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51st YEAR, NO. 31.
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unwfewiEAn nrtY AMD BEAUFORT. NORTH CAROLINA j TUESDAY, APRIL 17, 1962
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PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
President Kennedy at Bogue Field
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President John F. Kennedy
wilkS toward the viewing stands
at Bogue Field Saturday short
ly after arrival by helicopter
from Onslow Beach. Accompany
ing~th»‘,<*mldei,it, leff to right,
are Lt, Gen. Robert B. Luckey,
Commanding General, Fleet Ma
rine Force, Atlantic; the Shah
of Iran (his imperial majesty
Customs Will
Combine Two
Port Regions
Morehead City and Beaufort will
be lumped together for customs
I purposes under a consolidation pro
/ posal by the Department of the
"Treasury and the Bureau of Cus
toms.
The area of the combined ports
will be enlarged by the proposal,
and the new customs port will be
k n o w_n as “Bcaufort-Morchead
City” according to D. Cutlar
Moore, collector of customs, Wil
mington.
To improve the service and re
duce the cost and time involved in
services to the two ports, the des
ignation of Beaufort as a customs
port of entry and port of documen
tation and that of Morehead City
as a customs port of entry will be
revoked by the change and the new
combined customs port will take
over the duties of both.
As before, the actual customs
work will be handled out of the
customs house in Beaufort.
The new area will include the
airport and certain outlying areas
used by fishing boats. The area
will be roughly bound on the west
by file intersection of US 70 and
Mansfield Parkway, on the north
by Crab Point and the airport, on
the east by Lennoxville Point, and
on the south by Carrot Island,
Radio Island and the northern edge
«f Bogue Sound.
Communications on the proposed
consolidation can be addressed to
the Commissioner of Customs,
Washington 25, D. C., prior to May
4.
Two Cars Damaged
In Saturday Collision
Saturday afternoon traffic re
sulted in one wreck, according to
Morehead City police. About 4:50
p.m. two cars in a line of traffic
coining off the west end of the
Newport river bridge collided,
causing about $100 damage to each
cor.
A 1955 Ford belonging to Robert
I Tale Murray Jr., route 1, More
§ bead City ran into the back of an
t other 1955 Ford, a station wagon,
K driven by Arnold Jasper Andrews,
| also of route 1, Morehead City,- po
B lice said.
■ No charges were made. Capt.
I Joe Smith of the Morehead police
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Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi); i
President Kennedy; Capt. Taze
well T. Shepprd Jr., USN, Naval
aide to the President; Gen. David
M. Shoup, Commandant of the
Marine ■OirtWt'Maj. GeTfcJ James
P. Berkeley, Commanding Gen
eral Marine Corps Base, Camp
Lejeune; and Maj.< Gen. Richard
C. Mangrum, Commanding Gen
Group Hears Realtor,
Lawyer at Recent Forum
A lively discussion on subjects
relating to home buying or home
building led to what Garland
Scruggs, manager of Cooperative
Savings and Loan in Morehead
City, termed a “very successful”
building forum Thursday night. The
forum was the first of three being
co-sponsored by Cooperative and
Carolina Power and Light Co.
Mr. Scruggs said those attending
the forum entered into the discus
sion very well and he felt that
much was gained by those plan
ning to build new homes, buy
homes or remodel their present
one.
Speakers at the opening session
were Joe Beam, a realtor who told
the group about what to consider
when buying a house or land; Tom
Bennett, a lawyer who discussed
contracts and other legal steps in
volved in home ownership,- and
Mrs. W. J. Cherry, CP&L home
economist, who showed slides on
effects and trends in lighting and
landscaping.
All interested persons will be
wefcome. The forums are free.
Bruce Conway
Makes Arrests
Patrolman Bruce Conway, More
head City police force, was the
arresting officer in the case Wed
nesday night when two Cherry
Point men were apprehended in
Morehead City in a stolen car.
Beaufort police chief Guy Sprin
gle reported that Capt. Joe Smith
was the’ arresting officer. Captain
Smith said that he happened to be
with patrolman Conway when the
arrest was made.
The two, Gary C. Childs and
Earl J. Silna, are charged with
taking a car from Beaufort that
belonged to Earl Willis, Fulford
street.
Captain Smith said that patrol
man Conway was also the arrest
ing officer in another stolen car
case. Patrolman Conway appre
hended Jerry Lee Vickers April 4
for traffic law violations! It was
later learned that Vickers was
driving a car allegedly stolen from
Cherry Point.
