iSE CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES ? ! A Mercer of THE BEAUFORT NEWS (Established 1912) and TkZE TWIN CITY TIMES (Established 1936) * J 38tiT YEAR, NO. 56 SIXTEEN PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY,' JULY 22, 1940 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS | $50,000 Fire Sweeps Shad Boat After Engine Blows Up . Bernard Leary Reports on Slate Jaycee Session A report on last weekend's state Jaycee executive board meeting in High Point was made by district vice president Bernard Leary of Morehead City Jaycees at their Monday night meeting in the Fort Macon Hotel dining room. Mr. Leary disclosed that the state organization is considering dropping its franchise for holding the Miss North Carolina contest and that if it is dropped, Morehead City has an excellent chance of ob taining it. He added that a large amount of investigative work would have to be done before the state organization comes to a decision. Jaycee Bob Howard stated that though it would be a good thing if Morehead City gained the fran chise, he felt that the state or ganization should retain it. He said North Carolina Jayce%s were the first in the nation to take over sponsorship of the contest and they would be setting a poor example if they were the first to drop it. President James R. Sanders read several letters from participating clubs and photographers who were present for the recent Miss North Carolina pageant in Morehead City. 1'it u 1 Cleland, ot the Carolina Rac ing Association also extended his congratulations on the manner the pageant was staged and offered his full cooperation in any future Jay cee projects. Beaufort Juycees al so congratulated the group on its work. President Sanders disclosed that it last week's board of directors meeting it was decided to donate 12 and one half per cent of the , i n i hi 1 1 1 i|Hi fnni iHa ii?ir??i to Rocky Mount Javfecs^ sponsors of thin year's Miu .W,/' Carolina, to helf defray the mpenses of send ing Mils North Carolina to the nat ional pageant at Atlantic City, N. J? in September. D. G. Bell disclosed that plans for the August 4th Coast Guard an niversary celebration in Morehead City were nearly complete but that Jaycees were being asked to assist in providing entertainment for 48 Coast Guardsmen and their wives following the water show which will be presented during the day at the Port Terminal. It was suggested that a' dance would be the most appropriate af fair and something in which Jay cees themselves could participate. Alvah Hamilton, Jr., was appointed chairman of a committee to work out details of the entertainment. H. S. Gibbs, Jr., appealed to the group to begin thinking about a Jaycee program to be- operated in conjunction with National Safety Week in September. He said be felt the best program would be proper safety education work and See LEARY Page Seven Conservation-Development Board Will Meel Monday The Board of Conservation and Development will meet in the board room of the adminis tration building, office of com mercial fisheries, Monday, Tues day, and Wednesday. At that time commercial fish ermen will appear before the committee and present proposal* for change in fishing rules and regulations. Reports will also be given on various phases of conservation and development work. It is ex pected that the successor to Bill Sharpe head of the state news bureau who has resigned, will be named at that time. The new director of the board of Conservation and Develop^ ment, succeeding Bruce Ether idge, is George E. Ross. Three Schools Get New Principals j Three new school principals will begin work in the county when i schools open in the fall, county superintendent of schools H. L. Jos I lyn announced today. H. D. Epting, principal of the school at Alliance, will assume the principalship at Harker's Island school which has eight teachers and 248 pupils Mr. Epting is a native of Little Mountain, S. C., and rec eived his A B Degree at Newberry college. Newberry, S. C. The new principal has done grad uate work at the University ol South Carolina, North Carolina : State college and the University of North Carolina. He is married and has one daughter who is a col lege student. Bruce E. Tarkington, native of , Belbaven, if Um new prtaeipai of Smtiiu School. Mr. Tarkington, a graduate of Wake Forest college i with ilS degree in 1942, will be I In charge of 13 teachers and 348 pupils at Smyrna. I Smyrna's new principal served in the Navy three years during the war and gained his experience in the Belhaven schools. At the pre sent time he is ttudying for a Mas ter's degree in