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CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES
A Merge, of THE BEAUFORT NEWS (Established 1912) and THE TWIN CITY TIMES (Established 1936)
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38th YEAR, NO. 51 EIGHT PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA, TUESDAY, JULY 5, 194!) PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
Marine Reserve to Invade '
Cherry Point July 16-30
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July 4 Weekend
Id County Hits
All-Time High
Crowds Mill al Beach, Eal
ing Places Crowded, Busi
ness Excellent
The largest crowds ever to as
semble on the Carteret coas'lanit
made the just-past Fourth ot July
weekend the biggest, and the best
from town and ocach merchants
viewpoint, ever seen in these parts.
Throngs estimated at anywhere
from 10 to 15 thousand peopK
crowded the sands of Atlantic
Braeh, Money Island Beach, and
every other strip of water troptafe
from Fort Macon to hryond Atlan
tic Beach to enjoy their share
BUfi sand, surf, and hot dogs.
Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and
yesterday were all heavy days
with crowds ever present. No
drownings occurred to mar the
^AUof'the^stiniated 2,500 beds
on the beach were full with hun
dreds Of queries of "Where can
1 sleep?" turned away for lac*
of space in every hotel, tourist
court, rooming house and ham
mock within miles of the coast,
l.ittle or no space had been avail
able since last Wednesday and a
Morehead City Chamber of _ Com
merce survey Friday found only
17 available beds which were
quickly ta*en.
Restaurants and eating places
on the beach and in town told the
Same story. Several reported
they had don. better than one
third more than business of July
4 '48, with many patrons turned
?way. for lack of space to serve
^Fishing Saturday and Sunday
was not as ??**? usual . due to
a strong wind that caused many
:?8lng.^to get seasick, but n*o
reports from boats fishing yester
day stated that catches ? e rc "
client. Every party fishing boat
i? the Morehead City harbor was
busy on the Fourth.
Fishing and tourist business on
the Beaufort,- Morehead City cause
way reched an all time peatc with
every available skiff rented and
many anglers trying their luck
from the railroad bridge across
Newport river.
Sunday afternoon and Monday
morning sailboat races took place
at Morehead City and motor boat
races were held in the afternoon.
Other yachts, ketches, skiffs, sail
boats and anything else that would
float were on the water.
Businesses in Morehead City,
Atlantic Beach and Beaufort re
ported a heavy volume of trade.
Friday, Saturday and last night
the dogs ran at the Carolina Rac
ing association west of Morehead
City with the usual large crowds.
Parking at Atlantic Beach was
not available anywhere within a
quarter mile of the ocean. The
small number of accidents was
credited to the steady work of
the state highway patrol which
handled traffic leading from More
head City to the beach and on the
Local resdients fceathed a sigh
of relief with the end of the rush
in sight but more is yet to come.
This weekend the Miss North Car
olina pageant will be held in More
head City with thousands expect
ed to be in attendance. I
Rain Hampers
Tar Heel Cndse
Approximately 30 boats from the
Morehead City-Beaufort area de
parted for the second Tar Heels
Afloat cruise of the summer over
The rest were forced to turn back
managed to arrive in Belhaven
The rest were foorced to turn back
because of inclement weather.
The occassion for the cruise to
Belhaven was the celebration of
that city's fiftieth anniversary. The
program of events there included
foot races, pet show, baby parade,
greasy pig chase, free chickens
dropped from the roofs, i carni
val. a ball game Saturday afternpoa
and Sunday alteram, a fashion
show, a square dance, union chur
ch services with Scftktor Clyde R.
Hoey speaking, ana old fashioned
picnic, a water ski show by Ben
ny Baxter and troupe, a reception
and cocktail hour, a torch light
parade aad many <*her events.
The majority ot'o boats from this
area left Belhaven yesterday after
noon and arrived in their home
ports by dusk.
Supervises Welfare
Thomas C. McGinnis, pictured
above, formerly of Salisbury,
hsa accepted the position of su
perintendent of Carteret Coun
ty public welfare. Mr. McGin
nis begani his duties Friday.
