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CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES 1#c
A Merger of THE BEAUFORT NEWS (Established 1912) and THE TWIN CITY TIMES (Established 19&)
Eight Pages Color Comic*
?8th YEAR, NO. 82 TWENTY PAGES MOREHEAfl CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1949 " PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRiDAYS"
TV County Welfare Program
County, Town Officials
Hear Dr. Ellen Winston
Beaufort Burglar Sentenced
to 5 to 8 Years in Prison
Charles Baxter, Jr., 15-year-old
Beaufort Negro youth, was sen
tenced to spend five to eight years
in prison in Superior Court yester
day when he pleaded guilty to
three counts of second degree bur
glary.
Judge R. Hunt Parker stated
that he concurred in the opinion
of solicitor William J. Bundy that
though the youth was obviously
guilty of first degree burglary, a
plea of second degree burglary
should be accepted in view of the
boy's age.
Baxter was sentenced to two to
three years for burglarizing the
residence of Kenneth W. Prest, to
one to two years for burglarizing
the residence of E. J. Musselwhite,
and to two to three years for bur
glarizing the residence of F. L.
Maerz. Judgment was suspended
on the charge of attempted bur
glary at the residence of Leonard
Register in view of sentence pass
ed on the other charges.
The youth was sentenced to Cen
tral Prison to be worked under
the direction of the State High
way and Public Works Division
but Judge Parker's sentence speci
fied that he should be placed in a
prison camp for youthful defen
dants.
Young Baxter, through counsel,
pleaded guilty to second degree
burglary. One boy, Clarence Mad
den, Jr., 13 years old alleged to
be an accomplice with Baxter in
burglarizing the E. J. Musselwhite
apartment. Craven street, was re
manded to juvenile court. He was
arrested last week.
For the first time in Carteret
court history, a recorded confes
sion was submitted as evidence by
the state in the Baxter case. The
recording was Baxter's story, re
lating how he entered the F. L.
Maerz apartment soon after mid
night Sept. 27.
The state, in addition to charg
ing the colored youth with entry
at the Maerx and Musselwhite
homes, also chargcd him with at
tempted entry at the Leonard Re
gister apartment on Queen street,
and burglary at the Kenneth Prest
apartment, located in the same
building with the Maerz apartment.
The lad denied entrance- to the
Nick Bellamah residence, also on
Queen street, where $200 was
stolen this past summer. The state,
however, did not seek return of a
true bill on this charge.
The courtroom was silent as S.
G. Gibbs, SBI agent, prepared to
play the recording in the presence
of the defendant, as well as spec
tators. Parts of the recording
made on the day after the Maerz
apartment was entered, follow:
"My name is Charles Baxter . . .
I am 13 years old and live at 417
Craven street, Beaufort. Last night
on the 27th of September, I left
home at 6:30 and went to the show
... it was 12 when I got out . . .
1 started walking around the
streets . . . came to a brick house
and went around the back, 1 look
ed through the window and saw
two people lying in bed. I went
around to the front and got a chair
from the porch and took it to the
window and climbed in . . .
"I found a pair of pants on a
chair, looked in the pants pocket
and found a dime and some keys
.... then I looked around an saw
a pocket book. I looked in and
found some dollar bills and some
change, 21 cents . . . den the man
lying on the bed got up, I jumped
and went out the window and start
ed to run . . .
"When I got home 1 saw a truck
there. It was the police . . . after
I got in the house, my mother
asked me where I had been ... I
got >n bed and laid down and later
two policemen came lot me. They
Sec SUPERIOR COURT Pafe 6
Ocratoko Honored
By Naval Dail, Su Diogo
Apprentice Seaman Charles C.
Williams, 17, the son of Mrs. Lo
' rena Williams of Ocracoke, has
been chosen as honorman of his
company at the San Diego naval
training station, it baa been an
nounced.
Williams entered the service
July 9 and attended Ocrapoke higb
school before joining the navy.
His next duty assignment will
probably be radio school.
Honormen are chosen by vote
of the company membership on the
basis of leadership, sportsmanship,
military bearing, initiative, re
sponse to orden, qualification of
a good shipmate and application
to recruit training.
