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MOREHEAD CITY and BEAUFORT, N. C.
Tuesday, May 14, 1963
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Legislators Pleased with Result
Of Saturdays School Bond Vote
Sen. Lather Hamilton and Rep.
Thomas Bennett expressed pleas
ure yesterday with the results of
Saturday’s referendum.
Senator Hamilton said, “I was
delighted with the vote." He urged
caution, however, on issuing the
bonds.
The senator said that he learned
at a recent joint House and Senate
finance committee meeting that IF
the state school bond program is
approved, counties which have al
ready undertaken school building
programs will NOT be reimbursed.
"We should know by the fall of
this year,” the senator said,
“whether the $100,000,000 state
school bond program will be ap
proved by the people.
“Our vote Saturday merely au
thorized the issuance of school
bonds. It didn’t say we HAVE to
issue them. We can finance our
school program as to immediate
needs with cash from our tax lev
ies,” the senator said, “then if we
need the bond money we can go
ahead and issue bonds.
“I assume our county officials
will be cautious in this,” he re
marked.
He explained that to qualify for
the state bond money, a county
has to show that it is in need. “Car
teret would certainly qualify on
that point,” the senator said. Allo
cations to counties will also be
made on the basis of school attend
ance.
It is presumed that the legisla
ture will approve putting the $100,
100,000 school bond issue before
the people. The senator said this
will be done either in a special
referendum this summer, or pro
vision may be made for the vote
to be made in the coming Novem
ber election.
If tLe people do not approve the
state school bond program, Car
teret, by virtue of its vote Satur
day, is in a position to "move ahead
with its better schools program.
Representative Bennett said of
Tuesday's referendum, “I’m glad
it passed.’’
Referring to the vote in the west
ern part of the county where the
precincts of Bogue, Broad Creek,
Pelletier and Cedar Point went
against the bond issue, he said,
“I think the vote there clearly es
tablishes that the people don’t want
an elementary school in the White
Oak area.’’
He said he would continue fight
ing for the people who do not want
the school. Stella is the only west
ern precinct, where the bond issue
was favored.
Tires Stolen
From Ryan Car
The front wheels and tires were
stolen from a car owned by Jeff
Ryan, 3205 Evans St., Morehead
City, Thursday night. The car was
parked in the Ryan driveway.
Mr. Ryan owns the same type
of car, Buick Electra 225, as J. B.
Eubanks, whose front wheels were
stolen several weeks ago. Mr. Eu
banks, a resident of Mitchell Vil
lage, said that it cost the insurance
company $182 to replace his wheels
and tires.
He says the type of wheel is an
odd size. Ryan’s car was left with
its front on concrete blocks as was
Eubanks’.
Mr. Eubanks was asked what
he’s doing to keep his new tires
and wheels from being taken. He
said be has put a light in his yard
and has a shotgun by die door.
"They might get my tires, but
they’ll carry away some buckshot
with them, too,” he declared.
Medical Center
Supporter Issues
Pledge Reminder
C. S. Long, Newport, ardent sup
porter of the Newport Medical Cen
ter project, reminds people in New
port and friends nearby that
pledges for the medical center are
to be paid, if possible, by tomor
Mr.
Long praised the medical
vv—w editorial in THE NEWS
TIMES Tuesday, May T, and ex
pressed the hope that all had read
it "A few new pledges and con
tributions have been received re
cently that I feel were promoted
by that editorial," Mr. Long re
marked.
He adds, "We hope to have the
building completed in early August
as that is when most young doc
are available. AO
from doctors any age are welcome.
