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?3E CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES A Mercer of THE BEAUFORT NEWS (EsUbluhed 1912) and THE TWIN CITY TIMES (EiUbluhed 1936) ? ? , _____________ ____________________________ 38th YEAR, No. 37 EIGHT PAGES * MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA, TUESDAY, MAY 17, 1949 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS Episcopalians- Receive Salter Path Tract for Summer Retreat Disabled Veterans To Meet in County Col. R. C. Mallonee, Sur . vivor of Bataan Death March, lo Speak The convention committee of the ''Disabled American Veterans, Haveiock Chapter 26, has com pleted plans for the twenty-sixth annual convention of the Disabled American Veterans, according to David B. Oglesby, convention com mittee chairman. With the ap proval oi the department executive committee and Department Com mander J. M. Kennedy, Jr., More head Citv and Beaufort will be the convention cities. Chapter 26 at Haveiock will be host to the North Carolina Dis abled American Veterans begin ning Thursday, May 19, and con tinuing through Sunday, May 22. The Jefferson hotel will be head quartets. Convention Chairman Oglesbv, who is commander of Chapter 26, says tne convention will open with the registration of delegates on Thursday morning aqd with business scssfons on that af ternoon. The National Order of Trench Bats viil rendezvous Friday night *ith a street parade at 8 p.m., and with the initiation of Scavie Hats to continue until an unannounced hour. The National Order of Trench Hats is the honor and fun organization of the Disabled American Veterans. Chairman Og lesby says that the Disabled American Veterans will be fortun pte in having one of their own comrades as the principal speaker at their annual banquet on Satur day night. Col. Richard C. Mallonee, post deputy commander at Fori Jbragg, N C., d friinncr 6? fne "Japanese at Batian, a participant in the Ba taan death march and Qne of the heroes of Bataan under GenerV) Jonathan M Wainwright's com mand, will be that night's speak er. He is a personal friend of Gen eral Wainwright who is the na tional commander of the Disabled American Veterans. The Disabled American Veterans auxiliaries will meet with the vet erans, said Chairman Oglesby, and will entertain the veterans at a dywee Saturday night. The con vention is to close Sunday morning, May 22, with a memorial service on th? lawn of the Jefferson hotel. ?? t~t ; ? John Dixon. Lennoxville, Not Expected to Live John Dixon, resident of Len noxville and owner of a store in that community, was not expfcct M to live late yesterday after noon as a result of a gunshot wound in his head. It has not keen determined whether the wound wis self-inflicted inten tionally or accidentally. The shooting occurred at Lennox ville. His condition was given as cri tical by hospital authorities at 3 p.m. He was taken to the hos pital by the Bell ambulance at 1 p. m. Mr. Dixon, who has been in ill health for some time, 1* married and has three daughters and two sons. Marines Arrive at Port Terminal Yesterday from Station at Guam Air and land Marines arrived al the Morehead City port teiminal yesterday morning en route from their base at Guam to Cherry Point came home aboard the USS Bay field (APA 83). The first echelon, consisting of units belonging to Headquarters and Service squadrons. Marine Air Group twenty - four has traveled the "long way home," taking the Panama Canal r#ute from the Pac ific. The second of the Group's echelons bound for Cherry Point will arrive by the overland route via El Toro. and will be under the command of Col. P. K. Smith. The present Commanding Officer of the MAG. Brig. General W L. McKittrick, is slated for transfer to the Department of the Pacific. San Francisco, and will not re port at Cherry Point. It is expected that Colonel Smith will take over duties of Commanding Officer soon after arrival. The position of the group after arrival has not been determined as yet, but it is believed that sev eral fighter squadrons will be "picked-up" to form another full operating group at Cherry Point. Another contemplated move will be the decommissioning of VMO 3. an observation squadron. One squadron of the group VMF 218. has remained on Guam to a wait further transfer and orders. Land Marines arriving consisted of troops of the Ninth Marine regl ment returning from Guam also The Ninth Regiment will be attach ed to the Second Marine division at Camp Leieune and will replace the Eighth Regiment which shipped out of the Morehead City port two weeks ago for duty in the Mediter ranean area. Five Delegates Report to Jaycees Five Morehead