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filE CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES A Merger of THE BEAUFORT NEWS (Established 1912) and THE TWIN CITY TIMES (Established 1936) 39th Y^R, NO. 59 EIGHT PAGES < MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY. JULY 25, 1950 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS Board of Conservation to Honor Capt . John Nelson This Afternoon Bird Gets The Bool AP Newsfeatures OLD LADY who lives in a shoe is a bird. This brown wren found a ripper open on a felt-lined boot hung out to dry by Mrs. Clyde Ran dall of Des Moines, Iowa. The wren built its nest and decided to stay. Mrs. Randall decided to give the bird the boot. Beaufort Releases Proposed Budget For 1950-1951 App??*rir/*MS dh au.ei (tseuncflt in this issue is the proposed bud get of the town of Beaufort for 1950-ftl. It is being published in accordance with law and all resi dents of Beaufort arc requested by the city clerk. William Hatsell. to study the budget prior to its adoption by the town board. This action will probably be taken at the board's regular meeting Mon day, Aug. 7. The tax revenue for the coming fiscal year is expected to be $38. 016, which is the townls largest source of income. Kxpectcd as ABC store dividends is $8,400; poll tax and dog licenses, $635; from may or's court, $2,400; revenue from business licenses and from sale of town tags, $2,500. Sewer service fees are expectcd to amount to $2,400; parking me ter reve- $4,200; beer and wine rebat *2,400; sale of equipment and real estate, $500; franchise tax rebate. $737; and revenue from j miscellaneous sources, $800. The total income is estimated at $63. 754 Expenses are estimated as fol lows: payment into the debt serv ice fund, $21,120; general govern ment operation, $6,750; insurance, street lights, hydrant rent, main tenance of town buildings, etc., $6,369; police department. $8,970; fire department, $6,137; and street department, $14,408. Total expenses are estimated at I $63,754. Southwest Winds Prevail; Teaperalnre Goes to 90 * | Prevailing wind* during the past week have been southwesterly and the highest temperature re corded since last Tuesday was 90 degrees, accordinr "? Stamey Davis, Morehead .le county's official weather ..-vcr. During a thunderstorm Friday afternoon when the wind shifted to the northwest, sixtcy-six one-hun dredths inches of rain fell. The temperatures are as fol lows: Tot in Skirt Factory Case v? u I 1 No decision has been handed down as yet in the National Labor Relations board case against the Morehead City Garment company. Whitford Blakeney. attorney for te shirt factory, evidently has not yet received the transcript of testimony given in the hearing which took place last month. According to Lonnie Dill, man ager of the Mar (head City Gar ment company, a deckioa is not expected until several ittrtfct tftar Max Min. Tuesday Wednesday 88 76 Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday 90 77 . 87 78 85 75 83 72 85 70 Re Dodsioa Beceived As Chamber oi Commerce Membership Drive Begins The three-day Morehead City chamber of commerce member ship campaign begins today. Membership goal has been set at 175 and if this goal is reached, it is expected that the cham ber will be adequately financed for the coming year, stated Dr. Manten *nre. acting president. - I Final plans for the campaign were made Thursday night and membership solicitors will be on the job today, tomorrow and Thursday, announced Clyde j Jones, membership chairman. State Budget Officials Visit N. C. Properties Members of the North Carolina Advisory Budget commission, in addition to visiting Port Terminal Sunday and the commercial fish eries buildings, also visited Fort Macon and ihe Kort Macon recre ation area. The commission's in spection tour here was part of its trip throughout the state to visit state owned properties. The tour is made once every two years. At the fort. Thomas Morse, state superintendent of parks, pointed out the need for more complete re storation and a more extensive program of "interpretation" to tourists on the fort's historic value. At the recreation area, west of the fort itself. Mr. Morse discussed plans for development, especially the need for storage space and maintenance work shops. He also stated that the parking area should be enlarged Accompanying the budget com mission on the tour here was Wal ler Fuf<cr. administrative assistant to the Board of Conservation and