Eil? CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES A Mergar of THE BEAUFORT NEWS (Established 1912) and THE TWIN CITY TIMES (EtUbliihed 1936) | 88th YEAR, No. 40 ~ SIXTEEN PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, MAY 27, 1940 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAY! Wiley Taylor, Beaufort Postmaster , Will Retire Wednesday , June 1 Fire Destroys Bradsher Home Site of Visits by Many Beaufort Residents Bums To Ground The large brick home located in the Croatan section on Neuse river owned and occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Arthur B. Bradsher, was de stroyed by fire Wednesday morn ing. Mrs. Bradsher is the sister of Miss Amy Muse. Beaufort. The home was valued at between $75, 000 and $100,000 and, according to nearby residents- was believed to have been fully covered by insur ance. Mr. Bradsher is a retired tobacco man. ? The home was built during the late 1920s and cost approximately $50,000 at that time. Since then much work had been done toward remodeling the building and all modern conveniences were install ed. The home contained valuable antiques and was visited frequently by many Beaufort residents. The fire, of an undetermined or igin, was discovered by Mr. Brad sher about 7 o'clock, Neighbors rushed to the scene but efforts to put out the blaze were futile. Only three dresser drawers containing some clothing were saved from the fire. Mr. Bradsher received minor burns on the hands and face in at tempting to save other articles from the house. Firemen from New Bern were dispatched to the scene at 7:20 o'clock but the house was too far gone before they arrived and noth ing was saved. Only the chimney remains of what was a spacious dwelling, reported firemen upon returning to New Bern. Tar Heel Woman' Features Coonty The May issue of the "Tar Heel Woman," official organ of the North Carolina Business and Pro fessional Women's club, carries stories on Carteret county and the convention program for the state convention on the Business and Professional Women's club which will be held at Atlantic B^ach June 17-19. , Contributors to the issue are Aycock Brown. F. C. Salisbury, Miss Ruth Peeling. Mrs. Harold Humm. Miss Doris Leach, Miss Christine Vick, and Dan Walker, manager of the Beaufort Chamber of Commerce. There are also two welcome mes sages from the mayor ol Beau fort and the mayor of Morehead City. Two articles, one by Robert G. Lowe, manager of the Morehead City Chamber of Commerce, and by Mrs. Darden Euret Morehead City, could not be included in the May issue, Mrs. Stella Price, edi tor, reported, but they will appear in the June issue. The magazine also carries ad vertisements by Carteret county businessmen. Mr. Brown's article tells of the vacationist features of Carteret county. Mr. Salisbury, columnist for THE NEWS-TIMES, writea on the historical points of interest. Miss Peeling wrote the article on the county Business and Profes sional Women's club, Mrs. Humm and Miss Leach wrote items on the college units in Carteret, Miss Vick's contribution is on Morehead City hospital, and Mr. Walker wrote about farming and filhing in the county. There are also numerous pic tures including the court house. Morehead City hospital. Miss Leon da Salter of Davis, and on the co ver page is a picture of Beaufort's waterfront daring the menhaden season. Beanlori Jaycees Meat, Bawl al Atlantic Baach A short business session was held by Beaufort Jaycees Monday nieht at the Inlet Inn prior to their visit to Atlantic Beach .to continue the bowline tournament which will last until late summer. Claude Wheatly, Jr., was ap pointed to name a committee to prrangc a ladies night and in in _ stallation of officers banquet in the near future. It was decided that tlx Miss Beaufort contest committee and the Jaycee board of directors , should meet next week to diacuss plans for the contest which will be held June IT. Five Seniors Will Receive Diplomas at Oeraeoke June 5 These five Ocracoke seniors will j be graduated at 7:30 Sunday night, June 5, at exercises in the United Methodist church, Ocracoke. Baccalaureate and commence ment will be combined. The Rev. C. J. Tilley, pastor of the church, j will deliver the baccalaureate ser- j mon, N. W. Shelton. Hyde county superintendent of schools will