CARTERET COUNTY As!reaomicaI Data 8ua Set Tonight 7:24 pjn. Bu JUsct Tonwrow 5:02 a .m. Mom Sets Tonight 10:04 p.m. Mora Rises Tomorow 9:13 a-m. A Merger of THE BEAUFORT NEWS (Established 1912) and THE TWIN CITY TIMES (Established 1936) 38th YEAR NO. 16. BEAUFORT AND MOREHEAD CITY, NORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY, JULY 9, 1948 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS 10c Hawkins Leads Eastern Team To 7-3 Win in All -Star Contest The Eastern All-Stars, comprised of players from Morehead City, Beaufort, Harker's Island Straits, and Marshallberg, defeated the West team, 7-3, in the Tidewater League all-star game held at Beau fort Wednesday afternoon. On the West team were players from Swansbcro, Jacksonville, Newport, and Havelock. Cemetery Group Requests Help On Fence Problem The Beaufort Cemetery Resto ration association would like per mission to have some unsightly fences removed from the grave yard unless there is someone with a heart interest who wants to res tore them, Mrs. D. F. Merrill, chairman, announced today. Where thrsc lots can be identified, permission has or will be asked, but the committee has been un able to identify the following: Near Purvis Chapel, a long nar row rectangle with old fence on three sides. Within no marked grave except for one wooden slab bearing the initials MAM. Near the above, one grave sur rounded with small fence. Within is a cypress marker with letters DG. North, near Craven Street, a fence in bad state of repair. With in are graves with wooden mark ers but no initials. Near graves of Abigail and J. P. Willis, east of the center, a small enclosure, tumbling down, no marker. In removing such fences, iron markers will be driven to define the boundaries when requested. The committee will he grateful if anyone having information on these lots, will telephone B-542-6 and report It , i... v...-, v - rassenger On Tanker, Niobe Sailing one week ago from Aru ba on the Panamanian tanker, Ni obe which docked at Port Termi nal, Jack Bachelor arrived at More head City July.' 4, and became the first known passenger to land at Morehead directly from ocean voy age. He is on his way now by train to St. Louis, Missouri. Mr. Bachelor, an Englishman, is employed as a marine engineer by the Standard Oil company in Aru ba, and the purpose of his travel to St. Louis, it is believed, is to spend a five or six-month vacation there, said Captain George W. Mayne, commander of the 7,153 ton tanker. Although the big German-built ship hailed from Aruba, a Dutch speaking isle xAl Venezuela, every one aboard was English. The Niobe unloaded at the Esso dock from the 4th to the 7th of July, and is believed to be one of the largest tankers to come to Morehead City. Beside j her one passenger, the 33-yearold ship car ried a cargo of 76,000 barrels of asphalt and a quantity of fuel oil. She is now on her wny to Chile, South America, to pick up cargo and carry It back to Aruba. The Niobe is owned by the Pa nama Transport company. Arrives CapU Tom Gaskins, 93, Dies On Ocracoke By, John A. Pan-it, Jr. OCRACOKE ISLAND, ,N. C, July 5 Captain Tom Gaskins sailed to day for the Islands of the Blessed and tonight the ghost skippers of the Seven Seas gathered to wel come him into their celestial har bor. The long shore-leave cha nit age had imposed on him Came to an end at noon when his heart stop-, ped beating and he crumpled to the ground of the oak shaded yar.d of his home when he had lived rb.'e tor a dozen :ars or more. Only an hour before, the 93-year old one-tine' skipper of schooners and clipper ships had been sitting down on the quay spinning yarns of a bygone era when sailing ves sels with two and three raking masts, their topgallant and royal sails furled, stood in the roadstead off Ocracoke. ' Perhaps he had a premonition of what was to come only a short time later, for he talked of build ing himself a ship so that he could go down to the sea again, The sea was his life and ' his love, so perhaps in the Blessed Is Chiefly responsible for the East's victory was the booming bat of Lefty Hawkins, star first baseman for Harkers Island Straits. Hawk ins had three hits in four times at bat and batted in five Eastern tallies with a single, double, and home run. Another standout offensively for the East team was Ben Hester of Beaufort, who batted 3-for-5, in cluding a double and two singles. Pitching for the East team were Jim Webb of Morehead City, Moe Willis of Harkers Island-Straits, and Stanley