$21 Million
In Construction
Hfoik Under Way
#<849 Capobort Housing
Units Co Up Near Base
? Major Building Goes
On Aboard Station
By S/ST.T. JACK BAIBD
Cherry Point? A $21 million con
struction and repair program is in
full awing here, U. (jg) James E.
McNeill, USN, assistant resident
officer in charge of construction,
disclosed today.
More than half the total amount,
(12.8 million, is being spent on tbe
erection of 849 Capehart Housing
units for dependents of military
personnel. All of the housing units
are located outside the confines
of the Air Station.
On base construction win center
mostiy in the Marine Aircraft
(iroup-24 area where a new group
headquarters, supply warehouse,
rapid jet refueler system, and four
hangars arc being built. The group
headquarters will move across the
street from its present site on "A"
Street into the $133, M7 building
early in 1959.
According to Lieutenant McNeill,
the building will be completed Jan.
IS, provided cold weather doesn't
hamper construction. The struc
ture will have 149 by 32 feet of
floor space and will house 17 offi
ces, a conference room, and a
briefing room. The entire building
will be air-conditioned and will
be steam heated.
A $305,000 group supply ware
house is also under construction
now beside the new headquarters
building. Across the street, pillars
outline the site pi one hangar,
steel beams frame another, wood
en pegs mark off the area to be
occupied by the third, and the
fourth hangar is almost ready for
use.
Built at a coat of $1,629,67?. four
hangars will include concrete flight
aprons, taxi ways, parking areas,
and office space. A rapid jet re
fueler system will be built adjacent
to the hangars at a coat of $1,870,
?48.
Some $50,000 will be spont to im
prove the station theatre's air con
ditioning system. Structural re
pairs, costing $22,366, will be made
on the station (trill hall aad com
bat training pool. And, the station
laundry's interior and exterior are
being painted for a reported $7,823.
Hurricane repairs are also being
made to roofs and siding in Slocum
Village, Ft. Macon, Hancock Vil
lage, and various air station build
ings. Several projects at the Ma
rine Corps Air Facility, New River,
N. C., also are included in the
construction and repair program.
Pasture lands occupy one fourth
the area o f Illinois, a major pro
ducer of livestock.
h*AXJN9 an.
J. M. DAVIS
T?UK0 Product*
??ntorfQtr
The Civttans are going to bury
items from tbe Centennial in a
time capsule in front of the
Morehead City municipal build
ing at 3:30 Thursday afternoon.
Hare Miss Bonnie Fish, Miss
Morehead City of 1968, poses with
items which will go into the
square vault, shown right.
m tm.
The vault has been supplied by
George W. Dill, mayor and fu
neral director, who obtained it
from a casket company. In SO
years, when il is to be dug up, it
will be as good as new, the cas
ket company declares. Burying
a time capsule is merely a stunt.
At one time it was thought that
Photo by Roy Eubanks
money could be raised to pay off
the Centennial debt by having
persons pay to put items in the
capsule. But this idea was dis
carded.
The youngest children of mem
bers of the Centennial steering
committee will be responsible for
opening the capsule in 2008.
J& > Chilula Aids Tug
The Ml C. Moran, tog It Ml. mrum to fi under way Hill after the ChUula retrieved the Fart
Abb*, liberty ahlp at right The toe had loat tke liberty ihlp when the towing hawser parted off Hat
teraa Saturday. IUSCG Photo).
The CoMt Guard cutter Chllula
retrieved a liberty (hip Saturday
which had parted from its tug,
the Julia C. Moran, in a north
eait gale.
The wire hawser brake off
Cape Hatteras and the ship, Fort
Aftne, drifted to a point approxi
mately a hundred miles east of
Frylhg Pan lightship. Chilula
made contact with it at 4:30 a.m.
Saturday.
Captain Stewart, of the Julia
C. Moran, uid to the Coast 4
Guard, "I am sure glad to see
you people!" The Chilula put a
crew aboard the Fort Anne to
cut free the old towing cable
and ran a now hawser Irom the
ship to the tug.
The Moran and ita tow then
proceeded north to Baltimore.
It waa coming from Wilmington,
"N. C.
School Lunch
II I ' uJ
Menus Listed
Morthead City School
Today: Cheeseburgers, tossed
salad. earn and butter beans,
baked apple, milk.
Wednesday: Beet-vegetable soup,
two kinds of sandwiches, crackers,
c?k?. QM-half orange, milk.
than**: Turkey with dressing
and gravy, cranberry aauce, gar
den peas, eandsed yams, hot bis
cuit*, butter, Mia with whipped
cream and cherries, Christmas
candy, milk.
Newport School
Taday: Beef and potatoes, sug
ared beeta, onions, green cabbage,
cheese strips, peaches and cookies,
milk.
