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MEW'S As!res8!esl Bab Stan Seti Tonight 1 5:0 PM Sun Else Tomorrow 7:17 AM Now Risei Today 19:45 AM Moon Sets Tonight 10:14 PM A Merger ci TEE EEAUFC3T NEWS (Established 1912) and THE TWIN CITY TIMES (Established 1935) SGih YEAIU-N, MOBEHEAD CITY, AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA, TUESDAY, JANUARY 4, 1949 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAY! 10c Three-Month Resident of China Says She's Anxious to Return County Board Conducts Short January Session Denies Constable's Request for Salary; Road Prob lems Considered If the first meeting of the coun ty commissioners in the new year ib an indication of all the meet ings to come, there will be no more three-hour sessions. The commis sioners recessed at 11:20 yester day morning. C. M. Krouse, Morehcad City township .constable, requested a monthly salary from the county, amount to be decided by the board, but the board felt that paying the constable a salary would set a "dangerous precedent." They further pointed out that the county had no available funds to appropriate for a constable's salary. Four hundred dollars was ac cepted in settlement of back taxes on the Carl WlUia property, Mark ers Island, and a decrease in valua tion on the Hugh G. Swsnn farm, formerly the Thomas trad in the Mcrrimon section, was denied. Mr. Swann, New Bern, by letter requested a valuation of $10,000. The valuation now is $14,000. The board passed a resolution okaying the purchase of interest coupons' on bonds tof $3,000 and also passed two ; resolutions re questing the State highway com mission' attention, to clearance of line open drainage ditch from Rus sell's Creek church to the Inland waterway and the repair? tt the tarn throng thaJWundiWu section from the- Nine-foot road to the ,Catop Brown road. , ;v. f ft TV Cannon. Newport, appear ed before the board to request the repair of that thoroughfare, ap proximately two miles long, which, he says, serves approximately 15 families. Walter Smith was appointed list taker for Atlantic and Sea Level. The list taker for Straits has not 'ct been named. In addition to Dr. K. P. B. Bon per, chairman of the board, Com missioners Tildcn Davis, Wallace Styron, and C. Z, Chappcil were present. Homeovmers Vin $38 in Prizes , - A total of $38 was awarded to homeowners in Beaufort and Morc j head City, for their outdoor Christ ! mas decorations. ' , 1 i Beaufort's winners were Mrs. j Fred King, Moore street, the Charles Markeys, Ann street, and in Morehcad City, Ethan Davis, Jr., 607 Bridges street, Mrs. John Lash I ley, 13th and ArendclL Duffy , Guthrie, 1609 Arendell, and Mrs. Alfred Reynolds, 1405 Shcpard street. The Junior Woman's club,' Beau- ! fort, presented Mrs. King with $9 first prize and Mr. Marxcy witn , $3 second prize for the most at tractive decorations. ';i Mr. Davis received $10 first prize and Mrs. LashJcv $5 second f prize from the Morehcad City Ju- ( nior Chamber of Commerce for the imost beautiful decorations. Mr. i Guthrie received $10 and Mrs. Rey- ' T i t . . . -., l encex, ana Mrs. uaua wncatiy, - - ' Morf'-nad Ci'y's judges were " '. r ? xmun, Mrs. Ha .roM I !,'and Mrs. Floyd Chadwick, Sr. , I Demonstration Club to Meet ' ' The Bcttic Home Demonstration .club will meet at 7:30 tonight with I Mrs. Bertie Midgctte. The topic J will be "Study of Home Demon- v ti . .. . -irauun worn. v . . . No Police Court , , Because there were no defeiv ' dants, there war no police court " in Morehcad City yesterday after 5 noon.- i ' Larval , fishes drifting on the outer edge of the Gulf Stream have Been carried north every year for tens of thousands of years; "I'd like to go back to China the minute the government permits it," is the opinion of Mrs. Robert Poulk, the former Miss Dorothy Eurc, of Beaufort, who returned last month after three months' stay at Shanghai and Nanking with her husband, a radioman, who is sta tioned in China. Wives and children of military personnel were ordered out of China early in November because advance of the Communist forces threatened . their safety. Mrs. Poulk, with her two-year-old son, Robert. Jr.. nicknamed "Spookie," and a friend whom Mrs. Poulk met in China, Mrs. Memc Westlcin, arc livipg with Mrs. Poulk's parents. Mr. and Mrs. N. F. Eure, Highland Park. Life in China is a lazy one, Mrs. Poulk commented. "We had ser vants to do almost everything for us, and an amah to take care of Spook." Living conditions were not un pleasant. There were all the con viences of home in the American compound at Nanking