3SE CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES J5L*
A Merger of THE BEAUFORT NEWS (Established 1912) and THE TWIN CITY TIMES (Established 1936)
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39th YEAR, NO. 83 TWO SECTIONS? TEN PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA, TUESDAY, APRIL. 25, 1950 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
Beaufort Chamber
Undertakes Rural
Telephone Survey
George Easlman Heads Tel
ephone Commillee, Farm
Buieau lo Cooperate
The rural telephone committee
of the Beaufort chamber of com
merce i:? undertaking a telephone
survey throughout the county, the
results of which will be presented
to Carolina Telephone and Tele
graph CO.
George Eastman, chairman of
the .telephone Committee, stated
that Carolina Telephone and Tele
graph will be given the opportun
ity to supply ih; rural service
where needed, but the Rural Tele
phone administration, under the
Rural Electrification administra
tion. will render the service should
Carolina refuse.
Mr. Eastman was assured, how
ever, by W. <' Harrow, commercial
manauer for Carolina Telephone
and Telegraph, that they will be j
happy to cooperate in the survey j
and offer any services that will fa
cilitate an investigation of tn?' i
needs for phones in the rural sec
tions of the county.
Air. Eastman and his committee 1
have obtained tire cooperation of j
t ic Farm Bureau and state th.it
they will welcome assistance from
other organizations or individuals.
The survey will be made by com
munity committees working under
the direction of the chamber's ru
ral telephone committee. Paul
Jemigan manager of the Carteret
Craven RE A, and I K. Wooten,
also \uth the UFA. h;?s supplied
the committee with maps to facili
tate the survev.
In conjunction with the proposed
survey, Han Walker manager of
the chamber, conferred at Raleigh
last week with C.wynne Price,
North Carolina director ol the!
KEA. A B Hurt. jr.. senior tele- I
phone en gineer, and H. 1). Bar I
hour, ji\. c hief engineer
Car Overturns;
Seniors Unhurt
Four Morehea I City high school
students escaped injury Friday
morning when the ear in which
they were riding turned over a
bout 10 miles southeast of Green
ville Driving the ear was Claud
ette James. Passengers were June !
Bloodgood Willis. Colleen Swinson j
and Eh in Franks.
The seniors were en route to |
Greenville to attend Kast Carolina \
Teachers college Senior Pa>.
G. T Winded, principal, stated j
that the students suffered minor
shock, scratches, and bruises and '
were immediately X rayed at the !
Greenville hospital, but no bones
were found to be broken
Miss James, the daughter of Mr
and Mrs. A. 11 James, was driving \
the family car which Mr James!
says is a total loss. He said that the j
accident is believed to have been
caused by the wheels of the car
running off the road and on to the
soft shoulder after Miss James had
passed another vehicle.
Rotarians lo Meet Weekly
At First Baptist Chnrch
The new meeting place for More
head City Rotarians will be in Sun
day school rooms of the Baptist
church, Rotarians decided at their
Thursday hight meeting at the
Blue Ribbon club.
Three locations uere offered to
the group as regular meeting place
since the Carteret Rerr^itionnl
Center, their former headquarters,
has closed. It was decided to meet
at the church since its location was
more central than either of the
other two.
The club voted to send its new
president, James J Mason, to the
Rotary International convention
in betroit this summer. Plans
were discussed also for the twenty
fifth birthday celebration of the
Moreheid City club late next
month
Tony Seamon Takes Otiice
In Restaur?"-! Association
Tony Seamon, Morchrad City, i
owner of th?> Sanitary Fish Market
and Restaurant has been elected
vice-president *?f the North Caro
lina. Restaurant association Mr.
Seamon recently returned from the |
associating fourth annual conven
tion at the Robert E. Lee hotel.
