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CARTERET COUNTY Astronomical Data Sun Rises Tomorrow ., 7:68 AM Sun Sets Today 4:57 PM Moon Rises Tomorrow 1:56 AM Moon SeU Today 1:20 PM A Merger of THE BEAUFC3T NEWS (Established 1912) and THE TWIN CITY TIMES (Established 1936) 38th YEAR NO. 60. MOREHEAD CITY, AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1948 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAY! 10c Morehead City Churches Will Join In Christmas Service Sunday Night Beaufort Board Adopts Planning, Zoning Ordinance Assistant Fire Chief Re quests Action for Larger Water Supply Beaufort town commissioners adopted at their December meet ing Monday night a planning board and zoning ordinance similar to the one drawn up for Chapel Hill. The Chapel Hill ordinance is the pat tern under which the planning board has been operating since it was appointed in October. The planning board now has authority to go ahead with pro jects it deems necessary for the improvement of the town. Only one bid was received for the laying of 800 feet of sewer line from Mulberry street down Hedrick to Cedar. This bid, $1, 945 from T. A. Loving and Com pany, was rejected and more bids will be requested, the board deci ded. These will be considered at their February session. Julius Duncan, Jr., assistant fire chief, explained to the board that an increased supply of water is needed in the town. At present Tide Water Power company is sup plying only the minimum amount, her reported. Three hundred gal lons per minute can be pumped for a period of eight hours where as 1,500 gallons per minute is ac tually needed. This would mean lowej fire insurance rates, Mr. Duncan added. 1 Shoyt'I ijother earning i actory locate here, it would have to dig its own wells, he told the commis sioners. It was also pointed out that the commissioners authorized the placing of a fire hydrant at Front and Fulford street five years ago but the hydrant has not yet been installed. Hiram Kerr was officially ap pointed member of the town police tofce, replacing Mac Wade. Address Christmas Cards Plainly, Postmaster Warns One man is going to receive sev eral thousand cheery Christmas greeting cads this year and be very unhappy about the whole situ ation. He has charge of the post of fice's undeliverable mail "nixies," in the jargon of. the mail carriers. Last year, the local post office played reluctant host to a large quantity of other people's holiday mair, left homeless because of faulty addressing. Nationally, the toll of undeliverable Christmas cards, letters, and packages ran into the millions. - Postmaster Harold W. Webb, Morehead City, points out that careless addressing spells trouble for the sender, as well as extra headaches for postal clerks at a season when they're already work ing around the clock to keep the holiday mails moving. "Each year, thousands of long friendships suddenly turn chilly when an eagerly-awaited Christmas card or gift falls to arrive," he ob serves. "Mail promptly," he -adds. All packages and all Christmas cards for out-of-State delivery should be in the post office by Dec. 10, and all cards for local delivery should be mailed at least a. week before Christmas. " ' "Affix stamps firmly. Don't just give stamps a lick and a pat they may fall off en route. "Address plainly and complete See POSTOFFICE Page 7 ' ( Tile Laying Demonstration To Take Place at Monday - Farmers will be shown the cor 4 rect way io lay tile in a demonstra , tion at Sam Pollock's farm, New port, at 2 o'clock Monday after noon, Roy Beck, county soil con servationist, announced today. Conducting the demonstration will be George Renfro. engineer ', with the conservation district, and R. P. Moore, district conservation ist from Goldsboro. : Mr. Beck stated ibat all farmers are invited. . - New Bern Little Theater To Give 'Dear Ruth' Here Under the sponsorship of the Carteret county Little Thaler group, New Bern Little Theater will present the comedy, "Dear Ruth" at 8 o'clock Wednesday night in the Morehead City school auditorium. "Uear Kuth" was a hit on Broadway and was later made Into a movie. The New Bern Little Theater is well-known for Its good productions and will share the profits