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ALL WHO READ READ THE NEWS-TIMES CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES 50th YEAR, NO. 58. TWO SECTIONS SIXTEEN PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY, JULY 21, 1961 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS Bill Stanley Case Continued In City Court • Defendant Appeals Two Sentences • Woman Given Term Fpr Taking Clothes Judge Herbert Phillips continued six cases of bad check passing, against Bill Stanley of Burlington, in Morehead City recorder’s court Monday. Stanley, wanted on check charges throughout the county, was charged with issuing 10 worthless checks on the six counts, totaling $105. 11c will be tried Monday. In other court action, a More head City man, Paris Willis, was sentenced . to one year in jail for failure to comply with a former court order. Willis was also hand ed a 30-day term for public drunk enness and the two sentences were consolidated. The defendant enter ed an appeal to the cases and they were transferred to superior court. Willis is being held in the county jail until an appeal bond of $250 is posted. Jerry Jerdon, Morehead City, was convicted on a charge of as sault with a deadly weapon on Vio la Courman and was given a 90 day jail sentence, suspended on two years good behavior and pay ment of court costs. He further was ordered to stay away from Viola Courman for a period of two years. A f’nlif/ipnio umman Qhornn An A California woman, Sharon An drews, appeared before judge Phil lips charged with larceny and stealing clothes and jewelry valued at more than $100. She was not prosecuted on the larceny count and the clothes-stcaling charge was amended to forcible trespass. Judg ment of the court was that she be given 30 days in jail suspended on two years good behavior, payment of court costs and payment of $100 to Alida and Robert McCabe to cover loss of clothing. A Morehead City man, Cleveland Morris, was acquitted on charges of assault on Annie Mae Hinson. Mrs. Hinson was the defendant in another case charging her with pos session of non-tax paid whiskey for the purpose of sale. She was found guilty and given a six-month jail sentence suspend ed on two years good behavior and payment of $250 and court costs. . She appealed the verdict and the matter was transferred to superior court. Bond for her appearance was set at $250. Other defendants, their charges and the findings of the court were as follows: William George Seffern, More head City, violation of operator's license restriction and having* no lights on vehicle, $30 and costs. Willie B. Stocks, Morehead City, having an improper muffler, costs. William H. McNutt Jr., Camp Le jeunc, careless and reckless driv ing, $25 and costs. Edward L. Weaver, Camp Le jcune, public drunkenness, costs. Alfred J. Caliani, Cherry Point, speeding, $10 and costs. Ronald Stephen Mason, Cherry Point, running a stop sign and care less and reckless driving, $50 and costs. Edward D a i r e s Pardington, Morehead City, having no license plates on trailer, costs. Walter Lee Cheatham, Morehead City, making an improper left turn and having no operator’s license, $35 and costs. Luke Thomas Dudley, Morehead City, having no brakes on car and See COURT, Page 2 Letter Brings Comment From Board Chairman Commenting on a letter which appeared in Tuesday’s News-Times in regard to the proposed hospital site, Moses Howard, chairman .of the county board of commission ers, said today, “The commission ers voted to build hospital. The commissioners also voted to build the hospital on the Webb site. It is now and has been the commis sioners’ hope that we could build the hospital, “Secondly, we also hope to build the hospital where we told the Voters prior to the referendum. This we have done as far as we could go. Now I regret that the matter is now involved in litiga tion. “We cannot progress any fur ther toward building the hospital or improving the site we selected. Now to do anything further to wards building the hospital will largely be determined by the out come of the lawsuit.” Melinda Improves Melinda Eagan, granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Buck of Morehead City, is recovering nice ly from injuries received in a re cent auto accident which took the lives of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Eagan of Arlington, Tex. Her grandmother reports that Me linda is staying with an aunt, Mrs. *• fr WiUfe JtaMtftc. v* 'Has Anybody Seen My Mama?' .. • .... . . v. - ■•• •. . :«w. ■-■“nVft-•■■■ .. Photo by Reginald Lewis That seems to be the plaintive question asked by this white kitten on Ihe Moreheari City waterfront. Actually, she isn't lost, but is living happily with other cats around hcaven-on-earth for a cat: a fish house. Morehead Jaycees