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THE NEWS-TIMES
50th YEAR, NO. 37. TWELVE PAGES
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MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY, MAY 9, 1961
PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
Graham Barden Will Speak
Here Wednesday, May 17
I
Mi ke Sir. ith Scios
Mike Smith, in plane, enjoys reviewing with his instructor, Bob
Burrows, the thrills of having successfully flown alone.
Mike Smith of Beaufort cele
brated his 16th birthday by fly
ing solo.
Mike, a sophomore at Beaufort
high school, has been taking fly
ing instructions since Christmas
from veteran flyer Bob Burrows
and on April 30, his 16th birth
day, he successfully completed
his solo flight test. After logging
the required number of hours in
the air, he will be eligible for a
pilot’s license.
E. W. Olschner
Says Thank You
E. W. Olschner, new registrar
for the recent Morehead City elec
tion, got a “baptism by fire” so
to speak. The closeness of the
mayor’s race posed more prob
lems than any election in the mem
ory of Morehead citizens.
Mr. Olschner yesterday express
ed his appreciation to those who
assisted him: the ballot counters
who worked until after midnight
on election night, the news media
which publicized registration, the
elections judges and assistants, and
George McNeill, city attorney, for
his assistance in interpreting the
elections laws.
The registrar credited the Civ
itan club with playing a major
role in getting folks registered.
The club erected signs along Aren
dcll street, reminding people to
register.
Mr. Olschner expressed special
appreciation for the NEWS-TIMES
editorial prior to the last day of
registration. “It really brought
forth the electors to the city hall
■ to register,” he remarked.
The number of ballots cast Tues
day were the largest ever in a
Morehead City municipal election.
Cars Damaged
In Bridge Crash
Three cars were involved in a
collision on the Morehead City,
bridge at 5:10 p.m. Wednesday.
Willie Caswell Spence, Goldsboro,
was charged with having improper
brakes after he ran into the rear
of a 1956 Ford and knocked that
into a 1959 Mercury.
The Mercury had stopped for the
draw, as had the Ford behind it.
All cars were headed west. Driv
ing the Mercury was Mabel Ful
cher Willis, Mitchell Village, More
head City. Driving the Ford was
Maurice N. Bradford, Cherry Point,
and Spence was driving a 1948
Dodge.
Damage to the Dodge, according
to patrolman W. J. Smith Jr., who
investigated, was $400. Damage to
the Ford was $200 and to the Mer
cury $50.
Bradford was complaining of a
back injury, the patrolman said,
and Spence suffered bruises.
Heleased on Bond
Britt Oxendine, route 2 Pem
broke, has been released from the
county jail under bond. He, along
with Cladie Oxendine, have been
charged with a series of thefts in
the Newport area.
According to Mr. Burrows,
Mike is the only Beaufort youth
to solo at 16, with the exception
of the late Jesse Taylor.
Prjrfr to his solo test, Mike had
logged more than eight hours fly
ing time under Mr. Burrows’ in
struction. Mike saved money he
earned tp finance the flying les
sons. He is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Smith, West Beau
fort road.
Doubt Expressed Regarding
Movement of Fuel by Pipe
A spokesman at Aviation Fuel
Terminal, Morehead City, said yes
terday that he doubted the validity
of a report that jet fuel, instead of
going by rail to Seymour Johnson
air base, will go by pipeline in
July.
According to a by-line story in a
Sunday paper, by Tom Wilson,
Capt. Henry C. Hines, Seymour
Johnson fuel supply officer, said
that within the next several months
the base “may be getting pipeline
delivery” from ports.
The newsstory says, “The pipe
line service—probably from Wil
mington-r-will go into effect in July,
according to Capt. Henry C. Hines,
base fuel supply officer.”
Jet fuel, known as JP4, now goes
by rail from the aviation fuel ter
minal on Radio island at Morehead
City. The terminal also supplies
jet fuel for Cherry Point.
The fuel is transported by Beau
fort and Morehead railroad the
short distance from the terminal
to Morehead City where it then
travels by Southern Railway. The
business forms a major income
source for the B&M.
• Former congressman Graham A.
Barden will be the guest speaker
at the annua(--meeting of the Neuse
Development association at 7:30
Wednesday night, May 17, at the
Biltmore Motor hotel, Morchead
City.
