iSE CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES S_
A Merger of THE BEAUFORT NEWS ( Ettablished 1912) *nd THE TWIN CITY TIMES (EiUblUhed 1936)
39th YEAR, NO. 16 THREE SECTIONS? EIGHTEEN PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA,- FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24, I960 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
Chamber Officials
Report Response
To Fund Pleas
Manager Pleased With Cur
rent Efforts, Hopes For
Continued Cooperation
l
A recent editorial in the Car
teret County NEWS-TIMES, plus a
letter from Chamber President
Lou Gore, calling attention to the
immediate necessity for additional
funds to operate the Morehead
City chamber of commerce for the
remainder of the current fiscal
year, is resulting in an unquali
fied vote of confidence by its mem
bership according to Robert G.
Lowe, manager of the chamber. If
funds continue to come in at the
present rate there will be no ques
tion of financing the organization
throughout the remainder of the
period ending May 1, Mr. Lowe
remarked.
The Morehead City chamber was
organized in October 1939. They
immediately launched a program
of work which was successful from
the outset. The efforts continued
with increasingly apparent bene
fits to the entire community un
til the beginning of the war.
During the war years a skelton
organization was maintained and
routine activities were carried on
almost entirely by the efforts of
John L. Crump and I. E. Pittman;
and almost entirely at their own
expense, Mr. Lowe stated.
Steps to Reorganize
Following the war, in 1945, step*
were taken to reorganize and place
the chamber on a substantial oper
ating basis. This movement was
accomplished in the early months
of 1946. W. C. Carltoi was appoint
ed full time Executive secretary.
Under his administration Uie pres
ent progressive program was
inaugurated. Mr. Carlton was suc
ceeded in 1948 by the present
general manager, Mr. Lowe. The
Morehead City chamber of com
merce has earned the respect of
the entire stale of North Carolina
and the Southeast for the progres
ty citizens, the manager commen
ted.
An all-out campaign to finance
the Chamber's activities ^as staged
in 1946. Until the present time it
has not been necessary to under
take a similar project. It will
be required at the beginning of
the new fiscal year on May 1,
Chamber officials announce.
Plea Successful
The recent plea, bolh to paid up
members and to those who had not
yet made their current chamber
of commerce investment has met
with outstanding initial success. If
the remainder of those corn acted
respond with equal enthusiasm as
have those already heard from, the
Chamber's finances are assured for
the remainder of the present fiscal
period, Mr. Gore stated.
The curreit financial crisis has
not been without its value, ho con
tinued. It is always necessary to
keep the activities of any civic or
ganization in the eyes oi the pub
lic which it serves and which
supports jt
Thinking Crystalizcd
The need for interim financ
ing has crystalizcd public think
ing and has. emphasized the val
ue to the community of the activ
ities of its Chamber of Commerce,
the president added.
When faced with the alternative
of making funds available fo op
eration or eliminating the Cham
ber of Commerce from active ser
vice, there was no question raised
as to the value of this cooperative
effort, Mr. Gore declared.
"A chamber of commerce is the
means through which individual
citizens can render service to the
city in which they live and earn
their , living. It is* the means
through which civic, commercial
and industrial progress is made on
a full time basis by the combined
efforts of all forward looking cit
izens. It is an organization which
no progressive community can af
ford to be without. In the words of
General George C. Marshall, "As
long as there is a dif fere ice be
tween what a city is and what it
should be, there is a need for its
Chamber of Commerce ', concluded
the president. ^
Mttliral Socisly Sponsor *
High School Essay Contest
The Medical Society of the Stale
of North Carolina announced yes
terday the openi ig of an essay con
test for all high suhoql student
in the state. This contest begins
' March 1 and closes March 20 Its
subject will be "Doctors I. Have
Known." and as first prize the So
ciety is offering a <600 college
scholarship. Second and third pri
zes will also be awarded.
The purpose of this contest is
to further education in matters re
' lated to the public health of the
State and to encourage student:, to
consider the medical profession asd
? Its allied fields in choo?in? their
li#? tin*?.
