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CARTERET COUNTY Astronomical Data Sun Sets Tonight 7:20 p.m. Sun Rises Tomorrow 5:09 a.m. Full Moon Rises Tonight 7:32 p.m. Full Moon Sets Tomorrow 4:20 a.m. 10c A Merger o! THE EEAUFORT NEWS (Established 1912) and THE TWIN CITY TIMES (Established 1936) 38th YEAR N0.19. BEAUFORT AND MOREHEAD CITY, NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY, JULY 20, 1948 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS Mews Health Office Investigates Complaints on Dixie Dairy Defendant Waives Hearing in Case On Counterfeiting Norman C. Oitaway Faces Trial on Charge of Pass ing Bogus Bills Norman C. Ottaway, Holly Ridge, will be tried-in the next term of federal court, New Bern, on a charge of passing bogus $20 bills, Cpi. V. L. tjpruill, head of the Car teret county state highway patrol reported last night. Ottaway, held by authorities at New Bern last week, and then re leased for lack of sufficient evi dence, was arrested Saturday morning at his home by Corporal Spruill, Cpl. H. C. Johnson of the Jacksonville Highway patrol, and R. W. Dickinson of the secret ser vice. wttaway waived hearing Sunday night before federal commission er, Mrs. Matilda H. Turner, New Bern. five phoney $20-bills were found in this area last weekend. One was passed at Mansfield service station, another at the dog race track, one at the Carolina Tele phone and Telegraph office, More head City, and two at New Bern. The bogus bills are known to be part of an output of several years ago in the New York area. Federal authorities destroyed most of the counterfeit production before the war but a certain amount was known to be out. - The bills that could not be lo cated are the ones filtering into this section now, investigators say. . .' Ottaway was picked up after au thorities had gained additional evidence against him. 10 Meat Markets i f n hi in louniy nate a The sanitary ratings of meat markets of Carteret county as re leased by the county , health depart ment in Beaufort, appear below. A. D. Fulford, senior sanitarian, Inspected the markets. The ratings r,f the hotels and restaurants were published in Friday's NEWS TIMES. Dr. N. Thomass Ennett, county health officer, said that the local eating places have, in general, raised their standards. The re port was a quarterly statement covering half of the county's hotels, restaurants, and meat mark ets. Of the 24 meat markets in the county inspected in the past quar ter, covering April, May and June, 10 had "A" ratings, 13 had "B" and one had "C." The meat market ratings are: Potter's Grocery, Beaufort, 92.0; L. & W. Food Store, Morehead City, 91.5: Lindsev Guthrie Gro cery, Morehead City, 91.0; Dave Lewis Grocery, Morehead City, 91. 0; City Grocery, Morehead City, 91. 0. A & P Grocery, Morehead City, 90.5; Chadwick's Grocery, Harkers Island, 90.5; City Grocery, Beau fort, 90.5; Atlantic Beach Grocery, Atlantic Beach, 90.5; Freeman Bros. Grocery, Morehead City, 90.0. Broad Street Grocery, Beaufort, 86.0; S & P Grocery, Beaufort. 86.0; M. T. Owens, Beaufort, 84.5; Strick land's Grocery, Morehead City, 82. 0; Luther Smith Grocery, Morehead City, 81.0. 4 'Willis Grocery, Morehead City, 81.0; Reams' Grocery, Morehead City. 81.0; Willis Grocery, More head City, 81.0; Chadwick's Gro cery, Smyrna, 80.5; Connors Gro cery, Harlowe, 80.0. . Garner's Grocery, Morehead Ci ty, 80.0r Hill's Grocery, Newport, 80.0; Taylor's Grocery, Harlowe, 80.0; Bryant's Grocery, Bettie, 78.0. Mew Nurse Eegins Work With HeaLh Department Mrs. Mildred Louise Spivey, Bet tie, began work this week as a public health nurse with the Car teret County Health department. Mrs. Spivey, who has Just com pleted an orientation course in public health nursing at Goldsboro, has served the past several years - as anesthetist at Rex hospital, Ra Stale Agriculture Department Reports Milk 'Above Minimum Standard Health Officer Says To investigate complaints receiv ed at the county health depart ment on milk distributed by Dixie Dairy Products, incorporated, Morehead City, Dr. N. Thomas En nett, health officer, recently called a meeting of county and town of ficials and H. P. Scripture, man ager of the dairy. According to reports on dairies from the State Agriculture depart ment which were reviewed at the meeting, Dixie Dairy milk "rated much above the minimum stand ard . . . particularly as to butter fat and low bacteria count." Dr F.nnett said in a statement from the health department today. "No sample was below the mini mum