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CAR TE RET CO UNTY In rM T7 kews-thies crncES Beaufort: 120 Craven St Morchead City: 807 Evans St. A Merger of THE BEAUFORT MEWS (Established 1912) and THE TWIN CITY TIMES (Established 1936) 39th. YEAR NO. 8. EIGHT PAGES MOREHEAD CITY, AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1949 EIGHT PAGES PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAY . Second Marine Air Wing Equipment Starts Moving to Caribbean MES College Student Suggests Action At Roads Hearing Burton Daniels, Jr., Beau fort, Expresses Interest In Merrimon Road It has been sugegsted by Burton Daniels, Jr., student nt Elon col lege, resident of Beaufort and read er of the NEWS-TIMES that Car terct countians interested in ob taining a better road to Merrimon attend the public hearing Wednes day, Feb. 9. at Raleigh on the ad ministration's $200,000,000 rural road bond bill. Highway Chairman A. II. Gra ham and Chief Highway Engineer W. Vance Baisc, who relinquished their positions yesterday to make room for Governor Scott's ap pointees, arc expected to air their views on that date at a hearing bc for the joint Senate and House roads committee. Mr. Daniels' letter follows: January 27, 1949 Editor, News-Times Beaufort, N. C. Dear Sir: Being a resident of Beaufort and keenly interested in the Merrimon Road condition, I would like for you to call the attention of any interested persons in Carteret County, that on February 9, in Raleigh, there will be a public bear ing on the "Rural Road" program. Being fully occupied with my student activities, I regret that 1 will be unable to attend. However, now is the most apoprtunc time for the Merrimon tjeuidenU to air their views-on the jural road aitualioit, and, maybe result in getting tome thing accomplished for themselves. Respectfully yours. Burton Daniets, Jr 16 Positions In Civil Service Open at Air Base Civil service examinations for the positions of helper electrician, .helper general, helper machinist, helper pipefitter and helper, radio mechanic in the federal, govern ment are now open at the U. S. Marine Corps Air station, Cherry Point, N. C. it was stated today by Wiliam E. Ward, recorder, Board of U. S. Civil Service Examiners, U. S. Marine Corps Air station, Cherry Point. The examinations are being held to fill positions at Cherry Point. The salary for these positions is $6.24 per diem. Applications must be received by the Recorder, Board P of U. S. Civil Service Examiners, Gate No. 1, U. S. Marine Corps Air Station, Cherry Point. N. C. not later than Feb. 15, 1949 in order to be considered. Examinations will be given also for the positions of cement finish er, automotive mechanic, painter, sheet metal worker, electrician, machinist, laborer (male), sand blaster, packer and brakeman. Salaries range from $9.92 per diem for cement finisher to $11.12 per diem for machinist. Salaries from $5.44 per diem for laborer .to $9 04 per diem for brakeman. No written test is required In this examination. Applications will be rated on the basis of their train ing, education and experience. Complete information and appli cation blanks may be obtained from any local post office where the an nouncement is posted; the Record er, -Board of IT. S. Civil Service Examiners, U. S. Civil Service Re gion, Temporary Building "R." Third and Jefferson Drive, ,S. W., Washington 25, D. C. Tide Table HIGH LOW Tuesday, Feb. 1 10:21 AM ... ,10:44 PM .... '.11 AM 4:37 PM Wednesday, Feb. 2 10:57 AM ...I 4:54 AM 11:20 PM .................... 5:10 PM Thursday, Febj 3 11:32 'AM 5:28 AM 12 midnight 5:46 PM Friday. Feb. 4 12:02 AM ......... ...... 