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ALL WHO READ READ THE NEWS-TIMES CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES 10^ 51st YEAR. NO. 87 TWO SECTIONS—10 PAGES 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 mm v*SS3!Z!3SS3 •y-imr V: ■ r vw.*s< 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. *_-: 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. gg S3 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 im, 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 4 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.