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I In Morehead City I . Get Your News-Time* At Sanitary Restaurant CARTERET NEWS-TIMES 52nd Year — No. 49 Eight Page* MOREHRAD CITY aad BEAUFORT, N. C. Tuesday, June 18, 1963 Published Tuesdays and Fridays Carteret Law Officers Attend Rites for Craven County Deputy County Board Receives Years Planning Report The county planning commission-* approved at its June meeting the following report on the past year’s activities of the commission (the report has been submitted to coun ty commissioners): The planning commission has had a contract with the Division of Community Planning of the De partment of Conservation and De velopment, State pf North Carolina, during the fiscal year. The duty of the planning commission is to make comprehensive studies of the present and future needs of the county with the purpose of guiding and providing for the coordinated and orderly growth and sound phy sical development of the county that will best promote the health, safety, convenience, prosperity, and general welfare of all the people. During this year Carteret was declared by the federal govern ment to be an underdeveloped county. This made it eligible for federal assistance under the Area Redevelopment Administration pro gram. The first requirement to secure assistance was to have a planning group prepare an Over all Economic Development plan The board of county commis sioners authorized an expenditure of approximately $500.00 to em ploy technical help in the prepara tion of this Overall Economic De velopment plan. This plan has been completed, has been approved by the State of North Carolina, and is now under consideration by the federal government at Washington, D. C. The land use survey has been completed during the last 12 months which shows the maps of Carteret county, the types soil, and the present uses of the land. Maps of Carteret have been prepared during this period for use in the preparation of zoning ordinances for Area One and Area Two in the County. A public hearing has been held but no firm action yet taken on the adoption of the zoning ordi nance. The planning commission has been concerned with the enforce ment of the Windstorm Resistance Building code and the subdivision regulations previously adopted by the board of county commissioners upon the recommendation of the planning commission. We are hap py to report, however, that en forcement is more rigid at the present time, that meetings have been held with surveyors and oth ers in an effort to explain the pro visions of the codes and regula tions. For the next fiscal year it is re quested that a similar amount of $1,000 be budgeted by Carteret to be matched by federal funds in providing the technical assistance in planning which can be secured through the Division of Communi ty Planning which is a part of the Department of Conservation and Development. Such an amount would provide a consultant to meet with the board on a regular basis and to explain in the pqblic hearings the various technical questions that arise. It is hoped that the zoning ordinance will be placed in effect for Area One and Area Two during the next fiscal year. This will give the plan ning commission a fairly large group of regulatory provisions to consider and administer. It is the feeling of many on the planning commission that .with the Overall Economic Development plan now completed, the land use survey finished, maps having been provided, a Windstorm Resistance code and subdivision regulations now in force within the county, that the body should at this time concentrate on enforcing and po lishing up and bringing up to date some of the work that has been accomplished since the beginning of the planning group in October of 1959. Morehead City Resident Wanted For Mail Theft Billy J. Madison, former em ployee at Volney Felt Mills, More head City, was taken into custody by federal authorities over the weekend on a federal fugitive war rant. A federal grand jury in Wes tern Pennsylvania indicted him for theft from the US mails. Madison, a native of Pennsylva nia, was reportedly a substitute carrier in Homestead, P*-. from May to December 1M2. He was in dieted following mail theft com plaints. He is being held in the Craven county jail at New Bern under $1, tbond, pending arrival of fed authorities who will take him ; to Pennsylvania tor trial. % mi mi i —. ■aim Clerk of Court Files Four Wills t Davant Will Leaves Money for Church # Thanks Expressed To Carteret Folk Four wills were filed in the office of A. H. James, clerk of court, re cently. They were the wills of Richard H. Whitehurst, Gloucester; B. E. Windley Sr. and Mrs. Nan nie Garner Chaplain, Beaufort; and Charles Ringgold Davant, Morehead City. Mr. Whitehurst and Mr. Windley left their entire estates, both real and personal property, to their wives, Olive S. Whitehurst