Winston Salem
One of the speakers at the con
vention was Charles Wade, son of
Mr. and Mrs. C.B Wade, Mqrehead
City He spoke on "Personnel Re
lationship." Mr Wade is person
nel director of R. J. Reynolds To
bacco co., and president of the
Piedmont Industrial Council
Mr Seamon was one of the or
ganizers and charter members of
Carolina Restaurant as
V'-, - , 1.. . . \ ? s': *
Counly Cancer Fund Drive
Lags $800 Behind Quota
Six days remain in the Carter
et County Cancer fund drive. In
those six days $800 must be col
lected to reach the $1,000 goal
for Carteret county.
An Hppeal f?r funds will be
made from 10 ^m. until noon
tcday over WMBL, Mrs. Oorge
McNeill, county commander of
the earner society, announced.
Contributions to the fund, if
made by mail, should be addres
sed to Cancer, First Citizens
liank and Trust Co. These may
be sent to either the Beaufort
or Morehead City bank.
Senate Okays 11
N. C. Rivers,
Harbor Projects
Washington ( A P ) Eleven I
North Carolina projects are includ
ed in the $1, 840,000, 000 waterways
bill passed by the senate this week
and sent to the house:
(H denotes projects previously
approved by the House)
Rivers and harbors Inland wat
erway in the vicinity of Fairfield.
$112,000 (H); Fa i Creek. $80,000
(ID, channel from Manteo to Ore
gon inlet. $860,500: waterway from
Pamlico sound to Beaufort har
bor. harbor improvements at Mar
shallberg. $19. 1(H) (11).
Taylors creek, $82,000 (ll? Mas
onboro inlet to ocean. $1. 980.000:
Cape Fear river at ami below Wil
mington $1,331,000 (H).
Hi vers and harbors surveys: Top
sail inlet and Middle creek.
Flood control: Pasquotank river.
$110,000.
Flood control surveys: I'crqui
mans river
The bill only provide , aulhoriza
tiou for the projects Money will
come from separate legislation.
1.071 New Books
Put on Library
Shelves This Year
During the fiscal year which
end* June 30. 1950. the Carteret
coUnty public library has put into
circulation 1.071 new books.
Mrs. L. A. Oakley, librarian,
commented this week that persons
pre welcome at the library at all
times, to browse, borrow books, or
read current magazines.
Some ol the new book titles are
listed below : juvenile. Smart Mr.
Tim, A Pet Hook for Boys and
Girls, The Christ Child. Little Ap
paloosa. The Little Haymakers,
Sudy and Frill. Great Grandfather
in the Honey Tree, Mrs. Polly s
Party, The Magic Firecrackers, The
Child's Book of Folklore.
Mysteries, The Cabinda Affair.
The Moving Target, The Disap
pearing Parson. Unquiet Grave,
The Clay Hand. The Unrelenting,
The Screaming Mimi, The Angels
Fell, The Knife Behind You, Lady,
Be Careful.
Westerns T h e Hangmen of
Sleepy Valley, Outlaw Trail, Cow
boys. Buckey O'Neill of Arizona,
Ambush, Shane, and Zane Grey.
Teen age, Cannon Hill, Rider on
the Mountains. The Phantom Roan.
Party Games, Board School. Miss
Behavior. Kathie. The New Teach
er. Treasure Mountain, Unexpect
ed Sujnmer.
The First Book of Bugs, Young
Kazzle, Johnny King. Quarterback,
The Story of Phyllis Wheatley, The
White Cheyenne. Heidi Grows Up.
Midnight Patriot, Snow Dog, Lost
Worlds. Amazon Adventure.
Fiction. Just for the Bride, From
Claudia to David, The Wall, Maine
Doings, Each Bright River, The Se
cret Pilgrim. Mothering Sunday.
The Feast. Nineteen Eighty- Four.
See BOOKS, Page Six
Route 172 Will
Be Closed During
Marine Exercise
Assault Forces Will At
tack 'San Lcjcune Is
land' Friday
More than 2ti miles of route 172
will be closed to the public while
operation Crossover, scheduled tor
tills Meek. IS in progress at Camp
Lejcune.