At a regimental review, the hon
orman from each company is pre
sented with an engraved silver
identifi^ioa bracelet and certifl
eate. <
Ports Authority
Studies Leases
Authority Chairman Hopes
To Clear Way lor Work
To Begin in Two Weeks
RALEIGH ? (AP) ? Leases
on port facilities at Wilmington
and Morehead City were discussed
by the State Ports Authority Tues
day.
Although final action was not
taken, the authority studied a pro
posed lease with the U. S. Maritime
Commission for 65 acres of the
government-owned shipyard at Wil
mington and with the Morehead
City Ports Authority for port facili
ties there.
The State Ports Authority has
some $7,500,000 to improve facili
ties at the two ports.
A. G. Myers of Gastonia, author
ity chairman, said it hoped to
close the leases within two weeks
"so work can soon start at both
places."
Although the modern facilities
which the authority plans to pro
vide at the two ports have not been
started, the authority was told that
its work already has produced divi
dends by attracting business and
increasing flow of commerce
through the ports.
The Port of Wilmington export
ed 419 carloads of goods during
September as compared with 116
carloads in September of last year.
Much of the increase was due to
tobacco ihipments which used to
move through the ports of Norfolk
and Charleston.
| ' "Sine* the authority haa been in
n)?t?nof Olli tm lumi through
the port at Wilmington has more
than doubled," said Col. George W.
Gillette, the authority's executive
director
He said that advertisements by
the authority which appeared re
cently in several national publica
tions had resulted in a number of
inquiries about the two ports.
At its meeting today, the authori
ty conferred with two delegations,
Myers said.
One group influded representa
tives of the Trumble Asphalt Roof
ing Company which has a plant at
Morehead City and which is seek
ing to expand its facilities there.
The other group included repre
sentatives of a newly-formed oil
company which is considering es
tablishing facilities at Moreheiid
City.
Gillikin Boy's
Body Retimed
The body of Pfc. Carvie D. Gil
likin, whose next of kin is given by
the department of defense as Har
ry L. Gillikin, route 1. Beaufort,
has been returned to this country
from Europe aboard the United
States Army transport, Kingsport
Victory.
Pfc. Gillikin is one of 67 Ameri
cans who lost their lives during
world war 2 and have just been
brought back. They were original
ly interred in United States mili
tary cemeteries in Belgium,
France, and Holland.
The Army stated that each next
of kin has been notified of the
arrival of the vessel. Next of kin
will be notified again after arrival
of remains at the regional Distri
bution Center* of the American
Graves Registration Service.
Under the program for final bu
rial of World War II dead, next
of kin may elect to have "remains
returned to the United States for
burial in a private or national .ce
metery, or may request interment
in a permanent American military
cemetery overseas or a private
cemetery in a foreign country
which is the homeland of the de
ceased or of the next of kin.
The following corporation wax
formed recently: Tri -County Ag
riculture Fair Association, Inc.,
New Bern, to encourage and pro
mote agriculture. Nonstock. In
corporators: Norris Reed, Louia
Dunn and Dewey Dixon, tall of
New Barn, and other*.
Dr. Ellen Winston, state
commissioner of public wel
fare, explained to county
.and town officials at lun
cheon in the Jefferson res
taurant Tuesday what the
public welfare department
offers, what it requires from
town and county officials,
and what its policy is.
She complimented the Welfare
board on its selection of Thomas
C. McGinnis as new superinten
dent of welfare.
As for services, financial aid is
given to persons 65 years old and
above. Carteret county's 386 re
cipients of this aid receive an
average of $20 a month with a
large part of this money coming
from the state and federal govern- !
ments.
I Children Aided
In the aid-to-dependent-child
ren program, the aim of the wel
fare department is to keep child
ren in the homes. In Carteret
county 65 families are now rec-i
eiving tnat aid, an average of
three children.
Dr. Winston cited specific in
stances where children whe came
from families that received such
aid have become outstanding stu
dents and citizens.
There is then general assist
tance, in addition to old -age and
aid to dependent children. This
help goes to those between the
ages of 16 and 65 and is financed
entirely by the county, but action
by Congress may make federal
funds available for this phase in
the near future, Dr. Winston said.