of Wednesday night's entertainment with the local theater group. G. W. Duncan, Jr., Heads Draft Board New Chairman Replaces Wiley Taylor, Jr., Acting Chairman Graham W. Duncan, Jr , Beau fort, has been elected chairman of Carteret County draft board No. 16, it was announced last week. He replaces Wiley Taylor, Jr., acting chairman, who, under federal law, cannot serve because he is under 30 years of age. Mr. Duncan W3S elected by the board, composed of Halsey Paul, Beaufort, and John Lashley, More head City. Mr. Duncan served on the board prior to his selection as chairman. At present the draft office will remain in the law office of Mr. Taylor, but it wiU be located in Umv Befrt postoffico building beginning Jan. l, 119. Eighteen men from Carteret county will be sent for their p re Induction physical several days af ter Christmas, Mr. Taylor announc ed. Three from this county have al ready been inducted. They are Clarence Davis, Jr., Beaufort, Doz ier Henderson and Paul Bowden, Newport. Firemen to Sponsor Christmas Song Fest Beaufort Fire department will sponsor a Community Christmas Sing at 6 o'clock Christmas Eve on the court house lawn. In addition to Santa Claus, with a treat for all the kiddies, representatives of the civic or ganizations and churches will be there. The program will be short, Charles HasselL chairman, an nounced, so that it won't inter fere with any programs churches may have that evening or with other Christmas Eve plans. The large evergreen tree on the court house lawn was trim med with colored lights by the fire department on Wednesday and colored lights were also placed along the front of the fire house. Hear Mrs. John Nelson, Morehead City, president ' of the county North Carolina Education associa tion, asked Rotarians in a talk to the club Tuesday night at the In let Inn to support the teachers' proposals to the state legislature. She gave a. summary of the school situation throughout the state, stressing the need for more teachers. ' At present there are 3, 000 untrained teachers in North Carolina schools. Last year 199 were : in colleges and universities In this state training for the teach ing profession, but out of this num ber,; only 150 actually took teach ing positions, she related. Minimum need of the state next year is 1,500 elementary teachers. The main reason that there are so few teachers is that the positions are not attractive enough, ,Mrs. Nelson stated. "Salaries are too low, there are inadequate facilities for teaching, and poor living conditions for the teachers," she enumerated. Of those holding teaching posi tions now only 5 to 7 per cent of them are in -thel -twenties. The majority are middle-aged or older. Schools are crowded and teach ers aro handicapped by inadequate . Sec KOTAKIAN8 Pago 1 . Rotarians NCEA President All the churches of Morehead City will join in a Union Christ mas service at 7:30 Sunday night in the Morehead City school auditori um. Featured at the service will be the Morehead City high school band and chorus, under the direc tion of Ralph T. Wade. The band will play the four opening numbers on the program, "Deck the Halls," ".lolly Old Saint Nicholas," "The First Noel," and the "Crusaders hym:i." The band and chorus will parti cipate in the processional, Onward Christian Soldiers, and the prayer by the Rev. W. D. Caviness, Frank lin Memorial Methodist church, will be followed by the singing of the carol, "While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks" The congregation will sing "O Come All Ye Faithful," accompani ed by the band and the Rev. J. C. Griffin, pastor of the Freewill Bap tist church will read the scripture. The Christmas Message will be given by the Rev. L. A. Tilley, First Methodist church, following the two carols, "O Little Town of Bethlehem" and "Hark! The He rald Angels Sing." Four members of the chorus will sing "O Holy Night." Thev are Lois Webb. June Jones, Ralph Stcrlen, and William Lloyd. The Girls Glee club will sing "I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day," followed by "Silent Night" with Theresa Whcalton, the Boys Glee club, Girls Glee club, the cov gregation, and Robert Hcsscc, ac companist. Dr. John H. Bunn, First Baptist