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ALL WHO READ READ THE NEWS-TIMES ) • X 50th YEAR, NO. 55. EIGHT PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY, JULY 11, 1961 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS Newport People Vote Today on Bond Issues Joyce Buck Eagan, Formerly Of Morehead, Dies in Crash Mr. and Mrs. Robert Eagan oH Arlington, Tex., en route home after spending the Fourth of July week with Mrs. Eagan’s parents, Mr.' and Mrs. Asa B. Buck of More head City, were killed Saturday night when their car was hit by another car near Batcsburg, S. C. Their 7-year-old daughter, Melinda, was the sole survivor of the crash, which took four lives. Mrs. Eagan was the former Joyce BUck. Also killed in the crash were Samuel Oakman, 28, of Ridge Springs, S. C., driver of the other car, and his traveling companion, Kenneth Kenner, 21, of Ridge Springs. Highway patrolman W. J. Rob erts of Wagoner, S. C., said the Oakman sedan was traveling north on US highway 1, three miles south of Batesburg, when its driver lost control on a curve, slamming into the Eagan auto. Melinda, confined to University hospital in Augusta, Ga., cried her self to sleep Sunday wishing for her favorite doll. Patrolman Roberts found the doll among the wreckage of the car and patrolmen on duty relayed it to the young ster’s bedside. Funeral services for Mr. and Mrs. Eagan will be held at 3 p.m. tomorrow in the chapel of Bell Munden funeral home. Burial will be in Bayview cemetery. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Eagan is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Robert Bittner of Morehead City-and Mrs. Willis of Roanoke, Va., and a brother, A. B. Buck Jr. of Beaufort. Mr. Eagan is survived by his mother, who lives in Topeka, Kan. Bill Stanley Case Docketed Sheriff Hugh Salter reminds any one having worthless checks given them by Bill Stanley that this morning is the last opportunity to get their money. Stanley is now in custody of the sheriff. He was tried on bad check charges in Morehead City yester day morning and will be tried in county court this morning. Sheriff Salter and Charles C. Willis, Morehead City, Stanley’s bondsman, picked Stanley up at Whiteville Friday night after he had been apprehended there by the sheriff of Columbus county. According to the sheriff, Stanley has been handing out bad checks on a Burlington bank. The checks are imprinted with his name and address. Headboat Launched Saturday at Boatworks Launched Saturday afternoon at James Gillikin’s boatworks, Hark ers Island, was the headboat built for Capt. Ed Sellinger, Point Pleas ant, N. J. Captain Sellinger, who has been in the headboat business in New Jersey for a number of years, plans to leave with the boat today, following inspection by the Coast Guard. Gerald Woolard Elected Fire Chief Thursday Gerald Woolard was elected Beaufort fire chief at Thursday night’s fire department meeting at the fire station. He succeeds Leon Swain. Other officers are Frank Lang dale, assistant chief; Bryan- Loftin, captain; Bobby Hudgins, lieuten ant, and Earl Willis, secretary and treasurer. Cabbage Growers Take Loss On '61 Crop, Farm Agent Says Cabbage farmers this spring op erated at a deficit of $93.45 per acre, according to R. M. Williams, county farm agent. Mr. Williams estimated the cost of producing an acre of cabbage and the amount of return. . He said the farmers have "a de spondent feeling” regarding the cabbage crop. Harvested, he said, was a “normal tonnage,” about 10 tons per acre. Received by the farmer was 90 cents per 50-pound box or $360 per acre. Total cost of producing an acre, he commented, was $453.45. Mr. Williams made the report on local cabbage production to David S. Weaver, farmer head of the ex D. G. Bell Gets Post on New Highway Group D. G. Boll, Morehead City, was named to the State Highway com mission Friday by Gov. Terry San ford. Mr. Bell; Carteret’s legislator, said yesterday that he was pleased with the appointment. He said he was surprised when he was offer ed the position. “I didn’t seek it. I didn’t ask for anything, but I did recommend some people for posi tions. Some of them were my friends and some were no!, but I recommended the latter because [ 1 felt they were qualified for