Ste CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES ,S_
A Merger of THE BEAUFORT NEWS (Established 1912) and THE TWIN CITY TIMES (E.tablUhed 1936)
39th YEAR, NO. 19 EIGHT PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA, TUESDAY, MARCH 7, 1950 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
history of County 4-H Clubs
tiegins 24 Years Ago , 1926
New Process May
Eliminate Use
Of Dry Docks
Slate Ports Director Be
lieves Plan for Wilming
ton Feasible
Although a new electrolytic
method of conditioning hulls of
ships has been discovered, a meth
od .which would make dry docking
unnecessary, Co. George Gillette,
director of the State Ports Auth
ority, believes this will not jeop
ardize plans for placement of a
$5 million dry dock at Wilmington.
The high expense of getting the
Navy surplus dry dock into oper
ation would be offset, officials be
lieved, when it was put to work
on the 424 ships in the 'storage
basin in Brunswick river. Prior
to discovery of the new electrolytic
method, these would have been ta
ken into dry dock and the hulls
scraped once every two years.
After a visit to Washington to
talk with Navy Department officials
Colonel Gilliette said he believes
. a satisfactory plan will be worked
out.
"1 believe we could afford to ac
cept this dry dock at a nominal
rental cost," he explained, "and
accept the obligation to maintain
it (at a cost estimated roughly at
$10,000 a year) until such time
' as we could find a way lo put it
into operation."
The ports authority thinks the
business for the dock will come ev
entually from servicing commer
cial ships visiting the port, plus
some of the ships in the Brus
wick river lay up basin. Storage
boats will have to be put in dry
dock before being put into use,
or if they are not used, when they
arc scrapped, the colonel points
out.
Meanwhile, until a way could be
found to get the dock into opera
tion, the ports authority would
agree to maintain it, Anchored off
shore, but not "spudded in" at the
river port where it will be when
in use.
It is the digging of a "hole" for
the dry dock, construction of piers;
and other work that Gillette esti
mates will cost nearly $250,000.
County's Coal
Supplies Dwindle
An operator at one of the coun
ty coal yards said yesterday
morning that he doubts if there is
any stove coal in the county.
Even though some of the miners
have gone back to work, he said
It will be a week until the mines
get into production and 10 days
to two weeks before dealers in
this section are able to replenish
supplies.
The cold wave last week
brought people rushing to the
yards for bucketfuls of coal. Low
est temperature recorded was the
minimum registered Thursday, 27
degrees.
E. Stamey Davis, official weath
er observer, has reported tempera
tures and rainfall since March 1,
as follows:
Max. Min. Rain
Wednesday 59 34 .12"
Thursday 43 27 .39"
Friday 40 30
Saturday 45 40 .09"
Sunday 51 42
The weather summary for Feb
ruary is as follows: high maxi
mum, 74, low maximum, 47, av
erage maximum, 61. High mini
mum 62, low minimum, 26, and
average minimum 42. There were
six days of rainfall, a total of 2.22
iaches. Winds were varialgle.
The tanker Esso Everett, arrived
lit port yesterday with a cargo of
fuel oil from Aruba, Netherlands
V^est Indies. It will ship out this
itaorning. Another tanker, the S. S.
ntella, is due in today with a car
go of asphalt from Curcucoa. B.
W. I., for the Turnbull Asphalt CO.,
located adjacent to Port Terminal.
Tide Table
Tides at Beaufort Bar
HIGH LOW
Tuesday, March 7
10:21 a.m. 4:15 a.m.
M:44 p.m. 4:26 p.m.
Wednesday. March 8
11 09 a.m. 5 08 a.m.
11:37 p.m. 5:14 p.m.
Thursday, March 9
12 Midnight 6:05 a.m.
g|2:01 p.m. 6:09 p.m.
? ? Friday, March 10
?:37 a.m. 7 03 a.m.
1:00 p.m. 1:12 pjn.
This year marks the 24th an
niversary of 4-H club work in Car
teret county. The program was
undertaken with the beginning of
the school year in September 1926.
Today Carteret county can boast
of nine 4-H clubs in which 317 girls
and 303 boys are enrolled. All of
them this week are celebrating
National 4-H week. Under the sup
ervision of Mrs. Carrte Gillikin,
home agent, and A1 Stinson, assis
tant county agent, the girls arc
trained in homemaking and the
boys in modern farm practices.
