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SATURDAY
WILL BE
POPPY DAY
50th YEAR NO. 41.
TWO SECTIONS TWELVE PAGES
CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES, MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, N. C.
TUESDAY, MAY 22, 1962
PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
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Congressional Candidates to Appear Tonight at JC Forum
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Merc head City Approves Armory
Voting Saturday on the proposed
Sample and Mrs. Jenny W. Hopper.
Goodwin and Mrs. A. N. Willis.
National Guard Armory were C. hi. Killmon, standing left, Frank
Voting officials seated are, left to right, Clayton Guthrie, Bruce
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Beaufort Suburbanites
To Go to Polls June 30
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Nine Beaufort
Seniors Win
Scholarships
Nine Beaufort seniors have been
awarded scholarships to continue
study next year, announces Miss
Lena Duncan, vocational guidance
counselor. s *■
The students, and 'the • scholar
ships they have received: Gary
Williams, Mary Anne Smith schol
arship, University of North Caro
lina; Charles Carraway, Talent for
Service scholarship, North Caro
lina State college.
Roberta West, $450 scholarship,
East Carolina; Linda Ipock, $150
tuition scholarship, East Carolina;
Linda Ipock, Fran Pittman and
Peggy Lewis, Prospective Teach
ers scholarships.
Ray Hassell, basketball scholar
ship, UNC; and Alton Hill, basket
ball scholarship, Atlantic Chris
tion college.
Miss Duncan says, "Each of the
74 graduates has made definite
plans for next year; 47 will enter
college, business schools or trade
schools; 11 will enter the business
world, 12 will join the armed
forces, and four will become home
makers.’’
The counselor adds, "We are
proud of our scholastic record,”
and gave the following results of
testing:
This year 27 juniors took the Na
tional Merit Scholarship Qualify
ing test. Ten made above ninety;
six made eighty-nine; four made
between seventy-nine and eighty
four. The seven remaining ranged
from sixty-three to seventy-four.
This means that twenty of the
twenty-seven who look the test,
rank in the top twenty-five per
cent of the nation. The remaining
seven are far above the national
average of fifty per cent.
Twelve thousand, nine hundred
and twenty-five students from 437
high schools in North Carolina par
ticipated in this test. One student
in Beaufort school ranked in the
top thirteen of the state and an
other in the top two hundred and
twenty-eight.
Our top ranking student had a
selection score of 149. The highest
in the state was 155. This top rank
ing student was given a total com
posite score of 99; oUr second rank
ing student had a score of 98.
For admission most colleges re
quire a score between 700-800. Our
six highest scores were 1323, 1241,
1138, 1087, 1082, 1068. Thirty stu
dents took the test; twenty KMe of
them made over 750.
“Results of the National Educa
tion Development Test given the
freshmen and sophomores have not
been received. However, we are
expecting good results .from
them,*” Miss Duncan concluded.
Postmaster Warns
Political Candidates
Stuffing political posters and
similar material in rural postoffice
boxes is illegal.
Postmaster R. K. Montague,
Newport, says, "This is strictly
against regulations. Any postoffice
will be glad to sell the campaign
ers the necessary postage for their
campaigu material.”
< On Saturday, June 30, the last
day it will be legally possible in
North Carolina to have a referen
dum on annexation, voters in the
vicinity of Circle drive and Hunt
ley Park will go to the polls to
decide whether they want to be
come part of the town of Beaufort.
Registration for the election will
begin at 9 a.m. Wednesday, June
13, at the town hall and will end
at 5 p.m. Saturday, June 20.
Balloting will be between 6:30
a.m. and 6:30 p.m. June 30 at the
town hall.
Registrar for the election is Ron
ald Earl Mason. Judges named by
the town board at hs June 16 meet
ing, ' When S petition requesting
referendum was submitted, will be
Fred Smith and Arvis McGehee.
The board has also set its meet
ing night, June 11, as the date of
a hearing on proposed subdivision
regulations in conjunction with the
urban renewal program.
Copies of the subdivision regu
lations are available at the town
hall, according to the cl£rk, Ron
ald Earl Mason.
Legion Poppies
To Go on Sale
American Legion poppies will be
on sale Saturday in Beaufort. The
American Legion auxiliary will
sponsor the poppy sale.
