Si" CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES--*? .
A Mercer of THE BEAUFORT NEWS (Established 1912) and THE TWIN CITY TIMES (Established 1936)
38 YEAR. No. 38 EIGHT PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA, TUESDAY, MAY 3, 1949 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
Carteret County in the Legislature;
H. S. Gibbs Comments on Causeway
Ministerial Association , News-Times
To Sponsor Junior Baseball League
Commenting on the recent ses
sion of the 1949 legislature, H. S.
Gibbs, Sr., Carteret county's rep
resentative, specifically dealt with
the causeway question.
Mr. Gibbs, in an interview Sat
urday morning declared, "I think
everyone is unjustly criticising
me. I've been made the goat in
the whole matter."
He was referring to the fact
that he did not introduce a zoning
bill for Beaufort which would have
made it permissible for Beaufort
to zone a mile and a quarter be
yond its corporate limits and the
fact that he did introduce a bill
at the request of Morehead City
commissioners which would have
exempted causeway residents from
p&ying taxes for debt service, if
they became a part of Morehead
City. This same bill, No. 1315,
would have extended Morehead
City limits to take in the cause
way. Bill 1315 passed the house,
was reported favorably by the
Senate committee and was left
there when the legislature ad
journed. .
Mr. Gibbs slated that about two
weeks ago Dan Walker, manager
of the Beaufort Chamber of Com
merce, phoned him at his home to
ascertain whether the county rep
resentative would be home that
weekend. According to Mr. Gibbs
Mr. Walker said that the mayor
L. W. Hassell, of Beaufort, want
ed to get in touch with him.
^ Later, Mr. Hassell did phone
Mr. Gibbs. The Beaufort mayor,!
according to the legislator, said,
"Si, I just called to let you know,
I'm in favor of that zoning bill.'
4,I was eating dinner at the
time," Mr. Gibbs continued, and
I said 'alright' and hung up, think
nig that 1 would hear more about
it later . . . well, that week in
Raleigh, it was the latter part of
the week, there was a niglit ses
sion and I was stopped in the
lobby as I was entering the house
chamber by a man who handed
me a bill. This person said that
he was just a messenger, he didn't
know anything about the bill, but
he was told to bring it to me for
See H. S. GIBBS Page Seven
Library's Store
Of Books Grows
The Carteret county public
library on Broad street in Bcau
fori finds its store of new and
interesting books growing day by
day. Books of all sorts have been
added to the library in the last
month and every reader's taste
can be satisfied.
On today's NEWS-TIMES pic
ture page you will find a picture
story about a jungle family. The
library has recently received the
book Jungle Wife by Sasha and
Edith Siemel and Gordon Schendel
concerning the adventures of the
family pictured. Lovers of adven
ture stories should find it to their
liking.
Detective story fans will enjoy
reading The Life of Sir Arthur
Conan Doyle by John Dickson
Oarr. Sir Arthur was the author
of the well - Known Sherlock
Holmes stories and Mr. Carr is a
widely read detective story writer
himself. It ought to make a per
feet combination.
If you saw The Best Years Of
Our Lives, you undoubtedly re
member Harold Russell, the young
veteran with no hands who won
two academy awards for his act
tag in that film. Mr. Russell has
now turned his talents toward
writing and the library's copy of
Victory In My Hands is the result.
It tells a couiageous story we all
should read.
Winston Churchill's latest book,
Their Finest Hour, has also been
added to the library shelves. It
is another in his series covering
England's and the Allies' part in
the past war.
Other books are the following:
FICTION: Mama's Bank Ac
count by Kathryn Forbes, The
Chain by Paul I. Wellman, Under
the Quiet Waters by Frances
Shelley Wees, Young Mrs. Savage
by D. E .Stevenson, Walk Through
the Valley by Zelda Popkin, Queen
Street Story by* Anne Peterson,
The Servant by Robin Maugham,
The Slender Reed by H. H. Yynde,
Cutlass Empire by F. Van Wyke
Mason, The Springs by A. G. Win
?low, Both Were Young by Ben
nie C. Hall, The Outsiders by Jane
Abbott, Senior Year by Anne
Emery, The Other Dou- Charmer
by Peggty Dern, The fllden Fury
by Marian Castle, Woman of the
Rock by M. Chcvigny, And Never
Been Kissed by C. Dee, And Then
jVou Came by Ann Bridge, Trembl
ing Years by K. Barber, Peace,
My Daughters by Shirley Barker,
Wait Far Tomorrow by Ethel E.
ifriingert, Strong Citadel by Kath
\ LIBRARY Page Three
Atlantic Beach
Ask Police Fund
From Board
Beach Commissioners Place
Requests for $2,500 At
Meeting Yesterday
The Atlantic Beach board of
commissioners appeared before the
county commissioners yesterday
morning; at the court house and
requested a $2,500 appropriation
for police protection at Atlantic
Beach. The board agreed to take
the matter under consideration.