Wednesday: Lima beans, tomato
?oup, cabbage-carrot -ralain salad,
peanut butter and Jelly sandwich,
chocolate cream cookies, milk.
nwrsday: Baked turkey, dress
ing, gitalet gravy, green peaa, hot
roBs, cranberry aauce, ice cream,
cookies, milk.
The Mildred, a (taking weal, ran
agrowMl north of the Iwuifwt
Wn Friday afternoon. Ceait
Guardsmen EN/1 Ronald Quidley
and Mf/S <Jor?t? Joaey towed 'the
boat into deep water.
Master-Point Bridge
Gam* Set for Friday
The monthly master point bridge
game will be played at the Inlet
Inn, Beaufort, at 7:30 p.m. Friday.
Winners of the past Friday night
game were Mr. and Mis. A1
Dewey, first; Mrs. J. C. Keel and
Mrs. Edwin Tenney, second, and
Mrs. C. L. Beam and Jack Wind
ley, third.
iCwtiwMrf hmm Tim ?)
. ??"L,hoe ,hop' Bir??'n Center
? Western Uwm were located
in a buildac owned by Mn. M.
Leslie Darta. Beaufort, and Robert
Lee Hum bar. Greenville
*" eWles equipment,
*?*?. typewriter*, adding ma
chine, and (ilea, of Durham Life
Ioaurance Co. were destroyed.
That office is now located across
from Dr. David Farrior's office in
the Merrill building.
Salesmen operating from the of
fice are Stanley Potter Jr., Jack
Gonsoulin, Frank Fulford, all of
Beaufort; J. C. Davis, Davis, and
James Pitchford, Morehead City.
Janes and Gilbert Potter and
Jams Herring express their ap
portion to aU the persons who
helped them get merchandise wit
of their stores.
The Potters said that they have
**ved all their bookkeeping ac
counts and about $150 worth of
carnjed goods They were able to
meet all their menhaden boat or
ders Saturday night as usual and
expected to have the store fully
restocked by last night.
"We'd like to thank the fisher
men, Coast Guard, fire depart
ments and all our friends who
Ijelped, the Potters aaid yester
^rt Herring said, "I d like to
thank each one who helped, indi
vidually and personally, hut I
uon t know everybody who helped
to get things out of my store."
"erring', Krn open for busine|s
at their new location Saturday
morning. It was the second move
for Herrings in less than five
?e store moved from the
northeast corner of Front and Cra
tion h the ,0'mer B A Be" loca"
,he ?cond week in November
Mr. Herring said that he opened
his safe yesterday morning and
item! iVngS' *"che? other
Were ,ng repaired for
customers are intact. "Lots of
people who had brought things to
3* for "pair wanted to know
f^U K item' They're safe
and they can pick them up," Mr
Herring said.
tnM?*!^ "r *Urted to spread
the roof of the building where
f^Per.S ,e",elry s,ore 15 now 'o
'* w,s checked. Stampers
started moving things out of their
store, but flames didn't get that
The only damage reported there
was to a part of the awning when
fin'3"1 burning building
The loss in Dr. Moore's office
was estimated at *35,?gd. This in
cluded x-ray equipment, office and
medical equipment. All bookkeep
ing records were lost as well as
patients records, some of them
going back as far as 27 years
.?l,11 wer,e already flocking
to Dr Moore s relocated office
yesterday morning.
1Q2?". P#"*r building was built in
.by. J- H- Potter. It ia now
owned by hia heira, with Misa
Nannie Potter holding a lifetime
j*0 decision had
w .u y<,lerd*> " <o whether
the building would be replaced.
At one time it housed the Potter
Emergency Hoepital. the Beaufort
to?.?^LIad^,o<oUowin?
Dr. Hendrix, Dr. o. H
Salter *" Hyd*' ,Bd Th~*?
n . ?f, ,hc buainesaes in the
Potter building were partially in
Pet Corner
Would like to find home for
three 2-month-old puppies, one
male, two female. Will be me
dium-size dog when full-grown.
Call at Mitchell Village, the only
house on Knox Drive. Phone BA
KSH
Anyone who would like to give
pets away or acquire them at
no cost an invited to use the Vet
Corner. Just phoae THE NEWS
Tines, PA Ml*.
VS8 Chilton, USS Vrrmtnioa?
Navy ibica. taUB loading Ma
rines and supplies yesterday.
Casablanca ? Due tomorrow
with a cargo of lumber from
Sou* America.
BiachoiiMn ? Dim Friday to
load tobacco for Europe
Mack Vara ? Dim Sunday to
load fish oil and tobacco for
Europe.
Usa Naenk? Due Dec. tf to
load tobacco for tbe Far Eaat.
Akagi Mans? Due Dec. Zl to
load tobacco for Japan.
Son melody b? Due Dec. 29 to
load tobacco for Europe.
Fire
(Continued from Page 1)
a.m. before getting that fire out.
