A Merger of THE BEAUFORT NEWS (Established 1912) and THE TWIN CITY TIMES (Established 1936)
VOLUME XXXVII NO. 3.
BEAUFORT AND MOREHEAD CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, TUESDAY, MAY 25, 1948
PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
I'lorehead Gily Commissioners Pass
Four Ordinances Ai Friday Heeling
Baseball League
To Choose Queen
Collegians Will Play ai
Dance Tomorrow Night
The Collegians, a 15-piecc or
chestra from East Carolina Teach
ers college, ranking as one of the
best college bands in the country
and featuring a smooth style of
dance music, will play tomorrow
evening at an informal dance by
the Tidewater league in the coun
ty recreation center. Their last
engagement was nt the Shriners
dance in New Bern recently, at
which thev made "a big hit," Lea
gue president D. H. Lashlcy re
marked today.
Mr. Lashley stressed that the
dance open to everybody. High
light of the evening's entertain
ment will be selection of the
Queen of Tidewater League base
ball. She will be chosen from eight
contestants, representing each of
the communities in the Tidewater
league.
Each of the eight will appear in
bathing attire and in evening dress
and will wear a corsage and carry
a banner of her community. Jud
ges for the selection will be from
out of this area.
' The Queen of Baseball chosen
will be crowned, honored with
gifts, and will lead the Grand
March to the tune of "Take Me
Out to the Ball Game," the only
baseball number to be played that
evening.
Later in the season a parade will
be held in her honor, and she will
rule at the all-star game.
This is believed to be the first
time that a Queen of Baseball has
ever been chosen. J'V,'
Dancing will Deow 8 a.htf uis
til 1 .m. V yj?; i
uanj.cue
To Dock Tcday
The USS Marquette, cargo trans
port, is scheduled to dock this
morning to load equipment for
transportation to Marines in the
Mediterranean, it was reported to
day at Port Terminal. The Mar
quette will arrive from Norfolk.
Marine-activity at Port Termi
nal yesterday afternoon involved
transportation of officer candi
dates from Quantico to the USS
Randall, anchored offshore.
The officer candidates have been
undergoing . practice amphibious
landings at Onslow beach, Camp
Lejeune, where they landed yes
terday morning.
Marines were transported to the
Randall by small boats tied up at
Port Terminal. Rough water at
Onslow beach prevents loading of
personnel and vehicles there, it
was stated.
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Graves Of Three Wars Restored
During Hay In Ann Siree! Cemetery
Members of the Beaufort Ceme
tery Restoration association met
Friday at the home of Dr. and
Mrs. N. Thomas Ennett, Front
street, Beaufort, and heard the
following report:
Back when we were still fight
ing, for our independence declared
in 1776, Capt. Charles Biddle of
Philadelphia saw action at sea, was
taken prisoner, escaped to Jamai
ca, from there found his way to
Virginia, bought half interest in
the THREE SISTERS, and showed
up in Beaufort in his new vessel.
In Beaufort, Charles Bell fell in
love with Hannah, daughter of Ja
cob Shepard. Jacob - before his
death represented us in the Assem
bly back in the days when Beau
fort was part of the British Em
pire. Without much loss of time,
Phnrljis and Hannnfi ivarA mnrripii
Charles, as his fatherin-law had
done, entered public life, served
in the N. C. General Assembly,
started a family. ' f - V
' In 1780, however, Charles Biddle
went home,' and for reasons un
known now, he stayed. A lint
child, Nicholas, was bora here ami
died in infancy. Nine other child
ren were born to them in Phila
delphia. Among these was a second
Nicholas from whom is descended
large and influential branch of
the Biddle family including Char
Jps great, great grandson of
the first Charles.
;. Two weeks ago, Charles Biddle
ent check to tfc; ' --t Cra
Morehead City commissioners li
terally "laid down the law" at a
call meeting Friday afternoon in
ordering the city attorney, Alvah
Hamilton, to draw up ordinances
relating to parking, dogs, regis
tration fees for town political can
didates, and privilege tax for car
nivals.