where the Pouks lived. At another compound about five miles away it was neces sary for residents there to boil their water before using it. Mrs. Poulk disliked Shanghai where she lived about five weeks before moving to Nanking where her husband is stationed. In Shang hai they lived in the New Asia hotel. "There were beggars every where all the time. People lived in the streets, ate, slept, and died there. It was miserable," she re lated. Feeling against the Americans is high, she continued. They feel that United States should render more assistance against the Com munists. In July students in Shang hai held a demonstration against Americans. i At no time did Mrs. Poulk feel in immediate danger. She did not arrive in Shanghai until Aug. 29, There ,wer guards stationed al- awytjAtUwie,! and.': When- ti Cotpniunjsts. drew closer ,lo Nanking, '.eurfe!: we enforced. There were rice riots and all Americans were ordered to clay within the compound. The riots occurred when merchants slopped the sale of rice, not by order, but probably to keep the rice for them selves, said Mrs. Poulk. With the Communists in control of the rail road, flow of food supplies to the city wss endangered. Food was purchased in the com missary and at prices probably cheaper than here, Mrs. Poulk con tinued. Fresh eggs were available as well as vegetables,. When she arrived in Shanghai the ratio of Chinese exchange to American was 4 to 1, but by the time the order came for American families to leave, the ratio had risen to 40 to 1. "I learned a few Chinese words," the Navy wife said. "Words like good, bad, wait, cat, and sleep . . ." Her friend, Mrs. Westlein, was born in China. Her father was a missionary there. Her family left the Orient when she was six months old, however, and made their home in Canada. Just a short See CHINA Page 6 Newspaper 'Carrier of the Year' . - i; : r ... r . Minimum n i -.- iw mi mTif.:: V, 8. Senator Clyde R. Ilocy, Democrat of North Carolina, om meads Joe Billy Manner (left), winner of a $100 U.S. Saving brail as "carrier of the year" for the Shelby (N.C.) Daily Star which Iloey founded 59 years ago. Young Mauney bought his own clothes and a bicycle and saved $1,145 from his earnings as a carrier. The youth la president of the senior class of Shelby high school. He plans to enter Wake Forest College and study law. The Dally Star la pub lished by B. Weathers. (AP Photo). ' County Lacks $603 In TB Seal Sale Campaign Eighth, Eleventh Grades At Newport School Win Cash s Prizes Carteret county lacks $603.95 of its 1948 quota in tlic tuberculosis seal sale, Wiley Taylor, chairman of the drive, reported yesterday. On hand as of Dec. 30, 1948 Was $1,396.05. The goal set for this county by state headquarters was $2,000. The local tuberculosis as sociation hoped that even more than $2,000 would be raised, j Of the communities In the coun ty, Beaufort's contributions have been highest. Approximately $200 was received from Morchead City, but final tabulations and break down of figures arc not yet ready, Mr, Taylor said. Reminders will be sent out this week. Some contributors sent money and others returned the stamps but crossed out their name on the return envelope so that it could not be ead. In this rase, they may receive a reminder to return the stamps or make a contribution, Mr. Taylor explained. If so, this will be only because it was impossible to deter mine who responded to the plea. The chairman expressed the be lief that the $2,000 goal would be reached, if those who have not yet contributed send in theii money immediately. The funds will he used to fi nance the visit of a mobile X-ray unit to this county in the spring. Winners in the TB window dis play contest were two grades in Newport school. The eighth grade received $10 and the eleventh grade $5. Only schools in Newport and Morehcad City participated, Mr. Taylor reported Mq i (tapis was good enough to warrant , a third prize, he said. '" . i! ' s - A mass meeting to explain the X-ray program will bo held at 7 o'clock Friday night at the court house. Transport Sails ,-,Thc USS Winston, cargo trans port, sailed from Port Terminal Wednesday afternoon with person nel and equipment from the sec ond Marine division. The Winston was bound for the Mediterranean. Official to Go to Raleigh Capt. John Nelson, Morchead City, state fisheries commissioner, will attend the January meeting of the Board of Conservation and De velopment in Raleigh. The meet ing will take place Jan. 25, 26, and 27. Board to Meet "i The board of directors of the Beaufort chamber of