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51st YEAR. NO. 87
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CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES, MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, N. C.TUESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1962
PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
Mrs. Frank Lewis, Children, Come
Home to Beaufort from Guantanamo
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The Frank Lewis family was among the hasty evacuees from the Guantanamo, Cuba Naval base.
Shown here at the home of relatives in Beaufort are, left to right, Anita, 6, Winifred, 10, Jimmy, 2,
with Mrs. Lewis and Billy, 3. Mr. Lewis is still at the Cuban base.
Mrs. Frank Lewis and her four
children, Beaufort, arrived in Nor
folk from Guantanamo Naval base,
Cuba, at 3 p.m. Thursday with 1,700
other wives and children of per
sonnel stationed at the base.
The evacuation was ordered prior
to the announcement by President
Kennedy that all Russian ships
bound for Cuba would be searched
and turned back if found to be
carrying weapons for waging war.
Mrs. Lewis and her children sail
ed at 4 p.m. last Monday aboard
the Military Sea Transport Service
ship, Upshur, the first one to leave
Guantanamo with dependents. The
family was given an hour’s notice.
Mr. Lewis, a supervisor in the
power plant at Guantanamo chose
to stay at the base. A civilian, he
was given the privilege of leaving if
he wished. “He decided to stay,”
Mrs. Lewis said, “because all the
men working at the plant were
Cubans.” If war starts, the Cubans
would probably be prevented from
going from their homes to work
on the base.
“Another one of the supervisors
*old me in chow line that he. was
coming home,” she related. “He
said he’d rather be a live coward
than a dead hero. So of course you
Registration of Voters
Ended Late Saturday
Low Tide Leaves
Clerk Stranded
A. H. Janies, clerk of court, and
i his son, A. H. Jr., were the subject
of Coast Guard search Sunday
night after they failed to return
from a fishing trip. Mr. James
was safe at his home in Morehead
City yesterday morning and his son
was home in Beaufort, after being
brought to the mainland by boat
from Core banks.
The James, in their 16-foot out
board went to Swash inlet Sunday
morning to fish. They had a fine
catch of fish, but a low tide and
1 swinging of the wind to the south
west left their boat high and dry.
A subsequent high tide was not
sufficient to float the boat, so the
■ two waded across the inlet to Walt
Nelson’s camp, where the Nelsons
happened to be and there they
spent the night.
Joe Elkins, Morehead City, flew
over the banks at about 11 p.m.
Sunday and flashlights were turned
on the high and dry boat to in
dicate that its former occupants
were all right, just stranded.
The Jameses got back to the
mainland by boat yesterday but
retrieving of their boat had to
wait another high tide and wind
to the north.
Driver Cited After
Saturday Accident
An Air Force sergeant stationed
at Goldsboro was cited following
an accident at 6:25 p.m. Saturday
at Hardesty’s corner, north of
Beaufort on highway 70.
F. W. Gadman, driving a 1953
Ford and pulling a small trailer,
was headed west and failed to turn
the corner toward Beaufort, ac
cording to state trooper J. W.
Sykes.
The car and trailer proceeded
across the Merrimon road, jumped
the ditch, went through a fence and
turned over on their side. The
driver was not injured but was
cited for driving too fast for exist
ing conditions.
Damage to the car was exten
sive.
know how that made me feel!”
Cuba cut off water flowing into
the base at 6 p.m. last Monday. The
base is now being supplied with
water carried in by ship. One wa
ter ship, taken out of mothballs
from ^orld war II fleet, was at
Jamaica being readied for its car
go when the evacuation of depen
dents was ordered.
The Upshur had destroyer es
cort and fighter bomber escort on
its trip to Norfolk. At night the ship
was blacked out. Aboard were
Army personnel who had planned a
vacation in Panama, but the sud
den change in plans put them on
the high seas.
“They, were wonderful,” Mrs.
Lewis said. “The fellows would help
us with the children and with the
trays in the dinning room.”
She also had high praise for the
arrangements made for the wives
and youngsters when they arrived
at Norfolk. Lots of the women were
Cubans who had married American
men at the base. For those who
couldn’t speak English, there were
interpreters on hand.
A barracks building had been
made ready fb accommodate fam
ilies Who had no place to go. Some
of the Cuban women had never
► Saturday ended the period of new
registration in the county. Charles
Willis, chairman of the county
board of elections, stated that re
gistrars in Beaufort and Morehead
City had “steady business” all dur
ing the day.
Final figures on total registration
throughout the county will not be
available until the middle of the
week.