Coal SirUca Death Grip
By-Passes Carter*! Area
?-T,^ C9*,' ,trike'g d"th grip
on the nation hi. failed to pin
y^i#Tr*J'io,u iB this ?*?
Tnu is due, for lb* most part,
to Carteret county's experienc
JB* one of the mildest winters
Ne??lty for fuel has
??n at a minimum.
H. L. Josiyn, county superin
tendent of schools, said that the
Z i'n"Zy for,Khe schools ??
Ih, . .u "?"* """ sumn>er, and
that these institutions would not
have been affected had the win.
ter been cold.
Less coal, he reported, has
in" mU" MhW01
i. Godwin Heads
Haveloclf Jaycees
Newly - Organized Group
Elects Officers, Adopis
Constitution
James Godwin has been clected
president of the newly-organized
j merce JU"i0r Chamber of Con>
Officers chosen to serve with
him are Robert Rose and Al Rach
? vlc? Pi"esiden(s, William Ver
'"?'k wcretary. the Rev, Manes*
Mitchell, treasurer, and Ted Sha
directors6' BCl1' R?bert Hayes'
The election ..-is held and the
Tuecrt tutl0n.and bylaws adopted
p niiht at a meeting at the
Rose Motor company. Twentv
I tended"11"8 ?f "'^ 7,
I Mr. Rose opened the session
il h a report on a previous meet
arv ch*'" WaS C,ected tempo.
JZt . """ 01 ,he Proposed or
f?,n'"t'on and Mr. Godwin was
andChvV? head ,h? constitull?n
ana by-laws com.*nittte.
District Officer Speaks
Hi . r .1C Leary of Morehead City
distnet eight vice-presiden of the
. aycees, spoke on organization of
,Cha?bers "f Commerce
and explained principles of opera
? tion of the Jaycees.
Dan Walker, Beaufort, a former
^vrers ,Aa^fitlai/?rei'tor "f lhp
! Jaywes, lea a each article and
S"1?'k Proposed constitu
tion and by-laws. Members rai?.d
aid'Vh1"' ?adC dcsired changes
and then elected officers.
group meet at the Rose
^.7"' cach ??rsd3y at
The following men represented
CiwTnd v B"l,fort / Morehead
City and New Bern: Dan Walker
Beaufort; Mr Leary, Hubert He"'
i mCS Robert Sanders, Bruce
Le^cr'w?, H ,A"cn- Bud Dixon
ne.h w llS' L G Dunn, Ken
neth Wagner, and Russell Outlaw
7^. ^ity; '?* Taylor and
Bill Barwick, New Bern.
Farm Officials
Plan Rat Program
Plans arc getting under way to
' conduct another rat control cam
paign throughout Carteret county
Monday, March 6. Applications for
! rat poison should be turned in to
I community chairmen by Tuesday.
t Feb. 28, R. M. Williams, county
i agent, announced.
Reports from a considerable
number of farmers for the past
two years indicate that the poison
bait, prepared locally, has done a
[ good job in controlling rats.
To make this campaign a suc
cess, farm families who have rats
j on their premises should take part
I in this project, the agent contin
| ucd. A three-pound package,
which ,is a sufficient quantity to
treat the average size farm, costs
*1.
Poison bait wil be delivered to
the community campaign chair
man on the morning of March 6.
The following is a list of the
community chairmen: Leland Mor
ris. Allen Vinson, Mrs. Daisy
Koonce, Clyde Garner, Lawrence
Garner. Roy Garner, Lee Murdock,
Thomas Oglesby, Leslie Springle,
Neal Campcn, La N. Conner, Guy
Carraway. Herman Merrill. Roland
Sailer, Guion Lewis, Miss Florence
Pigott, and Harry Chadwick.
Tile Table
Tides at Beaufort Bar
HIGH
LOW
Friday, Feb. 24
12:56 a m.
1:06 p.m.
7:19 a.Ib.
7. IS p.m.
Saturday, Feb. 25
1:40 a.m.
