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MOREHEAD CITY and BEAUFORT, N. C.
Tuesday, April 16, 1963
Published Tuesdays end Fridays
Sam Adler Receives Plaque
Sam Adler, More head City, receives a piaque from Capt. Herbert
Stephens, Salvation Army, New Bern, left, in recognition of his
Many years of work in the Salvation Army. The plaque reads, “In
Appreciation for Services Rendered.’’ Mr. Adler has been presi
dent of the service unit in Morehead City and Beaufort for 16 years.
Lawmakers
Give Opinions
On School Bills
State senator, Luther Hamilton,
Merehead City, said this week that
“it will be difficult” to draw up a
Mil that would provide for election
of representatives to a county
board of education on a non-par
tisan basis.
Rep. Thomas Bennett, Carteret,
said yesterday that he didn’t think
it would be difficult, since several
counties already have bills in the
hopper providing for such election.
Mr. Bennett predicts that senate
Mil 177, now being studied by
board of education members
throughout the state, at the re
quest of the state superintendent
Of public instruction, will not pass.
Eten if it does, Mr. Bennett said
It would not go inttf effect for ten
years.
Senator Hamilton said he wants
to be assured that any county
board of education has minority
representation. Prior to the open
ing of the legislature, senator Ham
ilton said he would introduce a
bill for Carteret providing for
suth.
Senator Hamilton is not in accord
vrfth the Republican bill which
would refund to the counties, for
schools, a portion of the state sales
tak revenue. Mr. Bennett said that
all members of county boards and
county boards of education will re
ceive very soon the formula by
which this refund would be fig
ured.
i"If this is unsuitable, the bill
Should be considered on its merits
and not on whether a Republican
or Democrat introduced it,” Mr.
Bennett remarked yesterday.
NLRB Decision
Favors Fry Firm
A National Labor Relations board
trial examiner, Thomas A: Ricci,
on the basis of a hearing March
7, has issued a decision recom
mending dismissal of a complaint
against Lloyd A. Fry Roofing Co.,
forehead City.
The complaint, filed by the Oil
Chemical and Atomic Workers In
ternational union, alleged that Mel
vjjn Gillikin, a laborer at the plant,
was dismissed in November 1962
because of his participation in un
ion activity at the plant.
KMr. Ricci said that be could find
ro evidence to support the allega
tions.
Still pending is a second election
at; the plant to determine whether
employees want to affiliate with
the union. Results of the first elec
tion, last August, were set aside
by the NLRB after a protest was
fifed by the union.
Newport Farmers
Set Out Tobacco
C. T. Garner and Clarence Mil
lis, Newport, are believe! to be
the first farmers in the county to
set out tobacco this spring.
R. M. Williams, county agricul
tural agent, said that the two
men, who farm together, moved
plants from the bed into the field
last Monday, April 8, exactly two
months from seeding the plant
bed.
The plants were grown under
plastic. Mr. Garner and Mr. Mil
lis farm in the Deep Creek sec
tion.
Seven Crashes
Occur During
Easter Weekend
Seven accidents over the week
end attest to the large number
of cars on the highway. State
trooper R. II. Brown, said traffic
was worse than on the Tfourth of
July.
Two motorists were cited follow
ing an accident at 4. «5 p.m. Sat
urday on the beach causeway in
front of the Red and White super
market. They were Richard G.
Robertson Jr., Petersburg, Va.,
driving a 1957 Volkswagen, and
James D. Sellers Jr., Cherry Point,
driving a 1962 Studebaker.
Robertson was charged with fail
ing to give a proper signal and
Sellers with following to close. Sel
lers ran into the rear of Robert
son’s car as Robertson was turning
right into the store. Damage to the
VW was estimated at $125 and to
the Studebaker $250.
State trooper J. W. Sykes investi
gated.
Robert E. Tuthill, USMC, Camp
Lejeune, was charged with careless
and reckless driving after the M37
Dodge three-quarter ton truck he
was driving turned over on high
way 24 thirteen miles from More
head City. •
Tuthill suffered a cut on his
cheek. Riding in the truck were
Jesse Watson, Jr., Jonathan P.
Smith and lion aid Cales. Damage
to the truck was estimated at $400.
The track skidded back and forth
across the highway before ending
on its top, wheels up. Trooper
Sykes investigated.
Melvin Morris, 80, sustained sev
eral broken ribs at 2:30 p.m.
Thursday when the 1953 Buick his
wife was driving turned over on a
street at Atlantic. Trooper Brown
said that Mrs. Melvin Morris ran
off the road on the left and upset
in a ditch.
