5iE CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES ^
A Merger of THE BEAUFORT NEWS (EtUbluhed 1912) and THE TWIN CITY TIMES (Establuhed 1936)
38th "YEAR, NO. 77 EIGHT PAGES ~ MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1949 PUBLISIIED TUESDAY'S- AND FRiDAYS
NEWS-TIMES Throws Open Doors
Home Economists
Meet Saturday
13 Home Economics Depart
ments Represented
At All Day Session
Mrs. David Beveridge and Mrs.
Delfido Cordova, home economical
instructors of Beaufort and More-;
head City schools were hostesses
Saturday to the district vocational
home -economics meetine.
Thirteen schools in Hyde, Beau
fort, Carteret, and Craven coun
ties were represented. The plan
ning session was held in the morn
ing at Beaufort school, the group
had lunch in Morehead City, and
then met in the afternon at More
head City school to plan the Fut
ure Homemakers of America pro
gram.
Miss Mabel Lacey, Greenville,
district supervisor, met with the
group. Their next meeting will
take place the first weekend in
December at Mattamuskeet lodge
in Hyde county. The instructors
will spend the night there prior to
their all day meeting.
Hostesses will be Mrs. Alice
Williamson of Swanquarter and
Mrs. Blanche T. Dudley of Engle
hard.
Kach instructor attending the
meeting will take one food ex
hibit, four Christmas gifts, one
table decoration, and one home
decoration.
Schools represented at Satur
day's meeting were Smyrna,
Vanccboro, Chocowinity, Aurora,
Pantego, Alliance, Bath, Bel
haven, New Bern, Englehard,
Swanquarter, Beaufort, and More
head City. Miss Elizabeth Chap
pell is the home economics inst
ructor at Smyrna.
Delegates were also elected to
the North Carolina Home Econo
mics Association meeting Nov. 1
and 5 at Winston-Salem. They
will be Mrs. Williamson, Mrs.
Dudley, Mrs. Cordova, and Mrs.
Beveridge. An invitation has
been extended to the state group j
to hold the 1950 meeting in Car-;
teret county. . |
Defendant Pays
Mayor $25 Fine
Vernon Boyd, Negro, was found
guilty of being drunk and disorder
ly, disturbing the peace, and us
ing profane language in yesterdays
session of Morehead City mayor's
court and was fined $25 and costs.
Testimony offered in the case
showed that Boyd had been drunk
Saturday night and used abusive
language toward members of his
household. His defense was that if i
a man couldn't come home to get
drunk on Saturday night, where
could he go?
John Monroe, Negro originally
charged with disorderly conduct
threatened assault, and disturbing
the peace by his wife. Melissa
Monroe, was found guilty of dis
orderly conduct and sentenced to
30 days in jail. Sentence was sus
pended on condition that he pay
the costs of court and remain on
good behavior for six months.
Eugene Ball and Julian Wade
both pleaded guilty to the charge
of public drunkeness. The first de
fendant was fined $20 and costs
and the second S2S and costs
The case of James Garland Wil
lis, charged with assault with a
deadlv weanpn (a knife), was con- j
tinued until the prosecuting wit
ness regained sufficient health to
appear in court.
Moralmri City Firuaia
Pal Out Chimney Fins
Morehead City firemen were cal- j
led out twice Friday, both times for
chimney fires of small consequence.
At 7:30 a.m. fireman were called
to the home of R. T. Willis. Jr.. M
Morehead Bluffs, to extinguish a
fire within the chimhay. They
found that some loot was smoking
and only wet the roof down to keep i
a blaze from occurring. No damage 1
was causcd. ' I
Firemen again answered .an ?
larm Friday night at 7 p.m.' at the t
n-sidence at N. 20th st. A slight
chimney fire had occured and was 1
put out by the time firemen ate I
rived. ? i
Again Sunday night at 7 5.1 fire- I
men were called to the residence I
at 104 N. 15th St. to find that an i
_ overheated oil heater had caused I
the walls of the room to smoke.
No fire actually broke out and fire- I
men departed at 8:05 after inspect- I
ing the situation. and finding no i
danger. * I
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Road Requests Dominate
Meeting of County Board
Headlights Hi! Taped Bike
? ?
This could be your child, almost invisible except for the lu
minous tape lighting up his bicycle for the passing motorist.
