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fiSE CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES J*j A Merger of THE BEAUFORT NEWS (Established 1912) end THE TWIN CITY TIMES (Established 1936) 38th YEAH, NO.61 TEN PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA, TUESDAY, AUGUST 9, 1049 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS Madix Plant to Resume Operations Youngsters, Parents Fall For Curly-Headed Guy ' A curly-haired fellow came to Beaufort this summer and cap tured the hearts of young and old. He has almost a hundred chilcV ren and mothers of these young sters think he is about the most wonderful person ? besides their husbands ? whom they have ever met. Why? Because he has taught their children to swim, play ball, play tennis, volleyball, and above all, he has taught them the mean ing of teamwork. This individual, who has ac complished wonders with Beau fort's younger set, boys and girls 8 to 15 years of age, is Raz Autry, Jr. Yes, his father has the odd name of Raz, too. It's not a nickname, but the name with which he was christened. He says he once asked his father tyow the name came to be, and Mr. Autry, the elder, said he wasn't sure, but perhaps long ago the name had been Erasmus. Because Mr. Autry is young, handsome, and has a wonderful personality, some of the girls who are nearing the age of 15 assume the privilege of callnig him Raz. But to the younger ones, he is a sort of god, and it's "Mr. Autry." It's not unusual to see him rid ing youngsters about on a bike to the various points where they swim, at Piver's Island, to the ball grounds, or to the tennis courts. - But his instruction does not stop at the athletic field, he teaches dancing, too. "I think dancing is one of the most important social {accomplish ments for a young person," de clares Mr. Autry. "I have seen boys and girls whose lives have been made miserable because tH%y couldn't ..dance. It frequently leads to an inferiority complex." The real little boys think danc ing is sissy, but then there are some 9, 10, and 11 years old who want to learn. But the number of girls in his dancing class at the Scout building always out number the boys! He proudly reports that any boy or girl who has been in the swimming class regularly for three weeks can now take care of himself in the water ? even though he had never had 10 minutes of swimming instruction before. Mr. Autry, who is majoring: in physical education at East Caro lina Teachers college, was born in Dunn, N. C. At Dunn high school he won two letters in i basketball and two in baseball, and when he graduates from col lege he plans to be a high school athletic coach. The recreation program will end Saturday and as a climax Mr. Autry is staging field day events on Thursday and Friday at the high school athletic field. He's planning baseball games, track events, such is high jump, broad jump, and dashes, ball games, egg- pitching contests, novel races and numerous other contests. He's counting on a big turnout of parents to witness the events because the children love to show them how they can play ball or dhow what they have learned. The detailed schedule for the field See YOUNGSTERS Page Three Scott Requests Channel Action Governor Scott hu backed up fishermen in their request (or the deepening and widening of Wallace Channel in, Pamlico Sound between Beaufort and Ocracoke. In a letter to Maj. Gen. Lewis A. Pick, chief of the Army Eiv gineers, Governor Scott observed that, "Fishermen are handicapped at present by insufficient water in Wallace Channel on the tripe from the Morehead City and Beau fort area t? the Atlantic Ocean via Ocracoke Inlet and It ia claim ed, with reason, that ht? fishing industry could be increased greatly by the deepening and widening of the chwinel." "The proposed route," he con tinued. "would provide acceaa to the ocean fishing grounds that ia aafer and more readily navigated at night than in the route through Beaufort Inlet, around Cape Look cut shoals." The p r o p oss e d improvement would tost $88,000 if approved by Congreas. "" . ?JU ,W?. .1 The youngsters worship Mr. Autry. Here at their "iwimmin' hole" on Piver's Island he talks fo little Frances Johnson, left, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Price Johnson, and Frances Bell Willis, right, daughter of Mr. and- Mrs. George W. Willis. , * The recreation program has made a