OFFICIAL PRIMARY
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51st YEAR, NO. 44
CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES, MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT/N. C.
FRIDAY, JUNE 1, J962
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When Big Sister gets married, it’s an exciting day, especially for Little Sister. Ann Leigh Fulcher,
who weds today, the first of June, tries the wedding veil on her 5-year-old sister, Lois Joan, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. L. J. Hill, Beaufort. *
Board of Elections Canvasses Vote,
Will Meet Again at Noon Monday
The county board of elections
canvassed votes Wednesday noon
at the elections office in the court
house annex, then recessed until
noon Monday.
If any candidate calls for a sec
ond primary, the request will have
to be made by noon Monday, ac
cording (o Charles Willis, chair
man of the county board of elec
tions.
Only 38 votes seperated sheriff
Robert L. Bell from the combined
vote of his two opponents, Ralph
Thomas and Edgar Hibbs.
Mr. Thomas said Wednesday that
he did not know whether he or any
one else would call for a second
primary. But last Monday support
ers of his said there would be a
second primary.
Mr. Thomas said Tuesday that
he hadn’t “made up his mind.”
Qualified to call a second pri
mary, besides Mr. Thomas, are
county commissioner candidates,
Gaston Smith and Tommie Lewis,
according to the county board of
elections.
Mr. Smith and Mr. Lewis, now on
the county board, ran fifth and
sixth respectively.
Candidates who wish to have a
run-off must file their request in
writing, with the board of elections.
All those who voted Saturday are
qualified to vote in the second pri-‘
mary. If there is one, it will be on
Saturday, June .23. Anyone who has
qualified to vote since the registra
tion books closed May 12, will also
be eligible to vote, according to the
board of elections.
Frank Sample, Morehead City,
who notified the board of elections,
by letter, that he witnessed chang
ing of a registration of a voter
Saturday at the polls, said that the
change was protested by Jimmy
Howland, a Republican judge.
The change that he claims Was
made was that of a Democrat who
changed his registration to Repub
lican. Such changes were to be
made prior to the closing of the
registration books May 12.
Official returns on all local of
fices appear below.
Congressman David Henderson
polled 3,273 votes in the county to
S. A. Chalk Jr’s 2,497. Mr. Chalk
carried seven precincts, Morehead
No. 1 and 2, Broad Creek, Harlowe,
Salter Path, Smyrna and Stacy.
Shriners to Meet
The Carteret county Shrine club
will Observe ladies night Tuesday
at 6:30, announces Dan Sadler,
secretary-treasurer. Members and
their ladies are asked to meet at
Mrs. Russell Willis’s restaurant.
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County Winner
Places Fourth
Miss Evelyn West, Newport, who
won first place in the VFW auxil
iary essay contest, America the
Beautiful — How Long Without
Clean Water? placed fourth in the
state contest, according to Mrs.
Frank Nance. Mrs. Nance is the
president of the Beaufort VFW
auxiliary, which sponsored the con
test.
Miss West is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Wayne West, Newport.
The auxiliary will sponsor Satur
day, in cooperation with the Coun
ty Wildlife club, a dinner to raise
money for a scholarship to the
Carteret Choral club summer work
shop.
Dinners will be served from 7
to 10 p.m. for $1.25 each at the post
home, Beaufort. On the menu will
be turkey, stuffing, gravy, candied
yams, green peas and cranberry
sauce.
Everyone is invited.
Marlin Tournament Parade Will
Start at 1:30 Saturday, Morehead
Event Will Feature Girls,
Floats, Bands, Marlin
The Marlin Tournament parade will take place Satur
day, with the marchipg units and floats scheduled to move
on Arendell street in Morehead City at 1:30 p.m.
The parade, sponsored by the Fabulous Fishermen in
connection with their Marlin Tournament, will open the
tournament. It will begin Saturday and continue until
Tuesday moi-ning, June 12.
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Fort Macon Park
Will Open
Tomorrow
Fort Macon state park will of
ficially open for the summer sea
son Saturday. Ray Pardue, park
superintendent, said improvements
have been made to the park and
he is hoping for a good season.
The parking area at the picnic
ground was paved last week, the
superintendent said, and plans are
to pave the fort parking area this
week.
The fort is open from 8 a.m. to
6 p.m., the picnic area is open from
8 a.m. to 8 p.m. and the swimming
area from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Although
the fort and picnic facilities are
available year round, swimming is,
allowed only through Labor Day.
Additional employees have been
hired for the summer and will
start work Friday. Permanent em
ployees, in addition to the super
intendent, are Oran Hawkins and
Larius Joyner, rangers, and Vir
ginia Jenkins, secretary.