Hull Jinti spam; through the mid
die ot mythical San Lejeunc Is
land, target tor the Second Marine
Division during Ihe operation,
route 172 will tie closed between
Kolkstonc and Sterling from mid
night April 27 to midnight May I
Traffic normally moving over
172 uill In- diverted to I is 17 or
route 24 during this period.
Crossover plans call for landings
to be mat. i at Onslow beach on
Friday morning, followed by a
three-day drive to scire objectives
located on the hypothetical Is
land. % "Agressor" forces drawn
Irom units ot the second Marine
division will contest the attack
with tanks, aircraft, artillery, and
'he St modern infantry weapons
Aircraft from the second Marine
air Wi g al Cherry Point, will sup
port the landings, which will be
made from ships ol the Navy's
Amphibious group two ot the At
lantic licet.
The " Agressor' ui the N?v> Mi
l ine col ps amphibious operation
Crossover consists of the "enemy,"
a "roup ol specially trained M i
lines who will attempt to repuls.
the attacking force.
The primary purpose of the Ag
lessor is to train the lauding force
in 1 ea 1 1st 1 1 combat .situations by
presenting practical military plot!
loin and harassing Hie assault
troops with air strikes aid strong
defensive position- By these ac
tivitie . the Ar.rt". or will insure
lhat each individual in tin- landing
lorcc will be required to solve a
variety ol problems.
Problems M ill Arise
Engineers must solie problems
of construction' and demolition
Communication personnel must'
face the inevitable difficulties of
overcoming controlled julerici
ence, ?loth in jamming" ot radio
sets and (he cutting ot newly laid
communications wires No less
important are the Intelligence
nulls which must obtain and fully
interrogate prisoner'-, ccuit docu
meuls and data from which to draw
lurther conclusions or inferences.
The mission of the assault force
is to attack and capture the area
whuh is designated as enemy ter
ritory. while the empire groups
must assure lhal. during the attack
every unit ol the landing force is j
thoroughly exercised in its ownj
particular specialty.
Experience Gained
During these maneuvers and ex- j
erclses, much valuable experi- 1
ence is gained by the Marines who
represent Ihe enemy forccs ol the
Agressor. Ii this manner, each
unit gains the practical experience
in coping with situations which will ;
arise in combat.
!? ictitious as the Agressor may ta
ttle name C (rries a definite note of I
realism which lends to the part ic
?Paling troops Ihe needed imiietus
fory engaging the enemy. j
Background
Kor the purpose of this operation '
it is assumed that another na- 1
tion. through fear and hatred of
the United States, led the Agressor
Nation to seiie the island of the
Caribbean, the Panama canal ami to
further open an attack on Ihe
California coast.
The Agressor nation's aimed
forces are vigorously trained and j
exceptionally high standards of dis I
ipline and morale exist in its ranks. I
The main Agressor force is com |
iPiT'5jd ?f lwo Army groups. A
third Army group controls the
training and replacement of per- '
sounel through national conscnp I
Sec ROUTK 172, Page Six |
Scientists Move Adult Shad
To Beaufort Laboratory Ponds
Live shad have been brought in
to the U. S. Fishery laboratory on
Pivers Island by scientist* and
placed, in the large pooh for study, j
C. K^AtkinAn. chief of the Middle
and 'south Atlantic investigations
said today that as soon as the shad
recovered from shock of moving,
one half of them will be marked
with a new type of tag developed
at the laboratory in order to see
how long the tag will stay and what
its effect might be on the move
ment and growth of the fish.
