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A Merger o! THE BEAUFORT NEWS (Established 1912) and THE TWIN CITY TIMES (Established 1936)
PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYl
38th YEAR NO. SO.
EIGHT PAGES
MOREHEAD CITY, AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1948
EIGHT PAGES
County's 1948 Vote Slightly Better Than Average
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Education Board
Discusses Report
By Grand Jury
Members Express Approval
Of Views Taken by
NEWS-TIMES Editorial
The Carteret county board of
education, meeting Monday after
noon, discussed the superior court
grand jury report for the October
term and expressed approval of a
recent NEWS-TIMES editorial, en
titled "Grand Juries Are in a Rut,"
published Oct. 26, H. L. Joslyn,
county schools superintendent, re
ported yesterday.
The NEWS-TIMES editorial cri
ticized the grand jury report for
indulging in "routine criticism of
the schools."
"Everything the October grand
jury pointed out in its report re
garding schools," the editorial
maintained, "is well known to the
board of education, the superinten
dent of schools and readers of THE
NEWS-TIMES."
The editorial charged that the
jury "revealed" or "discovered" no
thing. Mr. Joslyn, who said he agreed
with this view, stated that they
(the tounty board of education)
"are doing all they can with what
they've got."
it is hoped that a new boiler at
Atlantic school to replace the one
which cracked and went out of
commission Oct. 21 can be install
ed within two weelu-ihe school
superintendent said. A boiler has
been ordered and will be delivered
by motor freight
Members of. the school board
were urged to attend the annual
meeting of the state school associa
tion at Chapel Hill Nov. 11. Kerr
Scott, governor-elect of North Ca
rolina, will be the keynote speaker.
Mr. Joslyn said he has notified
principals of the various schools
in the county to be extremely care
ful that smoking is not allowed
by pupils or teachers in any school
buildings.
Jaycee President
Commends Group
H. S. Gibbs, Jr., Josiah Bailey,
Jr., the Seashore Taxicab co., and
others who made the Jaycee spon
sored "Get Out the Vote" cam
paign a success in Morehead City
were commended by Bruce Good
win, Jaycee president, at their
Monday night meeting.
A total of 500 voters not pre
viously registered had their names
placed on the voters' list by the
Jaycees.
Mr, Goodwin urged Jaycees
themselves to go to th polls and
stressed that they should vote for
the amendment to the special elec
tion procedure.
A proposal that the Jaycees co
operate with Morehead City hospi
tal nurses in staging an all-male
singing and dancing "girl show" in
which the men will impersonate
such glamorous females as Lana
Turner was referred to the money
making projects committee.
No action was taken on pro
posal for a dance during the
Christmas season. A ladies' night
barbecue supper was voted for the
holidays, however.
The president recognized L. G.
Dunn, new member, and Keith
Sawyer, visitor.
The group adjourned after din
ner to the lounge room of the re
creational center for a movie,
"Story of the Diamond Knot." The
film is based on the largest marine
salvage operation ever carried on
in the Pacific ocean the removal
of a cargo of salmon from a sunk
en ship.
. After the showing of the film
the Jaycees went tj the Idle Hour
amusement center for round one
of their winter bowling tourna
. ment. ' ')
In 1940. more than a quarter o'
the population of the .United
States were peoole who were bom
outside the country - r born of
alien parents. v .
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Earl and Marianne with Marianne's parents. Reading from left to
htfSfcl- ' Frau "Bjedacheld,
Another war bride has come to
make her home in Carteret county.
With the addition of Mrs. Earl
Murdoch to the populace of Wild
wood, Germany shares the honors
with England and Australia.
Mrs. Murdoch, the former Ma
rianne Buedschcid, of Cologne, ar
rived early last Friday morning in
New York Cily by plane. Due to
the serious illness of her husband's
father, the couple could not re
turn to this country together. Fear
ing his father's death, Earl, who
is in the Army, left Germany on an
emergency leave several days prior
to Marianne's departure.
His three-year re-enlistment af
ter the end of the war, just to
return to Germany and Marianne,
will end this month. Then he and
his bride of four months hope to
move into their new home near
Earl's home at Wildwood.
