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Firemen Work at Burning Home I ■si* Alton Gaskill, of the Beaufort rescue squad, left, and fireman Neal Willis, center, were on hand dur ing the Feagle fire Friday morning. An unidentified fireman drags a charred bedstead from the house. Fire Destroys Feagle Home In Beaufort Friday Morning The Belle Air Street residence of Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Feagle, Beaufort, was heavily damaged by * fire at 8:20 Friday morning. The fire, which destroyed most of the inside of the dwelling and its con tents, started from hot grease on a kitchen stove. Mrs. Feagle and her two chil dren, Randy and Marty, were at home at the time of the fire. Mrs. * Feagle had turned on what she , believed to be a burner under a pan of water and gone into a bed room. Instead, she had turned on a burner under a pan of grease. County to See if Southern Will Give * Up Land for County Hospital Site Southern Railway has a lease on the land at Camp Glenn, which is hoW being considered as a site for. the proposed county hospital, according to Moses Howard, chair man of, the board of county com missioners. Mr. Howard, mayor W. H. Pot ted, Beaufort; James D. Potter, county auditor; Luther Hamilton Jr., county attorney, and Dr. John Morris, conferred with officials at Raleigh Thursday, relative to the hospital. Since the controversy over the Webb site on Bogue sound, which had been selected as the hospital site, several sites have been under consideration. Mr. Howard said that the land now being considered contains about seven acres north of high way 70 and east of the road that leads to. the fisheries buildings. The remainder is about 18 acres west of that road and north of highway i 16 Witness Presentation Of Three Scouting Honors > Sixteen from this county attend ed the annual recognition meeting of the East Carolina council, Boy Scouts of America, at Wesleyan college, Rocky Mount, Thursday night, and witnessed awarding of three Scouting honors to Carteret. Carteret was one of three coun ties to receive the President’s award (this award also came to the county in the Negro Scout di vision), was third in attendance at the council meeting, and Dr. S. W. Hatcher, Morehead City, re ceived the Silver Beaver award, the highest honoi the council can bestow. Dr. Hatcher was 190 Carteret district chairman of the Boy Scouts, was instrumental in ob taining property for a Boy Scout camp in the county and in bring ing professional Scouting service to Carteret, for 12 years was a troop committeeman, is former district finance chairman, has held every job in a district committee, is a member of the official board of the First Methodist church, Morehead City, treasurer of the Salvation Army, past chairman of the Morehead City recreation com mission, past president of the County Medical society and is president of. the greater Morehead City chamber of commerce. Dr. Hatcher was one of six to receive the Silver Beaver award. The presentation was made by Dr. A. L. Whitehurst, Plymouth. In addition to .Carteret, the Persident’s award went to Caswell and Wilson districts. Each district had a growth of at least 10 per cent in membership during 1961, re jMfctWml "ill units and nrtfanigcH _" ' it. i--*.--- ..*^-.1:.^.,“*:.:- ... The grease ignited and spread flames to the walls around the stove. When Mrs. Feagle came from the bedroom, the flames were shopting to the ceiling. She tried to put them out with a blanket, then a rug, but was unsuccessful. So she grabbed the two children and got out of the house. The Feagles had insurance on the house itself and plan to rebuild on the same site. Beaufort firemen reported dif ficulty in getting water to flow from the fire hydrant near the 70 (south of highway 70A). * Mr. Howard said it will have to be determined whether Southern will relinquish its lease. The prop erty is owned by the state. The Carteret delegation called on William Henderson, executive secretary of the Medical Care com mission, who said that the com mission would approve the Camp Glenn site if the land were made available. He repeated the fact that the state’s share of the money for the proposed hospital' is no longer available, Mr. Howard reports, but told the county to go ahead with its hospital plans as fast as it can and the state would see what it could do when the time comes. Southern has leased the land at Camp Glenn with a view to using it eventually as a site for ware houses where cargoes would be stored preparatory to shipment from the state port. new packs, troops and explorer posts. The attendance award is based on the number of Scouters at the council meeting, times the num ber of miles to the meeting from the largest community in the dis trict. First place went to Onslow. Ralph Morris, New Bern, was installed as council president