;i?E CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES
A Merger of THE BEAUFORT NEWS (Established 1912) and THE TWIN CITY TIMES (Established 1936)
*38th YEAR, NO. 53 EIGHT PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA, TUESDAY, JULY 12, 1949 PUBLISHED^ TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS ]
State Hopes to Open Fort Macon Park by July 30
Things Look Better for Settlement
Of Marshallberg Dirt Road Fight
Wrecks Demolish
Two Cars, Third
Greatly Damaged
Two accidents in the past week
caused $500 damage to one car
and demolished two others, state
highway patrolmen reported to
day.
A 1 114 7 Dodge driven by Charles
J. Pendcrgrass, Cherry Point Ma
rine, skidded on the highway two
miles east of Cherry Point at
6:30 a.m- the morning of July
Fourth and slid down an embank
ment beside the highway. Dam
age to the car was estimated at
$500.
State Highway Patrolman R. H.
Brown, investigating officer, book
ed Pendergrass on charges of
reckless and careless driving. He
said that the car had been travel
ing at a high rate of speed.
Claude Perkins Smith, of More
head City, was booked on charges
of reckless and careless driving
following an accident at midnight
Thursday two miles west of New
port. Smith was driving a 1936
Chevrolet that collided with a 1936
Ford being driven by James Lin
coln Richter, Cherry Point Marine.
Both cars were written off as
a complete loss but no one received
serious injuries. Smith received
a chin cut and bruises and Richter
and the four other occupants of
his car were bruised.
H. G. Woolard, state highway
patrolman investigating the acci
dent, stated that Smith was driv
in? on the wrong side of the road
and had been drinking.
Tobacco Yield
Expected to Be
Be ow Average
Only ? very few of the farmers
iji the county will get a thousand
pound yield per acre from their
tobacco crop this year, R. M. Wil
liams, county agent, has report
ed.
The majority of fields will yield
only 600-700 pounds because wea
ther, both 'extremely hot and ex
tremely wet, was unfavorable for
growth. The yield in a good sea
son. Mr. Williams said, is about
1.200 to 1,400 pounds. In the coun
ty agent's opinion, this is the worst
tobacco season since his coming
to the county about six years ago.
Unfavorable weather conditions
have ah?o cut the watermelon yield
to 50 rer cent of a normal crop.
Harvesting began on a light scale
last week, with the demand strong
and the price good. Growers were
receiving from 50 cents to 75 cents
per piece, depending on the size
of melons and the type of market.
A considerable number of buy
ers who purchased melons from
various sections of the country last
year reported that their best me
lons were produced here in Car
teret county.
Carteret Legionnaires
To AUand Dinner Friday
K. C. Godwin, of New Bern,
newly-elected North Carolina A
merican Legion commander, will
be honored at a testimonial ban
quet in New Bern Friday night,
it was announced today.
Mr. Godwin was elected state
commander at the convention held
in Raleigh last month. Promi
nent state officials. Veterans Ad
ministration officials, Legion and
Auxiliary officers are expected to
be present at the banquet which
will be held at*the Legion hut on
South Front Street at 7 p.m.
Many Carteret county Legion
aires and their wives will attend
the banquet' All persona interest
ed attending should contact Walton
Fulcher at the Morehead City post
office.
Miss Mabel Cannady, Beaufort,
was selected as "Miss Beautician
1 of 1949" at the contest Friday night
? in the civic center. Morehead City.
Miss Cannady, who is a beautician
^ at the Beauty' Bar, Beaufort, styled
/ the winning coiffure. She will
jl compete in the contest m August
A at Atlantic Beach. *
Things look brighter for settle
ment of the Marshallberg com
munity road problem.
After an hour's conference with
county commissioners yesterday
morrvng, the persons wanting the
road put on the state systom and
those opposing it, agreed that J.
L. Humphrey, district engineer,
should see if the line could be
changed to avoid crossing the
property of Earl Davis, Marshall
berg.
Mr. Davis objected to the state's
taking 6 feet of his propery be
cause it would make it impos
sible for a house to be built there,
he said.