Morchead City Jaycees, in cooperation with the town, are cur
rently taping all bicycles with luminous Scotch-Lite tape, free
of charge to the bicycle owner. Jaycees will be at Morchead
City ball diamond' beginning at 3:30 p. m. tomorrow. Anyone
wishing to have his bike taped can do so by stopping by the
school for a few minutes.
fHire Physically - Handicapped
Week ' Proclaimed by Mayors
Lions Receive
Letter of Thanks
A letter expressing a former
blind person's sincere thanks for
the help given her was read to
Morehead City Lions at their Fri
day night meeting in the Fort Ma
con hotel dining room.
The letter was from a Beaufort j
resident who thanked Lions for giv
ing financial aid that helped her !
partially regain her sight at a time
when she had no money to pay for
the services herself.
A portion of the letter stated "I
want to tell you again what wond
erful work you are doing but hope
you will never know by experience
how wonderful it is".
It was announced at the meet
ing that Lions had donated $25 to ;
local Boy Scouts in appreciation
for the work done in last week's
Lions broom sale. Lions, with the
cooperation of the City Theater al
so treated the Scouts to a free mo
ving picture show last week.
It was decided that henceforth
Lions will meet each Thursday
night at 7 p.m., instead of Friday, i
in the Fort Macon dining room.
Urging employers in North Car
olina to test for themselves the a
bility and job performance of men
and women with physical limita
tions, Charles II. Warren, Director, |
Vocational Rehabilitation, asserted
today that rehabilitated workers
are making good in all kinds of
jobs because they have been espec- j
ially prepared and placed.
Warren made his statement i.>!
connection with "National Employ
the Physically Handicapped Week,"
which is being observed locally, |
starting today, by proclamation of
ihe President, Governor W. Kerr
Scott, and Mayors George W. Dill,
Jr., Morehead City and L. W. Has
sel, Beaufort.
"All that the handicapped ask
is the opportunity to compete for
vacancies in North Carolina's dif
ferent city offices, stores, shops/;
service establishments and factor
ies on equal terms with the able
bodied," Warren said. "They do
not ask for special privileges, con
cessions or sympathy -only that em
ployers consider their abilities and
not brush them aside because of
physical disability.
"In the entire field of work
there is scarcely a job that sonje
man or women with a physical or
emotional impairment cannot per
form well. Very few jobs require
See HANDICAPPED Page 8
Roads ? roads ? roads. Every
body wants a road and tax pro
blems took a back seat at yester
day morning's county commission
er's meeting.
The board adopted a resolution
calling for the hard-surfacing of
the road from Lewis's creek to the
turn table at Pamlico Sound on
Cedar Island. Four men from the
island, including Earl Day and
Dennis Godwin, made the request.
The -road, already a part of the
state highway system, serves the
communities of Hoe and Lola.
A large delegation from Marsh
allherg, headed by Delmas Lewis,
asked for action on the road from
lewis's fish house to the post-of
f-ice and community road. The
commissioners parsed a resolution
calling the state highway depart
ment's attention to their action on
the road several months ago, and
the clerk was instructed to forward
the petition from the Marshallberg
ers also.
John Lee Humphrey,, highway
engineer, said the work was being
held up because the state cannot
obtain right-of-way. Objecting to
the road improvement is Earl Da
vis of Marshallberg who claims
that he will lose some of his pro
perty if the proposed work is done.
Mr. Humphrey, following a re
quest from a Broad Creek delega
tion, said he intended to bring the
center part of the Broad Creek
loop road up to grade in the near
future. The Broad Creek road, 1.7
miles long, leaves highway 24,
passes through the Broad Creek
community and rejoins 24, serving
121 families.
During rainy weather it becomes
impossible for -school busses, mail
men, fish dealers, or private par
ties to use the road.
Kuhn's road in Whiteoak town
ship, 1.3 miles long, was made a
part of the county highway system
following presentation of a peti
tion on the matter. The road
serves six families. The petition
requested "repair and improve
ment." *
D. W. Truckner, Pelletier, ap
pealed for repair of the Sam Mea
dows road and. J. E. Weeks and
his son, Marion Weeks, requested
that part of the Wiggins Neck road
be re routed to ppss by the J. E.
