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:ffi: CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES -5" ' A Mercer of THE BEAUFORT NEWS (Established 1912) and THE TWIN CITY TIMES (Established 1936) 38th YEAR, NO *49 EIGHT PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA, TUESDAY, JUNE 28, 1019 PUBLISH KD TUESDAYS A ND~FRIDA YS 58 Entries Made b Flower Show, 27 in Dress Revae Mrs. Carrie Gillikin, Home Agent Terms Event 'Big Success' The county flower show and <tre*x revue sponsored by home j demonstration clubs Thursday j night at the recreation center in Morehead City was highly success fill, Mrs. Carrie Gillikin, home demonstration agent reported. There were 58 entries in the flower show and 27 in the dress j revue. Winners were as follows: Class A, ideas ^rested by home demonstration clubs: Russell's! Creek, blue ribbon, Crab Point, red ribbdn. Class B, cut flowers: roses, Mrs. W. (I. Simpson; dahlias, Mrs. Wal ter Whitley; daisies, Mrs. Walter Whitley; petunias, Mrs. Kenneth MeCabe; nasturtiums, Mrs. W. G. Simp, on; zinnias, Mrs. Leslie, Brinson; verbena, Mrs. Ray Dick I inson. Gladiolus, Mis. Bennie Cope land: marigold, Mrs. Ray Dickin son; hydrangea, Mrs. Helen Gai ner; phlox, Mrs. Helen Garner; | w i 1 d flowers native shrubbery, k Mrs. Billie Smith; mixed flowers, Mrs. Johnnie Mann; best arrange ment of cut flowers, Mrs. Wrenn I Lawrence; cape jasmine, Mrs. Sue ' Russeil; carnation, Mrs. Ray Dick inson. Class C, potted flowers: begon ia, Mrs. Julia Copeland; African violet, Mrs. Abbott Morris; gluxi ana, Mis. Abbott Morris; colia, Mrs. Leslie Brinson; geranium,: . Mrs. Leslie Brinson; any other I potted plant, best specimen, Mrs. j Ray Dickinson; jewel plant, Mrs. Leslie Brinson. Class D, individual arrange ment or idea created by club member, first prize, Mrs. Wrenn Lawrence, second prize, Mrs. Wal ter Whitley. Class E, the most original ar ; rangement (wild flowers in a man's work shoe placed a top the "Country Gentleman") to Mrs. . John Haynes. jf**- Judges were Mrs. Elbert Chad wick, Mrs. Earl Norwood, and Mrs. Ted Garner, all of MoreHlad City. Ten children's dresses were modeled. The first prize went to the clothes modeled by Judy and Dotty Whitley, grandchildren of Mrs. Walter Whitley, Wildwood. Second prize went to Julia Brin sfn, daughter of Mrs. Lenwood Brinson, Camp Glenn. 1 Mrs. Will Dail, North River, won first prize for a sack dress, Mrs. Bertie Beachem, B e 1 1 i e, street dress; Mrs. A. H. Tallman, Russell's Creek, dressy dress; and in the 4 H class, Miss Janet Gilli kin, Beaufort, won first place, and Miss Martha Pake, Beaufort, second place. Judges for the dress revue were Mrs. Ackerly, Mrs. Ted Garner, and Mrs. Dave Freeman, all of Morehead City. Entertainment was provided by George Dixon, Merrimon, who sang, "Mama's Coal Black Rose," John Carlton Morris, Merriman, presented two guitar and vocal selections, and Sallie Morris tap danced. Members of the Bettie club served lemonade and cookies. Nar rator for the fashion revue was Miss Josephine Stanton. Mrs. B. J. Copeland, president of the home demonstration county council, gave the welcome address. Doable-Headed Tobscco Plant Grown Near Newport A once-in-a-million freak of nature wai on display in County Agent R. M. Williams' office yesterday. The freak (Mr. Wil liams said he had never before seen another one), wan a tobac co stalk with two perfectly nor mal heads, or tops, growing from it. The county agent said the phenomena occurred about as often as two heads on a hu man being. The two-headed stalk was dis covered on the farm of Carljrle Garner, four miles west of New port on the Nine-Mile road, when Mr. Garner was topping his plants. Mr. Garner made a special trip to town to show off his Barnnm-like acquisition. Teen-Age Club To Sponsor Summer Visitors' Parly Dance, Special Program Will Begin Saturday Night Ai 7:30 The first annual summer visi tor's party and dance will be held at the recreation center, Morehead City, Saturday night, July 2. The dance will be sponsored by the Carteret