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CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES
A Merger of THE BEAUFORT NEWS (EitablUhed 1912) and THE TWIN CITY TIMES (EitablUhed 1936)
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38th YEAR, NO. BO EIGHTEEN PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, JULY 1, 1949 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
j Carteret County Will Be Scene
Of Big Fourth of July Events
Chamber ot Commerce Starts
Membership Drive in Beaufort
"The results of the Beaufort
Chamber of Commerce's first
1 iyear of work speak for them
Mit'-elves. Though the Chamber's
fon Program was incomplete because
Ut?f
insufficient operating funds,
?P?'t proved its worth and the neces
**nliity for its continuance," said Dr.
WW. L. Woodard, president of the
W Beaufort Chamber, in opening to
^ day the Chamber's 1940 member
V ship drive.
t Dr. Woodard fired the opening
R gun in the Chamber's drive which
opens today under the leadership
of T. T. '"Torn" Potter, general
'I chairman of the membership com
mittee. Chamber solicitors head
T ed by Mr. Potter will visit every
potential member in an effort to
sign up the 250 members consid
ered necessary to support the
Chamber satisfactorily for the
coming year.
"Nejct year's program will be
decided by this year's member
ship response," Dr. Woodard stat
ed. "We have an $11,800 budget
for the 1040 50 year which can
be fulfilled only by full member
ship."
Mr. Potter urged all Beaufort
and Carteret county merchants
and businessmen to cooperate with
solicitors who will call on them.
He said that in order to fulfill
the budget, it would be necessary
for those able and interested to
take more than one membership.
He added that membership dues
I wire payable quarterly, a method
which will make payment easier.
"A Chamber membership is an
investment in vours and your com
munity's future," the membership
head stated. "From projects
| planned and completed, everyone
I benefits.
| "There are fodr necessary fn
f gredients for progress and its
> ensuing benefits: planning, time,
. effort, and financing. Your cham
ber of Commerce furnishes the
I planning and its directors and
committees the time and effort.
I You must furnish the necessary
funds which insure all of this.
"Shortly several of your fellow
citizens will call on you to discuss
your Chamber membership for
next year," Mr. Potter concluded.
"I know that you will receive them
courteously so that no more of
their time than is necessary will
be 'expended."
Membership solicitors are Gene
C. Smith, Mrs. Martha Loftin,
Paul Jones, Lambert Morris, Dr.
Woodard, Braxton Adair, Wiley
Taylor, Jr., E. W. Downum, Mr.
Potter, Calvin Jones, Odell Mer
rill, C. Z. Chappell, Halsey Paul,
Hugh Hill, Graham Duncan, and
I D. F. Merrill.
Small Crowd
Attends Session
At School Tuesday
Chamber of Commerce Of
ficials Greatly Disappoint
ed in Turnout
Although the attendance at the
area conference on regional af
fairs in Beaufort school auditorium
Tuesday night was small ? approxi
mately 30 were present ? an inter
esting open forum followed the
talk of William J. Bird, national
affairs advisor of the United States
Chamber of Commerce, Washing
ton, D. C.
Mr. Bird declared that it is the
duty of the American businessman
to save democracy and freedom of
enterprise. He urged businessmen
to reassume the authority that is
theirs ? making government work.
He told the group that 2,300
committees of American business
men arc working to inform the
people on governmental affairs.
"The group that takes an inter
est in government is the one that
is the government," the speaker
declared.
Following his formal address,
Mr. Bird told the audience that he
did not care whether they agreed
with his statements, but, he did
want them to study both\i:de? of
governmental issues." The Cham
ber of Commerce makes ?n attempt
to inform businessmen of both
sides, and then, he said, they are
willing to let the decision rest with
the people.
Mr. Dickie, who conducted the
open forum, opened the session
by quoting statistics showing that
the amount of taxes paid to the
federal government have increas
ed in greater proportion than those
paid to the state.
He explained that the Cham
ber of Commerce publishes pamph
lets on legislation and makes an
effort to find out where the gov
ernment is spending and why.
