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MEWS-TIMES OFFICES ? Beaufort 1H Craven St. ? Phone Mil Moaehead City CM Arendell St ? Phone Mil CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES _? A Merger of THE BEAUFORT NEWS (Established 1912) and THE TWIN CITY TIMES (Established 1936) S9th YE \R, NO. 5 EIGHT PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA, TUESDAY, JANUARY 17, 1950 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAY* Ports Authority Gives Go-Ahead Signal to Construction Engineers ine worm uaroima Forts au thority has authorized engineers to proceed with plans for build ing docks at Morehead City and Wilmington. The authority met Thursday at Raleigh. Decision was withheld, howev er, on the kind of warehouse fa* cilities to be provided. It was stated that further investigation would be nccessary to determine whether private industry can be induced to build warehouses for storage of tobacco and whether the location of leaf warehouses directly over salt water is ad vantageous. Plans Changed Plans as outlined by George Gil lette, director of the ports authori ty, call for sufficient dock space to accommodate four 10,000-ton vessels and a tanker at Morehead City, where previously the docks were planned for three vessels. This would be accomplished by building 1,000 feet of dock space in addition the existing dock re cently leased from the Morehead City Ports Authority. Extension of the dock space by means of a dolphin, or piling, was also anticipated. At Wilmington plans call for building 1,500 feet of dock space, enough for three vessels. Two transit sheds were recommended to handle goods being handled, but so constructed that one end of each transit shed could be used for storage of tobacco. " A E.stunaum vusv Asked to estimate the cost, Gil lette placed the figure at $4,500, 000 to $5,000,000 at Wilmington and between $2,000,000 and $2, 500,000 at Morehead City. While the- authority aims at ap proximately equal facilities for the two ports expenditures will be greater at Wilmington because of the existence of certain expensive facilities at Morehead City, which the authority was able to lease. Gillette recommended storage space for 25,000 hogsheads of to bacco at Wilmington and 25,000 at Morehead City. The commission was told that 175,000 hogsheads should go through Jhe ports and Gillette said the amount he was suggesting was but a "drop in the bucket," the minimum needed at the start. CCC Help? While much of the authority's discussion centered around tobac co storage, Commissioner of Ag riculture L. Y. Ballentine urged consideration of the possibility that the Commodity Credit Cor poration can be interested in fi nancing the major portion of grain warehouses at the ports. George Ross, director of the de partment of conservation and de velopment, and Ballentine said the CCC only last week was offer ing to finance 85 per cent of the capital for grain storage up to 150,000 bushels. The prospect of getting private capital interested in storage space for corn at the ports was dis counted by Ballentine. He considered the state would have a right to pay part of the cost of grain warehouses when the shipping of grain, either in deep water vessels or by inland water ways, was a part of the port's bus iness. Scott Must Approve lwo engineering companies which previously have been given a contract for plans for the two ports were authorized Thursday, subject to approval by Governor Scott and the council of state, to include the facilities outlined, with the exception of warehouses. They are the J. E. Grlner company of Baltimore and Durham, for More head City, and Roberts and Com pany of Atlanta, for Wilmington. Expert advice was sought on the question of whether transit sheds such as will be built directly over water at Wilmington, and warehouses that may be on the water's e3ge at Morehead City, are suitable for tobacco storage. Xosi Boundaries' Comes To Beaufort Theatre One of the most dicussed mov ing pictures of recent years comes to Beaufort Thursday and Friday of this week when the full length feature, "Lost Boundaries" will be shown at the Beaufort theatre. Plot of the story concerns a Negro doctor in New England that is beleived to be a white because of his light skin. Complications re sult and thereby hangs the tale of "Lost Boundaries." Local interest in the picture is high since Borden Mace, a Beau foft native, is assistant producer of the film. The picture was brought to Beaufort after man* requests from Beaufort residents* This week will be it* first showing In eaatern North Carolina and probably its only showing. Permission to book the film has been refusal in many Southern cities. 