His property, and that of
others nearby front on the hard
surfaced road with the back of
their property on the dirt road
which other residents want placed
under the state highway depart
ment.
Eleven families live on that
road, accordingto Delmas Lewis,
who ""drown in wet weather and
freeze in cold weather," the del
egation said. In the winter time,
trucks, school children, and doc
tors, could not jfet in or out.
For six years the residents on
the dirt road, which parallels ap
proximately 250 feet away the
hard surfaced highway, have been
trying to get it under state care,
but property owners would not
agree.
The road, beginning at Mar
shailherg school house and running
to Delmas Lewis's fish house is
approximately 2,100 feet long.
Wardell Daniels, who wants the
road bettered to improve drain
age, told the commissioners a
ditch on his property "drains the
whole neighborhood. I could
drown all of Marshallberg by dam
ming it up," he declared.
The county board requested Mr.
Humphrey to stake out the road,
moving it eastward. The dele
gates tor tjle side opposing such
action indicated that if such were
done, they would approve putting
the road under the state highway
system.
A delegation of approximately
14 men from Bogue appeared be
fore the commissioners and asked
that the road had been closed
erty leading to Burden's landing
he opened. The county attorney,
Alvah Hamilton, told county of
ficials that they had no jurisdic
tion in the matter and that it
would have to be decided in court.
The Bogue residents reported
thhat the road had been closed
within the past week, making it
impossible for them to get to the
sound.
F. R. Seeley, representing own
ers of the property, said the road
had been closed to prevent the
public from helping themselves to
25 acre* of watermelons planted
on each side of the road.
The Bogue delegation said there
is no other way they can get to
the water since the Marines took
over Bogue field, but that the
road just recently closed has been
used as a public thoroughfare for
more than 40 years.
The county board received an
other request, which they referred
to the state highway commission,
to drag the road to Styron ceme
tery, Davis. The request was
made by Leslie Styron.
R. M. Williams, county agent,
requested that offciial notifies
tion of AI Stinson's appointment
as assistant county agent be sent
to the extension service at Raleigh.
Mr. Stinson was introduced to
the board as well as Howard Gar
ri8, plant pathologist frofi Ra
leigh, who was in the county yes
terday.
The board was informed that
a n increased appropriation t o
health departments by the gen
eral assembly has made 20 weeks
of school dental service available
to Carteret county rather than 10
as hereof ore.
Tide Table
HIGH LOW
Tuesday, July 12
9:41 /.m. 3:40 a.m.
9:55 p.m. ' 3:52 p.m.
Wednesday, July 13
10:24 ft.nl. 4:19 a.m.
10:34 p.m. 4:25 p.m.
Thnnday, Jaly 14
11:06 i m. 4:57 a.m.
11:13 p.m. 5:10 p.m.
Friday, Jaly 15
11:50 a.m. 5:34 ?.m.
11:54 ? m . 5:54 p.m.
A double-page spread en the
menhaden industry ia Carteret co
unty, mostly picture*, appears in
the July magazine, "People and
Places," which is an auto trade
magazine.
Beaufort Nan
Attempts Suicide,
Police Report
Morehrad City Police E. J. Wil
lis has issued an informal request
that Beaufort police retain pros
pective suicide victims in Beaufort.
Chief Willis' statement was oc
casioned by the appearance of
Thornton Darling of Beaufort in
mayor's court yesterday on charges
of public drunkenness. Darling
1 testified that he and a friend, Ce
cil Skarren of Beaufort, traveled
from Beaufort to Morehead City
by water Saturday night.
The witness stated that both he
and his friend had been drinking.
He said when they arrived in More
head City Skarren leaped onto the
dock, tied the boat's line to a
piling, and jumped overboard in
tending to drown himself.
When asked why he did not try
to save Skarren, Darling replied,
"I figured that if he wanted to
drown I might as well let him."
Police officers testified that they
were called to the scene and pulled
Skarren from the water. Artifi
cial respiration was applied for
30 minutes before Skarren was re
suscitated.