Administrative Ed ucation at Bast Carolina Teacher's college, Greenville, and will move to Smyrna with his wife and small daughter later this summer. Thomas S. Hood, principal of Smyrna school, will go to Atlantic to replace principal M. R. Bartield who is going into business in Golds boro. George D. Hardesty, former principal of Harker's Island school, will be a member of Newport school faculty this year. j Numbers have been painted on I Beaufort parking meters recently I in an effort to assist both police | and motorists. In the future, mo | torists who find that their parking I meters -vill not work can tell the I police the number of the meter in I order that repair ^ork can be done. State Approves Issuance Of Port Improvement Bonds i ? The Cout*il of State On tyonday authorized the issuance of bond an ticipation notes for $7500,000, the amount approved by the general assembly for improvement of the Morehcad City and Wilmington porta. The action also cleared the decks for issuance of (200,000,000 in se condary road bonds and 929,000, 000 in school bonds. BecaOfe of the State Conatitution'i clauria limit ing the debt a General Aaaembly might authorize without a vote of the people to two-thirds of the debt retirement during the previous bi ennium. the port debt must be in curred before either the road or school bonds are issued. The 1949 General Assembly ap proved the port bonds, whereas the people voted on the road and sch ool bonds. After the council acted on the port debt. Governor Scott announ ced the appointment of Staley A. Cook, Burlington newspaper editor, to membership on the State Ports Authority, the group which will supervise the port development program. Coak succeeds W. O. Huake of Fayetteville. His term runs for six. yeara.1 The Governor also reappointed J. H. White of Winston-Salem for a term of six years. White ia mana ger of Brown-Williaauon Tobacco Company. The council authorized anticips 8m BONUS Page Sana Beaniorl Jaycees Publish First Nbws Bnllttin The Beaufort Jaycee's first edi tion of "Tide Table" the bi-weekly Jaycee news bulletin, appeared Wednesday under the editorship of James Wheatley and Robert Step bens. Artist is Rusty Dorrler. The issue lists members of the White and Blue attendance team captained by Carl Chadwick and George Cottingham. It has also announced that guest speaker at the Jaycee meeting Mon day night at 7:30 at the Inlet Inn will be T. G. Leary, principal of Beaufort school, who will speak on the need for a manual arts depart I ment at the school. HiKfi Coitiagkua Lnds Beaideri JiycN Bewlers Beaufort Jaycees bowling scores to date show George (Fisher boy ) Cottingham in the lead with 426 points. Rusty Dorrler is holding down second place with 383 points. Carl Chadwick third with 346. Odell Merrill 338, Lawrence Rudder 314, Albert C|iappell 290, Leslie Davis ?85, Joe House Jr., 283, Jarvis Herring 2S2, and Dan Walker (48. The Jjyeeet will continue their bowling tournament Monday even ing following their meeting at the I Inlet Inn, Contrary to early reports, three Negro ciew members from Beau fort were injured in the explosion and fire on the menhaden boat Mispillion Wednesday morning. Willio Fulford received a foot injury, Joe James sustained burns on his hands, and George Davis, engineer, suffered extensive burns on his legs, arms, and the .side of his face. The 20 crew members were pick ed up on the menhaden boat, Sea King, and returned to Beaufort. W. H. Potter, of Beaufort Fish eries, icported today that $50,000 damage was caused to the Mis pillion by- the fire which burned on her for about five hours after the main engine exploded at 11 o'clock Wednesday morning. The tragedy occurred four miles off Atlantic Beach. Capt. Brady Wade, Williston, ordered his men to abandon ship when it was seen that they could not battle the spreading flames and that fuel tanks were in danger of exploding. The boat itself was not insured but his company is protected, Mr. Potter tcid, against injury to per sonnel or death of crewmen while fishing. The 100.000 fish aboard at the time of the tragedy were saved. They remained in the hold and were removed from the boat when it was towed late Wednesday after noon to the plant's pier by the W. A. Mace. The Mispillion, which was built by the Fish Meal company, Beau fort, in 1942, was purchased by Beaufort Fisheries in 1944. She is being stripped now at the plant dock and the engine will be re moved at Port Terminal within the next few days. Repairs will Tie made on ways at Morehead City or New Bern and she is expected to be ready for fishing again by the middle of October. Morehead City