Patrolman Conway joined the
Morehead City police force early
this year.
eral, 2d Marine Aircraft Wing.
The visit to Bogue Field to watch
a demonstration by the 2d Wing
of the operation of a short itir
fjeld fof tactical support (SATS)
was » pnet-ofttro PrcshleMfS^PK'*1
view of the Atlantic Fleet and
an amphibious landing at On
slow Beach on Saturday, April
14.
Kenneth Wagner •
... to discuss color
Mayor George W. Dill has pro
claimed Thursday as Patriots’ Day
in Morehead City and asks resi
dents of the town to display the
American flag. The observance is
being sponsored by Post 46 of the
American Legion,- of which Wil
liam E. Wade is the commander.
Civitan Forum Will Begin
7:30 Tonight, Camp Glenn
Carteret County at the Cross
roads will be the topic of the forum
being sponsored at 7:30 tonight at
Camp Glenn school by the More
head City Civitan club.
George Vickroy, president of the
club, will be moderator. Panelists,
each speaking for five minutes,
Tide Table
Tides at the Beaufort Bar
HIGH LOW
Tuesday, April 17
6:44 a.m. 12:41 a.m.
7:09 p.m. 12:58 p.m.
Wednesday, April 18
7:23 a.m. 1:23 a.m.
7:45 p.m. 1:37 p.m.
Thursday, April 19
7:59 a.rn. 20)3 a,ml
8:16a.m. 2:14 plM.
It is estimated that between
six and eight thousand persons
visited Cherry Point Marine air
base Saturday to see President
Kennedy. The President left the
■WiwfBiTttff return tb Washing*
ton after witnessing military ex
ercises offshore and on the
beaches of North Carolina. (Of
ficial USMC Photo)
Beach to Get
Street Markers
Street markers will go up at At
lantic Beach next week, town board
members were notified Friday at
the Atlantic Beach board meeting.
The markers will be in place for
the summer season.
The board was also informed that
the Fort- Macon part of the beach
erosion control program has been
approved by the Rivers and Har
bors committee of Congress. The
second portion of the plan, that in
volving Atlantic Beach, was
dropped for this year when it be
came evident that under present
conditions, the town could not fi
nance its portion of the project.
Subjects coming up for discussion
were those of increased pay for
town policemen, preparation for
high school graduation parties, and
dredging of the Atlantic Beach
channel.
Also getting attention was the
problem of drainage on W. Board
walk street. Discussion showed
that water coming from state con
trolled streets such as Atlantic
boulevard, caused most of the trou
ble. Action on the problem was de
ferred to await an additional en
gineer’s report on what to do to
solve the trouble.
Present at the meeting were
mayor A. B. Cooper, commission
ers Charles F. Walters, R. A.
Barefoot, Mack G. Smith, and city
attorney George H. McNeill.
will be H. S. Gibbs Jr., Bill Davies,
both of Morehead City, and W. H.
Potter, Beaufort, whose topic will
be “industry.”
Speaking on “vacation” will be
J. O. Barbour Jr., Beaufort, Bob
Simpson and Mrs. Frank. Sample,
Morehead City.
Purpose of the forum will be to
explore the possibilities of the
county’s emphasizing development
as a resort area or industrial area,
or both.
The Civitan club hopes to spon
sor similar forums periodically.
They will dwell on topics of cur
rent interest to the county, accord
ing to Warren Beck, publicity chair
man.
Persons attending tonight’s forum
will be invited to make suggestions
on future forum topics.
Questions will be invited from
the audience.' ‘
DEMOCRATS
REPUBLICANS
State Senate
Luther Hamilton Sr.
Thomas White
House of Representatives
D. G. Bell
A. H. James
Robert L. Bell
Ralph L. Thomas
Edgar Hibbs
Odell Merrill
Berkley Willis
Philip K. Ball
W. D. Munden
Manly H. Mason
Thomas S. Bennett
Grayden M. Paul
Clerk of Court
Shelby M. Freeman
Sheriff
A. B. (Tom) Garner
Meredith Gillikin
Elmer Dewey Willis >
Register of Deeds
John N. Miller
Ruth T. Richardson
Surveyor
Coroner
M. T. Lewis
Judge Recorder’s Court
Lambert R- Morris
County Solicitor
Wiley H. Taylor Jr.
