3SS CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES _JSl A Merger of THE BEAUFORT NEWS (EsUbluhed 1912) and THE TWIN CITY TIMES (Established 1936) 38th YEAR, NO. 69 EIGHT PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1949 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRiDAYS Youthful Driver Faces Second Degree Murder Count 1b ike Good Old Summertime ? Morehead Businessmen's Opinions Vary on ' Open All Day Wednesday ' By Oliver (Hick) Allen Morehead City merchants are split on their decisions on the lo cal policy of remaining open Wednesday afternoons, during the summer, a survey made over the weekend by THE NEWS TIMES disclosed. Comments on the Wednesday afternoon store' hours ranged f?om "an excellent idea, we might even try it in the winter," ! to "Business was lousy." How- j ever, the majority of the mer- j chants contacted seemed whole- : heartcdly in favor of the idea. j Main reason given for favor ing staying open all day Wednes day was that Morehead City is a summer resort town. Consequent- 1 ly, merchants say, stores up-state close Wednesday afternoon and their employees and townspeople j head for the coast. When they get here they ex-| pect to find stores doing business j as usual. Therefore it is to the' advantage of merchants to remain | open purely from a business; standpoint and also from the | standpoint of attracting more va- ! cationists to the Carteret coast where they will know they can buy what they want on Wednes day afternoons. A cross section of opinions ga thered in the survey follows. Mri, A. Leary, Drets Shop: We found it a good policy to remain open. Our business was good and we profited by the additional store hours. It's a good policy to close Wednesday afternoons in the fall and winter but I think we should delay starting that policy until Oc tober instead of this coming Wed nesday." James Wheatley, Hill's: "We didn't lose anything by remaining! open. Our business was fair but at ! least 75 per cent of it was purely local. 1 think the Wednesday mf ternoan closing storting thia wrk is a good idea." Mr?. Charles L. Springle, ihe Boot Shop: "We found that we didn't have enough to pay our light bill. It was no good for us.. The Wednesday afternoon closing hours starting for the fall are fine as far ? as we are concerned." Warren Beck, Sound Appliance: "People who came down here from other parts of the state appreciated I our staying open to accommodate them. We didn't lose any money and I expect we made some. It didn't affect my employees since they still got an afternoon off some other day in the week. I'm in favor of closing Wednesday af ternoons from now until next sum mer, though. Sam Adlcr, Leonard's: "The sys tem was no good whatsoever. We got little businesb and what we did get we could have gotten other * days of the week. I think we should stay closed Wednesday afternoon the year round." D. C. Bell, D?e Gee's: "Our Wednesday business was as good as any other day of the week. I'm strongly in favor of remaining open. If we were closed Wednesday i afternoon the business we missed wouldn't be .back Thursday morn ing. R would be somewhere f else in the state. It would be a good idea if we continued the po licy 'throughout the early fall in stead of discontinuing it this week." Oscar Allred, Early Jewelers i "Our Wednesday afternoon busi I ness was only fair and no more. I It's still not a bad idea, however, but we should *top it ontil next summer. What we really need is to stay open until at least 7 I o'clock Saturday night instead of ' closing at 6. That would increase our volume." Jack Ncal, Hardware and Build ing Supply: "We are a summer resort and there is no point in our closing the way other towns do. Staying open helped our business and it will improve more as soon as people elsewhere find out we ( stay open Wednesday afternoons 1 in the summer. It's still hard to tell whether or not we should close ip the winter." J. Lerinson, Betty Jay Shop: "Our business was helped some. We will go along with the ma jority on any such policy, winter or summer closing. What the Mer chants Association agrees on is fine with us." Bil| White, Economy Ante Supply: "^e didn't fare too well by staying open. I think if s a good idea to start closing now. Our summer business is finished. Bernard Leary, Leary's: "I found it well worth while. Wei l, got more buaineas than on the I average afternoon and onr clerks ?till got an afternoon off a week .'.