Figures available on Morehead
City yesterday were 1,300 register
ed in precinct No. 1 and 1,657 in
precinct No. 2. Registered in Beau
fort were 2,138. U. E. Swann, re
gistrar, said that the old books had
over 3,000 for Beaufort, but many
of those persons had died or- mov
ed away.
Registered at Newport were 961.
All registrars have been instructed
to mail immediately to the board
of elections office the number of
persons registered.
Registration began Oct. 6 aDd
continued through Saturday. This
coming Saturday, Nov. 3, will be
challenge day. On that day persons
may challenge, if they wish, the
right of any of the registrants to
vote.
Although there was some grumb
ling at first about a new registra
tion, Mr. Willis said yesterday that
lots of those opposed to it at first
arc now glad that the registration
was undertaken. All old registra
tion books will be destroyed.
Persons who did not register dur
ing the past month will not be per
mitted to vote Nov. 6.
Driver Uinjured; Car
Turns Over Near Davis
Raymond H. Willis* Davis, was
charged with speeding at 12:15
a.m. Sunday after his car turned
over on highway 70 at Smyrna
creek bridge near Davis.
Willis, whp was not injured, was
driving a 1955 Plymouth. Damage
was estimated at $450. State troop
er W. E. Pickard investigated.
Firemen Sent Friday
To Clem Willis Home
Beaufort firemen were called to
the home of Clem Willis, Gordon
street, where an oil heater became
overheated Friday.
Soot caused minor damage be
fore the beater cooled down.
been in a northern climate and had
only summer clothing.
! Mr. Lewis got word to his bro
ther, Rollin Lewis, Beaufort, to
meet Mrs. Frank Lewis and the
children. Rollin went to Little
Creek, Va., where he waited until
5:30 p.m. Thursday when Mrs.
Lewis and the children arrived by
bus from Norfolk.
Mrs. Lswis said that there had
been no inkling that they would be
evacuated. She said she had her
usual Monday morning wash on the
line and had just shampooed her
hair when a friend same speeding
up to the house in an automobile
with the news that they were being
evacuated.
The hospital at the base was
evacuated first. Mrs. Lewis says
she plans to go back just as soon
as she’s permitted. She left many
of her belongings behind, including
early Christmas shopping and gifts
put aside on lay-away.
At present she and the children
arc staying with the Rollin Lewises,
1021 Ann St., but she plans to rent
a furnished apartment until she
can rejoin her husband.
The Lewises had been at Guan
tanamo for seven and a half
months.
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Child Injured
In Auto Crash
A 2'/2-year-old girl, Connie M.
Walton, route 2 Newport, was
slightly injured at 10:30 a.m. Fri
day on highway 70 seven miles
west of Morehcad City. The car in
which she was riding was involved
in an auto accident.
State trooper J. W. Sykes, who in
vestigated, said that the child was
in a 1953 Ford driven by Mrs.
Florence P. Walton. Also in the
car was Mrs. Walton’s sister, Betty
Kay Pittman, who was holding the
little girl.
The officer said that Mrs. Wal
ton pulled out on the highway from
a dirt road at the old Morchead
City airport. William V. Fulp Sr.,
Winston-Salem, proceeding toward
Morehcad City in a 1954 Cadillac,
passed the Walton car and as he
was doing so, Mrs. Walton turned
left in front of him to go into
another dirt road leading off the
highway, trooper Sykes reported.
The impact knocked the Walton
car against a utility pole. The
little girl received a bump on the
head.
Mrs. Walton was charged with
leaving a straight line of traffic
before seeing that her move could
be made in safety and Fulp was
charged with exceeding the speed
limit. Damage to the Cadillac was
estimated at $300. There was doubt
as to whether the Ford was worth
repairing.
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Tide Table
Tides st the Beaufort Bar
HIGH LOW
Tuesday, Oet. 30
9:01 a.m. 3:02 a.m.
9:18 p.m. 3:37 p.m.
Wednesday, Oct. 31
a.m. 3:29 a.m.
p.m. 4:09 p.m.
Thursday, Nov. 1
a.m. 3:52 a.m.
p.m. 4:42 p.m.
Friday, Nov. 2
10:43 a.m.
11:25 poo.
4:19 a.m.
5:18 p.m.
Republicans
To Rally Nov. 3
At Beaufort
• Candidates Speak
Throughout County
# Motorcade Will Visit
Communities
A rally at Beaufort high school
at 8 p.m. Saturday will climax a
motorcade of Republican candi
dates. The motorcade will visit
llarlowe, Mill Creek and Wire
Grass, according to Elmer D.
Willis, chairman of the county
Republican executive committee.