butter fat requirement, and only one sample was above the minimum bacteria count," conti nued the health officer. All other? were much below ibe minimum r quirement as to bacteria ... In any series of milk examinations from any dairy it is common for one or more of them to show 8 high bacteria count," he comment ed. Recent complaints about the milk distributed by the Morehea( City dairy have been that the milk went out in dirty bottles, that it was of inferior quality, and it was sour when delivered. Mr. Scripture answered these questions and explained the rea sons for occasional cause of com plaint to the satisfaction of the health department, Dr. Ennett said, and also to the satisfaction of the following officials who attended the meeting: Dr. K. P. B. Bonner, chairman of the county board of health, L. W. Hassell, mayor of Beaufort, 0. W. Dill, Jr., mayor of Morehead Oty, and a. v. Ful fordT sanitaria '. Dr. Ennett's report of the meet ing appears here in full: "Some of the complaints were quite general and not susceptible to a specific answer. Others were specific, such as; milk in dirty bottles, impure milk, watered milk, small cream-line, bad taste or fla vor, sour milk, etc. ' After enumerating the various complaints, an effort was made to find the basis for these complaints. The first thing investigated wps the records on file in the Health Department Offices of the milk la boratory examinations. Since the Carteret County Health Depart ment Office has no milk laboratory of its own these examinations were made by the State-District Milk Laboratory in the Craven County Health Department. (Samples for examination are collected by the local Health Department Sanitari an at irregular times, purposely, from the dairy plant, the dairy truck, and the retailer'. There were 11 such examinations made by the District Laboratory covering the period from January 1,1948 to July 1, 1948. "In addition to the reports nn the amoles examined for the Health Department, (samples are also colected by the State Agricul ture Department, from the various J.T. Davenport, R.T. Willis Began Morehead' s First Wholesale Grocery By F. C. Salisbury Back in 1911, J. T. Davenport and R. T. Willis formed a part nership for the conducting of a wholesale grocery business in this city. Mr. Davenport came to More head City from Pamlico county in 1906 and opened a general store In the building now occupied by the Service Center, disposing of his stock some five years later. R. T. Willis who had been in business for aeveral years had just disposed of this stock bf mer chandise to Frank and John Kline when he formed the partnership with Mr. Davenport A two story wooden building was erected by the firm on a lot opposite the power plant for the housing of their business. Later, a one story addition was built on the east side of the main structure which was rented to Joe B. Lewis who' for several years manufactur ed a line of soft drinks. After a few months time, Mr. Willis withdrew from the firm to return to the retail business. He erected the two-story brick block now occupied by Theodore Econo mon. This wai the first brick building in the 700 block. , Mr. Willis conducted his business at this location for nearly twenty yean before moving back to bit former and present location. dairies of the state, including Dixie Dairy, and these reports from the Agriculture Department were fur nished to the respective Local Health Departments. The report rather than rising to the top as from the Agriculture, on Dixie Dairy, on file in the Local Health Department, was submitted at the meeting along with the reports from the District Milk Laboratory. All of these renorts were compared with the Milk Ordinance rrqui'e ment, adopted by the Local Health Department, for grade A pasteur ized milk; and it was found ihM the Dixie Dairy milk rated much above the minimum standard of the Milk Ordinance nnrl icii'arlv -s to butter fat and low bacteria count. No sample was below the minimum butter fat requirement, and only one sample was above the minimum bacteria count. All others being much below the mini mum requirement as to bnptcria As a matter of information we might add that in any scries of milk examinations it is common for one or more of them to show a high bacteria count, even from the best of dairies. "In connection with milk being sent out in dirty bottles, Mr. Scripture admitted that this con dition did occur at intervals, even though he made eery effort to prevent it; he. however, promised to