We are already receiving inquiries
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Referendum
Results
PRECINCT
•Atlantic
Beaufort
Bettie
Bogue
Broad Creek
Cedar Island
Cedar Point
Davis
Harkers Island
Harlowe
Marshallberg
Merrimon
Morehead No. 1
Morehead No. 2
Newport
Otway
Pelletier
Portsmouth
Salter Path
Sea Level
Smyrna
Stacy
Stella
Straits
Wildwood
Williston
Wiregrass
FOR AGAINST
44 173
982 212
65 8
39 41
33 41
3 53
14 55
44 82
218 25
42 55
81 70
61' 9
176 322
416 385
168 212
79 26
8 13
4 -
12 6
12 76
24 33
22 26
14 9
53 24
71 55
55 26
17 39
2,757 2,076
Totals
The above results are unofficial.
The county board of elections will
meet at 11 a.m. today to canvass
the vote and announce the official
results.
Thieves Take
Rifle at Store
Beaufort police reported a break
in Thursday night and two more
break-in attempts at stores in
downtown Beaufort.
Thtevts entered the Beaufort
hardware store through a back
window, police said, and stole a
Winchester .22 rifle and a few pen
nies.
Also they attempted to break
into Guthrie-Jones’ drug store,
which adjoins Beaufort Hardware,
through the back door.
Police said the attempt was foil
ed when a key broke off in the
door.
Another attempt was made to
break in at the Western Auto store.
Police found a padlock on the rear
of the store bent, but the store
had not been entered.
Also during the week, police ap
prehended a 13-year-old youth
Tuesday afternoon who was seen
entering a house at 306 Ann St.
through a window in the rear of the
house.
Police thief Guy Springle said
the youth was turned over to juve
nile authorities.
Edith Davis Wins at Wilmington
Edith Davis, daughter of Mr. aad Mrs. R. W: Davis, Wildwood,
holds the loving cup she won at the 11-county spelling hee at Wfl
mington. Her parents, seated hesMe her, will accompany the spell:
lag champ to the national spelling matches, which will he held in
Washington, D. C., Jane tt-lt.
Southeastern North Carolina will
be represented in the National
Spelling Bee at Washington, D C.
by Edith Davis, eighth grade stu
dent df Camp Glenn school.
The eighth grader is the daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Davis,
Wildwood. Mr. Davis is principal
of Camp Glenn school.
Edith won the right to participate
in the spelling bee in the nation’s
capital recently when she downed
all the competition at a spelling
match in Wilmington.
The Carteret county spelling
champ won over representatives
from 10 other counties.
The word that won her the trip
Boyds Recover
9,000 in Suit
For Damages
A total of $7,000 in damages was
ordered paid Mr. and Mrs.'Lonnie
M. Boyd, Morehead City, in the
recent term of civil court in Beau
fort. The Boyds were involved in a
collision on the Salter Path road
in which two teen-age girls were
killed July 1, 1962.
In the case, Margaret L. Boyd
vs. Dallas Gaylord and John D.
Waters, Mrs. Boyd received $5,000.
Waters was driver of the car which
collided with the Boyd car and in
which the two girls were riding.
Mr. Boyd was awarded $500 for
damage to his car and $1,500 for
injuries.
In the case, Durwood Daniels vs.
James Robert Brown and R. D.
Sapps, the court ordered that Dan
iels recover $290 plus interest from
Dec. 28, 1962 and that the debt be
considered a lien against the de
fendants’ 25-foot cruiser and equip
ment aboard.
Daniels is seeking payment for
storage and repairs to the craft.
A compromise was reached in
the case, Ralph G. and Roma L.
Styron, trading as Styron Plumbing
and Heating, vs. Raymond L. Duke
and Sportsman fishing pier. Duke
agreed to pay $575 and was taxed
costs of court.
A divorce suit, which ended in
mistrial when first tried, ended
with a divorce being granted Ber
tha Dixon Alexander and Herbert
E. Alexander. Mrs. Alexander was
awarded custody of the children.
Ownership of land waft determin
ed in the suit, J. F. Wlnberry anA
wife, Josephine, vs. John S. Jones.
