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ALL WHO READ READ THE NEWS-TIMES CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES 51st YEAR, NO. 81 EIGHT PAGES CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES, MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, N. C. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1962 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS D. G. Bell Dies The funeral service for I). <>. Bell, i..un(> and stale political fijs ure, will be conducted at It a.in. Wednesday in the First Methodist church, Morehead City. Interment will be in Bay View cemetery, Morchead City. Mr. Bell is survived by his mother, Mrs. D. G. Bell. D. G. Bell, 49, Morehead City, member of the State Highway com mission, died at 10:20 a.m. yester day at his home on Sunset Shores. Mr. Bell’s physician, Dr., John Gainey, was with him at th£ time. Mr. Bell, who was running for his fifth Consecutive term as gener al assemblyman fpr Carteret coun ty, was prominent in state politics, but his activities had been greatly curtailed after he suffered a severe heart attack this summer. Mr. Bell was appointed to the highway commission following the close of the 1901 legislature. He ex pected to resign in the near future. His successor, Buddy Phillips, Jacksonville, had already been named. During the 1961 legislature, Mr. Bell was chairman of the com mercial fisheries committee and because of his seniority was ex pected to receive coveted appoint ments were he re-elected next month. He was honored with the greater Morehead City chamber of com merce distinguished citizen of 1960 award. The award is made annual ly to the person who has contribut ed the most toward the benefit and prosperity of Carteret county. A past Jaycee president, he was the first to receive the Jaycee Dis tinguished Service award in More head City. He was the winner in 1940. From 1947 to 1954 he was a member of the Morehead City town board of commissioners and was elected in 1955 as general as semblyman. He first became ill during the latter part of the 1961 legislative session and was ordered by doctors to take a complete rest after the legislature adjourned. A commander in the Coast Guard Reserve, he was commanding of ficer of the Coast Guard Reserve unit at Fort Macon station. Through his efforts, his unit was first in the country to initiate on Mild Weather, Rain Arrives Mild to warm weather with a moderate amount of rain kept cit izens in the Carteret area alter nately putting on and taking off raincoats last week. Temperatures ranged from 82 to 74 during the day and from 64 to 69 at night. A total of .74 inches of rain fell, according to the Atlantic Beach weather records. Biggest rain was Wednesday, when .40 inches came down. Other days and rainfall were Monday, Oct. 1, .03; Thursday, .28; and Friday .03. Monday Tuesday 75 Wednesday 74 Thursday 82 Friday 76 . Saturday 80 Sunday 75 Max. Min 75 65 67 68 69 65 64 64 Wind E E-NE NE-E Var. Var. Var. NW-SW site active duty training two years ago. He was hospitalized in July for observation and tests, but suffered a severe heart attack Tuesday, July 31, a few hours after he had been discharged from the hospital. After recovering from that attack, he was permitted to return/home under strict orders to “take it easy.” Mr. Bell complied, but made a trip to Raleigh Sept. 27 to attend a State Highway meeting. He stayed there two days and suffered a recurrence of chest pains. In a phone’ conversation with a NEWS TIMES reporter Friday; he said he had to stay in Raleigh longer than he intended and perhaps “overdid it.” A. II. Janies, chairman of the county Democratic committee, could not be reached yesterday to determine what plans the party has for filling the vacancy left by Mr. Bell. Death Claims W. V. B. Potter William Van Buren Potter, 87, father of mayor W. H. Potter, Beaufort, died Thursday afternoon in Morehead City hospital after several years of failing health. The funeral service was held at 2:30 Sunday afternoon in Ann Street Methodist church, Beaufort, with the Rev. Dwight F. Fouts, pastor of the chureh, officiating. Eurial was in Ocean View ceme tery, Beaufort. Surviving Mr. Potter besides his son, mayor Potter, are a daughter, Mrs. Harold Webb, Morehead City; a sister, Miss Nannie Potter, two brothers, Halbert L., and James H. Jr., all of Beaufort, three grand children and two great grandchild ren. Mr. Potter, with several other men, was instrumental in 1937 in buying the present Beaufort-Morc head City railroad from the Nor folk-Southern