?HE CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES 10c
A MerCer of THE BEAUFORT NEWS (E?Ubli?hed 1912) and THE TWIN CITY TIMES (EtUbllihed 1936) . *
38th YEAR, NO. 100 FOUR SECTIONS? 24 PAGES ~ MOREHEAD CITY AND. BEAUFQRT, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1949 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS 1
Morehead Board
Establishes Stand
For Cabs on 9th
Commissioners Amend Or
dinance, Make Tempor
ary 60-Day Arrangement
Morehead City town commis
sioners in regular session Tuesday
night designated 9th street, by
Pender's store, as a taxi cab stapd,
amending the town ordinance
which has prohibited on-the-street
parking by taxi cabs.
This stand, a temporary 60-day
arrangement will occupy a portion
of the space which heretofore has
been occupied by the Gillikin bus,
and will be open to any Morehead
City cab operator.
Request for on-street parking
was made by Leroy Guthrie, own
er and operator of the Seashore
Taxi company. His cabs former
ly operated from the lot now oc
cupied by a used car dealer, 904
Arendell street.
Dowotowa Stand Essential
He told' the commissioners that
his efforts to rent vacant lots
along the business section of the
town had failed and that unless he
got a stand downtown, he would
have to go out of business. His
cabs have been operating, since
removal from 904 Arendell, from
18th street.
The board was hesitant in
amending the ordinance prohibit
ing on-street parking, and when a
vote was taken on establishing a
temporary stand on 9th just south
of Arendell, there was a tie, due
to the absence of one commission
er.
Mayor Casts Vote
Mayor Dill cast the deciding
vote, establishing an open taxi
stand for a trial period of 60 days.
Mr. Guthrie assured the com
missioners that, he would abide by
their decision at the end of 60
days, March 1, but said he believed
there would be no quarrels about
cabs from various companies park
ing there.
There was discussion on ap
pointment of a new taxi coramis j
sioner since Commissioner D. G*
Bell resigned from that position
following a recent special meeting
on the cab situation. ' Commis
sioner M. T. Mills was suggested to
fill tbe place.
Santa Clans to Make , j
Appearance Down Town
Santa Claui will make a spec
ial appearance under the auspic- |
ea of the Morehead City fire de
partment Thursday night, Dec. |
22, at 1:39 p.m.
He will ride through the busi
ness section of town on a fire
track with a pack full of apples
and oranges for all good girls
and boys.
i
Rotarians Hear
History of Club
Joseph House, Charier
Member, Speaks a 1
Christmas Meeting at Inn
The recollections of a charter
member of the Beaufort Rotary
club were brought to Beaufort
Rotarians and their wives at the
Christmas party Tuesday night in |
the Inlet Inn dining room.
Former Rotarian Joseph House
told of events leading up to the
organization of the club ~n March
18, 1928. It was sponsored by the
Morehead City club with Dr. Ben
Royal being chiefly responsible for
organization of the Beaufort club.
Mr. House, who is a past presi
dent of the Beaufort club, said the
late Col. Fairleigh S. Dickinson of
New Jersey was highly interested
in the organization and did much
toward forwarding it.
Colonel Dickinson, in addition
to promoting the club, donated a
silk Rotary and United States Flag
to the group when it was organ
ized, Mr. House related.
Depression Hit
The Beaufort club had a tough j
time during depression days, the |
speaker continued, with its orig- 1
inal 19 charter members dropping j
down to 10 or 11 members in the
leanest times. However, he ex- j
plained, it managed to keep in
tact and moved forward to its
present' active strength.
The Rev. Priestley Conyers, pas
tor of Webb Memorial Presbyteri
an church, Morehead City, deliver
ed the invocation >it the Christmas
party and gave a brief talk on the
significance of Christmas.
AH Hotary member# a*ji their
wive* attended the party. The la
dies were presented with cor
sages and favors. Special guests
were Mr. and Mrs. Graydon Paul,
Mr. and Mrs. House and Mr. and
Mr^. Conyers.