Meetings of each club are held
once a month at the various schools
in the county, each meeting requir
ing one class period. During these
sessions the boys and girls con
duct devotions and present a pro
gram. This is followed by a dis
cussion of the day's topic for study.
The first two meetings of this
school year were devoted to or
ganization and election of officers
Since that 1 time the boys have
studied the planting of forrests,
the girls have studied frozen foods,
at Christinas time they spoke of
home Christmas decorations and
gift suggestions, and launched ori a
new program in 1950. Movies are
shown frequently and each 4-H
club member given advice on the
project 'he has selected for the
year.
Records Kept
A record book is kept on each
project. This tells the cost of
production, methods used, profits
realized if any, and how the prof
its were used.
Each 4-H club member is re
quired to undertake one project
in addition to practicing measures
of health improvement.
Projects for boys and the num
ber enrolled in each project in this
county are as follows: gardening,
60; swine, 38; corn, 14; tobacco, 70;
sweet potatoes, 14; wildlike con
servation, 13; dairying, 10; for
estry, 70; poultry, 20; Irish pota
toes, 6; tractor maintenance, 10;
seafoods, 25.
Girls projects: making and keep
ing friends. 69; food preservation,
35; food preparation. 87; garden
ing, 8; home management, 26;
wildlife conservation, 10; frozen
foods. 4; crafts, 49; poultry, 4;
clothing, 186; room improvement,
90; home beatification. 33.
Although only one project ia rer
quired, many club members have
undertaken two. A new classifi
cation. seafoods, was instituted for
the boys this year because some of
them live in rural communities
where fishing, oyster cultivation,
etc., is the only enterprise on which
a project could be developed.
It is believed that this is the
only classification of its type for
4-11 club boys and girls in any
of the state's coastal counties.
Display Arranged
In observance of this week. Nat
ional 4-H week, 4-H'rs have ar
ranged a window display at City
Appliance co., Beaufort. The dis
play shows a combination room for
boy and girl.
In addition to monthly meet
ings, a 4-H camp is held each sum
mer at While Lake, state winners
in different project* go to Raleigh
for one-week courses each year. In
this county thus, far during 1949
50 4-H boys have attended a trac
tor maintenance school, girls have
gone to a clothing achool at New
Bern, and both boys and girls at
tended a recreation school at Jack
sonville and a recent floor sand
ing demonstration in Beaufort
Council Organized
For the first time ttys year a
4-11 county council was organized,
with Mary Olive Martin of Beau
fort, president. This council will
meet Saturday morning at the home
agent's office in Beaufort to dis
cuss plans for summer and the
4-H short courses at Raleigh.
Clubs in the county are as fol
lows: Atlantic, junior and senior;
Smyrna, junior and senior: Beau
fort, senior: Morehead City, sen
See HISTORY, Page Three
J. H. Sawyer, Mew Bern,
Sells Interest in Firm
One of eastern North Carolina's
oldest wholesale grocery firms
changed management today when
J. H. Sawyer, New Bern, sold his
entire interest in Armstrong Gro
cery company, New Bern, to his
former partners.
Mr. Sawyer was associated with
the company more than 40 years
and was president and general
manager from 1929 until today.
He was a familiar figure in Car
teret county where for years he
made semi-weekly calls on all in
dependent grocers.
Those assuming charge of the
company today are T. W. Brin
son, president and manager;
Charles F. Taylor, vice-president;
J. Wilbur Williamson, assistant
manager; Clara F. Bennett, secre
tary; T. F. Tyson, second vice
president and treasurer, ail o<
Sew Men. With the exception of
Mr. Taylor, a son-in-law of Mr.
Brinson's, sll have been with the
company nuuy years. Mr. Taylor
was in the grocery business in
Norfolk.
David Beveridge
Reports on Shrimp
Fishing off Keys
Beaufort Skipper Returns
To Beaufort After Week
At New-Found Grounds
David Beveridge, fishing captain
of Beaufort, brought back to Car
teret county this weekend the first
first-hand report on the boat-rush
to the Florida Keys to catch
shrimp.
