SEE MARLIN BOWL PARADE, GAME SATURDAY CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES 10? MOREHEAD CITY and BEAUFORT, N. C. Friday, November 23, 1962 SI at Year — No. 94 Two Section# — Twelve Pages Published Tuesdays and Fridays Bell Declared Sheriff; Appeal Made | Coast Guard Places Idle Hour Out [ Of Bounds After Youth Hurt There Guardsman Hospitalized After Monday Night Fight ! Lions Collect Funds to Aid L Blind Folks Mailed this week were Morehead City Lions’ “Be Thankful You Can See” seals. Persons receiving them arc ask ed to return a contribution to the Lions club for use in its blind fund. Those who did not receive seals and who wish to contribute should mail their contributions to Lions Club, 'Box 13, Morehead City. Portions of a letter from A. N. Willis, blind seal chairman, follow I (the letter was enclosed with the seals): “If your world was one of per petual darkness you would thank God every day for the people who work in sight conservation. In this community the Morehead City Lions Club, in behalf of helpful friends and with the help of their generous contributions, bring com fort and cheer to so many of our , blind. Each year at this time the ' Lions mail their blind seals and ^ “Be Thankful You Can See” be comes the watchword of our com munity . . . * “Be thankful you can see, help » to maintain the .various services given and furnished by the Lions, which last year cost approximately $1,000,000. “Be thankful you can see, then help to make SURE that no needy child in our local and county « schools, public or parochial, need fall behind in his or her work be cause of faulty vision. You, through | the Lions, buy the needed glasses j- or arrange for the necessary at tention. “Thank you for your generous assistance, it means so much, to light the darkened pathway, to lend a helping hand, to join togeth er to serve these people so de serving.” Town Receives Street Funds Income to the town of Beaufort in October totaled $18,290.20 and included $11,108.83 in Powell bill street funds. There was no park ing meter income during the month because old meters had been taken out and new meters did not start operation until Saturday. 1 Town income to date this year (since June 30, 1962) is $66,790.07 Vi as compared with $36,950.01 for the same period last year. Ac cording to the budget, revenue yet to be realized is $82,908.93. October expenditures amounted to $6,835.06. Expenditures during the first four months of this fiscal year amount to $37,817.20. Due to be deposited in the debt service 'fund at the end of the month was *$38,000. At the November town board meeting, the board authoriz ed placement of an additional $5, 000 in the fund. The bank balance at the end of October was $16,303.60. The finan cial report is prepared monthly by Ronald Earl Mason, town clerk, and presented to the town com missioners. Cars Collide Tuesday, Beaufort i Beaufort police reported an au tomobile accident Tuesday. Two cars collided as the result of one of the cars attempting to avoid hit ting a third car. No charges were filed, according to investigating \gficer Otis Willis. The accident happened at Front and Pollock streets, at about 12:20 p m. Gabriel Merlin Taylor, Port Arthur, Tex., was going east in a 1955 Ford when he swerved to the left to avoid a. ear backing out of a diagonal parking place near the post office. Taylor’s car collided with a 1955 Chevrolet driven by Neal . Andrew Cagle, Beaufort,, who was going west on Front street. Damage to the Taylor auto was about $175 and to the Cagle car about $200. Idle Hour Amusement Center, Atlantic Beach, has been placed out of bounds for all US Coast Guard per sonnel as the result of an alleged brutal beating of a Fort Macon Coast Guardsman Monday night by Richard Pow ers, Morehead City, the Idle Hour’s special officer. The commanding officer of Cherry Point Marine base is also expected 10 piacc iuie-( Hour Amusement Center out of bounds for all Marine personnel on completion of investigation of the case by detective-operatives of the Marine G-2 division. Idle Hour Amusement center and certain other establishments on Atlantic Beach have frequently been under severe scrutiny of com manding officers of both Camp Le jeune and Cherry Point. According to Atlantic Beach po lice, George Godley, 22, a Fort Macon boatswain’s mate striker, was arrested for