Mr. Morris also suffered a cut
on his forehead. Mrs. Morris was
not hurt. No charges were filed.
■ Miss Lelia Ann Southard, Bon
(See WRECKS, Pg. 3)
Legislator Explains Bill
About Car Safety Devices
■i
Bi!l Expected
To Become Law
Sometime Today
Scheduled to be signed into law
today is the controversial senate
bill which requires levy of a county
tax to build the West Carteret
school.
Sen. Luther Hamilton said that
the bill had to be considered by
ihe 60-membcr finance committee
and that committee met’Tuesday
for only its third meeting of the
current session. The bill had pass
ed the senate, was amended in
tne house and cleared the house
on a 67 to 25 roll call vote Friday.
Senator Hamilton said that he
appeared before the committee to
request that a $1,000 fine against
each commissioner who didn’t vote
for a tax for the West Carteret
school be struck out.
The senator said, “That was not
a penalty or a punitive measure,
but was put in there only as a de
terrent.” He said he feared that
to allow the fine to remain would
create more discord than harmony.
Commenting on the accusations
that, by the bill, the “legislature
is running the county,” senator
Hamilton said that article VII of
the North Carolina constitution
gives the general assembly control
over all county commissioners.
Senator Hamilton said that in
the next few days he expects to
introduce a bill that would set up
machinery to permit the use of
the Morehead City hospital under
a new arrangement beneficial on
a county-wide basis.
A hearing on the suit now pend
ing against the proposed county
hospital has been scheduled for
civil court, Beaufort, in May.
Flue-Cured Leaf Growers
To Meet Wednesday
There will be a meeting of the
Flue-Cured Tobacco Growers as
sociation Wednesday night at 7:30
at Newport school, announces Har
ry D. Lockey, president.
The speaker will be C. H. Cyrus,
marketing specialist with the North
Carolina Department of Agricul
ture. His subect will be Revised
Tobacco Grades and Prices Allot
ted to Grades.
Mr. Lockey invites anyone inter
ested to attend the meeting.
Firemen Called
Beaufort firemen answered a call
at the old Temple sawmill on Turn
er street Saturday night. Firemen
said an old sawdust pile was burn
ing. It took about 15 minutes to
extinguish the flames.
Robert McNeill Will be Second
Countian to Graduate at West Point
Easter Weekend Sunny,
But North Wind Blew
The Easter weekend was sunny
enough for the ladies’ new outfits,
but chilly winds prevailed. Tem
perature and wind directions were
reported by Stamey Davis, More
head City weather observer, as fol
lows:
Mu. Min. Wind
Friday . 66 43 SW
Saturday . 69 48 SW
Sunday .. 68 45 NW
Buoy Found
A large buoy washed up on the
beach two miles west of the Iron
Steam pier, Bogue Banks, over the
weekend. Thought to be a mine, it
was reported to the Coast Guard.
The buoy had been damaged in the
past by rifle fire and pronounced
harmless.
:ivh
A Prayer af Easter Tinte
Rep. Thomas Bepnett, at home
over the weekend from the legisla
tive merry-go-round in Raleigh,
commented that the bill he intro
duced last week is NOT an ‘‘auto
inspection bilL” He said some have
interpreted it as such.
The bill, HB 534, provides for is
suing a warning to persons who
are caught driving a car with de
fective equipment. At present,
those who are found to have defec
tive equipment on their cars—
through a roadblock check—are
immediately cited to court.
Mr. Bennett said that his bill
would require that the officer find
ing a defect in auto safety equip
ment issue a “warning repair or
der.” This order would allow the
owner or operator of the car ten
days in which to have the defect
repaired and present the car to
the officer showing that the motor
ist has complied with his warning.
The legislator said this would
keep the motorist’s record clear of
violation, he would not be fined, no
prosecution would be necessary
and no court costs would be in
volved.
The bill would amend chapter 20
of the general statutes.
Many motorists during recent
months have been cited to court or
improper handbrake, stop lights or
similar defects. They have been
apprehended during roadblocks
which have been operated by the
state highway patrol in the ab
sence of a motor vehicle inspection
law.
Young Woman
Dies of Wounds
Mrs. Harold Hunnings, 19, daugh
ter-in-law of Mr. and Mrs. Oliver
Hunnings, formerly of Beaufort,
died of stab wounds Tuesday
morning at Pascagoula, Miss. The
funeral service was conducted at
10 a.m. Thursday in the Church
of God, Grand Bay, Ala., about
ten miles from Pascagoula.
Being held for the murder is
Everett Murphy Jr., 15, son of
Everett Murphy, a native of Davis
who hate been living at Pascagoula
for the past 15 years.