for the current year. Attending the meeting, In addi tion to Dr. and Mrs. Hatcher, were Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Guiton, Charles McNeill, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Sal ter, Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Sewell. Mr. and Mrs. Council Renfrow, Ethan Davis, Charles Walton, Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Howard, all of Morehead City, and Leon Mann Jr., Newport. Mr. Guiton, professional Scouter for Carteret, said Friday is highly pleased with the numerous awards that have come to Carteret as a result of its 1961 Boy Scout pro gram. Tide Table Tides at Beaufort Bar HIGH LOW Tuesday, Jan. N 2:39 a.m. 2:53 p.m. 8:44 a.m, 9:46 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 31 3:44 a.m. 4:10 p.m. 10:42 a.m. 10:43 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 1 4:51 a.m. 5:22 p.m. 11:35 a.m. 11:38 p.m. Friday, Feb. 2 5:50 a.m. house. The hydrant had been run over several times and a gasket on the bottom had jammed into the valve. The firemen used to test hydrants periodically, but several years ago stopped doing so at the request of Carolina Water Co., they said. The water company said it would as sume the responsibility of check ing the hydrants. The water company made re pairs to the hydrant Friday after noon. Firemen were successful in protecting surrounding property from damage. Passenger Hurt In Car Upset Miss Betty Tutterton, Washing ton, N. C., who was spending the weekend with friends at Atlantic, received several face scratches at 12:50 a.m. Sunday when the car in which she was riding turned over at Atlantic. C. H. Davis, deputy sheriff, said Miss Tutterton, a college student, was riding with Ralph Smith Riggs, 24, Atlantic, in a 1957 Buick. The officer said Riggs was com ing off the air base road at At lantic. At the stop sign at the main road, Riggs said his brakes failed, the car went across the road, into the woods and turned over. Damage to the car was estimated at $400. Miss Tutterton received emer gency treatment at Sea Level hos pital. Merchants Meet The Beaufort Merchants associa tion met last night at the Surfside restaurant. Charles Kirby Wins Church to Get New Minister The Rev. Eugene Hales will as sume duties as pastor of Stacy Free Will Baptist church March 1, replacing the Rev. Gordon Sebas tian who has been pastor there for two-and-a-half years. Mr. Hales wilL Come here from Goldsboro, where he is currently serving as assistant pastor at a Free Will Baptist church. He is a receni graduate of the Free Will Baptist Bible college, Nashville. The new pastor has had special voice training and trairiiiig in the direction of choirs: His bride of two weeks is a sister of Bobby Aycock, a Free Will Baptist mis sionary to Brazil. She also attend ed college in Nashville. Mr. Sebastian will leave after Feb. 11 for Hookerton, where he will serve as pastor of Mt .Calvary church. Te will be accompanied by his wife, the former Hilda Hales (distant kin to the new pastor), and three children, Deborah, 7; Bobby, fc ?• ________ - Count; Wrecks Car at Newport Eric Nelson to be Third Officer Aboard Savannah 4 County Works Toward Getting Federal Funds A temporary committee to make a study of the county’s needs and how they may be met under the federal area development program was appointed Thursday afternoon at the courthouse, Beaufort. The committee met last night at the Carteret-Craven building, Morehead City, and expects to meet later with the county plan ning commission to see if the pro gram might be working in with planning commission operations. Chairman of the committee is J. R. Sanders, Morehead City. Other members are George Ball, Har lowe; Gaston Smith, Atlantic; Clarence Millis, Newport; Jim Young, Stella. Mrs. Lottie Dunn, Atlantic Beach, and Mrs. Charles Stanley, Crab Point. The Thursday afternoon meeting was attended by approximately 70 persons, according to R. M. Wil liams, who presided. Explaining the area development program were George Stephens, of the governor’s staff, Raleigh; Fred Mangum, State college, in charge of farm management and public affairs (rural development), and Marion Holland, district super visor of the Farmers Home admin istration. Other officials present were Ralph Turner, Raleigh, assistant director of the FHA; Fred Nance, of *t“he rural area development sec tion,' "REA, and Arthur My#fs, REA operations field representa tive. Carteret is one of 31 counties de clared eligible for benefits under the area redevelopment act, ac cording to Mr. Stephens. After the committee, headed by Mr. Sanders, determines the coun ty’s needs, application .for funds will be made to the state and for warded to the federal government. Funds are available through loan and grant, according to Mr. Wil liams. Cold Moves In Following Rain Snow which hit most