ALL WHO READ READ THE NEWS-TIMES CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES 51st YEAR, NO. 71 EIGHT PAGES CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES, MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, N. C. PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1962 Twins on the Go-Go-Go! Bernard Hoggard says to his twin sister, Michelle, right, “This captain’s cap will be about right for me in another 15 years;” Bernard and Michelle are on the bow of their daddy’s boat, before set ting off for a Labor Day cruise. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Roger Hoggard, 1603 Evans St., More head City, they will be a year old next month. They’re the youngest members of the Carteret Out board Runabout association. Portrait Presented :• • Presented recently to Mrs. G. T. Spivey, Beaufort, right, was her portrait. The artist is Mrs. Nettie Murrill, Morehead City, left. Jury Denies Damages j In Suit Against Driver In the civil suits against Aaron George, Morehead City, the jury decided in superior court Friday that two persons were killed as the result of negligence of George, but no one was entitled to recover damages. The suits were brought by James R. Sanders, Morehead City, ad ministrator of the estate of Willie Hill, and by John Tillery, More head City, administrator of the estate of Susie Green. Hill and the woman were passengers in a car George was driving Jan. 1, 1961. Set for trial as the first case in the Oct. 15 term of superior court is the suit against nine insurance companies, filed by the Dunes club, a beach club whose building was * destroyed by hurricane Donna. The defendants are United States Fidelity and Guaranty, State Capi tal insurance, American National Fire Insurance Co., Merchants and Manufacturers Insurance Co., Na tional Fire of Hartford, North River Insurance Co., Standard Fire In surance Co., American Insurance Co., and Cherokee Insurance. - Set for trial immediately after the Dunes club case at the October term are the suits, Dodge vs. Campbell and Gill vs. Campbell. In the suit, M. L. Harris and others vs. Safrit Lumber Co., in volving tracts of land claimed by both pairties, each was ordered to employ a surveyor, the surveyors to draw a map showing the land in dispute and file it with the clerk of court no later than Dec. 1, 1962. The case has been continued until the first civil term of court after Dec. 1. Charles Gray Taylor, in the suit brought against him by Christirte G. Taylor, was ordered to pay Mrs. Taylor $75 every two weeks, be ginning Sept. 8, 1%2 Mrs. Taylor was given custody of their three children and the privilege of oc cupying the home at Broad Creek. Taylor was also ordered to pay $100 to the clerk of court to be ap plied to lawyer fees due Mrs. Tay lor’s attorney. Jury trial was waived in the suit, David D. Gaskill vs. James R. Potts Jr. Judge J. William Cope land found that both parties were negligent and contributed to car damage and ruled that neither could recover damages. Gaskill was ordered to pay court costs. George W. Ball, Morehead City attorney, was appointed by the court as referee in a suit, Alice W. Reed vs. James and Garland Smith, who do business as Smith Brothers Builders. The Plantiff al leged breach of contract in that no termite protection was provided in a home built for her by the Smiths. She sought $4,600 in dam ages. Both ’parties objected to leaving the matter to a referee and de manded a trial by jury. The court ordered that begin ning Sept. 1, 1962, Carl D. Fulcher should pay to his wife, Naomi H. Fulcher, $35 a week instead of $25. Mrs. Fulcher has custody of two (See COURT Page 3) Mrs. G. T. Spivey, a public health nurse with the county health de partment, writes the column, Words of Inspiration for THE NEWS-TIMES. Mrs. Nettie Murrill, Morehead ! City, a reader, was inspired by the column to do something in return for Mrs. Spivey. She borrowed a ; photograph from the columnist and j from it did the pastel portrait shown in the above picture. Included with the gift was the [following note from Mrs. Murrill: “Words of thanks are hard to find, when they’re-from one who’s been so kind, thoughtful and an inspira tion for a better way of life.” Mrs. Murrill has never had any formal art training. A , native of Morehead City, she is a graduate of Morehead City high school. She has done artwork on stage settings for the Carteret Community thea tre and when her son, David, was in school, assisted in class func tions where artistic ability was needed. Mrs. Murrill, who lives at Crab Point, took one lesson in pastels from the late Mrs. Katie Harris, Morehead City. “I’ve gotten most of my information from the lib raries and *n Morehead City and Beaufort,” Mrs. Murrill said. “They have good art books for the be ginner.” Tide Table Tides at the Beaufort Bar HIGH LOW Tuesday, Sept. 4 10:55 a.m. 4:53 a.m. 10:51 p.m. 5:19 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 5 12:02 a.tn. 5:14 a.m. ..r... 5:55 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 6 12:04 a.m. 5:47 a.m. 12:42 p.m. 7:02 p.m. Coast Guard Assists Holiday Boat Riders Coast