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NEWS-TIMES OFFICES Beaufort ISO Cram St. ? Phon.44Sl More head City M4 Ar.nd.ll Si. ? PKo?. Mil CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES A Merger of THE BEAUFORT NEWS (Established 1912) and THE TWIN CITY TIMES (Established 1936) 10c r FULL PAGE COMICS , 38th YEAR; NO. 83 EIGHT PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1949 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRiDAYS f . ; ^ j ? Carteret Prize- Winner Pictured here are some of the items in the menhaden exhibit which won a blue ribbon for Beaufort 7th and 8th graders at the State Fair. Holding a model of a menhaden is George Lewis, who last year, during the time the project was undertaken, was a 7th grader. School Wins $100 On Fish Exhibit 4-H Club Members Offered Seedlings Three-quarters of a million tree seedlings have been made avail able (or free distribution to North Carolina 4-H Club members for | planting during the coming sea son, It. W. Graeber, in charge of forestry extension at State Col lege. announced this week. The trees are being donated by the North Carolina Pulp comp any of Plymouth and the Champ ion Paper, and Fibre company of Canton. Any 4-H Club member may ap ply for from 1,000 to 5.000 trees for planting on his or her home farm provided the parent er guar dian approves and furnishes the land for planting Loblolly pine seedlings will be available to mem bers in Rockingham, Guilford, Davidson, Rowan, Cabarrus, Meck lenburg, Gaston, and all counties t east and south of this line. Short leaf pine seedlings will be avail able in counties north and west of .this line. rDistribution will be made by the division of forestry of the North Carolina Department of Conservation and Development. The division has prepared applica tion blanks which are being supp lied to county agents and forestry extension specialists throughout ? the State. The completed applica tions should be mailed to the Forestry Extension Office, State College, Raleigh, where they will be numbered in the order of re ceipt and filled as long as the supply of trees lasts. Graeber urged 4-H members to submit applications promptly. "With a possible future shortage of timber products facing us, it is important that our farmers ? es pecially young farmers ? become interested in a program of re f forestation," he declared, adding that th??re aiy hundreds of thou sands of acres of idle, non-pro ductive land on which trees can be planted without reducing acreage ^ of other crops. f John Martin to Give I Concert at Beanfort I John Martin, "King of the Key board," will give a piano concert in Beaufort school auditorium at 1 p.m. Thursday, principal T. G. Leary announced today. Mr. Martin has given concerto from coast to coast and has ap peared in both Broadway and Hol lywood productions, including two recent moving pictures His tour Is under the direction of American *Civic concerts. ' Admission to the concert ia 15 rents for school children and 30 cents for adults. The public is cor dially invited to attend, Mr. Leary coachided. Newport PTA Plans to Bay Song Books lor Auditorium The Newport Parent-Teacher as j. soriation plans to purchase song r boi'ks for the School auditorium j as one of their projects thiq year. 4 At the regular meeting of the f . PTA Tuesday night at the school ' plans were made for the Hallow een carnivjl which will be held it 7:30 Thursday night. Mn. Allen Trader and Mrs David Kirk were appointed as delegates to attehd the district PTA meeting at little Washington Wednesday. Beaufort school's menhaden in- 1 dustry display won first prize of j $100 in the educational award classification at the North Carolina State Fair in Raleigh last week. Principal T. G. Leary announced today. Fred Lewis of the county school office took the display to Raleigh and set it up, Mr. Leary said. Mr. Lewis was in charge of the dis play for three days and was re lieved Friday and Saturday by tl ree schoolboys who originally helped build the unit. Johnny Betts, Billy Ipock, and Ronald Quidley. In addition to explaining the display to the public, Mr. Lewis ?nd the three boys distributed free brochure* on INaufort and Car teret county to visitors. It was reported that the descriptive fold ers were very well received. Principal Leary stated that a vote of thanks should be extended to W. H. Potter and Beaufort Fish eries for the help they gave in get ting the display to the fair. He said they donated use of a truck at no cost to the school. Welfare Official Speaks to Lions Thomas C. McGinnis, county su- 