President of (he association is
W. B. Chalk, Morehead City.
New officers will be elected and
installed, a financial report will
be given and past, present and
future projects discussed, accord
ing to Mr. Chalk.
Members of the Neuse Develop
ment association are the towns of
Goldsboro, New Bern, Kinston and
Morehead City. The board of di
rectors consists of seven persons
from each of the towns.
They are as follows: Goldsboro:
L. Page Benton, Leslie Langston,
George K. Freeman, Joe Hender
son, John D. Lewis, Jim Latta,
S. Doug Gutherie.
New Bern: Robert I). Darden,
Donald E. Deichmann, George
Ipock, Bob Monte, Robert L. Stal
lings, E. E. Hughes Jr., Olin A.
Wright.
Morchead City: Rufus Butner,
W. B. Chalk, George W. Dill,
Moses Howard, Gerald Murdoch,
Morton Davis, Joe A. DuBois.
Kinston: Paul T. Baker, Guy El
liott, William S. Page, J. M. Ty
ler, Ike Whitfield, Cecil Moore,
Charles L. McCullers.
Mr. Chalk has served as presi
dent for two years, heading the
organization since its founding in
1959.
The president is chosen by the
board of directors from one of the
four vice-presidents. Each town
names a vice-president.
The dinner, which will open the
meeting, is dutch, $2 each. Each
community is requested to have at
least 25 persons present. Wives
are welcome.
Injures Leg
Miss Betsy Fowler of Tarboro
dislocated her kneecap Saturday
night at Occanan'a resort, Atlantic
Beach, while doing a dance known
as the Twist. She was given emer
gency treatment at Morehead City
hospital.
The Aviation Fuel terminal
spokesman expressed the opinion
that it would be impossible to build
a pipeline from Wilmington to
Seymour Johnson (Goldsboro) and
have it carrying fuel by July 1.
The terminal has requested con
firmation of the report from the
Air Force.
Federal Agents Arrest
Lester Babbitt, Davis
Lester Babbitt of Davis was one
of five North Carolinians arrested
Friday in a five-state crackdown
on men who hunt wildfowl for mar
keting. Babbitt, charged with sell
ing wild geese, was taken before
US Commissioner Lloyd S. Saw
yer at Elizabeth City.
Bond of $500 was set for his ap
pearance in US district court. The
arrests climaxed a two-year under
cover investigation by federal
agents, in which 223 undercover
purchases were made, involving
5,000 wild ducks and geese.
Sale of migratory waterfowl is a
federal offense.
Where Fires Start
enrage at the Horehead City recreation
good place for Are to (tart. The trash is the re
recent school affair at the building. Students like to
a dance, but don’t like to clean up afterwards. Tomor
laat day of a currant county-wide
Patrick Warner
Killed Monday
Near Atlantic
# Coast Guardsman
Thrown from Car
• Officer Says Auto
Was Speeding
Patrick Adam Warner, 26, a
Coast Guardsman stationed at Sea
Level, was killed at 12:10 a.in. yes
terday when the car he was driv
ing crashed. He was thrown out
and the car landed on top of him.
Warner, a native of Michigan, is
survived by a wife and child who
live at Sea Level. The body will be
shipped to Texas to Mrs. Warner’s
home for burial.
According to patrolman It. II.
Brown, who investigated the acci
dent, Warner was on his way home
from a buddy’s house at Atlantic
where he had gone with some laun
dry. The accident happened a mile
west of Atlantic.
Patrolman Brown said that he
estimated Warner’s speed at more
than 85 miles an hour when the
car failed 1o make a curve, went
off the pavement at the left,
skidded, and hit a cedar tree. The
patrolman said, “The car disin
tegrated.” It was a 1956 Chevro
let.
The wreckage landed on top of
Warner who was hurtled from the
car. A wrecker had to lift the car
before Warner's body could be
moved.
Warner’s death is the fifth fatal
ity in the county this year.
Library Friends
Choose Officers
Mrs. John Costlow, Beaufort,
was elected president of Friends
of the Library at a meeting Sat
urday afternoon at the library,
Broad and Pollock streets, Beau
fort.—
Dr. Austin Williams. Mor^hcau
City, was elected vice-president. A
request is being made for cotton
throw rugs which will be made
into mats for children to sit on
during story hour.