Summer staff members are1
Ardell McDonald, historian; Nor
man Gibson, refreshment stand
manager; Richard Ellis, bathhouse
manager; Joe Eastman and Rex
Kelly, park attendants; William
Gardner, Eugene Roarly, George
Noe and Eddie Taylor, lifegpgrds.
Mr. Pardue reminds*rtsitors to
the park that a first aid room is
maintained at the bathhouse.
Institute Begins Survey
On Fisheries Problems
Under the direction of Dr. Wil
liam Fahy, member of the staff of
the Institute of Fisheries Research,
Morehcad City, a study of sports
and commercial fishing is being
made.
The study is being financed by
a $14,000 appropriation by the 1961
legislature. Doing survey work arc
Bob Simpson, Morehcad City, and
Ray Davis, a member of the fish
eries institute staff.
The men are making an “inven
tory” of what kind of fish are
available to the sportsmen, how
the fish is caught, and how many
people are using sportsfishing
facilities. An inventory is also be
ing taken of commercial fishing
facilities.
It is hoped that the survey will
come up with some answers to the
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K The units in the parade will
gather on Evans Street behind the
A&P store at 12:30, according to
Bill Strickland, parade chairman.
Among the large number of units
to be in the parade are the More
head City high school band, the
Williston senior high school band
from Wilmington and a number of
floats.
Principal amoni; the floats will
be the Marlin Queen and her float,
and a float featuring real blue
marlin. “Miss Pirate Girl,” queen
of the Wilmington WECT-TV con
test, will also appear in the parade.
The Marlin Queen will be Miss
Kay Canipe, Morehead City, chosen
by the Morehead City Jaycees. Miss
Canipe will be crowned at 6 p.m.
today by the Jaycees.
The mayors of Morehead City,
Atlantic Beach, Beaufort, Newport,
Swansboro and other nearby com
munities will also ride in the pa
rade, Mr. Strickland said.
The parade will start at 12th and
Evans, proceed north on 12th to
Arendell, then east on Arcndell to
5th street. The parade will disband
after reaching 5th street.
The parade |vill be covered by
several television stations, and will
be included in a film being made
here by the National Wildlife Fed
eration, eventually to be seen by
two million persons.
Marching in the parade will be
the Morehead City Boy Scouts and
the Explorer Scouts of Newport.
There will also be displays from
boat dealers and other exhibits.
A number of bands and groups
have been contacted to enter vtbe
parade, ana are expected, to he on
tiknd. Groups contacted include the
Shriners band, New Bern and the
Marine band from Cherry Point.
I big argument in fisheries, which
is the more valuable, sports or
commercial fishing, and who has
“the more justifiable right” to the
waters, the sports or commercial
fisherman?
Mr. Simpson is gathering data
from partyboats and Mr. Davis
from the fishing piers. Some UNC
graduate students will assist in
the work this summer.
The institute has also started
investigation on another field of
long-standing controversy, hoping
to get some answers to the ques
tion, “Does trash fishing damage
fish resources?”
Antique Items
To Go Tomorrow
. The antique furniture being given
away by the Beaufort Historical
association will be awarded at
5 p.m. Saturday on Front street in
front of the Potter budding where
the furniture is on display.
Persons need not be present to
win. If their name is drawn, they
will be notified.
Those who may Wish to win any
of the five items may still get their
name in the pot by contacting Mrs.
Charles Cheek, Mrs. W. R. Hamil
ton, or Mrs. Gilbert Potter, all of
Beaufort.
To be given is a pair of antique
lustres valued at $100, a walnut
framed mirror, a chest of drawers
to be finished to the owner's speci
fications, a bowl and pitcher set
and a pair of brass trivets.
Proceeds from the event will go
to the Beaufort Historical associa
tion.
Tide Table
Tides st the Beaufort Bar
HIGH LOW
Friday, June 1
7:09 a.m. 1:09 a.m.
7:33 p.m. 1:17 p.m.
Saturday, June 2
7:59 a.m. 1:59 a.m.
8:19 p.m. 2:05 p.m.
Sunday, June 3
8:49 a.m. 2:47 a.m.
9:05 p.m. 2:52 p.m.
Monday, June 4
9:40 a.m. 3:33 a.m.
9:45 p.m. 3:37 p.m.
Tuesday, June 5
10:32 a.m. 4:18 a.m.
10:44 p.m. _ 4:21 p.m.