2:03 p.m
8:18 a.m.
'8:15 p.m.'
Sunday, Feb. 2S
2:48 a.m.
3:06 p.m.
9:22 a.m
9:17 p.m.
Monday, Feb. 27
3:40 a.m.
4:08 p.m.
10:23 a.m.
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Tuesday, Feb. 28
1113 a.m.
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Fowr County Officials Announce Political Intentions
Redon Harris of Stacy
Cheats Death FourTimes
i
By Wallace G. Styron
If yoU would like to see a man
who has escaped death several
times in a most miraculous man
ner, you should go to Stacy, N.
C., and call for one Redon Harris
I used to think his name was Red
ding but later I found the name
to be Redon. Anyway, they call
him Red, at least many people do,
and he doesn't mind.
Red is a kindly fellow about
sixty years old, always jovial and ,
will go to the limit to help his
neighbors. It is a treat indeed to |
hear him tell of his narrow es
capes from the Grim Reaper.
Red was the youngest of a fam
ily of seven boys and girls. His
father died while he was yet a
tiny tot. At the time of his first
brush with death he was living
with his mother at Rumley's Ham
mock across Barry's Bay east of
Atlantic. She had a wharf where
she kept her boat, for Miss Pen
ny, as she was called, was a smart
boatman and could catch fish and
oysters as good as anyone and
could handle a sailboat with the
best.
Red Investigates
It was when the little Red was
about four years old that he got
interested in boats himself and de
cided he would go down to the
wharf and look at the big water
and walk out on the wharf by
himself. Alas! his adventure came
to grief. While walking out to the
skiff on this wharf his sea legs be
came wobbly and he fell into the
water. There was no one near by
to helt> him, but luck of a certain
kind was there.
The wind was blowing on the
shore and the waves were pretty
large as they roUed in and so they
soon washed him in on the seaweed
in an unconscious state. His moth
er missed him, soon ran down to
the shore and there more dead
than alive, she found him She
soon revived him and thus you
\ave hi, first nrsrov rsc.v
the long sleep.
Red Marries
Time passed and Red grew up
and married without any unusual
thing happening to him other than
now and then another addition to
his family.
Then one day he started out to
buy fish for some dealer in More
head City. He took his wife and
one of his boys with him as they
wished to make the trip to town.
We all had to go by boat in those
days for there were no roads and
cars here in the east then.
Well, Red got onboard his boat
and was about to start the engine
by striking a wire to the cylinder
head when an explosion shook the
whole boat and blew away part of
the cabin. His wife and boy were
blown overboard and Red being in
the center^ of the boat, was not j
blown overboard but burned so
badly that he was hospitalized for
months. All were saved, however,
but Red was unable to work for a
yesr or more.
So this was the second escape
from death. The third time the
Reaper reached down for Red caine
soon after the second. He was em
ployed by V. Taylor and Sons in an
oyster tactory at Sea Level. Now
the process kettle was set near
the end of the factory and while
this kettle was lull of canned oys
ters and under pressure of steam
it exploded and blew the end of
the house down and of course Red
j being just outside was knocked un
conscious. Everyone who raw him
thought he was dead.
They carried him to the store
and were about to pin his toes to
gether for his last journey when
the doctor saw an eyelash flutter
and said he would be o k. And s?;
he was. lied sooi came ground and
wanted to know "what was going
on anyway." Strange to say, no one
was seriously hurt by this explos
ion.
More Trouble
Misery loves company they say
and it must be so for I now re
cord the fourth and last accident
up to this writing that has happen i
ed to Red. This also followed
close to the third one. 3eing un
employed at this time. Red hitched
up his horse to the cart and star
ted out in the woods to get him a
load of wood. Now there is no one
who wouM expect to meet with a i
serious accident on an occasion of
this kind especially when there
was only a horse and cart with a
man and his boy driving along
on a highway, on which there was
very little traffic, but again the
Reaper was rifling along side of
Red.