the! jobs.” The new highway commissioner | says his position will give him “an opportunity to further serve Car teret county and this area in gen eral.” Mr. Bell will not be among the new highway commissioners to be sworn in at 2 p.m. today in the Hall of the House. He is still con fined to his home under strict doc tors’ orders to rest. He will take the oath of office later. Mr. Bell has served four terms as Carteret’s representative and backed the Sanford program in the recent session of the legislature. He was chairman of the Conserva tion and Development committee. Mr. Bell is also a past chairman of the state commercial fisheries committee, lie was named More head City's Distinguished Citizen of 1960 by the Greater Morehead City chamber of commerce May 3 of this year. Migrant Fund Totals $751 Donations to the Carteret county migrant ministry this year amount to $693.33, according to the Rev. Corbin Cooper, pastor of the First Baptist church in Morehead City, treasurer. This amount, combined with last year’s left over balance, gives $751.26 as the grand working total, he said. The following individuals have contributed: W. B. Chalk, Mr. and Mrs. Mac O. Pittman, Miss Ruth Peeling, Thomas D. Clark, Mrs. George Mc Neill, T. Bartlett Sage, Mrs. G. C. Cooke, E. W. Chappell and J. L. Seamon Jr., Morehead City; Mrs. N. F. Eure, Beaufort; Mrs. Clara F. Mann, Newport, and Mrs. Lu cien Peeling, York, Pa. The following churches contrib uted: St. Paul’s Episcopal, Beau fort; Otway Christian church; Camp Glenn Methodist, First Bap tist church, Franklin Memorial Methodist, First Methodist and First Free Will Baptist church in Morehead City. Organisations contributing in clude Wainwright Transfer Co., of Jacksonville, the Women of Oak dale Presbyterian church, Beau fort-Morehcad subdistrict, Metho dist Youth Fellowship, United Churchwomen of Jacksonville, Wo man’s Society of Christian Service of the First Methodist church and North Carolina Council of Churches.. Two anonymous contributions were given. tension service, State college, who is now heading a new agriculture program to improve marketing facilities and rural family living. Mr. Williams attributes lower production of vegetable crops in this county to the low return. That is why farmers are no longer planting, he said, snap beans, to matoes, sweet potatoes, bell pep per or lima beans in the quanti ties they once did. The county farm agent said, “Our producers are still trying to hold on to the production of cab bage and irish potatoes, but with the market prices similar to those quoted above, our growers cannot weather this situation much long er. A good many of our small • Town residents of Newport will ballot from 6:30 a m. today until 6:30 tonight in the town hall on whether to borrow funds to build a town hall and extend water lines. Voters will vote on the two issues separately, $20,000 for a town hall and $15,000 for water lines. The present town hall is a one room frame building to which a garage for fire trucks is attached. The new structure would be a com bination town hall and fire station adjacent to the present town build ing on the Nine-Foot road. The «dter line money would be used to extend lines just north of town into an area proposed for an nexation. As usual, the people in the area don’t want to be annexed. They have reportedly hired a Greenville attorney to fight annex-, ation, should town voters decide today that the town should grow. According to the law under which the town is proceeding, the new area will become a part of the town Jan. 1, if the town can pro vide to the area all the services it presently provides in-town resi dents. This includes water service. There was a special registration for the election. Saturday was challenge day. Mrs. Lily D. Parrish is regis trar. Judges today arc Mrs. Ger aldine Wade and Miss Ada Allen. The town board will meet at 8 tonight in the town hall to canvass voters and officially announce the results of the referendum. The board is also scheduled to make a decision on adopting the building code designed to resist damage by windstorm. Morehead City Lions Hear Convention Report Members of the Morehead City Lions club heard a report on the recent Lions International conven tion Thursday night by district gov