NEWS-TIMES OFFICE 9 CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES 10c 804 Arandill St. Monkeul City Phone 6-4175 ?? m U HUH ? ^1 ? M ? ' ? ? MWM W W ?F ? HVIkV FULL PAGE COMICS 41st YEAR, NOTl 03. TWO SECTIONS TWELVE PAGES MOREHEAD~ CITY AND BEAUFORt. NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1952 , PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS Morehead City Board Extends Zoning Authority Two Beaufort Men Held After Wild Auto Chase J ( A wild ride through the streets* of Morehead City and along high way S4 ended in several charges | Igainst two Beaufort motorists. The two men are John W. Tyson, Jr., colored, and Harvey Lawrence, jr., white. They were arrested by - Highway Patrolmen J. W. Sykes and W. E. Pickard. Lawrence is charged with speed ing in excess of 75 miles per hour in a 20 mile zone, and careless und reckless driving. Tyson is charged ?th careless and reckless driving, speeding in excess of 75 miles per hour in a 20 mile zone, speeding 90 miles per hour in a 55 mile zone, failing to stop at several stop signs, failing to stop at a red light nad failing to stop at the sound of a ?iren. The chase began at about 11 p.m. when the patrolmen saw two cars racing abreast on Arendel) street The patrolmen started alter the 1 cars which were traveling at about 1 80 miles per hour. One of the ears, a 1952 Chevrolet ?allegedly driven by Lawrence, turn ed off on a side street. Believing that they could find the car when they wanted it, the two officers continued to pursue the other car. The second car, a 1952 Ford driv- 1 en by Tyson, turned several corners in an effort to lose the officers. After driving through the colored district of Morehead City, Tyson took off on US 70. Sykes and Pick- , ard pursued him on 70 and then along NC 24 in the direction of Bwansboro. The patrolmen reported that Ty mmi tried several times to wreck their car. They said that he cut MTow in front of them every time that they tried to pass him. The phase finally ended when the motor of Tyson's car burned out near Iwansboro. Tyson allegedly told the officers that Lawrence was the driver of the other car. He said that he had Nlced with him on previous ocea lions. Lawrence was arrested at an 18th street restaurant He denied tile charges. Both men will be tried next Monday in Morehead City record er's court. Lawrence was released m his own recognizance. Tyson la in Morehead City jail under $250 bond ffoastmasters [Hold Contest M/Sgt. C. B. Casebeer has been sen to represent the NCO Toast ters club of Cherry Point in the i speech contest at Kinston in ibruary. He was picked in a con Btot at last week's meeting of the Hob. M/Sgt. J. G. Moitoza was chos U> as alternate. 1 iCucbeer won the contest with a Miacussion of automobiles as legal Bflers. Moitoza's speech concerned It he life history of a bottle of whis ?key ? ?''Others who took part in the con Itest were M/Sgt. R. T. I. arson. Vf/Sgt. D. S. Wishall and HMC R. fcW. Davis. I * ' E. M. Cotton, editor of the Have t?ck Progress and an honorary iqtmber of the club, was the con test judge. He was assisted by T/Sgt. E. W. Daniels. . M/Sgt. J. V. Woods, president of the club, appointed Davis and Lar son as judges for the area con test. Each club in the area must furnish two judges for the contest. The members of the club voted hot to meet again until after the holiday season. [otaryHears ' in of UN Attorney A I vail H. Hamilton of _ Orehcad City waa the guest apeak |*er at last Monday night's meeting of the Newport Rotary club. He tjftKusse* the United Nations, its Ularter, purposes, organization, ^Membership and accomplishments. He said, "The United Nations is tdited with localizing the Korean iflkt. If this be the case, that is, t another world war ha been pre nted through the efforts of the United Nations, then the expense of that organization has been well ieorth while.'". >?'