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A Merger oi THE BEAUFORT NEWS (Established 1912) and THE TWIN CITY TIMES (Established 1936)
39th. YEAR NO. 9.
EIGHT PAGES
MOREHEAD CITV, AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1949
EIGHT PAGES
PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYI
Symphony Will Appear Here Feb. 14
Newport Board Approves $50,000 Bond Issue
MES
i..e polished performance of the Little Symphony of tne North Carolina Symphony Orrhestra
which you will see and hear when the Little Symphony appears here Monday night, Feb. 14, in the
Morehead City school auditorium at 8 o'clock is the result of weeks f hard work one rehearsal after
another, such as you see in a section of the orchestra pictured above. And even after the season opens
there are rehearsals between each performance. The Little Symphony is directed by Dr. Benjamin
Swalin.
leen-Age Membership Drive
Will Open Monday, Feb. 7
Beaufort Rotary
Approves Report
On Education
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G. Leary "BeaufJit
Principal, Speaks At
Tuesday Meeting
Beaufort Rotariars went on rec
ord Tuesday night at their weekly
meeting at the Inlet Inn favoring
recommendations that the State
Education commisson made to the
general assembly.
This action fololwed a lecture,
accompanied by slides, which was
given by T, G. Leary, principal of
Beaufort school. The talk was
titled, "Education in North Caro
lina, Today and Tomorow."
Three Morehead City Rotarians
attended the meeting. They were
Charles N. Bennett, Dr. John Mor
ris, and A. B. (Jack) Roberts.
Mr. Leary told the Rotarians
Jhat of the 90,000 questionnaires
distributed throughout the state
60,000 were returned and on these
the state education commission, to
h large extent, based their conclu
sions. The majority of citizens indicat
ed that they wanted North Caro
lina schools to equal the national
average, they wanted equal educa
tional opportunity for both colored
and white children, and they were
willing to pay the taxes necessary
to bring the public education sys
tem up to standard.
To prevent the large number of
children dropping out of high
school, the commission recom
mended larger, consolidated high
schools. This was a result of their
findings which showed the larger
number of pupils quit school when
they were crowded into small
classrooms and had an insufficient
number of teachers.
In recent years the number of
teachers with substandard certifi
cates has increased, the commis
sion reports. North Carolina's
teacher load (number of pupils to
each teacher) is the highest in the
nation, and the state's teachers, in
salaries received, stand 38th in
comparison with those of other
states.
The commission recommended
that the State Board of Education
be reorganized and that $150 mil
lion be appropriated for new
schools.
Southerners Speak: Read
What They Have To Say
What to the impact of the
civil rights problem, and of
economic conditions, on indivi
dual southerners?
Appearing in this paper on
Tuesday will be the first of six
articles by Bern Price, a native
southerner. He lets Individual
southerners tell in their own
Words what' they really think
about these nutters,
He has interviewed various
people in various walks of life
and. while using factitious '
names, renorU candidly what
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The second annual membership
drive for the Morehead City Teen
Age club and for funds to main
tain the recreation center on Shep
ard street, the former USO, will
begin Monday, Feb. 7.
Goal for this year's drive is $5,
000, Mrs. Harold Sampson, direc
tor of the recreation center, an
nounced yesterday.
Conducting the drive, in conjunc
tion with junior and senior teen
agers, will be the Morehead City
Woman's, club.
Mrs. Sampson stated that during
the past year it has 'been possible
to 'just about meet" expenses.
Weekly expenditures average $130
and through donations, special par
ties and dinners, which have been
served to civic groups, more money
has been raised than was expected.
Mrs. Sampson said that efficient
operation and close watching of
the budget has made this possible.
The electric bill, for example, has
been cut from an average of $72
per month to $34. In addition to
maintaining the building, meeting
insurance and other expenses, a
piano was bought for $75 and an
electric grill for $100.
If the $5,000 goal can be reach
ed, necessary repairs can be made,
Mrs. Sampson said, additional
equipment can be bought, and it
may be possible to employ an as
sistant director of recreation.
The drive for membership will
continue through the month of
February. There will be a block
by block canvass of the city, with
each block supervised by a Wo
man's club member who will select
a Teen-Agcr to work with her.
The Woman's club membership
committee is headed by Mrs. R.
T. Willis, Jr., Mrs. H. M Euro,
secretary, and J. G. Bennett, treas
urer. Yet to be appointed to this
committee arc two members of the
Lions club.