better hall player out of Kit Jones, son of Mr. and Mrs. Crip Jones, than he was before. Kit says he won't be long before he'll be whamming out homers for Beaufort and putting them on top in the Tidewater league. I ' Morehead Lions Bin Fan Fat al Weekly Meeting Morehead City Lions spent most of their Thursday night meeting enjoying the shenanigans of Har ry Van Horn as he indulged in getting Robert Rice's goat. Lions spent the evening in the Fort Ma con hotel dining room having a fun fest as a change from the usual business routine. It was decided that next week's meeting will be held Friday night instead of Thursday. President Frank Moran urged all Lions to be present as plans will be made for Ladies Night. Dill Speaks To Rotarians The need and ' desire (or an armory in Morchcad City was st ressed to Morehead Rotarians at their Thursday night meeting at the Mofhead City Technical Insti tute. Capt. Lonnic Dill, comman der ol the local National Guard unit, was the speaker. Captain Dill stated that there are now 40 men in the Carteret county Guard unit, that it is grow ing all the time, and that its pre sent space is inadequate. He said that no money would have to be spent on the armory and that the only requirement would be for the city to donate the property. The Guard officer urged all RotaHaos to assist in obtaining an armory, which he said would be beneficial to the community and the Guard also. Captain Dill also urged those Rotarians who employ Guards men to permit t(iem to participate in the summer encampment at Fort Jackson, S. C., this month without aacrifice of earnings or vacation rights. He stressed the importance of field training as a climax to a whole year of train ing. Rotariani will meet this Thurs day night and for the rest of the month in the Fort Macon Hotel dining room. din-ing New. Slate ol Officers lakes Over A. and N. C. Control Governor Kerr Scott's political housecleaning reached into Car teret county over the weekend de poaing the president attorney, aec reary-treasurer, expert, inspector, seven of 12 directors, and three of five finance committeemen of the Atlantic and North Carolina Rail road, State owned line that runs from Goldsboro to Morehead City. Mayor Lawrence W. Hasaell of Beaufort and county superinten dent of schools H. L. Joslyn were nominated and elected director and finance committeeman, res pectively, upon the Governor's recommendation. H. S. Gibbs, Morehead City, was nominated and reelected by private stock holders and M. G. Mann, former Newport resident, was elected president of the line, also upon I the Chief Executive's recommen dation. New officers were elected at the annual meeting of tbe rail road Friday at the Atlantic Beach hotel. Tbe meeting waa the lint since Scott took office. Many items concerning opera tion of the railroad, financial con ditions. and income were diacusa ed bat the chief point of interest to Carteret countiana Waa ? re port nude by Col. George W. Gil lette, executive secretary, A G. Henry Vann of Clinton, member Myers of Gastonia, chairman, and of the State Ports Authority. Other new officers appointed at the Governor's instigation were R. | Mayne Albright, unsucessful Dem ocratic gubernatorial candidate against Scott last year, attorney to replace William A. Allen, Jr., of Kinaton; Guy Hargett of Rich lands, secretary-treasurer replac ing Wallace; Hilton Smith of Ral eigh, expert, placing T. L. Blow of Goldsboro; ii.d L. V, Merrill of Snow Hill, inspector, replacing Col. Meriwether Lewis of Kinaton. For railroad directors. Gover nor Scott nominated as the State's representative* Mann, Hassell, Judson Blount of Greenville Dempsey Hodgea of Kinston, Frank A. Seymour of Goldsboro, W. O. Abbitl of Williamston, Thomas W. Davis of Pink Hill, and Major J. T. Kingsley of Nor folk, Va., who is president of the Norfolk and Southern Railroad, which own* 2,900 ahares of stock in the A. * N. C. On the part of private stock holders, the four directors elected were Gibbs, George W. I pock of Ernul. George P. Folk of Edenton and William Dunn of New Bem, all of whom have served as direc tors for many years. Dunn, a for mer state appointee, was named I by the private stockholders to suc ceed Leo H. Harvey of Kinston, who did not desire reelection fol lowing service for tile past year as vice president and acting presi dent during the illness' and since See RAILROAD Page Six Carteret