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'fUE CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES J*. A Merger of THE BEAUFORT NEWS (E*Ubli?hed 1912) and THE TWIN CITY TIMES (Eitablithed 1936) ? ________________________________ . 88th YEAR, NO. -W8/, EIGHT PAGES T~ MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT. NORTH CAROLINA, TUESDAY, JANUARY 1950 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS Carteret County's News Events in Review , 1949 By'F. C. Salisbury THE NEWS-TIMES 'Here and There' Columnist January Week of January 3: The resurfacing of Evans street, Morehead City, was completed last Saturday, all the way from 4th be yond 28th streets to the end of the original sand asphalt layer. ? The County Board of Education giants a lease ox the Davis school build ing for a community center. ? May or L. W. Hassell of Beaufort at- ? tended the inaugural ceremony of Governor Scott on Thursday.? The ! coast guard cutter Agassiz return- ; ed Sunday after locating the J. M. McAndrews, a cargo vessel trtat j went adrift while in tow, and as- 1 sisted in bringing the craft into j port ? Building permits issued in j Morehead City for 1948 totaled over $500,000 ? The Safrit lumber mill in Beaufort last dry kiln by fire at estimated cost of $50,000. - Tony Seamon started construction of new building on waterfront in Morehead City to house the Sani tary Restaurant. Seating capacity to be 300 or more. ? Body of B. F. Royal, Jr., who was killed at Sai pan was interred with full military honors in Arlington National Cem etery. ? First baptist church of Morchead City broke ground for : a new educational building. ? Cic- ' al services were conducted from the Smyrna Baptist church Wed nesday with burial in Beaufort. Week of January 17: Father Clement White, T. O. R . replaced Father Paul Graycar, T. O. R., as assistant at Saint Egbert's Catholic church, Morehead City. Dr. F. E. Hyde. Beaufort, was elected president of the Carteret County Medical society and Dr. S. W. Hatcher. Morehead City, as sec retary-treasurer. ? Rev. J. C. Grif fin who was pastor of the More head City Free Will Baptist church resigned his pastorate and retired from having an active charge. Rev. W. K. Jordon sue- ' ceeds him. Special bulletin No. 1 of the Beaufort Chamber of Com merce titled "Betcha Didn't Know" appeared this week, edited by Dan L. Walker, manacer of the Cham ber. ? Auto inspection lane opened in Morehead City this week. ? \ Morehead City Jaycees went on record as favoring the local option system in regard to the liquor question. ? Morehead City commis sioners passed ordinance requiring a $1,000 performance bond of all plumbers doing business within the city limits. On the fifth day of 1949 more than $50,000 damage was causeed at the Safrit lumber mill, Lennoxville road, Beaufort, when fire broke out in the kiln soon after 12 noon. ero Guthrie was presented gold witch in appreciation of fifty years of service in Franklin Me morial Methodist church in More head City. Deaths: Henry Clayton Willis, age 51, of Davis, after a lingering illness. ? Mrs. Juanita K. Lockhart, wife of Stanley Lockhart of .the Camp Glenn section died in Duke hospital on December 28. Week of January 10: The Southern Felt Mill, ad joining the Madix Asphalt Roof ing plant In Morehead City, went into full-tcale production for the first time.? The Rev. W. D. Cav iness, pastor of the Franklin Memorial Methodist church, was selected by the Morehead City Ministerial association and the Coastal Ministerial association to serve as hospital chaplain. ? March of Dimes started with the goal for Carteret county, I7.M0. ? Bids were received on the building of a recreation or Halt ing pier to be constructed at Money Island beach.? Bishop Thomas H. Wright, of the East Carolina diocese made his yearly visitation and accepted new members at confirmation at St. Paul's church in Beaufort. ? Dr. Joshua Davis of Smyrna died Monday in Duke hospital. Funer ; Week of January 24: More than 70.000 pounds of trout and croakers valued at ap proximately $7,000 were caught by seven deep sea trawl boats operat ing off Hatteras and Ocracoke. ? The shrimp boat "Penny" charter ed by the University of North Car olina Institute of Fisheries Re search started this week to begin a survey of shrimp grounds along the North Carolina coast. ? Port terminal at Morehead City operat ed at a loss of $4,012.01 for the month