DON’T FORGET DOLLAR DAYS IN BEAUFORT CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES I 5l7t YEAR, NO. 76 THREE SECTIONS EIGHTEEN PAGES CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES, MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, N. C. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1962 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS Arrests Made in Auto Parts Theft Ring Case * Arrested this week in connection" with a series of thefts of auto parts were Everett Ingram Jr., 23, David Woolrich, 18, both of route 1 More head City, and Michael Trcst, 17, Morehead City. Sheriff Robert Bell said each has posted $300 bond for appearance in county court Tues day. Recovered by Newport police chief Dan Bell and the sheriff’s de partment Monday night, Sept. 10, were accessories taken from two vehicles Sunday night, Sept. 9. Recovered were tail lights and license plate hangers from a 1956 OJdsmobile and an exhaust pipe and dashboard panel from a trac tor. The Oldsmobile had been in volved in a wreck and was parked * near the Newport school next to highway 70 when parts disappeared from it Sunday night, Sept. 9. The parts were taken from the tractor, parked at Newport Trac tor and Equipment Co., Saturday night, Sept. 8, according to chief Bell. The parts were recovered from a service station west of More head City, and are now in the pos session of the sheriff, according to the Newport chief. Because the stolen goods was outside the town of Newport, the Newport officer went to the sher iff’s department late Monday night, Sept. 10. and asked the sheriff to get a search warrant. Armed with the warrant, the sheriff, deputy C. 11. Davis and chief Bell went to the home of the operator of the service station. Chief Bell said the operator went , to the station, opened the room at the rear of it and there chief Bell identified the items taken from the tractor and car. The sheriff said the three tnen apprehended have been charged with a series of thefts extending over a period of time. One of the trio would pull a job one night, two the next time and the “work” was thus apportioned among them. A blower taken from state high way equipment on The Hibh,s road , was found in Woolrich’s car, the sheriff said. It was destined to be used on a “hot rod.” A block from an engine taken from the Highway 70 garage, Newport, operated by Frank Pittman, was found in the woods, Sheriff Bell reported. The thefts include gasoline and acetylene torch parts taken from Radio Island, and other car equip ment stolen from Parker Motors, Willie Gray’s junk yard, Morehead City, and Kenneth McCabe’s ga rage, Camp Glenn. The sheriff said Ingram is charg ed with stripping four tires, mani fold, generator and -other equip ment from a Chevrolet stolen in August from the beach. The car was driven west of Salter Path where it was stuck in the sand. Skin diving equipment in the car was also stolen. That was recovered as well as other accessories. The car was owned by Frank G. Smith, Green * ville. The sheriff said that the car was ruined by sand being thrown in the gas tank and in the motor, but Ingram denies that he is res ponsible for that. Chief Bell said that Ingram ad mitted smashing a side window, with a pop bottle, out of a Rambler parked at Newport. The Rambler was involved in the same wreck as the 11)56 Oldsmobile from which parts were taken. Barbecue Sale The men’s club of St. James Methodist church, Newport, will sell barbecue dinners in the educa tional building Saturday, beginning at 5:30 p.m. Everyone is invited. The Rev. John T. Broome to Serve As Rector of St. Paul's, Beaufort Assuming duties as rector of St. Paul’s Episcopal parish, Beaufort, Monday, Oct. 29, will be the Rev. John T. Broome. Mr. Broome is at present rector of Emmanuel Episcopal church, Farmville. He went to that parish in April 1960 and at the same time be came priest-in-charge of St. Bar nabas, Snow Hill. He is youth di rector for the diocese of East Caro lina and serves on the department of Christian education. He has also been on the staff of the Mission Herald magazine. Born in Orlando, Fla., Dec. 9, 1931, Mr. Broome moved with his family in 1943 to Washington, D. C., where he attended St. Alban School for Boys at the Washing ton' cathedral. He was graduated in 1950, then attended the Univer sity of the South at Sewanee, Tenn., receiving his bachelor’s de gree