Republican candidates will also
speak at 8 tonight in the communi
ty building at Cedar Island and
again at 8 p.m. Thursday at the
Jaycee forum in the Morehead City
high school.
Republican activities during the
past week included a tea for Re
publican women at the home of
Mrs. Kenneth JPutnam, Morehead
City, Sundayi^fftcrnoon. The guest
of honor was Mrs. Ruth Richard
son, candidate for register of deeds.
Mrs. Richardson was also honor
ed at a reception at the home of
Mrs. Billy Smith, Atlantic, Thurs
day night, and a tea at the hom<; of
Mrs. Shelby Freeman, Pine Knoll
Shores, that afternoon.
Mrs. Richardson said the affairs
were beautiful and well attended.
Republican candidates spoke at
a rally at Salter Path Tuesday
night and at a meeting at the com
munity building, Marshallbcrg, Fri
day night. The Cedar Point fish fry,
originally scheduled for Saturday,
Oct. 20, was held this past Satur
day night. More than a hundred
persons attended. The postpone
ment was made due to the threat
of hurricane Ella.
Following the fish fry, candi
dates spoke at a rally at Harkers
Island school. After the rally, re
freshments were served at the Re
publican headquarters on the is
land.
Morehead City
Buys Fire Truck
Morehead City commissioners or
dered a fire truck at a special
meeting at the municipal building
Friday afternoon. Successful bid
der was the American LaFrance
Co., Elmira, N. Y., $21,313.95.
The truck, which will be an ad
dition to the city’s fire fighting
fleet, is expected to be delivered
the latter part of March. It will
be stationed at the downtown fire
station, bringing the total there to
three. Two trucks arc at the No. 2
station in the west end of town.
The new truck is a cab-over-en
ginc model, thousand-gallon pump
er with a reserve 500-gallon tank.
The truck will be purchased by
paying 25 per cent down with four
equal payments to follow, each 12
months apart.
Also bidding on the truck was
Scagrave. Only two bids were re
ceived.
The town last purchased a fire
truck, a GMC, in 1956.
Also at the meeting the board
authorized placement of a street
light at the west entrance to the
port. The light was requested by
military authorities in conjunction
with recent movement of military
equipment through the port.
Presiding at the meeting was
mayor George W. Dill.
Officers Ask
Parents' Help
Police officer# of the county re
quest parents’ cooperation in keep
ing children safe while trick or
treating.
Officers urge that parents not
put over their children’s faces
sheets, paper bags or masks that
could interfere with their vision.
Costumes should also be of light
color so that they can be seen in
car headlights and should be short
enough so that the child does not
trip.
Children should be provided with
a flashlight for safe walking and
candles should not be used in jack
lanterns. A small flashlight is pre
ferable. Children should be told
to use sidewalks and not to dash
out between parked fears.
At Cherry Point, the command
ing general has requested - that
trick or treat activities be con
fined only to Wednesday night and
that they and no later than & p.m.
CD Meeting
Mayors, county officials and Civil
Defense chairmen will meet at 7
p.m. Thursday at the Morehead
City municipal building to discuss
organizing a more effective CD
plan in the county, according to
Harry Wiliams, county CD ‘chair
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W. F. Forrest, Mill Creek,
Killed in Hunting Accident
Editorial
Mr. K Preserves His Cuba
Russia’s agreement to get its missiles out of Cuba
came as a surprise to most. It is a victory for
the United States, but not ail end to the Cuban
problem.
When Khrushchev saw that we meant business,
the only course left open to him was to pull out. The
United States was ready to invade Cuba and wipe
out the bases if they could be eliminated no other
way.
Crafty Khrushchev saw he had more to lose that
way than to voluntarily pull out—better to have a
Communist stronghold in the Western hemisphere,
without missile bases, than to have none at all. ( uba
is vitally necessary to Russia as a base tor espionage
and headquarters for spread of Communism through
out the western hemisphere.
If the United States had bombed the missile
bases out of Cuba, Castro would have gone, too, and
all Russia’s work to put him there would have been
for naught. Khrushchev, by “backing down,” is losing
a little bit, but not much.
Red Cuba is still with us.
Movie to be Shown Nov. 5
At Mental Health Meeting
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Fish Fry Will
Start at 5 P.M.
This Wednesday
A gigantic fish fry, with famous
cooks of this area presiding in the
^kitchen, will lMmcti'the November
Cancer Crusade.
The fish fry will be at the Camp
Glenn armory Wednesday from 5
to 8 p.m. Tickets are on sale now
for $1 each. All proceeds will go
to the cancer society of the coun
ty.
Sponsoring the crusade and the
fish fry is the Carteret Business
and Professional Women’s club.