4-H Connly Council Officers w. Officers of the county 4-11 couiicil, pictured above, guide the 4-11 program in the county. They are, left to right, first row, Jackie Edwards, reporter, from Newport senior club; Mary Olive Martin, president, Beaufort senior club. Rack row, Oonald Schoppaul, vice-president, Newport senior club; James Gillikin, treasurer, Atlantic club. Jimmy Finer, recreation leader, and a member of Smyrna senior club was not present when the picture was taken. ? Photo by Al Stinson. 4-H Club Council Hears Guest Speakers Saturday Appeals to Club Each resident of Carteret county should contribute to the March of Dimes in order to pre vent future cases of infantile par alysis and cure present cases. A. H. James, county March of Dimes campaign director told Morehead City Rotarians at their Thursday night meeting in the Carteret Rec reational center. Mr. James said 1950 was one of the most critical years in the his tory of the March of Dimes and appealed to each Rotarian to make a contribution. He said between $9,000 and $10,000 had been col lected in the county in the last two years and that half of this sum re mained in the county while the other half went to support the national program. In return, he explained, more than $10,000 has been spent in the | county in the same period to aid in fighting the crippling disease. Bob Lowe was appointed chair man of a Rotary committee to make plans for a banquet and cel ebration during the week of May 19 when the local club will cele brate its 25th anniversary. One of the first things Lowe's com mittee plans, he said, is to send greetings to the 292 other Rotary clubs in the United States and 17 foreign countries which will cele brate their 25th anniversary this year. Prankster Lores Firemen j To Camp Glenn Friday Morehcad City firemen were us ing some harsh words towards a brother firemen Friday night af; ter turned in an alarm Friday , night that sent most of the depart ment's members rushing to Camp Glenp where there was no fire. Clyde E. Willis was on duty Friday night when he received a telephone call reporting a fire in the Camp Glenn area. , Chief Vernon Guthrie was called for permission to ring an out-of-town alarm and permission was given. Alarm 222 was sent out and firemen rushed to Camp Glenn to find there wasn't any smoke, much less a fire. Some one had used Fireman Willis as an innocent dupe in turning in a false alarm. Such pranksters, if apprehended will be prosecuted to the full ex tent of the law, town authorities stated yesterday. Opetiiiifi Announced Civil service examinations will be given in the near future for struc lei photographic interpretation in structor and physical sciencc aide Potamac River Naval command. Application! may be obtained from local post offices. Miss Ruth Peeling and Mrs. Bil lie Smith were special guests at the meeting of the Carteret County. 4-iI Council Saturday morning in the home agents of fice* Beaufort. Miss Peeling in structed the group on correct newspaper write ups, stressing promptness in reporting, including what, when, where, why and how of each meeting. Mrs. Smith discussed the Jane Si McKimmon loan fund, which is a fund available to all rural girls interested in securing a loan for a college education. Mrs. Smith stressed there is no interest charged on money borrowed. Those desiring more information should contact Mrs. Billie Smith, County chairman of the fund, Beaufort. During the business session the council members discussed money making projects, the Saving Bond playlet, and 4 H uniforms. Of special interest to all was the team demonstration given by Donald Schoppaul, Katrina Ann Mozingo, Mary Olive Martin and Howard Garner, on You, Your Clothes and Your Personality. James Gillikin, Atlantic club, list ed pointers for 4 II boys and girls to follow in keeping well groomed. For refreshments a cold plate of chicken salad, potato chips, toast ed cheese sandwiches, cookies and cokes was served. ? Reported. Morehead City Lions To Attend District Convention Several Morehead City Lions will attend the Ljons district con vention in Goldsboro next Monday and Tuesday, it was revealed at the MoA?head City Lions meeting Thursday night in the Fort Macon hotel dining room. In addition to attending the con vention, Kions will send a local girl to represent them in a beauty contest at the convention. Lions Victor Wickizcr, Eugene Seelbinder, Carl Nelson