FM E CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES ,0c
A Merger of THE BEAUFORT NEWS (Established 1912) and THE TWIN CITY TIMES (Established 1936)
*9th YEAR, NO. 2 TWO SECTIONS? SIXTEEN PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 6, 1950^ PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
Research Vessel Will Arrive
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At Morehead City Jan. 14
Building Moved to Make Space
For Morehead School Annex
To provide space for tbe new
six-classroom annex to be built to
tbe Morehead City school, tbe old
Harry North building housing the
manual arts department and the
cafeteria has been moved from the
rear of the school to the north
west corner at Bridges and 12th
street.
Work on the new annex will get
underway this month, reported H.
L. Joslyn, county superintendent
of schools. In addition to new
classrooms the annex will also
contain a cafeteria.
The Harry North building was
moved at a cost of $1,166.40 by
Carl Vause, house mover of La
Grange. Pillars beneath it will be
placed by the county schools main
tenance workmen.
Moving operations began Dec.
IB. These were halted temporar
ily on the 23rd for Christmas and
were resumed on the 27th. The
building was in its present loca
tipn by the 29th. Sewerage con
nections are yet to be made. Pow
er connections were completed
this week.
Although no meals are being
served on the second floor in the
cafeteria, boys are working with
hand tools in the manual arts de
partment.
The Harry North building was
originally a Methodist school in
the days when churches had their
own courses of study for children
in their congregation. At that
time there was also a Baptist
school in Morehead City and a
"free" school.
In the early 1900s the Methodist
and Baptist schools flanked the
free school and then later a new
building, to take the place of the
free school was erected. This later
burned and the present school was
erected, the Harry North buildiag
meanwhile being used as an an
nex, as it is now.
The building is named after a
Methodist preacher who at one
tirrte had the Morehead City
charge.
JCs Emphasize
MtCampip
Word-of-mouth publicity from
Morehead City Jaycees to local
citizens will be the deciding factor
in putting across the Jaycee "Op
eration Economy" drive, Jaycees
were told at their Monday night
meeting in the Fort Macon hotel
dining room.
Purpose of the "Operation Econ
omy" drive is to inform local resi
dents of the findings of the non
partisan Hoover Commission which
made an investigation, at Presi
dent Truman's request, into nse
less government practices that cost
the taxpayers money that could be
saved.
Jaycees were informed that
speakers from the club were ad
dressing other local groups on the
program. However, said 0. H.
Allen, chairman of the Jaycee Op
eration Economy committee, sup
port from every Jaycee will be
needed to put the idea across. He
told the men to stress that action
on the Hoover Recommendations
could be gained only if residents
write Congressman Graham A.
Barden, care of the Morehead City
Janior Chamber of Commerce,
Morehead City, asking enactment
of the recommendations.
Luther Lewis, chairman of the
Jaycee Christmas activities com
mittee, gave a final report, on the
Christmas party given by Jaycees
lor children. Lewis and other
members of his committee stated
that they received full cooperation
from merchants and restauran
teurs. He said every child attend
ing the party seemed to be pleased,
the goal his committee bad hoped
for.
After considerable discussion
the group voted to bill any Jaycee
wjio in the future indicates that
he will attend a social function
and then fails to appear. Such
delinquents will be billed the cost
of admission to the affair.
Dean of ECTC Will Spuk
kl PTA Meeting Monday
Dr. Leo Jenkins, dean of East
Carolina Teachers college, Green
ville, will be the speaker at ' the
Beaufort Parent-Teacher meeting
at 8 o'clock Monday night.
Date of the meeting has been
changed from Tuesday for the con
' lenience of the speaker Whose
topic will he "Foundations for
pood Citizenship."
$ Music will be presented by the
Ann Street Methodist church
t?holr under the direction of Janes
JjlTheatley.
Countians Must
Declare Property
' Residents of Carteret county
are required this month to de
clare to the county the real estate
and personal property they owned
as of January 1, 1950. This prop
erty must be recorded, by law, by
appointed "list-takers" in each
township. List-takers are named
below.
A farm census is also requested
by state officials. Farmers are
asked to report the number of
heads of cattle on their farm, num
ber of fruit-bearing trees, types of
fertiliser used, and similar in
form on. This will be kept con
fidential and will have no bearing
on taxes, according to Raleigh,
rather it is desired in order to
form a basis for "economic an
alysis and guidance of farmers."