Weekend Accident
Toll Totals Five
Surprisingly enough, the toll of
automobile accidents over the
Fourth of July weekend was no
heavier but somewhat lighter than
previous weekends in the past few
months. Up-until noon yesterday,
only five accidents had occurred.
Four are reported below; these
columns, details of the fifth, a mi
nor one. will appear in Friday's
News-Times.
Two Fridar accidents in New
port and another cast of Beaufort
started the weekend accident toll
off with a bang.
The first accident occurred Fri
day morning at 3 :30 when a bread
truck ran off the road and turned
over at the east end of the New
port river bridge just east of New
port. It took wreckers from 3:30
until 10 Friday morning to get
the truck back on the highway.
State Highway Patrolman R. H.
i Brown investigated the accident.
Damage to the truck and the dri
ver's name are unknown.
Delores Whitaker, four year
old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gar
land Whitaker of Newport, re
ceived injuries and a broken col
lar bone when she ran in front of
a car driven by Porter James
I Bryson, of Marble. The accident
| occurred at 10:15 a.m. near the
intersection of highway 70 and
j the railroad tracks in Newport.
Witnesses told Patrolman H. G.
Woolard, investigating officer,
that Mr. Bryson's car was travel
ing no more than 20 miles an
hour at the most. The Whitaker
child was reportedly walking along
the sidewalk with several play
mates when she suddenly ran out
in front of the car. She was
knocked down but not run over.
No damage was done to the car,
a 1941 Plymouth, and no charges
were preferred *s the accident
was termed "unavoidable."
The third Friday accident oc
curred at 2:46 p.m. on the high
way east of the Ward creek bridge
near Otway. A 194? Plymouth
driven by Henry Leslie Chadwick
of RFD 1, Gloucester, skidded 120
feet on the wet road, turned over
twice and landed on its top
No one in the car, including a
19-months-old baby, was injured.
Patrolman J. W. Sykes, who in
vestigated the. kecident, estimated
damage to the car at $250. No
.charges were preferred.
! Sunday afternoon a 1946 Ply.
mouth driven by Dallas Neal Hill
of Marshallberg collided with the
rear end of a 1941 Cadillac driven
by Ellis B. Salter of Havelock.
The accident occurred on the At
lantic Beach causeway.
Witnesses stated that Salter had
stopped in line with other cars
waiting to advance when Hill's
car smashed into it. Damage to
the Plymouth was estimated at
*200 and to the Cadillac at *50.
Hill was booked on charges of
driving without a license and fol
lowing too cloaely tiehind the car
in^ont of him. His case will be
tiled' in today'a session of record
er's court in Beaufort.
No mayor's court wu held in
Morehead CHy yeaterday since It
wu a holiday It will be held it
a pjm. today instead.
Marine Air Reservists from 1G
squadrons based east of the Mis
sissippi will arrive at Cherry
Point to participate in the third
annual Air Reserve maneuvers
July 16-30.
Many of the Air Reservists will
arrive at Cherry Point via the
Marine transport squadrons air
lift that will (fperate throughout
the summer months carrying air
and ground for%e Reserves to and
from cities all over the nation. At
the present time, two Second Ma
rine Air Wing squadrons, Marine
Transport Squadrons 153 and 252,
are flying shuttle runs day and
night in order to receive and dis
tribute Marine ground troops to
their respective training bases to
allow more time to devote to the
actual operational phase of ma
neuvers.
The entire Air Station is busily
preparing for the "invasion" of
the Air Reservists, setting up of
fices for use by staff officers,
setting Naside entire hangers and
flTght lines for use by the incom
ing pilots and ground crewmen,
and standing by to set up systems
for housing and mess facilities.
Two hundred Reserve planes will
arrive at Cherry Point under the
capable control of MARTCom pi
lots during the first day of train
ing. All squadrons are equipped
with F4U "Corsairs," the fighter
bomber that was so effective dur
ing the war. While not the latest
available model, the "Corsair" is
adaptable to all phases of flying,
has a long range and, is relatively
easy to handle. The Reservists
will have a chance to "feel out"
one of the latest models in Marine
Aircraft, however, as the training
program calls for a number of the
pilots to check out in the speedy
jet planes that are in operation at
the air station. This will be the
first time that any of the Reserve
pilots will have had an opportunity
to fly the jet.
