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EAST OF NEWPORT GET YOUR NEWS-TIMES AT BILL’S 66 STATION 52nd Year — No. 45 Two Sections — Ten Pages MOREHEAD CITY and BEAUFORT, N. C. Tuesday, June 4, 1963 PvbiUMd Tuesdays and Fridaf -i- " John G. Simpson, Beaufort, Booked After Officer Injured proposed r„mo Glenn *xo\r Slte ^ County Hosprto* S«*e Marine Killed In Crash Early Sunday Morning • Accident Occurs West of Beach • Three Other Persons Suffer injury A 20-year-old Cherry Point Ma ine, Robert E. Green Jr., was kill d in an automobile accident at a.m. yesterday in which three ther persons were injured. The accident occurred two miles west of Atlantic Beach on the Salter Path road. , State trooper J. W. Sykes said Morton Wallace Evans, 21, Cherry Point, was driving a 1956 Ford east on the Salter Path road. Green was riding on the front seat with Evans. In the back seat were Mrs. Doris Hobart, 26, Stella, and Larry W. Hawley, 22, Cherry Point. The trooper said Evans ran off the right side of the road as he came out of a curve, continued 88 yards through yaupon along the side of the road, and struck a util ity pole. The auto was demolished. Evan’s mouth was badly injured, Mrs. Hobart suffered a broken left leg and cuts, and Hawley complain ed of arm and chest injuries. He also had facial cuts. Coroner W. D. Mund<»n ruled that Green died of internal injuries, the trooper said. Trooper Sykes said Mrs. Hobart told him Evans was going “very very fast” and that she asked Hawley to tell Evans to slow down. She said Hawley replied that when he did. Evans would only go faster. The trooper said he was not able to question the driver. Green was alive when troopef Sykes reached the scene, but died before he could be removed from the wreckage. All the injured were taken to the Camp Lejeune hospit al. County Board Sets 1963 Tax Rate at $1.75 County commissioners set the tax rate for 1963 at $1.75 yesterday, the same rate as last year. Breakdown on the rate is as fol lows: general fund, 20 cents; spec ial services (veterans service offi cer, etc,), 10 cents; building main tenance, 3 cents; welfare and gen eral assistance, 10 cents. Health department, 10 cents; old age assistance, 3 cents; aid to de pendent children, 3 cents; aid to the permanent and totally disabled, 3 cents; aid to the blind, 1 cent, and schools (capital outlay and main tenance), 51.12. Ronald Earl Mason, county audi tor, said that all the levies are the same as last year, with the exception of schools, which has been raised from 95 cents to $1.12. Mr. Mason said that even though all the county’s bonded debt is off the books, $117,000 is still owed in state literary notes. The board ap proved transferral of funds from the general fund surplus to pay off notes by June 30 because the audi tor said the amount in the debt service fund is insufficient to do so. He said the $10,000 note on court house and jail improvement has been paid this year. Gordon Becton, chairman of the Beaufort school committee, and Roland Salter, chairman of the Smyrna school committee, appear ed before the board to request a road from highway 70 to highway 101, through the property acquired for the East Carteret school. W. R. Hamilton, chairman of the board, said that H. G. (Buddy) Phillips, state highway commis sioner for this district, told him that getting a road to the school would be no question. Whether the road could connect highway 101 and 70 was. Mr. Becton estimated that the road would be about two miles long. He said it is necessary that location of the road be known be fore the architect can begin work. If the school property is used entirely for the road, there will be no right-of-way problem. 'H not, several property owners will have to give permission for the right of way. Ac board suggested that the school committees obtain the nec essary right-of-way agreements. | (See BOARD, Fg. g) Two Navy Vessels To be Shown Here At the request of Garland Scruggs, general chairman of the Marlin Festival, two Navy vessels will be at Morehead City port and be open to the public Saturday and Sunday. One is the submarine Harder, under the command of Cdr. Jay Ky Beam, USN, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Beam, Beaufort, and the other is the USS Graham County, LST 1176. Mr. Scruggs said he was noti fied Saturday by Congressman David Henderson that the two vessels would be in port. Postmasters Of State Will Meet at Hotel Postmasters of Newport, More head City, Beaufort and Atlantic Beach vyill be host to the North Carolina chapter of the National Association of Postmasters Tues day through Thursday at the Bilt more hotel, Morehead City. Between 300 and 350 postmasters are expected, according to R. K. Montague, Newport postmaster, who has steered plans for the event. Mr. Montague believes this is the first time Tar Heel postmasters have met at Morehead City in 12 years. He said he started working more than a year ago to bring the postmasters to this county for their annual