of December last according to a report given the City Commis sioners. ? Beaufort Rotarians con tributed $85 as part of their an nual donation to the Boy Scouts. ? Deaths: Freeman Salter, age 72, died at his home in Sea Level on Thursday. ? Mrs. Helen M. Taylor, age 44, died at home in the Bogue community on Thursday. ? Web ster Lewis, age 39. of Be ufort died on Friday. ? William H. John son, age 44, died from a self-in flicted gun shot wound on Satur day. February Week of February 1: A report of the Fisheries Com mission for the past six months states "the run j>f menhaden this year along the coast, in the opin ion of our fishermen, was the largest in the history of the indus try." ? While fighting a fire in Beaufort, Charles Nelson fireman, was injured when brick falling from a chimney struck him on the head. ? Mrs Linwood Brinson of Morehead City was called to an swersa radio quiz on the program "Sing It Again." Answering part of the question she received a Spaniel pup and a year's supply of dog food. ? Fire destroyed the building and grocery stock of Del mas Willis. Harkers Island, on Monday night. ? Deaths: Mrs. Bes sie V. Taylor, age 61. Morehead City. Mrs Carrie Smithwick. ige 98. at the home of her daughter at Davis Shores. Lloyd L. Springle, age 73. of the Russell Creek sec lion. Mrs. Esther W. Piner, age 88, at the home of her niece. Miss Flora Davis. Gilford Gaskill, age 63, of Sea Level. Week of February 7: Town of Newport approved bond issue ol $50,000 for the installa tion of a town water system. ? [ County reaches goal of $7,200 for the March of Dimes drive. ? More head City Teen Age club started drive to raise $5,000, to be used for carrying on the work of the club at the former USO building. ! ? Beaufort PTA went on record in protest against the showing of ' murder" pictures in the movie houses of the county. - Dr. Harold I). Meyer delivered an address be fore the Morehead ' City Women's club on "Communitv Recreation." ; ? Deaths: Winfiejd S. Webb, age 53, of Morehead City. Clyde Gilli kin, age 54. of Marshallberg who died in the Neponset Beach Marine Hospital, L. I. Week of February 14: C ounty X ray program began | with units at Pelleticr and At ! lantic. ? THE NEWS TIMES | started moving into its new I building recently constructed at a cost of $30,000. The restora **?? rrnnmittrn* of the old Ann, street cemetery of Beaufort com piled a list of names of most of | the persons buried there. ? A re port of the Morehead City hos j pital for the past year showed 2,330 patients admitted, includ ing 511 births.? James I Mason was appointed as acting director of Morehead City Technical in stitute, replacing Paul Mitchell I who resigned. ? Deaths: Mrs. Sid l/ney Mae Mason of Sea Level. ! Clarence (irady of Newport. j Week of February 21: Fire seriously damaged Lipman j building in Beaufort at a loss esti j mated over $20,000 to building and stock. ? Robert G. Lowe, secretary j of the Morehead City Chamber of Commerce, won Jaycee 1948 man of-the-year award. ? Polio fund goes $1,000 over goal. ? Fire de stroyed large packing house in Beaufort near the Tidewater Pow er plant causing a $10,000 loss. ? The Barbour Machine company of Beaufort celebrated its 30th anni j versary. Deaths: Mrs. Emma D. Davis, age 79. at her home in Da jvis. Weddings: Miss Evelyn Knott to Richard D. Whitehurst. Miss Jean Fodrie to Hubert Mussel white. March Week of March 1: American Legion Post No. 46 of Morehead City opened club room in the Paragon block as a social See 1949 REVIEW, Page 4 Bob Lowe, manager of the Morefcead City dum ber of Maairce waj preaented the Jayeee man ?f-the-jror award Id March to hla diatiafiitahed aad outstanding aenric* to tko towa of More head ? ? City daring lMt. Kikli| the preienUtfoa l? the ?lyw, Geerge W. Dill, and >t the left i? Brace Goodwin, president of the JiyceM. Fire Damages Menhaden Boat, Beaufort Body of Colored Man Found at Shackleford Commissioners Defer Action On Driver Issue Mayor Report That Broad, Fulford Streets Probably Will Be Improved The fire (ruck problem in Bcau ; fort remains unsolved. Town com missioners took no action on the matter at their meeting Monday night at the town hall. The fire department did not present a third nominee for truck driver as re quested by the board at the De cember meeti ig, so commissioners decided to wait until the fire de partment reorganizes, even though a new application for the