3? CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES JS A Merrar of THE BEAUFORT NEWS (E*Ubluhe he lengthened u to property ot the Mdhietii City lit Beaufort lUilread CMtptay. An annual payroll loss of $50, 000 is suffered as a result of the foul condition the Merrinion road stays in, according to a 70-page survey recently submitted to Gov ernor W. Kerr Scott by the Beau fort Chamber of Commerce. The loss is incurred by pulp wood manufacturers whose annual payroll in the Merrimon area totals $250,000. This loss is estimated on the basis of the road being unusable by trucks one fifth of the time. Merrimon residents ex plained in the report, however, that the pulp company is extremely considerate of residents of the area during inclement weather and refrain from using the road In order to leave it in a condition so cars can crawl through on it. A further payroll loss of one and a half million dollars to the state and county within the next 30 years is estimated if the road remains in its present primitive condition, the chamber reported. The report of the survey stated that it did not include the 58 families of 263 people who live on the first 12 miles of unpaved road leading from the hard sur face road to the Merrimon com munity. Statistics from the survey fol: low: 2,075 acres of fsrjnland have been abandoned as a result of the road condition; 1,012 white child miles are traveled by the school bus over this road daily (figures for Negro school children were not covered by the school bus annual available), 183,240 child miles are ly, and 41,146 acres of farm and See PAYROLL Page 6 Beaufort Fire Dept Distnbates Books Pamphlet Lists Alarm Box Numbers, Fire-Fighting, Safety Rules Beaufort fire department this ViZ&lBSSIS&iXX. alarm box numbers and other use ful information on fighting fires. Advertisements in the booklet were sold before Christinas and the proceeds used to buy toys and food for distribution to indigent families during the holiday season. To defray expense of printing the books, the department will accept donations or contributions from each person who receives one. In the pamphlet are doctors' phone number*, the hospital phona number, ambulance phone number, and names of personnel in the fire department. Officers are G. A. Clancy, chief, Roma Willis, assistant chief, B. H. Whitehurst, captain, Jack Willi ams, foreman, Raymon Paul, sec retary-treasurer, E. D. Rhue and Roma Willis, engineers, Dalton Eubanks, Clayton Garner, J. F. Duncan, Jr., and William B. Long est, Jr., truck drivers; Guy G. Lewis, Leon Sawin, Hubert Silter and Marcus Mason, traffic of ficers. Active members are the follow ing: Robert Made*, Thornton Darl ing, D- M. Darling, Leamon Eu t banks, Eugene Garner, Dewey Guthrie, Luther Gillikin, C. 8. Harrell, C. R. Hassell, J. M. Hill, C. G. Holland, George Huntley, Jr., H. G. Kerr, B. L. Jones. H. H. Lewis, Ben Merrill, W. S. Moore, Jr. C. R. Morning, Jr., Clarence Noe, Earl No*, B. H. Noe, Clyde Peterson, Frank Rice, Frank Rob inson, A. Royal Skarren, James Paul, L. C. Dickerson, Jr., Max well Wade, Elmo Willis. R. D. Whitehurst, William War ren, Douglas Arthur, West Taylor, George Bridges, lvey Chadwick, Harry Whitehurst, Leroy Mcin tosh, Eddie Paul, W. T. Lewis. William ' M. Thomas, Edward Brock, Charlee Harrell, Key Mer rill, George F. Livingston, and Homer Linthall. Veterinarian SchWnlts Tarn Day*' lahias Clinks Rabies clinics will be Jield throughout the county during the next weak. Dr. E. C. Paden, vet erinarian, announced today. They will be aa follows: Tuesday, May 10? Atlantic post office 8 a.m.. Sea Laval 9:30 a.m., Stacy 10:1ft a.m . Davis 11:30 ?.m., Williston 12:30 p.m., Smyr na 1 p.m., Marshallberg 1 :30 p.m., Gloucester 2 p.m.. Barkers Island 3 p.m.. and BeUie (Clere GilBkin's store) 4 p.m. Friday, May 13? Pelletier post office 8 a.m., Sulla 8.a.ni., Swans fcoro 10*0 ajn.. Newport 1 pjn., and Wiljwood 2)80 p.m. Mooday, MsV 1? ?.Csmpen* Cre?*ro?4i t a.*., Harlowe t.a , 11 a-m., and Soutl tO*n 1146 p.