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THE NEWS-TIMES
51st YEAR, NO. 34.
THREE SECTIONS TWENTY-TWO PAGES
MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT. NORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY, APRIL 27, 1962
PUBLISHED TUESDAYB AND JtJDAYS
Authentic Flags Used
In Fort Macon Ceremony
Joe Bellamah, portraying a Confederate aide, lowers the Stars and
Bars in the dramatization of the surrender of Fort Macon Wednesday
at the fort. At the foot of the stairs is the Rev. Charles Kirby, nar
rator.
Authentic flags of the Confed
erate States of America in 1862
and the United States of America
in 1862 were used in the program
commemorating the battle of Fort
Macon Wednesday afternoon at the
fort.
The Confederate flag has been
donated by the County Historical
society, one of the program spon
sors, to the Fort Macon state park
museum.
More than 500 North Carolina
Garden club members and others
attended the program, which was
opened with a march and a medley
of southern songs by the Morehead
City school band, under the direc
tion of Ralph Wade.
Highlight of the exercise was the
narration, The Day of Battle, read
by the Rev. Charles Kirby, More
head City. A brief dramatization,
raising of the surrender flag, and
lowering of the Stars and Bars,
accompanied the narration.
The narration opened with rev
illc, played by Jimmy Kirk, of the
Morehead City band, and the rais
ing of the Confederate flag.
Prior to the narration, a trio,
the Rev. W. C. Horton, Floyd Hor
ton, and John Thompson, More
head City, sang Tenting Tonight on
$90 Damage Caused
In Tuesday Accident
An accident Tuesday caused
about $90 damage to one of two
cars in Beaufort. A 1960 Ford,
driven by Mollie Lorene Thomas
and belonging to Grace Ricks Con
way, Highland Park, had stopped
on Live Oak street to fix a flat
tire.
At approximately 2:10 p.m., a
1951 Plymouth driven by Johnise
Dec Gillikin and owned by Bobby
Glenn Gillikin, route 2 Beaufort,
approached the Conway car, and
struck it when the brakes failed to
operate, police said.
No damage resulted to the Con
way car. Both autos were headed
cast on Live Oak Street. Investi
gating officer Otis Willis said no
charges were filed.
Director Announces Program
For Summer Science School
Mrs. Jack Barnes, Beaufort, an
nounces that the Summer Science
school for children will be conduct
ed again this year at Beaufort
school.
Three classes will be taught and
the enrollment in each will be lim
ited.
The school wOl be conducted in
June.
One class will accept children
who will be in the fourth, fifth and
sixth grades in the fall. This class
will be only for children who took
a course (called a survey course)
at the school last summer.
The class will be conducted
three days a week for two weeks
and will consist of a field trip ev
ery day. During the week of June
11 the classes for this course will
be in the morning and during the
week of June 18 they will be in the
afternoon.
Only eight children will be ac
cepted in this course, according
to Mrs. Barnes.
The “survey course" will be
taught again this summer. Fifteen
children will be accepted. They
i must be children going into the
l fourth, fifth or sixth grades. The
I course will last three weeks and
I will consist of three sessions and
the Old Camp Ground.
The invocation was given by the
Rev. Corbin Cooper, pastor of the
First Baptist church, Morehead
City.
Mr. Kirby welcomed garden club
members, others in the audience,
and paid tribute to the eight men
killed in the battle of Fort Macon.
The ceremony marked the 100th
anniversary of the fall of the fort
and its return to the Union.
Portraying Confederate soldiers
were Thomas Respess, Beaufort,
as Col. Moses J. White, and Joe
Bellamah, Beaufort, as his aide.
Portraying Federal men were John
S. MacCormaek, Atlantic, as Gen.
John G. Parke, and Ray V. Hoop
er, Morehead City, as his aide.
Special guesu introduced by Mr.
