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CARTERET COUNTY
NEWS-TIMES
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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
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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.