*. Voting Goes Light in All Town Elections Better Weekend Bis Service To Atlantic Probable Chamber of Commerce, Beaufort, Makes Announ cement Of Trial Runs Residents of the Atlantic area may soon have better bus service to Beaufort if a request made of the North Carolina Public Utilities commission is granted. The Seashore Transportation company of New Bern has re quested the Utilities commission to grant it a permit to operate a bus between Beaufort and Atlan tic, connecting with the Ocracoke mail boat on Saturday, Sunday, and Monday. The permit would be valid for a 60-day trial period only. C. H. Hall, Jr., vice-president of the bus company, has stated that it is the desire of the bus company to serve all the needs of its patrons but since it is not sub sidised, it can not render service unless a sufficient amount of traf fic is carried. As an example he. said it takes 32 cents a mile to operate busses. The average in come on the Atlantic bus route has been about 17 \ cents a mile, he added. wuey h. Taylor, jr., cnairman of the transportation committee of the Beaufort Chamber of Com merce, said today that he is pleased with the prospect of get ting bus service to Atlantic. "J hope the new schedule will receive enough patronage to make It financially feasible for the com pany to continue bus service after the 60-day trial period," he said. "If it answers the needs of resi dents, 1 am sure the company will continue service if ravenut justi fies continuance." Mr. Hall said that in continua tion of Rs services to the publio the bus company was starting delivery of new, modernly equip ped Mainliners made by the Beck company. Mr. Hall left New Bern Thursday to accept delivery on the first two busses. Wort on getting better bus ser vice to Atlantic has been achieved through the 'joint cooperation of the transportation committee of the Beaufort Chamber of Com merce, the Seashbre Transporta tion company, and the Utilities commission. Barbecue Sapper Brings Agreement An informal agreement that neither Beaufort or Mofehead City would incorporate the Morehead City-Beaufort causeway waa reach ed at a barbecue held at Morehead City Commissioner M. T. Mills's camp near Havelock Wednesday night. Tile commissioners, mayors and port commissioner! held the bar becue in celebration of their elec tion Tuesday. Another agreement was made to establish a causeway joint toning board of appeal composed of three members from Beaufort, three from Morehead City and one from the port commission. It is expected that both town boards will pass acts setting up this board at their Jnne meetings. The group decided to hold an other joint meeting ?oon to clear uj> any misunderstanding about the boundaries of land controlled by the State Ports Authority. A copy of the ports aet and a map of the Beaufort - Morehead City area will be on hand so that the group can see for themselves where town authority ends and porta authority begins. Hiss Kmlmi FwliiUnti T? Mm! li tlkafey Riykl ? All girls entered in or interested in the Miss Morehead City contest to be held Friday. May 27, will meet Monday night at 8 o'clock at the Webb Memorial Puilding in Morehead City to rehearse and perfect their talent act*. " the girls met Tuesday night and practiced their acta with the help of Mrs. W. C. Carlton. Charles Willis, chairman at the entry' committee, has urged all #irU to come out Monday night Mr the tryoata. Be adied that no othgitiai would be incurred b> being present. Penning Ponies on Cedar Isle At the end of the drive the driven on horseback maneuver the ponies into the pen. In the foreground U the fence which stretches from the pen, eastward into Pamlico Sound. ??????? ? ? The first group of horses in the pen will be joined soon by others j which escaped during the first drivt. Men and boys standing out- \ side the fence let out loud Indian-like yells as the horses thunder > by and into the enclosure. < Not many people know it. but there are pony pennings on Cedar Island. The men of Roe and Lola, the two communities of the island, round up the horses that have run wild on the marshes all winter. This strenuous activity takes place every sunny Sunday just for sport. By the time six or eight Sundays have passed. I imagine the horses, which are turned loose again every Sunday evening, soon come to know what day of the week it is when they see men coming after tbcm. so they obediently start the trek to the pen. There is one wild stallion, how ever, that the penners are trying to get hold