Adopts Budget The Morehead City boa rd of town commissioners adopted the budget lor the 1949-50 fiscal year at their meeting Tuesday night in the municipal building. From unbudgeted fuhds, mean ing generally revenue from the race track, $2,000 has been ear marked to make the initial pay ment on purchase of the east wing of Morehead City hospital from the federal government, $4,000 will be given toward support of the Car teret County recreation center on Shepard stree}, $3,000 will go to ward 1949-50 payments on the new garbage truck, $3,000 for a motor grader, and $3,500 will be used to finance promotion of Morehead City. Disposition of nie $3,500 will be supervised by the Chamber of Commerce and Commissioner D. G. Bell. The board stated that this amount should in no way be inter preted as a contribution to the Chamber of Commerce. The board is cohtinuilly plagued throughout the year with requests for adver tisements in one publication or an other and they are merely trans ferring the responsibility of spend ing this amount to one of their members and the Chamber. They thought that in this way the promotional fund would be spent more intelligently and with notable results. The remainder of unbudgeted funds has been earmarked for street drainage, maintenance and repair of throughfares throughout the town. John Lashley, city clerk, report ed that $1,260.75 is as yet uncol lected in 'privilege tax. A 10 per cent penalty must be slapped on backsliders without fail, the com missioners ordered. To date $4,066.62 has been paid," the clerk announced. He also (tated that approximate ly half ot the town's parking meters have been paid for, $5,611. A total of $11,200 haa been collect ed since the meters were installed. Tide Table <Tide* at Beaufort Bar) HIGH LOW Friday, July 22 5:12 a.m. 5:41 p.m. 11:10 a m. 12 midnight Saturday, Ally 23 6:05 a.m. 6:31 p.m. 12:17 a.m. 12:02 p.m. Sundays July 24 6:56 am. 7:18 p.m. 1:04 a.m. 12:53 p.m. I Monday, July 25 7:43 a.m. ? 8:05 p.m. 1:48. a.m. 1:43 p.m. 8:30 a.m. . 8:92 p.m. Tueaday, July 26 2:31 a.m. 2:33 pjn. Plans Progress On Aug. 4 Coast Guard Celebration Three Coast Guard Cutlers, Two Patrol Boats, Air craft to Participate By Aycock Brown Plans were completed over the week-end for the most complete Coast Guard anniversary celebra tion ever presented in the history of this air, land and sea service Thursday, Aug. 4, at Morehead City. Demonstrations of just about every type of equipment used by the service will be present ed in a gigantic display within near visual distance of many thousands of spectators who will be privileg ed to attend the celebration at no cost. It will be the 159th birthday of the service orginally designated as the Revenue Cutter service by the treasury department and officially it will be called Coast Guard Day. Last year the event was staged very capably and witnessed by sev eral thousand spectators at Cape llatteras. Because the Fort Macon Coast Guard crew won the surfboat and capsize drill, the celebration is being held in Morehead City this year, and due to easy accessibility to the Carteret coastal area, addi tional thousands of persons will be privileged to witness the great show. Plans were completed over the week-end when Commodore J. E. Whitbeck, Commandant of the Fifth Coast Guard district, Norfolk headquarters, his public informa tion officer, Commander D. G Mc gowan and Captain S. C. Linholm of the Coast Guard air station in Elizabeth City flew here to confer, with Chamber of Commerce and Coast Gua'rd officials. In the ! group drawing up the tentative program, besides the visitors, were , Robert G. Lowe, General Manager J Chamber of Commerce, the cham- j ber's chairman of the coast guard j event, D. G. Bell and Chief Boat swain H. R. Daniels in charge of til# BeauL>rt jr?up of Life Boat: stations with headquarters at Fort Macon. It was announced following the ( meeting that participating equip ment would include three coast guard cutters, the Chincotcague, 1 Conifer aod Agassiz; and two pat- 1 rol craft, the 83427 and 83493. Air equipment taking part in the dem onstration will include a giant j PB1G, two helicopters, and one sea plane from the Elizabeth City air station. The seaplane will be eq uipped for a JATO (jet assisted take off) demonstration. There will also be one of the giant am- j phibious DUKWs from the Ft. Macon lift boat station and num erous smaller boats participating including the surf boats that will be used in races and capsize drills. The entire demonstration will be presented in the harbor adjacent to the Morehead City Port terminal and thus it will be possible