Orders for tickets may be given
in Beaufort to Mrs. C. L. Beam,
phone PA8-3772, and in Morehead
City they may be given to Mrs.
Frank Sample, PA6-4151.
Mrs. Stella Propst, chairman of
the fish fry, says the hours have
been set so that persons wishing
to attend church Wednesday night
may have supper at the armory
first.
“The whole family is invited. It’s
for a good cause and the food will
be delicious. We’ll be looking for
you!” Miss Propst declared.
Miss Lyda Piner, Morehead City,
is co-chairman of the event. Chair
man of the month-long Cancer Cru
sade is Mrs. James C. Smith.
Persons who do not have tickets
for the fish fry may pay for meals
at the door as long as the food
holds out. Meals will also be pre
pared to be taken home. They can
be picked up at the armory any
time after 5 p.m.
A 29-ininute film. Angry Boy,
and a talk by the state director
of the North Carolina Mental
Health association. Mrs, J. B. ,'Spil
man, will highlight an organiza
tional meeting of the Carteret
County Menial Health association
Monday, Nov. 5, at 8 p m. at the
civic center, Morehead City.
The meeting is being sponsored
by the American Association of
University Women in the hope of
generating enough interest to form
a local mental health chapter.
Everyone interested is urged to
attend.
The film deals with a young boy
caught stealing at school who re
ceived corrective therapy at a men
tal health clinic through frequent
talks with a psychiatrist.
Mrs. Spilman, a native of Chow
an county, has lived in Greenville
since 1915. She is a former teach
er, served six years as commis
sioner of employment security,
has served on the aging commit
tee and resource use education
committees set up by past gov
ernors and served 14 years as as
sistant treasurer of East Carolina
college.
Temperature Dives
To 32 Saturday
Temperatures dipped down to
freezing Saturday night, in an un
usually cold period. Lower tem
peratures were reported from ther
mometers exposed to wind, but the
Atlantic Beach weather station re
ported a chilly 32.
Clear skies and sunshine helped
to warm up the area during the
daytime, but Saturday’s high was
50.
Max.
62
54
50
63
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Min.
42
38
32
38
Wind
N-SW
N
NW
NW-SW
The funeral service for William -
franklin Forrest, 70, Mill Creek,
who was killed while hunting deer
Saturday afternoon near Newport,
will he conducted at 2 p in. today
at Clark’s funeral home, Green
villc, hy the Rev. J. P. Stokes,
Farmviile. Forrest died instantly
when hit by a single shot from a
30-30 rifle fired by Thomas R. Has
kett. Newport, authorities; say.
Coroner W. D. Munden. who
ruled the death an accident, said
Forrest and Haskett were hunting
with Forrest’s son, William A.,
Ralph Wayne Arnold. Dickie Gra
ham and a man identified only as
Subtly.
Haskett and the younger Forrest
were driving the dogs through the
woods and came out on a puipwood
road. Forrest said he would take
up a stand there, so Haskett con
tinued farther down the road.
Haskett said he did not see the
elder Forrest, who apparently left
his stand on the road and went
into the woods. Haskett heard the
dogs coming towards him and saw
a movement near the edge of the
woods. Thinking it was a deer, he
fired.
The rifle slug hit Forrest in the
chest, going in on the right side.
Coroner Munden said he died in
stantly.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Mar
garet Forrest; three daughters,
Mrs. Mary Smith, Thomasvillc,
Mrs. Cora House, Farmviile, and
Mrs. Laura Cates.Hampton, Va.;
five sons, William, Newport; Dai
lies. Farmviile; Oilio, .lessee and
and Wallace of Greensboro; one
brother. David, Chocowinity; two
sisters, Mrs. Sudie Vaughn. High
Point, and Mrs. Nettie lsner, Den
ton, Mdv; 3(! grandchildren and
seven great-grandchildren.
A native of Pitt county, Mr. For
rest was a retired farmer and mer
chant and had lived near Newport
since 1952. Burial was in the Gar
ris cemetery near Winterville.
He is the second person in the
Newport area to die in a hunting
accident since the opening of deer
season. Roy T. Garner, Newport,
died Oct. 15 near Durham when his
gun accidently discharged.
Coast Guard
Makes Assists
Coast Guard boats aided three
boats in distress over the weekend.
The 40-footer from Fort Macon
helped in a search Saturday for an
overdue Navy crash boat in the
Ncuse river. Aground, the crash
boat crew was rescued by helicop
ter and the crash boat recovered
by a boat from Cherry Point.