Coming around a curve in the
ror.d a strte road truck muring
along at the rite of sixty ijiiles
and hour, or more skle-i wiped
Red ami hi- vort ami * ?>e next
thing Red c ? he v tr, c& the
uioui w with the hiokcn ca.*t on
Jtjfo of l*# 'iV'.l the feet
on ni? y.i-+? nnd
rftest. The man who was respon
sible for all this stopped and
picked " up Red, once cjjain more
dead than alive, and took him to
the doctor and so treatment in
the hospital. His boy escaped with
out much injury.
Well, this is the story of Red's
escapes from the clutches of death
and I doubt if there is another
person in the state that can count
as many marvelous escapes as he.
Red's brothers and sisters have all
gone now save one, and his wife
has gone over the river, too. Rut
he is still plodding along and very
much of an optimist in spite of his
many close calls.
Call upon him won't you and ver
ify these accounts of his life. You
too. will hope that he has passed
the time of flirting with death.
Maybe he will live a long time
and when the call does come, per
I haps it will be a well-earned and
peaceful rest.
Red Cross Drive
Begins March 6
The American Red Cross drive
in Carteret county will begin
March 8, with Mrs. K. H. Potter in
charge in Beaufort and Charles
Willis in charge in Morehead City.
Both chairmen have announced
their managers of the campaign.
Preston Mason will be in charge
of the Beaufort business district.
Mrs. Cecil Brooks and Mrs. James'
Rumley of the residential section,
and Mrs. C. G. Holland, eastern
part of the county.
Campaign managers in Morehcatl
City will be Miss Ann Mills and
Mrs. Marion Mills.
The goal for Beaufort and cast
is about $1,100 and for Morehead
City f 1,000. Mrs. Marian F.verettc
area director from Goldsboro has
been here to confer with chair
men on conducting the campaign
Dr. N. T. Ennett, county chair
man of the Red Cross, who sub
mitted hi., resignation last fall,
said that he has reconsidered upon
request of Red Cross headquarters
and Withdrawn his resignation.
Cab Pack Reorganization
To Taka Place Taasday
The Cub Pack reorganization
meeting scheduled twice during
the past week has been scheduled
again for Tuesday night at 7 .10
in Franklin Memorial Methodist
church.
t W. C. Wall. New Bern. Scout
executive, will be present, as well
?a Paul Mitchell, new Cub Scout
master and Theodore Phillips as
sistant Scoutmaster.
Parents of boys 8, 9. and 10
.years of age who are interested
tn Cub Scouting are invited.
Warm February Brings
Spring Flowers
Miss Annie Gaskill of Beaufort,
offered further proof this week
that Carteret county's winter has
been mild, luring forth flowers
that ordinarily ore not blooming
until March or April.
Within a radius oi three blocks,
on the course of her daily walks,
Miss Annie has counted 29 Woom
1 ing plants. They arc listed bc
| low.
i ?he also adds that during -the
, last of January a lily was ?bloom
ing in Mrs. Wind ley's outdoor
pond on Craven street, and she
saw outdoors a calla lily that was
i in bud, This is considered a pot
i plant, not hardy, and a much la
ter bloomer. ?
, Since Miss Annie made her "sur
! vey" about a week ago, early
| azaleas have also started blooming.
Her list is as follows: Sweet
I Alyssum, camellia-japonica, roses,
marigolds, black-eyed Susans, daf- 1
fodils, jonquil, narcissus, gaillar
dia, stocks, bridal wreath, crocus,
moss, geranium.
' ' Petunia, lantana, snow-drop, pan
i sies, nasturtiums, hyacinths, vcr- !
bena, flowering quince, Tjurk's ;
tap, plilox, box-vine, carnations
'pinks), pear tree ii blossom, And
| iris.
Miss Annie especially calls at
tentiou to Mrs. "Jess Pagel's nar
cissus garden on Queen street.
Highway Offir.als Visit
Guy Hargett. second division
highway commissioner, R. Mark
| ham and Mr. Pollock, engineers,
I conferred Tuesday with toe nvyor
! of Morehead City. Ceorgr W. Dill,
and the tew a board on expendi
ture of state highway iunds in
.Mcrebead City.