The story hours will start the
latter part of June at the library
and will be supervised by Mrs.
Jack Ward and Mrs. Holden Bal
lou.
Any size cotton throw rug will
be acceptable. They will then be
made into the proper size. The
rugs shuold be taken to the library.
The next meeting of Friends of
the Library will be in October.
Memberships are now being ac
cepted.
County 'Hams'
Organize Club
The County Amateur Radio club
was organized Sunday in Beaufort.
The constitution was read and
accepted by licensed operators
present. Elected officers were Bob
Slater, president; Lester Turnagc,
vice-president; and Mrs. Harry
Williams, secretary-treasurer.
A film, Every Single Minute,
showing mobile units in operation
was shown by R. M. Williams.
Licensed operators present were
T. O. Kincaid, Joe Garner, Clyde
Burr Jr., Lestern Turnage, Bob
Slater, Harry Williams, and Mrs.
.Harry Williams.
Others present who are interested
in becoming operators were W. T.
Willis, Bob Taylor, Jack Savage,
Lonnie L. Hyatt, Gregory Lewis,
John Longest, John Harris, David
Wrink, and Hubert King.
Several of them have taken their
examination and arc waiting for
their licenses.
Code and radio theory classes
are planned for perspective mem
bers and will be started in the
near future, according to Mr. Sla
ter.
License Revoked ,
Delbert Erman Doss, Newport,
has been informed by the North
Carolina Department of Motor Ve
hicles of the revocation of his driv
er’s license due to a drunk driving
conviction.
Tide Table
Tides at the Beaufort Bar
HIGH
LOW
Tuesday, May *
3:26 a.m.
4:09 p.m.
10:04 a.m.
10:35 p.m.
Wednesday, May 10
4:31 a.m.
5:09 p.m.
10:58 a.m.
11:29 p.m.
Thursday, May 11
5:31 a.m.
6:02 p.m.
11:48 a.m.
Friday, May 12
6:24 a.m
12:22 a.m.
12:86 p.m.
Supreme Court Holds 7959
Cattle Law Unconstitutional
Entry Deadline
Is 10 Tomorrow
Ten o’clock tomorrow morning
is the deadline for submitting en
tries in the Mother-of-the-Year
contest being sponsored by ten
Morehead City businesses and
THE NEWS-TIMES
The entries will Qe judged at
noon tomorrow and the winner
announced in Friday's paper.
The county's mother - of - the
year will be presented her gifts
at 11:30 a m. Saturday at the
Morehead City municipal build
ing. Making the presentation
will be mayor George W. Dill.
Mayor Dill
Makes Comment
George W. Dill, Morehead City’?
newly-elccted mayor, said yester
day that he believes the people
have elected “a workable govern
ment.”
Speaking of the new town of
ficials, the mayor said, “I'm cer
tain they're conscious of much to
be done and will be able to provide
the people a government beneficial
to present inhabitants and attrac
tive to others.
“At the same time,” the mayor
continued, “I would remind the
people that Morehead City is the
largest town in North Carolina that
has no source of revenue except
taxes. We are hard put to do with
our income what other towns do
because they own public utilities,
such as the water company.”
He thanked his many supporters
for returning him to office. The
mayor expressed the hope that
town fathers will have, in the fu
ture, the support of the population
at large, as they have in the past.
Boat Catches Fire
A backfire caused a small fire
aboard a boat on the Morehead
City waterfront late Sunday after
noon. Firemen were called, but
the fire had been put out with ex
tinguishers when the truck arrived.
Dallas Guthrie, Markers Island,
displays on the end of a pencil
the arrowhead that pierced this
calf’s chest and shoulder. The
calf was found Wednesday on the
western end of Shackleford banks
in the woods near Lewis ceme
tery.
Cinderella Plays Before Large
Audiences at Two Schools Friday
Six hundred fifty children and
approximately a hundred adults
saw the play Cinderella Friday in
Beaufort and Morehead City. The
play was presented by the Theatre
of Woman’s college, Greensboro
and was enthusiastically received
by both audiences.
It was given in Morehead City
school in the afternoon and in
Beaufort school at night.
The troupe was on tour, .having
come here from Fort Bragg where
two performances were given
Thursday. The players left Satur
day morning for New Bern where
the play was also presented.