List-takers in the townships, ap
pointed by the county commission
ers, are as follows:
Beaufort? F. R. Seeley and John
R. Brooks; Merrimon Peter Car
raway; Straits G. W. Whitehurst;
Marshallberg ? James P. Davis;
Atlantic and Sea Level Walter
Smith.
Cedar Island Mrs. Dora Day;
Morehead City Charles V. Webb;
White Oak ? Sam Meadows; New
port? Prentise Garner; Harlowe
J. Raymond Ball; Harkers Island
? Charles W. Hancock: and Davis
and Stacy? Hamlin Davis.
County Pupils
To Attend Concert
Arrangements arc being made
for children at Atlantic, Newport,
and Smyrna schools to attend the
free concert to be given Tuesday
afternoon, February 14, by the
North Carolina Little Symphony
at Beaufort school.
Children only from the 4th to
8th grades will be admitted to the
concert this year, according to
Mrs. T. T. Potter, Beaufort, chair
man of the Carteret County Sym
phony committee. A limited num
ber of pupils from the above-men
tioned schools can be accommo
dated in addition to those from
Beaufort and Morehead City.
It was emphasized this week
that unless adults purchase tick
ets for the evening concert, it will
be impossible to present a free
concert for the children. The
ticket sales campaign will end
Sunday, January IS, according to
Mrs. Bayard Taylor, Beaufort, who
is in charge of membership sales.
The North Carolina Little Sym
phony, under the direction of Dr.
Benjamin Swalin, has been chosen
to participate in the National
Broadcasting company's "Pioneers
of Music" series. They will play
on the program at 3 o'clock Sat
urday afternoon. April 29.
"Pioneers of Music" series will
begin tomorrow afternoon and
continue thereafter each Saturday
at 3 p. m. This is the sixth sea
son for the program in which the
nation's symphonic orchestras are
heard.
Other orchestras which will par
ticipate inclitde the Kansas City
Philharmonic, Hartford symphony,
Erie Philharmonic, Louisville or
chestra, Pittsburgh symphony,
Minneapolis symphony. New Or
leans symphony, Oklahoma sym
phony, Atlanta symphony, Buffalo
Philharmonic. Baltimore s y m -
phony, Wichita symphony. Ro
chester Philharmonic, Spokane
Philharmonic, Dayton Philharm
onic, Lincoln symphony, Wheeling
symphony, and Eastman School
symphony.
Charles Pain Installed
As Master a! Lodge
Charles L. Pake has been in
stalled as master of Franklin Ma
sonic lodge, succeeding Dr. W. L.
Woottard.
Other officers are T. T. Potter,
senior warden; Earl M. Noe, junior
warden; Robert L. Safrit, Jr.,
treasurer; U W. Down urn, secre
tary. Appointive officers are
Ohermann Holland, Dr. J. O. Bax
ter, Jr., Albert Fulford, Orville
Caaklll. P. B. Beachem. Chaplain
ii H. Burton Daniels.
Auxiliary to Meet
Members of the auxiliary of
Carteret County Post No. 99.
American Legion, will meet at
7:30 tonight at the home of Mrs.
C. L. Beam.
The United States Fish and
Wildlife fisheries research vessel,
Albatross, will arrive at Morehead
City Saturday, January 14, to be
gin six weeks of work in North
Carolina waters. The boat, equip
ped with scientific instruments for
sea study and gear for fishing in
I vestigations, left Rs home port,
Woods Hole, Mass., Wednesday.
Twenty thousand dollars was
appropriated in the last session of
Congress for the vessel's $ork
here. En route to Morehead City
scientists will continue hydro
graphic studies of the middle At
lantic bight, distribution of tem
peratures, salinities and densities
off New Jersey, Delaware, Mary
land, and Virginia, also between
! Oregon inlet and Little River in
| let. North Carolina.
Additional data will be obtain
ed on bottom topography and
I depth recorders will be tested for
! locating schools of fish.
Fishermen to Meet
Commercial fishermen will be
i requested to meet next week at the
; Institute of Fisheries Research,
Morehead City, to assist in map
ping the program for the Al
batross.