Develooment. Mr. Fuller stated that frc ore the commission mem txn nt to New Bern, will visit tnu achools at Kinston and proct o Goldsboro. Cifuttte Causes Fire Al Li? Oak Si Horn. A carelessly handled cigarette , set curtains on fire in the home of tleorge Livingston on Live Oak St., Reaufort. Sunday night but pos sible severe damage was averted before firemen arrived. Residents of the Livingston home reported that a cigarette rolled off an ash tray and set a curtain afire at 11 p.m. The fire department was called and mean while the curtain was doused with water from a faucet. By the time firemen arrived they found that the fire had been extinguished and only slight smoke damage resulted. After checking the house to make certain there was no danger of recurrence of fire, firemen departed. RotarUM Sing A aongfest took the place of the regular business meeting of the " City Rotary club Thurs j in Baptist Church Sunday I Capt. John Nelson, state fisheries commissioner for 30 years who re tired July 1, will be honored at a reception at 5 o'clock this after noon at the commercial fisheries building, Camp Glenn. Hosts at the occasion will be past and present members of the Board of Conser vation and Development. The board's summer meeting will open this morning at 9:30. Al though the governor, honorary chairman of the board, is sched uled to be on the program. Walter < Fuller, administrative assistant to i the Board of Conservation and Development, said yesterday morn ing that he doubted if the gover nor will be present. Governor Scott is scheduled to speak this morning to state 4-11 club mem bers in Raleigh. To Tour Banks Following the sessions today and tomorrow, the board will tour the Outer Banks Thursday on the new fisheries patrol boat, the Pamlico. Stops will be made at Portsmouth Island, Ocracoke, Hatteras and Manteo. At Manteo they will see "The Lost Colony" Thursday night. A meeting with the Cape Hat teras National Seashore Park com mission has been planned for Fri day morning aboard the Pamlico. Thomas J Allen, regional director for the National Park service will attend. At this meeting will be consid ered the proposal to extend the national seashore park south to include Portsmouth Island. Prcs cut proposals locate the park along the outer banks of Dare county. Extending the area tot include Portsmouth would aid . > secur ing necessary oft. -Is be lieve. Fisheries Report The boars is scheduled to hear a preliminary eport from Dr. Har den Tayloi\ nationally known fish eries expert, and Hoy Hampton, ; chairman of the commercial Fish eries division, on progress made in ! mapping a new plan for the Div ision of Commercial Fisheries. i A new member of the board. Staley A. Cook, Burlington, will be sworn in this morning He re places a deceased member, Dr. i Deems of Battleboro. C. F. Korstian, dean of the school I of forestry at Duke and R. J. Pres- ' ton. dean of the school of forestry j at State college, arc expected to i lay before the board recommenda tions of the N. C. Forestry Coun cil for a long range forestry pro gram in North Carolina. Members of the board who have 'already arrived for the meeting j are Mr. Hampton, who will preside 1 I at the meeting; Eric Rogers,! chairman of the advertising com- j mittee; Oscar Breece, chairman of j the mineral resources committee; | Dr. Robinson,, Mrs. Roland McClam- j | roch, Charles Parker and members j of the state advertising bureau, and j Thomas Morse, superintendent of ' State parks. George Ross, chairman of the board, was expcctcd to arrive yes terday afternoon. Wilmington Port Program Lags Wilmington ? (AP) ? North Carolina's State Ports Authority de velopment program for Wilming ton will not have storage wart- j houses ready for use this autumn, j as had been hoped for by George 1 W. Gillette. SPA executive direc tor. it was learned today. SPA officials today disclosed that plans for the storage warehouses ; and transit sheds of Wilmington's $5,000,000 port development pro- 1 ject will uot be ready before "Au gust or September." The plans now arc in the pro cess of preparation by the Atlanta. Ga . engineering and architectual firm of Robert and Company. Ac- 1 cording to the SPA, the company i has scheduled the specifications for delivery late next month or early September. Several weeks ago, Director Gillette had voiced more hope that ! at least the storage wareheouses j might be ready for use this fall. Thus, he pointed out, they could | be used for storing part of