1 perintendent of public welfare, ' outlined the county's welfare pro gram to Morehead City Lions at their meeting Thursday night in the Fort Macon hotel dining room. In discussing the County's pro gram Mr. McGinnis requested par ticular help from the Lions club in rendering assistance to those who arc blind or have poor sk?ht. He said Lions would be asked to pay for glasses in some cases. Lion Oscar Allred provided the evening's entertainment with a de monstration of weight guessing. He guessed correctly the weight | of Earl Hessee and Chesley Dennis I but missed on the weight of Joe Rose, Jr.. Barrett Davis and Har ry Van Horn. The Blind committee reported on a mother and daughter that needed medical help with their eyes and asked the club to take j action on the matter. It was de cided to let the committee use j its own judgment. On Thursday night of this week 1 Lions will hold a Ladies Niglrt in the Fort Macon dining room. Fred Lewis and James Bell will be in charge of the program. Beaufort School Will Stage Halloiveen Carnival Thursday Overseas Parcels Should Be Mailed by Nov. 15 Postmasters of both Beaufort and Morehead City urged the mail ing of Christmas parcels overseas by Tuesday, Nov. 15, in order to insure their delivery by Christmas time. ? These packages, marked "Christ mas Parcel," can be sent to mem bers of armed forces overseas, members of their families and au thorized Untied States civilians employed overseas who receive their mail through an APO or Fleet Post Office, care of Post master, New York, N. Y., San Francisco, Calif., or an AP.0 care of Postmaster, Miami, Fla., New Orleans, La., or Seattle, Wash. Parcels for far-distant points should be mailed immediately, not later than Nov. 1 for Japan, Ko rea, or" islands of the Pacific. All packages should be wrapped se curely and contents safely packed for shipment. Further details and regulations on size, weight, and items permit ted to be mailed may be obtained from Postmaster C. Z. Chappell, Beaufort, and Postmaster Harold Webb, Morehead City. Pic. Jimnye Nobles Enters Air Force Mechanic Course Pfc Jimmye Nobles of Morehead City, has entered the airplane and engine mechanic's course at Shep pard Air Force base. Wichita Falls, Tex., the home of the Air Force's only technical school for training airplane mechanics. Pfc. Nobles is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Lewis of 1903 Arendell St., Myehead City. He is 17 years old. While at Sheppard Air Forces base. Pfc. Nobles will receive in tensive training designed to in doctrinate him with a thorough knowledge of the maintenance and repair of airplanes and engines i Upon graduation he will be a qua lified mechanic capable of perform | ing mechanical service on every I type of aircraft in use by the I USAF. By Daisy Sullivan Hraulort school's big Halloween carnival will take place at 7 o'clock Thursday night st the school. The inhabitants of ghost town arc busy preparing for a big Hal loween celebration. The witches are all excited about their new ; "rocket broom " which enables them to fly through the air at a terrific rate of speed. Finishing touches are being put on their new black gowns and hats. All the delicious ingredients, such as cat eyes and fish tails, are all ; ready to put in their brew. The ghosts have washed their sheets until they are snowy white and po lished their chains so that they shine as well as clank when they walk. The goblins are busy mak ing jack o' lanterns which will grin through many windows an Hal loween. Even the skeletons are slowly creeping out of their dus ty closet. They are taking calisthenics to limber up their rusty joints so that they can dancc at the Hal loween tall. There will be apple bobbing, fishing, penny pitching, bingo. ? crazy house, and lots of good things to eat at the school* carnival. There j will be a baby contest with a prize | awarded to the winner. A prize | also will be presented for the best costume in the costume parade. The , climax of the evening will be the coronation of the king and queen of Halloween. I'm sure you'll have a wonderful time, so how about donning your Halloween garb and whisking away to the gym Thurs day night at 7 o'clock? Baben P. Wallace. USN Win Honor as Recrail Ruben P. Wallace. Merrimon, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Wallace, has been selected honorman of his company at the United States Na val Training center, San Diego. Calif. Mr Wallace, who recently join ed the Navy, is expected home on leave in about two weeks. Recruit Wallace was awarded a certificate and engraved