One of the main purposes for
the boat being here is to locate
new and safe trawling grounds.
It would be useless, I)r. Eugene
Roelofs, finfish investigator at
the institute, pointed out, to go
over those grounds already known
by the fishermen to be trawlable.
Tagging Project Scheduled
Dr. C. A. Atkinson, of the United
States Fish and Wildlife labora
tory, Piver's Island,, will under
take fish tagging projects while
the Albatross is here. Tagging is
employed to discover migratory
patterns.
The vessel will also explore the
possibility of expanding the trawl
fishery in water from 10 to 100
fathoms between Wimble shoals
and Cape Fear.
Personnel aboard for the first
cruise will be Dr. William F.
Royce, chief scientist, John B. Col
ton, Jr., Richard E. Sayles, Ern
est L. Miles, Ernest I). Premetz,
all of the Fish and Wildlife Serv
ice; from Woods Hole, oceano
graphic laboratory, Dr. Alfred C.
Redfield, Dr. B. H. Ketchum, Dean
F. Bumpus. A. R. Miller, Nathaniel
Corwln and from the University of
Washington, Emory F. Swan.
On the following cruise, person
nel will be R. J. Buller, John R.
1 Clark, Ed Mollis, John Shea, Dr.
Roelofs, Carter Broad, and John
Wagner, the last three from the
Institute of Fisheries Research.
The Albatross .is scheduled to
leave Morehead City Feb. 24 and
continue investigations as it moves
northward to Woods Hole.
Prospective Hotel Builder
Takes Options in Beaniort
Options on several ' Front street
sites in Beaufort have been taken
by a Pennsylvania hotel owner and
industrialist with a view to con
structing a 50-room hotel on one
of the sites, it was revealed today.
Five potential sites were survey
ed by the investor before taking
options on two. It is planned to
begin construction in late spring
with opening date for the hotel set
for next fall.
Name of the hotel owner was
not disclosed. When queried on
the situation, Dan Walker, mana
ger of the Beaufort Chamber of
Commerce, gave a significant, bus
incss-is-pieking-up look but declin
ed to state whether he knew any
thing definite. He did admit,
however, that he had been work
ing with interested parties on the
matter.
Georgetown Police Hold
Norehead Cily Man
Police of Georgetown, S. C? are
holding James Harold Wade, 26.
of Morehead City on charges of
attempting to break into a George
town home after dark.
Wade was picked up a few min
utes after he fled from Wesley
Starnes' home when Mrs. Starnes
was awakened at his approach. Of
ficers said he also would face
charges in connection with a sports
shop robbery here, and was want
ed in North Carolina for bail
jumping on similar charges.
Tide Table
Tides at Beaufort Bar
HIGH
LOW
Friday, Jan.' 6
9:29 a.m.
9:47 p.m.
3:06 a.m.
3:54 p.m.
Saturday, Jan. 7
10:12 a.m.
10:33 p.m.
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Sunday, Jan. 8
3:51 a.m.
4:34 p.m.
10:37 a.m.
11:21 p.m.
4:41 a.m.
5:17 p.m.
Monday, Jan. 9
11:49 a.m.
12 midnight
Tuesday, Jan. It
5:34 a.m.
6:04 p.m.
12:15 a.m.
12:37 pm '
6:34 a.m.
6:55 p.m.
Judge Hands Out
2-Year Suspended
Sentence Tuesday
Three Plead Guilty io
Drunken Driving Charg
es; Speeders Fined
1 Aldoi Lewis Lee was found guil
i ty of non-support in Tuesday's
session of recorder's court, Beau
: fort, and received a suspended
i sentence of two years on the
roads. Judge Lambert R. Morris
; presided. m
Sentence was Suspended for as
long as Lee contributes $12 a week
to the su^ort of his wife and minor
children. He was also taxes with
i the costs of court.
I Kathleen H. Cato, Jesse Thom
j as Hathings, and Rayford Wil
I liams leaded guilty lo drunken
i driving. The first defendant was
fined $100 and costs and the other
two paid $10 and costs. The same
charge against H. M. Eure was
heard and dismissed, but this de
fendant was found guilty on an
other charge of being drunk and
disorderly. He was fined $10 and
costs.
Russell Found Guilty
Daniel W. Russell was found
guilty of reckless and careless
driving and fined $25 and costs.