in-Greek there in 1954. He worked for a year with South ern Railway at Washington, D. C., and coached track at St. Albans. L * l Two Juveniles Found Guilty Of Thefts in Two Counties Judge Dismisses Case Against Edgar Willis • David E. Lane Given Sentence, Appeals • Motor Vehicle Cases Crowd Docket Charges of assault and trespass against Edgar Willis, Straits, were dismissed by judge L. R. Morris in county recorder's court Tues day, on the grounds that the charg es were not proved. The charges arose out of an in cident at the home of Joe Gillikin, Otway,' in which Willis was shot in the arm with a load of buckshot, causing serious injury to the arm. Gillikin testified that Willis had come to his home and demanded that Gillikin give him some money. He said Willis took a cigarette lighter, threw a jar at him, and then gave Gillikin a knife, telling him to “start cutting, I’m going to beat you’ to death and burn the house down.” Gillikin said that he got the shot gun while Willis was out of the room and when Willis came back into the room, told him to halt or he would shoot his arm off. GiUi kin said that after he shot Willis, Willis 'fought with him and stated that he (Willis) would get a gun and “get him yet.” Gillikin said that he told Willis that he had “beat his last man or woman with that arm,” and “if you get after me again, I’ll shoot off the other arm and both legs.” Willis testified that he had gone to the Gillikin home, was invited in by Gillikin and had a few drinks with him. Willis claimed that Gil likin got mad at him after the liquor ran out, got the shotgun and shot him. David E. Lane and his wife Rho danna Lane, Newport, were tried on charges of possession of stolen goods. Lane’s wife was excused from the trial due to pregnancy. Testimony showed that Lane and his wife had clothing belonging to another couple who lived in the same house near Wildwood and that the clothing was stolen. Lane testified that the clothing was given his wife and admitted that he was serving time in the brig at Cherry Point for being drunk on duty. He was sentenced here to three motnhs, but appealed. The clothing was recovered and returned to the owners, Frank and Connie Stevens, according to de puty sheriff Carl Bunch. Avon Glover, charged with non support, was given a suspended two-year term on the roads pro vided he pay $25 and costs and all other money due the court, and re main of good and sober behavior for five years. Glover was lectured severely by (Sec COURT Page 8) In 1955, Mr. Broome entered Vir ginia Theological seminary in Alexandria, Va., and was grad uated in 1958. He began his ministry in Bel haven and Yeatesvillc, N. C., and was ordained into the priesthood at St. James, Belhaven, March 14, 1959. On July 11 of that year he married Miss Mary Hines Nichol son, Kinston. They have a 15-month-old son, John Tol Jr. Civic activities of Mr. Broome in Farmville included membership in the Pitt county chapter of the Society for Preservation and En couragement of Barbershop Quar tet Singing in Aiperica. He served on the board of directors of the Farmville Rotary club and was president of the- Farmville Jay cees. He also served as secretary of the Farmville Ministerial associa tion and the Greene county Minis terial association. Mr. Broome succeed the Rev. C. | Edward Sharp as rector at St. A series of thefts in both Car teret and Craven county were solv ed this week with apprehension of two boys, 9 and 15 years old, both of Morchead City, At a hearing before juvenile judge A. H. James yesterday, the 15-year-old was sent to a training school at Aberdeen and the 9-ycar old to a home in Bertie county. Deputy sheriff Carl Bunch said the boys broke jnto Beaufort Hard ware and the Top Hat barber shop. Beaufort, Aug. 29 and five other places the night of Sunday, Sept. 16 in Morchead City, New Bern and Bridgeton. Taken Sept. 16 from Willis Oil Co., west of Morchead City, were two fountain pens, from Dean’s Radio and TV, in the same locality, a magnifying glass; from Swain’s Esso, New Bern, 50 pennies; Cecil Freeman's grocery, Bridgeton, $82, and from Ballard’s service station. Bridgetwi, $3 in pennies. A .22 calibre pistol, ammunition and $19.50 was taken at Beaufort Hardware. Comic books were stol en at the barber shop The' pistol and ammunition have been recover ed. as well as $36 of the take at Freeman’s grocery. Information which led to solving the