pre- ! sent the diplomas, and Jheodore I Rondthaler, principal, will present honors awards to the seniors and outstanding pupils in other grades. Valedictorian of the class is Ward Garrish, son of Mrs. James Garrish. Seniors above are, left to right, Audrey Spencer, Geraldine O'Neal, Colleen Wahab, Ward Garrish, and Cantwell Williams. Guard Unit Goes On Official Status % Carteret county's own National Guard unit, battery B of the 449th field artillery, has officially been activated and is now holding re gular meetings with new members always welcome, Capt. Lonnie Bill, commanding officer of the unit, reprrKM- today Col. Norman McNeill of state guard headquarters in Raleigh and his two assistants, Colonel Camp of the office of Army Instruction in New Bern and Maj. Abbott We therly of the 196th Field ArtiUery Group in Kinston, mad; a complete inspection of the unit's facilities, training and records Tuesday, May 17. Following the inspection the unit was declared officially activa ted and made a part of the Nation al Guard which serves as one branch of the Army's reserve forces. Other officers in the unit are Lt. Howard Rivers of Morehead City, Lt. Wyatt Jones of New Bern 1st Sgt. William' French of Newport. Six new recruits showed up at the first official meeting of the unit Tuesday night. Captain Dill stated that there are vacancies for four officers and over 80 men in the unit and that all veterans of any of the branches of the armed forces and others interested are welcome at any of the meetings which are held every Tuesday night at 7:30 at the recreational center in Morehead City. From August 14-28 of this year the local unit will attend sum mer maneuvers at Fort Jackson, S. C. National Guard units from both North and South Carolina will be present. Tar Heels Altai Cruise Gets Under Way Tomorrow Over 73 yachts and pleasure craft will converge on Moorebead City tomorrow (or the first annual Memorial Day cruise by Tar Heels Afloat, only yachting organization in the world requiring no member ship dues. the group making up a flotilla ranging in size from speed boats to yachts of more than 100 feet in length, will rendezvous at More head City Yacht basin Saturday. On Sunday, the boats wilt begin moving up Adams Creek for the cruise on Neuse river to the Trent Pines club at New Bern where more entertainment has been plan ned by the East Carolina Yacht club of the Craven capital. In charge of completing plans this week are Chambers of Com merce Managers George Arrington of New Bern, Robert G. Lowe of Mcrehrad City and Capt. Charles ?Ji. Bennett, commodore of Tar Heels Afloat. Members of the Board of Direc tors of the Beaufort Junior Cham ber of Commerce and the Miss Beaufort contest committee will meet Monday night at 7:30 at the Inlet Inn to discuss plans for the contest which will be held June 17. 30,000 Will Bead Tuesday Issne oi The NEWS-TINES More than 30,000 North Caro linians will read Tuesday's issue of The Carteret County News Times which will contain pic tures galore and stories on the fabulous sport of dog racing. This issue precedes the formal opening of the Morehead City dog race track, just west of Morehead City on highway 70. Schooling races will begin to night and continue until Friday night, June 3, when betting will begin. Because pari-muii&ls will not operate during the schooling races, minors wilf be admitted. Legion Auxiliary To Sell Poppies Tomorrow will be Poppy Day in ' Morehead City and throughout the United States, Mrs. Bob Williams, , president of the Morehead City ; unit of the American Legion auxi liary, announced today. On That day everyone will be asked to wear a memorial poppy in honor of the dead of the two world wars and to make a contri bution for the welfare of the dis abled veterans, their families and the families of the dead. Volunteers from the Auxiliary and Hi-Y girls will distribute the flvwers on the streets throughout the day. Plans are being made to Disabled Veteran cover (he city completely so that ! everyone will have an opportunity .to honor the war dead and aid the living victims of the two conflicts. "The Saturday before Memorial Day has bec.n observed as Poppy Day in all parts of the country for many years," said Mrs. Wii liams, in announcing the date of this year's observance. "Poppies have