Weeks property. The board re
commended this move to the high
way commission.
Mrs. John Conway. Highland
Park, requested that ditches there
be opened to improve the drainage
situation. Mr. Humphrey said he
would investigate.
Charles Price, president of the
Camp Glenn PTA, presented a
lunchroom problem to the board
but he was referred to the county
board of education.
People in Bettie Community
Build Home for Aged Couple
Ey Oliver H. Allen
The spirit of community help
fulness and cooperation that built
our country from its earliest be
ginnings showed itaelf at Bettie
last month when residents of that
small eastern Carteret county com
munity pitched in their time, mo
ney, furnishings and labor to build
a home for an aged couple who
had no roof over their heads.
Randolph and Ellia Golden were
the infirm pair that were the ob
jects of Bettie's benevolence. In
three days Bettie residents built
from foundation to rooftop a small
tworoom house for the Goldcns.
"It was this way." Wilson Gold
en. one of the leaders in building
the house, said. "Mrs. Golden was
in the hospital right bad off and
we didn't know how she was going
to make out when she got out. .
; A11 they had was just a little
shack that kept the sun off of their
heads. There was talk of repairing
the shack but we could see that it
would just be throwing money
?way.
"Finally we decided to build
them a small house." Golden, who
ia no relation to the aged couple,
?xpbined. "All of us'here in Bet
tie slid we would give some of our
ime and money to help out and
ve set out soliciting everyone to
lee what we could get.
Reaidents of 'the surrounding
irea were solicited Gifts ranging
rom M cents to $10 were received |
ind the final total reached approxi
nately >279. Roy Keller of the |
Randolph Golden stands at corner of new home.
community donated the uses of his
truck and the group set out for the
lumber miir in Beaufort.
"Mr. Safrit slid he would give
us 10 per cent off on the lumber
so that helped out a lot," Golden
continued "We set to work the
last of July and at the end of three
days, the first of August, we had
them a house built and ready to
move in."
When completed the interior of
the hbuse measured 18 by 16 feet
with a partition cutting it into two
equal-tiled Kooms. one used for a
kitchen-living ropm and the other
for a living room. A few dollars!
j of the money donated was left af
ter the house was built and that
' will be used soon to add on a chim- ?
| ney flue and buy sealing to be
1 put inside the house.
! "We didn't have hardly any
| place to live when my wife went
to the hospital," 71-year-old Ran
dolph Goiden explained. "Every
; body in BeUie, even the little i
; hoys. Joined in and built us this , ,
house. It was a mighty fine thing. 1 ;
' I've been sick and can't work and I
I my wife stays sick so that I have j |
' to be here to look alter her. W?| |
> See COUPLE Page S
$1,009 Damage
Caused by Wreck
Sunday Night
Another Serious Acci
dent Occurs in Vici
nity of Steel Bridge
, Damage totalling an estimated
$1,000 was .caused Sunday night at
7:40 when two automobiles collid
ed just off Core Creek bridge.
Hobert Kelly, Beaufort, ' was
headed west in his 1939 Chevrolet
when he saw a 1941 Pontiac being
, driven east by Isaac Felton, Beau- i
fort Negro, head across the high- 1
way into Kelly's lane of traffic. !
I Kelly swerved his car over to j
the shoulder to avoid an accident j
but his efforts were for naught.
Felton's car traveled completely j
across the road, struck Kelly's car|
and both cars were spun around, !
causing damage estimated at $500 j
to each car on the front end and !
j left side.
Willie Fitch, Negro occupant of]
Felton's car received head injuries
from the accident and was taken
to Morehead City hospital where
his condition was reported as sa- 1
, tisfactory yesterday Kelly and '
Albert Small, passengers in the '
I Chevrolet, both received cuts about
the head and shoulders.
Felton, driver of the car that
caused .the accident, received no
j injuries whatsoever. A Negro girl
in the Felton car was too inebria
! ted to feel any pain or be cogni
i zant of the accident, highway pat
rolmen reported.
Felton was charged with reck
| less driving and speeding since the
arcident occurred in a 20 mile
T/one. Investigating officers were]
State Highway Patrolmen J. W. I
! Sykes and H. G. Woolard.
I !