Discuss Plan to Host Convention Charles Stevens Dies Wednesday Charles Walter Stevens of Beau fort died early Wednesday morn ing at the Morehcad City hospital following a brief illness. He was 68 years old. Mr. Stevens was born in Wins ton-Salem in 1893. When he was eleven years old, he spent some time in the Oxford. Orphanage. On June 1, 1916, he married Miss Edith Hudgins of Beaufort. De siring to become a lawyer, he studied law at home, and traveled to Raleigh to pass his bar exam in 1921, entering law practice with Ed Gorham in Morchead City that same year. He moved to Beaufort in 1927. He was a member of the Ann Street Methodist church and the Carteret County Bar association. He was Beaufort town attorney at one time. Funeral services were conducted at 3 p.m. yesterday at Ann Street Methodist church with the Rev. D. L. Fouts, pastor, officiating. In terment was in Oceanview ceme tery. Surviving are his wife, Edith; one son, John Stevens of York town, Va.; two daughters, Mrs. Edith Ward of Atlanta, Ga., and Mrs. Jocelyn Mackinnon of Somer set, Mass.; two sisters, Mrs. John B. Willis of Morehead City and Mrs. Helen Alexander of Char lotte; one brother, Thomas Stev ens of Richmond, and seven grand children. Rotarians Hear Talk About Cost of Dying The Beaufort Rotary club met Tuesday night at Dora Dinette and heard a talk on the high cost of dying , by Beaufort funeral director Glenn Adair. Adair explained that more and more requests are being made of the funeral director, bringing about a rise iu the cost of funeral services. Visiting Rotarians attending the meeting included Jim Blow, Smith field; Jim Fleming, Greenville; and Sonny Geer, Frank Cassiano, Jack Roberts and Dr. John Morris of Morehead City. 4-H'ers, Advisors Will Attend State Club Week Four members of the 4-H club and two advisors will attend state 4-H club week in Raleigh next week. They will be present for activities on the State college campus Monday through Saturday. Those attending are Allen Kel ly, Edward Millis and Birdie Rob inson of Newport, Emma < Jean Lawrence of Otway, David War rick, 4-H advisor for the county, and Mrs. Floy Garner, county bo«i> agent. ► Morehead City Jaycees discuss ed Monday night at Blue Ribbon restaurant the possibility of sub mitting a bid to host next year’s state Jaycee convention. A motion to submit a bid car ried, provided the drill hall at Cherry Point can be obtained for a dinner and dance on Saturday night of the convention. Bill Mun den was appointed to get a defi nite commitment on the Marine facility. State director Russell Outlaw an nounced a possible change in the state bylaws which will be dis-. cussed at the first quarterly board meeting in Wilmington Aug. 4-6. The change would allow local chapters to send their dues directly to the state rather than sending part to the state and part to na tional headquarters, as is done now. State vice-president Bill Single ton urged members to attend the district meeting in Jacksonville, held last night. He announced that Kinston and New Bern were send ing large delegations to the meet ing. Miss Ann Davis, winner of the Miss Carteret County beauty pag eant, attended the meeting as a guest of the club. She expressed her appreciation to the Jaycecs and also her determination to do well in the Miss North Carolina pageant this week. Following the meeting she left for Greensboro. Mercury Climbs To Upper Eighties Temperatures in the upper eighties kept things in the county warmed up this week, although a southwest wind kept the heat from becoming oppressive. Maximum and minimum tem peratures, as recorded by weather observer Stamey Davis, follow: Max. Min. Monday . 88 79 Tuesday . 87 76 Wednesday . 80 75 New Supervisor Raymond Hall, above, began his duties last week as town su pervisor for Morehead City. Mr. Hall, a native of Kinston, for merly lived and worked in More head City. He attended Georgia Institute of Accountancy and Grccnlcaf School of Business in Atlanta, Ga. Mrs. Hall is the former Elizabeth Watson of Straits. REA Announces Two Outtages Carteret-Craven Electric Mem bership Corp., has announced two power outtages for Sunday morn ing. The first, from 1:30 a.m. to 6 a.m;, will affect the area from the Newport substation to highway 24 and west to the county line, as well as cast on highway 24 through Ho Ho Village. Power will be off from 5 a.m. to 6 a.m. Sunday from the New port substation east through the Mill Creek area to highway 101 and the area south of Newport through Crab Point. The outtages are necessary to make system improvements. New Rotary Presidents Beginning their terms of office this month were Derryl Garner, left, president of Newport Rotary clab, and Albert Gaskill, president |f rtti, Unlaw, rluh County Board Indorses Letter Recommending Salter Atlantic