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THE NEWS-TIMES
51st YEAR, NO. 33.
TWO SECTIONS TEN PAGES
MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA
TUESDAY, APRIL 24, 1962
PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
Fire Rages at Atlantic Beach
The Ed Harris cottage, Atlantic Beach, left, was destined to be destroyed by fire. It blazed up three times yesterday. Sparks eventual
ly caught the Hargrove house next to it and seriously damaged it. Furniture removed from the Hargrove and neighboring Griffin cot
tage can be seen in the foreground.
Police Check
Two Accidents
A Wilson woman, Mrs. Louise A.'
Bridges, received neck injuries in !
an auto accident Sunday. Mrs.
Bridges was riding in a car driven
by hfcr husband, Thomas Fleming
Bridges, on 24th street when the
accident happened at about 12:30
p.m. Two other passengers in the
car were not injured.
The other car involved was
driven by Elemond Fleetwood
Adams, Coats, who was going south
on 24th street, as was the Bridges
car. Police said the Bridges car
stopped in a line of traffic, and
the Adams car hit it from the rear.
Adams said that his foot slipped
off the brake pedal while he was
trying to stop.
The Bridges car, a 1962 Buick,
had $300 damage and the Adams
car was damaged to the extent of
$150 in the front end, police re
port. No charges were filed.
Another accident occurred Fri
day when a 1962 Dodge driven by
David Lee Lewis, route 1 Morehead
City, collided with a parked 1961
Dodge belonging to Rodger Wil
liams, Hyattsville, Md., and a 1951
Chrysler, also parked, belonging to
Gordon K. Willis, Morehead City,
according to police.
The accident happened about 8
a.m. in the 1000 block of Arendell
street. Lewis was going cast on
Arendell at the time. He was
charged with reckless driving and
leaving the scene of an accident,
by Capt. Joe Smith, investigating
officer.
Damage to the Lewis car, which
was owned by Mrs. Mary King
Lewis, was about $150, and dam
age to the Williams car and the
Willis car was about $150 and $100
respectively, according to esti
mates.
Beaufort Woman
Suffers Injuries
In Auto Accident
Mrs. T. R. Whitehurst, Beaufort,
is in the Morehead City hospital,
suffering from injuries she re
ceived at 2 p.m. Saturday when the
car in which she was riding went
into a ditch on highway 70, just
east of the Harkers Island road.
The car, a 1953 Dodge, was driv
en by Mrs. Whitehurst’s husband.
According to patrolman W. E. Pick
ard, who investigated, the right
front tire blew out and the car
went into a canal filled with water.
The Whitehursts were headed
west Mrs. Whitehurst was taken
to the hospital in the Dill ambu
lance. She is thought to be suffer
• ing from rib or back injuries. The
accident happened at 2 p.m. Mr.
Whitehurst was not hurt.
To Sponsor Game
Esther Rebekah lodge, Morehead
City, will sponsor a. bingo party
Thursday night at 7:30 at the recre
ation building. Donations are $1
per person. Prizes will be award
ed and refreshments will be
served.
► The Ed Harris cottage, 208 W.
| Atlantic Blvd., Atlantic Beach, was
destroyed by fire, yesterday.
The fire was first discovered at
2:30 a.m., was put out, but blazed
up again at 8 a.m. Again the fire
i was extinguished, but strong south
i west winds fanned embers and at
I noon the fire was raging. Then it
j caught the cottage to the east of
it, owned by Mrs. Sarah Hargrove
of Tarboro.
Morehead City and Beaufort, as
well as Atlantic Beach firemen and
Coast Guard equipment were on
the scene. .
The roof was burned on the Har
grove house and much of the attic
damaged. An Atlantic Beach real
tor estimated that the cottage was
valued at $12,000 and at least half
of the cottage is gone.
Rescue squad members and vis
itors at the beach carried furniture
out of the Hargrove house and the
Harold Griffin home, to the east of
the Hargrove house. Mr. Griffin
is a winter resident of Wendell.
Most of the Griffin home’s damage
was done by water. Damage there
is estimated at a couple hundred
dollars.
