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CARTERET COUNTY Mews TIMES Astronomical Data Sun Rises Tomorrow 6:44 AM Sun Sets Today 4:58 PM Moon Rises Tomorrow 3:21 AM Moon Seta Today 2:28 PM A Merger ol THE EEAUFOBT HEWS (Established 1912) and THE TWIM CITY TIMES (Esiablished 1936) 38th YEAR NO. 56. EIGHT PAGES MOREBEAD CITY, AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1948 EIGHT PAGES PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAY! 10c 400 Attend Annual Farm Bureau Meeting, Barbecue REA Members Will Attend Annual Meeting Directors to Be Elected; De cision to Be Made On Raising Debt Limit The annual meeting of the Carteret-Craven Electric Membership corporation will be held at 1 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at the recreation center, Shepard street, Morehead City. At that time nine directors of the cooperative will be elected, members will vote on raising the debt limit from one million to five million dollars, and hear reports of officers, directors, and commit tees. The following men who have served as the board -of directors this year have been re nominated for directorships: L. W. Pelletier, Stella, Gordon K. Laughton, Crab Point, G. W. Ball, Newport route 2, John S. Jones, Swansboro, G. B. Whitehurst, Straits, Eugene Tingle, Merrimon, Ileaden Willis, Salter Path.Cla rence Millis, Newport, and Earl C. Day, Lola. The 10th nominee, who did not serve this year as a director is Floyd W. Hall, Havelock. Only nine direc tors will be elected. Officers on the present board are Mr. Pelletier, president. Gor don K. Laughton, vice-president, and G. W. Ball, secretary. Officers of the new board of directors will be elected by the directors them selves. Deaterf 'ofeteMriM apipflaniei will present demonstrations and numerous prizes, including an elec tric mixer, medicine cabinet, elec tric heating pad, auto wash and lubrication, groceries, electric roaster, electric room heater, and electric irons will be given away. "During the past year- the con struction of extensions to our sys tem has continued steadily and lervice is now more readily avail able than ever before," remarked Mr. Ball, secretary. There are 275 miles of REA (ine in Carteret, Craven, Jones, find Onslow counties reaching to 1,355 active members. Communi ties serviced by REA in Carteret tounty are the following: route 101 lo and including Harlowe, Cedar island, Salter Path, Bogue, Broad Creek, Newport route 2, Crab Point, Havelock, Straits, Otway, Merrimon, Bachelor, Stella, and Pelletier. pivorce Granted Mrs. Olive Davis, Marshallberg, from her husband, Gray Morris Davis, New York,. in Craven coun ty.. ... . , 1 Aw Af Nowsfootwm Pktoyaph 1 1 THa$.HATOML 7V COME JSM08E THAN '7WCE AS LARGF N DOLLARS 1&OAYAS N 929 7WESE NOUST' RAL OMFaNC 3CARP F&JXESSHOW HOWNCOME ROM WAGES AND SALARIES tM$5ECOMMORE MPOXTAAfT. WAGES & SALARIES i ;ica . PROFITS AND OTHER BUSINESS INCOME i .'..,11 i Mm - JL Eight Defendants Plead Guilty To Gambling Charge, Pay Fines Towns In County To Receive Part Of Beer-Wine Tax In addition to the $8,826 71 Car teret county will receive as its share of slate beer-wine taxes Beaufort will receive $2,880.62, Morehead City, $3,253.01; New port, $422.58; and Atlantic, $88 04. Distributions to neighboring counties and municipalities arc as follows: Craven county received $15,007. 87; Bridgeton, $542.31; Dover, $529.29; New Bern, $10,401.71; Vanceboro, $727.20. Carteret county, $8,826.71; Beau fort, S2,880 62; Morehead City, $3,- 253.01; Newport, $422.58; Atlantic, $88.04. Jones county, $8,235.98; Miys ville, $644.43; Pollocksville, $359. 20; Trenton, $379.4. Onslow county, $13,793.11; Jack sonville, $768.58; Richlands, $605. 70; Swansboro, $399.69; Holly Ridge, $220.09. Pamlico county, $6,615.05: Orien tal, $471.01; Vandemere, $383.85; Bayboro, $376.80. 