Senior teen agcrs serving on the
membership committee are Ann
Darden. Webb, Buck Matthews,
Ann Garner, Denny Lawrence, and
Corinne Bell Webb.
Junior teen-agers helping with
membership drive arc Milliard
Kure, Jackie Taylor, and Maxine
McLohon.
New appointees to the recreation
center advisorv board arc the Rev.
L. A. Tilley, Morehead City. T. G.
Leary and the Rev. W. L. Mnrtin,
Beaufort. These men will serve
six-month terms.
New Rehearsal Scheduled
Because an insufficient number
of the cast showed up, the rehear
sal for the Beaufort Jaycee mins
trel show was cancelled Monday
night. The next rehearsal has been
scheduled for this Monday night
at 7:30 in the Scout building on
Pollock street.
WHERE TO FIND IT
Beaufort Tagc
Rotary Club t 1
Sea Dogs 1
Police Make Arrest 8
John Ratcliffe 1
Recorder's Court 1
Morehead
Jaycccs
Marine Hurt ...
Teen-Age Drive
Oyster Cannery
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John Ratcliffe
To Leave Monday
Prominent Beaufort Citizen
Will Assume Position at
,. Little Washington -
John Ratcliffe, Broad street, for
20 years a resident of Beaufort,
will leave Monday for little Wash
ington where he will assum? the
supcrintendency of the Washing
ton staff, Home Security Life In
surance company.
Mr. Ratcliffe, prominent citizen
of Beaufort and Carteret county,
has been affiliated with the Home
John Ratcliffe
Security Life Insurance company
for five years.
At present he is a member of
the Beaufort school board of trus
tecs, a member of the town board
of commissioners, and secretary fo
the bosrd of stewards, Ann Street
Methodist church.
When he came to Leaufort from
Greenville Jan. 1, 1929 he worked
with Gaskill Mace for a short time,
with Tender's for two years, and
with C D. Jones 13 years. Al
though a native of Spartanburg, S.
C, he lived there with his family
for only six months. From 1915 to
1925, he lived at little Washing
ton.
"Going there now,"' he said, "if
sort of like going home."
The district office of the Home
Security Life Insurance company
is located at Washington, also. Five
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Features
Sports
Comics
Raleigh Round-up
County News
Health Report ,
Newport Bond Issue ...
Ilarkcrs Island Principal
Harkers Island Fire
Atlantic Seniors
March of Dimes
Symphony Orchestra ....
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Governing Boards
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Health Officer
Presents Board
With IS Report
Dr. N. T. Ennelt Commends
Government Units For
Cooperative Efforts
In makinq his annual report to
the Carteret county board of health
this week Dr. N. Thomas Ennett,
health officer, commented that
during 1948 the county commission
crs, the board of health, the board
of education, the commissioners of
Hie various towns and the citizens
at large "have been remarkably
cooperative."
Tuberculosis, said the health of
ficer, is our chief medical problem.
The county tuberculosis associa
tion furnished 118 free X-rays dur
ing the year. Ten active cases were
reported, five in the sanatoria and
five waiting for admission.
"II is tragic," Dr. Ennett com
mented, "that patients have to wait
from three to four months for ad
mission to the sanatorium."
Eight hundred forty-seven blood
tests for syphilis were made during
the year. Ninety-seven, or 11 per
cent, were positive. These were re
ferred to private physicians or to
the raoid treatment center at Dur
ham where treatment is given free
of charge. Sixy cases of gonorrhea
were treated.
Health education was carried on
in talks before Parent Teacher as
sociations, the health officer con
tinued, before civic clubs, through
health pamphlets, the newspaper,
and radio.
General immunizations were giv
en at the Beaufort and Mo.llaad
City offices of the health depart
ment, at pre-school clinics and
rural county-wide clinics. Vaccina
tion figures areas follow: diph
theira, 607; whooping cough, 574:
small pox, 377, and tvphoid fever,
3,479.
In the schools 994 examinations
were made by the health officer
and 3,973 inspections by health
nurses.
Total number of inspections of
cafes, restaurants, meat markets,
dairies, and pasteurization plants
was 1,326.
A rat control program, limited
to the town dumps, was put on in
Morehead City and Beaufort. Dr.
Ennett reported, and in addition;
the department assisted the county
agent in a rural rat control pro
gram.