Johnson of Beaufort, each of whom did three-inning stints. Webb started and received credit for the win. The starting and losing pitcher for the West team was Fred Tay lor of Havelock. He was followed on the mound by Melvin Aycock of Newport, Floyd Williams of Jacksonville, and Arthur (Pappy) Diem of Swansboro. The East team broke the scor ing ice with a run in the first in ning. Elvin Davis of Marshallberg walked and stole second base. A few seconds later, Hawkins brought him in with a single. The East added two more in the third inning. With two strikes on him, Webb singled into eenterfield, and an error by centerficlder Char lie Odum, of Swansboro, in hand ling the ball allowed Webb to take second. Hester doubled him in and Hawkins followed with another doue to make the score 3 0. Singles by Myron. (Ace) Harris and Billy Davis, both of Marshall berg, and another hit by Ray H&s sell of Beaufort brought in another run in the sixth inning and made the score 4-0 in the East's favor. The East's offensive was climax ed with a threg-run outburst in the levtnth iraiM. Hester singled and Dm Yotnna tf, Hf ten Jsland Str'alu got a life via ,a miscue by siortstop Rill Holt of Swansboro. With l-e West's defense shifUd to the right for a leftiunded batter, Hiwkins then sent a long, high blast into left field, going for a' home run and scoring three tallies before it could be recovered. In the meantime, the West had been thoroughly tamed by the three Eastern hurlers for the first seven frames. They had been al lotted only three hits, all off start er' Webb. Willis no-hit th West erners for three frames, and John son duplicated this treatment in the seventh. After striking out Williams to start the eighth, Johnson also fan ned Holt, but backstop Johnny Willis of Marshallberg dropped the See ALL-STAR Page 3 Contributions Mount In Cmsade lor Children . Mrs. O. H. Johnson, chairman of the United Nations Appeal for Children, announced today that contributions are mounting, but that there is still quite a distance to go before reaching the county's $2,000 goal. Checks or money orders should be made out to "AOA United Na tions Appeal for Children," and sent to Mrs. O. H. Johnson, 2711 Evans street. Contributions may be sent also to the campaign headquarters, Ca rolina hotel, Raleigh. These dona tions will be accredited then to the county from which they come. Island July 5 lands where the sea s stormless and the winds are full but gentle he will find his old ship the An nie Wahab. Born on Ocracoke Island Dec. 19, 1854, Captain Tom took to the sea when he had barely reached his teens. For almost 40 years -he sailed up and down the Atlantic coast, but he never got down into the West Indies. He sailed the rice and corn route. The Carolinas and Georgia were his ports of call. His schoon ers carried the corn of Hyde coun ty to .Charleston and Savannah on the outward voyage and came back loaded with rice. The two ships of his life were the Annie Wahab and the Paragon, both two-masted schooners. . And both cracked up in storms off the North Carolina coast.' "Big Ike" O'Neal who is a living legend along , the Carolina Outer Banks, recalled today that both the Annie Wahab and the Paragon i See CAPT. TOM Pag X .. It Was a Happy Holiday For Morehead City Area It was a happy holiday over the Fourth of July weekend as far Morehead City was concern ed, reports Robert Lowe, secre tary of the Morehead City Cham ber of Commerce. There was. a record crowd, a record amount of money spent, and furthermore, there were no mishaps. There were over 15,000 people here for the weekend and esti mates of money spent range from $250,000 to $500,000, Mr. Lowe said. School Official Seeks Four to Fill Faculty Positions Four teacher vacancies exist in the county for the 1943-49 school torm, II. L. Joslyn, superintendent of schools, informed the board of cfUicitmn at its July mee'in;' Tues day '1101)0011 in his offic. Vacancies are as follows- math ematies teacher at Smyrna, hgih school teacher and co.u h -it At hntL. principal at Cntv Wlenn, and ;hird grade teacher ul Umkers Island. H. D. Epling, of Little Mountain, S. C, will fill the position of prin cipal at White Oak school, replac ing H. Leslie Chadwick, and Mrs. Rosalie Davis, of Davis, will teach heme economics at Smvrna. Also required is a matron at the teach erage in Newport. Thirty-six fire extinguishers were recently delivered to the county and will be placed in the schools. Mr. Joslyn also reported that repairs are being