27 Lights Will felitevay. Under the new Tide Water Pow er company street lighting con tract for Morehead City,1 which is now in the hands of the town at torney, 27 lights, 4,000 lumens each, will be placed along each side of Arendell street from 3rd to loth street, Mayor George W. Dill explained this week. One hundred seventy - seven lights, of 2,500 lumens each, will be placed throughout the town at intersections, and two lights, each of 1,000 lumens, will be placed in alleys. There will be a total of 53 alley lights. It was suggested at the special meeting of the town board Tues day afternoon that there be in cluded in the contract, which has not yet been signed by the town, a provision that all old concrete poles be removed. Under the new system of light ing the whiteway on Arendell street will cost the town approxi mately $1,000 per month, - inter section lights $4,789 per month, and alley lights $1,113 a month. WAGES a SALARIES mm The eight men arrested while playing poker Sunday morning at Atlantic pleaded guilty to "enga ging in a game of chance at which money was bet" in recorder's court Tuesday and paid fines of $10 plus costs. They were Charles Wallace Wil lis, Joseph Willis Peppers, Virgil Hamilton, William Ileaden Piver, Eugene Hill, Eugene Willis, Arlie Nelson, and Grady Robinson. Robert Adams, charged with giving a bad check, charge with public drunkenness, resisting ar rest, using profaie language, nnd larceny failed to appear and for feited bond. The state decided not to prosecute the cases of J. B. and P. H. Taylor, charged with larceny. Judgment was suspended in the case of Theodore Johnson, charged with having an illegal liquor still, operating it, and resisting arrest. Johnson, who was arrested last May, pleaded guilty, and was ordered to pay $50 and costs. Wade Williamson, H. 11. H. Wil liamson, and George Lester, all charged with fishing from a bridge, pleaded guilty. Sentence was suspended on payment of costs. Clessie C. Hall pleaded guilty to driving druk and without driver's license. Judgment was suspended upon payment of costs and $100. Arnold M. Gibbs, charged with driving drunk, was found guilty and ordered to pay costs and $100. Gibbs gave notice of appeal to superior -court and was placed under $200 bond. Virginia tall Stiles and Stanley A. Mroczka pleaded guilty to speed ing. Each paid a $10 fine and c6stsV Vernon JFtoUy pleaded guilty to driving with improper lights. Judgment was suspended on pay ment of costs. On a charge of driving drunk, hit and run and doing damage in the amount of $300, Quincy A. Pittman was found guilty. Judg ment was suspended on payment of $180 and costs, $30 to be paid to the prosecuting witness. Jack L. Forbes and John H. Campbell pleaded guilty to driving without a driver's license. Judg ment was suspended in both cases, Forbes paying costs and Campbell half the costs. On a charge of driving with im proper lights Vernon Hardy plead ed guilty. Judgment was suspend ed on payment of costs. The state reserved the right to prosecute the case against Ernest Barrett at a future date. Cases continued are the follow ing: Dover P. Lawrence, Willie Pickett, Saul Jones, Clyde Gaskins, Leslie D. Norris, Washington G. Dudley,' and Victor Gaskill. ID-Piece Orchestra Te Appear a! Elne Ribbon Mayhard McKissick and his 10 piece orchestra 'Will appear tomor row night from 9 p.m. until 1 a.m. at the Blue Ribbon Supper club, three miles west of Morehead City. McKissick, nationally-known Or chestra leader, will bring with him the lovely Krif Kristian, vocalist. The orchestra is appearing tonight at the officer's club, Camp Le Jeune. Reservations for tomorrow night can be had by phoning M 9106. 1949 Will See In Conventions By Robert G. Lowe, Secretary Morehead City Chamber of Commerce According to tabulations in the offices of the Morehead City Chamber of Commerce, the sum mer of 1949 will see the greatest convention activity staged in this area since the war. By means of personal contact and an intensive mail campaign the Chamber of Commerce has created widespread interest in the convention facilities of Morehead City and Atlantic Beach and al ready this activity has resulted in definite dates being assigned to several groups for meetings next season with a dozen or more groups planning to come here, but not yet decided as to the dates desired. . A most interesting fact brought to light by this means is that we could and would schedule a com plete season of conventions if we had the facilities to accomodate larger groups. Seven meetings have had to be refused for next summer, Scout Committee Re-Elects James Potter Chairman James Davis Potter was re-elected chairman of the Carteret Dis