Native Honored By Carnegie Foundation Kenneth W. Daniels, 25, of Dur ham and Atlantic was one of three North Carolinians who were cited as heroes last week by the Car negie Hero Fund commission. Dan iels is the son of Lt. Col. Harold B. Daniels (ret.) and the former Lela Nelson of Atlantic. Daniels, a professional diver, re ceived a bronze medal and $500 for saving James E. Darby from drowning on Aug. 14, lOfio. Darby was trapped in a sunken ship's lounge. The rescue look place in Louisiana. According to the citation. Daniels and another diver went down into the ship three times in total dark ness and with wreckage floating about, searching for the trapped crewman. The report says diesel fumes and increasing air pressure made the recovery more danger ous. On the last attempt Daniels went down alone and located Darby, bringing him to the surface after more than five hours imprison ment. Daniels is a graduate of Atlantic high school, attended East Caro lina college, was a paratrooper in the army and a diver, lie is now training at Watts hospital, Dur ham, as a medical technologist. He is married to the former Shir ley Elliott of Boras, La. They have one daughter, Lisa Gay, 1. Fort Macon Assists Three Three boats, two cabin cruisers and a fishing vessel, were objects of Coast Guard assists made Sun day and Monday by Fort Macon Coast Guardsmen. Sunday afternoon at 4:45, the | Coast Guard dispatched the' 40 footer to assist a 35-foot cabin cruiser, the Tamaran, which had lost a propeller in Barden’s Inlet. The damaged boat was taken in tow near Markers Island and towed to Cannon Boat Works, Morehead City. Cape Lookout Coast Guards men towed the vessel to Harkers Island. Owner of the vessel was Robert T. Newcomb, Washington. Later the same afternoon, at 6, Fort Macon sent the 30-footcr to Shackleford Banks to assist a 25 foot cabin cruiser, Laura D., which was stalled by engine failure. The boat, owned by Ernest Davis, Beaufort, was towed to Beaufort. The third assist was made at 5:10 a.m. Monday. A 50-foot fish ing vessel, the Evelyn Smith, caught a net in its screw and had to be towed to Davis’ fish house in Beaufort. The boat is owned by T. B. Smith of Davis. The 40 footer made the assist. Coast Guard crewmen on the three assists included Grady Ful cher, ENC; Harold Mosley, SN; George Bickcl, SN; Pete Brunk, BM-2; Harold Snipes, EN-1; Robert Taylor, RM-2; and H. D. Paul Jr., SN. Aboard the Cape Lookout 30 footer were R. W. Hancock, BM2; W. D. Matthews, SN; Ted H. Con way, SN. D. G. Bell Sworn In As Commissioner D. G. Bell of Morehead City, Carteret’s legislative representa tive, was sworn in yesterday as a member of the state highway commission. The ceremony took place at 1 p.m. in Governor San ford’s office. Other members of the 19-man commission were sworn in July 11, but Bell was unable to attend because of doctor’s orders for a complete rest. The commission is meeting in Raleigh for a two-day briefing by highway commission chairman Merrill Evans, highway director W. F. Babcock, chief engineer Cameron Lee, controller Irvin Dix on and secondary roads officer Ben Roney. The chairman said the roads body might conduct some business during the sessions, but this is not a formal meeting. Tide Table Tides at the Beaufort Bar HIGH LOW Friday, July 21 1:18 a.m. 2:09 p.m. 7:47 a.m. 9:06 p.m. Saturday, July 22 2:12 a.m. 3:06 p.m. 9:03 a.m. 10:07 p.m. 8unday, July 23 3:19 a.m. 4:10 p.m. 10:04 a.m. 11:04 p.m. Monday, July 34 4:34 a.m. 5:13 p.m. 11:02 a.m. 11:67 p.m. Tuesday, July 25 i 649 ?’»• 5:42 a.m. Kenneth W. Daniels . . . rescues crewman Mrs. Wheatly Resigns From Library Board Mrs. C. R. Wheatly Sr., member of the Carteret county library board and treasurer of the library, has resigned from the board, an nounces Miss Amy Muse, secre tary. Duties of the position have grown as the library has grown, and Mrs. Wheatly is leaving be cause of health and other respon sibilities. Mrs. Wheatly has served on the board for a number of years and as treasurer for 12 years. She has seen the library develop from a few books housed in the old Legion hut to its present size with over 24,000 books housed in its own building. Miss Muse said. The li brary now has a full time librarian and a bookmobile distributing books to all parts of the county. “Mrs. Wheatly’s work has been done with conspicuous care, al though it has been volunteer work, as is all the work of the board. She rightly has the appreciation of all those to whom a county li brary is important,’’ said Miss Muse. The new board member and treasurer will be Mrs. Edward Ar rington. Mrs. Arrington, before her marriage, was a secretary in the General Electric Thomson lab oratory at Lynn, Mass., and is well qualified for the work. She has been a loyal supporter of the library, and at the