The Air Reserves to be attached
to Cherry Point for the two week
period will begin their training
period with shM, intensified
courses aimed with the purpose
of installing in the Reservists as
much information as an air cadet
would be required to learn in a
month. All of the Reserve pilots
are veterans of World War 11.
While pilots are receiving in
struction from Second Wing offi- 1
cert, enlisted Reserves numbering |
some 1,800 will be kept busy hand- i
ling various duties connected with !
operation in a cotnbat zone. Air- I
craft mechanics, radio operators,
ordinancement and metalsmith will I
be working day and night shifts,
while bakers, cooks, truck drivers
and others engaged in such nec
essary duties will operate under
a like program. Many administra
tive duties will be taken over by '
| Reservists, with Cherry Point per
; sonnel lending a hand in teaching
| the civilian Leathernecks the lat
See CHERRY POINT Page Three
Walter Morris
Announces Jodges
For State Contest
Newspaperman, Senators,
Basketball Coach Among
The Seven
Judges for this weekend's Miss
North Carolina pageant were an
nounced today by Walter Morris,
general chairman of the pageant.
In making the annouiKement Mr.
Morris stated that he had attempt
ed to select judges who would re
cognize all nhaseo of talent to be
judged.
Heading the list is pretty Patty
Osborne of Shelby, last year's Miss
North Carolina. She will be assist
ed by head basketball coach Ev
ertet Case of North Carolina State
College. Coach Case was a Navy
Commander during the recent war.
Robert L. Thompson, editor of
the High Point Enterprise, R. D.
Beam, director ol North Carolina
State College foundations, and Mrs.
M. W. Bcckwith of Fayettville,
chaperone for Miss North Carolina
two years ago, will also be judge.
Others are Senators Libby Ward of
New Bern and John Larki.is of
Trenton.
There will be a first place win |
ner and two runners-up who will
be judged on the lollowing phases:
talent, persorra'ity and poise, in
evening dress and bathing suit.
Judging will be done on the point
basis and each phase of the judg
ing will be scored as follows: first
place, three points; second place,
two poins; and third place, one j
point.
After all phases have been judg- j
ed the scoring wiP be tabulated |
and the contestants with the high-!
est number of points will be dc- \
clared Miss North Carolina of ;
1949. The second and third high
est will also receive recognition. i
A buffet supper and reception
party for girls competing in the I
Miss North Carolina pageant will j
be held at the Carteret Recreation
center this Thursday night at 7
o'clock, ff. S. tTibbs, Jr., has an- 1
nounced. The announcement was !
made at the "weekly meeting of
Morehead Jaycees Monday night
in the Fort Macon hotel dining
room.
Mr. Gibbs stated that the affair
will be open to the competing girls,
their dates, Morehead City Jaycees
and their dates. Tickets may ly;
purchased from Mr. Gibbs or at
next week's Jaycee meeting.
Friday night's Miss North Caro
lina talent show which originally
was scheduled to take place at the
recreation center will be held at
the Surf Club on Atlantic Beach
instead, Walter Morris, general ;
chairman of the pageant, revealed.
Jaycees decided to hold their
this week's meeting this evening
instead of Monday in order for
July Fourth celebrants to be on
hand. Meeting time will be 6:30,
as usual.
Inflation Fails to Stop
Penny-Stretching Coppersrtiith
By Oliver H. Allen
Who says a penny can't be
stretched these days? Certainly
not one Morehead City resident,
Ragnar Olsen by name. He's
found the method of making a
penny stretch far enough to be
come a tea kettle, believe it or
not!
The adjoining picture shows
Mr. Olsen's haTid made tfca kettle
sitting atop a Norwegian match
box which is the same size as an
American pehny box of matches
As oan be seen, the tea kettle
is not as large in any of its di
mensions as a standard one cent
piece.