County Teen Age club and will feature special mu sic, a jitterbug contest, door priz es, a cakewalk, contests and en tertainment of all sorts. Mrs. Harold Sampson, director of the center, and advisor to the Teen -Age club, reminded sumifaer residents and teen age visitors to the coast that the recreation cen ter is located in the former $60, 000 USO building and is support ed and maintained for and by the Teen Age club. Campers at Camp Morehead have been invited to Saturday night's party, au well as students at Duke Marine summer school I and Morehead City Technical in stitute. The party will begin at 7:30 and continue until 11.. Admission will be 25 oents per I person. .. ? Rotarians to Hear Thomas H. Carrow Thomas H. Carrqw, author of "Memories of Beaufort," which ran in serial form in THE NEWS TIMES and frequent contributor to THE NEWS TIMES, will speak at the meeting of Beaufort Ro tarians Tuesday, July 12. Mr. Carrow, whose home is in Philadelphia, will be paying his annual visit to Beaufort, his home town, at that time. Instead of meeting tonight at the Inlet inn, Rotarians will at tend the area regional conference in Beaufort school auditorium. At next Tuesday night's pro* gram, Dr. N. Thomas Ennett, Rot ary president for 1949-50, will outline his program for the year. An organizational meeting for the Jumping Run Golf club will be held at 7:30 Thursday night in the civic center, Morehead City. Cofhplete plans for the club will be presented at that time. (Chamber Manager Walker Returns in Sackloth and Ashes Beaufort's Chamber of Com merce manager, Dan Walker, ar rived in Beaufort Sunday minus most of a night's sleep, the price of a week's stay in Chapel Hill, and, most important, a carload of clothing and personal belong ings that was stolen Saturday i night in New Bern. Mr. Walker's story rung like this : i Saturday night he left Raleigh at midnight following a week's study at the Southeastern insti tute, a training course for Cham ber of Commerce executives, in Chapel Hill. As he approached ^New Bern about 3 o'clock in the morning, he became so sleepy that ! fcis automobile ran off the high way several times. In desperation, Mr. Walker de I cided to spend the night in New I Bern rather than proceed to Beau i fort under the risk of wrecking his car. All the hotels were filled | 80 he obtained a room in a room I >ng house and hit the hay. , Bright and early Sunday mom ng, 7:30 to be exact, he checked Lout of the rooming house enroute hi* car and baaufort When reached his ear, which had been ? parked on the street near where he had spent the night, he found that thieves had broken into it and stolen most of his earthly possessions, namley: one suit, ane sport coat, one hunting coat (what did he hunt in Chapel Hill?) two pairs of pants, neckties, and his radio. The theft was reported to New Bern police who stated that if | they found out anything, they i would write him a letter. Mr. Walker showed rfp for work j yesterday morning in threadbare | clothes and with a hangdog look | on his face. He says any contri butions to the Replenish Dan Walker's Wardrobe Fund will be appreciated. Stringing of the high-powered line through Beaufort from Cher ry Point caused momentary inter ference In the Beaufort fire alarm system Friday. The alarm rang several times but there was no fire, Roma Willis, assistant chief, reported. Constable Charlie Krouse Captures Escapee From Raleigh State Prison Sunday Night Coast Guard to Observe Celebration Here j The ball started rolling in More- 1 | head City yesterday morning on j arrangements for the 159th anni versary of the Coast Guard in the I Morehead City - Fort Macon - Beau j fort area Thursday, August 4 1 Coast Guard officials, Capt. Stan ley C. Linholm, commandant at the I Coast Guard air station. Elizabeth | City, and Commander G. P. Mc- j j Gowan, public information officer J and director of the Coast Guard j auxiliary. 