* President C. S. Long announced last night's meeting would be in the vocational agriculture because of the work on the <1 lunchroom, the usual meet place. at the meeting were H. Gibbs. sr., H. S. Gibbs. jr., and Chestnut of the Morehead City and Gunnar Fog and W. H. of Newport. Next Issue Wednesday The next issue of THE NEWS TIMES will be distributed Wed nesday morning, Dec. 24. Resides regular news and features it will carry notices of special church Christmas services and season's greetings from merchants and business houses. Dry Christmas > Ahead for Many It will be a dry and cheerless Christmas for many residents of Carteret county. At least it will be for those who had expected to gel their Christinas cheer from half gallon jars of "Craven corn." County and municipal officers have been patroling the roads every night to cut otf the supply of non tax paid whiskey. Although North Harlowe's stills arc reportedly op erating full blast, little ol the liq uor is reaching the would-be con sumers. The producers are offfcring high pay in an effort to attract drivers to carry the whiskey from the stills to Morchead City and Beaufort. 11 is reported that they will pay $11) per case to anyone who will de liver it. Deputy Sheriff Hugh Salter and ABC Officer Marshall Ayscue cap tured two trucks, three men and 108 gallons of whiskey Friday night on NC 101. Capt. Buck Newsome and Lt. Carl Blomberg of the More head City police seized a car and some whiskey on Fisher street Fri day night. Roy Davis and William Allen were arrested Friday night after the truck in which they were riding was found to contain 24 gallons of non-tax paid whiskey. Davis was^ charged with transporting non-tax paid whiskey, and /^len was charg ed wfth aiding and abettihg in the transporting of non-tax paid whis key. Pat Wilcox, also arrested by Ays cue and Salter, was charged with transporting 84 gallons of non tax ' paid whiskey. The driver of the car seized by Newsome and Blomberg escaped after he abandoned his car on Fish er street. The officers pursued the car during *i routine check for illegal whiskey. The car, a 1934 Chevrolet sedan, is registered to Bennie Smith of ! North Harlowe. It was taken to the j Morehead City police station where t it has not yet been claimed. Beaufort Man Finds Lost Car Warrant Officcr Paul Woodard. USCG, 1501 Ann st., ext.. Beaufort, parked his car at Coastal Cab park ing lot. New Bern, Saturday, and took off on a shopping trip which soon loaded him up with bundles. These he took to the car and then started forth to make more pur chases. When he returned a second time, the car was gone. Inquiry revealed that the park ing lot manager. L. II. Weathering ton, had had the car wrecker-towed to the Ben'on g?ragc because Woodard had failed to leave his keys in it. Woodard had left one of the car doors unlocked, however, in the event that parking lot at tendants wanted to move it. N. A. Paul, manager of the Ben ton garage, told Woodard that he had obeyed moving orders from Coastal. He said they were unusual. He refused payment from Woodard and said the New Bern Chamber of Commerce would view the action of the parking lot manager disap provingly. Qoncester Student at Stale Nmm4 Air BOTC Officer v The headquarters of the Air Force ROTC at State college has announced the appointment of Ca det Giles W. Willis, jr.. as first lieutenant in the ROTC unit. Willis | is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Giles W. Willis of Gloucester. Willis is majoring in electrical engineering 4nd is taking a com- ! munication.s course m the ROTC program. Upon graduation in June, 1954, he will be commissioned a second lieutenant in the Air Force reserve. Fish Dealers Meet The Norfh Carolina Fisheries as sociation. composed of leading fish dealers and wholesalers, met last night at Gault's cafe on route 17 five miles north of New Bern to complete organizational plans and to appoint working committees. Ministers Hold Christmas Party Members of the Carteret County Ministerial association were guests at a recent Christmas party given by Mrs. J. XV. Jackson, presi dent of the Morehead City Garment company. Seated: Mrs. M. R. Haire, Mrs. J. H. Waldrop, jr., Mrs. L. C. ( handler, Mrs. J. W. Jackson, Paul Couch, Lois Couch, Mrs. R. D. Critcher, Mrs. E. W. Downum. Standing: Rev. M. R. Haire, Rev. Priestley Conyers, Rev. H. M. Tyson, Mrs. H. T. Payn?