City delegates to the recent North Carolina Jayeee convention in Ashville, Bruce Good win, Bernard Leary, Coley Helper Walter Morris and Bobby Bell, re ported on doings of the convention to Morehead City Jaycees at their meeting last Monday night. Mr. Morris chairman of the Miss North Carolina pageant, to be held in Morehead City in early July, re ported that plans for the pageant are progressing and that many clubs showed an interest and de sire to sponsor a local contest. Since the convention, several more clubs have indicated they will hold local contests. It was disclosed that there arc 76 Jaycee clubs in the state and that Moiehead City was the eighth one to be organized. Bernard Leary newly-elected vice-president of dis trict 8, has 13 clubs in his district, one of tne largest in the state. Floyd Chadwick, Jr., reported that the Scout troop sponsored by the Jaycees has recently received its charter and is now fully-activat ed. Omitted from the honor roll for Morehead City school which ap peared in Friday's paper was the name of Frank Sanderson, grade 3. Purchased by Yacht Basin * Purchase of the C. M. Wade ? Luther Hamilton home on Bridges street In More head City by the Morehead City Yacht Basin, land which will be coo verted Into a Yacht club, brings to mind the lira of John F. Bell roan pony, boot builders and contractors who - built this bouse nearly ?? years ago. Associated with Nr. Bell 'wan C. M. Wade who resided la this honse until his removal to : 'Charlotte ville, Va. The above picture waa aude shortly aftor the Loan waa tomjteW. Graduation Issue To Appear May 24 Fire Department Saves Residence On Route 101 Beaufort fire department s quick action and expert fire fighting technique saved the house owned by Earl Taylor and occupied by Earl Jarman. route 101. shortly after noon Saturday when flames spread rapidly from a hot water heater in the kitchen. Water from the 500 gallon boos ter tank on truck No. 5 got the flames under control and a refill of the tank at the Beaufoii school made it possible to save most of the house. Engines No. 5 and No. 3 answered the call. The alarm was phoned to the fire department at about 12*20 p.m Roma Willis, engineer, report ed that upon arrival flames were roaring out of the doors and win dows of the back part of the house. A shingle roof at the rear had to t>e torn off and all fixture in the kitchen were badly damaged. Loss nas been estimated at $3,000. The house is located about two miles utside of town. The fire department also answer ed an alarm early Friday afternoon it the Fish Meal company, west Beaufort. A small fire started at ihout 12:30 in the boat shed and was immediately brought under control. Firemen returned from flie Jat nan fire in about an hour and rom the fish factory fire in about l5 minutes. Lions Official Speaks at Meeting Louis K. Day, deputy district governor of Lions region two, was he special guest and speaker for Morehead City Lions at their meet ing Friday night in the Fort Ma ?on hotel dining room. Mr. Day s also candidate for district gov ernor at the Lions convention in Tune. The speaker disclosed that two countries have been added to the j growing Lions International organ ization an(f that there are more than 400 thousand Lions, a larger membership than all other civic :lubs combined. Mr. Day disclosed plans for the annual Lipns convention to be held in New York City July 17 through 21. He said the state Lions organization is spending $15. 000 to finance exhibits, floats, and other publicity regarding North Carolina. Bands from Mocresville, Salisbury, and Kannapolis will be sent to the convention and a ffoat on duck hunting from Swan Quar ter will be on hand for the big . parade. Thirty wild geese will be releas ed from the float as it progresses down Fifth avenue. It was revealed at the meeting that local Lions will play a donkey baseball game on May 24 and all Lions were encouraged to partici pate. The manager of this year's softbil team had $25 put at his Softball team had $25 put at his During the meeting a junior qliartet composed of Shelby Rus lell, Iona Salter, Florence Ann | Lewis and .Jenlyn Willis sang "Careless Hands" and "Now Is ?he Hour," accompanied by Earl Lewis it the piano. \ Two Hon Entrants Join Hiss Morehead' Contest "Two more "iris. Mary Elhel Sea mon and Esther Taylor, have en tered the Miss Morehead City con- ' test to be held Friday. May 27. This brings the total number of eptraits to 10 Entrants in the contest iret last night with Mrs. W. C. Carlton at the Webb Memorial Center in More head City and rehearsed their acts (or the talent portion of the contest which will be held in Morehead City high