. Ray West, Straits;
and Sergeant Champion, military
policeman.
State highway patrolman R. H.
Brown and sheriff Hugh Salter in
vestigated the accident.
The driver of the death car has
See CRASH, Page 3
Cars Tangle Thursday
At City Intersection
Morehead City police invests
gated a minor traffic mishap
Thursday afternoon at 12th and
Arendell streets.
Drivers involved were Ernest
Linwood Guthrie Jr., 2009 Bridges
St. and Jack May, 1212 Bridges.
According to police reports, tha
Guthrie and May cars collided as
Guthrie was backing from a park
ing space on Arendell street. May
was travelling east on Arendell at
the time.
Guthrie’s car, a 1957 Ford, was
not damaged but police estimated
damage to May’s 1960 Mercury at
$50. No charges were filed against
either driver. Patrolman Buck
Newsome investigated.
annual appropriation, revolving and
cumulative. The applicants will
be screened by the student loan
committee. The amount of the
loan will be determined on basis '
of needs of the student and funds
available.
Should any recipient enter the
field of Christian education, re
quirement of payment may be
waived at the discretion of the
committee.
Mr. Tillery has been employed
at the church since 1918. His age
is estimated at 80. He will con
tinue to ring the church bell and
carry out other minor duties. Also
custodian at the First-Citizens Bank
and Trust Co., he plans retirement
from that work March 1.
In 1954, Mr. Tillery was named
Carteret county’s Father-of-the
Year.
Children who were with Mr. and
Mrs. Tillery at the service were
Miss Parker Tillery, dietitian at
Duke hospital, Durham; Mrs. Fan
nie Butler, director of Negro rec
reation, 'Salisbury; Mrs. Richella
Walker, teacher in the city school
system, Baltimore, Md.
Miss Althea Tillery, who teaches
school at Kinston; Miss Winifred
Tillery, teacher in the public
schools of Philadelphia; Fred Til
lery, employee at the Morehead
City postoffice; Mrs. Mao' Boyd,
Morehead City, a housewife; Mrs.
Jessie Savage, secretary at W. S.
King school, and John Tillery,
teacher at Queen Street school,
Beaufort.
The Rev. Corbin Cooper, pastor
of the church, was unable to at
tend the service because of illness
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