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MOBEHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA
TUESDAY, MAY 1, 1962 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
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Cherry Point Corporal Dies
Following Automobile Crash
Cpl. Gilbert S. Green, 27, Cherry
Point, became the county’s second
highway fatality this year when
he died following an automobile
accident Thursday afternoon two
and-a-half miles west of Newport
op highway 70.
Corporal Greene, whose home
was Albany, N. Y.,died after be
ing flown to the US Naval hospital
at Portsmouth, Va., soon after the
accident. He had severe head in
juries.
State trooper W. E. Pickard, who
investigated the accident, said that
both Greene and the driver of the
car, John R. Saxby, were thrown
out of the car when it ran off the
highway and turned over.
Greene was taken to Cherry
Point hospital in the Beli-Munden
ambulance from Morehead City.
Saxby, who received a severe
cut on the head, has been charged
with careless and reckless driving.
Greene died at 11 p.m. Thursday.
The two were in a 1951 Henry J
and were headed east at the time
of the accident. The car was de
molished.
Trooper Pickard said no inquest
would be held.
Graveside services for Greene
were conducted at 2 p.m. yester
day in New Bern National ceme
tery. He was accorded military
honors. Surviving are his wife,
Mrs. Shirley Jeanette Greene and
three children.
The first highway fatality this
year occurred March 31 when G.
C. Chadwick, Straits, was struck
by a car while walking on the
Harkers Island road.
Mayor Proclaims
'Loyalty Day'
At the request of the VFW aux
iliary, Jones Austin Post No. 2401,
Beaufort, mayor W. H. Potter,
Beaufort, has proclaimed today as
Loyalty Day.
The day is sponsored nationally
by the VFW and is the only official
day proclaimed by the 85th Con
gress. It is set aside annually for
the purpose of every citizen’s re
affirming his faith in the United
States and to rededicate himself
to the principles that brought this
nation freedom.
The mayor’s proclamation notes
that periodical attempts over the
last two centuries have been made
to stifle free speech, freedom of
the press and the freedom to wor
ship as one chooses.
Mayor Potter calls upon every
one in Beaufort to “join in a dem
onstration ... of undivided allegi
ance to the government of the
United States and the ideals which
it defends and preserves.”
Police Report
Two Accidents
A collision Saturday between a
bicycle and a car in Beaufort
caused minor injuries to Jerry
Robert Merrill, 9, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Benjamin A. Merrill, Broad
street.
The boy was riding his bicycle
south on Fulford Street, and ran
into the side of a 1955 Olds at the
intersection of Fulford and Front
streets, according to police. The
Olds, driven by Walter Perry
House, was owned by Ernest Perry
House, Beaufort.
The collision occurred about 3:30
p.m. Saturday. The Merrill boy
was taken to the Morehead City
hospital and treated for a skinned
leg and released.
Another accident Saturday, about
10 a.m. caused charges to be plac
ed against Milton Eddie Scott,
Markers Island. Scott, driving a
1961 Ford, ran into the back of a
1956 Mercury driven by Coietus
Taylor, route 1 Beaufort, police
report. The accident happened at
the entrance of Hancock Park.
Scott was charged with failing
to keep a proper lookout. Damage
to the Scott car totaled about |100.
There was no damage to the Taylor
car. Officer Otis Willis was the
investigating officer in both acci
dents.
Rushed to Hospital
Mr. Janies Mills, Morehead City,
was taken to Morehead City hos
pital about 7 p.m. Sunday in the
Bell-Munden ambulance. He was
having difficulty breathing. Mr.
Mills was admitted to the hospital.
Welcoming the Month of May
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News-Times Photos by Tom Sloan
Waving a tulip in each hand, Susan Lewis, 14-month-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Vergil Lewis,
Mansfield Park, Improvises her own Maypole dance. Blue-eyed Susan, who is blessed with long dark
eyelashes and a radiant complexion like her English mother’s, is truly Queen of the May in the Lewis
household. She has two older brothers.
Registration for Primary
Started Saturday Morning
Saturday registration for the
coming primary was about aver
age, according to Charles C. Willis,
chairman of the county board of
elections.
It was lighter in Beaufort' than
expected and heavier than expect
ed in Morehead City, ‘but it all
averaged out to about normal,”
Mr. Willis observed.
Registrars will be at polling
places in each precinct for two
more Saturdays. Saturday, May
12, will be challenge day. On that
day qualifications of any person
who has registered ma^ be chal
lenged.
No one may register after Fri
day, May 11. Persons who have
moved recently, or who have re
cently attained the voting age of
21 must register if they intend to
vote May 26. Registrars will in
form them on residency require
ments and other regulations rela
tive to registration. Those already
registered need not register again.
Those who wish to change party
affiliation must do so between now
and May 12.