achool. Any glrli interest ed ii entering the contest are in vited to attend the talent rehear sets This will not obligate them i to ent?r. The Carteret County News-Times will publish next Tuesday, May i 24, its annual graduation edition honoring all seniors in the counby. Their, pictures will appear along with stories on the class of *49 at Atlantic, Smyrna, Harkers Island, Beaufort, Morehead City, New port, and Queen street high schools. The first graduation edition ever to appear in the county was published in 1947 by The Beau-, fort News, Beaufort, N. C. The second annual edition came out last year and this year, for the' first time, this issue which is look ed for eagerly by graduates and parents in the spring, will be pub lished by the Carteret County News Times, a merger of The Beaufort News and The Twin City Daily Times. Witn next Tuesday's edition will be, of course, all the usual features which appear in THE I NEWS TIMES. In the giaduation issue, in addi tion to editorial matter will bel suggestions for gifts for the giad nates and items of interest to ali who are interested in the schools! of ('arte ret county. USES Executive Expects Upswing In Employment Employment in*fale county is ex pccted to pick up this week be Julia Tenney, manager of the Car causc of the increase of work for local and migrant laborers. Mrs. teret-Onslow county United States Employment office in Morehead City, reports. The migrant workers were re cruited in Florida by employment service officials and are arriving to this area annually to help har vest the large potato crop. The employment office received visits from 1915 persons interested in employment during the month of April, Mrs. Tenney reports. Vet erans comprised 804 of this num ber and females comprised 287. One hundred three new appiic tions for work were received. 37 of them from veterans and 37 from females. Ninety-two persons were referr ed to jobs- 15 veterans and 47 females, and 79 of them were actu ally placed in jobs, 30 of them fe male and 26 veterans. A total of 511 names are in the active files of the office waiting for employment, j 60 of them female and 279 veterans '49 Convention Schedule Hits All-Time High 21 Organizations Will Meet Al Beach; Seven More Tentalively Scheduled The convention bureau of the Morebead City Chamber of Comm erce reports that the coming sea son will mark an all lime high in convention activities for the More head City - Atlantic Beach area Twenty-one gatherings have been assigned dates, with another group of seven bodies tentatively sched uled. Bob Lowe, general manager of the Morehead City Chamber, states that this schedule could easily have been doubled if facilities sufficient to accomodate groups of over 500 people were in existence. The con vention business is particularly lu crative to a con-munity, since it ut ilizes accommodations to capacity with people who would not ordin arily be in the area, he continued The delegates to a convention are a prime source of new money to a community, money which would not otherwise be brought into it alid spent The average person i l attendance at a convention will spend $20 ncr day for food, lodging e itertainmcnt. automobile expense and other items. Mr Lowe stated. There will have been approximate ly 10.000 conventioneers in this area before the season is over. Tin average slay is three and a half to four drys. It is readily apparent that the Chamber's efforts in attrac ting group meetings is a -consider able asset to the community fi nancially, as well as good advertis ing which further rewards the area in many wavs. the Chamber niana ger commented. In summing up convention activ ities from records of the )>ast thir ty day., u develops that plans have V 1 coinitiived for the ?iitr< . ? nieit of the Norfolk Southern Rail way Employees association over Memorial Day; the dates were set in August for the annual meeting of the North Carolina Association of Police Executives; the Honor ?ry Tar Heels are to be entertained in September; arrangements are complete for the first 1949 cruise of Tar Heels Afloat from Morehead City to New Bern and return over Memorial Day week-end; thfc pro gram is set for the Department of North Carolina's annual Disabled Veterans gathering beginning May 18 through 21st; planning has pro gressed in handling the Miss North Carolina pagca it in July; the North Carolina Cosmetologists will stage their summer meeting here August 14, 15 and 16 and the State Bottled Gas dealers have scheduled their visit for September; the North Carolina ytilities Coordinat ing committee will be here in July. In addition, the Confederate Memorial Day celebration at Kort Macon was staged