The tea kettle was made by Mr.
Olsen in 1937 when he was living
in Oslo, Norway. It is made from
a Norwegian penny which he says
is even smaller than an American
penny.
It took him a month and a half
of his spare time to construct the
kettle. First, the penny was beaten
out until it was the thickness of
a sheet of writing paper. Then
the edges of the sheet of metal
were turned up slowly until the
| sides of the kettle were formed
and shaped. ,
The lid of the kettle, the hand
le, and the hinged flap on the
spout were all made separately
from the sheet of cooper and then
joined to the kettle. The picture
of the kettle shows how perfectly
porportioned it is with its handle
and spout flap both hinged for
free movement.
Special tools had to be made
by Mr. Olsen before he- could
ever begin construction of the
kettle. At the time he made it
he was a welder and coppersmith
and did work on a much larger
from Norway to New Bern where
scale. . )
In 1939, Mr. Olsen emigrated j
his brother was living. He lived J
in New Bern until poining the ,
Army and returned there follow- (
ing his discharge. While in the
kArmy he says he was offered $100
for the tea kettle by a curio col
lector in New York but wouldn't
part with it.
Six months ago he decided he
needed a change of scenery and
moved to Morehead City where he
has set up a welding shop.
As for sketching an American
penny far enough to make a tea
kettle in these days of inflation?
"I could do it again and in leas
time/' the coppersmith says.
Pleasure Boat, Helene, Burns
Sunday Morning Near Beaufort
Jake Miller Returns
From Sojourn in Europe
Jake Miller, former owner and
i manager of Miller Furniture store,
| Beaufort, returned to Beaufort
i and Morehead City for a short vi
I sit last week following a two and
| a half months' trip to Europe.
Mr. Mililer announced that he
] was glad to be back . . . "this is
! God's country, but if you ever have
j a chance to take a trip like that,
| do it. It was wonderful. On the
boat were some boys and girls who
each had saved $1,000, and pinch
I ed pennies and nickels to make the
; trip . . 1 admired them!"
I The former furniture store own
| cr visited France, Belgium, Israel,
I Italy, Switzerland, and France, and
learned, for one thing, he remark
ed, that an American passport "is
worth a million dollars."
At the Swiss Italian border, for
example, instead of diligently
searching him and his luggage, the
American passport brought a wave
I lrom customs officials for him to
pass on.
He left New York March 26
on the Queen Elizabeth; a fabu
lous palace that cannot be equal
ed by the Waldorf Astoria, Mr.
Miller declared.
In four and a half days he was
at the port of Cherbourg. France,
where lie went by special train to
Brussels. At Brussels he caught a
plane for Israel where he spent
one month traveling ... to Tel
Aviv, Haifa, and Jerusalem
Mr. Miller's visit to Israel only
served to heighten his intense dis
like of communism and Russia. He
spoke lo many of the displaced
persons, among them Jews from
Russia, who had escaped the talons
of the Soviet state.
"Hitbr was a piker compared to
Stalin as far as liquidating people
of other nationalities," reported
Mr. Miller. "I was told some horri
ble stories," he continued. "There
is liquidation for the slightest re
mark that reflects 011 government
or high officials. There is espion
age on lap of espionage and this is
what Ihose people from Russia told
me: take the most anti-CommUnist
I literature in'thc United States, tic
it in with stories we arc telling
you, multiply it by 100 and then
you may have an idea of what
Russia is like."
To leave Russia, it was a case
of skipping the country, getting
into Rumania and then getting to
Israel the best way possible, Mr.
Miller related.
As to how the displaced persons
would earn a living after they
reached Israel, Mr. Miller was told
that they were just glad to get
away from the horror of commu
nism. "We're willing to work,"
they sakl. "We're not worried
about how to get along ? we're glad
we escaped death."