been worn in memory of the war dead ever since the close of World War I. They are replicas of the wild flowers which grew, on the battle fields of Prance and Belgium, fought over in both wars, but they have come to symbolize memory for those who died in any part of the world. "The poppies which the Auxi liary will distribute are all hand made. shaped from crepe paper by disabled veterans working in hos pitals and convalescent workshops throughout the country. The dis abled men take ipecial pride in making the flowers to honor their fallen comrades and. the work is valuable to them as occupational therapg, besides bringing them much needed earnings." Methodists Begin Building Program At Villbton Congregation Plans Im provements Estimated To Costs $11,500 Members of the Willitton Metho- 1 dist church have launched a build- [ ing program which will cost ap proximately $11,500, the Rev. H. L. Harrell, pastor, announced to day. The program calls for nine Sunday school rooms, two rest rooms, a kitchen, assembly hall, and a porch on the front ot the present building. Over one thou sand dollars was raised one Sun day morning during Sunday school j hour. The architects for the building program are Linthicum and Lin thicum of Raleigh, the same archi- j tects who drew the plans for First Methodist church, Morehead City. | Elmo Wade is chairman of the building committee, and Mr. Ru- 1 dolph Piner is treasurer. Other ! members of the committee are Jesse Piner, Eldon Fulcher, Ful ford Willis and Stacy Willis. Convention Schedule Expands The convention Schedule for the' summer expanded this week when the Morehead City Chamber of, Commerce completed plans forj two more gathering!, one to bej hold next we^k and the other in August. ?* Apjv? ^Innately memoers the Norf?>lk Southern Railway Employees association will arrive in Morehead City Monday morn nig for an all-day outing. They will arrive in time for breakfast and then be free to go sightseeing or enjoy other attraction*. Later they v^ill meet at Atlantic Beach and have lunch at the Atlantic Beach and Ocean King hotels. Monday night the group will have a clambake at the Morehead City Recreational center, take one last look around and then board their special train for the return trip to Norfolk. On August 22 24, the conven tion of the North Carolina Junior Order of United American Me chanics will take place in the Morehead City - Atlantic Beach area, Forest G. Shearin, state secretary of the order, has an nounced. Members of the order will arrive and be registered on Monday, the 22nd. Business ses sions at the Surf Club on Atlantic Beach will be held the next two days. Tuesday night the annual ban quet of the group will be held at the Ocean King hotel. During business sessions the ladies pres ent will be entertained with bridge games and sightseeing trips. Leaf Referendum Due July 23 A referendum on tobacco mark eting quotas will be held July 23, B. J May, Producting Marketing administrator, announced today. Present quotas were voted in for a three year period in 1946, thus making another referendum neces sary this year. Tobacco growers will have three choices on their ballots: 1. to es tablish quotas for IBM alone, 2. to establish quotas for 1990-52, and 3. to abolish quotas altogether. A two-thirds vote will be necessary to approve any of the choices. Ninety seven and a half per cent of the votes cast in the 1946 re ferendum were in favor of quotas. Marketing quotas on tobacco have been in effect every year ex cept one since 1938. In 1939 quo tas were voted out but were voted in again when tobacco prices drop ped 20 to 23 per cent. In 1948, under quotas, tobacco in thia'area averaged 49 1/2 cents per pound. In 1933 It averaged eight cents per pound. Farmers planning to overPant their acreage allotments for 1949 are warned by the PMA that the penalty on excess tobacco for the 1949 crop will be 20 cents p?ft pound. Second Division Marines | Cone from Mediterranean A Marine troop transport, the U.S.S. Winston (AKA 94), ar rived at port terminal Tuesday with troops returning from duty in the Mediterranean area. Troops aboard the Winston have been serving in the Medi terranean for five months and were recently replaced by men from Camp Lejeune. All troops, both replacements and return efts, are from units