this year's tobacco crop. It is expected that it will take at least HO days after the speci fications are delivered before work could begin on the project. Tide Table Tides at Beaufort Bar HIGH LOW Tuesday, July 25 4:15 a.m. 10:21 a.m. 4:56 p.m. 11:34 p.m. Wednesday, July 26 5:21 a.m. 11:26 a.m. 5:57 p.m. Midnight Thursday, July 27 6:23 a.m. * 12:33 a.m. , 6:54 p.m. 12:28 p.m. * Friday. July 2S 7:19 a.m. 1:26 a.m. i 7:47 fJB. 1:24 pja. I C. A. Merrill Tobacco Barn Burns; Beaufort Firemen Save Nearby Building Rent Official Clarifies New Federal Ruling Uncle Sam Will Continue Administering Program If Towns Extend Law Clearing up a point that he said has caused some misunderstand ing, John K. Morris, area rent rep resentative, stated today that if a community declares that federal rent control shall continue after Dec. 31 of this year, by the meth ods provided in the new 1950 rent law. the federal government will I continue to administer the local rent control program, through the j rent office as now established. I "The fact that the new federal rent law requires community ac tion to retain rent control after the end of the year has led to some misunderstanding that control aft er Dec. 31 would have to be mu nicipally administered," said the rent official. lie explained that the affirmative action required by the new law if federal control is to extend beyond Dec. 31 may be taken either by board of aldermen or by. popular referendum under local law, he- 1 fore Dec. 31. Also, he pointed out that provisions for local decontrbl at any time by the state or local j government, by local rent advisory board recommendation or by hous- i ing expediter initiative, continue under the new law. Mr. Morris said the federal rent law has been extended for one year from July 1, 1950, with the "affir mative action" provision which per mits communities to continue fed- i eral control after Dec. 31. if they; choose. Lacking such "affirmative I action" before that date, federal j rent control ends in the commun ity which fails to act on Dec. 31, | 1950 He added that the New Bern I rent office is busy carrying on the administration of rent control un der provisions of the new law. which continues substantially as before under the control act. Improvements At MCTI to Enable Larger Enrollment Morehead City, July 25. ? Im provements to the buildings at the Morehead City Technical institute with additional renovations to be made between the summer and {all terms will enable the institute to increase it* enrollment (or the fall term, Director James I. Mason an nounced today. The director stated that the in stitute, operated under the auspic es of North Carolina Slate collese, has had a limited enrollment be cause of limited dormitory facili ties but that he . believed there would be ample facilities for all boys interested in enrolling in either of the four courses offered this fall. New Rooms in Domi Arrangements have been made for new rooms to be used in the dormitory. Dining room facilities have been -increased, and new equipment is being added. The See IMPROVEMENTS, Page 8 Wins Scholarship Thomas rtoy Boycttc, jr., of Kocky Mount, a 1950 graduate of the Kocky Mount high school, has boon awarded a scholarship at the Morehead City Technical institute, a branch of N. C State college. Koyctte plans to enter the insti tute in September. He was chosen to receive the scholarship on the basis ol his scholastic record and for submitting an essay on "Why Diesel Is the Modern Power." Budget Committee Inspects Port Officials Say Space Insuf ficient for Rail Track age, Rail Yard With a view to obtaining proper ly for expansion of Morehead City port facilities and more funds for operation after it is completed, members of the slate advisory bud get committee visited Morehead CV Sunday. Vol one I George Gillette, execu tive director of the State Ports Authority was in Morehead City a short time ago surveying sites for probable port expansion. David S. Coltrane, assistant di rector of the budget, headed the group of State representatives and senators who came here from Wil mington via the inland waterway aboard the state boat Pamlico. They inspected port facilities Satur day. , A report on the committee's | findings will be made at a spec ial meeting to be held in Kaleigh j later. Purpose of the inspection, according to Colonel Gillette, was to show the committee a clear pic ture of how the funds appropriated for the port will be utilized. Gillette said that