Vacation Patronage Increases While some of the resorts of the nation have recently reported a decrease in vacation patronage during the current season, the Cartere'. coastal area which em braces Morehead City, Atlantic Beach and Beaufort has had an increase, according to a survey just completed by Robert G. Lowe, General Manager. More head City Chamber of Com merce. N Mr. Lowe estimates that busi ness during July was 25 percent better than July of 1M8 and be lieves during August will show an even greater increase as com pared to one year ago ? if wea ther conditions remain favorable. Weather conditions during the current summer with a minimum of rain have definitely played an important factor in better patron age at the Carteret resorts, ac cording to the chamber manager. Police Meeting Begins Tomorrow Over 200 policc officers arJ members of their families arc ex pected t" be present tomorrow for the opening of the North Carolina Policc Executives Association, the Morehea<i City Chamber of Com merce announced today. The oflicers will register all day i tomorrow at the Ocean King hotel, j their headquarters for the three day meeting. Thursday they will 1 be guests at a luncheon at the hotel being given by Morehead City and | Beaufort police departments. That afternoon they will go to the Cher ry Point pistol range for practice I firing. Friday afternoon they will fire for the record at the range. This firing for championship records is a feature of the annual meetings. Business sessions designed to in form the officers of the newest techniques and practices will be held at various times during the meeting. They will be held at the Ocean King headquarters. Recreation and entertainment planned for the group will include fishing, boat rides and visits to places of interest. The police will also be guests of Carolina Racing Association at the greyhound track and to many of them it will be I their first view of-legalized gamb ling wit!<in the borders of North Carolina. Chief of Mecklenburg County Police F. N. Little John is presi dent of the association and Capt. D. T. Lambert of the State High way Patrol is the secretary and treasurer. Expected to be present for the meeting will be recently commissioned officers of the State Highway Patrol and its command ing Officer Col. Tony Tolar. Beauty Queen Visits Coast The Carteret coast -was host this weekend to one of its prettier summer imports, Alice Hobson of Winston Salem, Miss Hanes* Knit ting Mills.' Miss Hobson was recently chos en by her <;o -workers at the mill as the prettiest girl employee and her trip to the coast was the prize she received. Friday afternoon she alighted from a Piedmont airliner at" the Beaufort-Morehead City airport, and was greeted by representa tives of both Chambers of Com merce. From the airport she was whisked to the Ocean King Hotel on Atlantic Beach where her va cation began. Frfday night she was dinner guest at the Sanitary Fish Market and Restaurant. Following din ner she motored to the greyhound races at the Carolina Racing as sociation and after the races she attended the dance at the Surf club. At both places, as at all h?r weekend stops, she was ? guest of the management. Saturday morning she break fasted at the Ocean King, lunched at Holden's Restaurant in Beau fort, and that afternoon toured various points of interest in the county. For dinner that night she journeyed to the Blue Ribbon Club and returned -to the doc races hut night. Sunday dinner found h?r at Capt. Bill Ballou'a Waterfront Restaurant. She departed for Winston-Salem 011 the afternoon plan* Sunday. Beach Taxpayers Readi No Decision On Tax Question Atlantic Bcach taxpayers as sembled for a special meeting with their town board Wednes day night at the Surf Club to dis cuss the levying of an ad valorem tax on beach property but the meeting broke up with no defi nite conclusion reached and fut ure meeting planned. The board of commisioners cal led the meeting to discuss the necessity for issuing an ad valor em tax and also the advisability^! of such a tax. In an unusual j move, it called in all Atlantic! Beach citizens to receive their views on the subject. After a stormy period of dis cussion, it was found that the maj ority of cottage owners were against the tax, with businessmen strongly in favor of it. The board was split on the matter. As a result of the meeting, the town's 1949-1950 budget