made at Newport and Smyrna schools and that the new roof on White Oak school has been completed. SptiC tanks were recently installed al the Atlantic teacherage. ' . Plan are heia nujdtwjmprw the school building at Harkers Island also. These include laying a new roof. Three Drivers Pay Heavy Fines Three drivers paid stiff fines Tuesday morning in recorder's court on charges of drunk driving, heading a light docket of 23 cases. Judge L. R. Morris was on the bench. The three defendants were James Willis Moody, John R. Blackman, and Vina Wetherington. and all were ordered to pay $100 fines pnd costs of court. Moody pleaded guilty to charges of driving drunk and without a license, and Miss -Wetherington pleaded guilty to the charge of driving drunk and doing damage to personal property. Blackman plead ed guilty to a lone charge of drunk driving. William Peterson, charged with hit and run, doing damage to per sonal property, and driving with out a license, pleaded guilty to the no license charge, while the state reserved the right to prosecute the defendant some time in the future in regard to the other counts. In another case Milton Lewis was charged with assault, but the court found malicious prosecution and taxed the plaintiff with the costs of court. The state also reserved the right to prosecute in the case of Elzy Guthrie, who was charged with abandonment and non-support and assault on his wife. Obelia Wilson, charged with pub lic drunkenness, was found guilty and ordered confined to jail for 30 See DRIVERS Page 2 Four Conventions Will Be Held Here This Month Four conventions, scheduled for Atlantic Beach this month, will brine approximately 500 persons to the Morehead City area. First will be the N. C. Dairy Products association July 1516, Approximately 300 delegates are expected. On July 23 and for four days the N. C. Utilities Coordina ting committee wfll convene on the beach with approximately 50 re presentatives in attendance. On July 25, the American Insti tute of Architects, (N. C. Chapter) will convene at the Atlantic Beach Hotel. One hundred and twenty five delegates are expected. .Start ing on July 26 will be the summer meeting of the Department of Con servation and Development which will, bring a large number of of ficials and citizens, interested in fishing commercially, to the Morr bead City area.: ' ) " " " " - Mainlanders Join Islanders July 5 'Nine Old Men' Defeat Coast Guard in Game of Softball OCRACOKE ISLAND, N. C , Ju ly 5 Dozens of Island visitors joined with Ocncokers today in a lusty celebration of Indepen dence Day. Streaming here from the heat ridden cities of the mainland, the holiday weekenders gathered at the Coast Guard base with some 400 islanders to participate in the fes tivities. The celebration got under way at 1 p.m. when young Clifton Aus tin, son of a Coast Guardsman, ran up the Stars and Stripes on the base flagpole. Still standing at attention, the crowd sang the first verse of the Star Spangled Banner, which was led by Harvey Wihab of the Coast Guard. Dr. Charles J. Tilley, pastor of the Ocracoke Methodist church, then offered a prayer and made a few .brief remarks befitting the occasion. The gathered crowd also bowed in silent tribute to Captain Tom Gaskins, whose death had occurred only a few minutes before. Highlight of the program was a Softball game between Ocracoke's "Nine Old Men" and the Coast Guard. The "Nine Old Men" won by a score of 22 to 15. Hunter Robinson, one of the guiding hands of' the occasion, had rigged up swings and a merry-go-round for the children. John Parris was master of ceremonies. State Sets Deadlines In Car Insnaction Program Because the mechanical inspec tion lane program has been lagging the past several months, officials of the state motor vehicle depart ment have set deadlines for the various models of cars. There are only six month.; left in .n car inspection program and only 250,185 of the state's 862,252 vehicles have passed through the lanes. The deadlines are as follows: 1. All vehicles of models up to and including 1936 and vehicles of models 1947 and 1948 must be in spected by August 31. 2. Models 1938, 1939, 1943, 1944, and 1945 must be inspected by Oct ober 31. 4. Models 1940 and 1942 must be inspected by November 30. 