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CARTERET COUNTY Astronomical Data EW Sun Rose Today 6:S9 a.m. Sun Sets Today 5:8S pjn. Moon Riset Today 3:08 p.m. Moon Sets Tonight 1:32 a.m. A Merger of TEE EEAUFG2T KEWS (Established 1912) and TEE TWIN OTY TIMES (klabluhed 193S) 38th YEAR NO. 52. 18 PAGES HOREHSAD CITY, AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER i, 1948 18 PAGES PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAY! President Truman Greets Marines Beaufort Planning . Board Outlines Program 10c INN President Harry S. Truman, above, greets Marine officers who welcomed him Sunday morning at the Cherry Point Marine Air base after he landec in his private plane, the Independence, en route to New Bern where he worshipped in the First Baptist church. At the right of the President is Maj. Gen. Field Harris, fleet air wing com mander at the base, and at the extreme right is Fleet Adm. William Leahy, the President's chief of staff. . Photo by The News-Times State Office Reports On Status Of County Births Out of a total of 639 live births in Carteret county in 1947, records of the state board of health show that 486 occurred in a hospital and 153 occurred outside a hospital or in circumstances unknown. This means that 23 94 per cent of the county's live births last year oc curred without benefit of hospital facilities for mother and child. The records, further" show that in 43 counties of the state last year a majority of the live births - occurred Jlstte'l twpttaHif the state as a whole "the percentage born outside a hospital was 35.17. Among the '100 counties Carteret ranked 23rd in per cent of 'live births that occurred without such facilities. In one county (Hyde) in 1947 the majority of live- births did not i even have the attendance of a physician, and in. a score of othor counties the proportion of births without such . attendance was be tween one third to nearly one half. A physician was in attendance at 568 of the Carteret births, but 71 had only the attention of a midwife. In the same year the county had a total of 17 infant deaths and no tnaternal deaths. Of the infant deaths, 14 occurred ' in a hospital and three outside a hospital or in circumstances un known. A physician was in at tendance at 16 of the deaths and the remaining death had no atten tion of a physician or occurred in circumstances unknown. As another aspect of the Car teret county health picture, records show that the county budget for public health service for the fis , cal year 1947-48 totaled $21,038 or 1.151 per capita. Of this total, lo cal sources contributed $13,448 or .736 per capita; the state contri buted $3,240 tor .177 per capita; and $4,350 or .238 per capita came from the federal Government Of other 96 counties which spent money fori public health service, Carteret county ranked 13th in to tal per capita expenditures. I Another indication of Carteret's health rating can be found in the fact that from 1940 to January 1, 1945 the county had a total draft rejection rate of 43.41 per cent, according to the Institute for Re search in Social Science of the state university. Among the coun ties "Carteret ranked 38th in per cent of total rejections. In per centage of white rejections the county ranked 59lh,. w;th a rate of 41.35 per cent. In Negro re jections it ranked 11th, with a rate of 52.69 per cent.; '. , , The Rev. L A. Tilley To Bemain in Morehead The Rev. L. A. Tilley, pastor of First Methodist church, Morehead City, will remain here for the coming conference year, According to the - assignments made at the close of the anual con ference in Greenville Sunday, Rev. Mr. Tilley was to be replaced by the Rev, W. A. Cade, of Raleigh. f Mr. Cade served as pastor here about 20 years ago. ' ('t - Notification of the change was sent by telegram Wednesday after 1 1 noon to George Roberts Wallace, ' chairman of the board of stewards , 'of First Methodist church. The telegram came from the Rev. B. (B. Slaughter, district superinten dent ,.,-,) Krouse Rooters 'Bury' Victor's Opponent Jubilant voters of the "Charlie Krouse