Captain beveridge fished the
waters for about a week aboard
the Gulfstream, trawler owned by
Vergil Styron, Davis Shores. He
took the boat aouth several weeks
ago. It is now being operated
there but Captain Beveridge re
turned to Beaufort Sunday via bus.
His first comment on eonditions
there was "It's a mess." There's
no good harbor, boats bang to
gether at what docking space
there is and some have to anchor
offshore."
Prices Out of Line
Prices that are being charged
fishermen for food and rooms are
way out of line. "Someone told
me," the skipper said, "that he had
to pay 35 cents for a can of beans.
Another fellow from Atlantic who
went there to mend nets was pay
ing $7 a week for a room, and that
was the cheapest. A good room is
$15."
"Some of the fishermen down
around there expect the fishing to
play out in about two or three
weeks," he continued, 'while others
think it will last indefinitely."
Large boats can make money,
said Captain Beveridge, but small
boats have hard luck. The large
boats can go 40 to 50 miles off
shore.
Shrimp Good Size
The shrimp are a good size, re
ported Captain Beveridge, but
March is bad weather down there
and boats can get out only once
or twice a week.
They're not losing much gear, he
continued, when they do it's most
ly because there are so many
boats. They drag clQse_tp. each
other awl get iouled up m each,
other's gear, lliey also lose nets
trawling at night.
There is so much confusion, the
skipper said, that many of the
boats haven't bothered to get li
censes. *
As for preserving the catches,
fishermen are being charged $12
a ton for ice. He said it costs the
ice dealers about $5.
There are a few Carteret coun
ty boats there, but many boats
from other areas are going home.
The Lucky Star, owned by David
Jones, is expected back in Beau
fort soon. Captain Beveridge add
ed.
"On the way down we met a lot
of boats coming back north and
didn't know why. We found out
when we got there!" he concluded, j
12 New Homes Go
Up in Norehead
'Much activity in the building of
new homes, alterations and re
pairs in Morehead City for the
month of February is shown in the
records of A. B. Roberts, city
building inspector. Permits were
issued for 12 new homes ranging
in price from *300 to *9,500.
New homes are being built by
the following parties: Bruce L.
Goodwin. Evans St., *8,500; Joe
Smitli 19th St.. *6,000; John A.
Pavone, 27th St., *5.800, prefabri
cated house; Kenneth Prest, Shep
ard it , *7,000; T. D. Dixon, 24th
St.. *400; Eliza). Wells. Arendell
St., *9.000; A. C. Monk, jr., Evans
St., *7,500; W. W. Patrick, Shep
ard St.. *8,000; Burger Willis. 13th
st., *490; Harry Bell, Fisher st,
*300; Arthur H. Mayo, North 23rd
St., *4.000; P. K. Ball, Shepard st.,
*7,000.
The estimated cost of these new
homes total *57,990. Additions
and repairs to several bouses to
tal *5,390; garage, storage and an
office building repairs amount to
*1,650. An estimated cost of all
work planned is *65.030.
Coit of construction based on
permits issued for February last
year was *8,025. Amount of per
mits for the month of January,
1950, *191,640.
Mrs. T. T. Potior Named
To Sam m Wellus Board
Mri. T. T. Potter, Beaufort, 'was
unanimously reappointed yester
day to > three-year term on the
county welfare board.
The county commissioners made
the appointment upon notification
that Mrs. Porter's term expires
April f. She was appointed last
year to fill as unexpired term.
? i
Harkers Island Fire Leaves Family Homeless
Sleeping Beauty
NEWS-TIMES to Publish
Farm Edition March 14
For the first time in the his
tory of Carteret county news
papers, a farm edition will be
published Tuesday, March 14,
by the Carteret County NEWS
TIMES.
Not only are farming and
fishing the two major occupa
tions in this county, but many
of our farmers are fishermen
also, and the reverse is true, de
pending on seasons of the year.
We hope to make this farm
edition an annual occurence, as
is the fall fishing edition. The
March 14 issue, in addition to the
regular features, will contain a
section devoted entirely to farm
ing in Carteret county. ? The Ed
itor.
County Board
Deals With Road,
Tax Problems
Four tax problems and five
road' problems were considered by
?county commissioners at their
monthly meeting in the court
house yesterday.