other parts of the state over the weekend miss ed the county, but the mercury took a chilly dip to 26 degrees yester day morning, according to weather observer Stamey Davis. Rain Sat urday and Sunday deposited .36 inches of moisture here. Temperature ranges and wind di rections Thursday through Sunday were as follows: High Low Wind Thursday .62 51 SW Friday ..._.62 52 SW Saturday .65 51 SW Sunday ...53 36 NE Beaufort Jaycees report that no distinguished service award will be presented by their organization this year. Honored with the distinguished service award by Morehead City Jaycees last night was the Rev. Charles L. Kirby, pastor of the First Presbyterian church, More bead City. The award is presented annual ly to the man under 36 years of age who in the opinion of the com mittee selecting him, did the most for the bettermeiit of his com munity in the year prior to pres Bulls to be Sold Feb. 3, Raleigh , Hereford bulls will be sold Sat urday at the state fair grounds, Raleigh, according to R. M. Wi liams, county agricultural agent. The sale will begin at noon. i. M. Davis, Morehead City, who has a polled Hereford farm at Smyrna, will offer four of his top quality bulls for sale, Mr. Wil liams reports. The bulls are fed erally accredited. Julian Gaskill, Sea Level, is also selling “two very excellent top quality bulls,” Mr. Williams says. He invites anyone on the market [or bulls to attend the sale. m _ i Eric Nelson, a Carteret native and merchant seaman for 17 years, will leave Morehead City Sunday for Camden, N. J., for six weeks of special training before reporting for duty aboard the nuclear ship, Savannah. The recently-completed Savan nah, a 20,000-ton vessel, will be taken for sea trials, after which she will make a world tour for the government, more or less as a “show boat.” The 595-foot, govern ment-owned vessel will be operated on a commercial basis by States Marine lines after the tour. Nelson will serve as third officer. He is part of a crew hand-picked by the captain, G. DeGroote. Nel son and the captain served together in 1951 aboard another ship. The son of the late Capt. and Mrs. Charles G. Nelson of Glouces ter, Mr. Nelson makes his home in Morehead City with his step mother, Mrs. Pearl G. Nelson. He graduated from Smyrna high school in 1944 and joined the Mer chant Marines in 1945. He has served in the Merchant Marines since then, except for two years in the Army during the Korean conflict. He received his master’s license two years ago at the age of 32. The Savannah has accommoda tions for 60 passengers, who are provided with elaborate staterooms and a swimming pool. The ship is air conditioned throughout and all marine equipment is of the most modern design. The ship will cruise at about 21 knots. Republicans To Meet Feb. HL The County Republican club has set Saturday, Feb. 10, as the date for the county Republican conven tion. The club met recently at the former Army Reserve building, highway 70, Morehead City. Fifty four members attended. Duties of some of the officials to be elected this year were ex plained by Ken Wagner, Josiah Bailey, and Claud Wheatly. Mr. Wagner told of duties of the county board of commissioners and Mr. Bailey discussed the duties and re sponsibilities of a state legislator. Mr. Wheatly spoke on the techni calities of electing a candidate. President Osborne Davis an-] nounced that Clifford Tilghman is chairman of candidates and re quested that members work with him and give him names of possi ble candidates. 1. D. Gillikin announced that the Republican convention will be at 7:30 Feb. 10. Mr. Gillikin and C. R. Tilghman, both of Beaufort, will attend the Republican dinner at Charlotte Fri day night and hear an address by former President Dwight Eisen hower, via clbsed channel tele vision. Deadline Feb. 15 Chief of police Herbert Griffin warns all motorists that they will be cited if they do not have More head City auto tags on their cars and trucks by Feb. 15. entation of the award. Nominations were made by civic organizations of Morehead City. Identity of the committee making the selection is not revealed. Mr. Kirby began his pastorate in Morehead City Jan. 4, 1959. Now 34 years of age, he is'presi dent of the county chapter of the North Carolina Symphony society, president of the County Ministers association, a member of the More head City recreation commission, the county Red Cross chapter, was active in the program for migrant laborers, was instrumental in pro motion of the Easter sunrise serv ice at Fort Macon last year, is the First Presbyterian church institu tional representative for the Boy Scouts, Boy Scout publicity chair man for Carteret district, and is active in Civil Defense and youth programs. A native of Fort Pierce, Fla., Mr. Kirby came to North Carolina in 1943 and attended Davidson col lege. Following