County Commissioner
Joseph R. Guthrie
Dr. L. J. Dupree
A. R. Craig
William R. Hamilton
Edwin Salter
Charles F. Hudgins
Dominic S. Femia
Roosevelt Dixon
Wallace B. Hill
J. Gaston Smith
Moses C. Howard
Tommie Lewis
C. Z. Chappell
W. E. Guthrie
T. C. Cobb
Hcadcn G. Willis
Gordon Hardesty
Roy T. Garner
James F. Hux
Ray Gordon Lewis
Kenneth C. Wagner
Gerald T. Murdoch
Clifford R. Tilghman
Rudolph Mason
Constable (Morehead)
Buck Newsome
William E. Cottingham
Lin wood R. Hall
Constable (Beaufort)
Ronald Edward Smith
f ■ & Warren Tommy - --
James Laughter
Constable (Harlowe)
Joseph S. Morton
Justice of Peace (Morehead)
C. Elmer Smith
C. M. Krousc
Douglas James Odom
Justice of Peace (White Oak) _
P. L. Burt
< Chamber Ad Committee
Reports on Its Activity
Several major projects have been
accomplished thus far by the
greater Morehead City chamber of
commerce advertising committee.
Five thousand full color bro
chures have been printed and arc
being distributed; 2,000 vacation
maps are being distributed; both
were sent to the travel show at
Charlotte and the county “sold”
by personal contact to an audience
of 50,000; two groups of speakers,
one armed with a 16 mm. color
movie and the other with 35 mm.
color slides arc speaking on sport
fishing, vacationing and port op
eration throughout the state (al
ready booked are Durham, Bur
lington, and Winston-Salem.) j
A hundred thousand full color
post cards of 16 different scenes
in the county are now on sale here,
35 mm. slides are also available;
a 35 mm. automatic slide projector
with built-in screen has been or
dered for use at conventions, trav
el shows and speaking engage
ments.
Ben Alford, advertising commit
tee chairman, says the following
projects are under consideration or
in progress:
• Replica of the travel show
booth is being made for use in
sporting goods and hardware stores
throughout the state.
• Uniform and colorful marking
of all towns in the county is being
worked out. They will be placed
at each community limit and give
mileage to other towns in county.
• Film on Bermuda will be used
to advertise cruises each year
from Morehead City.
• Litter bags will be furnished
in a general clean-up campaign.
The advertising committee’s bud
get for 1962 is $14,500, Mr. Alford
says. The amount 'obligated, how
ever, will depend on the amount
of dues paid to the chamber this
year.
Budget:
• Brochures, vacation maps,
classified directors, $3,000
• Newspapers and magazine $400
• Material for mailing, postage,
$450
• Signs for special purpose, $l0o
« Maintenance and use of pa
rade float, $200
• Photos for press, tv $300
• Resort and sport fishing cov
erage and promotion, including an
i
extra salary if deemed advisable
$6,000
• Public relations, special ex
hibits, promotions, travel shows,
$3,500
• Contingency for special pro
motions, $550.
Candidate Withdraws
Luther Hamilton Jr., Morehead
City, filed Friday for general as
semblyman on the Democratic
ticket and would have been op
position for D. G. Bell in the Dem
ocratic primary. Mr. Hamilton,
however, withdrew at about 5:30
p.m. the same day he filed.
Episcopal Rector Accepts Call
To Trinity Church, Staunton, Va.
The Rev. E. Guthrie Brown, rec
tor of St. Andrew’s Episcopal
church, Morehead City, has ac
cepted a call to Trinity Episcopal
church, Staunton, Va.
Mr. Brown will begin his duties
there in late summer. He an
nounced his resignation at the Sun
day morning worship service.
At Trinity,,Mr. Brown will suc
ceed the Rev. Carrol Brooke, who
has accepted a parish at Roanoke,
Va. Trinity is a parish of 500 and
is located in downtown Staunton,
a town of 23,000.
Mr. Brown came to Morehead
City as the first rector of St. An
drew’s in October 1953. For seven
years he was., rector of Trinity
church, Manassas, Va. Mr. Brown
is an alumnus of the University of
Richmond and Virginia Theological
seminary. He is a native of Rich
mond.
During the second world war he
served as a Navy chaplain. St.
Andrew’s parish had 54 communi
cants when Mr. Brown assumed
his duties here and now has 181.
During his ministry, the church
has paid the debt on the sanctuary
and rectory, built the east wing
of the parish house in 1957 and
purchased, for future expansion,
property at 2006 Evans St., at the
rlar of the present church prop
Voters Will Select
Candidates May 26
Sixty-one persons — including four who filed for the
county board of education — have entered the Democra
tic and Republican primaries in the county.
The vote Saturday, May 26, will whittle the number
down to those who will be their respective party’s candi
dates in the November election.