Wooden shingles on a home a half
H. S. Gibbs Jr. Talks
On Schools to Rotary
H. S. Gibbs Jr. spoke Thursday
night to the Morehead City Rotary
club, and discussed the city school
program. Mr. Gibbs gave the
background of the schols problems,
and a report on the present condi
tions of the schools and needs of
the future.
He advocated the formation of
a school building fund for the
county, and the allocation of a
portion of the tax rate to build up
the fund for use in building new
schools on a “pay as you go”
basis. The county is now almost
out of debt, he added.
National Garden Club Head
Will Speak at Morehead City
Mrs. C. B. Nettleton
.. Covington, Va.
block away caught lire, but the'
blaze was spotted and the fire put
out immediately.
The Harris home, owned by
Greenville residents, is judged a
total loss. Its value has been esti
mated at $9,000. Both the Harris
and Hargrove cottages are report
ed insured.
The cottages consist of a base
ment and one-floor living quarters
above the basement.
Atlantic Beach firemen fought
the Harris blaze when it was dis
covered at 2:30 a.m. yesterday.
The Morehead City fire depart
ment was called and stood by.
The Harris and Hargrove homes
were unoccupied. William Earl
Wilson, night policeman, said a
passerby notified him that he
smelled smoke. Officer Wilson
went to the Harris house and saw
smoke pouring out.
He immediately called the fire
department. The blaze started in
the garage, on the ground level,
and spread through the downstairs.
The homes involved in the fire
are on the road that leads to Ocean
Ridge.
Beach Experiences
Pre-Season Record
Atlantic Beach experienced a
pre-season record crowd over the
weekend.
Bill Moore, beach police chief,
said, “It looked like the Fourth of
July.” Amusement rides, conces
sions and other beach businesses
were open.
There were waders in the surf
Saturday afternoon and at least a
dozen bathers in the ocean all Sun
day afternoon.
Although the crowd dwindled
slightly after Sunday, there was
still much activity there yesterday,
Easter Monday, which was a holi
day for many people.
Mrs. Charles B. Nettleton, Cov
ington, Va., president of the Na
tional Council of State Garden
Clubs, will speak during the con
vention of the North Carolina Fed
eration of Garden clubs, which
opens today at the Biltmore Motor
hotel, Morehead City. Mrs. Nettle
ton will address the delegates at a
banquet Wednesday at 7 p.m.
Mrs. Nettleton, a native Virgin
ian, graduated from Randolph-Ma
con Woman's college with a major
in biology and did further work in
botany at the University of Chi
cago.
She has been active in the col
lege alumnae association and was
chosen to represent it for overseas
service as a canteen worker with
the YWCA during World War I.
She; served in France arid Ger
many for two years and received
a citation from the Army of Occu
pation in Germany for her service.
She also taught in the. biology de
partment at Randolpb-Macon.
Two Accidents
Occur at Beach
Two accidents occurred in tr.fiie
jams at Atlantic Beach Sunday.
Police report that at 5:25 'p.m.
on Circle drive a 1959 Oldsmobile
driven by George W. Booth, Kin
ston, backed into a 1959 Plymouth.
Driving the Plymouth was C. W.
Hodges III, Greenville. According
to police, Booth was backing out of
a parking space. Damage to the
Plymouth was estimated at $30. No
damage was reported on the Olds.
Damage totaling $350 occurred
when a car hit a parked car on
Center drive in the beach business
section at 8:30 p.m. Police chief
Bill Moore, who investigated, said
that Royster D. Blandford Jr.,
Morehead City, driving a 1961 Ply
mouth, hit the rear of a parked
1957 Chevrolet.
The Chevrolet was owned by A.
C. Ogburn, Angier. Blandford was
going north on Center drive. His
Car was owned by Carolina Oil and
Distributing Co. Its damage was
estimated at $200.
Damage to the parked car was
estimated at $150.
Tide Table
Tides at the Beaufort Bar
HIGH % LOW
Tuesday, April 24
11:02 a.m. 4:23 a m.
11:20 p.m. 4:10 p.m.
Wednesday, April 25
11:59 a.m. 5:39 a.m.
. 5:26 p.m.
Thursday, April 26
12:08 a.m. 6:42 a.m.
12:59 p.m. 6:31 p.m.
Friday., April 27
1:11 a.m. 8:08 a.m.
2:02 p.m. 8:27 p.m.
