T ? V ? t i >v ^ CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES A Merger of THE BEAUFORT NEWS (E?tabli?hcd 1912) and THE TWIN CITY TIMES (E?Ubli?hed 1936) _ 39th YEAR, NO. 42 THREE SECTIONS? TWEN'W-FOUR PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, MAY 26, 1950 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS Polls Open at 6:30 Tomorrow; Large Vote Predicted Miss Ruth Peeling Heads B&PW Club Members Present Gilt To Retiring President, Mis. Grace Ayscue Mi Kuth Peeling. Beaufort, was elected president of the Car teret County- .Business and Profes sional Woman's eluli at their meet ing Monday night in Beaufort. Othci off icei are Mrs. Richard Jtyan, Mo re he ad City, first vice-,' president: Mrs. Homa N'l1, Beau fort seeortd vice-president; Mrs. I? )?' Merrill. Beaufort, treasurer Mr George Henderson. Morehead ? ' 1 1 \ . i ?'cording secretary, and Mrs. Violet Howard, Morehead City, con e .ponding secretary Mi ? Peeling, who is editor of the Carteret County NEWS TIMES, served during the past two years as recording secretary ot the Busi ness and Professional Women's c-lub She ; uceceds Mrs. Grace Ayscue ? >1 Morehead City, who has been president .nice the club was organized in 1948 In appreciation o( Mrs Ayscue's woik and Nervier to the organiza tion. the member- presented her with a ilver sandwich plate The icport ol the nominating committee -'was pi e ,ented by Miss Betty Joynet Sciving on the com mitter io addition to Miss Joyner were Mr- Gannon Talbert, chair man. and Mr Lovie Kulchcr. Puling tin business session, in addition to election oi officers the dub pa ed a lesolutiun oppos ing national compulsory health in surance and discussed Hip st ?te con \ention to be held at Winston Salem Jifne !?. 10. and I I Mrs Ays cup and Mis ? Peeling will attend the ion Mi I H CilW .hand of More head City was introduced as a new me in be i The .lune meeting, at which the new members will take .office, will be in Morehead ? it> * . k Tul.??*-,' 'light's? ?*ic(ing took place pt Uolden's restaurant. Health Officer Comments on New Typhoid Policy I >i N Thomas Ennett, county health officer. today commented on the recent decision to dispense with administering ot typhoid inocula tion in the schools and at clinics throughout the county. Mis statement follows: In February of this \e<#i the School of Public Health at Chapel Hill and the .State Health Officers sponsored a course at Chapel Hill on the "Control of Communicable Diseases " At thi> Seminar or Institute some ot the leading men in this country en the control of communicable disease lectured to the group It was there recommended that ' typhoid fever immunizations not he a mass routine procedure at this time . . especially in school childre n ' Th^ Cartel ?t county health de partment has followed this reco roendation. but in view of the ap parent interest in this county of having school ? hildrcn vaccinated, the local health officer will pre sent the question to the loeal Medical Society, and if it is their opinion that mass vaccinations of school children in Carteret couifty should be done, it will be the pleasure of the health officer to conform to sUeh recommendations when school opens in the fall This will preserve for a'! children the "boostei ' d^se effect. As a matter of interest, we would add that we have had but one native ca r ot typhoid in the < ountv in the na^t three years, j This wj: a mild cae and the pa tient recovered without complica tions. Merehe?td City Stares Will Pestc Tuesiky, inly 4 Morehead City merchants, at a Merchant association meeting yes terday noon at the Jefferson res- ] taut ant, agreed 10 close their places cf bu^ine... Tuesday, July 4 In regard to closing for a half day each Wednesday during the ' summer, the rrc'in decidcd to let each merchant make that decision for himslf. The results of the bogus money campaign or "Shopportunity Days" in Morehead City w?s termed fav orable. and it was deqtded to stage a sipillar event in the future but advertise and promote it more ex tensively. . Warren Beck, president, was in charge of the meeting. I A Saturday Parade Scene I'lioto by Koy Kuh.uiks Pictured above is the reviewing stand at Saturday's Armed Forces Day parade in Morehead City. The Persuading Five, one of whom was , absent, appeared on the program i and are shown center. Appearing i'l The picture, left to j right, are Lt. J. A McTighe. lTSN, Lt. Com. J. D. Jeffords, USN. Bill j Morton, Robert Lee Jones. Ken neth Jones, Floyd Horton. George W. Dill, jr . mayor of Morehead City who is running in tomorrow's primary for Carteret county reprr sentativr in the state house of representatives, and tin* Hev W 1>. CaViness. pastor of Kimkliu Mem orial Methodist rhureh Three' of Hie vocalist . pictured above are member's of the Ho> I re Dudley iMX>t No !'