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CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES
I “51st YEAR, NO. 89 TWELVE PAGES—TWO SECTIONS
CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES, MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, N. C.
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 19G2
PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
Jet Crashes on Bogue Banks; Two
Aboard Bail Out, Rescued in Pamlico
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The arrow points to the blackened sand and charred debris which shot oceanward from the plane
when it crashed. The X marks the site of crash, oil Bogue banks, between the Salter Path road and the
ocean. The wreckage was put under armed guard by the Marine Corns. This is a view ol the beach,
looking toward Salter Path.
A Marine F4II Phantom jet crash-1
. ed Friday near the Iron Steamer |
pier on Bogue banks after its pilot
and radar operator bailed out over
Pamlico county.
The plane, headed for the ocean,
clipped telephone and power lines
along the Salter Path road, and
exploded just short of the beach,
less than a quarter mile away from
the pier.
Pilot of the plane was Lt. Col.
Robert F. Foxworth, 43 and radar
operator was Capt. Daniel T.
Benn, 29, both of the Cherry Point
Marine Air station.
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Power line crews and military police were at the site of the crash minutes after it occurred. Crew
men on the pole at right repair lines to restore power. This is a view on the Salter Path road, looking
toward Atlantic Beach.
North Carolina Elks Will
Meet in Carteret This Week
Lee A. Donaldson, Etna, Pa.,
grand exalted ruler of the Benevo
lent and Protective Order of Elks,
will be the principal speaker at the
North Carolina State Elks associa
tion’s mid year meeting at the
Biltmorc hotel, Morehead City,
Thursday through Sunday. Mr. Don
aldson will be accompanied by his
wife and son and his association
staff.
Mr. Donaldson served eight years
as grand secretary prior to his
election as head of the 1,300,000
member order. He has keyed his
administration to the slogan, “Go
forth to serve American.”
The Elks of Morehead City and
Beaufort lodge No. 1710 is a coun
ty-wide organization.
Odell Merrill, Beaufort, exalted
“ ruler, reveals a few facts on nation
wide Elks’ activities: about 4,500.
scholarships have been awarded
and $2,700,000 has been paid out to
finance charitable work. The pre
sent fund now is over $7,500,000.
The local lodge provides for the
needy at Christmas time, helps
finance school lunches, Little Lea
gue, and sponsors community-wide
observance of Flag Day each June
along with other service projects.
** The convention program is jam
med with everything from, boating,
and historical tours to a clambake,
announces Roy Eubanks, chairman
of the publicity committee.
All members of the Morehead
Beaufort Elks lodge should regis
ter at the Elks club before Thurs
day, to attend convention meet
ings. Registration $1 per couple
and entitles the mfmber and his
wife or lady guest to the following
events:
Social hour and buffet dinner at
the Elks club Thursday; luncheon,
boat trip, social hour, banquet and
dance at the Biltmore hotel Fri
day; clambake and dance at the
club Saturday.
Beaufort town board will meet
next Monday night, at 7:30, at the
town hall.
The waters near the crash were
searched by both Coast Guard
boats and Marine helicopters prior
to word being received that both
men aboard were found safe.
They were picked up by heli
copter near Arapahoe and because
of slight injuries were hospitalized
at Cherry Point overnight.
The crash site was immediately
placed under guard by Marine
Corps personnel, and crash survey
teams went into action.
Witnesses on the pier at the time
of the crash said they heard a
Lee A. Donaldson
. . . grand exalted ruler
Driver Hits Rear
Of Stalled Auto
An accident was reported over
the past weekend by the Morehead
City police. A stalled car was
struck by another auto.
Mrs. Frances Daughety Hallock,
route 1 Morehead City, had left
her 1955 Ford in the 1200 block of
Bridges st. and had gone for help
when a 1958 Ford, driven by Davie
Gray Brinson, collided with the
stalled car.
Both cars were headed west on
Bridges. The accident occurred at
about 2:20 p.m. Thursday. Damage
to the front end of the Brinson car
was about $200 and to the rear of
the other about $150.
Brinson was charged with failure
to keep a proper lookout by in
vestigating officer Ed Gaskill.
Shriners to Meet
The Carteret County Shrine club
will meet tonight at 6:30 at Fle
ming’s restaurant, Atlantic Beach,
for ladies’ night. Dan Sadler, sec
retary-treasurer; reminds mem
bers to wear their fez.
“sonic boom,” (hen the noise of a
low flying jet. Immediately after
wards, the explosion occurred, first
a huge ball of orange flame and
then dense black smoke.