To prevent traffic tie-uDs on
8th and 9th streets parking Will be
permitted on those streets on the
east side only between Bridges
and Arendell.
After a lengthv discussion on
the stray dog problem, Mr. Hamil
ton was introduced to draw up an
ordinance aimed at getting the ani
mals off the streets.
Mayor George Dill, in a state
ment today, emphasized that the
commissioners made no definite
decision on solving the problem at
Friday's meeting, but left it in the
hands of the attorney. Building of
a dog pound may be necessary, he
added.
Because there is no registration
fee required by candidates seeking
city office, Commissioner W. L.
Derrickson suggested that an ordi
nance to this effect be prepared
for presentation to the 1949 legis
lature. The fact that the city receives
no revenue from carnivals playing
within city limits led the board
to the decision to impose a hun
dred dollar privilege tax on such
carnivals. In addition, they must
be sponsored by some civic organ
ization. At the suggestion of the Cham
ber of Commerce the board agreed
to zone the town for garbage col
lection so that residents will know
on what davs trucks will pick up
garbage. The Chamber also sug
gested that garbage cans be set
along the curb.
Commissioners did not fall in
line with, this suggestion, but said
that garbage cannot be collected
in nllevs blocked bv narked -swrs.
An avtra man will mimn .toriftpffT
Wf enecMOB crew
t month, from. 4 June through
iptemoeor. .,.,
i Because many Merchants have
Dot paid this year's business pri'
vilege tax, the board ordered that
businessmen who do not pay the
coming year's tax by June 1 will
be penalised an additional 10 per
cent If the tax Is not paid within
30 6ys after the due date, the
business will be closed by city
authorities.
Increase of court costs was con
sidered and the city clerk was
instructed to obtain the cost of
trash cans which would be placed
on the sidewalks In the business
section.
The board did not take action
on ine junior unamDer oi com-ifjrst
merce s suggestion to suspend
parking meter operation after 1
o'clock Wednesday afternoons or
on the problem of leasing town
docks.
At the suggestion of the police
force, cards will be printed ex
plaining traffic laws to out-of-town
visitors Police will also give re-
ceipts for all fines collected by
patrolmen.
Mr. Derrickson will conduct
sale of the fire department's 1927
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tcry Restoration association asking
to have the grave of his Grand
father Shepard restored. It has
oeen done. Those who wish to vi
sit, the oldest marked grave in the
old cemetery will find it near the
center back.
Reminiscent of another war:
John C. Manson, Virginian, Sailing
Master US. Navy, War of 1812,
was ordered to North Carolina
where he served, except for six
weeks spent in Charleston, until
his honorable discharge in June
1815. In one of bis letters to Secre
tary of the Navy William Jones, he
is concerned over sickness of the
crews of U. S. Gun Boats 147 and
148 and asks permission to engage
Dr. James Manney of Beaufort "to
furnish medicine and attend the
boats regularly for $30 a month."
Like Charles Biddle, John Man
son fell in love and married a
Beaufort girl, Mary Leecraft,
daughter of Suzannah and Benja
min Leecraft and in the following
wring asked the Secretary of the
Navy for release to go to sea on a
merchant vessel that he night betr
let maintain lis family. Mr. Jim
Davis, grandson by this marriage,
has during the put month had the
Manson fravt cleaned as well as
that of his grest grandfather, Ben
Jamla Leecraft and Jostah Bell,
Elizabeth Jane, and Henry Bascom
Davis, children of J. P. C and
Charity Davis.
. Work of the fist month has
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It's Washington and Beaufort Seniors
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Indication of the good time each member of the senior class had on their trip to Washington is shown by this photo taken near the
capitol. Seniors arc, reading from left to right: Top row, Joyce Biggs, Pauline Mason, Patricia Webb, Zara Beachem, Mildred Simpson,
Miss Lena Duncan, (lass adviser, Margaret Hansen, Patricia Themas, Addie Carrow Thomas, and Mary Ruth Nelson; center row: Sarah
Guthrie, Frances Kelly, Sally Poole Thomas, Gladys Cox, Elizabeth Willis, Blanche Saunders, Mary Sue Dail, Lorraine Willis, Patsy Wil
lis, and Sue Noe; bottom row: Earl Willis, Charles Edwards, George Milrray Thomas, Paul Ricks, bus driver, Howard Jones, Clarence
Davis, Milton Taylor, and Thomas Eure.