for Constable" faction on Saturday night prepared a grave for his opponent, Hubert Ful cher, outside the Morehead City municipal building. A rounded mound of sand was topped with a cross and flowers and remained there until Sunday night. Then it was mysteriously removed but the removers dumped the sand in the firemen's new fish pond. The two inhabitants, the first ones to dwell there, succumbed to the deluge. When Firemen Mack Edwards Shoveled the sand out of the pond Monday morn ing, the fish were nowhere to be found. Mr, Eulcher, however, is still In the. land of the living. ival Nets PTA The Morehead City PTA receiv ed a report at their meeting Mon day night that proceeds from the Halloween carnival netted them $946.80. Mrs. Paul Mitchell, gen eral chairman for the carnival, made the report. Following the business session, members of the senior class gave a program directed by Mrs. Helen Bailey. Buck Matthews presided. The theme of the program was "The New Look in Education." A talk on the theme was given by Marjorie Stone and Giles Willis presented statistics from the re port of the North Carolina Educa tion commission. ' ' Three vocalists appeared. Lois Webb sang "Smiting Through;" Richard Prather sang "Love's Old Sweet Song;" and Billie Jo Watson sang "Night and Day." Mrs. Ray Alexander presided in the absence of Mrs. R. T. Willis, Jr., president. Jaycees Alter Plans On Christmas Projects ' Morehead City Jaycees at their regular meeting Monday night de cided not to raise funds for poor children in the town, as contem plated, because they have been in formed that the children will be provided for from other sources. The Jaycees voted to proceed with plans for Christmas decora tions in Morehead City. Plans for attending a quarterly board meet ing of the Junior Chamber of Com merce in Raleigh this weekend were discussed. It was also am nounced that Beverly Burbidge, a national vice-president will appear at an area Jaycee meeting in New Bern Friday night, and all were urged to attend. ; . ; , , i f ;, Visitors recognized were Walter Siewitz of Philadelphia and Walter Ewell, Morehead City. Luther Lewis, local vice-president, was back in town after a long absence. Thanksgiving Holiday In Beaufort Horehead " Thanksgiving Day, Nov25,' in Beaufort and Morehead City will be a holiday.' ; -. :.; According to Morehead City Chamber of Commerce informa tion, grocery stores will remain open Wednesday afternoon, other retail stores will close that after noon and remain closed the day following. ' ; tarn Morehead Men Buy Bowling Alley Atlantic Beach Amusement Center Passes From Coop er Ownership After 11 years of operation un der its owner, A. B. Cooper, the Idle Hour Amusement center, At lantic Beach, has changed hands and will be operated by its new owners, Victor Wickizer and Jo-1 scph H. Willis of Morehead City. The sale price was not released for publication. Mr. Cooper, how ever, refused a $59,000 offer for the building during the last auc tion held there in the summer. The Amusement center, the largest of its type in the state, has recently been re decorated and a new game, table bhuffleboard installed, which, Mr. Cooper says, has been very well received. Total cost , of the recent improvements at the center amounted to $10,000. The new owners state that they have plans for additional improve-1 mcnts. Mr. Wickizer and Mr. Willis for the past three seasons have opera ted the Surfside Novelty shop on the Atlantic Beach boardwalk. Mr. Wickizer'has been affiliated with the industrial division of the Pilot Life Insurance company in this section and was president of the Morehead City Lions club last year. During his terra of office he directed Lions efforts toward ma jor support of the' county's "Friendship Train." Mr. Willis, a former student at Morehead City high school, is an exGI. He served two and a half years' in the Army, the major part of this' time in. NSW . Guinea, He was given a medical discharge in 1945. Since that time he has been em ployed at Atlantic Beach and has worked under the Vocational Train ing program for ex-GI's at the United States Marine Corps Air Station, Cherry Point. Rotary Club Hears Rev. O.Davis The Rev. Winfrey Davis, First Baptist minister, Beaufort, con ducted a reminiscence period on the occasion of Armistice Day at the Beaufort Rotary meeting Tues day night. .Members were called upon to tell where they were and what they were doing at the historic hour of the Armistice signing, Nov. 11 at 11 o'clock, 1918. 