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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. _