job came | from Raymond Springle. The remnants of the department, I 37 who did not resign over the truck driver fuss, are expected to ro^et and elect officers Friday night. Unless there is a special meet i ig, the board will not officially I appoint a truck driver until Feb ruary. At present Walter (Boo) Moore is serving as one driver, ap pointed by the msyor, and the oth er driver is Klmond Rhue. Streets to Be Repaired 1 Mayor Lawrence W. Hassell re ported that district highway of ficials told him it will probably be ; possible to use the $6,000 due the town for maintenance of Ann street, a highway, to improve Broad street from Turner to the town line and to improve Fulford i from Ann street to Front. I Use of these funds on streets t inside' municipality1* which are j not state highways was made per j rnissiblc during the last session of ! the general assembly. State surveyors called to investi gate the poor street drainage prob lem in the middle of the 700 t>lock of Ann street recommended that a 24-inch drain pipe be sunk to carry away the water. Drainage lines laid several months ago by the town seem to be of littlo help in taking away water during heavy rains. Mayor Hassell reported that in come from mayor's court and parking meters during December i amounted to $1,407.50. Of this | amount $408.50 was from court. Conduit to Be Laid ! The board authorized the clerk I to inform Carolina Telephone and Telegraph company that it was permissible to extend the under ground conduit from their office on Turner street up to Ann. Part of this conduit was laid during | the summer, from the waterfront to the telephone office. The mayor appointed Commis sioners Clifford Lewis and David Merrill to investigate Will Arring i ton's request to extend steps in j front of the Beaufort New stand ' three inches farther out on the sidewalk in order to eliminate one hi^h step. The commissioners also have the authority to make a de cision in the matter. Because of tlve narrowness of Ann street east of Live Oak, Su perintendent Peterson was re quested to place no parking signs on the south side of that street. Commissioners attending Mon day night's meeting were J. O. Bar bour, Mr. Lewis, and Mr. MerHll. Garth Cooper io Fill Justice of Peace Office Garth Cooper, 1513 Arcndell st.f j Morehcad City, has been appoint ed justice of the peace in More- i head City to take the place of T. C. Wade who died recently. The appointment was made by A. H. James, clerk of superior ; court, who administered the oath to Mr. Cooper immediately fol lowing the appointment. Receipts Total $919.87 Beaufort's parking meter re I ceipts for the month of December totaled $919.87, William L. Hat- ! | sell, town clerk, reported Mon day. Tide Table HiGn LOW ? _ Wednesday, Jan. 4 l:4(f a.m. 2:33 p.m. 8:06 a.m. 8:23 p.m. Thursday, Jan. S 8:48 a.m. 8:04 p.m. 2:22 a.m. 3:14 p.m. Friday, Jan. S 9:20 a.m. 0:47 p.m. 3:94 p.m. 3:08 a.m. The remains of Walter L. Hc bert, 20, colored fishermai, were interred Sunday morning in Ocean View cemetery, Beaufort, follow ing a verdict of accidental death by drowning issued by I)r. Luther Fulcher, acting as coroner in place of Pritchard Lewis who was out of town. Hebcrt's body was taken to Beaufort at 10:30 Saturday morn i.ig by the Coast Guard rescue boat from Fort Macon. His body, judgea by Adair undertakers to have been in the water about two weeks, was discovered on Shackle ford banks. Several versions have been given on how the body was located, one of which reports that it turned up in a seine. If the man was washed ashore, no o ic has been able to give information as to who came upon him. Mother Survives He is survived by a mother who lives at Port Arthur, Tex. Accord ing to papers on the body, he is also married. Because relatives could not afford to pay for ship ment of the remains to Texas, the body was interred in Beaufort. The deceased had on his person a Merchant Marine identification card. It was also learned through papers in his wallet that he had served as a mess boy in the Coast , Guard and enlisted at Lake Charles, La.? for three years in the Army, from which he was given an undesirable discharge at the end of 15 months, in .lunc 1948. Worked For Quinn It was reported that Hebcrt worked for Quinn up until Dee. 3 when he allegedly received a | check from an unknown source | and "then went on a binge." Fel low fishermen sn y he drew a pay check from the