Proceeds from donations for the
poppies will aid the Legion aux
iliary in its work with veterans
and veterans’ families. The pop
pies, a familiar annual sight
throughout the nation, are made
by disabled veterans in veterans
hospitals, including hospitals at
Oteen, Salisbury and Durham.
The poppy has been used in re
membrance of the poppies that
grow in Flanders Field, where a
large number of the nation’s war
dead rest.
Among the group distributing
the poppies will be four Beaufort
high school students who will at
tend Girls’ State. They are Doris
Frances Young, Norma Earle Mer
rell, Jimmy Elzara Salter and
Mary Jane Merrill.
G. B. Talbot Speaks
To Beaufort Rotary Club
G. B. Talbot, Pivcrs Island, was
the guest speaker at the Beaufort
Rotary club meeting Tuesday
night. He spoke on the Boy Scout
movement in Beaufort.
Mr. Talbot described the activi
ties and work of the Scouts, and
needs of Scouts. He urged greater
support of the Boy Scouts.
At the close of his talk, Mr. Tal
bot presented the club with a char
ter from Boy Scout Troop 51.
Guests were three Marines from
Cherry Point. The club meets at
the Surfside restaurant.
Tides at the Behufort Bar
Tide Table
HIGH
LOW
Tuesday, May 22
10:06 a.m.
10:09 p.m.
4:11 a.m.
4:00 p.m.
Wednesday, May 23
11:03 a.m.
11:06 p.m.
4:51> a.m.
4:39 p.m.
Thursday, May 24
12:01 a.m.
5:37 a.m.
5:29 p.m.
Friday, May 25
12:05 a.m.
12:58 p.m.
- Morehead City voters gave over
whelming approval to borrowing
funds for an armory Saturday. The
vote for the armory was 595;
against, 192. Eight ballots were not
counted because they were defaced
or improperly marked, according
co Mrs. A. N. Willis, registrar.
Seven hundred ninety-five out of
an eligible 1,600 voters cast bal
lots. The town board met in spec
ial session at noon yesterday to
certify the referendum returns.
Music Lovers
To Meet Tonight
The Carteret Chapter of the
North Carolina Symphony will have
an informal reception at 8 tonight
In the recreation center, Morehead
City, according to the Rev. Charles
L. Kirby, president.
Refreshments are being planned
by Mrs. R. K. Meadows and Mrs.
Bernice Crowe. This is the first
such occasion for the organization,
announces the president. There
will be a showing of pictures in
color narrated by Mrs. Benjamin
Swalin. Sound will include tapes
of the full orchestra under the di
rection of Dr. Benjamin Swalin.
| He will give a preview of the or
chestra.
With these special guests and
program, Mr. Kirby anticipates the
largest gathering of music lovers
in the history of the county. He
states that although invitations
have been extended to members
'of the chapter, anyone interested
in bettering the level of music is
I cordially invited.
I A. C. McAllister, manager of the
! orchestra will also be present. A
i slate of officers for the coming
i year will be presented for election.
Prison Official
Writes Mayor
The stale prison department, Ra
leigh, through its chief engineer,
J. C. Edwards, has informed may
or Leon Mann Jr., Newport, that
the prison camp, near Newport, is
“definitely interested in obtaining
municipal sewage service.”
The mayor contacted Hie prison
department when the town board
recently authorized inquiry into
necessary steps to obtain a sewage
disposal plant for the town.
lit his letter to the mayor, Mr.
Edwards said, “I enjoyed the fine
cooperation that we received from
you and your people during the
installation of the water line to
serve the prison unit and perhaps
we can work out something to our
mutual advantage with regard to
the sewer service also.”
Mr. Edwards said he would con
tact the mayor futher after get
ting additional information from
prison officials on the proposal.
Republicans Will Convene Thursday
Thomas S. Bennett, Republican
candidate for the general assembly,
will introduce the speaker at the
Republican fund-raising dinner at
8 Thursday night at Capt. Bill’s
restaurant, Morehead City.
The speaker will be Claude L.
Greene, candidate for the Repub
lican nomination to the United
States Senate, subject to Saturday’s
primary. If Mr. Greene wins in
the primary over Charles Babcock,
Winston-Salem, he will oppose Sen.
Sam J. Ervin, Democrat, in No
vember.