Spokesman for the group was
Commissioner David Whichard,
Greenville, who, according to A.
B. Cooper, has for many years
owned property on the beach.
Mr. Whichard told the county
board that last year beach busi
nessmen subscribed $8,000 to pay
for life guards and police portec
tion. He seated that there is the
possibility of establishing an ABC
store on the beach with the hope
that the next legislature would
pass a bill giving a portion of the
profits to the beach.
This idea, however, was discard
ed because it would probably cost
the couniy more than would be
gained, the spokesman continued.
He told the commissioners that
they would want police protection
from May through September. If
the county gives $2,500, business
men and other property owners
would pay the balance.
If financial aid is not obtained,
Mr. Whichard remarked that the
only recourse would be to fence
the beach and charge admission.
This plan was in effect there when
the beach first opened was later
discarded.
When he waj* told that the
board wculd consider the matter
and gave their decision later, Mr.
Whichard urged action as soon as
possible because, he said, the
beach would he open in a week.
Members of the Atlantic Beach
board are Mayor Newman Willis,
A. B. Cooper, Mr. Whichard, K. L.
Baker, and Miss Mamie Ruth Tun
stall.
Claodette Godette
Wins Talent Prize
Claudette Godette, Beaufort, was
declared the grand winner in the
Negro t#lent search sponsored by
the Morehead City Lions club. Fi
nals were held Friday night in the
Morehead City high school audi
torium.
Miss Godette was also winner in
the group through the seventh
grade. Other winners were Greta
Shepherd. Beaufort, in the eighth
through 12th grade group and the
Purvis Chapel choir, Beaufort, in
the adult group.
Each winner received $25 in
cash. The number which brought
Miss Godette the* highest honor
was "Because," a vocal solo. Miss
Shepherd sang "O Promise Me"
and the choir sang "The King of
Glory," an anthem.
Opening numbers on the pro
gram were by the Queen Street
and W. S. King school bands. The1
former is under the direction ,of
Abe Thurman and the latter is
directed by Earl Smith.
Competing for prizes were Gwen
dolyn Whittington who sang "Slow
Boat to China," James K. Hester,
who played a saxaphone solo, "So
phisticated Lady," and Robert Lee
Jones who sang "Embraceable
You."
Other "extras" on the program
were as follows: vocal solo, "Four
Leaf Clover'.' by Felecie Hopkins;
tap dance by Harriett Pettiway;
instrumental duet by William Jor
dan and Bernie Jones; vocal solo,
"Weather Changin' Blues" by Eve
lyn Pasteur; piano solo, "Rhapso
dy in Blue" by Earl Smith; vocal
number, Amigo. by Fulcher Broth
ers and Isaac Jordan; and another
vocal number, "Bewildered," by
the Golden Shepherd quintet.
Master of ceremonies was Gro
ver Munden. Accompanists were
J. B. Christmas. Earl Smith, and
Miss Annie V. Jordan.
Victor Wickizer. of the Lions
club, was in charge of the pro
gram.
Judges were Sgt John Riggs.
USMC, who was eltfted by the
Lions club; Juanita Ellison. Beau
fort, chosen by Queen Street
school, and Lula Horton. Morehead
City, who was named a Judge by
the W. S. King school.
Townspeople Will Go
To Voting Places Today
Banks and ABC store* will
be closed today, election day in
Beaufort, Newport, and More
Head City. Polls will be open
from 6:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.
Pollholders in Morehead City
are Ed Arendell and Clayton
Guthrie, in Beaufort W. W.
Chadwick and D. F. Woolard.
The incumbent mayors and com
missioners in both Beaufort and
Morehead City are running for
| re-election.
Chamber Clarifies
Stand od Problem
Of Parking Meters
An announcement from the
Morehead City Chamber of Com
merce office today stated that cars
parked in front of red flag meters
| will be checked, but the mayor
and town officials have agreed
i that courtesy cards should be given
to out-of-town motorists who over
park.