I^iEby were * Col. Hugh Dortch,
chairman of the North Carolina
Confederate Centennial commis
sion; Norman C. Larson, secretary;
Miss Carolyn Myers, his adminis^
trative assistant; and garden club
convention chairmen, Mrs. Luther
Hamilton Sr., Mrs. Silas Thorne,
Morehead City, and Mrs. Clyde
Baker, Havelock.
John McBride
To Be Ordained
At 3 P.M, Sunday
John McBride, son of Mr. and
Mrs. H. W. McBride of Morehead
City, will be ordained into the min
istry Sunday at 3 p.m. in the First
Baptist church, Morehead City. Dr.
Owens of Wake Forest seminary
will preach the ordination sermon.
Mr. McBride graduated from
Morehead City high school and at
tended Wake Forest college in
Winsttm-Salem for two years be
fore transferring to Atlantic Chris
tian college ,in Wilson. He was
graduated from ACC and entered
Wake Forest seminary at Wake
Forest this year.
He is married to the former
Miss Andrea McKnight of More
head City. They have a seven
month-old daughter, Lori.
one field trip weekly. The fee is
$15 per child.
The third course is for students
in 7th and 8th grades and will deal
with the study of marine animals
and their habitats. The course
will be conducted for two weeks
and continue from 9 a.m. to noon
three days a week.. The fee is $10
per child and eight children will
be accepted in the class.
Mrs. Barnes announces that
three complete scholarships will be
given this summer. One to a child
Tides at the Beaufort Bar
Tide Table
HIGH
LOW
Friday, April 27
1:11 a.m.
2:02 p.m.
8:08 a.m.
8:27 p.m.
Saturday, April 28
2:19 a.m.
3:10 p.m.
9:18 a.m.
9:44 p.m.
Sunday, April 29
3:31 a.m.
4:18 p.m.,
Monday, April 30
10:17 a.m.
. 10:45 p.m.
4:40 a.m.
5:19 p.m.
11:10 a.m..
11:41 p.m.
Tuesday, May 1
5:41 a.m.
6:41 p.m.
12:01 a.m,
Federal Grand
Jury Indicts
Atlantic Man
• Lloyd H. Mason Will
Go on Trial May 21
• Hunter Charged With
Assaulting Agent
The federal grand jury at Raleigh
indicted Lloyd H. Mason, Atlantic,
Tuesday on a charge of assaulting
M. H. Cecil, Beaufort.
The trial has been set for Mon
day, May 21, in federal court at
New Bern, according to Mrs.
Eleanor Howard, clerk of court.
Mason is charged with driving
and running into Mr. Cecil with a
1956 Oldsmobile near Cedar Island
on or about Feb. 18 of this year.
The indictment states that he
forcibly assaulted, opposed, and
interfered with Mr.- Cecil, a US
game management agent while the
agent was engaged in his official
duties.
Bond on Mason has not been set,
but Mrs. Howard said it would be
in the near future.
Both Lloyd and Clyde Mason Jr.
were apprehended Sunday, Feb. 18
by game wardens. They were
found guilty of hunting and pos
sessing duck during closed season,
were given six-month suspended
sentences, fined $250 on each count
and placed on probation.
Mr. Cecil was hospitalized sev
eral weeks, suffering a broken
bone in his ankle and a chipped
bone in his neck.
$67 Received
To Date in Fund
For Candidate
Si*ty-seven dollars had been re
ceived by yesterday for the S. A.
Chalk for Congress fund, establish
ed by THE NEWS-TIMES.
The contributions consisted of
checks for $50, $10, $5 and $2. The
funds will be used to promote Mr.
Chalk’s candidacy in the third dis
trict in counties other than Car
teret. Those counties are Craven,
Wayne, Onslow, Duplin, Jones,
Pamlico, Pender and Sampson
counties.
The fhnd was established by THE
NEWS-TIMES to give persons who
would like to support Mr. Chalk,
in a financial way, the opportunity
to do so. The fund was established
with Mr. Chalk’s approval.
He said he will not accept per
sonally any contributions to his
campaign, but appreciated any
that are contributed to the S. A.
Chalk for Congress fund.