trict committee, Boy Scouts of America, at the annual meeting Tuesday night in the Scout build ing on Pollock street, Beaufort. Dr. S. W. Hatcher was elected vice-chairman and Dr. O. E. Padcn, commissioner. The business meet ing followed a barbecue supper at 6:30. A color scheme of gold and green was followed and camellias were decorated the table. District committeemen, wives, Scoutmast ers, Boy Scouts, and Beaufort and Morehead City Rotarians attended. Reports were made by Charles R. Hassell, Dr. Paden, and Rufus Sewall. Dr. W. L. Woodard presid ed during the election.' W. C. Wall, Scout executive from New Bern spoke on the op portunity of growth in the Scout movement, Dr. N. Thomas Ennett, committeeman, stressed parent co operation in Scouting. B. J. May, president of Beaufort Rotary club, in a short talk stressed the im portance of working with young people. A talk by G. W. Duncan, relating his experiences while Scoutmaster, was acclaimed the most humorous address of the evening. Short talks were also made by the Rev. T. R. Jenkins, minister of Ann Street Methodist church, and the Rev. W. L. Martin, rector of St. Paul's Episcopal church. Officers Elected To Head CROP Bi J. May, Beaufort, and David Battle Webb, Morehead City, both presidents of their respective Ro tsry clubs, will head the overseas relief program, CROP, in this county. Mr. May and Mr. Webb were elected at a meeting Monday night in the court house, Beaufort. To serve as treasurer, the Rev. Lester A. Tilley, pastor of First Metho- aisi cnurcn, Morenead Lity, was chosen. In charge of the meeting was R M. Williams, county agent. The Rev. J. D. Stott, Maysville, explain ed the program. All the food in this county must be collected by Sunday, Dec. 12, he stated. Mr. May remarked this week that at the beginning of next week the officers will meet to make plans to carry out the program. Represented at Monday night's meeting were the following organ izations: Beaufort Chamber of Commerce, Lions club, Business snd Professional Women's club, State Extension service, and the Coastal Ministerial association. Big Increase at Beach simply because we do not have ac commodations for them. As the situation exists at pre sent we can accommodate not more than 300 convention guests com fortably. This number strains our ability to capacity. We have no banquet facilities on the beach that will accommodate more than 200 guests at one sitting and only one of that size. We have no room or building that can be used for group meetings of this nature ex cept the Surf Club and it is under stood at this time that even this accommodation will not be avail able for the coming year. Of course the old USO Building, which is now the Carteret County Recreational Center is available and indications are that it will have to be used to a considerable extent This building will accommo date meetings with attendance up to 700, and space for smaller groups to meet simultaneously in other rooms. - It will accommodate four or five See CONVENTIONS Page 4 Current Membership Drive Nears Goal of 550 So many Farm bureau members, wives, and friends, approximately 400, attended the annual meeting last night in the American Legion hut west of Morehead City that they had to send out for more bar becue. Prior to the main address of the evening by Frank H. Jeter, agri culture editor, Noth Carolina Ex tension service, Raleigh, short talks which turned out to be joke marathons, were made by H. L. Joslyn, member of the Farm Bu reau and superintendent of Car teret County sehools, Dan Walker, manager of the Beaufort Chamber of Commerce, and Oscar Salter chairman of the membership drive. Chuckles subsided to undertake the main business, election of of ficers for the coming year. All the present officers were re-elected: J. Raymond Ball, president. Robert Laughton, vice-president, Marie Campen, secretary-treasurer, and Oscar Salter, membership chair man. The board of directors, heads of various committees, including fruit and vegetable, tobacco, swine, general crops, sweet pota toes, etc., were re-clectrd. The re port of the nominating committee was made by Roland Salter, Bet tie. Mr. Salter in his report on the current membership drivf said the goal of 550 members is in sight and that he