and Bar rett Davis were appointed a com mittee to work out plans for a scries of basketball games be tween Lions and the "Atomic Bums", proceeds from the games to go to the Lions visual aid fund. Vice-president Chesley Dennis presided at the meeting in the ab sence of President Frank Moran. Willis Fnrnilnre/ Company To Move to Davis Feb. 1 Willis Furniture company will move from its Front St., Beaufort location to a new building in DaV is Feb. 1, according to an an nouncement today by bewey Wil lis, proprietor. Mr. Willis , said that the great saving in rent to be effected will be passed on to his customers. The Willis Furniture company was founded two yurs ago. Its location was formerljPoccupied by the Miller Furniture company. ] Ocracoke Men To Serve as Park Commissioners Governor Scott Re- Activates Hatteras Project; Wahab, Kelly Appointed Stanley Wahab of Ocracoke has been reappointed to the long dormant Cape Hatteras Seashore commission. Mr. Wahab was ap pointed toy Governor Scott during the past week. New members on the commis sion are Carleton Kelly, proprie tor of the Green Island Hunting club, Ocracoke; Brig.-Gen. Don E. Scott, retired textile manufactur er of Graham and Nags Head; Morris Burrus, business man and county commissioner from Hat teras. and Maj. J. L. Murphy, re tired Marine officer and civil en gineer of Kitty Hawk. Mr. Wahab was the only old member of the board to b* reap pointed. The new members suc ceed Miles Clark of Elizabeth City, T. S. Meekins of Manteo, John A. Buchanan of Durham and the late j Gov. J. C. B. Ehringhaus, of Hal- j I eigh. They were named for four- 1 ! year terms. The original commission was j | created in the 1930's to establish j a national park on the outer banks, i Plans for the proposed park, ap parently died during the war be j cause of failure to acquire suffici j ent lards. m-rrase iveaucra However, George H. Ross, direc tor of the State Department of Conservation and Development and, by reason of his oftice, chair nun of the Cape Hatteras Sea shore commission, said the Nation al Park service has agreed to scale ! down its requirements from 50,000 acres to 10.000 acres, which would be designated Cape Hatteras Sea | shore Recreation area. The old Cape ifatteras Seashore I commission had acquired title to ' i .sufficient lands to total approxi mately 8.000 acres when the Fed eral wildfowl refuge at Pea Island and the State park at Buxton are i i included. This leaves only JJ.O'W more acres to be secured be tore ! the proposed recreation areas is activated. Titles Stand Ross said that reactivation of the commission will prevent title , to previously acquired property from reverting to its original own ers at the end of this year, which would have occurred had the com mission remained dormant, i Since the war, there has been son>e opposition on the coast to | establishment of the seashore , I park. Ross expressed the belief i ; that plans for cutting down on the acreage in the recreation area | had dissipated much of this op- i position. He promised that es tablishment of the recreation area ! would not affect privately owned I lands, villages of the Outer Banks, j or public roads. Chambers Will Sponsor Discussion on Education Whether the federal government ! should be called upon to assist in the financing of the public schools | systems of America will be dis I cussed this afternoon at 3 o'clock j over radio station WMBL, by Wil-j iiam J. Bird, national affairs ad } visor, Chamber of Commerce | the United States. The program will be the second j j in a scries of eight weekly broad- 1 ! casts being made available to lo- 1 | cal citizens through the coopera tion of the Morehead (fity and , ! Bezufort chambers of commerce | ! and the national chamber. | The subject of federal aid to education is highly controversial. This afternoon's broadcast, accord I ing to chamber officials, will an ' alyze the subject of federal aid and give the majority opinion of j 3.500 chambers of commerce | throughout America. Although the local chambers do not in every , case agree with this majority opinion, the board of directors feel it is certainly worthy of pub | lie consideration. County's December Liquor Sales Total $66,517.15 The county's liquor sales lor De \ ccmbcr totaled $66,517.15 as com | parcil with November's sales of $50,071.70. I Beaufort's sales amounted to '$25,426.80 as compared with $17, 873.60 in November; Morehead City's were $27,932.05, up $5,880. 