thefts came from the 9-year old’s mother, who missed her son Sunday night. Then she learned, after he returned that he had a lot of pennies. She reported to Mr. James, because her son was on pro bation for previous thefts". The child identified his accomplice who had boarded a bus Monday for New York. He was picked up by of ficers at the bus station in New Bern. The boys hitchhiked to the New Bern area the night of Sept. 16, then with their ill-gotten gains, bought bus tickets to return to Morehead City. Both youngsters are Negroes. Their hearing yesterday covered the Craven county charges against them. Working on the case were members of the sheriff’s ’depart ment and the Beaufort police de partment. L. 0. Hamilton Takes Command Lcdr. L. O. Hamilton assumed command Wednesday of the Jon quil, Coast Guard buoy tender sta tioned at the Fort Macon Coast Guard station. Commander Hamilton replaces Lt. Gabriel E. Pchaim as com manding officer of the Jonquil. Lieutenant Pehaim will command the Fort Macon group. Commander Hamilton is a native of Seattle, Wash., and came here after being commanding officer of the Coast Guard facilities at Sandy Hook, N. J. He has been in the Coast Guard since 1941, serving in the Pacific and Alaska during World War >i. He later served again in Alaska and as an instructor at the Coast Guard academy. Commander Hamilton is at pre sent residing at the Edgcwater Trailer park with his wife and thfee children. . The Rev. John T. Broome ... to leave Farmville Paul’s. Mr. Sharp has accepted a parish at New Bern. Baited Field Hearing Re-Set For Wednesday Postponed at Jacksonville Wed nesday- was the hearing involving hunters at Camp Bryan who were allegedly hunting doves over a baited Held Sept. 8. New date for the hearing is next Wednesday at 2:30 p.m. before Charles W. Summerlin, US com missioner. Apprehended by game wardens were Charles A. llalleck, Republi can leader of the House of Repre sentative's; E. Wayne Weant, Greensboro; R. E. Pugh and B. 11. Oakes, New Bern; C. Thomas Whittington, Havelock; James S. Lewis Jr. and Dr. David Rose, both of Goldsboro. All were represented by Albert Ellis, Onslow attorney, with the exception of Whittington. The at torney said he did not represent Whittington. A few complaint in connection with the case was also filed. Paul Barrow, Havelock, reportedly care taker at Camp Bryan, is charged with aiding and abetting in the hunting of migratory birds over a baited field. The hearing was postponed be cause Ellis said he neglected to send the Republican congressman, and other defendants, papers to Sign waiving their appearance at. the hearing. llalleck, following apprehension, said that he did not know the field over which he was hunting was baite^. Making the arrests were Malvern Cecil, Beaufort, US game management agent; Bob Butler, deputy agent, and Reuben Crump ton, North Carolina wildlife pro tector. Camp Bryan is a private hunting club, llalleck was reportedly the guest of Weant for the weekend at the club. Former Fire Chief Dies The funeral service for Lindsey Guthrie, former Morehead City fire chief who died Wednesday morn ing at Morehead City hospital, was conducted at 3 p.m. yesterday in the Franklin Memorial Methodist church. The Rev. Samuel Brown, pastor, officiated. Mr. Guthrie, an engineer in the fire department, served as its chief from June 1960 through January 1962. He was a past master of Ocean Lodge No. 405, AF&AM and owner and operator of L. Guthrie’s grocery store at 14th and Shepard streets. Mr. Guthrie is survived by his wife, Mrs. Maybell Guthrie; one daughter, Mrs. Alvabell McCann, and three grandchildren, all of Morehead City. Burial, with Masonic rites, was in Bayview cemetery. Farm Bureau Solictors Meet at Morehead City Farm Bureau membership soli citors and Farm Bureau officers met last night at the Jefferson restaurant, Morehead City, to sur vey progress of the Farm Bureau membership drive and to plan for meeting the membership quota. Speaking at the meeting was Paul Shackleford, Farm Bureau field representative. Milton Truck ner, president of the county organ ization, presided. ' Tides at the Beaufort Bar Tide Table HIGH LOW Friday, Sept. 21 2:01 a.in. 2:30 p.in. 8:19 a m. 9:11 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 22 3:03 a.m. 3:31 p.m. 9:25 a.m. 10:09 p.m. 23 Sunday, Sept. 4:07 a.m. 4:33 p.m. Monday, Sept. 10:23 a.m. 11:01 p.m. 24 5:08 a.m. 