5. Models 1941 and 1949 must be inspected by December 31. In passing the law requiring in spection of vehicles, the 1947 Gen eral Assembly set no such dead lines. However, officials point out that, the low does give the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles the authority to promulgate rules and regulations that he deems ne cessary to the administration of the law. By setting these deadlines, Direc tor Arthur T. Moore of the Mech anical Inspection Division said, the department can be assured that all registered vehicles have visited in spection lanes by the year's end. Rush Avoided "In this way," he added, "the lanes will not have to undergo such a tremendous rush at the end of the year." The law requires inspection of all vehicles once this year and twice a year hereafter. The new deadlines, officials pointed out, won't prevent vehicle owners from taking their cars and trucks to inspection lanes earlier than the specified times. For in stance, if the owner of a 1941 ve hicle wants to have his car inspect ed during July, that will be fine, even though the actual deadline for inspection of 1941 models is not until December 31. The operation of any uninspect ed motor vehicle after the time Three Commissioners Fail To Show Up at Meeting Although county commissioners were notified by letter last Thurs day that the board would meet at 10 o'clock Tuesday morning only Wallace G. Styron and Dr. K. P. B. Bonner showed up. These commissioners waited un til 11:30 for C. Z. Chappell, Tilton Davis, and Lionel Pelletier, then gave up and went home. Only one more commissioner was necessary for a quorum. The board had planned to take final action on the 1948-49 budget Dr. Bonner announced that they would attempt another meeting, Monday, July 12, at 10 o'clock. County's Show to Bound for Philadelphia Irvin Davis, pictured above, Car teret county's register of deeds, is scheduled to leave today for Phi ladelphia where he will attend the Democratic National convention. Mr. Davis is one of lour dele gates from the Third Congressional district. From New Bern ho will motor with John Lai kins and Lib by Ward, state senators, to Wash ington. From there they will take a train to Philadelphia. When asked who he was going to vole for, Mr. Davis replied. 'Pre sident Truman W'.ic else is thew 7" Pclletfer Club to Meet The Pellet icr Home Demonstra tion club will meet at V!:30 lo-lay at the church. Topic will be "Tne Making of Wills." limit set for inspection of the va rious models will be a violation of the law, officials emphasized. A provision Is made, howevpr, that a motor vehicle which is ac quired after the time limit foi its inspection and which docs not have a seal of approval may be -.'resented for inspection within 20 days after the date of acquisition. The operation of the vehicle within this 20,-day period will not be deemed a violation of the law. Any person operating such a vehicle must have with him during this period a bill of sale or other evidence showing the date and place of acquisition of the vehicle and from whom it was purchased. Rules for '4!. Officials yesterday also announ ced regulations for the semi-anu-nual inspection beginning in 1949. The first period in 1949 will be from January 1 through June 30. the second from July 1 through December 31. The regulation slates that "any motor vehicle required to be in spected during a semi annual in spection period shall not be in spected earlier than five months nor later than seven months fol lowing the preceding inspection." It also states that vehicles in spected during 'the first six months of 1948 must be submitted for the first semi-annual inspection in 19 49 on or before March 31. Moore said that the reason for the five to seven months period between inspections was that some motorists might wait until Dec ember 30 to have their 1948 inspec tion, and then might rush back to the lanes on January 2 for the first semiannual inspection. He added that such an inspection so close behind the first would be of little value. Beginning with January 1, the owner of a vehicle will be given 30 days from the date of acquisition to have the vehicle inspected. The owner must have with him at al) times and produce for the inspec tion of any lawful officer or ern ploye of the Mechanical Inspection Division a bill of sale showing the date ' and place of acquisition of the vehicle, Tide Table HIGH , ' "Friday, July 10:10 a.m. 10:30 p.m. Saturday, July 4:08 a.m. 4:17 p.m. ' Sunday, July ll:5a.m. Monday, July 12:15 a.m. 12:50 p.m. - Tuesday, July 1:11 a.m. , 1:52 p.nv LOW 9 4:08 a.m. 4:17 p.m. 10 4:57 a.m. 5:15 p.m. 11 5:48 a.m. 6:14 p.m. 12 6:39 a.m. 7:20 p.m. 13 7:35 a.m. 8:27 p.m. First Antique Open Thursday Morehead