H. C. Hepler Lands Martin II. C. Ilepler, Morehead City, left, caught (hit 334-pound blur mar tin Friday. Mr- llepler caught the mariin aboard Arthur Lrwii' Bauy Too, running Captain Lewis' total to six mariin (or the season. The fish was 10 feet H-incb long. Standing to the right ii Captain Lewis. So the Water's Safe? Coast Guard District Has 51 Distress Cases It is ironic to note that during June 27 to 29, the fir-st weekend of President Eisenhower's National Safe Boating Week, 51 distress esses were handled by the Fifth Coast Guard District Rescue Co ordination Center. This total was the second highest in District his tory and only two below the record set last year! If this sad figure is any- indica tion, then it would appear that the summer of 1858 will be breaking alt previous records not to men tion injuring and killing an in creasing number of persons and damaging far mors boats. While perhaps a few of the weekend's search and rescue inci dents were unavoidable, the ma jority would seem to have been uaneceassry. One wonders if the three boat men who went aground in Poco moke Sound, along the Miles Riv et, and at Morehead City had c|arts. If they had them, did they k?ow how to read them? Could some of the motor casual ties which disabled 20 boats in midstream have been detected by careful inspection and repaired before departing the dock? Were the operators of the two ttvotorboats which cullided off the Ocean View area of Norfolk fa miliar with the Rules of the Road? Did the two automobile drivers who had to be towed from the beach at Virginia Beach and Cat leys Inlet use sense in taking con ventional cars on the land? Could the owners who ran low on fuel near Ocean City and Wa chapreague have anticipated their needs more accurately? In the Oceaq City case, the distress was deemed as so serious that over a two-day peried the following Coast Guard surface and air craft searched for the vessel in question : five patrol boats ranging in length from 26 to 83 feet, the cutter Ma rion and two amphibious planes. In addition, a beach patrol search was also launched. Thus the miscalculation of one mariner led to the utilisation of six vessels, two aircraft, and countless personnel at untold cost to the taxpayer. Although there were no lives lost in this case, there were two drown ings in the course of the weekend ?one in Atlantic Beach and ano ther off the Ocean View are* of Norfolk. In the latter case, two boys an chored a rented boat one-half mile off ahore and then got out to inrim. The turrent presumably was so swift that they could not gat back to the boat. One of the boya, who had a Coast Guard approved life cushion, lyas found and rescued by a cabin cruiser In the vicinjty. Morehead Man Lands Marlin . . ... _ , a. Photos by Bob Simpson John Tunnell, Morehrad City, landed this nine-foot, 5-inch blue mariln Wednesday from the Rebel, a private boat owned by George Nissen. The mariln weighed in at 259 pounds. Captain of the Rebel is Shy Fodrie. The other boy, age 11, was never found, and his life cushion was later discovered by the Coast Guard in a place where it would do no good? in the abandoned boat. And perhaps the most question able case of all took place on the Potomac River Sunday afternoon, when a boat with five persons left a small creek enroute supposedly for a beach ten miles south along the river. Early Monday morning, they had See COAST GUARD, Page 6, Sec. 2 Basement Variety Store Sticks to Tradition Norfolk, Va. (AP) ? Bert Bond's store in the basement of an 18th century house here is short on white enamel and chrome fixtures, but it doesn't lack variety. If you want a false nose or some kindling wood he has it. Water melon and Christmas tree*, too, in season. In case you want an oil lamp or chimney he has that too. "Just ask for it and I'm darned likely to have it," says Bert. DRESSED AND DELIVERED Just Call ? Phone 6-4020 It's Economical to Serve Delicious, Easy to Prepare Seafood. Have Some Todayl OTTIS' FISH MARKET 8th ?nfl Evan* St*. Morehead City July 7? Mr Ous Meden arrived Thursday to spend ? week with his wife and family and mother in-law, Mrs. Julia Pake. Frank Mcintosh, USCG Reserve, left Sunday morning for CurtU Bay Training Center for a couple of weeks. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Goodwin and daughter, Faye, of Cedar Is land, Mrs. Hedrick Salter and two children of SUcy visited Mrs. Julia Pake Sttoday evening. Mr. and Mrs Harold Daniels and daughter, Diana, and baby from Atlantic visited Mrs. Julia Hake Sunday evening. Mr Monnie Daniels of Center Moriches. N V were visiting u> our community this past weak Mrs. Oladys Lupton, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Goodwin and two children and niece, Helen Good win, visited Mrs. Julia Pake Sun day. The Misses Regina Pake and Letitia Meden arc visiting Mrs Charles Pake Jr. of Atlantic. Mr. and Mrs Jim Willis attend ed church servicej it Otway Sun day. Mr. and Mr?. Biker Lupton and children, Martha, and Baker Jr. and friend, George Coburu of Suf folk, Vi., spent the weekend with hit mother, Mra. Sophia Lupton. Mra. Charles Pike Jr. ipent Sat urday with her mother in-law. Mrs Charles Fake Sr. Mr. Ralph Dudley of Pascagoula arrived Sunday to spend a few days with his father, Capt Jean Dudley. Mrs. Frank Mcintosh visited Mra. . Mattie Simpson and Jackie Quisenbury Suiuluy evening. A stork shower was given Thurs day night for Mrs Steve Zucha by her mother, Mrs. Mary DavU Everyone hid a very nice time. Mri. Leslie Ball and children a Jacksonville visited lira. SophU Lupton Friday night. . 1 Mra. Emily Parkin and daugfc ter, Mra. Newman Lewis, visited Mrs Julia Pake last Tuesday Mrs. Kenneth Willis and chil dren spent Sunday afternoon with the Pake family. 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