Marianne and Earl met in May
1945 while Earl was or guard post
at Hersfeld checking persons pass
ing by. Because Marianne could
speak English fluently, they be
came better acquainted and three
years following that meeting, on
June 26, 1948, were married.
The Buedscheids had to flee Co
logne twice during the war when
allied attacks destroyed their
home. It was while they were
living at Schwarzenbach, a little
place about 400 miles from Co
logne, that Earl was able to bring
them food which staved off star
vation. Living in a tiny room were
Marianne, her sister, and their par
ents, Michael and Matilda Bued
scheid. Observing a quaint German cus
tom, Marianne's sister, when the
wedding day neared, made a little
booklet or "wedding paper" which
tells in rhyme, both in German and
County Teachers
Attend Meeting
Practically every teacher in the
county attended the first county
wide teachers meeting in the Beau
fort school auditorium Saturday
morning, H. L. Joslyn, superinten
dent of schools, revealed.
, Organization meetings were held
afterward by the local chapters of
the NCEA and the North Carolina
Teacher's association (colored).
J. E. Miller, associate in the Div
ision of Instructional Service of
the state Boasd of Education, was
the speaker at the teacher's meet
ing. Mr. Miller served in connec
tion with the work of the North
Carolina Education commission.
The speaker talked of democracy
in the three R's and how to vitalize
subject matter. '
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Earl,' Ms' bride, aiMMUrr Bned-
English, how Marianne and Earl
met, and how the romance ended
in marriage.
Each rhyme is illustrated in pen
sketch and crayon. Part of one of
the rhymes, reads,
Meeting in Hersfeld, they show
ed readiness
To establish in Wildwood their
happiness
Parents are sad by this separa
tion, But Earl only says, "My repara
tion." Marianne can speak French in
addition to English. Both langu
ages were learned in school. Al
though a Catholic by birth, she at
tended the Wildwood Presbyterian
church and played the first Sunday
she was here, doing very well,
everyone said, in spite of the fact
there were hymns she had never
heard before and a piano on which
she had never played.
She still wears her wedding ring
on the third finger, right hand, in
accordance with the European cus
tom. Asked if she was going to
change it to the left hand as Amer
ican women do, she laughed and
said she didn't know, but from the
look In her eyes I imagine the ring
will stay always where it is right
now.
The abundance of food here
amazes Marianne, as well as the
array of clothes available.
"I didn't bring many clothes
with me," she explained, "I imagin
ed it would be like this here. When
I rode in a taxi in New York,
everyone looked so dressed up I
thought they were all going to a
party!"
Marianne "likes it here very
much" and hopes the day is not
far distant when her family can
come for a visit.
Beaufort Group Observes
National FHA Week
The Future Homemakers of
America, Beaufort High school,
ha ij their second meeting of the
year Monday in recognition of Na
tional FHA Week.
The meeting was called to
order by the president, Shirley
Lipman. Betty Eudy, secretary,
called , the roll and the minutes
were read and approved.
Mrs. David Beveridge, advisor,
read an article about Governor
Cherry presenting proclamation
on National FHA Week to the
State FHA president.
The Beaufort group will meet
Sunday morning and attend the
Baptist church in a group.
. FHA officers ' are Anna Lou
Laughton, parliamentarian, Vera
Lou Loftin, reporter, Jane Mason,
historian, and Lorna Smith, song
leader, . ,,-
County Symphony
Membership Goal
Placed At
Seven hundred fifty dollars in
memberships to the North Caro
lina Little Symphony is the quota
for Carteret county, Mrs. B. F.
Royal, membership chairman, an
nounced yesterday.
"Sales are progressing very sa
tisfactorily," Mrs. Royal stated,
and added that she was delighted
with the interest being shown in
the return of the Little Symphony
to the county next year.
Memberships are being sold in
Beaufort, Morehead City, Atlantic
and Newport.