A detailed list of polling places
and registrars appeared in Friday’s
NEWS-TIMES and will be publish
ed again this Friday.
Susan: May Queen of 1980
Board to Meet
County commissioners will meet
at 10 a.m. Monday at the court
house, Beaufort.
Model on Display
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Now on display at the Hampton Marine museum is the model of a six-masted schooner, the Eleanor
A. Percy. The model was loaned to the museum by Kilby Guthrie of Morebead City, right The model
was made by a surfman at Cape Lookout about 1900, and given to Mr. Guthrie’s father, Kilby Guth
rie Sr. Mrs. Adeline Land, curator of the museum, is at left.
Legion Post
No. 46 Elects
New Officers
• Post Backs Proposed
Guard Armory
• Men Congratulate
Contest Winner
Robert Reed, Pine Knoll Shores,
was elected commander of Amer
ican Legion Post No. 46 at the
meeting Friday night at the post
home, Morehead City.
The post unanimously endorsed
the proposed National Guard arm
ory for Morehead City and voted
to “solidly back” the campaign to
carry the armory referendum Sat
urday, May 19.
Walton Fulcher, adjutant, pre
sided in the absence of the com
mander, William E. Wade.
Officers elected, in addition to
Mr. Reed, were Joe DuBois, vice
commander; Mr. Wade, second
vice-commander; Mr. Fulcher, fi
nance officer; Luther Hamilton Jr.,
service officer.
Josiah Bailey, historian; George
W. Ball, chaplain, and Lester Hall,
sergeant-at-arms. Mr. Fulcher was
reappointed adjutant.
The post decided to continue,
and expand if possible, the Legion
oratorical contest, school awards
for Americanism and the Boys
State program.
The post approved a suggestion
by Mr. Ball for a scries of meet
ings to inform the people on the
dangers of communism and how
it is being spread and taught, in
a sinister manner, throughout the
world.
According to the financial re
port, the post has $500 to savings,
$1,000.40 in a building luwlgpd
fSlo'Wn the general accent. “R
Was i rdered that tfec butonng fund
pc transferred to a savings ac
count.
The department commander has
appointed Mr. Fulcher to the de
partment committee on trophies
and awards.
The post unanimously congrat
ulated Ann Marie Lewis, Morehead
City, for winning local, district,
division and state Legion oratorical
contests. She placed second in
the regional contest at Richmond,
Va., and has been invited to de
liver her address at the state Le
gion convention June 15 at Ra
leigh.
B&PW Club
Elects Officers
Officers for the coming year
were elected Tuesday night when
the Carteret Business and Profes
sional Women’s club met at the
Jefferson restaurant. The officers
are:
Mrs. Virginia Sample, president;
iMiss Ruth Peeling, first vice-presi
ident; Mrs. Floyd Chadwick, second
I vice-president; Mrs. Eva Johnson,
1 corresponding secretary; Miss
! Lyda Piner, recording secretary;
i Mrs. C. L. Beam, treasurer. Mrs.
[Johnson was elected, the others
l were re-elected.
i F/Sgt. Dennis Goodwin, admin
! istrativc officer of the Morehead
City National Guard unit, spoke
i to the group. He discussed {dans
[for the proposed armory in More
head City and urged those mem
I hers who live in Morehead City to
i vole in favor of the issue in the
coming election.
Two guests attended. Mrs. Mau
[ rice Richardson was the guest of
, Mrs. Sample and Mrs. Tanya Gray
came with Mrs. H. F. Lindsay. A
report on the recent district meet
ing in Jacksonville was given by
Mrs. Sample.
A ham dinner was served prior
i to the business meeting.
Fish and shellfish landed at
I North Carolina ports during Jan
uary 1962 totaled 4.6 million
pounds, a drop of 44 per cent com
pared with the same month of 1961.
Tides at the Beaufort Bar
Tide Table
HIGH
LOW
Tuesday, May 1
5:41 a.m.
6:41 p.m.
12:01 a.m
Wednesday, May 2
6:36 a.m.
7:03 p.m.
12:34 a.m.
12:51 p.m.
Thursday, May 3
7:27 a.m.
7:52 p.m.
1:26 a.m.
1:40 p.m.
Friday, May 4
8:17 a.m.
. 8:39 p.m.
2:16 a.m.
2:28 p.m.
Morehead-Newport School Will Go
Up on Country Club Road
The Morehead City and Newport school boards, the^
Newport Parent-Teacher association and the Newport
School Planning committee have agreed on a site for a con
solidated high school which will be attended by fresh
men, sophomores, juniors and seniors of Inorehead City
and Newport.
The site is located on the Country Club road, a short
Port Calendar
American Harvester—Arriving
today to load tobacco, lumber
and logs for Northern European
ports.