The forum was opened by two
questions from Robert G. Lowe,
manager of the Morehead City
Chamber of Commerce and Dan
Walker, manager of the Beaufort
Chamber of Commerce.
Mr. Lowe was informed on me
See SMALL CROWD Pat. Six
Boxer Gives Birth to 12 Pups
4
Gayfree Flip, mother of 12 pe
grced Boxer cup* has bad little
ice to be Gayfree or flip since
jne 5 when she gave birth to the
Iter of young 'uns pictured above.
The baby Boxers have been tak
I care of by their owners, Mr.
Id Mrs Carl Garner. 2112 Bridges
reet, as well as if they were
re discoveries of the animal
brld, and, indeed, it is unusual
ir a Boxer to have so many off
at one time.
iir father ia Lummie's King,
[(greed Boxer owned by Lummie
tie, Morehead City. To assist
mother in feeding them, Mrs.
er also gave each pup four
of cod liver oil a day and
38 ounces of milk. Feeding! were
morning, noon and night via ? soda
pop bottle equipped with hippie.
Seven females and five males
comprised. The litter one, how
ever, died recently from hook
worm, but the remainder were
saved. Mr. Cottle villi get one
of the females, Mr. and Mrs. Gar
ner plan to keep one, but the re
mainder will be sold
Gayfrec Flip had been bred be
fore but the Utter numbered only
one. She goes from one extreme
to the other. The 12 pupa were born
over a period of '2 hours from B
a.m. Sunday morning until 9:30]
that night I
? 1 L.
Vacationists coming to Car
teret county for the Fourth of
July weekend will not lack en
tertainment nor will they have
to look for things to do.
Scheduled for the weekend are
sailboat r aces, pony penning,
races at the Carolina race track
west of Morehead City, and for
yachting enthusiasts, the Tar
Heels Afloat cruise to Belhaven.
The 92nd annual sailing races
along Morehead City waterfront,
a traditional Independence Day
attraction since 1857, will get
underway at 10:30 from the Club
House Dock on South 8th street
and prizes will be awarded in six
classes, according to an announce
ment by D. G. Bell, commodore
of the Morehead City Sailing club,
sponsors of this year's events. 1
The sensational "Sailfish, a
new class of sailing craft will be
hi the competition this year in
addition t o Comets, deadripe
skiffs, 18 footers, 16 footers, and
the handicap. Registration for
those planning to compete will be
made on Friday and Saturday at
Dee Gee's shop. Boats are ex
pected from Beaufort and the east
ern part of Carteret county and
also from Cherry Point. These
craft will be in addition to the
large fleet of canvas carrying
sntall craft in the Morehead City
fleet.
The Sunday Summer Sailing
series, another annual event for
the past several years here in
Morehead City will begin on July
3. Races will start each Sunday
afternoon at 2:30 o'clock from the
8th street dock of the Sailing club.
They will continue for six weeks.
"These Summer Sailing Series
craft will be competing for the
tive classes," said Commodore
perpetual trophies in their respec
Bell. The races are open to the
See CARTERET COUNTY Page ?
Newport Rotary
Receives Charter
East Carolina Rotary Offi
cials Speak ai Dinner
Meeting Monday Night
Rotarians from throughout east
ern North Carolina assembled at
Newport Monday night for the
presentation of the charter to the
Newport Rotary Club, the 7,296th
club to be chartered into Rotary
International's organization.
Harvey L. Joslyn from More
head City's sponsoring Rotary Club
presided at the meeting which
took place in the Newport school
lunch room. The program opened
with singing under the direction
of Ralph Wade of Morehead City
which was followed with an invo
cation by the Rev. W. Y. Stewart
of Beaufort.
An address of welcome was de
livered by H. A. Marks of Wil
mington, governor elect of the
188th district of Rotary Inter
national, and response was made
by John Ormsby of the New Bern
club.
John A. Parks of Raleigh, past
district governor of district 189,
was the principal speaker of the
evening. Mr. Parks related events
occuring during a trip he made to
Germany last year.