for up to 15,000 or more persons to see | the show which will demonstrate air and sea search techniques, plus a realistic simulation of a ship in distress. The public generally for See COAST GUARD Page Seven n i 11 Agents dcbedule Dairy Meetings To promote interest in dairying and inform farmers of the need of building this enterprise in the co unty, a series of meetings featur ing motion pictures will" be held throughout the county next week. | The meetings will be conducted by R. M Williams, county agent, and A1 Stinson,' assistant county agent. Mr. Williams said. "The latest farm census reports indicate that there are only three hundred thir ty five milk cows in this county. I This is an average of one cow for around three rural farm families in the county, not to speak of the needs of all our town population. The county production of milk is exceptionally low lifc companion to the needs in meeting our demands. "Approximately one half million dollars of hard earned cash is leav ing Carteret County annually for dairy and poultry products. "In order for our county tt> make the normal progress and reach the degree of proaperlty which might be expected, wc must bal ance our livestock production more in line with local needs. The meetings are as follows: Monday. 8 p.m., Cleve Gi'.likin'a ?tore,' Bettie; Tuesday. 8 p m , court house, Beaufort; Wednesday, j 8 pm, Lionel Connor's stol-o, Har lowe; Thursday. ? p. m. vocational agriculture department. Newport school; Friday, 8 p. m , Unitarian I church, Peiletier. Leaf-Growing Farmers To Go ,to Polls Tomorrow Thai's Tomorrow! ' > 4 July 1949 n n? m ? sjws . "I'm no tobacco farmer," says young Larry Allen of Wake County, N. C., "but tomorrow, July 23, is an important date for everybody. That's Jthr day every flue-cured grower ? landowner, tenant, and sharecropper ? should go to his community polling placc to vote on TOBACCO ASSOCIATES and MARKETING QUOTAS. My Daddy says tobacco farmers have the best program they've ever had, but they must vote ' tomorrow to keep that program." Arkansas Travelers Receive Two Shocks as Result of Swim Rotary President Nantes Chairman Dr. N. Thomas Ennett. newly-in stalled Beaufort Rotary president, outlined his program for the com ing year and appointed chairmen for the four principal Rotary com mittees at Tuesday night s meeting in the Inlet Inn dining room. President Ennett stated that he believed the club could serve the community much more elfectively if it had an increased membership. He said his two major objectives of the year would be to bring into the club ail eligibles and desir able personnel and to further more active community service by the club. Chairmen appointed wer* B. J. May, community service; W. E. Downum, club service; L. A. "Jack" Oakley, vocational service; and Rev. W. Y. Stewart, internat ional service. Each committee chairman is to select two other Rot arians to serveon his committee. The community service commit tee was asked to begin' an immed iate survey of Beaufort and the co unty and bring in recommendations for the chief project for the club this year. When brought in, the club will determine which project shall be undertaken. The treasurer was instructed to draw up a quarterly financial re port and attendance record which will be mimeographed and put in|o the hands of each member. Blanks for Insurance Befands Available in Fall World War II veterans who arc expecting insurance rfeunds for money they paid the government during the war were advised to day by C. L. Beam, veterans Ser vice officer, that application blanks for the refunds would lot be available before late Octoter or early November. Mr. Beam stated that the blanks would be in his office in the American Legion hut, fieaufort, in the fall. He said that the blanks , should be filled out at d application made before Jan. I. According to information r<-, ceived by the service officers, the estimated average refund to' received by each veteran will amount to between 30 and 40 per cent of the amount paid on insurance by the veteran between the time it was taken out and January 1, 1946. As a parting word Mr. Beaai suggested that veterans use tie refund checks when they are re ceived to reinstate their National Service Life insurance or pay lot the insurance in advance. Tb" -fining of June 17 a dis tress motorist is bathing suit walk ed into i he Sound Chevrolet coiiv pany, Morehead City. He and his family had- been swimming at an isolated spot on the beach. When they returned to their car, they found that every thing in it had been stolen, includ ing their clothes and car keys! Although it was