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PUBLISHED IM THE INTEREST OF BEtHAVEN AND THE PUNGO RIVER BASIN OF BEAUFORT COUNTY
VCLUME IX NO. 48
BELHAVEN. N. C. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1957
Single Copy 7
JOY'S RIDE PROVED
COSTLY TO ESCORT
NEAR BELHAVEN
NAMED TO HEAD HYDE'S
MARCH OF DIMES DRIVE
BELHAVEN C OF C
MAKES PLANS FOR
CHRISTMAS PARTY
HYDE MAN ELECTED TO
HEAD S A ASSOCIATION
CONFERENCE CAGE
SCHEDULES GIVEN
FOR HYDE SCHOOLS
BONNER TO SPEAK
STUMPY PL
BELHAVEN BOARD
PLANS METHODS
FOR CEMETERY
MONDAY
Go'osboro Woman Has Broken
H'p. Driver Fined and Order
ed to Pay Bills
William Daniel Windham. 51. of
CoMshoro, pleaded guilty in Brl
ravrn Recorder's Court of can-less
and reckless driving in the early
morning: of October 20th east of
Belhaven, which resulted in ser
inus injuries to the spicy-looking
young Mrs. Joy May, also of Golds
horo. The party was bound for an
outing on Lake Mattnmuskeet.
Mrs. May suffered a fractured hip
;ind other injuries. Windham t-s-caned
serious injury.
The court gave him a 30-day
-uspendtd sentence, a fine of $25
: nd the court costs, and he agreed
to pay all of Mrs. May's hospital
;vnd medical expenses, as a condi
tion of the judgment.
Many traffic and assault cases
were passed on during the week by
Judge Pat Johnson. Zaehriah Bar
row, colored, of Belhaven, public
drunkenness, got a 30-day suspend
ed sentence provided he pay a $5
fine, but he couldn't do it, so had
to serve the time. The following
c-ass are all colored people:
Robert Lee Davis, Washington,
X. C. pleaded guilty to driving
diunk, no operator's license, speed
ing at 70 ni.p.h. Fine $125 and
oostw, 12 mos. suspended, roads
three months.
L.jgean Mackey. Seranton, plead--d
jroilty of gambling, 30 days sus
pended, $10 and costs.
Wilbert Riddick, Belhaven Route
2, assault on Jas. Lee Warren, or-j
-red to pav hospital and medical
bills, $50 and -fllO for damage to
i lo'bcs.
Thud Sclhy, Belhaven. assault,
months suspended, and $25 line,
; :kI costs. He cut up Lucy Ballard,
a neighbor's wife, and he was or
dered to pay her medical and hos
pital bills.
Eddie Lee Flynn, Rt. 2, Belhav
i n, public drunkenness, $25 and
costs. Roy Smith, Belhaven, gamb
I ng, pleaded guilty, 30 days sus
pended. $35 and costs. Mack Free
man, Belhaven. A; relcs-; at reck-1
rrrrtr. "and costs! Guy
Thomas, Belhavon, no operator'.-,
license, $25 and costs. LeRoy Smith
of Belhaven, public drunkenness,
So and costs.
Clifford Sutton, Belhaven, gamb
ling, $10 and costs. Lewis Wil
loughby, Belhaven, public drunk
enness, $5 and costs. Willie Fon
villo, Swan Quarter, public drunk
enness. 30 days suspended, $10 and
eosts. Sarah Hardy, Belhaven, pub
lic drunkenness, $5 and costs. Em
ma. Le Lovick, Rt. ' Pantego,
failing to observe stop sign, $10
and costs.
Jasfl Lee Warren of Bat'h, charg
ed with an affray, pleaded guilty,
!'0 days suspended, $10 ami costs.
Ciifton D. Cannady, Rt. 1. Pan
tego, speeding, $10 fine and costs.
.Iosphus Carter, charged with be
ing drunk and disorderly, paid
court costs when prosecuting wit
ness withdrew charges.
William Jehue Davis, ignoring
?top sign, $10 and costs.
Wilson Cutler of Pinetown was
taxed with the costs for not hav
ing a transparent window in the
door of his car.
HcRae Whitney, Rt. 1, Pantego,
See COURT, Page Four
F.H.A. INITIATION HELD
AT JOHN A. WILKINSON
Th" John A. Wilkinson chapter
of the Future Homemakers of
America held their annual initia
tion ceremony in the school audi
troium on Wednesday afternoon.