guaranteed that by the time the drive closes at noon to morrow Csrteret county's goal will have been met. As of Wednesday night 523 mem berships had been written, Mr. Salter said that 10 were yet to be written for sure and ttte remainder would be obtained by the deadline. The first year a farm bureau was organized here, which was three years ago, the membership goal was set at 335. This was sur passed and the second year a goal of over 400 was set and this too surpassed. This year the quota is higher than ever before. President Ball opened the meet ing with an expression of appre ciation of the interest associate members of the farm bureau have shown. The Rev. T. R. Jenkins, pastor of Ann Street Methodist church, Beaufort, gave the invoca tion. Woman's Club To Award Prizes The Beaufort Junior Woman's club is planning to be busy during the pre-Christmas season. They will give a prizo away to the merchant who displays the best decorated window on Front Street in Beaufort during Christ mas week. This prize, along with one to the home owner with the most attractive front yard, will be presented on Christmas Eve. A needy family in Beaufort, whose name has not been decided yet, has also been included in the Woman's club Christmas plans. A complete Christmas dinner, with turkey and all the fixin's, will be given to them, along with toys and clothing for the children. On Saturday, December 4th, the club is sponsoring a bazaar at the Ann Street Methodist church an nex. The bazaar will be held from 9 a.m. to S p.m. and will feature the sale of homemade cakes, pies, cookies, candy, as well as gifts of all kinds. Mrs. David Jones will be in charge. Beaniorl JCi Recommend Town Expansion, Zoning Beaufort Jaycees informed two members of the town planning board, Mrs. Helen Hatsell and Robert Stephens, at their .meeting Monday night that they. thought extension of the town limits and zoning were necessary as soon as possible. They also discussed the neces sity for a different method of gar bage collection. It was reported that approximately half of the members have . had their blood typed at the Morehead City hos pital and remaining members will have theirs typed in the near fu ture. , . " . Following the meeting there was rehearsal for the minstrel show. Claud Wheatly. president, was In charge of the business meeting. New Regulations To Protect Buyers Of Roof Materials RALEIGH After January 1 purchasers of roofing and siding in North Carolina will be orotccl- I ed by a regulation establishing space coverage, in terms of the "square" and the "square foot," as the basis of measurement' for such materials. The regulation, adopted Novem ber 8 by the State Uoa-d of Agri culture under authority of the Weights and Measures Law, pro vides that side laps or joints must be taken into consideration initio ting coverage for siding and roof ing. In the case of corrugated ma terial it specifies that the side lap shall be not less than one full corrugation. Hitherto there has been no uni form standard of measurement for roofing and siding, some materials being sold on the basis of cover age while others were measured in terms of their own area with no allowance made for overlapping joints. This led to misunderstandings between dealers and consumers, especially in the case of some aluminum roofing material which has become popular since tlje war. Farmers and others complained' to the Department of Agriculture that they had bought certain types of roofing by the square only to find that it would not cover the general ly accepted area of a square, or 100 square feet, when nailed down with overlapping side joints. The new regulation was drawn by C. D. Baucom, superintendent of the Agriculture Department's Division of Weights and Measures. It differs from an earlier proposal, on which the board held two pub lic hearings, in that it omits a requirement that all roofing sold in this state be marked according to its coverage capacity. It also in cludes siding, whereas the original proposal referred only to roofing. As finally adopted, the regu lation construes the term "square" as "a quantity of roofing or siding material, sufficient, when applied as intended by the manufacturer in accordance with design andor spe cifications, to cover