The present courtesy cards, ac
; cording to Robert Lowe, manager
of the chamber of commerce, have
the violation checked on one side.
; On the opposite side there is an
explanation and statement that no
| fine will be collected, "but." Mr.
Lowe continued, "few motorists
bother to turn the card over when
they see that they have been
charged with a parking violation."
He stated that a different type
of courtesy card will be printed
and used this summer.
Courtesy cards used by the Beau
fort police force have proved to
be very satisfactory, according to
Chief of Police Louis li. Willis.
Just outside of th? Front street
police station door ista nutcr also
in whic+i parkmfc uiliin&nee Vflf
lators are requested to deposit 10
cents if they receive a citation
from the police force.
"They come down here with
their tickets," Chief Willis explain
ed. "and all we ask them to do is
put 10 cents in this meter. We've
done away with that dollar fine."
It's an innovation which has
made enforcement of the parking
ordinance simple and pleasant.
Chief Willis said.
Four Organizations
To Meet at Beach in Nay
Convention!* and get - together*
booked for the heach during the
month of May, according to Hob
ert G. Lowe, manager of the
Morehead City Chamber of Com
merce are:
May 11, United Daughter of
Confederacy sponsoring ceiebra
tion at Fort Macon; May 15-17,
North Carolina Optometrist asso
ciation; May lfl-22, North Caro
lina Department of Disabled
American Veterans and on May
28 through May 30, Memorial Day
cruise of Tar Heels Afloat.
ft
Fourteen bills pertaining to Car
teret eounty went ^nto general
assembly hoppers during the re
cent term of legislature. Only
three of these failed to emerge as
law.
There were the bills pertaining
to Atlantic Beach, free-running
livestock on Portsmouth island,
and the bill for extension of More
head City's corporate limits. The
first and last failed to get through
the mill before legislature adjourn
ed, the livestock law was killed in
committee.
The bill on Atlantic Beach, in
troduced in the senate April 15
by Sen. D. L. Ward was SB 454:
'To amend the charter of the Town
of Atlantic Beach in Carteret coun
ty, North Carolina." (Authorizes
mayor and board of aldermen to
levy and collect special assessments
on all property for the purpose of
providing police and fire protec- 1
lion, lifeguard protection, and sa |
nitary protection including garbage
disposal. Assessments shall be an
nually apportioned to property
owners according to the benefit
accruing to each particular owner;
to aid in determining such appor
tionment a 5 member board shall
ho appointed annually by the alder
men composed of 2 representatives
of the Business Men's Association,
2 cottaKc owners and the mayor,
and this board shall decide on
the assessment for each property
; owner, hold a hearing on the as
| srssments, and report to the mayor
, and aldermen; the mayor and
board of aldermen shall confirm
i the report and then the assessment
shall be due and payable.)
Introduced Feb 8 was HB 307
which would have exempted Ports
mouth from provisions of the
.stock law which prohibit livestock
from running at large. However,
the house agriculture committee,
to which the bill was referred id !
not look favorably upon relaxation
' ot the general statute.
The hill providing for extension
I of Morehead City's corporate Ji
J injjts, II B 1315, was introduced
April 20, three days before the
legislature adjourned. It would
h*v?\ smcn.: ' JTI oi . ?ie
private laws of North Carolina of
1925 relating to the incorporation
of the town of Morehead City. In
addition to extending town boun
daries. the bill provides (1) that
no ad valorem taxes shall be levied
on property taken in prior to Jan.
1. 1350; (2) that no taxes shall be
levied on the property taken in to
pay the existing bonded indebted
ness of Morehead City; and (3),
that no privilege license taxes shall
bo levied on business in new area
before July 1, 1949.)
This bill was reported on fa
vorably by the Senate committee
on the day that the representatives
packed their bags and lit out. for
home. It. of course, did not re
ceive a Senate OK.
Following are the bills that were
ratified and their date of ratifica
tion:
HB 59 ? Feb. 8- permits the
clerk of superior eotirt to adminis
ter funds of an estate up to $300
where the deceased dies without
a will.
HB 201 ? Feb. 18 ? provides
for an increase in the taxes of
Newport. Phces the town under
the whole of subchapter III, GS
See COUNTY Page Throe
N. C. Congressmen
Asks Uncle Sam '
For $1, 00(1.(1
Rep. Graham Barden Re
quests Waterway fromj
Sound to Marshallberg
WASHINGTON? (AP)? Three
North Carolina congressmen asked
the Federal government Friday for
approximately $1,000,000 to im
prove rivers and harbors of the
state.