Education Facilities Valued
At $1,018,450 in Carteret
Contractor Begins
Work on Colored
School Morehead
I .ay out and excavation, work on
the new colored school building in
Morehead City began Monday
morning.
Material for concrete footing
has been placed on the plot, locat
ed between 16th and 17th itreets.
Fisher and Bay. and concrete
blocks were being laid early this
week.
Raymond Ransom, building con
tractor, commented that the prop
erty is one of the most desirable
sites possible for a school of that
size. The building will consist of
10 classrooms, -book room, main
office and lavatories.
Fifteen men are employed now
at the site and Mr. Ransom Be
lieves construction will be com
, pleted in about five months. His
Ibid of $88,290.90 was the lowest
submitted to the county board of
education l?.st month. Heating,
plumbing, and electrical contracts
have been let to other concerns.
H. L. Joslyn, superintendent of
schools, reported that a great deal
of progress has been made on the
new school building at Atlantic.
Walls are almost up ami steel is
being laid for the floors.
Health Ho
Special Cum at Dfcrhaa
Mrs. Leonard Lewis of Morehead
City. -public health uurse with the
county health department, has just
returned from the Durhwn county
health department, where she wis
enrolled in a public health orien
tation count.
Mrs. Lewi* will take up her pub
lic health work In the western sec
tion of the county as soon aa the
Chriatmaa holidays are over.
Dr N. T. Ennett, health officer,
explained that shtf studied at? Dur
ham becanae any nursq taking up
public health work is required to
haye at leaat Hz weeks of specialis
ed training in addition to her reg
nuratni training
5*
Land, building and equipment
used for educational purposes in
Carteret bounty is valued at $1,
018,450 according to the 194849
audit recently completed and re
leased by H. L. Joslyn, superinten
dent of schools.
At the close of the fiscal year,
June 30, 1948, the education
board's total assets amounted to
$1,095,384.40. Bonded debt, how
ever, is $307,784 with interest in
default amounting to $14,279.12, a
total of $322,063.12.
Stale Loans
Loans payable to the state come
to $122,464.54. Of this $40.4.95 50
is state literary loans and $81,969 -
04 a special building fund loan.
Receipts during the year amount
ed to $504,898.45.
Insurance recovery on the White
Oak school which burned last win
ter was $24,700. Received from
the state for the nine months
school term was $369.783.18., A
mong other sources of revenue
were the following: vocational ed
ucation allotment, $9,676.19: vet
erans training program, $10,182.
69: lunchroom programs. $11,117;
textbook commission. $606.53: fines
and forfeitures. $337.25; ad valo
rem taxes, $19,392.83.
Th Revenue
Poll taxes. $3,304; dog taxes, I
$695: state intaneible taxes. $704.
43; ABC board, $20,012.63: tuition
forehead City commercial school,
$846; insurance refunds. $221.02;
prior years cheeks cancelled, $23.- -
23: diplomas. $178; pupils bus ac- ;
cident insurance. $403.25: miscel- (
laneous sales, $224.62: rental of ,
school property. $198.58. ,
Total disbursements were $479,- j
097.51 which does not include ex- ]
penditures for debt service. Debt
service expenditures for the
schools are made by the county 1
debt service fund.
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Searchers Find Boys Lost on Banks
i
Mayor Sends Case
To Judge Morris
Fred Mallette, colored man.
was placed under $100 bond by
Mayor L. W. Hassell Monday aft
ernoon and ordered to appear in
recorder's court on a charge of as- ;
sault with a deadly weapon, in- 1
flirting serious injury on Nelson
Fulford.
The two men wer* involved in a
fight, police reported, Saturday
light at Queen and Pine streets,
Beaufort.