Mrs. Nettlelon is a member of
the Episcopal church, has served
as president of the Churchwomen,
served as altar guild chairman,
and has been identified with the
week-day religious education pro
gram in Covington schools.
Her woman’s club work has in
cluded the presidency of the Cov
ington’s Woman’s club, vice-presi
dency and presidency of the Vir
ginia federation, and member of
the national council board of di
rectors.
She has served the national coun
cil continuously since 1946 under
eight presidents.
Theme of the c«m*nti»n is
Earth’s Beauty is More Enchanting
When- Mirrored in the Sea. Each
activity has been planned to carry
out the tHeme. Those attending
will be entertained at a clambake,
luncheon, breakfasts and the ban
quet, a tour of Fprt Macon, the
presentation of an historical pa
geant and music by the Marine
Corps chorus from Camp Lejeune.
1,600 Attend
Sunrise Service
At Fort Macon
# Dr. A. P. Bailey Gives
Easter Sermon
• Ray Kirk, Broad Creek,
Planned Service
Sixteen hundred attended the I
Fort Macon sunrise services Sun
day morning.
The service was sponsored by
the Carteret Ministerial associa
tion. The association was pleased
with the large crowd and expresses
appreciation to Lt. John Riddell,
commanding officer of the Fort
Macon Coast Guard station; the
highway patrol, Atlantic Beach
auxiliary police and rescue squad,
Boy Scouts, Fort Macon state park
personnel, and all others who co
operated in the services.
This is the second year a sunrise
service has been sponsored at the
fort. The ministerial association,
headed by the Rev. Charles Kirby,
Morehead City, hopes to make it an
annual affair, if there is sufficient
public demand.
Theme of the sermon, by Dr. A.
Purnell Bailey, Richmond, Va., was
The Power of Resurrection.
E. Ray Kirk, Church of God,
Broad Creek, was chairman of ar
rangements for the service. The
Rev. B. T. Mobley, pastor of the
First Baptist church, Beaufort, was
in charge of the program.
A brass band, under the direction
of Ralph Wade, Morehead City,
played Easter chorales as the ser
vice opened.
A choir, directed by Mrs. Bill
Murray, Beaufort, sang When I
Survey the Wondrous Cross and at
the conclusion of the service, the
Hallelujah Chorus.
Responsive readings and scrip
ture were by the Rev. Ralph Flem
ing, Newport, Mr. Mobley and Mr.
Kirk. Prayer was offered by Mr.
Kirby.
Miss Bernice Willis, Morehead
City, sang a solo, Open the Gates
of the Temple.
The service ended with a number
by the brass band.
The Atlantic Beach rescue squad
gave first aid to a woman who
fainted during the service and took
her to her home by ambulance.
When parking space around the
fort was filled, cars parked at the
bathing beach parking lot. People
were transported from that park
ing lot to the fort by bus.
As people left the fort, they were
invited to contribute to the county
migrant ministry fund. Received
was $109.20. The money was de
posited in two containers on cither
side of the path leading from the
fort.
The service lasted 45 minutes,
beginning at 5:15 a.m. Efficient
handling of traffic enabled the de
parture of all cars from the fort
area in 17 minutes.
The public address system was
loaned by WMBL and operated by
Dick Babcock.
Ferry Returns
To Toll Schedule
Tolls arc being charged again on
the ferry, Sea Level, which op
erates between Ocracoke and At
lantic.
Tolls were suspended after the
March 7 storm to meet emergency
conditions while the damaged
areas of the outer banks were re
turning to normal.
The ferry is also back on its old
schedule, leaving Atlantic at 8 a.m.
and Ocracoke at 2 p.m.
The State Highway commission,
which operates the Sea Level, also
announces a revised schedule, for
the summer, for Oregon inlet and
Hattcras inlet ferries. The sched
ules, now in effect, will continue
through September:
One Oregon inlet ferry will leave
the north shore from 5 a.m.
through 8 p.m. at half hour inter
vals. The other will leave the south
shore at 5 a.m. through 8 p.m. also
at half hour intervals.
The llatteras inlet ferry will
leave llatteras at 5 a.m. through
6 p.m. at one hour intervals. On
the return trip from Ocracoke it
will depart at 6 a.m. through 7 p.m.
at one hour intervals.