factory Dec. 17. j There is evidence also that He- ' | bert was working under the alias | of Robert Hooper. One Kobert | Hooper had been arrested within! . the past He vera* wueki fcy the i Beaufort police force. ! Glenn Adair of the Adair Fu ; neral home spoke with Hebert's mother by telephone Saturday and j I she told him to bury- him 4n Beau I fort. * ; Rotarians Hear Talk oo Economy Federal taxes cost the average j citizen $276 per year, or over $1,000 per family per year, Bob Howard told Morchead City Ro tarians at their Thursday night meeting in the Carteret Rccrea , tional center. | 'Howard's speech was made in connection with the Morehead City |Jcycee "Operation Economy" pro gram, designed to call to the atten tion di local citizens the findi igs of the Hoover Commission. This commission investigated obsolete or outmoded practices in the gov ernment that could be done away with and thereby make a saving in taxes. Many of these taxes are hidden taxes which the individual does not realize he is paying. Howard explained. For example, he stat ed: 11 federal taxes are paid each time a pair of shoes arc purchased and other hidden taxes are paid on amusements, cigarettes, gaso line and luxury articles. Each local resident can help bring about the reduction of this tax burden if they wish, the speak er sjid. All that is required is to write Congressman Graham A. Harden, care of the Morchead City Junior Chamber of Commerce,! Morchead City, asking his support for the Hoover Commission rec- 1 ommendations. If these recom mendations are enacted into law, he emphasized three to four billion dollars a year will be saved in government expenditures. Guests for the evening were sons and dkughters of Rotarians who are college students. Construction Begi? Construction has begun on the first unit in the Tidewater Veter ans Housing project in Hancock Park in Beaufort, it was announc ed today. Construction of the oth er 15 units is held up temporarily until approval can be obtained for loans on the houses. Several choice lots in the site arc still available and interested persons should con tact Dan Wtlker it the Beaufort Chamber of Commerce. License Revoked The motor vehicle operator's permit of Clennie Frailer, North Harlowe, Ins been revoked follow ing his conviction on a drunken driving charge Dec. 13 in record er's court. Howard Jones Becomes Assistant Postmaster Howard C. Jones, 109 Pollock stM Beaufort, has been promoted to assistant postmaster at the Beaufort postoffice. This ap pointment was effective as of Jan. 1, 1950. Mr. Jones, who has been a clerk at the postoffice since Sept. 7, 1933, was born in Beau fort, attended school here and for 10 years was in the mercan tile business with his father, Hugh Jones, at the site now oc cupied by Pender's store. Prior to going to work at the postoffice he was affiliated with W. E. Skarren and Co., plumb ers. PMA Officials To Meet Thursday County and community Produc tion Marketing Administration committeemen will meet in the PMA office, Beaufort, Thursday night at 7 o'clock to discuss busi ness for the coming year, it was announced today. At that time new committeemen will sign their oaths of office, old committeemen will be instructed in their duties and obligations for 1950 and a small tobacco acreage adjustment will be made by the committeemen. Cotton allotments for 1,950 have already been made and notices mailed to growers, according to B. J. M y. county PMA officer. To bacco allotments and potato goals will be established within the next few days and notices will then be mailed to farmers. Tobacco al lotments for 1950 will be exactly the same as for 1949 with no in crease or decrease. May emphasiz ed. Farmers in the county who de sire information of the 1950 PMA program should contact the fol lowing men for information, they are PMA committeemen for their comni'imttoft: White Oak: Leland Morris, Stel la: Julian I. Weeks, Newport. RFD; and Milton Truckner, Pel letier. Morehead City: Robert K. l.aughton, Morehead City; Addison McCabc, Newport, RFD and Thom as C. Oglcsby, Morehead City, RFD. Newport: Y. Z. Simmons. Cecil H. Pringle and John B. Kel ly, all of Newport. Beaufort-Harlowc: William J. Hardesty, Newport, RFD; David B. Merrill. Beaufort, RFD; and Herman Merrill, Beaufort, RFD. East-Mcrrimon: Doll I^ewis, Beau fort, RFD: Oscar Salter, Beaufort, RFD; and Wren E. Lawrence, Mcr riinon. Committee Writes To