last week with over 300 in attendance and Pied mont Airline's key employees were See CONVENTION Page Five 125 Optometrists Attend Convention at Atlantic Beach One hundred twenty-five optome trists and their wives are attending the North Carolina State Opto me trie society's annual convention at Atlantic Beach. The meeting got under way Sunday night and ends to^ay. The North Carolina chapter of the American Academy of Optome try will convene tomorrow and Thursday, holding sessions in the Jefferson hotel. All (facticing optometrists are eligible to become metrbcrs of the society while the academy is com prised of men who have done par ticularly outstanding work in their field. Membership in the academy numbers 22. Highlight of the society's ses sions yesterdav was an address on socialised medicine by James T Barnes, executive secretary of the North Carolina Medical society, yesterday afternoon. Business sessions will l)enin*at ' 9 o'clock this morning and contin ue throughout the dav. Dr. Jtohn T. High. Rocky Mount, presided at the meeting Monday L. O. Head, president and direc tor of the Railway Express Agency since 1932, his retired after more than 80 yeprs of continuous service it wis announced today Alfred L. Hammell. executive vice-presi dent, has been elected as his suc cessor in both positions by the botrd of directors of the company night, leading a round tabic dis cussion. Dr K. Alan Bisanar, Hickory, presided at the opening session yes terday moring. Speakers were How ard C. Olson, chief research assis tant. department of psychology North Carolina state college, and Dr. K. W Ramsey, Marion, presi dent-elect ot the society. In addition to Mr. Barnes' ad dress Dr. Jimes A. Palmer, presi de it of the State Board o(^ Examin ers in Optometry, delivered a talk yesterdav afternoon. At ? dinner dance at the Blue Ribbon club last night Sam D. Bundy, principal of the Farmvillc school, spoke. Officers of the Society are Dr. E. Allan Bisanar. president. Hick ory; Dr K. W. Ramsey, president elect Marion; Dr. John T. High, first vice-president. Rocky Mount, Dr. G. C. Hodgens. second vice president. Raleigh; Dr. L. R. Mitch ell, third vice president, Graham; Dr. Ben Boss, fourth vicc-prcsi- 1 dent, Hickory; and Dr C.C. Morr ison. secretary treasurer Salisbury. j The Ladies Auxilary of the Siate Society began its n-eeting Mond iy , at 10:30 a m , with Mrs. Henry B. Day, Jr.. of Raleigh, presiding. Other officers of the Ladies Aux ilary are Mrs. K. W. Ramsey, vice president. Marion;, and Mrs. Gary Tourjee, secretary-treasurer. Reids ville. Dr. J. O. Baxter. Jr., of Beaufort is chairman of the committee on arrangements. ' ! A 62 acre tract of land, starting at a mile east of Salter Path and running from Bogue Sound to the ocean has been given to the Prot i estant Episcopal Diocese of East | Carolina by Mrs. Alice Hoffman j a resident of Bogue Banks, and members of the Roosevelt family ! Theodore Roosevelt III, Cornelius j Roosevelt, Grace Roosevelt McMil ' lan, and the widow of Quentin Roosevelt. The tract, which will be used mainly for church conferences and probably as a summer camp, will j be known as the Quentin Roosevelt Memorial site. The property was accepted by the East Carolina dio cese at its convention last week at Fayetteville. The land will be dedicated in a special service at the home of Mrs. Hoffman. Tentative date for the service is Friday, May 27, pending the approval of Mrs. Quentin Roos evelt who is expected here for the occasion. Transferral of the property cul minates a year's work on the pro ject. Clearing of the site and ac ual construction of buildings on the property is not expected to be gin for about 12 months. The East Carolina diocese has an I other camp near Washington, N.C. called Camp Leaqh At the Fayetteville convention also the Rev. W. L. Martin, rector of St. Paul's Episcopal church, Beaufort, was elected to the exe cutive council of the East Carolina diocese and was elected director of youth. In the interest of the education al fund to maintain Episcopal seir i.iaries and colleges. he gave a talk on "Educational Sunday The East Carolina diocese has been re quested this year ?o raise $6 750. Small Pox Case Reported Here Dr. N. Thomas Ennett, health officers, annoc-es that a case of ?small pox has ueen reported on route 1 on the Beaufort Marlowe road. The patient is Harry Edwards, the onset May 3, 1949. Mr. Ed wards was transferred to the Ve terans' hospital at Kecoughtan, Va. i Wednesday. At first the disease was thought to be a severe ease of chicken pox, chicken pox having ; been prevalent in thjt community this spring. After a careful investigation the health department has