sufficient funds are available to complete the port job but the committee was inter ested in what monetary support will be necessary to operate the port once it is completed. Bids for the Morehead City port will open at City Hall, Morehead City, on August 10 and, accord ing to all indications, actual work will begin about two months later, providing the war does not inter fere. There will be no additional funds required for the present construc tion plans unless some unforseen problem should arise, Gillette stat ed. However, more money will be needed when the port is completed so that the Ports Authority can de fray expenses of operation such as increased personnel. Among the personnel to man the new port will be an additional traffic solicitor. Kcp. Larry Moore of Wilson ex See BUDGET, Page 8 A FIERY INOIHt Do Numerous Oil Tanks Create Hazard to Nearby Properties? What would happen if oil tanks at Fort Terminal caught (ire? The answer is "Plenty," but the fact is that the handling of oil these days is done so efficiently and with every precaution possible that the Board of Fire Insurance Underwriters has "seen no reas on to increase insurance rates on buildings at Port Terminal and fur ther stated that building of the tank farm would in no way affect insurance rates at the port or in any part of Morehead City. Bob Kicks, manager of Standard Oil's Morehead City operations, explains that one of the greatest dangers in handling of petroleum products is use of old and worn out equipment "This tank farm was built after world war II with the best equipment and with every safety device known. Officials I from oil fields located in all parts I of the world made a trip here from i New York soon after we went into a ; operation merely to observe the la test methods of handling petroleum | products," he declared Mr. Hicks commented that Esso has approximately 50 terminals of | the Morehead City size, all built- j along the approved plan of the | American Petroleum institute. Tanks Enclosed 1 The large tanks are located with- j in a locked wire fence and there- ? fore invunerable to tampering ami tanks are also protected from tight ning, he explained. To illustrate the fact that oil companies harbor no fear of tank farm fires. Mr. Hicks cited the ex ample of Wilmington where eight different oil companies have es tablished their tank farms, one right next to the other. He added, however, that at the Morehead City oil terminal there are between 35 and 50 different types of fire extinguishers. There See OIL TANKS, Pafe I John Davis Becomes Ordained Baptist Minister Sunday Night John Dixon Davis, soil of Mr. j and Mrs. M. Leslie Davis, Bcaufor*. j becamc an ordained Baptist min ister at ceremonies in the First i Baptist church, Beaufort, Sunday ! night. Several weeks ago the newly-or- j daincd minister was examined by the council of minsters and dca cons from the churches of the At- j lantic Baptist association. It was | on their favorable report that the j ordination was held, the pastor, the . Rev. Winfrey Davis, stated yestcr day. | The ordination sermon was deliv ered by the Rev. John T. Bunn, pastor of the First Baptist church. Morchead City. The prayer of or dination was led by the Rev. R. T. Willis, jr., Morehead City, and the candidate's father, a deacon ot many years' service, led in the his- j toric and symbolic ceremony of laying on ot hands. Bible Presented The welcome to the ministry was delivered by the pastor of the church who also presented the new minister with a Bible, a gift of the Beaufort congregation. The Rev. John pavis received his bachelor's de*roe at Wake For- ; est college and his bachelor at di ; vinity degree ?t Duk^. university. He is plannir urth%?tl#5f er experience ? s a y He comes from o -"'MNM re ligious leaders i'n Htfth Ws family, llis father haajllY 50 years as a' deacon, ^^ 3(1 } as clerk m thi* First Bafttiat -Hhurch and is moderator q$t fte^lninc Baptist association. On his mother's side he is de scended from three Methodist min isters. the Rev. Benjamin Ivey, the Rev. G. W. Ivey, a circuit rider In the early Methodist church in this country, and Dr. T. N. Ivey, editor J successively of the North Carolina i Christian Advocate and the Nash'] villc Christian Advocate, the church papers of Southern Method ism. Among his maternal ancestors al so were three former presidents of the North Carolina Baptist State convention, Patrick Dowd, a lay man who was the first president of that organization, Dr. R. H. Marsh, who