CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES A Mercer of THE BEAUFOkt rttWS (Established 1912) and THE TWIN CITY TIMES (Established 1936) ? . - ? ; . _____________________________________ ' ' 38th YEAR, No. 31 EIGHT PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA, TUESDAY, APRIL 26, 1949 ' PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS Mayors, Commissioners Seek Re-Election Unopposed Seventh Legion District Elects New Officers A1 Thomas, Beaufort, Hon ored with Posi of Vice Commander Louis Dunn, past commander of the Donerson - Hawkins post of American Legion, New Bern, was elected commander of the Seventh American Legion district in North Carolina, which includes 12 active posts in a five county area, at the annual district meeting Wednes day night at the Legion hut on East Front street. New Bern. A1 Thomas ol Beaufort was elected vice commander, L. Bev erly Bailard of New Bern, district adjutant, and Lonnie Revis of Jacksonville, lyus selected as dele gate to the National American legion convention at Philadelphia this summe.. Legion naries were present from Trenton, Swansboro, Jacksonville, Beaufort, Morehead City and New Bern and tho^e present were serv ed a barbecue supper. District Commander Albert Ellis of Jack sonville called the meeting to order and Mr. Ballard acted as district adjutant for the evening. Commander Norris Reed of the Donerson Hawkins post reported briefly on the oratorical contest held m the counties and district In March. He said the winner in this district aiso won in the divis ion but lost in a close race in the state contest. Ray Galloway, past N. C. de partment commander, was a spe cial guest and he talked briefly concerning the duties of the American Legion to uphold the See LEGION Page 7 Artists to Stady In Beaufort Again The art department of the Worn an's College of the University of North Carolina, Greensboro, will hold its art classes in Beaufort again this summer, according to a letter received by Dan Walker, manager of the Beaufort Chamber of Commerce. Gregory D. lvey. head of the art department, says the ? classes will be in session from June 1 through 21. He commended the people of Besufort, particularly Mrs W. L. Woodard and T. G. Lcary, who have been very help ful in previous summers and said he hopes their hospitality will con tinue. Mr. Ivey states that three re quirements must be met for classes to be held satisfactorily. They arc a place to meet, (he remarked that the room used in the old railroad station last year is satisfactory; tables on which to work, strong tables that will not be damaged by wet paint; and a list of persons with rooms to rent and prices of the rooms Anyone having informa tion on the above requirements should contact the chamber of com merce John Courtney of the college art staff will be in charge of the Beaufort work this summer since Mr. Ivey will be wonting on the west coast. 31 Carteret County Boy Scoots Attend Camporee Boy Scouts from two Carteret county communities. Beaufort and Harlowe spent the weekend at the camporee held in Washington by the Eastern Carolina Boy Scout council. Over 2.000 Scouts attend ed. The camporee began Friday morning and lasted through Sun day morning. Contests for various awards, races, and other competi tive events look place. Sunday morning an awards court was held and the winners in the competi tions were presented with ribbons. Institute Oyster Specialist Continues Coastal Survey A1 Chestnut, oyster specialist at the Institute of Fisheries Research is continuing his survey of coastal fvaters to determine where spring ' oyster planting should take place. He is making the survey at the 1 request of Capt. John Nelson. | jrtate fisheries commissioner. With 'vim are Ernest Nelson and other members of Captain Nelson's stall. Marine Meets Death in Accident Early Friday on Crab Point Bridge Blaze Causes Estimated 810,000 Damage to Felton's James Wallace Releases Rules For JC Contest Released today by James W. Wallace, Morehead City Jayeee, were the rules and regulation that wiil govern the Miss Morehead City contest, being sponsored by the Morehead City Jaycees in con ; junction with the Miss America Pageant. All young women desir ing to enter ihe contest should fill out the entry blank published | below and mail to the Charles Willis, chairman of the entries committee. Here's Entry Blank 1 hereby apply for entry as a contestant for the title of Miss I Morehead City and the opportu Th' first two entries in the Miss Morehead City contest have just been announced. They are Lucjr Willis and Pauline