In regard to general assistance,
Sec DR. WINSTON, Page 6
Famous Stunt
Flyer Pays Visit
To Beaufort kn
Miss Caro Bayley, well-known
stunt flyer of Miami, Fla., landed
this week at the Beaufort-More- 1
head City airport and joined her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Elden Bai
ley of Springfield, Ohio, who are i
visiting at the Inlet inn.
Miss Bayley was one of the per
formers at the Kinston Jaycee
air show Sunday where she gave]
an acrobatics exhibition. Miss I
Kaddy Landry, also famed for
skilled flying, and Miss Bayley's
trophy-winning air show partner,
fs also visitihg at the inn.
Since Miss Bayley has never
had a serious air accident and be
cause she is a medalist in acroba
tic flying, she is considered an
authority on safe and skilled fly
ing.
She became interested in flying
while a high school student in
1937. Her brother, Robert, be
gan to fly. and although she was
too young, she decided that she,
too, would become a pilot.
After graduation from high
school she earned her private pilot
license and then studied two years
at St. Mary's Junior college, Ral
eigh. World war 2 broke out
soon after her graduation from
college and she began work as a
plane dispatcher at Patterson
field where she remained until
1943.
Miss Bayley then joined the
Women's Air Force Service Pilots,
organized to allow more male
pilots to got into combat overseas.
During the war she learned to fly
almost all types of military air
craft and is known as one of the
most versatile women pilots in the
United States. She is also one of
the extremely few women to
posses a sailplane operator's
license.
As a slow-roll, stall and outside
loop artist, she headlines shows
all over the nation. And flying,
she declares, is just as fascinating
to her now as it was 10 years ago
when she first became fascinated
by wings.
Piurisl Will Appear Next
Thursday a! Morehead City
John Martin, "King of the Key
board," will give a concert at 11
o'clock next Thursday morning.
Oct 27, in the Morehead City
school auditorium.
Sponsored by the Civic Concert
association of New York City, Mr.
Martin will present a piano pro
gram of popular music, G. T. Win
dell, principal, announced today.
Students are invited and espec
ially adults, he added. There will'
be an admission charge, but the
appearance of this artist is a part
he explained, of the school's
educational progam.
*
Grand Jury Makes
Strong Comments
On Bus Situation
Body Finds Need tor Ad
ditional Lighting on
Court House Grounds
Taking a tip from the recint
North Carolina ?chool bus accident
that coat the lives ot seven child
ren, the Carteret county grand jury
made strong recommendations for
proper school bus maintenance in
its report this week.
The Jury recomended monthly
inspection of alt busses by the
State highway patrol; recommend
ed that the legal overload of 25
percent not be exceeded; recom
mended the purchase of two new
school busses in addition to the
four promised by the state as re
placements and recommended the
immediate correction of all school
bus defects and the replacement of
bus no. 6, Morchcad City, because
of the bad condition of its body.
Drivers Properly Licensed
The jury also reported that it
was satisfied that school busses
were being operated by properly
licensed drivers and that govern
ors on the motors were set so that
no bus could travel faster than 35
miles per hour. The jury approv
ed the report of the highway pat
rol on school bus conditions, a re
port that showed that only Beau
fort had busses which were com
pletely free of defects.
In other matters, the jury re
commended the installation of
guard rails on Crow Hill road
bridge and the erection of suitable
traffic warning signs on the ap
proach to the blind curve at Rus
sell Piner's store on U. S. high
way 70 east.
Recommends Lighting
It also recommended the instal
lation of at least two outside lights
in the jail yard to be burned at
all times, the restringing of five
strands of barbed wire on top of
the jail yard fence, and concurred
in two recommendations made by
previous grand juries. These were
the installing of a partition in the
women's room of the jail so ?? J?.
provide for space for both white
and colored women and the pur
chase of benches for the jail.
Doors should be installed imme
diately at each end of the More
head City school, the jury said.
This should be done, it explained,
in order to close the school to the
public since it is now being used
for immoral purposes when the
school is closed. It also said that
interior doors should be installed
at one of the school doorways in
order to provide shelter during
inclement weather for children
who arrive early.