Tbe building must be conaidered
a loss, however, since a town zon
ing ordinance prohibits tbe re
building of wooden structures in
the downtown fire zone.
Firemen who fought the fire dur
ing the early hours of the morn
ing had plenty of help from near
by residents and busiaeaaes.
As saoa as tbe fire alarm went
in Mason insurance agency opened
its doors to firemen to come in
apd get warm. Later in the morn
ing coffee was available ia the
office. Mr. and Mrs. Holden Hal
lou made coffee in the Dora
Dinette until the power went off,
then they moved to Holden's on
Turner Street.
The Froehlich spotlight was
turned on the blaze and was of
great help to the firemen when
the electricity went off. Tbe cook
on the pogy boat also served cof
fee to the firemen.
Snowden Thompson was given
credit for serving coffee to the
firemen on Craven Street. He was
using an eight-cup percolator.
Others also sent coffee to the fire
men.
C. W. Williams, manager of Car
olina Water Company, explained
that a mechanical failure, caused
by freezing or corrosion, in the
new water aerator system wm re
sponsible for failure of the water
supply.
A aeries of valves and switches
is designed to keep the town water
tank full at all times. The tank
holds 10.800 gallons but at the time
of the fire it was probably less
than half full.
Mr. Williams said the water com
pany knew nothing about the fire
until 2 a.m. when the wattr gave
out. Water company workmen
went to the ptuaphouee and had
the pumps operating within a few
minutes bdt all the lines were
drained and the tank was empty
so it took considerable time be
fore any pressure was built up.
The pumps deliver 600 gallons
per minute into the tank whan
they are operating at full apeed.
The two Beaufort fire trucks that
were pumping water at the fire
are capable of drawing 1.SD0 gal
lons per minute from tbe water
lines.
Chief Harrell was tbe only fire
man injured during the night. He
alipped and sprained his wrist
when he fell on the iejr street. It
waa the laat fire for Julius F. Dun
can Jr., 44, who was found dead
oo his front porch about S a.m.
Mi. Dukii hid hihrrri nn>nr
viae the laying of boae to tbe fire
and was busy through the night.
He left the fire about IS minutes
before he waa found. The cause
of death tfas said to be a heart
attack.
The entire Beaufort Fire Depart
ment turned out to serve aa hon
orary pallbearers at Mr. Duncan's
funeral Saturday afternoon.
Guardsmen Fight Fire
Coast Guardsmen who helped
fight the fire in Beaufort Friday
morning waie EMC Earl Sells,
EN/3 Name SilliUn, ETM Ann
uel Wiersteiner, TN/3 frank fain
son, SN Aulcie Farmer, SN Lewis
McLain and SA Albert Gillikin.
They manned I 1,000 gtilw per
minute pump drawing water from
Taylor'a Creek. I
Set Hie Compact '53
Rambler
Only Buy in the Low -Priced field
With moat car prim way up.
rt^ilTUl
rfiplining
WMlber-?y*'ba?tiii(
LEWIS-PRICE, INC 1710
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Cmrt
(Centlnaed Inm I)
follow: Russell P. Kossm an, Ralph
L. Wilson, Julius N. Jones and
Norman L. Coulson, speeding;
William I. McConnell, no driver
license; Buaice Jones, possession
of a small quantity of aon-taxpaiit
whiskey; and Thomas A. Tee!, im
proper use of dealers plates, fol
lowing too close and failing to re
pert an accident.
Theee whe paid coats follow :
Isaac Twiddy, James G. Sadaski,
Raymond Lee Baugh, Robert K.
Barnett, Alvern R. Kuehl, Ronald
A. Goff. Hoyt Lee and Jospey T.
Beasley, speeding
James R. Squires, improper
passing; William E. Foster, fail
ure to report aa accident; Harold
Jones and Cicero Jones, violation
of fishing laws.
Gene C. Norris, no license and
driving on the wrong side of the
road; Clayton Pittman Jr., care
less and reckless driving.
George T. Martin, running a stop
?i?n; Archie Fuiford, Charles B.
Finer and Moses Johnson, public
drunkenness; David G. Jeroff, al
lowing an unlicensed person to
drive; and Leslie M. Webb, no
license, speeding and passing on
a marked curve
Twe defendants paid one half
coats. They were Susan K. Jeroff,
, driving without a license, and
Clarence Tootle Jr., improper
lights.
Judge Lambert Morris ordered
Bobby B. Goodwin to have a gov
ernor installed on his car and
have it set for 43 mph. Goodwin,
charged with speeding 70 mph,
was found guilty of speeding 45
in a 35 mph zone.
Judge Morris said that Justice
could -better be served If Goodwin
were allowed to keep his license.
If he drives over 45 mph within
i to days he is subject to a fine of
$100 plus court co its and can lose
his license for a year.