%o it didn't affect them. I think we ahould start cloaing now, ? though.'' Death Claims Two Well-Known Beaufort Residents in Four Days Funeral services for Walter Winfield (Cooch) Chadwick, who died Friday morning in More head City hospital were held in the Ann Street Methodist church Saturday morning at 10 o'clock. Burial was in the family plot in the church cemetery. The Rev. T. R. Jenkins, pastor of the church, officiated. Mr. Chadwick, who was 66 years old, was the son of the late Winfield Scott and Mary Thomp son Chadwick of Beaufort. He was the star~catcher of the Trin ty college base ball team in the early lUOO's and with Mr. Arthur Bradshcr of New Bern, as pit cher, they formed the most famous battery in the history of the college. For many years he worked as a salesman for various concerns in New Bern and Washington, and returned to Beaufort to live in semi retirement about 10 years ago. Mr. Chadwick frequently contributed to The Beaufort News, now the Carteret County NEYS TIMES. Surviving are a son, Major Winfield Scott Chadwick, United States Army, of Lexington, Ky., a daughter, Mrs. Turner Logan of Charleston, S. C., two sisters, Mrs. T. A. Uzzell of New Bern, Mrs R. P. Stephens of Athens, Ga. and six grandchildren. Active pallbearers at the fun eral were Clarence Guthrie, Robert Hudgins, Preston Mason, Hiram Kerr, Claud Wheatly and j Jack Neal. Honorary pallbearers were F. R. Bell, T. A. Uzzell, Carl Chadwick, James Rumley, Charles Thomas and Homer Lien jgjfefc - - . . Funeral services for William Oscar Noe who died at his home on Front st. extended Sunday evening after an illness of a month, will be held from his home at 4 o'clock this afternoon. Burial with Masonic rites -will be in Ocean View cemetery. The Rev. Winfrey Davis, pastor of the First Baptist Church, assist ed by the Rev. T. R. Jenkins, pas tor of Ann Street Methodist church, will conduct the services. Mr. Noe, who would have been 77 next month had been a seaman all his life. He was cap tain of a sailing vessel that sailed the rice trade in 1880, and captained the schooner, John R. P. Moore, which hauled lumber to New York and New Bedford from this area. He was captain of the steamer Petral, of the U. S. Fisheries commission, which was used for gathering specimens for the scientific laboratory. He was an executive of the Beaufort Fish eries and supervised the building of the fish factory for Judge Lambert Morris. He was a champion square dancer i.nd well-known caller of dances ?n eastern Carolina. He was a prominent member of the Franklin Lodge 109 A. F. & A. M., and I. O. O. F. and of St. John's Commandery No. 10, Knights Templar of New Bern Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Daisy Noe Pierce, two daughters, Mrg. E. L. Becton, of Bachelor, iMrg. Ruth Sullivan, of the home, two font, William a?d Earl of Social Security Office Seeks Young Account Card Holder Chamber Officials Will Visit Here Delegates to the annual conven tion of North Carolina Associa tion of Chamber of Commerce Executives to be held in Wilson Sept. 18 and 13 will come to More- ] hud City on the 20th for a visit ! and sight-seeing tour, the More- j head City Chamber of Commerce announced today. The group will arrive here for lunch as guests of the Sanitary | Fish Market and Restaurant. Fol lowing lunch,, they will go aboard ; the Coast Guard cutter Agassiz for an afternoon cruise of local waters j as guests of the Coast Guard. Af ter the cruise they will return to their homes. Features of the two-day conven tion in Wilson include a speech by Clem Johnson, director of the linited States Chamber of Com merce, another speech by Frank H. Jeter, agricultural editor of ; State college, luncheons, business sessions and committee reports. Three Men Join Morehead Lions Three new members, Tarver Mc knight, George and Clarence Bell, were initiated into the Morehead Ci(y Lions club Friday night when they put on an exhibition of eat ing pie blindfolded. The exhibition waa presided over by Chesley Den nis, ably assisted by Oscar Allred. It was decided that the Sept. 22, 23, and 24 broom sale will be made by teams working each block of Morehead City to make certain that all homes are, covered. All sizes of brooms and floor mats will be on sale at that time, with the proceeds to go to Lions Wel fare work. Louis K. Day, Lions district gov ernor of Rocky Mount, will visit the club Sept. 16 it was announced The governor will speak to the lo cal group at that time and also show moving pictures of the Inter national convention in New York two months ago. Lions Willfewet at the Carteret recreation center Friday night when they will give a weiner roast for Boy Scouts who aaaisted them in the bread sales last spring. A contest will be held this week Sept. 5-11, to locate the youngest Social Security account number card holder in southeastern North Carolina, it was announced today. A prize will be awarded to the youngest account number holder who has had employment in a job covered by the Social ' Security act. "This contest", N.A. Avera, man ager of the