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AT NEWPORT GET YOUR NEWS-TIMES AT HIBBS SODA SHOP 52nd Year — No. 13 MOREHEAD CITY and BEAUFORT, N. C. Tuesday, February 12^ 1963 Eight Pages Published Tuesdays and Friday* NLRB Trial Examiner Says Election Must be Held Again 100 Selected For Jury Duty Next Month One hundred persons have been selected for jury duty in March terms of superior court. Only civil cases will be tried. Scheduled for jury duty in the one-week March 11 term are the following: Robert J. Cantelli, Leonard B. Rhue, Charles Cletus Smith, Charles X. Broadhurst, William R. Willis, James B. Edgerton, A. J. Barbour. Robert B. Burrows, Gilbert Mc Daniel, Rodney Francis Smith, Ge rald R. Swinson, Rodney B. Tay lor, Ralph W. Leister, Claude T. Foy. Paul P. Ramsey, William F. Wil lis, C. Raymond Courtney, Thomp son Morse, W. S. Goodwin, Mrs. E. If. Davisworth, Mrs. Mildred S. Gillikin, Clayton Fulcher, Jr. James Morton Davis, Earl N. Riggs Jr., Julian Willis, Leon Sal ter, Robert K. Meadows, Eldon Smith Jr., Charles L. Stanley. W. J. Stanley, Charles H. Loc key, Charles Thomas Pringle, Clyde P. Owens, Treasure Gordon Willis, Harry H. Salter, Reggie E. Parrish. Horace Edward Piner, J. Frank Cheek, Jack May, Olive Longest, Harvey Salter, Milton Styron, George K. Willis. Cecil Claude Hill Jr., Mahlon P. Williams, Rufus Butner, Edith O. Storey, Garland Lewis, Paul Jones, Ray B. Gefock. Scheduled for the one-week term beginning March 18 are the follow ing: Harold R. Morris, James Ver non Tolson, Julius V. Taylor, Dewit T. Browning Jr., Roy Barbour, Jack Donald Lewis, Daily Salter. M. J. Taylor, Guy R. Dickinson, Dan M. Darling, Clinton S. Garner, Jesse Milton Willis, Jasper E. Bell, Robert P. Joyce Jr. Fred J. Garner, George Thomp son, Oscar D. Hill, Ben Franklin Watson, Albert D. Phillips, Mrs. Doris L. Merrill, James Paul Lew is. Blondell Lawrence, Charles \ Bell, C. M. Vellmes, Edward Hyde Lupton, Sterling Mason, Paul B. Bradshaw, Gerald L. Whitfield. Walter Guy Temple, Herman J. Wetherington, William A r d e 11 Small, Willard Willis, Stanley Woodland, G. M. Paul, Norwood Clyde Corbett. Ainta Reut, Louey Sterling Rob erts, Walter Earl Whitley, Claude C. Barnes, George H. Rees, Asa Buck Jr., Jessie Graham. Harry S. Zucha, Lester N. Willis, Wyon Gray Lewis, Fred L. Bert ram, J. R. Bell, Joel Oliver Con nor, James H. Holland, John F. Longest. Beach Commissioners Hope To Solve Litter Problem Atlantic Beach mayor A. B. Cooper suggested to town commis sioners at their February meeting Friday that they hire a man with a truck to clean the town and beach during the summer season. That would be his only job, the mayor said. Commissioner W. L. Derrickson was appointed to investigate the possibility of hiring such a person for four months. Clerk M. G. Coyle said the town is wasting its money on clean-up as long as the beach causeway looks as trashy as it does. “That infernal mess on the causeway and those shacks being put up counteract anything we do,” the clerk remarked. The commissioners discussed the fact that as soon as people cross the bridge they think they’re in the town of Atlantic Beach, whereas the town limits don’t be gin for almost a quarter mile be yond the bridge end. Chief of police Bill Moore said the sign “Atlantic Beach” is right at the end of the bridge. He said it ought to be moved. The clerk was requested to write county commissioners, the district and division highway engineers re garding trash that blows on the right-of-way and ask that the high way department keep the area clean. The mayor’s suggestion that the man they may hire clean up the causeway occasionally met with no response. The mayor said, “Let’s do a little more than we’re supposed to do.’* William E. McLelian was present to discuss the dump problem, but the mayor said there was no need discussing the matter unless more of the residents in the area con cerned were present. The resi ■ A trial examiner has recommend--1 ed that another election be conduct ed at the Fry Roofing and Volney Felt plants, Morehead City, to de termine whether employees should be represented by the Oil, Chemi cal and Atomic Workers Interna tional Union, AFL-CIO. Announcement of the results of the report by the trial examiner, Wellington A. Gillis, was released by the National Labor Relations board yesterday afternoon. Date of the new election has not yet been set. Mr. Gillis recommended in his report, following a hearing Nov. 7 at Morehead City, that the first el ection of Aug. 8, 1962, be set aside. In that election, 32 votes were cast in favor