re-double his efforts nlon this line. He called attention to the fact though, that many consumers seem to pay little attention to the requirement that they, the con sumers, return the milk bottles clean. He said that some consu mers actually use the milk bottles as containers for other substances some bottles being returned Tvith evidences that paint, varnish, etc., had been put in them. "As to the taste of the milk, the fact was brought out that at cer tain seasons of the year pastures may contain young onions, garlic, sour weed, etc., and that this flavor or taste was carried over into 1h milk, though it in no way effected the purity of the milk. (The milk ordinance has no regulation gov erning the taste of milk due to pasteurage). "In the discussion it was brought out that old milk, on a few occas sions, had been shipped to the Dixie Dairy, but the facj that it was old had not been discovered by the dairy before the milk w.ts distributed. However, it appeared that the most frequent cause of the consumer getting old or soured milk was due to a condition be yond - the control of the Dixie Dairy; for instance, the milk truck might deliver the milk in good con dition, but the housewife would allow the milk to stand on the doorstep for several hours before being put in the refrigerator; in other instances the milk in crates brought to the retail merchant were oftened allowed to sit on the floor unduly lone before being placed in the refrigeration box; in another instance.' the householder See INVESTIGATION Page 7 ' -,' - .' - , , ,' ' . y ' - ? i ' r ' jk ",'',. --' ' " ' . '-t' ' I V- 'V-'V'. ,.' ' 'V : - X.' ' , f Wholesale Grocery 1911 Following the moving of Mr. Davenport to Sanford some twenty-five years ago the Davenport building was taken over by the late J. C. Helms who for several years operated a wholesale grocery and fruit , business. Later , the building was converted into ga Cash, Revolver Taken from Home Police Undertake Search For Denton B. Thaves, Transient Printer Police in both Morehead City and Jacksonville are searching to day for Denton B. (Dugan) Thaves, printer, who is reported to have stolen approximately $16 and a 32 Colt automatic from the home of Mr. and Mrs. Otis Simmons, 7th and Bridges street, late Sunday af ternoon. Thaves, who was rooming at the Simmons home, left there Tues day morning to go to Jacksonville where he is reported by Billy Ar thur, publisher of the Jackson ville paper, to have stolen $123 cash from the office early Satur day evening. Mrs. Simmons said today that Thaves returned to her home, a second floor apartment, while she and Mr. Simmons were out Sun day. He took his clothes, a purse containing about $13, their child's piggy bank which contained about $3, the revolver and a box of bul lets, she reported. Thaves, who was seen in More head City Sunday night, may still be in this locality, according to authorities. He came here Friday a week ago from Staunton, Va., stated Lockwood Phillips, publisher of THE NEWS-TIMES, for whom Thaves worked for Ihree davs. At the end of that time the printer left, telling the Simmons that he had been "transferred" to Jacksonville to work at the Onslow News and Views. Mr. Arthur said that Thaves was left alone in the shop Satur day to finish some work and it was then that, he probably broke through two doors leading to the front office. There he found the key to the cash drawer and renoov- . .. 1 ' f Lions Club Hopes To Start Auxiliary Lions of Morehead City decided at their meeting Friday night in the Hotel Fort Macon to establish a ladies' auxiliary if their wives are interested. A speaker from the Kinston Lions auxiliary will explain re quirements and the plans for or ganization at a Lions club ladies' night in the near future. In addition to their auxiliary project, the men are investigalhg possibilities of providing night lighting at Wade Brothers ball park. They will meet the Junior Cham ber of Commerce ball team on the Wade diamond at 5 o'clock tomor row evening. Rumor Reported False Rumors that Harvev Smith, Beaufort, was kiled over the weekend in a plane crash weie re ported today to be wi'.muf foun datinn. rage and was conducted as uch until the building was torn down, Through the generosity of the: late Charles S. Wallace the property was given to the local Boy Scouts ts a place for their meetings the second floor being converted' into an assembly ball for the boyi v Gov. R. Gregg Cherry to Address Conservation Board Next Tuesday White Oak Men To Sell Leaf On