Mr. Miller came across little vio
lence in that country, which has
been a hotbed of unrest ever since
the end of the war. He noted
that there is a shortage of homes,
and scarcity of commodities makes
prices high. This is due to an im
migration of apftroximately 30.000
displayed persons monthly. The j
nation's resources are taxed be
yond the limit and there is grow
Set MILLER Page Seven
State Ports Authority
To Buy Port Warehouses
The North Carolina State Ports
commission will in the near future
offer the Morehead City Port com
mission an estimated $202,000 for
the Morehead port's warehouses
and other port facilities, Colonel
George W. Gillette, executive di
rector of the Ports Authority, has
announced.
"The warehouses at Morehead
are not the type one would build
today," Gillctc said. "However,
we estimate they are worth ap
proximately $200,000, and that's
about what we'll offer them for
the 75- year lease."
Gillette explained that t fi i s
move by the Ports Authority would
probably aid the Morehead com
mission in freeing the land occu
pied by the warehouses. The land
is now encumbered by debts to
the Recontruction Finance corpo
ration and to the Atlantic arnf
North Carolina railroad.
"The State can't build on prop
erty that belongs to somebody
else," Gillette explained. "The
Morehead people would be glad
for us to come in there but the
land is tied up by these loans."
The Morehead commission owes
a $138,000 principal and $75,000
in accrued interest to the railroad,
and a $188,000 principal and "at
least $30,000," interest to the RFC.
These figures came from Leo
H. Harvey, vice president of the
railroad and head of a committee
appointed Saturday to work out
the ports bonded indebtedness
with the Morehead commission.
Railroad directors named the
committee in a board meeting.
Other members besides Harvey are
F. E. Wallace, secretary-treasurer
of the Atlantic and North Caro
lina; J. H. Blount, Plainville; L.
B. Jenkins, Kinston; H. S. Gibbs,
Morehead; and W. G. Ipock, chair
man of the Craven County Board
of Commissioners.
The committee will investigate
the port's indebtedness from the
railroad's point of view, Harvey
said. It will report back ot the
road's stockholders at the annual
meeting August 3, or "earlier if
necessary," Harvey explained.
Tide Table
HIGH
LOW
Tutidiy, July 5
3:30 a.m.
4:09 p.m.
9:37 a.m.
10:45 p.m.
Wadaatday, Jaly 6
4 :33 a.m.
5:09 p.m.
10:37 a.m.
11:45 a.m.
Thartday, July 7
5:32 a.m.
11:33 a.m.
12 midnight
6:06 p.m.
Friday, July ?
6:30 a.m.
6:58 p.m.
12:40 a.m.
12:29 p.m.
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| Bevy oi ExSheriffs
Descend on Carlerei
Six ex-sheriffs of Sampson
county and the present sheriff
visited the Carteret coast Wed
nesday nifht and sent out a
challenge to any other county
in the state to gather that many
former sheriffs in one spot.
The former office holders
were guests of J. W. Pearson
at his cottage on Bogue Sound.
The present sheriff of Samp
? on county is P. B. Lockerman,
? Clinton. With him were C. C. |
i Tart, Carlisle Jackson, and L. j
C. Parker, all of Clinton; Ar- I
chie A. Jernigan, Dunn RFD,
Alex Williams, Cumberland; and
W. H. Moore, Clinton.
Sampson county also has an
other living -ex-sheriff, Mac D.
Marson, who could not join his
buddies on their brief vacation
here. The men returned to
Sampson county Thurdsay.
NEWS BBIEFS
Otto JoHt, worker at the Fish
Meal Company in Beaufort, was
scalded at work Thursday morning |
He was taken to the hospital in j
Morehead City where the attend- j
ing physician, Dr. Ben F. Royal j
said his condition was not serious.
A. L. Chestnut, oyster specialist j
with the Institute ol Fisheries Re- j
search, has been elected secretary 1
of the National Shellfish associa
tion.
Pvt. John L. Gaskill, son of Mr. j
and Mrs. Luther T. Gaskill, of Roe, I
has been assigned to Regimental j
Headquarters company, 38th Infan
try Regiment, Fort Lewis Wash
ington, it was announced by Lt.
