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THE NEWS-TIMES
CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES
50th YEAR, NO. 13. EIGH.T PAGES
MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1961
PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
Body of Woman Found in Bam Loft
Lillard Willis Booked After
Joey Rose Dies in Wreck
Lillard Willis, 27, Harkers Island,
has been charged with manslaugh
ter and careless and reckless driv
ing as the result of an accident
Saturday night in which Joey Rose,
20, also of Harkers Island, died.
Willis’s car, a 1952 Ford, upset
in a canal an eighth of a mile east
of the Thoroughfare drawbridge on
the Cedar Island road at 10:45
p.m. Willis got out, but Rose
drowned.
Highway patrolman R. H. Brown,
who investigated, said that Willis
was headed toward Cedar Island.
Rose was in the front seat with
him. On a curve that swung to the
right, the car went straight, off the
left, skidded down on embankment,
clipped off a pole and turned over
on its top in the canal.
Willis told officers that he tried
to rescue Rose, but couldn’t, the
water was too deep. So he went
back to the drawbridge where he
summoned help.
Arriving at the scene were cor
oner David Munden, deputy sher
iffs Bobby Bell and C. H. Davis,
patrolman J. W. Sykes and patrol
man Brown.
Funeral services for Rose were
held at the Harkers Island Mis
sionary Baptist church at 2 p.m.
yesterday. Burial was in Virgie
Mae Cemetery, Harkers Island.
Surviving are the parents; three
brothers, Clifton, Bobby and Lloyd
Rose all of Harkers Island; two
sisters, Mrs. Dick Chadwick of
Harkers Island and Mrs. Curtis
Styron of Cedar Island; the ma
ternal grandfather, John Jones of
Harkers Island.
Civitan Club
Plans to Help
In Registration
Morehead City Civitan club mem
bers discussed plans to help with
the new voter-registration for
Morehead City at their meeting
Friday noon.
Registration books in the town
will be completely revised with a
new registration this spring. In
order to cast ballots in the next
election, voters must be registered
in the new books.
To help remind voters of the ne
cessity. of registering, the club
plans to erect signs throughout the
city directing voters to the munici
pal building and to the residence
of E. W. Olschner, registrar. These
are the two locations where the
registration will be conducted.
Signs will also be placed in Mr.
Olschner’s yard at 200 S. 34th St.
Appeals to civic organizations
will be made and letters will be
mailed to chamber of commerce
Morehead residents urging 100 per
cent registration. Dates for the
registration will be April 8-22.
The speaker at the meeting was
Beaufort mayor W. H. (Piggie)
Potter. His topic was community
betterment. Next Friday the club
will hear an address on city gov
ernment by town commissioner
Bud Dixon. The club meets at
Mrs. Russell Willis’s restaurant.
Gun Thief's Term Suspended
In County Court Tuesday
In county court Tuesday, Richard
Doles was found guilty of larceny
of two shotguns and was given a
six-month suspended jail sentence.
Doles' sentence was suspended on
condition that he remain sober be
havior for a period of three years
and pay $20 and court costs.
Charles Edward Roller was fined
$200 and costs for his second of
fense of drunk driving. William.
Felton Gillikin requested a jury
trial on the same charge. Gilli
kin’s case was transferred to the
next term of superior court and
judge Lambert Morris set his bond
at $150.
Of the 20 speeding cases tried,
11 of the defendants were taxed
with court costs. They were Wil
liam J. Morgan, Clara G. Hunter,
Gladys Lee Penny, Aubrey Arvis
McGehee, Carroll P. Brooks, Rob
ert Bruce Piner, John Lane Lewis,
Kenneth N. Putnam, Douglas
Lonue, Guthrie, Dolie Sanders Gi|
. likin, Ronald William Gergely.
Other defendants, their charges
and the findings of the court were
as follows:
John D. Stewart, drunk driving.
Warrant was amended to read
careless and reckless driving for
which the defendant was fined $100
and costs.