estimate was scrapped. Another budget ! will be drawn up when the tax * dispute is settled. A citizens' committee was ap- j pointed to work in conjunction j with the town board and make recommendations for a new bud- 1 get and any means of increasing revenue. All present agreed that j some form of a general agreement was needed. The citizens' committee was composed of W. L. Derrickson, H. M. Clark, Bert Taylor, Paul Scott, Mrs. John D. Cooper and Dr. M. E. Bizzell. Following the general meeting, the citizens committee held a spec ial meeting with the board. Tho ugh strong views against the pro posed tax were voiced at the gen eral meeting, a reliable source stated that the ad valorem tax definitely was not out of the pic ture. Southern Felt Transfers Madix Plant to Fry. Co. New Bern Wreck Injures Five Five people, four of them from Beaufort, were hospitalized as a result of a six car accident which occured just east ol New Bern Wednesday night in an area cov ering part of the Trent River bridge and the Scott's Creek I bridge on Uie Morehead City high I way. | A 1948 Pontiac convertible high I way patrolmen said was driven by Sgt. Russell J. C. Barber of Cher ry Point Marine Air Station, ran wild on the bridge, sideswiping j two cars and a truck before going on to a point a few hundred feet from the Scott's creek bridge and I careening off a 1949 Hudson and hitting head-on into a 1,942 Ford. Russell is being charged with operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of intoxi cants. reckless and careless driv ing, hit and run driving and as sault with a deadly weapon. Jim Smith, elderly resident of New Bern and Beaufort, was the most critically hurt in the acci | dent. He suffered two broken i ankles and bad lacerations about j the face. His gjndition was re ported slightly improved over the weekend. Mr. Smith was riding in the 1942 Ford being driven by George Lewis of Beaufort. Others in the Lewis car who were hurt included the driver, who received a broken arm and head and arm lacerations. Mrs. Rosalee Lewis, wife of the driver, | received face and leg cuts, and 1 Valeria, . Lawrence of Beaufort, | suffered a broken ankle. Richard ? Smflh, another occupant of the See WRECK Page Three . Negotiations have just been completed between the Southern Felt corporation and the Lloyd A. Fry Roofing company, with gen eral offices in Summit, 111., for the transfer of Southern Felt's Morehead City roofing and felt manufacturing facilities to the Fry company, Lloyd A. Fry, Jr., vice-president, announced today. Southern Felt recently pur chased the asphalt roofing plant which had been operated by the Madix Asphalt Roofing company until it vent into bankruptcy late last spring. The felt company was operating a plant adjacent to the roofing plant at the time Madix went bankrupt. Mr. Fry stated that plans were being completed for the construc tion of additional buildings and the installation of additional e quipment. Further plans, still only in a tentative stage, call for the construction of docks on the south side of the property. These docks will be used for raw ma treials which will be hauled in by water from other points. A. R. Paulsen, former general superintendent of all Fry opera tions, has been appointed general manager of the Morehead City plant. Other administrative per sonnel will be transferred to More head City, but no announcement of their names or positions was made. It was stated, however, that the plant probably would not be ready for operation until January 1, 11)50. It is reported that the Fry Company ?s the largest manufact urer of asphalt prepared roll roof ing shingles and siding materials in the United States. The com pany now operates IB roofing plants and 10 felt mills, located in varfous parts of the country, See MADIX Page Three j Ivey Mason Receives County Commissioner Appointment MCTI Adds Four New Courses RALEIGH ? In an attempt to expand its services to North Ca rolina industries, the Morehead City Technical institute, a branch of N. C, State college, has revised its courses and has added {our curricula, effective with the open ing of the fall school term on September 19. Announcement of the nlarged training program was made here today by Director Edward W. Rug gles of the College's Extension di vision. Students wishing to take the instruction may register im mediately, he said. The four main curricula, Rug gles