church, will pronounce the bene diction. Mr. Wade predicted that the pro gram wilt- be enjoyed by all who love the traditional Christmas music. .. Mr. Wade joined the 'Morenead Cftv hieh school faculty this"alf ras music teacher, taking over di rection of the band and glee clubs. For many months, the school was without a ban , ddirector and in spite of efforts.' of the Parent Teacher association, the band fail ed to prosper. This union service will be the first public appearance of the band and glee clubs this year. Musical Show Opens Tonight Today is the last day to buy tickets for the all male cast musi cal, "Hollywood Capers" which will be given tonight at 8 o'clock in the Morehead City school auditori um. Pictured below is one of the Rockettes, Gilda Lily, better known to her admirers as Sam Guthrie. The hair on the chest, she says, offsets the tantalizing beauty above not to mention the figure below. Under the direction of Miss Tressa Vickers, president of the Carteret County Registered Nurses , . s ? tea ps f W , ' 'A' - i iiillllli! Mmmmifo. a Gilda Lily, a Rockette club, which is producing the show, the musical is expected to pack the auditorium tonight to overflowing. Proceeds wUl be used by the nurses to buy sickroom supplies for lending to needy families, while the Jaycees will use their share oi the proceeds to finance their Christmas projects. This includes cash prizes for the most beautiful and most original home Christmas decorations. , Tickets can be purchased at Leary's Men's store, Morehead City and S k W drug stores, and Jay cees or nurses. They can also oe bought at the door. Four Farm Bureau Members Attend National Session Convention to Be Held at Atlantic City, Will Open This Weekend Four members of the Carteret County Farm bureau will attend the national convention at Atlan tic City next week. They are Oscar Salter, member ship chairman of the farm bureau, Bpttie, Robert Laughton, vice president of the farm bureau, Morehead City, Thomas Oglesby and Rutus Oglesby, both of Crab Point. The men will leave Saturday morning ind travel by automobile to Atlantic City. The convention will open this weekend and close Dec. IS. The free trip to the convention due the Carteret County Farm bu reau for meeting its quota in the recent membership drive, will go to all four of the men. The "prize money" will be apportioned among them. Officers of the farm bureau, all re-elected for the coming year, with the exception of Sam D. Ed wards, vice-president, are as fol lows: J. R. Ball, Harlowe, presi dent; Robert Laughton, Crab Point, vice-president; Mrs. Marie Campen, Beaufort RFD, secretary' treasurer; Oscar Salter, Bettie, chairman of the membership drive. R. AT. Williams. Beaufort, ad visor; directors, H. T. Carraway, Beaufort RFD, fruit and vegetable; D. W. Truckncr, Pellctier, tobac co; T. C. Oglesby, Crab Point, swine; Gordon Laughton, Crab Point, poultry. Roy T. Garner, Newport,' dairy ing; Neal Campen, Beauf on nr generar crops; - L. W." Pefrctier, Stella, forestry; Floyd Garner. Newport RFD, soil conservation; Guion Lewis, Bettie, sweet pota toes. Box Car Of Food To Leave County After Dedication Following a dedication service, the CROP box car with food for people overseas will move out of Beaufort Tuesday, Dec. 21. Details of the dedication have not yet been planned, stated B. J. May, county CROP chairman, but they will be carried out in accord ance with a suggestion received from the state Christian Rural Rural Overseas program office. Food collections will be picked up the latter part of next week, be ginning Friday, Dec. 17. The chair men in charge of the program in the rural communities are request ed to have their collections at the S. M. Jones warehouse on Lennox villc road no later than Saturday, Dec. 18. The Jones warehouse is located next to C. G. Gaskill's feed store. Anyone bringing in a collection of food "should contact Mr. May, B 4006, his business phone, or B 5151, his home phone, and he will open the warehouse so that the food can be stored until it is ready for packing. Businessmen who have volun teered the use of their trucks to make collections in Beaufort and Morehead City will be contacted next week and a suitable time ar ranged