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CARTE-RET COUNTY Astronomical Data 10c Sub Sets Today 5:12 PM Sun Rises Tomorrow 7:18 AM Noon Rises Tonight 11:55 PM Moon Sets Tomorrow !:! AM A Merger ol THE REAUFCRT MEWS (Established 1912) and THE TWIN CITY TIMES (Established 1936) 39th. YEAR No. 2 MORE HEAD CITY, AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 7, 1049 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYI 3ry Kiln Destroyed by Fire at Safrit Mill, Beaufort j Merrinwn Road Champion Replies To Statement by School Official IB. Roberts Gets Pat on Back From Fellow JCs Morehead City Junior Chamber of Commerce members adopted a resolution at their meeting Mon day night at the recreation center commending A. B. (Jack) Roberts, retiring Jayccc, for his excellent service while a member of the organization. Mr. Roberts has reached the retiring age, 35. It was reported that the total amount received for the Jaycee Nurses club show, Hollywood Ca pers, was $744.05. Expenses total ed $201.65, leaving a balance of $532.40 to be divided between the Carteret County Registered Nurs es club and the Junior Chamber. There have been requests that the show be repeated and plans arc being made to produce a simi lar entertainment in the spring. Bobbie Bell, chairman of the Christmas activities committee re ported that toys were distributed to 14 families at Christmas time and that $30 was awarded to home owners for outstanding Christmas decorations. Visitors at the meeting were Lester Lewis and Bill White. Bruce Goodwin, president, wis In charge of the meeting. The group voted to meet this coming Monday night, - and here after, at the Fort Macon hotel. Beaufort Rceives mil Beaufort has received a total of $5,936.74 in the parking meters since April 6, 1948, according to a financial statement read at the January meeting of the town board Monday night. December's take in the meters was $849.91. The statement covered a period of eight months prior to Dec. 1, 1948. Total receipts in addition to the balance in the bank were $8,40535 Total disbursements were $5,648.49. Balance in the general fund Jan. 1, 1949 after payment of all debts was $919.30. The commissioners decided to put the 1935 Dodge fire truck up for sale because it is no longer of any use to the department. Clyde Peterson, street superintendent, and Gray Hassell, engineer, were requested to make an estimate on the cost to the town of laying a sewer on Hedrick street. One bid, considered too high by the board, was obtained several months ago from T. A. Loving, contractor. This bid was $1,945. The board decided to place a meter in front of the S. W. Davis retail fish store and approximately five meters on Craven street. Covering the By Aycock Brown MOREHEAD CITY, N. C. The surf boat crew members at Fort Macon Coast Guard Station are ready for the Josephus Daniels Memorial Trophy. As matter of fact they have been ready for the trophy Since last August 4, the day they rowed to victory at the annual Coast Guard Anniversary celebration held at Cape Hattcras. After winning the rowing event it was necessary to send the cup or trophy off to the engravers in order that the name of the winning station could be engraved upon it. The trophy will be presented to the winning crew members by one of the sons of the late Josephus Daniels, and shortly after it had been won at Cape Hatteras local civic leaders headed by Robert G. Lowe of the Chamber of Com merce gave assurance' that an .ap propriate banquet for the trophy presentation would be sponsored locally. , In the meantime, Captain George Harrison Meekins, who was chief warrant officer in charge of the & M . leers Mrs. Mildred S. Lawrence, Mcr rimon. in a letter printed below, replies to the item in Tuesday's NEWS-TIMES which, reported that a Carteret county school official felt that the complaints about the Merrimon road were ill-timed and unjust. Phone calls have come to THE NEWS-TIMES office from persons filled with wrath and indignation, requesting the name of the school official. Because this person made these remarks merely in conversation and the reporter did not decide to print them until several hours later, the official was not asked if his name could be used in con nection with his statements. Nei ther did