The shad will permit observa- 1
tions on feeding, spawning, and
other phases not well known at
present, Mr. Atkinson continued
Shad have long been known to be
a most difficult fish to handle
Hatchery men have had little or no
success in transplanting shad of
any size larger than the fry stage.
even lor short distances. Fisher
men, hatcherymen, and biologists 1
have considered it impossible to
move adult fish
By using a specially designed '
tank and by giving special atten- 1
tiofl to temperature and salinity of
the water, James E. Sykes, staff
biologist, has been able to success
fully move both small and adult
fish Two hundred and fifty shad
of fingerling size have bri# moved
here from Orangeburg. S. C.. a tlis
tance of over 300 miles and this
week nine adult shad, both roe and
bucks, have been removed from
pound nets near Bath and trans
ported a distance of 95 miles to
Beaufort.
Additional shad are expected to
be moved from Roe, on Cedar Is
land, during this week, until a to
tal of 20 adult shad have been
placed in the laboratory pond&.
County's Dollar Trade Volume
Makes Vast Gain from '39 to '48
I
Countians Buy
11,9% in Bonds
During March
Victor Wickl it, savings tHiiids
chairn; for Bonds sales in the '
county tor I he month of March I
amounted to $.'St;.!i:>i,.7.Y (,r this
total 7;> were in series I
bonds, $1.1 111 Ml series K ImiimIs I
and $100.'. K I in series (i l>onds
lolal savings Imnds sales in the 1
ll"i counties in North Carolina
were as lotions: series t\ $3,:>I5,.
113-7.1 series K $I!I7.HJI I .50 - ser
les i; $1.1 L'S.SI iii.imi total -W.Mt
7H4.'J5.
In connection with the upring
' S savings Imnd campaign j
the Independence I Irive May I:,
through .Inly I the county
chairman said that preparaions
ale punt; forward hoth nationally
and locally for a short eonceti
t ? .'i I ? *t 1 'drive.
In North Carolina L'7 leading
civic. tratenjaJ. veteran'.' and!
womniiV; organizations recently
niet ;il Raleigh at a planning con
lerence tpr spearheading the drive, j
Letters hoin (he presidents or i
commanders <>l t organi/a !
tfons are cm rently being sent to)
i local organizational. heads urging
Ml>al eaeh group cooperate with
< ounly Sav ing . lion<l Chairmen, j
A series |v hi'tfid quota for the |
IndefH'iidence Orive will he)
assigned lo each county .it an '
early date
Two Cars Collide
On Highway 70
Two ears collided at .>30 pin
Saturday oil highway 70. eight
tenths ot a mile west ot the high
way ~4 anil 70 intersection. No
one was injured. .
Leonard C .Vinos, j Marine ta
tioned at Cherry Point, anil dri
ver of one ot the cars, a 47 Poll
tiac is heiir.: charged w ith driving I
diunk. according to li It BroVn.
highway patrolman who invcsti
gated
According to Mi. Brown, Amos
smashed into the rear of a '47
Buick being driven by..lohn K
Sullivan of Lockport, N. V Bolh
cars were going toward More-head
City. The driver ot the Buick was
going at slow speed because of two
boys on a motor scooter ahead of
him
Amos, according to Patrolman
Brown, .ipproachcd at a high rate
of speed and failed to stop in
time lo avoid an accident.
The boys on Jhe motor scooter
were not involved in the collision
Damage to the Buick is estimated
at $50, to the f'onliac $350.
35 Women Attend
District Meeting
Thirty - five women from Car
teret county attended the i!Oth
district meeting of Home Demon
stration clubs Thursday at Camp
Sea Cull, Arapahoe. Mrs. Kufus
Oglesby of the Crab Point club
uas installed as chairman of the
20th district, advancing from her
position as first vice-chairman.
Mrs. Billie Smith, president of
the county council of Home Dem
onstration clubs, gave the progress
report from Carteret county. The
gavel for the largest attendance
went to Jones county and Mrs. J.I.
Ipock of Craven County was named
winner of the contest, "Twelve
Reasons Why I Am a Home Demon
stration Club Member."