of the Sec Following unloading activities the Winston weighed anchor Wednesday noon for its base in Norfolk. ond Marine division. Albatross Starts Work on Coast Research Vessel Leaves Tuesday, Will Return To Porl June *3 The Albatross, federal research vessel which arrived Saturday to undertake a survey of coastal waters of North Carolina, left Port Terminal Tuesday on the first part of its research program, i It will return to port again Fri- 1 day, .June 3. Fishermen of this area will he i taken on a demonstration trip! aboard the Albatross Tuesday, June 7, and then the ship will; leave port again June K, complete I its work along the coast an*' then head north without returning to Morehead City. Objectives of the Albatross cruises in these waters are to de termine the distribution of tern peratures, salinities and densities between Cape Hatteras and Cape Fear from the coast out to the Gulf stream, to determine disti'i ! bution#of egjfs and larvae of shrimp and fish between Cape Lookout and ('ape Fear, and to determine the depth and accurate position on all courses run in order to provide additional data on bottom hydrography. Aboard the Albatross for the | cruise now underway are the fol lowing men from the Fish and Wildlife Service: William F. Roy ce, chief scientist, Raymond J. Duller, Howard A. Schuck, John B. Coiton, and Isaac Ginsberg. Mr. Ginsberg is the National Mu 1 scum fish specialist. From the Institute of Fisheries Research, Eugene Roelofs, John Wegner, I. K. Gray, and W. H. Sutcliffe; from Woods Hole Oceanographic instution, Robert Abel and Carl Hayes. Building Begins At Currituck Track Work began Wednesday on the building eft the new dog track in Cyrrituck county near Moyock and 1,000 yards south of the Vir ginia line. The contract has been let to the Virginia Engineering corporation, Norfolk, general contractors. The track, being built by the Carolina Virginia Racing association, in corporatcd, will be on the west side of route 170. Preliminary work, which is ex pected to be finished by July 1, includes excavation for the track, grading the parking area, and then laying base concrete for con struction of the grandstand, club house,- and paddock. Steel for construction of the grandstand has been promised for delivery July 1. The main parking area will accommodate 1,500 cars and an auxiliary parking area, 1,000 cars. This track, to be built at a mini mum estimated cost of $350,000 will officially open Aug. 15. It will be the newest and most modern track in America, accord ing to Carolina-Virginia Racing association officials, and Second in See TRACK Page 7 tide Table HIGH LOW Friday, May 27 7:50 a m 1:36 a.m. 8:05 pm 1 42 pm. Saturday, May 2$ 8:29 a.m. 2:35 a.m. 8:44 p.m. .... 2:19 p.m. Sunday, May 29 9:09 a m 3:14 a.m. #:2S p.m. ? 3:00 p.m. Monday, May It 9:49 a m 3:54 a.m. 10:08 pi.m 3:43 p.m Tuesday. May 31 10:35 a m 4:37 a.m. 10:56 p.m. 4:30 p.m. C. Z. Chappell Will Serve As Acting Postmaster Wiley Taylor, Beaufort's post master for 16 years, will retire Wednesday June 1, at the age of 70. Mr. Taylor will be sueeeeded by C. Z. Chappell Beaufort, who will serve as acting postmaster until civil service examinations are given These will determine who will be the retiring postmaster's permanent successor. Mr. Taylor was appointed Sept. 7, 1933 as acting postmaster, suc ceeding R. B. Wheatly who retired and moved to Washington. N. C. Under the Hatch Act. a federal employee cannot hold any other governmental position. C. Z. Chappell will be obligated, therefore, to resign from the co unty board of commissioners. That position will be filled by an appoinment made by A. H. James, clerk of superior court. At that time Mr Taylor was a successful wholesale grocery man but at the urging of friends ac cepted the position at the post office. In announcing his successor, Mr. Taylor had nothing but praise for the employees at the postoffice. 'I've enjoyed working here," de clared Mr. Taylor. "I've worked with a nice group of people and it's the association with them that I'll miss more than anything. They have been loyal and people ought I to appreciate them more than they j do. They have taken a lot of un warranted abuse." During Mr. Taylor's 16 years at j the postoffice he took only one of j the 15-day vacations granted the postmaster annually. "And then ! 