5th Coast Guard district, j j Norfolk, arrived at the Beaufort i Morehead City airport yesterday | morning accompanied by Ben Dix | on McNeill, well known writer of | the Outer Banks. I They wort met at the airport by Chief Warrant Officer H. R. ' | Daniels from Fort Macon station I who took them to the Morehead I City Chamber of Commerce office j where they conferred with Robert j Lowe, manager of the Chamber of ' Commerce, D. G. Bell, Morehead | City, and Aycock Brown, public j relations director for the chamber. After laying plans for the Aug. 1 4 celebration, the group was en tertained by the Coast Guard at ' lunch at the Fort Macon station. At 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon. ' Aug. 4. an 83-foot Coast Guard j boat near Port Terminal, staging l a simulated fire, will send out a ! distress signal. The signal will be. | answered by the air-sea rescue I crew. A "stretcher case'' will be j picked up from the deck of the I boat by helicopter and a "scoop" rescue, taking a man out of the i j sea, will be effected by hclicop ter. Rafts and other types of gear , will also be dropped from the ? air. In a Lyle gun and breeches buoy j demonstration Chief Warrant Of ficer Penland Tilley, who holds | the world's record for Lyle gun distance, will attempt to break ; his own record which stands now | | at 243 feet. *| : There wit! also be a demonstra tion of a seaplane landing and a , jet-assisted takeoff. j Climax of the afternoon will be the surfboat race, the winner of which will be awarded the Joscph us Daniels memorial trophy. This trophy was won last summer at Cape Hatteras by the Fort Macon station. For that reason the celc bration this year is staged in Fort Macon's home waters. Fort Macon will defend its title against five other boats. Included | in the race will also be a capsize drill . Tied up at Port Terihinal for j inspection by the public will be a j I seagoing Coast Guard cutter, pro bably an AVP, converted aircraft Se? COAST GUARD Anthony Dudley Pays Fine, Costs The. results of a quick follow up by Morehead City police on an order from town commissioners to see that the town's anti-noise ordinance was enforced was seen in yesterday's session of Morehead Ctiy mayor's court. Anthony Dudley, Negro, opera tor of a Morehead City nightspot on Fisher street, appeared in i court on three warrant* of violat- j ing the city ordinance that for bids objectionable noise from a| radio, juke box, or other noise I maker from 11 o'clock at night! until 7 o'clock in the morning- 1 A complaint was filed by Frank j Bryan, Negro, with the coirtmis ? sioners at their meeting a week j ago charging Dudley with violat- | ing the ordinance. Police Officer Carl Blomberg, | who filed the warrants, testified that Dudley was given a warning before the first warrant was is sued Wednesday night. Neverthe less, he said, two more warrants ' were issued Friday and Saturday I night when he -continued to vio ! late the ordinance. | Officer Blomberg stated that ! Dudley told him that since he was | going to be tried for violating ' the ordinance, he might as well ! continue to violate it until the matter was settled in court. The defendant corroborated the offi cefs statement. Defense Attorney^larvey Ham ilton, Jr., said th?t his client | would promise to move the loca ; tion of his juke box so that it | would not disturb any residents | of ttfe surrounding neighborhood. He said the officer's testimony j showed that noise from the juke I box could not be heard more than 50 /?* t away from Dudley's place | 5? DUDLEY To Speak Tonight MAMHPWBBI William J. Bird, national af fairs director of the United State* Chamber of Commerce, who will be the principal speak er at the area conference on national affairs for residents of Beaufort, Morehead City, and New Bern to be held ill Beau* fort school auditorium tonight at 8 o'clock. Garbage Truck Due Next Month Morehead Cily Also Pur chases Melal Receptac les for Downtown Trash Morehead City residents who have complained of the city's slowness in picking up garbage and trash soon will hfeve little reason for complaint, Mayor George W. Dili, Jr., said today. The mayor added