to pick up the food at the schools and stores. Mr. May has requested that groc ery store operators save corrugat ed cartons and contribute them to he CROP workers so that cans and other foodstuffs can be packed in them. A splendid collection . of food was made Wednesday at the Beau See CROP Page 7 Tide Table HIGH Friday, Dec. . LOW 10 9:37 AM 9:51 PM 11 10:33 AM 10:36 PM 3:18 AM 3:22 PM Saturday, Dec. 4:08 AM 4:14 PM Sundav, Dec.' 4:58 AM 5:04 PM Monday, Dec. 5:42 AM 5:53 PM Tuesday, Dec. 6:29 AM 0:41 PM - 12 11:24 AM 11:22 PM 13 12:00 AM 12:15 PM 14 12:06 AM -1:02 PM Thousands Crowd Front Street To Welcome Santa Claus High School Girls to Sell TB Christmas Seals at Booths iujwijMMiMiMMuwwwwjijM.iM'WWMiW' iww niw ( nnnfiT TTnrrnw irr'rnnr "i irr Lto! J f The Rev. Winfrey Davis, pastor of the First Baptist church, Beau fort, is shown here purchasing tu berculosis Christmas seals from Miss Marie Webb at a booth in F. II. Bell drug store, Beaufort. Also seated at the table and assisting in sales is Miss Ruth Willis. From now until Christmas these booths will be located each Satur day in Morehead City, Newport, and Beaufort. High school girls will sell the seals. Covering the f By Aycock Brown During the past week I have seen the Yuletide decorations on most of the coastal main streets. Elizabeth City, Washington and Williamston each have colorful set ups but New Bern is the only towh I have seen where the over head arches of vari-colored elec tric bulbs arc supplemented with native foliage ... In New Bern the Yuletide Street arches arc draped in Spanish Moss and it is very pleasing effect at this season, especially in New Bern where there arc so many old buildings, spires and domes. In Beaufort and Morehead City at Christmas time many of the boats in port display a Christmas tree at the top of their masts, which I have been told is a very old custom in waterfront towns. Having read some of my recent blurbs about yaupon and yaupon tea, former state representative Theodore Meekins in Mantco last weke stopped to remind me that I didn't "know anything about yau pon." "Why I can remember the time when they used to bring it to Man teo from down the Banks by the barrelfulls. We would buy it for 25 cents a barrel and then sell it for 40 cents. The yaupon in those days was cured by the old-fashioned method. The Bankers would bury a hogshead in the ground, fill it with green yaupon leaves and twigs and then add heated ballast stones. The heat -from the ballast stones would cure the leaves and in those' days (it was about 1900) a great many folks here in Manteo drank yaupon tea in preference to coffee," he said. Hamilton Cochran of the Satur day Evening Post was one of the guests at Joe Massolctti's Honorary Tar Heel banquet honoring Gov ernor Cherry in New York City last week. Cochran is the man See WATERFRONT Page 7 Beanforl Posloiiice Changes Business Hours Wiley Taylor, Sr., Beaufort post master, announced today that the postoffice will be open from 8 a. m. to 6 p. m. next Saturday, Dec. 18. Mr. Taylor" stated that the post master general has requested, urg ed, and warned all mailers of Christmas packages and cards to get them in the mail as soon as possible, if not immediately. "This is the greatest holiday sea son ever to confront the postal service," the postmaster stated. ; Mr. Tsylor reported that some Christmas cards already have been mailed, and said that unless more come in during the coming week many persons will be disappointed that their cards did not reach the addressee by Christmas day, - At 1 o'clock this afternoon a special tuberculosis prevention program will be presented at the Quern Street school, Beaufort. A hiniiin 1 1 It., u!,r,u;n nnrl thn lii. ' lory of the tuberculosis associa tion presented. Ch iirman of the Christmas seal sale in the county is W. H. Taylor, Jr., Beaufort. Goal this year is several thousand dollars which will be used to linance the visit of a mobile free chest X-ray unit to this county. Waterfront Woman's Club Will Award Prizes Dec. 20, Dec. 23 Cash prizes for the bcsl-decora-ted Christmas window in places of business in Beaufort will be award ed by the Junior Woman's club Monday, Dec. 20, Decorations of front yards and