of and for that reason, I imagine, the men continue with xttt their weekly roundup. The beaters usually start out after the horses early in the morn ing and by noon a crowd gathers in the vicinity of the pen, a circu lar wire enclosure, each spectator hoping to be the first to catch sight of a flowing mane above the high marsh grass? sign of the first horse to.be driven in. The horses are driven from the south. A barbed wire fence stretching west from the pen straight eastward (#nd out into Pamlico sound keeps the animals from dashing out into the water and on northward beyond the pen ning grounds. The average ni^nber of horses taken each Sunday is about 12. The men claim there are between 15 and 20 that are too wild, that with their wily cunning cscapc the '* beaters all the time Some beaters ride their own 5 horses in the roundup. Tossing 1 a burlap bag across the back of { their mounts, they grab the rope 1 (occasionally they're leather) bridles and in a flash gallop away 1 southward. The pen is round, made of small ' pine sapling trunks and wire. Once ' inside the horses mill around, do 1 cile for the most part. Several weeks ago, however, two stallions 1 tangled in a light that had specta tors spellbound ? and nervous. J Springtime and the mating season . brings to the fore all the winter dormant instincts. The Cedar Island ponies are, generally, much larger than the famous banker ponies. They have sprung mostly from horses that were born in captivity and later turned loose. If you make the drive on a Sun day to Cedar Island, about an hour from Beaufort or Morehead City, among the beaters you may see John Gaskill, Roderick Emory, Troy Goodwin or Eugene Styron. Other young bucks awaiting the final moments of the drive may in clude Alton Goodwin, Clyde Sty ron, Russell Gaskill, Charles Sty ron, Rupert Styron, Dennis ? Good- , win, Jr., Roy Simmons, or James I Goodwin, of the Roc community. For those who find too strenu ous the trip to Shackleford banks to see a penning. Cedar Island is the answer. Beach to Open Tomorrow An expense paid weekend for two at the Ocean King Hotel and $150 in cash prizes will be given away to the 10 lucky people who have their namei drawn at the in formal opening of Atlantic Beach tomorrow. The expense-paid week end is the first prixe, four 125 cash prises are second in line and five S10 bills are third prizes. Motorista and pedestrians en tering the beach bridge from Morehead City will be given tick ets with space for their names and addresses on them. When they raach the beach they can deposit the tickets In m barrel in front of the Surf club and at 10 o'clock Saturday night a drawing for prixe winners will be held. A er can mean." Skinner Chalk, Jr., and his fire prevention committee were pre sented with the Rudolph Dowdy iward for being the outstanding faycee committee of the year. In >resenting the award Bruce Good vin, outgoing president, said the ?ommittee had sponsored a fire >revention week, given lectures ind talks in the schools and else where, organized fire drills in the schools and had done other work :o make the community conscious af the dangers of fire. The award s presented in memory pf Ralph Dowdy who lost his life doing Jay cee work. Other new officers were install ed by Dan Walker, manager of the Beaufort Chamber of Commerce and national director of the North Carolina Jaycees. He said, "You have shown fine judgment in elect ing your new officers. You should not think though that election was the termination of your work as a biember. Rather it was the culmi nation of your work. These of ficers can be no better than the members who voted for thc^ un l??8 you work to supportThem, you c/n Vhfl ox peg,/ them to work for you." Sam D. Bundy, principal of the Farmville school, past district gov ernor of the North and South Ca rolina Kiwanis clubs, Shriner, Ma son, and well-known after dinner See JC's Page 6 Jaycees Seek Contest Entries The Morehcad City ? Jaycees sponsoring organization in the pre liminary Miss Morehead City con test of the North Carolina state Finals of the Miss America pageant, loday urged all young ladies be tween the ages of 18 and 28 living in the area covered by this contest, to send in their entries early to Charles