Symphony Society to Meet
The Rev. Charles Kirby, presi
dent of the County Symphony so
ciety, announces a meeting for 8
p.m. Monday, April 30, at the Webb
|ivic center, Morehead City.
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Welcome
to
North Carolina
Garden Club
Members!
Police Nab
Three Youths
Three young men were arrested
by police early Sunday after they
attempted to take a car from a
Morehead City auto dealer.
They were Phillip Don Horne and
Douglas Earl Morton, Morehead
City, and James Wiggins Jr., New
Bern.
The trio had started a car be
longing to Lewis-Price, Inc. on
Bridges street when they were ob
served by Lt. Bill Condie of the
Morehead City police department.
The boys attempted to drive the
car over a railing around the
firm's car lot, the lieutenant said,
and fled when the attempt failed.
Lieutenant Condie, patrolmen
Buck Newsome and Jack Miller
then chased down the trio in a-hot
foot-race that ended with the three
boys in jail and facing charges.
Horne is charged with attempted
larceny and the other two are
charged with aiding and abetting
attempted larceny.
Three County Men
Lose Driving Privileges
Three county citizens lost their
driver’s licenses this week.
Acoocding to information from
the North Carolina Department of
Motor Vehicles, they were Donald
Clayton Edwards Jr., Atlantic;
Glenn Manning Sr., Morehead City;
and Mahlon Pierce Williams Jr.,
Beaufort.
Periods of suspension, all for
speeding, were 10 days for Ed
wards, two months for Williams
and three months for Manning.
Chamber Representatives Ask Town
Board to Declare War on Litter bugs
A war on littcrbugs, complete
with a possible offer of a reward
for litterbug conviction, was dis
cussed Thursday night at the
Morehead City commissioners’
meeting.
Ben Alford and William T. Dav
ies appeared before the board to
ask the cooperation of the city in
helping the chamber of commerce
to put an end to littering on the
city streets.
Mr. Alford said that an indepen
dent group of merchants was con
sidering offering a $25 reward to
anyone who gave information lead
ing to th6 conviction of persons
throwing trash on the streets, up to
a limit of four convictions.
City attorney George H. McNeill
stated that informants would very
likely have to testify in court to
secure a conviction.
Mr. Alford also said that the
chamber of commerce was con
sidering an educational campaign
and the distribution of litterbags.
Mayor George W. Dill said that the
town could cooperate by putting
Event to Begin Wednesday,
3:30, at Fort Macon
The hundredth anniversary of the fall of Fort Macon
into Union hands will be observed with a special program
at the fort at 3:30 Wednesday afternoon. Staged particu
larly for the entertainment of state garden club members,
the program is open, however, to the public.
It will open with an overture by the Morehead City high
! school band, followed by the invo
cation by the Rev. Corbin Cooper,
! pastor of the First Baptist church,
I Morehead City.
The Rev. Charles Kirby, presi
dent of the County Ministerial asso
ciation, will welcome guests and
conduct a brief memorial service
for the men killed in the fort battle
April 25, 1862.
A Morehead City quartet, The
Persuading Four, will sing Tenting
Tonight on the Old Camp Ground.
A special page in observance
of the Fort Macon program ap
pears in the second section of to
day’s paper. The articles and
pictures were furnished by F. C.
Salisbury, chairman of the coun
ty Civil War Centennial commit
tee and president of the County
! Historical society.
Members of the group are the Rev.
W. C, Horton,-Floyd Horton; John
Thompson and Kenneth Jones.
The Rev. Tucker Littleton, presi
! dent of the Swansboro Historical
' society, will read a story of The
1 Day of Battle.
Men, in uniform, will portray
Confederate and Union soldiers
who played key parts in turning
i the fort over, from the Confederate
States of America, to the Union
forces.
The program has been arranged
by F. C. Salisbury, Morehead City,
who wrote the narrative to be read
by Mr. Littleton. Sponsors are the
County Civil War Centennial com
mittee and the County Historical
society.
No Sfeaftn^ has been arranged.
Because the program will last ap
proximately half an hour, the audi
ence will stand. In case of rain,
the program will not be held.
The public address system will
be loaned by WMBL.
The Morehead City high school
band will close the observance with
the playing of The Star Spangled
Banner.
up signs at appropriate spots warn
ing that the anti-littering law is
enforced.