The Little Symphony is a group
of professional musicians, taken
from the full orchestra of the
North Carolina symphony. Its pri
mary function is to play to the
smaller towns and communities
where stages or auditoriums are
too limited for the larger group
of seventy musicians. An orches
tra in miniature, with the four
principal choirs of a full symphony
the brasses, woodwinds, stringed
choir, and percussion instruments
its repertoire is wide and varied.
Because of its mobility and size,
the Little Symphony probably
reaches more children in the rural
and isolated districts than any
other orchestra in the country. Its
free concerts for children are at
tended by thousands, year by year
growing more truly conscious of
the inspiration of great music.
The Little Symphony has an en
thusiastic following. During the
194748 tour. It reached forty five
thousand people and played in ap
proximately 33 towns. A special
concert was given in Raleigh when
the Little Symphony joined forces
with the city's choral groups In an
Easter program. It also gave out-of-state
performances in Georgia,
and ten radio concerts.
Under the direction of Benjamin
Swalin, the Little Symphony began
its 1947-48 tour early in February
when North Carolina was having a
stormy bout with the weather.
Starting with their first concert in
See SYMPHONY Page 8
S750
Salter Path Alone Survives
As Village on Outer Banks
Beaufort Board
Receives Audit
The official audit of the town
of Beaufort for the fiscal year end
ing June 30, 1948, released this
week, revealed that bonded in
debtedness of the town was re
duced from $479,526.74 as of June
30, 1947, to $468,536.98 during the
year.
Williams and Wall, Raleigh, pre
pared the audit, which was accept
ed by the Beaufort town commis
sioners at their regular monthly
meeting Monday night. Frank P,
Wall, C. P. A., of the firm was
present and explained the audit,
item by item.
Included with the audit was a
statement commending the "fine
condition of the town's records."
Bonds retired during the fiscal
year ending June 30, 1948, were
valued at $10,989.76. Equipment
valued at $5,253.83 was also pur
chased by the town during that
period.
The balance cash on hand and
on deposit as of June 30, 1948,
was listed as $12,126.46. The
town's assets stand at $567,144.80.
The financial statement of the
town of Beaufort as of June 30,
1947, was based on a 10-year audit,
which was the first audit that had
been made in the period of time.
The June 30, 1948, statement is
therefore, only the second in many
years.
Lejeune Team Off to Bermuda
CAMP LEJEUNE, Nov. 4 The
Lejeune Marines, in an effort to
get back into winning stride, after
their 6-0 loss to the Little Creek,
Va., "Ampbibs" last Saturday, will
travel to Bermuda to take on the
Air Force eleven at Kindley Field.
The team will depart by air today,
and will have a light work out on
Friday in Bermuda, prior to the
game on Saturday. . ' .
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South River Nan Killed
While Deer Hunting
George Tosto, 61, South River,
was accidently shot and killed at
4 o'clock yesterday afternoon
while deer hunting. Carl Can
non, 18, fired the fatal shots
when he saw bushes moving,
thinking it was a deer, accord
ing to L. L. Dixon, also of South
River.
One shot glanced off Mr. Tos
to's forehead, the other two
struck him in the chest. He died
in about 30 minutes, never re
gaining consciousness. Funeral
arrangements are incomplete.
Both Guthrie,
Gillihin Face
Charge Of Arson
Facing the criminal charge of
arson in the March term of super
ior court will be both Cecil Guth
rie and George E. Gillikin, of
Morehead City. Each of the men
was put under $1,500 bond by
Mayor G. W. Dill, Jr., in mayor's
court Monday afternoon.
Gillikin and Guthrie are alleged
to have willfully and maliciously
burned the store at 11th and She
pard streets, owned by Gillikin.
The back part of the store was
damaged by fire at 6:20 Thursday
night, Oct. 28. According to testi
mony offered in the Monday hear
ing, Gillikin requested Guthrie,
his clerk, to stay in the store and
watch until a candle burned down
and caught fire to a gas-soaked
blanket.
Then, according to testimony by
an investigating police officer,
Guthrie escaped from the place by
going out the back. From the
store, located on the sound, he
jumped in water about knee-deep
and waded half a block away.