porches will be judged Thursday, Dec. 23, and uwards made that day. In compliance with requests made by the town planning board the club decided on a project it felt necessary for the improvement of Beaufort. They agreed at the meeting Monday night in the Ann Street Methodist church building that extension of town limits was essential. In addition to decorating the town, the club will also provide a Christmas dinner for a needy fa mily and toys for the children. A survey is being made by the fire department and names of those needing assistance will be obtain ed from that organization. If feasible, the club will add to the present town decorations by placing tiny Christmas trees at each lamp post next week. Mrs. Frances Dickens, a former member, was welcomed into the club, as well as Miss Arnccia Wi ley, a new member. The dinner was served by the Woman's Society of Christian Ser vice, Ann Street Methodist church. Morehead Businessmen To Give Away $200 Tomorrow Two hundred dollars will be a warded to Morehead City shoppers again tomorrow at 1:30 in the aft ernoon at the municipal building. This cash prize program Is part of the Morehead City Chamber of Commerce's Christmas trade cam paign which will continue until the dcy before Christmas when $400 in cash will be given away. Prizes tomorrow will be as fol lows: one $100 prize, a $50 prize, two $20 prizes and one $10 prize. The awards on the day before Christmas will be one $200 prize, one $100 prize, two $40 prizes and one $20 prize. Chairman of the Christmas trade promotion committee is Bernard Leary. Clambake Tomorrow Night! Smyrna PTA's big clambake and square dance will get under way tomorrow . night at the Willis Brothers clamhouse, Williston. Proceeds 'from the affair will be used for improvement! to Smyrna school. More than five thousand young sters, mothers and dads jammed Front Street, Beaufort, Wcdncs day afternoon to welcome Good Old St. Nick to Carteret county. The youngsters, with letters clutched tightly in one hand, waved joyously with the other as they caught sight of Santa Claus riding on the bow of the Mistle toe toward the post office dock. Crowds stood along the seawall, on the Inlet inn dock, and all along the waterfront as Santa's yacht, actually a Coast Guard boal, hove to and made it possible for the Christmas season to officially open as the big fat man in a red suit set foot on Beaufort. Led by the Beaufort high school band, looking splendid and snappy in their green and white uniforms the parade accompanying Santa Claus moved west on Front street promptly at 4 o'clock. The Brownies and Girl Scoub marched like veterans and the Boy Scouts formed an escort about thr fire I ruck where Santa sat in a colorfully decorated chair, waving to the crowds. Even Roma Willis and Elmond Rhuc, firemen, were in uniform. Following close behind Santa was a truck, loaded with his gifts for the youngsters, and then came the Queen Street High school band with high-stepping drum major ettes and every musician resplen dent in orange and black. Santa Claus received his letters in front of the Sea Breeze theater and promised each and everyone a very merry Christmas. JCs Undertake TB Sealjale... Frank Hatton Appointed Chairman; Group Plans Christmas Party Morehead City Junior Chamber of Commerce has undertaken the tuberculosis Christmas seal sale in Morehead City. The group agreed at its weekly meeting Monday at 'the recreation center to sponsor the project Frank Hatton was appointed chair man and will be assisted by Char les Willis, Gordon Laughton, and Marion Mills. The Jaycees will have their Christmas party at 7 o'clock Mon day night at the recreation center, entertaining their wives and girl friends. Paul Branch was named chairman of the Christmas party committee. In the bowling tournament two more nights of the sport arc sche duled, but it was decided to post pone conclusion of the tournament until after Christmas. Following the meeting Monday there was rehearsal for "Holly wood Capers." Rehearsals con tinued each night this week. W. B. Chalk, vice-president, was in charge of the meeting. Bruce Goodwin, president, was . out of town. Specialist in Poultry Visits County Farmers C. F. Parrish, poultry