CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES J*. 1 ? A Merger of THE BEAUFORT NEWS (E?UblUhed 1912) and THE TWIN CITY TIMES (EiUblbhed 1936) I 8?th YEAR, NO. 67 EIGHT PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY, AUG. 22, 1950 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS Appointment of Beaufort Postmas^^r Expected Today Carteret Coast V Escapes Season s\ , First Hurricane v The much talked-of hurricane, the first at the season, which was scheduled to pass Cape Hatteras late Saturday night and early Sun day morning tailed to cause even a slight change in Carteret county barometers. There were rain squalls Satur day and a hard rain storm Sunday afternoon, but nothing extraordi nary. During the storm Sunday two houses at Atlantic were struck 1 . by lightning. The home of Chris Fulcher, father of Clayton Fulcher, which is located behind Fulcher's fish bouse. was damaged. A few bricks were knocked from the chimney and the entire kitchen was filled with soot. Residents of the home reported finding soot in the re frigerator when it was opened. Lightning struck somewhere in the home of Chris Robinson and burned out his new electric water heater that had been installed on ly a week ago. Temperatures dropped slightly due to the rain, storm warnings were flown, and vacationists left the coast. A few of the summer residents at Atlantic Beach left for their upstate homes upon hearing hurricane reports. Otherwise, things proceeded as usual, t i The storm center passed about 70 miles off Cape Hatteras just be fore dawn Sunday. E. Stamey Da vis, official weather ooserver for this county, said the hurricane did not come within 200 miles of Beau fort and Morehead City. Temperatures for the weekend follow : Max. Min. Friday 89 72 Saturday 86 73 Sunday 89 73 Lions Gab Hears District Governor District Governor Wilbur A. like Of Pikeville gave an account of the recent Lions International convin ? tion in Chicago at the Thursday night Lions club meeting in the Fort Macon hotel. Governor Pike said the conven tion was one of the largest ever held. There were over 30,000 del egates. The convention parade took more than four hours to pass the reviewing stand, he remarked. North Carolina did itself proud f at the convention, he stated, by having the best state exhibit of all 48 shown in the convention hall. The state exhibit showed North Carolina's versatility in both rec reation and industrialization, Pike explained. A Ladies Night will be sponsor ed Thursday by the Lions with a chicken fry on Bogue Banks, the supper chairman, Owens Frederick, announced. Following the meeting, Lions at tended commencement exorcises l t at Morehead City Technical insti | * tute. Guest at the meeting was G. C. Garris of Pikeville. Cosnty Takes Talse Alarmist' lata Castedy Bud Mayo, Morehead City, was placed in custody of county author ities last week, following his ar rest on charges of public drunken ness and turning in two false alarms Monday night, Aug. 14. The alarms were turned in at > boxes 15 and 18, following a re port received by A. H. James, clerk of superior court, that Mayo was intoxicated and wished to be locked up. Mr. James informed Morehead City police, who arrested Mayo and took him to Beaufort where he was turned over to the county. There he admitted turning in the false alarms. * Morehead City waived its right 1 to prosecnte under municipal sta tute. because. Mayor George Dill explained, turning in a false alarm to a statutory offense. Authorities stated that efforts Wore being made to havl Mayo committed to an institution. Flown to Hospital Walter O'Neal, 60. of Ocracoke. | was taken by plane Wednesday af ternoon to a hospital at Washing ton, N. C. Mr. O'Neal was suffer Mk loss of blood and a badly cut | jliee. The planotwas a PBY from j tw Elizabeth City Coast Guard , station and the pilot, Lt.' James W. I on. ^??anson Farmers Offer to Cooperate \ If Canning Plant Re-Opens Carteret Doctors Hear Proposal/on Blood Bank Members of the Cart<*et\ county medical profession at a recent met ing indicated their approva!\ of a proposed plan to have Carteret county participate in establishment of a blood bank at New Bern. Speaking to the doctors at the meeting in the Morehead City hos pital, W. H. Wooters, executive sec retary of the Craven county Red Cross chapter extended an invi tation for participation in a work ing agreement between the Craven County Medical society, hospitals, and Carteret Medical society in order that Carteret, Craven, and Pamlico could benefit from the blood bank. $3,600 Needed The amount needed to estab lish the blood bank is $3,600. Civ ilian workers at Cherry Point have agreed to raise $1,500, it was re ported, and since many of these workers live in Craven, Carteret, and Pamlico counties, it would be advantageous if those counties par ticipated in the entire program, the doctors were told. A spokesman for Carteret county physicians commented yesterday that the doctort felt the need of a blood bank at all times, but