:2IE CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES A Mercer of THE BEAUFORT NEWS (Established 1912) end THE TWIN CITY TIMES (Established 1936) _-.fi 38th YEAR, NO. 71 EIGHT PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1949 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRiDAYS * Two- Year-Old Bounces About Happily on Artificial Leg Scientists Return FromPamlicoTrip Men Seek Extent of Small Fish Destruction, Fish Population in Sound Scientists who returned re cently from a two week trip in Pamlico Sound compiled data from their trip at the Institute of Fisheries Research offices last week The four men, headed by Dr. Eugene Roelofs, aboard the Rob ert. E. Coker, worked in F'amlico Sound on a project which will help them to determine the am ount of destruction caused by phrimp trawlers, insofar qs small fish are concerned, and the den sit yof fish population in the sound. The scientists' worked from Englehard southward. With Dr. Roelofs were Carter Broad, Hor ace Loftin, and Boris Knake. Mr. Knake, a fisheries engineer of the United Fish and Wildlife service, Boston, was sent here to observe the operations. Skipper on the Coker was John Wegner. The scientists used three nets, each with different mesh( and over the codend (sack in which fish collect) was put another net. Then the number of fish and size of each one (in the codend and the sack over it) were, recorded. In addition to this work, W. A. Ellison, director of the Institute, reported that two commercial shrimp boats are keeping a record of their catches, broken down in to shrimp, trash fish, immature edible fish, and saleable edible fish. Mr. Ellison reported that the intensive part of the work will be completed this month. Also observing the operation is Harold Crowther, fisheries en gineer from the Fish and Wild life service, Washington, D. C. Ann St. Tool' To Be Drained Beaufort's street crew has been busy the past few days, under the supervision of Supt. Clyde Peter son, installing additional drainage pipes to alleviate the hazardous si tuation in the 700 block of Ann st. New 15-inch pipes are being laid underground through the center of the block from north to south. These pipes will be used to drain water that in the past has accumu lated after every rainfall. Catch basins are being dug in several spots to carry the water to the pipes. As its part of the ajO'eement wilh the town of Beau'ort, the state highway department hai pro mised to install 24 inch pipes from Ann street to Taylor's Creek. It is expected that this Jiew setup will considerably relieve what has pre viously appeared to be a hopeless problem. Mr. Teterson said he believes the town's part of the job will be completed this week. Senate Approves Funds For Albatras Work Here Whether the Albatross, fishery vessel, comes to these waters this winter, will be determined by the House. The appropriation for the ves sel has been approved by the Sen ate, according to W. A. Ellison, Jr., director of the * Institute of Fisheries Research, and is now being considered by arouse cofn mittee. The decision ifc expect ed Sept. 21. The Albatross would be here two months, at a tinje when the commercial fishermen want it, Mr. Ellison said. There will be a meeting of operators of com mercial trawlers and it will be up to them to determine when the federal vessel ?hould begin work in offshore waters, concluded the director. Rough and tough Peter Stuyve sant, famed one-legged governor of New Amsterdam, has a proto type in little David Canfield of 104 S. 21st St., Morehead City. Da vid is rough, tough, and bright as a button, even though he was born with his right leg off just above the ankle. Just turned 2, David runs, jumps, chatters and keeps up with the rest of the kids, his little artificial leg twinkling along as well as a real one. He was fitted with the leg at the age of 15 1/2 months, and just 16 days later he was tottering around all by himself. "If you would see him on top of a step ladder and prancing around you would know that his leg is not a drawback at all," smiled Mrs. Norman Canfield, his mother. Two other young sons cpmprise the Can field family, curly-headed Eugene who is 5, and little Gordon who is 1. Both are% normal in evqry res pect. Dr. Hugh Thompson, Raleigh orthopedist, sees David every three months. David was without his leg, right one, that is, for five days not long ago while it was being length ened. Ilis substitute during that time was a tall, round tinker toy box! David was born before his par ents or the doctor expected him, and Mrs Canfield remarks that had he not been, his other leg may have been off in the same place as the right. Even so, his left leg required an operation. David's mother, her hands full managing a house and three young sters, sums up her son's handicap cheerily, "Put a pair of long pants on him cod he's