Mayor George W. Dill, Jr., fined
Darling $10 and costs after the de
? fendanc entered a plea of guilty.
! Clifton .). Barnhill, Cherry PoiTT
! Marine, was found guilty of driv
ing on the wrong side of the street
I and sentence was suspended.
Miss Rocky Mount
Wms State Beauty
Title for 1949
Lovely Nancy Yelverton, 18
year-old Rocky Mount beauty, was
crowned "Miss North Carolina of
1949" at the Miss North Carolina
beauty pageant Saturday night at
the Carolina Racing association's
dog track west of Morehead City.
Miss Yelvcrtftn, 5 foot, 5 inch
brownette, competed against 17
other beauties before a crowd es
timated at nearly 5,000. Follow
ing preliminary parading, she and
four other queens were called
back for the judges' final decis
ion.
Finally, the judges, decision,
based on tajent, bathing suit ap
pearance, poise and personality,
and evening dress appearance, was
announced. Miss Yelverton was
chosen queen with blonde Janice
Harvell of Wilmington and Kath
erine Arnold of Sanford chosen
as second and third runners-up
respectively.
Miss Yelverton will receive an
expense-paid trip to Atlantic City,
N. J., in September to compete
against other beauties from
throughout the nation for the title
of "Miss America of 1949." Run
ners-up in the national contest
will also receive valuable scholar
ships.
The pageant got under way
Friday afternoon with a parade
down Arendell street. All the
queens appeared in bathing suits
with little Suzanne Beck, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Warren Beck of
Morehead City, bringing up the
I rear as "Miss America of 1960."
Friday night a talent contest'
? with all queens competing wasj
held at the Surf Club ort Atlantic!
Beach. Miss Yelverton gave a
recitation, "A Delightful Dilem
na," in which she related her
problem of choosing a talent of
fering for the pageant. Miss
Harvell sang "Sentimental Jour
ney," and Miss Arnold sang "Alice
Blue Gown."
The Saturday night pageant at
the dog track with Mayor George
W. Dill, Jr., as master of cere
monies was* the final event in
the contest. Following the pa
geant, which ended shortly after
9 o'clock, dog races were held with
the final race being the "Miss
North Carolina Derby." Miss Yel
verton placed a blanket of roses
around the neck of the winning
dog, My Jackie, and presented his
trainer with a trophy.
Walter Morris, Xorehead City,
general chairman of the pageant,
termed th? entire event a success.
Tom Poller Pleased
Wilh Chamber Drive
"Results of the Beaufort
Chamber of Commerce niember
ship drive are most gratifying,"
T. T. "Tom" Potter, drive chair
man, reported today. "How
everi members who have not
been contacted by the member
ship committee may call or send
their applications to the Cham
ber of Commerce,'' Mr. Potter
added.
"Out of memberships received
thus far," he continued, "45 per
cent are new memberships, a
factor that is encouraging. It
is impossible to see all mem
bers within a short period, but
they will be contacted before
the drive ends."
Dr. W. L. Woodard, Chamber
president, has stated that next
year's program will be deter
mined by the wishes expressed
by membership in their sugges
tions sent to the Chamber.
"Naturally," he said, "this
program will be governed by in
vestments in the future as ex
pressed in memberships. In
other words," Dr. Woodard
stated, "we must cut our pat
tern to fit our cloth."
Leaf Fanners
Will Goto Polls
Saturday, July 23
Voting in the national referen
dum on tobacco quotas for the
1 950, 1951, and 1 1)52 crops will
#take place at community polling
places Saturday, July 113, H. M.
Williams, farm agent for the State
College Extension service, said
this week. Mr. Williams urged
all tobacco farmers to cast their
ballots.
Marketing quotjjM furnifb Mfow
ers with a meUiod of adjusting
supply to demand and help them
obtain fair prices for the tobacco
they produce.