Col. Jack W. Rudolph, regimental
commander. He was formerly as
signed to Btry B. 46th Fid. Arty.,
Ft. Jackson. He enlisted Jan. IS,
1948.
The monthly orthopedic clinic in
the health center, New Bern, will
be held at noon today. Dr. Hugh
Thompson will be in charge.' Any
person requiring orthopedic atten
tion may attend.
Robert Lee Humbcr, Greenville,
the nation's foremost advocate of
World Federation, left yesterday
with his family by plane from
New York, bound for Paris. The
Humbers plan to return in Septem
ber. Mr. Number Just spent a
week at Davis Island, In eaatern
Carteret county, where his world
federation movement was born.
The pleasure boa!, Helene i
which for many weeks has been
tied up at Morehead City water
front, burned Sunday near Beau
fort.
The remains of the craft can be
seen directly south of the cause
way midway between Beaufort
and Morehead City.
It was reported that the owners,
w 11. Lau^hinKhouse and a Mr.
Arthur, both of Dunn, were aboard
the blue and while craft when the
fire started. They escaped unin
jured The Helene had run a
ground on Shark Shoal, just west
of Pivcrs Island.
Coast Guardsmen, who were
called to put out the fire, said that
f antes were caused by an cxplo
sion on the boat Sunday morning
in Bcaulort harbor. The craft
earlier in the week, had been at
Harbours Machine shop for re
pairs.
Coast Guardsmen fought the fire
until noon. After they returned
lo 'ort Macon Coast Guard station,
flame.s again broke out. The hull
was intact, but the interior was
(tutted when the Coast Guard left
The afternoon flames burned a
hole in the hull.
s ?h?s , h"'n estimated at
$-.500 The boat had been offer
Cd for sale for the past few
months..
Wake Sheriff
Tabes Escapee
The escapee nom Raleigh slate
prison, Bcrlyne jernigan, j|, who
was picked up bv Constable Charlie
Krousc Sunday nignt a week ago
has been taken into custody by tne
Wake county sheriffs department.
Jernigan escaped authorities more
than two years ago under a year's
sentence lor selling liquor.
Const. bie Kroui.e took him into
custody here at Bunch * Kiihing
li'ffM." lhe caus?way east ol the
MOTCTfFlrn City urawbridgc.
Jernigan made his escape from
Mary fcnzaoeth Hospital on March
16, 1947, where he had been treat
ed for self-inflicted wounds about
the neck in an alleged suicide at
tempt at the county jail. He was
unguarded at the time and skipped
out of the hospital on the eve of
his scheduled traiirfer back to jail.
Jernigan had pinned a check for
hospital expenses to his pillow and
slipped out.
He had appealed a two-year sen
tence given him in Raleigh court in
August, 1846, to superior court
where the sentence was reduced in
October to a year in jail to work
uuder the supervision ol the county
commissioners. '
Then he was allowed until Janu
ary to straighten out his business
"nd la,led lo report at the I
proper time to begin serving his
sentence. He was arrested on Janu
ary Jl at his home a id committed
to J.11 where he allegedly slashed
his throat on February 6.
Jernigan was carried to Rex hos
pital for treatment, but later trans
whpr h f 17 Ellzabcth hospital
where he formerly had been under
treatment for a stomach ailment.
Solicitor William Y. Bickett said
wnnM 'JT? u' Jt'rn,Kul>'? escape he
would be charged with breaking
-ii when he was apprehended.
Deputy Griffith said he did not
sec tne officers who apprehended
Jernigan Sunday ?t Morehead. but
he understood Jernigan was picked
up on a tip from "some girls in
Jayettville who had recognized
him and knew lie was wanted in
Raleigh."
Griffith said Jernigan told him
he had been in business ri Florida
after he left Raleigh, but his busi
ness there had tailed.
Roy Hamilton, C. Garner
Go on Trip io Bermuda
W. Roy I;amilton, Beaufort, and
his brother-in-law, C. D. Garner,
Newport, embarked Saturday at
New York on the Queen of Ber
muda for a seven-day vacation in
1 Bermuda.
Mr. Hamilton and Mr. Garner
are guests of the B. T. Crump Com
pany, Inc., Richmond, who arc
Norge Electrical Appliance distri
butors.