Wilmington bffice, said, "is a part of our program to cele brate the 12th anniversary of the opening of the Wilmington Field office of the Social Security Ad ministration." The Wilmington of fice was opened Sept. 9, 1937, and serves 11 counties of southeastern North Carolina. The only rule in connection with the contest is that the winner must have been employed in a job cover ed by the social security act. Most employers of one or more persons in commerce or industry are cov ered by the law and are required to report employees wages to the collector of internal revenue in Greensboro at the end of each cal endar quarter. , Persons entering the contest for themselves or on behalf of others should address a post card to the Social Security Administration, Wilmington, N. C., and give the name and address of the person entered, date of birth, social secur ity account number and place last employed. Failure to give this in formation will ' disqualify any en trant, and permission to use such information will be- assumed by the field office. Where the post mark date la later than Sunday, Sept. 11, the entry will not be ac cepted. A qualified board of judges sel ected independently will determine' the winner and notice will be for warded to the winner as soon as ponible after Sept. 13. i Charles Joms Recovers From Accident Injuries Charles Jones of Morehead Bluffs is recovering today in More head City hospital from injuries received Saturday night when the car he was driving collided with a truck parked in front of More head City school. According to police reports, Jones hit the truck head-on and then gai out of his car and ran. He is charged with operating an automobile in a careless and reck leis manner, causing an accident, and failing to report the accident to police. Investigating officer was Carl Blomberg. Education Board !o Open Bids on Atlantic School Rids for construction of a new school at Atlantic will be opened by the county board of education at its September meeting Thurs day in board offices, court house extension, Beaufort. A. J. Maxwell, Jr., Goldsboro architect, will be present at the meeting to go over the bids with the board. Mr. Maxwell is the architel??e Saturday Eveni * rost photographer; and Hay Caht, New York Times rod and gun edi tor. Boatmen Wind Up Summer Season The season's final cruisc of Tar I I Heels Afloat, an organization of I j North Carolina pleasure boat en thusiasts, was brought to a climax 1 at Wrightsville Beach Sunday night' at Wilmington with a banquet at i which Gus Travis, Charlotte hum orist, was the principal speaker. The flotilla of 30 craft arrived Saturday afternoon, after assemb ling at Swansboro and MoreheAd City and cruising down the In- { land Waterway. It was welcomed by officials and members of the Frying Pan Power Boat Club, hosts I for the weekend outing. I George Eastman, of Beaufort , Tar Heels Afloat commodore, ar rived aboard The Croatan, a State i craft stationed at Manteo, and was officially welcomed by Louis A. i Hanson, commodore of the Frying ! Pan Club, during the afternoon. I Other Tar Heels Afloat officials I making the trip were Earl Bell, of Nejv Bern, fleet captain; Charles I Bennett, immediate past commo dore, and Robert Lowe, secretary of the Morehead City Chamber of I Commerce and acting secretary of i the group. The visitors were entertained at a cocktail party Saturday night. Sunday afternoon a motorcade took the boating enthusiasts on a tour of interesting points in New Hanover county, ? including Airlie Gardens and Greenfield Lake park The other two cruises taken this summer were from Morehead City to tfew Bern and Morehead City to Bclhaven. Electrical Storms Play flab with Power Lines The electrical storm Friday morning played hob with power lines. Lightning struck a lightning ar rester in Beaufort at 10:27 a.m. Friday, causing low voltage on lines until 10:40 when complete ' service was restored. George Stovall, local manager of Tide Water Power company, said j that had the lightning not struck the arrester, it would have knock- 1 ed out a transformer, causing seri ous outtige and a big loss finan cially. Two, poles were shattered at Willistor and numerous cross-arms and Insulator* were broken down east Thuraday. Service, Mr. Stovall aaU, wat continually interrupted. Five Marines Hurt In Head-On Wreck Collision Occurs Wednesday Nighi Near Carieret-Cra ven Line, Highway 70 Five Marines were injured at 11:05 Wednesday night in a head on collision 300 yards east of the Craven-Carteret county line on highway 70. The seriously injured were Pvt. Theodore Lamarrc, driver of one car, and Pfc. John Jaspcrson, pas senger in the other. These men were taken to Camp Lejeune hos pital alter being treated at the dis pensary at Cherry