The referendum is being held
in accordance with the Agricul
tural Adjustment Art of 1938,
which directs the Secretary of
Agriculture to call for a referen
dum to determine whether grow
ers want quotas continued. Grow
ers may vote for quotas for three
years beginning with the 1950
crop; may vote for quotas for
1950 only; or may vote against
quotas.
Marketing quotas wil! be in ef
fect if approved by at least two
thirds of#the growers voting in
the referendum. A grower is any.
person who has an interest as
owner, tenant, or share cropper
in the 1949 crop of flue-cured
tobacco. No producer, however,
is entitled to more than one vote,
even though he may have engaged
in production of flue cured to
bacco in two or more \ communi
ties, counties or states.
Under the law, price support
loans at 90 per cent of parity will
be available on the 1950 crop of
flue cured tobacco if producers
approve quotas in this referendum.
Regardless of the outcome of this
referendum, price support loans
at 90 per cent of parity will be
available on the 1949 crop as
protection to farmers.
Beer Privilege
Taken from Club
THE NEWS-TIMES was error!
eously informed last week that the
Surf club at Atlantic Beach has had
its beer license "re-instated."
The county commissioners, in
session yesterday morning were in
formed by C. A. Upchurch, Jr.,
chief of the Malt and Beverage
division, that an inspector discov
ered at the Surf club Saturday
night, July 2, that beer was being
sold after the legal closing hour of
11 o'clock and that there was also
liquor on the premises.
The letter from Mr. Upchurch
stated that it will be illegal for
beer to be sold at the Surf club
after midnight, July 17.
The manager of the club, Char
les Markey, will be entitled to a'
hearing if he requests it, the com
missioners were informed.
The letter from Mr. Upchurch
was received by Irvin Davis, boun
ty clerk, Friday, July 8.
- The road to the Marahallberg
community cemetery was requested
for 'inclusion on the state highway
system by Fred Gilikin yesterday
The county commissioners ordered
that the rcqueat be forwarded to
tha highway commission.
Forestry Service
Approves Trade
Of Newport Land
Town Commissioners Will
Meet This Week to Adopt
Budget for 1949-50
The Newport town board has
been informed by Congressman
| Graham A. Barden that the United
I States Forestry service has ap
1 proved exchange ot other Newport
1 land for that which is now part of
I Croatan National forest.
Newport requested the exchange
in order to provide land for a vet
eran's housing cooperative. The
land deemed desirable for the
housing development lies within
the United States forest aera.
The congressman's telegram
stated that the forestry service will
approve the land exchange, if
there is clear title to the . land j
Newport is offering.
George Ball, town nttorney, re
ported at the commissioner's meet
ing Tuesday night that two ab
stracts relating to the 'and i i ques
tion have been submitted to the i
forestry service,
Newport emomissioners will
meet again this week, probably !
j tomorrow night, to adopt the bud - j
get for the current fiscal year. j
j -They requested Commissioner S. |
E. Mann to report at that meeting ;
on prices of power mowers. The ;
! town needs a mower, the board de- j
I tided, to keep down weeds in the j
cemetery and along the streets.
A report from George Stovall, I
Tide Water 1'ower company man i
ager, was relayed to the commis j
sioncrs by the clerk, Miss KditH
Lockey. Mr. Stovall informed her,
she said, that most of the material j
for the new street lighting system j
at Newport is available and work j
should start this week.
The Wilson Tree gampany, Mor-j
ganton, was authorized to begin
! trimming of trees in town. The I
i board also di: cussed drainage !
| problems.
Gum Machine
Receipts Go Up
A report that receipts from
Lion-sponsored chewing: Jfum ma
chi/ies have increased following a
complaint to the machines opera
tor was made at the Thursday
night meeting of Lions in the Fort
j Macon hotel dining room.
Lions recently complained to
J the operator that they did not
feel they were receiving a fair
percentage of the receipts. This
month's receipt*, which have just
been received, wore approximate
ly 40 per cent higher than in re
cent month.