Utility Board Decisive information that the Beaufort Chamber of Commerce i rate hearing committee still is not j in favor of an electric rate in crease by Tide Water Power com- 1 pany was sent this week to mem bers of the State Utilities com mission.. Braxton Adair, chairman of the Chamber of Commerce committee, j addressed a letter to each of the j five members of the committee re- 1 iterating the committee's stand on ; the increase. The letter follows: 1 "On July 28th it was our duty and pleasure to attend the hearing in Wilmington relative to a rate increase requested by the Tide W?ter Power company. You will recall that the representatives of the Beaufort Chamber of Com merce and the Tow i of Beaufort were opposed to this increase. To date no decision has been publicly announced. "There is an old adage that 'no news is good news,' however we are afraid to accept it literally and be caught sleeping at our guns. Therefore we wish to reiterate our vigorous opposition to such a rate increase. "With complete coifidence that the interest of the people mill be closely guarded in your delibera tions, wc remain . . . Kate Hearing Committee, Beaufort Chamber of Commerce." Copies of the letter were sent to Stanley Winbornc, chairman of the State Utilities Commission, and its four other members, Fred G. Hunter, Robert Grady Johnson, : Joshua G. James and Edward G. McMahan Club to Meet The Core Creek-IIarlowe home demonstration club will meet at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon with Mrs. Raymond Ball. The topic will be "The Riflht Way to Con duct Home Demo nitration Club Meetings." Flames Break Out on Quinn Vessel New Year's Eve Fire extensively damaged the J. Karle Morris, menhade 1 boat lied up at the Barbour Marine Sup ply company dork Beaufort, at 10:40 p. m, New Year's eve. The fire is reported to have started when a small engine back fired while men were trying i<? start it. Flames burst out and before they were brought under i control, the whole lighting system was severely damaged. Twelve oi ! the crew were aboard at the time but all escaped injury. An insurance hvestigjtor is ex I pected here the latter part of tl- ? week to make a definite estimate I of damages. The Morris, owned by Quinn Fisheries, was taken over to lb** | plant Monday. It stayed at Bar hour's dock during the week-end ! Neal Frink was captain of th? boat. Beaufort firemen promptly answered the alarm. Two hose lines were run to the boat, one from the waterplug at Qrange and Front between Barbour's and Nor folk Baltimore and Carolina line warehouse ; nd another from the booster tank 01 the newest fire truck across the seawall to the west of Barbour's. Foamitc was also used. Approximately 20 fire m e n answered the larm. Trucks and equipment returned to the fire sta ; tion at 11:45 p. in. Judge J. F. | Duncan is reported to have discov ered the flames and the alarm was turned in by J F. Duncan, Jr. I Twin Cities Gain Much Publicity Carteret con ty's twin cities [have come in for a favorable shsre of publicity the past three months.; Chamber of Commerce managers i i the two towns re ported this week, with over 54 million news ;>.:pci k Jtflers seeing arMclf s :ind 'stories ; bout the two towns. Source #f the publicity was a series of advertisements placed i by the Ocean Highway associa tion in 20 newspapers in large ! northern cities. These advertise ments listed the advantages of traveling via the Ocean Highway and each ad contained a map of the highway with Beaufort and Morehead City prominently dis played. Each of the newspapers carry ing the ad was in one of the larger northern cities where tourist trade . originates. Total paid circulation! of the papers is 13,838,543 winch represents a reading audience of close to 55 million. The advertise ments were run in each of the pa pers for 13 weeks. Response to the advertisements became evident this week with a telegraphed request from the as sociation to each of the Chambers of Commerce asking additional thousmds of copies of publicity material on the towns. This ma terial was supplied in large quan tities originally but supplies have been depleted due to many re- : quests from persons interested in ' visiting, according to Dan Walker,! minager of the Beaufort Cham ber and Robert CJ. Lowe, manager of the Morehead City Chamber. Two Men Injured In Explosion On Boat Monday Alton Dickinson, R. B. Lew is Receive Burns; Dam