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52nd Year
No. 1
MOREHEAD CITY and BEAUFORT, N. C.
Tuesday, January 1, 1963
Eight Pages
Published Tuesdays and Fridays
1962—It Was a Big Year
By F. C. SALISBURY
January
Week of January I:
As of midnight Sunday, two new
areas were annexed to the town of
Beaufort by ordinance. David Yeo
mans resigns from County Board
to accept postmastership at Hark
ers Island. Otway Christian church
dedicates new building. Work starts
on new AlcP Food store in Beau
fort on Cedar street.
Marriages: Miss Dorothy J.
Chadwick, Gloucester, to James W.
Berry Jr. Miss Alma M. Salter,
Sea Level, to Maurice R. Willis.
Miss Martha K. Thompson, Dur
ham, to Robert L. Williams III,
Swansboro. Miss Carolyn J. Gar
rish, Ocracoke, to Joseph B. Gar
rish. Miss Sally A. Morris, More
head City, to Larry G. Kirk.
Deaths: Mrs. Emma H. Wiggs,
75, Newport. Louis F. Rice 69,
Beaufort. Ivey L. Woodcoc'., 75,
Morehead City.’ Mrs. Mary R. Sal
ter, 83, Sea Level.
Week of January 7:
Fire damaged the Yacht Basin
Outboard marina, Morehead City,
to the extent of $10,000, the J. S.
Pigott general store at Gloucester
was a total loss and a house own
ed by Mrs. Purvis Bryant at Mill
Creek was damaged. Hull B. Smith,
90, Smyrna, drowned in roadside
creek.
Lt. Cdr. John F. Mundy assumes
duties of executive officer aboard
Coast Guard cutter Chilula. New
Elks home in Morehead City dedi
cated. Jefferson hotel in Morehead
City changes hands. The Chapel of
the Big Fisherman at Spooner’s
Creek Harbor dedicated, with the
Rev. Charles Kirby officiating.
Marriages: Miss Martha M. Wil
lis, Marshallberg, to Charles H.
Mullen, Miss Jean H. Dixon, Beau
fort to Eric Peterson. Miss Mar
garet P. Hill, Beaufort, to Luther
F. Abbott.
Deaths: Seymour G. Davis, 69,
Williston. William M. Marshburn,
51, Marshallberg. Durant A. Tay
lor, 78, Newport. Lindsay M. Law
rence, 66, Otway. Mrs. Annie L.
Mann, 69, Newport, Lloyd J. Gar
ner, 70, Newport.
Week of January 14:
Winter hits county with a drop
in temperature of 15 degrees above
zero and offlT'tnch of snow. Ice
on wires and limbs cause much
damage. H. L. Joslyn home in
Morehead City damaged by fire
from short circuit. A. F. Chestnut,
Morehead City, appointed member
of county board of education re
placing George R. Wallace.
Mrs. Henry L. Hill, Otway, se
verely burned by fire starting in
washing machine. Fire destroyed
the home of James Ellison on the
Laurel road Sunday afternoon. Sen.
Luther Hamilton throws hat in the
ring for another term as state
senator- Mrs. E. L. Davis elected
president of the Beaufort Woman’s
club. F. R. Bell, druggist of Beau
fort, sells business to Herbert
Whitehurst after fifty years as a
pharmacist.
Marriages: Mrs. Wynona B. Po
pok, Morehead City, to Kemp E.
Lockhart. Miss Gloria S. Diggs to
Fred D. Cummings, Beaufort.
Deaths: Thomas B. Scott, 72,
Morehead City. Marvin C. Fulford,
84, Beaufort. Edward S. Lewis, 86,
Beaufort. Hull B. Smith, 89, Smyr
na. R. W. Safrit', 85, Beaufort.
Week of January 21:
The highest award a Scout divi
sion can receive was won by Car
teret division at a meeting in Wil
liamston. Direct distance dialing
system to be installed in the coun
ty the coming year. Dr. S. W. Hat
cher, Morehead City, awarded the
order of the Silvef Beaver, the
highest honor the- East Carolina
council can bestow.