According to information receiv
ed by relatives here, Everett Jr.
entered the home of Mrs. Hunnings
at 7 o’clock Monday night, April
8, and stabbed her numerous times
with an ice pick. Mrs. Hunnings’
husband had left to return a truck
to his employer and got back home
about the time an ambulance was
leaving the house with his wife.
A neighbor heard Mrs. Hunnings'
screams and called for help. The
Murphy youth reportedly had been
receiving psychiatric treatment
over the past two years.
f- Robert McNeill, son of Mr. and
Mrs. George McNeill, Morehead
City, will be the second Carteret
countian to graduate from the Unit
ed States Military academy at
West Point. Cadet McNeill will re
ceive his commission in the Army
this June.
According to Joseph M. O’Don
nell, chief, archives and history
division, three young men have
been admitted to West Point from
this county, in addition to Cadet
McNeill.
The first was Stephen V. B. Pot
ter, Beaufort, who was admitted
July 1, 1846. He resigned Jan. 17,
1890. No reason is stated for his
departure from the academy with
a four-year course so near comple
tion.
The second young man admitted,
according to the records, was Wil
lie Leecraft Arendell. Also a resi
dent of Beaufort, he was admitted
to the academy Sept. 1, 1806, at
the age of 18 years 7 months. He
was the son of Michael F. Aren
dell, Beaufort, and was discharged
after two years, on Sept. 15, 1868,
for physical disability.
The third to be admitted from
Carteret, and the only one to gra
duate, thus far, was Frederick S.
Skinner. Cadet Skinner was ad
mitted March 1, 1810 and was gra
duated June 12, 1914.
Tide Table
Tides at Beaufert Bar
HIGH LOW
Tuesday, April 16
12:29 a.m. 7:80 a.m.
1:18 p.m. 6:54 p.m.
Wedaesday, April it. a •
' 1:28 a.m. 8:51 a.m.
2:28 p.m. 9:03 p.m.
Thursday, April 18
2:38 a.m. 9:51 a.m.
3:38 p.m. 10:10 p.m.
Friday, April 19
3:56 a.m. 10:45 a.m.
4:44 p.m. U:«7 p.m.
Chamber Makes Big Plans
For Crab Derby in August
Dead Whale Attracts Visitors
It is surprising how many visitors one dead whale will bring, but
last week and weekend the whale that has washed ashore at Emerald
Isle lured hundreds of “whale seekers.”
Blood Needed for Six Boys,
Victims of Rare Hemophilia
Band to Stage
Beauty Pageant
A “Miss America” pageant will
be staged at Beaufort school Thurs
day night as part of Band Empha
sis Week at the school. The pa
geant will start at 8 p.m. in the
auditorium.
The competition will be on all the
traditional levels, bathing suit, ta
lent and evening dress. The five fi
nalists will have to answer im
portant questions to make sure the
winner is intelligent, as well as
talented and beautiful.
Thirty “lovely and talented las
sies” will compete in the contest.
Among them are Betty (Brady)
Way, Christine (Chris) Pake, Mah
lona (Mahlon) Williams, Johnese
(J tinny) Hassell, Gina (Gene) Ma
son, and Georgette (George) Gibbs.
Admission to the pageant will be
50 cents and $1. Everyone is in
vited to support the band and, at
the same time, enoy an hilarious
evening of entertainment.
Robert McNeill
. . . graduation near
Motorist Cited After
Cape*Carteret Collision
Mrs. Roxie Bertha Mutter, route
1 Swansboro, was charged with
driving without an operator’s li
cense after a collision at 8:20 a.m.
Thursday at Cape Carteret.
State trooper R. H. Brown said
that Mrs. Mutter, driving a 1962
Ford, was going east on Linda
Lonta drive and collided with a
1962 Volkswagen going north on
Dolphin street
Driving the' VW was Mrs. Ella
Blake Stroud, route 1 Swansboro.
No one was injured, but damage
to the Ford #as estimated at $25
and to the VW $150.
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Four Interviewed
Fojir applicants for the eounty
superintendent of schools position
were interviewed by the county
board at education Friday night at
the courthouse annex, Beaufort.
The board also interviewed appli
S. No decision baa yet
to the
► By RUTH PEELING <
Six hemophilia victims in this
county, all cousins, are regular
users of plasma and blood. Be
cause of their continual need for
blood, their parents are appealing
for donors.
The blood, any type, may be
given at Cherry Point when the
Red Cross bloodmobilc visits there
Thursday, April 25.