\ Kev. H. T. Payne, Ralph Wade, Rev. L. C. Chandler, Mrs. Ralpn Wade, Rev. J. ' ?A H. Waldrop, jr., Rev. W. C. Cooke, Mrs. W. C. Cooke, Rev. James P. Dees. Mrs. J. P. Dees. Mrs. H. II. Cash. Rev. H. II. Cash, Mrs. l*on Couch, Mrs. J. M. Russell, Rev. J. M. Russell. Rev. l>eon Couch, Mrs. Truman Kemp, Mr. Truman Kemp, Mrs. R. M. Poulk, Mr. R. M. Poulk, Rev. Bernard Petty, Rev. It. I). Critcher, Rev. E. W. I>ownum. Stand ing in back: Rev. and Mrs. I>. A. DeShiles, Rev. and Mrs. C. R. Berry, Rev. and Mrs. A. L. Benton, Rev. and Mrs. W. J. Roberts. Photo by Jerry Schumacher ? ? ? ? - ? ? ? Clerk Issues j Report on Court John Lashley, clerk of the More head City recorder's court, has is sued a report on the first year of the court's operation. During the period torn J)ec. I, 1951 to Nov. *9, 1052. the court handled cases and had total receipts of $30,231.14. Fines collected and paid to the county amounted to $11,188.75. The court paid $1,606 to the state for the officers' retirement fund. The town of Morehead City received $6,737.28 from the court during the first year. Total disbursements amounted to ?23,894.81. The 1,010 cases handled by the court were broken down as fol lows: guilty. 787; not guilty, 38; bound over to the superior court, 11; dismissed for lack of jurisdic tion. 1; appealed to the superior court, 20; nol prossed, 70; nol prossed with leave, 15; transferred to the juvenile court, 3; jury trials, 8; prayer for judgment for an in definite time. 2; removed from the docket until service can be obtain ed, 3; warrants withdrawn, 37; bonds forfeited, 5; sentenced to work on the town streets, 2; com mitted to the roads under the su pervision of the state highway and public works commission, 17. Members of the Carteret County Minister. s association were guests of the Morehcad City Garment company at a dinner and Christ mas party held recently at the recreation centcr. The party cele brated the first anniversary of weekly religious services held at the factory on Bridges street. Mrs. J. W. Jackson, president of the company, said that the services RotariansSee Travel Films J The Rev. Priestley Conyers, III, pastor of the Webb Memorial Presbyterian church, presented movies of the Holy Land Thursday night at the meeting of the More head City Rotary club. Mr. Conyers took th? pictures while visiting the area last year. The pictures showed Roman ruins, archeological studies and scenes of the country-side. Among the his toric towns pictured were Jericho. Jerusalem, Bethlehem and Beth any. President W. C. Carlton an nounced that the club will not meet again until after the holidays. Rotarian Jack Styron of Lake Charles, La., and Morehead City was a visitor at the meeting. The club welcomed back Clyde Jones who has been ill for two months. With the Armed Forces Beaufort Marine Flyer Awarded Two Medals Marine Captain Grady W. Ray husband of Mrs. Patricia W. Hay of 1007 Atlantic rd., Beaufort, has been awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross and his fourth Air Medal for eombat flying in Korea. His fourth Air Medal came for completing 45 missions into enemy territory where anticraft fire was either received or expected. Both awards were earned while Captain Hay was assigned to the First Marine air wing the air arm of the First Marine division. Mark Eubanks. radarman 3rd ! class, serving on LST 1009, is on i his way home after serving in Ko rean waters for the past nine months, lie is the son of Mr. and Mrs. M. M. Eubanks of Beaufort. Norfolk ? Serving with Air rransport Squadron 22, at the U.S. Naval Air station here, is Everett D. Swinson. aviation electronics man first class. USN. husband of the former Miss Elli Elliott of New port. 2 SHOPPING DAYS TO CHRISTMAS,' Howard Jones, jr., USCG, sta tioned oi board the Mendota at Wilmington, has been made BM 3c. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Jones of Beaufort. Many Fail Driver's Test New York (AP) ? Re -examina tion of licensed drivers by the State Bureau ? of Motor Vehicles last year resulted in the failure of one in every seven driven to pass some portion of the test. Cuilen Burke, head license ex- j aminer, said such persons are kept j off the road until corrective meas ures are taken. Under the reex amination program, any person in volved in three reportable accidents within an 18-month period or any person over 85 involved in one such accident is subject to a ret est. A reportable accident is one in which a person is injured or which results in more than $50 damage. Of 1200 drivers Over 85. 