after closing hours, Ed Oglesby employee at the garage, towed the car to Morehead City, and Malcolm Collins, mech anic, made a new set of keys. It so happened that the victims of the robbery were the Rev. David Shcpperson, pastor of the First Presbyterian church, El. Dorada, Arkansas, his wife, son, and daughter. Among the stolen articles was a wrist watch, two pairs of glasses, small pieces ol jewelry, several of the minister's cards, some cash that was in the toe of a shoe, and a New Testament. The unbelievable happened June 25, when the postman delivered to { the Shepperson'i door in Arkan sas a package postmarked New Bern, beariflg a feturn address, and containing every article that had been removed from the car, in cluding a small wrench- and a handful of ntckles and dimes. M. T (Tom) Mills, owner and manager of Sound Chevrolet com pany, received the following letter I from Mrs. Shepperson: "You were so kind to < car of Arkansas travelers several weeks ago, 1 thought you'd be interested in the outcome of our mishap in your city. On June 25th the post man brought us ? package contain ing every article that had been stolen from our car the evening of June 17th, there was even a return address on it and it was mailed at New Bern. Not only that, but the person spent 31 cents postage to mail it to us Cordially Mrs. David Shepperson Enclosed with the letter was a clipping from an El Dorado paper which reported the unusual inci dent. Maybe the New Testament serv ed to convert some misguided soul, or perhaps a "practical joke" was played on the wrong party ... in this day and age, this just shows that miracles DO, happen. t ________ A traffic light was installed at the corner of 28th and Evans streets, Morehead City Wednes day. The light was authoriied by town commisai oners a month ago : but delivery waa delayed until 1 Tuesday It is hoped that tbe new light will aid in regulating the bad traffic situation to and (rom i Atlantic Beach. I B. J. May, county Production Marketing administrator, today re leased a statement on the market ing quotas and Tobacco Associates referendum to he held in Carteret , county and every flue-cured to- j bacco producing county in the I United States tomorrow. His state ment follows: "Flue-cured tobacco farmers | will go to the polls tomorrow to vote on the proposition of whe Polling places for the referen dum tomorrow follows: Stella, Pelletier's store; Pelletier, Uni tarian church; Bogue, Joe Tay lor's store; Newport, Town Hall; Wildwood, Murdoch's store; Har lowe, Connor's store; Merrimon, Dula Salter's store. All tobacco producers living east of Beaufort will vote at Gaskill's store in Beaufort. Polls will be open from 7 a. m. to 7 p.m. ther to continue marketing quotas after 1949. "Congressmen from flue-cured j tobacco states have battled to con tinue marketing quotas and price support on llue-cured tobacco. The j number of tobacco producers vo ting in the Saturday referendum ! will have a far-reaching effect on future policy of the government in reference to quotas and price sup ports. "If a large number vote to morrow, the future will be well assured. if only a small number vote, the prospect of government support will be lessened. "Marketing quotas have been in effect since 1938, with the excep tion of 1939. Whea quotas were lifted in 1939, a number of farm ers who had never grown tobacco planted it for the first time, there by establishing a base. In 1940 when quota* were reinstated and a natimal goal establishad these : new grower* had to be tfeken into I consideration. "In order to take care of them, I North Carolina lost over 15 per ' cent of her 1938 allotment. To ; bacco producers can readily see 1 ! what might happen if marketing | quotas were discontinued for even j one year. "The poll* open at 7 o'clock to i morrow morning and close at 7 1 ' tomorrow night. I urge every to ! bacco growing farmer in the coun i ty to go to the polls and vote, | thereby showing his interest in a subject that vitally effects their | economy." Morehead Water Found Polluted I Mayor. George W. Dill, Jr., Morehead City, announced today that he has been informed by the county health department that Bogue Sound beaches, along More head City waterfront, contain bac cillus coli, and are, therefore, a potential typhoid fever threat. The mayor stated* that t'.e I health department has requested the town to post signs along the waterfront warning people of the, pollution. Samples -of the water, taken i about a week ago, were analyzed ! at the state laboratory. Although j baccillus coli is not the typhoid i fever germ, a potential danger of