Principal sp<> <ker at the all - day
session was Miss Iris Davenport,
woman's editor of the Southern
Agriculturist. A barbecue lunch
was served by the Pamlico county
council
Carteret clubs represented at the
meeting were Camp Glenn, Hus
sell's Cr*?elv Wire Grass, Bettie,
Will ist on. Atlantic, North River,
Core Creek Harlowe, and Crab
Point.
Sharks Harass fishermen
In California Waters
SANTA BARBARA, Cilif. ?
<\P)~ Local fishermen have had
o 'e of the poorest seasons in years,
and recently their troubles have
been doubled by huge basking
sharks which move in cloae to
3hore and interfere with dragnet
operation*.
Retail, wholesale, and service establishments in Car
teret cou nt \ ;howe<l a substantial expansion in dollar vol
ume of trade from I'.Utt) to l!>48, according t<> preliminary
figures from the 1948 Census of Business' released today
by the Bureau of the Census, U. S. Department of Com
merce.
Retail sales in the countv durintr 1948 airirieirated
Jaycees Declare
District Meeting
A Big Success
What was termed "one .of the
most successful and most heavily- J
attended (list rift meetings of the
I North Carolina Junior Chamber of :
; Commerce" was concluded Sunday
I at Atlantic Beach. More than 175
attended.
Jaycees from throughout east- j
central North 'Carolina packed the I
Ocean King hotel on Atlantic |
Beach Saturday and Sunday for
discussions ranging from politics
to tlie coming national convention
to the state beauty pageant this
slimmer
Jaycees began gathering it the
Ocean King, headquarters for the
weekend ?meeting. Saturday alter
noon. I'ol lowing registration they
were entertained at a cocktail par
ty
Later Saturday night football
moving pictures were shown, to I
lowed by a dance at the Ocean
King with planned entertainment
during the dance Prizes and nov
elties were given to the winners
of various contests.
Included in matters transacted at
the Sunday morning business meet
ing wet ? const it utional amend
ments ivterred to local clubs,
speeches by the state secretary,
Harry Stewart, the* national direc
tor. Hal Love, the state awards
'V m wan. Tliad Harrison, the state
beauty pageant chairman. Tom
.lames, the state directory chair
man. Bob Little, and a congratula
tory speech to Bernard Leary. re
tiring wee president of district
eight. h\ Bucky Snider of High
Point, unopposed candidate for
stale Jayeec president.
Mr. Snider said Mr. Lcary had
done an outstanding job in his
vice presidency and cited the week
end meeting as an example of the
work accomplished by him. The
presidential candidate said the
meeting was the largest district i
meeting he had ever seen and even j
larger than some state meetings in
the past.
Peat Sample Sent
To Raleigh Office
A sample, of the peat obtainable
in Carteret county has been dc
livered to the Board of Conserva
tion and Development in Raleigh.
Also obtainable from that office re
cently was data on the dehydration
of sweet potatoes. These arc
two of the projects being investi
gated by the industrial committee
of the Beaufort chamber of com
merce.
Recently uncovered here was a
study of peat formations, most of
which are in Open Grounds. This
study was made in 1929. It is be
lieved that the peat may have a
confmercial value in types of fer
tilizer.
Tests arc also being made now
oil sweet potato dehydration. Both
projects are part of a long range
program to make use of the coun
ty's natural resources.
Dan Walker, manager of the
chamber, stated that 2,00() or more
brochures o t Beaufort have been
delivered to the advertising di
vision of the State Board ot Con
servation and Development. These
are the last of 25,000 whi<;h were
printed last year, Mr. Walker re
ported.
Specialist to Conduct
Training Class Today
Miss Pauline Ijnrdon, extension
specialist in home management
and house furnishings, State Col
lege station. Kaleigh, will conduct
a school for house tarnishing* pro
jeet leaders of home demonstra
tion clubs at 2 o'clock this after
noon in the home agent't office,
Beaufort.