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Grayden Paul, curator of Beaufort’s whaling museum and summer-time business agent for the
Beaufort Merchants association, shows a new item on loan to the museum. This pair of millstones
was once used to grind corn in the windmill at Chadwick’s Point, Straits. The stones were loaned to
the museum by Rex Bruton, Sanford. The museum, established by the Beaufort Historical associa
tion, will reopen today for the summer.
Morehead City Officer Nabs
Gunman Wanted for Shooting
A wanted man, already with one
shooting to his credit, was appre
hended Wednesday afternoon in
Morchead City after a hitchhiker,
held captive by the fugitive, man
aged to fell a Service station man
ager of his predicament.
James Floyd Sprinkle, 41, Wins
ton-Salem, was apprehended by
Morehead City police officer Bill
Condie on Arendell street at about
5:45 p.m. Sprinkle had a loaded
sawed off shotgun and a box of
shells in his possession when cap
tured.
According to officer Condie,
Sprinkle shot a former employer,
Huntley Spencer, manager of the
Winston Steam Laundry, Winston
Salem, after Spencer had fired
him. Spencer was shot twice, and
is reported in fair condition in a
Winston-Salem hospital.
Sprinkle was reportedly fired
Monday, and became enraged
when Spencer refused to sign an
application for unemployment in
surance. Sprinkle then retrieved
his shotgun from a pawn shop, saw
ed off the stock and barrels and
sought out Spencer at the laundry.
Spencer was shot at about 9 a.m.
Wednesday, after which Sprinkle
drove to Greensboro and picked up
Edgar Phifer Tallent, route 1 New
ton, who was hitchhiking to More
head City to find work.
Tallent told the officer that in
talking to Sprinkle about work,
Sprinkle told him that he too was
going in that direction. After pass
ing Raleigh, Sprinkle pulled off the
road and asked Tallent to drive.
Tallent told Sprinkle that he did not
have a driver’s license and did not
want to take the wheel. Sprinkle
then told Tallent that he had shot
a man and had meant to kill him,
and that Tallent had better drive
or he would kill him also. After
being confronted with the shotgun,
Tallent drove.
Tallent said that Sprinkle threat
ened his life a number of times
during the ride and said that he
would not be taken alive. Tallent
also told officer Condie that Sprin
kle seemed to think that Tallent
was a law officer, and opened the
shotgun to show him that it was
loaded after' Tallent had expressed
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Special Service Set
Evansong, choral evening prayer,
will be held Sunday at 5 p.m. at
St. Paul’s Episcopal church, Beau
fort, announces the Rev. C. Edward
Sharp, rector. The Carteret Choral
club will be guest choir and will
sing several anthems. Mr. Sharp
invites all people to attend the
service, which has its setting in
the church's most ancient musical
form.
Representative to Speak
A federal communications com
mission representative, Mr. Banks,
will be at the county courthouse
in Beaufort Sunday at 2 p.m. to
speak to owners of citizens band
radios. Owners, prospective owners
or dealers will be welcome. His
visit is sponsored by Carteret
Coastal Communicators, local citi
zens band club.
VFW to Sponsor
Poppy Sale
The Beaufort VFW will sponsor
sale of buddy poppies in Beaufort,
Morehead City and at Atlantic
Beach tomorrow.
Distributing the poppies in More
head City and at the beach will be
Bonnie Ward, LaVonne Huntley,
Elizabeth Potter, Patricia Potter
and- Elaine Hatsell.
Members of Cub Scout pack No.
28 will distribute them in Beaufort.
William McKay, commander of
the VFW post, said proceeds will
be used to aid needy and disabled
veterans and their dependents,
widows or orphans, to maintain
the VFW national home and other
charitable work
“In each VFW community,” com
mander McKay said, “more than
one-half of the total buddy poppy
receipts arc used for local veteran
welfare work. We are primarily an
organization dedicated .to serving
our disabled and needy comrades,
no matter in what war they may
have fought or whether or not they
be VFW members.
Candidate
Views Outcome
S. A. Chalk Jr., candidate for
congress who was • defeated by
David N. Henderson in Saturday’s
primary, commented Tuesday, “It
is going to require a tremendous
effort to reverse the socialistic
trend.
“I am sure some good will come
from the efforts of all of us con
cerned with better government and
j we will see an improvement . . .
"The county did not get in its
present condition in a few years,
and I hope in the next election
someone will run on the same
principles we have supported who
will be able to make a better show
ing than mine.
“It is my intention to vote for
and support my opponent in No
vember and during his term of of
fice, with the hope that his voting
record will improve for the benefit
of all of us.”
Mr. Chalk expressed his appre
ciation to all who supported him.
Republican Primary
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