typhoid has been found to ex | ist where that germ is found. Mr. Dill said that the Bogue Sound beaches are not to be in terpreted as the beaches at At lantic Beach. They are the beach es in Morehead City proper. Victim oi Vicious Attack Discharged from Hospital Mrs. John T. Noc of Bcautort, ! victim of a brutal bludgeoning about the head last Friday morn ing, was discharged from Morehead City hospital yesterday but the j identity of her attacker still re mained a deep mystery. Mrs. Noe was beaten badly in j (he early hours of the morning Friday by an unknown assailant j who entered her home on Broad street, went outside and procured a large piece of timber, and re- ! turned to beat her on the head six or eight times. She suffered a brain concussion and fractured skull. Beaufort police, with the assis tance of the State Bureau of In vestigation, are still working on the ess*. Rumors in Beaufort have it that there art several suspects I but little evidence for conviction. Morehead City Boys Road Grader Board Appropriates $100 For Purchase of Bike Reflector Tape Morehead City commissioner! ordered the rental purchase of 4 motor grader from Carolina Equip ment company at their session i* the municipal building Tuesday night. The grader, total cost $3,000, to be paid in 10 months without in terest, will be used to grade unpav ed streets in town. Clyde Jonee who has advised the board o^ street improvement problems, rec comendcd purchase of the grader suggested that in the following year more equipment be bought which will make macadamizing of dirt streets possible. Mr. Jones said the one of the most important problems at pre sent is drainage. Bringing street! up to grade, will accomplish noth ing. He recommended purchase of local labor can then be used, and secondly, road contractors will be available only at a premium in the coming few years because of the state's $200,000,000 road building program. M. A. Mcars, salesman from the Carolina Equipment company, at tended the meeting. The grader being purchased is a used machine but has been inspected by Mayor George W. Dill and "Hooty" Wa ters and adjudged in good condl* tion. The equipment company will place two new tires on the grader and take the town's old grader. Mayor Dill reported that prog ress has been made on the drainage problem ai 32nd strelt on Evan^ , and Sunset drive. T H. S. Gibbs, Jr., Jayceft chairman of safety, received a promise from the board of $100 from bicycle li cense tag revenue in January to purchase reflector tape for all bl* cycles in town. John Lashley, city j clerk, reported that 350 bike tags have been sold this year. The board authorized Mayor \ George W. Dill. Jr., to attend thq public utilities commission heaiw ing at Wilmington next Thursday J to register protest against the posed Tide Water 1'ower i increase in rates. " | W. C. Matthews and Dr. Johtt Morris, representatives of thf Morehead City Chamber of Com* mercc appeared and requested th4 t board's support of the Chamber of Commerce advertising and j?romoV ion campaign. Chamber Opposes Power Rate Raise The net increase in revenue t6 Tide Wuer Puwer company, if the proposed ra'.e increase goes throu gh, will be about $169,000 after state and federal taxes are pai4> engineer for the power company told members of Beaufort's Cham, bcr of Commerce board of director* - at a meeting Wednesday night. , ] The board invited George Coii ant. commercial manager, Georgf Stovall, local manager, and Mr. Gallagher to explain the reason* lor the proposed increase. Following the power company'^ presentation of their case, the board voted to oppose the increaa* j Braxton Adair was appointed < chairman of a committee to go ta Wilmington Thursday to the hear-' ' ing before the utilities commission. i Persons wishing to accompany hint } ihould contact him as sooa a* possible, Mr. Adair reported todk]>. The board of directors was toid expenses have made the request :or increased rates necessarx* There will be no increae in coot of itreet lighting in cities or in stat* >r federal housing projects, Whereaa the residental rate is tow $1 per 20 kilowatt hours, it ?rill be *1.50 per kilowatt hours it he utilities commission approves he raise. On the oommercial rate, now 111.23 for 290 kilowatt hours, tar ?xample, the new rate would (13. an increase of $1.77. Mr. Gallagher said that under tla tew commercial rate struct art, >uslness enterprises csn convert to tingle meter service, which In ***a r cases means a saving over ha* ng several meters Single mM ervice does swsy with the aec?? See POWEK RATE

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