40 over the month previous; and Newport $13,158.30 as compared with $10,228.45 in November. The gross profit was $17,382.54 and net profit (estimated) $5,297 .86. North Carolina collected $6, 653 90 in sales tax. Beauforts dividend was $1,163* .27. Morehead City hospital re ceived $1,377.80 and Newport $?01.99. Car Upsets on Nine-Foot Road A 1941 Ford convertible skidded 234 feet, flew 21 feet through the air and hurled its driver 24 feet from the car on to the highway. The car landed on its top and the driver received a skinned knee. This accident occurred at 11:10 Thursday night on the Nine-foot road two miles from Newport. Driving the car was Sgt. Richard G. Nelson of Cherry Point. Nel son was proceeding toward New port and skidded on a sharp curve, according to Patrolman R. H. Brown who investigated. The car was damaged to the extent of $650. Patrolman Brown said the night was foggy and the road wet. The automobile struck the shoulder of the road while rounding the curve and in the course of its skid flew by the private driveway to the Clyde Cannon home. Ntlson is being charged with careiess and reckless driving. Officials of Farm Bureau Will Meet Thursday Night Carteret county farm bureau of ficials will select voting delegates to the State farm bureau conven tion at 7:30 Thursday night in the county agent's office, Beaufort. The state farm bureau meeting will be held in Raleigh this year Feb. 12 to 15. Also to be selected at this meet ing are men who will represent the county at commodity commit tee meetings tobacco, dairying, livestock, poultry, field crops, swine, fruits, vegetables, and po tatoes. Should the county farm bureau wish to present any resolutions at the state meeting, R. M. Wil liams, county agent, said these will be drawn up Thursday night, i Suggestions on types of resolu tions to be introduced may be turned in to the county agent's office also. Raymond Bail, president of the farnt bureau, urges all officers and directors to attend Thurs day's session. Temperature Goes Up to 74 Degrees Sunday's temperature was 74 degrees and for the middle of January, that's one for the books. Sunday riders in convertibles put tops down and others serious ly considered a swim in the ocean to cool off. Winds were light and skittish, blowing frohi all direc tions. Sunday's minimum temperature was 59 degrees, the highest mini mum * is week. Southwest winds preva* since last Tuesday with a northc ster blowing Thursday. The strong southwester brought the fishing boats in early Satur day morning. Many didn't at tempt to go out. Temperature readings, as re leased by E. Stamey Davis, official weather observer, are as follows: Max. Min. day, Jan. *10 67 57 lesday, Jan. 11 . 60 40 sday, Jan. 12 62 45 iay, Jan. 13 63 46 urday, Jan. 14 66 56 jinfall during the week totaled of an inch. . .ton Adds Nail-Order Annulare Department A mail order furniture depart ment has been added to the ser vices of Western Auto Store, Front st.. Beaufort, Calvin M. Jones, proprietor, announced to day. "Because the furniture is priced on a direct - to - you - from - the factory basis," Mr. Jones stated, "considerable savings will be poss ible". "Manufactured by various com panies in High Point and Grand Rapids, the furniture will be sold under the Westline label and guar anteed by Western Auto," he ad ded. Mrs. Paal Webb Gives 240 Beoks to MCTI Library A second gift of 240 book* from Mrs. Webb to the Morehead City Technical Institute has swelled the collection of books given by Mrs. Webb to 350, Director James I. Mason reports ? Among tbe literary works are the Harvard Classic! volumes by KippUng. Mark Twain, Charles Dickens, encyclopedias and many other*. The library it MCTI also contains other volumes on sub jects both technical and general. Science Is on Trail Of Shocking Kissers By ALTON L. BLAKESLEE Associated Press Science Reporter NEW YORK ? Your teeth can paJk a fair electric wallop. Two teeth can generate a current of half a volt or more, if they have j different kinds of metal in them I as fillings. When they meet, you might get a little shock. Or you can get a shock when a spoon or fork touches both teeth. It has been known for years { that fillings of different metals , can set up electric current. How strong it can be has been measured by Dr. William Schrie ver, professor of physics at the University of Oklahoma, and Dr. Louis E. Diamond, biochemist in the university's school of medi cine. They made tests on 137 pa tients, under an Office of Naval Research project. "It is remarkable that the fill- f ings of some persons have elec- ti trical potential differences of over half a volt, and