an area equal to 100 U. S. standard square feet exclusive of side laps or side joints." Use of the term "square foot" also is permitted as a stand ard measurement when allowance is made for side laps. AcreageOf Hybrid Corn Increases R. M. Williams, county agent, re ported today that the hybrid corn acreage in the county this year has increased, with N. C. 27 the predominant variety. Jason Morris, Stella, conducted a demonstration on his farm. On one plat he planted corn 8 inches in the drill in 4-foot rows and harvested 119.4 bushels per acre. On another plat he thinned corn to about 19 inches in 4-foot rows and harvested 111.2 bushels per acre. After ready for harvesting the corn was pulled, shucked, air-dried for a month, shelled and weighed, related Mr. Williams. Mr. Morris planted the corn April 1 with 800 pounds of 3-12-6 fertilizer distributed in the drill when soil was prepared. When the corn was one foot high one ton of 7-7-7 fertilizer was placed be tween the rows. The corn was cultivated again when it was between knee and waist high and 500 pounds of soda per acre was added when the corn was between waist and shoulder high. Two Fire Alarms Answered The fire department reported two fires in Morehead City Mon day; Nov. 22. Both occurred in the evening. The first alarm from box 12 was at 9:30 when a short circuit eaused some damage to the walls in the second story of Fender's store. The second alarm sounded from Box 18 at 11:50 when a stove caught fire at a home on Bay street, causing little damage. Board Defers Action On Letting Paving Contract Beaufort, New Bern Con tractors Submit Bids On Paving Evans St. Morehead City board of commis sioners deferred action, neither accepting or rejecting, bids on the paving of Evans street at a special meeting Tuesday afternoon when bids were opened. Only two bids were made, and these were reckoned on a tonnage basis, from Z. A. Sneedun, New Hern, and N. F. Eure, Beaufort. Commented Mayor George W. Dill, Jr., "Both bids have been re jected pending further develop ments. There is the possibility that with the state paving nearby highways in the spring we may be able to purchase asphalt lor much less than at present," During the course of the meet ing the mayor also stated that pos sibility of installing a stop light at 4th and Arendell street should be investigated. After action in regard to the street paving project the board went into executive session. Blind Man Owns Newsstand, Works for Fun at Carpentry By Gainer Bryan, . Jr. He's happily-married, he 't gain fully employed, and has a hobby of carpentry. What s more, he can guess size and weight almost ac curately Just from hearing a per son talk. William (Bill) Denby, who runs Bill's newstand on Arendell st., has been totally blind for eight years and practically without sight since he was about nine years old, but he makes change with alacrity ns he sells his drinks, cigarettes and newspapers, and he does all his buying and pays his bills himself "when I have the money to pay," he added. Mrs. Denby keeps his books and is herself employed at the Busy Bee cafe. "I'd think that one of the things you miss most is seeing pretty girls," this writer commented. "No," Bill replied, "girls don't bother me much." "Do you think you know how your wife looks?" I asked. "Yes," Bill replied. He remem bers a little about her appearance before he went completely blind. He married Lottie Lloyd Sawyer in May, 1945, and they have made their home in the lane between Arendell and Bridges near the Me thodist church. Bill worked with the State Com mission for the Blind in Raleigh to learn his trade in 1944 and 1945. They taught him how to manage a small stand, such as he now ope rates. He had on-the-job training too, working for awhile in the State Soda shop, Raleigh, where another blind man taught him the ropes. "So the blind can lead the blind after all," I remarked. "Yes," Bill replied. "As soon as you learn the skills yourself at the trade schools for the blind, you help another to learn, and that im proves your own understanding. Mr. Denby also worked in Dur ham to learn the mattress trade at the Lions Workshop for the Blind in 1942-43. Before that, he held various jobs in Morehead City with the WPA, worked at the