public drunken ness at the Idle Hour by special officer Powers, deputized by may or A. B. Cooper but paid by Idle Hour. Atlantic Beach police claim that Godley struck Powers in the jaw and that a fight ensued which brought upon Godley the additional charges of resisting arrest, prop erty damage and assaulting a po lice officer. The fight allegedly oc curred between 10 and 11 p.m. Monday. The remainder of the report on Godley from the Atlaritic Beach police was that the 22-year-old i youth-would be tried on the charges against him in Atlantic Beach may or’s court December 4. Godley was admitted to Morehead City hospital where he was treated for facial injuries. Investigation of the case by the Coast Guard and G-2 operatives produced a report of the case at variance in many respects frorq the report of the Atlantic Beach police. Godley, after circuiting t h e Atlantic Beach triangle in his car, stopped in front of Idle Hour. 11c entered to buy a pack of cigarettes. With him in his car was Coast Guard seaman E. E. Wiggers Jr. Powers, not in uniform, accosted Godley and told him he had gone round the triangle too fast. Powers, according to the Coast Guard re port, took Godley into the Idle llour office, long known fearsomely by enlisted military personnel as the “Star Chamber.” There Powers is alleged to have struck Godley. According to God ley’s report to the Coast Guard he was clobbered “with a steam roller.” Godley said he could not remember what really hit him. Atlantic Beach police, the report continues, handcuffed Godley and took him to the Atlantic Beach jail, still handcuffed. His friend, Wiggers, who had re mained in the car, went to Dom El’s, a drive-in eating place on the beach, and enlisted the aid of two other Coast Guardsmen. The three pooled their resources and came up with $25. With that sum, they went to the jail and posted bond for Godley, who was in a semi-conscious con dition. They took Godley to Morehead City hospital where he remained as a patient until Wednesday morn ing. Chief of police Bill Moore, At lantic Beach, said Tuesday night that Powers was suffering from a swollen jaw and hand. Republicans to Meet The County Republican club and the county Republican executive committee will meet at 8 p.m. Saturday in the courthouse, Beau fort. Tide Table Tides at the Beaufort Bar HIGH LOW Friday, Nov. 23 5:38 a.m. 5:52 p.m. 11:53 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 24 6:20 a.m. 6:35 p.m. 12:03 a.m. 12:37 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 25 6:58 a.m. 7:14 p.m. 12:54 a.m. 1:19 p.m. Monday, Nov. 26 7:32 a.m. 7:51 p.m. 1:24 a.m. 2:01 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 27 8:04 a.m. 8:26 p.m. 2:01 a.m. 2:41 p.m. Trooper Checks Three Accidents In Five Hours State trooper W. J. Smith inves tigated three automobile accidents Saturday night within a five-hour period. The trooper was first called to North River, then to the Lake road area near the Craven county line, then down east to Smyrna. The first accident happened at 6 p.m. on highway 70 half a mile east of North river bridge. The trooper said Richard Edward Lawrence, South Norfolk, Va., was backing a 1956 Ford from a private drive onto the highway. Alvin George Gillikin, route 2 Beaufort, was going east on the highway in a 1953 Plymouth. The left front of the Plymouth collided with the right front of the Ford. Damage to the Plymouth was es timated at $250 and to the Ford at $350. Lawrence was charged with illegally backing onto a highway. Glenn Allen Martin, Camp Le jeune, was charged with driving faster than reasonable and prudent after his 1959 Ford was demolished at 8:40 p.m. on the Lake road about a mile south of the Carteret-Craven line. Trooper Smith said Martin was going south and lost control of the car on a curve. It skidded several hundred feet along both sides of the road, finally turning over twice. Two passengers, L. E. Barton and G. A. Mathieu, Camp Lejeune, were in the Ford. Barton suffered possible internal injuries. At 10:45 p.m. an accident in volving a 1961 Comet and a 1957 Ford occurred at Smyrna. The trooper said that Earl Ro maine Gaskill, Stacy, was driving the Comet east on highway 70. Melvin Gordon Willis, Marshall berg, attempted to pass in the Ford, met an oncoming car, and tried to get back into his lane too quickly, colliding with the Comet. Damage was estimated at about $75 to each automobile. Willis was charged with no insurance and no registration. Two-Month ABC Sales Reported Sales at county ABC stores dur ing October amounted to $62,770.85, as compared with $66,534.25 during September, reflecting the usual autumn drop-off. Total sales at each store in Oc tober were as follows: Beaufort $12,924.85, Morehead City $21,257. 