The charter was presented by
Jean P. Booth of Kinston, gover
nor of the 188th district, v In
presenting the charter Mr. Booth
emphasized the continual growth
of Rotary International. He said
that only recently a club has been
reorganized in Germany for the
frist time since the beginning of
the war and that other reorgani
zations are being proposed.
The charter was accepted by
R. Leland Pruitt, president of the
new Rotary club. Gifts to the
club were then presented. More
head Ciy Rotarians presented each
new member with a Rotary lapel
button, the Beaufort club gave a
gavel and speaker's Rotary bell,
and the New Bern club presented
a secretary's kit complete with
membership files.
In closing, President Pruitt in
troduced other officers and mem
bers of the club. Officers are
Albert Walker, vice-president;
Charles S. Long, secretary-treasu
rer; Aaron R. Craig, sergeant-at- !
arms; and J.* Stancil Bell and;
Moses C. Howard, directors. j
Members in addition to the of- 1
ficers are William H. Bell, Henry
S. Edwards, Charles M. Gamer,
D. Ira Garner, Roy T. Garner.
W. D. Heath, J. D. Henderson,
V. Marty Rhue, Walter D. Ro
berta, Leon A. Mann, Lonnie W.
Howard, and Edgar Hibbs.
Judge Hears 51
Cases Tuesday
Offenses Accumulating
Over Period of Three
Weeks Comprise Docket
An extremely large docket of
62 cases faced Judge Lambert Mor
ris in Tuesday's session of record
er's court. Court was not held the
past two weeks because of superior
court. Eleven cases were continu
ed.
Ivey Merrell received sentences
totalling two and a half years on
the roads for three separate as
sault convictions. He pleaded
guilty to the first two charges of
assault with a deadly weapon on
John Johnson and G. C. Austin,
respectively, and received a year's
sentence on each charge. Sen
tence was not to issue on payment
! 'jf a $25 fine and costs and five
years good behavior.
A plea of guilty was also entered
in the charge of assault with his
fist doing serious bodily injury
to Martin Willis. The defendant
received a six months' road sen
tence, not issue on payment of
costs and five years good behavior.
The ccse of Ernest Lee Eubanks,
charge with larccny of an automo
bile, was bound over to superior
court under $1,000 bond. The de
fendant pleaded guilty to a second
charge nf driving without a license
and received a 60-day road sen
tence. He was found in contempt
for failure to comply with a court
order and received an additional
30-day road sentence.
Judgment was suspended in the
case of T. Y. Barbour on condition
that he pay $20 a month for the
support of his minor son. He was
found guilty of failure to comply
with a court order to support his
wife and children.
Five persons pleaded guilty to i
charnes of possession of n small
iptanUty of nan'yt-pald skey
and paid the costs and $10 each.
They were James B. Long, Guion
Lewis, A. M. Curtiss, Pete Forbes
and Virgil Brinkley.
Henry Nelson Ward pleaded
guilty to possession and transport
ation for purpose of sale of a quan
tity of non-tax-paid whiakey. He
was sentenced to one year on the
roads, not to issue if he remained
sober and on good behavior for
five years and paid the costs and
$50. Bertie Mae George was found
not guilty to aiding and abetting
him and her case was dismissed.
A plea of guilty was entered in
the case of Mildred Garvis, charg
ed with stabbing William King
with a knife, inflicting nerious bo
dily injuries. Her sentence of one
year in prison was not to issue
on condition of three years good
behavior, payment of the costs and
a $50 fine.
A jury trial was requested by
John and Horace Jones, charged
with larceny of a roll of wire fen
cing, and they were bound over to
superior court under $300 bond.
John Jones waived a second charge
of trespass and the case was bound
over to superior court under $100
bond. Caroline Jones and Nellie
Jones, charged with breaking the
peace, also requested a jury trial
See JUDGE HEARS Pase Six
The United Stales Fisheries Bio
logical laboratory, Piver's Island,
which has been operated on
limited status for over a year, will
be reactivated to full status in the
very near future and will become
the most important fishery an<1
wildlife center in the southeast.