Walter 8. Franklin was found to
be the victim of malicious prose
cution and the prosecuting witness
was taxed court costs.
Persons who forfeited bonds fol
low: Edward Croston, public
drunkenness; Edgar Willis, no
driver license and failing to re
port an accident; Robert I. Hill,
driving drunk; and Hugh A. Par
rish, driving drunk and possession
of non-taxpaid whiskey.
The judge dismissed charges
against Howard Fallin and George
Pittman Jr. Fallin was charged
with non-support and Pittman was
charged with failing to comply
with a court order.
The state elected net to try nine
defendants. They follow: Oral C.
Howell, badcheok; Anita P. R?ut,
careless and- /eckiess driving;
August A Holn%p, failing to give
a proper hand signal.
Cioero Jones and Harold Jones,
violation of fishing laws (they
were convicted on another count);
Charles White and Edward Knowl
ton, non-support; and Edward H.
Culpher and Beraabe Orazco, no
driver licensee.
(Md Brides
Are Still Legal
M's legal far ? 13-year-old girl
'to get married, with her parents'
conaeat, In New Hampshire
la some parts af Canada New
foundland, Quebec and the Yukon
Territory? a 14-year-old boy may
marry a 12-year-old girl, with
puiotil content.
Brides of less than 12 years in
age are considered proper in Tan
ganyika, Africa, provided the mar
riage is not consummated before
the igitill
A recent report a t the United
Nations Commission on the Status
at Wwnen ahows there are large
areas of the world where no legal
restrictions exist against a man
taking a child bride.
Ve commission has caHed for
an tolarnatlMMl agreement for
bidding the marriage of girls be
fore the .age of 16.
Bridgers Hakes
Try for Freedom
Sonny Bridgers, sentenced to two
yttrs lor stealing two M-l rifles
from tile Beaufort Negro American
Legion post, made a break (or free
dom Thursday afternoon, but it j
didn't last very long.
In an hour he was back in the
county jail and now he's waiting
trial on Jailbreak.
Bridgers was convicted of theft
in county court Dec. 4. He appeal
ed and posted $400 bond but later
withdrew the appeal. At 5:30 p.m.
Thursday as Mr. Godwin, driver
of tne truck from the Newport
prison camp, was walking Bridgers
from the jail to the truck. Bridgers
took off toward the back part of
town.
Sheriff Hugh Salter rounded up
deputies Bruce Edwards and Mar
shall Ayscue who went to a house
where pulpwood workers live in
Beaufort.
While the deputies covered the
house, sheriff Salter went in and
got Bridgers, who offered no re - 1
sistance.
Business Firms
Must List Their
Jan. 1 Inventories
All county business firms will be
required to file a financial state
ment of inventories ? furniture, fix
tures, equipment and improve
ments?as of Jan. 1, 1950, when
they list their taxes during Jan
uary.
This was ordered by the board
of county commissioners at their
Dec. 1 meeting.
Inventories so listed will be
checked against the state income
tax returns of county businesses.
A penalty of 10 per cent will be
charged in addition to the tax on
the amount not listed for county
taxes.
Hearing
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Persons who furnished informa
tion for the report were Clayton
Fulcher Jr., chairman, J. O. Bar
bour Jr., W. J. Ipock, Dan Walker, ,
W. H. Potter, C. T. Lewis, George |
W. Dill Jr., Joe DuBois, Monroe
Taylor, A. W. Daniels, Frank
Noyes. Elbert Pittman, Percy Da
vis, Elmer D. Willis, David Yeo
mans, Monnie Fulcher, Ervin Ful
cher, M. W. Willis and Harrell
Taylor.
Testimeay supporting the report
was presented by several prom
inent political and business lead
ers of the county. Among those
speaking were Cecil Morris, At
lantic, chairman of the commer
cial fisheries committee, NC De
partment of Conservation and De
velopment.
Col. Harry Brown, chairman of
the state hurricane rehabilitation
commission; Elmer Willis, Willis
ton; county commissioners David .
Yeomans and Harrell Taylor.
Judge LuUier Hamilton, More
head City; Mr. DuBois, manager
of the Morehcad City Chamber of
Commerce; Mr. Barbour and Nor
wood Young, Beaufort; A. W. Dan
iels, Cedar Island and Charlotte;
and D. G. Bell, Carteret's repre
sentative in the state legislature.
Bad weather upstate kept three
important figures away from the
meeting. Held up, but expected
late yesterday, were Sen. B. Eve
rett Jordan, congressman Graham
A. Barden and William Saunders,
director of the NC Department of
Conservation and Development.
If the McMsmcndatioas of the
report are accepted and the Army
takes immediate action, it will be
about three years before the neces- '
sarv legislation can be put through
Congress and work begun eu the
project.
Since World War II the British
Navy has been withdrawing from
Bermuda and now maintains only
a small atatien there.
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