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Rescuers remove the body of Joey Rose, Harkers Island, from the car which went into a canal on the
Cedar Island road Saturday night. His death is the fifth highway fatality in the county this year,
rescuers are Ronald Goodwin and Royce Emory.
The
Miss Wilson
Talks to Council
Miss Grace Wilson spoke on the
White House Conference on Aging,
held in Washington, D. C., recent
ly, at the County Agriculture Work
ers council meeting Thursday
afternoon. The meeting was in the
farm agent’s office. The speaker
was introduced by Mrs. David Bev
eridge.
David Warrick, assistant county
agent, conducted the meeting. He
announced that copies of the year’s
programs will be prepared by the
program committee and given each
member.
The annual picnic will replace
the August meeting. R. M. Wil
liams has volunteered to speak on
Russian Farming ip October. Mr.
I. M. Robbins will give the Novem
ber program and officers will be
elected in December.
Attending, in addition to those
mentioned, were Maynard Owens,
Joe Owens, Mrs. Harriet Tetterow,
Mrs. Rosemary Lockard and Mrs.
Nancy Piner.
Willie May, disturbing the peace,
30 days in jail, suspended on pay
ment of $10 and costs.
Henry Hamilton, public drunken
ness, costs.
George V. Smith, failing to yield
the right of way, costs.
Dorothy Hawkins, issuing a
worthless check. Defendant was
ordered to pay court costs and to
honor the check.
John McDonald, carrying a con
cealed weapon and using loud and
profane language in public, one
half court costs.
Anthony Lee Daugherty, careless
and- reckless driving, dismissed.
Ted H. Conway, failing to yield
the right of way, costs.
Harold G. Simpson Jr., speeding,
bond forfeited.
Franklin Schauwecker, speeding,
$25 and costs.
Elwyn C. Thompson, failing to
give proper signal, costs.
Earl D. Hoys, failing to stop at
a stop sign, costs.
Rebecca F. Robinson, having no
operator’s license, remanded to
juvenile court.
Douglas M. Lockhart, speeding,
$2 and costs.
Aida C. Robinson, allowing an
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Young Democrats to Form
Club Tonight, Courthouse
Democrats, both men and worn
en between the age$ of 20 and 40
are invited to the organization
meeting of the Carteret Couhty
Young Democrats club tonight at
the court house at 8.
Ronald Earl Mason, organization
committee member, said it is hop
ed'that each precinct in the coun
ty will be represented. Speakers
at the meeting will include A. H.
James, chairman of the county
Democratic party; Alex Warlick,
Jacksonville, NC District organiz
er; and Sam Johnson, Raleigh,
president of the state Young Dem
ocrats organization.
Business will include the elec
tion of officers, the adoption of a
constitution and the presentation
of a charter by state officers.
Mr. Mason said Friday, “This is
the first time in recent years that
there has been an effort made to
organize the young people with the
idea of affording these young men
and women the opportunity of par
ticipating in Democratic affairs.
“Certainly in this day of young
people throughout our national and
state government, it is time that
the young people of our county be
came interested in politics and
government,” he remarked.
Comprising the organization com
mittee which has laid plans for the
meeting are Dr. Russell Outlaw,
Thomas Bennett, Albert Chappell,
Jack Barnes, George M. Thomas,
Ronald Earl Mason, Nelson Gilli
kin, James P. Lewis and Joe Ma
son Jr.
6-Year-Old Boy
Collides with Car
A 6-year-old Morehead City boy,
Michael Dudley, escaped serious
injury Saturday morning when he
was struck by an auto at 10th and
Bridges Streets.
According to police reports,
young Dudley was on a bicycle
and rode out of a driveway into the
path of an oncoming car driven
by Mrs. Mabel Smith of Salter
Path. Mrs. Smith told officers that
the boy darted in front of her car
and she couldn’t avoid hitting him.
He was examined by Dr. S. W.
Hatcher. He suffered a bruised and
skinned right leg. X-rays failed
to show any broken bones.