•Luther Hamilton Jr. acts as as
sistant judge of county recorder’s
court during the absence of judge
Lambert Morris by illness. The
Greater Morehead Chamber of
Commerce prepares exhibits for
Sportsman’s Show at Charlotte.
Marriages: Miss Margaret C.
Murphy, Morehead City, to Robert
E. Parker. Miss Barbara A. Jones,
Morehead City, to William H. Grif
fin Jr.
Week of January zs:
The home of Leslie Feagle, Beau
fort, destroyed by fire. The Rev.
Eugene Hales to become pastor of
the Stacy Free Will Baptist church
March 1. The Percy T. Davis crab
plant, Marshallberg, destroyed by
fire with extensive loss.
The Rev. Charles L. Kirby, pas
tor, of the First Presbyterian church
of Morehead City, honored with the
distinguished service award by the
Jaycees. Mrs. Julia Tenney, man
ager of the Employment Security
commission office, awarded a 20
year certificate and 20-year ser
vice pin. A 30-pound bobcat was
caught in a coon trap by S. J. Con
ner and son, Clyde, at Merrimon.
Mrs. Lib Thompson, Morehead City,
winner of 1961 woman’s golf dub
championship.
Deaths: Grover C. Lewis, 73,
Broad Creek. Marion S. Webb, 72,
Morehead City. •
February
Week of February 4:
Friendly hospital suit started and
Surrender oi, Fort Macon to Union forces in 1862 was commemo
rated in April with a narrated dramatization at the fort. The pro
gram was written and produced by F. C. Salisbury, Morehead City,
president of the County Historical society.
board rejects Camp Glenn site.
Beaufort Historical association to
make use of old jail for museum.
Dr. L. J. Norris named to More
head City school board. Mrs. Floy
Garner, home economics agent,
severely hurt in auto accident.
Army engineers plan for restora
tion of Fort Macon shoreline. N. F.
Eure building of the Ann Street
Methodist church, Beaufort, dedi
cated on Sunday.
Deaths: George J, Brooks, 74,
Beaufort. George A. Banks, 45,
Swansboro. Miss Rowena D. Da
vis, 71, Morehead City. Cleophus
Guthrie, 45, Harkers Island. Mrs.
Eva F. Allen, 91, formerly of More
head City.
Week of February II:
A 50-foot whale stranded on shoal
at Cape Lookout. Twenty-two ships
call at state port during January.
Davijl Freshwater napied lipu
tenant in National Guard1. "Edgar
Hibbs, Newport, first to enter race
for office of sheriff. Curtis H. Hor
ton family, Morehead City, hold re
union of nine children and 33 grand
children.
Deaths: Don C. Martin, 72, Beau
fort. James F. Hill, 76, Otway.
Hilda P. Gaskill, 50, Stacy. A. P.
McKnight, 59, Morehead City.
Week of February 18:
NEWS-TIMES issues special edi
tion covering fifty years’ history
of Carteret county. Indian boy,
Thermen Hunt, loses leg in trac
tor upset. D. Cordova heads More
head City Rotary. R. M. Williams
receives award from Emeritus
Club. Illegal duck hunters run
down and injure Malvern Cecil,
federal game warden.
Morehead City Eagles down
Beaufort Seadogs 61-60.,M. N. Lisk,
former mayor of Swansboro dies.
Fire gutted the home of Steve
Zucha at Lennoxville.
Deaths: George W. Mason, 63,
Oriental. Mrs. Ida W. Eaton, 96,
Morehead City. Ashton Willis, 71,
Morehead City. William P. Noe,
58, Beaufort. Mrs. Nannie B. Grif
fin, 56, Morehead City. Mrs. An
nie M. Butner, 66, Havelock. Mrs.
Emme E. Guthrie, 79, Marshall
berg.
Week of February 25:
Construction work starts on the
new wing of the Sea Level inn at a
cost of $30,000. A bottle released
during the Morehead City centen
nial off Atlantic Beach was found
off the coast of Spain. David B.
Webb, Morehead City merchant,
died following long illness, ittle
Miss Mary L. Hamilton and Wil
liam A. Matthews crowned king
and queen of hearts.
Marriages: Miss Polly A. Mc
Knight, Morehead -City to Jackie
S. Langdale. Deaths: Geofge E.
GUlikin, 70, Morehead City. Mrs.