identifi cation bracelet at a regimental parade. Carteret Will Get 37.6 Miles Paved Roads in First Part of Bond Program Teen-Agers Will Give Halloween Party Friday . Masqueraders will frolic Friday night at the Halloween party at the recreation C' * ter in Morehead City. The ^arty begins at 7 o'clock and is open to the public as well at Teen-Agers. Entertainment will be provided , by Miss Sue Culpepper who will present a ballet, tap, and comic dance. There will also be a door prize and three prizes for costumes, j a prize for the prettiest, for the most original and one for the most comical The lucky person in the cake walk will win a cake baked by Mrs. Joe Morse. This is the first big party of the fall season and the second an nual Halloween masquerade at the recreation center. Teen-age mem bers who are masked and in cos tume will be admitted for 25 cents plus their membership card and 50 cents with their membership card if they art- unmasked. Serving on the committees are the following Teen-Agers: decora tion, Ann Carlton. Maxine McLo hon, Ann Garner, Denny Lawrence. Enid Rose. Harry Fitzpatrick, David Freshwater, and Mickey Woolard. Entertainment - Ann Garner Ann Darden Webb, Mary Lou Nor wood; publicity - Sonny McDonald Bobby Willis and Thomas Ballou. Mickey Woolard, president of the Teen-Age club has appointed the following permanent chairmen for his term of oftice: membership, Bobby Matthews; finance. Janice Ray Guthrie; refreshment. Co rinne Bell Webb: entertainment. Ann Garner; dccoration4 Ann Carl j ton. i Music, Ann Darden Webb, pub licity. Sonny McDonald; cleanup and repair, Larry Woolard; house committee, Dav'd Freshw ater; scrapbook,* Jessie Guthrie: activi ties and projects. Tommy Bennett: reception committee, Nettie Morse; athletic. Clifton Speed. The Beaufort and Morehead City Teen-Age clubs will alternately I pre&nt the weekly programs over 1 WMBL each Saturday. Appointed to handle the Morehead City pro grams are the following: Nov. 5 and 19, Donald Miller and Tom my Bennett: Dec. 3, 17, and 31, Corinnc Bell Webb and Lois Wil lis; Jan. 7 and 21, Feb. 4 and 18, Ann Darden Webb and Shirley Farrior. Nine Pay Costs on Charge Of Disturbing Town Peace Nino persons, two of them civil ians, one a Coast Guardsman and six of them Marines, were found guilty of disturbing the peace and | fined the costs of court in yester day's session of Morehead City mayor's court. | Testimony in the case showed that the disturbance Saturday night at midnight on South 7th street I was a case of "spontaneous com bustion" caused when the Marines | cursed the civilians or when the civilians cursed the Marines, each said the other started the foul language. j The civilians were Jake O'Neal and Ralph Fulcher both of More i head City; the Coast Guardsman I was Troy Styron who is attached to a Coast Guard lightship; and the Marines were Philip Butcher, Edward Guisler, Max Borek, John Hutch, George Vanorman, and Ra mon Henderson. Alec Curtis pleaded guilty to public drunkenness and was fined $15 and costs Curtis Jackson Wood pleaded guilty to speeding and was fined $ft) and costs. The bonds of Homer Kinsey and Roosevelt Ruffin, charged with speeding, and Pete Forbes, Walter Buck, and Pete Fore, charged with public drunkenness, were forfeit ed when they failed to appear. Morehead City PTA Makes $1,125 a! Carnival Friday Morpheas] City Parent-Teacher association made a profit of *1, 125 at their Halloween carnival Friday night at the school. Mrs. George R Wallace, who was in charge of the affair, aaid she was extremely well-pleased and extends her thanks, on behalf of the PTA, to everyone who co operated. In addition to the usual features of i carnival and the delicious food, youngsters were given for a nickel, a ride in a jeepster around the ball diamond. County Schools Will Close ior One Day Friday Schools in the county will be closed all Hay Friday, county superintendent of schools llar vey L. Joslyn announced today. Mr. Joslyn explained that , schools would close to permit teachers to attend the meeting | of the Northeastern district. North Carolina Education asso ciation. in Greenville Friday. Mayor Chosen As Board Member Mayor George W. Dill, Jr-. of Morehead City was again named to the board of directors of the North Carolina's League of Municipali ties at the League's annual meet ins in Winston Salem last week. Mr Dill, who has served for one 1 year, is one of 13 on the board. 