of the union and 34 against. The union filed an objection Aug. 15, alleging that the management at Fry and Volney engaged in “un fair labor practices.” The trial examiner found that several allegations were correct in that management questioned em ployees concerning their union membership and activities, threat ened to deprive its employees of benefits if the union were success ful in its organization (benefits were intepreted as welding done in the shop for the employees), that management said it would -favor non-union men over union mem bers, that it kept watch over union meetings at the union hall in the 400 block of Arendell street, and in formed employees that it was the supervisor's job to find out which of its employees were for the union cr engaged in union activity. Other allegations by the union were found to be without factual basis. All of the allegations were denied by the employer. The new election will be conduct ed by the 11th region of the NLRB with headquarters at Winston-Sal em at such a time as the regional director “deems that circumstan ces permit the employees’ free choice of a bargaining represen tative.” Fry Roofing and Volney Felt are engaged in *the manufacture of roofing products which are shipped to points within and beyond the boundaries of North Carolina. Deputy Sheriff Makes Arrest in Parts Theft Joseph A. Buoniconti, Morehead City, has been charged with theft of auto parts from the Donald Gie fer home at Newport. Deputy sheriff Carl Bunch said yesterday that Buoniconti was ap prehended at his home Thursday and has been released under $500 bond. Buoniconti denies being in volved in the theft, the deputy said. He is also charged with breaking and entering. The auto parts were returned to the owner several days after the theft by someone who said they had been offered for sale at Cher ry Point. dents near the dump claim that it is a nuisance. Mayor Cooper told Mr. McLellan that as soon as he attended a board meeting with a representa tive group the board would be happy to discuss the matter with them. County road superintendent J. L. Humphrey is to be invited to at tend the March board meeting to discuss the fact that people are re-starting a trash dump at a site just west of the town limits on the Salter Path road. Commissioners Derrickson, J. C. Sherill and the clerk were author ized to contract for three 50-foot sun shelters to be put on the board walk, the total cost not to exceed $2,000. Town attorney George McNeill was authorized to draw up an or dinance requiring owners to keep dogs on leashes and authorize of ficers to get rid of dogs traveling in packs. The ordinance will be presented to the board for action in March. Mr. McNeill gave a report on the recent increase in water rates per mitted by the State • Utilities com Tide Table Tides at Beaufort Bar HIGH LOW Tuesday, Feb. 12 10:57 a.m. 4:44 a.m. 11:28 p.m. 5:07 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 13 11:34 a.m. 5:20 a.m. - 5:40 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 14 12:06 a.m. 5:59 a.m. 12:11 p.m. 6:13 p.m. Friday, Feb. 15 12:43 a.m. 6:51 a.m. 12:47 p.m. 6:55 p.m. Gull-Borne Clam Drops, Hits Pappy If anybody wonders whether a gull dropping a clam ever hits anyone, the answer is yes. It happened to Capt. Pappy Joe Fulcher on the Morehead City waterfront at 1:30 p.m. Sun day. Captain Pappy Joe, the oldest licensed partyboat operator on the Atlantic seaboard, was walk ing between Dec’ Gee’s gift shop and the Sanitary restaurant when a clam dropped out of the air and hit him on the left leg. It raised a big not and bruise, despite the fact that Captain Ful cher was heavily padded with winter clothing. The clam, chow der size, broke, but the gull who wanted it to do just that, didn't bother to dive down to pick up the meat. Captain Pappy Joe says if the clam had hit him on the head, he’d have been, a goner. Judge Suspends Two-Year Jail Term Tuesday Tommy Penny, charged with sev en counts of larceny and larceny less than $100, was sentenced to two years in jail in county record er’s court Tuesday, but was put on probation for five years. The seven cases were consolidated into one for trial. Two other cases against Penny were dismissed. One charged him with damage to private property and the other charged him with larceny of less than $100. Fourteen defendants were charg ed with no emergency brake or improper emergency brake. Not prosecuted was Alton Lee Jones, no brake; forfeiting bond were John Oliver Williams, improper brake, tail light; Essie V. Autrey, no brake; Bradford Sherman