been un able to determine from whom the patient contracted the disease This is the first case of small pox i reported in this county in the past several years. The health department nurse vi sited the community and vaccina ted those who had had intimate exposure. No children lived in the home, therefore schools have 1 not been exposed to the disease. The health officer has advised vac eination for all persons who have had contact with Mr. Edwards I within the past two weeks. Marines Freed Of Two Charges Two Cherry Point Marines. W J Wells and Morris Checette, had charges of drunk and disorderly against them dismissed in yester day's session of Morehcad City mayor's court. The Marines were arrested by ( fficer Edmund Willis at the car nival Saturday night in Morehead City when they were alleged to be disturbing the peace by loud shout ing Officer Willis stated that he warned them several times to j leave the carnival area but that after repeated violations of this warning he arrested them. He add ed that they would not get in the police car until he forced them into it. Staff Sergeant Checette stated that the officer was mistaken and that he Iml been behaving him self. He said that when he was taken to Jail he requested that he be allowed to phone friends at ('fierry Point to obtain hail money but tha} officers paid no attention to his request. Sergeant Wells made approximately the same statement. Officer Willis testified that he notified Marine military police of the two men's incarceration in order that something could be done to obtain bail money for them but that the MP* Mid, "Let 'em stay in jail!" Mayor George W. Pill, Jr.. atated t hit the police should have allow ed the men to plice the telephone call. bee FREED Pift Four 75 Pleasure Craft Will Go ' On Tar Heel Afloat Cruise Health Officials To Appear in June At Board Session Dr. N. Thomas Ennett. county health officer, and A. D. Fulford, county sanitarian, will appear be fore the Beaufort town commission ers at their June meeting and urge that the town complete its sanita tion program even to the extent of bringing into court those who con tinue to violate the town's sanita tion ordinance. Two years ago the commission ers requested the Carteret county health department to make a san itary survey of the town. The sur vey was made and though some conditions were deplorable the town was forced to withhold en forcement of the sanitation ordi ance since labor and plumbing materials were short Dr. Knnett recently called at j tention to the fact that within the past lew months Beaulort had a | case of typhoid fever and that typhoid is always the result of im proper disnosal of human dischar- 1 I ges. He also stated that since ty phoid fever is usually a warm j weather disease now is the time for the town to push its sanitation pro gram if it is to protect its citizens against the possibilities of typhoid fever. Death Claims Mrs. H. D. Nercura I . ? Mr*. Carrie |HH Norcum. one of the oldest residents of Beaufort, died ?t her home Saturday morn 'ng after a long illness. Mrs. Norcum, who wan born in Beaufort June 12, 1859, had been in failing health for several years, and had been critically ill for the past seven weeks as a result of a fall which injured her hip. Daughter of the late Georfte W. and Klixabeth Ann Thomas Dill, she married the late Henry Dusenbei ry Norcum in 1S7H. He died in October, 1928, after he ami Mrs. Norcum had celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary. Mrs. Norcum was a lifelong and active member of St. Caul's Episcopal church, being confirmed there in 1877 by Bishop Lyman.; She was the first president of j the Woman's Auxiliary of the church when it was formed in I 1929, and served as its active | president until 1939, when her I health started to fail, and she was voted honorary president. * I A charter member of the Fort I Mac on chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, she was leader of the children's Annie' Carter .Lee chapter for manyt years. Mrs. Norcum took over the In let Inn, which up until that time had been known as the Morris house, and was the first person to operate the Inn as a guest house. At that time is was known as the Norcum house. Mrs. Norcum was largely re i sponsible for raising of the motiu ment at the Court house square honoring the Confederate dead. Henry I). Norcum of Beaufort, a son, died in 1947, and another j son. Will, of Columbia, N. C., died I in Sept. of 1918. A daughter, Bessie, died in childhood. Surviving Mrs. Norcum are a daughter, Mrs. Louise Case of Beaufort, two sms, George of Beaufort and Charles W. of Wash iugton, I). (*., two sisters, Mrs. i J. K. Gibhle