ernor Darryl Morse and deputy dis trict governor Harry Shadlc of the Havelock club. The Lions met at the Hotel Fort Macon. Morse and Shadlc attended the convention in Chicago. They gave brief outlines of the convention program and told of the election of international officers. Thursday’s meeting marked the first meeting since the installation of Lion club president George Mi zesko. Coast Guard Reservists Complete 'Site' Training 1 July Brings Heavy Rains Rainfall for the first nine days of July has amounted to 4.20 inches, according to weather ob servers in this area. The heaviest single amount was 1.75 inches re corded in Sunday night’s rain, by the Atlantic Beach weather sta tion. Temperature ranges and wind directions were recorded as follows by Stamey Davis, Morehead City weather observer, for the first nine days of July: High Low Wind July 1....86 70 SW July 2. 85 74 SW July 3. 86 76 SW Jply 4...:. 84 70 SW July 5. 85 74 SW July 6.85 75 SW July 7.81 71 SW July 8. 83 70 SW July 9.84 72 SW Merchants to Meet The Morehead City Merchants’ association will meet at noon to day at Capt. Bill’s restaurant. producers have already been forc ed off the farm . . Mr. Williams suggests that a program be set up by the govern ment offering vegetable growers an “incentive payment” patterned after the grain program, encour aging growers to cut their acre age. He said this would result in lower production which would keep up the vegetable prices. Mr. Williams, in his letter to Mr. Weaver, said, “We hope the pro posed program of expanding and developing agricultural opportuni ties, including better markets, processing facilities and services, will be far-reaching enough to lend a helping band to our vegetable growers.” Duke Student Injures Hand While Diving A Duke Narine lab summer stu dent, Lawrence McCloskey, 21, suffered an injury to his hand Sun day morning when he was skindiv ing around the Cape Lookout breakwater buoy with Paul Nor man of Newport. According to the Coast Guard, McCloskey was at a submerged LCM that had a partially closed ramp door. He grabbed hold of the door in an attempt to get inside the boat. With that, the sea hit the door, closing it on his fingers. McCloskey’s middle, ring and little fingers of his left hand were broken. Dr. Milton Morey, More head City physician treating Mc Closkey said the youth would be moved from Morehcad City hos pital where he was yesterday, to the Duke student hospital, Dur ham. Cape Lookout Coast Guard dis patched its 30-footer and picked up McCloskey at 10:43 a.m. from the cabin cruiser Venture. The Coast Guard took him to Harkcrs Island where an ambulance was waiting. Aboard the 30-footer were Joe L. Rhode, EN-2; Guinon Willis, SN and Elijah Dixon, SN. McCloskey is regularly enrolled at Atlantic Union college, South Lancaster, Mass. Tobacco Barn Burns Sunday A tobacco barn full of tobacco burned at noon Sunday on the Graydon Jordan farm, highway 101, near Beaufort. Mr. Jordan estimates his loss at $1,300. He had no insurance. The fire was discovered at 11:45 a.m. Sunday by Mack Dudley, who lives nearby. But it was too late to save the barn. Both the Beaufort Rural Fire association and Beaufort town equipment went to the scene. The tobacco destroyed was the second lot barned by Mr. Jordan this season. He had already .curt*' one barn. He has two other barns but feels he will have to find sonic place to cure the remainder of his tobacco because only a third of his tobacco crop is in. He says he hopes to rebuild the barn next year. ► The US Coast Guard Reserve Unit, ORTUPS 05-758, Morchead City, completed annual summer training June 30. “Site” training was conducted at Fort Macon for the majority of the unit’s person nel. This training was designed to better prepare the participating personnel for port security respon sibilities in event of mobilization, according to the commander of the unit, Cdr. D. G. Bell. Assigned to this training in addition to the local unit was one officer, lieuten ant Doss and ten (10) enlisted per sonnel from the Wilmington Re serve Unit, ORTUPS 05-796. The trainees were integrated with the command of Lf. John E. Riddell, commanding officer of Fort Macon Group. The Reserve training program was under the supervision of Ens. Ashton Willis, RFD