Superior Court i
To. Hear Larceny
Cases In March
William Fulford, Jr., Ap
peals Jo Higher Courl,
Bond Set al $300
A jury trial was requested Tues
day morning in recorder's court in
I the case of James Daniels, charg
ed with theft of clothing and mon
| ev Valued at $200. It is alleged
tfiat Daniels look this property
; from the yacht ?Spitfire" when it
! was en route through Morchead
City to Florida in January.
The case was bound over to
superior court. Judge Lambert
R. Morris placed Daniels' bond at
$30.
Through counsel, William Ful
ford, entered an appeal to
superior court when Judge Morris
sentenced him to serve concur- 1
rent terms of a year and three
months on the roads. Fulford is
charged with stealing an auto ra
dio valued at $40 from a car which
was at Sound Chevrolet company,
tlorehead City. He is alleged to
have sold it for $12.
Bond Set al $300
The. three month sentence was
imposed for the radio theii and
the year sentence for violation of J
the terms in a suspended sentence 1
March 22. 194!). Fulford s bond
for !ns appearance in superior
court was set at S300.
Three cases were dismissed in j
Tut s 'ay's court session. The de
fendants and charges were as fol
lows:. Alfred Anthony Ferretti.
driving with improper license
plates, Bob (lamer permitting a
dog to run at large, and Lemuel
D. Golden, parking on the travel
portion of a public highway.
The remaining cases dealt with
violation of the motor vehicle code.
Rebecca Jones pleaded guilty to ;
'driving without a license and paid
$10 plus costs. Kohsrt Grady Bell,
for having no Vaod license piatcs.
paid half the costs. James Will
See COURT, Page Three
County Agents
Schedule Tractor
Schools Tuesday
County farm agents, with the
assistance of J. C. Ferguson of
the Agricultural Engineering de
partment, State college, will con
duct two tractor maintenance
schools in the county Tuesday.
The first of these will be held
at !) o'clock in the mornfng at the
Gibbs Brothers farm east of Beau
fort on highway 70. The second
will be at the Vocational Agricul
ture department at Newport at
2:00 o'clock in the afternoon.
Tractor owners and others who
are interested -are invited, R. M. j
Williams, county agent, announced.
The following parts of tractor
maintenance will be discussed: gen
oral principal of internal combus
tion engi ies, air cleaning system,
oil cleaning system, ignition and
magneto system, engine timing,
and tractor safety.
'"With the present high cost of
tractors, we feel that every tractor
i owner should put forth a special
| effort to give his tractor the prop
er c;ire and maintenance in order j
to prolong its lifp aid economize
in operating cost." remarked A1
StinsoB, assistant county agent.
Mr. Stinson. accompanied by
several 411 club members recently
I attended a tractor maintenance
school at State college, Raleigh.
"We hope all (factor owners will
avail themselves of this opportuni
ty to learn more about better care
(for their tractors," concluded Mr.
Williams.
43 Attend Eye Clinic At
Ccuniy Health Office
A total of 43 children and adults
attended last week's eye clinic in
the county health department. Dr.
N. Thomas Ennett, health officer,
announced this week I>r Ennett
said nmrti was accomplished dur
ing the one-day clinic
Fifteen aflults and 28 children
were present. Recommendations
iir ie hy the specialist in charge,
Pr J. It Hawi'v included (laaaea
'or 10 adults and 20-children. aur- ;
fcery for four adults and live child
rcn. blind school attendance for I
one child, rehabilitation school for
one adult and change of clafiroom
seal for one child.
The clinic wjs a joint projram
<>{ the school health service, the
county welfare department. ;he
State Commisaion for the biiad
and the Morehead City Lions club. I
Sheriff, Register of Deeds,
Judge, Solicitor to Run
More brush strokes were added |
to Carteret's politieal picture to
day with official statements from
Sheriff Gehrtnann C. Holland.
Register of Deeds Irvin W. Davis,
Recorder's Court Judge Lambert
Morris and County Solicitor M.
