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ALL WHO READ READ THE NEWS-TIMES BOth YEAR, NO. 27. EIGHT PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY, APRIL 4, 1961 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS Mammoth Crowd Attends Easter Sunrise Service at Fort Macon Photo by Norwood Young Dr. Douglas Branch, right, addresses the throng of Easter worshipers at the sunrise service Sunday morning at Fort Macon. The fort is located on Beaufort inlet at the eastern tip of Boguc Banks. More than 2,000 persons attended the Easter sunrise service Sunday morning at Fort Macon. Five hun dred fifty-three cars were counted by the electrical computer at the park. The guest speaker was Dr. Doug las M. Branch, general secretary of the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina. Speaking on the theme, Triumphant Life, Dr. Branch said, “Unlike the artificial ity of Christmas, Easter maintains the awesome truth . . . that Jesus lives. If we accept this,” he "con tinued, “every other proposition of faith is possible.” The service was sponsored by Freak Accident Causes Death of Jerry T. Piver Jerry T. Piver, 21, a Coast Guardsman stationed at Cape Look out lifeboat, station, died Friday en route to the Naval hospital at Camp Lejeune following an acci den at 8:45 a.m. Friday at the Coast Guard station. Mr. Piver, a fireman, was try ing to close a heavy duty garage door, the pull-down type, when a restraining cable snapped and the door fell on him. Fifth Coast Guard district headquarters, Norfolk, Va., said an investigation will be con ducted. Funeral services were conducted in Whiteville, Piver’s hometown, Sunday at 3 p.m. Burial will be in Arlington national cemetery to day. He is survived by his wife, the former Elizabeth Jane Jachimski of Baltimore, Md., his parents and a number of brothers and sisters. Mr. Piver had been in the Coast Guard about two years. Prior to his transfer to Cape Lookout, he was stationed aboard the CGC Chi lula based at Morehead City state port. Mr. and Mrs. Piver made their home at 110V4 Orange St., Beaufort. Rotarians Hear About Science Morehead City science instruc tor, John Edwards, and students Jimmy Smithwick and Edward Dail were guests of the Morehead City Rotary club Thursday night. Mr. Edwards reported on a trip made by the trio to the North Caro lina Junior Science symposium . March 15-17. The symposium was held on the campuses of NC State college, Duke University and UNC. Approximately 180 students, with high science apptitudes, attended. The objective of the symposium was an introduction of the students to the research facilities and proj ects of these three institutions. Lectures by top scientists and teachers and reports by high school students filled most of the three days. Tours of the laboratories were arranged to observe research. Topics discussed covered all the sciences, along with lectures on the humanities to show the broad scope of science and to arouse interest of the betteran than average stu dent in science, Mr. Edwards re ported. Also arranged was a side trip to the Research Triangle to show in dustry’s need for research facili ties. Worth Kreiger of Raleigh and Dr. W. L. Woodard of Beaufort were visiting Rotarians. Guests in cluded Miss Edith Mae Davis, Morehead City and Captain Soo of the Nationalist Chinese vessel,-Hai Shang. Mayors Meet Mayors W. H. Potter, George W. Dill and A. B. Cooper met yester day morning at the Morehead City municipal building with general assemblyman D. G. Bell. Mayor Potter said they conferred on prob lems of mutual interest. the Carteret Ministerial associa tion. The Rev. Charles Kirby, pas tor of the First Presbyterian church, Morehead City, was chair man. He said yesterday that it is anticipated the service will become an annual affair, “attracting speak ers of national prominence.” He said that the ministerial asso-. ciation has incurred a slight deficit as a result of the service and any one who would care to help defray the deficit is invited to send their contribution to the Rev. Sam Wich ard, finance chairman, llarkers Island. Expenses of the speaker and the cost of printing programs were the *-; FHA Supervisor Reports Loans Made in 1960 Farmers Home administration borrowers in the county in 1960 occupied and operated farms con taining 130.1 acres of which 80.7 acres are clcarefl, according to I. M. Robbins, county FHA super visor. The averages for the group show ed productive