Gillilun. nity to compete for the right to participate in the National Finals of the Miss America Pageant held j at Atlantic City, N. J. I understand that if I am se lected an winner of the North i Carolma State TiHals, I will be ? obligated to go to Atlantic City j during the time required for me j to appear in the Miss America! Pageant. I agree to abide by all the rules of the local and National contests now in effect or as announced hereafter from time to time. I hereby agree that the (ime, manner, method of judging the local and National contests shall be soley within the direction of ! the respective organizations di ' decting the contests and that ihe See JCs Page 7 An estimated $10,000 damage was caused by fire at Feltort's clothing store on Front street in Beaufort early yesterday morning. ; Although flames were cor.iined! 10 the back part of the building, ? most of the stock was damaged by heat and smoke. The loss is reported to be partially covered by insurance. It is not known how the flames started, but the fire originated in the vicinity of the oil burner at the back of the store. The burner was turned off but it is believed that some sort of spontaneous combustion caused the blaze. Frank Buttry of the menhaden boal. Evelyn L. Willis, captained by Capt. Ned Lewis, noticed smoke f.s he was driving by shortly after' 3:30 a.m. yesterday. He notified Carlton Garner, night policeman, who sent in the alarm (rom box 10 ai Front and Turner streets. The firemen, who turned <.ut 100 per cent to fignt the fire, wo e on the job for nearly two j hours. None of the adjoining bu.i ; ness places were damaged. Felton's is owned by Gerald , Hill, Beaufort. Legionnaires Nominate Three For Commander Walton. E. Fulcher, Robert G. ; | Lowe and Malcolm U. Collins were i nominated for the post of com manded of the Morehead City j Ameiican L ;i? i ju ?he meetinxl ?i.v Lugi't.ri . .light i;: club rooms in down town Move-; head City. Legion members will vote on \ the nominees and nominate any other candidates at their next J meeting Friday, May The of ficers are to serve for the 1040-50 year. Other nominees are: for 1st' vice-commander, J. B. Rice, Ed Arendell, and Fred Beaver; for! 2nd vice ? commander, Bernard Leary and Earl Dunn; for ser I gent at arms. C. G. Nelson, M. T. Lewis and.Cofye Hepler; anc| Rev. W. D. Caviness for chaplain. Largest Property Owner, Causeway, Expresses Views In an exclusive interview with the NEWS TIMES. Sam Morgan, I largest property owner on the ! Mo'ehead City Beaufort Cause way, stated his views on the pro pored inclusion of the Causeway into the city limits of either More head City or Beaufort. The in terview follows. "We've ail heard ? ne story of the scientist who built a machine capable of thinking, moving ami working for itself. The scientist forgot one thing though. He didn't include a soul," Mr. Morgan said. "That's wiiat we've done With our local government, we've created a monster that has everything hut a soul. "The scientist finally had to jump overboard to escape the creatine of his own making and that's what we've done here on the Causeway. We came out here where we could escape the tyranny of local gov einment and now the towns are; co? out here after us. I think w< , ? ifht to tight this thing all tK./ " through. We weren't Iffjked -HV place if we wanted to become a part of the towns. "'Our government was organized | by inspired men to protect the i home after tiie old English law that a man's home is a Castle and should be protected. I'm going to fight, the extension of the city limits around us. They're only trying to do it to get money out of us and we don't stand to gain a thing out of it except increased taxes. / "My ancestors fought for their freedom ami Sam Moigan is going to tight for hist" One Cherry Point Marine is dead, another seriously injured and a third is in Carteret county jail held on charges of manslaughter as a result of an automobile accident that occurred early Friday morning on the outskirts of Morchead City. The death is the first highway f.i tality in Carteret county this year. Cpl. Robert Bodrcau, 19 years old, died shortly after the wreck which occurred at 12:15 a in. Fri day on the bridge leading to Crab Point, north of Morchead City. Pfc. Duane F. Brown 18 sustained a fractured skull and chest injuries and remains in a serious condition in the hospital at Camp Lejeune. i Cpl John Edward Boyce, 18. driver 1 of the car, is held in jail on char ges of manslaughter, pending an inquest that will be. held Thurs day night in the court house in ; Beaufort. All