Had the plane not snagged a
power line, it would have gone into
the ocean, believes Barry West,
manager of Iron Steamer pier.
When the plane exploded, fisher
men thought a bomb had dropped.
Referring to the Cuban crisis, a
reporter at the scene said, “Yes,
1 heard the fishermen were so
scared they all starting speaking
Spanish.”
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Watchman Dies
At Fisheries
J. Rudolph Jenkins, night watch
man at Wallace Fisheries, More
head City, suffered a heart attack
and died while making his rounds
Thursday night. Mrs. Jenkins and
the caretaker at the plant dicover -
ed the body Friday morning.
Jenkins, 48, who had a history
of heart trouble, was found near
a clock he was scheduled to punch
at 7 p.m. The clock was not punch
ed.
The funeral service was conduct
ed Saturday at 2:30 p.m. in the
Bell-Munden funeral chapel by the
Rev. G. A. Grooms, assisted by the
Rev. J. B. Starnes, pastor of Faith
Free Will Baptist church. Burial
was in Bayview cemetery.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Ophelia Jenkins, Morehead City;
one stepson, Jimmy Blackburn,
Morehead City; two sisters, Mrs.
Leb Buck and Mrs. Charlton Gar
ner, Morehead City; two half bro
thers, Brownio, Texas, and Billy
Jenkins, Florida, and one grand
child.
Tide Table
Tides at the Beaufort Bar
HIGH LOW
Tuesday, Nov. 6
2:35 a.m. 9:07 a,m.
2:54 p.m. 9:50 p.m.
Wednesday, Nov. 7
3:42 a.m. 10:13 a.m.
4:04 p.m. 10:43 p.m.
Thursday, Nov. 8
4:45 a.m. 11:11 a.m.
5:08 p.m. 11:34 p.m.
Friday, Nov. 9
5:42 a.m. 12:05 a.m.
6:04 p.m. .
Each Voter to Get Three Ballots
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When He Arrives at Polls Today
Bridge Hassle Flares Again;
Town Signs State Agreement
Rites Conducted
For Fisherman
At Sea Level
The funeral services for Andrew
Warden Fulcher, Sea Level, who
drowned in Core sound Wednesday
was conducted Sunday at 2 p in.
at the Sea Level Missionary Bap
tist church. Mr. Fulcher’s body
was located Thursday by a Coast
Guard patrol boat. He had hot beer)
seen since he left home alone Wed
nesday to set fish nets near the
Coast Guard lifeboat station at
Atlantic.
When he failed to return home
Wednesday evening, a search was
begun. Coroner W. D. Munden rul
ed the death an accidental drown
ing. Fulcher, 41, was a veteran of
World War II. He is believed to
have fallen from his boat, which
was later located.
The Rev. Ernest Welchel officiat
ed at the funeral. Interment was
in the Styron cemetery.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Rebecca Taylor Fulcher; three
daughters, Barbara, Rhonda and
Betty; one son, Jeffrey Dale Ful
cher, all of the home; his parents,
Mr. and Mrs, Andrew Fulcher,
Sea Level; four sisters. Mrs. Wal
ter Hill, Charlotte, Mrs. Curtis
Hamilton, Harkers Island, Mrs.
Raymond Kruto, East Windsor,
N. Y., Mrs. Gary Whipple, Mat
thews; two brothers, Garland C.,
USCG,' Bedford, Mass., and John
W. Fulcher, USCG, Elizabeth City.
250 Attend
Jaycee Forum
Two hundred fifty persons at
tended the Jaycee political forum
Thursday night at the Morehead
City school. Purpose of the forum
was to help people become better
informed voters. Presiding were
Billy Oglesby, chairman, with Joe
Beam, Jaycee president, assisting.
Candidates who appeared were
Headen Willis, Gordon Hardesty,
Gerald Murdoch, Jim Hux, C. Z.
Chappell, Dom Femia, Kennith
Wagner, Moses Howard, Rudolph
Mason and W. R. Hamilton, run
ning for county commissioner;
H. L. Joslyn and Thomas Bennett,
running for the state legislature.
E. D. Willis and Robert (Bobby)
Bell, running for sheriff; Shelby
Freeman, running for clerk of
court; and Ruth T. Richardson,
running for register of deeds.
Car Tears Up Front Yard
Of Homes on Highway
A hedge and brick column in
front of two homes west of New
port were plowed up at 11:45 p.m.
Thursday by a car that ran off the
highway.
According to state trooper J. W.