railroad, which was planning to abandon service to Beaufort. Prior to retirement he was in the food fish and menhaden busi ness in Beaufort. Association Meets The Beaufort Historical associa tion met last night at the town hall, Beaufort. Tide Table Tides at the Beaufort Bar HIGH LOW Tuesday, Oct. 9 4:03 a.m. 10:31 a.m. 4:30 p.m. HU P-m. Wednesday, Oct. 10 5:08 a.m. 1129 a.m. 5:32 p.m. -- Thursday, Oct 11 6:03 a.m. 12:01 a.m. 6:27 p.m. 12:23 p.m. Friday, Oct. 12 6:54 a.m. 12:49 a.m. 7:18 p.m. 1:15 p.m. Swansboro Meeting Draws West Carteret Residents, Republicans Being signed now in the While Oak township is a petition request ing county commissioners ‘‘not to disturb the present situation with respect to school children from this area attending Onslow county schools, both elementary and high school." It further states, “The present plan will withdraw our children from a well functioning, ably taught and properly graded school.” Voting that Onslow county of finals have in the past objected ■a < artcrot children in the Swans txuu schools, the petition says that '!« Onslow school system received, nrtue ot I S government-corn i. I students from Carteret ■ u than pay for their trouble, merit ion the federal capital > money that is dependent on • I imputation growth.” v. .a.tmg to .1 H Dickens, resi ■t While Oak township in this 'v whose lour children attend xii'. schools, 2(H) persons . already signed the petition. I be pciiimii can be signed any i>r this week between 6:30 and « a. p m at the l‘&(5 supermarket, t a|x- t arteret, according to Mr. Dickens Each signature will be 11.1I.il i/eil Mr Dickens and M. P. Mincey, both of White Oak township, ap peared before the Carteret board of education in June, requesting that the Hogue school not be built. They were assured at that time, Mr. Dickens said, that nothing would be done “until a majority” in the White Oak section want the school. Mr. Dickens said 340 persons had signed a petition saying they didn’t want the school. Meanwhile, the faction who wants the school had a petition signed. Their claim that they had more than 340 signatures was false, according to those who want their children to continue go ing to Swansboro. Mr. Dickens said that should the Carteret county commissioners persist in effort to put a school for elementary children at Bogue, in White Oak township, further legal steps would be considered to stop them. One hundred eighty Carteret elementary pupils now attend school at Swansboro. Caretaker Freed In Bryan Dove Baiting Case Paul Barrow, caretaker at Camp Bryan, a hunting camp in Craven county, was freed of charges against him at a hearing Wednesday at Jacksonville. Barrow, charged with aiding and abetting in taking doves in a bait ed field Sept. 8, appeared before US commissioner Charles W. Sum merlin, who found no probable cause. Barrow was arrested by game agents after a group of hunters was apprehended at Camp Bryan Sept. 8. Among the hunters was Charles A. Halleck, Indiana, Re publican representative in the House. C. Thomas Whittington, Have lock, one of the hunters in the group, pleaded guilty and has paid a $50 fine. The others, have been bound over to federal court. Malvern Cecil, Beaufort, US game management agent, testified at the hearing that Barrow had told him he “baited the field at Camp Bryan, just as he did other routine things.” Thomas J. White, Kinston, Bar row’s attorney, contended that Barrow, who did not take the wit ness stand, had sown the grain as part of the hunt club's fanning program. Mr. White asked if Mr. Cecil was aware that a certain grade of seed wheat contains cracked corn. Mr. Cecil contended that seed wheat does not contain corn, lie also testified that the grain was scattered on top of the ground and no attempt had been made to cul tivate it. When commissioner Summerlin announced his decision, Mr. Cecil asked if the decision in any way changed the fact that the field was baited. Commissioner Summerlin an swered no. Two. hundred twenty three per sons registered in Beaufort Satur day and approximately 350 regis tered in Morehead City. U. E. Swann, registrar in Beaufort, asks persons in-all precincts to register early, to avoid waiting in line on the last day of registration, Oct. 27. A Vanishing Davis PO Found Again The Davis postoffice is now lo cated on the loop road in the community, about a cpiarter of a mile from its original loca tion on highway 70. The post office building was moved Sat urday by truck. It was formerly located on land reportedly owned by Denard Davis. Some Davis residents con tacted a Beaufort friend of Rep. David Henderson Saturday and said they couldn’t find the post office. The Beaufort resident asked, “Well, if you can’t find it, how do you expect a Congressman in Washington to find it?” Anyhow, the postolfice was open lor business as usual yes terday with Mrs. Myrtle Davis, postmaster, in charge. The post office was reported to have been moved because of a disagree ment between the land owner and postoffice personnel. 