Home demonstration clubs which
will meet this week are the fol
lowing: Hussell's Creek, 7:30 to
night with Mrs. A. H. Tallman,
Camp Olenn, 2:30 tomorrow after
noon with Mrs. Cicero Outline;
Williston. 7:30 tomorrow night with
Mrs. Pauline Wade; Wildwood, 2:30
Thursday afternoon with Mrs. Joe
Barnes.
$9.7 million, an increase of 223 per
cent over the $3 million in 1930
when the preceding census of
business was taken. According to
the report from the Census of Busi
ness, Beaufort':- 1948 sales ami re
eeipts totaled $3,542,000 ami More
head City's. $4,470,000. (Those tig
u res represent sales of merchan
dise and receipts from repairs and
other services to customers The
figures reflect deductions for re
turned goods and allowances, hut
not for trade-in allowances; they
exclude sales and excise taxes col
lected from customers and paid di
redly lo a taxing agency).
Sales and receipts lor I lie re
mainder of Carteret, county a
mounted to $2. 1 75.0(H).
Salts Increase
Wholesale sales in the county
reached a total of $8.6 million in
1948 as compared with $1 .5 million
in 1939 The service trades includ
ed in the Census of Business re
corded receipts totaling $520,000 hi
1940. compared with $132,000 iu
1939.
(Service trades inelude personal
services, business services, automo
htle repairs and services, hotels,
j tourist courts and camps, and a
uiusements. including movies Not
covered are radio broadcast in r.
television, medical and In- dth ser
vices legal, educational, nonprofit,
accounting and domestic services)
llniploymeiit Kiscs
Employment in the county ro c
over the tune year period between
I9SNI ;nid 1948 Establishments re
ported a' combined total of HI9 paid
employees for the workvycek end
cd Nov. 15, 1948. This compares
with a total of l>!?8 employees re
ported for the week ot Nov. 15,
1939
The trade groups and total num
ber of establishments in 1948 are
as follows: retail trade 1149; whole
sale trade 32; selected service
trades 41; hotels ?> . amusements H
Total receipts in those categor
ies. in the order listed above, a
mounted to $9,667,000; $8,612,000;
$520,000; $233,000 and $257,000.
Breakdown of the various enter
prises in each group, their number I
and the total number of employees j
in each as of Nov. 15, 1948, follows;
retail trade, food groups 102, em
ployees 505; eating and drinking
places 102. employees 117; apparel
group 15, 39 employees.
Furniture - home furnishingsap
pliance groups 9, 19 employees; au
tomotive 10. employees 61; gaso
! line service stations 29, employees
33; lumber building hardware group
6, 21 employees; drug and, proprie
tary stores 5, employees 38. ill oth
er retail stores 28, employees 89.
Wholesale trade, merchant
wholesalers 7, employees 29; other
types 25, employees 175; selected
service trades, personal services
28, employees 90. all other service
trades 13, employees 14.
Final Figures Forthcoming
Final figures, superseding the
preliminary data above will be in
cluded in a bulletin for North Car
otina to be issued in several
months. Similar data will be made
a\ailable this year in preliminary
and final form for each of the
counties and states, the Bureau ot
Census reports. 'A single copy of
the preliminary release for Carter- ,
et county, as well as an order blank
for other area releases may be oh
tained by writing to the Bureau of
j the Census, Washington 25, I). C.
Eastman Furniture Co.
To Hold Open House
Eastman Furniture co . store on
Front st., Beaufort, will hold open
house Saturday to display its new
interior.
The remodling, now in its final
stages, embraces every part of the
store. Modern flush-type, lighting
has been installed, new display ar
rangements affected and furniture
beautifully arranged.
Every womin visiting the store
on Saturday will bo given a souven
icr. |
Tide Table
Tides at Beaufort Bar
HH.H LOW
Tuesday, April 25
1:24 a.m. 7 36 a m
1:86 p m. 8:10 p.m.
Wednesday, April 28
2:23 a m. 8 56 a m
3:01 p.m. 9:20 p in
Thursday, April 27
3:32 a.m. 9 53 a.m.]