Notice of appeal of the verdict
was entered and he was bound
1 over to superior court under $200
bond.
j A request for a jury trial was
made by John Jones, charged with
forcible trespass, and his case was
bound over to superior court un
der $200 bond.
Gail G. McDowell pleided guil
ty to public drunkenness, disord
j erly conduct and resisting arrest.
He was fined $10 and costs. Ed
Davis and Curtis Reese pleaded
guilty to public drunkenness. The
first paid $10 and costs and the
second was given a choice of
spending 30 days in jail or paying
the costs. Garrett Fisher pleaded
guilty to being drunk o?! the high
way and was fined $10 and costs.
George H. Styron was found
guilty of driving on the wrong
side of the highway causing? on
accident and was assessed with
costs. Andrew E. Benjock plead
ed guilty to failing to give a hand
signal and was fined $10 and costs.
Two Plead Guilty
Ivey Gillikin and Joseph D.
Smith pleaded guilty to driving
without valid license plates. The
j first paid one-half the costs and
I the second paid the costs and $10.
j Irene Lanier, Charles Davis and
Opal L. Ketner pleaded guilty to
| driving without a license and each
paid the costs.
A plea of guilty was entered in
the case of David Pearsall, charged
with possession of non-tax-paid
whiskey, and he was fined $10 and
costs.
Two defendants were fined the
costs when they pleaded guilty to
having mechanical defects on their
I automobiles. They were Andrew
| Norris, Jr., charged with driving
with improper lights and leaving
his car parked in the road, and
| Willie B. Lawrence, Jr., charged
with driving with insufficient
| brakes.
Speeders Convicted
Six persons pleaded guilty to
speeding. One of them, John E.
Doyle, was lined $25 and costs.
Two others. Lud R. Tucker and
George Ronald Ballou, were fined
$10 and costs. The other three,
Harry E. McGraw, John S. Sut
kus and Joe E. Sharpe, paid the
costs.
Robert E. Balbach. charged with
speeding and careless and reck
less driving, pleaded guilty to
speeding and paid the costs and
$10.
The bonds of Roosevelt Phillips
and Troy Paterson were forfeited
when they failed to appear in
court. Paterson was charged with
aiding and abetting in the posses
sion of non tax-paid whiskey and
Phillips was charged with driving
without a license.
The court withheld prosecution
in three cases. The defendants
were Harold E. Paterson, charged
with speeding, and Frank R. St.
Pierre and Preston A. Mann, both
charged with driving without a
license
Twenty cases were continued.
The defendants are: Levi and Ne
mi Williams, Theodore J. Lemaire,
Daniel Mtilchok, Jr., Virginia %.
Stiles, Haiel S. Garner, William
J. DeNoyer, Vernon W. Thomas,
Victor Gaskill, Jason Scarboro,
Glenn Wade, Harold Pitser, Eddie
L. Collins, Alton (Snooky) Willis,
Samuel Green, Williams Fitts,
Kenneth L. Dickerson, Rebecca
Jones, Florence Brown and Riley
Brown.
Receipts Total |U<
Morehead City's parking meter
receipts for the month of Decem
ber amounted to $586, according
to Mrs. Blanda McLohon, city
treasurer,
Cherry Point Zoning Commission
To Request $ 1,000 from Carteret
Carteret county commissioners at their meeting Mon
day morning will be requested to appropriate $1,000 for
the operation of the Cherry Point Zoning commission.
This commission, authorized to regulate construction a
long highway 70 from the air base to Newport, is com
prised of two men from Carteret county, two from Craven
awd one from Cherry Point.
Although $4,000 has been requested of Craven coun
Rotarians Hear
Economy Talk
President N. T. Enneil
Presents B. J. May With
Gold Rotary Badge
j There is a tremendous amount of
I waste in the federal government
which can be eliminated without
decreasing any of the govern
. ment's benefits to its citizens, Jay
: cee Wiley H. Taylor, Jr., pointed
| out to Beaufort Rotarians at their
Tuesday night meeting in the In
[ let Inn dining room.
| Taylor's talk to the Rotary was
made as part of the Beaufort Jay
1 cees "Operation Economy" pro
! gram which aims at educating ev
ery citizen of Beaufort and eastern
j Carteret county on the findings
j of the Hoover commission which,
| at the request of President Tru
man. investigated wasteful govern
ment practices and recommended
changes which would abolish this
I waste.