he, however, during the conversation, request that what u,as said should not be made pub lic. We printed his remarks because "icy astounded us, but at I he same time brought us to the reali zation again that there arc always TWO sides to every problem. the Editor. Merrimon, N. ('. January 4, 1948 Mr. Lorkwooil Phillips Beaufort, North Carolina Dear Mr. Phillips: 1 have been intending to thank you and Miss Peeling for the build up and space you gave our road complaint. Contrary to the opinion of the. anonymous school official in today's paper, 1 feel that some good was accomplished by the " I do wish this school official had given his name. I would very much like to reply to him. At any rale, if he had lived in Merrimon from November 3rd until the middle of December, I'm sure his opinion would be a little different. Or if he had lived here all of his life with road conditions as they have been year in and year out, I believe even he would sec reasons for complaint. Does he know what it's like to stay in mud from one afternoon until the sun appears the next morning? I do! Does he know how it feels to lose a whole truck corp because it can't be carried over the roads? We do! Does he know how it feels to have death lurking near when minutes mean every thing? Two Merrimon families experienced that during November and December. Docs he know how many men have been employed on this road? Docs he know how much money has been spent? Does he know that men were posted at each end for several days to keep traffic off? Does he know that the tractors were out of order a part of the time? Does he know that no drivers were there for said trac tors on numerous occasions, and that people were forced to walk through at night? It's true, the school bus has only missed three days. The fact that the bus was a new one accounts for a part of the success. On some days, the children had to get out and walk while the bus driver took the dangerous chance of getting See ROAD Pf. 8 Waterfront Fort Macon group of stations has been transferred from his former headquarters station on Beaufort Inlet. He is now in charge of the group of coast guard stations on Hattcras Island. Being placed in charge of the Hatteras group puts . him right back where he had command dur ing the exciting part of the war (insofar as the North Carolina coast was concerned.) In 1942, when he held the temporary rank of Lieutenant, George Meekins was right on the edge of an Ameri can coast battlefield. Later he was transferred to the communication division of the district coast guard headquarters in Norfolk. A few days ago I received a note from Capt. Meekins stating that if and when the Daniels Trophy was awarded to his winning Crew, he would return to the Carteret .coast here for the presentation. In winning the trophy, the crew also received the honor of having the next annual race, scheduled1 ovc naiiiHiwni ra a New Business Section Constructed Near Base In process of construction on route 101 just outside the main gate, Cherry Poinl, is Colonial Square. When completed about April 1, this business section will consist of 14 stores. A 50,000 gallon water tank will erected to supply the places of business. Contractor is M. I.. Skinner. Architect is B. H. Ste phens, Beaufort. Tony Seamon To Build New Seafood Cafe Construction began Tuesday on Tony Seamon's new Sanitary Fish market which will be located on the Morehead City waterfront about 150 feet east of the building in which he has operated his fa mous seafood restaurant for the past 11 years. The new cafe will scat 300 peo ple. Tony says, "We're going to make it big enough so that people won't have to stand in line any more." ,i By "wc" he mean t4 Owner who is his business partner. The new building will be finish ed on the outside with white as bestos shingle. Chairs and tables will be arranged so that customers will be provided a view over the water. "Nothing fancy," reported To ny, "just clean, comfortable, and good seafood." The building, 42 by 92 feet, will be completed in time for opening the first of April. The Sanitary Fish market closed for the winter season shortly be fore Christmas. Tony relinquish ed managership of the Jefferson restaurant Dec. 31. 