livestock valued at $1,497; farming equipment, $8,900; amount paid on all debts, $8,089; off-farm income $1,234; and in crease in net worth $2,939. Cultivating an average of 12.4 acres of tobacco, the farmers pro duced an average per acre yield of 1,863 pounds. With an average-of 19.8 acres of corn, the per acre yield was 51 bushels. This is the highest level of production of which FHA has any record for any group of farmers in Carteret, Mr. Rob bins said. The foregoing figures are on “farm ownership” loans. According to the summary for the “operating loan” borrowers, their farms farms consisted of an average of 51.8 acres of crop land. Other averages for this group show livestock valued at $528; farm equipment $5,944; amount paid on debts $5,466; off-farm income, $696; and increase in net worth, $1,603. Cultivating an average of 9.9 acres of tobacco the average per acre yield was 1418 pounds. With 16.2 acres of corn 49.5 bushels per acre were produced. Barbara L. Nichols Wins Scholarship Misenheimer, N.C.—A president’s scholarship valued at $800 has been awarded Miss Barbara L. Nichols, daughter of Mr. and Mr*. W. H. Nichols, Box 145, Morehead City. Announcement of the scholarship is made by K. D. Holshouser, chair man of Pfeiffer College’s scholar ship committee. Recipients of such scholarships are selected on the basis of schol arship, promise of future leader ship, and other considerations. The scholarship value will be divided over the student’s four years at Pfeiffer. Miss Nichols, a member of the senior class at Morehead City high school, will enter Pfeiffer in Sep tember 1961. She plans to prepare for a career in teaching. Tanker Lies Offshore A Liberian tanker was lying off Morehead City over the weekend, making repairs. It had requested a berth at Morehead City port but no berthing space Was available. Nine ships docked and sailed from the port Friday through Sunday. Tobacco and milk were -loaded and import cargo put ashore. | major expenditures. One of the worshipers, Graham Smith, 56, Raleigh, collapsed dur ing the service. He was given first aid and was removed on a stretch er by the Atlantic Beach Rescue squad, then by ambulance to More head City hospital. He had re cently been hospitalized. Mr. Kirby expressed his appre ciation to the following for their assistance in the service: the Coast Guard and Coast Guardsmen who handled parking, the beach rescue squad, Warren Beck, who transported pianos from the First Baptist church to the fort; Dick Babcock. Ralph Wade, director of the band; Mrs. Bill Murray and Mrs. Austin Williams, choir directors, the choirs and pianists; Ray Par due, superintendent of the park; state highway patrolmen W. J. Smith Jr. and R. H. Brown; Grover Munden, Bill Singleton, Dr. Silas Thorne, and the following mem bers of the ministerial association: Art Willis, B. L. Davidson, J. P. Mansfield, Ray Kirk, Seldon Bul lard, Corbin Cooper, John Cline, Guthrie Brown, Paul Dingess, and Lallon Narron. Mr. Kirby expressed special thanks to the newspapers, radio and tv stations for publicity. April Makes Its Entrance With Plenty of Rain April lived up to its reputation, at least locally, as .43 inches of "April Showers” was recorded by weather observer Stamey Davis Saturday. Actually, Saturday’s shower was a continuation of a rain that start ed Friday and dumped a total of 1.58 inches of rain in a 48-hour period. Mr. Davis temperature reclions for March 27 to Monday ... Tuesday ... Wednesday Thursday Friday . Saturday Sunday .... recorded the following ranges and wind di the seven-day period, April 2: High Low Wind . 70 50 SW .71 59 SW .71 56 SW 73 56 NE .. .65 51 SE 70 59 W .64 43 W This Was It in 1917 vx-m ■■ry'sTrwmff'va!:: »wi By LARRY McCOMB A real eye catcher along high way 70 in Newport is this 1917 Ford hearse owned by Lcland Garner and believed to be the first ‘horseless carriage’ hearse in the county. The hearse originally was pur chased in 1921 by W. H. Bell, who was then owner of Bell Cof fin Co., Newport. Mr. Bell bought the hearse from Wood Funeral Home in Kinston and used it in > his business until about 1925, ac County Files Demurrer Asking Court to Dismiss Hospital Suit Morehead City School Band To Leave on Trip Thursday Morehead City high school band students will leave Thursday morn ing for Washington, D. C., to at tend the Cherry Blossom festival and march in the parade Saturday. The group will visit Yorklown, Jamestown and Williamsburg, Va., en