three were stationed at Cherry Point Marine air base. According to Cpl. Vernon I. SprUill, state highway patrolman ; investigating the accident, the car| was traveling at a high rate of speed when it struck a bump in the surface of the picket bridge It sides wiped the right-hand bridge rail, tore up 45 feet of the bridge, bounced to the left hand side ol the bridge and landed on it* left side on the high vv ay at the end ot tin bridge. A six by four inch beam, put of the bridge supports, entered tin ear under the right front fendt r. tore out the glove compartment, struck Corporal Bodrcau. tore the top of the car loose, knocked the rear window out of the car. and damaged tho car's trunk before it con-pie ted its destruction Not one window in the car remained intact the car. otherwise, was demolished also. Corporal Boyce was driving. Cpl. Bodrcau was in the middle and Ptc. Brown was sitting on the right side of the car, ?? li)4(> two-door Ford sediffl. Timbers from the budge struck Corporal Bodreau and Pfc. Brow l but Corporal Boyce esc .ped with minor scratches and no serious injury. Speed limit on the bridge is 20 miles per hour. Corporal Boyce had been drinking and the car was traveling at an excessive rate of speeding, according to Corporal Spruill. Highway workers were quick to begin work on getting the bridge into usable condition and it was completely repaired by noon Fri day. Surrender of Fort Macon . April 26 , 1862 Wrecks Damage Three Vehicles Three automobile accidents in addition to the fatal accident at Crab Point bridge occurred in Car teret county over the weekend. Friday at 12:30 p. m . a 1940 Kaiser sedan cr.ven by Willie B. Temple of Beaufort attempted to pass an oil truck driven by Walter Ray Ewell at a point near Cope Ray Ewcll at a point near Cope land's Motor Court west of More head City. The truck made a left turn while the Kaiser was attempt ing to pass and the Kaiser rin into its rear, causing an estimated $150 damage to the car. The truck sus tained $15 damage but no charges were made against either driver since both were at fault in the op inion of the highway patrolman in vestigating. A 1949 Chevrolet coach driven by Sgt. William R. Godall of Cher ry Point overturned and was al most completely destroyed Sun day. The car was traveling south on Nine-Foot road between New port and highway 24 when it sud denly came on a barricade placed across the road which is undcrgo Sec VEHICLES Page 7 Tide Table HIGH LOW Tuesday, April 26 7:05 a. m 1:07 a. m. 7:23 p. m 1:10 p. m. Wednesday, April 27 7:43 a. m. 1:45 a. m. 7:58 p. m 1:43 p. m. Thursday, April 28 8:19 a. in 2:21 a. m. 8:32 p. m 2:16 p. m I'rldiy, April 29' 8 54 I. m 2:57 a m 8:06 p. m. 2.48 p. m. By F. C. Salisbury In the words of Abraham Lin- ; coin, from his famous Gettysburg address, "four score ami seven years ago" Colonel Moses T. ! White, commander of Fort Macon during the War of The Rebellion, j surrendered the fort to General Ambrose E. Burnside of the Fed eral forces on Saturday, April 20, 1862. Events leading up to the su. ' render of the fort was the battle ! of Roanoke Island and New Bern. Early in 1862 what is known in the war records of the Union j Army as the third naval armament was fitted out in Hampton Roads. | It wag composed of 100 war ves sets and transports commanded by [ Commodore L. M. Goldsborough and bearing 10,000 land troops under General Burnside. The arm- f ament left the Roads on January j 11, 1862, with its destination un known except to proper officers. That destination was Roanoke Is land and Pamltco Sound. The Confederates had strongly fortified Roanoke Island with bat teries that commanded the sounds on each fide of it. The forufica tions were garrisoned by North] Carolina troops then under the command of Coloney H. M. Shaw, and mounted about 40 guns. About I them in Ci oatan , Sound was a I flotilla of small gunboats. Preparation was made for an I attack by land and sea the first I week in February. Goldsborough drew up his fleet of 70 vessels j in Croatan Sound and opened a bombardment upon the batteries. It was kept up all the afternoon, the flotilla and the batteries re 4PtMing to Goldsborough's guns. At midnight about 11,000 troops! were landed on the island. At dawn ] they moved forward to attack the ltnc of intrenchmenta whichi cross ed the island. The Confederates, far inferior in numbers made a gallant de fence, going from redoubt to re j doubt as one after another fell into the hynds of the Union forces. , They made a vigouroui* itand in a well situated redoubt that was! approached by a causeway