and Margaret B. Windley. The Whitehurst will was drawn Aug. 12, 1960 with Georgia White hurst and Mary Whitehurst as wit nesses. C. Z. Chappell and Mildred Jones witnessed the signing of the Windley will Feb. 21, 1945. Both Mr. Whitehurst and Mr. Windley named their wives to administer the estate. Mrs. Chaplain left her entire es tate to her nephew, William Con gleton. The will specified that should Mr. Congleton predecease Mrs. Chaplain, the estate was to go under the laws of intestacy. Mrs. Chaplain made her will in June 1958 with Luther Hamilton and Luther Hamilton Jr. as wit nesses. The will of C. R. Oavant was drawn Feb. 6, 1963 and was wit nessed by C. R. Wheatly Jr., Dr. Frank Hyde and Evelyn Rice. Mr. Davant specified that all debts be paid and funeral expenses satisfied. He asked that he be bu ried beside his wife, Dorothy Spaul ding Knowlton Davant, in St Paul’s cemetery, Beaufort. To Mrs. Elizabeth Spaulding Thorpe, Nashua, N. H., a cousin of Mrs. Davant, was willed the sum of $3,000. To Mr. Davant’s sister, Mrs. Anne Davant Fish burne, Roanoke, Va., was left one half the balance of the estate. A nephew, Thomas Stovell Da vant IV of Columbia, S. C., was bequeathed a 16 gauge double bar rel shotgun and $500. A cousin, Thomas Stovell Davant of the United States Army, was left all of the Davant’s Versailles pattern Rat silver in the possession of C. R. Davant. - St. Paul’s Episcopal church was left $1,000 for a memorial to Mrs. Dorothy Davant, to be placed in side the church. The type of me morial will be determined by a committee composed of C. R. Wheatly, Dr. F. E. Hyde and James Davis Potter, according to the will. Dr. Ben Royal was bequeathed $300 for the many times he refused payment for medieal services. The final paragraph of the will read: “To the people of Carteret and the neighboring country, my eternal thanks and appreciation for the kindness, thoughtfulness, and real friendship to ‘two foreign ers’ who settled in their midst in 1929, and who taught us the true meaning of hospitality.” Bearing Set Rezoning of the northeast corner of 24th and Arendell streets will be considered at a hearing at 7:30 pm.. Thursday at the Morehead City municipal building. ■ Members of the Carteret sher iffs department and other county law enforcement officers attended the funeral of Craven county de puty William E. (Toby) Taylor, 45, at 2:30 yesterday afternoon in the Ilarlowe Methodist church. The Craven county deputy was killed at 1:30 a.m. Sunday on the Lake road, a mile east of Have lock, when struck by a sports car. Taylor and a Havelock officer, Tom Benton, were investigating the alleged molesting of a 21-year old Craven county woman and the crash of another sports car nearby. Benton said that the car which struck Taylor was driven by Glenn E. Martin, 21, of the Cherry Point Marine Corps air station. Martin was hospitalized at Cherry Point. According to the Havelock offi cer, he and Taylor had gone with the woman to the scene of the al leged assault. She was a resident of the government housing area, Cherry Point. As they pulled off the road, a sports car rounded a curve, left the road and crashed. In the car were Lt. George H, Forney, 24, and Lt. Albert N. Nunn, 25, both stationed at the base. Neither one was injured. As the officers were check.og the wreckage, another sports car rounded the curve at a high rate of speed, its wheels off the main road. The car’s left bumper struck Taylor’s right leg, threw him over the hood and his body ripped the convertible top of the car, Ben ton said. The car continued 80 to 100 feet before crashing. A passenger in the car, Michael J. Dinoto, Cher ry Point, was not hurt. A Marine Corps enlisted man is reportedly being held in connec tion with the molesting of the wom an. ' Charges against drivers of the sports cars have not been filed, pending further investigation. Surviving Mr. Taylor are his wife, Iris Adams Taylor, Have lock, four children, Myrtis, Anna Belle, John Marvin and Rex Allen, all of the home; a half sister, Mrs. llena Daldias and a half brother, Thomas Lee Taylor, both of New Bern. Burial was in the family ceme tery at Harlowe. Officiating at the church service was the Rev. George Campbell, pastor of the Harlowe Methodist church. Con ducting the graveside service was the Rev. Jerry Lewis, Catholic priest of Havelock Both Drivers Are Charged In Accident Both drivers involved in a truck wreck Thursday at 28th and Aren dell street, Morehead City, were handed citations by Morehead City police. Investigating officer John May berry reported that the accident occurred at 12:18 p.m. when a de livery truck belonging to MacMil lan & Cameron Co., New Bern, collided with a truck belonging to Styron’s Heating and Plumbing Co., Morehead City. Patrolman Mayberry said the New Bern truck, driven by John Percy Riggs Jr., was pulling onto Arendell Street