of Richmond, Va., and Mrs. W. S. Herbert of Wei don; N. C., 19 grandchildren, 19' great grandchildren and one great; great grandchild. Funeral services were held $un day afternoon at I o'clock from , St. I'aul's Episcopal church with i inierment in the church cemetery. The Rev. W. L. Martin officiated, assisted by the Rev. T. R. Jenkins. Fall bearers were Charles Nor cum, Charles Case, Joe Norcum. Thomas Hamilton. Clytries Greg ary and Charles Tolson, all grand ?ens. Members of the vestry served as honorary pallbearers. The Crab Point home domonst ra tion club will meet ?t 2:30 Thurs day afternoon with Mrs. Cecil Og lesby The demonttratian will be "Modern Aids in hewing. ' By Aycock Brown More than 75 pleasure craft will form the flotilla which will parti cipate in the first annual Memorial Day cruise of Tar Heels Afloat, according to Capt. C. N. Bennett, cruise commodore. "This" he said, "will be more than twice the num ber of boats taking part in the Labor Day cruise over the same route on last Labor Day week end." Last year there were approxi mately 30 boats taking part in the newly-organized Tar Heels Afloat cruise which originated in More head City, went to Trent Pines ?lub and returned on Labor Day week-end. The cruise last year originating in Morehead City at the yacht basin sailed through Adams creek canal of the Inland Waterway, thence up the Neuse o the torks of the Trent Then the pleasure craft sailed up that juniper red river to Trent Pines where yachtsmen in the group were guests of the Kast Carolina Yacht club of New Bern. Approximately 45 to 50 vessels I from small pleasure launches to large yachts will come from mid State coastal ports These ports include Fayette vi lie, Washington, Belhaven, New Bern, Ocraeoke, Oriental. Beaufort and Morehead City. In addition. Commodore Bennett stated that 30 or more pleasure craft of the Frying Pan Power Boat in-! association of Wil mington and Wrightsvillc will take part. All of the vessels will rendez vous in Morehead City on Satur day. M y 28, according to Com modore Bennett. A cocktail party a I'd entertainment will be present ed for the g? oup at either the Dunes or Bogue Sound club. On Sunday morning the flotilla will set sail for New Bern and an over night stop at the Trent Pines club anchorage. The East Carolina Yacht elub will be hosts to the group that night Early on the morning of Memorial Day the group will weigh anchor and sail up the river to Po'llocksville and from there they will return to Morehead City on the late after noon of the 30th. Tarheels Afloat is a non member ship and non-dues paying group of yachtsmen and others interested in boating designed to explore and onjoy the 2,800 miles of North Carolina's Inland Waterways. It was brouuht into being by the com bined efforts of several coastal Chambers of Commerce and the State News bureau. Natienal publicity has already been given the event of last year and there is considerable interest being manifested for the yacht club cruise this year. As a result of national news stories about the event, numberous applications from parties wishing to make the cruise from out of state have been received by the Morehead City Chamber of Commerce. In addition to the entertainment program being planned for the group here in Morehead City, the East Caroliu Yacht, club, colla borating with the Morehead City and New Bern Chambers of Com merce, will sponsor a special water ski show staged by the Trent Pines Water Ski club Police Arrest Three Juveniles Four juvenile a r rents were made by More head City police witbfft the last week. One 16 year-old boy wa? arrested for breaking into Carteret Ice and Coal company in Morehead City Thursday night and stealing Since his age pre vents him from coming under the jurisdiction of juvenile court, he will be tried in recorder's court. Two boys, nn 11 -year-old from Moreheml City and a 14 -year-old from Beaufort, were arretted for breaking in the port terminal warehousc%in Morehead City last Monday night and committing acts of vandalism after they found nothing worth stealing within th? ierminal. They also are charged ; with breaking into a drink stand at the terminal owned by Lero> ? Guthrie and tearing the door of j the xtand from its hinges. The older boy was put on pro j bation since thif was his first ? -)ffen?e but the younger one is to be committed to a training school. * He has been arrested several times before. He was allo*fl?d to go free until arrangement* for his com mitment could be made and S?U ? J lay he stole $10 from Alvin Gar ner's filling station ia Morehead City. Morehead City police officer* utated that they hoped arrange menu cuuld be made toou.