present time holds an office in the Friends of the Library organization, the secretary concluded. Health, Happiness Top Wishes in Recent Poll By WALTER PHILLIPS If you could be granted any one thing in the world, what would you wish for? This was the ques tion asked nine women, six men and a boy in a recent poll. Robert Reynolds, an 8-year-old boy from Morehead City, said very distinctly and without any hesita tion, “I’d like to wish for a thous and dollar bill, ’cause 1 sure could use it. I wish 1 had it right now,” he said. Less thought provoking answers came from the adult generation although some people might judge their answers to be more sensible. Mrs. Edward Sharp, wife of the rector of St. Paul’s Episcopal church in Beaufort, stated simply that all she would wish for would be health and happiness. Mrs. Clarence Stamper, Beau fort, said she would wish for good health and peace for the world. .Similarly, Leslie Day, who lives on the Beaufort-Morehead cause way, said, “If it was for me, I’d wish for peace and health and well being for my family through the rest of their natural lives.” Mrs. Alfred Ebbighausen, More head City, seeming a bit disturbed at the spur-of-the-moment question, said “Good health would be. about the best. I can't think of anything else right at this moment.” An exporter who prefers to re main anonymous said after a moment’s thought, “Well, it isn’t money. Aside from health, hap piness and wealth,” he said, “I think loyalty is the most important thing.” At Harkers Island, Mrs. Willie O. Guthrie commented she would wish for good health for all her family. In Morehead City, Miss Fanny Suitb Hid. “I’d wisb lor gved • Carteret county commissioners, at their special meeting Monday in the courthouse, approved a let ter of recommendation for sheriff Hugh Salter, who has been appoint ed U. S. marshal for the eastern district of North Carolina. Parts of the letter follow: “. . . On this occasion we re flect upon the manner in which Hugh Salter has executed the du ties and responsibilities of the of fice of sheriff and complied with the wishes of this board. That he has satisfied the wishes of the peo ple of Carteret county is evidenced by the large majority of votes by which he was re-elected each time. “We hope, hereby, to state in some degree, insufficient as it may be, our appreciation for the job he has done and our best wishes for continued success in his future endeavors. We feel, furthermore, Odell Merrill, clerk to the board of county commissioners announced yesterday that Salter will be sworn in as marshal Mon day, Aug. 14, at 8 p in. at the courthouse, Beaufort. W. J. Bun dy, superior court judge, will ad minister the oath and present Salter with his commission. The ceremony was originally scheduled for Aug. 15 in federal court, Italcigh, with judge Alger non Butler administering the oath. Friends of the sheriff are invited to the swearing-in. that we are expressing the feelings and wishes of all the eitizens of our county. “With news of his impending resignation, the most common re mark throughout the county has been, “Hugh Salter is the best sheriff we have ever had”; with due respect to his predecessors we earnestly endorse this statement. “He has gone beyond job speci fications or guide books in the fine and uncommon art of human un derstanding and the enforcement of the law in a way acceptable to the masses of people. One indica tion of this is the fact that we can not recall an instance in which he, as sheriff, has indicted anyone for “resisting arrest”, yet we feel that every necessary arrest has been made. “Mr. Salter was graduated from the Federal Bureau of Investiga tion Academy in Washington, D. C., a contributing factor to the very high percentage of solved crimes in the county. “He is a civic leader in his com munity, an active member of the Methodist church, a past master of the Masonic lodge, an Elk, a member of both the American Le gion and Veterans of Foreign Wars, to name a few of his civic activities. "On the basis of his record as sheriff and our opinion as to his potentialities, we highly recom mend him for any type of law en forcement work.” The letter is signed by Moses C. Howard, chairman, and commis sioners David E. Yeomans, S. A. Chalk Jr., Gaston Smith and C. Z. Chappell. health, and I hope I have good luck if it’s a giveaway.” Mrs. Garland Scruggs, Mitchell Village, stated simply that she would wish for good health for her family. Randolph Johnson, principal of Queen street school in Beaufort remarked, “Speaking on a per sonal basis. I'd wish for good health for my family specifically. On the broad aspect,” he con tinued, “I’d wish for a quieter, more peaceful settlement of the racial problems." Piedmont Airlines employee at the Beaufort-Morehead airport, E. C. Cooke, replied, “I’d