that the delivery of a new type garbage truck next month should do a great deal to relieve the collection bottleneck. The new truck was purchased last month for $f),450 delivered in Morehead City. Its garbage unit is of the load packer type made by the Garwood company and will be mounted on GMC truck which will be furnished by Mobley Buick company, the lowest bid der on the contract for supplying the complete unit of truck and load packer. Mayor Dill said that in a de monstration, the new truck <Hd in one day the work that two other trucks had done in two days. lie explained that the city intended to sell one of its two present dump body trucks and retain the other" with its crew to pick up large limbs and brush that the load packer could not hold and to do a^aily job of sweeping sand and trash from gutters. In addition to the new truck, the city has recently purchased 12 sidewalk trash t receptacles which have been placed on the streets in downtown Morehead City. It is hoped that citizens and visitors will use the receptacles instead of the sidewalk as trash containers, the mayor concluded. 4-H Members To Attend Camp Members of Carteret county 4-H clubs will attend the joint encampment with Onslow county 4-H club members at White Lake from Monday, July 4, to Saturday, July 9. Mrs. Carrie Gillikin, 4 H club advisor, announced today that ail members, both boys and giris, who plan to attend the camp should pay their $7.50 deposit to her at tbe home agent's office in the court house annex, or to ft. M. Williams, county agent, at his office in the post office building, immediately. A well planned and interesting program is slated for all those at tending, Mr. Williams said. R. S. Douglas of the North Carolina Extension Forestry department will conduct classes and field trips on forestry and Neil Bolton. Tide Water Power company farm agent, will show a number of in teresting motion pictures. In addition to the strictly in structional program planned, the usual wide variety of recreational activities will be offered. Swim ming, volley ball, Softball, horse shoe pitching, and various other games w#| take place in the day time and a night program of ves pers, stunts, games and sonfffesta it planned. [Assistant Farm Agent to Assume Duties Friday A1 Worth Slinson, 1949 Sta'a, College Graduate Has Notable Record A I Worth fltinnon, 1 State college graduate in animal indus try, will report for work assis tant county agent Friday, County Agent R. M. Williams announced today. Mr. Williams stated that tiie new assistant agents r e ( o r d through high school and college speaks for his ability to fulfill capably the assistant agent's po sition. Mr. Stinson was raised on a farm in Union county and has had considerable agricultural ex pcrienee. lie is# purebred breedei j?f Hampshire swine and was a member of the Future Fanner? of America while in high school. | At college he worked wiih the I dairy research unit of the State j college experiment station for two summers. While a student at State, Mr. I Stin-on was a member of the Ag j Ciub and the Animal Industry club. He was also vice president <>f the Westminster Fellowship, president of the college YMCA, member of, the publications board, and editor <>f the North Carolina State College handbook. He was graduated from Indian Trail high school in Union county and has also been a summer school stu dent at the University of Chicago. Though only 23 years of age, the new assistant agent is an elder in the Presbyterian church. The county agent reported that the major part of the assistant ' agent's time will be spent on 1 II See FARM AGENT Page Three The Honorable Cap'n John % ' Although there h?? been no official announcement from ! Raleigh, it has been learned through authoritative tourcri here j that Capt. John Nelson, of Gloucester, pictured above, who ?? ?l?'te fisheries commissioner, will comolcte his term of officc which runs until 1951. It was generally believed that Cantain John would be asked to resign in order that an appointee of Gov. W. Kerr