Ellen R. Morris, 72, Atlantic.
March
Week of March 4:
00 tanker, Gem, of Liberian re
gistry, broke in half in heavy seas
off Cape Lookout. Charles S. Long
resigns from Newport school after
31 years as vocational teacher.
Severe northeaster hits coast,
causing much water damage. Coun
ty commissioners select Webb site
for new hospital. Tommy Howard
of Newport saves brother from
high-voltage shock. Tommie Lewis,
Harkers Island, was appointed on
county board to fill unexpired term
of David Yeomans. \t
Marriages: Miss Mildred L.
Baum, Smyrna, to George R. Nel
son. ,VV' j
Deaths: David B. Webb, 52,
Morehead City. Mrs. Eva Kenna,
72, Cedar Island. Thomas E. Kel
ly, St, Beaufort. Mrs. Emma R.
Salter, 86, Harkers Island. Mrs.
Laura Finer, Williston, Mrs. Sally
G.>Springle, 84, Beaufort. '
Week of March 11:
S. A. Chalk, Morehead City, en
lert, primary race for nomination
as congressman from the third
district. Beaufort Seadogs enter
state tournament. John B. Tomlin
son heads Newport Rotary.
Marriages: Miss Doris E. Sakez
les to William C. Kittrell, Beau
fort. The Rev. William S Noe or
dained in St. Peter’s By-the-Sea
Episcopal church, Swansboro.
Deaths: James R. Guthrie, 41,
Salter Path, Mrs. Sidney White
hurst, 91,-Sea Level. Vannie Guth
rie, 65, Markers Island. Mrs. Sally
I. McIntosh, 91, Beaufort.
Week of March 18:
State port to build a 95,000
square-foot warehouse. Miss Diana
Deibert, Morehead City, wins Ci
vitan essay contest. Ray Hassell
and Jim Smithwick of Beaufort
chosen for highest hoop honors.
Incorporation papers graijted to
Newport Pharmacy Inc., and Sea
•Level DevrlapmairtGO:. tire: **
Marriages: Miss Sylvia Joyce
Herbert, Beaufort, to Phillip F.
deBeaubein. Miss Jean L. Ulsrud
to Allen B. Windley, Beaufort.
Deaths: Mrs. Clayton Everette,
82, Beaufort. Walter Willis, 63, Sal
ter Path. John H. Hamilton, 66,
Atlantic. Joel S. Smith, 86, More
head City. Mrs. Georgia Wills, 83,
Davis. Mrs. Rose L. Murray, 43,
Beaufort.
Week of March 25:
Governor Sanford makes three
talks in county. Sea Level Com
munity hospital to add children’s
wing. Mrs. Margaret Ann Godette
of Davis Shore dies at age 110
years. W. C. Carlton elected presi
dent of the Tar Heel Electric Mem
bership association. Ben Webb,
Morehead City, elected vice-presi
dent North Carolina Future Busi
ness Leaders of America. Mrs.
John Johnson, Beaufort, retires
after 35 years with Carolina and
Telegraph Co.
Marriages: Miss Edna M. Lucas
to James L. Durham, Morehead
City.
Deaths: Mrs. Allie R. Austin, 66,
Beaufort. Mrs. Mollie Willis, 76,
Harkers Island. Clyde Rose 52, Sea
Level.
April
Week of April 1:
Guy C. Chadwick, 48, Straits,
dies from injuries sustained when
struck by car. Sylvester Lawrence
of Beaufort awarded $100,000 for
This is one of seven new his
torical markers erected by the
state in the coonty in 1MB.
injuries in accident aboard the
dredge Talco in 1957. Miss Evelyn
West, Newport, wins first place in
VFW auxiliary essay contest. Jer
ry W. Brown, Beaufort-Morehead
Marriages: Miss Patrid
qylor of Davis to William D.
m Jr.
Deaths: Vincent. B. Wrigl
Morehead City. Reginald W. Bell,
60, Swansboro.
Week of April 8:
Dr. B. F. Royal, Morehead City,
retires from active practice. State
Guard unit in county paid off in
silver dolalrs, putting $3,500 in cir
culation. State Historical society
places six civil war markers at
points of war activities in county.