Nelson, improper brake; Harland Truitt Murphy, improper brake. Paying half costs were Willie Lee Andrews, no brake or rear stop light; Jane Daniel Tomlison, im proper brake; Harry Ellis Jones, improper brake; James Roy Nixon, improper brake; Louis Herbert Strolbel Jr., no brake; Leslie Fred erick Garner, no brake. Jesse Lee Pope, improper brake and signal lights, paid costs. Also paying costs were Jessie James Brinson, improper brake and no rear view mirror, and Paul Win gate Lewis, no brake and no signal light. Speeding offenses were filed against eight defendants. They were 1 (See COURT, Pg. 2) mission. Chief Moore stated that lifeguard stands are being built. Sinking of a well by the town to provide an emergency water sup ply was discussed. It was decided that the better solution might be a portable generator to supply pow er to pump water through the pri vate firm’s lines in case of emer gency. The police chief and civil defense director Jack Savage were (See BOARD, Pg. 2) David Russel Is Get Note From Boy Who Got!ruck Cars Crash in Beaufort; Driver Given Citation Extensive damage was caused to two cars when they collided at 2:10 p.m. Saturday at Cedar and Live Oak streets, Beaufort. Theodore Worley, driver of a 1955 Chevrolet involved in the crash, was charged with drunken driving and being in volved in an accident. According to police chief Guy Springle, who investigated, Wor ley hit a 1962 Ford driven by My ron B. Taylor, Sea Level. The Che vy was judged a total loss and damage to the Ford was estimated at 1200. Fire Extinguished A new model Oldsmobile got “first aid” at the fire station in downtown Morehead City about a half hour after midnight Saturday. The car had caught fire. Firemen were wakened to put the flames iout. P. L. Burt Will be Named Jaypee by Judge P. L. Bait, Cedar Point, is go ing to get to be a justice of the peace after all. Mr. Burt filed for justice of the peace of White Oak township last spring prior to the primary. He had no opposition, so automatical ly became a candidate. But in the November election, his name ap peared on a ballot for constable. So he got elected constable. Whether this was really a valid election in view of the fact that he had filed for justice of the peace is a good question. Anyhow, he was constable if he wanted to be, say elections offi cials. But Mr. Burt doesn't want to be a constable. He wants to be a jaypee. Mr. Burt wasn’t awfully upset. He didn’t say anything to the elec tions board about the mistake un til early in December. Then Christ mas came along and now things have settled down so that routine problems can be handled, says Charles Willis, chairman of the elections board. Mr. Burt is going to resign as ‘'constable." To A. H. James, clerk of superior court, he will submit an application to be appointed jus tice of the peace and this will be sent to the resident judge of super ior court who will appoint him a P. L. Burt . . error corrected jaypec upon Mr. James’ recom mendation. Mr. Willis says. Mr. Willjte commented that Mr. Burt is of. good character, is res pected in his community and has qualities that qualify him as a jus tice of the peace. He said the error that elected Mr. Burt a constable is regret ted. But the ballot was printed with the word “constable” and in proof reading the ballots after they came from the printer, the error was not caught. Emmett Simmons Hospitalized With Severe Cuts Admitted to Morehead City hos pital about 1:30 p.m. Sunday, suf fering from loss of blood, was Em mett Simmons, Beaufort. Deputy sheriff Biily Smith said that Simmons had been cut around his shoulders with a butcher knife. His wife, Dorothy, was in custody for a short while but released from the county jail when Simmons said he didn’t want to press charges, the deputy said. The couple lives in a trailer on the West Beaufort road, where the cutting allegedly took place. The officer said that he understood that Simmons got after his wife with a knife and she, in defense, went to work on him. Simmons, employed by the Sea shore Packing Co., was taken to the hospital by the Beaufort rescue ambulance. ► The Rev. and Mrs. David Rus sell, Morehead City, have received a thank-you note from a little boy in Canada whose wish for a truck at Christmastime was answered by the Russells. The boy was 4-year old Robert Sturgeon of route 1 Blockville, New Brunswick, Cana da. The story all began when the Russells bought their Christmas at the Jaycee tree sale in More head City. Tied to the tree was a note from the boy. The Russells complied with the request and on Jan. 