Scott could take the position. Captain John, in years of scrvice to the state in high office, has a unique record. Taylor's Creek Water Found To Contain Typhoid Germs ! I Water samples from Taylor's j creek, Beaufort, have been found j to contain colon bacillus which ; means that the water is a poten tial source for typhoid fever, Dr. N. Thomas Knnett, health officer, | announced following a conference with the county sanitarian, A. I). Fulford, anu town officials yes terday morning.' Dr. Knnett stated that Mayor Lawrence Hassell and Wiley Tay Typhoid fever vaccinations ?re given at the health depart ment offices, tree of charge, every Tuesday afternoon and Saturday morning. Health de partment offices are located on the second floor of the court house annex, Beuafort. lor, Jr., sanitation commissioner, ; agreed that signs sliould be placed | along Beaufort bathing beaches I warning' swimmers of the danger. The health officer advised all J persons who have been bathing there within the past three weeks and who expect to bath there this summer should be vaccinated a gainst typhoid fever. Samples of water were taken from the creek at various tides last week and sent to the state laboratory, Raleigh. Children participating in the summer rccreation program swim under the director's superyision at Piver's Island where sewage from Beaufort is not dumped di rectly into the water as it is in Taylor's creek. Samples taken of water there have been found to be free of colon bacillus. After a confreence with Mayor George W. Dill, Morehead City, it was decided that water along Morehead City beaches should be tested also. Meteor Crater just west of Win 1 slow, Ariz., is big enough to pro , vide playing space for 20 football , games at one time, while 2,000,000 , watch from the sloping sides. B. Mace Assists in Production | Of Movie rLost Boundaries' Golf Chairman Speaks to Rotary A detailed talk on the pro posed golf course for Morehead City attd Carteret county was de livered to Morehead City Rotar ian* at their meeting Thursday night at the Carteret Recreation center. Dr. John Morris, chairman of the Chamber of Commerce golf course committee, was the speak ? cr. He began by giving the hark around of work toward obtaining the course. "For several years," the speak er said, "a good many of our sum mer visitors have lamented the lack of a golf course in this area and have expressed the desire to ee one located here. Consequent Iv, la t year the Morehead City Chamber o f Commerce began work to see if, such a course was feasible/' Dr. Morris went on to say that I this spring a eolnmitte# was j formed umTer Chamber auspices Ito investigate angles concerned with establishing a grtlf course I and also to look into the avail ability of desirable property. Since the committee went to work, he said, an option has been obtained on approximately Lit) acres of the Lou Grove property located between highway 24 and Bogue Sound seven miles west of Morehead City. Committee mem bers and others who have seen the property say that it is the most desirable section of land in the coiinty for a course. Three golf course dtsigners have Men contacted and one of the three has already submitted plans. \ All three declared that they had never seen any spot with 1 Sm COLF CHAIRMAN Pag* 3 Borden Macc, son of Mrs. May- 1 belle Mace, Beaufort, and better j knpwn as "Bookie," has acted as j associated producer, along. with j Lothar Wolff, of the moving pic- ? i ( lire, "Lost Boundaries," which; opens Thursday at the Astor thea- ! i ter, New York. Mrs. Mace will leave tomorrow for New York where she will be the guest of her son and attend the showing of the mdvie. "Lost Boundaries" was released i this month by Film Classics and stars Beatrice Pearson, Mel Fej> . rcr, Richard Ilyllon, and Susan Douglas. It is produced by Louis de Ho chemont; originator of the March of Tim" who also produced the j notable motion pictures, The Fight ing Lady, 13 Hue Madeleine, The House on 92nd Street, and Boomc . rang. Mr. de Rochemont has recently