Work starts on ferry landings con
necting Emerald Isle with main
land.
Mr. and Mrs. Herman W. Merrill
of Beaufort celebrate their 50th
wedding anniversary. A. B. Cooper
sells the Idle Hour Amusement
center to Garth Cooper and Robert
Barts.
Marriages: Miss Alice F. Dunn
to William B. Murrill, Morehead
City.
Deaths: Mrs. Elizabeth D. Lew
is, 90, Morehead City. Mrs. Laura
F. Brinkly, 67, Morehead City.
Howard Nelson. 67. Atlantic. Leins
ter D. Lewis, 79, Stacy. Mrs. D. B.
Gillikin, 86, Otway.
Week of April 15:
Voter’s approval extends Beau
fort town limits, making the third
expansion of Beaufort in 1962.
Newport PTA members ask that
principal E. B. Comer of the local
school be retained. The Rev. E,
Guthrie Brown, rector of St. An
drew's Episcopal church,, More
head City, accepts to Trinity
church, Staunton, Va. President
Kennedy attends review at Bogue
Field. William B. Ennett, 35,
Swansboro fatally wounded in shot
gun accident.
Marriages: Mrs. Linda S. Sum
mers, Beaufort, to Michael D. Bus
by.
Deaths: Thomas F. Mann, 94,
Newport. Harold F. Howell, 73,
Mill Creek Alex Truitt, 88, Beau
fort.
Week of April 22:
The 100th anniversary of the
battle of Fort Macon observed at
the fort with pageant and narra
tion. The Ed Harris cottage at At
lantic Beach destroyed by fire.
Easter sunrise services at Fort
Macon draws attendance of 1,600.
North Carolina Federation of Gar
den Clubs hold sessioh at Biltmore
Motor hotel.
Coach Everett Case of State Col
lege speaks at program honoring
>Beapfoji,5>eaik)gs. Newport resi
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Morebead City Jayeees elected
Joe Beam president during the
past year.
dents honor C. S. Long who retired
after over thirty years as teacher
of vocational agriculture at New
port school. St. Paul’s Episcopal
parish house, Beaufort, dedicated.
Clyde A. Smith of Beaufort dies in
fire in Fairlawn, N. J.
Marriages: Miss Alice F. Noe,
Beaufort, to Bruce Mason.
Deaths: Mrs. Alma T. Guthrie,
59, Beaufort. Courtland V. Styron,
80, Davis. Alexander Truitt, 88,
Beaufort.
May
Week of May I:
County school board selects site
on the Country Club road for West
Carteret high school. Gilbert S.
Green, Cherry Point corporal, dies
in accident near Newport. Robert
Reed elected commander Ameri
can Legion Post No. 46. Franklin
Memorial Methodist . church of
Morehead City observes 80th anni
versary. New A&P store opens in
Beaufort.
Marriages: Miss Linda L. Mc
Donald, Newport to Andrew J. Ja
cobsen.
Deaths: Mrs. Caroline T. Pitt
man, 79, Morehead; City. William
H. Eborn, 71, Morehead City. Asa
£. Garner, 63, Newport. Roy C.!
Dixon, 71, Morehead City. Curtis
H Davis, 89, MarshaHberg.
Week of May 8:
Fire destroys Rex restaurant aL
loss of $75,00. Liner Ariadne sails
from local port for Bermuda trip,
County commissioners set'tax rate
at $1.75. Mr. and Mrs. S. B. Wil
Charlotte
Atlanf
Coroner Says
No Inquest Set
In Boy's Death
David Munden, coroner, reported
yesterday that no inquest will be
conducted in the death of George
W. Petteway, 8, who was killed by
an automobile Wednesday night in
front of his home on the Merrimon
road.
Mr. Munden said there were only
two witnesses, the driver of the
ear, Mrs. Clayton Fulcher Jr. and
a woman passenger in the car,
Mrs. Pauline McIntosh, Atlantic.
Mrs. McIntosh, he said, never
saw the child. She thought the car
had hit a dog. Mrs. Fulcher told
the coroner and state trooper W.