commerce will meet at 7 o'clock tomorrow night in the chamber offices. Members of the chamber are also invited to attend. Board of On Davis Dr. C. H. Lupton Spends Holidays At Sea Level Dr. Charles Hamilton Lupton, surgeon of national repute, spent the Christmas holidays with his mother, Mrs. Alice Lupton, and sister, Mrs. M. A. Taylor, at Sea Level. Dr. Lupton recently returned "rm St. Louis, Mo., where he was inducted as a fellow in the Inter national College of Surgeons, the highest membership possible in the International college. A veteran of world war 1 and 2, he spent four years in service dur ing the recent war as assistant chief of surgery in one of the large Naval hospitals and later became chief of surgery. Located at Norfolk, his practice is confined to general surgery. He was charge of one of the surgical services at Norfolk General hospi tal. Dr. Lupton received his degree Dr. C. II. Lupton of doctor of medicine from the University of Maryland, He has done postgraduate medical work at Harvard Medical school, Colum bia University Medical school, New York Tost-Graduate Medical school and at Cornell University Medical college. ' Ho has contributed extensively to surgical literature- His writings arc now in use in many libraries in this country and in some abroad. He is a recognized author ity on the principles of surgical technique and on use of future materials. He has dono consider able investigation on the treatment of burns and has helped develop an ointment which, when used with the compression treatment of burns, is considered the best local treatment of such injuries. Dr. Lupton was one of the clinical in vestigators of the antispctic Zephi- ran and of Fine Chromic Catgut for Cunty Sutures. He is listed in Who's .Who in World Medicine. Ho is a Fellow of the Southeastern Surgical Con gress, and a Fellow of the Ameri can College of Surgeons. He is also a member of Various local, state and national medical societies. Civil Service Jolts Open At Cherry Point Air Base CjvU service 1 examinations for nine positions al Cherry Point Ma rine Air base will be given in the near future, according to William E. Ward, recorder, board of U. 6. Civil Service examiners at the air Wasc. .: ' v ' Positions 'ones are as follows: storekeeper (application, must be received by Jan. JO), aeronautical engineer, material engineer, civil engineer, electrical engineer, me chanical engineer, sanitary engi neer, and engineering draftsman. On the last mentioned position, applications will be accepted until needs of the service "have been met. - On the others, with excep tion of storekeeper, the applica tions must be receiyed by the Re corder, Board of U. S. Civil Ser vice Eaminers, Gate No. 1, U. S. Marine Corps Air Station; Cherry Point, N. CM not later than Jan, 27. - " Information and ' application blanks can 6e obtained at post of flees or from Mr. Ward at the base. - ' ' ' I . t W i 1 ' ; Education Decides School for Use as To Attend Inaugural Mayor L. Hassell, of Beaufort pictured above, has been invited to attend the inaugural cere monies of Governor W. Kerr Scott Thursday at Ralelgb. As special guest of Mr. Scott, Mayor and Mrs. Hassell will occupy seats on the stage. The Hassells will leave for Raleigh Thursday morning. Agassiz Makes Rescue Saturday The Coast Guard cutter Agassiz returned to home port, Morehead City, Sunday morning after loca ting the J. w. McAndrcws. a cargo VefMdwcntyatfrr, Year's day when the hawser part ed between the McAndrcws and the tug Vevin Moran, which was proceeding it southward. The McAndrcws, located 14.12 miles southeast of Cape Lookout shoals, was taken in tow by the tug and is now on its way again. The sight crewmen aboard were safe. The hawser broke in heavy seas and strong winds about 25 miles off Morehcad City some time Sat urday. The McAndrcws is a C 3 type cargo vessel and was being towed from New York to Mobile. Another coast guard cutter, the Cherokee, Saturday was staying with the after end of the Argentine tanker Capitan awaiting a break in the weather to get a line aboard. The after end of the tanker which broke in half Sunday a week ago near Cape Hatteras, was in tow of 'the tug Brant when the towing hawser parted Thursday. After losing the hblf ship, the tug came to Hampton Roads Fri day, took on supplies and headed back to the scene in the late after noon. Beaufort BoJarians Proceed With Recreation Proposals The Beaufort Rotary club re creation committee met at noon yesterday and mapped out plans for recreation in Beaufort for the coming year. These plans