3?= CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES ? A Merger of THE BEAUFORT NEWS (Established 1912) and THE TWIN CITY TIMES (Eitablithed 1936) 9th YE^t, NO. 43 EIGHT PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA, TUESDAY, MAY 30. 1950 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AnTTfrTdA 'C/ Voters Return Current Office Holders with Mountainous Vote $6 00,000 Fire Destroys Coast Guard Building Neva Willis Dail Receives Highest School Award Neva Willi, hail, valedictorian of the class ot 1950, Beaufort high school, icceived the coveted schol arship. fov.ilty and achievement a ward at commencement excrcises at tin* school Friday night This award consists ot a key and plaque. The plaque, w hich is engraved with the winner s name, stays at the school and I he ke\ is kept by the i winner. As valedictorian. Miss Dail also received one year's subscription to the Header':. Digest. an award made by the Header's Digest asso ciation Delm., Lewi , received two a wards. for home economics and an other award created especially for | linn In T i' 1,eary. principal The | latter in a plaque hearing the nut | i a 1 "Hits ;uid reads "Service rec ognition presented to Alex Delmas I ewis by the trustees and faculty for hi uiifaitin i; interest and tire lex. efforts in the school's behalf/' Vouii.t I ewi ? built trophy cases lor the school, helped make minor repairs and do work ot all types. The activities award:, went to Howard (fat) Fodrie yml Helen Paul Mis- Paul also received the : jluatorian medal Athletic awards were won bv Jimmy Fodrie and IVgfc'. Guthrie Awards tc? th?> best all around bo\ went to Guy Smith and fan the b? t all around girl, to Iris Davis. The limb chool.band award was ? won b\ Olla Laughinghouse and the student council award went to Julian Austin He received also a ?" ?>t i he bo./* I Dare You," as did Olive Taylor These books and awards are presented by the Dan forth Foundation. The scholarship award, for the student with the highest average, went t?? Shirley I ipnian a junior who had an average of 97 b/8 for the year. School bu drivers who received ? ale driving certificates were Al bert Small. George Wallace, Vivian Benton, and William Ricks, jr. The only other bus driver for Beaufort school is Wallace Conner, who ould not qualify for an award be cause lie ha- not driven six mcnths. Mrs B. F. < 'ope land, manager of the school lunchroom, the Parent Teacher association, and the board of trustees were complimented by Mr. I.carv for helping to make the 1949 bO school term an outstanding one. Lions Make More Plans for Circus A three-ring cirfcus with all the trimmings was al! Morehead City l ions could talk about Thursday night their meeting in the Fort Macon hotel dining room. President Frank Moran announ ced a complete list of circus com mittee appointments which includ ed a job for every member of the club Committees ippoinled were planning, finance, publicity, tickets. {: rounds and parking, ticket check, ; and out of town sales. In addition, each Lion was given { 30 tickets to sell. They were in structed to point out that even ; though the cost is no different for advanco sales 01 sales made the day of the circus. Lions will make j five times as much profit from ad Vance ^alcs. Profits will go to- j ward supporting Lions blind work. Deputy district governor Sid Gor- ! don and three other Goldsboro Li ons, Jim Askins. Charles Jones and Karl Jourdan, were at the meeting to show ii!m.-> oi the recent Lions ! convention in Goldsboro. Mr. Gor don also presented Dave Battle Webb. Oscar Allred. Chesley Den nis. Barren and Gerald Davis with j pins lor 100 per cent attendance during the -past year. Two new members, Charles and Robert Bell were welcomed into the club New officers for 19JjO-51 i will be elected at Thursday's meet ing l eJWm hip to Meet The Sub-district Young Adult Fellowship of the Methodist church will meet at the Cam^Glenn Meth odist church tonight at 7:30 p m., instead of 8. 