City's first antique ex hibit and sale will be held Thurs day and Friday of next week in the Carteret County Recreational center, the former USO, on She pard street. The exhibit will open at 11 o'clock Thursday morning, July 15, and close at 10 o'clock that night. Luncheon will be served at 1 o'clock Tuesday and reservations should be made by phoning M 8511, it was announced today. On the following day, the show, which is being sponsored by the Morehead City Women's club, will be open from f) a.m. until 1 p.m. The exhibit and sale is under the direction of Bess Hyman Guion, of New Bern. Aero Club Tour Arrives Today The welcome mat will be out to members of the North Carolina Aero club at Morehead City air port this afternoon. Earl Taylor, manager of the Morehead City field will fly to Rocky Mount with several other local pilots for the opening luncheon of the annual tour. The group, comprised of approxi mately 50 member pilots, their wives and guests, will leave Rocky Mount and land at Morehead in time for an afternoon on the sands of Atlantic IV-aeh. Taylor has plan ned a reception at the airport prior dinner Friday night. The management of the Carolina Racing association and the Surf club have offered their facilities for entertainment of the group this evening. Owners of the private planes will assemble tomorrow morning at the airport and proceed up the Outer Banks to Ocracoke, where they will be entertained for luncheon. The group is then expected to split up, some winding up the weekend with a return to More head City for fishing and a week end at the beach. This is the second annual tour of the North Carolina Aero club and it is hoped will become an annual affair. Approximately twice as many pilots and guests as were en last year's tour arc expected this year. Camp Players To Present Revue "The Gay Nineties Revue," a musical show of the decade term ed the Naughty Nineties, will be presented tonight and tomorrow night at the Roda Theatre by the Camp Morehead Players. Camp Morehead is a summer camp for boys located on Boguc Sound west of Morehead City. This Gay Nineties Revue was first produced August 11, 1947 in the camp gymnasium as one of the features of a new drama group. The group really got its start with the Revue, and now the Camp Morehead Players plan weekly program,- dances, and a major production each month. The idea for the Gay Nineties Revue was conceived by Bill Trot man, of Winston-Salem, when he came to the camp to help wiMi dramatics in 1947. In collabora tion with Billy Barnes, of Wilson, the complete plans were drawn up, and the ten different numbers went into rehearsal. A cast of over 20 people rang ing in age from 6 to 20 met daily to put the finishing touches on the can-can, the barber shop quar tet, and the various other num bers. Then on August 11 the show was a finished production, and the opening night audience acclaimed it as a hit; so the Revue was pro duced one more time that season with the same favorable result. Al though the cast was young and in experienced, it was agreed that each boy, doing his best, put over a show that Camp Morehead was proud of. Cargo Transport Unloads Marines al Port Terminal ' Two hundred six Marines of the second division, Camp Lejeune, re turned to their base near Jackson ville Wednesday afternoon after the cargo transports USS Vermil lion docked at Port Terminal. The transport left yesterday morning for Norfolk. The Marines' six months' sea duty which ended Wednesday, included training in the Mediterranean area. Beaufort Police Receive Thanks from Salesman The Beaufort police depart ment recently received a pat on the back from a visitor who was impressed by the efficiency of the local gendarmes during his stay here. Sharing (he laurels with the policemen is L. W. llas sell, mayor of Beaufort. The satisfied "customer" is Joe L. Young, southern sales manager of a company in St. Louis, Mo., who wrote the fol lowing letter to Mayor llasscll: Hon. L. W. llasscll, Beaufort, N. C. My Dear Sir: Please let me thank you and your efficient police department for making my first visit to your lovely city a pleasant one. It's a shame we don't have more cities like yours, that haven't forgotten the true south ern hospitality. Cordially yours, Joe L. Young Ball Game Nets Lions Club $165 The Donkey Baseball game, sponsored by Morehead City Lions netted the club $165.40, it was re ported Friday night at the organ ization's meeting at the Carteret Recreation center. This amount will he