E. Pickard that she saw the young
ster just as he ran into the car.
"The child had dark clothes on,"
Mr. Munden said. "There was no
evidence of fast driving. When the
child was hit, Mrs. Fulcher swerv
ed to the right, then the car went
into the ditch on the left.
“If she had been going fast,
there would have been some dam
age, but not even a headlight was
broken,” he remarked.
The coroner said the child suf
fered fractures of the right leg and
a brain concussion. He labeled the
accident unavoidable, as did the
investigating state trooper.
Mrs. Fulcher was not injured but
was suffering from shock. She was
admitted to Sea Level hospital and
discharged Friday.
She and Mrs. McIntosh were re
turning to Atlantic from Raleigh by
way of the Laurel and Merrimon
roads.
The funeral services for the child
were conducted at 2 o’clock Friday
afternoon in the Mt. Tabor Baptist
church, North River, by the Rev.
A. M. Jones, Morehead City. Bur
ial was in the church cemetery.
George is survived by several
brothers and sisters and his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. John C. Pette
way.
P. W. Bullocks
To Take Cruise
Mr. an* Mrs. P. W. Bnitock tffe
going on the Tar Heel Cruise spon
sored by the Wilmington chamber
of commerce, which will begin Sat
urday and last for ten days. The
cruise, to Puerto Rico, the Virgin
Islands, Jamaica and Haiti, is
aboard the SS Atlantic.
The cruise is actually a chamber
of commerce seminar at soa. Rob
ert Lloyd of Peat, Marwick, Mit
chell and Co., will discuss tax sub
jects. M. C. Brown of North Caro
lina National Bank and Alex Urqu
hart of New England Life will han
dle financial subjects.
P. M. Camak will moderate a
travel forum. Dr. B. Frank Hall
will speak on Freedom versus
Communism and serve as chaplain
on the cruise.
Mr. Bullock is manager of the
Greater Morehead City Chamber
of commerce. He and his wife are
taking the cruise mainly as a
pleasure trip and vacation.
Men Have Same Name
Norman S. Willis, Sunset Lane,
Beaufort, was not the Norman Wil
lis who appeared in county court
Dec. 18 charged with larceny. That
Norman Willis is a resident of Ce
dar street, according to solicitor
Wiley Taylor.
Old Hospital Wing is Sick
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Ready lor the blustery weather that a New Year brings is Donna Smith Willis, 436 Macon Ct.,
Morehead 1 ity. If the weatherman has any more 12 and 14 degree weather like that of December,
Donna suggests that he keep it away from Carteret in 1!M$3!
Two World Federation Charter
Signers Hear 22nd Annual Report
Two of the original signers of the
World Federation charter attended
the 22nd annual meeting Sunday
afternoon in the First Baptist Fel
lowship hall, Beaufort. They were
F. R. Bell and Paul Jones, both of
Beaufort.
Giving the report on the world
f d< ration movement was its ori
,u ator, Robert Lee Humber,
Greenville.
' Mr. Htimber commented on the
development of. the world toward
“Utopia" since the publication of
Sir Thomas More s Utopia in the
early 18th century.
More, he recalled, said that Uto
pia would be a republic with peo
ple voting for their leaders, there
would be freedom to worship whom
or what one pleased with privilege
to worship not at all, free educa
tion, and a 35-hour work week
which would provide enough in
come for a family tb have a wood
en-floored house rather than dirt,
and sufficient food ancl clothing.
At the time of More’s Utopia,
people considered his writings a
fantasy that could never become
reality. Today, we consider More’s
Utopia as routine, Mr. Humber ob
served, adding that now we need
another plan for Utopia. v. t
He compared the age of steam
with the atomic age. Democratic
countries, he remarked, must pool
their resources in the use of atomic
energy. If this is done, the living
standards of the African, Asian and
South American, now in deepest
poverty, could be raised in one
generation, he predicted.
Daring Truman’s administration,
the Point Four program, aid to un
derdeveloped countries, went into
effect. This aid is now included re
the emergency room was vaca
ted.
. Filing cabinets and other furni
ture in it were moved out into
any space that could be found.