route to Washington. They will eat dinner at Williamsburg Inn and plan to arrive at Anchorage Motel in Fairfax, Va., about ft p.m. Thursday. Friday’s plans include visits to Lincoln memo’rial, Washington monument, Jefferson memorial and the Smithsonian Institute in the morning. A tour of the supreme court building, the capitol, Ford’s (theatre and the national archives j has been arranged for the aftcr j noon with dinner in downtown I Washington. Band members will have three hours of free time Fri day night. After the festival parade Satur day morning, the students will visit the wax museum, the Lee mansion and Arlington cemetery. They will attend the Music for Young Amer j ica concert Saturday night. Band members will attend church at Washington Cathedral Sunday morning, after which they will vis it Mount Vernon. They will leave Mount Vernon for home and plan to arrive about 11 p.m. A recent campaign to raise funds for the trip, by public donation, was successful, according to Ralph Wade, band director. Each band member personally bears $14 of the tost. Total expenses are esti mated to run over $3,000. Five Injured In Friday Crash Five persons were injured in a collision on highway 70 west of Newport at 10 p.m. Friday. They were John R. Foss, Newport, driv er of a 1953 Mercury, his two pas sengers, Charlotte Dugee, 14, and Nancy M. Allen, 19, both of New port; Bruce K. Taker, Cherry Point, driver of a 1953 Ford, and an unidentified passenger with Taker. All were taken to the Cherry Point hospital. The Newport resi dents were later moved to More head City hospital. Miss Dugee is suffering from a cut forehead, chest bruises and a sprained ankle; Miss Allen had cuts on her fore head, bruised throat, and cuts and bruises on her legs. Both Taker and his passenger had head injuries. Taker also had a chest injury. According to patrolman W. J. Smith Jr., who investigated, Taker was headed west and made a left turn in front of the Foss car. Both cars were demolished. cording to Mr. Garner, Until Just a couple of years ago the hearse had been stored in a garage. Then Mr. Garner, a nephew of Mrs. Bell, decided to restore the antique vehicle. The hearse was given a new paint job, a motor overhaul, a new set of tires and placed in top-top mechanical order by Mr. Garner. Crank ’er up, and she goes. The sides of the antique vehicle are ornamented with gilded wreaths. Early automobile owners will Annexation Issue Defeated Saturday Residents in the area proposed for annexation to the town of Beaufort voted against the pro posal 144 to 64 Saturday. Mayor W. II. Potter said that he was disappointed in the out come, but the fact that even 64 people in the area were in favor of joining the town was encour aging. Two hundred twenty-seven per sons had registered for the spe cial referendum. Pony Killed, Boy Hurt When Struck by Car Randolph Blake Wright, 8, rider of a Shetland pony, suffered a broken right leg at 12:50 p.m. Sun day and his pony was killed when it was struck by a ear on highway 101. Driving the car was Bernice Tallman Lewis, route 1 Beaufort. Randy, son of Mr. and Mrs. K. W. Wright Jr., was coming out of a side road about two miles north of Beaufort when the accident hap pened, according to patrolman W. J. Smith Jr. He said Mrs. Lewis, driving a 1960 Buick convertible, was headed north on highway 101. She said she saw the boy and pony and slowed to about 40 miles an hour, but the animal ran out in front of her. Damage to the Buick Was estimated at $150 to $200. Mrs. Wright said her son was returning from a neighbor’s. Walk ing beside the pony was her daugh ter, Betsy, 6. Betsy is now look ing for two boxes she had with her. In one was a stuffed white kitten and in the other a blond talking doll wearing a red dress and red shoes. The kitten was in a box that had a Chaple Hill address on it and the doll, Chatty Cathy, was in a pink box. The pony, doll and kitten were Christmas gifts to the children. Mrs. Wright said that in the ex citement, Betsy left the boxes by the road and someone may have picked them up. She would appre ciate it very much if they could be found. Republicans to Meet William E. Cobb, chairman of the State Republican committee, will be the speaker at the County Re publican club meeting at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at Harkers Island school. remember well some of the fea tures found in the hearse that were the latest word in automo tive development 44 