VA Cited
| As one example of the waste
he spoke of, Taylor mentioned that
the Veterans Administration uses
four times as many employees to
process its policfes as do civilian
insurance companies. He said each
civilian employee handled an av
erage of 1,762 policies while a
similar VA employee handled only
450 policies. He said that if this
inequity could be eliminated gov
ernment insurance probably would
coat vetc.uns eren less '.bin it
does now.
The speaker appealed to each
Rotarian to write his representa
tive in Congress urging support of
the Hoover recommendations. He
asked them to address their let
ters care of the Beaufort Junior
Chamber of Commerce, Beaufort,
in order that response to the "Op
I eration Economy" program could
i be measured.
i Immediate past Rotary Presi
dent B. J. May was presented with
j a gold Rotary badge by President
Thomas Enoett in recognition of
May's service to the club while
president.
President Ennett stated that the
club's attendance mark for No
vember, 94 per cent, was one of
the highest percentages in the
district, according to a report he
received from District Governor
II. A. Marks. A new Rotary mem
ber, J. Raymond Ransom, was wel
comed into the club.
Lioos Hear Talk
By ff.B. Chalk
Jobs in the Federal government
are so frustrating that 500,000 per
sons, almost 25 per cent of the
entire work force, quit their jobs
each year, Morehead City I.ions
were told at their meeting Thurs
day night in the Fort Macon ho
tel dining room.
W. B. Chalk, Morehead City Jay
cee, addressed Lions on findings
and recommendations of the Hoo
ver Commission which investigat
ed wasteful Federal government
practices. His speech was made
in line with the Jaycee "Opera
tion Economy" program which
aims at seeing that recommenda
tions of the commission are en
acted into law.
Reason for this frustration,
Chalk said, is that government per
sonnel practices are so inconsist
ent. Some workers make more
than their bosses, others are paid
far less than they are worth, while
their co-workers are paid above
their wortji, and promitfional tech
niques are outdated and tend to
operate on seniority rather, than
ability, he explained.
Lions were requested to write
Congressman Graham A. Barden,
care of the Morehead City Junior
Chamber of Commerce, Morehead
City, stating that they were in
favor of findings of the commis
sion and requesting the congress
man's support of measures carry
ing out the commission's plans.
Lions were told to begin think
ing of some Morehead City girl to
represent the local club at the
Lions district convention in Golds
boro late this month. The club
will' vote on their representative at
their matting this wwk.
ty commissioners, according to S.
A. Chalk, Morehead City, who is
one of the Carteret members of
the commission, only .$1,000 will
be requested from Carteret.
Allen O. Hancock, real estate
coordinator at the air base and
assistant to Commander Ablanalp,
head of the commission, is expect
ed to appear at Monday morning's
meeting.
At the suggestion of Commis
sioner T. W. Haywood, the Craven
county commission took the mat
ter of the appropriation under ad
visement until the meeting of Jan.
16. Judge R. A .Nunn, county at
torney, was asked to look into the
matter of such an appropriation.
Request for funds from th? two
counties is based on the fact that
new homes will be erected in the
Cherry Point area, bringing in
creased tax revenue to both Crav
en and Carteret. The money will
be used for engineering purposes
and making of maps.
Taxes lapped
Mr. Hancock told the Craven
county governing body that $45,
718.75 in taxes would flow into
their coffers yearly by virtue of
the proposed housing program.
Four hundred fifteen rental units
on Navy-owned land and 1,045 on
privately-owned property are ex
pected to be built in the Cherry
Point area.
The 1,045 housing units to be
built on private property will have
a valuation of $8,100 each, or a
total valuation of $8,464,500, said
Mr. Hancock. If those homes are
put on the tax books at $2,500
each, he said, the annual tax re
turns to the county will be $45,
718.75.
1949 State Pig
Crop Increases
North Carolina's 1949 pig crop
was estimated this week by the |
Federal-State Crop Reporting serv- 1
ice at 1.612,000 head, an increase i
of eight per cent over 1948 pro- !
duction and 11 per cent over the j
1938-47 average.