6 the boy’s mother, Mrs, Ca meron Sturgeon, wrote the thank you note Mrs. Sturgeon said the only kind of trucks her son had had before were plastic ones and he was so proud of his new one he put it away in the box “to keep it nice.” She said the family has two girls, one 5 years and the other three months old. She expressed the family’s thanks to the Russells for the gift. Mr. Russell is pastor of the Church of God of Prophecy. Car Strippers Work Two Towns During Weekend Monsters, Anyone? Brant Barnes, the “monster man" of Morehead City school, dis plays a sample of bis talent. This monster, painted on a notebook, carries a bloody hatchet in one hand and a head in the other. By ELLEN MASON David and Brant Barnes, sons of Mrs. Naomi Barnes, Morehcad City, may have begun a new teen age fad. David, 16, will paint a cartoon character on your sweat shirt, or if you happen to be in the mood for a monster, Brant, 14, will paint you a juicy one on your jacket or notebook. The results are very good. Not too expensive eith er—only 25 cents each Both boys have always liked to draw, their mother said, and their interests have leaned towards car toons and monsters. About a month ago David painted a character on a sweatshirt and give it to Bra it. He’s also painted one as a gift or his nephew, Kevin Pelletier. Brant took up the hobby about two weeks ago and it’s already paying off. He’s painted six mon sters, but says most of his money has gone to buy more paint and brushes. The boys use the kind of paint usually seen on plastic car and These are two of the sweatshirts painted by David Barnes. At the left is one he pave to his nephew, Kevin Pelletier, which has Kevin’s name above the cartoon character. At the right is the shirt David painted for his brother, Brant. Baddy Bordeaux models his windbreaker. Brant painted oa the back of it a monster with a stake that goes in the top ri|ht of the head and comes oat below the ear at left. In the inset is Baddy him self. Any resemblance between monster and windbreaker owner is purely coincidental.' David Baroe* . . . cartoon specialist airplane models. The paint with stands washing, so .when a fellow invests his quarter he can be as sured his monster won't vanish (See MONSTERS, Pg. 3) A wave of weekend car" accessory thefts in Beaufort and Morehead City brings warning from police officers that persons should not leave their cars unlocked. Although all thefts cannot be pre vented by locking cars, some would be, police say. In Beaufort Saturday night floor mats were stolen from two cars. A set was taken from Snow House’s car as it sat in his yard on Lennox ville road. A set of tront and back floor mats was taken from the car of J. B. Weeks, 902 Broad St., whip the car was parked in front of the Weeks’ house. In Morehead City Saturday night a rear View mirror was stolen from the Ben Alford car while tt was parked at the high school and a bat tery was taken from a 1959 Chev rolet owned by Jewell A. Smith. A rear view mirror was stolen from the Don Shanor car Sunday and a tire, wheel and mirror stolen from a 1960 Falcon owned by Wal ter Lasker. Taken from the car of Clyde Burr Sunday morning, while it was park ed in the 900 block of Arendell street during the church hour was a green overcoat with a velvet col lar. The thefts arc under investigation by the Beaufort and Morehead City police departments. Three Doctors Attend Clinic Assisting Dr. Lenox Baker, Duke orthopedist, at the orthopedic clinic Saturday at the Morehead City hospital annex was Dr. Wil liam C. Rhangos, assistant resi dent in orthopedic surgery at Duke hospital. Dr. Rhangos was recently grant ed a $4,0(X) fellowship by the Unit ed Cerebral Palsy Research and Educational foundation. Also present was Dr. Ralph Ol sen, Milwaukee, Wis., a pediatri cian who is in this state to observe clinics and work done by Dr. Ba ker. Forty-six patients attended the clinic. Twenty-two of them were new and 24 returnees. Clerks were Mrs. Agness Eckhoff, Morehead City, and Mrs. Jackie Joyner and Mrs. Sammy Hughes, members of the Morehead City Junior Woman’s club. Public health nurses on duty were Mrs. Leota Hammer and Mrs. G. T. Spivey. The clinic is spon sored monthly by the Morehead City Rotary club. 1963 Tags Must Be On All Vehicles By Midnight Friday All 1963 tags must be on cars and Other vehicles by midnight Friday. Lines of persons buying tags have been forming at the office of the First-Citizens loan department in Morehead City since the latter part of last week, according to E. B. Fleming, manager. The loan department is handling