'Mr. Davis said that he was .an enlisted man in the Navy and was bound for the USA on board a transport one hour out of Brest, France, when the Armistice was signed.. Because of strictness on inform ation, however, he said he did hot know of the war's ending until night fell and the ship did not observe the customary blackout. v The Beaufort pastor told Ro tarians that he was a "gob," a member of the "black gang," or engineroom crew. Following Rev. Davis's talk, L. N. Glenn of Gastonia, a guest at the Rotary meeting, stated that he attended in Beaufort to maintain a perfect attendance record of 19 years, . ' 1 H. L. Joslyn of Morehead City was a guest also. v Wiley Taylor, Jr., chairman of the 1948 seal sale in Carteret county, asked the Rotarians to ap point a committee v who would assist him in selling bonds to aid in the TB campaign. He said $2,000 is needed to , provide Carteret county with mass X-rays. Dr. N. T. Ennett spoke on behalf of the fund effort A President B, F May announced that the club would hold its meet ing Nov. 23 at the Scout hut join ing with Scouters in their district meeting. A barbecue supper will be held. ' : ; -,,. " Motor Smokes ' A stalled motor in the electric ice box of the Rev. W. E. Ander son, Free Will Baptist church pas tor, 14th and Shepard, Morehead City, filled the house with smoke and prompted the minister to call the fire department Wednesday at 6:25 a.m. Firemen discovered the stalled motor and cut it off. There was no damage. ' , Big Moment for Markers Island Jaycees 7 fe; 'J;-- 's' I Earl Davis, pictured center, hands over deed for land to Harkers Island Jaycees. On this land the Jaycees will construct their own building, thus becoming the first Junior Chamber of Commerce in the slate to have its own headquarters. Pictured above, left to right, arc Maxwell Willis, Islie Guthrie, David Yeomans, Mr. Davis, dihu Lewis, Dan Wal'ter, manager of the Beaufort. Chamber of Com merce, Willard Lewis, president of the Harkers Is'and Jaycees, Gainer Bryan, Jr., NEWS-TIMES re porter, and James Moore. Dogpatch Doin's Will Hold Sway Saturday Night Beaufort Teen-Agers Will Celebrate Sadie Hawkins Day With Dance Dogpatch Doin's will be the or der of the evening Saturday from 7:30 to 10:30 at the Beaufort Teen Age canteen in the Scout building on Pollock street. Jit- tme pi the Sadie Htwlta tiance will (be.MrtV Margare, Hop kins. Assisting her will be Mrs. Lonesome Polecat Samples Joy Juice John Haynes and Mrs. Halsey Paul. The Teen-Agers will wear pog patch costumes and a prize will be offered for the best ones. Games typical for the occasion will be played and "kickapoo joy juice" a favorite Dogpatch refresh ment, will be served. Morehead City Guilty On Dog , Much ado about a dog threw recorder's court into a hilarious uproar at times Tuesday. Harvey Hamilton,' Jr., served as defense attorney in the misdemeanor case. He admitted his client's guilt but maintained that Juojge Lambert Morris' should not find him guilty. The case also brought to re corder'i cdurt its first test of i statute applying to persons who reside' outside of town limits re quiring that they must not wilfully allow their dogs to run at large at night , : 7 - ',- .. Llovd Goodwin, of Homes drive, Morehead City, defendant, was charged with unlawfully and wil fully allowing his dog, over 'six months old, named Lady, to run at large in the night time. ' Mr. Hamilton read the Morehead City statute applying to .this case to the judge, admitted his client's guilt but asked that the judge, not find, the accused guilty 'because "everybody else's dog runs at large . "I find Mr. Goodwin technically guilty," the judge ruled, and an nounced