In an effort to gain more funds
for Lions' work, authorization was
issued to purchase a soft drink
machine to be installed in some
Morehead City business establish
ment. Profits from the machine
will be used to support the various ,
charitable programs of the Loins, i
It was disclosed at the meet
ing that a woman from Beaufort,
who recently had an operation to
remove cataracts, performed un
der Lion auspices, is now able to
see well enough to get about her
house. It is expected that the
woman will be able to go outdoors
without help in the* near future.
A discussion of means to in
crease the sale of tickets at More
head City softball league panics
took place but no solution was
reached. A member of the Lions'
softball team reported that night
Iy receipts pay only one half of
operating costs.
George Dill Assumes
Presidency oi Botary Club
Gcorjje W. Dill, Jr., mayor of
| Morehead City, was officially in
I stalled as 1949-50 president of the i
i Morehead City Rotary club at the
j Rotary meeting Thursday night in
i the Carteret Recfeation Center.
Officers installed to serve with ;
| President Dill were James I. Ma
son, vice president; Delfido Cor
dova, secretary- treasurer; and Dr.
John Morris, Stanley Woodland,
Gordon C. Willis, Clyde Jones, and
j W. C. Carlton, directors.
| Only a short meeting was held.
| Secretary Cordova gave a brief
i report on t|e International Rotary
convention which he and President^
Dill attended in New York last
month. and it was announced that
a meeting of the Rotary District
assembly will be held in Wilming
ton this week.
Charles Stott , Parks
Official, Arrives Here
? ? - 1
PMA Extends Invitations
For Meeting Tomorrow
Business and professional men
and women of Carteret county
have been extended a special in
vitation by the county Production
Marketing Administration office
to attend an educational meet
ing tomorrow night at 8 o'clock
in Beaufort court house.
PMA officer B. J. May stated
today that the purpose of the
meeting is to acquaint people
with the facts concerning the
flue-cured tobacco referendum to
be held Saturday, July 23.
"The production of tobacco af
fects the financial welfare of
all people," Mr. May said.
"Therefore, everyone is urged to
attend this meeting and become
acquainted with the facts, so
that they will be in a position
to discuss with farmers the im
portance of going to the polls
and voting on July 23.
A state PMA representative,
Wayland Jones of Raleigh, will
have charge of the meeting.
U Residents
Of Carteret Study
Courses at MCTI
Twenty two of the 30 teachers
enrolled in Morehead <'ity Tech
nical institute summer school
teach mi schools of Carteret coun
ty and the surrounding area. The
school will end July 29.
Their place of residence, fol
lowed in most instances by the
school in which they tench, appear
below :
Charles C. Stott, assistant su
perintendent of State parks, in a
personal interview in the NEWS
TIMES office yesterday after
noon, said that it is hoped Fort
Macon State park will be open
to swimmers and picnickers by
July 30, the last weekend of this
month.
Mr. Stott said that he regretted
the public distress over the situa
tion prevailing now at Fort Ma
con, and that in the rush to com
plete fwimming and picnicking
facilities there, they neglected to
give the public notice that such
facilities would be unavailable for
several weeks.
THE NEWS-TIMES revealed
in Friday's issue that persons were
being ordered off Fort Macon
property in no uncertain terms
and that the park had been closed
the Friday of Fourth of July week
end.
On Friday, July 8, Roy Eu
banks, Beau tort, and Jack Cross
well, Beaufort, were ordered away
from the park by Roger IpocU,
*23, the recreation director hired
for the summer. Mr. Ipock, it
is reported, knocked down one of
the "prohibition signs when Mr.
Kuban ks attempted to photograph
it.
Mr. Stott had no comment to
make on the fact that THE
NE#WS-TIMES found to be erron
eous th?? story that the park was
closed because a Negro church
was planning to have a picnic
there on the /ou'ih of July. That
reason for the cioring \\as given
by George Ross, head of the State
Board of Conservation and Devel
opment.
Since Friday when protests do
J cended on Raleigh about closing
. of the park, Coast Guai dsmen who
| were denied the right to swim in
> front of the station, have been
i given permission to swim at the
foot of "^oast Guard Street," the
road which leads from JJ\e statidh
to the bfcach. f ?