Jones was ordered to pay court
costs
Ib another case involving land
ownership, the suits were dismiss
ed and the plaintiff, Nere E. Day,
ordered to pay court costs. The
suits were against E. P. Godwin
and others, International Paper
Co. and J. W. Blanchard and oth
ers.
The presiding judge was James
F. Latham.
Beaufort Town Officials
Sworn in at Town Hall
A. H. James, clerk of court, ad
ministered the oath of office to
Beaufort’s new town officials last
night at the town hall.
They are Dr. John Costlow,
mayor; Earl Mades, Dr. David
Farrior, Glenn Willis, Holden Bal
lou and Osborne Davis, commis
sioners.
was “queue” like the plaited hair
worn by Chinese.
There were only two left in the
match when Tommy Benson, Dup
lin county, missed the word and
Edith was given a chance to spell
the word correctly, which she did.
The national spelling match will
be held in Washington June 10-lg.
Edith will have an expense-paid
trip to Washington and an oppor
tunity to become the nation’s
Od to the regional bee
the county spelling
i and was awarded a
trip to Wilmington cul
ms also county speU
i last year
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Car Found Under Water
Photos by Reginald Lewis
Lt. Allen Hansen, left, and Cpl. Cary Girard, right, discovered the submerged car at the end of the
Navy landing ramp, Radio Island.
Authorities yesterday were at
tempting to unravel the mystery
surrounding an English Ford which
was found under water Sunday at
the end of the Navy landing ramp,
Radio Island.
The small light green car bore
a license plate issued to Abe C.
Thompson, Yeager Trailer Park,
Jacksonville, but that tag had been
cancelled, according to the state
department of motor vehicles be
cause the owner had failed to keep
up his insurance. The tag was DV
9904,
It was learned that a new tag
jvas later issued, bufethat tag was
hot on the car.
The car was discovered by two
members of the Aquamarine Skin
Diving club, Cherry Point, Lt. Al
len Hansen and Cpl. Gary Girard.
The car was empty and it is esti
mated that it must have been un
der water about a week.
The divers came upon it during
a routine training dive about noon
Sunday. Two hours were required
to raise it. The car was taken to
a Morehead City garage.
The sheriff’s department and
state trooper R. H. Brown are in
vestigating.
Charlotte Realtor to Speak
To Local Board of Realtors
P. Jones Named
Smyrna Principal
Pelham T. Jones, a native of
Marshallberg, has been selected
as principal of Smyrna school.
Mr. Jones . is a graduate of
Wake Forest college and receiv
ed his master’s, degree at the
University of North Carolina. He
also served four years in the
Navy.
For three years he was princi
pal of .Dabney high school ■ in
.Vance county and for the past
ten years he was principal of Au
lander high school in Bertie coun
ty.
Mr. Janes will succeed Ray
Futrell, who has resigned.
Units of Ftart Call
At Port, Gather Offshore
Navy ships have been loading at
Morehead City for the past week
and Marine equipment has been
moving out, an operation in con
nection with the nnrest in Haiti,
which is a stone’s throw from
Cuba.
Many units of the fleet have
been assembled off the Carteret
coast for the past week, including
an aircraft carrier-for helicopters.
Tide Table
Tides at Beaafort Bar
JOGH LOW
Tuesday, Way 14
12:15 a.m. 5:56 a.m.
5:32 p.m.
A crane lifts the car from the water and swings it ashore. Noth
ing was found inside, but both doors were open and the windshield
was smashed.
► D. E. Wyman, Charlotte, presi
dent of the North Carolina Associa
tion of Realtors, will be the guest
speaker at 7 Thursday night at the
Morehcad-Beaufort Board of Real
tors meeting at the Morehead Bilt
more hotel.
The board of realtors is observ
ing National Realtor Week.
Mr. Wyman is owner of the De
Lacy E. Wyman Realty Co., is
immediate past president of the
Charlotte board of realtors and is
serving his second term as a di
rector of the North Carolina Asso
ciation of Realtors.