1 nearly drove everybody at home j crazy," he recalled. "I'd walk to j the shore then back to the house and read and then down to the shore again. Finally I got a colo red man and built a fence." Tint was his last two-weeks vacation, j He has taken a day or two off at a i time, but that's all. "I believe it would take six I months to spend all the vacation time I've piled up," he added. In 1939 when postmasters were put under the civil service act, Mr. j Taylor took the examination at . Nei' Bern and received a life ap- 1 pointmcnt or until he reached the age of 70. He doesn't have any definite | plans for his "days of leisure." He | is considering the possibility of en tering the business world again but he's interested merely in keeping himself busy. His last day as postmaster at Beaufort will end at 6 o'clock Tues day evening. Mr. Chappell, who is part owner of City Appliance company Beau See POSTMASTER Page 7 i Wiley Taylor Motor Vehicle Law Violations Crowd Docket Jesse D Eatherley was found guil ty of driving after his license had been revoked and was sentenced to six months on the roads in Tues day's session of recorder's court in Beaufort. Judge Lambert Morris then suspended sentence on condi- j tion that he pay a $200 fine and the costs of court within 30 days. | James W. Taylor charged with | driving drunk, was found guilty of I reckless driving and fined $100 and costs. The same decision and penal- J ty was reached in the case of John W. Douglas also charged with i drunken driving. A plea of guilty was entered kij the cafc* o i James Evhtw. Jr., wnol was charged with larceny of an air 1 hose and gas from the filling sta tion of W. D. Smith. He was tax ed with the cost and fined $17, $7 of which was to go to W. I). Smith, j Sgt. Thomas Jackson and Cpl. William Daniels were found not guilty of the same charge. James Worthington Cole and Charles Aites pleaded guilty to the possession of non-tax-paid whis key and paid the costs and a $10 fine. The charge of hit and run againt Lewis E. Gordon was am ended to read public drunkenness. | He was found guilty and required to pay the costs. Claude Salter Sec COURT race 7 Uncle Sain Begins Purchase of No. I Irish Potatoes At Time Amended Order Came Through 20 Car loads Awailed Shipment An amended order authorizing the government purchase of No. 2 Irish potatoes went into effect Tuesday of this week, announced H. T. Carraway, chairman of the Carteret County Farm Bureau fruit and vegetable committee. Mr. Carraway received wires from R. Flake Shaw, executive vice president of the State Farm bu reau, and Congressman Griham A. Barden, giving potato growers and dealers the green light to be gin moving these potatoes which had filled all grading sheds in the county to capacity. H. M. Williams, county farm agent, estimated that at the time this order went into effect that there were 20 cars of No. 2 pota toes waiting to be moved. Tom Scott and Horace Godfrey of the State P.M. A. office, Raleigh* made an inspection of potatoes in the county to determine the situation Thursday of last week. B. J. May, local I'M A supervisor, was ap pointed by Mr. Scott's office to purchase potatoes for the govern ment from the l?*cal dealers. Seven cars of B's left the coun ty Tuesday and IB cars Wednes day. These potatoes will be sold to livestock farmers for feed purposes. Some of the potatoes will go to school lunch rooms, hospitals, and state penitentiaries for human consumption. If more than T?0 per cent of the potato surface has been fea thered or the skin removed, the potato growers will receive 10 cents per hundred weight under support price. The Marketing Agreement pro ? iWm will j %>t allow any No. 2 B's or commercial* to be sold through regular trade channels. This is 9 forward step in improving the quality of potatoes reaching the terminal markets. Prices of No. 1 potatoes broke this week due to heavy movements of California potatoes into the Northern markets. Favorable pi ices last week and fear of attacks of late blight speeded up the harvesting of po tatoes in the county. Very little trouble with potato scab has been repotted by the inspectors. The quality in good and the yield per acre has aver aged so far from 100 to 110 bags of primes. Beauty, Talent Pageant Will Begin at 