Sykes, who investigated, the shrub
bery and masonry was in front of
the homes of D. B. Sanderson and
Leavy Jones. Driving the car, a
1957 Chevrolet ,convertible, was
James W. Paul, Cherry Point.
Paul was not injured. Damage
to the car was estimated at $500.
Paul was charged with driving
drunk.
Mrs. George Broda Receives
HD Woman of Year Award
Mrs, George Broda, a member
of the Russells Creek club, was
named Home Demonstration Wo
man of the Year at the annual
Achievement Day program Thurs
day night at the Eure building,
Beaufort.
Mrs. Broda, family life leader
of the Russells Creek group, was
selected as woman of the year by
a committee of former Home De
monstration club women of the
year. She received a club pin and
gifts donated by merchants.
Mrs. Broda is a member of the
Methodist church, where she teach
es Sunday school, sings in the
choir, is a member of the com
mission on education, the college
committee and the vocations com
mittee.
• State highway department right--*
of-way men gained the cooperation
of Morehead City in clearing the
way for building the new bridge
only after a footnote was added
Thursday to an agreement.
The right-of-way officials met
with the town officials in the muni
cipal building Thursday afternoon.
The footnote said that signing of a
contract presented by the highway
representatives was “not to be
constructed on the part of the peo
ple of Morehead City” as approval
of bridge location or bridge design.
The agreement states that the
town will see that utility poles,
gas mains, sewage lines and simi
lar potential obstructions to bridge
approaches will be moved.
E, M. Patterson Jr., division
right-of-way agent with the high
way department, said that More
head City will not be required to
bear any cost of right-of-way acq
uisition.
Mayor George Dill said that mov
ing of poles or other obstacles
would be handled by utility com
panies at the town's request. The
only other thing to be handled was
a sewer line, believed to be a storm
sewer, which would probably have
to be extended.
The hassle started when George
McNeill, town attorney, in answer
to a que.stion by commissioner
Dom Femia, said. “When you sign
this, you are, in effect, putting
your approval on the bridge pro
ject.”
Dr. Itusssell Outlaw, a commis
sioner. said the agreement should
not be signed, lie spoke at length
against the location and the bridge
design.
Mayor^Dill said that the state
did not ..eed the town's approval
of the proposed agreement. It
could go ahead and build the bridge
anyway. “They didn't have our
approval on the Atlantic Beach
bridge,” he said, “and they ad
mitted that bridge was a mistake
before they had finished it.”
“Well, they're making another
mistake,” commissioner Outlaw
said.
Commissioner S. C. Holloway
spoke on the necessity of the bridge
being placed farther north than is
(See BRIDGE Pg. 6)
Service Will
Honor Veterans
Tribute will be paid to service
men Sunday in a Veterans’ Day ob
servance at the postoffice dock,
Beaufort, from 2 to 3 p.m. The
service is being sponsored by the
ladies’ auxiliary of the Jones-Aus
tin post. Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Mrs. Frank Nance, president of
the auxiliary, invites everyone.
Because the community’s life is
closely allied with the sea, a white
wreath will be cast upon the water
in memory of deceased veterans
and a red wreath in tribute to dis
abled veterans.
The service will be conducted by
the Rev. B. T. Mobley, pastor of
the First Baptist church, Beaufort.
Members of the VFW post will
serve as the color guard and firing
squad. David McNiel, son of Mr.
and Mrs. M. E. McNiel, Morehead
City, will be the bugler.
The white wreath will be placed
on the water by Cecil PetersOn,
Beaufort, fourth district command
er, VFW, and the red wreath by
William McKay Jr., Morehead
City, post commander.
She serves as secretary or presi
dent of her club during the absence
of those officers, gave two demon
strations during the home agent’s
illness, attended all but one coun
ty council meeting, attended the
district meeting in New Bern and
the district planning meeting in
Washington.
Mrs. Broda has three children
and is an active member of the
PTA. Her neighbors verify the
fact that she is never to busy to
help them in time of need. She is
vice-president of the county Home
Demonstration council; county fam
ily life leader and district secre
tary.
Merchants donating gifts to Mrs.
Broda were Ideal Dry cleaners,
Bell’s drug store, Guthric.-Jones
m
Attorney, Judge
Pay Tribute
To Solicitor
Following the charge to the grand
jury yesterday morning by judge
Rudolph I. Mintz, Luther Hamil
ton, stale senator and attorney
from Morehead City, paid tribute
to Robert Rouse Jr., solicitor.
Mr. Rouse is serving his last
court term in the county this
week. After eight years as pro
secutor for the stale, he decided
not to seek re-election and is re^
turning to private law practice
in Farmville.