6:10 AM .12:13 PM 4....i 9M PM Beaufort Fireman Hurt at Fire Sunday Charles Manson, Beaufort fire man, was injured at noon Sunday when the Beaufort fire department was called to put out a chimney fire at Dave Lewis's store, Ann and Live Oak streets. Bricks from the chimney, which was pushed over in order to fight the fire, fell from the top floor of the building to the sidewalk and struck Manson in the head causing a wound that had to be closed with si itches. The fireman was treated in the emergency ward of Morchead City hospital and discharged. Damages were estimated by the fire department at $200. The chimney, which was defective, will have to completely replaced. Da mage from water and smoke was slight, Gilbert Clancy, fire chief, reported. The fire department returned to the station in about an hour. The alarm was sent in at 11:40 a. m. from box 32. Dentist Points Out Need for Proposed N. C. Dental School Dr. Harden Eurc, dentist of Morchead City, ytsterday called at tention to the movement to build a dental school in the stale with the tint to rtHfve th? shorage of .dehrtstftrv '- ' ' Df. Eufe quoted an editorial which appeared recently in a Greensboro newspaper. The editor ial, in part, follows: "The movement for establish ment of a dental school in North Carolina has reached the point where legislation has been intro duced in the General Assembly which would authorize the estab lishment of such a dental school at the University of North Caro lina. This is merely an enabling act, and even should it be passed by the Legislature establishment of the school is not compulsory. Pub lic sentiment would have much to da with the ultimate decision. "It is common knowledge that North Carolina has a serious lack of dentists, and the situation is not likely to improve until more Of the state's youig men desiring to enter the profession can get pro fessional training. They now have to look to out-of-state institutions for training, but only a limited number arc lucky enough to have their applications for admission ac cepted. Last year, for instance, on ly 25 Tar Heels were admitted to dental schools. This is inadequate to relieve the shortage. What, then, can be done to meet the situation? "The answer, the dentist say, is to establish the dental school, and they are seeking public support of See Dentist Pgr Was the Carroll A. Deering Victim of 20th Century Pirates? By Aycock Brown Manteo, N. C. There are natives along the Outer Banks and espe cially in the Cape Hatteras and Ocrackoe regions who still contend that the mystery of the Carroll A. Deering, oftimes called the ."ghost ship of Diamond Shoals" was never solved. , Government ajrencjes, in vestigating the strange situation which involved the 5-masted schooner hailing from a port in Maine contended that the crew's disapeparance resulted when they abandoned the floundered shin that had gone aground on the Outer Dia mondthat their lifeboats capsiz ed in the waters of that "graveyard ot the Atlantic." The story started on a morning in late January 1921. The lookout on duty at one of the Coast Guard stations on shore reported a schooner under full sail was appar ently aground near the tip of the Diamonds. When Coast Guard rescue crews arrived in the vicinity of the ship they saw no sign of life aboard. This seemed strange, that a ship under full sail, would be abandon ed by its' crew. Later the vessel was bffcrded, and still no sign ol life , except the ship's cat This seemed strange to seafaring men Normally, so the saying, goes, when i $tl Collected In March of Dimes Drive Will Continue Until Quota is Reached; Ball Nets $375 A II James, chairman of the March of Dimes, estimated the to tal amount in the Carteret county campai'-'n at $4.:t0( yesterday after, .loon. The goal is $7,000 and in accordance with Slate March ol Dimes Chairman Ralph McDonald's request, collections will continue until the $7,000 is obtained. In writing to county directors of the polio fund campaign. Mts Phillips Hussell said "it is absolute ly essential that at least $1,000,000 he raised in th's dric. If it can not be done within the two weeks time allotted, we must stay with it until it is raised." II. S. Gibbs. Jr., in charge of the President's ball, which Jaycees of both Beaufort and Morehead City sponsored, estimated yester day that $375 was raised at the dance Saturday nieht. In a special "Stop the Music" program over WMBL yesterday approximately $1,000 was raised in the county campaign, Mr. James reported. Cherrv Point air bs also had a coal ot $7,000. Major W. T. War ren, who was in charge of the drive. s-id that tho-r collection totaled $8,000 yesterday. Morhp" wo contributed pi'ts are the