1 In making the principal address of the meeting, Dr. N. J Demer ath of the University of North tar ' olina stressed the independance of 1 town and county areas of the State^ Resolutions by the League asked 1 thl The North Carolina State High way and I'ublic Works Commission be requested to carry out the inten j tion of the General Assembly in the construction of secondary roads : within municipalities and adjaci-nt to municipalities. I 2 The President of the United States and the Secretary of Nat ional Defense be urged to adopt and enforce policies relating to the recruitment of municipal per sonnel! which will preserve the capacity of municipal government to protect its citizens and to dis | charge its obligations for civil dc 1 f e rise in case of National emer J gencv. < j fjf state Highway and I'ublic Works Commission be requested to give any municipality the opportun ity to spend funds allocated to it i when in the opinion of the Commis ! sion the municipality has sufficient , equipment and personnel to super vise such construction 4. Constituted authorities be urg ed to establish a tenure of office for all municipal clerks so that l they may have assurance of cont inuance in office in order to build i it up to its highest point of effic iency. ? Rotarians Hear Address Ob Oil Progress Week i J. J. Bowdcn. district manager I of the Gulf Oil corporation from Goldsboro, addressed Morehead City Rotarians on Oil Progress Week at their meeting Thursday night in the Carteret Recreation al center. Mr Bowden traced the history of the petroleum industry in this country and listed the varied pro | ducts derived from petroleum, lie 1 said the many advantages derived from the use of petroleum are one of the factors that help to contri bute to the higher standard of living that goea to make up the American way of life. Thursday night Rotarians and their wives will meet at Morehead City Technical Institvte for an oyster roast. When Mule and Motorist Moot, Mayhem Hesnlls The mule walked away, but the car was damaged to the extent of $174! Robert Washington Scaboro, Jr., reported this scrape with a mule on highway 101 ten miles north of Beaufort at 8:30 Friday night, to R. H. Brown, highway patrolman. Seaboro, who lives at 2702 Evans street, said he was driving toward Harlowe when the animal ran in front of his car. The mule went on his way . . . and so did the driver, but in a car in worse shape than it had been before. Tide Table (Tides at Beaufort Bar) HIGH I.OW Tuesday, Oct. 25 10:43 a.m. 11:04 p.m. 4:13 a.m. 5:11 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 26 11:05 a m. 11:36 p.m. 5:03 a.m. 6:06 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 27 12 midnight 12:33 pm. 6:00 a m. 7:08 p.m. Friday. Oct. 28 1:04 a.m. 1:34 p.m.. 7:04 a.m. 8:12 p.m. $ 40,000 Has Been Allotted For Stabilized Roads Under the first phase of the bond money program Carteret county will get 37.6 miles of paved roads and $40, 000 for stabilized roads, according to an announcement made yesterday by Commissioner W. Guy Hargctt of Rich lands. Carteret is one of 12 counties in the second division of the highway and public works commission. The projects for the county are as follows: from a point on US 70 approximately 5.0 miles northward from Beaufort northwardly to Merrimon, 12.7 miles; from a point on the Merrimon road 2.5 miles from the beginning wcstwardly 2.3 ? miles to NC 101, known the Laurel Road, 2.3 miles; from the Onslow , county line near Kuhns southward ly via Pelletier to NC 24, known as the Stella road. 10.9 miles; from Newport in an easterly direction 11.7 miles to NC 101 near Harlowe creek, 11.7 miles. The twelve cour.ties of the high way commission's coastal second division will get 439.26 miles of hard-surfaced secondary roads and | $640,000 worth of stabilized roads i under the first phase of the bond ; money program. The $200,000,000 bond program progress report released yesterday I was the ninth by the highway com ] mission. A tenth report will come | fiom Commissioner James A. Barn i veil's fifth division. 1 The second division report pro vides the following mileage of ' paved roads for the dozen counties I (the figure following the mileage | in parenthesis shows the amount allocated for stabilized roads): Beaufort. 62.6 ($100,000); Car teret, 37 6 ($40,000); Craven, 51. 35 ($70,000); Greene. 33.9 ($40, ; 000)< Onslow, 40.62 ($60,000); Pamlico. 27.35 ($30,000); Pitt, 55 65 ($100,000); Tyrrell. 