Kuby J . ..?? H^,s Wllliston; Mrs.
Ollie B. Wliite, Havelock, f'herry
Point school; Mis. Mary Cathe
rine Mi His, Newport, Newport
school; Mrs. Alice II. Geroclc, At
lantic.
Mabel Laine, Morehead City,
Goldsboro; Delia Davis, Davis,
Smyrna school; Oleta Wood,
Swanshoro, Farm Life school ;
Hlonnie McKim, Swanshoro,
Swanshoro school. %
Florida K. Garner, Newport;
Mrs. Eunice H. Hill, Williston,
Camp Glenn; Mrs. Ruth Hamilton,
Atlantic, Sea Lfcvel school; Mrs.
Rachel Fulcher, Morehead City,
Camp Glenn school.
Mrs. Sallie Mason, Beaufort,
Camp Glenn school; Mrs. Hilda
Brown, Marshallberg; Mrs. Gert
trude G. Whitehurst, Morehead
City; Mrs. Robert Taylor, More
head City, Morehead City school;
Mabel Guthrie, Harkers Islajad,
Markers Island school.
Grace Jones Walence, Marshall
berg, Morehead City school; Ethel
N. Wilson* Marshallhefg, Camp
Glenn school; Annie Moore Finer,
Marsha II berg, Henderson; Mrs.
Eunice R. Paul, Sea Level; and
Mollie Henderson, Newport.
| Mr. ft lot t had with Mini yester
; day Afternoon blueprints on the
"swimming area" and parking area
which will be located at the for
mer service officer's club.
A ?>02-foot boardwalk will be
constructed there with a drink
stand at the .vest end. A large
parking area which will accom
modate 352 cats is being con
structed, plus an overflow area
for 180 cars. Bids will be re
ceived next week on construction
of the parking areas with the bid
going to the contractor who will
be able to deliver the fastest, Mr.
Stott said.
To the northwest of the bath
house where there will be toilet
facilities and showers, 10 picnic
tables will be placed among the
sand dunes. Mr. Stott doubted
that roofs would be put over
them this summer, but this is
scheduled to be done.
. Construction is being held up,
for the most part, because of the.
late shipment of planking for the
boardwalk. If this is not complet
ed by the last weekend of this
month, he said the area will
probably be opened anyway and
See FORT MACON Pafe Three
Situation at Shirt Factory
Brings Letter from Beaufort
(Appearing: below ig a letter
from a prominent Beaufort citi
zen, N. F. Eure, on the proponed
organization of a union at the
Morehvad City Garment com
pany).
To (he Editor:
About thirteen o r fourteen
years ago we were emerging from
a devastating depression (not a
Truman disinflation) of which
few of our young folks under 30
have but. faint recollection. In
Morehead City and Cartaret Coun
ty, large numbers were getting
their livelihood from the WPA
and the only available work for
our women folk consisted of open
ing oysters, clams, together with i
taking in washing for someone
more fortunate. Our\farmera were
down and out along with our
fishermen. Things were truly in
a bad state in Carteret county.
At this time an opportunity was
offered to the citizens of More
head City to improve conditions
by providing employment for hun
dreds of our women folk, to make
possible the earnnig of extra mon
ey to provide for necessities and
certain luxuries hitherto dtnjed
them.
The Jackffens met with a num
ber of civic-minded eitizens and
made the proposition; that pro
vided a suitable building wdb pro
vided, they ^ould move their plant
(which had boan closed for a long
.time by a strike) to Morehead.
We immediately accepted and
the building was soon provided
and the plant opened. The money
for the building funds were an
outright gift by the donor* with
out strings as to repayment and
without any interest in the busi
ness.
The 10% of the cost of the
building I gave, has given me the
greatest satisfaction of any in
vestment I have ever made, not
because of any money I have re
ceived, but because of the oppor
tunity it ha? provided for my
fellow citizens to help themselves
to secure the things for them
selves that has made life brighter
and life more worthwhile.