Congressional candidates^
S. A. Chalk Jr., Mordhead'
City, and David N. Hender
son, Wallace will speak at
the candidates’ forum at
7:30 tonight in the More
head City high school audi
torium according to Joe
Beam president of the Jay
cees.
The Jaycees are sponsoring the
forum tonight for Democratic can
didates and a* forum tomorrow
night for Republican candidates.
Jaycee Bill Oglesby will be mod
erator.
Tonight’s forum is sponsored in
conjunction with the Young Dem
ocrats of the county and tomorrow
night’s in conjunction with the
County Republican club.
Each candidate will be given a
limited time to present his plat
form. There will be no question or
answer period, according to Mr.
Oglesby.
Mr. Chalk is seeking election to
the Third congressional seat, in
opposition to Mr. Henderson who
has held the position the past two
years.
Those running for constable and
justice of the peace have not been
invited to appear on the program,
but are welcome at the meeting,
the Jaycees state.
Candidates, most of whom have
indicated they will be present, are
the following:
State senate: Luther Hamilton
Sr., Thomas White (two are elect
ed, neither has opposition, both are
seeking re-election); house of rep
resentatives: D. G. Bell.
Clerk of court: A. H. James;
sheriff: Robert L. Bell, Raiph L.
Thomas, Edgar Hibbs; register of
deeds, Odell Merrill, Berkley Wil
lis.
Surveyor: Philip K. Ball; cor
oner: W. D. Munden, Manly Ma
son; judge of recorder’s court:
Lambert Morris; solicitor of re
corder’s court: Wiley Taylor Jr.
County commissioner: Joseph R.
Guthrie, Dr. L. J. Dupree, A. R.
Craig, W. R. Hamilton, Edwin Sal
ter, Charles F. Hudgins.
Dominic S. Femia, Roosevelt
Dixon, Wallace B. Hill, J. Gaston
Smith, Moses C. Howard, Tommie
Lewis, C. Z. Chappell, W. E. Guth
rie, T. C. “Cobb and Rudolph Ma
son.
Republicans who have been in
vited to appear on tomorrow
night’s program arc the following:
House of representatives: Thom
as S. Bennett and Grayden Paul; I
clerk of court: Shelby Freeman;
sheriff: A. B. (Tom) Garner, Mere
dith Gillikin, and Elmer Dewey
Willis.
Register of deeds: John N. Mil
ler and Ruth T. Richardson; cor
oner: M. T. Lewis; county com
missioner: Headen G. Willis, Gor
don Hardesty, Roy T. Garner,
James F. Hux, Ray Gordon Lewis,
Kenneth C. Wagner, Gerald T.
Murdoch, and C. R. Tilghman.
Shrimp Season
Starts Off OK
The shrimping season has open
ed fairly well, reports C. G. Hol
land, fisheries commissioner.
Boats trawling inland waters
have been getting 40 to 300 pounds
a night per boat. The size is good
and the shrimp arc bringing 25
cents a pound, heads on. Channel
netters arc getting 35 cents a
pound, heads on.
One boat reported that its crew
made $112.50 per man in five nights
of trawling last week, after ex
penses were paid.
Northerly winds hampered off
shore trawlers last week, but with
a wind shift to the south, one trawl
er got 400 pounds Friday night.
Shrimp caught in the ocean are
running slightly larger than shrimp
in inland waters.
,Mr. Holland said that the size,
generally, is better than expected.
Mayor to Confer
H. C. Rhudy, acting traffic en
gineer, state highway commission,
will confer with mayor Leon Mann,
Newport, at 2 p.m. today at the
town hall relative to speed limits j
on state highways in the town.
The meeting was requested by the!
mayor.
| Mr. Greene describes himself as
| “a Conservative in the Berry Gold
| water pattern, not just because I
think it is expedient to take such
a position now, but rather because
I believe Senator Gsldwater is
right and has clearly outlined the
formula that the Republican party
needs to follow if it is to win elec
tions.”
Mr. Greene is 41, a native of
Martin county, and a graduate of
Wake Forest college. An out
standing athlete in college, he la
. Victoria to Sail Tomorrow
The 500-passenger liner, Victoria, will sail from Morehead City at 3 p.m. tomorrow on a five-day round trip cruise to Bermuda.
Holding a convention aboard will be the Carolinas Association of M utual Insurance Agents. This will be the second passenger cruise
from Morehead City this month. The first was the Ariadne, which sailed May 9 on a five-day cruise to Bermuda and return.