16 90 ($30, 000); and Washington, 25.28 ($30, 000). Commissioner Hargctt also an nounced that the second division is now engaged in constructing or re-tr*#Vng 154.14 mile? of roads with regular highway funds throughout the division. Some of this work lies on the primary and some on the secondary road sys tems. In connection with the selection of the first bond money roads, Commissioner Hargett and Divi sion Engineer Romilous Markham made detailed surveys of each county's needs, met with boards of county commissioners and re viewed the program and heard pe titions from numerous citizen's delegations. Selection of the first group of roads came after full I consideration was given to such factors as traffic counts, school bus and mail routes, relation of the road to the highway system, num ber of houses, churches and busi ness establishments along the roads and other factors connect ed with public service. "This is the first phase of our bond money program," Commis sioner Hargett pointed out. "While work is progressing on the con struction of these roads, new sur veys are being made to determine which roads will be considered for hard-surfacing in the second part of our program. Building stabi lized roads is an integral part of the over-all program. That work will proceed tiand-in-hend with the hard-surfacing projects, and we eventually expect to do some improvement work on all of the most important county roads in the division." Commissioner Hargctt also ex pressed his thanks to the citizens of the division for their "coopera tion and patience" in helping him work out the details of the pro gram. Work is already underway on j<many of the bond projects and others will be begun and work con ' tinued, if weather permits; through ! the winter months. I Beaufort Optometrist Presides a! Meeting Discussion of ideas in which the optomctric society could better re lations between the optometrists and members of other medical pro fessions was held at a meeting of zone one. of the North Carolina Optometric society in New Bern Wednosday. l)r. J. O. Baxter, Jr., of Beaufort presided over the meeting. Most of ' the meeting was taken up in round ! table discussion concerning propo sals for bettering these relation ships and also the resolutions of the last special meeting of the state society in Greensboro were read. These resolutions, it was explained, dealt with the relationship exist ing between optometry and the State Blind commiAion and the State Health department. In addition to Dr. Baxter. Dr. Russell Outlaw of Moretiead City attended the meeting. Farm Trainees Visit State Fair Agriculture Instructor, County Agents, Princi pal Accompany Group ! The newport Veterans' Farmer ! Training class of 40 members plus 22 members of the vocational ag ! rieulture class of Newport school I attended the State fair Wednes day. In addition to the above 62 young men, 12 other farmers from j I various communities in the county i were on the trip. | *This group was accompanied by C. S. Long, teacher of agriculture 1 j and supervisor of the Veteran Far- ? j mer Training program, R. M Will i iams. county farm agent. Floyd M. Garner, and James G. Murdoch, j ! Jr., veterans instructors, A1 SI in- j i son. assistant county agent and It. | L. I'ruit, principal of Newport j school. This group of HO select farmers ! and farm leaders of Carteret coun ty arrived at the fair grounds a round 9:30 o'clock They visited as a >;roup the following places: j exhibit hall, swine barn, beef and dairy cattle barn, poultry, exhibit and the farm machinery and e quipment display. Much informa tion was acquired irom observa- j tion of these exhibits as they rep ' resented the top quality of both crops and livestock from all over the State of North Carolina. Following the exhibit visitation as a group, both the adults and school boys took the opportunity to review some of the exhibits that were of special interest. Many pictures of the crops, school, and livestock exhibits were made by the instructors and students. "Farmers of our county make too few such trips and tours during the year. Trips of this nature I which might be classified as visual education are without a question the best means of quickly absorb ing helpful information," declared Mr. Long. Newport Man Hurt in Wreck David Samuel Russell of route 1,: was slightly injured Sunday after- j noon when the '40 Dodge truck he was driving was involved in a col lision with a '42 Chevrolet Marine firechiefs car on North Carolina highway 24 two miles east of Boguc field. The Chevrolet was being driv en by Foy Thomas Banks, Have lock. Russell's left shoulder was in- 1 jured and he received a cut on the facc. R. H. Brown investigating highway patrolman, said that Rus sell is being charged with reckless and careless driving. According to the patrolman, both vehicles were