No charges were filed against
Mrs. Smith. Investigating the mis
hap was police chief Herbert Grif
fin.
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Port Calendar
Morehead City State Port
Black Osprey—Docked yester
day to load tobacco for Europe.
Susan Maersk—Due Friday to
toad tobacco cargo for the Far
East.
Hada—Due Friday to load fish
oil and tobacco for Europe.
Fembank—Due Feb. 20 to pick
up tobacco for Far East.
Niedersachsen—Due Feb. 23 to
load tobacco for Europe.
Teubingen—Due Feb. 24 to load
cargo of tobacco and lumber for
Europe.
Sommeisdyk—Due Feb. 26 for
tobacco for Europe.
Annexation Vole
Will be April 1
Residents of the Ann and Front
street extended and Lennoxville
road areas will vote Saturday,
April 1, on whether they want to
join the town of Beaufort.
Before they may vote, they must
register at the town hall. The
registration books will open at 9
a.m. Saturday, March 4, and close
at sunset Saturday, March 18.
Voting April 1 will take place
between 6:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m.
in the town hall. Judges of the
election will be Wiley Taylor Jr.
and Frank Lewis.
The election (or referendum) was
requested by residents of the pro
posed-for-annex area. They pre
sented a petition at the Feb. 6
town board meeting.
A detailed description of the area
proposed for annexation appears
in the legal section of Friday’s
NEWS-TIMES. It -will appear
again on the coming three Fridays.
Tide Table
Tides at the Beaufort Bar
HIGH LOW
Tuesday, Feb. 14
7:19 a.m. 1:07 a.m.
7:47 p.m. ' 1:48 p.m.
Wednesday, Feb. 15
8:09 a.m. 2:01 a.m.
8:38 p.m. 2:37 p.m.
Thursday, Feb. 16
9:01 a.m. 2:52 a.m.
8:29 p.m. 3:24 p.m.
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Garland Scruggs
Heads Red Cross
• Seven New Directors
Named Friday Night
• Blakely Pond Will
Handle Fund Drive
Garland Scruggs, Morchead City,
was elected chairman of the coun
ty Red Cross chapter at a meeting
Friday night at the Rex restaurant.
He succeeds Odell Merrill, Beau
fort. Mr. Merrill was presented
a certificate of appreciation for his
work by George W. Dill, mayor of
Morehead City.
Blakely Pond, Davis, was elected
chairman of the Red Cross fund
drive which will be conducted in
March.
Gaston Smith, Atlantic, was nam
ed assistant chairman of the chap
ter. New directors arc Jim Hux,
Don Forster, John L. Humphrey,
all of Morehead City; Moses How
ard, Newport; Roger Jones, Broad
Creek; Joe Mason Jr., Sea Level;
and Tommy Lewis, Harkers Island.
Mr. Smith, Mr. Pond and Mr.
Merrill remain on the board as
directors.
Ronald Earl Mason, Beaufort,
was named publicity chairman for
the March campaign.
Reports were given by Mrs.
James Rumley, Beaufort, home
service secretary; Leon A. Davis,
field representative; Harry Wil
liams, county Civil Defense chair
man; and Mr. Humphrey, first aid
chairman.
Mr. Davis read the report by Mr.
Hux, who is disaster chairman.
The report stated that more than
$30,000 in Red Cross funds were
used in this county following Don
na. Spent here since 1944 to re
lieve suffering following storms
was $140,000. More than 90 per
cent of that has been used since
1954. Funds raised in the county
campaign last year exceeded the
amount raised in 1959.
It was proposed that a water
safety chairman be named this
year.
Attending the meeting were Mr.
Scruggs, Mr. Humphrey, Leon A.
Davis, Mr. Merrill, Mr. Howard,
Miss Gcorgie Hughes, Mr. Smith,
Mrsi Rumley, Mr. Forster, Mr.
Williams, Mr. Mason, mayor Dill,
the Rev. John Cline, and Mr. Pond.
