CARTERET COUNTY
NEWS
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NEWS-TIMES OFFICES
Beaufort: 120 Craven St.
Morehead City: 807 Evans St.
A Merger of THE BEAUFORT NEWS (Established 1912) and THE TWIN CITY TIMES (Established 1936)
39th. YEAR NO. 13.
MOREHEAD CITY, AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1949
EIGHT PAGES
PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIO AY'S
12-Year-Old Likes World of Magic
Twelve-year-old Billy Murrill.
who lives on 14th street. Morehead
City, is well on his way to becom
ing an accomplished magician and
ventriloquist.
Billy; the son of Mr. and Mrs.
William E. Murrill. and grandson
of Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Willis, be
came interested in "magic" when
he was 11 years old. Most youngs
ters lose a taste for the fantastic
after they have passed the "tell-j
me-a-story" stage but Bill has re
gained his interest in the type ol ;
magic that can keep people fasci
nated for hours, and mystified.!
too'
In the picture here, 'he young
magician is performing one of his
favorite tricks with a newspaper,
a checker, and an empty glass.
Savs Bill as he begins, "Now
I'm going to place this checker
under the glass, cover the glass
tightly with the newspaper and
make the checker disappear."
He says some magic words and
waves his hand over the covered
glass. Upon removing the glass, I
the checker remains on the table.
"Oops," exclaims Bill, "it didn't
work." He repeats the performance
again, and still the checker doesn't1
disappear.
"Well, says the young magi
eian finallv. "I guess I'll have
make the glass disappear, instead
So he covers the glass tightly with
the newspaper, after placing the,
checker once more under the open
part of the tumbler, he smashes his
hand down hard on the paper, the
paper flattens out on the tabb ,
ho lifts nn the Daner. the checker:
is gone and he pulls the glass out
from UNDER the table!
Billy appeared in last year's
I. ions club talent search as a ven
triloquist complete with dummy
on his knee.
He reads books filled with magic
tricks and has become so-proficient
in the art that he is asked frequent
ly to entertain at youngsters' par
ties. Asked if he intends to become a
professions! iLu.tian aim venlii
loquist, Billy grins and says. "I
don't know right now I just like
to fool with it, that's all "
Circulation Goes
Up at Library
Books Borrowed in Janu-
ary Exceed Number
Taken Out in Jan., 1949
Circulation at the Carteret Coun
ty Public library hit a record high
last month, 3.501 books were bor
rowed. 1,254 more than during
January last year. The majority
of these books. 2,247, were circu
lated from the bookmobile which
travels throughout the county.
Through the library books are also
being supplied for reading recom
mended by the state to home de-lg
monstration club women.
New adult books are now ready
for circulation and approximately
80 teen-age and juvenile books will
go on the shelves soon.
Adult books are as follows: fic
tion The Golden Coast, Rooney;
What Grandpa Laughed At, Croy;
High Holiday, Norris; Catch a Fall
ing Star, Van de Water; North
Face, Renault; Hospital Zone, Sei
fert; The Young Lions, Shaw.
The Big Barbecue, Hughes; And
Now Good-bye, Hilton; Elizabeth,
Captive Princess, Irwin; Kings
ridge, Colver; Frontier Doctor,
Crumbine; The Husband Who Ran
Away, Dolson; Trumpet in the City,
Miller; Dinner at Antoine's, Keyes;
One Basket, Ferber.
The Big Fisherman, Douglas;
Watch for a Tall White Sail, Bell;
A Clouded Star, Parrish; John
Goffe's Mill, Woodbury; Remem
brance Rock, Sandburg; Five O'
clock Surgeon, Walker; The Tend
er Melody, Lynd; Castle in the
Swamp, Marshall; Larks in the
Popcorn, Smith; The Room Be
yond, Carr.
The Hearth and the Eagle, Se
ton; Spring Dream, Holliston; Ri
ver to the West, Jennings; Yankee
Auctioneer, Bean; The Fire Bal
loon, Moore; Guard of Honor, Coz
zens; South Shore Town, Coats
worth; The Precipice, MacLennan.
Doctor Bill, Hancock; High Tow
ers, Costain; The Heart Has Rea
sons, Sturgess-Jones; Within the
Harbor, Bassett; I Thee Wed, Gab
riel; Hound-dog Man, Gipson;
Cheaper by the Dozen, Gilbreth
and Carey; The Sky is Red, Berto.