12,280 Visit Marine Museum This Season The Hampton Marine museum closed a successful season Sunday, with a total of 12,200 visitors regis tered. The visitors included 61 groups, such as school students. Represented among visitors were 41 states, eight foreign countries and Puerto Rico. Other nations were Canada, Great Britain, Ja pan. Lebanon, Pakistan, the Re public of the Philippines, Panama and France. States failing to have a citizen visit the exhibits were North Da kota, Hawaii, Oregon, New Mexi co, Nevada, Montana, Wyoming, Oklahoma and Utah! Plans for the next season for the museum include additional wall space for more exhibits and ex pansion of tanks for live marine specimens. Mrs. C. C. Land, museum cura tor, expressed thanks to a large number of local citizens and groups who aided in making the museum season a success. Assisting the museum in pre paring exhibits were David Mur rill, Timmie Willis, Joe Rose Jr., Mac Mizelle, McCarthy Mizellc, Kilby Guthrie, John Van Horne, Dr. Silas Thorne. Ken Newsom, Charles McNeill, Capt. Ottis Purifoy, Mrs. E. G. McKinley and Dr. A. F. Chest nut and the staff of the Institute of Fisheries Research, UNC. Others aiding were Ronald Smith, Newport; Truman Newberry, Ra leigh, the Rev. W. D. Caviness, Havelock; Mr. and Mrs. Dolan Goodwin, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Bell and Vicki Willis. The museum is operated by the state from late spring through Sep tember. It is located in the same building as the commercial fish eries offices at Morehead City. School Keeps Science Teacher A science ’ teacher in the Beau fort high school will be retained as the result of collection of sufficient funds to pay the teacher’s salary. The problem arose, according to H. L. Joslyn, county superinten dent of schools, as the result of losing a teacher in the elementary school. A teacher was gained in the high school, on the basis of state teacher allotment for a cer tain number of pupils, but Beau fort school officials had not count ed on losing one in the lower grades. Mr. Joslyn said the county was approached to allot the salary for the extra teacher (science) that had been anticipated in the high school. The county, however, Mr. Joslyn pointed out, does not pay teacher salaries and has no money budgeted for that purpose. Teacher salaries are paid by the state. The Beaufort school faculty and the PTA decided to pay some of the teacher’s salary and solicit the remainder from the public. Albert Gainey, principal, said yesterday the necessary funds have been obtained and the teacher will remain on the high school faculty. • A protest meeting at Swansboro over the proposed elementary school at Bogue drew about 125 Carteret county citizens and a num ber of Republican candidates from Carteret county Thursday night. Moderator for the meeting was Claud Wheatly, Beaufort attoreny, who said he is representing the group protesting the school. The protests of the group center around the belief that the Swans boro schools offer better educa tional facilities than the proposed White Oak school at Bogue. Opening the.-meeting. Mr. Wheat ly said that the children from Car teret .county in the Swansboro schools’ bring in to Onslow county about $2ti,00() annually in federal aid to schools in impacted areas. A large number of the children have parents who are federal em ployees. Mr. Wheatly said that the Car teret county government is using the school aid money as a "side walk argument" for the school without any official mention ol the money otherwise. Approximately 180 Carteret coun ty children attend the Swansboro elementary school and about 90 at tend the Swansboro high school. Both schools are ill Onslow county. Mr. Wheatly stated that the par ents' desires in the school issue had been overlooked, mentioning that the Carteret county surveyor had been surveying the old While Oak school site Thursday. “The crux of the whole problem is that you learn ol things being done by this,” Mr. Wheatly said, displaying a copy of the Carteret County News-Times, adding that no effort had been made by Car teret official