The board will meet at 7 p.m.
Friday night at the Morehead City
municipal building.
Marines Leave
Morehead City
For Caribbean
Camp Lejeune—-The 4th Marine
Expeditionary Brigade, command
ed by Maj. Gen. James P. Berk
eley, begins embarking this week
at Morehead City, to participate in
Lantphibex-61, the largest amphi
bious exercise scheduled for 2d Di
vision Marines during 1961.
The purpose of the training exer
cise, which is expected to end
around Feb. 28, is to maintain the
combat efficiency of the 2d Marine
Division in its role as a force-in
readiness.
Approximately 20,000 Marines
and sailors and 65 ships of the At
lantic Fleet will participate in the
landing exercises, which will be
conducted on the island of Vieques,
Puerto Rico.
The 4th MEB is made up of Regi
mental Landing Team 2, under the
command of Col. C. W. Kelly Jr.,
and Provisional Marine Air Group
10, commanded by Lt. Col. R. L.
Anderson.
The RLT consists of three Bat
talion Landing Teams; BLT 3/2,
commanded by Lt. Col. R. M. Hall,
BLT 3/8, commanded by Lt. Col.
R. C. Peck, and BLT 1/6, com
manded by Lt. Col. W. C. Joslyn.
Marine Air Group 10 is composed
of helicopters, fighter attack air
craft, and logistical support ele
ments from the 2d Marine Aircraft
Wing.
After a rehearsal landing Feb.
24, the task force will begin form
ing off the island of Vieques for
the major assault in the early hours
of Feb. 25.
Following the training exercises,
the 4th MEB is scheduled to visit
several Caribbean liberty ports be
fore returning to Camp Lejeune
early in March.
Chamber Committee to Meet
The chamber of commerce mem
bership committee will meet at
7:30 tomorrow night at the Hotel
Fort Macon to check on progress in
the current membership drive, an
nounces A. B. Cooper, chairman.
Edgar Willis Recovers in Hospital
From Knife Slash in Throat
The body of a woman, identified as Aggie Ballou by the'
sheriff’s department, was found at 8 o’clock yesterday
morning in a barn on the Crow Hill road at Straits. In the
Morehead City hospital, recovering from a self-inflicted
ear-to-ear slash in his throat, was Edgar Willis, with whom
she lived.
Willis told authorities that he was married to the
I
l Mayor Sets Up
Exploratory
Industry Session
Mayor W. II. Potter, Beaufort,
has invited owners of certain prop
erty from North River to Newport
river to meet at 2 p m. Tuesday,
Feb. 21, with representatives of
the industry division. Board of
Conservation and Development,
i The meeting will be at the town
1 hall, Beaufort.
Representatives from. C&D will
be Gene Harris and J. I). Little.
Advantages of the area to indus
try and availability of land for in
dustry will be discussed.
Listed as owners of potential in
dustrial sites are Mrs. K. W.
Wright, George Huntley, Ben
Gibbs, Hugh Carraway, Noah Av
ery, Howard Jones, Neal Campen
and Earl Taylor.
Mayor Potter observed, “There
exists just outside of the residen
tial area of Beaufort a strip of
land, from North River to the
Newport river, about one-half to
three-quarters of a mile wide, that
has all of the favorable advantages
for industrial use: available to
transportation, acreage, availabil
ity of power and water, labor pool,
proximity to port facilities, con
tinuity of acreage ownership, rea
sonable tax valuation, proper ele
vation and soil components.
School Band
To Give Concert
Morehead City high schol band,
under the direction of Ralph Wade,
will present its winter concert at
8 p.m. Saturday in the school audi
torium.
Josiah Bailey will play a trom
bone solo, The Holy City, and the
other featured soloist will be Jim
my Terrell playing the cornet in
Come Back to Sorrento.
Other numbers are the following:
Trojan Invocation, from The Tro
jans by Berlioz, Adagio from the
Sonata Pathetique (Beethoven),
The Silver Chord, overture (Mc
Neill).