Officers of the club were seated
on the stage with a table decorated
with the club flowers, red roses,
and symbolic candles. Lyda Mann
Bishop explained the purpose of
the ceremony, and Dolores Hayes,
vice-president, presided in the ab
sence of the president, Hatsy
Respess.
Starlon Credle presented the
candidates for initiation and called
on old members to repeat the pur
poses of the F.H.A. Lighting a
white candle from the burning red
candle in the center, each of the
following girls repeated a purpose:
Becky Lupton, Pam Voliva, Ann
ette Nobles, Bunny Hartlieb, Vir
ginia Best, Dolores Jordan, Doro
thy Cahoon, and Joan Davis. Other
members taking part were Joan
Sawyer, Dolores White, Carolyn
Jordan, and Betty June Giiffin.
New members pinned were Alma
Guthrie, Eleanor Cahoon, Karen
Best, Anne Sadler, Linda Caines,
Beatrice Walls, Lyda Cox, Sandra
Spears, and Carolyn Gunn.
The program closed with the
sinking of the F.H.A. song.
Parents of the girls and mem
bers of the faculty were invited to Carter Dalton, the sage of Pungo
the home economics department j Point near Leechville was the
for irfreshm'-nts. Mrs. Burchie guest speaker at the Belhaven Ro
Tohtiston, club sponsor, served , tary Club at Flossie's House, Pan
line frappe and pound cake, tego, Tuesday.
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GEORGE W. O'NEAL of Engel
hard, Hyde County Farm Agent,
has been named to direct the 1958
March of Dimes campaign for the
county, Paul C. Butler, state chair
man, announced this week from the
Chapel Hill headquarters of the
National Foundation for Infantile
Paralysis.
The fund raising drive opens on
January 2 and continues through
the 31. Mr. O'Neal served as co
chairman of the campaign last
year, when more than 18 cents per
capita was contributed by citizens
of the county.
In an appeal for the usual all
out support of the coming cam
paign, Mr. O'Neal reported there
are 300,000 persons in the U. S.
today who have had paralytic
polio. He said at iea.st one of
every three ot these is in need of
further rehabilitation service. "For
them," he pointed out, "survival
is not enough. They have a right
to a life of usefulness and happi-
ness.
Since 1938, the Foundation has
authorized the expenditure of al
most a million dollars by four
North Carolina Institution to fur
ther its research and professional
education programs. The Institu
tions are Duke University, N. C.
College at Durham, tr University
of North, Carolina ar ltPt-1 Hi'),
and Wake' Forest College. -
Mr. O'Neal is a member of the
Engelhard Rotary Club. He is
treasurer of the Methodist Church
at Engelhard, and the father of
two children.
PLAN TO RESTORE
12 FT. DEPTH TO
INLAND WATERWAY
Wilmington. The Corps of En
gineers' District office here reports
that surveys will begin this month
preparatory to restoring the Intra
coastal Waterway in North Caro
lina to project depth of 12 feet.
Funds have been received to start
the dredging next March in the vi
cinity of the Neuso River and to
work southward as far as the funds
will permit, according to Colonel
H. C. Rowland, Jr., District Engi
neer. Since 1052. the inland route has
been maintained at a 10-foot depth
because of the restriction of funds
for that purpose. However, in areas
where the depth was found to bs
less than 10 feet, it was restored
to 12 feet.
Commercial traffic on the water
way has shown a healthy increase
from the beginning in the 1930's
and particularly since the second
World War. In 1947, for example,
875,000 tons were carried on the
waterway. In 1950 there were 1,
250.00 tons; 19531,500.000 tons;
19551,800.000 tons; and 1,900,
000 tons in 1956.
Principal commodities last year
were: petroleum products, 380,000
tons; pulnwood, GOO. 000 tons; men
haden fish, 80,000 tons; and paper,
430.000 tons.
It was pointed out that the 12
foot depth will permit barge-tug
units and other craft to navigate
the channel with greater safety
than has been the case with the
existing controlling depth of 10
feet. It is for these reasons that
steps are being taken to provide
the maximum 12-foot depth which
will be done on an annual basis as
funds are allocated.
HYDE 4-H EXHIBIT AT
FAIR PLACED FOURTH
Raleigh. The Hyde County 4-H
clubs exhibit was awarded the $200
fourth prize at the North Carolina
State Fair this year.