Point. Others who were injured were Cpl. K. J. Easterwood, Pfc. Georg W. Easterwood, both of whom were riding in the '49 Chevrolet : driven hy Lamarre, and Pfc. T. B. Pruitt, driver of a '46 Ford. According to Patrolman R. H. Brown who investigated the Ford was proceeding toward Morchcad City at p speed of 45-50 miles per ? hour while the Chevrolet was go- 1 ing toward Cherry Point "at a ! rapid rrte." When the Chevrolet attempted to pass another ear it ran head-on into the Ford. The passengers were carried to the Cherry Point j dispensary in two ambulances from the base. Patr Iman Brown stated that the same Chevrolet involved in the ac- i eident was "pulled" twice that i same nl-jht, each time with dif ferent orivers. Rotaiians Hear School Principal Rotarians, the Fire Department, the Parent-Teachers Association, and employees of Jones Htfp ed get the Morehead City achool ready for opening this year, prin cipal G. T. Windell reported at Thursday night's Rotary meeting in the Carteret recreation center. Principal Windell reported on the condition of the school at its opening Thursday. He said that it was in better shape than a year ago principally because of the tre mendous help rendered in labor and money by the Parent - Teach ers association. The PTA authorized $1,200 to be expended on improvements for the school, Mr. Windell said, and, it was put to good use. Equipment j ground, building equipment was was purchased for the school play bought. and a master clock costing over $300 was obtained to replace 1 the present one that has worn out. Enrollment this year is 851, j twenty-one more than last year and of this number 218 are stu-( dents in the high school depart- \ mcnt, the principal explained. He j said that enrollment had dropped , off some from high school but it ! was hoped that it would increase] before the first of October In concluding, Principal Windclfj stated that an important job had been done and more work lies a- j head. He added that Rotarians would probably be called on to give their help in future projects. ^ The resignation of Ralph Wade i was reluctantly accepted when it | was explained that Mr. Wade would be unable to attend the Thursday night meetings due to ! church work. Visitors were Numa Eure, Beau fort; W. H. Bell, Newjport; Gait j Braxton, Kinston; Jim Fleming, Greenville; and Harry Frehn, Bris- i tol, Va. Mechanicai Defect Causes Accident Sunday Afternoon Considerable damage was caused to a 1938 Ford truck driven by William (Wild Bill) Godette, Negro of Pollock street, Beaufort, when the truck Skidded 1B5 feet, jumped a ditch, and overturned Sunday af ternoon four miles from Beaufort on the Harlowe road. Godette was traveling toward Harlowe when a tie rod end flew off the running gear causing him to lose control of the vehicle. The truck skidded IBS feet to the left, side of the highway, jumped a ditch, turned over once, and trav eled 20 more feet before stopping. Godette received a cut on his nose and a dislocated shoulder. No one else waa in the truck with him at the time, 3:19 p.m.. State highway Patrolman, J. W. Sykea. investigated the accident | assisted by patrolman R. H. Brown No charges van prefered Newport Garage Oivner Gives Eye-Witness Account of Crash Probable cause on five counts was found in a hearing at Newport yesterday afternoon and Charles 11. Steph enson, III, 16-year-old Raleigh youth, was bound over to superior court under $2000 bond. The five charges, second degree murder, hit and run, speeding over 75 miles an hour, reckless driving, an:l Adjutant Asks For Increased Legion Enrollment In conjuction with the Ameri can Legion membership drive,, Bill Young, adjutant, has made the fol lowing plea to veterans: Wanted--300 veterans to become Legionaires on or before the first of October. Reason: Dues will be increased from the present $3.00 to $3.50 on that day. Join now and save 50 cents of your hard earned pay. Get into the largest and oldest Veterans organization. Join the A merican Legion that has helped all veterans get a better start in life after service. A few of the services that you can thank the American Legion for are: Your rights under the G. I. Bill of Rights, which include the fol lowing facts: Unemployment Compensation, which has helped over 8lu million men and women. Education and training which has helped more than 5 million j people gain a better understand- , ing of life and its problems. Home business and farm loans , has helped more than one million fellow beings. It has also given you mustering out pay after you left the service, terminal leave pay which was given to officers only until the bill was passed to give it enlisted men and women. Last, but not least, they arc help ing you to get a special dividend on your