ages Amount to $2,000 Two Mm, 'bond City men, Alton Dickinson and li. |f ,Bob, , received first degree burns ?n the U<c. han'.s and arms Monday at noon wlio, i . Ka? explosion ripped ; P;u' 'he cabin ?f (heir shrimp trawler, the Sea Bird, at the Bel haven Fish anil Oyster company dock, Morchcad City. I he boat is owned by K I) O' Ncal Morehead City, brother of in k o Ncal. It is reported that nc carried no insurance 011 the trawler. < ause Undetermined <xart euusc of the explosion is uncertain but firemen and by S an. ers Stated that it appeared to have been caused when the en tine to the boat was started. Kilty gallons Of gas had leaked from the ank on the boat and settled in the bilges. Firemen .said they believed that when the starter "arced," a spark i. Muted gasoline fumes which in turn exploded, completely ripping in irt the heavy cabin of the |r w. ler Dickinson was blown overboard hut received only first devree """? "?'? were taken to M?rehcad City hospital where , emergency treatment was adminis ered and they were hospitalized. Hospital authorities stated yester day that they were resting satis I acton ly after spending an uneiisy night. llamas!.. Extensive Damage to the trawler was ex tensive, the explosion completely demolishing the cabin and lifting the deck from the hull in several spots. Cost of repairing the boat was estimated it $2,000. Firemen found it necessary to flood the trawler in order to drive the accumulated gasoline, from the bilges. Once it reached a level where they could fight it they were able to put it out. The boat was completely afire from Stem to Stern at one time but most of the damage was caused from the explosion rather than the fire Firemen were at the Belhaven f ish and Oyster Co. dock for over an hour fighting Ihe flames. The danger of the situation Was heigh tened by the fact that firemen had a limited amount of space to work in and the fire was below deck where (hey could not reach it. Less than five weeks ago Dick inson was in another ship fire when the trawler Dixie B? of which he was captain, caught fire and sank off Cape Hatteras. No one was injured in that fire. Board to Meet ^ he State Board of Conservation and Development will meet Mon day and Tuesday. Jah. 23 and 24 at Raleigh. Beaufort Town Commissioners Name Board of Adjustment Beaufort's planning board has been named as the board of adjust ment provided for in the zoning ordinance. This was the aetion , taken Monday night at. the month- i ly commissioners' meeting. Mrs. Helen Hatsell, secretary of the planning board, will serve a three; car term Braxton Adair and ttalsey Paul, two-year terms, and Dr. W. L. Woodard, one year. These appointments were made, subject to the appointees' accep tance. The planning board personnel was named as the body to which appeals on the zoning law are tak en because the board thought that they were the group most vitally interested in the project and those who Here best acquainted with is sues involved. Another appointment was also made at the session. Gerald Wool ard was appointed to succeed Bl.vthe Noc as building inspector upon resignation of Mr. Noc, if it is found that Mr. Noe's business will require his moving out of town. Stamp Sales Up C. Z. Chappell, acting postmas ter, Beaufort, announced this week that sales of stamps at the postof fice showed a 23 per cent increase this December over December 1948. 'Epileptic' Turns Onl To Be a Drank, Cops Say An "epileptic" that turned out to be a case of public drunken ness gave Morehead City police a brief scare Monday night but the fear was alleviated when a doctor pronounccd the patient, "Dead drunk." Monday night at 6:30 Chief E. , J. Willis said police received a re- > port from Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Rob erts that they had almost run over the body of a man lying in the street at 7th and Bridges street*. They said he was lying with his : legs in the gutter and his head in the street. Police rushed to the scene to find the report true. They were told that the man, later identiifed ji as Gerald Schnoor of Morehead City, had had an epileptic fit and collapsed on the side of the street. vj Schnoor was taken to the More I head City hospital for emergency treatment. lie was examined by a doctor who said he was not vic tim of a fit but of too much drink. , He wai released from the hospital, and booked by police on a chars* of public drunkenness. ^