A detailed report on how the
funds were used will be given fol
lowing the May 26 primary. Mr.
Chalk is opposing David N. Hen
derson for the congressional seat.
Mr. Henderson is running for his
second term.
Dinner Date Set
The Carteret Community thea
tre’s annual awards dinner has
been set for Friday, May 4. The
time and place will be announced
later, according to Miss Ruth Peel
ing, chairman of arrangements.
from each of three schools, Beau
fort, Morchcad City and Camp
Glenn.
The scholarships are being fi
nanced by the science school itself.
The school is non-profit. Income
last year was used to purchase
additional equipment and books.
Remaining funds are being put in
to the scholarships.
Children deemed worthy of the
scholarships will be recommended
to the science school by the chil
dren’s teachers in public school.
An application blank for the
science school will appear in Tues
day’s NEWS-TIMES. Parents who
wish to have their children attend
should clip out the blank and send
it in with an application fee-of $2.
Farther information on the
courses may be had by contacting
Mrs. Barnes, PA8-4258.
The summer science school is
conducted by a board of directors
consisting of staff members of ma
rine laboratories in this area. The
courses consist mainly of the study
of marine life.
Three years ago a class was
taught for children of marine sci
entists. Last year was the first
time it was opened to other chil
dren. Qualified marine scientists
‘are the instructors.
County Officials Issue Statement
On Proposed Hospital, School Plan
National Guard Strikes Silver!
Six Morehead City guardsmen — and their wives — were richer by an average of $95 each Wednesday night. Their payroll of 480 silver
dollars is spread out in front of them as “Operation Silver Dollar" started rolling. From left to right, guardsmen are Sfc. Robert Butler,
Sgt. John Davis, Sgt. Robert McLean, Sgt. Lester Hall, Sgt. James Briscoe and M/Sgt. Roger Hoggard. ^
YDC President
Makes Comment
I Ronald Earl Mason, p.\ sidcnt of
'the Young Democrats ck'b of the
couhty, said Wednesday that “the
legislature will have to appoint”
the four men who filed for the
county board of education this
month.
Mf. Mason said that some peo
ple “arc confused” and think that
the four (all Democrats) may not
necessarily be appointed.
They are Charles Harris Jr.,
Marshallberg; Charles Davis,
Beaufort; Wayne Parker, Atlantic,
and Dr. A. F. Chestnut, Morehcad
City.
Mr. Mason said that the four who
filed will be certified by the local
board of elections to the state
board of elections and that the
state board of elections will,
through proper channels, submit
the names to the legislature, which
will then appoint them.
Present members of the board of
education are R. W. Safrit, Beau
fort; D. Mason, Atlantic; Theodore
Smith, Davis; W. B. Allen, New
port, and Dr. Chestnut.
The terms of all except Mr. Al
len and Dr. Chestnut, expire in
1963. Mr. Allen’s term and Dr.
Chestnut’s expire in 1965, accord
ing to H. L. Joslyn, county super
intendent of schools. Dr. Chestnut’s
term is the unexpired term of
George R. Wallace. His appoint
ment merely has to be confirmed
by the legislature, Mr. Joslyn re
ports.
Tickets to Go
On Sale Today
Tickets for the coming produc
tion of Pinocchio, a play for chil
dren, will go on salt today, an
nounces Thomas Respcss, president
of the Carteret Community tneatrc,
sponsor.
The tickets will be available at
Jim Wheatley’s, Beaufort, and
Hill's Inc., Morchead City. Tickets
are available for children only and
are 25 cents each.
The play will be presented at 3:45
p.m. Friday, May 11, at the recrea
tion center, Morehead City.
It will be presented by the Thea
tre of Woman’s College, llNC,
Greensboro. The appearance of the
troupe in Morchead City is one of
several the WC players J«ie mak
ing on a tour of the stale, bringing
live theatre to the children.
The college students presented
Cinderella here last spring, in
Beaufort and Morehead City, and
made a big hit.
Adults will be admitted at the
door for 50 cents.