Rep. Harden (D-NC) urged a
House Rivers and Harbors sub
committee to recommend $19,400
for an inland waterway from Pain
lieo sound to the Marsha Uberg
area. He said it would aid fisher
men who now have trouble "every
time a storm whips up."
Army engineers recommended a
harbor 12 feet deep, 100 feet wide
and (>00 feet long between the
mouth of Sleepy creek and the
surfaced highway at Marshallbcrg |
and an approaching channel of the
same depth and 60 feet wide from
I the six loot contour in the. straits
near the public dock to the en
trance ot Sleepy Creek and to the
harbor.
Harden also asked for $82,000
for the waterway connecting l'am
lico sound and Beaufort harbor.
Army engineers recommended .
channel in Taylor's creek 12 feet
deep and 100 feet wide to extend j
about 2 1/2 miles east from the
east epd of Beaufort harbor to J
Lcnnoxville point at North river.
Col. George Gillette. North Ca
rolina i>orts authority director,
told the committee the state has
appropriated this year $5,000,000
to improve the harbor at Wilming
ton and $2,500,000 fur the More
head Ci... harbor* /Sic urf;cd the
federal government also to pro
vide money.
Other projects for ihe state
which will be before the commit
tee again this week when Heps
Bonner (l)-NC) and Carlyle (1)
NO will appear again include:
Far .Creek, in Hyde county army
engineers recommended $80,600 to
provide a channel 12 feet deep arid
100 feet wide from Pamlico Sound
along the existing channel through
the creek and then 12 feet deep
;ind 80 feet wide to a point 200
feet below the highway bridge at
Knglehard and to enlarge the turn
ing basin to form a basin 12 feet
deep, 200 fact wide and 900 feet
long.
Inland Waterway from Norfolk
Va., to Beaufort Inlet, army engi
neers suggested $112,400 to con
struct a pumping plant and dam
at Fairfield with control gates on
the Fairfield Canal near the In
land Waterway, to restore and en
large Boundary canal from Swin
dell Canal to Baum Canal, build
works to cut off inflow from other
area and to build dams with 30
inch automatic flood gates across
Swindell. Florida, Burris, and
Baiyn.
Piedmont Airline Begins Summer
Service to Carteret CoastUtnd
Piedmont airline again began
summer service to I he Carteret
coast with an initial flight Sunday
morning.
The large silver and blue DC 3
Pacemaker zoomed out of the west
ern sky and landed at 9:49 a m
at the Beaufort-Morchead City air
port north of Beaufort.
Through September there will
be two flights leaving here daily,
one at 10 a m. and another at 2:35
p.m. Airmail deadlines at the post
offices are as follows: Beaufort ?
9:30 a.m. and 2:00 p.m.: Morehead
City ? 8:30 a m. and 1:30 p.m.
The plane will land in the morn
ing at 9:35 and in the afternoon
at 2:10.
Welcoming ceremonies at the
airport Sunday morning were re
corded. James Q Wallace describ
ed the landing and Dan Walker,
manager of the Beaufort Chamber
ot Commerce, read the passenger
list.
?Guest* on the flight v^c R. E.
Turbiville. superintendent of sta
tions for Piedmont, and his son.
Bob; Les Watson, superintendent
of communications, his wife and
daughter: John Lewis, station man
ager at Winston-Salem and his
wife.
Ken Ross, station manager at
0 sleigh-Durham. Frank Castex.
station manager at Goldsboro; Miss
Thelma Taylor, supervisor of re
creations and space control, Wins
ton-Salem, Mrs. FrcJ Adams, sec
retary to the general traffic man
agcr, Fred Adams, and Barbara
Adams; James W. Butler, manage*'
of the Goldsboro Chamber of
Commerce; A. B. Sansbury, city '
manager of Goldsboro.
Members of the crew were Capt
Frank Nicholson, pilot; Robert ?
Thomason, co-pilot, and Robert i
Wycoff, purser.
Presented to Mr. Turbiville as a
welcome token was a small yaupon
bush. The presentation was made
by Mayor L. W. Hassell, Beaufort.
The bush was a gift of B. F. Cope
land, Copeland Nurseries, Beau
fort.