from N. 28th when the crash occurred. Benjamin Mi chael Forbes, 608 Fisher St., More head City, was the driver of the other vehicle. An estimated $200 damage was done to the Morehead City truck, while only about $75 damage was done to the other truck. Riggs was charged with pull ing into a direct line of traffic with out regard for safety. Forbes was charged with having no valid driv er’s license. Miss Morehead City of 1964? . Migrant Staff Meets Friday • Reports Given By Leaders • Welfare Director Lauded by Chairman The county migrant ministry committee and staff met Friday night for supper at the Rex res taurant, Morehead City. The Rev. J. P. Mansfield, More head City, chairman of the mi grant ministry program, introduc ed Franklin Rush, migrant minis ter; Mrs. Randolph Johnson, Miss Alfreda Hazel, and Mrs. Annie Parker, who supervise the child day care center at Queen Street school, Beaufort. Also recognised was Mrs. Floy Garner, home demonstration agent. Mrs. Garner, who helped with planning and operation of the center, commented that this year of migrant ministry work “has been one of the smoothest operat ing of any year since I've been connected with the program.” Carteret is one of only several counties in the state which pro vides a planned program of ser vice to migrant laborers who pass through here harvesting crops. Mr. Mansfield paid particular tribute to Miss Georgie Hughes, welfare director, for her personal services, and for financial assis tance that has been made available through the welfare department. Welfare funds provide $2 a day for each child cared for at the day center and pays salaries of two homemakers, Mrs. Polly Richards and Mrs. Carrie Johnson, who work with mothers of the migrant families. Mrs. Richards and Mrs. John son were introduced. Mrs. Rich ards remarked that she never saw two persons work as hard as Miss Hughes and Mr. Mansfield—long after the average person’s working day is over—in the interest of the migrants. Mr. Mansfield also commended the Rev. Charles Kirby, who is in charge of the medical program. A $7,600 federal grant was recently received to help finance medical service for the workers. Approximately WO migrant work ers are now in this county. More than 30 of the migrants’ children are taken care of at the day center while their parents work in the fields. Attending the meeting, in addi tion to those mentioned, were Wil bur Garner and Wayne West, New port; Miss Ruth Peeling, the Rev. Sam Brown, the Rev. and Mrs. Thomas Hurlocker, Morehead City; the Rev. David Paul Nelson, Have lock; Miss Evelyn Henderson, the Rev. E. E. Lewis, and Randolph Johnson, all of Beaufort. Other than the medical service, the migrant program is supported only by voluntary contribution. Checks should be mailed to the Rev. Corbin Cooper, Morehead City. Assembly May End This Week Thomas 8. Bennett, county legis lator, said there is hope* that the general assembly will wind up its 1963 session this week. Mr. Bennett reported yesterday that he amended last week, in the house, a bill which would reduce county commissioners’ terms to two years. The amendment would make the bill effective in 1966 rath er than 1964. The bill, with the amendment, was scheduled to be put to a vote last night. “I expect there will be a fight on the floor and the amend ment will not be permitted to go through,” Mr. Bennett said. The bill was introduced in the Senate. Should the bill pass with the amendment, it would be sent back to the Senate. If the Senate does not concur, then it will be sent to a conference committee. Sen. Lather Hamilton introduced last week a bill which would al low another year in which to col lect taxes prior to July 1, 1953. Under present statute, collection of taxes prior to that date would have been barred after July 1,1968. Beaufort School Windows Broken; Three Boys Held Guy R. Springle, Beaufort police chief, reported yesterday that three juveniles were arrested in connec tion with breaking 146 windows in the Beaufort high school. Chief Springle said that the van dalism occurred sometime between 3 and 5 p.m. Sunday causing an undetermined amount of da Windows of the cafeteria, room, classrooms and were smashed, he sail “I counted 146 broken windows* boys responsible, all pupils at the grhnnl will ha lakon tiefnrn 4,,.,. nil* ™ nmmm. nt chief mm. ^ i . —... Private Gets Prison Sentence For West Carteret Thefts -—-■ ---i Season's First Tarpon Photo by Bob Simpson William Portwood, Havelock, with the season’s first tarpon, <7 pounds 12 ounces, which he caught from Bogue Inlet pier early Saturday morning. Mr. Portwood says the fish was. his first on a new rod and reel. A record 35-pound king mackerel was caught the same day from Morehead Ocean pier. Chamber Directors Hear Report on Marlin Tourney The county chamber of com-4 merce directors heard at their June meeting that the marlin