Nonaction: The House for You,
Sleeper; American Woman's Ency
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Here in his home Hilly Murrill performs his fascinating glass-
checker-newspaper trick.
Scouting Interest
Grows in County
Ecys Recti". 4 Awards, Uu-
it Badges at Court of
Honor, Scout Hut
Scouting has increased in impor
tance in Careteret county due to
the efforts of Rotary clubs, church
groups, and young men interested
in acting as leaders of troops.
At the recent court of honor
in the Scout building local Scouts
who completed the requirements
were awarded merit badges and ad-
va.ncrd in 1 a'lk . In 4hafrsc l Sl'ou,t
iiu.unvLiiii ill uuiun l71WI11.
Beaufort.
James Potter, chairman of the
Carteret county district committee,
made introductory remarks, com
menting on Scouting and Scout
week.
John Haynes presented second;
class awards to B. G. O'Neal, Pier
son Willis, Billy Simpson, and Don
Fulcher. ,
First class awards were made by:
Dr. C. E. Paden to Dickie Diekin-1 Because so many unemployment
son, Jimmy Guthrie. John Lynch, compensation claims are being
Gene Lewis. Jimmy Modlin, and JJfield y fishermen, Mrs. Julia Ten-1
stuart
B.J. May presented merit badues i
for home rept s to Gene Lewis
and Jimmy Guthrie.
James Smith, of troop 22, Beau
fort, has been authorized to receive
the coveted Star award. Presenta
tion of this award is scheduled to
be made at the next court of honor
in April.
The awards mentioned above i
were presented at the Scout hut
last Thursday night.
The nation's 2.200,000 members
of the Boy Scouts of America last
week observed the 39th anniver
sary of the organization.
The programs of Scouting, lead
ers in the organization say, pre
pare Scouts to face the future,
helping to build a new world with
construction, not destruction as the
goal. Scouting in the 42 nations
recognized by the Boy Scout In
ternational Bureau has an enroll
ment of 4.409,780 Scouts and lead
ers. They are striving, Stout leaders
say, for. a future of peaceful li
ving where every man is a brother
to every other man. regardless of
his race, creed or color.
The World Friendship Fund of
voluntary contributions from
Scouts and leaders totaled $135,
000 in a little more than three
years, inrougn it, scouting in 46
lands received assistance in re
building their organizations follow
ing the war's disruption.
"Adventure-that's Scouting!" the
theme of Boy Scout Week this
year is a reaiity for hundreds of
thousands of Boy Scouts. They
enjoy thrilling experience in the
701 long-term c?mps maintained
by Local Scout Councils and an
See SCOUTS Page 5
Rat Campaign Begins;
A campaign against rals
throughout the rural area of the
county will get nder way Monday
night when a sound film in color,
entitled, "Vandals in the Night"
will be shown at Lionel Con
ner's store, Harlowe, Monday
littht at 7:30.
This picture will be shown at
7:30 Tuesday night at Cleveland
Gilliin's store. Bettie, at 7:30
Wednesday night at the I'nitari
an chrch, Pellelier, and at 7:30
Thursday night in the Newport
school auditorium.
Rat poison will be distributed
to participating farmers March
4. More details will be announ
ed later.
Unemployed File
Claims at Office
In Municipal Hall
ney. manager ot me united atatesi
Employment Service office. More-
!neart City, announced today that
more room was needed to take
care of the claimants.
Claims can be filed now every
Tuesday afternoon, beginning at
1:30 p.m. on the second floor of
the municipal building in the audi
torium where the USES office was
located before it was moved to the
'building at 7th and Evans streets
! Mrs- Tenney expressed her ap
preciation to the town for permis
sion to use part of the town hall
and estimated that the auditorium
would probably be used for sev
eral months.
Thus far, approximately 150 un
employment compensation claims
have been filed by fishermen.
Mrs. Tenney st?ted that there
has been the usual January and
February drop in employment in
the county, the slump between the
end of the fishing season and the
beginning of the resort season.
Employers, she said;, are co
operating much better in informing
the employment office of their
needs in the way of employees.
One large plant in Morehead City
does its hiring only through the
employment office, she stated.
More Applications Wanted
An insufficient number of ap
plications have been received for
the following civil service positions
at Cherry Point Marine air base,
it was announced today: sandblas
ter, gasoline distribution system
operator, sewage disposal plant
operator, and water plant operator.
Applications will be accepted until
needs of the service have been
met, civil service examiners stated.