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Talent Contest
Guy Smith. Jr., Beaufort bari
tone), made t,he walls rock, from
applause at the iLons club talent
show Saturday night at the Carter
et county recreation center, with
his solo, "Old Man River," and
walked awav with the $100 cssh
prize
Second prize winner, awarded
f&75, was Ruth Webb Bailey, More
head City, and third prize of $50
went to the Morehead City Girls
glee club.
C-ly r iv n cnnlinmnra or
Beaufort hj h sM jg thjs ;ar,5
biggest discovery county music
tircles. A member of Beaufort
high school glee club, he ha been
trained by Mrs. Virginia Hassell,
director of the glee club, and ap
peared May 7 in Beaufort high
school's music and dance revue.
Two other outstanding contcst-
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ma jii oaiuiud; infill a biiuw wuic
Robert (Bobby)- Morris, pianist, of
Atlantic, who, on an upright piano
that has seen better days, played
perfectly Chopin's Black Key
Etude and Schumann's Promenade;
and the Beaufort high school clee
club which sang You'll Never Walk
Alone and Begin the Beguine.
Winning contestants will appear
Saturday, June S, in a stage show
at the Roda theatre. Proceeds from
the Lions club county-wide talent
search, which began five -weeks
ag0 wm be uged in ,he club.s id.
to-the-blind project.
Saturday night's judges were Dr.
and Mrs. E. W. Rollofs and Miss
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Potato Growers Set
Price lor Farm Labor
At a meeting attended by pota
to growers at the court house
Thursday night it wasf irmly
agreed, R. M. Williams, county
agent said, that pot more 35 cents
ner 100 bag would be paid to la
bor for picking up. potatoes, haul
ing to the grader, running over
grader, also, potatoes would be
grnded so as to pass inspection.
, The purpose of potato growers
Wanting to get together on prices
pw for Harvesting was try to es
tablish uniform price, Mr. Wil
liams reported. In past years there
has been irregularity in prices paid
by different growers in the har
vesting of their potato crop.
Reports indicate that farmers in
Carteret county have been paying
more for labor In all farm opera-
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Completion of Highway 101
The1 communities of Bachelor
and Mill Creek joined llnrlowe
cummunity Sunday for a picnic in
celebration of the completion of
hard-surfacing highway No. 101.
The large crowd began to gather
at 1J:30 o'clock at Taylor's Com
munity Hall and at 12:30 a boun
tiful dinner was spread on tables
in the yard. Alvah Hamilton of
Morehead City asked the blessing.
Guests were highway officers
from Greenville and this district;
county officers from Carteret and
Craven counties; John L. Larkins
from Trenton, D. L. Ward and T.
M. Diggs from 'New Bern.
Iced drinks and ice water were"'
served in addition to the food.
J. R. BalL. master of ceremonies.
sked the large crowd w gather
in the half for a program.
1 The Beaufort quartette, M. L,
Davis, Graydon Paul, U. E. Swann
and Halsey Paul, sang a song and
Graydon Paul led the group in sev
eral selections.
After recognition of the highway
officials and the county officials
from Carteret and Craven counties,
John Clark. Greenville highway
officia'l, delivered an address.
Fisheries Dept.
Plants Shells
If weather is favorable, this
week will conclude three weeks of
oyster shell planting by the state
department of commercial fisheries
in Pamlico and llyde counties.
State boats are being used to
supervise the work although con
tract for planting the 110,000 bu
shels of shells has been let to Capt.
George W. Hark, of Belhaven,
and Earl Holton, of Vandemere.
The shell came from the oysters
taken on public grounds during
this past season. On the average,
one tub of oysters produces six
pecks of shells, fishing department
officials renort. ,
The 63,000 bushels planted last
year were purchased by the com
mercial fisheries department. Shell
planting is an important factor in
maintaining high oyster produc
Jtion, fishermen
point out the
shells afford I place of attachment
fpr young oysters.