00 p.m. The group will 1 participate in the revival at Camp j Glenn and will have their meeting j after the service. All of the youni: adults of the Methodist ehjurches i,i C arteret county are in- j vited to attend. A $600,000 fire swept through ! the former Beaufort recreation j building at the east end of Front ! street extended in the early hours | j Sunday, destroying hundreds of thousands of dollars of Coast Guard j equipment. The fire Mas discovered shortly i after 2 a.m. by John Ben Jones, night watchman at Beaufort Fish ' eries Mr. Jones telephoned Jack Chadwiek. who has a place of biisi j ! ness across from the scene of the | fire, and Mr. Chadwiek notified the I Beaufort tire department. Chimneys Stand The only part of the building j left standing arc four chimneys Coast Guard communications equip ment inside and large spools of cable on the outside were destroy ed. The cable was still smoldering I yesterday. The building, made of logs, was erected in the middle 1930's under the VVPA program at a cost ot $168,000. It served for a short while as a recreation center for : the town a^d then was taken over by the Coast Guard as a wartime ! communications center. Half Million Loss It is estimated that the equip ! ment destroyed amounted to more than a half million dollars. The only thing saved from the j i building were two chairs and ap proximately 30 record book-.. Although it is not known how the fire started, Mr Jones and 1 Louis Johnson, a nearby resident, stated that the flame-, originated [ on the outside of the building a j ! mong the spools of cable Then the ! fire leaped up and caught the eaves j ol the structure. Firemen were called back twice j Sunday, at V a.m and shortly atter noon to prevent flames from spreading' into surrounding brush. Fort Macon Beach To Open Saturday I North Carolina's only ocean-side park, Fort Macon State Park, will1 open Saturday, June 3. under the j i supervision of Jesse Long, war den. Unlike last summer when the ban against swimming anywhere except in front of the bath house caused j i storm of public protest, swim ruing this summer will be permitted anywhere along the beach at the swimmer's own personal risk. In years prior to. last summer, i swimmers swam everywhere and anywhere along the fine beach and never in the memory of anyone, i were there any accidents or tatali tis. The oar parking area will ac comodate more than 700 cars and this will be expanded in coming ' i weeks. The bath house has clothes bas ket space for 1,000 bathers. Bath ers wishing to rent a suit, towel | and soap will be charged 25 cents. (Those with their own suit, towel, jetc., will be charged nothing. An extensive area on top oi ! sand dunes near the bath house is equipped with tables and trash re eeptacles. Even though the beach does not formally open until Saturday. Mr. Long reported that it has been op en to swimmers for the past two weeks. Florida Migrant Laborers Arrive; No Work to Do Carleiei Farmers Urged To Mnkc Use ol Woikeis Until Harvesting Sluils -Several hundred colored niuna't laborers are hi f'lrteret counts v\ilh no work to do because ?>i tlir lateness of the bean picking and potato harvesting season, it was announced tod ?> The laborers. ytlio tome here to help with the crops eai h season, arrived from Florida the latter part of last week .1 B Muse ol the North < .nolina State Employment servn-r. i in charge ol the workers .uul i .mm d a rail today to all farmei to look around and it they haw woik the laborers cast do. contaet Mi. Muse at the county agent's other B?*au fort, 01 contact the North Car ol ilia State Employment .orviee ot flee at 7th and Evans turt The laborers tie livinv. now on certain \ rins where the> expert to work w hen the h iwstm;; ets m lull swim.'