A 22-foot” cabin cruiser operated
by John A. Smith, Atlantic Beach,
was towed in Sunday from the
Beaufort front range with four per
sons on board. Boat crew from
Fort Macon was Clayton Bussell,
BM2, Newman Cantrell SNBM, and
Rethel Brannon, EN2.
The same boat crew aided a 44
foot auxiliary sloop aground near
the No. 28 day mark in Bogue
sound Monday. The sloop, from
New Jersey, was refloated and
proceeded under its own power.
Aided Thursday night was a boat
that missed the yacht basin chan
nel, Morchead City, and got bog
ged down in the marsh.
Jet Fuel Tank Car in Collision
A collision between a railroad tank car carrying jet fuel (JP4) and an Army flatcar caused some
concern to Morehead City firemen and the Morehead City Rescue squad Thursday night when the tank
car was found to be leaking. Tbe tank car smashed into the flat car, causing the damage shown above.
Fuel in the tank car was pumped into another tank car at the site of the collision, just east of the
Morehead City Yacht basin. Fire fighting equipment from Cherry Point was called m as a precaution
ary measure.
Dr. John Gainey
Seeks Yes Vote
On Court Reform
Dr. John Gainey, Morehead City,
who is working with committees
for court improvement in North
Carolina, asked Friday that voters
cast a ballot FOR the amendment
that would reorganize courts be
low the state's superior courts.
This includes the recorder's
courts and justice of the peace
“courts."
Dr. Gainey points out that the
court amendment issue is the first
one on the constitutional amend
ment ballot. Voters are asked to
vote for or against the other five.
Persons who wish further ex
planation on the court amendment
should contact the Morehead City
Jaycees, or Mrs. A. B. Roberts,
Morehead City, \vho is serving as
coordinator for a favorable vote on
tire court amendment, Dr. Gainey
points out.
Jaycees have been providing
speakers who explain the proposed
court change to civic groups. Pre
sident of the Jaycees is Joe Beam,
who can be reached by phoning
PA6-4000.
Both Republicans and Democrats
in this county have spoken in favor
of the court reform amendment.
If the amendment is approved,
the change-over to the new system
would be gradual. Provision is
made for the changeover to be
complete by Jan. 1, 1971.
Insurance Firms
Appeal Dunes
Club Verdict
Insurance companies have filed
an appeal from the $45,437.53 ver
dict in a trial arising out of dam
age to the Dunes club at Atlantic
Beach. The club was swept away
by hurricane Donna in the fall of
I960.
The club was awarded $36,604.20
for the destroyed building, and
$8,833.33 for its contents.
The case consumed eight days of
the October term of superior court
in Beaufort, lengthening the court
term beyond the one-week term.
Nine insurance companies are in
volved, the nine firms had portions
of policies covering the club against
wind damage. The issue in the
case was whether the high winds or
high water did the damage to the
club.
Coastal insurance policies ordi
narily cover wind damage only.
Insurance companies and the por
tions of the award are Merchants
and Manufacturers Insurance Co.,
$5,142.89; National Fire Insurance
Co. of Hartford, Conn., $10,285.78;
Standard Fire Insurance Co., $5,
347.87; State Capitol Insurance Co.,
$2,464.50; US Fidelity and Guaranty
Co., $4,099.67; Cherokee Insurance
Co., $2,667.66; American Insurance
Co., $4,938.39; North River Insur
ance Co., $5,347.89; and American
National Fire Insurance Co.,
$5,142.89.
Testimony in the trial took up
a major portion of the time, with
a number of Atlantic Beach and
Morehead City residents appearing
on the witness stand.
Harvey Hamilton Jr., Morehead
City attorney for the insurance
companies, said that insurance
companies agreed that the Dunes
club suit would be a test case.
Regardless of the outcome in sup
erior court, it was lestined to go
before the state supreme court so
that insurance companies “once
and for all” would have a legal
precendent for paying claims in
coastal areas.
Mr. Hamilton says when insur
ance companies go before the in
surance commissioner with a re
quest for higher rates, they’re al
ways confronted with the argu
ment, “If you wouldn't pay all
these claims, you wouldn't have to
have higher rates."
Mr. Hamilton said that ‘ in all
probability the supreme court will
hand down a ruling on the case in
February.
Convertible Upsets
Saturday; Driver Unhurt
William Singleton, Broad Creek,
escaped injury at 6:30 p.m. Satur
day when the 1062 Ford convertible
he was driving turned bottom up
on the Nine-Foot road.
Singleton told state trooper W. K.
Pickard that he saw a car turning
ahead of him, swerved and lost
control. He was charged with driv
ing to the left of the center line.
Damage to the car was estimated
at $400.