Towns
With County on
Fo rmer Utilities Officials Considers
Morhead's Rail Facilities Adequate
County U.S. Bonds
Total $3,195,825
Slate's Holdings Tolal
$641,439,784; National
Figure Higher Than '45
The people of Carteret county
idav are holding a backlog of fi
nancial security in U. S. Savings
bonds amounting to $3,195,825.75.
Victor N. Wickizer. countv chair
man of the Savings Bonds commit -
tee announced today.
"This sum represents the net increased iralfic resulting from ex the past ; ear
holdings of Series K, F and G War j Pulsion of port facilities at More- There were 2,330 patients ad
Bonds and peacetime savings head City, railroad officials inline- milled during I he year, including
bonds, (alter all redemptions orldiately will provide improvements 511 births. Days of care rendered
('shins' have been deducted ::i"d additions to meet the situa were 13, 0!)2, and emergency treat
since May 1, 1941 and through Dec -
ember 31. 1948," Mr. Wickizer said.
This information was received by
the county chairman from Allison
Jamcs. State Director ol the 1'. S
Savings Ponds dn isiun in
bold, in the anni al 'a in
(ireens-
bunds
report for 1948
Savings bonds sales lor
this
county tin the yo.,r 194H (Jan. 1
Mirough Dec 31 i were as billows,
according to the annual report:
Series E bonds. $330.5ti8 00; Scries
F bonds, S5.383.0l). Series (i bonds.
S6l.000.0l). v"'intv total ( -.948.
$396,951.00
"These splendid U. S. Savings
bonds holdings and sales are com
munity assets of the highest type,"
Mr. Wickizer continued.
"They will stand the many indi
vidual owners in good stead in
time of financial need: they will
help stimulate local community bu
siness when and it times get hard:
they bring in to our county in
interest and accruals ahoul 2 12
per cent a year on the total hold
ings."
In conclusion Mr Wickizer said
that net holdings of Series !'.. F
and G bonds for the slate of North
Carolina as ol Dec 31. 1948 were
$04 1.439,784.25 Nationally. 80.
000.000 individuals hold $47 bil
lion in E. F and G bonds- a great
er amount than during the War
time peak of 1945.
Sailors Attempt
Assault on Girls
Awaiting trial in recorder's court
Tuesday are two sailors, James Ed
ward Redfield and Edwin Earl Rci
gent from the CSS Vermillion, who
are charged with attemnted assault
on a female.
Redfield and Reigent were com
mitted to the county jail following
a hearing before Mayor George WJUance Mason. Uayview Mrs. C At the time of his appointment
Dill, Jr., Wednesday afternoon in'F. Weeks. Davis Clifford Willis, as active director he was an in
'he municipal buildim!. Morehead Mrs. Lynell Everhart, T. Tallak- structor in math and physics at the
City. son. Marshallberg Steven F. Institute. Mr. Mason received his
According to testimony at the; Harris. Smyrna Randolph Pake, bachelor of arts degree at the uni
hearing, the two sailors attempted j Loss by death and the removal , versity of North Carolina and since
'o assault a 15-year old and an 18-jof members to other locations oc-j receiving this deRree has under
vear-old girl at 6:10 p. m. Tuesday icasioned by the shutting down of taken graduate work,
on Arendell street between 10th ! war activities. decreas"d the mem-1 The dininc hull .-it mcti ,.,i
and 11th.
Cries of the f iris, it was report-
ed. called neighbors' attention toichurches in Carteret countv show
the scene. The
men were piaceaian increase of 80 over the pre-,
in Morehead City
jail
until taken
be '"re the mayor.
""Sa USS Vermillion, ic of the
nvior vesels in the second task j
vi" Aiianuc command, sailed
frm Morehehead City Wednesday
rr-'ming. Following trial here, the
s,vt( --s will be sent to the nearest
Na' il station, Mayor Dill stated.
Smile a While
;of the churches totaled $39,264.36.
He stopped dat a small hot-dog jand for gifts for all purposes such
stand and ordered coffee. Just to! as missions, education, orphanage
be "olite he said, "Looks like rain.iand denominational uses, totaled
doe n't it?"
"Well," snapix'd the proprietor.
"It tastes like coffee, doesn't it?"
inspection Lane in Beaufort
The automobile inspection lane
arrived in P.""irort Thursdr " lo be
there until Saturday noon.