Newport, unit training officer, and Ens. O. V. Rowe, New Bern, unit administrative officer. Regular drills for Morchead City Reserve Unit will resume tonight at 7:30. The following are the scheduled drill dates and times for July in addition to tonight: Tues day, July 18 at 7:30 p.m. and Sun day, July 23, at 8:30 a.m. The following Carteret men par ticipated in the “site” training last month: L. N. Willis and J. P. Rose, of ficers; J. B. Brooks, E. G. Davis, J. L. Lewis, D. O. Lawrence, J. Fulcher and C. K. Broadhurst, chiefs. C. E. McKay, J. G. Holland, S. C. Chadwick, J. II. Lewis, L. R. Hall, H. F. McIntosh, C. M. Lewis. O. C. Lawrence, L. G. Weeks, J. E. Weeks, R. Slaughter, J. Gur ganus, W. T. Willis, E. Hill, I. L. Lewis, E. S. Tosto. A. W. Stafford, D. B. Williams, B. Connor, B. A. Conway, R. F. Hudgins, E. Lupton, K. Putnam, J. E. Burns. W. L. Haines, W. L. Glancy, L. C. Willis, G. L. Edwards, J. H. Gurganus, W. C. Willis, D. W. Per ry, M. Paylor, J. P. Betts, W. M. Jenkins, and G. M. Katje. No Scouts Yet According to all waterfront re ports, the Boy Scouts from Zebu Ion, floating down the Neuse on a raft, had not arrived at Morehead City by press time yesterday. They were expected to arrive on their raft, the River Rat, Sunday. Coast Guard Admiral Will Give Awards Tomorrow Lightning Pierces Roof Nows-TInu* Photo by McComb Mike McGowan, Broad Creek, perched on the roof of his house, shows where lightning put a hole through the roof (arrow). The light ning caused several hundred dollars damage to the McGowan home the night of Monday, July 3. District Civitans to Meet In Morehead Next Month Nine eastern Carolina Civitan clubs have scheduled their district meeting for Friday and Saturday, ; Aug. 18 and 19, at the Biltinorc hotel, Morohead City. Sixty to seventy Civitan mem bers from Goldsboro, Greenville, Grifton, Havelock, Kinston, More head City, New Bern, Vanceboro and Washington will attend. Members of these clubs will also meet at the Hotel Kinston in Kins ton Tuesday, July 18, at 7 p.m. to discuss projects and programs for the new year which began July 1. The Kinston Civitan club will host the session, called by the lieu tenant governor of zone 14, North Carolina District of CiVitan Inter national, Z. C. Hopkins of Have lock. Mr. Hopkins is urging a renew ed and determined effort to teach Americans the value of their free dom and American heritage and the importance of respect for the law. All Civitan clubs are being en couraged, he says, to support the Parades, Fishing, Crabbing Contests Will Accompany August Crab Derby ■* Cars Collide Near Morehead Two cars collided at 5:15 p.m. Saturday on highway 24 just west of the intersection with highway 70, Morehead City. Driving a 1960 Plymouth was Mrs. Ruth Read, Baltimore, Md., and driving a 1952 Nash was Miss Catherine Lohr, route 1 Newport. Patrolman W. E. Pickard said both cars were headed west and had just left 70. Mrs. Read de cided to turn left but Miss Lohr, behind her, assumed that the left signal was blinking because the automatic switch failed to cut off after making the angle turn from 70. Miss Lohr started to pass as the Plymouth was making the turn, the patrolman said. Damage to the Plymouth was estimated at $300 and to the Nash $200. No charges were filed. Coast Guard Recruiter Announces Larger Quota To build its strength to 30,000 men, the Coast Guard is enlisting more men in July than it has in any preceding month, reports Jack Wilson, recruiter at the Morehead City recruiting office. In preceding months the quota for this area has been only two or three men per month, but the quota for July is six men for the regular Coast Guard and two men for the six-month reserve program, Mr. Wilson announces. annual Civitan-sponsored citizen ship essay contest in their respec tive community high schools this fall. The subject of this year’s essay is Democracy vs. Commu nism As a Way of Life. Mr. Ilopkins commented: “The research alone necessary for this project, not to mention the valu able scholarships available to the contest winners, should prove en lightening and valuable.” Funds for the USS North Caro lina Battleship commission will also be discussed at the Kinston meeting, as well as organization of clubs in other towns: Atlantic, Elizabeth