Carteret countians who greeted
the Piedmont representatives were ;
Mayor George W. Dill. Morehead j
City, M. T. Mills, Morehead City, i
chairman of the airport commis J
sion, Wiley Taylor. Sr., Beaufort j
postmaster. Robert G. Lowe, man ,
ager of the Morehead City Cham
ber of Commerce, and Mrs. Lowe.
Mr. Copeland, ami Marion Mills.
The visitors were taken on a j
motor trip to Atlantic Beach. Fort
Macon and returned to Morehead ;
City where they had dinner at j
Tony's restaurant, courtesy of To- 1
ny Seamon. Sound Chevrolet com
pany and Gurley Motor company
provided transportation for the
group.
They returned to Winston-Satyn
by air in the afternoon.
Exalted Ruler,
Elks. Names Aides
James R. Sunders, secretary of
the Moreiiead City Beaufort Elks
Lodge No. 1710, has recently re
leased the names of the various
committees appointed by Grand
Exalted Ruler C. G. Holland.
These committees will aid the
Grand Exjilted Ruler in his work.
The membership committee is I
composed of George St ova! I, chair
man, E. I.. Nelson. George Enst
See EXALTED RULER Page Three
Nonhead City Jaycees
Visit New Bern Group
Six Morehead City Jayc**es visit
ed the New Bern Jaycee group
Friday night and urged them to
sponsor an entry in the Miss North
Carolina pageant. Their support'
was also requested for Bernard!
Leai^ who is a candidate for ;
vice-president of the State Junior!
Chamber of Commerce.
Men making the visit vfcre Mr.|
Leary, Walter Morris, Skinner
Chalk. W. B. Chalk. James R.
Saunders, and Bud Dixon.
Marines Leave Port
For Mediterranean Area
Marines from the Second Ma
rine division at Camp Jejeune
will leave Morehead City at
noon today enroute to the Medi
terranean to replace other Ma
rines who are serving as com
plement on naval vessels.
Two naval vessels, the U.S.S.
Marquette, a cargo transport,
and an LST arrived in fort
Sunday preparatory t otaking
on men and equipment for the
ocean journey. It is customary
for Marines to ship oir. every
three months from Morehead
City to replace others who are
serving in the Mediterranean.
Veterinarian Will
Supervise County
Hog Cholera Work
Dr. C. E. I'aden, veterinarian,
was authorized by county commis
sioners yesterday to supervise and
administer the hog cholera preven
tion program in the county.
l)r. I'aden told the commission
ers that outbreak of cholera in
the county is not preventable now
because records are not kept on
which herds have been vaccinated,
c. rcasses of hogs that have died
from the disease are not properly
disposed of. and vaccine have been
useless, either because it has been
sent uniced or is too old.
A heavy loss of hogs at Crab
Point v.as due to use of impotent
vaccine and throwing of 2(H) dead
hogs in a d'tch, not properly buri
ed. caused the spread recently of
hog cholera to herds all along the
waterways which drained the llavc
lock a*' i.
At present there are five vacci
nators in tfve itvinty hut there are
no reports made on their work,
and no Moe has been given the
authority to see that state regula
tions are carried out
Dr. Paden said he is willing to
Undertake the work, but that there
will, of course, be a charge for his
services.
Countv Board
Draws 90 Jurymen
County commissioners in regular!
tv sjon yesterday morning at the
court house drew 110 jurymen for
l He June term' of superior court.
The term will open Monday morn
ing, June 13, and continue for
two weeks. Criminal cases will be J
tried the first week and civil cases
the secoqd.
Drawn for duty the firsl week
ire the follwing: Calvin Salter,;
Marvin Hill. Marvin Robinson,;
Mrs. Velma Brickhouse, Atlantic;!
Marvin Rose, Lonnie Whitley, Ira
Lewis, Ron: evelt Davi: , Sam Salt
er. Sr., Markers Isiand.
Blanchnrd Davis, Vernon Mur ,
phy. Burgess Davis, Harold Wells,
Sr., Davis; Louis Goodwin, Mark,
T. I. upton, Hugh Goodwin, John
B. Goodwin, C. R. Davant, Leon |
m d Lewis, Gilbert Willis, R. P. |
? >glesby, Mrs. W. L. Fulcher, G.I
W. Hill. Charles (I. Nelson, John!
S. Parker, Jr., R. T. Willis Sr.,:
a. ul I). M. Webb, Morehead City, i
Gordon Loekey, C. C. Jones, R.I
Guv Garner, D. S. Gould, New
|mm Arendell Davis, F. G. Gllli
kin, MarshallitciT ; Ray Dickinson,
Hugh Gilukin, Beaufort RFD; B.