Two hundred dollars was ac
cepted in settlement of taxes
through the year 1947 on Bay st.
lots, Morehead City, between 20th
and 21st streets. Charles V.
Webb appeared in the interest of
W. G. and T. C. Oglesby, owners.
J. B. liarker was granted a 50
per cent reduction in his 1949
taxes on Harkers lodge. The
lodge,' located on Harkers Island,
burned in June last year.
$125 Accepted
One hundred twenty-five dollars
was accepted in settlement of
$197.12 Ux on property in the
%*nc A. Willis. Har^H
berg. This settlement was for
taxes from 1938 through 1949.
Seventeen lots in Morehead
City, fronting on Calico creek in
the vicinity of the colored ccme
tery were sold by the county to
E. J. Davis for the amount of the
taxes owed. Approximately $500
will go to the county and $500
to the town of Morehead City.
Dewey Willis and S. G. Pake,
Williston, were granted the re
quest that a loop road in Williston
be made part of the county road
system.
Ed Piver and Dr. C. E. Paden,
who inquired about improvement
to the Piver road, Nortii River,
were informed by J. L. Humphrey,
county engineer, that the road
cannot be improved until all resi
dents agree to granting the state
60-foot right?of-way.
Resolution Adopted
The board adopted a resolution
requesting the highway commis
sion to undertake repair of a
street in Highland Park. The re
quest was made by Harry Gilli
kin and John Miller.
They also approved a request by
a delegation from Marshallberg
requesting that a 300-yard road,
joining two dead-end state-main
tained roads be improved by the
state. Members of the delegation
were Edwin Pincr, Wesley Wil
See BOARD, Page Three
By cnaries 1- (juthrie
There is only one thing with
which Carteret county fishermen
are obsessed more than catching
fish and that is speed, for since
the first Lathrops, Bridgeports and
Knox's were installed in snappers,
on whose sterns was barely room
enough to set two one-gallon jugs
side by side and out of which the
man steering could wash out the
coffeepot in sea water, the race
hus been to see who could get
the most power, hence the great
est speed and also the most speed
with equal power which depends
on the skill of the shipbuilder.
Story after story has evoked
from this mania for speed ....
funny stories, tragic stories, and,
most of the time, incredible ones.
Most are true, though incredible,
for there are always many wit
nesses to such incidents as the
stories relate. Some are exag
gerated, but this one of Morchead
City is true to the letter, because
I was a first-hand spectator to the
whole affair.
Only One Rival
King Jack had never had but
one rival in his own class (class
of non-converted automobile en
gines) one whom he had never
beaten, even once. He had always
lost to Otto Roy and had always
protested on the grounds that his
engine had been operating improp
erly?and his desire to beat Otto
Roy had come to be his greatest
ambition in life. The question of
how to do it, though, was still
unanswered, because Otto Roy had
King Jack outclassed in power . . .
an airflow Chrysler against a Ford
V-8, and King Jack complained
that his wheel was too big for a
Ford V-8 to turn in high and his
engine ran too hot in second.
But King Jack had been cir
culating talk of a secret through
the use of which he intended to
beat Otto Roy badly, once and
for all, and his confidence seemed
so genuine that th? entire water
front was overwhelmed with curi
oeity the whole week preceding the
date ?et for the racerand the tople
ut dfcscusJton/ frtSfi Htemised Land
to the end oif the seawall by way
of the Marine Hardware corner,
was the forthcoming race. Need
less to say, small personal wagers
were being made every day, and
Otto Roy was still the favorite
although not by so wide a margin
as he had been before in previous
races, for King Jack had an ace in
the hole this time, beyond doubt.
Crowd Gathers
Then the day of the race came
and the crowd gathered on the
dock. Pappy Tom was there, chew
ing on what had once been a cigar,
and whittling, while giving his
respccted opinion of the situation.
Tomweight stood around and
speculated on whether the occas
ion should be celebrated with a
brew and Ben Dell agreed with
Tomweight when his decision
leaned toward a wet celebration.
He was against everything else.
The course was to be from the
Standard Oil dock around the black
buoy just inshore of the Fort
Point and back to the Standard
dock.