5:28 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 11:15 a.m. 11:48 p.m. 25 6:00 a.m 6:16 p.m. 12:03 a.m. County to Host District Rally Of Democrats Oct. 10, Beaufort Chilula Gets New Skipper (dr. George I’hilbrick, right, turns over command of the Coast Guard cutter Chilula Tuesday afternoon to Cdr. Charles Turner, center. At the left is Lt. Cdr. John T. Mundy, the Ghilula’s execu tive officer. Woman Hurt in Fall in Tar On Front Street, Beaufort —-i Red Cross Will Reorganize At 7:30 Tonight A rcorganizational meeting of (he county Red Cross chapter will begin at 7:30 tonight at the court house. Beaufort, announces Gar land Scruggs, chairman. Two Red Cross representatives will be present. Arthur Paradeses, Goldsboro, and Hudson Bacon, At lanta. Mr. Paradeses is the field representative for Wavne county and 14 surrounding counties? in cluding Carteret, lie replaces Le muel Davis, who is now directing campaigns for the Dayton, Ohio, Red Cross chapter. Mr. Paradeses is a graduate of the University of South Carolina, where he majored in psychology and sociology. Before beginning his service with the Red Cross in 1955* he worked with the Horry county department of public welfare and the Columbia, S. C., housing au thority. Mr. Bacon, who joined the Red Cross in 1940, has been assistant director of fund raising in the southeastern area since June 1960. For a year, recently, he served as a deputy director of disaster ser vices in the southeast. Mr. Bacon holds degrees from Lawrence conservatory and North western university and has done graduate work at Northwestern and Harvard. Mr. Paradeses will keep in touch with the Carteret Red Cross chap ter interpret national policy and assist each chapter in its overall program. Persons interested in Red Cross work are invited to tonight’s meet ing. Beaufort Jaycees Elect Ivey Mason President Ivey Mason was elected presi dent of the reorganized Beaufort Jaycees Monday night. Other of Ivey Mason . . . new president! 4 ■ Mrs. Margaret Parkin, Front street. Beaufort, was bruised and slightly burned at about 2:30 Tues day afternoon when she fell into some tar on the sidewalk by the First-Citizens bank, Beaufort. Officer Otis Willis of the Beau fort police force said he heard someone cry out and saw the wo man on the walk in the tar. She tried to get up but fell back and he rushed to help her out. lie help ed her to the Vogue dress shop where her clothes had to be re moved because they were com pletely covered with the tar. She was taken to the Morehead City hospital by ambulance where she was given emergency treat ment for shock and her hands treated for burns. The officer said he asked Mrs. Parkin if she saw the tar before she fell in it. She said she didn't. She had been in the Vogue dress shop, she said, and when she came out the sun was so bright-it tem porarily blinded her. She started toward the bank, slipped and fell, she reported. Mrs. Kudolpli Parkin Jr., Mrs. Parkin’s daughter-in-law, said that Mrs. Parkin hurt her hip in the fall, but seemed to be getting along all right yesterday. The tar was laid preparatory to putting asphalt on lop of it, to level a dip in the sidewalk. Ronald Earl Mason, town clerk, said the tar had not been heated, because asphalt, when it was to be laid, would be hot. Officer Willis said there was no barricade around the tarred area. Property Bought The spoils area recently bought by the state in the vicinity of More head City harbor, was sold by Luther Hamilton, Mrs. Alvah Ham ilton, George McNeill and Martine Oaksmith. Mrs. Luther Hamilton was erroneously listed in Tues day’s paper as one of the former property owners. | ficcrs elected at tile meeting are Guy Smith, treasurer; Howard Jones, secretary; Johnny Willis, external vice-president; and Ru pert Bonner, internal vice-presi dent. A total of 18 new members were welcomed into the club at the meeting at the Surfside restaurant, bringing the present membership up to 25. President Mason announc ed that the goal was 50 members. Speaking at the meeting was dis trict vice-president Dan Rand, who explained Jaycee slate projects. The club will meet at the Surf side restaurant each Monday at 7 p.m. Young men interested in joining are invited to attend the next meeting Monday night. Causeway jpaved State highway forces paved the portion of the Beauforl-Morehead causeway between the east end of the Morehead City bridge