Refuse
j RALEIGH. Feb. 25 - Railroad
(facilities to and Irom Morehead
City are fully adequate to handle
jthc initial volume of traffic expect
. ed to develop when port facilities
! there arc expanded and modern
ized, it was said today by R. ().
Sell of Raleigh, former official of
the Stale Utilities commission,
who is considered an impartial
authority on both railroad and
highway transportation
"I do not think there would be
any dilliculty in affecting prompt
and efficient movement of even
more than a normal volume of
traffic into and out of Morehead
.City by present railroad facilities," Miss Christine Vick. administra
jSelf said. "1 long have been an lor of the Morehead t'ilv Hosnilal.
j advocate
of ports improvements,
and believe, if il is necessitated by
'lion.
Sell rilled attention lo the fact
lhal (.oidshoro. western terminus
of the Atlantic and Fast Carolina
Railroad, ot which Morehead City
is the eastern gateway, has con
neetions lo the noil h and south
with lb Atlantic Coast Line, and
to .the Industrial Piedmont and
western areas ot the State with (he
Southern Railroad.
II is a well known lad. Sell
said, "that the railroad trackage
used by the Southern Irom (liar-
See UTILITIES Page 4
Atlantic Baptist Group
Publishes' 48 Report
By F. ( . Salisbury
During the past year ol the At
lantic Baptist association the
churches ol that organization made
a fine record as shown in the an
neal report nl the association re
(cull, published
The l94o session of the associa
tion was held with the Swanshoro
Baptist church. M. Leslie Davis of
liea'.lort presided as moderator for
the 34th time since 1909. Dr. J. II.
Bunn, pastor of the First Baptist
church of Morehead City has serv
ed for the past eight sessions of
'the Association as clerk treasurer,
i Both these officers were re-elect-
ed to serve in their respective ca-
pacity. One new church, the North
j Jacksonville, was voted in the as
sociation.
Death removed 40 members from
the churches of the association
during the year. Members of
churches of Carteret county taken
by death were: Morehead City -C.
E. Leggette, Mrs. Ida Howland,
Mrs. John Rogers, D. B. Willis, R.
A. Armond, Alfred Smith, Sr.
Beaufort Clem M. Merrill, Mrs
Alice Noe, Mrs. Elmo Stewart. At-
lantic Charles A. Mason, Miss
il L.: . ..r 41 i u....
lut-iMiip in many in 1 1 it i-iiuii-iic.Y
!rTI,n mAml,n-..1,ln nl llin
i i lit luiai iiiiTiiu,,-, .jii t vi u i.
vious vear. The two larcest in -
creases of membership by baptism
were the Atlantic church of 40 and
the Morehead City church of 31.
(The Atlantic church
iincr,,ase of m(.mh(,,s
lead in the
of the Sun-
day school from 80 to 132. The in
crease for the county shows 62.
Contributions made by the eight.
Ichurches of the county established
ja fine record. Gifts for local works
$49,326.09. The eight Baptist
churches of the county and their
membership are Atlantic 123, Bay
view 49, Beaufort 384, Marshall
berg 130, Morehead City 700, Smyr
na 44, and Woodvillc 53. The 1949
rssion of the Association will be
held at Trenton Oct. 26-27.
to Go
New ABC Set-up
Administrator
Releases Report
On Hospital
Morehead City Instituti
Admits 2,330 Patients
During 1948
Institution
todav released the following reoort
of the hospital's
activities during
ment was given to
not admitted lo the
patients
hospital X ray
examinations were made of 1,087
patients and 8.2(16 laboratory ex
animations were done.
Occupancy was down from a
daily average ol 42 in 1947 to 3(i in
19411 This is in keeping Willi the
nation-wide trend which has been
downward all year,
, Vick. and according
tated Miss
to hospital
experts, may be expected lo con
tinne during 194!)
.Cost of operation continued
See REPORT Page 8
to
James I. Mason
Succeeds Mitchell
MCTI Director
Appoinnitent of James I. Mason,
Morehead City, as acting director'
of Morehead City Technical insti
tide has been announced by E. W.
Buggies, director of the Extension
division, North Carolina State col
lege.
Mr. Mason replaces Paul Mitchell 1
who resigned to continue graduate!
studies at the University of Ken-:
lucky. Mr. Mason has for many
years been active in education in.
North Carolina, lie taught in pub j
lie schools of the state for the past'
20 years; the last 10 in the
More-
head City High srhool.