specialist from State college, conferred with poultrymen of the county yester day. He came at the request of local farmers. In the morning he was at the farm of Roland Barbour, More head City, and later in the day al Gordon Laughton's, Crab Point. Henry Nesbitt's, Gloucester, and the Ball Brothers, Harlowe. Letters were sent out to poultry growers by the county farm agent, inviting them to any of the above mentioned farms where they would receive advice from Mr. Parrish on raising of poultry. New Growers oi Spuds Should Apply ioPMA Cilice New growers of potatoes should make application for acreage al lotments to the Production Mar keting administration office, Beau fort postoffice, by Saturday, Dec 18, B. J. May, PMA officer, an nounced yesterday. Acreage allotments throughout the nation will be cut and Carteret county's reduction will be about 20 per cent from last year's. The PMA office is working now on establishing preliminary goals These must be in Raleigh by Dec 22; The final goal will be determ ined by the county PMA commit tee in January. . Lennoxville Folks Lose Fight To Oust Fish Plant Week's Superior Couri Term Closes With Case Against L. R. Morris After 10 minutes' deliberation, Ihe jury I' lurned a verdict in fa vor of Lambert R. Morris late yes terday afternoon in the case Of Charles Pake, and wife, Lennox ville, vs. Lambert Morris, owner and operator of the Morris Fish factory, Lennoxville. The plaintiffs charged that the Morris factory operation consti tuted a nuisance and brought ac tion to obtain a judgment which would prevent its operation in the inline. The case opened at 1 1 o'clock Wednesday morning and the jury went out about ,r o'clock yesterday afternoon. Witnesses for the plaintiff testl lied thai the odor from the fish factory made them ill, discolored , and damaged the paint on their homes, and in general made Lcnj noxville an undesirable place tO live. ; Witnesses for the defendant;, John Dixon, Capt. Roy Goodwri, Luther I'ittman, and R. W. Chad wick, testified that they experienc ed no ill effects from the Morris factory, Capt. Goodwin stating that there were bad odors but they came from Beaufort Fisheries aod never affected him or his family. Others testified that the gray discoloration to the paint was only temporary and went away in 4 short time. Although the Morris fish factory is within three miles of the cor porate limits of Beaufort, permis sion to build the factory inthe summer of 1047 was obtained kom tjje Beau(crt tnw,ti board. j aii inree attorneys ir in e- .at tendant, Claud Wheatly, Jr., AVsh Hamilton, and J. F. Duncan, suit, marized their case yesterday after-, noon before the jury. Romulus A. Nunn, New Rem, was counsel for See COURT Page 7 t.Ul The Carteret Coonty Public lib rary appeared in its holiday dress this week, fn addition to a bulletin board posted with Christmas poems, carols, door decorations, and Christmas borders on the walls, Christmas books for aduTtp The library will be closed one week at Christmas time, from' Dec. 22 through Dec. It. , Ubrary Wears Holiday Dress are on display in the main reading room and Yuletide stories fos youngsters are in the children's reading room. A Christmas trae will be placed soon in the child ren's department, said Mrs. L, - -Oakley, librarian. Some of the adult books are thi following: Miracle on 34th Street Davies, Roads of Destiny, Henrft The Story of the Christmas Tree,' Pauli, The Fireside Book of Christ' mas Stories and A Fireside Boole of Yuletide Talcs, both by W genknecht, The Christmas Stotf,' Varga. ,!,- S Christmas Annual, Masterpieces in Color, Stories to Road at Christ mas, Singmaster, Happy Christmas, du Maurier, The Romance of , a Christmas Card, Wiggin, the World's Great Madonnas, Mans. The Birds' Christmas Carol, Wig gin, Christmas Bride, Hill. ' ' Among the books for children are Sing for Children, Wheeler, Story of Jesus, Alexander, Night ' Before Christmas, Moore, Christ- ,,. mas Time, Schenk, Peter Rabbit's Christmas, Graham, Christmas Ca rols, Wyckoff. ' Santa's Footprints, The Golden .1 Christmas Book, Crampton, Whity the Angels Sing, Carroll, Toys, Os wald, A Grandma for Christmas Seymour, The First Christmap Crib, Milhous. .',, ; , 'otiumzisk::