yet these persons apparently suffer no discomfort and apparently no ill effects," they told an American Chemical Society meeting. The mouth battery is like the simple battery you can make by dipping a copper wire and an iron wire into a glass of salt water, and holding the two upper ends of the wires together. Current flows a through the wires, and through f the salt water, which is an elec- t trolyte. n The saliva in the mouth and the fluid in the jawbone also can u act as electrolytes and conduct a an electric current. ii "If two teeth are filled, one o with gold and the other with silver c amalgam, these fillings are in con- v tact with the saliva at their ex- a posed surfaces, and with the bone- f luid at the surfaces down in the eeth. "Thus the gold and amalgam together with the saliva consti tute one electric cell, and the gold and amalgam together with the bone-fluid constitute anoth er electric cell. These cells tend to send electric current from the amalgam to the gold thru both fluids." Each cell generates an electric 1 pressure, and a current can low between them even when here's no metallic connection iiade to the fillings. Dr. Schriever and Dr. Diamond, ising meters, measured the aver ge normal electric currents tlow ng between various combinations f fillings. They found the most urrent produced by pairs of teeth /it h gold and amalgam fillings, nd the least between pairs both illed with gold. Mayors Call Attention To Sorvicts oi Jaycoos The mayors of Beaufort and Morehead City th.H week Issued a joint statement, proclaiming Jan. 14 to Feb. 12, "Jaycee Week." This observance commemor ates the founding of the Junior Chamber of Commerce 29 years ago. The individual Junior Chambers of Commerce in Beau fort and Morehead City will, within the coming week, make distinguished service awards to the outstanding young men of each town. George W. Dill, mayor of Morehead City, and Lawrence W. Hassell, mayor of Beaufort, ask in the proclamation that civ ic bodies, service organizations, and local government depart ments recognite the great serv ices rendered by the Jaycee*. Swansboro to Put Up New Boildmgs Plans arc proceeding in Swans bqro (or the building of a new fire station and jail, in addition to purchase of a garbage truck. Mayor M. N. Lisk has announced that the fire station will be 30 by 30 feet, accommodating truck and equipment. The jail will be of concrete block 22 feet square. Both will be annexed to the Community building, which the town acquired from the USO after the war arid which has been used as a town hall and recreation cen ter since that time. A garbage truck is being put into condition and the town is also negotiating for a new fire truck. New hose was recently purchased John Bell has been elected chief of the re-organized volunteer fire department. Other officers are Oscar Snider and Jesse Moore, as sistant chiefs, and Ben Lamm, sec retary-treasurer. The 81 members of the fire de partment are all volunteers, but each is paid $1 a month for attend ing two scheduled fire drills. Tide Table (Tides at Bcaufart Bar) HIGH LOW Tuesday, Jan. 17 7.25 a.m. 7:42 p.m. /.III. . 1.<N Wednesday: Jan. IS 12:58 a m. 1:53 p.m. 8:14 a.m. 8:31 p.m. 1:49 a m 2:40 p.m. Thursday, Jan. IB 8:58 a.m. 9:18 p.m. 3:23 p.m. 2:39 a.m. Friday, Jan. {? 9:41 a.m. 3:25 a m 10:03 p?. 4:03 yjn. 'Posse' Goes After Norehead Peepers A "Peeping Tom" is believed to have been winged in the leg Sun day night in Morehead City but neither the peeper nor any blood stains were found to give proof of the shooting. Doycie Rice of Morehead City reported that he heard a commo tion in front of his house in the 500 block of Fisher st. at about midnight Saturday. He stated that he got his gun and went out side to see two Negro men head ing down the block. Rice followed them and said that in the hext block he saw them peeping into the home of Joe Broom. By that time several oth er men had joined Rice, each of them with a gun, and assisted him in trailing the two peepers. When they saw them peeping into Broom's house they yelled at them to stop. Instead the two Negroes fled and Rice sent a shot after them. He reported that he wounded one of them in the leg. The group then trailed the two to marshes behind Morehied City a sd lost them there. Finally at about 1:15 a. m. Sun day police were called and went to the marsh to investigate. They found , fresh footprints but no peepers nor any bloodstains. Bloodhounds were not called and the chase was abandoned a short while later. Enrollment al MCTI Increases This Term Enrollment