graduation, he went to Union Theological semi nary, Richmond. After receiving his .degree he was pastor of four churches from October 1953 to July 1957, Black River, church at [vanhoe, Caswell at Atkinson, Har mony at Kerr and Stafford Me morial at Garland. is* . _• ■■■ _ ► • Virginia Person Will be Soloist • Program Will Begin Tonight at 8 • Dr. Benjamin Swalin To Conduct Talented Virginia Person will be i guest soloist for this evening’s i concert by the North Carolina Lit- ] tie Symphony at 8 p.m. in the: ! Morehead City school auditorium. | Born in Chicago, Miss Person ! was a child prodigy, a scholarship pupil at the age of 8 at the famed Sherwood Music school. Miss Person’s father studied for the ministry, but gave up in favor of a musical career. Her mother, a well-known St. Louis and Chi cago voice teacher, gave Virginia her first lessons in singing. Winner of the Belle Isle audi tions, the regional Metropolitan Opera auditions and a Grinnell music scholarship. Miss Person went on to outstanding successes in appearances with the Detroit symphony, and with oratorio and opera groups in Chicago, Detroit and other mid-western cities. On the occasion of her debut re cital, the Detroit Free-Press critic ] wrote, “It is a pleasure to listen Miss Virginia Person . . . soprano to Virginia Person. In a word, she knows how to sing. She iden tified herself with the poem and the music, and the training she has had is evident in the ease with which she produces the firm beau ty of her entire vocal range.” The orchestra under the direc tion of Benjamin Swalin will be heard in the Beethoven Overture t o “Prometheus,” Prokofieff’s Classical Symphony in D major, opus 25, Siegfried’s “Idyll” by Richard Wagner, and a group of works by more modern composers. Included also in the program are favorites from the recent Broad way hit-musicals, Brigadoon, South i Pacific, and Oklahoma. Miss Person will be featured in several operatic arias and recita j tives from the works of Handel, i Bach, Mozart and Massenet, i Membership in the North Caro [ lina Symphony assures admission to any regular concert presented : anywhere in the state by either ' the North Carolina Little Symphony 1 or the Full Symphony. A few mem berships will be available at the jdoor at tonight’s concert. He resigned to go to Edinburgh, Scotland, where he attended the School of Theology, University of Edinburgh. Mr. and Mrs. Kirby have a 4 year-old son, Charles Thomas. Speaker at the DSA banquet last night at the Blue Ribbon restaurant was H. S. Gibbs Jr., Morchead City. Mr. Gibbs, winner of the DSA in 1953, spoke on How to Bake a Cake or “putting the frosting on the community.” He was introduced by Jaycee president Tommy Ballou. The award to Mr. Kirby was presented by Ray Cummins, More head City, who won the DSA in Beaufort in 1955. Mr. Cummins was recipient of an award in pub lic speaking as a member of the recent Dale Carnegie course, spon sored by Morehead City Jaycees. Invocation at the dinner was given by the Rev. Corbin Cooper, pastor of the First Baptist church, Morehead City. Clifton Lynch gave the welcome and introduced guests. A steak dinner was served. Firemen Called Beaufort firemen answered a fire alarm at 417 Craven St. Saturday night and extinguished a blaze in a bed. Minor damage in the bed room, where the fire started, was reported. ' »'1 F. H. Taylor Apprehended After Hair-Raising Chase <1 Marshallberg Crab Plant Hit by Fire The Percy T. Davis crab plant, Marshallberg, was destroyed by fire shortly after midnight Mon day. The loss was extensive. Mr. Davis could not be con tacted yesterday and it is not known whether the property was insured. Lost was refrigeration machinery and other equipment necessary in a crab-picking oper ation. It could not be determined how the fire started. The Marshall berg fire department answered the call. The plant was located on the water and included the building formerly operated by Mr. Davis as the Harbor Light restaurant. The crab factory has been in op eration several years, but was not operating at present. The crab business is seasonal. Letters Will Seek Support Of 4-H Camp Letters to organizations and busi nesses in the county, to be mailed the first of February, will request financial support for the 4-H camp proposed for Carteret. The letter was approved Tuesday night at a meeting of the county 4-H Development Fund committee. The letter was presented by Walter Teich, special funds committee chairman. /> ..... . ., Othor methods of raising funds were discussed, door-to-doof”Jcan vasses, fish fries, barbecue din ners, and dances. Mrs. E. C. Mc Lawhorn, reported that Harlowe 4-H’ers will put on a talent show in their community building at 7:30 Saturday night. The, public is in vited and all proceeds will go to the 4-H development fund. David Warrick, 4-H advisor, re ported