Georgia Market Farmers of White Oak township, Carteret county, will leave the last of this week to sell their tobacco on the Georgia-Florida market which opens tomorrow, B. J. May, production marketing administra tor, announced today. Other opening dates for the markets arc as follows: border belt (South Carolina and southeastern North Carolina), Aug. 3; East Ch rolina belt (Goldsboro, Rocky Mount, Kinston), Aug. 19; middle belt (Durham section), Sept. 2, and old belt (Piedmont and west ern section), Sept. 13. Measuring of tobacco acreage in the county is just about complete, Mr. May reported. Approximate ly 1,700 acres arc being grown by Carteret farmers. The allot ment is 1,722. Last year's allot ment was 2.400. Twenty-two hun dred acres were planted then, 500 more than this year. Several farmers overplanted their allotment but these fields have been destroyed, Mr. May s;iid, making it possible for the county to stay within the 1,722 limit. Men who assisted in tobacco measuring are Gus Lancaster, Jr., Beaufuort RFD. W. .1. Hardesty, Harlowe, Y. Z. and Harry O. Sim mons, Newport, Horace C. Morris, Stella, and Roy T. Norris, New port. Spot checkers, (those who re chok4.ttie atinal iwww. ments) were Mr. Norris, Mr Lan caster, and Mr. Hardesty. Mr. May checked excess acreage. Mrs. Grant Lewis, of Marshall berg, who for 10 years worked in the AAA office, has left to work at Beaufort Fisheries, beginning Aug 1, Mr. May reported. Because of a cut in the budget her position will not be filled at present, the administrator added. Auto left Case Heard by Mayor The case of McDonald Carraway, Havelock, charged yesterday aft ernoon in Morehead City police court with "temporary larceny" of tn automobile, was bound over to recorder's court in Beaufort a week from today and was placed under $500 bond. Guilford D. Tur ncll, also of Havelock, was bound over to recorder's court as an ac cessory before the fact and was placed in $100 bond. The automobile, owned by David Chaney, was stolen from in front of a pool hall in Havelock Friday night, according to Mr. Chaney The two young men were picked up in Morehead City after Carra way, the driver, was found sigzag ping on a city thoroughfare, po lice reported. Both Carraway and Tunnell had to be helped out of the vehicle by policemen, officials said. Chaney explained that he had left the Ignition key in the car because he sometimes had trouble with the switch. Besides being charged with be ing an accessory before the fact Tunnell was accused of beins drunk and disorderly, for which he paid $15 and court costs. The other charge, however, was out of the jurisdiction ot the city court and was therefore bound to re corder's court. Probable cause was found in the case of James Harold Wade, charg ed with peeping and prowling, and the case was bound to recorder's court for action this morninc Wade was ordered to, post $100 bond. . ( , Wade is accused of peeping and prowling on the grounds of the Jefferson hotel July 5. A prowler, spotted by Paul Cleland who re sides at the hotel, wit reported to the desk clerk, 'Norman Larkee1, who in turn called police. Neither Cleland, Larkee, or M. B. Wade who Alto saw the prowler, could Identify him positively as Wade In court today. ;;' When apprehended, Wade alleg edly threatened to kill anyone who would try to cause trouble : for Wm.,f ' tv;,. v.':':;J '. ' Three other case were also heard. "The case sguist Marvin See MAYCX'S COUXT Paga 1 Two Beaufort Boys Meet At Anchorage, Alaska Two boys from Beaufort rem inisced for 24 hours on July 4 at Anchorage, Alaska, when they accidentally met. They, Pvt. Joseph Willis and Lloyd L. Barn hill, S 1r, had a "big time to gether," said Private Willis in a letter to THE NEWS-TIMES. Private Willis, the son of Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Willis, 305 Tur ner street, Beaufort, is stationed at Fort Richardson, Alaska, and is a member of a crash boat crew. Seaman Barnhill Is serv ing aboard the USS Kankakee AO 39. Private Willis said that Sea man Barnhill was particularly interested in a relaying a big hello to a special friend of his in Beaufort, Mildred Simpson. Health Office Requests Children To Attend Gink Letters arc being sent this week by the county health department to parents of the 50 children se lected for examination at the an nual eye clinic sponsored by the Morehead City Lions club. The clinic will be held at the health department office in Beaufort August 4. The service is for the benefit of children who cannot afford