. That will probably be June !? Mi .Muse says farmer. coopera tio i wil j;reatt> be appieriated in locating work foi th< laborci > in this interim period Rotarians Honor Charles Macy, Morehead Senior rharles Mary, piesident of the student council, received th? Ro tarv award, given annually t\ I lie incumbent Demo ? vatic administration, arc unotti- 1 ml. t State Senator Votes Carl Mick . 2,64G |.?rkin. Mat# AsstniMymaii Cicorue W Dill 3.128 He Ulster of INeds I t t in V Davi , 3,389 j sheriff < <; Holland 9,021 County Surveyor Philip Hall 2.8 1" I i ount) < om mission? is In K l\ H Bonner 3.13'.! Tilton l>a*\ is '.'.SUM Moses Howard 2 908. Hindi Salter 3.336 W; M. Y eonians 2.594 U. S. Senator Below 410 I lit* vote tabulations foi Hntten Slates Senator. These Mturri". art' unofficial and incom p|?*tc Tin- voir Irnm five coiinlv UliMiiiit-. Stella. I'elletier. Wild wi m m I Williston. and Stacy, an* miss in here: Candidate Vole Son. Frank th*? National Jamboree in Valley Forgfe. Pa . this sufttmer. Seoul officials an nounced today. The two Scout:,, .tames B Willis, j jr . ot troop 100. son of Mr. and Mrs. James B Willis, and Lonnie I. Hyatt of troop tot. son ot Mr. and Mrs. Lonnie Hyatt, were se ! lerted on the basis of their co ? operative attitude in and out of troop work, their advancement, then eagerness to apply themselves to their work and instill this eager j ness in their fellow Scouts, their adaptibility and many other quali ties. Expenses for the Scouts will be pan! by the Morehead City Kotary club and Morehead City Jaycees. The Rotary has agreed to pay $70 of each boy's expenses. Jaycees will | pay $10 and each of the two will he required to earn the other $10 for himself. Three full troops from the East Carolina Council will attend the Jamboree which is the first to be held since 1937. A total of 47.000 Scouts will be on hand, some of them from foreign countries. Scouts from the East Carolina i Council are fortunate in that their' encampment is next to the Inter- 1 national encampment and they will have an opportunity to meet many of the foreign Scouls, Scout | official said. Farmers Will Hear Talk On Insect Control Thursday T M Dobrnvsky. extension en tomologist from State college will lead a discussion on insecticides and insect control at 7:30 Thurs day night at the court house, Beau fort. K M Williams, county agent, urges all farmers to attend the meeting because heavy losses are sustained in this county each year due to insect attacks. There will be a broadcast from the county agent's office each Tuesday from 12:2b to 12:35, and | I'M A office news will be heard at that time each Thursday. # Tide Table Tides at Beaufort Bar hh.ii row Tue?da> , Hi) 30 6 31 a ?i 12:56 a m 7:17 p m 13 53 p m W rdnt-sriat , May 31 7 44 a m. 1:50 a m. 3 10 p m 1.44 p.m. j Thursday, June I 8:36 a m. 2:41 a m. 9:03 p.m. 2:38 p.m. j Friday, June 2 !':29 a.m. 3:32 a.m. ; 9:56 p.m. 3:31 p.m. I 'Go Forward Ticket' Following are the unofficial re turns on candidates who ran on the "Go Forward" ticket. Willis ton precinct is missing. State Senator Votes Jesse Jones 1. 118 State Assemblyman Wiley Taylor. Jr. 1,566 Kegister of Deeds Hugh ('. Willis 1,381 Sheriff Vivian Hiadwick 1,1!01 fount v Surveyor C K Howe 1.020 C ounty Commissioners Clarence Guthrie 1,807 Allen Vinson 1,351 Karl C. Davis 1,933 John Smith 1,470 Julian Broun 1.357 Morehead Township Constable Following 'are the unofficial re turns for constable of Morehead City township Candidates Votes Charlie M. Krousc 1,050 H. B Turner l!BI Seventh District Returns On Stale Senator Following are tin- returns from all six counties in the 7th senator i.tl district on the race for state senator The count is official for all counties except Carteret. County I. hi kins Hicks Jones Jones ' I.VJli 1.067 707 Craven -4 .4J I 3.18b 1. 003 (ireene J .057 '.'