years ago. Standard equipment like the high-low clutch operated by the driver’s left hand and the re verse pedal on the floor or the gauged accelerator under the steering wheel. The hearse is also equipped with a feature that has long since disappeared from the engineer’s drawing table, running boards. Ferry Now Set To Start Runs Monday, May 1 Although the State Highway com mission announced several weeks ago that the Sea Level, ferry be tween Atlantic and Ocracoke, would possibly start running to morrow, the ferry is still on the ways at Wilmington. New date for start of the ferry runs is Monday, May 1. It is sched uled to leave Atlantic each day at 8 a m., arrive at Ocracoke at noon, leave Ocracoke at 2 p.m. and dock at Atlantic at 6. The highway commission adopt ed a ferry toll schedule Thursday and approved expenditure of $8,490 on the vessel. This was the,amount bid by the Wilmington Shipyard Co. to paint it and make minor modifications. The state recently purchased the ferry and docking facilities from the Taylor brothers, Sea Level, for $287,500. The tolls, one-way, are as fol lows: The adult passenger fare is $2.75, including 25 cents in federal taxes, and the half-fare passenger (those under 12 years of age) will pay $1.40, including 13 cents in taxes. The charge for an automobile, station wagon, pick-up or panel truck with trailer will be $4 for the vehicle and $2.50 for the driver which, with a quarter excise tax comes to a total of $6.75. These, are the same fares which were charged by the Taylor bro thers.' The fare for the same vehicles with trailers attached will range from $12.75 for vehicle and driver to $25.25, depending upon length. The fee for trucks or tractor trailers (loaded or empty) will range between $10.25 for vehicle and driver and $35.25 for vehicle and driver, depending upon length. Anything over 50 feet long will have to get a special permit and a special rate will be charged. A motorcycle rider will pay $4.25 for himself and his vehicle, it goes up $5.25 for a motorcycle with a sidecar and rider. A bicycle rider will pay a total of $2.75 for him self and his bike. New Bern Lions Claim Award Members of the New Bern Lions club visited the Morehead City Lions Thursday night and claimed the jungle prowlers award held by the local club. Included in the New Bern dele gation were district governor Car mi Winters and Ed Berry, presi dent of the New Bern Lions. Others were Bob Cotton, George Heath, C. W. Scott, Dave Morrison and Jake Hooks. Mr. Winters reported that Lions clubs over the state had collected $69,000 to date in White Cane drives. The program consisted of a taik by M/Sgt. Dennis M. Goodwin, ad ministrator of the local National Guard unit. Sergeant Goodwin out lined the functions of the local unit and also gave a brief history of the organization. Coast Guard Helps Boat Aground Friday Night Coast Guardsmen from the Fort Macon station were called out Fri day night to assist a 48-foot boat, the Judy-Bob II, that ran aground in Bogue Sound west of the Atlan tic Beach bridge. Fort Macon received the distress call at 7:10 and dispatched the 40 footer to the scene. The Judy-Bob was off at 8:15. Peter A. Brunk, BM-2; Frederick Hurst, EN-2 and John A. Potter, SN were the crew men aboard the 40-footer. Tide Table Tides at the Beaufort Bar HIGH LOW Tuesday, April 4 10:11 a.m. 4:18 a.m. 10:27 p.m. 4:19 p.m. Wednesday, April 5 11:02 a.m. 4:57 a.m. 11:21 p.m. 4:54 p.m. Thursday, April 6 12:00 a.m. 5:45 a.m. r...— 5:40 pju. • County commissioners, through Luther Hamilton Jr., county attorney, have filed a demurrer seeking dismissal of the hospital suit. The demurrer was filed yesterday morning. J. O. Barbour, Beaufort, and others filed a complaint last week, setting forth allegations that they claimed were sufficient cause to hold up con-' struction of the proposed county hospital. A hearing on the matter has been set for 10 a.m. tomorrow, but if a capital case is in progress before superior court, it is doubtful when the hearing will get under way. The demurrer contends that the complaint as to the bondholders’ agreement not being met, can be made only by • the bondholders themselves, and that the plaintiffs cannot complain about an opera tion that is to their own advantage. (The county levies for debt ser vice an amount less than agreed with the bondholders in 1937, which has been tantamount to a lower tax for each property owner than would be the case if the 1937 