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Monday, under the management
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week to allow for imnrovement i
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Tide Table
11 Hi II
Friday. Feb. 18
12 midnight
12:17 I'M
LOW
6:15 AY
6:25 PiV
Saturday, Feb. 19
12:52 AM
1:12 I'M
7:17 M,
7:22 PV.
Sunday, Feb. 20
1:54 AM
2:14 I'M
8:25 AM
8:27 PM
Monday, Feb. 21 Pellelier and Cedar Point ap-roxi-
AM 9:55 AMjmately 300 persons
IM 'N:35 I'M j Not announced heretofore was
3.01
3:51
Tuesday, Feb. 22
4 08 AM
10:41 AM
10:39 PM
4:28 PM
Along
Dismis.sing the numerous s.cle ar
guments cai ricd on throughout the
special meeting ol the county and
town commissioners at the court
house Wednesday morning, the call
ed sessio i In discuss distribution
of ARC store money was .(induct
ed in an unusual alnio acre of
c.i I m
Present it the session were coun
ty commissioners and the town
boards of Beaufort. Morehead City,
and Newport who listened as Dr.
K. P. li Bonner, chairman of the
county hoard, requested that the
towns approve a new setup where
by they would get 2 1 2 per cent
of liquor store sales after slate
sales tax was deducted The re
maining 2 1-2 per cent of the 3
per cent now going to the towns
w"ld he given to the county to be
set up as a special lund to pay bills
of indigen' Carteret county pa
tient?, at any hospital in the stale.
II. at the end of the year, there
was money left in this special lund.
il would be used for county
schools. Dr. Homier stated
Morehead City said "We like
things as they are."
Beaufort said: "No!"
Newport said : "No!"
These negatives replies came?
even after Dr. Bonner declared
thai unless the towns agreed tu
split their lake, petitions would be
circulated to call for a referendum
on liquor. Liquor would undoubt
edly be voted out, he said, and then
there would be no ABC money for
anyone.
If this was done, he continued to
meet expenses the coimiv would
have to raise !.:cs tu 2 50 per
hundred
dollars valuation l.aw-
rence llassel
lleaulort s mayor.
said, II mere is no Alii money,
Beaufoil taxes would ha' e to be
raised in 'i 1(1 per bundled The
county lax rate is now $1 !!() and
''eai-fort'x is 8'i Nr too,
would be required to raise it-, rate
above the tin-sent 35 cents
From February 1948 II rough
January P ' I Dv Bonner . iiauunc-
ed thai I'a ! t receive,! $(),.
(154 93 from the ABC fund. More
head City and (he hospital icceiv
See TOWNS RE FUSE Pa ;e I
Ministers Offer
Support to X-Ray
Program in County
Miss Lulu Belle Ilighsmilh. of
the tuberculosis division of the
Slate Board of health, spoke Mon
day morning at the meeting of the
Coastal Ministerial association, re-
ROl'TE OF THE X-RAY UNITS
Today 11 a. m.-.r p. m S acy
and Nine-Foot Road, Jesse How
ard's House.
Tomorrow, Sunday, and Monday
Not operating.
Tuesday, Feb. 2211 u. m. -5 p.
m. Davis and Mini ton of N ne
Food road and Musontnwn n ad.
Wednesday, Feb. 2311 a. m.
5 p. m. Williston Metln dist
church and Ocean, A. R. Part
field's station.
questing coopera'im of the coun
ty's ministers in the mass ray
program.
Ministers told Miss Hi I smith
that th"y wieild ur"e ine nl. rs of
their eon,.,re,,;i'ion,i and re1' ents
of their commuir.i s to h.:' I est
X r-vs.
The mass X-ray began in the
on i v Tnrsd,-'- and w'l end
March 18 in Beaufort and .M'ire
'(id Ci'v wli '-e the mobile nits
omplete thee- t e rs A unit will
,p,.. (., j town.
Miss Highsmith explained that if
he lirsl X-rw 'hows ovid 'iiees of
rouble in the chest region, the per
on is asked to have a larger X ray
made, al no cost to him. If this
hows the need for tn'atmen' the
nitieit is referred t i his private
ihysician. The health department,
vorking with doctors and the wel
fare department is' responsible for
seeing that all those found with
tuberculosis receive treatment
X-rayed at Atlantic Tuesdav and
Wednesday were 450 neisons at
the fact that a mobile X-ray unit
will be in the llarlowo .; tion,
Conner's store, March 11.