In the fall, at the request of the
Newport town board, the health
department made a sanitation sur
vey of the town.
Six hundred twenty-four food
handlers were examined. Births
See REPORT Page 8
Judge Morris
Sentence to E. J.
A two ycar sentence on the roads
was imposed on E. J. Fitzpatrick,
Morehead City, by Judec Lambert
U. Morris in recorder's court yes-
icraay.
Charged with assault and non
support, Fitzpatrick was given the
sentence which was suspended in
his case on April 20, 1948 when
he was charred with assault and
tonsupport and use of profane
language.
He paid $25 and costs then and
was ordered to stay on good be
havior for five years. Because the
defendant suffers from arthritis,
the judge ordered that he be given
medical attention, if necessary.
The prosecuting witness was tax-
d with costs in the case of Avon
Hancock who was charged with
ibandonmcnl and non-support. The
remainder of the cases were viola
lions of the motor vehicle law.
Clarence R. Hauck and John
Roberts, charged with 'speeding,
were ordered to pay $10 each plus
costs.
Henry J. Gorcun was found guil
y on a charge of driving without
i driver's license. Judgment was
susnended upon payment of costs.
Charged with driving with in
valid license plates were Benson
Lcroy Dudley, Nolan E. McCabe,
and Frank L. Bryant. Dudley and
McCabe were ordered- to pay costs
of court!1 and Bryant one-half the
costs.
Cases continued were the follow
ing: Charles P. Wciland, John N,
Hoy, Georgia Ncal, and Henry E.
Taylor. m
The population of Liberia in
Western Africa includes about 12,
000 descendants of freed slaves
from tb. United Slates.
Port Terminal in Several
mis architect's drawing outlines North Carolina Stale Ports Authority plans Tor improving Port
crminal, Morehead City. This view looks north westward from Rogue Sound, showing highway 70
and the bridge which crosses the Newport river. Small building at right and dock where ship is tied
up constitute the present terminal facilities. The oil storage tanks are privately-owned. Warehouse and
dock need repair. The four larger structures and deck at the eastern end have been recommended for
construction, although initial building would be confined to transit mooring capacity. A recommended
increase in channel depth from 30 to 31 feet would make the terminal available to larger cargo vessel.
Educators and Their Problems IV
Harkers Isle Principal Asks for More
Rigid School Attendance Regulations
Sea Dogs Await
Lejenne Invasion
Big Game of Season To
Be Played Tonight On
Local Hardwood
By Milton Laughton
Beaufort boys finished their mid
term exams today but will meet
their biggest test tonight when
Ihcy play host to the Camp Lejeunc
basketball teams.
Lejeunc giris will be out to
avenge, in the 7:30 opening tilt, a
31-18 defeat handed them by the
bcauforl sextet earlier this season.
The Lejeunc boys will be fyht
ing hard tu maintain their unde
feated record. Beaufort Sea Dogs
suffered their only defeat of the
current season, 56-38, at the hands
of the Lejeunc five at Lcjeune.
The Green and White is hoping
lo be fired up tonight as they
were when they defeated Camp Le
jeunc on their' home court last
year after suffering a defeat to the
tunc of 48 16 at the Marine head
quarters. The game tonight, as far as the
players and .students of liHS are
concerned, is the BIG game of the
season.
Gives Two-Year
Fitspatrick
Sgt. Jack 0. Arlhur
Serves With Eighth Army
KYOTO, Japan Sergeant Jack O.
Arthur, of route 1 Beaufort, is
now serving with the Headquarters
Detachment I Corps, Kyoto, Hon
shu. Japan.
First corps, wlm.se headquarters
are in the heart of Kyoto, world
"City of Shrines," is the American
Army of Occupation of Southern
Honshu and the island of Kyushu,
commanded by Major General J.
M. Swing.
Sgt. Arlhur entered the army in
August 1946 at Fort Bragg and
after completing his infantry basic
training there, he was sent, to Ja
pan. Upon his arrival in Japan
in January 1947 he was assigned
to the 24th Infantry Division and
then transferred to his present
organization, in November 1948.
Sgt. Arthur's father, James. 1).
Arlhur resides at route 1, Beaufort.