just like the other kids!" David was fascinated by the camera. Here the photographer caught him as he charged for ward, demanding, "I wanna' take a pic-shur!" NEWS-TIMES PHOTO Aaron Craig, S. A, Chalk Appointed to Zoning Board Mayor Aaron R. Craig, Newport, | and S. A. Chalk, Morehead City, have* been appointed by the board of eounty commissioners to serve on the Cherry Point Marine Air Corps station zoning oommission. The commission, authorized by the recent general assembly, calls for a membership consisting of two persons from Craven county, two from Carteret, and one from the air station. Serving on the commission from the station is Com. K. G. Ablanalp. The Carteret appointments were made in the board meeting yester- j day after a letter from Brig. Gen. I. W. Miller was read. Those appointed have not yet in- ; dictated as yet whether they will ! serve. The term is two years with out compensation. During routine business the board rejected the request of Thom as McGinnis, welfare superintend ent, for an increase in the budget to pay for an additional case wor ker. Mr. McGinnis said the depart ment is now handling 543 active cases and the number is expected to increase to 633 by December. At present each case worker has 272 cases although the maximum load recommended by the state is only 225. With the additional worker, the load would be approximately 211 per worker, the superintendent pointed out. The board told him there was no money available to pay the salary of an additional welfare department employee. Dr. K. P. B. Bonner, chairman, appointed' John Brooks to investi gate a complaint that the valua tion was too high on the Alfred Williams cottage. Ocean Ridge. The complaint wax presented by I Attorney George W. Ball, More head City. The board approved the action of Charles Nelson, chairman of the welfare board, who reported that he wrote to the postoffice department requesting permission to retain former Commissioner C. Z. Chappell on the welfare board. Chairman Nelson also invited the board to attend a luncheon in October at which Dr. Ellen Win ston, chairman of the state wel fare board, will be the speaker. On approval of Judge Lambert R. . Morris $17.50 in court costs was refunded to A. T. Piner, who was charged with not having a driver's license. The state motor vehicles division stated, later that he did have a license. Earl Willis, resident of Front st. extended was granted per- 1 mission to build a doek at a| street end near his home, pro-i See CRAIG Page Fout Legionnaires Hear Convention Story Legionnaire Earl Dunn told Morehead City American Legion members that North Carolina was poorly lepresentated at the Nat ional Legion convention in Phila delphia recently. Mr. Dunn, who attended the convention, made the report at the Friday night Legion meeting in its club rooms in downtown Morehead City. Dunn said that the State's re presentation in the parade was very small and also stated that headquarters offices for North quately manned. He said the sit uation left a bad taste in the mouths of many Legionnaires who attended the convention* The possibility of holding a soc ial gathering for Legionnaires and their wives sometime soon at the Legion hut west of Morehead City was discussed but no definite plans made. Most of those present favored holding an oyster roast when the affair takes place. Commander Walton Fulcher an nounced that though many vet erans are pot aware of the fact, they are eligible for burial in any of the many National cemeteries maintained by the government. He also called attention to the fact that each diseased veteran is eligible for payment of $100 from the government for burial ex penses. Commandey Fulcher also said Legion dues will go up from $3 a year to $3.50 on Oct. 1. Ho said that anyone who pays his dues be fore that date will not have to pay the additional 50 cents. Fishery Scientists Will Attm! Virginia Meeting Members of the Institute of i Fisheries Research staff will leave Thursday to attend the meeting of the Atlantic Estuar ine Research society at the Vir ginia Fisheries laboratory, York town, Va. This society was organized at Morehead City last fall. It is composed of scientists, chemists, and bacteriologists interested in i sounds and bays adjoining the At lantic ocean. Dr- Eugene Roelofs, staff mem ber of the Institute of Fisheries Research is a member of the 'executive committee. Dr. W. A. Chipman Joins Lab Staff, Pivers Island Research Biologisl Will Specialize in Study of Shellfish Dr. Walter A. Chipman, research biologist of the Fish and Wildlife service, and specialist in studies of shellfish biology, has been assign ed to the U. S. Fisheries labora tory on Pivers Island, Beaufort. Dr. Chipman will head the shell fish research program being or ganized for extensive investigation of the metabolism and nutritional requirements of