Mr. Hamilton thanked Mr. Rouse
for his ‘ conscientious, considerate
and judicious prosecution.” Judge
Mintz added that Mr. Roiise is ‘ one
of our very best solicitors.”
Mr. Rouse acknowledged the
Compliments and expressed .ap
preciation to the clerk of court and
law enforcement officers for their
cooperation with him. He added,
“I am grateful to the people of
the county for the confidence they
have imposed in my office.
Judge Mintz instructed the grand
jury in its duties. He said the jury
is not required to examine county
offices or school houses, but should
i-.-pcct the jail, county home (the
•(ir:ily has none) or any place
where people are housed under
state care.
An ardent supporter of the court
reform amendment, on which peo
ple will vote today, judge Mintz re
quested a thorough check on justice
of the peace operations in the coun
ty. (The court reform law would
put jaypees under closer super
vision.)
Members of the grand jury are
Cecil Sewell, foreman, Irvin G.
Moore, Fannie D. Gillikin, Richard
A. Lewis, Clifford R. Tilghman,
Mary Pasineau, Orville A. Willis.
Roy Hilton Willis, Larry W.
Moore, Wilbur L. Merrell, Leoii
T. Weatherington, Oscar Pittman,
Thomas J. Price, Ben L. Jones,
Carl Hewitt Bell, Wallace Garner
Jr., Azor Rhea Jr. and Woodrow
Fodrie.
Sworn in as the first petit jury
for this term were Stacy Chad
wick Jr., Earl F. Rogers, E. B.
Thompson, Eugene C. Quinn, Wal
lace B. Hill.
Joseph B. Brooks, Joe Henry
Davis, E. T. Piner Jr., Alex D.
Lewis, Robert V. Russell, Robert
L. Davis and Durwood N. Bcach
em.
Bazaar, Turkey
Dinner Announced
A bazaar and turkey dinner will
be sponsored at the N. F. Eure
building, Beaufort, next Wednes
day, Nov. 14.
The bazaar will begin at 1 p.m.
and a turkey dinner will be served
from 5:30 to 7 p.m.
At the bazaar baked goods,
Christmas decorations, handmade
items and a country store will be
featured. Shoppers are invited to
come early and stay late, says
Mrs. Charles Cheek, chairman.
The bazaar is sponsored annually
by the Wesleyan Service guild and
the Women's Society of Christian
Service, Ann Street Methodist
church.
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drug store, Rumley’s, Hamilton
Furniture, Colonial, Beaufort Hard
ware, Beauty Bar, Red and White,
Beaufort fjorist, Eastern Rulane,
E. W. Downum Rose’s, Beaufort
Western Auto, Bob and*Sue.
Herring’s, Huntley’s, Dutchess
beauty shop, Adams Furniture Co.,
Lipman’s, Vogue, Raleigh Furni
ture Co., City Appliance Co., Bell
zora’s, Spinning Wheel, Belk’s,
REA, Morehead City Floral Co.,
Carolina Power and Light.
Early Jewelers, Sound Appliance,
Sherwin-Williams, Sanitary Fish
market, Styron’s, Ladies Shop,
Morehead City drug store and
Morehead City Western Auto.
Other - women selected by their
(Sec PROGRAM Pg. 6)
Each voter will receive at least three ballots at the
polls today: a state ballot (the biggest one, 18 inches
long), a county ballot and a constitutional amendment
ballot.
In several precincts voters will also receive ballots
l'or constable and justice of the peace, and in Wildwood
precinct voters will decide whether
they want fire protection service.
The polls will open at 6:30 today
and close at tJ;30 p in. After the
polls close, persons in charge will
count the ballots and phone as soon
as possible the vote to the board
of elections office m Beaufort,
PA8-377L
1'. K Swann. Beaufort registrar,
who has lyeen through many elec
tions, yesterday predicted (hat be
tween 5,500 and 6.000 may go to
the polls today if it's a sunny day.
Officers to be .voted for on the
state ballot are congressman (third
district), US senator, commissioner
of insurance and superior court
justices; on the county ballot, state
senator, district solicitor, general
assemblyman, county commis
sioners (five arc to be elected).
judge of recorder's court, solicitor
of recorder's court, sheriff, clerk
of superior court, register of deeds,
corner and county surveyor.
On the county ballot is a father
son team. Luther Hamilton Sr.,
Morehead City, is running for re
election to the state senate and
Luther Hamilton Jr., Morehead
-City, is running for district solici
tor, both on the-Democratic ticket.