Tide Table
HIGH LOW
Friday, Feb. 4
12:02 AM , 6:10 AM
12:13 PM 6:24 I'M
Saturday, Feb. 5
12:44 AM 7:01 AM
12:5a PM ... 7:00 I'M
w Sunday, Feb. 8
1:35 AM 8:00 AM
1:52 PM . 8:01 I'M
Monday, Feb. 7
1:52 AM 0:03 AM
2:52 AM 9:00 PM
' -v Tuesday, Feb.. I , "v" ' " "
3:34 AM W.,.J 10:06 AM
3:53 rM 10:01 PM
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Eve i though there is a compul
sory attendance school law, educa
tors point out that the stale has
provided no means to enforce it,
pushing on lo local welfare depart
ments the job of checking on tru
anew George l. Iiardesiy, principal of
Harkers Island school, comments
in I his. the fourth in a series on
local and state-wide education
problems, on compulsory at ten
dance. Mr. Iiardesiy, who received his
bachelor of arts degree at the Uni
versity of North Carolina, has
taught at Slovall, lleulavillc, and
Aydcn, and has served as princi
pal at the following schools: Fair
field, Dysartsvillc, Buxton, White
Oak, East Lake, Ilobueken, Dover,
Shine, and Harkers Island. He has
also coached basketball and base
ball. Mr. Hardesty comments on com
pulsory school attendance as fol
lows: In l4.r) the General Assembly of
North Carolina finally achieved a
long-sought goal, the gradual rais
ing of the school-leaving age from
fourteen to sixteen. This was the
result of the combined efforts of
many groups and agencies actively
concerned with the welfare of
North Carolina school children.
Under the state law an educa
tional institution may have a spe
cial attendance officer who has re
sponsibility for the enforcement of
the compulsory attendance law. In
school districts of smaller units,
county superintendents of public
welfare retain the responsibility
for compulsory attendance. The
county welfare departments have
and will continue to work with
school officials on the problem of
keeping children in regular atten
dance. 11 is the duly of all school teach
ers and principals to carry out the
instructions of the State Board of
Education. It is the duty of the
classroom teacher to notify the par
ents in case a student comes to
school one day, and stays home
two. If the parents, or guardian
fails tu do his duty to his child, the
teacher is duty hound to report the
name of the child and his parents
to the principal of the school.
The principal must, report such
unlawful absence to the County
Welfare department. The Welfare
department must make a thorough
investigation of the cases, read the
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Fire Destroys
Island Grocery
With an exploding flash that was
seen as far away as Fort Macon
Coast Guard station, the grocery
store belonging to Dalmas Willis,
Harkers Island, went up in flames
Monday ni?ht.
Kerosene exploded, causing the
store, valued at aoproximately $1.
500, lo burn to the ground. Both
Beaufort and Morehead City fire
departments went to the scene, but
the building was beyond saving by
the lime they arrived.
It is believed that Mr. Willis car
ried insurance. No buildings
which could have been endangered
by the flames, stood close by the
store which !s located about a mile
east of Uarkera bland sckool.
Colored Comics Will
Appear in NEWS-TINES
After months of effort THE
NEWS TIMES has secured an
extra allotment of newsprint
sufficient to provide an eight
page section of colored comics.
This section wil appear here
after in the Friday edition.
And, in keeping with THE
NEWS-TIMES policy jo pro
vide the most and the best,
I lie Tuesday edition hereafter
will contain one complete page
of your favorite comics in
black and white.
Watch Tuesday's paper for
further announcements.
Marine Recovers
From Injuries
Weapons Carrier Overturns
On Highway 70 During
Movemenis Toward Pori
rtc. Mauley M. reruns, Marine
of air base squadron 22, is r
covering from injuries received a
11:30 Friday morning when th
5 12 ton weapons carrier he wa
driving overturned just west o
Morehead City after a minor co
lision with another govornmen
vehicle.
Pfc. I'erdus, who suffered mu
liplc abrasions and a large ci
over his right eye which require
ft ur stitches, win assisting in th
movement of equipment lo I'or
Terminal, Morehead City, wher
loading has begun for the scconi
Marine air wing's mid winter ex
erciscs.
In preparation for these mane
livers in the Caribbean area, o
ficers and men of the second Ma
rine air wing and the second Mi
rinc division have been coordina
ting effort in command post am
field exercises at Camp Lejcune
The exercises carried on wcr
primarily designed to facilitate th
coordination of staff personnel am
to assure continuous and rapii
communication between groun
and sir elements? Units from M(
AS Cherry Point included in thes.
preparatory exercises were the tac
tical air command headquarters ol
Marine air control group one, and
Marine tactical control squadron
one.