Donations Flow
In for Gastrins'
Contributions arc continuing to1
flow into THE NEWS-TIMES of
fice for the Herbert Gaskins fam- 1
ily whose home at Wild wood was j
j destroyed by fire Sept. 26.
! Cash, clothing, lumber wiA be ac- 1
1 ccpted. There are six children in"
the family, two boys, 11 and 13,
| two girls, 6 and ft. a boy 3, and a I
I three-month old girl.
The baby has been in poor health
ever since birth, and Its medicine
and other types of prescriptions
j were lost in the fire. The family
j is now living at Mr. Gaskins' moth
! er's 105 N. 11th st., Morehcad City,
and have started saving money to
ward a buildfng fund.
To date, THE NEWS-TIMES of
fice has received $2 in cash from
someone who would give his name,
only as "Joe," $5 from another par
ty who wished to remain anony- j
mous. a large box of clothing from
the Moores, Beaufort, two heavy
blankets from Mrs. Ernest Davis, |
Beaufort, and ice box and space
heater from Mr. and Mrs. Raymond
Wells, Beaufort, Clyde Jones, More- j
head City, told the NEWS TIMES
that he will give the family a re- j
built washing machine.
Mr. Jones, free of charge, will ;
also move the space heater and re- i
frigerator from Mrs. Well's home |
in Beaufort to the Gaskins' resi- '
dence on 11th street.
Mrs. T. T. Potter Named
To County Welfare Board
Mrs. T. T. (Tom) Potter. Beau- 1 '
fort, has be?n appointed by coun
ty commissioners to fill the vac <
ancy on the welfare board left by : i
C'. 7,. Chappell. '
Mr. Chapel1,r former county i
commissioner and welfare board I
member, became ineligible to hold
a governing board office when he
became postmaster at Beaufort, j
Thomas C. McGinnis, welfare
superintendent, invited members j
of the county board at their meet- j
in* yesterday morning, to attend
a luncheon Tuesday, Oct. IK.
Speaker at the luncheon will be .
Dr. Ellen Winston, state welfare'
superintendent.
The meeting will be open only'
to invited public officials. Exact,
time and place will be announced ;
later, Mr. McGinnis said. 1
Dr. Winston will fly to New
Bern on that day and come here
t>y car. She wil] speak also, dut
ng the same trip, at Greenville. I <
Legion Fair Will Open
Next Monday Nigh!, Oct. 10
Final plans are being com
pleted for the Carteret County
Fair. Tom Kelly, rkairman of the
Beaufort American legion fair
committee reported today, with
a grand opening planned next
Monday night.
An exhibit tent will be raised
Saturday at the fairground site,
the Legion Park west of Beau
fort, and exhibits will be receiv
ed Monday and Tuesday for dis
play throughout the week.
R and S Amusements ro. will
have charge of concessions at
the fair and free acts and fire
works will be given each night,
Monday through Saturday.
It is planned to hold the fair
each year If public interest and
support is large enough.
Obstacles Rise
Again on Sea Level
Dredging Project
Son Level fishermen and fish!
dealers who were hoping to obtain ,
a side channel and turn table at
Sea Level may have to wait an
other year or more because ob
jections from certain residents;
will require a re-authorization of j
the project.
Advice on reauthorization was
given H. C. Taylor, Thomas
Styron, James Styron, and others'
from that community * ho appear
ed before the county board yestei- 1
day. T. J. Hewitt and II. |
Hick* of the corps of engineers,,
U. S. Army, Wilmington, request- j
ed the board to guarantee local
cooperation on the project.
This means guarantee of
$1,000, right away, and exemp
tion from claims for damage. Dr.
K. T. B. Bonner, chairman of the
board, informed Mr. Hewitt that
the county would be setting a pre
cedent in underwriting dredging
in any amount and that the coun
ty would not pay $1,000. it was
pointed out that the U. S. govern
ment has already been given clear
ance on right-of way and damage (
claims, _ |
Mr. Hew'.t explained that in j
11)43 the federal government!
made a $:i,000 emergency allot
ment for dredging the channel ?t
Sea Level anil that $1,000 was;
paid al.o hy Sea Level business- j
men who would benefit by the (
dredging
To open the channel again an
other $1,000 W(>uld be required,
but Thomas Styron, whose home
is on the waterfront, said that his
property is caving in because of
the I!?I3 dredging operations and
he "doesn't want another cutter
through there!"