meeting. The convention opens at 2 this afternoon with registration. Wed nesday’s session will begin with a devotional service at 7:30 a.m. at which the Rev. E. T. Vinson of Newport will preside. The service will be outdoors in front of the hotel patio. Following the Invocation at 9 a.m. by the Rev. Corbin Cooper, Morehead City, the host postmast ers, Mr. Montague, Harold Webb, Morehead City; J. P. Betts, Beau fort, and Mrs. Etta Willis, Atlantic Beach, will be introduced. A moonlinght cruise on Morehead City’s two headboats has been ar ranged for 7 p.m. Wednesday. Most of the convention will be de voted to business sessions. The Rev. B. L. Davidson, More head City, will give the invocation at Thursday morning’s session, and the invocation at Thursday night’s banquet by the Rev. W. T. Greene, Newport. During the convention, addresses will be made by Thomas Rice, chief, General Services administra tion, Philip Belt, US Civil Service commission, both of Atlanta; of ficials of the national association, and John Carter, regional employ ment and placement official. The address at the banquet will be by C. B. Gladden, regional director, Atlanta. An orchestra will provide music for dancing following the banquet. Thurman R. Smith, president of North Carolina postmasters, will preside. Rains Came; Total Exceeds 3 'Wet' Inches And the rains came and came and came. Sunday’s wetness amounted to almost 3 inches of rain. Since Friday there have been 3.20 inches of rain, according to the Atlantic Beach weather station. High Lew tnnd Friday ...... 80 84 NE ENE Saturday ..80 68 NE. Sunday ...... 68 64 NE ENE More Than One The Jerry Willis who appeared in county recorder’s court last week was William Jerry Willis, route 1 Morehead City, and not Jerry J. Willis, 2000 Shepard St. Crabs Now It's Legal to Opening of the shrimping season gave the commercial fisheries committee an opportunity to bow out gracefully under the hammer ing at Carteret crab dealers who want to take sponge crabs (female crabs about io spawn). Taking the crabs is now permitted. A motion passed Friday at More head City by the fisheries commit tee noted that shrimpers are catch ing sponge crabs in trawls, and rather than violate the law, shrimp fishermen are “destroying” them. The committee also noted in its resolution* the “economic plight of commercial crabbers as outlin ed by prominent men of the fishing industry-”'-at Friday’s hearing at the commercial fisheries building. :: . v , ti.. \.v '■ ► Howard Hill, Beaufort police of-1 ficer, was in Morehead City hos pital yesterday, recovering from a broken leg. John Gordon Simpson, 24, Beaufort, spent the weekend in the county jail charged with as saulting Hill with a truck with in tent to kill. Simpson is also charged with go ing through a red light, operating a pickup truck while drunk, resist ing arrest and maliciously damag ing Sonny Lane’s place of business, the Beaufort police car and the truck, which belongs to Beaufort Fisheries. Damage was estimated at $1,000. Hill was injured in front of Lane's shortly after 4 a.m. Sunday. Mili tary Dolice, Morehead City police and the sheriff’s department con verged on the scene. According to deputy sheriff Carl Bunch Hill was on- duty Sunday morning. While at the police station bn Front street, he saw a pickup truck turn on Turner from Front and go north on the wrong side of the street. At the Cedar and Turner street intersection, the deputy said the truck went through a red light, so Hill got in the police car and went after the truck. He followed it to the causeway and stopped the truck in front of Lane’s outboard boating store. Deputy Bunch said when he told the driver, Simpson, to get out, Simpson backed up in an attempt to run over Hill. Hill jumped aside and Simpson altered direction of the truck to run him down again, the deputy added. With that, Hill headed for his car to radio for help. But as he did so, Simpson tried a third time and this time hit the officer, knocking him 10 or 15 feet, the deputy said. Hill’s attempt to stop the truck by firing at a front tire failed. In that maneuver, Simpson struck a boat in front of Lane’s and also hit the police car. Then, the deputy related, after knocking Hill down, Simpson jumped on hiih, grabbed his gun and threw it through the plate glass window of Lane’s. Hill managed to convince Simp son that he was hurt and urged him tn call an ambulance. Simpson went to the police car radio and yelled for help. That was the first time the central police station at Morehea'd City had heard from Hill since Hill had notified the station, while in Beaufort, that he was in pursuit of a pickup truck. Law enforcement officers rushed to the causeway. Deputy Bunch said that while he was there, Simp son who was placed in the back of a police car, leaped over the seat to the front and tried to drive off. Simpson was held in jail over the weekend. He was released yester day morning under $1,000 bond. Sea Level Hospital Announces Fourth Of July