Ybe above picture was taken in
the office. The arrow points to
the crack where the floor (which
is above the emergency room)
gularly in the nation’s budget, buH
20 years ago |>eopIe never dream
ed that anything like the Point
Four program could come into ex
istence, Mr. Humber commented.
World order, the speaker observ
ed, must be enforced either by
war or law. I,aw, he said, removes
decision-making from heads of gov
ernments and places it, instead, in
judicial hands. President Kennedy,
he added, says that there will be
world law. The human race, Mr.
Humber said, need* a way to pre
serve peace. Work! law, hd noted,
is the way.
Refreshments were served fol
lowing Mr. Humber's talk. Mrs.
Humber, their son, John, and fa
mily, accompanied them.
Attending the meeting, in addi
tion to Mr. Bell and Mr. Jones,
were Mrs. I). F. Merrill, Mr. and
Mrs. B. J. May, Mr. and Mrs. U.
E. Swann.
Carlton Rose, Mrs. Frances
Boone, Mrs. Chester Graham, Mrs.
James Patterson, James Fleming,
and Mrs. Lockwood Phillips.
Tides at the Beaufort Bar
Tide Table
HIGH
LOW
Tuesday, Jan. 1
12:10 a m.
12:22 p.m.
6:00 a.m.
6:48 p.m.
Wednesday, Jan. 2
1:05 a.m.
1:18 p.m.
7:15 a.m.
7:54 p.m.
Thursday, Jan. 3
2:01 a.m.
2:18 p.m.
8:32 a.m.
8:58 p.m.
Friday, Jan. 4
3:01 a.m.
3:23 p.m.
9:39 a.m.
9:56 p.m.
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is parting from the wall.
Rafters under this floor were
found to be nothing but powder.
Hospital trustees are lotting for
funds for repairs and an archi
tect has been asked to draw
plans for repairing Ibe old wing
of the hospital, but actual work
never seems to fat under wag.
Driver Escapes
Injury Saturday
Mrs. Henry Watson Frost, Salter
Path, escaped injury at 5:30 p.m.
Saturday when she was thrown
from a car as it overturned on the
Stmtr ?Sth And.
Mrs. Frost, driver of the 1961
Falcon owned by her husband, was
alone in the car. The accident hap
pened at Pine Knoll Shores.
Deputy sheriff Hilly Smith, who
investigated, said that Mrs. Frost
was following her husband who
was in another car with the child
ren. Her car left the road and flip
ped completely over once within
the distance of 40 yards. It ended
up on its wheels.
Damage to the car was estimated
at $400. Mrs. Frost was headed
toward Salter Path when the acci
dent happened.
Walter Morris
Speaks to Club
More bead City Ratarians met
Thursday night at Fleming’s res
taurant, hearing a talk by Walter
Morris on Jewelry and watches.
Mr. Morris explained the pro
cess of watch repair, and told the
club some of the history of time
pieces. He gave some information
on the process of band engraving,
an art largely taken over by ma- <
chinery.
G vests at the meeting were
Steve Warner, a visiting Rotarian
from Chagrin Falls, Ohio; I>r. John
T. Bunn, head of the religion de
partment at Campbell college and
a former More head City resident;
Darden Eure Jr., and Robert Mc
Neill, now a student at West Point.
The Rotarians will meet at Mrs.
Russell Willis’ Restaurant this
Cold Woathor
Follows Rain
The weather took a cooler turn
over the weekend. Temperatures
were down following rain Saturday.
A wind velocity of 2S was re
corded at 10 p.m. Saturday at the
Atlantic Beach weather station,
along with 1.02 inches of rain. Sun
day rainfall was .04 inches.
Max. Min. Wind
Thursday ...... 52 40 NR
Friday . 47 37 N-NNE
Saturday ... 48 35 NE-BNE
Sunday .. 38 40 NNW-N
Theft
roller mvesTigcne
Of $368 from Home
Police are investigating the theft
of 6366 from the hone of Charles
N Killmon. 1006 Evans St.. More
head City.
According to Capt oe Smith,
who is working on the case, the
sum was take* Christmas Eve,
while the Killmon family was at
church.
Entty to the house was made
through an unlocked door, and the *
cash ixuu a filing cabinet,
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