beach and at the fisheries laboratory, He hates unemployment more than anything else and says he has never been without work more than 18 months to two years at the time. He has operated his stand on Arendell st. since Sept. 28, 1947. In his spare time, Bill likes to work with a hammer and saw and to tinker with electrical fixtures. He recently built a coal bin on one side of his house without any help. He built his coin change box in tho newstand. Recently, he re versed a pipe on a heater from up to down. He says he has little trouble serving his customers at the stand but that distinguishing between some drink bottles is a problem. Telling between orange and grape, made by the tame company takes a bit of advance planning. His scheme is to have the drink man stack the cratea In separate places, JCs Will Rocket To Stardom Dec 10 'Hollywood Capers' to Open For One-Night Stand at School Glamorous Rita Hayworth, better known in these parts as Bernard Leary, will play one of the leading roles in "Hollywood Capers," the musical show to be presented by the Carteret County Registered Nurses' club and Morehead Cfty Jaycees, at 8 o'clock Friday night, Dec. 10, in the Morehead City school, auditorium. Appearing in the all male cast will be Hazel Scott (E. M Dewey), Jane Russell, (H. S. Gibbs, Jr ) and the Rockettes of Radio City Music Hall. George W. Dill, Jr., will be mas ter of ceremonies. Proceeds from the affair will be used to purchase a lending sick kit for public use and to finance Jaycee Christmas projects. Roles were assigned the Jayeees at their meeting Monday night in the recreation center. The Jaycees were shown a film on the process of testing products in the Underwriters' laboratory, the same movie which Rotarians saw Thursday night. The group decided to attend the Union Thanksgiving service yester day and then went to the bowling alley to continue their tournament. High bowler Monday night was Mr. Gibbs with 180. W. B. Chalk, vice-president, pre sided at the business meeting In the absence of President Bruce Goodwin. " tni then he novr pui orange ' and grape into the. cooler together.'' As for making change, coins give him no trouble, but he re fuses to change a greenback of over $1 denomination. Bill is 29 and the son of Esther Smith Denby and Harvey Denby, both of Morehead City. His la ther is dead. , v- He is completely without pe ception through his left eye, and can only distinguish between light and darkness through his righUtii Bill thinks his blindness is due lo some medicine drops which a doctor put into his eyes when he was between eight and 10 years old. One afternoon, he related, be played in a cold wind, and Jhe next day his eyes smarted and fan water, and he had a headache, w The school teacher noticed him with his head down on his arms and had him sent to a doctor. The doctor put drops into his eyes which were very painful and prac tically blinded him at the tintf. The treatment was repeated, and when the boy complained to his father, the father tried a drop, in his own eye and was so pained that he refused to let the doctor continue the treatment. He said he was then taken to a doctor in another town who da- dared there was nothing wroiM with his eyes. , The damage appeared to .. .be done by then, however, and bii sight steadily failed. In the sev enth grade, Bill had to quit school Operations have failed to res tore his vision, and now, he says, it doesn't matter much either wayt Four or five years ago, his eyes were examined at Duke Hospital and doctors found scars which in dicated that too strong a medicine had eaten away the inner eye, At the age of 19, he had an one- ration on his left eye, and sight was restored for 12-18 months. Then it went completely blank; , . With the aid of the Lions club he began his newstand enterprise. Tide Table pi'V HIGH Friday, Nov. 26 4:02 AM 10:35 AM 4:23 PM 10:48 PM Saturday, Nov. 27 5:05 AM 11:37 AM 5:22 PM 11:40 m Sunday, Nov. 28 r t 5:59 AM 12:00 noon 6:15 PM 12:33 AM Monday, Nov. 29 8:51 AM 12:30 AM 7:06 PM 12.34; PM Tuesday, Nov. 39 in J 7:39 AM ,; . 1:18 AM 7:55 PM 2:11 ?St Rehearsals Move to Stage ' ' The Little Theatre will hoffln'rC h'earsal next week in Morehead City school ' auditorium on their play, "Joan of Lorraine," '. ...