300 (ail ed the re test and lost their licenses. Burke reported. Of 9600 drivers re examined under the three-accident rule, 1200 failed at least one por tion of the teat, either the road test, the written examination ok the eye teat. have been responsible for a great improvement in morale and for better employer - employee rela tions. She said that employees have taken a greater Interest in their work and that supervisors are now more interested in the prob lems of the employees. The services arc held every Wednesday morning at the factory. A different minister holds each week's services. The services are attended by the company's 365 em ^iSF^erviccs consist of aprfpture reading, prayer and a short ser mon. Before the services, hymns are played on a piano which has been placed in the factory. Band to Attend - Lions Convention It was decided at the Thursday | meeting of the Morchead City Lions club to send the Morchead City high school band to Rocky Mount on Tuesday. Jan. 20. for the mid-winter convention of districts 31-E and 31-F Lions clubs. This in cludes all clubs in the eastern sec tion of North Carolina. The giant parade, staged the sec ond day of the convention, will be gin at 3:30 in the afternoon. It ; will feature floats, high school i bands, decorated cars, marching units and others. The local club is furnishing three $10 food baskets for needy families in Morehead City. They also voted to send $25 for CARE in Korea. Fred Lewis, president, an nounced that there would be no meeting the next two weeks be- 1 cause they would fall on Christmas ! day and New Year's day. Going Hunting? Use a Plane Motorists at Cherry Point have I long been careful during night driv ing because of the heavy deer pop ulation at the Marine Corps Air I station, but the caution has always been pointed toward the highways instead of the flyways. That's changed now. though. Landing on a runway after a re cent night flying hop, Major James Payette of Houston, Texas, report- 1 ed to the control tower that his ! F9F-5 Panther jet fighter had bumped "something" as it touched down. The "something" was a 150 pound deer ? killed while crossing the runway. The deer-killing plane was undamaged. Attends Meeting Bruce L. Goodwin, local general ' agent for Pilot Life Insurance com pany of Qreensboro, has just re-| turned from a three-day general I agents' and supervisors' meeting at j his company's home office. The j meeting was for the purpose ot lay ing plans for the company's 50th anniversary celebration to begin! Jan. I. Seventy-five men from four- . teen southeastern states and Puerto Rico attended the session. C. H. Kirkman Gets New Post C. H. Kirkman, assistant county agent, has been named county ' agent for Bertie county and will leave here Jan. 1 to assume his dtilies^Xirlmei has been ill ? Cm v >unty since June. Kirkman graduated from State college in 1941. lie served as assist ant county agent in Jackson and Cherokee counties before entering the Army in 1944. After leaving the Army in 1946, he managed the 3,000-acre Gilmore farm near Siler City. He then served four years as assistant county agent in Watauga county. In Sept. 1950, he returned to do graduate work at State college. He is now working on his thesis for his master's degree. R. M. Williams, county agent, said, "We regret very much losing Kirkman. His leaving is a great loss to the county. It is, however, a promotion for him and we cannot stand in his way." Kirkman's successor has not yet been chosen. I ( Navy Announces Training Cruises The headquarters of the Sixth Naval district has released a list | of two-week training eruises with . pay which are open to Naval re- 1 servists from this area. The cruises ! are open to both officer and enlist ed personnel. The list of cruises and the num ber of openings follow: USS LST 209, Jan. 18 to Jan. 31, three offi cers, 10 enlisted men; USS Van Valkenbur^, Jan. 25 to Feb. 7, four officers. 15 enlisted men; USS LST 209, Feb. I to Feb. 14. five offi cers, 20 enlisted men; USS Gyatt, Feb. 8 to Feb. 21. four officers, 15 cnlifctert men; USS Albany. Feb. 15 to Mar. 7, two officers, 25 en listed men; USS Lind, Mar. 1 to Mar. !4, four officers, 15 enlisted men; USS Amphion, Mar. 1 to Mar. 14. two officers, ten enlisted men; USS Ellison. Mar. 15 to Mar. 28, four officers. 