Shell planting is under the su
pervision of Capt. John Nelson,
commercial fisheries commissioner.
EnWtainment to be Given
Mlsi Jovce Johnson and TfnurorH
Jones will present musical selec
Poppy Sales Aid
Needy Children
Aiding needy children of war
veterans is one of the things ac
complished by the memorial poppy
whidh the American Legion auxi
liary will ask everyone to wear in
honor of the war dead on poppy
day, Saturday, May 29. states Mrs.
Julian Hamilton child welfare
chairman of the Beaufort Auxili
ary unit.
"The number of children of vet
erans needing aid is increasing ra
pidly," she said, "making it more
important than ever to have a gen
erous response to the Poppy Day
appeal. The bulk of the contribu
tions will remain right here in
Carteret county to help our Legion
post and Auxiliary unit enre for
needy children of local veterans'
families.
"Families of veterans too dis
abled to do regular work and those
of veterans who have died are fac
ing hardship right here in the
midst of our prosperous commu
nity." Mrs. Hamilton continued.
"High prices reduce the value of
any Government compensation
they may receive. Mothers of
young children face a difficult pro
blem if they must go to work, it
is a bitter experience for a man
who gave his health and strength
in the nation's defense to see that
his saerifices mean suffering for
his family.
"I know that we all would like
to do something for the families
of these men who have done so
much for us, and the memorial
poppy gives us an opportunity to
contribute to their welfare. Money
received by the volunteer workers
who distribute the poppies goes
into Legion and Auxiliary rehabf
litaton and child welfare funds,
where it works for disabled vet
erans and needy families through
out the year. t
"When we honor the dead by
wearing their memorial flower, we
also help those who are still living
in war's dark shadow."
Two Seaplanes Land
On Beaufort Waterfront
Two light seaplanes, piloted by
Jim Bradshaw and 'Charles Howe,
of Lakeworth, Fla., lan'ded Satur
day afternoon at 5:55 on Beaufort
waterfront and took off early Sun
day morning alter refueling.
Auto
trasses
Into 47 Truck
Elvin Davis, of Davis Shore, po
pular Tidewater League baseball
player, received a severe bruised
mouth and a hand injury about
b p.m. Friday when the Dodge
automobile he was driving ran into
the rear end of a 1947 Chevrolet
stake body truck driven by Nelson
Gillikin, of Otway, on highway 70
near Otway. Mr. Gillikin was" unin
jured, but the Dodge was wrecked.
State patrolmen said today that
the accident occurred when the
truck's rear signal light, flashing
for a left turn, was obscured by
the tailboard of the truck.. Both
Mr. Gillikin and his father said
that the tailboard was up when
Mr. Gillikin started out, but that
severe jolting had shaken it down.
Mr. Gillikin said he gave no hand
signal.
Mr. Davis, who was attempting
to pass the truck, going east,
could not sec the taililght and
smashed into the truck, skidding
into a ditch about 50 feet away,
patrolmen said. Blondcll Lawrence,
Otway, who had passed the truck
immediately before, in another
car, turned around, and carried
Mr. Davis to Morehead City hospi
tal. Mr. Davis was released after
treatment and' taken back to Davis
by Mr. Lawrence.
Investigation of the accident is
not yet complete, but state patrol
men said that it was probably the
fault of both motorists. ,
Mayne Albright, Candidate
For Governor, to Appear
Here This Afternoon
R. Mayne Albright, Dmocratic
candidate for governor will arrive
in Morehead City at 2:15p.m. this
afternoon, and will speak briefly
at the city hall from "The Chal
lenger," his trailer field headquar
ters. Mr. Albright and his wif, Fran
ces, will have a police escort lead
ing a motorcade of his supporters.