a sentence suspended, up on payment of costs. -: Consulting with his client brief ly, Mr. Hamilton again took the floor and entered a plea for appeal of the case to superior couft!' : "I feel very keenly about dogs," the attorney declared, "and I don't NEWS-TIMES to Publish Special Fishing Edition As a tribute to the men who each year at this time man the boats that bring in the valuable menhaden, and in recognition of Carteret county's great menha den industry, THE CARTERET COUNTY NEWS TIMES will publish Tuesday a special com mercial fishing edition. Included In this edition will be stories and pictures on fish ing, the lifcblood Industry of Carteret. $10,000 Building Goes Up At Bridge Construction started this week on a 38 by 75-foot frame building west of thb Beaufort bridge on Beaufort channel. The structure, expected to cost approximately $10,000, is being built by Roy Eu banks, Beaufort. Hoke Matthews, Beaufort, is the contractor. Mr. Eubanjts plans, to rent the building, which he says, can be used as a recreation center for sports fishermen or as a place of business. It will be completed in about 30 days, finished with asbestos siding, and extend over the water at the rear where boats, can tic up. A six-foot walkway will flank three sides. Ground fill will go in the front. Mr. Eubanks purchased the prop erty four months ago on which the building is being erected. Hurricane Warning ' The Coast Guard cutter Aggasiz was notified of a hurricane warn ing to, affect the area between Morehead City and Cape Hatleras and order to stand by for any emergency Tuesday at 11:30 a.m. The order was later withdrawn. The storm did not strike this coast. Man Found Law Ordinance believe. there are any 12 men who will find a man guilty of this sta tute." . Feeling ran high earlier in the trial as Mr. Hamilton's charges that it was "nothing but' a spite trial" were ruled irelevant time after time by the judge. Persons seated out in the court room and others on the rostrum who were not actually in the wit ness stand sought to testify at times and were declared out of or der by the judge and sheriff. Cross-examining the plaintiff, Mr. Norris. of 'Homes drive, Mr. Hamilton charged that Mr. Norris' son threw a brick at the Goodwin dog, Mr. Norris admitted this but said it occurred in their yard. Mr. Hamilton then asked the witness if his sonv shot the dog with an air rifle. Mr. Norris de nied that his son shot the dog but said that he tid. The dog owner said he could not keep his dog tied during the day because the Norris boys throw bricks and shoot a BB gun at her. Ue said he started out of his bouse to work early one morning and saw "with my own eyes" one of the Norris boys shooting his dog with a BB gun. ' Mr. Goodwin said he told the boy, "If I see yon shoot my dog again with that d d BB gun, Se COURT. Page 3 til.;.. 'Buy Tickets For Symphony Now,' Chairman Urges Persons planning to buy mem berships to the North Carolina Symphony society should do so im mediately, urged Mrs. B. F. Royal, membership chairman, in a state ment this week. Unless the Little Symphony, which is scheduled to appear in Morehead City next spring, il guaranteed $750 from Carteret county, it will not include this area in its tour. Morehead City Teen-Agers, ex pressing a great deal of interest in appearance of the symphony here are cooperating in sale of symphony memberships. "Music lovers of the county ure offered an opportunity to hear one of the finest small orchestras in the country through their coopera tion and support of the Carteret County Symphony Society in its ef forts to bring the Little Symphony here next spring," declared Mrs. Royal. , "Under the direction of Benja min Swalin, the North Carolina Symphony has become a distin guished institution and the slgni- . . . . I. : Iicani coniriouuons h m miming to the educational and cultural life of the State grows apparent with each succeeding year," continued Mrs. Royal.", "The Little Symphony has had a definite share in this development, and the orchestra's far-reaching influence. The ad vantage of having a