Board to Meet
The Newport town board will
meet at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at the
town hall.
i A payroll weighing 219 pounds
j in the form of 3,500 silver dollars
i was turned loose in downtown
I Morehead City Wednesday night.
I “Operation Silver Dollar” was
I staged %y the Morehead City Na
tional Guard unit to dramatize its
[quarterly payroll,
j By mid-morning yesterday, stores
had already started receiving them
for items ranging from a quart of
milk to payment of an installment
purchase.
Individuals and firms receiving
the silver dollars for the next sev
eral days arc requested to con
tinue to circulate them.
The project was planned several
weeks ago to familiarize residents
—and voters—with the financial
impact of the Morehead City field
artillery battery. (Morehead City
will vote May 19 on borrowing
funds for an armory.) Arrange
ments for the silver dollar pay
plan were made by Wachovia Bank
officials with the Federal Reserve
bank in Richmond, Va. The mem
bers’ checks were cashed by Rufus
Butner and William Smith of the
bank at the close of Wednesday’s
drill.
The payroll, totalling slightly
more than $4,000, represented arm
ory drills for the first three months
of the year. The checks ranged
from a high of $120 for Sfc. Dennis
Garden Club Officers Confer
News-Times Photos by Tom Sloan
Officers of Ihe North Carolina Garden club arc shown here at their convention at the Biltmore hotel
this week. They arc Mrs. Roscoe 1). McMillan. Red Springs, first vice-president; Mrs. Olin B. Sikes,
Monroe, president; Mrs. F. D. Fick, Wilmington, second vice-president; standing, Mrs. R. N. Simms,
Raleigh, chairman of board of trustees; Mrs. Ralph N. Watkins, Chapel Hill, treasurer; Mrs. David C.
Ling, Waynesville, fourth vice-president; Mrs. P. W. Deaton, Hickory, third vice-president; Mrs. John Or
mand, Monroe, corresponding secretary; Mrs. E. C. Thompson, Warsaw, convention chairman; Mrs. W.
C. Landolina, Clemmons, editor, North Carolina Gardener.
’ Because of illness, Mrs. Charles
B. Nettleton; Covington, Va., Na
tional Garden club president,
could not attend the state garden
club convention this week/Rt the
Biltmore Motor hotel, Morehead
Goodwin to a low of $11.37 for Ed
<fie T. Clark, who joined the unit
just before the quarter closed, ac
cording to Capt. Gene Smith, com
manding officer. , .
The project is one of several the
unit has planned between now and
May 19, date of the referendum on
the armory. Morehcad City voters
will go to the polls on that day
to answer the question of the town’s
providing an estimated $36,000 for
its share of the proposed $170,000
armory. If approved, the building
will be constructed on the old
Camp Glenn parade grounds op
posite the present armory.
Captain Smith urges complete
cooperation on the part of those
receiving silver dollars.
“It would be easy to take the
silver dollars to the bank and get
them converted into paper bills
or deposit them. But the more
each silver dollar circulates, the
more Morehcad City and Carteret
county will realize the financial
importance of the Guard and its
contributions to the county’s pay
roll.”
The unit has three officers and
62 enlisted men.
The majority of them are from
Morehead City. Ninety-five per
cent of the unit’s members live in
the county.
Mrs. Nettleton was scheduled
to give the principal address at
the banquet Wednesday night.
Awards were presented after
the banquet and a question and
Three Face
Theft Charges
Three Cherry Point men are fac
ing charges of auto theft after they
were found near an abandoned
stolen auto Tuesday night in More
head City.
They arc Gary Lee Behlc, Rich
ard Daniel McGuire and Peter
Wendell Bercs.
Shortly before midnight Tuesday
night, a 1962 Comet was reported
missing from the auto lot at Har
desty Motors, Arendell street. The
missing car was found near the
Jefferson restaurant a short while
later by patrolmen Bruce Conway
and Jack Miller of the Morehead
City police department.
The trio of men were spotted
near the scene by the officers and
taken to the police station for ques
tioning. Warrants for their arrest
were drawn later, and the trio
turned over to the military police
until hearing could be arranged.