applied to the club's year round program of aid to the blind and the physically-handicapped. Speaker at Friday night's meet ing was Gaither Beam, retired dis trict governor of district 31C. Mr. Beam, from Lewisburg, is making his 72nd official visit tr"LlfMH clubs throughout this district. Thus far these trips have totaled 11,000 miles, he remarked. The next regular meeting of the Lions club will be at 7:15 Friday night, Fort Macon hotel. To be dis cussed will be the establishment of a Lions auxiliary. Flag Pole In Front Of School Snapped Off The flagpole in front of More head City High school, near the street, was snapped off cleanly three feet from the ground early Thursday morning. ' No one reported having seen the incident but an unidentified per son said he heard a noise at 2 a. m. which might have been the pole falling, according to E. J. Willis, chief of police. Morehead City police state that upon examining the metal stump it appeared the pole had already been split halfway through the diameter at the breaking point and whatever struck it above the split finished the job neatly. Purse Boat Makes Rescue A purse boat from the Slck'e, menhaden boat owned by David and Calvin Jones, picked up three men and a girl, all unidentified, who were floundering in the water when their skiff overturned Tues day in the Straits. All were un injured. He Manages Large Coastal C:V.?.;V' Wiuton WahabTwbo recently Virginia, is shown here talking to a client of Coastland Realty Co, In Manteo. He is the son of R. 8. Wahab of Ocracoke Island, wh recently established the firm which is operated by his children, Wilson Wahab U the secretary-treasurer of the firm and also its (etldent manager In Manteo and along the Outer Banks; Tne firm specializes in real estate and homesites on the Islands of the Outer Banks, (Phot by Aycock Brown) Jaycees to Meet Weekly at Center Power Siiuation Discussed; Bank Establishment Prospects Reported Dull For the first time Monday nignt the Morehead City Junior Cham ber of Commerce held its regular weekly meeting at the Carteret Recreation center. They will meet at the center for four consecutive weeks. Formerly, meetings were held at the Fort Macon hotel. The Junior Chamber has not decided us yet to return to the hotel at the termination of the four week pe riod or to continue holding their meetings at the Recreation cen ter. At the next meeting a roast tur- key dinner will he served, and Miss Morehead City of 1948 will provide entertainment. . The Tide Water Power situa tion was discussed. Steps are be ing taken to rectify it and final results of a recent survey by A. II. Jones, vice president of Tide Water company, will be forthcom ing shortly, it was announced. - The committee appointed lo look into the possibility of estab lishing another hank in Morehead City reported that the prospects did not look very bright at pres ent. Lawrence Austin, Jaycee, from High Point, was guest speaker at the meeting. He gave pointers on; the waste paper drive to he made in Morehead July 25. The pro ceeds of the drive will go to civic betterment. Officer Reports On District Meet B. JV'May, ncwIy-installViP'preii dent of Beaufort Rotarv club, gave ' a leport on the district asTobIy a!. Wrighlsville Beach at Tuesday night's meeting at the Inlet inn. Mr. May named members. of his committees and told the club that the ceunm; Rotary yea.-, with their cooperation, should br the best (he have yet eNpeni'iiccd y He announced th.it the J8fh district convention would he hell in May of next vear ana that the Rotary International convention will be held in June, PM9, in New York City. N. F. Euro wis named chairman of the committee on in ternational convention information. Guests at the meetine were Dn vid Murray, Morehead .'ily Hot Bri an, James Alexander, of Green ville, Grant Leonard, of Detroit, Mich., and Thomas 11. Carrow, of Philadelphia. At last week's meelini; Mr. Car row, whose scries "Memories of Beaufort in the Nineties," is run ning in The News-Times, was speaker for the evening. "1 Dr. J. 0. Baxter Attends National Elks Convention ; Dr. J. O. Baxter of Beaufort li now attending the annual national Philadelphia convention of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks as an alternate delegate,! Lou Gore of Morehead City, Ex alted Ruler of local Elks, is not attending the convention because of a recent death in his family. ' Really Company " I graduated from the lnienny i,

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