following: Beaufort City Appliance. Jarvis Herrine. Jewel er, Beaufort Florist. Bell's Drug Store. Rumley's Feed store, Cart eret Hardware. Jeff's Barber shop. Beaufort Hardware. Topsail Service station. Paul Motor company, Gut'Ho-Jon'fi nnig ctore. patter's Sinclair Ser vice station, Ideal Dry Cleaners, Felton's. Eastman Furniture com "ny. Citv Rarbpr shoo. Lioman's, Hooper's Esso Service station, Ann Lou Florist. Lewis and Willis Service station, Roxter's Jewelrv store. C. D. Jones. Citv Grocery. Potter's Pure Food 'tore. Joe House Drug store, B. A. Bell Jewelers, Vogue. Dill's, Mer rill's. Davis Brothers. Fox-Downum, Willis Furniture company. West ern Auto Associate store, and Ram sey's Wholesale grocery. Morchead City D. B. Webb. Fconotnv Auto Sunnly, Irene's Gift shop. Bool shop, Leonard's. Morc head Citv Drue store. G & W Child ren's shon. Hill's. Walter S. Mor ris. Lcafy's. Eirly Jewelers, More head Oitv Floral company. The Dress shop, S & W Drug store, W. P. Freeman Wholesale house. Dee Gee's shop. Hardware and Building Supply. Weldon's Jewelers, Fran-Kay studio, Betty Jay shop, Sound Appliance. a crew abandons ships they not only lower the sails but they also take their pets along. Adding to the mystery was uneaten food on the galley table and stove. A Captain Worsely of Maine was skipper of the Deering. It was at the insistence of his daughter that various federal agencies started an investigation which was to go dow i in maritime history as being one solved on what might be termed as circumstantial evidence. The Deering spoke Cane Lookout Lightship some 60 miles to the southward on the afternoon pre vious to the day she was sighted aground on the Outer Diamond. There seemed to be a state of dis order and no discipline aboard the vessel, said crew members of the lightship, who had been asked to report by wireless that the schoon er had lost her rudder. The wire less was out of order aboard the lightship and the message could not be relayed to Norfolk for a tug to come to her assistance. The lightship crew later sighted a steamer coming south. She car ried wireless antenna. So as she came close by -the Lightship hailed her to stand by for a mesage. In stead of standing by, the steamer changed her course eastward and - Sea Mystery Ship ff. LST Loads at Port Terminal L, .)". I!. '1,,A.' i v 1 . 'ili?S.-Ay Shown above loading at Port Terminal is one of the I.STs which left Morchead City Sunday for the Caribbean where the Marines will hold mid-wint r exercises in February and March. Transports will be loaded with equipment and personnel of th - secend Murine air wing at Port Terminal this weekend. Morehead City Housewife Gets Call on Radio Program The long distance operator dial ed Morehead City 550-6 Saturday night and for Mrs. Lcnwood Brin son, 104 S. 10th street the door opened to fabulous wealthit she could answer the questions on the" "Sing It Again" program which ori ginates each Saturday night in New York. Mrs. Brinson answered the first question by identifying the medley of tunes which was played on the program. This gave her the oppor tunity to compete in the contest where identification of a famous person was required. Clues to the identity of the person were in the medley of tunes. The Morchead City housewife missed the boat on this one, but not without being guaranteed a cocker spaniel - pup and a year's supply of dog food. Although she is not sure, she believes she has won also a combination record player and radio and a television set. The novel part pf all this is that Rdbert G. Lowe, executive secre tary of the Morehead City Cham ber of Commerce, recently wrote to Thomas MeCrary, program man ager for the National Broadcasting company, and said that nobody in Morchead City had ever been call ed on the moncymad give-away programs (Mr. Lowe didn't put it in just that way). The letter was enclosed with four telephone directories which gave listings for the Morehead City area, which of course, included most of Carteret county. . Mr. Lowe remarked yesterday that the fact a Morchead City resi dent was called does not mean that his letter had any effect but it seems m-i-g-h-t-y peculiar