600 Attend New Years Eve Party Si hundred persons attended the New Year's Eve dance at the re creation center, Shepherd street, Mrs. Harold Sampson, director of the center, reported yesterday. The dance hall was decorated with a large bell, hung within a wreath, from the .center of the ceiling. A lighted Chirstmas tree was on the stage and the words, Happy New Year, were on the cur tain. There were 150 seats at tables arranged cabaret style. The enter tainment consisted of songs by the Persuading Five, a Negro quintet, four Junior Teen-agers, Ann Gar ner, Mary Lou Norwood, Carolyn Lainc, and Patricia Willis gave two song and dance numbers, Ha rold Sampson performed tricks of magic, Betty Lou Merrill, Beau fort presented two songs and dances, impersonating Al Jolson, and sang a duet with Guy Smith. Accompanying the Junior Teen Agers at the piano was Peggy Leary. Mrs. Virginia Hassell ac companied Miss Merrill. Several minutes before mid night, noisemakcrs, paper hats and confetti were given the guests and the lights went out al midnight while 1949 entered. In addition to Tcen-Agcrs, par ents and college students were pre sent. There were many parties and dances at the recreational center during the holiday season, among them a formal party given by Mrs. Will Webb for Patricia Webb, Beaufort, who is a freshman at Duke university. v "..This evening and tomorrow the regular Teen-Age parties will be held at the center. The Woodmen of the World will meet there Tues day. Legislator Goes to Raleigh Carteret county's representa tive in the general assembly, H. S. Gibbs, Sr., left Monday afternoon for Raleigh. Symphony to Play In Morehead City Monday, Feb. 14 Free Concert for School Children Will be Given In Afternoon The North Carolina Symphony orchestra will present two concerts in Morehead City Monday, Feb. 14, Kalph Wade, chairman of the coun ty North Carolina Symphony so ciety, has announced. A free concert for school child ren will be given in the afternoon and the concert for adults will be presented in the evening. Both will be in the Morehead City school auditorium. Mrs. B. F. Royal, chairman of the ticket committee for the sym phony, reported that $750 has not yet been obtained from ticket sales and reported that this amount should be in the committee's hands by the first of February. Tickets arc obtainable from Mrs. Royal in Morehead City or Mrs. C. R. Whcally, Sr., in Beaufort. The program for the children's afternoon concert is as follows: Intermezzo, No. II from the opera, "The Jewels oj the Madonna" bv Wolf-Ferrari; excerpts from SyM" phony No. 40 in G Minor by Mo zart. An original composition ly a young North Carolinian; For the Beauty of the Earth (which the audience will sing); a musical quiz based on familiar songs; On the Trail from the "Grand Canyon Suite" by Grofe. Children's Corner Suite, Golli wog's Cakewalk and The Little Shepherd by Debussy; Soirees Mu sicalcs. March and Tarantella, by Britten; Parade of the Wooden Soldier. Jessel; and Hungarian Dance No. 5 by Brahms. The above program was released early so that music teachers could obtain recordings and help the children beconic familiar with the numbers to be played. More in formation on the recordings can be obtained from Mr. Wade, More head City school. The program for the adult con cert has not yet been released. Eight Who Fail to Have Autos Inspected Taken Before Judge Eight defendants in recorder's court Tuesday paid court costs for failure to display inspection stick ers on their cars. Forty-six cases were docketed but court adjourned at 12:30 p.m. Fourteen cases were continued. The eight motorists caught on the motor vehicle inspection law charge were Elmo H. Shivor, Law rence L. Gates, Clyde E. Jones, Doris Daw, Raymond 4. Butters, Eldon L. Hopkins, Charles B. Arm strong, and William Swain. The following cases were dis missed; Kenneth Willis, charged with drunken driving, Willard 1). Collop. charged with driving with out a license, and Roby Corbctte, charged with giving a bad check. The state decided not to prose cute the cases of Bertha Younkins, rhareed with aiding and abetting in the illegal transportation of non-tax paid whiskey, and Claudia Godctle,1 charged with possessing 18 gallons of whiskey for transport and sale. Joseph B. Brooks and Curvis G. Brooks, charged with disorderly conduct and