25, Newport $8,278.70 and Atlantic Beach $20,^10.05. Paid to each town in which the store is located was $594.74 to Beaufort; $1,068.62 to Morehead City hospital; $200 to Newport; $1,025.04 to Atlantic Beach, and $2,888.40 to the county. September sales: Beaufort $13, 957.60, Morehead City $20,666.60, Newport $8,413.70, and Atlantic Beach $23,496.35. Paid to the towns: $576.94 to Beaufort, $928.14 to Morehead City hospital, $200 to Newport, $1,045.11 to Atlantic Beach, and $2,750.19 to the county. Sales drop at the end of the sum mer season, wHen vacationists go home, pick up again during the holiday season, then diminish until June, according to ABC records. Duplicate Names The L. W. Gillikin, on whom a true bill was returned by the grand jury in the recent term of superior court, is a resident of Morehead City. He is charged with passing a worthless check and is not the L. W. Gillikin of Otway. / George Godley, Coast Guardsman, recovers in Morehead City hospital from face wounds received in a fight. Wins Nomination A Lorenzo Lewis Jr., Smyrna, has received the county nomination for a Morehead scholarship to the University of North Carolina. Lewis, a senior at Smyrna, was one of nine nominees from, coun ty high schools. He was selected by the Morehead scholarship committee consisting of C. R. Wheatly and Jack Barnes, Beau fort, Luther Hamilton Jr. and Albert Gaskill, Morehead City. Lewis will be screened by a district scholarship committee and if he is accepted by that committee, will advance to a central committee for final in terviews. An outstanding student at Smyrna school, he organized and is supervising a physical fit ness program among elementary school pupils at Smyrna. He was a delegate to the Governor’s Youth Fitness conference at Ra leigh in June. - Lewis is the son of Mrs. Eunice Lewis, Otway. Two Carteret students attend ing UNC now on Morehead scho larships are Lewellyn Phillips, Morehead City, and Charles (Pud) Hassell, Beaufort. Town Commended A Navy officer in charge of the ships which made port at More head City the first week in No vember called at the Morehead City municipal building prior to sailing to express his appreciation to the' town for its efforts to en tertain the sailors and for the courtesies extended to the Navy men. ► Forty boats comprise the men haden fleet fishing out of the coun ty this season. The largest number, 12, is being fished by the Fish Meal Co., Beau fort. Four of those boats are also scheduled to service the menhaden plant at Southport which was ac quired this year by Fish Meal in terests. Known as Southport Fisheries, the plant, under previous owner ship, had gone bankrupt. Fishing for R. W. Taylor, More head City, are four boats; for Wal lace Fisheries, Morehead City, seven boats; for Beaufort Fisher ies, seven, and for Standard Prod ucts, Beaufort, seven. The season opened last week with the boats fishing about every other day. This week the boats have been out every day. Reports on catches vary. Standard Products reports catch es above normal for this part of the season. Beaufort Fisheries says catches have been small and Wal lace Fisheries reports “very good” catches. The menhaden boats always work Thanksgiving Day if the weather is good. Tuesday and Wednesday weather was not good for fish spotting planes because of heavily-overcast skies and fog. Menhaden is a commercial fish, which when processed by plants in this area, produces meal used in animal feeds, and oil which has numerous uses both here and abroad. Officers Charge Newport Man With Theft • William Richardson Placed in Jail • $73 Taken Sunday From Gas Station i ; C Apprehended Sunday night was William E. Richardson, Newport, who was charged with theft of money from Gant’s service station, west of Morehead City, and a 1955 Ford. Arrested with Richardson, according to deputy sheriff Carl Bunch, was Robert Potter, Cherry Point. Richardson was put in the coun ty jail and Potter, who Was also charged with theft, was