15 enlisted men; USS Block Island. Mar. 15, to Mar. 28. five officers, ten enlisted men. The cruises on the LST 209 will originate from Charleston, S. C. All other cruises will originate from Norfolk. Tide Table Tides at Beaufort Bar Hir.ll LOW Tuesday, Dec. 23 12 55 a.m. 7:15 a.m. 1:17 p.m. 7:41 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 24 1:57 a.m. 8:23 a.m. 2:18 p.m. 8:39 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 25 3:01 a.m. 9:31 a.m. 3:20 p.m. 9:38 p.m. Frday, Dec. U 4:03 a.m. ' 10:37 a.m. 4:21 p.m. 10:36 p.m. ? The Morehead City board of commissioners voted Thurs day night to extend its zoning authority for one mile from the present towfi limits. The action gives the town the right to extend its streets and alleys as they are in town and makes the zoning ordinance applicable within one mile of the town. ' The commissioners took the action to prevent indiscrim maie construction in tne area which will be opened up north of the new highway. While the sec tion south of the new highway is within the town limits the section from 25th street to 34th street north of the highway is not. The commissioners feared that if the zoning laws were not extend ed, property owners would build .is they pleased in the new section re ducing property values south of the highway. The extension of the zoning ordinance was authorized four years ago by the general assembly. The resolution extending the ordinance specifically excludes At lantic Beach and any part of Bogue banks. It will give the town imme diate* control over the new section and will allow time for a- complete study of the situation. At the request of the East Caro lina Regional Housing authority, the commissioners abandoned two streets in the vicinity oC the Fort Macon housing project. The hous ing authority asked that the streets be turned over to them for inclusion in the proposed exten sion of the project. The streets affected are 22nd from Bay street to Calico creek and Avery street from the east side of 22nd to the west side of the pro posed addition to the housing project. The housing authority promised to provide access through the project. John Crump proposed that the town purchase fire, theft and col lision insurance on the new town trucks. The commissioners turned down the proposal because of the $100 deductible clause. The commissioners voted to in crease the benefits under the acci dent insurance for the volunteer fire department. Mayor George W. Dill, jr., sug gested that the board take action to keep heavy trucks off Shepard und Evans streets. J. V. Waters, See SONING, Page 7 Public Welfare Report Issued A 25 per cent turn over in pub ic assistance cases in North Caro ina during the 1952 fiscal year *as noted in a report on reKabilita :ion emphases in public welfare made public this week by Dr. El ien Winston- commissioner of the itatc board of public welfare. "One out of four old age assist ince (OAA) cases ? a total of 16,667 ? were closed during the ?ast year. While many of these ?ero closed as a direct result of he enactment of the lien law, here were 1,573 closed because of i material change in the economic ?ircumstanccs of the recipient. In !49 instances the older person him ?elf either secured employment or lad an increase in his earnings. Of course, most of the changes were lue to more financial helD from >thers in the family group." In discussing the closing of cases n the aid to dependent children :ADC) program, Dr. Winston said. 'One out of every four of these ilso were closed during the fiscal rear. This does not mean a net 'eduction, because new cases came >n. It does, however, give an indi cation of the rapid turn over in hat program and the fart that >rdinarily families use this type of lelp to get on their feet and re issume responsibility for their own lupport. "Among the closed ADC cases, here were 2,632 which were due o a change in economic cirrum itances, primarily the result of ?mployment or increas~d earnings, in 212 cases the family situation vas improved through helD being Siven to a parent who had been in capacitated but could be returned o bread-winning status for his amily." "Numerous other illustrations of ielp given people so that they night help themselves, such as the 'Xtensjpe use of vocational rehabil ation for persons receiving aid to he permanently and totally dis ibled, could be cited," Dr. Winston itated. "We have been making every ef ort within the limitation of staff ind funds available to direct the >rogram toward ever more effec ive ways of helping people to help hemselves," declared Dr. Winston. 