Tommy Ballou appeared to ask
that the parking area on the south
side of Evans street between 6th
and 7th streets be filled in and pav
ed. Discussion brought out that
to correct the problem of drainage,
the job would reach major propor
tions.
The board took the matter un
der consideration while a cost esti
mate is being made.
Gordon K. (Red) Willis asked
the board to consider suspension
of two-hour parking time limits
on portions of the Evans street
waterfront where no businesses are
located.
Sports fishing boats are moving
from Atlantic Beach to Morehead
City due to the filling in of the
Atlantic Beach channel, Mr. Wil
lis said, and the spaces would be
needed for the cars of fishermen
coming to Morehead City. The
board took the matter under con
sideration.
Camellias in Bloom
News-Times Photo by Tom Sloan
C. R. Davant, 3312 Evans St., Morehead City, displays some of the
large blooms on a camellia bush in the Davant yard. The camellia
is Mathodiana. The color is a deep pink. Mrs. Davant says the
is about 5 years old.
Boosters Will
Twist Wedding
9 Ceremony to Begin
At 8 Thursday
• Proceeds Will Go
To Beaufort Band
The public is cordially invited to
attend a twist wedding Thursday
night at 8 in the Beaufort high
school auditorium, sponsored by
the Band Boosters club of Beaufort
school. Admission will be 50 cents
for students and 75 cents for
adults.
Coach Curtis Lancaster is the
bride and will be twisting down the
ai^le with Miss Theresa Hill, the
bridegroom. Other members of the
wedding party:
Mrs. Grace Fodrie, father of the
bride; Jackie Sewell, mother of the
bride; Mrs. Mabel Jones, minis
ter; Mrs. Joyce Shrake, best man;
Albert Gainey, maid of honor; Miss
Elaine Overman, ring bearer; Miss
Faye Mason, chain bearer.
James Graham and Jimmy Fod
rie, flower girls; Clarence Stam
per, Dr. John Vernberg, Gordon
Becton, Reginald Adams, Wiley
Taylor and Clifford Tilghman,
bridesmatdst Mrs. Ann Adams,
Mrs. Jean Chappell, Mrs. Mike
Reid, Mrs. Lyde Lewis and Mrs.
Virginia Safrit, ushers.
Odell Merrill, Miss Lena Duncan
and Ray Cummins, jilted lovers;
Claud “Violin Player” Wheatly, so
loist; John Hamilton, directress;
Guye Womble, pianist.
There will be a reception follow
ing the wedding.
J. M. Davis, representing a group
of businessmen in the western end
of the city asked that something
be done to provide a left turn for
east-bound motorists at the inter
section of Arendell and 24th
streets. Mayor Dill replied that
the matter was in the hands of the
State Highway department, and
that the city had no jurisdiction
over the intersection. He added
that the board would do what it
could.
The zoning board of adjustment
asked that the board rezonc the
area between Arendell and Bridges
streets from 28th street to Bonner
ave. for business. Along with the
request, Marion Mills, chairman
of the zoning board tendered his
resignation. The board accepted
the resignation with regret and
thanks to Mr. Mills for his efforts.
Upon the zoning matter, the
board made a motion to restudy
the city’s zoning regulations after
contacting the League of Munici
palities.
The board also voted to pave a
portion of an alley beside the post
office as soon as funds were avail
able. The postofficc stated that
mail trucks could then enter from
Bridges street and not have to
back into the alley from Arendell
street as they do now, causing a
traffic hazard. Postal regulations
prevent the government from do
ing the job itself, the board was
told.
Mayor Dill reported on the con
ference last week with General
Waterworks officials. He noted
that the plan for acquiring the wa
terworks is tied in with Beaufort s
doing the same.
Attending the meeting in addi
tion to the mayor, were commis
sioners Russell Outlaw, Jerry Wil
lis, Dom Femia, D. J. Hall and
S. C. Holloway.
Morehead City Legion
Post to Meet Friday
Morehead City American Legion
post No. 46, will meet at 7:30 p.m.
Friday at the Legion hut to dis
cuss the 1962 program and elect
officers.
Present commander of the post
is Bill Wade. Walton Fulcher is
adjutant.