to learn the desire of the residents of the area. In response to questions, Mr. Wheatly said that as far as he could find out, the White Oak schuol would be just large enough to handle the Carteret children attending the Swansboro elemen tary school. “Presumably the high school stu dents would remain at the Swans boro high school or attend the con solidated Morchead City-Newport School in the Crab Point area,” Mr. Wheatly stated. "And the Ons low county officials have been no toriously silent on how long they would keep the school doors open for Carteret county children.” The area involved has strong ties with Onslow county, Mr. Wheatly said, “but your county seat is in Beaufort.” Your county govern ment officials are practical poli ticians,” he added. “The voting record in the Cedar Point area has been light, about 30 to 40 per cent and a little better in the Bo gue area.” Mr. Wheatly said that the school building issue had been rushed in order to make hay politically be fore the November election, and the concern of the people involved had been overlooked. ■ Mr. W'heatly told the group that a school district with Swansboro could be formed, but only by the county board of commissioners’ agreeing to a referendum on the school district. The referendum would be binding on the board if passed. In response to this statement, one of the audience asked, "How do we get out of slavery then?” Mr. Wheatly replied that ballots were the only means of keeping children from being political foot balls, and that “you can’t beat ’em if the present county hoard rc (Sec SCHOOL Page 2) Terry Sanford . . . governor Sen. Sain J. Ervin . . . speakei ■HMM David Henderson . . . congressman Auxiliary Will Show Pointings The Veterans of Foreign Wars auxiliary .lones-Austin post, will sponsor a showing of paintings by Miss Harriet Whitehurst from 2 to 10 p.m. Sunday at the post home, just off highway 101. The public is cordially invited. Miss Whitehurst, a senior at Beaufort high school, studied three years with Mrs. M. L. Davis and was recipient of an art scholarship from the VFW auxiliary this sum mer. She studied with Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Griese in the summer crafts workshop. On display will be 15 paintings done by Miss Whitehurst this sum mer and some works completed earlier. The young artist plans to major in English and contini j her art studies in college. Miss Whitehurst is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Whitehurst, 1017 Ann St. Present at the showing will be Mrs. Davis and Mrs. Ed Nelson, art and ceramics teacher. Free Fish Fry to Precede Program Wednesday The biggest collection of stale officials and Demo cratic dignitaries to be seen in this county in many a year will attend the District Democratic rally at 5:30 p.ni. Wednesday at the Beaufort school. Forty-seven leading Democrats, including Gov. Terry Sanford, are scheduled to be present, according to A.-If. James, chair m;m oi me county ncmucrauc" committee. The officials will arrive by bus at Newport at 11 a.m. Wednesday on a campaign swing through the first, third, fourth and sixth Con gressional districts. The "cam paign caravan" - is coining here from Kdenton. They will attend a rally tonight. At Newport, the officials will meet local Democratic officials. All will divide into groups to make tours of the .county. One group will go through the western part of the county,' one to Beaufort, an other to Morehead City, and others to communities east of Beaufort. Featured speaker at the rally Will he Sam J. Ervin, senior Unit ed Stales senator from Nortli Car olina 11 is talk, introduction of guests and local Demoertitic can didates. will follow a fish fry sched uled lor C»: 15. The fish fry is free and all Democrats are invited. Mr. Dimes announces. The order of the program, which gill he in Beaufort school auditor ion. follows: band music, invoca tion, welcome by Mr. James, fol lowed by introduction of ouf-of -t.iii officials by congressman Da vid \ Henderson, who will serve as master of ceremonies, Robert Stallings, New Bern, chairman of the board of conser vation-. ■'and'.development, will in troduce North Carolina officials, ;winding Tom Ivey Davis, native cl Beaufort, who is secretary of the state Democratic party. Mr. Davis will introduce county Democratic candidates. Mrs. Dor othy Bland. Goldsboro, co-chair man of the rally, will introduce governor Sanford. Mr Henderson will introduce senator Ervin and make closing remarks following the senator's address. Bert Bennett, state Democratic party