Rosebud Gillis had planned to
pacc the contestants unofficially
the full-length course and 1 was
to accompany him. We intended
to observe all that went on and
serve as impartial witnesses. Rose
bud's boat being marine powered
See BEAUTY, Page Three ,
When Help is Needed,
The Red Cross Is There
(The American Red Cross campaign begin is Carteret coanty
yesterday. The article below relates the experiences one Carteret
county resident has had with this internationally . known organ
ution ?? The Editor).
Do the people of the United
States really know and understand
the works of the Red Cross
As one of these people up until
this year. I knew about the Red
Cross drive and what I read in the
newspapers about the work they
did in floods and disasters, but
I never realized the full force of
their good work until this year.
My husband, arriving in the
United States the first of Octo
ber. 1949. from China, was taken
to the Oakland Naval hospital. The
first letter I received from him
told of the good works of the Red
Cross.
They taught handicraft* and
games to the patients. They keep
the patients supplied with books
and magaiines. and if anything
special is wanted, they get it
for the patients.
I know that twice they took my
husband's radio to be repaired,
got him stamps, stationary and
picked qut all oi his Christmas and
birthday cards.
Dutttj Christina they decorated
trees and bad a preSent for each
of the patients Christmas Eve
night they came and sang carols
till lights out. Christmas day
they came and spent the day
writing letters (or those unable to
write, and talking to thoae who
needed cheering up. Latcf io
the day tbey had a troupe show
and movies.
The high morale and welfare of
the men in these hospitals is due
largely to the Red Cross and iU
services. I know the Red Cross
has helped my husband and by
helping him it has helped me.
A? you know, the Red Cross is
supported by public subscription
to its annual fund campaigns. The
money we contribute each year
is as important aa the premiums
we pay on our insurance policies.
None of ua know when our homes
or communities will be ravaged
by fire, floods, hurricanes or epl
derai%and the Red Croas will be
callea upon for assistance
Don't wait till these things hap
pen to you! Give now.
?Dorothy turr Poulk
Beaufort
Fanned by a strong wind, lire caused by short-circuited wiring
destroyed the home of Pinny Rose, Marker's Island, Saturday morn
ing, leaving Mrs. Rose ai-d their eight children homeless. Only a
few personal possessions were saved.
Flames were discovered at 10 a.m. Saturday. Beaufort firemen
were summoned immediately but by the time they arrived at 10:25
Thank You Train
To Visit County
French Gratitude Gifts Will
Be On Display Here
March 13-17
The traveling museum with
exhibits of French Thank You
gifts will tour Carteret county the
week of March 13 through March
17. Charles L. Jones, curator in
charge of the trailer museum, will
lecture informally and answer
questions on the display.
The Gratitude Train was
France's way of saying "thank
you" for the gifts of food sent by
the American people on the
Friendship Trains, an idea orig
inated by columnist Drew Pear
son. Food from America went to
the French people by the shipload,
with the idea that world peace
could best be promoted by people
themselves rather than through
governments and diplomats. The
train, with a car of gifts for each
of the forty-eight states and the
District of Columbia, camc in re
sponse to this act of friendship.
North Carolina's World War I
"40 and 8" boxcar arrived in Ral
eigh on February 8, 1949 and was
accepted by Governor W. Kerr
Scott in formal ceremonies for the
people of North Carolina. The
36 large wooden crates, packed
with gifts from the homes, shops,
towns, and factories of France,
were unpacked and put on display.
But since the "thank you" gifts
were intended for all of the peo
ple of North Caiolina. it seemed
important that as many of them
as possible throughout the state
have an opportunity to see them.
A few states had met this problem
by displaying their gifts on ?
trailer museum, and this idea was
Mtnptad by> North Carotin* ,
Material for lining the 26 dis
play cases in the trailer was do
nated by Burlington Mills, Inc.,
and staff members of the Hall of
History, State Department of Ar
chives and History, arranged the
exhibits.
B. F. Copeland
To Give Program
B. F. Copeland, Beaufort nurs
eryman, will present the program
at tonight's Beaufort Rotary club
meeting.
Three new members, Gerald
Hill, Raymond Ransom and Harry
Whitehurst, were inducted into
the Beaufort Rotary club in im
pressive ceremonies Tuesday night
at the Rotary meeting in the Inlet
Inn dining room.