James Styron said that shift
ing sand closed up the channel six
n-.onths after the dredge was
there.
Mr. Ilewitt replied that hardiy
any channel stays open without
yearly maintenance.
He further stated that the
problem should be taken to the 1
congressman or senator fr<ftn this \
district, presented again at pub- (
lie hearing, be re-surveyed b* the
corps of engineeers and now plans (
drawn up.
Veterans Hope
To Sell Four Lots
Only four lots remain unpur
chased in the tract of land outside
Beaufort owned by the Tide Water
Veterans Housing cooperative, Dan
Walker, manager of the Beaufort
Chamber of Commerce, announced
loday.
Work on developing the tract
is moving ahead rapidly, he said,
ivith those purchasing the remain
ng four lots having the opportun-.
ity lo buy at a below-average price. .
Those interested should contact Mr.
Walker.
A portion of members of the co
>pcrative met with contractors Fri
lay night in chambcr offices and
liscussed details of house* they
jlan to construct. Individual bids
>n each house will be accepted la- '
;tr.
Members of the cooperative have
laved considerable money as a re
mit of their participation in a co
iperative group. Mr Walker stated
Examples he listed were $16.50
flved by each member on the coat
if having hia lot surveyed, a 25 per
?ent saving on the cost of blue
irinta, and a total of $2,000 saved
>y the entire group in ita purchase i
>f the lota. >
i
County Newspaper Observes
National Newspaper Week
For the first time since THE
NEWS-TIMES moved inJ.o its new
home, 506 Arendell St., the floors
will be thrown wide this afternoor
in a formal opening.
Guests will be conducted through
all departments of the newspaper
plant and will receive a four-page
souvenir edition of TIIE NEWS
TIMES as well as another souven
ir typical of newspaper produc
tion.
The plant will be open two other
days this week, Friday afternoon
during the same hours as this at
ternoon, 1 to 5, and Saturday morn
ing from 9 a m. to noon.
Open house at THE NEWS
TIMES plant is also in observance
of the 10th annual National News
paper Week. The theme this year
is "Freedom Goes Where the
Newspaper Goes." The sub-theme is
"Re-Discover Your Home Town."
The name of everyone who vis
its THE NEWS-TIMES newspaper
plant this week will appear in TIIE
NEWS-TIMES. The souvenir edi
tion will contain a picture story on
newspaper proviuction, a history of
the NEWS-TIMES, names of its
staff members, correspondents,
and carrier boys, and numerous
Other features.
Everyone is welcome. It's open
house at the newest and most mod
ern newspaper plant in eastern
North Carolina. Please drop in to
see us.
Three Farmers
Type Fertilizer
A now combination fertilizer
material will be tried out 011 three
Carteret country farms for the
first time next spring, It. M. Wil
liams, county farm agent, an
nounced today.
Allen Vinson of I'elletier, Leo
lliggins of Newport, and I). S.
Oglesby of Crab Point, will demon
strate the practicability of other
Carteret county tobacco growers
adopting this new method of fer
tilizing plant beds, the agent said.
The new formula 16-8-2 analy
sis is made up of Uramon, Cyana
mid, phospate, potash and magncs
ium. The fertilizer material is
applied GO to 'JO days before seed
ing the plant bed at the rate of
three pounds to the square yard.
Broadcast two-thirds (2 pounds
per sq. yard) of the mixture over
the seed bed, Williams explains
Then throughly cultivate it into
the upper three inches of soil. The
remainder of the one third mat
erial is applied and raked in light
|y with a garden rake. At seed
ing time scratch the surface soil
lightly with a garden rake to
freshen the top.
No other fertilizers are applied
at the time of seeding the plant
bed. Past experiments have
shown that an ample amount of
plant food including the weed kill
ing material when applied GO to
DO days ^before seeding will take
:are of the tobp.cco plant needs
luring the growing period. If the
plants show any signs of nitrogen
Jeficiency after the plants are up
1 light applicaton of nitrogen may
be applied.
There is only a small quantity
>f this material available to grow
?rs this year, Mr. Williams report !
;d.