but overrun l?y the large number of the enemy they were compelled to surrender and Roanoke Inland passed into the hands of the Union force*, with 3,000 prisoners and 42 cannon. Other sections of Kastern Caro lina 'were speedly Recovered and on February 18, 1802, Burnside and Gotdsborough issued a proeia mat ion to the inhabitants of the conquered section assuring them tnat ilte Government forces wen there not as enemies but as friends and inviting them to separate themselves from the Confederacy and return to their allegeance. Following the surrender of Roanoke Island and other points in ;hat vicinity, the Union forces under General Burnside and the flotilla moved up the Neuse River where tiie battle and the capture of New Bern took place. It was from this point that men and arm ament were sent for the assault upon Fort Macon. On March 19, 1802, two regiments embarked at New Bern and one regiment marched down the railroad tracks, meeting at Slocum's Creek. These three regiments combined with the artillery and ordnance outfits had planned to haul the men und equipment to Haveiock, where it was to be loaded on cars and transported by horse power, due to the lack of an engine, to Caro lina City sonic five miles west of Morehcad City which had been selected as the site of operations. On landing at Slocum's Creek it was learned that the Confed erates had burned the railroad bridge at Newport over the river at that point as well as the hotel and barrack buildings at Carolina City. Fearing that a similar at tempt would be made on the county road bridge a company of infantry was dispatched to guard this bridge. This bridge wa| se cured and with the arrival of troops by rail at Newport they were transported by common roid to Carolina City which point wjm| readied on M??ch 22. The burned Sec t OBI MACON Pace' 3 Queen Street Band To Enter Contest The Queen Street High school hand, Beaufort, will compete Thursday in the music festival at A & *T college, Greensboro, I lan dolph John: < n, principal, announ f ced today. The hand last year received the i at Mi)?, "above average" and will try this year for "excellent.*' Director of the hand is Abe Thin man, formerly of Newark, N. .1. A special chartered bus, cany injr the band and spectators who would like i?> attend the festival, wi.l leave Beaufort early Thurs , day morning Forty five hand members and J four majorettes wili make the trip,! Thirty five bands are expected to compete. Only the belter bands of the state are invited. The Queen Kt'reei, musicians will play LiiRtiel Overture, My lle*o. Overture Militairc, and Host of Freedom. Home Agenl Announces Demonstration Meetings Hume ft<'inonst ration iiul> meet inga for this week were announced today by Mis. Carrie Gillikin, home agent. They are as follows: Kin-sell's Creek, 7:30 tonight with Mrs. A., II. Tallman; Camp Glenn. 2:30 p.m. tomorrow with Mrs. B. L. West; Williston, 7:30 tomorrow night at the community building; Wildwflftd, 2:30 Thursday , after noon with Mrs. Leslie Sanders. | The Carteret County Wildlife < lub will meet tomorrow night at 7 :30. Election of officers will be held, f'lace of the meeting: has not yet been decided. Board Conducts j Routine Business j Thursday Night Morehead Cily Commission ers Discuss Division of Town Into Two Precincls Morehead City commissioners disposed of a volume of routine business at their meeting Thurs day night in the Morehead Cit.v municipal building. No discussion on the proposed extension of Morehead City limits to include part of the Morehead City Beaufort causeway came up at the meeting. Two special meetings on that issue had been held previously. A motion to divide Morehead City into two voting precincts in stead of the present one was voted down when the town attorney. George II. McNeill, disclosed that such a change would have to he made by an act of the general as sembly. The commissioners de cided that the Legislature was too close to adjournment to enter an act this session and Mayor George Dill said the' would have the act entered in the 1 legislature. It was disclosed that the area the town has been using ;it 25th and Bridges streets ;is ;i street is. in reality. 