resisting arrest, plead ed guilty and paid costs of court. The case of Victor Geskill, charged with public drunkenness, was not prosecuted. The remainder of the esses were motor vehicle law violations. Saul Jones pleaded guilty to driving at 65 miles per hour and paid $10 and costs. Wilbert Tay lor pleaded guilty to operating a i ehicle without clearance lights. Judgment was suspended on pay ment of costs. Robert Charles Hunter was found guilty on a careless and rec- ess driving charge and was or ved to pay $10 plus court Loading Begins For Coining USMC Winter Maneuvers New Marine Wing Service Group 2 to be Tested In Caribbean Landing craft vessels wore being loaded this week at Port Terminal as part of the preliminary trans porting of equipment to the Ca ribbean for wirier Marine corps maneuvers. On these maneuvers which will get under way the latter part of this month the newly-formed Ma rine Wing Service Group 2 (pro visional) will get its first "real test," the Marines report. According to information on the new Marine Wing Service Group 2. this unit is designed primarily for service and supply for Marine Air groups operating aircraft in the Second Wins. Under the old system, the Ma rine Aircraft group carried all of its supply gear wilh it, thus ham pering its movements. With the new group it is believed operating aircraft groups will be able to move more quickly and with more ease. The Group, commissioned Nov. I, and commanded by Colonel J. C. Munn, is something that has been asked for by Marine pilots and officers since the early stages of the war. The Marine Corps has created this group as an experi- Xjent. The group consists of Headquar ters Squadron, commanded by Warrant Officer R. K. Adams; Ma rine Wing Service Squadron-2, commanded by Captain T. H. Hug hes; Air Base Squadron 21, led by Lieutenant Colonel S. B. O'Ncil; and Air Base Squadron 22, headed by Lieutenant Colonel A. I). Gould. Air Base Squadron 21 will cater to Marine Aircraft Group-11, and in the field will provide lower con trol, field lighting, aerology ser vice, crash crews, camp equipment and facilities, and post exchange services. It will also be responsible for medical and dental facilities, communications watches, provision and installation of shop equipment, and fire protection. Air Base Squadron 22 will provide for Ma rine Aircraft Group-14 in the same way. The lulal complement of the Group is 927 men, joined mostly from other local squadrons. Jctti aror with having an improper license plate and running after he was arrested, pleaded guilty and paid $10 in addition to the costs of court. Speed limit violators, Douglas H. Kerr, Louis W. Brock, and Jesse D. Morton paid $10 fine each and court costs. The following were ordered to pay court costs for driving without licenses: Theodore B. Gustofson, Willie Gaskiu, and S. J. Dcvcr. William Cleon Davis pleaded guilty to a reckless and careless driving charge and was ordered to pay $10 and costs. Mclvin Jones Willoughby, charged with driving on the wrong side of the highway pleaded guilty and paid court costs. Cases continued were the follow ing: Theodore J. Kirchcr, Charles Patrick Wciland, Lcwcllyn Kcnner, Alton Bell, Suddic S. Huggins and George Collins, Edward Morris, Randall E. Lewis, Bradley Mcin tosh, Paul Scwcll, Ralph Gordon Taylor, Wilford 'Taylor, G. G. Courtney, Thomas E. Tully, and Robert Floeck. Rough Sea Causes Boats To Return to Port A rough sea caused menhaden boats to return to port early Wed nesday morning. The first fishing days in the new year, Monday and Tuesday, resulted in good catches. Many of the Ijoati from Virginia returned home' fore Christmas. -. . V'P State Director Commends Crop Committee on Food Collection it? I Several days following the de dication of the freight car loaded with food for Europe, which was contributed by Carteret eountians, a letter commending the county CHOP committee was received by Ihe chairman, It. J. May. from Wayne McLam, state CROP direc tor. The members of Carteret's com mittee and those who participated in the dedication are picture above during the service at S. M. Jones' warehouse. Reading from left to right, they are the Rev. L. A. Til ly, treasurer, the Rev.W. L. Mar tin, chairman of food collections in Beaufort. Mr. May, Stanley