Willis, Morehead City. This paper has carried and will continue to carry from time to time the official application blank and the rules and regulations gov erning the contest, or they may be secured from Jaycees, sponsors of the conteit. "Thii contest offers an excellent opportunity for some young lady, talented and interested in continu ing her education, to compete for Ihe many scholarships being offer ed In the Miss America Pageant, and givei her a chance to vie not only for the title of Miss More head City, but also for the honor of representing North Carolina in Ihe Miss America Pageant National Finals at Atlantic City in Septem ber," sponsors pointed out. Sponsors say too that many love ly prizes are being offered in the local Miss Morehead City contest both for the winner and the run ner-up, with a handsomely engrav ed loving cup heading the list. Sponsors warned, however, that rules and regulations as well as contestant qualifications, must be abided by strictly, no allowances will be made in any phase of the contest. Tide Table HIGH LOW FrM?r, May 6 2:07 a.m. 8:34 a.m. 1:41 p.m. 8:00 p.m. Satar4ajr, May 7 11:15 a.m. 9:315 a.m. 1:47 p.m 10:10 p.m. S?a4ar. May I 4:20 a.m. 10:33 a.m. 5:48 p.ii. - 11:27 p.m. M? 4ay, M.r ? 5:20 ?.m. 11:13 a.m. 5:44 p.m. . vk - r 12 midnight TaOfcr, Mar it 4:13 ?.m 12:10 i.e.. 1:87 12:17 p.m. Two of the lightest election ever held in either of the twin cities took place Tuesday. Only 41 per sons voted in Morehead City, twice that number went to the polls in Beau foil. Over a hundred voted at Newport. Local politicians say the lark of ! enthusiasm in the Beaufort and Morehead elections was due to lack of opposition to any of thel candidates. Beaufort town clerk, j Bill Hatsell, said that though vot ing was light it was no lighter than in 1943 when there was no oppo sit ion to any of the candidate*. Mayor L. W. Hassell of Beau See VOTING Page 3 Fisheries Men Will Attend N.C. Science Meeting A. L. Chestnut, oyster specialist I for the Institute of Fisheries Re search, and Dr. II. F. Prythercb, Fish unci Wildlife biologist and former director of the government; laboratory on Tivers Island, will be speakers at the forty-sixth an nual meeting of the North Caro lina Academy of Science being held today and tomorrow at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. I)r. Phythereh will address the wildlife section on "The technique! of making fish models for educa- 1 ;ional purposes" and will have on display an exhibit illustrating his methods. Mr. Chestnut's speech at the zoology section meeting will entitled "Studies on the an j atomy and course of ciliary cur rents in the stomach of Ostrea Virginica" (the common oyster). Dr. H. J. Humm, director of the Duke Marine Laboratory of Piversj Island, will attend meetings of the botany section. Other speakers who have work ed in this section are l)r. H. L. Blomquist who will talk on the n*/he Wdst Atlantic, irr.* M. Wflbur who will give a paper fc'ith Dr. P. J. Kramer of l)uke on "The Absorption of Ra i dioactive Phosphorus by Mycof-J rhizal Roots of Pine," Dr. F. A.j Wolf who will speak on "Tobacco Leaf Curl," Dr. John A. Yarbor ough of Meredith College, whose j topic is "The Peanut Seedling:! The Morphology of Hypocotyl and Epicotyl." A. S. Pearse will speak on the Copepods of Bimini, T. L. Quay of State college will address! the zoology section on "A Mid j winter Weather Movement of Some Small Birds" and Dr. J. R. | Bailey of Duke will speak to the wildlife section on "The Distribu tion of Fishes in the Mississippi Drainage System of North Caro lina." Dr. George Wharton's sub ject is "The Distribution of Pest Chiggers near Duke University." Dr. Reinard Harkema, of State college, who has spent several sum mers here as a research worker at the Duke Laboratory, is sec retary of the Academy. Cancer Drive Goes Over Top Grovcr Munden, chairman of the cancer drive, announced today that approximately $100 more than the thousand dollar goal had been Obtained. The cancer fund drive was conducted during the month of April. In charge of collection of funds in Morehead City was the Woman's club and in Beaufort, the Junior Woman's ckib, The following assisted with the work in Morehead: Dr. Jojin Mooris , who is chairman of the county