include a survey which will determine what types of recreation arc re quired. The committee, which also met with other civie leaders, will have a conference in Beaufort tomor row with Miss Ronnie Sheffield, assistant director of the North Ca rolina Recreation association. Members of the Rotary commit tee arc It. M. Williams, chairman, the Rev. W. L. Martin, and the Rev. T. R. Jenkins. Other officials cooperating in the proposed re creation work are B. J. May, pre sident of the Rotary club, Dr. W. L. Woodard, president of the Beau fort chamber of commerce, and Dan L. Walker, manager. Tide Table HIGH LOW Tuesday. Jan. 4 11:20 AM 5:10 AM 12 Midnight 5:55 PM Wednesday, Jan. 5 12:0.1 AM 6:03 AM 12:12 PM 6:39 PM . Thursday. Jan. 6 12:49 AM 6:53 AM 12:56 PM V 7:18 PM : ' 1 : . t , . .- ' - . Friday, lan. 7 ' v 1:38 M , 7.48 AM 1:40 I'M ' 8:03 I'M - f . t If The county board of education, in regular session yesterday after noon in the county superinten dent's office, decided that the school building at Davis could be leased to the community as a com munity center, providing that an organized civic group maintain ade quate insurance on the building and keep it in repair. This decision was made follow ing the reading of a letter from Attorney General Harry McMullan who was asked for advice on the matter. A delegaVion from Smyrna re quested at the December meeting of the board that the school build ing, no longer in use, be turned over (or use as a community cen ter. They offered to purchase the building. Board members agreed that al lowing the Davis citizens to lease the school would he a better policy than selling it. A delegation from the Smyrna school hoard, Eugene Moore, spokesman, requested that the board consider the institution of a vocation ' agriculture course at Smyrna. H. L. .loslyn. superintendent of schools, stated that a request has already been filed for another vo cational agriculture instructor for this county. It was pointed out tliat more room will be required for this de partment. More land is needed also, they said, at the south side of the school where woods and weeds grow up to the school wall. Wiley Taylor, attorney for the Beaufort Athletic association, ap peared before the board to ask if they would approve the lease for the hall park if a bill was passed in the legislature permitting them to lease it for a period of 25 years. The board made no decision at the meeting but told. Mr. Taylor they would re consider the lease and lnf(nrrhcTr'tl'i- slofis. In regard to the action of the state legislature on appropriation of funds for the state school sys tem, the board ordered that a re solution be drawn up and sent to II. S. Gibbs, Sr., Carteret county's representative, requesting that he lend all his support to bills which would provide for adequate funds to meet the needs of the schools. Dr. L. W. Moore, chairman of the board, said that it's about time the state legislature stops appro priating hundreds of thousands of dollars ta state colleges and uni versities to take care of the 4 per cent of students who go to college and start appropriating funds to take care of the 06 per cent who don't go farther than the second ary schools. The board members in general commented on the fact that law yers in the legislature, alumni of the various state-subsidized col leges, see that their alma maters get their share while secondary schools throughout the state suf fer. Because constant breakdowns of the tun and a half school main tenance truck have caused undue loss of time and money, according to Mr. Joslyn, the board 'ordered that a new truck be purchased. On the Courts Morehead City cagcrs will take to the court at Jacksonville tonight after a holiday lull. Benufort will not play again until Friday, Jan. 21. This will be a home game. Drifting Halt of Ship Found V. 8. Coast Guardsmen from the co:-er Cherokee board the drift ing stern half of the Argentine tanker Capita and take it in tew -off Cave flattens, North Carolina. The f esacL broke in twe Jn a storm. Coast Guardsmen resrped 16 crewmen from the bow half' and two from the stern. (AT Wlrepbote (rem V. 8. Coast Vnard.) ' to Grant Lease Community Center Street Re-Snrfacing Job Completed Saturday The re-surfacing of Evans street, Morchead City, was com pltfd Saturday, all the way from 4th street beyond 28th street to the end of the original sand asphalt layer. According to the plan when re surfacing was begun, the new eoat was to be laid only as far as 28th street. I-ower cost of the new topping made 11 possible for the remainder to be sur