tour nament catch of 64 with 21 boats entered “substantially exceeded the catch reported from Hatteras during the same period.” Ken Newsom, vice-president of the Fabulous Fishing club, inform ed the board at the Hotel Fort Ma con of the tournament’s success. Mr. Newsom also noted that a greater number of boats were en tered in the tourney at Hatteras, giving the Morehead City competi tion an even greater lead in the fish-per-boat and fish-pcr-trip cate gories. In other business at the meeting, Miss Alida Willis, member of the Outer Banks Seashore Park com mission, reported on the proposed plan for the stabilization and de velopment of national park areas. The chamber of commerce agreed to send representatives in support of the proposal to a public meeting at the county courthouse on Fri day, June 28, at 10 a.m. Progress on the new chamber building was discussed, and ar rangements were made for con tinued work at the site. The cur rent need is for a small amount of finish-carpentry to prepare for the installation of glass doors, end panels and inside fixtures. Membership chairman David Lindsay said that membership re venue was ahead of last year, but requested assistance in makiftg calls on business firms in classifi cations related to summer activi ties. Additional committee mem bers were assigned to assist Mr. Lindsay, who was appointed as a member of the board to replace William Strickland, who has mov ed to Wilson. Tide Table Tides at Beantat Bar 5:11 am. 5:46 p.m. HIGH LOW Tuesday, lone 1* 11:28 a.m. 6:11 a.m. 6:39 p.m. Wednesday, , Jane 18 19-1* * , Thursday, 7:07 a.m. 7:30 p.m. Friday, 'law U k— Sailboat Gets Help Saturday A saiiboat out of New York bound for Fort Lauderdale, Fla., was given an assist by Fort Macon Coast Guardsmen Saturday night after it ran aground in Newport river. The Northern Lights, captained by John L. Baraider, Huntington, N. Y., was being towed by a cabin cruiser, the Half Pint, when the grounding occurred. Edward Ster ubel, also of Huntington, is skipper of the cabin cruiser. The Coast Guard reported that it stood by until high water, then towed the sailboat to deeper wat er. Coast Guardsmen who assisted in floating the Northern Lights were James F. Crawford, SN; Mit chell W. Jackson, SA; and Jesse M. Kirby, EN1. Saturday night’s assist was the only one made during the period from 8 a.m. Thursday to 8 a.m. Monday, the Coast Guard report ed. County Property Values Up Million Plus over Last Year Property values in the county in creased slightly more than a mil lion dollars in 1962, according to a report released this week by Ronald Earl Mason, county audi tor. The increase is about the same as in the previous year, 1961. Act ual increase in valuation is $1,043, 138, bringing the total to $47,905,607. That does not include the valua tions reported directly to the state by corporations, which will amount to an estimated $114 million, ac cording to the auditor. Those val uations will bring total assessed property values to $4914 million. Hr. Mason said that the state is about a year lata is reporting back " A private stationed at Cherry Point was convicted in superior court Thursday on six counts of breaking and entering and larceny and receiving. Judge Howard H. Hubbard sentenced Pvt. Emerald A. Burkett, MABS-27, to one year on the roads under the state prison department in each of the six cases against him The judgment, which pro-' v ided that the sentences would run concurrently, was suspended, how ever, and Burkett was placed on probation for three years. Burkett was indicted by a grand jury during the April 1963, term of superior court, but pleaded not guilty to the charges then. After a jury had been impaneled, evidence presented and the jury charged, tlie jurors were unable to agree. The court then ordered that juror Kilward Howland be withdrawn, a mistrial was declared. During last week’s term of cri minal court, Burkett entered a plea of nolo contendere, a plea which neither admits guilt nor contests charges against the defendant. The stale accepted the plea. Burkett was convicted of break ing into five cottages in the county "on or about Jan. 1, 1963,” and into one of the cottages for a second time around Jan. 15, and stealing over $1,000 worth of personal pro perty. Victims of the larceny were Mrs. Elizabeth Sanders, Watson A. Koines, Dr. Grover Smith, Milton Lovick and R. L. Pittman. Among the items stolen by Burkett were television sets from each of the cottages, an electric toaster, bed linens, pillows, food, pots and pans, towels, two rods and reels and a lantern. Other criminal cases before su perior court: Jimmy Edson May, Carteret county, was not prosecuted but leave was retained to reopen the case on a charge of drunk driving. May appealed from Morehead City recorder’s court. Harvey Lewis, Morehead City, was not prosecuted on a charge of false