The estimate was based on re !
suits of a survey conducted by ag- ?
ricultural statisticians with the
help of rural mail carriers.
The number of pigs saved by
Tar Heel farmers from fall far- <
rowings was placed at 715,000, rep- 1
resenting a four per cent gain over 1
the corresponding number the pre- j
vious year. An earlier estimate j
placed pigs saved from spring far-j
rowing at 897,000, or 12 per cent
more than the 1948 spring pig
crop.
The number of pigs saved from
fall farrowings was estimated at 6.5
per litter. Farmers' reports of
breeding intentions, it was stated,
indicate another increase i(i the
pig crop next spring with an esti
mated 145,000 sows to farrow.
The national pig crop in 1949
totaled 96.3 million head, an in
crease of 13 per cent over last
year. A seven per cent increase
over last spring is indicated in
the number of sows to farrow in I
the nation in the spring of 1950.
Shrimpers' Hearing
Set for February
Army Reservists
Discuss Pay Issue
Group Will Conlinue to
Meet Weekly Despiie
New Ruling
Despite the unlikelihood that
Army Reservists in the category
of the unit at Morehcad City will
continue to receive pay, members
of the unit at a meeting in the
civic center Tuesday night decided
to continue operation as usual.
The men agreed that by meeting
regularly they could obtain credits
which will make it possible for
| them to obtain retirement pay at
1 1 he age of 60, following 20 years
| in active orcon reserve Army sta
tus.
Although the unit at Morchead
City, which includes men from all
of Carteret county, has been in
existence for two years, govern
ment pay for Army reservists was
begun only recently and now will
probably be discontinued, accord
j ing to information from Washing
ton.
The reservists said that since
they kept the unit alive for two
years without pay, they could con
tinue to do so. They are classi- ;
fied as class 13, category train
ing unit.
Course Scheduled
i Col. George McNeill, head of the '
group, announced that a training
course on latest infantry weapons
will be given Monday, ,fan. 16, at
Greenville. H&jurged members of
the unit l?-*ittand. One retirement
credit point will be given each re- 1
servist who takes the course.
Capt. 11. S. Gibbs, jr., gave a
brief summary of the group's ac
tivities since its organization.
Credits Required
The unit began as a "composite
group, class C" and later upped its
classification to B. New rulings '
specified that after 20 years' ac- 1
tive or reserve duty a member
could retire at the age of 60 with
the highest grade pay he had had
in the service. This is contingent, j
however, upon his fulfilling cer
tain requirements, including ac
cumulation of a minimum of 50
retirement credits each year.
These are gained by regular at- j
tendance at meetings, taking cor
respondence courses offered by
the Army, attending training
courses, contact camps, or prepar
ing lectures and programs for the
unit's meetings.
The Morehead City unit is an
authorized contingent of 40 men,
eight officers, and two warrant of
ficers. There are no warrant of
ficers at present and it is not
within the unit's jurisdiction to
promote or demote, Captain Gibbs
explained.
lie remarked that any enlisted
man or officer with a reserve com
mission is welcome to become a
part of the local unit.
Following the business meeting,
an actual combat film, "Combat
on All Fronts," was shown.
Opportunity Knocks
Canadian Expresses Interest
In Carolina Forest Product
: Hear Ye, Hear Ye! Anybody
who wants to make money gather
ing unto himself the seed pods of
pine trees, read the following
communication from A. C. Beattie,
103 Springdale Blvd., Toronto,
Ontario, Canada:
Editor
THE NEWS-TIMES '
Beaufort, N. C.
Dear Sir:
This is a rather unusual re
quest, but possibly you can assist 1
me.
Several years ago I noticed in
the window of a large store here
(Ontario) some very large pine
cones which I later found came
from North Carolina.
I have wondered since if It
would be possible to contact some
one down there who could arrange
to gather some for me and ship
them up here, freight collect. I
had in mind having them made up
into various decorations for the 1
Christmas season and it might be
that a person could work up a fair- 1
ly decent little business that I
would be mutually satisfactory to
whoever did the collecting down
there and myself here.
Of course, it is too late for this
year. On top of that, I haven't the
faintest idea just when the cones
drop from trees' there, nor how
lone it would take to gather them
by the hundred nor what the
freight costs would be.