.194 310 Onslow i'.103 1.475 1.353 Lenoir 3.821 3. '.'58 2.8B9 Carterrt 3.27!! '.040 1.1 IB Total 16,400 13.835 8,10b Auto Sideswipes Dili Ambulance The tSftSJ ol G. W Burton, charg ed with driving with tant?ropet brakes, was continued in yester day's session ot Morehead City mayor's c ourt upon the defendant's request Burton i ? charged with pulling out into the main lane of traffic on Bridges st early Sunday morn ing and sideswiping the side of an ambulance being driven by George W Dill, mayor of Morehead City The ambulance was returning from an accident west of Morehead City with two injured men. Its si ren was on full blast and its red | light blinking. Mr. Dill said. As the ambulance approached Bur ton's car it pulled to the side of the road, apparently to let the am bulance pass, the driver continued. Instead, as the ambulance came even with the car. Burton pulled back into the road and sideswiped the ambulance. Mr. Dill continued on to the hospital but Constable Charles K rouse, who was following th?' ambulance, stopped Burton 1 and arrested him on the driving j charge. The case will be tried m = next week's session of court. James E. Leary, Joseph T. Nel , son and Henry W. Merrill were j fined $15 and costs each for speed \ ing. Ronaldo J. Bertrand paid a i $20 fine and costs for indecent ex posure and Zinnie Merrill was fin ed $10 and costs for public drunk enness. Navy Has Drydock For Wilmington Wilmington ? (AP) ? The Navy Department has available immed iately an 18.000-ton drydock which the North Carolina State Forts Au thority can obtain for the port of Wilmington. This was disclosed Thursday by Sen. Frank Graham, who said he was scheduled to confer the first, part of June in Washington with the State Forts Authority, the | Navy Bureau of Yards and Docks, and George W. Gillette, executive director of the SFA. Sen. Graham said he expected an agreement to be signed at that ?Meeting providing for the long ought drydock to be brought to J the port of Wilmington at once Meanwhile, in Wilmington, SPA Director Gillette made a simul- 1 t^nous announcement and released tor publication a letter he received Wednesday afternoon from James , T Reside, deputy for docking facil i ities, Navy Bureau #f Docks and Yards. . The letter said that Wilmington could obtain a drydock in August or September, as had been an nounced earlier. However, the let ter added, "one is available immed iately. - - Lightning Action By Patrol Regains Stolen Automobile Car Belonging lo Waller Hay Ewell Stolen Sun day at Allanlic Beach | Lightning like action by the I state highway patrol and an auto , mobile crash resulted in tin* re ' covery of ;i stolen automobile ni less than 1ft minutes late Sunday atternoon. Two Marines have been They an Joseph Robert Leonard charged with auto larceny and Jimmy Francis Davis, both oi j Cherry Point. The car. a '17 Mer cury whieh they drove away from I Atlantic Beach at 5 40 p m. Sun day belonged to Walter Kay Ewell of route 1. Morehead City. Theft Reported Mr. Kwell missed his eu almost immediately after it v\;?s uone and ! reported the theft to < pi W S ainage to the Mercury was estimated at MOO and lo ihe Kaiser $600 Patrolma'i Brown said In believed the drivers swerved and cut over to highway 70 in hope.. I that they would avoid him Charged with l.aucay | Leonard has been charged with i larceny, careless and reckless dnv nig. damage to personal property and driving without a license. Da J vis has been charged with aiding and abetting in larceny. Mr. F-weil lett his car at the beach with the key in it. Beaufort Police Catch Negro Thief j Mark Washington, Beaufort Ne gro, was being held by Beaufort police yesterday pending trial be tore Mayor L. VV. Jlassell on the charge of larceny of some canned goods troin Ihp shad boat, W. A. Mace, last week. Washington was apprehended by the police officer Carl (tamer, and I night watchman, Maxwell Wade, at 1 a.m. Tuesday, at Craven and j Front st. He had in his possession a number of cans of food and was [ accompanied by another Negro | man who fled. After