??|, \ineriean Legio >. Obscured by t)ir singers were two others on tin- leviewing stand, Col. II K Camp of tin Nation?) (fUard and Col \V I! Sweet ser, USM<\ Hitch-Hikers Li After Throwing Sheriff Holland Seeks Re-Election AtPollsTomorrow (This is the and last in n series of articles on men seek ing nomination in the primary tomorrow. If the article on ! your favorite candidate has not appeared. M is because hr did no* deem It important enough to let the voters know how he stood on local issues or why he is seeking election. ? - The Editor). Sheriff C Gehrmann Holland of Beaufort is seeking re-election A native of Beaufort, he has lived m this county 44 years. His home now is in Beaufort He married the former Mildred Willis of More head City and they have one son. ('harlcs Gehrmann. II, who is 11! years old His only business 01 occupation is being sheriff of Cartrct county He is a fiast exalted ruler of the ; Elks, past worthy patron of Eas ; tern Star, a voluteer fireman, mem her of the Odd Fellows, a York and Scottish Rite Mason, and a mem her of the vestry of St. Paul s Episcopal church. Sheriff Holland has come up through the ranks as a law enforce ment off'Tr He started out as an assistant policeman in the town of Beaufort. He also worked at , the fire station The story is told i that during the early '30's the tow > was usually behind in 'payment of salaries and finally the day they got around to writing a check for j him, the banks closed! Even before he started to work for the town, he was earning mon , ey to help support his two sisters because their parents had died when the children were yet in their teens. Among his jobs iti those bygone days was playing a horn in a little dance band that traveled about eastern North Carolina 1 Through several sheriffs' admin istration, Mr Holland served as a deputy He was first elected to the office he now holds in 1938 and was re-elected in 1942 and 1946 Commenting on the current race, Sheriff Holland says: "I have been a law enforcement officer since Tune 1928, served as a special po liceman until 1929, then became a member of the Beaufort police department until elected sheriff, in which capacity I have served for 12 years, "!f nominated May 27 and elec ted Novemeber 7, I will give the people of Carteret county the same considerate, kind and con scientious service in the future as in the past." Beanlwt Rotariaiu Hear Jamas W. Butler, Goldsboro The Beaufort Rotary club had as its speaker Tuesday night James ; W Butler of Goldsboro, past Rot ary district governor. He discus sed today s national and interna tional problems. Visitors to the meeting were H. L Joslyn and Thomas McGinnis of the Morehead City club. Two Morehead Cfty Boy Scouts, James Morton, troop 101, and Bob by Gates, troop 130, recently visi ted Camp Lejetine with other Boy Scouts from the East Carolina council. iiu I iii Court ' Rocks at Car Sometimes hitch hikers get mad j when ears don't stop t ?? pick them j up. Two Marines felt just I hat way recently and heaved rocks af I ter the car that passed them. How ever. they picked tli?- wto cai j A state highway patrolman was I riding in it So Tin ;, day tound them in recorders court j They pleaded guilty to the | charge of assault by throwing rocks I at a car, paid the costs of court j and each The defendants ?were Donald I* Kverdyke and A1 ; bert R Strom. Pays l -ne H V /ajac/kow.ki, charged | with drunken driving, was found ] guilty of careless and reckless driv ing. Jwlge l amhcrt Moms gave I him a year on the lOaiL. not to ! be served il the defendant remains i sober and on good behavior for I three year . pays a fine and I court cost Hordslay ' Lacetia appealed to superior court after he was found \ guilty of speeding more than 55> miles per hour bu: noi more than i 75. He was charged with a rate of See HIT* HIIIKhR.s. Page 7 I ? Road Building Continues Apace J. L. Humphrey, state highway engineer in charge of paving roads in Carteret county, made a blanket statement today in regard to the ; county's paving projects: " Any road on which grading has taken place and rock laid, will be paved Money has been appropriated to complete the work," he declared ! Broad street in Beaufort will | be