tc have their eyes examined or cor fdtiv a nrfvate anreialiRt. me cording to Dr. N. Thomas Ennett, health officer. The children will he examined by Dr. James B Hawea, of Washington, N. C, a specialist employed by the state commission for the blind. Dr. Hawes was here two years ago for the same work. Some of the children will need glasses, some will have glasses changed, and others will need some aort of mild surgery, Dr Ennett remarked. The examination will be free tnd glasses will be provided free for those who are not able to pay The purpose of the letters being sent to the parents is to make cer tain that the appointments with the children arc definite, for the clinic will be held for one day only. In case some of the chil dren cannot come, their places will be given to others. Employment Office Places 3,178 Persons During June There were 3,178 people placed in jobs in the county through the U, S. Employment Service during the month of June, according to Mrs. E. W. Tenncy, office mana ger, Morehead City. Of that num ber, 2,988 were migrant workers placed in agriculture and 190 were placed in Industry. Of the agricultural workers, 298 were veterans and of the industrial workers there were 57 veterans. Thirty-six of the persons placed in industry were women. ' Reception contacts at the U. S. Employment Service office total ed 1,212. Of this number 187 were veterans and 154 were women. Two hundred and fifteen of the reception contacts were referred to employers seeking workers. Thursday Rainfall Saves County's Sweet Potatoes, Corn, Hay, Tomatoes Rain yesterday afternoon, the second heavy shower in five days, has greatly improved the outlook of the farmer whose sweet pota toes, corn, hay and late canning type tomatoes were saved by rain Thursday, the first in many days. Farmers all over the state were benefited, but agriculture officials say that much more rain will have to fall to Insure saving the greater part of the state's crops. The rain came too late to help most of Carteret's tobacco growers. Approximately 50 per cent of the county's tobacco has been taken into the barns. Official record of rainfall Thurs day was 1.45 inches. There were also traces of precipitation Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, E. Stamey Davis, official weather observer re ported. A light but steady shower fell Governor R. Gregg Cherry will address the North Carolina Board of Conservation and Development summer meeting at 10 o'clock next Tuesday morning at the adminis tration building located on the state property west of Morehead City, formerly known as the sec tion base. Following the talk by the state's chief executive, four leaders in education and research will report on the newly-established fisheries institute. They are Chancellor ,1 W. Harrelson, North Carolina State college, Dr. Frank P. Graham, "resident of the University of North Carolina, Dr. Harden F Taylor, research professor of the Fisheries Research institute, and Dr. R. E. Coker, director of re search, both of the University o' North Carolina. The board's meeting will oper Monday morning, July 20. at If o'clock. Mayor George W. Dill Jr., Morehead City, will deliver the welcome address, following thr invocation by the Rev. Harold G Cuthrcll, ef Marshallbcrg. Proposals and suggestions o fishing law changes will be hearc' by the board at public hearinr H-heduled at 10:45. Followinr lunch, reports will be made b' heads of the boards of various di visions: Capt. John A. Nelson commercial fisheries. Bill Sliarpe slate news bureau, W. K. Beich ler, forestry, T. W. Morse, parks, ,1. L. Stuckcy, mineral resources, W. H. Riley, water resources, W. Ray Bishop, auditor, and Paul Kel ly, commerce and industry. Four committee meetings will be held Tuesday afternoon. The forestry and parks committee will meet at 2:30 in the board room, commercial (fisheries at 2:30 in the committee room, commerce and Industry at 3:30 and mineral and water resources at '3:30 all at the section base. .. The board will be entertained nt a clam bake and square dance at 8 o'clock Tuesday night by El mer Willis at Williston. In addition to an executive ses sion Wednesday morning there will be more committee reports including information on petrol eum, Fort Caswell, Buggs Island, Fort Macon park, Tryon palace, White Lake, inlets and waterways. Josh L. Home, Rocky Mount vice-chairman of the board, will preside at all business sessions. Waste Paper Drive Morehead City Jaycees swung in to final plans this week for theii Sunday