that some letters, sent to 4-H’er parents, had been returned with contributions. Four-H’ers who bring in contributions will have their names placed on a 4-H honor roll. Luther Earl Lewis, Morehead City, 4-H development fund chair man, said “We can expect some assistance from the state for a 4-H camp in the county; but only if we show them that we want it here by raising some money locally.” Attending the meeting were the following: C. N. Stroud, Morehead City; Mr. Teich and Mrs. McLaw hom, Harlowe; Mrs. R. P. Shrake, Harlowe; Mr. Warrick; R. M. Wil liams, county agent; Roy T. Gar ner, Newport; Josephine&McCabe, Beaufort; Blakely PonaT Davis; and Frank Langdalc, co-op elec trification advisor. Bulls to be Sold R. M. Williams, county agricul tural agent, announces that there will be a sale of 45 angus bulls at 1 p.m. Monday at the Eastern Car oling Livestock arena, Rocky Mount. . The Rev. Charles Kirby . . taaered by Jaycees ■ The case of Frederick Henry Taylor, route 1 Havelock, waa bound over for action by the grand jury yesterday in Morehead City recorder's court. Judge Herbert Phillips found sufficient cause to hold Taylor for second degree burglary and theft at Cal’s TV Service, 1015 Arendell St. Saturday night. Police chief Herbert Griffin said J. C. (Cal) Dezern, owner and op erator of the tv service, estimated value of the merchandise' stolen at $2,119.35. Police believe they have recovered most of it. Taylor, a civilian employee at the overhaul and repair depart* ment. Cherry Point, was appre hended by state trooper Thad Jer nigan, Craven county, after a hot chase that ended up with Taylor’s wrecking his 1955 Chevrolet at Lon nie Howard’s equipment yard, Newport. Taylor has also been charged with driving drunk, speeding and failing to stop at a stop light at Havelock. He is under $300 bond for appearance in Craven county court, New Bern, Feb. 27. He was held in Morehead City jail, pend ing posting of $3,000 bond, over the weekend. The same bond was set by judge Phillips after ordering Taylor held for the grand jury in April. Morehead City patrolmen Buck Newsome and Jack Miller noticed Taylor’s car in front of Cal’s TV Saturday about 8 p.m. The trunk lid was off and the back bent in. They got a call to return to the police station, did so, and then patrolman Miller returned to Cal’s to start checking business places on routine foot patrol, the chief said. The patrolman found both the front and back doors of the place open and a window broken. Lying at the side the building was a jty set. Morehead City police radioed the highway patrol and sheriff’s department to be on the lookout for the black car they had seen. Meanwhile, Taylor had run through a speed clock en route to Have lock and trooper Jernigan was on his tail. In the course of the chase, a tv in the trunk of Taylor’s car fell out on the highway at Havelock. Taylor headed back to Newport, tried to cut through at Howard’s equipment place and knocked over two gas pumps, bringing the chase to an end. Trooper Jernigan nabbed Taylor and held him until state trooper J. W. Sykes, from Carteret, arrived to pick him lip and take him to the Morehead City jail. In Taylor’s car were four record players, three radios, a service kit, tools and hundreds of dollars worth of radio and tv tubes. The car, with its loot, was kept in Howard’s garage, Newport, over the weekend. Chief Griffin said that Taylor, 53, is orginally from Portsmouth, Va. When questioned, Taylor said at first that he “was made to break in Cal’s” by a man who held a gun in his ribs. The chief said Taylor later changed his story and said he had left one tv lying by the side of Cal’s, because it was too heavy for him to carry. Agency Seeks Bids on Bonds The Local Government commis sion, Raleigh, has advertised for bids on $35,000 in Town of New port bonds. The bond issue will consist of $15,000 in water bonds and $20,000 in town hall bonds. The $15,000 will be borrowed to install water mains in the area annexed to the town Jan. 1 of this year. The $20,000 will be used to pay off f note, money borrowed to start con | struction last year on the new town hall and fire station. Bids will be received at the Lo cal Government commission office until 11 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 6. The water bonds will mature in 197T and the town hall bonds in 1962. The bonds will be issued in de nominations of $1,000 and interest will be payable semi-annually. TV, Radio Equipment Stolen Friday Night Stolen at the Bargain Barn, high way 70, west of Morehead City Fri day night, was a picture tube test er, small radio tube tester, two short wave radios, underwater flashlight and tools, the sheriffs department reports. Access to the barn was gained through a back door, which wa» reportedly fastened with a rope. The case was still under invest** yesterday.