to be nothing more than coincidence. Mrs. Brinson should be congra tulatcd und maybe Mr. Lowe should, too. Rae Frances Hassell Receives Letter from India Rae Frances Hassell, 10, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Gray Hassell, Beaufort, recently received a letter from India. The writer was a Mr. Jassani of Jassani Carpet company, Bombay, who sent Rae Frances three postcards from India and re send some post cards from the auested that she write to him anc United States. Rae Frances said that Mr. Jas saoi's address was obtained from the Rotarian magazine and she wrote to him so that she could in crease her postcard collection. She is also collecting stamps. Health Horse Completes Study Course at McCain Mrs. Leota Hammer, nurse in the county public health depart ment, returned, yesterday after tak ing a two-week orientation course in tuberculosis at the North Caro lina sanatorium at McCain. Mrs. Hammer undertook this work in connection with the mass X-ray which will begin Feb. 15 in the county. Everyone 15 years and older will be X-rayed without charge. The age of 11 cuoted in Friday'i paper was typographical error, - '. - - - . . 7.' ! : : . " Outtage to Take Place From 1-4 P.N. Tomorrow There will be an oullag. on the power line cost of Beau fort to Atlantic from 1 to 4 p. in. Wednesday afternoon, pro viding the weather is fair, George Stovall, manager for Tide Water Power company announced today. This outtage will affect everything cast of' the Atlan tic line including Highland Park. The interruption in ser vice is necessary, Mr., Stovall said, in order to cut over the new transmission line coming into Beaufort. Deadline Extended On '36 Model Cars The inspection deadline for all motor vehicles of models up to and including 1930 will be extended through Feb. 10, the Slate Motor Vehicles department has announc ed. The deadline originaly had been set for January 31. Director Arthur T. Moore of the department's mechanical inspec tion division said the extension was made necessary by the huge spill over of vehicles which were not in spected during 1948. Bad weather forced some of the lanes to close part of the time during the past two weeks, and many motorists who did not have to meet the Jan. 31 deadline have crowded the lanes trying to get early inspections, thus preventing many motorists with 1936 and older models from getting their cars checked, said Moore. The lanes have been rushed all month, with many of the cars be ing vehicles which failed to get inspections last year. The rainy weather forced frequent halts in operations, since some of the "quipmcnt is not accurate then. There was no announcement as 'o whether the deadline of Feb. 28 for inspection of 1937 und 1908 models will be extended. Although the Jan. 31 deadline ias been moved, un, the lane op rators will inspect any model car it any time the lanes arc open. WHERE TO F1NP IT Beaufort Page Fireman Injured 1 College Student Writes .... 1 Scout News (BIdg, Troop) 1,4 VFW 1 Power Stoppage 1 Social News 5 Features Page Sports 3 Comics, 3,6 Mystery Ship 1 Movie News 9 . t VFW District 4 Auxiliary to Meet At Beaufort Beaufort will be the site of the next quarterly meeting of district No. 4 of the Veterans of Foreign Wars auxiliary, it was announced today by delegates who attended the district meeting at Jacksonville Saturday and Sunday. Delegates from the Jones-Austin post auxiliary were Mrs. May Kca gle, who now lives at Cherry Point, Mrs. LaGolda Miller, and Mrs. Julia Basde.i, Beaufort. Next week the auxiliary will send 85 tray favors to Oteen Vet erans hospital. They also sent 80 favors in November. In addition to joining with VFW auxiliaries throughout the county in contributing to the cancer re search fund, money will also go next month to the National Presi dent's Foundation fund. This will be used for improvements at the national VFW home. Merchants Back Fanning Program The Merchants committee of the Beaufort Chamber of Commerce agreed Thursday night at the din ner meeting at the Inlet inn to sup port fully the Tide Water Power company program, Better Farming for Belter Living. The merchants decided that each family