served in that capacity 14 years, and a great uncle, W. C. Dowd, who in addition to being president of the convention was also editor of the Charlotte News. The newly-ordained minister served for four years in world war II as skipper of a minesweeper and is now in the Naval Reserve. He expects a call to a pastorate in the near future. JCs Term Open House Big Success "It's one of the finest things that ever happened in Morehead City," was a comment heard about the open house Friday night for Marine corps couples living in Morehead City. The open house was sponsored by the Jaycees as a means of welcom ing Marines living in the city and also permit them to become better acquainted with local res idents. Guests were greeted at the door and had- name cards pinned on them so that all would have an easier time getting to know each other. Light refreshments were served in the outer reception hall of the Carteret Recreational cen ter, where the open house took place, and guests then were usher ed into the auditorium. Entertainment was presented throughout the entire evening with appropriate prizes given to winners in several novelty contests. Dan cing also took place on the spacious floor of the auditorium. Attendance was estimated at close to 300, with Marine couples comprising over 80 per cent of those present. Mayor George W. Dill and presidents of local civic organizations were introduced dur ing the course of the evening and welcomed the guests to Morehead City. Eight Connlians Will Attari F arm-Horn# Week Eight Carteret countians are ex pected to attend Farm and Home Week next week at State College. Haleigh. They arc Mr. and Mrs. Will Dail, Mrs. Blllie Smith, all of North River; Mr?. Hugh Pake and Mra Gardner Glllikin, Bettie. Mm. Wren i Lawrence. Mrs. Beatrice Pittman and Mrs. Selma Carraway, all of , Merrlmon. They will leave Monday and re I turn Friday, Aug. 4. I 4-H Club Observes 25th Anniversary At State College Three Carleret Members, 4-H Advisor, Attend Week's Celebration The 25th anniversary of 4 11 Club work in North Carolina Will bo celebrated at State College this week when the annual State 4-H Club week is held with some 1,400 members from all parts of the State attending. Al Stinson, boys' 4- 1 1 club advis or for Carteret county, and three 4-H members, .lames Taylor, Hai (owe. Sue Willis. Morchead City, and Dorothea Gillikin, Bet tie, let! yesterday morning for Raleigh to attend the celebration. Miss Gillikin will model a dress in the state dress revue, Miss Wil lis will take part in the health pageant, and she and Taylor will a#lso conduct the devotional service tomorrow night. They will return Saturday morn ing. Program for the week has been announced by officials of the State College Extension Service. Most of the speakers will be former 4-H club members. All were out standing in club work and arc now outstanding citizens in their respective fields. The first State 4-H Club Week was held 25 years ago with less than 4410 members attending. This year boys and girls fron. crcvj county in the State will be pres ent. I,. R. Hart-ill. present State 4 II leader, has headed 4-H work for the full quarter of a century, and this year's program will Ik* dedicated to him. He was responsible for combining the original corn clubs for boys and tomato clubs for girls into a single program He also in itiated the annual Club Week. Governor Scott, one of the speak ers for this year's program, is a former 4 II boy. Dr. J. II. Hilton, dean of agriculture at State col lege. who also will speak, was once a 4-H member in Cabarrus County. Highlight of the week will he the Silver Anniversary party this evening in the State Honor Club. A health pageant will be given and the king and queen of health will be crowned tomorrow eve ning. The outstanding feature Thursday night will he the annual dress revue presenting the work of 4-H girls. The special week will close with the traditional can die-lighting ceremony on Friday night. The hoys and girls will be guests of Governor and Mrs. Scott at the Mansion tomorrow. In addition to the demonstrations and livestock judging contests, finals of the 4-H speaking contest will be held during Club Week for the first time. Aii early season tobacco barn fire destroyed a barn full of tobacco on the farm of ('.A. Merrill on highway 101, five miles out of Beau fort early Saturday night. Lobs of the tobacco was estimat ed at $450 while loss of the barn was estimated to be less since it