pretense. He was accused of contracting for a $25 taxi ride from Wilmington to Morehead City and refusing to pay, in a case appealed from Morehead City Recorder’s court. Right was retained to re open the case. Edward John Henderson, Cart eret county, was not prosecuted on a charge of abortion. He was ac cused of using a rubber catheter to bring about a miscarriage for Mary Lou Salmons. The case was appealed from county recorder’s court. John Cecil Stanley Jr., Beaufort, was found not guilty on a charge of drunk driving, in a case ap pealed from Morehead City re corder’s court. Lucius Johnson, Beaufort, was found guilty of failing to comply with a court. order that he pay $15 a week to the welfare depart ment for the support of his wife and seven minor children, in a case appealed from county record er’s court. Johnson was assigned to work on the roads under the supervision of the state prison department for one year. Frank Guff Morgan, Woodrow, was found not guilty on a charge of assaulting Walter B. Warren with his fists and a soft drink bottle, in a case appealed from Morehead City recorder's court. Thomas Fleming, Carteret ooun ty, was not prosecuted on a charge of assault. He was accused of shoving a Mrs. Ruby Ellis from his house, causing injury to her ribs. The case was appealed from coun ty recorder’s court. Robert Dudley, Morehead City, was sentenced to 60 days on the roads, suspended upon payment of a $40 fine and court costs. He was charged with stealing five shirts and one Sink lavatory, valued at less than $100, from the Morehead City Garment Co., in a case ap pealed from Morehead City record er’s court. Miltoa O’Neal, Harkers Island, was convicted of drunk driving and sentenced to 90 days on the roads, suspended on condition that he (See COURT, Pg. •) to tbs counties the corporation list ings. The last of the county tax notices went out last week. Persons pay ing in June receive a 2 per cent discount. The report compiled by tbe audi tor showed valuation of property owned by white residents of the county to be $46,938,604.90 and by colored residents $987,003. Mmtehead City stands first in property valuations with $18,683, 998; Beaufort second with $9,603, 833, and Atlantic Beach third with 35,243,017. Newport, White Oak township, Straits, Harkers Island, Rocky Mount Driver Cited After Youth Hit Billy Hassell, 20, Rocky Mount, was charged with causing serious bodily injury to a college youth and leaving the scene of an acci dent early Sunday morning at At lantic Beach. Chief of police Bill Moore said that Hassell's car, a 1958 Ford, hit Sam Chapman Grinds, New port News, Va. Grinds was walk ing with two other youths along E. Atlantic boulevard (the road between the Coral Sands motel and the bowling alley) when Has sell drove by, his sideview mirror striking Grinds in the forehead, the officer said. The impact knock ed the mirror off the car. Atlantic Beach police took Gri nds to Morehead City hospital where his head was stitched up. He stayed at the hospital until morning when he was discharged and then returned to Virginia. Chief Moore said that Hassell, after the accident, drove his car to the dead end of E. Terminal street and left it. Police found it, discovered who the owner was, then picked up Hassell who, they report, admitted that he was driv er of the car. Hassell was taken before John Baker, justice of the peace. He bound the case over to superior court. Hassell was released under $500 bond after a night in jail. The chief saiu Hassell was held, pending determination of the ex tent of Grinds’ injuries. Resolution Praises Three Board Members The county board of education, at its recent meeting, passed a re solution commending three past members of the board, D. Mason, Atlantic; R. W. Safrit Jr. Beaufort, and T. B. Smith, Davis. The three retired from the board in April 1963 at their request, the resolution notes. Mr. Mason, former vice-chair man, served continuously on the board from April 20, 1925. Mr. Saf rit, who was chairman, and Mr. Smith served from May 4, 1953. The resolution commends the three men for their “patience and wisdom,*’ adding that they gave of their ability and time at the ex pense of their private businesses. “Such unselfish service marks each of these men as outstanding public servants,” the resolution states. Members of the board of education who served with Mr. Mason, Mr. Smith and Mr. Safrit, newly-appointed members and H. L. Joslyn, retiring superintendent of schools, by the formal declara tion expressed their "appreciation to these men for the untiring ser vice rendered by them to the child ren at Carteret county.” The county board of education administers the public school sys tem. A one wrmk term of civil court opened at the courthouse, Bean fort, yesterday. Fifteen divorce cases were scheduled to be heard the first day. Judge Walter J. Bone is presiding.