The 4-H cluz exhibit, the theme
of which was wildlife conservation,
was the only entry from Hyde
County.
DALTON SPEAKER
The Board of Directors of the
Belhaven Community Chamber of
Commerce held their regular
monthly meeting Wednesday night,
October 30th.
President Vann Latham presided.
Reports were made by J. H. Pur
vis, executive secretary, and Rus
sell Johnston, treasurer.
During the business period, Rev.
Allen Wentz, president of the Bel
haven Ministerial Association, and
Ed Harris, a former president of
the Merchants Association, appear
ed before the Chamber of Com
merce to discuss the Christmas
program usually put on by these
two organizations. They asked the
cooperation of the Chamber of
Commerce in sponsoring the pro
gram for this year. The matter
was fully discussed, and it was
decided to undertake this project,
if the merchants would cooperate
in financing the program. A com
mittee was appointed to contact
the merchants, so that plans could
be made at an early date.
It was suggested that the Cham
ber of Commerce write the State
Highway Department in Green
ville, requesting that they direct
route 264-A through Belhaven.
The proposed Grain Eleveator
for this section was discussed, and
the Chamber of Commerce pledged
their support to this project.
Members present were: Vann
Latham, J. H. Purvis, Russell
Johnston, H. L. Dilday, A. L. Gay
lord, and E. L. Slack. Guests were
Rev. Allen Wentz and Ed Harris.
ELECTED DIRECTOR OF
DISTRICT 10 OF P.T.A.
MRS. J. H. SPOTANSKI of Engel
hard was elected director of Dis
trict 10 of the North Carolina Con
gress of Tarents and Teachers at
the recent fall conference in Kin
ston. She will do organizational
and advisory work with the 75
local PTAs in this district of 20,
000 memberships.
Mrs." Spotanski is the former
Rebecca Jarvis; her interests in
clude active service in the PTA,
Order of Eastern Star, the Meth
odist Church and the American
Legion Auxiliary. Her husband is
Sgt. Major at the Edenton Marine
Base. She suceeds Mrs. Harold
Orringer of New Bern, who served
a three-year term as director.
MEMBERSHIP DRIVE TO
BE HELD NEXT WEEK BY
LIBRARY ASSOCIATION
The Belhaven Public Library
Association will begin a member
ship drive on Monday, November
11. The membership fee is one
dollar.
The Association reminds the
public that no drive was held last
year, chiefly because there were
so many other campaigns to raise
money going on in the community.
Funds must now be raised to meet
! the running expenses of the li
brary and to continue adding to
the book collection. People of Bel
haven and the surrounding com
munities which are served by the
library are asked to consider the
value of the library to the section
and to give as generously as they
can to assure its continued prog
ress. Members of the Ways and Means
Committee will call at homes and
I business establishments during this
week and there will be no other
drive for funds during the year.
BAZAAR SET SATURDAY
AT SWAN QUARTER
There will be a bazaar and tur
key supper November 9th at the
Swan Quarter Agriculture Build
ing, sponsored by the Swan Quar
ter Christian Church.
Fancy work will be on display
at 2 o'clock p.m. Supper will be
served from 5 p.m. until 7:30 p.m.
consisting of turkey, ham, and
chicken. Everyone may serve them
selves and pay as they wish.
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LEON BALLANCE of Nebraska,
Hyde County, on October 30 was
elected preside of the Southern
Albemarle Association at its an
nual meeting ii Columbia. He will
head the six-county group, assist
ed by the following county Vice
presidents: Dare, M. L. Daniels
Jr.; Beaufort, Mrs. Scott Topping;
Martin, B. S. Courtney; Washing
ton, H. W. PviVhett; Hyde W. W.
Watson; and 'TVtrell, W. J. White.
Mrs. Sally Fisher of Engelhaid
was named the. new Secretary.
The Association offered a pro
test against th - telephone rate in
crease being fought by the Caro
lina Telephone Co. It approved
construction of a grain storage
elevator in Belhaven. It was re
ported to tie? A-'sociation that
$3.f)37 was spent on the Croatan
Sound bridge cevbration in April.
Night ferry service across Alliga
tor River was recommended and
a committee appointed to work for
same.