smaller tour ing unit is its greater mobility and the fact that every Individual from coastal towns to the most inacces sible mountain village may be reached and have the opportunity of hearing great music." Dr. Swalin discovered during the past season that his crusade for greater music in North Carolina is gaining momentum. From every town, city, and rural district, peo ple are flocking to hear the sym See SYMPHONY Page 3 The monthly meeting of the Car teret County Medical society was held at the Morehead City hospi tal Monday night. This was a sup per meeting, the hospital acting as host. - The guest speaker was Dr. Ro bert N. Creadick of the obstetrical department of Duke hospital His subject was,' "Obstetrical Compli cations,' and HoW to Treat Them." Dr. Creadick's presentation of his subject war considered a classic. There was much discussion and it was generally agreed that it was the outstanding program of the year.; . Dr. Palumbo, of Duke hospital, was also a guest Every' member of the society being present. Dr. N. T. Ennett suggested that for the December meeting, the so ciety have Dr. J. W. Roy Norton, State Health Officer, nd Dr. J. F. , Robertson, president,' North Carolina Medical society, as guest speakers , v -,.! Dr. J. W. Morris, Morehead City, is president of the Society, Dr. F. E. Hyde, Beaufort, .Is secretary, and Dr. N. T. Ennett, Beaufort, corresponding secretary. Medid Society Meets At Hospital Civic Groups to Health Officer Beaufort's planning board, crea ted at the October meeting of the town commissioners, will consult each civic organization in Beau fort within the next month for sugf gestions on procedures the board should follow. This move was made at the ini tial meeting of the board Wednes day night in the town hail. Dr. N. Thomas Ennett, heallh officer, and representative of the county health department, was elected chairman. Dr. W. L. Wood ard, representative of the Chamber of Commerce, was elected first vice-chairman, and Mrs. Helen Hat sell, Woman's club representative, secretary. Other members of the board are Robert Stephens, repre senting the Junior Chamber of Commerce, and William 11. Potter, representative of businessmen at large. The planning board met Inst niKht with the Beaufort Book club. They will meet with Rotarians Tuesday night, Jaycees Monday night, Nov. 22, and with the Junior Woman's club Monday, Dec. 6. Prior to the conference with members of the Junior Woman's club, they will meet Wednesday night, Nov. 24, in the postoffice building to discuss suggestions submitted up to that time. After all civic organizations have been contacted, the board will select proposals on which they deem action is necessary and pre sent these proposals in the form of a resolution to town commis sioners. The board, speaking through its secretary, has stated, "We are serv ing the people of Beaufort. We want them to let us know what should be done to improve our torn. Their suggestions will be 'most welcome and can W-pfeaent-ed to any member of our board." Suggestion for a town planning board was submitted to commis sioners by the Junior Chamber of Commerce as the first step in ex pediting the Jaycee projects of zoning and extension of town limits. The board, patterned after the Chapel Hill planning board, was recommended for creation by the department of city and regional planning, University of North Carolina. Jaycees Postpone Minstrel Show The Beaufort Jaycees minstrel show has been postponed until Jan uary because the present busy sea son Interferes with members com ing to practice, President Claud Whcatly announced Monday night. The group will continue to prac tice minstrel songs at each regular JC meeting. JC's voted at their Monday night meeting to help the Junior Wom en's club( prepare Christmas de corations 'on Front st. Just after Thanksgiving. Alex Erickson and the Wallace Fisheries were commended for the disposal of scrap firewood to needy families. ' The JC's laid plans for as large a number as possible to represent Beaufort at an area JC meeting in New Bern tonight. Morehead City hospital