4:02 p.m. 10:25 p.m.
Friday, April 28
4:33 (.m. 10 46- a m
4:30 p.m. 11:23 p.m. I
Farm Bureau
To Give Prizes
For Corn Yields
To increase in If its I in cor i
mow i n i: in 1 1??* fo.mil \ , four prize*
?will be j 'i\ 011 by the Farm Bureau
to farmers bavin;'. the IiilIh i coin
yields this year. it was announced
today.
As evid? nee ol its l.tllli in conn
ty I II and I T \ mctuhei l he
Farm llureau will r,i\e to .hi\ in
teresteel ni? inber orioic'li .red cm n
lo raise oac ??err ol nun. provided
the recipient follows lives rule, lor
raising the coin laid dov il by the
bureau
Next Fall juth inv, will be made
of the highest eorli yield pei ac
re among all growers ill the county
4 11 and FF \ iuembers and adull
; farmers alike Fir l .ind second
i pi i/.es lor I lie highest yield w ill
{ be one pure bred ill pn* I 'lurd
pn/es will be Svl.'i in (a.Si and
! fourth pri/e will In- $10.
[ Four ni?'? l in ? d? i. tied to i ?
crease intere t in corn production
hi the enmity will be held fins
j week. Comity Ve.ent l< M. William.
I announced today
1 Pi rus hui ot nieaiis ol increas
I iiiu prod ml ton will take place, the
I eoiinty a^eul aid. Ii addition,
colored t.lidc.s will be shuwn to il
Ind rate colli pioduchon uieihpd .
I he In I meel in;; wa . held la I
night at Marlowe
The second will lie held 1 01 1 ?;* h t
at If o'clock at Clew (.Jillikin''.,
?.lore, Keltic. Tomorrow inr.ht .
meet iiiu will be m tile community
buildin:'. at Meirinioii al 7. .to.
Thursday niy.ht's will be in the
Newport Vocational Agriculture ile
partment at Newport school at 7 30
a al the I mat meeting will take
place Friday nu^it in the I'elletier
?omniumty building at 7:30.
All farmers are urgently reijucs
| ted to attend. Mr. William:, said.
C. M. Krouse Runs
For Re - Election
(This is the third in a seiies
of articles on candidates who air
running for election in the May
:!7 primary).
C'h.iviio M. Kro.Usc, Morehcad
Jity. is running for the office of
ronstable of Morehead City town
ship.
Mr. Krouse. who says he likes to
lie known as Chailie to distinguish
hitn from his son. Charles, has
served us Morebead township con
stable for se\cral years and is seek
ing re-election.
He was born in Hickory but has
lived in Carteret county 27 year-.
He married th?- formei Carroll
Becton ot Morehcad City Their
home is at 1 40 1 Kvans st , More
head. His son, Charles YV Krouse,
works with the Western Auto As
sociatcs store, Beaufort.
In addition to his duties as con
stable, Mr. Krouse is a painting
contractor, a member of Woodmen
of the World and belongs to I he
Baptist church.
He has Herved as an of I ice r of
I lie law at Cherry Point and was a
deputy sheriff under Sheriffs T. C.
Wade and Klbert C'haduick.
The constable stated thai he is*
seeking re-election in order to pro
vide the western part of Carteret
county with an efficient law en
forcement officer. He stated that
there is no officer west of Beau
fort who can be reached at all
times and for that reason he feels
if is his duty to run and if elect
ed, serve the people at all times.
Beau (or! School Teacher
Escapos Injury in Wreck
Frank Hawkins. <!9. .1 member-*;!
the Beaufort hij'h school faculty,
escaped injury Sunday when the
car he \ta? driving collided with a
truck on highway 17 near little
Washington
Driver of the truck uas fohn
Franklin Fumes, 51, of route i.
Grfmesland, He, too, wjs unin
! jured.
According to State Highway Pa
trolman T. M Martin, who investi
?;ated, the accident was unavoidable
and 110 arrests were made. Mr.