was in poor condition, according to Mr. Merrill. Both the barn ard tobacco being cured inside were a complete loss. Neither was insur ed. ? Firemen Called The fire was discovered at about 8:30 p.m. Saturday and Beaufort firemen were summoned imm??d iately. By the time firemen arrived the barn had burned to the ground and flames were leaping to an ad jacent barn. Firemen immediately covered the barn with streams of water that extinguished the bla/e before it could do any damage. They wero able to put the fire without the second barn or any of ttie tobacco in it being harmed. Firemen Stand By Firemen stood by for approxi mately an hour before the fires were under control and surround ing areas out of danger. A large turnout of the department answer ed the out-of-town alarm. Saturday night's fire was the first tobacco barn fire otficially re ported this year though rumors state that others east of Beaufort have burned. The barn of Lionel Conner. Harlowc. reportedly was destroyed by fire last week. Requirements For Draftees Undergo Change ?> Vrn . Washington ( A 1' ) ? The army's forthcoming draftees must have better teeth than was re quired for World II duty. but they need not be quite so stable emotionally. And in the event of a war a gen eral reduction in standards for military service is in prospect, so that many men who once might have been rated 4 F may should er arms. Furthermore, plans arc under way to see that, in such a:i emer gency. 4-F's are funneled into suit able essential jobs in which they might be needed. 20,000 Needed These were the recent develop ments as draft boards over the na tion began filling the arm,, ? de mand for 20,000 replacements by September 30. The draftees will take the place of men being sent overseas because of the Korean crisis. There may be another draft call next month, selective service direc tor Lewis B. Hershey said this week. He added: "And if things continue to grow worse, it may be necessary to tighten the law concerning exemp tions of veterans and the regula tion concerning dependents." An Army spokesman said that men now being drafted must have See DRAFT. Page 8 Ready Teddies May End Up As Ruined Bruins at Air Base Cherry Point ? Private Kirst Class Robert. A. Switzer, attached to Aircraft Engineering Squadron 46, Cherry Point, N. C.. was recent ly proclaimed the world's "fastest man," unofficially, when he easily out paced a six foot bear in a pre dawn encounter. The early morning foot race oc curred when Switzer, a basic or dnanccman, was completing a tour of guard duty in the ordnance area here at Cherry Point. With the job of keeping all unauthorized person nel from entering the restricted area, he was now confronted with the problem of challenging a bear Up t#>the present time, nothing has been written in the Marine Corps Manual or Special Orders, on the subject of fur-coated animals. Dog Barks After making the rounds of hi" 1 post, the lone sentry returned to the guard shack for a short "breather" before patrolling his post once again. About I a.m., the harkigg of a nearby dog caused Switxer to glance out 'the window, where he wai thunderstruck to see. aa he put it. "a gigantic monster staring at me." Armed with only a night stick, he sought additional aid via the telephone. Trying to act calm and nonchalant be reached for the phone and shakily called the main guard house. "How about sending a truck out here to pick me up," he asked, "there's a hear after me." He was indignantly informed that "there aren't any bears around here." Bear Tries Window Swilzer found this a little hard to believe, however, for his fur coated friend was already busy try ing to crawl through the window and join him inside the shack. Having other plans for himself, the l.eatherneck. with the assist of "human JATO," (jet assist take off) ducked for the door and head ed for the nearest shelter which was the station heating plant. Angrily gnashing his teeth, the bear followed in hot pursuit, bat was no match for the fleet-footed Marine, who sprinted over thi threshold of the plant a few bounds ahead of his pursuer. Disgusted at missing out on a "mid night snack," the bruin admitted defeat, tamped alt in quest of easier game. ?Henceforth all local bears aro warned that sentries assigned to this particular post in the future will be armed with (hot guns, aM| any "ready teddies? found fro* quenting the locale are likely to end up as "ruined bruins."
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