faced. World Federalist Makes '48 Report Robert Lee Humber, founder of the world federalist movement, made his annual report in Beau fort Wednesday afternoon, at the American Legion hut, Turner street. Ten of the original members who .illcndcd the organizational meeting on Davis Island eight years ago heard Mr. Ilumber. There were approximately 10 attended the meeting. Mr. Ilumber usually gives his ? i I report at the Inlet inn, but be cause the inn was not available on the day he came, the Legion hut was used. ' Following his mport, which con sisted of the progress the world federalists made during 1048, re freshments were served. Tax Listing Begins Better This Year Than Last Tax listing began this year bet ter than last, according to F. R. Seeley, Beaufort listtaker. Residents of Beaufort may list taes in the courthouse from 0 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Sat urday. Mr, Seeley reminded taxpayers that even though they have no per sonal property they must pay a $2 poll tax In the county and a fl poll (ax in the town. 10 -' Robert Lee Ilumber It ,' ' v . it Principal Lists Beaufort School Honor Students T. G. Lcary, principal of Beau- ' fort school, yesterday released tho list of honor pupils for the third term. They are as follows: First Grade: Kverettc Lee Hincork. Clifford Lewis, Rickey M.irkcy, Jimmy Rolinson, Huberta Kodrie, Pamela Hassell, Donna litidnall, Calvin Jones, Jr. .Inane Allen, Kay Temple, Ivey Graham, Bryan Hassell, George Huntley, III, Wiley Lewis, Jr., Lin da Heeton, Marie Brooks. Harriet Hill, Johnisc Lee, Mol lie Thomas and Alice Virginia Mc- , Gchcc. Second Grade: Sammy Merrill, Erick Pake, Frank Potter, Jackie Wheatley, Glenda Harris, Sandra llumm, T. G. Lcary, Jr., Bunny Moore. Mary Elizabeth Noe, Dallas Wil lis. Larry Dudley, Linda Kay Sal ter, Billy .lean Skarren, Elizabeth Hill, Pauline Woodard and Paula Hill. Third Grade: Frances Bell, Nan cy Davis. Nancy Mason. Judith Moore, Rrcnda Smith, Mary Ann Swain, Brona Willis. i Raymond Gillikin, Daniel Wil lis. Nina Darling, Elizabeth Ed wards and Anne Lewis. Fourth Grade: Rita Anne Mason, ' Ada Sue Owens, Margaret Sprin-, . gle, John Chaplain, III, Charles ' Smith. Janice Becton, Ruby Chad wick. Rue Scwcll, D...k T.,iln. :AA Wk.l "L Wflnfchy : KtBscIV wi JsiaJO 1 1 Sac Frances Hassell, Evelyn Mer- .? i rill, Catherine rotter and enza- beth Willis. Fifth Grade: Jimmy Murphy, Irma Cannon, Joyce Chadwick, Bertha Dixon, Mary Lou Gaskill, Sylvia Hsrrell, Paula Jones.: . Sarah Pivcr, Peggy Williams, George Martin, Jimmy Potter, Bon nie Jean Brlnson, Barbara Chad wick, Sterling Chadwick, Nina Faye Kirk, Elizabeth Ann Lcary, Shirley Piver, Jean Pittman, Kay Prythcrch and Clyda Ruth Taylor. Sixth Grade: Virginia Leo Davis, Mnrtha Gibbs, Virginia H,(cll, Ann Fclton Hill, Jeanne Jenkins, Janice Murphy, Barbara Piner, Larry Moore. Wayne Whitchurst. J. W. Alii- good, Bruce Edwards, Gchrmann Holland, Kerry Safrlt, Jim Wheat ley, Geneva Hardesty, Pat Herring, Nancy Faye Mason, Nancy Rat cliffe, and Ada Lewis. , t . Seventh Grade: Bobble Davis. Patricia Daniels, Sadie Harris, Ja nice Keller, Peggy Joyce Lewis, Anita Copcland, Sue Gibbs, Eve lyn Graham, Barbara Harris, Phyl lis Pake, Inez Woodard. t . Eighth Grade: Gordon Davis, Iwis Woodard, Patsy Becton, Jean Taylor, Andy Mason, Bobby Smith, Corrcnnc Scurlock, Bculah Eubanks, Barbara Goodwin and Elizabeth Woodard. Ninth Grade: Sheila Smith, John Lynch and Gary Copcland.- -s Tenth Grade: Elizabeth Bell, Christine Hansen, Anna Lou Laughton, Shirley Lipman, Vera ' Lou Loftin, Peggy Piver and Jean ' Taylor. Eleventh Grade: Neva Dait, Connie Dudley, Margaret Fodrie, Jean Hopkins, Betsy Noc, Helen Paul, Betty Lou Pittman and Olive Taylor. Twelfth Grade: Neva Bell, Rose mary Bcsscnt, Gerry Dickinson, Betsy Jones, Mary Fond Mason, -Dorothy Taylor, .Margaret Anne Windley, Charles Davis and Colon'.' Wilson. School Official Comments -On Road la Uerrimon A school official who made a trip recently over the Mcrrimon road stated' yesterday that he could see no cause for complaint as to the road's condition. : i ti "The men there arc workir' very hard. There is a tractor e' tioncd at bad places on the ro to pull -cars through." We had I . be pulled only twice and I thi , letters such as that one which f peared in the newspaper recent . do more harm than good. . "School busses have been r to get through on every cho'' this past fall with the ex of three,'1 he continued. ;TLe ; working on the road feci thi1 receive . nothing but : con ' whether they try to do a; , or whether they duat" ,