Two colored girls, Mabel Bryant
ind Elizabeth Richardson, were
fined $5 and costs each on a charge
jf fighting on the streets of the
own Sunday night.
The case ?l Clayton Steel. Ne
{ro. charged with assault with a
leadly weapon was postponed un
:il the next session of mayor's
court. Ten other case? were also
continued because they involved
crewmen of menhaden boats.
Mayor Hassell stated that he is
lenient in that matter because
weather has been poor for tithing. '
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JCs Start Program to Select
Morehead fMan of the Year '
Work has already begun to se
lect a young man 'for the Jaycce
Distinguished Service award,
Morchead City Jaycees were told
at their Monday night meeting in
the Fort Macon hotel dining room.
Bdb Lowe has been appointed
chairman of the Jaycce committee
to select the DSA winner. Lowe
was recipient of the award when
it was given in January of this
y?ar.
Civic Groups to Vote
Various civic groups will be
asked to nominate the person they
feel most worthy of the honor.
Lowe's committee will tabulate
the votes received and make ar
rangements for a banquet in Jan
uary when the award will be gives.
To be eligible the winner must
be between the ages of 2L and 35
and have done the moot outstand
ing work for th* community in
1M9. It is not necessary to be a
Jaycee to be eligible.
Money Discussion
Jaycees discussed what dispo
sition should be made ot the pro
ceeds from the recent theatrical
Iwfiifll
they staged. Alter heated discus
sion, it was decided to set aside
the money in a special fund and
dccidc upon its disposition later.
Luther Lewis, chairman of the
Jaycee Christmas activities com
mittee. said a large number of
, toys had been collected for the
| Jaycee Christmas party for chil
dren hut that . the committee was
1 receiving little cooperation. He
| appealed to members of the group
| to give their services when called
upon.
Deficit Incurred
Dom Femia reported that only
; $31 had been received for meals
i served at the Jaycee Christmas
j party Friday night at the Hecre
I ational center. He said manage
i ment at the center had teen prom
ised at least $75 and that meals
| had been prepared accordingly.
The club appropriated $24 fo make
up the deficit.
! A motion was made that in the
future a list should be taken of
all parsons who itate that they
I intend to attend ? Jaycee social j
See JAYCEES, Page Si* i
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Tide Table
Tide* at Beaufort Bar
HIGH L0W]
Friday, Dec. 23
10:49 a.m. 4:28 a.m.
P "> 2:15 p.m. |
Saturday, Dec. 24
1134 a.m. 5:19 a.m.
12 Noon 8:00 p.m. I
Sunday, Dec. 25
12:07 a.m. 8:11 a.m. j
12:21 p.m. 6:46 p.m.
Monday, Dec. 26
1:00 a.m. 7:07 a.m. I
2:09 p.m. 7:34 p.m. |
Tuesday, Dee. 27
1:53 a.m. 8:06 a.m. |
2:00 p.m. 8:22 p.m.
Curb Market Friday
Because of Christmas the curb
market. 13th and Evans St., fore
head City, will be open Friday
morning. Dee 23, rather than Sat
urday, Dec. 24.
Library to Close
The Carteret County Public li
brary will close Thursday after
noon. Dec. 22 and will re-opoo
(Thursday morning, Doc. 38.
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Sales Center
|For Tags Moves
The office for sale of automo
bile and truck license tag* has
been moved from the Parker Mo
tor company to a small office just
west of Sound Chevrolet company,
1310 Arendell street, Morehead
City.
To date only 400 < plates have
been sold, according to lira. Bob
ert Lowe, who is in charge of
sales. Approximately 5,000 plates
are expected to be bought in the
county. Deadline for having new
plates o? motor vehicle* is Jan.
31. 1990.
The licen*e tag office is open
each day from 9 a. m to 4 p. m.
except Wednesday and Saturday
when It i* open from 9 a. in. to
noon. Town tags in both Beau
fort and Morehead City are avail
able now.