wish for peace on earth and that we could get away from wars.” Patrolman J. W. Sykes answer ed, “I’d want to live forever.” When it was suggested that it might get tiresome, he said, “It hasn’t gotten that rough yet.” Dr. Laurie Moore, Beaufort, said he would like to have a million dollars to take care of the poor and underprivileged. “I’d want to give them hospitali zation and take care of the wel fare of the poor.” In her teens, Miss Kay Canipe of Morehead City responded, “I’d wish for just the strength to do what I want to do . . . the know how and things like that.” Mrs. Rufus Butner, Morehead City, said she would wish for com plete happiness from within and more family life together. Last but not least, Miss Sue Bor deaux of Morehead City quickly countered with “I’d just wish for more wishes!” No Fires Reported Morehead City and Beaufort fire men enjoyed a quiet week. Neither station answered an alarm. Beauty Queen Leaves Monday For Pageant Miss Ann Davis. Beaufort, this year’s Miss Carteret County, left Morchead City Monday night for Womans college, Greensboro, where she will compete with other contestants for the title of Miss North Carolina. Accompanying Miss Davis to the pageant were Abron Ballou, who will act as her official escort, and Mrs. Paul Willis, who will be her chaperone. The trio left in a car furnished by Sound Chevrolet to. Miss Davis has been assigned to contestant group B and will com pete as contestant No. 47, accord ing to information received from the pageant committee. Contestants in Miss Davis' group were scheduled to enter swimsuit competition Wednesday night and evening gown competition Thurs day night. They will be judged on their individual talents tonight with the finals of the pageant set for tomorrow night. The pageant finals will be tele vised on WNCT, channel S. begin ning at 10 p.m. tomorrow night. Among the sponsors will be Co operative Savings and Loan of Morchead City. The local sponsor has in its lob by a congratulatory telegram which will be sent to Miss Car teret County tomorrow night. Ev eryone. is invited to come by the office and sign the telegram. There will be no cost for signing. Jaycees Discuss Teen Canteen As a result of action taken at the Beaufort Jayccc meeting Monday night, the teenage canteen, spon sored until recently by the Junior Woman's club, will be sponsored by the mothers of boys in Boy Scout Troop 201. George Bridgers will be in charge of the canteen under the new sponsorship. Mr. Bridgers at tended Monday night's meeting and outlined plans for running the ! canteen. According to Bridgers, the canteen will be open on Friday and Saturday nights. Herbert Green was welcomed as a new member of the club. A prospective member attending was Jimmy Guthrie. The club discussed the possibil ity of sponsoring Saturday morn ing kiddie movies at the Beaufort theatre as a fund-raising project. The project would probably be over a six-month period. The Jaycees voted to accept an offer from the Morehcad City Jay cees to entertain Miss North Caro lina for one day during her week’s visit to Carteret county next month. The state beauty queen will be the guest of the Morehead City Jaycees for the week she is here. Five members of the Beaufort club indicated Monday that they would attend the district meeting that was to have been held last night at Jacksonville. They were Ernest Courtney, George Murray Thomas, Herbert Green, Guy Smith and Tommy Willis. Mayor Hears Five Cases In mayor’s court at Atlantic Beach Monday night, Russell J. Rosso, Kinston, and Thirley. Fields, Maw ton, both charged with public drunkenness, paid costs. Failing to appear, thereby for feiting bond, were Glynn Hagen, Cherry Point, charged with public drunkenness and Dalton C. Willis, Beaufort, charged with trespassing and public drunkenness. William C. Habnian, Camp Le jeune, also failed to appear. He was charged with public drunken ness, resisting arrest and damage to property. Another attempt will be made to bring him into court. The case of Lewis C. Taylor, Morehead City, was postponed for two weeks because of sickness in his family. C. Z. Chappell Sworn In at Special Session C. Z. Chappell of Beaufort was sworn in as a county commission er at a special meeting of the board at the courthouse Monday. A. H. James, clerk of court, ad ministered the oath. Chappell joins the board to fill the vacancy created by the resig nation of Harrell Taylor of Sea Level. Mr. Taylor has been nam ed county building inspector. At the special meeting the com missioners discussed the hospital lawsuit and drew a jury list. Pres ent were chairman Moses Howard, commissioners Skinner Chalk, Gas ton Smith and David Yeomans, and Odell Merrill, clerk to the board. I
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