at Morehead City Technical institute has risen to 52 this term, ai increase of six over the fall term, Director James t. Mason reported today. Six students were graduated at the end of the fall term in De cember and will receive their diplomas at regular graduation ex ercises in August. Twelve new students entered at the opening of the winter term, bringing the total enrollment to 52. Opening chapel for the new term was held Thursday in the insti tute auditorium with Director Mason presiding. Dr. E. W. Roc lofs entertained the group with a period of piano music and later the students sang. Students are allowed to enter the Institute at any of its four terms during the year, four terms' work is required for graduation and after graduation, certain stu dents remain to take up special work. The Albatross lit, fisheries re search vessel, left Port Terminal yesterday afternoon on its first cruise with Morehead City as horn* port Legion Post Will Produce Play 'Ii's a Dale' Will Be Given Feb. 2 and 3 in More head City Morehead City American Le gionnaires will sponsor a liumor us play, "It's a Date," ii More head City Feb. 2 and 3, it was an nounced Friday night at the Le gion meeting in its cluhrooms in downtown Morehead City. The Legion Was contracted with a theatrical organization to put on the play with local talent acti ig most of the parts. A director will be furnished the local club 10 days before the play is staged and she will be in charge ol all organiza tion and directing. Junior Hast ball The possibility of having a junior baseball team lor Morehead City, and possibly one te-m for all of Carteret count wi w is dis cussed at the meeting. If there is to be such a team. Commander Walton Fulchcr said, work should be begun immediately since it is necessary to have a verified birth certificate for etch player. Legionnaires White, Meeks and Pavone were appointed a commit tee to take constructive action, working out a satisfactory pro gram for a junior team, if such a team is feasible. To Sponsor Contest W. C. Carlton was put in charge of handling the Legion oratorical co itest for the Morehead City school l iter this year. The group set aside $18.75 to purchase a savings bond to be awarded the winner. O. If. Allen made a short ad dress on the importance of each Legion member supporting the recommendations of the Hoover commission in Congress. Hl urged each of them to write his Con gressman and urge his support of bills carrying out the findings of the commission. A letter was read from the American Legion Extension insti tute, listing prices of enrolling in the Institute's Legion study pro gram. It was agreed that enroll ment should be made and the group should study the lessons on a forum basis. Board to Meet In New Quarters Although furniture has not ar rived, Morehead City commission ers will meet in the new board room for their regular monthly session at 7:30 tonight in the mu nicipal building. A new conference table ar>d chairs are planned for the enlarg ed room. The commissioners ex pect to make final plans on furn ishings tonight. The partition between the may or's office and the former license examiner's room has been remov ed, making one spacious board room. Rubber tiles have been laid on the floor ami the inside painted in cream and light green, matching newly. painted halls. * Venetian blinds, corresponding to the color scheme, will be hung within the next several weeks. Improvement of the board room is another phase of the current remodeling project on the town government headquarters. Car Strikes 7-Year-01d Boy Friday in Beaufort George Noe, 7 year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Noe, Beaufort, was slightly injured at 3* o'clock Friday afternoon at the Live Oak and Mulberry street intersectioi when he ran out from behind a log truck into the path of an on coming car. Driver of the car was Willard C. Hill of Harkcrs Island who took the child to the hospital where he was discharged following em ergency treatment. Hiram Kerr, officer who investigated the acci dent, said Hill was driving at a j very low rate of speed and that the accident was unavoidable. No charges were preferred. ! PTA to Meet Thursday The Newport Parent-Teacher association will meet at 7:30 j Thursday night at the school. This organization has recently become | affiliated with the State Parent Teacher association. License Revoked The drivers license of Emerson Hodge, Morehead City, has been revoked for drunken driving, ac cording to a report from the North Carolina Highway sifety division.