'The report justifies these efforts ind we intend to continue this cm >hasis. That is the basic reason the itate hoard of public welfare is in erested in what we call the pool ?d fund for the hospitalization of Hiblkr assistance recipients. This fill make possible increased em >has!s upon prevention and rehabil tation through better meeting the lospitaliiation needs of public as sistant* recipients." Utilities Body Gives Franchise O'Neal, Saunders io Run Freighl, Passenger Boat From Atlantis to Banks ,t, ?T The state utilities commission has awarded a boat franchise be tween Ocracoke, Portsmouth and Atlantic to Ansley O'Neal and J. M. Saunders. jr. The commission refused a franchise to George F. O'Neal and Elmo Pulcher. The commission based its de cision on the fact that O'Neal and Saunders hold the government con tract to carry m?il from Atlantic to the outer hanks. George O'Neal and Fulcher held the contract un I til this year ard have operated j boats from Atlantic io the banks I for several years. They never had a franchise and did not apply for ' one until O'Neal and Saunders | asked for one. Ansley O'Neal's boat, the 'Dol phin," is a converted Navy launch with ship-to-shore telephone, on closed accommodations for 30 to 40 passengers, storage space for mail and freight and a 160 horse power liesel encine. George F. O'Neal's boat, the "Aleta," is 42 feet long with a 40 horsepower diesel engine, enclosed accommodations for passengers and space for freight. The utilities commission said both craft have been approved by the Coast Guard and that both were adequate to provide service. "The chief matter for determina tion is, therefore," Commissioner Fred C. Hunter wrote, "a choice between the applicants." The commission came to the conclusion that a big factor in set ttlng the problew "wotLW bo to give the franchise to tht operator who I holds the mail contract. Since the j passenger and freight! business was I not adequate in the commission's opinion to support the service, it said the mail contract Income | would be needed to keep the boat I running. Woman Escapes Serious Injury A Morehead City woman narrow ly escaped death or serious injury Friday afternoon when her car was struck by a train at 9th and Aren dell streets, Morehead City. The woman, Mrs. Katie Simpson, wife of a Coast Guard officer sta tioned aboard the Conifer, suffered only minor bruises when the slow ly-moving train hit her car and pushed it several feet. Mrs. Simpson told Sgt. Bruce Ed wards of the Morehead City police that she was driving east on Aren dell and that she started to make a left turn at 9th street. She said that she did not see the train. As Mrs. Simpson started to make the turn, she heard the bell on the train. She said that she immedi ately stopped not realising that she was already in the path of the train. Eugene Sumerell. engineer of the train, said that he saw the car proceeding along Arendell street, parallel to the tracks. lust before he reached the intersection, he saw the car turn in frottf of him. He said that he applied the emergency brake and blew the whistle to warn Mrs. Simpson. The train hit ihe car before the brake could stop it. The train struck the car on the driver's side and bent both doors and the frame of the car. Beauiart Student Makes Dean's List at Oak Bidga Cadet William J. I pock, son of Mr. W. J. Ipock. sr., of Beaufoh. has been included on the dean's list at Oak Ridge Military institute for the grading period ending last week, it has been announced by Maj. W. J. Chandler, dean. To make the dean's list at Oak Ridge, a cadet must make an aver age grade of B in all academic and military classes and must have no grade below C. A special ribbon is worn in recognition of scholastic achievement by those included on the list. To HeM Party Carteret county Elks will hold their annual Christmas party Tues day night, Dec. 23, in their club rooms on Arendell ?t., Morehead City. Admission will be by toy only. The toys will be distributed to children throughout the county on Christmas day.