Also running for senator is Thom
as J. White, Kinston. Two senators
are to be elected. Hamilton and
White have no opposition. Neither
does Luther Hamilton Jr., who
was appointed to run in the solici
tor's slot when the former candi
date, Cecil May, steppeddown af
ter a conviction of income lax
evasion last spring.
Opposing II. I,. Joslyn, Demo
crat, for assemblyman is Thomas
Bennett, Republican, both resi
dents of Morehead City. Joslyn was
[appointed as candidate when the
former candidate, D. G. Bell, died
in October.
Voters should cast ballots for
five county commissioners, be
cause five are to be elected. Ten
are running. On the Democratic
ticket are C. Z. Chappell, Dom
Femia, W. R. Hamilton (no kin to
the Luther Ilamiltons), Moses
Howard and Rudolph Mason. Ho
ward and Chappell are seeking re
election.
Opposing the Democrats arc
Gordon Hardesty. James F. llux,
Gerald T. Murdoch, Kenneth C.
Wagner and lleadcn G. Willis, Re
publicans.
The Republican opponent of
sheriff Robert (Bobby) Bell is El
mer D. Willis; running against
A. H. James, clerk of superior
court, is Shelby Freeman; against
Odell Merrill, register of deeds,
Ruth T. Richardson; against W. D.
Mundcm corner, Dr. M. T. Lewis.
Philip K. Ball, running for coun
ty surveyor; Lambert Morris and
Wiley Taylor Jr., running for re
corder’s court positions on the
Democratic ticket, are unopposed.
Voters will ballot for or against
six constitutional amendments.
In Beaufort township, Ronald
Earl Smith is running unopposed
on the Democratic ticket for con
stable; in Morehead township, the
following are unopposed: for jus
tice of the peace, C. M. Krouse,
Douglas J. Odom and C. Elmer
Smith; for constable, Buck New
some. All are Democrats.
Democrat Joseph S. Morton is
unopposed in Harlowe township for
the job of constable.
In Wildwood precinct, voters will
indicate on a ballot whether they
are for or against a “tax for fire
protection in West Wildwood Fire
Protection district.”
People Should
Stay Put It
Fallout Comes
# CD Official Says
Running Won't Help
• CD, Town Authorities
Meet Thursday
Col. David Spivey, Civil Defense
official for this area, told officials
at a Civil Defense meeting' Thurs
day night that in case of radio
active fallout, people would be saf
er in their own homes than trying
to "get away.”
Colonel Spivey met at the More
head City municipal building with
county Civil Defense personnel,
mayors George Dill, Morehcad
City; W. 11. Potter. Beaufort, and
A. B. Cooper, Atlantic Beach.
The evacuation concept of sever
I al years ago is out, colonel Spivey
said. “Three's no place to run to.
People would do better,” he added,
“to go to their homes and get un
der the house, if nothing else.”
Between the time a nuclear bomb
exploded and the settling of the
fallout, people would have an op
portunity to get to their homes,
and get the family together. That
time may be about 30 minutes and
probably more.
If persons are in the actual blast
area, they won t have to worry
about fallout, it will he all over
for them anyhow, mayor Dill ob
served.
The greatest protection against
radiation created by an atomic
bomb, aside from lead shields, is
afforded by stacked materials—
wood, earth, steel, concrete. An
improvised fallout shelter can be
made under a sturdy table by
stacking heavy materials on top
of and around it, colonel Spivey
said.
Going under a house and pulling
piles of dirt around you is better
than doing nothing, he remarked.
He advised the mayors and Civil
Defense personnel that the most
important thing to be done im
mediately in case of atomic attack
is to show the people that the city
or the county is in control of the
situation.
Police, auxiliary police, firemen
and all others should know what
to tell frightened people—go home
and prepare the best shelter you
can in the next half hour, if you
haven’t already made some sort of
shelter arrangement.
People attmepting to run away
would merely create problems,
traffic snarls, run out of gas and
if they arrived at a place where
they thought they might be safe
and that place was hit by fallout,
there would be no place for them to
stay, colonel Spivey said.
When it is time to take cover,
law enforcement officers and other
officials could, then join their fami
lies: Those officers should already
have a planned program for pro
tection, he added.
He insisted that government must
be maintained to prevent panic,
(See CIVIL DEFENSE Pg. 5)
Mrs. George Broda, left, winner of the Home Demonstration cinh
honor, woman of the year, accepts a silver trophy from Mrs. ft. L.
Searle, last year’s woman of the year. (Photo by Floy Gamer).