After changing his clothes, he
returned to the scene of the fire
By F. C. Salisbury
From the time of the early set
tlement of Carteret county the
Outer Banks from Cape Lookout
to Boguc Inlet have had many
small settlements.
Diamond City on Shackleford
Banks was probably the largest
and the longest lived of the several
hamlets that sprang up on that
section of the Banks and which
were deserted following the violent
storms of the 1800's, driving the
inhabitants to the mainland or to
more protected sections of Bogue
Banks.
Familiar landmarks on Shackle
ford Banks besides Diamond City
were Bell's Island, Uncle Devine's
Phce and the home group of Joe,
Abe and Owen Lewis. Old timers
who passed their early years in
any of these settlement recount
vivid tales of the storms that vis
ited the Banks, of the whaling off
shore, of the thousands of wild
duck killed each season to be ship
ped to inland markets and the vast
variety of seafood that was there
for the taking.
At the western end of Bogue
Banks, small settlements similar
to those on Shackleford Banks
flourished for several years until
the shifting sands and storms kill
ed the trees and vegetation, driving
the inhabitants eastward along the
Banks from one location to an
sther.
The first known settlement on
the western end of, Bogue Bankf
was Bob's Cove, not far from the
present location of the Bogue In
let Coast Guard station. Driven
from there by the encroaching
sand and storms, the inhabitants
moved eastward to a point that
was given the name of Yellow Hill.
Again a move became necessary,
so another settlement was estab
lished to the east and given the
name of Rice Path. Here the
group, which by this time had de
veloped into quite a good size com
munity, remained for several
years. Once again the elements
wrought vengence upon that sec
tion, compelling the people to
make another trek eastward set
Bee SALTER PATH Page I
By GAINER BRYAN, Jr.
Votes cast by Carteret countians on Nov. 2 bettered the 1944 vot
ing record. by 200, approximate returns indicated yesterday. A reg
istration of 9700 was on the books when the polls opened.
Alfonso L. James, Democrat, polled more votes than any other
candidate in the county elections,' defeating A. L. Wilson, Republican,
3,795 to 1,144, to succeed himself as clerk of superior court.
Phillip K. Ball, Democrat, ranked second in the balloting with
3,702 votes which won him the
race for county surveyor. His op
ponent. George J. Brooks, Repub
lican, polled 1,270 votes.
Mrs. Gertrude Green, Negro,
Procressive candidate for one of
the two senatorial seals of the
Seventh district, polled the lowest
nu"iber of votes of any candidate.
The count was seven for Mrs.
Green, and 3.3!)fi and 3,684, respec
tively for the Democratic nomi
nees, 1) L. Ward and John I).
Larkins. Jr.
I'rilchard Lewis, Democrat, de
feated !'. E. Hyde, Republican, 3,
527 to 1,280 for coroner.
II. S Gibbs and William J. Run
dy polled l;iruc returns though
uni pposed. The count for II. S.
Gibhs. ninning for reelection as
representative to the General As
semhly, was 3.703. William J.
Rundy succeeded himself as solici
tor of superior court by a vote of
3,717.
The tally of votes east at Cedar
Island had not been received by
presstiine in the office of the
county board of elections.
The race for constable in More
head Cily township was nip and
luck with Krouse emerging just
five write-in votes ahead of his op
ponent, Fulcher, to win the elec
tion. Final count was Krouse, 711;
Fulcher, 706.
The Morehead City vote on elec
tion day was 1,280 out of a 2,850
registration.
Election results in the Krouse
Fulcher battle are as follows:
Morehead City, 435 for Krouse, 637
for Fulcher; Salter Path, 90 for
Krouse, 25 for Fulcher; Wildwood,
97 for Krouse, 38 for Fulcher;
Broad Creek, 89 for Krouse, 7 for
Fulcher.
Carteret county contributed its
part to the historic upset in the
presidential election by going for
Truman by more than 2-to-l. The
tally for Truman, 3,447; for Dewey,
1,501; for Thurmond, 130. Henry
Wallace received 15 votes.