released to military police. In adidtion to theft, Richardson is charged with driving after his license was re voked. In court Tuesday the case against Potter was dismissed. Not prose cuted were charges against Rich ardson of car theft and driving after his license was revoked. Judge Lambert Morris sentenced Richardson to six months in jail, but reduced the sentence to three if Richardson could reimburse the service station the amount stolen. According to deputy Bunch. $75 was taken out of the cash register at the gas station. Rufus Collins, manager, told the officer that he had gassed one car and was filling the tank of a second when a fellow in the first car went into the sta tion. After the first car pulled away, Coilins noticed that his cash regis (Sec THEFT Pg. 3) ► Six Cases Heard In City Court Court cases continued to be small in number in Morehcad City re corder’s court Monday. Only six cases were tried. Fined by the court were Robert L. Weiss, Cherry Point, $10 and costs for no driver’s license and disobeying a stop signal; Melvin Ross Gilliard, Cherry Point, im proper left turn, one-half costs; John Henry King, Camp Lejcune, disobeying stop signal, costs; and Willie Henry Mosley, Morehcad City, public drunkeriess, costs. Robert Wayne Schmidt, charged with assault on his wife, Patricia Schmidt, was freed after Mrs. Schmidt dropped charges. Mrs. Schmidt paid costs for malicious and frivolous prosecution. Hallie B. West, Morehead City, was not prosecuted for public drunkenness after it was learned the defendant was in a hospital. Two cases were taken off the docket indefinitely, those of Robert Earl Jones, Morehead City, break ing and entering without felonious intent, and Nandor Paul Kozma, Swansboro, passing in a no-pass ing zone. Both cases were continu ed until warrants can be served. A total of five other cases were continued until later terms of court. Elmer D. Willis Petition Denied by Board The county hoard of elections Wednesday morning reaffirmed the re-election of sheriff Robert Bell, denying a petition from Elmer Dewey Willis, Republican candi date for sheriff. Thomas Bennett, the lawyer represent ing Willis, gave notice of appeal to the state board of elections. The board met shortly after 11 a.m. in the elections ooai ci omce, courinouse annex, ▼ Beaufort. Charles C. Willis, chairman, an nounced that the board had conven ed to certify a recount of the sheriff's votes. (In a recount, Bell defeated Willis by 11 votes. Prior to the recount, Willis was 40 votes ahead of Bell.) He asked Osborne Davis, mem ber of the board, if Mr. Davis was Note to Readers: In this news story, Charles Willis, chairman of the board of elections is re ferred to as “Mr. Willis" and Elmer Dewey Willis, Republican candidate for sheriff is referred to as “Willis” for the purpose of identification. ready to sign the vote abstracts showing the results of the recount. Mr. Davis requested that other matters be taken up first. Mr. Willis and Neal Campon, board m e m b e r, acknowledged reading of the petition filed by Willis, setting forth reasons why he should be certified as sheriff instead of his opponent. (The pe tition was received by the board of elections in the mail Tuesday. The recount outcome had been an nounced last Friday night.) Mr. Willis then read a prepared statement that certified Bell as sheriff. The statement denied the petition filed by Willis. It further stated that there was no tamper-, ing with the ballots and that all boxes had been properly locked and sealed following the Nov. 6 election. Meanwhile, Harvey Hamilton Jr., attorney who represented Bell at a recount hearing Nov. 13, arrived with Luther Hamilton Jr., More head City attorney. II. Hamilton read the Willis pe tition and objected fo the state ment it contained alleging that he “had general charge of the recount procedure.” He asked Mr. Bennett to make a statement relative to the recount, inferring that Mr. Ben nett had said, following the re count, that it was a fair process. Mr. Bennett, who was present at the recount in the interest of Wil lis, replied that he would be willing to make a statement in writing. Mr. Willis and Mr. Canipen then signed the board of elections’ state ment denying Willis’s petition and certifying Beil as sheriff. Mr. Da vis dissented and so indicated when he placed his signature on it. Mr. Bennett