This was the second auto theft
attempt in Morehead City in less
than a week. Three youths were
arrested Sunday night.
answer period conducted m place
of Mrs. Nettleton’s address.
By Tuesday afternoon 460 had
registered for the convention.
The convention closed yesterday
afternoon.
t
Fbur county commission
ers now in office, and seek
ing re-election, this week is
sued a statement of policy
which appears below. It
deals with the proposed
county hospital, schools, and
county operation in general.
The four commissioners are
Moses C. Howard, J. Gaston Smith,
Tommie Lewis and C. Z. Chappell.
The fifth commissioner, S. A.
Chalk Jr., is not seeking re-elec
tion to the county board. He is
running for Congress.
The 24 men running for county
commissioner in the May 26 pri
maries have received this week a
questionnaire from THE NEWS
TIMES. The questionnaire seeks
their opinions on county issues.
The purpose of it is to determine
their views so that the views may
be presented to the people who
may, thereby, become better in
formed voters.
The questionnaires are to be re
turned to the newspaper no later
than Friday, May 4. If any of the 24
candidates has not received his
questionnaire, he is asked to con
tact THE NEWS-TIMES by Satur
day noon (tomorrow).
Between May 4 and May 26, an
swers of the candidates will ap
pear in THE NEWS-TIMES. Com
ments candidates may make, in
addition to yes and no answers,
will be governed by the amount of
space available in the paper for
those comments.
The statement by the four pres
ent commissioners follows:
“We, the undersigned Commis
sioners of Carteret County recog
nize that the people of the County,
by a vote of approximately 2 to 1,
have expressed themselves as be
ing in favor of a county hospital.
We have no reason to believe that
that sentiment has been changed.
Our purpose is to make provision
for the establishment of such a
hospital.
"Delays thus far have been oc
casioned by developments unfore
seen at the time of the authoriza
tion by the people. Most, if not
all, of those obstacles have now
been removed, and it is our pur
pdse to proceed with the project
as soon as possible.
“We recognize also that there
has not been done on behalf of the
school system of the County so
much as • we would like to have
done. We have been trying, in the
first place, to rid the County of a
one-time burdensome debt. This
will have been accomplished in
full during September of the pres
ent year, which will mean a com
plete settlement of an indebted
ness against the County that at
one time exceeded four million
dollars.
"With that burden off the backs
of the taxpayers of the County
there is no reason why we should
not again put into execution long
conceived plans for the provision
of adequate and up to date school
facilities to serve all of the chil
dren of all sections of the County—
and this we intend to do.
“Furthermore, we plan to start
construction work in the very near
future with funds now available;
and, if necessary, to proceed, with
the approval of the people through
referendum, in the normal way
through a bond issue for that pur
pose.
“In short, our plans and pur
poses are to promote the public in
stitutions and advance the general
welfare of the County as rapidly
and expeditiously as possible to be
consistent with good government.”
State Shell Cjub
To Meet May 4-6
At Nags Head
Anyone having interest in sea
shells is invited to the spring
meeting of the North Carolina Shell
club May 4-6 at The Carolinian ho
tel, Nags Head, announces Hugh
Porter, Morehead City, secretary
treasurer.
Registration begins at 4 p.m. Fri
day, May 4, at the hotel. Shells
will be on display and will be avail
able for sale or trade
On Saturday, May 5, groups will
go on shell collecting trips on the
beaches north of Nags Head. The
business meeting will begin at 4:30
p.m. that day.
Sunday will be devoted to shell
ing trips to areas that could not be
covered Saturday. Further infor
mation may be had by contacting
Mr. Porter at the Institute of Fish
eries Research, UNC, Morehead
City.
Tea Announced
Friends and supporters of Rob
ert Bell, candidate for sheriff In
the Democratic primary, will honor
him at a luncheon at the Blue Rib
bon dub at noon on Wednesday,
May 2. Tickets for the affair may
be obtained at the door.
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