This information has not yet
come officially from Washington,
but it was learned today that these
changes would be effected under a
co-directorship of Fish and Wild
life personnel.
An important oificial of the Fish
and Wildlife Service, Department
of the Interior, Washington, D. C.,
is expected here Wednesday, July
6, and it is believed that the offic
ial announcement and naming of
directors will be made soon after
his visit.
Dr. Herbert F. Prytherch, for
many years director of the labor
atory and resident of the island,
has purchased a home on Front st
reet extended, Beaufort, and will
move there with his family.
Dr. Prytherch has gained inter
national attention in the oyster in
dustry for his inventions on oyster
opening machines. He has also
done research in other fields of the
commercial fishing industry.
When the Fish and Wildlife lab
was put on limited status, Vance
Fulford, Beaufort, was made super
visor of the buildings and grounds.
The Beaufort laboratory has al
ways been a center of interest to
visitors of the Carteret coast. At
one time it was an important cen
ter for the breeding of diamond
back terrapin turtles. Soon after
the lab was put on a limited status,
most of the breeding stock was
sold to the state "?f Maryland.
Although ihere were large sea
turtles in saltwater pools and an
alligator, these were released and
pools now stand empty.
In addition *o routine fish and
wildlife research, it was also learn
ed that work will be done there on
radio isotopes.
Harden Replies
To Bitter Attacks
Congressman Issues State
ment To NEWS-TIMES
Defending Bill
Carteret county and the third :
Congressional district's repicsen-'
tative in Congress, Graham A. Bar- :
den, made a statement directly to j
THE NEWS-TIMES this week, de- 1
fending his stand on federal aid
to-education and "answering per
sonal accusations made against him
by Rep. John Lesinski, Mich.,
chairman of the House labor com
mittee.
Congressman's Barden's reply,
in part, follows:
"I am utterly astounded at the
statements made by Congressman
Lesinski o f Michigan, present
Chairman of the House Commit
tee on Labor and Education, es
pecially so when I have been wait
ing sincc last Wednesday afternoon
for him to designate the date for
executive session hearing on the
bill reported out by the sub-com
mittee on Education, of which I
See BARDEN REPLIES Page Six
Letter to the Editor
R.H. Dowdy, Morehead dity
Comments on Union Activity
(It Hat been reported that
Committee for Industrial Or
ganisation, commonly known as
the CIO, is making efforts to
institute a union at the More
head City Garment company,
Bridget street, Morehead City.
In the letter to the editor be
low, R. H. Dowdy, prominent
citisen of Morehead City, ex
presses his view on the situa
tion ? The Editor.)
The uniorf is liere is Carteret
County again. As usual they will
not appear in the open. They are
working nights ? from door to
door. This time they want to or
ganise a union in the Morehead
City Garment Company.
This means that if they are suc
cessful in their work of organ
ising a union, they will force the
shirt factory operators to remove
to another community.
If this happens it will cost the
workers a half a million dollors
a year. This money, paid out hi
wages to workers is distributed
in Carteret County about half and
half. H atf to the Eastern section
and half to the Western end of
the county.
If it were not for the employ
ment opportunity in the Morehead
like ot inform not only the em
ployees of the shirt factory; but
to inform the citizens of Carteret
County of the way we secured
this plant to come to our county
thirteen years ago. I correspond
ed with them quite a number of
times. Finally we succeeded in
getting them to come to Morehead
Citf Garmept Company a very
large portion of those so employed
would be anable to find other
work in the county.
The writer of this letter would
City to look over the situation.
After several days of oelibera
tions, plans were completed to
bring their plant here un^er sev
eral conditions. They gave us
the guarantee that they would
employ between two and three
hundred people. They gave us
the guarantee that they would pay
as high or higher a wage scale
as any paid in the State of North
Carolina for the work done in
their planfc. They have always
done this and are still doing it to
day.