ex ecutive board, Mrs. George McNeill [ county commander, Mrs. George K. Wallace, advertising chairman, Mrs Robert Taylor, treasurer, Mrs. Otis H. Johnson, chairman of the educa tion committee, and Mrs. G. D. Gamble and Mrs. Delfido Cordova. Representing the Morehead City Junior Woman's club on the exe i cutive committcc is Mrs. Robert ! Lowe. | On the Beaufort committee are Mrs. Helen Hatsell. Mrs. T. H. Mc Quaid and Mrs. Albert Chappell. Mrs. McNeill has especially ex pressed thanks to the following the Misses Coriltne Belle Webb. Ann Darden Webb, Helen Carlton and Gayle Canficld, Mrs. W. L. Der rickson, Mrs. George Wallace. Mrs Darden Eure and Mrs. Alfred Cooper who collected fundi Satur day: Mrs.Adam Moyer who donated ? cake for the WMBL talent show and Girl and Boy Scouts of More head City who received donations at the theater* following showing et special cancer tils. Beaufort Cracks Whip in Purchase Order Procedure A. L. Chestnut, Dr. H. F. Prytherch to Speak on Oysters Beaufort commissioners unani ously passed a resolution at theii May meeting Monday night stating that no town department can plac* an order for supplies or equipment unless that order is approved by the town board. The resolution also stated that in case of emergency the mayor 2nd town clerk could approve a purchase. Necessity for this stand on pur chases was brought about, accord ing to the commissioners, by the fire department's making un authorized orders. Commissioner Wiley Taylor, Jr., mentioned the amount of money spent within the past two years for the fire department and pre sented the resolution adopted by the board. Kire Chief Gilbert Clancy, who was at the meeting, said that he, personally, never placed an order for live department equipment. Clerk William llatscll pointed out I hat a recent shipment of a thou sand dollars worth of equipment came from Los Angeles. Calif., and the bill was brought to him to be paid. Because the town had not placed the order, the equipment was ship ped back. Chief Glancy said the fire de partment had intended to pay for the order out of its own funds. Mr . llatscll said he had not been informed of that decision. It was stated (hat a thousand feet of hose was bought in January, unauthor ized. On the trash situation, Commi*. ^ smgcj lay tor stated that ptm* fne Beaufort dumping grounds blows over the airport causing an unsightly appearance. Commissioner Graham W. Duncan, Jr., made a motion, which was ap proved. that the A & P store be requested to move its red trash box off Queen street. Mr. Taylor also commented on foul odors coming from trash in back of Potter's grocery store and See WHIP Page 3 Norebead Agrees Od Purchase Plan For Hospital Members of the town board of* Morehead City and F. A. Buck,. Columbia, S. C., representing the Federal Works agency, came to Ail agreement Wednesday morning on purchase of the east wing of the hospital. V The cast wing, built by the gov ernment to care for the injured during world war II, will be bought by Morehead City for $17,500. This wing includes the maternity ward, the nurses' living quarters^ 4 kitchen, dining room, hospital liv ing; room and has a bed capacity equal to that of the original build* inf. Under the agreement made Wed nesday morning Mayor George W. Pill, Jr., stated that the hospital wiil pay $3,273.00 now and over the next eight years 'the town will pay, at 3 per cent interest, the balance, $14,226.10. At the conclusion of that time the hospital will be turned over to Morehead City. Fit* Morehead Firemen Attend School a! CharUtla Five Morehead City firemen were appointed Monday night to attend the North Carolina Fir* vhool at Charlotte which was In session three days, ending today. They are Jimmy Smith, M. T. Lewis, George T. Lawrence, Vern in Guthrie, and Duffy Guthria. Leslie tlrinson, fireman, led a lif cussion on the danger of broken fluorescent light tubea. Mr. Briiv ion, uting information in a fire men's safety bulletin, told the Mn 'hat broken tubes, lined with tha chemical phosphor can caoae coaj Mications if one cuta himself on he tub* or the chemical geta in in open woand Firemen were warned to diBe^rt'j carefully burned oat tube* n I 'ubee which break rhould be ip immediately, we'ting dowa tie ' fragments lint