Fish Fry The board of trustees of the Sea Level General and Children’s Hos pital, Inc., Sea Level, will again sponsor a fish fry for the benefit of the hospital. The fish fry will be held at noon Thursday, July 4th, on the hospital grounds. This will be the 10th consecutive year that the board of trustees has sponsor ed the event. Adequate picnic grounds are available for the use and conven ience of people who attend the event. Hie board sincerely hopes that all of the friends of the Sea Level hospital will be present on July 4th to help them celebrate the establishment of the institution by The Taylor Foundation, comments Charles F. Caudell Jr., administra tor. In prior years, the number of ■people in attendance has increased each vear. It is the sincere hope of the board that, the 10th annual fish fry will be the biggest and best ever. . •'■< It noted that only one person, Bill Moore, Belhaven crab dealer, spoke against lifting the ban. Speaking ia favor were W. B. Potter, Beaufort; Monroe Gaskill, Cedar Island; A. K. Everett, Swansboro; Lambert Morris, John W. Smith, Bffly Smith, Ira Morris Jr., J. M. Goodwin, and Clayton Fulcher, all of Atlantic. SJ J T. A. Taylor, Sea Level; Alton Phillips, Swansboro; Headen Wil lis, Smyrna, and county commis sioner Rudolph Mason,- Morehead City, who presented a letter frpm W. R. Hamilton, Beaufort, chair man of the Carteret board of com missioners. . One Mandro attended the bearing. t Marine Band Leads Parade Lead-off band in tlje Marlin Festival parade Saturday afternoon in Morebead City was the Second Marine Air Wing band, Cherry Point. Parade-lovers will have a chance to see another parade at 2 p.m. this Saturday in Beaufort, prior to re-enactment of pirate invasion of the town. Pupils for Summer Workshop Courses to Sign Up Thursday Explorer Post, Newport, Goes On Sea Voyage Explorer Post No. 61 of Newport left Plymouth Monday on a home made boat, on a five-day sea voy age to Atlantic Beach. The New port troop joined 22 other Explorer troops from the East Carolina Council of the Boy Scouts of Amer ica. Thirteen teen-age boys and two adult advisors from Newport join ed the expedition, which has about 200 boys from eastern Carolina, all on home-made boats, at Mack ey’s Ferry, Plymouth. Clayton Cannon, advisor of the Explorer Post said the convoy of home-made craft is expected to arrive at Atlantic Beach late Sat urday night. The flotilla will land every night. There will be no night travel. Mr. Cannon said the Newport troop had being building the boat about four months and the boys were really looking forward to the voyage. #The Sea Witch is the name the troop gave theii'’38-foot craft, which wiH be equipped with radio. The post leader said the Newport boys are hoping their boat will be the command boat. Friday night the 22 vessels will go into Ocracoke Island for a clam bake. The Sea Witch wQl be powered by two 35 boKj|ap«wer outboard motors. Flotilla; wQl be in contact with the Coast Guard every two hours by radio. The Coast Guard has been notified of the route it will take. IV ..explorers plan to sleep aboard at night. They will do their own cooking. David Carden, Newport,- the other adult advisor of the troop, said that every boy has his own job to do. Buddy Norris will act as cap tain and Mike Warren will be the navigator., The-Sea Witch was constructed in Newport and was taken to Ply mouth Monday by truck. The commercial fisheries’ com mittee’* action permits the taking of spawning crabs until July 14 when the Beard of Conservation and Development meets at Nags Head. It is generally agreed among crab fishermen that as far as this year is concerned, if any crabs aie going to spawn, they've already done it. :;t ' i , , ■ $ ■ Bat they're looking to next year. It is anticipated that the CAD board in July will permanently lift the ban on taking sponge crabs. Dr. A. F. Chestnut, director of the Institute of Fisheries Research, University qf North Carolina, stafr ed at the fearing Friday that stud ies have shown the taking of sponge crabs does oat seen to depicts tbs ".imwii iiiffjajr . ► Thursday will be the day of reg-" istration for the summer arts work shop in Beaufort. Hours are 2 to 5 p.m. at 308 Ann St. Starting June 17, the workshop will offer courses in music, art and dance. It will be under the direc tion of Mrs. Charles Hassell, Beau fort, and will continue through July 26. The workshop program is plan ned for group study and activity, Mrs. Hassell says. Classes will be made for the convenience of stu dent and teacher, according to time and number in class. No pri vate lessons will be offered. All courses have a two-hour class per week. Cost of each course is $24. Teaching in the art department will be Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Griese, Richlands. In the winter they have classes in Jacksonville, Richlands, and Morehead City. Tom Davis, who has a title of master teacher, will handle the dance program. Mr. Davis is on the faculty of the National