National Service Life In surance. Anyone with more than 90 days of paid insurance will get some money back. These are only a few of the things that I can name which the American legion has done for the veteran. Now is the time for the veteran to do something for the American Legion. So let's all join up and help to support all of the past great work and help to build a better future for our country. All veterans who have not re ceived their blanks to fill out for their special dividend can get them at the legion club rooms ov er Leary's store Sept. 9 at our next bi-monthly meeting. , Be seeing all of you at the next meeting of Morchead City Post 46 on the above date. Sincerely yours Bill Young ADJUTANT Work Progresses On Side Streets Work is progressing on improv ing Morchead City's dirt streets with the recently purchased motor grader attempting to put a firm surface on Fisher street, Mayor George W. Dill, Jr., said today. The grader began work several weeks pgo on the stretch of Fisher street extending from 4th street to the ball park. Sand and clay has becd purchased and hauled from the port terminal and the clay pit at N. 2oth street and dumped on the ktrei't. After the material is dumped, the grsder goes over the area and spreads and mixes the material. It then grades it down continuous ly until ? firm surface is obtained Work on the 'street was slowed by unusually heavy rains last week but Mayor Dill stated that he hoped it would speed up now that the sun has come out. Tide Table (Tide* at Beaufort Bar) HIGH LOW lueaday, September I 7:37 a n. 7:49 p m 1:31 a.m. 1:42 p.m. Wednesday, September 7 8:13 a.m. 8:25 p.m 2:07 a.m. 2:22 p.m. Thursday, September 8 8:23 a.m. 9:02 p.m. 2:40 a.m. 3:00 p.m. Friday, September ? 0:23 a m 9:33 p.m. 3:12 a.m.t 3:98 p.m. failure to stop wncn Hearing a po lice siren, were drawn up as the result rf an accident Saturday night at Newport where State Highway Patrolman Richard II. Jackson, j Cherry Point, lost his life and Pat rolman P. M. Herring was seriously injured. The .iceident was caused when I Patrolman Jackson and Herring gave cnase to tiic speeding 1949 Oldsmobilc driven by Stephenson Saturday night, according to tcsti- ! mony. As Stephenson sped into Newport city limits in front of the school he swerved and passed a 1947 Chevrolet driven by two Ma rines, it was stated. The patrol car attempted to swerve also but apparently, wit nesses reported, was too close to the Chewolet to make the turn. It skidded, its right rear fender and bumper struck the Chevro let's let t rear bumper and fender, it turned sharply to the left, hit and brol:c an electric power pole, struck a nearby tree, and crashed on its side on the sidewalk in front of the home of H. D. Garner. Patrolman Jackson was instant ly killed and Herring received seri ous head injuries from which Morehcad City hospital officials said yesterday he was recovering and not in danger. The patrol car, a 1949 Ford, was completely de molished. The top of the car was torn off as it sailed into and by the tree. Parts of the car's radio were lound under Garner's house and a hub cap kn< eked slats out of the front porch swing at N. W. Garners house, lully 150 feet away from the crash. Various parts of the I ear were scattered over a wide area. Time of the accident was set at 10:14 pm. since all electric power in the town was cut off at that time. Damage to a transformer at Newport was estimated at $1,500 and was not repaired until almost noon Sunday. The falling electric wires pre sented a hazard for a short time but no fire or other injuries oc curred. At ycftcrday's hearing evidence was introduced to show Stephen son's guilt on all five charges. Since Newp^-t Mayor A. R. Craig's ' jurisdiction docs not extend over any of the charges, the cases was bound over to the October term of ? superior court. The iirst witness was Mose How- , ard, operator of a garage in New port and eyewitness to the crash. 1 Mr. Howard testified that he was j standing in front of his garage, across lrom the school, when he , heard a siren. Then he saw the Oldsmobile (ly by, pass the Chevrolet, which he said was driving at a slow speed, and whip on' down the road. Fol lowing the Oldsmobile's passing the Chevrolet, the patrol car at tcmptel to pass also but failed to negotiate the turn. Instead, he said, it went into a side spin, hit the rear of the Che vrolet, bounced into the telephone pole anil tree and stopped with Jackson'c body falling in front of the car and Herring, badly injur ed, being thrown to the side. Mr. Howard stated that it was immediately evident that Jackson was dead but that though Herring was bleeding badly he showed signs of life. First aid was given to Herring before an ambulance | arrived from Morehead City