Whether the names of the four who filed for the county
board of education will be on thcM
ballot was in doubt yesterday.
Those who filed were Dr. A. F.
Chestnut, Morehead City, who is
now on the board; Wayne W. Par
ker, Atlantic; Charles D. Harris
Jr., Marshallberg, and Charles Da
vis, Beaufort..
In the past, Carteret’s board of
education members have been ap
pointed by the predominant politi
cal party — in recent years, the
Democrats. The general statutes
permit ndmination of county board
of education members by eitheT
primary or county convention.
It had • not been determined by
press time whether a special local
law pertaining to Carteret prohi
bits the naming of board of educa
tion members in the primary.
Luther Hamilton Jr., county at
torney, sa’d that regardless of the
law, he did not think the Demo
cratic party could overlook those
who had filed for the office if ap
points arc in order.
Those selected to serve on the
board arc sent by the chairman
of the board of elections to Ra
leigh and the board members as
Elmer Dewey Willis
sume duties when appointed by the
legislature.
H. L. Joslyn, county superin
tendent of schools, said four coun
ty education board members’ terms
expire in 1963. Filing of four for
the office shortly before the Friday
noon filing deadline came as a
surprise.
Background on candidates who
have filed recently:
Elmer D. Willis, Republican can
didate for sheriff — Was born at
Davis, graduated from Smyrna
high school and attended college
at Greensboro. Mr. Willis served
See CANDIDATES, Page 2
The lev. E. Guthrie Brown
. . * to leave St. Andrew’s
crty.
The rector and his wife have two
daughters, Mary Welby, 13, and
Lucy, 8.
When Mr. Brawn first came to
Morehead City he was priest in
charge for three years of St. Chris
topher’s Episcopal church, Have
lock.
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Candidate Faces
Fraud Charges
On Tax Returns
New Bern (AP)—Cecil D. May,
unopposed for solicitor of the fifth
solicitorial district, was arrested
Friday on four charges of filing
fraudulent state income tax re
turns.
The warrants were drawn in Ra
leigh.
One of the warrants charges
that May reported a gross income
of $9,110 for 1959 when in fact his
income for the year was $20,973.51.
Another warrant charges that he
reported a gross income of $10,
974.64 for 1960 when his gross in
come was $19,783.67.
After the arrest by SBI agent
John B. Edwards, May was re
leased under bond totaling $1,000.
Robert Rouse, Farmville, former
solicitor, chose not to run for re
election.
Luther Hamilton Sr., Morehead
City, former superior court judge,
when asked yesterday how the
charges may affect May’s candi
dacy said that if May is found
guilty after he assumes office, he
would have to resign. Then the
governor would appoint someone
to the' Office.
~T%e funner judge, now a state
Senator, said the charges are not
felonious.
Senator Hamilton commented
that the matter might be referred
to the grievance committee of the
North Carolina Bar association,
which would conduct an investiga
tion. If criminality were found to
be involved, the matter would be
referred to the association’s judicial
committee and this committee
could make recommendations to
May as to the proper course to
pursue.
May could withdraw prior to the
primary. Since he is unopposed,
one vote would put him in office.
The job of the solicitor is to
prosecute for the state cases
against persons charged with crime
in the counties of the fifth solicitor
ial district. Those counties are
Carteret, Craven, Greene, Jones,
Pamlico and Pitt.
Beaufort Firemen Get
Call to Hyman House
A fire occurred in Beaufort Sat
urday night.
Children playing with matches
were blamed for the fire, which
had been put out by the time Beau
fort firemen arrived at the home
of Peter Hyman, Cedar and Marsh
streets. No damage resulted from
the minor blaze.
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County Reservists
To Take Part This
Month in Exercise
The 824th Transportation Co.,
Morehead City’s Army Reserve
unit which was activated last fall,
will participate - with men and
equipment from Fort Eustis and
Fort Story, Va., in Exercise Wet
Horse T1 April 25-May 12.
The amphibious assault training
will be held in Maryland and Dela
ware. Like its predecessor last
fall. Wet Horse II will take place
at Fort Miles, Del., from an em
barkation at Curtis Bay, Md.
First Lt. Paul Cordova, com
manding officer of the 824th unit,
is the officer in charge of the sup
porting units. The group will leave
Fort Eustis today for the exercise.
The 824th is made up almost en
tirely of men from Carteret coun
ty who were returned to active duty
in October because of the Berlin
crisis.
Voting will take place in
fort today on annexation. P«
open from 6:30 a.m. to 6:30