I signed an agreement vrith Reader's Digest to spend his full time ma king motion pictures from Read ef's Digest articles. "Lost Boundaries," written by W. L. White, appeared in condens ed form in the Reader's Digest December 1947. Tide Table HIGH LOW Tuesday, June 28 9:34 a.m. 9:54 p.m. 3:36 a.m. 3:33 p.m. Wednesday, JuAe 29 10:21 a.m. 4:19 a.m. 4:23 p.m. 10:41 p.m. Thursday, June 30 { 11:10 a.m. I 12 midnight 5:04 a.m. 6:18 p.m. Friday, July 1 I 12 midnight ' 12:03 p.m. 5:51 a.m. 6:16 p.m. An escaped convict who has been at large for over two years was apprehended Sunday night on the Beaufort Morehead City causeway by Constable Charlie Krouse, Morehead City. The convict, Bcrlyn Jernigan of Raleigh, escaped from State pri st n in Raleigh over two years ago. At thai lime ho was serving a one ye. r term for conviction on a whis key charge in connection with a restaurant he operated. Constable Krouse said he receiv ed a tip Sunday that Jernigan was in this area. Sunday night he went to hunch's fishing camp on the causeway and recognized Jer nigan from a description he had. Jerniean w; s asked to go into town to J; lk to the constable. When he got into Constable Krouse's car he immediately slated, "I'm the man yo.i're looking for. I'm want ed for escaping prison." The prisoner was then taken to the county jail in Beaufort where he remained until state prison of ficials took hint back to Raleigh Monday morning. Constable Krouse said that Mr. and Mrs. BunHi. operators of the fishing camp, admitting knowing Jernig.in's true identity but said they were afraid to turn him over to police for fear of violence from the escapee. Stat highway patrolman and ether state law enforcement offi cers are reported to have searched for .Jernigan in this area before but with no lead as to his where abouts until the Sunday night ar rest. lie v\as in hiding in Norfolk, Tampa, Fla.. arid Wilmington be fore coming here. Children Continue To Show Interest k Play Program - Response to Beaufort's summer recreation program hds been ex ceptionally good thus far, Recrea tion Director Raz Autry reported today, with indications of an even larger turnout soon when all va cation BiMc schools end. Mr. Autry stated that hoys who take part arc interested mostly in baseball and swimming and the girls in swimming, baseball, and social dancing. A .baseball team has been formed and games are being arranged with various sur- j rounding communities and organ izations. The baseball team will play a team from Davis's Shore today at* 2 o'clock in Beaufort ball parley ; a New Bern recreation team to-i I morrow at 2 in Beaufort and one j with the Camp Morehcad team Thursday at 2. The public is invited free of charge to all games. | The recreation schedule for each week follows: Swimming ati!> | Piver's Island every morning of j the week, Monday through Satur- j day, from 0 to 11 o'clock, tide, I permitting. Afternoons:' Monday, Wednes* day, and Friday: 1:30, girls' volrt ' ley ball; 2:30, girls' softhall; 3:30 J smailer boys' (8-12) softball and*] volley ball : 1 :30 to 5 :30, larger boys, baseball practice. Tuesday and Thursday: 1:30^ girls' tennis; 2:30, boys' tennisg | 3:30, smaller boys' baseball and | girls' softball; 4:30 to 5:30, base-*, bail. ? ? . I Tuesday and Thursday nights.) j Social dancing lessons from 7 to 1 y p.m. > On days when the weather is f too damp to play outside, basket- | ball practice is held all day inside J the school gymnasium. All activi-\j ties, except for swimming, take * place on the grounds surrounding the school or inside the gymna- j siuni. Morehead Cily Scoots Belnrn from Camp Char 1m Seventeen Morehead City boy scouts returned Sunday from a j week's camping trip tor Camp Char- * les, near Wilson. Transp to and from the camp was pr< by Clyde Jones. Morehead City. Scouts who went to Caipp < les were Jerry Willis. Robert lis. Hugh Mason, Robert Ga Gordon Willis, Charles Billy Laughton, Alvin Wade, Freeman, Jerry Connor, Bill rell. J L. Scamon, Jr., ' Smith, Fobby Gates, llilliard Eure, and ' lis. ?