proceeding west when Russell attempted to make a U turn. As he did so, the Chevro let, which was following, ran into : the side of the car driven by Russ ell. ' Damage to the car driven by | Banks was estimated at $250 and to the truck $75. Car Drivra by Jams Biggs Damaged oa Highway 101 A '40 Plymouth driven by James D. Biggs, 1601 Front St.. Beau fort. was damaged to the extent of $150 in an accident at 8 o'clock Sunday night on route 101 at liar lowe. R. H Brown, investigating high l way patrolman, reported that the Plymouth ran into the rear of a '38 Ford driven by C?ficld Fra lier. Negro of North Harlowe. Fra zier is being charged with failure to give a handsignal. The accident occurred when Fra iler turned as the Plymouth at tempted to pass. Damage to the Ford was estimated at $5. No one wai injured. Just Can't Win, Negro Discovers W. F. Kellon Meets Up Wilh Town, Township, Slate Police You can't beat the law, or at least that's the viewpoint of Wil liam Fenner Kelton, Murehead Ci ty Negro, following a brush with the forces of law and order Sun iay night. Slightly before 8 p.m. Sunday a IfMl Nash driven by Kelton side swiped the car owned by George Lctois, Lcnnoxville, that was park ed on the north side of Broad street, Beaufort. Kelton failed to stop but the license number and description of his car was obtain ed by witnesses to the accident. Beaufort police were notified immediately. They in turn noti fied Morehead City police that Kel ton was heading their way and took off in pursuit of their man. Meanwhile. Kelton was weaving his way through causeway traffic on his way to Morehead City. As he reached the halfway mark on the Morehead City drawbridge his car veered to the left, struck the rear end of a 1047 Mercury driven by Julia Caesar Stanley. Beaufort Negro, and then struck the left hand railing of the bridge. Kelton failed to stop to sec the results of his accident and instead departed rapidly on foot in the direction of Morehead City. He didn't have a chance Waiting for him at the foot of the bridge was Constable Charlie Krouse, three blocks farther on in Morehead City the local police were await ing his arrival, Beaufort police pulled up to the scene of the ac cident shortly after he left and it just happened that State Highway Patrolman W. G. Pickard, who was I off-duty, was passing by at the time! State Highway Patrolman II. G. Woolard arrived to investigate the accident and arrested Kelton on the charge of drunken driving. Beaufort police also pressed charges of hit and run and driving under the influence of alcohol. Damage to the left rear fender and body of Lewis's car amounted to $100, damage to Stanley's rear fender. $80. and damage to the Nash was approximately $200, Kel lon having smashed in his right front when he struck the car in Beaufort and his left front at the bridge accident. Marine Track Hits Car Parked on Evans Street A Marine truck, driver uniden tified. struck a Model A Ford own ed by Robert Simpson, while the Ford was parked Friday afternoon on Evans at 7th street, Morehead City. A suspect, believed to be drunk while driving the truck, is being held by military police and inves tigations are being made. The rear wheels of the Ford were da maged beyond repair, a rear fen der and part of the body was wrecked, bringing estimated cost* of repair to $200. Alfred Plttman, skipper of the Lois Nancy and others in the vi cinity of the parked car, saw the truck hit it and then proceed west on Evan street. Witnesses notified Morehead City police who then contacted Marine military police. The truck, according to witness es. was proceeding south on 7th and struck the Ford when it at tempted to make a right turn on Evans. Chamber Folder Aids Pupil? Making Scrapbooks In an effort to aid school child ren working on scrapbooks cover ing different communities in the state, the Morehead City Chamber of Commerce has just completed a printed folder covering briefly the history, resources, and econo mic advantages of the community. Robert G. Lowe, general manager , of the chamber, explained that aev- V eral times each week the chamber received requests from school * children for information about Morehead City. In answer to these requests the folder was printed to give all necessary information In a brief form. The folder opens with a brief ] summary of Morehead City's his tory. goes into its natural fdvan- , tages, emphasizing its fine harbor and perfect climate, lists tke fae tors that make H a center for com mercial fishing, and concludes with , a resume of all of the local area's advantages.