The two Carteret county men.
associated with City Appliance
company, Beaufort, are winners in
a Norge Appliance Sales contest.
While in Bermuda they will stay
at the Bermudiana hotel.
Morchead City firemen were
called out to extinguish an electric
stove fire tt the home of Mrs. R.
P. Watson, 2309 Evans street, at 3
p.m. Saturday. By the time they
arrived the fire wai out No dam
afi was cauaed.
Son of Late Jack
Smiley Killed
15-Month Old Boy Fatally
Injured With Grandmo
ther in Auto Crash
Charles Philip Smiley, 15 montfc
old son of the late Jack L. Smiley,
Jr., Morehcad City, was killed in
an automobile accident Wednes
day on the Greenville highway
near Kinston. His father was
drowned while sailing on Bogue
The young child was riding in
Sount here last summer.
a car operated by his grandmoth
er, Mrs. C. A. Jackson, 41, of La
Grange, who was also fatally in
jured. The little boy died soon
after reaching the hospital and
his grandmother died shortly af
ter midnight from head, chest, and
internal injuries.
The car driven by Mrs. Jackson
was involved in a head-on collis
ion according to the state high
way patrolman who investigated,
za (Bill) Harris, 3.r>, of route 1,
The driver -of the other car, Alon
Kinston was killed almost instant
ly*
The highway patrolman quoted
a witness who was following M'-s.
Jackson as saying she was driving
toward Grifton in her car at a
rate of about 40 miles an hour
and was on h?-r side of the road.
Harris was approaching from the
opposite direction and shortly bo
fore the crash his car swerved
sideways and came lengthwise
down the right side of the road,
meeting Mrs. Jackson.
It was reported that the acci
dent was due in part to the fact
that Harris was driving under the 4
influence of an intoxicant.
Double rites for Mrs. Jackson
and her grandson were held at
I,a Grange at 3 o'clock Friday af
ternoon. Internment was in Fair
vieW cemetery.
Surviving the Smiley child are
his mother, now living at L?
Grange, maternal grandfather and
paternal grandparents.
Uons Hear Report
On Game Costs
A report that operating cost, at
each M nreh.B d City Softball gam#
arc $10 per night was delivered to
Morehcad City Lions at their meet
ing Thursday night in the Fort
Macon Hotel dining room.
The report sUted that gate re
ceipts sometime do not reach $10
and consequently money is lost. It
was requested til'it a representative
from the Lions be present at each
Lions game to collect tickets and
make sure that everyone pays.
Lions agreed to donate prizes ot
two identification bracelets and
two footballs it Saturday night"*
Teen-Age dance at the Carteret Re-,
creation center.
Some means ot getting mort
members to attv d the Thursday
night meetings w;is discussed tacl?<
member was equefted to do hi*
part in bringing others to th?.
meetings.
It was suggested that a com
mittee be formed to look into John
T. Willis' backsliding in regards to
meeting attendance. Some mem
ber* said they felt Mr. Willi*'
affairs of the heart kept him busy
every 'night of the week.
Boatmen's Association
Offers $150 in Prizes
A cash prize of $100 to the ang
ler who lands the longest sailfish
caught out of Morehead City thii
year has been offered by the More- ]
head City Boatmen's association.
Members of the association de
cided to donate the prize at their
Thursday night meeting on the
Gulf Oil dock. Rules of awarding
ihe prize stipulate that the fish
must be caught from a boat opera
ted by a member of the association. <
The fish may be caught any tinte .
from July 1 through Oct. 15 of
this year.
Another cash priie of $50 will
be awarded to the person who
catches the heaviest Spanish mack
erel during the season. Rules per
taining to catching the fiah an
the same as tor sailfish. ; /
A representative of the associa
tion said it may add Other prises
and classes of fish later on if res
ponse to the first priies la farar
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