IMPROVEMENTS IN
TELEPHONE LINES
IN HYDE. COUNTY
Considerable improvement and
enlargement of the telephone facili
ties in Hyde County are being
made at the present time accord
ing to information given this news
paper. One of the largest expansion
projects of the Carolina Telephone
Co. is near Oyster Creek, which,
with adjacent improvements will
call for an expenditure of about
$68,000 and put many new sub
scribers on the system.
Improvements are being made
at Stumpy Point where a subsur
face carrier system will be install
ed. Nw lines are being built in
the North Lake area of Hyde, at
New Holland, and at Ponzer.
Financing these and other im
provements are some of the rea
sons the company is seeking addi
tional finances through a rale in
crease now proposed and which
will yield about one half million
dollars additional revenue annually,
we are told.
GOVERNOR COLLINS OF
FLORIDA TO HUNT AT
MATTAMUSKEET LAKE
Governor LeRoy Collins of
Florida is scheduled to arrive at
Lake Mattamuskeft on November
20th for waterfowl hunting, it was
announced this week by L. B. Tun
nell, refuge protector at New Hol
land. Several governors usually
come to famed Mattamuskeet each
year for hunting.
According to Mr. Tunnell, hunt
ers havin reservations the last of
this week during the first days of
the season which opened today
(Thursday) include Ben Rooney,
administrative assistant to Sena
tor Kerr Scott; and Wroodrow
Price, outdoor writer for the Ra
leigh News and Observer.
CHRISTIAN BAZAAR AT
ENGELHARD SATURDAY
The ladies of the Engelhard
Christian Church will hold their
annual bazaar this Saturday, No
vember 9th, at the Community
Building from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m.
A turkey dinner will be served,
also oysters, sandwiches, cake and
pies. Handiwork will be on sale.
The public is invited to attend.
WHOPPING DRUMFISH
REPORTED AT BUXTON
Here's a catch of dnimfish out
of this world, as the saying might
have it, but reported from Bux
ton by Raymond Midgett, the
well-known bus driver. Three fish,
taken from the surf Tuesday
night were weighed in at 50, 68
and 75 pounds, Mrs. Midgett re
ported by phone from Fuller's
store, Wednesday morning.
East Hyde and West Hyde Are
Members This Year of New
Tidewater Athletic
Conference
Hyde County's two high schools,
East Hyde at Engelhard and West
Hyde at Swan Quarter, are this
year members of the new Tide
water Athletic Conference, and
according to the recently-released
season's basketball schedule for the
conference, East Hyde will open
its season November 20 at Cres
well, while Swan Quarter will be
hosts to Roper December 3 in their
first conference game. Coach E.
K. Mann has announced that West
Hyde has scheduled a non-conference
game at Pantego November
12. Practice sessions began sev
eral weeks ago at both the Hyde
schools.
The new athletic conference is
composed of thirteen schools, di
vided into two brackets. East Hyde
nnd West Hyde are in the brack
et with Chowan, Columbia, Cres
well and Roper schools, while the
other bracket comprises Camden,
Pascpjotank Central, Griggs (at
Poplar Branch), Manteo, Moyock,
Sunbury, and Weeksville. The con
ference schedule calls for each
school to play each of the other
schools in its group twice and
each school in the other group
See SCEHDULE, Page Four
AFTER SERVICE !N ITALY
HAS BALTIMORE ASSIGNMENT
Baltimore, Md. First Lieutenant
Major Irving Hooper, son of Mrs.
Florine Hooper and the late Loran
zo D. Hooper of Stumpy Point,
has been assigned to Headquarters
Air Research and Development
Command (ARDC) here effective
November 16. He will be assigned
as an Administrative Officer in
the office of the Staff Judge
Advocate.
Lieutenant Hooper entered active
duty with the Unit-id States Air
Force shortly after his graduation
in May 1954 from East Carolina
College, Greenville, with the de
gree of Bachelor of Science in
Elementary Education. He has
been Adjutant of the 7207th Air
Base Squadron at Aviano, Italy,
for the past two years and nine
months.
He holds the National Defense
Service Medal and the Army of
Occupation Medal (Germany).
Lieutenant Hooper and his wife,
Marietta, are the parents of a son,
Major I., Jr., 14 months. Lt. Hoop
er was named for his grandfathers,
the late Capt. Major Pugh of Man
teo, and C. Irving Hooper of
Stumpy Point.