Morehead City tag* miy be pur
chased at the clerk * office in the
municipal building and Beaufort
tag* at the town hall or the Front
street police (taboa. *
Three boys on a search for
a Christmas tree almost
brought pre-Christmas trag
edy to Morehead City Tues
day night. The boys, Vernon
Guthrie, Jr., age 15, his
brother Wayne, 10, and Ron
nie Nance, 12, were lost for
eight hours, from late Tues
day aftermon until 2 a.m.
Wednesday, when they were
found in the dense Bogue
Banks woods by one of sev
eral large searching parties.
The boys went across to the
banks in a skiff equipped with out
hoard motor Tuesday afternoon.
When they hadn't returned by
dark, their parents became alarm
ed and notified the Coast Guard.
The youngsters hadn't been locat
ed by 11:15 p.m. and a general
alarm was sounded from Morehead
City fire station. Close to a hun
dred men. including firemen and
members of the National Guard,
went over to the banks to take up
the search.
One group of men worked
through the woods from Salter
I'ath and another group plowed
through the darkness and dense
underbrush from the Atlantic
Beach section. Soon after 2 a.m.
three pistol shots were fired into
the air. notifying the searchers that
the boys had been found.
Boys Go to Sleep
About seven miles east of Salter
I'ath in "Hoop Hole Woods" the
youngsters had made a clearing,
built a fire, curled up and went
to sleep, waiting for daylight when
Ihey could find their way out.
Their boat had been, pulled far
up on the shore and was not dit
cerniblc from the channel in which
the Coast Guard boat had to move.
Mrs. Vernon Guthrie, mother of '
the two boys, said yesterday morn
ing, "1 didn't know what suspense ,
was until last night," She said the ?'
boys were all right and all they
needed was a good sleep.
"A woman told them she would
like lo have a Christmas tree, so 1
believe they went over to th?
banks looking for that Vcrnoq
likes to hunt, so he took *
glong." she added.
Bonnie is the son of Mr. and Mra.
Andrew Nance, neighbors of the
Guthrie's on the Bogue Sound j
road.
Police Collect
Fewer Fines; City
Operates at Loss
Collection of police fines (or the
fiscal year 1^48-4!) amounted to $1,
390. about one half of those dur
ing the 1947-48 fiscal year, accord- i
ing to the audit presented to More-/
head City commissioners Tuesday *
night. The board was also inform
ed that it operated at an $11,000
deficit for the year ending June
30. 1949.
During the year previous, it op
erated at a $7,000 deficit, said L.
It Aushon, auditor from the firm
of Williams and Wall. Raleigh.
Tax Collection Lower
Almost 89 per cent of the 1M8
49 tax levy was collected, but that
per centage was smaller than It
had been for the past five yeara, ,
Mr. Ausbon commented. Seventy
per cent of the current levy has
been collected .commented John
Lashley, city clerk.
The hospital's expenses (or the .
latest fiscal year exceeded re- i
ceiptf by $5,087.67 and on the
books, due (rom patients, is $52,
473. Many o( these debts were in- .
curred when the hospital (irat went
into operation. The auditor recotn- j
mended that they be charged oil.
Notes Uncollected
Several notes held by, the town, '
15 years o( age, were recommend- |
cd to be charged off if collections ,
cannot be made. The bonded debt
now stands at $826,000.
Commissioners approved the '
audit and tabled for 30 days the *
request by Mr. Ausbon for the con- i
tract next year. Coat of the audit J
is $500 with $100 paid by the hoc- j
pital whose books are audited a
long with the town's.
Government Needs Clerk
At Hvkers Isle
The United Stktea Civil Service
commission has announced an i
competitive examination for
position of substitute clerk at
Harkers Island postoffice.
trance salary is $1.04 per hour.
Competitors should report (or <
written examination at
Thursday, Jan. 5. at the [
building. Morehead City.
(ormation and application
can be obtained from the I