Woodland. Morehead City, who gave the address at the dedication. Miss Ruth Peeling, chairman of the drive in Morehead City, James Wallace, member of the publicity committee, and the Rev. W. I). Cavincss, secretary. Mr. Wallace is holding a microphone. Mr. McLain's letter follows: "Dear Mr. May: Wc received your report on the Carteret Coun ty CROP collection just before Body of Lt. Ben jamin Royal, Jr. Interred in Arlington Cemetery Officials to Tell Of XRay Program The mobile X-ray unit which will be used to take chest X-rays of each resident of the county is due here Feb. 15, Dr. N. Thomas Ennett, health officer, announced today. It is expected to be here for six weeks, spending one week in Beaufort, one in Morehead City, and the remainder of the time throughout the county. Leaders in every community will attend a meeting at 7 o'clock this evening in the courthouse. There the purpose of the mass X-ray pro gram will he explained and further information n the tuberculosis control program given. Dr. Ennett will preside and in troduce Miss Lulabclle High smith, of the State Board of Health's division of TB control, and Miss Sarah Pcatross, field worker from the State Tubercu losis association. Stanley Woodland, chairman of the county tuberculosis associa tion, will give a short talk. Also in connection with tubercu losis control work in the county Dr. W. A. Smith, director of the tuberculosis division, State Board of Health, will address the Car teret County Medical society Mon day night in Morehead City hos pital. Tide Table HIGH Friday, Jan. 1:38 AM 1:48 PM Saturday, Jan. 2:30 AM 2:39 PM Sunday, Jan. 3:24 AM 3:35 PM Monday, Jan. 4:18 AM 4:30 PM Tuesday, Jan. 5:10 AM ..5:29 PM LOW 7:48 AM 8.05 PM 8 8:47 AM 8:55 PM 9 0:48 AM 9:49 PM 10 10:46 AM 10:39 PM 11 11:41 AM 11:31 PM Christmas. Congratulations on a job well done! The collection in your county is one of the best in the state. "You will be interested to learn that 40 freight carloads of food have already been delivered at Norfolk as a result of the whole North Carolina drive. On the whole it has been going well throughout the state. No reports have yet come from the 13 coun ties which were orcanized. and 20 more counties will hold collections in January. "Please accept my hearty thanks for the fine work you have done in carrying out this campaign in Carteret County and express my appreciation to those who worked with you for (heir part in making the campaign a succMjy, "Best wishes for the new year. Cordially yours, Wayne McLain N. C. CROP Director" Carteret county's contribution was six tons of food valued at $.'), 000. The body of Benjamin F. Royal. Jr., Marine corps first lieutenant who was killed June 21, 1944 at Saipan. was interred yesterday af ternoon with full military honors in Arlington National cemetery, Arlington, Va. Only the immediate family. Dr. and Mrs. B. F. Royal, Sr., More head City, and the lieutenant's two sisters, Mrs. Samuel Barnes, Lex ington, Va., and Mrs. Vernon Tay lor, Boston, Mass., with their hus bands, attended the funeral. The body was returned from Sai pan aboard the tl. S. Army Trans port Dalton, Victory early last month. Prior to entering the Marine corps in October 1941, Lieutenant Royal worked for Bccton Dickin son company. Rutherford, New Jersey. He held a bachelor's de gree in commerce received in 1937 from the University of North Ca rolina. He also attended Morehead high school and Oak nidge Mili tary institute. As a Marine he went through boot training at Parris Island, S. C, then was transferred to Camp Lejcunc prior to entering officer training school at Quanlico, Va. He received his commission as a second lieutenant in the spring of 1943 and was again stationed at Camp Lejcunc for a short time. He left there in August of 1943 and was at Camp Pcndclton, Calif., before leaving for combat duly Jan.'l. 1944. He saw action at Kwa jalcin but was killed in combat on Saipan where his body was inter red until returned to this country wilh 60 other North Carolina ser vicemen on the Victory. In addition to his parents and two sisters, Lieutenant Royal is survived by one niece and one ne phew. December Temperatures Skid from 74 to 18 Temperatures in Dccemlcr ranged all the way from 74 degrees on Dec. 7 to 18 degrees on the day after