40 feet from the actual street ond is on the property of Clyde Jones Recently workers j from the State Highway com mis- 1 sion have covered the street over with clay while using it to haul clay fill to the Salter Path j*oad and Tide Water Power company has erected telephone poles on the property owned by the town and intended for use ;?s a street. The commissioners decided that the power vompany would have to move its poles itnd the town re locate the street in order that Mr Jones can regain use of his pro perty. ltesu lents of the area between 18th and 19th street on Bridges street. appeared and requested that the city run its sewer line into their property in block 116 so that they could have sewer connections. The request was put aside until the June meeting of the commis sioners when next year's budget will be drawn up. Mayor Dill said the town was soft-peddling on any extension of its sewtr lines at the present time since it* is hoped that the federal government will render financial assistance to the city when and if ;i proposed federal anti-stream pollution hill is approved. The mayor said that such assistance would cause the town to complete !y revise its sewer setup and that See BOARD Page 3 Candidates in Both Towns File at Deadline The incumbent mayors and com- j missioners of both Beautort ar.d j Morehead City are again seeking office for the next two-year term, j unopposed. Although none of the Beaufort | board or the mayor had filed by j presstime. it was learned from re liable sources that they would i Signify their intention of running J prior to the 6 p. in. registration j deadline l:ist night. The Morehead City mayor and | commissioners filed Friday, meet ' ing their 10-day prior-to-election ! deadline. The election will be Tuesday. May 3. Also appearing on the More j head City ballot will be three can j didatcs for election to the hospital board. . Robert L. Hicks is seeking ! re-election and John 1. Crump and YV. C. Matthews are running for trustees positions. Retiring from the hospital board next month are S. A. Chalk. Sr.. chairman, and John Lewis. The board, after election, will choose its chairman. George W. Dill. Jr., is seeking re-election as mayor of Morehead City. Lawrence \V Hassell is run | nine again for mayor of Beaufort. Candidates for election to the j Beaufort board are Graham W. Duncan. Jr . Wiley Taylor. Jr.. J. ! (). Barbour, Jr. Clifford Lewis, and 1). F. Merrill. Candidates i\t?- the Morehead City board are W. L. Dernckson. W. P. Freeman. S. C llolloway, I) G. Bell, and M. T. Mills. After th'< election, the hospital board will be comprised of the following: Gordon C. Willis. Mrs. i Clarence Taylor. Mrs. E. A. Coun cil, A. B. Roberts. Jr.. Robert L. Hicks. John L. Crump, and W. C. Matthews. D. C. Bell Gives Talk On History oi Coast Suard Morehoid City Kotarians heard a speech by I). (I. Bell on the history of the Coast Guard at their meet ing Thursday night in the More head City Recreation ce iter Mr. Bell emphasized that the re cent alvard of the Josephus Dan iels memorial trophy to the Fort Macon Coast Guard surfboat crew here in Morehead City had much tc do with Morehead C'itv's being chosen the Coast Guard capital of the world for the anniversary of th'1 Coast Guard next August. He said he felt the celebration of the anniversary here would brim; much favorable publicity to this area. thank$ to local Elks w Ro tartans also extended their thanks to local Elks for the hospi tality shown the visiting Coast Guardsmen at the recent trophy presentation. Marine Scientists Establish Society ? Group Representing Four Stales Meets in More head City Scientist* from four states met " in Morehead City this week end .for 1 ite purpose of forming an organization de -iglted to facilitate the exchange of ideas and discus Sions of *pi obiems hy those en gaged in marine research. During their stay l.iiey drew up a consti tution and by laws, elected officers and setded on a name for the gioup. They also made tentative plans .for the Atlantic Estuarian society, as it is to hi" known, to meet at the Virginia Fisheries Laboratory in Voiktown. Va. Meetings are to be held twice a year. Institute of Fisheries Research staff members were hosts at their offices at Camp Glenn. Dr. L. Eugene C roil in of the Chesapeake Biological laboratory at Solomons Island* was chosen president; W. A. Van Engel, crab specialist for the Virginia Fish eries laboratory, wiil be secretary treasurer. The executive commit tee appointd by Dr. Cronin con sists of J. B. Engle, oyster inves tigator for the Fish ami Wildlife i Service at Annapolis; .lay An drews, oyster investigator .for the Virginia Fisheries laboratory; and Dr. Eugene W. Reolofs, fin fish specialist for the UNC Institute of Fisheries Research. The visiting biologists arrived , Thursday, attended meetings Fri day and Saturday, leaving here Saturday afternoon and Sunday after having visited Fort Macon, the local agar plant, ami nearby beaches and -waterways. They were