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CD Director
Says Changes
Should be Made
Harry Williams, county Civil De
fense director, has announced
changes necessary lo bring the
county to a state of preparedness
for an emergency.
Air raid systems in the county
should be replaced or overhauled.
A Civil Defense director for More
head City and Newport, as well as
block wardens for Morehead City.
Newport and Atlantic Beach are
needed, Mr. Williams said.
Buildings to he used for fallout
and hurricane shelters should be
marked, he added.
Mr. Williams expressed apprecia
tion to the following for their co
operation during Operation Alert:
The Employment Security com
mission — Mrs. Julia Tenney and
Mr. Oscar Snyder for being in the
communications room to supply
any manpower needed; R. M. Wil
liams, county farm agent, and his
staff; the fire departments in
Beaufort, Morehead City and New
port.
The Citizens Band Radio club,
the sheriff's department and high
way patrol, the ham operators of
the county, the National Guard and
news media.
"Some people have criticized me
for saying the county was not pre
pared," the director said. "It was
the truth and sometimes the truth
hurts, but when we know the true
situation, then we know what needs
to be done,” Mr. Williams con
cluded.
Civil Defense needs local finan
cial help and anyone wishing to
make a donation in money or
equipment can deduct it f[om their
federal income tax, Mr. Williams
said, ' For further information,
folks may call him at PA6-4848.
The Beaufort Merchants associa
tion will meet at 8 tonight at the
Beaufort town hall.
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The arrow was still in the calf
and the wound was festering.
Guthrie and Leslie Asdenti
brought it back to Markers
Island, removed the arrow and
arc nursing the calf back to
health.
Carteret Business and Professional
Women's club and the Carteret
Community Theatre.
The traditional talc of Cinderella
was told with claobrate settings
and effective lighting. The fairy
godmother turned a pumpkin and
six white mice into a golden car
riage with white horses and gave
Cinderella a gorgeous white dress
to wear to the ball, where she fell
in love with the prince.
"The children were thrilled when
the prince, his herald and the
chamberlain went into the audi
ence to try Cinderella's glass slip
per on some of the children.
T^Uoup#
Law Prohibiting Livestock
On Banks Still in Force
It's illegal lo allow livestock to^
run at large on the outer banks,
even though a supreme court de
cision handed down last week said
a sheriff can't seize the cattle.
A 1957 act still stands. A 1959
law was ruled unconstitutional.
The decision was made in the
case, Ralph D. Chadwick and
Olive Willis vs. Hugh Salter and
Thomas Wade Bruton. Chadwick
and Mrs. Willis own cattle on
Shackleford Banks. - Salter is the
sheriff of Carteret county and Bru
ton is state attorney general.
The case was appealed to the
state supreme court several
months ago after a superior court
judge ruled in favor of sheriff Sal
ter and the county.
The 1957 act, still in effect, says
it's unlawful for horses, cattle,
goats, sheep and hogs to run at
large on the banks. Exempt from
the law are ponies between Beau
fort and Barden’s inlets. Owners
who permit their cattle to roam
are therefore violating the law and
arc subject to arrest.
The 1959 act came into being
after the 1957 law was found in
effective. Persons who had cattle
un the banks disclaimed owner
ship or used otHer dodges to evade
prosecution.
The 1959 act gave the sheriff of
Carteret county authority to seize
or destroy cattle on the banks and
if killed, the meat was to be given
lo charitable institutions.
The supreme court decision said,
“The sole ground on which con
fiscation could be sustained is that
they (the cattle) are running at
large in violation of 1957 act and
therefore constitute a public nuis
ance.’’
It notes that the 1959 law was
not upheld because seizure of the
animals was not based on prosecu
tion for violation of any law.
The 1957 act and another passed
that same year, whieh makes It
unlawful fo#rcmovc dunes or shrub
bery on the outer banks, is part
of a continuing state program to
prevent the outer banks from dis
appearing under the onslaught of
repeated storms.
Newa-TImm Photo by McComb
The islanders believe that a
so-called sportsman with a bow
and arrow shot the calf, then left
it to die. Since a law prohibits
cattle from running at large on
the banks, hunters feel that the
animals are fair game.
Pinocchio on its tour next spring.