hard-surfaced, announced the I engineer, as well as the Broad I Creek loop road He estimated that surfacing work at Broad Creek I would begin next month Ann street#extendcd is definitely | going to be paved, as is the road to Salter Path Surfacing of the road from Stella to Maysville, 10.8 miles of which is in Carteret county is underway now, Mr. Humphrey ; reported. "We're setting along fine o ? the Cedar Island road," he added "and that will be completed nexi week if the weather remains fax orable." He stated that "the old shell road" at Atlantic, from Cc dar Island road to the street that passes the school house will be hard-surfaced and from there the machinery will go to Sea Level to hard-surface the road in that com munity which has been recently graded and rocked. The Mill Creek. Adams creek and Laurel roads will be paved all one time, Mr Humphrey explained with hot asphalt. Tide Table Tides at Beaufort Bar HIGH l-fltlay, May in LOW 2.57 a.m. 3.31 p.m. 9:13 a m. 10:00 p.m. Saturday, May 27 4:00 a.m. 4:30 p.m. 10:10 a.m. 11:02 p.m. Sunday, May 28 5:10 a.m. 5:28 p.m 11:03 a m 11:50 p.m Monday, May 29 ft 58 a.m. 6*26 p.m 11:58 a m. 12 Midnight Tuesday, May 3e 8:51 a.m. 7:J7 p.?. 12:58 a m U.ii PJH. ; . Two Cherry Point Pilots Killed Jet, Corsair Crash During Past Week in Georgia; Memorial Scrvice Held Two ( licrry Pointy Marine pilots j ? were killed duiinr. the pas' week > | in plane crashes They were l,t. William Register, .on of Mr and j Mrs. i I ' Register. At more. Ala . ; and ! ? Hobert VV Barnes, husband , | of Mi . Maigaret l> Hu m :, of i Morehead City Memorial services .'-for Lieutenant | Barnes, whose Imdv has not been I located. were conducted at Cherry) Point Tuesday afternoon The miss- I i wxv, pilot was flying a Navy Corsair I fighter plane whieh exploded and I tell into the ocean Thursday near 1 Savannah. Ga (icorgia National (iuaid planes | and Navy ? rash boats searched i without success for l ieutenant | Bar lie all day Friday The single engine plane went down in St | Catherine's sound about 1 .? miles south of Savannah H.w im- . was irtuiniuK to lii:> home | base ?'?* I'herrv Point from Jackson ville. I'la . with another plane at the tunc of the accident The other 1 plane returned to Jacksonville, j Banir ? was .assigned to the Second i Radar An Whit: An ainioonceiuerit l?v the Cherry Point Marine Vii Hase. which re v r t led tin* pilot's name. listed his j He \ ( ol kin a;, hi', wife, Mrs Haines of Mi'iehead t'itv, and his father,! name not given, of Jacksonville,' the Associated Press reported. j lieutenant llegistei was flying I an !? !??*' (trmnan Panther when it ! ? i.chcl and exploded Sunday, also in on of the Atlanta Naval Air station said the | plane fell from ;? high altitude at a i speed exceeding !>(M) miles per | hour A tremendous crater 40 feet wide and feet deep opened in ! the earth where the explosion oc , curled According to base authorities at Cherry Point, the jet was from Ma iipp Fightei Squadron I1L? and was ! heade^ homeward from Brookley Air base in Mobile.. Ala where it had been participating in Armed Forces Day exercises. Lieutenant Register took off early in the morn nig and was expected back at his home base early in the evening. An investigating party from the base was scheduled to arrive m Griffin Monday to check possible causes of the crash R. Braxton Adair Heads Chamber of Commerce K. Braxton Adair has been elec ted president of the Beaufort cham ber of commerce. Other officers are G. W. Duncan, vice presi dent; James H. Davis, treasurer, and Dan I Walker, mauagersec retary. Mr. Adair succeeds Dr. VV. I.. Wood a id who has served as presi dent for the past two years. New officers were elected Monday night in the chamber office at the town hall Dr. Woodard cxprcwd his ap preciation to the retiring officers, H. Hugh Hill. Horace (I. Loftin, Harry I Saunders. Lambert Mor ris. and ('. Z. Chappell for their "untiring efforts and cooperation." He continued. "I am confident that the new officers will direct the chamber activities forward and to them I pledge my wholehearted suppoit and request the backing of the membership in the officers' behalf." The new officers will begin their term at a membership meeting in | June. Beteween now and then j they will :.ct up their program for I thr coming year. The newly-elected president. Mr. Adair, has served during the past year as chairman of the chamber's industrial committee and upon his election by th?' board a* their prcs ident stated. 