Lord Viking—Due today to load
tobacco for Egypt.
Military vessels—Four arriving
today to load personnel and
equipment for training exercises.
Lyons Creek—Due Wednesday
to unload asphalt.
Schicdyk — Arriving Monday,
May 7, to load tobacco for North
ern Europe.
j S. A. Chalk
Fund Totals $M
The S. A. Chalk for Congress
Fund now totals $290.
The fund was started by THE
NEWS-TIMES to promote the can
didacy of S. A. Chalk Jr., who is
running for Congress in the third
district.
Persons who wish to contribute
to the fund should make out checks
to THE NEWS-TIMES and indi
cate on the check that it is for the
Chalk for Congress Fund.
The money will be used to ad
vertise Mr. Chalk’s program in
counties of the third district, other
than CaHerct. A detailed report
on how the funds are used will be
jgjbhshe^ ^|^E ^NE^-TIMES
opposing David N. Henderson of
Wallace.
Roy Cockerham
To Leave County
Roy Cockerham, for six years a
member of the faculty at Atlantic
school, has accepted the position
of physical education director at
the Gilpin Roth YMCA at Elkin.
Mr. Cockerham taught health,
physical education, civics and so
ciology at Atlantic, and coached
the basketball and baseball teams.
He will start work at Elkin, in his
home county of Surry, June 3. Mr.
Cockerham is a native of Mt. Airy.
He is a graduate of High Point col
lege.
In announcing his acceptance of
the new position, Mr. Cockerham
expressed his appreciation to Jack
Johnson, principal of Atlantic
school; H. L. Joslyn, county super
intendent of schools, and the people
of the Atlantic school district, for
making his stay in the county very
pleasant.
“I have enjoyed the six years
here,” Mr. Cockerham said. “I’ve
made a lot of friends and bate to
leave, but this new position is the
type of thing I have always want
ed. My best wishes arc for good
luck and much success to all those
I have known here in Carteret.”
Mr. and Mrs. Cockerham have
two sons, Kim 6, and Rhon 5.
A one-week term of civil court
opened in the courthouse, Beau
fort, yesterday morning.
Recent Report on World Tobacco
Situation Confirms Chalk's Stand
S. A. Chalk Jr., Morehcad City,
candidate for the Third Congres
sional district seat, stated today a
European and African survey by
the ,Fluc Cured Stabilization Corp.
has confirmed his position on the
need for increased tobacco pro
duction. Commenting on the re
port made to the board of direc
tors by Lloyd T. Weeks, general
manager of the corporation, Mr.
Chalk said:
“This report shows conclusively
a radical change involving increas
ed tobacco production is necessary
for the survival and prosperity of
the North Carolina farmer as I
halve urged for years. The acre
age must be increased to grow
quality tobacco. The federal gov
ernment program has caused a
steady reduction in acreage, and
a loss of income to the farmer, of
millions of dollars.
“Mr. Weeks found in Rhodesia
and Nyasaland the current crop
"distance east ot tne intersection
of highways 24 and 70.
It is proposed, according to H.
L. Joslyn, county superintendent
of schools, that the school accom
modate 900 pupils immediately
upon completion and 1,500 to 1,800
when expanded. Cost will be
about a million and a half dollars.
At the end of June of this year
$405,000 will have accumulated in
the county fund for schools. It had
been earmarked for Morehead City
on the basis of need. By joining
with Morehead City, Newport bene
fits in getting modern school facil- ]
ities sooner than if it had held out
for a new high school at Newjiort. I
i The site for the school consists j
i of about 50 acres and has been
bought from Frederick Willetts Sr.
and Frederick Willetts Jr., Wil
mington.
The Willetts have sold the prop
erty at half price, or $800 an acre
rather than $1,600. Total cost was
$39,984.
The county board of education
had purchased 20 acres of land
from R. R. Barbour some years
ago as the ,site for the future More
head City high school.
Mr. Joslyn said that the arrange
ments at the time of purchase were
that Mr. Barbour could buy the
land back, at the price at which
it was sold, if the land was not
used for school purposes.
The school' superintendent ex
pressed the hope, however, that
the land could be retained “be
cause one of these days we’ll need
it,” he remarked.
|n the hands of the board of edu
cation ate written agreements
futwii the -MorcHead city school
board, the Newport school board
and the other Newport groups that
have been working toward better
schools. The agreements give ap
proval to the site selected for the
new school.
The Morehead City and Newport
delegations investigated five sites
before agreeing on the property on
the Country Club road.
Appointed by the county board
of education to work on the new
high school plan arc W. B. Allen
and Dr. A. F. Chestnut of the
board of education; Nathan Gar
ner, Newport; H. S. Gibbs Jr.,
Morehead City; Lenwood Lee,
Morehead City school principal,
and Mr. Joslyn.