He has already visited most of
the 100 counties in the state in
what is said to be the most inten
sive, "Take-It To-The-Peoplc" cam
paign ever conducted for the gov
ernorship. Former director of the state em
ployment service and World War
II veteran, he describes his cam
paign as oi.e iif "planned progress
and clean politics," and says his
trailer campuicn, "Hitched to no
machine," is "rolling on to victory
in what may well be the biggest
political upset in North Carolina
in years." '
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IrvinDavisWillAUend
Democratic Convention
Irvin W. Davis, county regis
ter of deeds, is one of four mem
bers of the third congessional
district who. will go to the na
tional Democratic convention,
June 12, in Philadelphia, it was
decided at the state convention
last week. About 18 from Car
teret county attended the state
convention at Raleigh, Mr. Davis
said.
Other delegates chosen, are
Gordon W. Love, Sampson coun
ty, John R. Croom, Duplin coun
ty, and W. Frank Taylor, Wayne
county.
All delegates will have a half
a vote, each, and will go unlns
t rue ted.
Board Chairman
Names Officials
For Election
F. R. Seeley, chairman of the
county board of elections, today
issued the names of election judges
and poll holders for the county's
27 precincts. These, with the reg
istrar of each precinct, will sit at
the polls Saturday from 6 a. m. to
6 p. m.
In. the list which follows, the
registrar is listed first, Democratic
judge second and Republican poll
fiolder, third:
Stella, J. C. Parker, John W.
Watson, Adrian Norris; Pellcticr,
Allen J. Vinson, J. E. Weeks, W.
D. Norris; Cedar Point, J. A.
Weeks, John Jones, John Guthrie;
Bogue, W. D. Smith, E. L. Weeks,
O. B. Arthur.
Broad Creek, Norman Guthrie,
J. Cola Guthrie, pollholder to be
supplied; Newport, Mrs. Prudie
Potter, Y. Z. Simmons, Mrs. Lotta
Henderson; Wildwood, - Curtis. I
McCabe, A. E. McCabe, M. 0. Ty
lor.
Salter Path, George Smith, . T.
Lawrence, pollholder to be sup
plied; Morehead City, John B.
Long, judge to be supplied, E. C.
Guthrie; Beaufort, Frank King,
John D. Brooks, Irene Whltchurst.
Wire Grass, M. M. Eubanks, Mrs.
Will Norris, W. J. Merrill; Har
lowe, George Ball, W: J. Hardesty,
J. F. Small; Merrimon, H. B. Sal
ter, W. L. Cannon, Guy Carraway.
Long Pine, Mrs. Polly Simpson,
Minzette King Korncgay, Josephine
Josev; Bcttie, Cleve Gillikin, Theo
Willis, Harvey Lawrence; Otway,
Denard Gillikin, Lena Lewis, Ire
dell Lawrence.
Straits, Paul Chadwick, Gilbert
Whitehurst, C. T. Jarvis; Harkers
Island, Mrs. Mabel Lawrence, Law
son Willis, Fate Jones, Jr.; Marsh
allberg, I. F. Moore, Fred G. Gilli
kin, pollholder to be supplied.
Smyrna, George W. Davis,
George W. Hancock, Mrs. D. V.
Wade; Williston, Mrs. Pauline
Wade, Mrs. Ivey G. Willis, Jesse
Piner; Davis, H. H. Davis, C. H.
Davis, Leslie Styron; Stacy, Wil
liam Fulcher, Andrew Mason, Lor
raine Gaskill.
Sealevel, A. B. Taylor, Hugh Sal
ter, K. W. Gaskill; Atlantic, Clay
ton Fulcher, Nolle G. Fulcher,
pollholder to be supplied; Cedar
Island, J. B. Goodwin, Walter
Goodwin, J. W. Goodwin; Ports
mouth, John R. Willis, Dorothy
May Salter, pollholder to be sup
plied. Arassiz Rescues
Yacht Thursday
The yacht Elise, bound for Phil
adelphia from Miami, Fla., was
rescued 30 miles southwest of
Cape Lookout by the Coast Guard
cutter Agassiz at 4:45 Thursday
afternoon.
The Agassiz, tied up at Port
Terminal, was radioed for .help at
2 o'clock that afternoon, and towed
the yacht into port for repair.