Leslie Davis that they are candi
dates for re-election to their re
spective posts in the May 27 pri
maries.
The picture, in complete detail,
must await deadline dates for fil
ing for various offices which oc
casionally brings breathless shifts
in political allegiance which char
acterize all elections.
Candidates tor state offices and
for U. S. congressman and II. S. t
senator have until noon, March 18,
to file; for county and city offic
es until 6 p. m., April 15.
The four announcing today con
stitute less than half of the in
cumbent county office holders.
Term <}ucstion Arises x
A. H. James, clerk of superior
court, is in the odd predicament
of not knowing whether his term
of office expires this year or con
tinues two more years until De
cember, 1952.
H. S. Gibbs. assemblyman, is
waiting for indications from his
constituents as to whether they
want him to run.
None of fhe five county com
missioners has announced an in
tention to stand for re-election al
though it is believed that at least
four of them will. One may step
aside to permit a change in coun
ty representation.
Lawrence Hassell's "Scott Tick
et" is still in the threat stage, no
one having announced himself, or
been announced, as candidate for
any state or county office under
the banner of the Beaufort mayor
who gained political importance by
a well-timed stand for Scott in j
1048. On the state level, emerg
ence of Willis Smith. Raleigh at
torney, as a possible aspirant for
the IJ. S, Senate seat of Scott ap
pointed frank P. Graham, was be
ing viewed today as having power
to bla>t the Carteret .political pic- (
4ur0 into" Bit fr'ft :i|>M?ogrtijt*(iIe ?
shape.
Mr. Smith, counsel on numerous j
private matters of legil import in
this county, has a summer home I
at Atlantic Beach which he fre
quents both summer and winter.
Mr. James was appointed clerk
of superior court on Oct. 9, 1947.
to III I the unexpired four-year
term of the late D. B. Willis. Had
Mi Willis lived he would, in ull
probability, hnve stood for re-elec
tion in the coming May primaries.
According to law. Mr. James had
to stand for election to the office
at the first general election foi
lowinq his appointment. That gen
eral election was in 194H.
Mr. James' problem now is
whether he was elected to a four
year term starting in 1M6, or o> Iv
a two-year term starting in I94Ii
The State Supreme court has
never ruled on a similar problem.
Willing to Hun
Mr. James states that he is more
than willing to run again this M ly
for a four year term, coincidi ig
with the four-year terms o! all
other office holders. He was high 1
man on the county ticket in the
number of votes cast tor him in
the 1948 election.
Should he be obliged to watt
until 1952 to run he would be the
only county office holder up for
election in that year when t!.e
fortunes of office-seekers ate '
closely dependant on the outcome
of the gubernatorial election
Mr. Gibbs, who has been the
county's representative in the gen
eral assembly since 1941 said he
is not "anxious'' to go to K:Ieigh
again next year.
"My expenses were over $900,
and the pay, after dct'uQtioii ot
taxes, etc., was only about 1
In addition, it means two and
three months away from my busi
ness." he remarked.
"I w mted to go in 1941 because
my father also served as re. re <
sentative. But I'm not ready ;o
announce my candidacy, and if I
do, it probably won't be before I
April. 1 want some indication
that there is support from the
people."
Hcadnches Prevalent
lie added- that iu addition Jo the j
monetary* expense, there are in- ,
numerable headaches. "The o "ly 1
thing to do is loilow he (iiciatcs
9f your conscience. if \ can k .'e;> \
a Clear com^ctf'lltV "f can take tKe i
headaches, but as a representative,
if you do something wrong and
know it. it's pretty bad."
A general election wrll be held '
iu November 1950. The Success
ful candidates will assume ofiice
the first Monday in December.
Ocracokp IS on the Man
Ily Alice K. Itundthalcr
Ocracokc is often left off the
map of\the United States it, and
its north and south neighbor-reefs 1
; re so low and thin that carto-j
graphers have a tendency to omit
them. This was true in a recent
issue of LIFE magazine; the whole
North Carolina reef was totally
missing. Notified of the fact by |
the Ocracoke school childrpn.