City, Edenton, Windsor, Williamston, Ahoskie, and Jackson ville. Lieutenant governor Hopkins says, “We are of the opinion that there are many men in these areas . . . who would find Civitans’ pro gram for a ‘return to American ism’ challenging and inspiring.” Plans will be made for the an nual sale of fruit cakes. Proceeds from cake sales are used to aid the mentally retarded. ► The tentative program for the August crab derby in Morehead City has been announced by the Greater Morehead City chamber ol commerce. On Friday, Aug. 25, there will be fishing and crabbing contests with prizes offered at most fishing piers from Cedar' Island to Cedar Point and on off-shore charter boats. Restaurants will serve special crab dishes. At 2 p.m. Friday, preliminaries to select the crab to represent Car teret county will be run off. At 7:30 p.m. decorated party boats will parade along Morehead City’s waterfront. Saturday there will be more fish ing and crabbing contests with prizes offered at fishing piers from Cedar Island to Cedar Point and on offshore charter boats. Res taurants will again feature special crab dishes. At II a.m. a parade will be held ‘on Arcndell street, featuring bands, floats and beauties. At 12:30 p.m. there will be a water skiing exhibition on the Tide Table Tides at the Beaufort Bar HIGH LOW Tuesday, July 11 7:19 a.m. 7:37 p.m. 1:19 a.m. 1:23 p.m. Wednesday, July 12 8:03 a.m. 8:16 p.m. 2:03 a.m. 2:06 p.m. Thursday, July 13 8:45 a.m. 8:53 p.m. 2:45 a.m. 2:48 p.m. Friday, July 14 9:27 a.m. 9:30 p.m. 3:24 a.m. 3:26 p.m. Sanford White, Beaufort, To Get Coast Guard Medal Two Coast Guardsmen aboard the Chilula, Morehead City, will be presented commendations aboardship by Radrn. Henry J. Wuensch, commander, Fifth Coast Guard, district, at 1 p.m. tomorrow. Sanford White, engineman second class, Beaufort, will receive the Coast Guard medal, highest Coast Guard award given in peacetime, and’ Ronald Savage, engineman third class, Wilmington, will receive a letter of commendation. The two men acted above and beyond the eall of duty on Thurs day, Dec. 29, I960, when a cylinder exploded in the engineroom of the C'hilula as it was approaching Dia mond Shoals lightship on a routine run. White was on watch at the time. The explosion was severe, ac cording to Id. Cdr. II. A. Cretella, the Chilula's executive officer, but it was localized. The danger was that lubricating oil would spread through the entire engine compart ment and catch fire. White’s action averted what could have been extremely serious damage. Savage was burned when he helped White from the engine room Slightly burned in the ex plosion also was Daniel lticks, en gineman third class, Beaufort. The explosion occurred at 9:17 at night. The Chilula is berthed at the state port, Morehead City and is commanded by Cdr. George A. Philbrick. Admiral Wucnsch will arrive in Morehead City tomorrow morning and in addition to presenting the awards, will inspect the Coast Guard cutter Jonquil, Fort Macon Coast Guard base, lifeboat station and the Fort Macon office. Com manding officer of Fort Macon group is Lt. John E. Riddell Jr. Admiral W'uensch became com mander of the Fifth Coast Guard district June 29. Car Wrecks, Hits Home on Island A car was demolished and a house heavily damaged as the re sult of an accident at Markers Island about midnight Friday. Highway patrolman W. E. Pick ard said Tommy Rose of route 2 Beaufort was driving his 1957 Chev rolet on the new road at Harkers Island, lie failed to make a curve, hit a pole, glanced off and hit the end of a house owned by Hilda Guthrie. The patrolman said one end of the house was knocked out and estimated damage to it at about $1,000. Mrs. Guthrie was not at home at the time, but was spend ing the night with neighbors. Rose has been charged with care less and reckless driving. Morehead City waicriroiu. ai Miss N. C. Seafoods, chosen from waitresses at Carteret’s many sea food restaurants, will be crowned, and at 2 p.m. the first North Car olina crab derby will be run. At 4 p.m. sailboats will race on Bogue Sound. Rules governing the derby, as set by the Greater Morehead City chamber of commerce say all rac ing crabs must be blue crabs. There is no size limit on the crabs. The crabs will race down a 16 foot plywood