Rotarian Numa Euro was in
charge of the ceremonies. In his
induction speech he impressed on
each of the new members the im
portance of the service they could
accomplish as a member of the
group. Each new member also was
presented with a gold Rotary em
blem pin and a Rotary booklet en
titled "Adventure in Service."
The club endorsed Dr. Howard
J. McGinnis of Greenville for the
presidency of this Rotary district.
Dr. N. Thomas Ennett, club presi
dent, said elections for district
Rotary officers would be held at
the district convention at Wrighta
ville Beach, May 16 and 17.
Rotarian D. F. Merrill was ap
pointed chairman of a committee
to see that the Rotary road sign
at the foot of the drawbridge is
overhauled and repainted. Mr.
Eure was appointed chairman of
the International Service commit
tee and Mr. Ransom, chairman of
the attendance committee.
President Ennett announced
that the Beaufort club was sec
ond in attendance in the district
during January with a record of
6.47 per cent. He said this was an
excellent mark, particularly when
the fact was considered that 39
clubs participated in the attend
ance rating.
Chirks Pitts, Jr., Passes
Rival ROTC Examinations
Charles F,itts, jr., now living in
Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, son of
Mr. and Mrs. C. O. Pitts, USMC,
and grandson of Mrs. W. E. Skar
ren, was recently notified by the
Bureau of Naval Personnel. Wash
ington, D. C.. that he had suc
cessfully passed the Naval Reserve
Officers Training corps college en
trance exam*, which he. took In
December in Jacksonville, Kla.
the home was leveled. Firemen
wet down the ruins to prevent the
house next door from burning but
it was too late to save the Rose
home.
Neighbors salvaged the Rose
washing machine and a few small
belongings. However, most of the
family's clothing and furniture
went up in smoke with the chil
dren saving only the clothes they
were wearing.
To complicate an already seri
ous situation, the head of the fam
ily. Danny Rose, a Merchant Ma
riner. is in Panama. Mrs. Rose
Donations for the Rose fam
ily are urgently needed. The
Beaufort fire department has
taken charge of a campaign to
collect food, clothing, furni
ture and cash for the family.
The four Rose boys are age 6,
10, 11 and 12. , The girls' ages
are 1, 2, 4, 8. Donations in
Beaufort may be taken to the
fire department or the NEWS
TIMES office on Craven st. In
Morehead City they may be
brought to the NEWS TIMES
office on Arendell st.
and the eight children has moved
in with members of her family
until permanent quarters can be
located.
The Rose home, a large dwell
ing, was located just off the west
end of the east-west Marker's Is
land road.
Children in the family ranged
from one to 12 years of aye. Beau
fort firemen immediately began
a campaign for clothes and fur
nishings to aid the family and
contributions were being solicited
in Beaufort over the weekend.
School at Base
To Get Six New
Rooms, Cafeteria
The state board of education ap
proved an $80,000 addition to the
Cherry Point school Friday when
a delegation from Ilaveiock and
Cherry Point appeared before the
board at Raleigh.
The delegation for which State
Sen. D. L. Ward of New Bern was
spokesman, asked the board to ap
prove $80,000 in school building
funds for adding six classrooms and
i) lunchroom to the crowded school
at Cherry Point.
Given Top Priority
Ward explained that the Craven
board of education gave the pro
ject top priority because of the
pressing need, but a State review
panel had turned it down.
A board member quickly ex
plained that the reason for turn
ing down the request was that the
land on which'the school Is situ
ated did not belong to the Craven
board of education. Instead, it was
owned by Uncle Sam.
Negotiation* Completed
Negotiations have just been com
pleted. Ward announced for the
sale of the $196,000 piece of prop
erty to the Craven board for $4,000.
That was all the Board of Educa
tion needed. The project is ap
proved and Cherry Point school
will get its $80,000 addition.
Agassiz Tows
Gatito to Port
Tied up at Port Terminal yes
terday was the Gatito, 345-ton
converted Navy iaoding craft
which was towed to Morehead City
by the Coast Guard cutter Agas
siz Saturday noon. '
The Gatito. a fishing vessel,
was discovered helpless Wednes
day by the freighter. Gforge
Lykes, which stood by until the
Agassiz arrived from Morehead
City at 7:40 p. m. Wednesday. The
Gatito ran out of fuel and was
picked up by the Coast Guard
cutter 123 miles cast northeast bf
Cape Lookout
The Lykes could not take the
Gatito in tow because of heavy
seas. The Agassiz was delayed
also in getting a line aboard due
to the foul weather.