to take him to the hospital. The witness estimated that there was approximately 100 yards dis tance between the two speeding cars. He said the Chevrolet ?was in the act of pulling over to the side of the road when it was struck by the patrol car. He gsid the Oldsmobile was traveling well over 75 miles an hour but that he could not esti mate its exact speed. After the patrol car hit the post, he said, the Oldsmobile was no longer visible. The next witness was I'atrol Cor poral Vernon L. Sprulll, in charge of the Carteret county station. Camp Glenn. Corporal Spruill stated that the first he heard of the accident was when he received a call at 10:25 Saturday night. After investigating at Newport, he made further checks on identi fication of the driver of the car Jackson was chasing. At 3:30 Sun day morning he said that he and Col. C. P. Tolar. patrol comman- 1 der cal'rd in on the case, called at ] Stephenson's parent's borne on At- 1 Isntic beach after hearing reports i that he rvas driving the car. Stephenson vehemently denied any connection with the accident, he corporal said, and stated that , Sm ACCIDENT P Four I Window Pane Cuts Would-Be Burglar Blood - Splattered Window Sill, Blind, Porch At test to Entry Attempt An unsuccessful break-in at tempt in Morchead City was foiled Friday night when the burglar cut himself on broken glass and was forced to leave the scene of the attempted crime. Police were called to the unoccu* pied home, 2906 Evans street, owned by Dr. M. A. Pittman, Wil son, Saturday morning and found that someone had broken three window panes from a front porch window and apparently tried to reach inside to unlock the window. When the would-be burglar reached inside he cut his wrist severely enough to splatter blood over the window, a Venetian blind inside, and over the porch floor. Undoubtedly, police say, the burglary attempt was stopped be cause of damage done to the prow ler by the cut. Fingerprints were taken and all doctors were checked to see whether they had treated anyone for a wrist injury but no clues were found. A possible lead on the case was given when a glazier came to re place the broken panes. He said that visitors to a house in the next block, which is identical to the one broken in, both of them having the sanle floor plan, whitewashed' brick exterior, and green awnings, have a habit of breaking a window pane and going through the un locked window into the house when they do not have a key. The glazier said that possibly some visitor had confused the two houses and broken the window to the wrong house. Was Old Cemetery Visited by Ghouls? I Vandals, who Beaufort police | chief, L. B. Willis, said were "un doubtedly drunk," wreaked havoc i in Ann Street cemetery, Beaufort, j Saturday night when they broke 1 one tombstone in half and tore J the lids from several other tombs. ' Time of the tfindalism is uncer- j tain but Chief Willis said it was j estimated at around 2:30 a. m. Fireman Elmond Hhue reported 1 that he heard noises in the ceme- i tery during the night but that he :i was uncertain of the exact time. ' Chief Willis stated that whoever the vandals were, there must have been more than one of them. He said that it required the combined ^ work ot five men to put the large marble Flabs back on top of the j tombs. * Fireman Hhue said that he did not investigate the noises since the cemetery receives frequent | night visitors. Sunday morning 1 he went into the cemetery and found the remains of the act of desecration committed the night before. Pol i co were working on the case ? yesterday but stated that so far 1 they had no leads on identification 1 of the vandals. The bloodhounds i were used but with no results. 205 Teen-Agers Attend Parties Two liundrod five regular mem- i hers and 47 guests attended the Carteret County Recreation center for the opening this paat week-end. Mrs. Harold Sampson, club ad- ' visor, welcomed the Teen-Age club and announced that officers for tlM ; roming ; ear would be elected Fri day, Sept. 18. One week later 1 mcmberrhip renewal will be re quired end the new officers will be installed. Sandy Pygart, a graduate of Arthur Murray's school of dancing, ; New York, will teacb ballroom ? dancing at the center. Junior teen-agers will be given ' instruction Saturday, inter medi- ? ales Fiiday night before teen-age club, ard the aeniors Saturday night before teen-age club. Edwin F. Gatlin, aviation ma chinist's mate, second class. USN, ' son of Mr. and Mrs. William D. Gat lin of 308 Cedar St.. Beaufort, is attached to Composite Squadron , 81, preivntly based at. the Naval Auxiliary Air Station, San Dtafo, Calif. '.'he squadron is engaged In ? training photographic penomal attached to tbe aircraft carriers of of the Pacific Fleei.