7:30 Tonight Some fortunate Morehead City gill wh"of?e life has been shrouded in anonymity will find herself the center of attention and converse tion tonight and many nights to follow for tonight Miss Morehead City of 1941) is to be chosen! A galaxy of prizes, honors and j entertainments await the winner as well as all contestants in to il ighYs pageant which will he held at 7 :30 at the Morehead City school auditorium. Folfowing the pageant, a dance with the music j of the well known Joe I)avi* or chestra of Wilson will be held at, the recreational center at 10 o'clock. Tickets for the dance are $1.25 1 per couple in advance and $1.50 at the door. Pageant tickets are 25 cents for children, 50 cents for adults and 76 cents for either adulta or children who wish to sit it the reserved /eat section. The reserved seat price includes the price of admission. All tickets may be purchased at 1-eary's, Morehead City Drug company or S. and W. Drug store any time before 6 o'clock tonight. The humorous side of tonight's pageant will be provided by a Miss Hog Island contest with those notorious female impersonators Coley Hepler, LuMier I^ewis, Clyde Carr, Floyd Chadwick, Jr., and Charles Willis providing the tal-i ent. The "girls ' w:H be attired j in bathing suits, evening gowns | hobnailed boots, vari-colored wigs and any other attractive garments they can pick '?ff the trash pile. Useless prizes will be awarded the winner. Nine Morehead City girls will compete for the winner's crown. They are Helen Martin who will waltz, Lucy Willis who will sing "Blue Moon," Sadie Davi? who bet PAGEANT P?? T Coroner Pronounces Taylor Death 'Suicide' Coroner Pritchard I.ewls, af ter Investigation, reported that the death of Mrs. Myrtle Tay lor, New Bern, was a suicide. Mrs. Taylor's body was found Thursday, May 19, in a small canal off Core Creek. She was 56 years old. The deceased left a note for the family in which she said she intended to take her life. Ac cording to the coroner, she slash ed her wrists, and when this failed to bring death, she tried drowning, an attempt which was successful. Relatives stated that Mrs. Taylor was mentally unba lanced. Funeral services were conduct ed for the New Bern woman at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon in the llarlowe Methodist church. Pastor lo Leave New Bern, Presents Sifts to City Kcv. Thomas W Fryer, pastor of (he Firs) Baptist church of New Bern who was host to President Truman when he visited New Bern last November, is soon to leave to accept a pastorate at Suffolk, Va. The pastor presented tokens and gifts which he recently brought hack from Bern. Switzerland, to New Bern city officials at the Tues day evening meeting of the New Bern Rotary club. First public showing of the gifts and tokens, it wis announced Tues day. was in the city recreation building Wednesday afternoon be tween the hours of 3 and 8 o'clock, during the council meeting of the Craven chapter of the American Junior Red Cross. Member Officer Speaks to Jaycees A report that t li ? membership of the Morehead City Jaycees is much more active, and interested in the club's work than are members of other clubs was given by W. B. Chalk at Monday's meeting in the Kort Macon hotel dining room. Mr. Chalk is chairman of the-' membership committee. The speaker said that there are 85 members in the local club and that usually half of them show up tor the weekly meetings, a much higher percentage than at other civic and service clubs. Mr. Chalk added that he had attended the meetings of other Jaycee Clubs in recent months and that their inter est was nil in comparison with Morehead City's organization. 'The object of our club is aid in the betterment of Morehead City," the speaker stated. "Our work shows that we keep thia ob ject continually in mind." Following the membership speech, Bernard Leary added that he wholeheartedly agreed with Mr. Chalk's views but that there was still room for improvement. He said that Morehead City Jaycees one of the first such organization* in the state should be the winner presentedd each year to larger clubs. He expressed the hop the local club would make ? i effort to win such an award year. Skinner Chalk, Jr., the meeting with a talks he had with Waiting 1 recently. Many of them do I that Morehead City has I