investigation it was deter | mined that the cans had been tak j ci from the Mace which was tied i up at the waterfront. He could give no adequate reason for hav ing -the goods in his possession and was placed in jail on the charge ( of petty larceny. Police Chief L. B. Willis revealed that Washington had been arrested several times by city and county of j ficers on charges from minor vio lations to rape, a charge he was acquitted of several months ago It was expected that he would be j sentenced to the roads tor his lat est offense. Dr. John Tayloe Heads District Medical Society Dr John Tayloe of I ittlr Wash ington was elected president of the Second District Medical society at the semi annual meeting Wednes day at the Bine Kibbun club near Morehead City, lie succeeds Dr. S. W Thompson of Morehead City. Other officers are Dr. James <; Ramsey, vice-president, and Dr E W. l.arkin. secretary - treasurer. [ both oi little Washington Prior to dinner at the Blue Rib bon club the doctors were taken on a tour of Cherry Point Marine ! air baae. At their formal meeting they heard a talk on "The Medical Aspects of Atomic Defense" by Rear Admiral K. C. Greaves, DSN Sixty doctors attended the set sion. The next semi annual meeting will be held at little Washington The second district includes 10 eastern North Carolina counties. I'ony I'enning Friday* Ponies will be penned on Cape lookout at Diamond Pen Friday. Boats will leave for the banks from I Marahallberg and Markers island | early Friday morning. Go -Forward Candidates Hint That Com/daints Will Be Filed Bide skies and victory smiled Saturday on alt candidates seeking reelection to county offices ami Carteret countiim m a breaking vole estimate.! at a.O |?irkins. ]i and ail Huh- candidates foi ..enator lio.n II, e VI h senatorial district won out |,v sizeable majorities III I alien count v. as they did thriiui'.hniit tit wliolr district. Incumbent Wins Charlie M Kioiise ?as reliirne I the office of Mon la .nl C|t> township constable with votes His opponent. II. B r.irnci polled 2B4 . I, vim W Uav i:. reelected i. tcr ol deeds, ltd all ..the. candi dates Willi :UHO vole-, and was The complete and official clef i elm ns. h> in Fridays MHslHlls Tbt* elections ImmhI will ">? ?1 ,,s inorniiiR to compile official In: HITS. follow H"i'.h Salle, county commissioner, who polled ? l-"' lull in h r B Bonner and l.aik ois were next in tl* riinnini:. cadi with more Mian :t.inj> vole These In; are based on inn In i.il return - Iron. ? "I 1 1? Iv's preciiu t Protests K\ pelted 1 .aw'ieilff W H ? ? 'I l|?. I.oloiwai.l ticket wh.-l. a k ,-d ve. tel. lav .1 he had am com n.ent . delate! "Not >?' " '? l.clicved that the I." Vorwaid can .l.dalcs will prolc.ls aud Id. .o.nplainl. will, the clccl.'m IkIHI .11 I he election ,n'M with no out bill Is uolence :.l the poll . except al Olwav where ,1 was alleged that there were at tempts to inllii. n." votei ? as Ho , ame to mark (hen ballot (ill Forward candidal.", claim that voters wcic not permitted ?? mark Iheir own liallol al and H the ballot were not marked ? the rmhl way" .1 was lorn MP. The vote Saturday topped that in prewoos elections by ; linn i'5ti mat .'.I minib. i ol ballot . III BeaUfort was over I t" :??l III Moiehead t'lty. more than Although Senator r.raham lino ??t the .talc piled "P more than iO.immi votes over Smith, he tack, 12(kHi of having a clear majority Smith's headquarters have not ye announced if their candidate will demand a second primal \ Victorious candulale for a . ... uate justice of the supreme com t in the county and stale was Kmc \ B Denny, lor commissioner ol in surance. Waldo ' heck Although candidates ol the Forward" ticket say "Were ? climaxed one of the hottest polit ical lights in this county m yeais. James Meeks Heads Legion Post James Meeks. Morehead Cit> American Lcfionaire, was elected 1950 51 commander of the More head City post Friday night