The Jury said it believed light
ing should be restored on the court
house grounds at night; shrubbery
on the grounds should be
med; and three two-and a-half i gal
lon soda acid fire extinguishers
should be installed in the court
house in addition to the one now
present and that one should be re
filled and annually inspected. Pe
riodic inspections of aU _ fire ex
tinguishers in county buildings
were also recommended.
Officials Commended
County officials were commend-,
ed in the report for their scrupu
lous efforts to do a good job and
protect county property. The
jury's report concluded by saying
the jail was in good condition, the
justice of the peace report submit
ted by county auditor James Pot
ter was satisfactory, and that it
had inspected the reports of five
previous juries and found their
recommendations either carried
out or in the process of being car
ried out except where there were
not funds to do the Job.
Board Acts On
Three Problems
Morehead City town commission
ers acted on only three problems
at their October meeting Tuesday
night and wound up the session in
less than an hour.
They ordered that a sewer be
laid in block 118 between 18th and
18th street on the north side of
Fisher. Three residents of that
block appeared and requested that
the work be done. John Lfshley,
clerk, was requested to order pipe,
approximately 250 feet, for the
job. The petitioners said they
would furnish some of the labor.
The clerk was also requestedi to
get bids on general repairs to the
municipal building, including
downspouts and gutters, and new
doors at the Evans and 8th street
entrances.
Mayor George W. Dill, Jr., re
ported that drainage work had
been done at the east end of
Bridges street wha? dredging had
cloaed up one of The sewer out
i lets, causing water to back, up.
Children Playing with Matches Cause
Fire in Oglesby Barn , Crab Point
Newport Student Boosts School Spirit
ueraia maun, niewpori, second trom right, as
sists his fellow cheerleaders of the State college
I squad in staging a campus stunt to build student
interest in intercollegiate sports, especially foot*
; ball.. Other cheerleaders, left to right, are Scott j
Eubanks of Greensboro, head cheerleader; Hob
Worrell, Goldsboro; Henry Champion, Kannapqlis;
Charles Keiger, Winston-Salem; (Gerald) and Al
I'arker, Clinton.
Camp Glenn Children Get Fed
Only under Difficult Conditions
A stage dressing room for a
kitchen, a small classroom and
one end of a cold, bare auditor
iom for a lunchroom, homemade
sinks and other k;lchtn equip
ment purchased by the PTA ?
| those are the facilities workers at
| the Camp Glenn school lunchroom
have to feed an average of over
[ * *0 school children each day.
"^''The situation's h*td and gr??w
! ?ng worse, "Mrs. Joseph Smith
| lunchroom supervisor. Jays. "Win
ter is cdming on and the auditor
ium -isn't heated well enough to
keep them warm. I don't know
what we'll do then."
Some Cannot Pay
Mrs. Smith says that out of the
large group fed each day an av
erage of at least 20 cannot pay
for their meals and have to be fed
free at a cost of $25 each week
to the lunchroom.
"We're not supposed to feed
that many of them,'' she explains,
"but the poor little things get
little or nothing to eat at home
and we can't turn them away
here. We'll feed them as long
as we have food."
Workers in the lunchroom
manage under extremely hamper
ed conditions to get out food for
the children each day. In their
small eight by 10-foot kitchen
they have only a four-burner
stove. Food has to be cooked in
shifts in order for everything to
be prepared by lunchtime.
County Heloi
Recently, the county allocated
$3,700 to be used for the construc
, tion of a separate building to
house a luncrroom and kitchen,
j "I don't see how it will ever
get built," the lunchroom super
visor says. "The lowest bid was
$4 ,900 without any equipment.
That means we will have to raise
an additional $1,200 just fo get
the buildng up and after that the
equpment will come mighty ex
pensive. It seems so hopeless."
$275
A campaign is on at the school
to raise the additional $1,200 but
things are moving slowly. A Hal
loween carnival is planned to
raise money and the school fac
ulty plans to give a benefit bridge
party to help the cause along.
"It looks like the only way
we'll get the rest of the money is
through donation^," Mrs. Smith
adds, "and it's hard to see where
the donations will come from un
less people in Morehehd City ahd
Beaufort want to help. The par
ents of children in school aren't
well off enough to give any
money and that doesn't % leaye
many others to give unless towns
people help."