Interlude (Erickson), The Drunk
en Sailor (folk song), Londonderry
Air (Old Irish Melody), Estrellita
(Spanish number), two marches,
The Klaxon and Man of the Hour,
and Foot Tappers, a novelty selec
tion.
No admission is charged. This is
one of two concerts presented by
the band annually.
Fire Department Approval
Brings Lower Insurance Rate
Driver Cited
After Accident
Dalton E. Morse, Hubert, was
charged with driving drunk Satur
day night after his 1960 Chevrolet
struck a 1960 Falcon station wagon
in the rear.
Highway patrolman J. W. Sykes,
who investigated, said the accident
happened on highway 24 a mile
west of Bogue at 10:15. Driving
the Falcon was Howard Lightle,
Jacksonville. With him was his
wife and his wife’s brother, Rich
ard Barlow.
Lightle told the patrolman he
was headed toward Swansboro at
about 45 miles an hour when the
Chevrolet came up behind him at
a terrific rate of speed and hit him
in the left rear, knocking him into
a ditch on the right side of the
road.
The Chevrolet veered off to the
left, jumped a ditch and turned
bottom up. Injuries to the people
involved were not serious
The patrolman said Morse is a
taxi driver. Damage to the Fal
con was estimated at $300 and to
the Chevrolet $600.
•woman, but the information could
not be verified by press-time. The
two made their home in the loft of
the barn.
Deputy sheriff Bobby Bell said
that Mrs. Ballou or Willis (she was
the widow of the late Capt. Bill
Ballou of Morehead City) was
found in a bed after they had sent
Willis off to the hospital in an am
bulance.
She was wearing a pair of slacks
and a bra. It is believed she had
been dead since some time Sunday.
Coroner David Munden said an au
topsy would be performed to learn
the cause of death. He said that
the body showed no noticeable
marks of violence.
The coroner said that Willis had
gone to the nearby home of some
members of his family Sunday to
report that Aggie was dead. They
went with him to the barn but he
wouldn’t let them in. Yesterday
morning they notified the sheriff’s
department.
Deputy Bell said he got a call at
8 o’clock yesterday morning. Both
he and deputy C. H. Davis went to
Straits and learned from neighbors
that Aggie had not been seen lately
but that Willis had just gone from
their house to the barn.
The officers went to the barn and
called to him. He answered and
said he would come down. They
heard him clattering down what
apparently were steps. When he
didn’t appear, the officers called
again and Willis again assured
them he was coming out.
Finally, the third time, when the
officers called and Willis didn’t
come out, deputies Davis and Bell
and another man whom they could
not identify, went in the barn. They
looked through a crack into an en
closed room in the barn and saw
Willis standing there with blood
gushing out of his neck, saturating
his undershirt.
An ambulance was called, but
meanwhile Willis dashed back up
the stairs. There he had tied a
chain around a 2 by 4 and tried to
hang himself, the officers said, but
the rafter broke in two. He was
unconscious when officers reached
him.
Willis had regained consciousness
yesterday morning after stitches
had been used to close the gash in
his throat. The doctor said he
would recover.
He told officers that he had cut
himself with a “chef’s knife.”
When officers had asked him ear
lier about his wife, Aggie, he in
sisted that she “was up to my sis
ter’s.” It was after the ambulance
had taken him away that they
found the body.
Her age is estimated at about 40.
By press-time yesterday no funeral
arrangements had been made.
She Is survived by her mother,
Mrs. Bessie Adams Fulcher, route
1 Newport; four sisters, Mrs. Ben
nie Salter, Salter Path; Mrs. Hazel
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► Atlantic Beach reached a notable
milestone Jan. 15. On that date its
fire insurance rate went down from
72 cents per $1,000 to 48 cents. M.
G. Coyle, clerk to the Atlantic
Beach town board, reported the
good news Friday morning at a
meeting of the board.
