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 Moreheames. 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