Hawkins, according to the patrol
man. was traveling north and ttte
truck was proceeding south. The
left front of each vehicle was
damaged. Estimated cost of repaii
to both is $300.
The accident occurred near King
Carl cabins 10 miles from Wash
injton.
Work On Bridge
Will Be Complete
In November
Widening of Railroad Draw
At Morchead Bridge lo
Cos! $327,000
Widening of the railroad draw
,it tlu? Morchead City drawbridge
acras.s Newport river will not be
fim.lied until November.
C W, Smiley of Tidewater Con
struction co . Norfolk, which is do
iiii: the work, said the total cost
will be $327,000 and the railroad
draw. v. hen completed, will be 80
j ieet wide. Its present width is 52.
Strike Delayed Work
The machinery and men came
here las! fall to do the work, but
the steel strike made it impossible
j to obtain the necessary pilings,
t rhev weir called off the job until
the middle of ' last month when
work proceeded because materials
were available
The budge is used by the Beau
lort and Morchead City railroad,
trains continue to travel back and
! forth, to Morchead City ami Beau
fort'onec a day To permit passage,
a movable bridge lying on a dredge
is plat ed in the open span and the
j train passes over that.
Pilings Driven
{hiving of pilings, 75-foot hollow
.tee I tubes which will be filled
with concrete, was completed Sat
urday I he new bridge v\ ill be a
one leal "bascule" type, opening
upward from the east, similar to
t li e present Beaufort railroad
draw.
Thirteen men are now at work
on the job The cost is being borne
j by both the Beaufort and Morchead
railroad and the federal govern
! menl.
Experts to Study
Traffic Potential
On Proposed Road
Nogs Head Proponents of the
oceansidc toll highway connecting
Nags Head with Virginia Beach
and a bridge which would span
Croatan S o u n d connecting
l' S 158 011 Koanoke Island with
II S. 264 at Manns Harbor have en
tered into a contract with a nation
ally known firm of traffic survey
? \|vrt > to determine amount of
tralfic that could be expected over
the projects.
(iuy II. Lcnnon, secretary-trea*
urer of Carolina Virginia Coastal
Highway authority, made the an
nouncement.
The contract was between the
j legislative created authority with
which Lcnnon is associated and a
miliar group, the Virginia Caro
lina Highway authority in Virgin
1 1 1 and DcLeuw, Cather and Com
pany of Chicago.
| This firm is the same
which recently made a survey of
! estimated traffic through a pro
I posed Elizabeth Kiver Norfolk
I'oitsmouth tunnel project.
The report will be ready within
4;> days or o*i or about .June 1 and
| the results will be available for the
! Jjtate Highway and Public Works
j Commission which recently an
I nounccd that it proposed a (wo
| wpeks spot ch#ck of traffic from
| July 14 through July 28 over
Wright Memorial fridge during
' the height of the l.ost Colony and
| Dare Coast resort season.
Detente Department
Approves Marine Housing
I Washington (AP)- Senator
I Graham (UNO and Hep G. A.
'Harden (DNC) have announced
1 that the defense department has
I approved construction of nearly
! 2. fjOO? housing units at L amp Le
jeune and Cherry Point in North
Carolina
The housing will be tor families
??f Marine personnel stationed at
the two bases.
\ distant Secretary of the Navy
Koehler in a letter made public by
Graham's otlire said that on April
' I he approved a 1,054 unit pro
tect for ' amp Lejeune and on A p
I pril 20 cleared a proposal for 1,421
units at, Cherry Point.
This housing, the joint statement
by the Congressmen said, will be
built and operated by private in
dustry under the so-called Wher
ry Housing Act, which provides
for Federal housing msuranae of
such projects.
Graham and Barden both perm*
ally had been pushing the housing
proposal with the Defense Depart
ment and Koehler thanked them
for their efforts. He said be ex
? pected the proposal to "move ahead
I immediately."