Democratic nominee Kerr Scott
swept the county with a 3-to-l vote
over Pritchard, running up 3,757
votes to Pritchard's 1,134.
In the contest for U. S. Senator,
.1. M. Rroughton defeated Wilkin
son, the Republican contender.
Tctals for Rroughton were 3,509
for the short term and 3,433 for
the regular term. Wilkinson re
ceived a count of 1,264.
For Congressman from the Third
district, Barden, Democrat, defeat
See ELECTION Page 8
Police Dog Attacks
3-Year-01d Wayne Nelson
Wayne Nelson, 3 year-old son of
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Nelson, 2107
Evans street, is recovering today
from dog bites he received Thurs
day. Mr. Nelson said that his son was
attacked three different times
Thursday by a German police dog
belonging to W. L. Derrickson. The
dog is now under observation at
kennels in New Bern, Mr. Nelson
reported.
Wayne was bitten first on the
arm and as the child was being
led into the house the dog bit him
again on the back and after the
child left the house with his moth
er to go to the doctor, the dog,
vhich was lying under a bush,
rushed out and bit the youngster
igain on the arm, inflicting a
wound in which five stitches were
taken, according to the story told
by the father.
Mr. Nelson said that the doctor
treating his son reported that
Wayne was the sixth child bitten
)y the police dog.
Tide Table
HIGH
Friday, Nov. .
11:01 AM
11:22 PM
Saturday, Nov.
12 Noon
11:48 PM
Sunday, Nov.
12:14 AM
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Monday, Nov.
1:10 AM
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Tuesday, JNov.
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Board Authorizes
Request For Bids
On Sewer Line
Taking their second decisive step
in the elimination of an unsanitary
sewage disposal problem in Beau
fort, the Beaufort town commis
sioners Monday night in regular
session voted to ask for scaled bids
for 30 days for the construction of
a sanitary sewer in the northeast
ern end of town.
Acting on the recommendation
of Engineer Gray Hassell, follow
ing a survey which he made on
the commissioners' order, the
town board authorized a sewage
line to be laid from Mulberry st.
south down Hedrick to Cedar.
The new line would provide for
the sanitary disposal of sewage
which now flows through a storm
sewer to an open ditch just out
side of the town limits between
the Beaufort graded school and
property being developed as Han
cock Park, a housing area.
Mr. Hassell estimated that the
cost would be $1,700. Before re
commending the Mulherry-Hedriek-Cedar
route, he made a survey Of
a proposed route from Mulberry
down Hedrick to Pine, thence to
Live Oak, but discovered this
would not be feasible because ele
vation at Live Oak is higher than
at Mulberry.
The unsanitary drainage situa
tion came to the attention of coun
ty sanitarian, A. D. Fulford, late
in September and was inspected
by a state sanitation engineer
Sept. 29. The town commissioners
complied with his recommenda
tions at their Oct. 4th meeting by
appointing Gray Hassell to conduct
a survey for the construction of a
sanitary trunk line.
The board unanimously accepted
the town of Beaufort audit for the
fiscal year ending June 30, 1948,
prepared bv Frank P. Wall of Wil
liams and Wall. Mr. Wall was pre
sent and explained each item of
the audit.
A permit was granted Price
Johnson to sell beer at his Oyster
Bar. Will Arrington offered to
deed water lots No. 125, 126, and
127, belonging to the I. E. Ramsey
estate, to the town provided no
building be erected on them. This
proposal was taken under advise
ment. A motion was made by Commis
sioner J. O. Barbour, Jr., seconded
by Commissioner D. F. Merrill,
that police officer Maxwell Wade,
who has resigned, be paid the ba
lance of his salary for October.
The motion passed.
Civil Service Exams Open
For Mechanical Apprentice
A civil service examination for
the position of apprentice, mech
anical trades, fourth class, in the
federal government is now open
at the U. S. Marine Corps Air sta
tion, Cherry Point, it was stated
today by William E. Ward, record
er of the Board of U. S. Civil Ser
vice Examiners at Cherry Point.
The examination is being held
to fill positions at the air station.