While these activities were g
ing on at Camp Lejcune, Lt. Co
S. B. O'Neill, Jr., commanding o
ficer of air base squadron 21, ;
newly-formed addition to the sei
ond wing, has instituted a simila
type of field training for his organ
ization without leaving the air sts
tion.
Rat Program Postponed,
Health Officer Reports
The rat control program in Beau
fort and Morehead City, scheduled
to begin Jan. 18 has been post
poned, pending approval and sup
port by the town boards. Dr. N
Thomas Ennett, health officer, re-
punco looay.
Plans are also being made to
undertake a rural rat control pro
gram.
The conimisioncrs of Newport al
their monthly session Tuesday
night in the town hall authorized
i he floating of S50.000 bond is
sue for the installation of a town
water system.
These bonds will not lie sold
however, until approval of the
move is gained by the townspeople
in a special election. Trior to that
time however, the local govern
ment commission must approve the
novo, and Newport, by an act of
the general assembly, must be put
under State law as relating to tax
evv.
The latter bill, which would re
peal the provision in the town
.barter limiting the tax to (iti 23
.Tills per hundred, was introduced
.his week bv II. S. (Jibbs. the coun
ty's representative in l he general
assembly (11H 201).
Newport's tax rate now is 35
rents on the hundred. It is the
3pinion of the board that as long
is the revenue from the Newport
ABC store goes to the town of
Newport, the bonds can be retired
without increasing the tax rate.
According lo the ordinance ap
proved by the board, bonds issued
thall not exceed $50,000. nor shall
hey be issued for a period longer
than 40 years.
The town is without debt and
assessed valuation of property for
municipal taxation is $285,673.25.
The ordinance, in detail, appears
in today's paper under "SpeciAl
Notices."
Morehead Jaycees
To Present Award
To Man-of-Year
Men Make Tentative Plans
To Invite Employers On
Presentation Night
Morehead City Junior Chamber
if Commerce will present the an
nual man-of-the-ycar award for dis
tinguished service in Morehead
City this month. The exact date,
liowever, has not been set.
On that evening the Jaycees also
ilan to invite their employers,
combining Bosses' Niuht with the
award presentation.
Kenneth Wagner, chairman of
aslc paper drives, reported that
tothing further has been decided
in the proposed collection.
To equip the ballpark with lights,
'lernard Leary suggested that a
softhall league be organized among
:uic groups and each team asked
'o contribute money for payment
of the light installation. No de
finite action was taken, but also in
lie sports realm. Floyd Chad wick,
Jr., announced that tentative plans
have been made for the Jaycees to
nlay basketball with the Lions club
and the staff of WMBL.
Atlantic Seniors
Select Spools
The clas sof '40 of Atlantic high
school roce.itly selected their "su
perlative" seniors, mascots, class
colors, flowers, and motto.
The mascots arc Ellen Faye Sal
ter and Leon Norman Salter; the
colors arc red and white, the flow
er the red carnation and their mot
to, "The door to success is labeled
Push'."
Superlatives are as follows:
Most pomilar Frankic Lewis
and John Hamilton; best dressod--Maric
Goodwin and Weldon Robin
son; most friendly Joyce C. Dan
iels and Roscoe Salter; best look
ing Marie Goodwin and John
Hamilton; most athletic Anno
Willis and John Hamilton.
Neatest Abbic Gaskill aad Wei-
'on Roberson; biggest flirt Marie
'oodwin and Roscoe Salter; wit
est Frankie Lewis and Weldon
'.obinson. most michievous Anno
Villis and Roscoe Salter; most
ilkative Frankic Lewis and Hos
oe Salter. ..
Best snort Fay Mason and John
lamilton; most intcleletual Ge
neva Daniels and John, Hamilton;
jest personality Geneva Daniels
ind John Hamilton; most musical
Elsie Hamilton and Weldon RobV
inson; cutest Clara Smith and
Weldon Robinson; best dancer i
Anne Willis and John Hamiltoai
oest all-around Joyce Daniels atUl
John Hamilton.
Most conceited Marie Goodwin
and Roscoe Salter; biggest pest
Anne Willis and Weldon Robinson:
quietest Clara Smith; laziest
Anne Willis and John Hamilton;
most studious Clara Smith and
Weldon Robinson . "
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