said, are building construc tion technology, drafting and me chanical technology, electrical technology, and internal combus tion engines. A wide range of technical cour ses, plus instruction in the liberal arts and basic sciences, will be of fered. Graduates, Ruggles stated will be prepared to handle scores of industrial jobs requiring skilled personnel. The technical institute, he re ported, has added intricate labor atory facilities essential for pro viding the training. The faculty has also been strengthened. A catalog outlining the new courses in detail may be secured free of charge by writing to Direc tor Edward W. Ruggles, Extension .Division, N. C. State College, Ra leigh. Lightning Causes Power Cnl-off In Newport Area Electric power in the Newport \Vildwood area was cut off early Friday morning when lightning struck i wo light poles between the two communities and broke power lines. 1 ^ Tide Water Power Company re ceived a call at 7 a.m. and immedi ately sent repairmen to check the aituation. They found that lightning had struck one pole, splintering it, and then skipped an adjoining pole to splinter the third one In line. Ivcy Mason, lifetime Carteret county resident, was appointed Carteret county commissioner Sat urday morning by clerk of court A. H. Ji>mes. In making the 'appointment, Mr. James filled a vacancy which had been open since late May. At that time C. Z. Chappell resigned to accept the position'of acting Beau fort postmaster when Postmaster Wiley Taylor retired. It was expected that a new com missioner would have been ap pointed by the end of June but the public's wait for a replacement was long delayed. Rumors were that no one was appointed since the majority of the incumbent commissioners could not agree on one person. Mr. Mason was born 48 years ago at Atlantic, the son of Capt. and Mrs. Joseph W. Mason who still reside at Atlantic. Capt. Ma son served Carteret County in the General Assembly of 1603. In 1919 Capt. Mason and his son, Ivcy, then bnly 19 years of age, bought the flourishing gen eral mercantile business known as S. E. Hamilton & Sons at Atlantic from Miss Blanche Davis and her brothers, Luther and Harvey Ha milton. After the business changed hands. Luther and Harvey moved to Morchead City where they could, respectively, engage in law and insurance, Atlantic, at that time, being too isolated a com munity in which to engage in those pursuits. Luther, as all know, became a leader in North Carolina's legal profession and a Superior Court Justice. S. E. Hamilton & Sons was ir 1919, as it had been throughout the preceding 90 years, the largest general mercantile business in all of Carteret County. Less than $5, 000 in debts were on its books when it was turned over to Capt. Mason end his son, Ivey. Ivey managed the business well. But as the years paased, roads were built to Atlantic and people no longer Had to depend entirely on boat; to get to other placet. And with the roads came automo bile* and with the automobiles came the urge to look at the greener pastures on the other side of the fence. And the people of Atlantic began to shop aiaeprhere. Then the great depreeaion of the 30's hit. In 1930 Ivey closed up See MASON rage Item Vauceboro Child Dies in Accident i James Robert Hudson, four- ' year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Woodrow Hudson of the Vancc boro section. Craven county, was fatally Injured Wednesday after- j noon when he ran into the side of a 1947 Pontiac being driven by Ashton Willis, Morthead City. The accident secured about Vanceboro at 6 p.m. The child four and a half miles north of died an hour later in the Tayloc hospital, Washington. Mr. Willis, according to the in vestigating highway patrolmen, was headed south and was passing a parked car at about 40 miles per hour. He swerved his car to go around a dog on the highway when the little boy ran from be hind the parked car and into the side of Willis' automobile. The child was taken to Tayloc hospital in Washington but never regained consciousness. No arrest had been made Thursday morning' and Patrolman J. M. Davis said the incident was apparently un avoidable. Fisheries Committee Will Discuss Proposals An emergency meeting of the commercial fisheries committee of the board of Conservation and Development has been called by Director George Ross for the pur pose of studying proposals for the regulation of shrimping in North Carolina waters. The meeting will be held at Englehard this week, probably Thursday or Saturday. Mr. Ross said that it has been suggested that the shrimping sea son might be limited in North I Carolina, or that the area in which shrimp are caught may be limited, in an effort to meet the complaint that tons of small fish arc being killed daily during shrimping operations. At the present time of the only regulations found on the books of North Carolina prohibit shrimpirg at night or on Sunday. 