incline which will be watered to provide sure footing. No trainer will be permitted to touch his crab after the starting gun and nothing but vocal encour agement can be given to the crabs during the race, the rules say. The crabs will get under way after the starting gate is raised, upon the firing of the starting gun by a state highway patrolman. Entrance fee per crab is $2. AH coastal North Carolina coun ties are being urged to enter a contestant, according to J. A. Du Bois, manager of the Morehead City chamber. Should there be more than one entry from any one county, the judges will arrange for a run-off on Friday to select the crab entry to represent that county in the derby. The final race on Saturday is limited to one entry per county. The winning crab will be award ed the Governor’s, Trophy. Second and third place winners will also be awarded a trophy. The derby winner will then rep resent North Carolina in the 13th annual Crisfield Hard Crab Derby at Crisfield, Md. The winning crab and the trainer and his wife will have all expenses paid to tbe Cris field event One Killed, One Hurt in Crash Early Thursday Clinton R. Sellers, a 20 year-old Marine stationed at Cherry Point, became the county’s seventh fa tality this year when his 1955 Mer cury wrecked at 3:3(1 Thursday morning near the Carteret-Craven line on highway 70. A passenger in (he car, John E. Holland of Cherry Point, suffered head injuries and a slight concus sion. lie is confined to the base hospital. Highway patrolman W. E. Pick ard, who investigated, said Sellers’ car ran off the road on a curve near Ray and Earl's station, hit a tree, bounced off and hit another. The car was a total loss, Sellers was dead on arrival at the Cherry Point hospital, accord ing to the patrolman. One of his legs was severed below the knee and he suffered internal injuries. 95 Republicans Meet Saturday In spite A a 'iownpiMH- of rain late Saturday; 95 Repubf tea ns turn ed out for the monthly meeting of Carteret Republican 'club at the courthouse. Reports from membership, can didates and house committees were made by their respective chair men. The candidate committee chairman, Osborne Davis, report ed a number of persons interested in positions on the county tieftet. “In fact, if interest continues, it appears to be necessary to have a Republican primary in May to de cide who will be the party’s can didates in the next county election in the fall of 1962,’’ he said. Reports of statewide activities of the Republican party, both Sen ior and Young Federation, were read from a newsletter by the sec retary, Mrs. Maurice Richardson. The local club has been recognized by the state organization as one of the most active and fastest growing clubs in the state, accord ing to Elmer Dewey Willis, club president. House committee chairman, Cliff Tilghman, reported the next meet ing to be held in August at New port when the club and potential members will be the guests of A. B. (Tom) Garner at a barbecue supper. Place and time will be announced. r Raymond Hall Begins Town Job Raymond Hall, new town super visor at Morehead City, started his duties yesterday. Mr. Hall, a native of Kinston, is a former resident of Straits and at one time worked in Morehead City with Brand and Perdew, account ants, and Carolina Water Co. Mr. Hall attended the public schools of Kinston, the Georgia In stitute of Accountancy and Green leaf School of Business, Atlanta, Ga. He said yesterday that he was very happy to be back in More1 head City. His wife and son expect to move here as soon as they can find suitable housing. They ex pect to rent their home in Kinston. Mrs. Hall is the former Eliza beth Watson of Straits. Army Engineers to Open Wallace Channel Bids Bids will be opened by Army en gineers Tuesday, Aug. 1. on the dredging of Wallace channel. Wallace channel is located in Carteret waters and is used by fishing vessels as well as the ferry Sea Level, which operates between Atlantic and Ocracoke. Bids on the job were requested this week, according to Col. R. P. Davidson, district engineer, Wil mington. Shoaling of the channel has seriously hampered navigation. Colonel Davidson said the chan nel will be cleared to 12 feet be llow mean low water.
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