believe it is especially desirable since the outbreak of hostilities which could mean the necessity of handling bomb casualties in this country ? or county. Carteret county would participate in the plan just as local hospitals and would replace, pint for pint, all blood requisitioned from the bank, Mr. Wooters explained. The Carteret County Medical society was especially interested in some plan whereby blood plasma could be obtained and Mr Wooteni told thtfrti t>J sir tgrwnn-m whnfny all outdated blood would be made Into ?plasma by the Red Cross Regional Blood Center in Charlotte. Mr. Wooters said that he would have to visit the bank in Charlotte and consult with its director before he could state whether or not the center would make plasma on a large scale as proposed by the Carteret doctors. It was explained that plasma now cost approximately $38 on the commercial market but through the proposed blood pro gram and the blood bank. Societies Would Sponsor The medical societies in the participating counties would spon sor the blood bank which would be operated by the Red Cross, Mr. Wooters said, if the present plans are approved. Various organizations, including the Cherry Point civilian employees, arc helping to raise the necessary funds with which to pur chase the equipment and operate the bank for the first year. If pos sible. under current international complicatioss, the Red Cross chap ters in each county will include in their next March fund campaign a sum deemed sufficient to take care of its share of the blood bank's cost. If the campaign results in more funds than are needed, these funds will be applied against next year's budget thereby reducing the need in March, it was explained. The current campaign will contin ue until the funds are raised. Al most $1,400 has been reported as collected to date in the drive for $3,600, it was reported. Dr. Royal Appointed Dr. Ben F. Royal was appointed to handle further negotiations on the blood bank. In addition to Mr. Wooters' talk, Dr. Theodore Salter showed a pic ture on urological disease. Dinner was served prior to the meeting. Towm Board Sms Movie On Fin Equipmenl Morehead City commissioners at their recent regular meeting in the municipal building saw a picture of a new type of fire equipment. The movie was shown by a repre sentative of the North Carolina Equipment company, Raleigh. No action on purchase was taken. The board decided to advertise for bids. During the business session, which was brief, the commissioners formally ?loeed the north-south al ley at the rear of the express of fice on 6th street. This alley has been blocked for years bccause of buildings at the soutti end of the block on Evans street. In addition to Mayor George W. Dill, commissioners who attended the meeting were W. L. Derrick son, D G. Bell, M. T. Mills, and S. C. Holloway. Principal Reports On School Annex Six new classrooms and a new school lunch room will be complet ed and ready for use when More head City school opens Sept. 5, Principal G. T. Windcll told mem bers of the Morehead City Parent Teachers association executive board at their meeting Friday. The new classrooms and lunch room are in a wing to the school on which construction began late last spring. The new wing is located on the west side of the old school building and is joined to the school by a passageway. The board recommended that an automobile driver's course be giv en to students 16 years or older who desired the instruction. The board also voted to employ a maid at the school for two months, and longer if funds can be made avail able, and voted to purchase some much-needed stage equipment for the auditorium. It was recommended also that I duties of grade mothers be light ened with more emphasis put 011 service. Mrs. George Wallace was elected temporary chairman of the grade mothers' association. First meeting of the PTA will be held Monday, Sept. 11, at 7:30 p.m. with the new president. Skin ner Chalk, jr.. presiding. Mrs. A. B. Roberts is chairman of a com mittee to arrange a reception for new teachers immediately follow ing tbe business ejecting. Two Cars Collide At Intersection Two cars collided at 7 o'clo :k Saturday night at the Live Oak a id Ann st. intersection. Beaufort. No one w&s injured but the two cars involved were damaged to the ex tent of $250. Drivers involved were Mrs. Odell Merrill. Beaufort, and Lipwood R. Hall, Newport route 1. Mrs. Mer rill, who was driving a 1948 Dodge sedan, was proceeding west on Ann street and Mr. Hall, in a 1949 Kord convertible, was driving south on Live Oak. According to Police Chief L. B. Willis, the collision happened just as the signal lights were changing. Estimated damage to the Dodge is $50 and to the Kord $200. Both drivers were scheduled to appear in mayor's court yesterday. Assisting Chief Willis in the invest igation was Officer Guy Springlc. 