participating in the contest should be visited throughout the year and that prize money should total $100. The Better Farming for Better Living booklets, to be filled out by contestants, arc available no at the offices of the home agent and the county farm agent. Next week Beaufort merchants will also have these books in their places of business. Chairman of the chamber of com mcrce merchants' committee is John Hayncs. Other members of the committee who attended the meeting were Leslie Moore, E. W. Downum, Calvin Jones and David Jones. D. F. Merrill substituted Sec Farming Pg. ft Morchead City Page Marines Move Equipment 1 Housewife Telephoned 1 Dentist Comments 1 Social News 4 Here and There 2 County News Page Farming 1,3,4,5 Burning Permits 1 Fisheries Report : 1 March of Dimes .' 1 Land Tranaactioni 5 Two landing-ship-tank vessels (I.STs), loaded with equipment for the second Marine air wing mid winter maneuvers in the Carib bean, left Morchead City Sunday for San Juan, Puerto Rico. The LSTs which docked Friday, constituted the first movement of the second wiirj. based at Cherry Point, to the scene of the war games. Prior to this time, several vessels have departed from Port Terminal carrying equipment for the second Marine division, Camp Lejcunc. Arriving at the local port Satur day will be two attack-personnel auxiliary vessels, the APA Kandell and the AI'A Fremont, oie assault cargo transport, the AKA Mar quette, and one landing-ship-dock (LSD) . The Colonial. Alter three days of loading, the main bod" of supplies (heavy equipment and food) and person nel (approximately 3.000 inn), the vessels will leave Tuesday, Fab. 8, for the Caribbean. About a week after the depar ture of the surface craft, the varied aircraft of the second winu. includ ing Corsairs, Hellcats. Tigercals Phantom .'els. Commandos, Sky train and Skymasters. will make the Inn from Cherrv Point to Puer to Rico, via Miami Florida, and Guantanamo bay. Cuba. At least two squadrons of the second wing. flying F4U Corsairs, will operate from the USS Saipan. one of the Navy's aircraft carters. Units of the Second Wing will be located at various bases of opera tion on the island of Puerto Rico. Marine aircraft group eleven (MAG 11), commanded by Colonel K. A. Montgomery, will be garri soned at Roosevelt Roads, along with air base squadron 21 and the hcadnuarters of the tactical air command. Colonel E. L. Pugh will lead marine aircraft group 14 (MAG 14) on assigned missions from a site at Losey field near Ponce, P. R. Air base squadron 22 will remain With MAG, 14 dur ing the entire operation '' The other base of MarlnbViiir operation wil lbc the Naval lir slation, San Juan. P. R.. from which point Marine transport squadron 252 (reinforced), the unit responsible for the airlift of per sonnel and equipment of the sec ond Marine aircraft wing to and from the opcraling area, and the headquarters of Marine wing ser vice groun 2 will operate during the over-all maneuver period. For the purpose of these Atlantic command exercises, a mythical en emy will hae heavily fortified the islands of Vieques and Culcbra in the Virgin Islands group, endan gering the security of the Western Atlantic and Caribbean areas. Puerto Rico will be considered a "friendly" island, available for use as a hasc of operations. Bv means of using all elements of the Atlantic fleet, surface forces, sub-surface forces, air forces, and landing forces, these enemy held installations will be cut off and re duccd. In accomplishing this, sub marines will harass enemy shipping in order to cut off the flow of ne cessary supplies and a fast carrier task force will clear the target target area of enemy air and sur face opDosition s well as soften up the target islands for an amphi bious assault by the second Marine di'dsion. Work for the Marine airmen be gins about D-2. that is two days be fore the Marines actually "hit-t he beach." From that time until the landing boats start toward shore, fighter-bomber squadrons of the Second Marine air win? will show er the island with bullets .bombs and rockets, in preparing the ground for the landing. In order to accomplish their mis sion the second