Power Failure
Delays Press Time
Because of power failure yes
terday afternoon, THE NEWS
TIMES is reaching you late to
day.
All printing machinery oper
ates electrically and the power
failure delayed press time.
George Stovall, manager of
Carolina Power and Light Co.,
Morchcad City, said the trouble
which cut the power in this coun
ty at 1:40 p.m. was in the New
Bern area- Power was restored
[ about an hour and a quarter
■ later.
Heavy electrical storms hit
Craven and Carteret counties
about the time of fhc power fail
ure.
Cabbage Goes
At About $2
Cabbage growers were getting
about $2 per 50-pound crate at the
end of last week.
The price was better soon after
cutting began about 10 days ago,
but the tonnage is running light.
R. M. Williams, county agent, said
that heavy rains during the grow
ing season affected the weight, and
heads arc small.
Buyers like about 18 to 22 heads
to the crate and ciatcs running
more than that.
Gibbs brothers expect to put
most of their production on the
market this week. If the weather
holds up, this week is expected to
wind up the major part of the cab
bage cutting.
Fishing Tackle
Stolen Saturday
From King's Fair
Fishing tackle valued at $200 to
$300 was stolen Saturday night
from King’s County Fair grocery,
west of Morchcad City.
Deputy sheriff Carl Bunch said
the theft was discovered by the
owner, Joel King, when he opened
the store at 6 a.m. Sunday.
Entry was gained through a back
window, which was the awning
type. The deputy said an effort had
been made to enter the place about
four nights previous to Saturday.
Some of the reels are believed
to have been carried away in a
small brief case, owned by Mr.
King. The case is missing.
ter played semi-pro baseball. He
served four years as an enlisted
man in the Army.
Following his discharge with the
rating of sergeant, he became in
terested in the Republican party
and is now a member of the state
executive committee.
Mr. Greene is a farmer and serv
ed in 1959-60 as a member of the
State Agricultural Stabilization and
Conservation committee.
At present be is president of the
Robersonville Civitan club and lieu
; Finder of Kidder Family
History Seeks Descendant
By ELLEN MASON
j A complete family history, dis
j covered when the old St. Paul’s
! school was torn down recently to
i make way for a new parish house,
! is now in the possession of Mrs.
Bert Brooks Beaufort, who would
like to coptact members of the
family and return the history.
The history concerns descend-,
ants' of James Kidder, born in
England in 1626. According to the
records, James Kidder is known
to have been in Massachusetts in
1650 and it is probable that he was
in this country before that time.
He is named in the history as “the
patriarch of the family” and is
thought to be forebear of all those
who bear his name in this country.
The family history is complete
in every detail. It was compiled
by Edgar S. Kidder ol' New York
and was evidently presented to
descendants of Theron Hubbard
Kidder (1805-1891). The foreword
bears a 1915 date.
Coats of arms of five families,
photographs and hand-drawn cop
ies, are included. They are the
Kidder, Boyne, Hubbard, Stearns
and Rice families.
There are pictures of tombstones
at the graves of Oliver Kidder,
who died in 1912; his wife, Eunice,
who died in 1808; and their daugh
ter, Phcbe, who died in 1817. The
location of the cemeteries is not
given.
The information is enclosed in
a notebook with sturdy cover. It
includes pictures of family mem
bers, postcards, records of births
and marriages, notice concerning
the sale of three slaves, a will and
Beaufort Historical Association
Hopes to Buy Ruby Taylor Residence
The Beaufort Historical associa
tion voted Friday night to adopt
as a project the purchase of the
Ruby Taylor house on Turner
street and restore it.
Dr. John Costlow reported that
W. s'. Tarleton of the Department
of Archives and History was in
town recenth, looked at many of
the historic homes, and believes the
Taylor house, in a fine state of
preservation, dates from about the
1770's.
Dr. Costlow said that $1,100 has
| already been pledged toward the
! purchase price. The association
tenant gov ernor of the Roanoke *
division of Civitan. For 12 years
he served as deacon of his church.
Osborne Davis. Beaufort, will
preside at the dinner. Clifford
Tilghman, Beaufort, Republican
candidate for county commissioner,
will welcome guests and introduce
candidates.