Association of Dance and in past summers has taught in the country’s largest cities. Mrs. Hassell will handle the in struction in music. She has been in music education over 25 years teaching piano, voice, and has di rected choral groups. Children will attend day classes. Age minimum in music and art is six years or older. Dancing will be offered for pre-school age child ren. Adults may attend day or night classes in most courses. Interested persons who have day-time jobs should consult instructors a*bout schedule. Deputy Arrests Two House-Breaking Boys Deputy sheriff Bill Smith report ed yesterday that he has apprehend ed a 10-year-old and 12-year-old boy who broke twice into the home of Mr: and Mrs. Paul Branch, Spooner’s Creek. The youngsters have been turned over to juvenile authorities. He said they went into the bouse and stole food and sweets about two weeks ago. They entered again Saturday afternoon and took; ice cream and similar things from the refrigerator. The boys live in the vicinity of Spooner’s Creek, Newport RFD. ert StaO board to unsafe, state fit head Cit; and Mr. suppler, nor does , the quality of sponge crab meat necessarily cause a lowering of price, he noted. Eric Rodgers, chairman of the commercial fisheries committee, commented after the hearing that the sponge crab issue does not appear to involve conservation. authorized Rob .... of the C&D on removing the dock at the Property in More bids are requited said when bid# only one was was granted the Car tent board of education to use the ‘ ' i ► Adult Students Will Graduate Two hundred graduates of the adult education program in More head City will hear a talk by Dr. Raymond Horne, department of education, Raleigh, when the adult education commencement exercises are'hold Friday night at 8 in the Morehcad City school auditorium. Certificates will be presented by Charles Bates, state supervisor of vocational educa tion. The graduates have completed courses in diesel mechanic, out board motor repair, marine rec ords and lab workshop, applied math, boatbuilding and blueprint reading, electric welding, and reading. The program is directed by Capt. Jim Mitchell, vocational teacher at Morehead City school. Two Injured In Sunday Crash Two men were injured in an auto accident at 3 a.m. Sunday three miles east of Beaufort. Wallach H. Gaskill, Atlantic, was driving a 1961 Comet which skidded off high way 70 and struck a utility pole after passing a car. Both Gaskill and his brother, Ralph, were taken to Morehead City hospital. Gaskill was headed east at the time. He was charged with driving too fast for existing conditions. Trooper J. W. Sykes investigated. Damage to the car was estimat ed at $1,500. Trooper Sykes investigated Tues day an accident near the Core Creek bridge on highway 101. Lloyd Midgctt, Beaufort, was en route to Cherry Point in a 1959 Ford when Jerry B. Davis of Williston, driving a 1961 Chevrolet, pulled from a side road and into Midgett’s path, the officer said. The Ford was damsged to the extent of $290 and damage to the Chevrolet was estimated at $100. Davis was charged with starting froih a direct line without first seeing that the move could be made in safety. to be vacated) for a vocational training school in fisheries man agement. The building, owned by the state, will be maintained by the county. The state can require that it be vacated on 30 days’ no tice. The committee announced that the annual hearing, required by law prior to the Jhlv meeting of the CAD board, would be held at Nags Head at 10 a.m. Saturday, July IS. . -MlfP Upon request by persons from the New river area, the committee authorized the dosing of New riyer to all trawling until the opening of the IMIS shrimp season in that area. That wiH probably be about July, according to Mr. Bofers. County Chairman Says It Will be 'Considered' By request, county commissioners decided yesterday that they would consider purchase of a site at Camp Glenn for the proposed county hospital. Making the request was Bud Dixon, chairman of the hospital board of trustees, Dr. John Way and Dr. Milton B. Morey, representing members of the County Medical society. The property is reportedly owned by the Atlantic and North Carolina railway and until* recently was believed to be owned by Southern railway, lessee of the Atlantic and East Carolina road. (The A&NC is a state corporation which owns and leases the A&EC line)'. William Roy Hamilton, chairman of the board of county commission ers. told the three men that if they were able to quote a figure as to cost of the property (18.8 acres), the board would consider purchase if the price is reasonable. He stated, however, that he cam paigned for the Harbour site, north of Morehead City, which was of fered to the county at no cost. The Camp Glenn site is in Morehead City near the western limits, be tween highway 70 and 70A. , Dr. Way said the Camp Glenn site is wanted by the doctors. Dr. Morey termed it “ideal.” The question was raised as to the