Money to be donated to the
lunchroom should be sent to Man
ly Fulcher, principal of the sch
ool, Mrs. Smith explained. She
concluded that she 'hoped civic
organizations .would undertake
the burden of helping pay for the
lunches of school children who
cannot afford to pay for their
own. Cost to the organization
would be $5 per.child per month.
Lka . _ iilAmiiiif
Davis's Injured
In Crash Tuesday
Harry Da-Ms and Janet Davis,
Beaufort, are recovering today
from injuries received in an auto
accident at 4:45 Tut sday afternoon
five miles from Cherry Point on
the old New Bern highway.
Mr. Davis reported yesterday
morning that the collision occur
red when he niterrpted to pass a
truck in which two colored men
were riding. The colored men ap
peared uninjured, but Mr. Davis,
driver of a '39 Chrysler, and his
sister, were taken to Morehead City
hospital for treatment.
Serious damage resulted to the
Chrysler, which hud to be towed
from the scene, but Mr. Davis re
ported that the car is covered by
insurance. He and his sister were
coming to Beaufort from Kinston.
Investigating state highway pat
rolman was II. G. Woolard.
X-Ray Trailer
Due Here Again
A follow-up on last winter's coun
ty-wide X-ray program will take
place early next month when a
State health department X-ray trail
er will be in the county, Dr. N.
Thomas Ennett. county health of
ficer, announced today.
At that time follow-up work will
be done on certain cases examined
last winter and X-rays will be made
of other cases that have come to
the attention of the county health
department since spring.
Dr. Ennett said that he had been
informed by Dr. W. A. Smith, dir
ector of the tuberculosis division
of the State health department that
the State will furnish the trailer
and technicians free of charge. He
said it would probably be early
November before the trailer came
here.
The county health officer said
that plans are being made for an
eye clinic to be held in the health
department in November for school
children.
Tide Table
<T1de> at Beaufort Bar)
HIGH LOW
Friday, October 21
7:2) a.m. 1:03 a m
7:26 p.m. 1:44 p.m
Saturday, October 22
8:13 a m. 1:50 a.m.
8:35 p.m. 2:35 p.m.
Sunday, October 23
9:02 a.m. 2:38 a.m.
9:23 p.m. 3:26 p m.
Monday, October 24
9:53 a.m. 3:24 a.m.
10:13 p.m. 4:18 p.m.
Tueaday, October 25
10:43 a.m. 4:13 a.m.
11:04 p.m. 5:11 p.m.
Beaufort PTA Sponsors
Drive For School Band
The Beaufort PTA is sponsor
; ing ii band drive in hopes of rais
ing enough money to repair
band instruments and buy music.
Memberships to the band are be
ing sold and will continue to
be sold for the next week, which
will entitle the holders to attend
a band concert scheduled for the
spring.
Sudan Temple in New Bern
has invited the school band to
participate in a parade to be held
j on Tuesday, Dec. 6, when Im
| perial Potentate Harold Lloyd,
the famous star of silent movies, j
i will be present.
It's Carnival
Time at School
A full night of entertainment
for the entire family is promised
tonight when the Morchead City
1 Parent-Teachers association will
hold a gala carnival at Morehcad
I City school.
Gatea for the affair will open
at 5:30 p.m. with admission for
children 10 cents and for adults
25 cents. All the features of a suc
cessful carnival-bingo, fishing poles
fortune telling, weight guessing and
penny pitching ? will be on hand
to amu*e the crowd.
Supper will be served at 6 p.m.
Among other items on the menu
will be found barbecue, chicken
salad, soft drinks, potato salad, hot
dogs hamburgers, baked beans,
cakes, cookies, candied apples, and
coffee.
The high school band under the
direction of Ralph Wade will give
a program during the evening. At
7:30 a special program will be given
in the school auditorium.
There will also he a King and
Queen contest in charge of Mrs.
Robert Taylor. Mrs George R Wal
lace, chairman of the carnival, has
requested that everyone, adults and
children, attend in costume.
Firemen Sav?