and will be installed with other new officers at a banquet June !?. Commander Meeks has taken an , active part in many of the organ nations activities, including it softball program, parade work and the Legion entertainment "If:. Date", Riven during the winter. Elected to serve with the new commander were Floyd Chadwick. jr. first vice-commander, Harry Salter, second vice-eommaiidcr. Kenneth Cfnfield, finance officer. \V I). <"aviness. chaplain. F.than Davis, chaplain s assistant. If C Hepler. sergeant at arms, S. A Floyd Chadwick. historian. All new officers will be installed at a barbecue banquet Friday. June 9. Senator John l.arVins'. jr ot Trenton has been imited to install the officers and all past com manders of the post will be invit ed. Dewey Willis Faces Charge Oi Driving Without Licensc As the result of an accident at Markers Island at 3 o'clock Satur day alter noon, Dewey Willis of Markers Island, is being ? harged with driving without an operator s licence Mr W'llig was driving a A'.l Studehake. proceeding east on the Ha r kern Island road, when the ear turned over and righted itself again 1 coming to a "-top against a pine j trro. H. G. Woolard. highway patrol man. estimated damage to the car at $100. Mr. Willis was not in jured. j Thomas W. Eaton Wins Scholarship $301) Ci i Technical iiishlutr Uot;irv scholarship Ihr iw.ml was presented to yoi nit' I' it on .it ronnnrncnnenl I'll ? I :? y ii ml) t .1.1 I lie high school This is thr In I t lint* tin* seholaiship li;i been au.rded It was estab IinIimI tin \rai by the Molt? head < lt\ |{ ot ,1 | \ l-lllll The pr? .rni.it mo was tiiiidf by I 1 1 tioii; ,i lonnei 1" ?' ident of b'otaJy The iccipient s lather ha toi in or yiv.u betili chief in. imtrii, int ? in. hi lor coii'ity 'fhool:> Drill. III. | lor I ollldti , ol till* Morrlir.nl t il\ Tcehmi'al institute, a branch ol Noilli Carolina .Stale rolle.r .or l.ii in r\cr - . of I he supply Dim/tot; l*'.dw ;nd VV Kur. i-'lr . :oi I he. < ollr: r , l',\tr M.IOII Di vision < onimeutcd toil iv Mi Mocjilr- .ml that .ill ol the ; .irln.it ? , ot 1 1| r Technical institute now in its thud vr.ii. have ionnd j ol i . in indn.-l 1 v or have established biisine ." o| th'ii own and thai iiidiisti lal plants have Hooded ol fi? i il ? n| thr i liool with M?pu' .ts lor inoi r trrhnn . ? 1 1 > 1 1 allied men. Mole Men l(e'.s leccieved a bruised back and ln:ht lacerations as a re siilt ot the accident He was admit ted to Morcheaii City hospital and discharged Sunday morning. His companion. I'anl Combs, received a tiotured skull and pelvis, lacer ations and multiple contusions (friction burns) over his body. His condition was termed satisfactory ye^tcrdax ? ollowint: Higgs discharge from the hospital he was charged with drunken drixinr. He will be tried in today's session of re cordei > court Couniy Typhoid Clinics Will Begin Monday, June 5 l)r N I'homas Ennett. county health officer announced today that annual summer typhoid clin n s w ill he held in the county be K'OMing Monday, June 5 The com plete schedule for th# clinics will appear 111 Friday's NEWS-TIMES. Only .1 boaster shot will be ne i ? - .tfrv for those who had a booster last year or those who had a series of three last year Dr. Ennett ? \ plained that I he booster is a very mall dose which keeps up immun ity but seldom causes a reaction. He further stated that the health [department nurse can make only three visits to each clinic center,,, therefore .? person needing three doses should attend all three clin ic However, if one is missed, the hot can be received at the health department in Beaufort each Tues day and Saturday morning. # Attorney to Speak George McNeill, Moiehead City jttorney. will deliver the address at Beaufort Rotary club at 6:43 tonight at the Inlet Inn. Attends Tactical School ^ Capt B. A. Phelps,- jr., B. A Phelps, Beaufort, is iig Air Tactical school at Air Force base, Panama City, ,