Christmas. The maximum high average was 60 degrees and the minimum low averaged 42 degrees. On the 16 rainy days 7.14 inches of rain fell. The remaining 19 days were clear. This report was released Wed nesday by E. Stamcy Davis, offi cial weather observer for Carteret county. More than $50,000 damage was caused at the Scarboro-Safrit lum ber mill, Lctuioxvillc road, Beau fort, when fire raged through one of the dry kilns Wednesday after noon. The los.s is partially covered by insurance. The fire broke out in the kiln shortly after noon. The alarm was received at the Beaufort fire sta tion al I2:2.r) p.m. During the course of fighting the lire, a colored boy, Henry Tur ner, Jr., had his leg broken when he got caught in a hose. The hose had a kink in it and when water started flowing through, the hose straightened, breaking the leg of the child who was stepping across it. His condition was reported to be satisfactory at the Morehead City hospital yesterday. It is not known how Ihe fire started. Although men were work ing in the kiln wilh acetylene torches earlier in the morning, a man was put on watch there from 10 until noon as a precaution against fire breaking out and spreading. Air continued to pass through Ihe kiln, fanning the fire until the j steam lines broke. The fire con I tinned lo burn all Wednesday i night in spite of a heavy rain. Watchmen were also on guard to see that the flames didn't spread J from the relatively small area to which firemen had kept it con fined. Water was poured on (luring tho afternoon at the rate of about 900 gallons a minute. Five hundred gallons per minute were pumped from the town supply and 400 per minute from the tank at the lum ber mill. The tank at the mill was of 30,000 gallon capacity. When the water gol low, firemen stopped use from this source. Town water supply held steady although the pressure dropped from 61 to 53. Julius Duncan, as sistant fire chief, estimated ttial. Bpf.mirtiU ly two-lii't is of ,thy.. storage lank supply was used. - Hose was laid from the hydrant near highway 70 lo the mill about half a mile away, total foolagc be ing 3,200. Every member of the Beaufort fire department fought the blaze, staving on the job from 12:25 un til 5:55 p.m. Mr. Duncan commented thai wa ter mains in that section of town would make it unnecessary to lay' long lengths of hose. A great deal of damage had been done to the kiln and adjoining shed before the. hose could be laid. More than 500 spectators watch ed the spectacular blaze in which flames roared up more than 100 feet in the air. None of the firft- men were injured. j So many colored youngsters for sook school for fire-watching that their principal. Randolph Johnson, went to 'the fire, rounded them all up and herded them back to their classrooms. v,, One Morehead City truck stood' by in Beaufort.- The fire depart ment service truck from Morehead City was also made available for use. ;,'r The mill is owned and operated by Robert Safrit, Sr., Robert Saf rit, Jr., and Leonard Safrit, Beau fort. aP,v, Four County Roys Leave; ' For Induction in Army ":i i . .. Graham W. Duncan, chairman of Carteret county's induction board, has announced that the fol lowing men left yesterday for ser vice in the Army: Troy D. Moore, Marshallbcrg, Robert G. Gaskill, Sea Level, and . two colored boya from Beaufort, Philip A. Parker and John C. Stanley. There is also a call for 15 men for physical exams Wednesday,. Jan. 19. Mr. Duncan added that men coming out of service and all 18-ycar-olds must register with the induction board. ' ' There has been a very small re gistration of 18-ycar-olds. Noieo lorcd boys have registered for two months. Eubanks Roy Injured In Rike-Auto Accident I u AL ''u The condition of Donnie Em banks, 9 y ear-old son of Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Eubanks, Bay street, Morehead City, who was injured in a bicycle accident Wednesday, was reported as satisfactory at Morehead City hospital yesterday-. The child ran into the car driven by Rudolph Lucas ' Wednesday morning at 7:55, according to Chief of Police E. J. Willis. Lucas was proceeding on Bridget street when the boy on the , bicycle emerged from 8th, the chief said. - ,-, The youngster's .right leg w: - broken and his bicycle waa exten sively damaged.