Now I understand that the good
work our citizen* expended in sc
curing this worthwhile enterprise
(which has probably meant more
t o Carteret County financially
than any other) is to be pulled
out of our community because of
outside interests, who have no
ttake in the county, agitating and
stirring up trouble, and that a
resident of Morehcad is being
used as a stool pidgeon for the
outsiders.
I would like to aak in all ser
iousness, "Is the interest being
displayed for your own interests,
or only for financial gains by
those stirring up. this trouble "
S.. LETTER P?l? TWm
C. ?. Atkinson
Heads Laboratory
On Fiver's Isle
New Director Will Super
vise Federal Marine In.
vestigalions
| C. E. Atkinson of the United
States Fish and Wildlife service
has been appointed head of the
i United States Fisheries Biological
I laboratory on Fiver's Island, it waf
officially announced today.
As Chief of the Middle and South
Atlantic Investigations for the U.
S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Mr.
; Atkinson will direct the activities
^ of the numerous Federal marine
investigations between New York
! and tip of Florida which fall under
ilia, jurisdiction.
Mr. Atkinson received the de
gree of bachelor of science front
the school of fisheries, University
of Washington in 1937, and ha?
done considerable graduate study
i there. He served the U. S. Bureau
| of Fisheries in fish cultural work
and with the International Fish
eries commission on their Pacific j
halibut studies. In 1938 he joined
the staff of the newly formed In
ternational Pacific Salmon Fish
eries commission and left that
. organization as senior scientist in
1948 to assume his present posi
tion with !':c Fish and Wildlife
' service. His resrcrch has centered
| around the enumeration of popula
) tion of fish as well as the evalua
j tion of natural and fishing morta
I lity rates
His interest in- biochemistry has
resulted in studies of hatchery
?V-ts for salmon and trout and tke
4^I?m miration of fat and i
(AfMant o?- migrating sJhnon l?
sue.
Mr. Atkinson plans to restore
the laboratory at Pivers Island to
full operating status as soon ai
possible, with establishment of sev
eral major projects at the station.
Again invitations will be actively
extended to private investigators to
undertake reserrch on fisheries or
related marine problems for which
the laboratory was famous in past
years.
At the present time only two iiv;
vestigators are conducting sucfe
research at the station. Dr. A. S
Pearse. Professor Emeritus at
Duke university and Dr. Louis G,
Williams, associate professor of
| biology, Furman university.
There will be no change in th#
I status of personnel at the labor
; Mory. J. Vance Fulford will re?
; main superintendent of building! ?
and grounds with Charlie C. Hawfe
ins as his assistant. Al Thomas,
! Heaufort. will be in charge of pur
chases rnd accounts.
Board Settles
Tax Problems
Numerous tax problems were
settled by the county board yestet*
day morning.
Lots 6 and 7 in square 130. More
head City, were sold for $250 to
Kdward E. Guthrie, Morehead City.
Taxes owed on the property am
ounted to $112. Mrs. Guthrie will
be given a tax deed to cover claim*
of 1949 and years prior.
The board accepted $800 in pay
ment of back taxes on 13 lot> own
I cd by James Lewis, Morehead City,
i The lots were purchased by M. T.
| Mills, Morehead City. Owed on
1 them was approximately $1,900 in
I county tax, Dr. K. P. Bonner, chair
man of the board, stated.
' Tax bills to Campbell and Aber
nethy for Horse Island property
near Morehead City were releaaed
for 193S and r-'or because taxes
had been paid on the property an
der the listing of Wallace and
Webb.
Seventy-five dollars in taxes was
accepted from W. L. Derrickaoa la
settlement of back taxes on lot fe
square 5. Morehead City.
The same amount was accepted
for taxes on property belonging to
Carl Dixon, Portsmouth. Seventy
five dollars was also paid for 1MB
taxes and prior, by Charles Nelsoa,
Harkera Island.
Bond r. .alters were discussed aqd
bills presented by the auditor,
James Potter. Mr. Potter stated
that a bid of $753 had been receiv
ed for a ne* roof on the court