Guardsmen from Fort Ma con had their hands full with Labor i Day boating mishaps during the past weekend. Four assists were made Sunday alone. Sunday, a 28-foot cabin cruiser, the Sherry J., was refloated near the No. 9 light in Bogue Sound, where she had run-aground. The Coast Guard 30-footer towed in the 25-foot motorboat Driftwood Sunday, after the boat had had an engine failure near the No. 8 light in Bogue Sound. Also on Sunday, a 16-loot out board was towed in after an en gine failure one-quarter mile east of the Beaufort inlet sea buoy. Another outboard, the IS-foot Skimmer, was taken into tow bv tile boat from the Cape Lookout ■.’oast Guard station St.noay a:ter her engine failed near the Cape Lookout light No. 8. The Fort Ma con boat took over the tow in Beau fort inlet. The 28 foot cabin cruiser, Wild Goose was met Thursday by the Fort Macon Boat at the No. 17 buoy in the Beaufort inlet. It had a dead engine. The Wild Goose was towed lo the inlet by the Bonnie II. The Fort Macon 40-footer made a search for an overdue 10-foot out board from Broad Creek Saturday, ending the search when the missing boat and its occupants came in under its own power. Town Official Speaks to Club bay Hall, town supervisor for Morehead City, gave a report to the Morehead City Rotary club Thursday night on town activities of the past year, and the town’s future plans. Cited as highlights of the past year were the merger of the street and cemetery departments and the progress on the new city cemetery. Long-range plans mentioned by Mr. Hall were the eventual acq uisition of the town’s water and sewage disposal plants and extend ed and better garbage collection. The talk was followed by a ques tion and answer period. Guests at the meeting were Ste phen Worth, Fayetteville, and visit ing Rotarian Eli Perry, Kinston. Burning Papers Cause Damage in Old House Burning papers caused minor damage in a vacant house on 12th street, Morehead City, Saturday morning. The house, which is near the A&P parking lot, is soon to be torn down, firemen said. Firemen answered the call at about 9:45 a.m. The fire was thought to have been set by child ren. Contestants in bathing suits arc Maxine Jones, Matti Phillips, Beth Mayo, Lynda Beck, Virginia Potter, Carolyn Baliance, Mary June Merrill and Kay Canipe. European Travel Agents Will Fish Out of Morehead City II Travel agents from Europe, visit ing North Carolina next month, will go deep sea fishing on the Lucky 7 fishing fleet, Morehead City. Their host will be Capt. Ottis Purifoy. The travel agents, persons who arrange trips and vacations for their clients, are interested most in ocean fishing, golf and Indians, according to the North Carolina Travel council, host for the North Carolina visit. The Europeans will begin their tour Oct. 7 with a dinner at the executive mansion In Raleigh. They will fly to Morehead City and go fishing Oct. 8. Then by air and motor coach, they will travel in Carolyn BailanceCrowned Miss Morehead City of '63 Miss Morehead City of 1%,'i occupies her silver throne. At the left of the throne is second runner up, Virginia Potter at the right, first runner-up, Kay Canipe, At the left is Matti Phillips and Beth Mayo and at the far right, Mary June Merrill. Wrecks Involve i Cars, Pickups Two weekend accidents involved two cars and two pickup trucks. Two vehicles were damaged in a collision at 4:15 p.m. Saturday on highway 70 at Davis. According to state trooper VV. J. i Smith, Justin E. Willis, Davis, was hacking up on the highway and backed into a 1959 Plymouth driven by the Rev. M. S. Amspa cher, Atlantic. Willis was driving a 1947 Chev rolet pickup truck and Amspacher a 1959 Plymouth. Damage to the i Plymouth was estimated at $100. (Willis was charged with improper backing. Ai.otiier pickup and automobile ; were involved in a collision Friday :on highway 24 near Broad Creek. ' Driver of the pickup was a Broad | Creek resident. A 1962 Chevrolet, [which ran into the rear of the pick up, was driven by a Camp Lejeune resident. Driver of the Chevrolet was charged with failure to yield the right-of-way at an intersection. Damage to the car was estimated at $250 and damage to the pickup $150. Names of the drivers were not available by press time. Trooper Smith investigated. Hearing Friday The state fisheries committee will conduct a hearing on oystering at 10 a.m. Friday, Morehead City. land, through the Piedmont and the mountains. The tour will end at Charlotte’s jet airport Oct. 12, after the visi tors view the site of North Caro lina’s upcoming international trade fair. Morehcad City . is the home of the state’s largest sportsfishing fleet. Known as the Lucky 7 fleet, Captain Purifoy’s sportsfishing craft actually number nine. Last year his boats made 1,127 trips with 7,887 fishermen and averaged 312 pounds of fish per trip. From 1955 through 1961, the fleet has taken more than 44,000 people fishing. Hosts to the European visitors, _J Miss Ballancc displays tne loving cup presented ncr oy mayor George Dill, who also placed on her head the rhinestone crown. in addition to the travel council, will be Club 68 (those