sale of the tags locally. By the close of business Satur day, 6,660 tags had been sold. Sales are running about 500 ahead of last year, Mr. Fleming reports. Auto tags sold total 5,356; mo torcycle tags 9, private truck 651, farm truck 109 and trailers 535. State's First Commercial Fishing Magazine Appears The first issue of the state’s-* commercial fisheries magazine has appeared. Titled Shell and Fin, it is pub lished by the North Carolina De partment of Conservation and De velopment in cooperation with the Institute of Fisheries Research. It is a public service venture. Roy Wilder Jr. is editor. The issue, dated January 1963 consists of eight 8 by livs pages. The paper is of yellow color and the ink blue. The cover photo by John Hemmer shows shrimp trawl ers under way. The magazine is scheduled to appear quarterly. “It is intended to help the commercial fisherman and those whose jobs are related to fishing have a better under standing of the stake we have in North Carolina’s fishing industry,” according to a comment from the editor on page 2. The first issue features oysters, an article by Dr. A. F. Chestnut, director of the Institute of Fish eries Research, UNC; fisheries sta tistics, an article by Eric Rodgers, chairman of the state commercial fisheries committee and photo graphs. ».- ■ ' -— Oystermen Bid For Longer Spring Season Oystermen believe it may be bet ter to open the oyster season two weeks later in the fall and let it ex tend longer into the spring. Members of the state fisheries committee heard this recommenda tion from oystermen when they re cently toured the coast. This season has been extended to March IS. It was originally schedul ed to close March 1. In the early fall, lots of oysters are affected by warm weather, are lean and have not reached full growth But in the spring, in the first part of March, oystermen say oysters are fatter and in good con dition. The season usually opens Oct. 1. The season has also been extend ed to March 15, according to state fisheries commissioner C. G. Hol land because severe storms in Nov ember and December kept oyster men at home. As a result the oyster take was about 15,000 tubs below the figures for the previous year up to the first I of January, which represented lost income of the oystermen in the amount of about $50,000. It was felt that the extension would give them an opportunity to regain their loss es. This may delay for a few days the planting of oyster beds with seed oysters and shells but will not handicap the program, Mr. Holland said. Board Gets Fiscal Report At their recent meeting county commissioners received a monthly financial statement furnished them by the auditor, Ronald Earl Ma son. Receipts during January were $192,109.67, which included $4,375 interest on certificates of deposit, and $40,563.75 in state and federal welfare funds. Taxes yielded most of the income. Of the total receipts, $39,354.79 was deposited in the general fund, $7,417.08 to the health fund, $76, 765.73 in the board of education fund, $13,264.18 in debt service to meet payment on notes, and the remainder went into welfare funds. Paid out was $27,165.55 from the general fund, $6,422 from the health fund, $4,338 from education funds, and the remainder for wel fare funds (old age assistance, aid to the blind, dependent children, permanently and totally disabled). Total amount paid out was $85, 830.69. Two Cars Sideswipe On Shepard Street Two cars were slightly damaged in a sideswiping at 10:50 p.m. Saturday on Shepard street, More head City. J. B. Murphy, 205 N. 10th St, driving a 1962 Chevrolet was going east on Shepard street and while passing a 1956 Plymouth headed west, the sides of the cars scraped. Driving the Plymouth was Diana J. Beaver, 2107 Fisher St. No. one was injured. Patrolman Jack Mill er investigated. Large Crowd Sees High School Follies Saturday Night The Morehead City High School Follies played to a near capacity " crowd Saturday night at the school. Ralph Wade and George Jack son, faculty members who helped The school has scheduled a re peat matinee performance of the follies at 2 p.m. Thursday. Adults will he admitted for SO cents each and stodsots for 2S cents, announces Leu wood Lee, princi pal. Proceeds will go toward a school activity bus. supervise the production, were very well pleased with the per formance, as was the audience. Between $500 and $000 was real ised. Proceeds will go toward pur chase of new uniforms for the band. Mr. Wade, band director, says about $150 more is needed. The follies consisted of variety acts by students.