We gave them the promise of
protection against onions. This
plant was then located in Lykens,
Pennsylvania and the factory had
? 8nR.N. DOWDY Page Si*
Welfare Superintendent
Will Assume Duties Today
Lovely Sample oi Beaufort
Miss Elizabeth Willis, 19-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel
Willis, Front street extended, Beaufort, poses on the wall of Beau
fort's famous historic cemetery. Miss Willis, selected by Beaufort
Jaycees as Miss Beaufort of 1949, will compete in the pageant next
weekend in Morehead City for the Miss North Carolina title.
Photo by The News-Times
Boards Postpone Meetings;
Stores to Close July 4
Because the Fourth of July
fall* on the first Monday of
(Kit month, f orr^nioofil board
meetings have been postponed
until the following Monday,
July 11.
The county board of com
missioners, scheduled to meet
the first Monday at 10 o'clock
in the morning, will not meet,
neither will the board of edu
cation or Beaufort town com
missioners.
Town commissioners will
meet Monday night, July 11, at
7:30 p.m. in the town hall. At
that time the board and mayor
will be sworn in for their com
ing two-year term and town ap
pointments will be made.
The stores in Beaufort will
close, one drug store will remain
open. Merchants in Morehead
City had not decided by press
time whether they will bo open
or closed. Banks will be closed
as well as post offices. The
Morehead City post office gen
eral delivery window will be o
pen for one hour only from 12
to 1. Mail will be put in boxes
as usual.
Four Men Injured
In Anto Collision
Four automobile passengers |
were injured shortly before mid- j
night Wednesday when two cars
collided head-on on highway 70
the Pine Tree inn, west of More
head City.
Injured are James Conrad La
nier, Jr., Greenville, Robert H.
Daggett, Camp Lejeunc, Jack Far
mer, Morehead City and Lexing
ton, and Vergil Null, Camp Le
jeunc. Null remained unconscious
in Morehead City hospital yester
day.
Lanier was driving a 1947 Buick
sedanette cast, toward Morehead
City and Badgett was driving a
1040 01dsir>6blle sedan westward.
Farmer was in the Buick with
Lanier and Null was riding with
Baggett who ha* been arrested on
charges of careless and reckless
driving.
According to state highway pat
rolmen who Investigated the acci
dent. the car operated by Baggett
either turned or skidded across
the highway toward the Pine Tree
inn. colliding with the Buick.
Mr. Farmer, who is an employee
at the Jefferson hotel and restaur
ant. Morehead City, received lace
rations of the head and a knee
injury. Lanier sustained head in
juries, Baggett, released under
bond, was scratched and bruised
and NuJJ remains In a critical con
dition.
Investigating patrolmen were
Cpl. Vernon L. Spruill and Patrol
man W. J. Smith.
Wiiliston Church,
Club Enter Dispute
Over Property
Tho Wiiliston Home Demonstra
tion club and Wiiliston church arc |
locked in a legal battle over the i
old Wiiliston school building which
was formerly located on the prop
erty belonging to Wiiliston Meth
odist church.
The school building, which dur
ing the administration of J. G.
Allen, .superintendent of schools,
was sold to members of the Wii
liston Home Demonstration club
for their use and for use a? a
community building, has been
moved from the church property
on to property belonging to Elmo
T. Wade, Wiiliston, without the
consent* of home demonstration
club members.
Tho church claims it needs that
property to carry out plans for
enlarging their edifice.
Mr. Wade has issued notice that
the former school building, now
situated on his property, will be
sold at auction in Wiiliston at
noon tomorrow to the highest bid |
der? with the provision that the
building must be moved within
seven days following the sale.
Legal notice on the sale appears
in this issue of THE NEW S I
TIMES.
When the building was acquired i
by the home demonstration club,
the road ran between the church
and the school. Later the loca- 1
tion of the highway was changed ;
to pans south of the school, mak
ing the church and school practi
cally adjacent to each other.
The original owner of the land, j
who donated the property to the
church and school never had any j
deeds signed over, according to ,
H. L. Joslyn, superintendent of
schools. It is believed, however,
that the property on which the
school stood would be the county's
by right of eminent domain.
Both factions, the church and
the home demonstration club, have
retained attorneys to represent
them in the matter.
HIGH
LOW
Friday, July 1
12 midnight
12:03 p.m.