oysters and other shellfish. Dr. Chipman was director of the shellfish research laboratory at College Park, Mm 9 to 12 the first scsdon of ? design school will take place at the Surf club I under (he direction of Bryan Clem ! mons with a Ulk by puif E. W. McKlwce. floriculturist of Missis sippi Slate college. j In i hi' afternoon another session of the desigp school will be held | and I'rotessor McKlwee will con- 1 duct a grower's clinic at the Ocean I King hotel. Then a visit will bo | paid by the group to trade exhibits at Ihe Surf club The trade fair ? will lie open from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. ! After the afternoon's exhibits, i! clinics, and visits the convention will end. Board Considers Five Road Issues The county board considered I five road problems at their meet ing yesterday morning. ; At the request of Elbert Guthrie. Rogue, who presented a petition . Bell street in the John Jones sub division, was made a part of the state highway system John Jones of Cedar Point re quested that another thorough- i fare. Front Street, in the same sub division be made a part of the state highway system and the board agreed to request the highway en gineers to investigate. | Mr. Guthrie objected to Mr j | Jones' petition on the grounds that I residents living along there don't , want tlie road fixed and made ; usable hy the public. Mr.. Jones' I contended that it was not a private | road and should be made passable i Bell street runs from NC high way 24 to the inland waterway I See BOARD Page Six A SOW OF IRELAND Raleigh Store Fails; Citizens Ask Cowper to Run for Mayor With this letter, we conclude the Son of Ireland series, letters written by an Irish lad to his moth er, who stayed in the Old Country, while he came to America in the middle of the last century. The writer, grandfather of Mrs. T. T. Potter, Beaufort, served in the Union lorces during the war be tween the states, later established a store in Morehead City, fell in love with and married a girl from Smyrna. Ai revealed in the letter below, he also established a store at Ra leigh This was not successful and although he and his family later went north, he returned to this section he loved and died at Morehead City 10 years ago. 1 ?The Editor. ? Morehead City 15th Nov. 1865 | My Dearest Mamma, Yours o( 19th Oct. came to hand just this moment. It is the first 1 have rec'd in five or six months. 1 never rec'd one with Gerald's photo and have sent you at least one dozen papers.- I have had no papers from Europe in months. We have given up Raleigh. I closed it out some two weeks ago and have lost considerable on it and may yet lose more as I sold out several thousand dollars worth of goods for cotton. The cotton Is yet up In the country. At present we are a little pushed but must come out "right side up" as we do not leave a stone upturned. Wa have made and lost money and I cannot say exactly what we arc worth today See COWPER PAGE SIX Milton O'Neal, aged 36. Harkers Island, was being held without bond in Beaufort yesterday on charges of breaking and entering, and larceny of a double-barreled shotgun valued at $50. This is the first arrest made in Beaufort since the rash of burg laries began two months ago. Hearing will be given O'Neal by Mayor Lawrence W. llassell this morning. The hearing was ori ginally scheduled for yesterday af ternoon but was postponed, pend ing further investigation. The defendant was arrested at midnight Sunday night at his home on Harkers Island. Beneath his bed. according to Chief of Police j Louis B. Willis, was a shotgun | owned by Elmo Willis, 706 Broad ' st., Beaufort. Mr. Willis called night police officer Carlton Garner at 9:30 Sun day night to report that his home had been broken into. A front window was smashed and his shot gun was missing, Mr. Willis said. Mr. Garner notified the chief and SB1 men and alter getting "a little information," Chief Willis reported, O'Neal was arrested. When asked whether the defen dant was in any way connected with previous burglaries in Beau fort, polj^c made no comment ex cept to say that further investiga tions were being made. Hugh Salter Becomes County Commissioner Ivey Mason, Appointed Lasl Month, Found To Be Ineligible Ivey Mason, appointed eountjr commissioner last month, i^ not a county commissioner and Hugh Salter, Beaufort, is. Mr. Salter was appointed Friday to replace Mr. Mason who wac found ineligible because he holds a civil service job at Cherry Point. The new commissioner waa sworn in prior to the September meeting of the county board yester day morning. Mr. St. Iter, who was born at Set Level and attended school then and at Atlantic, moved to Beaufort in April 1947. He served five and a half years in the Coast (luard, enlisting at the age of 18. Upon discharge he was a chief gunner's mate. The new commissioner is com mander