close ness of a fish factory. Dr. Morey said if the hospital is air-condi tioned, the fish factory would be of no consequence. Sen. Luther Hamilton has intro duced a bill in the legislature which would void all prior action taken in regard to a county hos pital. Members of the medical pro fession have been busy since in troduction of the bill to get the senator to withdraw it. It is felt that another referen dum on the hospital would not bring approval of the people. A ref erendum in November 1960 did au thorize the county to build a hoa ^Senator Hamilton is not In favor of the hospital being located north of Morehead City at what is com monly referred to as the “Crab Point site.” He does believe, however, that the Camp Glenn site would be de sirable. It was indicated that if the Camp Glenn site can be obtained, the senator would withdraw his bill. Mr. Dixon said that records in Raleigh show that Southern Rail way owns the property in question. But Southern Railway has no rec ord of owning it, nor is there a rec ord of Southern’s ownership in the Carteret courthouse, according to the hospital chairman. The site at Camp Glenn was con sidered when the hospital site con troversy mushroomed. Dr. Way said that Luther Hamilton Jr., for mer county attorney, told him that efforts were merely dropped to ob tain the site. The site was not by passed, as thought, because it was “unobtainable.” Mr. Dixon said it is the sena tor’s opinion that the property can be bought. He also added that there would be considerable expense in volved in putting water lines into the Crab Point site and providing sewage installations. The number of acres available was discussed. Mr. Hamilton aaid he thought a minimum of 20 is re quired. Commissioner Rudolph Ma son said he thought as few as 14 would be acceptable. Truck, Car Collide In Morohoad Saturday An accident occurred on 19th and Bridges streets Saturday afternoon when an automobile making a left turn, collided with an RAN furni ture truck attempting to pass. Edward Henderson, Morehead City, driving the 1964 Dodge truck was headed east on Bridges street and was attempting to pass Fur nie Pittman, Morehead City, driv ing a 19M Chevrolet. Investigating officer, Capt Joe Smith, Morehead City police, charged Henderson with improper passing and Pittman with improper signaling. The officer estimated tin dam age to the truck at $100 and the automobile at $900. -".. - HIGH 1 t 1 ♦-IN* County Board Refuses to Fire 'Loaded Gun' County commissioners took no action yesterday on a lengthy reso lution castigating Sen. Luther Ham ilton, Morehead City, and the bills he has been introducing in the leg islature. Commissioner Rudolph Mason said that he was in favor of one of the measures which the resolu tion voiced objection to. Commis sioner Mason and commissioner Headen Willis each said they ob jected to the “personal animosity’* displayed in the resolution. It is generally conceded that the resolution was written by Wiley Taylor Jr., county attorney. Mr. Taylor made no denial when be was fingered as the author. Commissioner Moses Howard said that if the board wanted to object to what the senator is doing, to pass it. “You’d like that to go up to Ra leigh without your name oe it, wouldn't you?” Republican com missioner Willis laughingly said to Mr. Howard. (Mr. Howard is a member of the Democratic party faction reportedly controlled by senator Hamilton). >« Other than Willis and Howard, the other county commlstienera are following the March for De mocracy line, the Democratic fac tion which received majority votes in the last election. Chalrmaa of the hoard W. R. Hamilton voiced objection to the senator's bill which knocks two years off the present county com missioners’ terms. “The people voted this board in for four years, not two,” Mr. Hamilton observed. He also said he objects to dis tricting of the county. The bill draws lines so that four sections pf the county will have* at least one commissioner, and one (Morehead township) will have two. Mr. Ham ilton said the bin was introduced for political purposes and “because one individual wants to have con trol." V Commissioner Howard said he is in favor of districting. “At one time we had two commissioners on this board from Markers Island and one from Beaufort,” he re called. _ Commissioner Willis said he agreed with the chairman in every thing but the chairman’s attitude toward districting. Commissioner Hasan said he be lieves the districting will prove valuable over the years, but added that the board has a program it promised the people, a program luviuiBcu iuc jicupK, m program that can’t be carried out in two years. He said that be would have no objection to tlm bill it the new two year terms did not he some effec tive unto IMS. that district No. I ( township) does not con per cent of the poptdati senator’s bill states, hut It is that district which entitled to two comity co Rumors Rumors of t .t ■. ■'~
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