The donors, however, may not be
military or civilian employees at
Cherry Point, but must be resi
dents of this county or any other
county which does NOT participate
m- the Red Cross blood bank pro
gram. (Carteret has never been
able to establish affiliation with
the Red Cross blood bank due to
lack of funds.)
The children suffering from he
mophilia—a rare disease—are Tim
mie and Donnie Willis, sons of Mr.
and Mrs. Randolph Willis, Crab
Point; David Conner, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Bert Conner; Richard
Dudley, son of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer
Dudley, all of Lennoxville, Richard
Gillikin Jr. and Anthony Gillikin,
sons of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Gil
likin, Otway.
Tim is 16 and attends Morehead
City high school and Donnie, 14,
attends Camp Glenn school.
David is 13 and Richard Dudley
15. Both attend Beaufort school.
Richard Gillikin is 4 and Anthony
2.
The boys have been the subcct of
extensive research by the Depart
ment of Human Genetics, Univer
sity of North Carolina. Dr. John
Graham, head of the department,
is recognized as a leading author
ity on hemophilia.
Blood in people afflicted with he
mophilia does not readily clot.
Therefore, if there is a wound or
bruise, the hemophilic bleeds pro
fusely and the blood must be re
placed if the victim is to survive.
There are almost a dozen differ
ent degrees of hemophilia. The
children in this county suffer from
(See RARE DISEASE, Pg. 3)
Lawrence Men
Held in Assault
Noah Lawrence, 43, and Walter
Thomas Lawrence, 30, Norfolk,
have been charged with beating
and robbing a Camp Lejeune Ma
rine. Hie assault allegedly took
place in Gates county. They are
natives of Otway.
Now in Suffolk, Va., the elder
Lawrence, uncle of Walter, and
Walter, are reportedly fighting or
ders to return to Gates county for
trial.
Victim of the alleged assault,
Glenn M. Wimbley, USMC, 20
years old, told investigating offi
cers that he hitched a ride with
the Lawrence men in Washington,
N. C.
He said* they stopped at a liquor
store in Windsor, made a pur
chase, then continued to Gates
county where they turned off on a
side road into a field. There they
allegedly beat up Wimbley and rob
bed him.
Wimbley said be managed to es
cape after the two tried to run him
down with their car. He ran to a
nearby house for help. Officers in
North Carolina and Virginia were
alerted and the Lawrences were
picked up near Suffolk.
They deny the charges but Wim
bley has identified the two as Us
•itMkm. .
► Plans for the 1983 North Carolina
Crab Derby at More’.ead City are
in the making, according to P W.
Bullock, president of the county
chu'.iuer of commerce.
The dates for the derby will be
Aug 22, 23 and 24 (Thursday
through Saturday) with the crab
race to take place on Saturday the
24th.
The three-day celebration will
honor the state’s fast-growing hard
crab industry.
"This will be the third annual
crab derby and wc want to make
it the best one yet," Mr. Bullock
said.
The event will be sponsored by
the county chamber of commerce
in cooperation with the state's Con
servation and Development depart
ment.
The crab race was held at I.ong
Beach last year and attracted over
one thousand spectators, the cham
ber of commerce president said.
Morehead City was the site of the
derby in 1961.
Entries in the unique derby will
be restricted to the state’s hard
crab producing counties which are
(See DERBY. Pg. 3)
Driver Fined
$200, Costs
In City Court
A Morehead City woman, Flo
rence Chapman, was sentenced to
six months in women’s prison in
Morehead City recorder’s court
last week. The sentence was sus
pended on condition she pay $2U0
and court costs and be on good
behavior for one year.
The Chapman woman was charg
ed with operating a vehicle while
her driver’s license was suspended,
leaving the scene of an accident
and failing to report an accident
within 24 hours.
The defendant was also ordered
by recorder’s court judge Herbert
O. Phillips III to pay $145 in dam
ages to William Henry Robinson.
William Glen Slade, Morehead
City, was found not guilty on the
charge of failing to report an acci
dent and allowing Florence Chap
man to drive, knowing her license
was suspended.
Richard Lee Chambers, More
head City was sentenced to 30 days
on the road for assaulting Roy Da
vis. Judge Phillips suspended the
sentence on condition Chambers
pay court costs and remain on
good behavior for one year.
Another large fine levied by the
Morehead City judge was against
Coley Hills, Cherry Point, for care
less and reckless driving. The
judge ordered the defendant to
pay $100 and court costs.
Junior McIntosh was not tried on
the charge of assaulting Evelyn
Pinkney. The prosecuting witness
was taxed court costs withdrawing
warrant.
Leonard Thomas Hill, Manteo
•and Billy Pittman, Morehead City
were not tried on the charge of
failing to have valid operators' li
censes.