1/ Surveyor's Short Coarse Will Bo Given at MCTI Raleigh ? A four-day surveyor's short course will be held at the Morehead City Technical institute, a branch of N. C. State college, be ginning on Sept. 12. Announcement of the special training program was made today by Paul E. Picket, assistant direc tor of the college's extension divi sion, sponsor of the course. The course, Picket said, was de signed for members of the North Carolina Society of Surveyors and others actively engaged in, or in terested in, land surveying. Living quarters and meals will be available at the technical iristi tute at a nominal rate. Full information may be obtain ed by writing to Picket, Extension Division, N. C. State College, Ra leigh. . The meeting on the rural tele phone survey to be conducted by the Beaufort chamber of commerce has been postponed until next week or probably the first week in Sept ember, according to Gene Smith, chairman of the committee. REA telephone officials, sched uled to visit Beaufort several weeks ago, could not come, according to Mr. Smith. They are expected to be here within the next two weeks and definite time of the proposed meeting will be announced. The chamber of commerce has obtained maps of the county on which results of the survey will be plotted. In spite of previous unfortunate] experiences with the late Beaufort Cannery company, farmers attend ing the Friday night meeting at the court bouse pledged their coopera tion in supplying produce if the cannery should re-open under new management. Thirty persons attended the chamber of commerce sponsored meeting. Among them were busi nessmen and farmers and several 'colored persons. The meeting was called, according to Braxton Adair, president of the chamber of com merce. to ascertain how much in terest exists locally in having the cannery re-opened. Dr. Romeo Luongo, of Philadel phia. present owner, proposed that local persons operate the plant and that additional machinery be pur chased at a cost of approximately $20,000 to allow inclusion of three more lines, canning of potatoes, both sweet and Irish, string beans, and sea foods. He stated that the plant has all facilities necessary for canning tomatoes. Valued at $175,000 Expert appraisal of the canning plant has resulted in its value be ing placed at $175,000, according to Dr. Luongo. "1 have put in $100,000," he said during his talk to the group. Dr. Luongo announced that he has a contract with Continental Can company for cans and that Thomas Roberts, "oldest can brok er in America," will handle the output of the Beaufort plant if and when it re-opens. Farmers Speak During the discussion period which followed Dr. Luongo's talk, Kerney Merrill, farmer of Beaufort RFD, declared, "We've got to have a cannery if we're going to keep trom dumping everything we raise in the woods." lie was referring to the government's policy with Irish potatoes, buy and dump. Oscar Salter, farmer at Bettie, said the cannery is a good thing. "We need it," he declared. W. W. Bright, Stella fanner, re ported that the farmers in the western part of the county are vi tally interested. "We grow tobacco up there, but lots of us are inter ested in a sideline. What we're mainly interested in is what does the cannery want and how much will we get for what we sell?" Leonard Safrit remarked that the canning capacity of the plant See FARMERS, Page 7 State Patrolmen Investigate Three Weekend Mishaps Glenn Atwood, Newport, in jured When Car Turns! / Over Saturday , State highway patrolmen /in> es tigated three accidents over he weekend. Glenn Delmar Atwo >d, 22, of Newport, was injured, but drivers of the other cars escaped unhurt. Atwood, who was driving a 1941 Ford, told R. H. Brown, investi gating state highw.ay patrolman, that he dozed off while traveling the prison road at Newport. He was proceeding toward Newport at 2:30 a.m. Saturday when the car left the road at a curve, ran into an embankment and turned over, pinning Atwood beneath. $700 Damage He suffered lacerations of the face and head, a bruised arm, was treated at Morehead City hospital and discharged. Damage to the car is estimated at $700 by Patrolman Brown. No charges were preferred. A 1947 Buick convertible and a 1947 Plymouth sedan collided at 1:30 p.m. Friday on route 24 nine miles west of Morehead City. Driv ing the Buick was Robert W. Scar boro. jr., 18, of Morehead City. Driving the Plymouth was Miss Mary Elizabeth Duke, 18, of Ral eigh. According to Patrolman Brown, both cars were proceeding west. Just as the Buick attempted to pass the Plymouth, Miss Duke made a left turn toward a private road. Damage to both cars was estimated at $50. No charges were preferred. Rear 'Attack' During a heavy rainstorm at 3 o'clock Sunday afternoon, a 1948 Chrysler, driven by Vaughn T. Hill. Oriental, ran into the rear of a 1940 Chevrolet sedan driven by Sidney Smyer of New Bern, on highway 70 three miles' cast of Newport. Both cars were proceeding to ward Newport, according to Pa trolman W. E. Pickard who inves tigated. Because of the heavy rain, Hill could not see that the Chev rolet had slowed down, the patrol man said. Damage to the Chrysler is esti