BOOKLETS ON SOIL USE
DISTRIBUTED IN HYDE
Certificates of appreciation are
to be presented by the Pamlico
Soil Conservation District to six
teen of its affiliate members who
recently sponsored the distribution
in Hyde County schools of comic
book-type booklets entitled "The
Storv of Land Its Use and Mis
use." Plans are being made now
for the presentation of the certifi
cates, which will be enclosed in
frames suitable for hanging.
The distribution of the booklets
was an undertaking of the district's
Hyde County supervisors, J. C
Bishop, Edward Bonner, and J. B.
Berry, assisted by T. V. Simmons,
county Soil Conservation Service
work unit technician. The affiliate
members bearing the cost of the
booklets were: Swan Quarter: A.
Cahoon & Son, Quinn-Miller & Co.,
E. A. Williams, Mattamuskeet In
dustries, Inc., Cahoon & Swindell,
Leonard Smith, and The Berry
Company; Engelhard: C. Gilbert
Gibbs, Preston Mooney, T. C. Spen
cer, and Pamlico Power and Light
Co.; Fairfield: D. W. Cutrell and
Clifton Mooney & Sons; Slades
ville: G. R. Richards and Slades
ville Supply Co.; and Scranton: W.
E. Bishop.
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HERBERT C. BONNER, Congress
man from the First District will
be the speaker at the Young Demo
cratic Armistice Day rally at
Stumpy Point Monday evening at
7:30 at Stumpy Point. Horace
Hooper, young Democratic Club
whip and his committee at Stumpy
Point have promised a big time
with a choice oyster roast, and
Young Democrats from all parts
of Dare County have been invited.
The president of the Dare County
Young Democratic Club is Jack
Tillett of Manteo. A. H. Ward, Jr.
is Treasurer. Dr. W. W. Harvey
Jr. of Manteo is Treasurer, and
Mrs. Dotty Fry is Secretary.
Mr. Hooper says old Democrats
as well as young ones are invited
to hear Mr. Bonner and to enjoy
this oyster roast.
CHEST X-RAY
COMING TO
FOR TWO
UNIT
HYDE
WEEKS
Dr. W. W. Johnston, Health
Officer, Urges All Over 15
To Get Free X-Ray
,kiu ,.wf Y.vn ..nit will
be in opc't.ion in Hvde County
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the Hyde County Health Depart -
ment has announced. In connection
with the unit's visit to Hyde, Dr.
W. W. Johnston, district health of
ficer, this week issued the follow-'
j ing statement:
' ror a numher ot years your
local health department, in coop
eration with the State Board of
Health, has been conducting, an
nually and free of charge, a mass
chest X-ray survey in Hyde pri
marily for the detection of tuber
culosis. However, there are a
number of other chest conditions
incidentally picked up also by this
service, such as lung cancer, tu
mors, heart conditions, etc.
"Everyone knows or should know
by this time that an earlier detec
tion and diagnosis of tuberculosis
is made by chest X-ray than by any
other method of ditection and that
early detection and treatment gives
much better chance of recovery as
well as a much shorter period of
hospitalization and convalescence.
In view of these facts, your health
department urges that everyone 15
years old and above take advantage
of the free X-ray and get a chest
X-ray when the X-ray unit is near
est to you. However, you may get
one any time the unit is in opera
tion no matter whether in your vi
cinity or elsewhereeven in an
other county if you happen to be
there and it suits your convenience.
"So we urge you to be sure and
get a chest X-ray while the unit
is in Hyde County.
"Below is the schedule of the
dates, time and places the X-ray
unit will be operating in Hyde
County: Nov. 9 through 12, at
Texas Service Station, Slades
ville, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Nov. 13
through 15, at Texaco Service Sta
tion, Swan Quarter, 10 a.m. to 4
p.m.; Nov. 10 through 19. at Murl
Swindell's Store, Fairfield, 10 a.m.
to 4 p.m.; Nov. 20 through 23, at
the old post office or near the pow
er plant (according to circumstan
ces and weather conditions), En
gelhard, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m."
ROY WAYNE MARSHALL
WINS 4-H ELECTRIC TRIP
Roy Wayne Marshall, son of
Mrs. Gladys Marshall of Nebraska,
won a free trip to 4-H Club Elec
tric Congress held in Raleigh Octo
ber 27-29.