Active in the field of real estate
education, Mr. Wyman is a mem
ber of the faculty of the realtors’
institutes at both the University of
North Carolina and the University
of South Carolina. As a member
of the NCAR speakers committee,
he has served as guest speaker at
several state educational confer
ences and conventions. 4
Realtor Wyman is a director of
the Mecklenburg Kiwanis club, the
Charlotte Sales and Marketing Ex
ecutives club, and the Charlotte
Junior Achievement. He attended
Lees-McRae college, is married,
and is a deacon in the Trinity
Presbyterian church.
Mayors of three towns, George
Dill of Morehead City, A. B. Coop
er of Atlantic Beach and John D.
Costlow Jr., mayor of Beaufort,
have proclaimed this week Realtor
Week. Theme of the week is “A
Home Means Happiness.”
Attending Thursday night’s meet
ing with Mr. Wyman will be James
Bischel, executive secretary of the
North Carolina Association of Real
f>. E. Wyman
Called
Adair ambulance answered calls
itbmobile accidents Friday
Ivey Eubanks Jr., Beaufort
vho was in an accident east
oi ueaufbrt, was admitted to Sea
Level hospital, and Chuck Graham,
who was in an 'accident on high
way 101, was taken to Morehead
City hospital. No details on the ae
cidents were available yesterday
from state highway patrolmen.
Has Anyone Seen a Jaybird?
1 *
a license to hunt
Yen don’t
the ‘‘Jaybird.”
Yesterday morning opened the
season on all jaybirds. It carried
a bounty of $5 on the head of this
rascal *he has no respect for pe
destrian rules. The reward will
increase $5 each day that he re
mains uncaught. The first Week's
bounty is being donated by John
L..Crump, Chalk k Gibbs and Jer
tjL<L Willis Insurance.
Saturday Vote: 2,757
For; 2,076 Against
By a margin of 681 votes, Carteret approved issuance
of $2 million in school bonds in Saturday’s referendum.
Number of votes cast was 4,8,33, a good turnout for an
election of that type. Total number of vote* cast in the
county in last November’s hot political campaign waa
8,974!
School officials, board of education members, Citizens
Committees for Better Schools,'
American Association of University
Women and others who worked for
promotion of the school building
program were elated with the re
sults.
In 1959, voters turned down a
$2Vs million school bond building
program.
In Saturday’s referendum, 2,757
voted for the school bond referen
dum and 2,076 against.
II. L. Joslyn, county school super
intendent, says this clears the way
for signing the contract with G. M.
Thompson, Raleigh, contractor for
the West Carteret school.
He added that a special meeting
of the county board of education
may be called to get plans moving
on the East Carteret school, in con
sultation with the committees of
Beaufort and Smyrna schools.
Renovation of buildings planned
under the accelerated school build
ing program can get under way
where elementary and high school
children are not housed under the
same roof.
Major renovation in the build
ings now occupied by both younger
and older pupils will be possible
as soon as the high school pupils
are moved into the new buildings,
the superintendent said.
Former Newport
Resident Hurt
in Auto Crash
Mrs. GarlandflLockey, a former
resident of Newport, and her son,
Dr. Myron Lockey, were injured
Saturday afternoon in an automo
bile accident in Meridien, Mias.
Mrs. Lockey, her son and daugh
ter in-law, and their two small chil
dren were returning to their homes
in Jackson, Mias., when the acci
dent occurred.
Dr. Lockey was hospitalized, but
was discharged Sunday. He suffer
ed a broken finger and bruises.
His mother suffered severe cuts on
her face, e broken arm and a bad
ly bruised hip. She will be confined
to Anderson Infirmary in Meridien
for at least two weeks. Her broth
er-in-law, C. H. Lockey of New
port, said plastic surgery will be
required for her face.
Mrs. Myron Lockey was riding
on the back seat with the two chil
dren and none of them was injur
ed. C. H. Lockey said Dr. Lockey
was wearing a seat belt, which
probably saved him from serious
injury. Mrs. Garland Lockey was
not wearing a seat belt and her
head hit the windshield.