housed at the Institute, the Fish and Wildlife Laboratory at Fivers Island, and the Duke Marine Lab oratory. , Attending were Miss Louella Cable and Mrs. Engle from Col lege Park, Dr. and Mrs. Cronin, Francis Bevin," Fred Seiiing, G. F. Kelly, and Mr. and Mrs. G. H. ( Maxtield of Solomons Island; Rob , ert C. Luii/., .Jr., director of the Bears Bluff Laboratory near Char leston, S. C. ; Dr. Nelson Marshall, j director, and Dr. Jay Andrews, Mr. VaiiEngle, and Dexter Haven, I stair members of V i rgi n ia Fisheries laboratory; Jerry How aid, wiih the F.A.O. of the United Sec SCIENTISTS Page 3 Chamber of'Commeree Speaker Urges Betler Understanding Progress through a better under standing of each other's problems was the timely and forceful theme of Clyde A. Douglass' address to th<^ Morehead City chamber of Commerce at its annual banquet at I he Blue Ribbon club. The Rev. L. A. Tilley, pastor of the First Methodist church pro nounced the invocation. Or. John W. Morris, president of the cham ber for the past year, greeted those present and acknowledged with thanks the fine cooperation provid ed by the entire membership in making possible the completion of what ha? been one of the most sue cessful years in the history of the Morehead City chamber. I>r. Morris paid special tribute to the outstanding efforts on bcha!i of the state ports put forth by Col. George W Gillette. It was recalled that at the annual banquet last year, Colonel Gillette was the guest speaker. At that time he outlined his proposal for port development by combined efforts, the financing oi the project has been arranged by the State, and engineering is well advanced. It is expected thai actual construction of facilities will be under way bv late summer. After a delicious fried chicken dinner, Bob Lowe, general manager of the Morehead City chamber oi commerce introduced guests. These included PL R. Buchan, president of the Atlantic and Biftt Carol in:< railroad, R. L. McMillan, Raleigh attorney. George Arrington. execu tive secretary of the New Bern chamber of commerce, Graham Duncan, director, and Da i Walker, manager of the Beaufort chambcr of commerce Appreciation was expressed to Mr Buchan for his selfless and un tiring etiorU on behall oi tile chamber's program. Mr. Lowe coin In the short year since that time, mented on the enthusiasm of the individual members of the cham ber i 1 their efforts toward com munity growth, progress and pros perity. lie stated that the officers and directors were merely the machinery through which the hopes and wishes of the people of Morehead City were translated into the reality of progress. Dr Morris presented the officers, directors; George K Wallace, John had worked with him for the past year. These men included Louis D. (iore, vice-president, Milliard M Eure, treasurer. Dob Lowe, general manager, and James Morrill, Char les N. Bennett. W. C. Matthews Kilby Guthrie and Alfred Cooper, directors; George R. Walalce. John L. frump. George Ball. Bruce Goodwin, J. L. Seamon'and George Stovall, members of the Advisory Council Mr. Gore, president-elect for (he new year, beginning May I. w?> presented and he introduced th? men who will serve with him in an. official capacity for the coming year. Thcv were. W. C. Matthews vice-president. Milliard M. Eure unanimously re-elected as treas urer and Mr. Lowe, general man ager. His board of directors in elude Dr John W. Morris. Kilby Guthrie. M T. Mills. A. B Roberts D. G. Bell and H. P. Scripture. The valuable efforts in public relations and publicity of Aycock | Brown were recognised by Mr Lowe who stated that the cash j value of Brown's services could not be reckoned. Mr. Brown has s#v ed as publicitv director of tb? Morehead chamber for the past two >ears and will serve a^ain during the coming year. iii presenting Clyde A Douglass, the speaker of the evening. Dr. Morris emphasized the value of the contributions Mr. Douglass has in so many ways made to Carteret County. Mr. Douglass' forceful civic interests have long been a prom inent factor throughout the entire State of North Carolina, particu larly in Kalcigh and Morehcad Ciy. In his remarks. Mr. Douglass pointed out the difficulties that presented themselves in many fields of effort for no other reason than a lack of understanding of a neighbor's problems and point of view. He drove home the point with rovide the things that he wants [or the community in which he has ?hoscn to li*'c and raise his fam ily. In developing this theme Doug 'ass incitioned the accomplish ments that had been wrought by hese means through the chamber