1 Out-of-state trawlers have been carrying on etxenalve operations 1 in North Carolina waters. 1 County Board Votes $3900 To Airport Carteret county commissioners spent $3540, adopted a new electri cal ordinance for the county, at tempted to have Meirimon road surfaced and cleared a number o* small tax matters at their meet ing yesterday morning. Chairman K. P. B. Bonner, com missioners Lionel Pellcticr, Stella, and Tildon Davis, Marker's Island, were present. It was understood that commissioner Wallace Styron, Sea Level, is still ill and unable to attend. No reason was given for newly appointed commissioner Ivey Mi son's absence but register of deedf Irwin W. Davis stated that he pro- ' bably did not know about the meeting since it was a special one. Dr. Bonner and several county of ficials present exclaimed that they^ did not even know that a new com missioner had been appointed. With little ado, the board quick ly approved the request of Kobert C. Lowe, general manager of tht Moreheail City Chamber of Com merce, and Dan Walker, general manager of the Beaufort Chamber of Commerce, for an appropria tion of $3000 to assist in the con struction of an administration building at the Beau fort -More held City airport. J Previously it had been explained to the board that the building will cost $12,000. The Federal govern ment has promised to pay $6000 if the county wili arrange to have the other $8000 paid. Private citizens, mainly Earl Taylor, operator of the airport, and M. T. Mills of Morehead City, have stated that if the county would * appropriate half of the $6000. they would arrange for the other half to be made available. Assistant district forester O. T. ' Wynn, New Bern, appeared and > repeated his request that the coun- ' ty appropriate $840 toward the construction of a 120-foot fire tow er in the county. After discussing " I he matter the commissioner! ap peared reluctant to appropriate the money at present. When this opinion became eviJ _ [lent,, commissioner Pelletier sta ted that he understood that timber awncrs in the county would b^ willing to put up $300 of the comi ty's required $840 if the county ; would appropriate the rest. The commissioners agreed to appro priate the $540 if private intereiU would provide the rest. George Stovall, Tide Water Pow- j tr Company representative, re quested the commissioners to ap prove a uniform electrical ordt nance which he submitted. He stated that the ordinance was ap proved by the North Carolina In surance Department and the Stat* tlectrieal engineer. Chairman Bonner said that li the code was uniform with other ;ounty i.rdinanccs and approved Dy the Insurance Department, h? thought it should be approved. The commissioners approved the irdinance, which establishes rates [or various inspection jobs, and hen the question of mileage charges hy the electrical inspector ?rose. Finally, it was agreed that :hc county electrical inspector >hould charge 10 centa a mile to risit any building for inspection . purposes, the mileage cost to be ? jrorated between eich customer tf icvcral are to be visited on oM rip. . 1 The new ordinance la to be el ective Monday. Commissioners ilso agreed that a periodic report 1 >y the inspector shquld be sub nitted in order that an effective ?heck may be made upon his wort William R. Hamilton, Beaufort, lubmitted a request that he be ap tolnted assistant electrical inspee or to work when the regular in? , >ector is unable to fulfill his du ies. The appointment was made. I District highway engineer Pol- : See AIRPORT Page Three 31 Tide Table >1 (Tides at Beaufort Bar) HIGH LOW Tuesday, August ? 8:39 a.m. 2:M a.m. J 8:51 p.m. 2:41 p.m. Wednesday, August 1* 9:19 a.i/v 3:13 a.1 9:29 p.m. 3:21 p.*. 1 Thursday, August 11 9:58 a n. 3:4* a.m. 10:04 p.m. 4:03 pjL Friday, Aafaat 12 10:34 a.m. 4:19 a m. 10:3# p.aa. 4:39 p.ia
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