The reduction in rate is the re
sult of an approved fire depart
ment. The town has complied with
all state requirements and has a
9A rating. This is the best avail
able until fire hydrants are install
ed, Mr. Coyle said.
As a result of the approved fire
department, beach firemen can
now apply for membership in the
North Carolina Firemen’s associa
tion.
The board adopted an ordinance
aimed at getting storm-washed
property off of town property.
Some houses, dislodged in Donna,
are blocking a town street. In
other instances, fencing, building
materials and other-privately-own
ed property is still on town proper
ty.
The board ordered the following:
1. Owner of the “misplaced*’
property is to receive a registered
letter asking that he remove the
property within 45 days.
2. If he does not move it, the
town will move it and charge the
cost of moving to the owner.
Beach Adopts
Hurricane Code
• Mayor Disappointed
In County's Attitude
• Clerk Hopes County
Will OK It in March
Atlantic Beach town commission
ers adopted Friday morning the
hurricane code county commission
ers have under consideration. The
action follows adoption last month
of a code that sets up specifica
tions for one and two-family dwell
ings and apartment houses.
Mayor A. B. Cooper, who pre
sided, expressed disappointment
that county commissioners did not
adopt last week the hurricane code.
They deferred action until March.
Referring to the damage done hy
storms and failure of the county
board to take measures to prevent
such loss, the mayor said, “I think
this is one of the most serious
things this county has faced in a
long time."
Mr. Coyle commented that the
code is in line with recommenda
tions of builders, and assures pro
tection to all property owners —
especially those who build well,
then a roof from a shack next door
slams into their house.
He termed the code an invitation
to insurance companies to return
to the county. ‘(Some insurance
firms, hit heavily by storm claims •
from this area, will no longer in
sure property located here).
Mr. Coyle said that he believes
the county will adopt the hurricane
code, but it will be too late to be
of value to the beach this year.
The beach town board specified
that when tho county adopts the
hurricane code, the town will com
ply with regulations set up by the
county.
Mr. Coyle said that the differ
ence in cost in building a structure
in compliance with the hurricane
code would run, in most cases, be
tween $40 and $50 more. He said
the code requires the “absolute
minimum” for wind protection.
Mr. Coyle and commissioner R.
A. Barefoot, building inspector,
were appointed to enforce the code,
which becomes effective today. The
building permits will remain at $3.
Mr. Coyle and Mr. Barefoot are
to present, at the next meeting,
recommendations as to fees.
Instead of a flat fee, Mr. Bare
foot suggested that the fee be in
proportion to the cost of the struc
ture to be built. Mr. Coyle said
inspection should be made of a
building when the foundation is
laid, after the walls are up and
upon completion.
The town ordinance specifies that
anyone who builds in violation of
the hurricane code will be guilty
Of a misdemeanor and liable to $50
fine or 30 days in jail. Each day
the code is violated shall constitute
a separate offense.
3. If the owner refuses to pay,
the town can file suit against him
to recover the money.
The clerk reported that he had
received no reply from owners of
oceanfront property at the western
edge of town, relative to the town’s
negotiating with a contractor to
build a seawall. One property own
er recently requested that the town
initiate efforts to see if property
owners, in a cooperative venture,
could get a seawall put up.
Mr. Coyle reported also that both
the state and federal governments
had approved the town’s requests
for Civil Defense funds to meet
town expenses following Donna. He
said that he believed the state i
would pay the town as soon as the
federal funds were turned over to
the state.
Attending the meeting, in addi- . j
tion to the clerk, were mayor A. ,
B. Cooper, who presided, commis
sioners R. A. Barefoot and A. F.
Fleming, and Qeorge McNeill, town
attorney.
Two Cited
Willie Moore and SteB Stevens -
were charged Saturday in Beau- ' i
fort with public drunkenness, <
Moore is in jail under $25 bond and |
Stevens under $35 bond, according
to Carlton Garner, assistant police j
chief. _ t|
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