There are probably half a dozen
other reasons why the project
might blow up but then again it
might work out, so if you should
happen to know of any families
or groups of boys who might be
interested in making a small in
come at certain seasons of the
year. I would appreciate your ask
ing them to get in touch with me.
Sincerely yours,
A. C. Beattie
(We think the gentleman has
something. If an agreement works
out, it would be almost akin to
manna from heaven for some am
bitious Carteret countian or group
of Boy Scouts).
A special hearing on shrimping
regulations will be hold in Feb
ruary. according to George Ross,
director of the board of conserva
tion and development. This an
nouncement was made following a
meeting of the commercial fish'
eries committee Wednesday at
Raleigh.
The meeting was called after
FrecJ Latham, a member of the
committee, made public a state
ment that shrimp trawlers cause
a large loss of small food fish
and that shrimpers should be more
closely regulated.
That statement brought a tel
egram to Raleigh from commercial
fishermen, asking for a hearing.
Among the signers were Sum Mc
Cotter, S. J. Hudson, K. H. Holton,
of Vandemere; T. B. Smith, of Da
vis; Clayton Fuleher, of Atlantic;
Garland Fuleher and Roland Sty
ron, of Oriental; C lyde Potter, of
Bclhaven.
Wilson Whorto r, of Whortons
ville; Robert Whorton, of Stone
wall; Hal Potter of Hobucken; J.
R. Brittion, of Knglehnrd; and
Wesley Willis of Williston.
The telegram reads, "We urg
ently request that no actiofi be
taken until members of the fish
ing industry have had an oppor
tunity to voice their opinion
either in the traditional public
hearing or through representatives
appearing before a special session
of the fisheries committee."
No date was set for the Febru
ary meeting. It is believed the
p*lacc will be somewhere on the
coast for the convenience of fish
ermen.
The board of conservatioi and
development has also decided that
a new system of licensing shrimp
boats should be undertaken.
Mr. Ross announced this week
ttjtat he had. appointed C. D. Kirk
I Patrick a memBer 01 the board's
committee on commerce and in
dustry, to confer on the proposal
with Fisheries Commissioner John
A. Nelson. Mr. Kirkpatrick, ac
cording to information from the
Raleigh office, was supposed to be
in Morehead City this week, but
Captain Nelson said yesterdiy that
he had not as yet shown up.
Mr. Ross is in favor of having
a license tag attached prominent
ly to the outside of a shrimper
which would make it unnecessary
for inspectors to board the boat
to see if it were properly licensed.
When Captain Nelson was asked
yesterdny if he is in fa or of the
proposed system, he said he had
no comment.
The director of the board of
conservation and development has
also proposed a different system
for the selling of licenses. The
details, he said, will be left to
Captain Nelson and Mr. Kirkpat
rick.
Beaufort Jaycees Explain
'Operation Economy' Drive
Beaufort Jaycccs arc attending
meetings of organizations in town
to explain the "Operation Econ
omy" program. Gene Smith, Jay
cee chairman of the project, re
ported yesterday that the response
on returning postcards to Con
gressman Harden, care of the Jay
cees, "has been terrific." The
cards ask for adoption of Hoover
commission recommendations to
stop extravagant government
spending.
Jaycee David Hill will explain
the program at the meeting of the
American Legion tonight, Wiley
Taylor, Jr., will speak to Masons
Monday night. Carl Chadwick
spoke last night to the Odd Fel
lows, Mr. Taylor addressed Beau
fort Rotarians Tuesday night, and
George Cottingham spoke at the
Junior Woman's club meeting
Monday night.
Morehead City Firemen
Answer 2 Alarms Saturday
Morehead City firemen were
called out twice within a half hour
Saturday. Neither (ire was of con
sequence and no damage was caus
ed. V
At 1:30 p.m. an alarm was re
ceived from Willie Gray's junk
yard a mile west of the city. Fire
men arrived to find a pile of trash
afire. They remained for 43 min
utes to keep flames from spread
ing but nothing waa burned ex
cept the trash.
At 2 p.m. firemen were sum
moned to the home of Mrs. Henry *
Goodwin at 105 North 10th it The
alarm was turned in when an oil
stove overheated, causing smoke
to riae from the stove. Firemen
turned the oil feed down and al
lowed the stove to cool. No dam
age waa suatained.