waste paper drive which will begin at 1:30 in the afternoon Residents are requested to tic up all paper in bundles not exceed ing 100 pounds. All rags are to be bundled together also. They shoulr be placed at the curb so that trucks can easily nick them up Kenneth Wagner, chairman of the committee, has announced. The Jaycees are planning to con duct waste paper drives oner every 60 days to aid in cleaning the city, help dispose of fire ha zards in homes and places of bu siness, and to secure funds to carrj on work of the Junior Chambe of Commerce. The paper and rags will be pur chased by the Southern Felt com pany. for about half an hour yesterday afternoon. The mid-summer forecast of the Federal-State Crop Reporting ser vice paints a rosy picture of the agricultural scene on the basis o' July 1 Information, then reverses itself somewhat by pointing out that ground moisture was "be coming dangerously low in many parts of the state." The cron forecasters summarize the situation as follows: Com Another record-breaking crop, with a record yield of 32 bushels an acre from a record acreage o' 2,300,000, was in prospect July 1. The effect of dry weather in early July will not be known until after August 1, the forecasters warned. Cotton' Acreage estimated at 730,000, or See BAIN Pag 1 No New Victims Of Polio Reported To Health Officer Two Women Siricken ai Cherry Poini Taken !o Wilmington No new ca.ses of polio have been reported in Carteret county, Dr. N. Thomas Knnctt, county health iffiier said today. To date only wo children in the county have been stricken with polio. Both of them, Jean Chadwick, 8, of Beaa fort, and Jasper Lawrence, 5, of Morehead City, have been report (d as doing well. Dr. F.nnett said that his depart ment is being flooded with in quiries about the polio situation every day. Two ca.ses of infantile paralysis, olh white women in their twen ties, were reported, this week at ''herry Point by Dr. Eugene A. Rain, newly-appointed Craven county health officer. The victims are Mrs. R. E. Mor gan, 23 and Mrs. Betty Blackman, 25. The homes of both have been quarantined and the patients Te meved to James Walker hospital, Wilmington. K. Stamey Davis, plumbing in spector, Morehead City, made a special request today that resi dents inspect their plumbing sys tems to insure against possible leaks -whereby awag .-may come in Contact With ' the atmosphere, making spread of the polio virus possible. Mr. Davis recently received a communication from the State Board of Examiners of Plumbing and Heating Contractors. The let ter was prompted by word from the United States Health depart ment declaring that polio is in the epidemic stage in this state. Part of the letter from W. F. Morrison of the state board of ex aminers, follows: '! . "We of this Agency are very much concerned with the fact that virus of the deadly polio have been found in human excreta, and therefore same is prevalent in waste lines of the plumbing sya tern. Regardless of how this die ease is transmitted, we should take all precautions to keep the virus confined to the waste system of our buildings and to insure it' neutralization in final sewage treatment. "Considering this fact, one should immediately inspect his Plumbing system to insure against nossiblc leaks wherebv sewage may come in contact with the at mosphere and as to possible cross connections that would allow sw-' age to enter the water supply. Those using sentie tank disposal See POLIO Page 7 Stale Replaces Marker At Ann, Pollock Streets m Replaced last week at Ann and Pollock streets, Beaufort, was thia itate historical marker on the vhale fishery which operated -in the 18th and 19th centuries on, Shackleford Banks. This marker was knocked down over a year ago. It stands several feet east of another marker which ells of the Spanish pirates cap turning Beaufort in 1747. Also replaced on Ann street near Live Oak is a marker on the salt works established in Beaufort during the 18th century. . The marker reads, "Salt Works established by order of the pro vincial Congress, April 24, 1776 for Revolutionary War use. They were located 1 12 miles east." The spring used at the salt works still runs on Front street extended in front of the home , of George Brooks, Sr. - '' Tide Table in . ' HIGH LOW Tuesday, July 20 7:42 a.m. 1:57 e.tn. 8:00 p.m. 1:47 p.m. Wednesday, July 21 6:23 a.m. 2:35 Imi 8:39 p.m. 2:30 p.m. Thursday, July 22 9:03 a.nl. 3:12 a.m 9:16 p.m. 3:11 p.m Friday, July 23 ' 9:41 a.m. 3:46 a.m; 9:52 p.ttt . 1:49 .mt f J