Truck, Car Collide
At 24th and Evans
Another in a series of accidents
at 24th and Evans streets was re
ported Saturday at 1:45 p.m. A
1951 Chevrolet truck driven by Au
gust Schrader Jr. and owned by
the Morchead City Garment Co.,
collided with a 1961 Chevrolet
driven by William Edward McCol
lom, Raleigh. McCollom was at
tempting a turn off 24th into
Evans.
McCollom stopped to avoid hit
ting another car stopped on Evans
street and the truck struck his car,
according to police.
Damage to the truck, whose
wooden body was destroyed on the
left side, Was $150. Damage to the
car was $300. The car was owned
by Transportation Vehicles Inc.,
New York. Schrader was charged
with failure to maintain proper
lookout. Investigating officer was
patrolman Ed Gaskill.
estimate is 253 million pounds, al
most double the 131 million pounds
produced in 1955. Furthermore,
plans call for doubling production
again in the next four or five
years. Lugs and primings now
average 48 to 50 cents a pound
(US equivalent! compared with a
season average of 39 cents last
year.
“He quoted from a Rhodesian
publication showing that while the
world market had expanded from
1951 from an average of 2,540 mil
lion pounds to 3,335 million pounds
in 1961 (about 30 per cent), US
production had declined 6 per cent.
The estimated-58Va per cent of the
world market supplied by the US
in the same period declined to 37Vi
per cent. He was advised, ‘Farm
ers in the United States have an
opportunity to regain the European
market by producing quality.’
“It was Mr. Weeks’ opinion
changes are necessary to make
Pinocchio Will
Play at Center
Friday, May 11
Pinocchio, which will be present
ed in the Morehead City recreation
center by the touring company of
The Theatre of Woman’s College,
Greensboro, Friday, May 11, is
written by Dorothy Dayton Stone
and is especially designed for chil
dren of all ages, both ypung and
old.
It is the classic folk tale of the
little puppet who wanted to become
a real boy.
Many laughs and thrills are in
store as Pinocchio visits the “Land
of Hooky” and the “Great Puppet
Theatre.” There arc many magic
al effects to be seen in the play
such as the magic of Pinocchio’s
nose, the appearance of the blue
fairy and Pinocehio’s change into
a real boy.
Herman Middleton, director of
the play, has chosen r, musical
score to accompany the play and
dancing has been added which has
special appeal for children.
Appearing in Pinocchio will be
Jann Graham of Goldston, in the
leading role of pinocchio and Eric
Deaton of Greensboro as Geppetto.
Also in the play are Jackie Deaton,
Greensboro, Carolyn Martin, Whit
tier, Elnora Williams, Kannapolis,
Sheila Gertner, Lakewood, N. J.,
Ken Callender, Greensboro, and
Jerry Smith, Greensboro.
Pinocchio is being sponsored
here by the Carteret Community
Theatre, not ks a profit-making
venture, but lb bring five theafte,
especially for children, to the chil
dren
Tickets arc on sale now at Jim
Wheatley’s, Beaufort, and Hill’s,
Morehead City. Only a limited
number of tickets will be sold.
Because arrangements could not
be made to give the play at a
school, parents are asked to make
arrangements to carry as many
children as possible from schools
to the recreation center by car.
Curtain time will be 3:45 p.m. The
play will last about an hour.
Sergeant Talks
To Civitans
F/Sgt. Dennis Goodwin spoke to
the Morehead Civitan club Thurs
day night on the proposed Nation
al Guard Armory for Morehead
City.
Sergeant Goodwin told the mem
bers that the armory would present
the town with an unparalleled fa
cility for conventions, sports,
dances and other events needing
large floor space.
The armory would be available
for use by the public except on
Guard drill nights, he stated, and
the armory would also serve the
public in times of emergency, as
a shelter from hurricanes and as a
center for emergency work.
The armory would have a 60 by
90 foot main hall, and several
classrooms suitable for smaller
meetings. Construction of the arm
ory would represent a relatively
small investment for the town in
relation to the possible uses of the
facility, the speaker concluded.
American leaf more competitive.”
Mr. Chalk stated further, “The
farmer has been trying to grow
quality tobacco, but in many in
stances,' due to the government
program, he has resorted to crowd
ing, over-fertilizing, and question
able .use of chemicals in an effort
to survive.
“He has been squeezed in an un
economic arrangement that his
counterpart in Africa doesn't have
to face.
“North-Carolina can produce the
finest'tobacco in the world, but the
African tobacco is almost as good,
and the consumer has been edu
cated to like it.
‘The government program must
be changed, and, if elected I shall
introduce legislation to free the
North Carolina farmer to produce
tobacco on an economical basis
that will make his product com
petitive and increase his net in