The trawler is owned by the
Traos-American Trades, Inc., of
New York.
Three recent defendants in Car
terft county, recorder's court have
had their licenses revoked by the
safety division of the bureau of
motor vehicles They are Hazel
McClary, Holly Ridge; Willie
Junes Rivers, Charlotte and Quin
ton Royal, Newton Grove.
County Approves
Appropriation
To Zoning Board
$1,000 Will Be Set Aside
In 1950-51 Budget For
Mapping Project
In spite of objections raised by
Commissioned Hugh Salter, the
county board of commissioners
authorized placement of $1,000 in
the 195051 county budget for
payment to the Cherry Point Zon
ing commission.
This money, according to S. A.
Chalk, member of the zoning
commission who appeared before
the board, will be used to finance
engineering plans and drawing of
maps for the area under jurisdic
tion of the zoning commission.
He said that it is not expected
that the entire $1,000 will be re
quired. The commissioners agreed
to pay 20 per cent of the total cost
of the work, the amount not to ex
ceed $1,000. Craven county will
pay 80 per cent.
Commissioner Objects
Commissioner Salter objected
to appropriation of the money on
the grounds that planners on oth
er housing projects that may be
established in Carteret county
would come to the county board
and request appropriations to fi
nance zoning for their project.
Other commissioners felt, how
ever, that the new homes being
built in the area would bring in
creased tax revenues, thus com
pensating for the original outlay.
In reply to Commissioner Sal
ter's objection, Dr. K. P. B.. Bon
ner, chairman of the board, said
that the county would be obligat
ed to consider such requests from
other sources in the county if
those requests arc made "under
similar circumstances.
Plans Hamstrung
C. P. Hancock, real estate co
ordinator at Cfcerry Point, who at
tended the meeting, and Mr. Chalk
said that the commission could
not proceed with its plans until
the $1,000 was okayed by the Car
teret board.
They stated that the Federal
Housing administration would not
approve loans for homes in that
area until it is zoned and zoning
cannot proceed without surveys
and drawing of maps.
Indirectly, they continued, by
virtue of the Cherry Point air
base establishment here, a 100
home project at Newport will be
started soon and bring more rev
enue to the county, even though
it is not in the area under jurisdic
tion of the Cherry Point zoning
commission.
Grades 1, 5, 9
Win Cash Prizes
Tom Thumb's Wedding, an Irish
Frolic, and Jesting with Junsey
were the three skits which won
the cash prizes in Friday's Stunt
Night at Beaufort school.
Each grade, first, fifth and
ninth respectively received $5
from the Parent-Teacher Associa
tion which sponsored the program.
Profit realized amounted to $300.
This fund will be used to beauti
fy the school grounds and im
prove the library.
Directors of the first grade skit
were Miss Myrtle Piver, Mrs. D.
M. Fulcher and Mrs. Beatrice Mar
tin, directors of the fifth were
Mrs. Margaret Hopkins and Mrs.
Pearl Day; the ninth, Mrs. David
Beveridge and Mrs. Annie C. Sal
ter.
The pupils playe4 before a
packcd house. Grayden Paul serv
ed as master of ceremonies. Jud
ges were Mrs. U. S. Swann, Gene
Smith and Miss Ruth Peeling.
James Bigg, originally sched
uled as a judge, could not attend
because of sickness.
Ports Director Returns
To Morohoad City Friday
Col. George W. Gillette, director
of the State Ports Authority re
turned to Morehcad City Friday to
confer with engineers who were
touring the site of the improvad
port.
The ports official went back to
Wilmington Thursday after a vis
it here Wednesday. While in Wil
mington he conferred with J. K.
Knoerle of the Baltimore, Md..
firm of i. E. Greiner company,
and' George Watts Carr of Dur
ham. They are the designing en
gineers and architects on the 13^
'>00.000 Morehcad City port pro
ject, which ia a part of a *7,500.
000 port program to be centered
at Wilmington and Morehcad City.