'With the assurance of the other ofticers and directors' support, i humbly accept this ho. or which the board has conferred ' upon hie. being cognizant of the responsibilities which it carries. During the past two years Dr. Woodard, the oificcrs. and direc tors have taken their hats off to the past and then coats off to the future and have engendered a high interest in chamber affairs. It is our d? lie to continue the splen did work which they have started and to broaden its scoi?e. It is on ly with the full cooperation of all officers and members that our in debtedness to the past, and our re sponsibillty to the future may be paid." Mi Adair announced that tin board of directors is working on a program for the coming year which will be presented to the member hip for their considera ?ion The purpose of a program ot work is to allow the member ship a positive voice in formula tion of chamber policy and activit irs. to conserve manpower, time and finances. It would be most helpful if all interested parties would submit their proposals for chamber activity to the chamber offices within the next week This would enable the boird to include your desires in next years pro jects," the president concluded Offices, Liquor Stores Scheduled lo Close Because of the election to- ( morrow, all offices in the court house, Beaufort*, will he closed. Other county offices alf?o will observe a holiday. I.iquor stores throughout the county will be closed, in ac cordance with state law. The liquor store in Morehead City will be closed also the following Saturday, June 3, because there will be a referendum in the town on that day. The banks, liquor stores, postoffices, county offices, in cluding tiic health department, and the Carteret County Pnfc lie library in Beaufort Mill be closed Tuesday. May 30. Mem orial Day. Jaycees Will Seek ; Loans to Finance Purchase of Lights Beaufort Jaycees will solicit loans to finance payment for lights ! at the Beaufort ball park. Appointed to th^ committee are Wiley Taylor, chairman. Albert Chappell, ant! Gene Smith Also serving on this committee is George Cottingham. president. The original ball park light committee, consisting of Mr Tay lor. Mr. Chappell and Claud Wheat ly, ua:. appointed last year to oh tam lighting equipment for the Beaufort ball diamond* The Jaycees agreed to pay $100 j to the town for the rec? ration pro gram ami $25 to the cemetery re- ' storation committee as soon" as they can get the funds together. The recreation project, they de I cided. should receive first con sideration. The group discussed repair of the swimming dock in Taylor's creek in front of the Inlet inn and heard reports from Dan Walker and the president, both of whom at tended the state Jaycee convention at Raleigh. The meeting, at the Inlet inn. Monday night, was preceded by a j steak dinner. Beaufort, Morehead City Seniors to Graduate Tonight 12 Bus Drivers Will Get Awards Safe driving certificates will be awarded to 12 school bus drivers j ; at various commencement exercises j ! throughout the county. The certificates aie being given to drivers who have been operat ing a bus 170 days with no acci lents and who have kept their busses ileal' With cach certificate a "first-year pin" will be given The awarding ol safety certificates j an innovation in the state high way department's safety program Ten of the 12 persons who will receive this recognition are pu- , pils The tv*o adults are Mrs j Gladys Lupton of Cedar Island and C II Davis, a member of the Smy- ! rna faculty Pupils are the following: Beau fort school, William Ricks, jr., Al bert Small. George W. Wallace Vivian Benton Mccehead City. Bobby Oglesby. 1 Newport, Beverly Wooten, Ernest i Garner Paul Kelly. Harold Mc Cabe. Smyrna, William Davis. tapon Anxiliary Sells Poppies ?n Aid Veterans Thr Bullion Auxiliary of the American Legion will ^pon^or pop py ..jits tomorrow to aid disabled veteran*. Thi., ii ont appeal made durir.j the year by the veteran:, who are til! in hoscitah and u> their re minder to the public that they need money for small personal itemi The poppies are made by the vet erans, and all money realized from their sale will go to them to be tued by ibem individually. Beaulort and Jlorehead City high bchool conimence mcnt exercises will begin in each school tonight at 8 p.m. The music at both events will be provided by the high school bands. student* to Speak "World Peace" is the theme of the Morehead City commencement and addresses will be given by the four students ranking highest scholastically. The topics and