Tickets for the play were sold by
the fB&PW club. Theatrical ar
rangements were made by the Car
teret Community theatre. Both
groups have invited the troupe to
play here on its 1962 tour.
Cost of bringing Cinderella here
was $2000. After meeting that ex
pense, there was approximately
$70 profit to divide between the
sponsoring organizations.
The sponsors express their ap
preciation to chief Bill Moore of
the Atlantic Beach police depart
ment, business places which han
dled tickets, Lenwood Lee, princi
Ruling Favors
Wife in Suit
For Alimony
Mrs. Edna Weeks, who sought •
alimony without divorce and cus
tody of four minor children from
Jarvis Earl Weeks, won her case
in civil court last week. Judge
Albert Cowpcr presided.
Weeks was instructed to pay $40
per week for support of Mrs. Weeks
and the children, Samuel. Debra
l.ynn, Donna Louise and Jarvis
Earl Jr. The court also ruled that
Mrs. Weeks and the children be
given use of the Weeks home on
Crab Point, Morehead City.
The case, C. T. Gillikin, admin
istrator of I he estate of Louie El
mer Gillikin. versus Ohio Farmers
Indemnity Co., was dismissed, as
the result of a supreme court rul
ing.
D. Wayne West Jr., recovered
$.1,109.34 plus interest from May
15, 1959 in a breach of contract
case against E. M. Ellis and Fred
Ellis, trading as and doing business
as Twin Produce Co. The case
involved buying and selling of
strawberries.
John Henry Smith appealed a
case which awarded his wife $7,000
in damages as the result of in
juries she received in an auto acci
dent April 13, 1959.
Betty Ann Smith, brought suit
against her husband, charging that
she suffered painful injury and was
unable to do her usual work as a
result of the accident. She alleged
that she was injured when the car
her husband was driving collided
with a car driven by Paul J. Green.
Mrs. Smith claims that her hus
band's negligence caused the ac
cident and requested $10,000 dam
ages. Mr. and Mrs. Smith, with
their son, operate Mom and Pop’s
at Atlantic Beach. The judge set
Smith’s appeal bond at $100.
The court authorized Edward R.
Samuels and Lewis M. Bradley,
of Tube Light Engineering Co., to
recover $543.35 plus interest from
Sept. 6, 1958 from R. Jack Shafer
of Shafer Sign Co., Morehead City.
The court ordered that monthly
support payments, paid by Charles
E. Gaskill to Bertha Mac Gaskill
for support of a minor child be re
duced to $40 from $80.
The court ordered that the suit
A. F. Comer, trading as A. F.
Comer Transport Service, vs. Lew
is A. Hinson and Hinson Moving
and Storage and Eben Ray Harker
be heard at the coming June term.
The one-week term of civil court
opened last Monday.
Coast Guard
Aids Cruisers
Fort Macon Coast Guardsmen
were called to aid two cabin cruis
ers over the weekend.
On Thursday morning a 27-foot
cruises, Starlight, ran out of fuel
near Core Creek light number 49
and was towed to the Morehead
City yacht basin by the Fort Ma
con 40-footer. The Starlight was
owned and operated by David T.
Sparrow, Washington, D. C.
The 40-footer crew was James
Pittman, BM-1; Frederick Hurst,
EN-2 and Halsey Paul, SN.
Sunday afternoon, another cabin
cruiser, a 22-footer, was sighted
from the Fort Macon tower. The
boat, owned by W. M. Alien of
Greenville, had run across the rock
jetty at the east end of Radio Is
land.
Fort Macon dispatched the 40
footer which took the boat in tow
to Morehead City. The cabin cruis
er had a small hole in its bottom
and a bent screw.
William Morgan. BM-1; Chester
Arthur, EN-2 and Halsey Paul, SN
were the crew aboard the 40-footer.
Morehead School Band
To Give Concert Friday
The Morehead City school band,
under the direction of Ralph Wade,
will present its spring concert - at
8 p.m. Friday in the school audi
torium. There is no admission
charge.
Among the numbers on the pro
gram will be a trombone solo,
Thoughts of Love, by Josiah Bail
ey; a cornet solo, Carnival of Ven
ice, by Jimmy Terrell, Bource,
Rondo, Little Fugue, Death and
Transfiguration, Circus Bee (a
march), Forty Fathoms with Mike
Lewis on the bass horn, and Re