K. Windley, Chailes Davis, Dr. J. I
(). Baxter, Jr., K. L. Davis, G. W.I
Huntley, Jr., H. D. Paul, K. W.
Safrit, Jr., Beaufort.
II. R. Chadwick, George W.
Hancock, Smyrna; Roby Salter,
Alvuh Taylor, Gordy Styron, Sea
Level; Manly Rhue, Pelletier;
Bertie Piner, Wiliiston.
F(. i the second week: Harry Ci.
Ball, F. M. Chadwick, Sr., C. P.
Davis, T. C. Wade, Guy Dixon,
.fuiius 8. Nelson. Sr., Charles
Webb Willis, J. B. Rice, Lester
See JURYMEN Page Three
Tide Table
IIK.II I.OW
Tuesday, May 3
11:3.1 a.m. 5:37 a.m.
12 midnight 5:31 p.m.
Wednesday, May 4
12:01 a.m. 6:30 a.m.
12:28 p.m 6:33 p.m.
Thursday, May 5
1:02 a.m. 7:30 a.m.
1:33 p.m 7:46 p.m.
Fri%, May 6
2:07 a.m. 8:34 a.m.
2:41 p.m. 9.00 p.m.
Commissioners
Support Scott's
Bond Proposals
Highway Engineer Says
Merrimon Road Will Be
Surfaced in July
At the request of Guy Hargett,
newly appointed district highway
commissioner who replaces John
(Mark, Gi eenviile, the county hoard
yesterday passed a resolution fav
oring* Gov. W. Kerr Scott's road
and school bond program.
J. L. Humphreys, highway en
gineer, appeared before the board
and requested that they exclude
from the couiyy system the old
link from the beach road to the
Salter Path road which the en
gineer claimed is no longer luves
s.iry because of the new road
which has been built.
At the suggestion of Robert
Lowe, manager of the Morehead
City C nam be rof Commerce, who
attended the meeting, th board
decided not to abandon the old
link until the new is in better
condition.
Rain ^ over the weekend made
the Salter Path road practically
impassable. Mr. Lowe said. Mr.
Humphrey.-) reported that more
than 800 loads of clay had been
put on the road fithin toe past
month and the weekend rain made
it worse than it has been, or will
be in the future. Sand will be
placed on top of the clay to stabi
lise it, he added.
Irvin PaviS, clerk, reported that
Mr. Clark contacted him this week
by phone and said in regard to the
Salter Path road, "Everything is
set for that road and it will be
taken care of with tne Merrtmon
i??ad. I've told Guy Hargett who
tHii'Wttd ity? what the situation is."
ThtMC are no plans at present
to hard surface the Salter Path
road, said Mr. Humphreys, but
<T!ily 2.0 miles remain to be graded
and filled in on the Merrimon
road ami after July 1 three inches
of hot asphalt will go on the sur
face, the engineer declared.
"If the road weren't going to
be hard surfaced," he added, "1
don't think they would be doing
all * he work on it that they are
doing now."
I)r. K. P. B. Bonner, chairman
of the board, reported that the
Coast aii<J Geodetic Survey, which
is making new maps of this area,
contacted him this week to find
out whether the road would be
hard-surfaced.
Dr. Bonner told the highway
engineer, "We'd like mighty well
to see that work started."
Norehead City Rolarians
To Attend District Meeting
Morehcad City Rotarians met
Thursday night at the Carteret
County Recreation center in More
head City for their regular weekly
meeting.
It was announced at the meeting
, that the district convention of the
Rotary will be held in Kinston to
morrow through Friday of this
week. Officers and directors of the
local cluh will attend and all other
Rotarians were extended an invita
tion to be present.
Following the dinner meeting,
two films on watches were shown
by Walter Morris. The first film
revealed the mechanics of a wr.tch
and the second showed the dis
sembling and reassembling of a
watch.
During the course of the meet
ing, a new member, Frank Exum,
was welcomed into the club.
Boys aged 12 through 10 in Car
teret county will soon have the
opportunity to partake in luLk
1 1 edged junior baseball league play
if plans of the Carteret County
Ministerial association and the
Carteret County News-Times prove
fruitful.