the students who will speak are a# follows: Obliga tions of the United States under the North Atlantic Pact by Charles Macy, valedictorian; Why Peace is Imperative Today by Mary Lee Ar thur. salutatorian; Early Efforts to Promote Peace by Etta Ruth Jones; and The United Nations by Odessa Salter Musical numbers will include a piano solo, Novelties in E major (Schumann) by Robert Hessee, a quartet, singing A Perfect Day i Bond; comprised of Charles Macy, Bobby Oglesby, Robert Bowers, and Thomas Eaton. Awards to be Given G. T. Wmdell, principal, will pre sent school awards to outstanding seniors; J. I. Mason will present the Rotary award; Dr John Bunn the Lions athletic awards; James ; B Willis, junior warden of Ocean Lodge No 405, the Masonic award; and L D Gore, Rotarian, will pre sent the MCTI Rotary scholarship award This will be the first time | this icholarship has been given a t Morehead City graduating high j school senior. The senior:.' gift to the jchoo! will be presented by Charles Macy. | class president. In the absence of | W p. Matthews, chairman of tbe | school board. Dr Darden Eure, vicc -chairman. and Mr. Windell will present diplomas to the 42 sen iors and the 19 studenta in the vo cational commercial course. The band u under the direction of halph Wide, I "The Living Present" will be the I theme of commencement exercises at Beaufort high school Addresses will he delivered by six students They are as follows: The Psalm j of Life by Peggy Hamilton; Patriots for Peace, Cedrir Beachem. The Spirit of Scientific Research, Bet sy Noe; The Happy Man, Daisy Dean Sullivan; Who is the Wise Man? Betty Lou Pittman; and Heart Within and God O'erhead, Mamie Springle'. To Present Gift Delmas Lewis will present the seniors' gift to the school, a spot- 1 light with colored lenses, to J Raymond Ball, chairman of the I school board Awarding of diplomas and pres entation of awards will be made by T. G. Leary, principal. Seniors Will Sing The seniors will sing three num bers, Your Land and My Land, One World, and America. Valedictorian of the class is Neva Dail, and salutatorian. Helen Paul. The class mascot is Will lam Willis, jr. Marshals are the following: Shir ley Lipman, class of 1951. chief marshal. Elizabeth Bell and Peggy Piver, class of '51; Sheila Smith and Gary Copeland. class of '52. 1 Corine Scurlock and Andy Mason, | class of '53. Director of the hyh school band is Frank Kin;. Bible Schools to Open The churches of Morehead City will conduct their Daily Vacation Bible School* next week Child ren between the aget of 4 and 18 are eligible to attend. The schools will begin at 9:30 a.m. and con timl? until 11:30 a.m. Monday through Friday. Tomorrow the residents of Carteret county, by automo bile and boat, will make their way to 'the poll.;. Today is the last day for "the workers" to line up the votes. At 6:30 tomorrow night the laborious job of counting the ballots will begin and bv midnight one group will be rejoicing while the other mourns. Only in the United state; senate race loes it look as though tomorrow's li.illotinK ?ill I1UI t'UU Vl^OtOUS I .Ulip.ll t Mll'r. ol the past two month: Although faint i dutc Robert Kcvnold : uggc s ted Wednesday that all .enate ran didates agree to only one primary ami Senator Frank (.irahain com plied. Willis Smith '.aid no It none of the top contetidfi . tor tlir senate seat wins a deal ma jority, a serond primary in ill prob ahilitv will be held. The date will be June 1M. The total registration in and ronfnnon at tin' polls. I1' R Sreley. chair man ot tli** elerlioic. board, warned He -.aid that candidate V loitriing within Ml feet ol the poll- will not be tolerated and fiutlu'i' charged every pnllholdei with lull responsibility ot conduct inj*. tin election in avoidance with tin law Tlie county election, board chan man cited tin- iiu lease in M-gi.-,ti.? tion figures a. proof of the growth ol the county In Moit-head < *it > (his yeai's icpst ration is btJO more than in the previous election. an fort, ?00 more; Newpoit s totals about 750. inoie than foil) years ago. linkers Island i?.?gis tration is about, V'.rft. up 20V; and Atlantic's is ahcun up 2U0. JCs Hear Fa?' Report on 'Get Oot the Vote' Tomorrow will tell tin tah- of .success or failure for the Morrlg^ul City Jaycee ncc. .ionairrt J did bl. bu irt : There was a 1 ttady trcjm of automobile ;oin; ' to and from the beach during the afternoon. i 1 Hotel., reported excellent bad- J ntsa and the amusement center operators stated that thalr patron- .< age was