and the B&M railroad last week. Finishing touches, including shoulder fill, were being put* on this week. US Sen. Sam J. Ervin Will Deliver Address Carteret county has been selected as the site for the third Congressional district Democratic rally, A. H. James, county chairman of the Democratic executive committee, announced yesterday. The rally will begin with an outdoor fish fry at 6:30 p.ni. Wednesday, Oct. 10, at Beaufort school. The pro gram will follow in the school audi-‘ torium. The principal speaker will ho Sam .1. Ervin. US senator, who will he introduced by David N. Henderson, congressman from this district. Also present will be niem ■ herS' of the council of state and other state candidates on the Dem ocratic ticket. Robert Stallings, New Bern, re cently appointed director of the State Board of Conservation and Development is program chair I man, Mi\ James will be the toast master. County candidates and special guests will be recognized. Mr. James said that Carteret has not been host to a district rally “in years.'’ The district covers nine counties. The county Democratic execu tive committee met Wednesday morning to discuss party organiza tion, campaign problems and pro cedure. Precinct chairmen and vice-chairmen were present. Judge Suspends Jail Terms Of Three Men Tlu.w suspended terms were giv en defendants Monday In the More head City Recorder’s court. Ap pearing before judge Herbert O. Phillips III was Robert Earl Jones, Morehead City, who got a suspend ed six-month term on the roads for public drunkenness. Jones was also fined $10 and the costs and put on good behavior for two years. Lenwood Willis, Morehead City, got a suspended 30-day road term for assaulting Willie Murphy with his fists. Willis paid the costs and ordered to pay the Morehead City hospital $8.50, Dr. L. J. Morris Jr. $8, and the Morehead City Drug Co. $1.25 for Murphy’s treatment for injuries. Robert S. Miner, Cherry Point, who was tried Aug. 20 for allow ing an intoxicated person to drive an auto and allowing an unlicens ed person to drive an auto, with drew an appeal to superior court and a judgment of 90 days in jail, suspended upon payment of $100 and costs was put into effect. Others in court were Leo Lent zow, New Bern, speeding, $15 and costs; Robert F. Clarkson Jr., New York City, failure to dim lights, costs; Billy West Carlyle, Kinston, two counts of worthless checks, pay checks and costs. Boyd C. Brown, Morehead City, public drunkenness, costs; Betty Salisbury Sewell, Beaufort, follow ing too closely, being involved in; an accident, costs; W. H. Brown,' Newport, worthless check, pay* check and costs. A charge of drunk and disorder ly against James Edward Morris, Morehead City, was not prosecu ted. A total of 11 other cases were continued until later terms of court. Beaufort Will Install Meters The town of Beaufort will install parking meters as planned. The merchants association, at a call meeting Tuesday afternoon, voted 11-8 in favor of meters. Businessmen appeared at a spec ial town board meeting Tuesday night in the town hall, which was called specifically to hear com ments on meters. The board decided to order the meters and to retain parking on Front street as it has been in the past, diagonal parking on the south side and parallel parking on the north. Widening the street by 6 feet was completed this week. Merchants appearing at the meet ing Tuesday were Jarvis Herring, James Potter, Gilbert Potter, Her bert Haynes, Jesse Hairr, Holden Ballou and Gerald Hill. P.H.GeerJr. Joins Hospital Board Monday P. II. Geer Jr. was welcomed as a new member of the Morehcad City hospital board of trustees at a meeting Monday night at the hospital Mr. Geer was named chairman of the house committee, to be assisted by present mem bers, Mrs. J. C. Taylor and Mrs. Walter Freeman. He succeeds John L. Crump as a member of the board. Mr. Crump had been chairman of the house committee, w'hich looks after the physical plant. A. B. Roberts, chairman of the board, reported that in reply to an inquiry by David Willis, hos pital administrator, Duke Endow ment is not interested in providing funds for repair or new construc tion at the Morehead City hospital, since the county has plans afoot to build a county hospital. Financial reports were present ed for July and August by the ad ministrator. lie reported that in the past year 'the average numoer of patients per