Tickets for the dinner are $5 each
and will be available until noon
Thursday. Reservations may be
made by phoning PA6-5444 in More
head City or PA8-3253, Beaufort.
other papers concerning family
activities in this country through
the years.
One of the most interesting
things in the notebook is the origi
nal commission of Charles M. B.
Kidder as a surgeon in the 11th
Regiment, Vermont Volunteer Mi
litia. The commission is dated
Sept. 3, 1862.
Lettcrr'from several persons are
included. They include a letter
from Lt. Almon Kidder, telling of
his experiences in the first world
war, one from a family member
vacationing at Loon Lake in New
York’s Adirondack mountains, and
a letter to a man in the family
who had just taken a bride.
One letter mentions the fact that
the Kidders settled in Billerica,
which later became part of Cam
bridge, Mass., in 1653 and that
this place was the family home
for over 100 years.
Mrs. Brooks said the papers were
evidently the property of Miss
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Fire Destroys Shed
West of Morehead City
Morehead City firctiien took a
trip outside of town Friday at
about lunchtime, to a fire that de
stroyed a small building.
The building was located north
Of US 70 between Morehead City
and Newport, just west of the in
tersection of highways 70 and 24.
It was on the property of Betty
Daughtery, Baltimore, Md., and
was used to store furniture and
other items. A house near the
shed was occupied by Rupert Bell.
hopes to get assistance from foun
dations and from the government,
since restoration of homes and pre
servation of cultural heritage is an
educational project.
Dr. Costlow was named chair
man.
Grayden Paul was authorized to
use the $50 received from sale of
the association's bus for construc
tion of an information booth at
the whaling museum.
Mrs. Gilbert Potter reported that
the county has turned over the
first floor of the old county jail
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State Takes Licenses
Of Two County Drivers
Two Carteret drivers lost driving
licenses during the week of April
14-21, according to the North Car
olina Department of Motor Ve
hicles.
Losing licenses for speeding over
55 in a city were Jonathan Hay
wood Whitehurst, Beaufort, and
Leon Leonard Fisher, route 1 New
port.
Railroader Sets
Forth Proposals
At a special meeting of the Beau
fort town board yesterday morn
ing, A. T. Leary, lessee of the
Beaufort and Morehead railroad,
told the commissioners what his
line expected to do in completing
re-laying of the track on Broad
street.
The board accepted Mr. Leary’s
proposals, which are as follows:
• All crossings will be paved and
fanned (feathered) out
• There will be paving from the
rail to the existing street pavement
for the full length of the track cast
to Fulford street
• The portion between the rads
will be tar sealed.
• The railroad will furnish ma
terial to widen Broad street 24
inches on each side from Turner
! street west and wdl furnish ma
terial to raise the street level in
those three blocks.
Attending the meeting, in addi
tion to Mr. Leary, were W. H. Pot
ter, mayor; commissioners John
Jones, Earl Mades, and David Far
rior; also Ronald Earl Mason,
town clerk.
Area Dairy Princess
Contest Set for Newport
R. K. Montague, Newport, coun
ty dairy princess chairman, an
nounces that the five-county area
contest will be conducted at New
port school Friday, June 15.
Counties sending contestants, in
addition to Carteret, will be Jones,
Pamlico, Onslow and Craven.
The state contest will be conduct
ed July 11-12 at Asheville.
to the historical association. She
and Mrs. Peggy Simmons were
named co-chairmen of the jail pro
ject.
Friday, June 1, was set a$ the
night for cleaning the jail and
; getting it ready for exhibits.
Displayed was one of the wooden
! markers to go in front of historic
homes. Mrs. Sarah Duncan. Mrs.
| Mattie King Davis and Mrs. Mabel
Jones were named to contact home
owners and get permission to post
the plaques.
Thomas Respcss, member of the
county historical society, was the
guest speaker and gave a history
of the jail. He told of the three
criminals hanged on the courthouse
square.
It was reported that a "station
wagon antique show" has been
scheduled for June 30, with July
7 as the rain date. Proceeds will
go to the historical association.
In addition to the lusters, chest
of drawers, mirror and bowl and
pitcher to be given away June 2,
a pair of brass trivets will also
be given. Tickets are now avail
able at Jim Wheatley’s, Front
street.
The association met at the town
hall. Friday, June 15, was set as
the date of the next meeting. Mrs,
W. T. Hamilton presided.