I-iFK defended itself by saying
that this particular map was drawn
to show the road building going ;
on in the interior.
This explanation but adds h
sult to injury since the year 1050
is bringing state road-building to
the North Carolina reels and
Ocracoke has just become a part
of the state highway system: pro
posed plans for 1 9-10 miles of
paved stretches (not streets) have
been approved by the State High
way Commission.
Mainhmders Worry
A great, many mainlandcrs are
unduly worried about this trend
toward mainland-insanity; many
have written protesting the "spoil
ing" of their summer paradise.
They picture a web of paved '
streets, and their great concern is
lest Ocracokc's "main thorough-'
fare" with its beautiful overhang
ing water-oaks, its white fences, |
its hundred-year-old homes be sac
rificed to cold, gray concrete. They'
fail .to realize that the* resident
Islanders also prize these quaint
thoroughfares and old trees.
There is the story of an elderly
Island lady who look her place in
her yard day after d3y as the Na
vy's hard-surfaced road in 1941
came nearer and nearer to her
beautiful oaks, watching its course
carefully until she was assured
the trees would not be sacrificed
But it is not alone the trees which
will save the beautiful sandy lanes;
here and there on each of them are
the little family graveyards which
must not be molested. So these
"main thoroughfares" will become
si(!e streets when new paved strips
by pass them on the way between
the Island's stores and othT bus
iness centers and the freight
docks.
No three-lane highway? are ex
pected? ftw two-lane roadways are
anticipated: the Island's hope is
for just about two miles of solid
pavement on the shotte6t lines be
tween the stotes and the ' docks;
pavement to cairy the trucks
uhjers now the sjjid lets them
down. This is the chief hope of,
the men folk; to this the women
folk add "and dry shod to Church 1
and to school."
To summcs visitors this post '
script may seem strange, since in 1
the three months Juic. July,
August when there are so many
visitors, the Island's roads are '
usually dry and sandy. But in the
fall and winter, (this present one
is an exception) there come the
r ins. day after day, and the large 1
low places form deep puddles
which get deeper and deeper p. s !
vehicles drive through them. 1
Planned, Practical Paving
Based on definite proposals at
a community meeting. Ocracokc's :
paved roads have been planned '
,28 simple pavements for practical
use, simple enough for any main ?
land Ocracoke enthusiasts to ap- <
prove in absentia. Where width
is at a premium, they will bo "one '
lane," where space is ample, "two <
lane." A mere 1 9 10 miles will <
connect the Island's two churches. 1 '
one post office, one ice-power
plant, one movie, two hotels, three I
repair shops, and six stores it h 1
food, ice. lumber, fuel, oil, and i
other needs in transit, and it '
should be remembered that with <
the exception of seafood and early I
spring vegetable*, all of the Is
land's daily necessities come in by !
bout from the mainland thirty to 1
sixty miles away.
Most motor vehicles on the Is
land at present are jeeps or truck . 1
Accustomed to driving a where <
and everywhere over the sand a j I
road on Monday may be obliterat
ed by high tides fcn Tuesday Ts- !
land drivers may at first fed some
what "curbed" by the confines o.r
pavement, and will undoubtedly1
lake to the sind dunes now and
then in memory of the "good old ,
days " And, they will have bright
new license plates.
There ifc a mistaken idea abroad 1
the mainland about taxes on Ocra-I
roke: m ny are under the imprest
Mion that because there are no ;
sheriffs, no jails. n& doctors, no
dentists, no etc., etc.. there are no
taxe*. This is stretching the in
agination further than tin tax coi
lectors do. It is true that there j
have been no liccnse plates in the .
past, but car owners have hid to
pay the gas tax, aud have sc rag
times grumbl^p about }t. Wheth
er or not the paved roads will,
bring mure cat's to the Island is |
doubtful.