Marine aircraft See Marines Pg. 8 Capt John Nelson Terms Pogie Catch f largest in Historv' Capl. John A. Nelson, state fish eries commissioner, in his six month renort giveh before the Board of Conservation and Devel opment at their meeting in Raleigh the latter part of last week, stated that "the run of menhaden this year along our coast, in the opin ion of our fishermen, was the larg est in the history of the industry. "A captain of oie of the boats told mc that he thought one school he saw would have kept the boats and plants operating for the whole year if it could have been caught; and then he added, that school was nothing to the one around Hatteras coming south. The weather again played havoc' with this activity; one day it would be foggy, another day rainy and much of the time the sea was rough which prevented the boats from fishing. However, more fish were handled by .the factories Law Requires Burning Permits E. M. Foreman, County Fire Warden, Lisis Per sons Granting Permits Beginning today, permits to burn off fields or any area in thf county, mu.vt he obtained front those agents delegated by Iv M. Foreman, Core Creek, county fire warden. Mr. Foreman announced yester day that in addition to those who have given permits in the past, these two have been added: Tobp ( lawson, Carteret Hardware, UeilU frit, and .1 W. Young. Kuhn's Corner. Stella. There is no chat l'c for obtaining the permit. Neal Chi'duirk. Newport route 2, now a (list t let warden, has ac cepted an appointment to Mr. Fore man's fire crew. '). B. Turner, Core Creek, has a ..so accepted, a job as fire crewman. Smoke chasers are Joseph Tay lr. Bogue, and Grover Davis, pa- vis. Burning permits can Ik obt lined, firm the following: M, Taylor! Bogue; Ronald Salter, Davis; C. A. Johnson, Harkers '.:.:ni; Fluyd Yeomans, Harkers lsla id post of-, ficc: Moody Lewis, Salter Path; C A. McCabc, Newport HFD 1. Harvey Norris, Pclle ier post of fice; Robert King, Ope a Grounds; O. G. Pigott, Glouccsler; Roland, F. Salter, Beltie; Neal Chadwick, Newport RFI) 2; Chirlea Bell, Newport RFI) 2; Mrs. lslcr Hall, Newport RFD 1. L. B. Mcintosh. Beaulort; Cleve land Gillikin, Ilettie; sheriff's of- lite, ueuicii, juuan i ui. ova Level rWofficc; U.?t. Willis. Smyrna: G. M. HahuHon. CamV Glenn; and B. II. Edwards, New- nort . . Plans Proceed On Party to Equip Scout Kitchen : Mrs. F.d Davidson. Beaufort, an nounced touay mat unai pians are being made for the "community shower" which, will equip the. kit-, chen at the Scout building onPb!--lock street. r,' The shower will begin at-, 8 o'clcck Thursday night, Feb. 10, and admission for each individual, will be something with which; to equip the kitchen. At Rose's store in Beaufort dih es have been set aside which rtiy be purchased by those expecting' to attend the shower. It is the purpose of the Junior Worrian's club, sponsors of the project,, to equip the kitchen to make serving ol () persons possible. rowels and dish cloths are also necessary. Entertainment for the evening will be put on by the Tccn-Agerv Girl Scouts, and the nationally-! famous Mormon quartet from man. runcn ami cookics wui, oe served. Boy Scouts have been placed, in charge of clean-up after the party, Mrs. James II. Potter HI is In charge of refreshments and Mrs. C. R. Wheatley, Jr., in chargo of entertainment. ,, - j this fall than ever before for a like period." ',. In general. Captain Nelson stat ed that fishing for the ncriod from July 1. 1948 to Dec. 31, 1948, was better than for the corresponding period in 1947. . jfj,. Captain Nelson's report in detail follows: ..,, The controlling factor in" pro duction of fish is the weather: throughout the years there haye been large schools of fish particu larly mullet, croakers, and spots that have gone by our beach fish eries safely because the weather was too unfavorable to catch then. . This was the case during this per iod as it has been throughout o(her years; however, the catch of , fish this fall was somewhat larger than that of recent falls. The run of menhaden this . year along pur coast in the opinion, of our fisher u. w mm w A
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