Original appointments are made
to apprentice (fourth class) i at
$6.08 per diem. Promotions may
be made after the required period
of service in each class to appren
tice (third class) at $7.04 per diem
apprentice (second class) at $8.00
per diem and apprentice (first
class) at $8.96 per diem. Applica
tions must be received by the re
corder, board of U. S. Service Ex
aminers, gate No. 1, U. S. Marine
Corps air station, Cherry Point
not later than Dec. 1, 1948 in order
to be considered in the examina
tion. Competitors will be required to
pass a four-part written test of
aptitudes for trade apprenticeship
training. The written test will
require approximately 3 12 hours.
Complete information and ap
plication blanks may be obtained
from the recorder, board of U. S.
Civil Service Examiners, at the
U. S. Marine Corps air station,
Cherry Point.
Morehead City
Adds Voice To
Plea For Ports
Chamber Manager Appears
Before Budget Commis
sion at Raleigh
Robert G. Lowe, Jr., manager of
the Morehead City chamber of
commerce, went to Raleigh Wed
nesday to add his support to a
plea before the state advisory
budget commission for $7,558,372
for port facilities at Wilmington
and Morehead City.
Col. George W. Gillette, execu
tive director of the North Carolina
Ports Authority, presented the re
quest before the body which passes
on all state budgetary additions.
Various interests also se:it repre
sentatives to add their voices to
the plea for development funds
for the state's ports. Senator-elect
J. M. Broughton made a statement
on behalf of Colonel Gillette's re
quest. Representatives of the Atlantic
and Eastern Carolina and the At
lantic Coast Line railroads pointed
out the advantages of port develop
ment from the freight rates stand
point. Benefits of the coastwise trade
with adequate ports in North Caro
lina were stressed by representa
tives of textile Interests.
Spokesmen for the tobacco in
dustry contributed their voices to
the advantage of tobacco storage
facilities on the coast and the de
sirability of ports for the export
of-domestic tobaeooa-and the im
port of Turkish blends. Tobacco is
now coming from Georgia and
South Carolina into North Carolina
for processing, it was pointed out,
but must be shipped to out of
state ports for export. North Caro
lina ports, it was stressed, could
handle the export of these pro
ducts, in addition to its own, which
constitutes 68 per cent of the na
tional tobacco exports. '
C. C. Brewen, speking for Ma
dix Asphalt Roofing corporation,
Morehead City, said he established
his business here primarily be
cause of expected coastal benefits.
Mr. Brewen revealed that he could
receive certain raw materials by
barge at less than half of the pre
sent railroad freight rate.
There would be an $8,700, a
month net saving on the present
one-shift operation, he said, and
when he begins a contemplated
three-shift operation, his monthly
saving would be more than $25,000.
Schools to Observe
Education Weeki
Strengthening the Foundations
of Freedom is the theme of Ameri
can Education Week which Car
teret county schools and schools
over the nation will observe
throughout the coming week, Nov.
7-13. This will mark the 28th '.an
nual observance.
At Morehead City school posters
will be displayed, patrons will visit
the school Wednesday afternoon
and the American Legion will
sponsor a program Thursday mqrn-,
ing in the school auditorium.
Daily topics will be emphasised
as follows: Sunday, Nov. 7, Learn
ing to Live Together; Monday,
Improving the Educational Pro
gram; Tuesday, Securing Qualified
Teachers; Wednesday, Providing
Adequate Finance; Thursday, Safe
guarding Our America; Friday,
Promoting Health and Safety; and
Saturday, Developing Worthy Fa
mily Life. Ai'J,
The first American Education
Week was observed three years
after the World War I armistice
was signed, while the battle slo
gan, "making the world safe for
democracy," was still ringing fn
the ears of Americans. -:'r
The aim of the observance was
to help carry the word of the
schools into the home "to gain
public support of school efforts
and to strengthen the fiber of bur
Nation through education," found
ers said. ' , ,.
Its timing during the week which
Includes Armistice Day, Nov. 11,
was planned by educators.
American Education Week .Js
sponsored by the American Legion,'
the National Congress of Parents
and Teachers, and the Nations!
Education Association.