The Ministerial association in co
operation with the county newspa
per, is in the midst of work to
wards organizing a junior baseball
league among the various churches
in the county. It is planned for
each church to sponsor a team in
the league. The teams will play
one day a week, preferably Wed
nesday, but not on Sunday.
Ministers in the county have
been notified to obtain a coach
and equipment in order that prac
tice can begin at once. At the i
end of the summer, THE NEWS'
TIMES will award cups for the
' winning team, the best sport, the
I team that has shown the best
j spirit, and the best athlete.
The Rev. W. D. Caviness of
Morehead City, chairman of the
I Ministerial association committee,
j says of the proposed league,
Sportsmanship is to be stressed!
Our purpose is not just to turn
out winning teams, but to turn out
better boys, we want to build life;
and there is no better place to
start than with boys."
Further plans nnd a schedule
i will be published in the NEWS
TIMKS as soon as they are re
j leased.
Juniors Give
Party in Heaven
For Class of '49
By Daisy Dean Sullivan
The most heavenly event of the
year took place April 29 at the
Beaufort High School gym, for
what could be more hrjvenlythan ,
Weaven itself?
Yes, though hard to believe,
! cyeryone who attended the Junior
Senior banquet, spejit four hours
i in heaven After being admitted
j throimh the pearly gates and hav
| ing our coats checked on a nearby
j cloud we entered into the mystic
I realm of heaven.
Jupiter (Billy Downum) was
standingg near the door and called
j one of the "rockettes" to usher us
! to our places at the long banquet
I tables. When the blessing had been,
{ given by Mr. Leary we were seat
ed an:l admired the favors which
1 were tiny dancing dolls and pla
j net shaped memory books.
The man in the Moon (Howard
| Fodrie) gave a speech of welcome
and the president of the senior
class (A. C. Blankenship) gave the
response. When we had finished
eating our moonbeams, the pro
sey of the senior class was read
(rom a silver scroll by Julian Aus
tin.
During our main course which
consisted of roast de la Saturn,
hail, fleecy clouds, gold dust, cres
cent moon and stardust, we were'
entertained by the rockettes (Iris
Dudley, Nancy Russell, Patsy Har
desty. Mary Lily Haynes, Lela Fod
rie, Edith Willis. Shirley Springle,
Ann Hopfcins. Lorna Smith, Jean
Dixon. Betty Garner, Ellen Nor
cum, Bertha Davis, Marie Webb
md Elizabeth House) who danced
ind sang "Moonlight and Roses."
*nn Owens and Paula Jones bal
let danced. Four of the rockettes
(Bertha Davis, Marie Webb, Mary
Lily Haynes and Lorna Smith)
sane a quartet.
Not long after the performance
a knock was heard on the pearly j
gates and Jupiter admitted four
sinners (Jimmy Parkin, Johnny
Lynch, Donnie Dudley and Gary
See JUNIORS Page Three
Dr. and 'Mrs. Darden Eure
Entertain Governor and Party
I)r. nml Mrs. Harden J. Eure
entertained Gov. and Mrs. W.
Kerr Scott nnd the doctor's bro
ther and his wife, Secretary of i
State and Mrs. Thad Eur*, at din
ner in thi-ir home at 2fi04 Evans
[ st.t Morehead City, Saturday eve
| nint*.
Falling on Mrs. Scott's birthday
j ihe dinner was also a birthday
PVty. The Eure children, Darden,
?Jr., and Gordy, serenaded Mr*.
Scott with "Happy^irthday," and
ihe dessert cake bore the words,
"Miss Mary," the affectionate
term by which Mm. Scott iu
known to her friends.
The Scott* and the Euros stop
ped over at Morehead City late
; Saturday afternoon arriving on
I ihe Croatan from Mautee. The
cruise, a quiet post legislative va
cation trip undertaken secretly to
avoid cntt'inual political importun
ing, ended this morning at South
port. J
The sailing party slept aboarih^
the Croatan Saturday night and
left More head City early Sunday i
morning. The cruise began at
Manteo at 11 o'elock Friday morn- i
ing, the first trip the governor ha*
taken on a boat of the state fleet
since his inauguration.
Governor Scott told the preaa at
Manteo that he was taking a much j
needed rest. The governor has juat M
been through three months with
the general assembly, a session
termed by some the toughoit III J
many years.
The Croatan's captain for the 3
trip is Tom Bas night of Mantao. I