requested that the minutes show that the denial “con stitutes a finding of fact.” He then gave notice of appeal. Mr. Willis stated that the state board of elec tions would meet in Raleigh Tues day to hear complaints arising out of the .election. Mr. Willis asked if Mr. Davis was ready to sign the vote abstracts and thus complete the canvassing. At that point, Mr. Bennett said he would like to add to his appeal notice that the elections board had signed its order and the appeal was made prior to the canvass of the vote. At that, the restrained decorum of the meeting fell apart. H. Ham ilton jumped up and said, “Oh, no you don’t.” Argument then ensued between the two, Mr. Bennett staling that Willis would lose cer tain rights of appeal if what he requested could not be noted. Over the hub-hub, Mr. Davis said, “I’ll canvass the vote, but (See BOARD Pg. 3) To Market... to Market Photo by R. M. William* deep in turkeys on his farm on the Roberts road, Newport. Omer Potter, and' Mr. Hill grew 10,000 turkeys each this year and are now sending them to Town Board Meets to Talk About Hospital Morchcad City town commission ers met Monday afternoon at the municipal building to discuss pos sibility of forming a non-profit cor poration to operate the Morchcad City hospital. Meeting with the board, at the invitation of the commissioners, was S A. Chalk Jr., who in the past has expressed interest on hos pital matters. Mr. Chalk notes that recent fi nancial reports show that the town of Morchcad City has “an asset instead of a liability” in hospital ownership and opei ation. He com mented that the hospital is worth $300,000 as “a going concern.” Ray Hall, town administrator, said the advantages of forming a non-profit corporation to operate the hospital are the following: 1. Hospital would be set up as a separate entity, apart from muni cipal administration (except that M or e h e a d City commissioners would have the authority to appoint trustees, should the corporation’s charter be so drawn). 2. As a non-profit corporation it would be in a position to borrow funds on its own. 3. It would be easier to meet requirements and qualifications for getting grants for construction or remodeling. PTA Council Backs Bonds The County PTA council voted 100 per cent support of a bond i« sue to build two new high schools in the county when and if the coun ty proposes such action. The coun cil met Thursday night at Beaufort school. Leslie Bercegeay, delegate from Newport and council presi dent, presided. It was announced that the coun cil is sponsoring an essay contest among high school students. The essays will be presented in the form of a five to eight-minute ora tion in February. The council urg es parents to hear the orations. The cost of school books was dis cussed. The council hopes to be able to aid principals in helping students obtain the best textbooks and workbooks possible. The prin cipals explained that since the fees have not advanced in proportion to the cost, it is hard always to provide good books. Ralph W. Leister, delegate from Beaufort school, was elected vice president by acclamation. The next council meeting will be Thursday, Dec. 13,.at 7:30 in Beaufort. Attending were Albert Gainey, Dr. John D. Costlow, Aaron T. Bow en and Mr. Leister, Beaufort school; R. W. Davis, George D. Phillips, Clyde V. Burr and Regi nald McNamara, Camp Glenn. Mrs. Emma W. Wade, Earl Wade, U. L. Piner and Joseph Guthrie, Harkers Island; Grover Munden, Mrs." W. B. Chalk, Wil liam L. Yeager, Morehead City; Ed Comer, Mrs. Margaret Bell, Mrs. Margaret Holcomb and Mr. Bercegay, Newport. Cars Collide Thursday At Corner; Driver Cited Two cars collided at the inter section of the Merrimon road and highway 70 at 12:40 p.m. Thurs day. Frank B. Nunn, Durham, was charged with driving on the wrong side of the road after he collided with a car driven by Merton M. Page, Havelock. Page was headed west. State trooper W. J. Smith said Nunn was headed east and collided with Page's 1955 Plymouth as Nunn made a right angle turn where the roads come together. Nunn was driving a 1959 Chev rolet owned by Henry Tapp, Chapel Hill. Remains in Jail A. K. Gilmour, booked for theft at George’s TV and Lindsey Guth rie grocery in Morehead City Nov. 9, remained in the county jail this week under $2,500 bond.

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