S. D. Kdwards of Newport will j
conduct a plant bed weed killer
Jemonstration with the use of one
lundred pounds of Uramon and
iO pounds of Cyanamid per hun-j
I red square yards. This treat
nent has given more complete '
veed control than the Cyanamid 1
ised above. Cyanamid at the,1
ate of 100 pounds per sq. yardsl
las gained wide usage in Carteret |
ind throughout the flue-cured
obacco counties in controlling!
veeds on tobacco plant beds. j
Will Try New
Tide Table
(Tides at Beaufort Bar)
iiuh
LOW
Tuesday, Oct. 4
6:30 a m.
0:41 p.m.
12:20 a.m.
12:40 p.m.
Wednesday, Oct. 5
7:09 a.m.
7:20 p.m
12:58 a.m.
1:21 p m.
Thursday, Oct. S
7:46 a m.
7:S6 p.m.
1:32 a.m.
2:00 p.m.
Friday, Oct. 7
8:21 a.m.
8:30 pjn.
2:00 a.m.
2:38 p.m.
U. S. Periodicals
Carry Port Ads
State Begins Large-Scale
Promotion of Improved
Port Facilities
Advertisements on North Car
olina's port development program
appeared last month and will ap
pear this month in five national
: magazines and The New York
! Times.
The magazines are the U. S.
! News & World Report, Business
Week, Newsweek, Nations - Busi
I ness, and Fortune. The ad car
ries a map of the central Car
I olina coast showing Morehead
: City and Wilmington, architect's
'drawings for the two ports, and is
j titled, "Putting tije Seven Seas to
Work for North Carolina's In
1 dustry."
The ad is aimed at industrialists
| and businessmen who would pro
i fit by making use of water trans
; portation ami the state's improv
ed port facilities.
The ad copy, in part, follows:
Industrie:; in U2 per cent of the
state's area will realize transpor
tation savings on import, export,
coastwise, and intercoastal com- -j
merer from expended facilities at
Morehead City and Wilmington,
North Carolina. Already plann
ed are approximately 800,000
square feet of additional storage
warehouses ami transient shfcds \
. . . modern vacuum type fumigat
ing plants ... marginal wharves
with up-to-the-minute loading eq
uipment and good rail and switch- J
ing service* soon to be at the com
mand of the South's Number One
Industrial State. j
[ IMant sites at two dozen feeder j
.{ ports provide shippers with con
, venient inland waterway access to !
j the deep sea terminals. Excellent j
; rail, air, and motor express facili- '
ties link Morehead City and Wil
: minuton to hundreds of wide
j awake North Carolina towns which
offer mild climate, economical
electric power, raw materials,
abundant dependable labor and ?
other advantages to help you pro
duce at greater profit. Why not
gear your plans for industrial ex- #
pansion or relocation to the in-,
creasing production advantages
provided by North Carolina's "Go
Forward" program.
Ad copy and layout was prepar -
ed by Ayer and CJillett, Inc., Char
j - 1
Cora Crop Suffers
Because of Rain
Much ?f the corn crop in the i
county has been lost because of, ]
excessive rains this year, counter,;
agent H. M. Williams stated to- -
day.
Williams expleined that the.j
rain had weakened corn rootgj
causing the j- talks to topple over '
and rot in the damp earth. Also, '3
In- said, the weather has forced j
farmers to delay in harvesting i
their corn, thus making the situfr-tjjl
tions worse.
One lucky break this year, the ]
county agent stated, was that 1
corn weevils did not return toi'l
damage the crop as severlly ai'vL
last year. Nevertheless, he said,4]
farmers should make haste iii* I
harvesting what remains of their
crop. |
As the weather permits thig I
week, many farmers are planninflH
to seed pastures and wintetAj|
cover crops to take up the slactl
left by the destruction of theif
corn and hay crops.
Morehead Band ?_
To Ra-Organiza Friday
The Morehead City Band _
ciation will reorganize Friday nig
ai a meeting at 7:30 in the sche
iiuriitorium.
Although the band will play u
oral numbers, it will not be a fu
length band concert, G. T. Win
principal, announced
Only one officer, the secret
treasurer. I. E. Pittman, rem
from previous years. Mr. Wii
especially urges parents of
members to attend, but emph
that the band association is I
wide group.
Under the direction
Wade, conductor and .
"the band is doing fine",
dell commented, but tt ;
munity support