5:51 a.m.
6:16 p.m.
Saturday, July 2
12:25 a.m.
1:02 p.m.
6:42 a.m.
7:21 p.m.
Saaday, July 3
1:24 a.m.
2:04 p.m.
7:37 a.m.
8:30 p.m.
Maaday, Jaly 4
2:26 a.m.
8:08 p.m.
8:36 a.m.
9:39 pan.
Taasday, Jaly f
3:30 *.m.
4:Q9 p.m.
. '9:37 a.m.
10:46 p.m.
Thomas C. McGinnis, tho new I
superintendent of Carteret County I
Public Welfare, will officially a*- I
sume his duties today. He sue- I
ceeds Mrs. George Henderson, who I
for 14 years has served here in I
that capacity. Mrs. Henderson has I
accepted a position as case worker I
with the Onslow County Welfare I
department. H
Mr. McGinnis, a native of Sails j
bury, cames to Carteret count)
with the highest of recommenda
tions from Catawba .college when
he earned his AB degree, from B
the University of North Carolina V
where he undertook graduate work
and from the Wake County ana
Kowan county departments of pub
lic welfare.
He is k graduate of Boydcn High
school, Salisbury, attended a sum
mer term at Davidson college, en- I
rolled :it Catawba where he ma- !
jored in physics, with mathematics
and sociology as minors. I
For two years following the win- |
ning of his AB degree at Catawba, j
he served as junior engineer in 1
the Merchant Marine during the J
second world war on a shuttle run
from Panama to the Philipplnea.
After the war he enlisted in the
Navy and then left to go to the I
University of North Carolina where
he enrolled in the graduate school
of social work. He holds a com
mission now as ensign in the Uni
ted States Naval Reserve.
Mr. McGinnis will complete hii
two-year course at UNC this Aug
ust when he finishes his master's j
thesis, a six and a half year follow
up study on aid to dependent child
ren. , 3
The material for his theaia was
obtained at the Wake County Wel
fare department where he worked ,
for nine months as part of his so
cial stud" graduate course. He was
a caseworker with Rowan County |
Welfare df^rtment last summer
and was with Mecklenburg Wel
fare department for nine months
in 1947.
He his also had experience in
recreation work, having served as
playground director live summers
at Salisbury.
Mr. McGinnis says there is ?
great need for men administrstors
now in welfare work. "It's s fine
field," he declared.
He attended, as an observer, 'j
the meeting of the Carteret Wei- : 1
fare board Wednesday.
Mr. McGinnis, who is 25, IVni ?
9m, SUPERINTENDENT Pat* f I
Beanfort Jaycees
Thank Merchants
Beaufort Jaycees, Monday
night, extended a vote of apprec
iation to Heaufort and Morehea4
City merchants who aided finan
cially in the proposed Miss Beau
fort contest that was called of t.
This action was taken at the Jay
cee meeting in the Inlet Inn.
Many merchants had taken adr
vertising in the program for tha
Miss Beaufort contest, which wag
called, off because of a lack of
participants.
The major portion of the meet
ing was spent in a discussion of
the proper means to continue the
summer long Jaycee bowling
tournament when not all Jayceee
entered in the tournament are
present. It was finally decided
that if one member of a two-man
team bowls, his score will count
for his partner. If neither mem*
ber of a toam or their substitute
is present, their games ere for
feited for the night.
Jaycee board of directors will
meet Wednesday night at 7:30 et
the Inlet Inn, President Odell
Merrill announced.
Tamperatam Bis* to N
Wednesday, laia Felkws
The temperature during the past
week was in the high 80'j with
the mercury rising to BO Wednes
day. Rainfall started, preceded
V
thunder and lightning at i I
o'clock Wednesday night, breaking ,
the heat wave under which Car- 1
teret countians have been i
ing and crops have bean
Up until 7 o'clock
morning .61 inchea of rain
The temperatum since last I
day are as follows:
Max.
Saturday, June 29 J7
Sunday June 28 88
Monday. June 27 85
Tueaday. June 28 88
Wednesday, June 29 ...40