The accident occurred when an
other car careened across a four
lane intersection and struck the
Lockey vehicle. The occupants of
the oncoming car had apparently
been drinking. None of them was
injured. The Lockey auto, a 1963
Chevrolet, was demolished.
The Lockeys had spent last week
visiting relatives in Newport and
had left Friday for home. They
stopped overnight in Atlanta, Ga.
Mrs. Garland Lockey is the daugh
ter of Mrs. Sue Willis of Newport.
Her husband, who was not able to
make the trip to Newport with
thenr, is the son of C. L. Lockey,
Newport.
Windy Weekend
Brings Cold Front
A windy weekend, which saw
Saturday’s gusts soar to 42 knots,
kept sunny skies away from the
county. Several times during the
weekend there was a threat of
rain; however, the rains didn’t
come and the county continues to
ache in the dryness.
High Lew Wmi
Friday 80 « SW
Saturday 75 60 SWNE
Sunday 86 52 NE
The week-long campaign, the
firat of its kind here, is spooeored
by the Morehead City Jaycees in
cooperation with jthe Monhead
City police department.
The Jaybird will be puippeely
violating pedestrian laws to make
every oat eohacious that pedestrian
ordinarily
Garland Scruggs
Heads New Red
Cross Chapter
The county Red Crocs chapter
elected officers and appointed
hoard members in a meeting at
the Morehead City municipal build
ing Thursday night. The following
were elected:
Garland Scrubs, board chair
man; James R Saunders, vice
chairman; Mrs. F. C. Salisbury,
secretary-treasurer.
Appointed to the board were Gil
bert Potter, Dr. Herbert Webb, W.
D. Munden, Dr. John Gainey, the
Rev. Mayo Little, Mayor George
Dill, Mrs. A1 Dewey, Mrs. J. C.
Taylor, Mrs. Gus Davis and J. O.
Barbour Jr.
The Red Cross field director, Ar
thur Paradeses, conducted the
meeting. Home Service has been
established and classes in lifesav
ing, first aid and nurses aid will
be conducted during the next year.
Lifesaving courses will start
soon, but first aid and nurses’ aid
will not be taught until the fall.
The courses are given without
charge. Location and dates of the
classes will be announced.
Nine hundred and fifty dollars is
lacking to establish a blood bank
in the county, Mr. Scruggs reports.
All officers, board members and
the three Home Service represen
tatives are volunteer workers, be
added.
The chapter expressed its grati
tude to Mayor Dill, who headed
the fund drive; the Morehead City
Woman’s club and its departments.
Literary and Art, Home Life and
Garden and Civics, for their con
tribution and volunteer work; the
Jaycettcs, for working on the blood
bank project; and the chairman
and 109 volunteers who worked in
the fund drive.
The next meeting of the board of
directors will be Tuesday, June 18,
at 7:30 p.m. in the civic center,
Morehead City.
Evacuation Drill
Held at Schools
Beanfort tad Qua Street
schools held an evacuation drill
Wednesday afternoon, beginning at
2:30. Nine hundred eight of the
total 2,014 were carried by school
buses, According to parents, re
ports, all children were home by
4:05 (the last child home lives at
eastern limits of Beaufort school
jurisdiction), and asset pupils were
home before then.
Mrs W. J. Ipock, civil defense
publicity chairman, reports that
Beaufort police ware by
the county CD amdUmry polka aad
Beaufort rescue squad In the traf
fic control dutiea. Police depart
chief Guy
Jack Chap
George King,
uty director, i
Beaufort
were Mol
and
police
CD. dep
John Hayes,
members
Alton Gaskill
at the
Lois ShcriB,
Mrs. Rebecca
Hamilton. As
Street school
and Mrs. S. W.
City town board
will meet at 7:45
A the municipal
be the second
board.