Stored Cotton
Fire caused by children playing
with matches burned a large a
mount of cotton stored on the farm
of Dan Oglesby, Crab Point, Wed
nesday afternoon but Morehead
City firemen were able to save the
barn from damage.
Children playing in the loft of
Oglesby's barn set fire to approxim
ately 2,500 pounds of cotton stored
there. Firemen were called at 4 p.
m. and when they arrived found
that fire had burned over the sur
face of the cotton, but not much
damage was done to the under lay
ers.
Water from the fire truck's
booster tank was played over the
interior of the loft and flames were
kept from spreading to the barn
itself. The cotton was stored in
the loft, preparatory to taking it
to the gin in New Bern yesterday.
Tuesday afternoon at 4 o'clock
firemen were called to the home
of Dominic Femia, 1611 Arendell
street, to find trouble originating
?n a stopped up chimney. No flames
broke out and no damage was
causcd. All that was necessary was
to remove the obstacle from the
chimney.
Jaycees to Help
Pay for Pupfls'
School Lunches
Morehead City Jaycces have
agreed to pay for the school lunch
of one Morehead City school child
for the remainder of the year and
to pay for the lunchea of four
other children until other civic or- '
Kinizationfc^pe* fc/jhare the bur
Jaycees made the decision at
their Monday night meeting in the
Kort Macon hotel dining room,
(hey will pay $S per month for
each child.
Ben Alford disclosed that over
750 essays had been received in
the Jaycees Fire Prevention pro
gram and that judging of the es
says would be completed shortly,
lie said he felt the fire preven
tion program had accomplished a
great deal toward alerting the pub
lic on fire dangers.
A committee composed of War
ren Beck, chairman, Floyd Chad
wick. Jr., and Ethan Davis was
appointed to work out a suitable
float for the Armistice Day pa
rade to be held in Morehead City.
The committee was appointed al
ter a request was delivered from
the American Legion asking par
ticipation in the parade.
Final plans were made for the
Halloween Party to be held by
Jaycees Halloween night at the Le
gion hut west of Morehead City.
Jaycces. their wives or sweethearts,
will attend the party which is to
be a Halloween party, barbecue,
and Tacky party. Prizes will be
awarded to the persons wearing
the most original costumes.
H. S. Gibbs. Jr., reported that
Jaycces had helped in the union
election at the shirt factory by
passing out letters to each em
ployees urging her to vote as she
pleased but be certain to vote. He
added that plans were progressing
for a community safety council
with a new member added to the
proposed council this week.
See JAYCEES, Pag. S
Salvation Army Committee
Begins Drive to Raise $1,000
During next work, Salvation
Army week; the local committee
will attempt to raise |1,000.
Plans for the campaign were
made by the group Monday night.
Women canvassers will be appoint
ed to cover towns block by block
and arrangements will he made
also for collection of funds in bu
siness centers down east.
George Stovall, member of the
committee, has been placed in
charge of solicitations there. Pla
cards on the campaign will also
be distributed throughout the
county. In addition to publicity by
radio.
A certain portion of the Salva
tion Army funds will be diverted,
as soon as possible, to construction
of a hospital in Durham for color
ed folks. The main objective, at
present, of the local Salvation
Army committee is to help unfor
tunate or wayward girls and un
wed mothers. )
The Carteret cpunty Salvation
Army committee was re-organized
here last month after a lapse of
several years due to the war. Sam
Adlcr, Morehead City, ia chairman;
George Stovall, Morehead City,
vice-chairman; W. A. Mace, Beau
tort, secretary, and Dr. S. W. Hat
cher, Morehead pity, treasurer.
Contributions for the campaign
may be mailed to Dr. Hatcher or
lo any member of the committee.
Special guest at the campaign
meeting Monday night was Capt.
Fred Boyette of the Salvation
Army, New Bern.
Conaly MCEA Chapter
Meets a! Beanior! Sckwl
The county chapter of the North
Carolina Education association
Tuesday night in the Beau_?_
school auditorium for (heir tint
meeting of the year. Two more i
sions will be held during
school year, the next ad
for the early part a I 1960
Mrs. Emma Watson Wade, |
dent of the chapter,
the buainaai meeting.