The following received fines
and were taxed court costs: Nan
cy Lee Boyette, Jacksonville, no
operator’s license, $25 fine, and
speeding 55 in a 35 mph zone, $10
fine.
Henry Harrell Smith, Beaufort,
speeding 55 in a 35 mph zone, $10;
Harry Ross Covington, St. Peters
burg, Fla., no operator’s license
and expired Florida plate, $25. The
fine was remitted to the defendant.
Virginia Anne Crowe, Morehead
City, speeding 60 in a 45 mph zone,
$5, fine remitted to the defendant.
The following were taxed court
costs; Daniel S. Griffin, Cherry
Point, public drunkenness; Randall
Clyde Blanchard, Morehead City,
speeding 44 in a 35 mph zone; Pat
ricia Ann Harrelson, Morehead
City, speeding 47 in a 35 mph
zone.
Two men were taxed one-half
court costs, Eldred Lonnie Moody,
Swansboro, going straight in a
left hand lane reserved for left
turn only; Samuel M. Williams,
improper turn.
Clyde Becton, Moreheaa City,
was found not guilty on a drunk
and disorderly charge. The prose
cuting witness, Madeline Becton,
was taxed court costs for malicious
and frivolous prosecution.
Cleveland Westberry was
not guilty of loud and profane
Reuben Wise,
was taxed court costs fur
the judge put him an
W Stolen
At Beauty Shop
• Tools Tak«n Tuesday
From Electrician
• Plumbing Company
Reports Loss
Cash stolen Wednesday night
from the House of Charm beauty
salon, highway 70, west of More
head City, totaled $202, according
to Bill Smith, deputy sheriff, who
investigated.
Deputy Smith said $197 in cash
was taken from the “safe” in a
metal locker, but checks were not
removed. Five dollars was taken
from a snack vendor.
The beauty parlor was entered
by breaking in a back door.
Stolen Tuesday night was a set
of tools from the service truck of
R C. Blanchard, electrician. The
truck was parked by the Blanchard
home, Bonham Heights.
Reported missing the same night
was an amprobe, a small gadget
which was in a Styron Plumbing
and Heating truck parked by Sty
ron's plant on highway 70 in the
western part of Morehead City,
Roma Styron said that the in
strument was valued at approxi
mately $60.
The front wheels of a Ford own
ed by Mrs. Paul Clcland, Mans
field Park, were stolen three weeks
ago. The car was parked on the
Clcland property near the Biltmorc
hotel Because it was nosed close
against another car, Jacks were
placed under the fenders to get the
wheels off.
This made it necessary for the
owner to replace both the fenders
and wheels.
The Cleland theft is one of a se
ries of similar ones occurring in
this area bat had not been reported
heretofore. Mrs. Cleland said the
sheriff's department investigated
the morning after the theft occur
red.
Boosters Work
For Schools
School Bond boosters, at their
recent meeting at the courthouse,
considered further plans for pro
moting passage of the school bond
referendum Saturday, May 11.
H. S. Gibbs Jr., Morehead City,
suggested that a tour of the schools
be arranged for those who contend
that there is no need to invest
money in improving the school
buildings.
Dr. John Costlow, president, re
ported that ■ average daily atten
dance at schools was 4,547 in 1950;
5,667 in 1955; 6,410 in 1960 and
6,578 in 1962.
Representatives from Smyrna
school reported that an essay con
test was held among students. The
topic was the merit of school con
solidation. Plans are being made
to publish the winning essays.
Leawood Lee reported that the
tape made by school principals,
for use on radio, has been made.
Morehead City PTA has donated
$25 toward promotion of the bond
issue. The PTA, at its April meet
ing, also endorsed the bond pro
gram. The School Bond boosters
win meet at 7:30 p.m. tomorrow
at the courthouse.
Cars Damaged as Drivers
Attempt to Back Up
Two backing accidents occurred
Saturday hi Morehead City. There
was no serious damage in either
case, police report.
Charles Howard Leach, More
head City, backed into the ear et
Irene Gray Willis, Morehead City,
according to police. Damage to the
Willis car was about $75.
The accident occurred in the SM
block of ArendeD street
Sophia Ann Gillikin, Morehead
City, backed into Betsy Styroa
Matthew, Atlantic Beach, while
parked in Rose’s parking lot, po
lice said.
They estimated damage to the
Matthew car at $35.
Easter Mofimy Thievas
Steal Newspapers
Morehead City police reported a
bundle of newspapers stolen from
the City News stand in Morehead
City Sunday morning.
Police said there were about 58
J