Aboard the stricken vessel was
the owner, Don C. Brimmer, of
Philadelphia, his wife and four
children, and four other passengers.-
The Elise's sails were ripped
sway by the wind and the motor
was out of commission.
, Mr. Brimmer stated that they
had been adrift since Wednesday
snd that they would continue
northward via the inland water
way. Tanker Leaves for Arnha
The tanker, Battle Mountain,
left Port Terminal Saturday for
Aruba in the West Indies.
She docked Friday with four
million gallons of gasoline and
fuel oil from Baytown, Tex.
Postmasters Will
Heard Awarded
At Convention
300 Delegates Expected ai
Annual State Meet, At
lantic Beach.
Representative Graham A. Bar
den, of the third Congressional dis
trict will he the featured speaker
at the annual meeting of the N. C.
Chapter, National Association of
Postmasters of the United Slates.
vhich convenes at the beach for
three days starting June 2.
More than 300 delegates from all
parts of the state will be at the
meeting which will feature busi
ness matters of postal interest and
social activities. Sportsfishing for
those who want to match their skill
against the finny fighters of sur
rounding waters and a "Postmas
ter's Jamboree" in the Surf club
will be recreation features. The
Jamboree will be the evening of
June 3.
Convention headquarters will be
at the Ocean King hotel where
some of the executive business ses
sions will be held. The larger
group meetings, however, will be
in the Surf club.
Wade C. Hill. Canton, president
of the N. C. Chapter of Postmas
ters will preside at the various
meetings. Other officials- of the
organization include J. Henry Hill,
Hickory, first vice-president: Wal
ter Rridgers. Warsaw, second vice
president; Stella Emerson, Bear
creek, third vice-president and Inez
Gibbs, Manns Harbor, fourth vice
president. Mayor George W. Dill, Morehead
City, will give the welcome ad
dress Wednesday night at the
opening meeting, movies of the
national postmasters' convention it
San Francisco will be shown!
Thursday night as well as the film.
Congressman Bardep will deli
vef the address at the closing ban
quet Friday night. v v
Business sessions, or brekfat
discussions, will be conducted each
morning at the Ocean King hotel
and the Atlantic Beach hotel for
postmasters in each of the four
postoffice classifications, Harold
Webb, Morehead City postmaster,
announced today. ,
Delegates will be taken on a
cruise to Cape Lookout Thursday
afternoon and on Friday afternoon
will tour Cherry Pint, Marine, base.
Postmaster General of the Unl
ted States, J. M. Donaldson, in
formed Mr. Webb that he will be
unable to attend the convention
because he will be at the Missouri
Postmasters meeting June 3, 4, and
5. S
Connor Youngster
Suffers h Fall ;
Jerry Conner, son of Mrs. There
sa Heuser Carver, 1306 Evans
street is recovering today in the
hospital from injuries received Fri
day afternoon at Morehead City
school when he fell 12 feet through
a trap door at the rear of the
stage. '
Jerry, who landed on his head,
received a fractured skull, blacken
ed right eye, and kidney injuries.
He was rushed to the hospital in
an ambulance and remained un"
conscious about fours hours. The
accident occurred at recess Friday.'
Jerry, a fifth grader, reported
that he thought someone was chas
ing him while he was running
across n floor he said is higher
than the stage. He saw the black
ness in front of him but thought
it was tar paper over the board!
Instead, it was a hole, the same
"trap door" through which Walter
Lewis fell last year and severely
injured his feet. It is also thought
that another youngster, fell
through it at one time.
Morehead City, Beaufort vl
Fir amen Answer Calls
Morehead City firemen 1:39 yes
terday afternoon used a booster
tank to put out a small fire in the
home of Don Mason, Fisher street,
Beaufort firemen were called '
out about 6:20 Saturday afternoon
to extinguish a small brush fire on
Ann street extension. The fire was '
out by the time they arrived.
Police Sheet Three Dogs ! '
Morehead City police shot three
dogs . during ; the I past several
months. One person, Floyd Lewisv
1406 Evans street, was bitten, but
this dog has been put under two
week's observation. Mr. Lewis re
covered.