of the Jones Austin post, 2401, Veterans of Foreign Wars, and a member of the Beaufort Ju nior Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Salter is employed at Jeff'i Barber shop, Front st., Beaufort, and serves as a deputy sheriff at the Carolina Race track west of More head City. Ife is married and has a young sen, Jeffrey Hugh, age 5. A. H. James, clerk of court, ad ministered the oath of office to tht new commissioner. Education Board Considers Bids On Atlantic School Bids for construction of the pro posed school at Atlantic ranging from a total low of $248,363.12 to a total l.igh of $285,236 were re ceived by the county board of edu cation ai its regular monthly meet ing Thursday in the court house, Beaufort. None of the bids were accepted j by Vie commissioners since their , estimation of the cost of the work | had only been $200,000. However, all but the two lowest bids in each j classification were rejected and deposit checks returned to the bid- j ders. Low bidder on the job of con structing the school building alone w?s Sparling Construction co. with a hid nf $217,714 High bidder at 1 $245,917 was O. L. Shackleford. Seven bids were received on the job Of eight bids on heating work, the low one was from Z. A. Norris for $13,712.12. High was $16,956 from Bell-Askins co. Lowest of the ninj plumbing bids was $11, 000, also by Z. A. Norris, and high again came from Bell-Askins for $13,049. The low electrical bid was $5 937 from Hub Electrical) co. and high was $9,314 from Pi j ner Bros. Members of the board stated that they hoped changes in the scheduled work could be made in order that the job rould be done with the $200,000 allotted. There fore, they did not reject cither of the two low bids on any of the four Jobs. The tyard has 30 days in which to accept or reject the bids. In other business the board agreed to advertise the three-room frame school house at Marshall berg for sale. It was also revealed at the meeting that a deed to the site for the proposed new Negro school in Morehead City had been obtained and that the contract previously agreed on by the board whereby Sunday school rooms in Franklin Memorial church, More head City, were to be used by the white school, was being satisfac torily carried out. There will be a meeting of the Carteret County Farm Bureau board of directors and member ship solicitors Friday night at 7:30 in the county agent's office, Beau fort, to discuss plans for the forth; coming membership drive. Plans will also be discussed for the meet ing, Thursday, Sept. 22, iflt the county court house when R. Flake Shaw, executive vice-president of | the North Carolina Farm Bureau, j will speak. All membership soli- j citors are urged to attend Friday*! night's meeting. >V I Si Arendell Street Gets New lights Tide Water Power company workers were busy this weekend installing poles fop the recently authorized white way lighting system in downtown Morehead City. Supervisor George Stovaft' stated today that it was hoped the system would be completed irt three weeks. Twenty - eight lights and polef are being installed between third' and 10th streets on Arendell, Ml Ktovall said, and if all materia] for the system arrive, the j' should be finished by Oct. 1. Kach light will have illuminat ing power amounting to 4,000 lumens, enough to amply light up the entire street area, he explain ed. Repair and improvements, work, is also being done on street lights already in place and their power is being increased to 2,500 lumens. An electric eye sensitive ??! varying degrees of light will wi'| used to switch the system on and j off at dusk and sunrise. Mr. St^ i vail raid this switching system ifcN J one of the newest innovations in | the white way system, the moft j up fo date lighting arrangement in the world. jSft More head City commissioner^ authorized installation of th? lights some months ago. The eny | tire system is owned by Ti^fi Water Power company and lease^ j to the city on a contract basis. Morehead Firemen | Get Two Alarms Morehead City firemen wer# 1 called out for two fires over th?S weekend, neither of them seriouf fl and one of them "almost" a fa" alarm. Saturday afternoon at 3:39 alarm was turned in when a i fire on the trash dump west of I city spread slightly. The fire put out in 20 minutes with no i mage caused. Sunday at 9 p.m another alt was turned in when smoke seen inside the groccry store i rated by Alec Roberts in the block of Arendell street. firemen arrived they found Mr. Roberts had placed a pot coffi . on a hot plate inside store earlier in the afternooa i had left the store with heat on J the hot plate. Passersby saw smoke inside I store early Sunday night and i ed firemen. Mr. Roberts w Ailed and arrived by the tin men reached the scene. He cut I th hot plate and removed the | thus avoiding, probably, a fire. No damage occurred.