wilt be asked to list the blood type and RH factor of Beaufort JC's, accord ing to a decision made at a recent meeting. Dan L. Walker was rr quested to contact the- hospital. Cooler Weather Arrives Alter Unseasonal Got Spell The out of - season November weather of the past two weeks broke slightly yesterday morning when cool winds, probably -from the offshore hurricane, blew over the Beaufort-Morehead City area. The highest temperature record ed during the past week- was 79 degrees Saturday according to E. Stamey Davis, official weather ob server. Minimum that day was 37 degrees. Rainfall during the week totaled .109 inches. - ' , Temperature readings are as fol lows; .-' . ; Day. Max. Mln. -... 74 64 77 7 ..... 79 vS7 70 55 .... 66 56 78 62 78 49 Thursday Friday Saturday. ......... Sunday Monday ; Tuesday ........... Wednesday BeConsulted Heads Board PTA Gives To School Library Armistice Day, Health Pro gram Presented at Toes day Meeting The Beaufort PTA at Its meet ing Tuesday night accepted the recommendation of the executive ' committee that $000 be given Miss Gladys Chadwick for use in the elementary school library. In keeping with Armistice Day, Jerry Dickinson and Mary Fond Mason opened the meeting with recitations of In Flanders Field and America's Answer. . . Mrs. Ralph Eudy, president, pre sided, the minutes of the previous meeting were read and approved, the treasurer, Paul Jones, reported $983.81 in the bank account. Announcement was made that 11 this week is American Education Week, and that Fox-Downum have a display in their window of work done by Beaufort school auditori um. All parents were urged to visit the school yesterday. Mrs. Robert Safrlt, co-chairman of ways and means, announced that $140 was realized ,on the Chamber of Commerce dinner and the same amount on the district PTA luncheon. She announced that her committee is i selling Christmas cards, Christmas "wrap pings and stationery, and anyoni interested should call her or Mrs. ' James H. Potter, 3rd. Mrs. Gehrmann Holland, room1 , ireyt'eMHiatW ehelMiktw safd. the -See PTA Page 5 , 113 Pupils Placed On Honor Roll One hundred thirteen pupils of Beaufort high school attained high scholastic averages for the first term and have been placed, on the honor roll. They are as follows: ; First grade (no honor roll). - Second grade: Allen Autry.JKit Jones, T. G. Leary, Jr., James Lewis, Sammy Merrill, Frank Pot jer, Jackie WheaUey, Dallas Willis, Larry Dudley, Joyce Ann Beach em, Glcnda Harris, Sandra Hunan, Gcraldine Lawrence, Mary Eliza beth Noe, Elizabeth Hill, Bunny Moore, Linda Kay Salter, Billy Jean Skarren,' Pauline Woodard, Third grade: Raymond GiUlkin,. Joseph Pake, Daniel Willis, :Niha Darling, Anne Lewis, Judith Tay lor, Bruce Dudley, Frances vBelI, Nancy Mason, Judith Moore, Bren da Smith, Mary Anne Ewain.'Bro na Willis. ....'.'."i' Fourth grade: Bobby Russell, Ella Blake, Rae Frances Hassell, Evelyn Merrill, Catherine Potter, Elizabeth Willis, Janice Becton,' Mildred Whealton, John Allen Chaplam III. .'n: Fifth grade: James Graham, Jimmy Murphy, Robert Swain, Joyce Chadwick, Bertha Dixon, Syl via Harrell, Paula Jones, Annette Merrill, Peggy Williams, Jimmy -Potter, Barbara Chadwick, Sterling Chadwick, Nina Faye Kirk, Shirley Piner, Jean Pittman, Clyda ,Ruth Taylor. , -v ; ;. Sixth grade: Virginia Lee Davis, Martha Gibbs, Virginia Hassell, Jeanne Jenkins, Janice - Mdrphy, Larry Moore, Barbara Finer, Bruce Edwards, Henry Safrit, ' Geneva Hardesty, Nancy - Ratcliffe, , Ada Lewis, Wayne Whitehurst v ' ; Seventh grade: Bobby Davis, Pat ricia Daniels, Sadie Harris, Janice Keller, Peggy Joyce Lewla, Har riette Ratcliffe, Anita Copeland, Sue Gibbs, Evelyn Graham, Bar-, barn Harris, Phyllis Pake, Grace See HONOR ROLL Page ., Tide Tabic HIGH i LOW Friday, Nev. 12 ' m. , 11:17 a.m. 4:59 a 5:05 P 3:04 a. m. . -11:27 n.m. Saturday, Not. 13 , r m. ; . 12 mldnlr' t 5:49 p m. 12:04 p . Sunday, not. 14 m. 12:08 a ; . m. ; 1 12:48 p' . Monday, Novj 15 m. ' . 12:47 .m.' '. ' ' . l:3d Tuesday, Nev. 18 8:22 0:34 7:02 7:14 7:40 a.i i-tn. . -, , 1:21 f w 7:54 p.m. - 2:11