who went on the state’s pioneer trade mission to Europe in 1959), the state depart- j ment of conservation and develop ment and the communities to be visited by the delegation from Europe. (Editorial comment on the Euro pean travel agents’ visit appears on page 8.) «. Taken to Hospital Jerry Gillikin, son of Mr. and Mrs. Cleveland Gillikin of Otway, was taken unconscious to Memor ial hospital, Chapel Hill, Sunday night. The nature of his illness was not known. ‘ ■ Holiday Weekend Brings Topnotch Vacation Weather Sunny, warm weather and no rain was the weatherman’s recipe for Labor Day weekend. Crowds flocked to the beach, went fishing and boating and were making up for the rainy holiday handed them July 4. The beach j police force reported many house i parties in full swing at Atlantic I Beach'. Temperatures and wind direc tion, reported by the beach weath er station, was as follows: High Low Wind Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday 88 90 72 72 74 75 NNW-SW Var. SW SW Low temperature for yesterday was 72 and wind was from the southwest. — Carolyn Ballance, 18, (laughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Ballance, Mitchell Vil lage, was named Miss More head City of 1963 Friday night at Morehead City high school. Miss Mary June Merrill, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Sammy Mer rill, Beaufort, was selected Miss Congeniality. First runner-up for the Miss Morehead City title was Kay Ca r.ipe, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Canipe, Morehead City, and second runner-up was Virginia Potter, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James 11. Potter, Beaufort. Miss Parlance -.vas sponsored by lie Sanitary restaurant. Miss Mer rul by Sound Chevrolet Co., Miss ( anipe by Parker Motors and Miss Potter by Hardesty Motors. Other contestants were Maxine Jones, sponsored by the Lucky 7 fishing fleet, Matti Phillips, by Sun shine Laundry; Beth Mayo, by Morehead City drug store; and Lynda Beck, By Lewis-Price Inc. (Photos of all contestants, ex cept Miss Canipe, which were pub lished in Friday’s NEWS-TIMES, were by Reginald Lewis.) The girls appeared in evening gowns, bathing suits and then pre sented talent numbers. Miss Jones danced and sang to the number, Wouldn’t It be Loverly? from My Fair Lady ; Miss Phillips did a ba ton twirling routine; Miss Beck sang an Israeli folk song, Miss Mayo did a scene from Romeo and Juliet, Miss Potter did a modern dance number, Miss Merrill play ed the piano solo, Rustle of Spring, Miss Ballance did the porter’s scene from Macbeth, and Miss Canipe, her own creative dance interpretation to Bali Hai, trom South Pacific. Following the talent numbers, each of the three finalists was asked twq light questions and one serious onff. Jtlcfges then made their final selections as to winner, first and second runner-up. Judges were Bill Cleve, Vance boro; Mrs, Peggy Burgess, Mr. and Mrs. Jerry uycus, ail of Jack sonville; and Dan Rand, Richlands. The contestants themselves voted for Miss Congeniality. Other entertainment was pre sented by Sharon Sykes, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Sykes, who did a Mexican hat dance and a superlative presentation of the Charleston; Billie Joyce Guthrie, who received enthusiastic recep tion for her vocal numbers, and Becky Rice, 14, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Berea M. Rice, who charmingly presented a ballet num ber. Miss Ballance, a graduate of Morehead City high school, left to day to begin nurses’ training at DePaul School of Nursing, Norfolk, Va. She will represent Morehead City in the Miss North Carolina pageant next summer at Guilford College. Miss Ballance won the Morehead City dairy princess contest this year, the county dairy princess contest and was first runner-up in the area contest. She received a gold loving cup and was crowned Miss Morehead City by mayor George W. Dill. Miss Canipe, Miss Potter and Miss Merrill also received trophies. The pageant was directed by Mrs. Rufus Butner Jr., Morehead City. Jerry Bowers was master of ceremonies and sound effects were by Jimmy Moran. Co-chairmen of the pageant, which was sponsored by the Jay cees, were Bill Mundcn and Frank Robinson. Stage decorations were by the Jaycettes. Driver Cited After Accident Maxwell Lawrence, route 2 Beau fort, was charged with driving under the influence following an ac cident at 6:15 p.m. Sunday three miles east of Beaufort. State trooper J. W. Sykes, who investigated, said witnesses report that Lawrence, in a 1961 Rambler, was headed toward Beaufort at a high rate of speed, went around a slight curve, went off to the right and sideswiped a parked car. Law rence proceeded a short distance then stopped. Damage to the parked car. a 1955 Ford, was estimated at $200. The car was owned by John R. French, Bridgeton. Damage to the Rambler was estimated at $150. No one was injured. Lawrence was beaded toward Beaufort at the time of the acci dent. The parked car was also headed toward Beaufort, about two feet off the highway, the officer said. _

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