agree ment were followed. The tax re duction, however, has not affected the interest or principal paid on bonds; these amounts always hav ing beep paid in full and when due, if not before). The demurrer points out that the complaint does not state that the taxes levied were insufficient to meet obligations to bondholders. Although the coinplaint says that the “sinking fund ... is in de fault,” the demurrer points out that it does not state that the bonds themselves are in default or that there is no money on hand to pay bonds when they come due. The demurrer further states that the complaint sets forth nothing to justify conclusions alleged as to the borrowing of funds to build a hos pital. The demurrer claims that the suit filed by Barbour and others seeks to block county commission ers from doing something entirely within the county board’s discre tion; that allegations as to “the intent” of the county commission ers “are speculative and too vague and uncertain with respect to property acquisition as to inform the court or anyone else of the real purpose and intent of the defend ants.” As to the complaint’s allegations on validity of title of the Webb property (proposed as the hospital site), the demurrer contends that this is a matter of law, the facts to be found upon investigation of the title. The demurrer further states that allegations in the complaint are “improperly united.” It says that there is nothing in the complaint to “justify the conclusions” al leged. VW Turns Over Saturday Night A 1961 Volkswagen driven by Fred Broadhurst, Greenville, for merly of M.orehead City, turned completely over at 11:30 p.m. Sat urday on highway 24 two miles west of the highway 24 and 70 in tersection. Patrolman J. W. Sykes said Broadhurst was headed toward Morehead City and failed to make a curve. The car went off the right, back to the left, hit a fence, post and a mimosa tree. Neither Broadhurst nor a friend with him was injured, the patrolman said. The car was a total loss. No charges were filed. Edgar Willis, Dwane L. Wight Cases Ready • Grand Jury Finds True Bills Yesterday • Jury Allows McIntosh Divorce Action The grand jury found two true bills during its first hour of de liberation yesterday morning They are Edgar Willis, attempted sui cide, and Dwane L. Wright, theft. The docket scheduled both for trial yesterday. Bonds were forfeited by Clyde Franklin Jones and Joseph B. High, both charged with violation of the state’s motor vehicle laws. On the grounds of adultery, Pau line McIntosh was granted a di vorce from J. G. McIntosh. Mrs. LATE BULLETIN: In court yesterday afternoon, William Jerry Willis, Morehead City, pleaded guilty to assault on a fe male with intent to commit rape and was sentenced to three years in prison. In the Edgar Willis case, Wil lis’s attorney moved to quash the indictment, arguing that at tempted suicide did not consti tute a crime. The motion was granted. Robert Rouse, solicitor, appealed, and Willis's bond was set at $100. ---m,---“ McIntosh was given custody of the children, on the same basis as a separation agreement between her and her husband in 1959. Mrs. McIntosh alleged that on the night of Aug. 13, 1960, her hus band, with another woman, regis tered as man and wife at a More head City motel. McIntosh filed no answer to the complaint against him nor was he contesting the ac tion. Clayton Fulcher Jr., Atlantic, testified in behalf of Mrs. McIn tosh, who, he said, was a school teacher, and was qualified to have custody of the children. A son by the marriage is now 18 years of age, according to the court. Serving on the grand jury are Tommy Lewis, Foreman, Ervin McLawhorn, Monroe Gillikin, Charles C. Guthrie, Frank Sample, William Hill Howland. tyillie Bradshaw, Elbert Gillikin, Earl Griffin, Richard Leapley, John D. Webb, Norman Paul Han cock, A. L. Bowers. Sarah Curtis Guthrie, Milton Scott, Clarence Oglesby, Whitford Gillikin, and Luclla Brown Parker. Guard of the grand jury is Paul Beachem. Merchants to Meet The Morehead City Merchants association will meet at 11:30 a.m. today at the Hotel Fort Macon. At It Again To build up the land area at their launching ramp, the Carteret Outboard Runabout association, during a recent work day, put in a bulkhead, shown at the left. COBRA members in the picture are Roger Hoggard and Duffy Guthrie. The launching ramp is located on the Beanfort-Morehead causeway. __.
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