chairman, announces that the following dignitaries will at tend the rally: Thad Eure, Henry Bridges, Harold Cooley, Alton Len non, L. II. Fountain, Roy Taylor, Hargrove Bowies. N. F. Ransdell, Walter Fuller, Herbert Bonner, Ralph Scott, Basil Whitcner, Bill White, Bill Itandaflj it. N. Richards, Graham Jones, Lamar Gugger. Edwin Gill, Frank Crane, Ed Lanier, Horace Kornegay, Hugh Alexander, Jake Walker, Clifton Beckwith, John Williams, Martha Charles Carroll, B. Everett Jor dan, Bill Johnson, Otis Banks, Claud Ferrell, Tom Landis, Mrs. Henry Cromartie, Wade Bruton. L. Y. Ballcntine, Paul Kitchin, Hugh Cannon, Charles Cahoon, Merrill Evans, Nathan Ycllon, and Joel Fleishman. Republicans Meet,Plan Campaign Activities Republican activities recently in cluded a precinct meeting at Mark ers Island, a tea for Mrs. Ruth Richardson at Mill Creek yester day afternoon, and a call meeting of the party at Beaufort headquar ters Saturday night. Twenty-five attended the Markers Island precinct meeting and a par ty headquarters will be opened there Friday. A reception will be European Visitors Arrive By chartered plane, European travel agents arrived at the Beaufort-Morehead City airport at 11:30 a.m. yesterday. Here they board a bus to go to Morehead City for lunch. In the afternoon they went fishing, and then left for New Bern, next stop on their North Carolina tour. Newport Sailor Pays $100 Fine In County Court A Newport sailor was fined $100 and costs for reckless driving in county recorder’s court Tuesday after a charge of assault with a rille was dismissed. .1. T. Jones, who was home on leave from his ship in Norfolk, was accused of pointing the gun at highway patrolman W. K. Chap man and his wife during an inci dent on the outskirts of Newport last week. (Chapman is stationed in Pitt county.) Patrolman Chapman testified that he and his wife had stopped for a school bus, when Jones’ Car, carrying Jones as driver and two passengers, came up at a high rate of speed. It went into the roadside ditch while slowing down and then spun out of the ditch, the witness said. Mr. Chapman, who testified that he was not in uniform, said that one of the occupants of Jones’ car, James Carroll, Newport, got out and cursed at him. When the bus left, Jones’ ear then left at a high rate of speed, and later slow ed down, with Jones taking a rifle and pointing it out of the driver’s window in the Chapman’s direc tion. Later, when both cars stopped in Newport, Chapman said that he asked Jones if the car was his and what he intended to do with the rifle. Chapman said that Jones told him that he intended to “use it." Chapman added that both Car roll and Jones appeared to have been drinking. Jones testified that he was go ing at a legal rate of speed be fore the incident, and that me chanical trouble had put his car into the ditch while stopping. He also stated that the rifle had been on the seat prior to stopping, but had fallen into the floor. When he resumed moving, he said that he took it and placed it across his lap with the barrel pointing out of the window for a short distance. In testifying about the conversa tion with Chapman in Newport, Jones said that he had replied "Probably go shoot it, t guess,” to Chapman’s query about the rifle. Judge L. R. Morris dismissed (See COURT Page 2) held to introduce Mrs. Richardson, who is running for register of deeds. Tbe headquarters is on the main higlWay at the center of the island, to the right as one proceeds cast. More than 50 attended Saturday night’s meeting in Beaufort. C. R. Wheatly Jr. introduced Elmer D. Willis, new Republican committee chairman. Publicity and a barbe cue at Newport Saturday, Oct. 13, were discussed. Candidates who spoke were Shel by Freeman, clerk of court; Ken neth Wagner, Gordon Hardesty, Jim Hux and Gerald Murdoch, county commissioner candidates. Theme of the meeting was "reg ister to vote and vote for the man of your choice.” Beaufort headquarters will be open daily during the week and every Saturday night until Nov. 6. Toastmasters Will Begin Season Carteret Toastmasters will meet at 7:30 Wednesday at the Webb Memorial civic center, Morehead City, for the first meeting of the season. Toastmasters is a group of men who join together to help one another develop skills in pub lic speaking. There* are vacancies in the Car teret club so any man interested in learning to speak more effec tively, listen more accurately, and think more clearly is cordially in vited to attend Wednesday’s meet ing, according to Dr. Thomas Duke, educational vice-president.