Roy Wayne was selected as the
county electric winner this year.
I Each year the boy and girl elec-
' ii-innor ie coliii.t fir? onH OMY'fin !1
free trip to the 4-H Club Electric
Congress by an electric power
company. The power company
sponsoring the Hyde County win
ner's trip is Virginia Electric and
Power Company.
During the Electric Congress,
the club members go on tours, ob
serve demonstrations, and have
recreation at night
Prices of Lots Increased, Up-Keep
Charge to Be Made
The Belhaven town board Tues
day night agreed on a new ar
rangement for handling the town
cemetery problem, subject to ap
proval of the cemetery committee.
The problem of upkeep of the
cemetery has been before the
Board for several months.
Vann Latham, Alderman, and
chairman of the cemetery commit
tee said Wednesday the plan is
substantially as follows: An in
crease in the price of the standard
eight grave burial lot will be made,
with prices up to $300 and an ad
ditional $5 per year maintenance
charge to insure upkeep of the
cemetery.
Other members of the cemetery
committee are Mrs. James Younce,
Secretary, W. B. Voliva, Mrs. Jesse
Taylor, and there is one vacancy
created by the resignation of Capt.
George Clark.
The Belhaven Board agreed
Tuesday night on a permit to the
Olin Mathieson Chemical Corp. to
erect a warehouse on town prop
eerty at Pine and Water streets;
to buy garbage cans for various
parts of town to cooperate with
the Governor's Clean-Up Week; to
advertise for sale a mechanical
street sweeper, and give further
consideration to the new roof need
ed for city hall.
HYDE DRAFT BOARD
IS RECOGNIZED FOR
15 YEARS SERVICE
Certificates of appreciation from
the President of the United States
have been awarded to four mem
bers of the Hyde County draft
board for 15 years of service to the
nation. Woodfm G. Credle, Joseph
C. Bishop, and R. B. Stotesbury
were awarded certificates as lioard
members, and l litton L. lira was
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certificates :-.s Govern-
.nviTiuousjy,
' without compensation, with excep
tion of a bri-'f period between
termination of the 1940 Act and
the reorganization of the System
under the present Act. Colonel
Thomas H. Upton, State Director
of Selective Service, states that
they share with members of the
New Hanover County draft board
the distinction of having served as
a complete county unit for tin; full
15-year period. They are among
the C8 original appointees to the
North Carolina Selective Service
system under the World War II
Act who are still serving.
BILL MORGAN MAKES
AN UNUSUAL RESCUE
Tiie crew assigned to the Coast
Guard Light Attendant Station at
Belhaven will do almost anything
to assist boaters in trouble, as was
proved by a case on Sunday, Sep
tember 22.
The trouble was a result of high
winds and rains brought on by a
sudden northeast storm. The vic
tims of the incident were Mr. and
Mrs. L. M. Ernest of 1010 East
Tenth Street, Greenville. They had
rented a small outboard motorboat
at Belhaven and gone out in the
Pungo River to fish, and the
weather forced them to take refuge
on Durant's Point across the Pungo
from Belhaven. Another Greenville
party nearby was able to make it
hack to Belhaven and notified H.
G. Brumsey of the Coast Guard.
Mr. Brumsey called out Bill Mor
gan, and they promptly went out
in the Coast Guard cruiser to pick
up the Ernests, taking along a 14
foot outboard motorboat. Because
of shallow water, the cruiser had
to anchor several hundred feet
offshore from the Greenville
couple, so Mr. Morgan went ashore
in the outboard to get them. It
was about dark when he arrived
and found their boat on the shore
filled with sand. Taking them
aboard his boat, he started back
to the cruiser when the shear pin
in his motor gave away, rendering
his motor useless.
Those aboard the Coast Guard
cruiser heard the motor quit, but
by that time it had become too
dark to see what was going on.
After an anxious wait, they detect
ed the small boat moving toward
them, its engine still silent. Final
ly, as it neared them, they could
see something in the water just
ahad of the boat. It turned out
to be Mr. Morgan waist deep in
the water fighting the waves and
pulling the boat behind him.
The Ernests were returned to
the Coast Guard dock by Mr.
Brumsey and Mr. Morgan, and
Reginald Bishop, from whom the
Ernests' boat was rented, was no
tified. After the weather cleared
the next day, Mr. Bishop was able
to recoved his boat undamaged.