Passan^er cars are pure luxury: ,
btt OCRACOKE, P?;e Three |(
Women Give Two Volumes
In Honor of Sgt. Austin,
Lieutenant Jones
The America i Legion Auxiliary
of "Beaufort this week undertook
it is program of giving, in memori
;:.n, a'.bu'ik to the Carteret County
public rotary tor each Beau Cor t
boy who ??:-t.yc his life during the
recent v. or Id war.
The first two to he honored arc
S/Sgi. Hoy Austin and 1,1. Hugh
Jones. American Guide to Trav
el by !! -!:? h:.s been Riven in
meroorj of Serjeant Austin and
The Birds of America by .John
lames AiViibr.n, in memory of
LiVuten n?. J ores
M.? ! A. t)a -'ley. librarian,
id the liorory is delighted to
ireeive the books and will m:kc
i-Acvy effort to cooperate with the
U:\ili ;vy in selection ol the vol
j'mes. S .
in t h front of each book is
placed a ^n.'il bookplate slating
ilvi the book b< ?!?? i to the Car
lerct County 1\ blir library and
.en ? ? roc piorial by the
!\ roe ric ; 'v 1 ? ion Auxiliary.;
S; i . t A?.n in, a pjiatfoo;: r,
kvas killed B.stO'.ne .la \ 15.
Hi., body w ; retui ned to
Beau ' ft in Noy<;mby . HMS, He
ivu - the son of Mi' Mabel Austin,
ill 2 Ann si reel, and ?J . F. Austin,
>i' New York.
Lie Ule vot .lo-.es. Son of Mr.
md Mi ., ling!-. .Itacs, Qeyen >t..
IV -nifor! w I lied Ma v 10. 1941
it (Tlossop, Kr v!i?l. white flying a
['-38. He is bum. .1 a' Cambridge.
Morehead City Jaycees went on
record at their Monday night
meeting in the Fort Ma. on hotel
lining room t<> support Mifi'i F.
Krowne. North Carolina (Ouycee
preside t. for the officii (jt presi
dent of tlie I n 'ted States Junioe
i hamher of Commerce.
Four dele:; i s to the Jnycee
u'cirterly board meeting in C.reens
poro last week end, Bernard Ixary,
^Jhan Davis , Jimmy Wallace unci
bobby Boll, reported that dele
? tis -to t-he stale meeting had
propose* I f. 10 who's candidacy for
the national presidency. AH f.nir
?aid they felt this' year W%? a most
opportune time tor Nofrth Caro
lina to have a representative from
this state clccted to the natioial
office.
Aoproval Unanimous
A resolution giving the local
group's uppoit of this candidacy
was passed unanimously.
Bruce Goodwin, chairman of the
Jaycec football comnn tee. report
ed that work toward initiating
football js a sport at Morehead
l ity high school was far from
complete and there appeared little
hancc ;t pre eat ct having the
sport instituted.
This is due. Goodwin disclosed,
to the t.'-t that, there is no mem
ber of the hitfh school faculty who
is trained to coach football and
unless ; i ncW faculty member is
allotted for next year there would
be none.
County Superintendent of
Schools, It. 1-. ' Joslyn; has suggest
ed that Morehead City and Beau
Tort boys combine i Uo one team
with Beaufort coach, T. II. Mc
Quaid. in charge, Goodwin went
an. With this arrangement More
head c ity boys would be eble to
participate in the sport under a
trained football coach, he said.
Considerable discussion took
place with the majority of opin
ions in favor of obtaining a coach
tor the Morehead City te.m.
As entertainment a musical pro
gram was presented by the Utah
Centennial chorus of Salt Lalte
City, Utah.
Ice and Coal Company
Wins Second Saiely Award
For the second consecutive year
She Carteret fee and Coal com
pany. Morehead City, Iras received '
Iho safety award from the1 depart
ment of U^o:', s ate of North Caro
lina, for. ihe outstanding record
jf uo ftxrcMtents during 1949.
Th? Caiteret Ice and Coal com
pany | Urm received this ?w?rd last
f( AT in the form of a framed cer- 1
liicate The second symbol of
recognition is a blue ribbon at- . -
Cached to a gold seal.
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