mated at $150 and to the Chevro let, $50. Commencement Speaker Places Emphasis von Moral Values The world's probjsmi can be conquered only by men who have a concept of moral and spiritual values and apply these in a for mula for life that will balance sci entific knowledge, Henry Lee Brid ges, state auditor, told the gradu ating class of Morehead City Tech nical institue Thursday night. The third annual commencement exercises of the institute were conducted in the assembly room at the institute. Chancellor Presides Col. J. W. Harrelson, chancellor of North Carolina State College presided and certificates were pre sented to the graduates by E. W. Ruggles, director of the State Col lege Extension division. Dr. Ben F. Royal, member of the board of trustees of the university of North Carolina, introduced the speaker, Mr. Bridges. The state auditor remarked that contrary to popular belief, he does not believe that the atom bomb will destroy civilization, that God has always in the past put talents into the hands of the proper persons to create something that will lesson or alleviate the dangers of destructive inventions. Thanks Expressed Following Mr. Bridges' eddress, Colonel Harrelion expressed his thanks to citizens who support the institute by their interest and co operation. He further stated, "I always tell students who have Just completed a course of instruction to consid er that an orientation courst'. From that time on they must really be gin to be students of the world's social, moral, economic and polit ical problems." The graduating class was present ed to Mr. Ruggles by James I. Mason, director of the institute. The list of graduates and the courses in which they majored are as follows: Building construction technology ? Theodore Benjamin McKinney, Jr.. Sault Ste. Marie, Mich.; Drafting and mechanical techno logy ? Sidney Holland Childress, Greensboro, Jesse Eugene Glbsoh, Winston-Salem; and John Francis Taylor, Pinehurst. Electricity technology ? l.oran lloylc Ballancc, Hatteras; Curvis Gordon Brooks. Markers Island; Wayne Eskridgc Bryant, Winston Salem; Bayard Cleveland Johnson, jr., Greenville: Paul Lee Madren, jr., Elon College; William Alvin Overton, Durham; Roy Irvin Pow ell, Warrenton; Vernon Carlyle Suits, Oak City; and Herbert Har ry Walker, Durham. Internal combustion engines ? Gerald Jackson Brown, Verona, Wylie Donald Lowery. Peajhland; Joseph Hyatt Lupton, Lowland. General technical curriculum ? Oscar Schaub Brooks, jr., Rox boro; Robert Josselyn Crowell, Marblehead; James H. Dorr, Lake Charles, La.; Edwin Louis Fore, Sanford; Donald Hudson, Albe marle; OUie Marine, jr., Sneads fr'erry; Edward Ray Moore, Fayette ville; Howard B. Pate, jr., Man chester; Ralph Howard Rene gar, Harmony; William Charles Townsend, Lumber'ton; Eugene Farlctt, Colerain and Randolph Wayne Ward, Stacy. Fire Track Salesmaa Visits Beaniorl Firs Department On display at the Beaufort (ire department the latter part of the week was a high pressure fog-equip ped fire truck brought here by O. J. Richardson, salesman for the Fire Control Equipment Co., Rich mond, Va. The piece of equipment, manu factured in Lansing. Mich., sells for about $8,000. This does not include the chasis. Mr. Richardson was in Beaufort several months ago and showed movies to the fire depart mcnt on operation of the equip ment. Mr. Richardson said he would gladly demonstrate the truck to the town commissioners, if they were interested. To Enter School Miss Ann Oglesby, Morchead City, is a member of the preclin ical class of the North Carolina Baptist Hospital School of Nursing, Winston-Salem. Classes will begin Wednesday. Aug. 30. y opcuai iv bcbci ntno-iimcis /fcie appointment of Beaufort's new postmaster is ex pected today. Names of three eligible men, John P. Betts, CharleAR. Hasaell, and Walter Dewey Guthrie, have been submittal to this district's representative in congress, Graham A. Barden, who will make the appointment. C. Z. Chappell, former county commissioner, has been acting as postmaster since the resignation of Wiley II. Taylor on June 1, 1949. The three nominations above were submitted to the postoffice department as the result of civil service e$um inations. They, in turn, were pre sented to Congressman Barden, who will make the appointment. According to Tom McGee, the congressman's secretary, Mr. Bar den was due to make the announce ment as soon as he returned to Washington, D. C., yesterday. When the appointment is made, officials of the post office depart ment will come to Beaufort and install the new postmaster. As a matter of formality, names of new postmasters are then sent to the White House and these appoint ments are later forwarded to the Senate for approval. According to Mr. McGee, the act ing postmaster may not serve long er than six weeks after the list of eligibles has been established. The names of Mr. Betts, Mr. Hassell. and Mr. Guthrie were submitted to Congressman Barden 30 days ago, according to Mr. McGee. All three are on an equal foot ing, none arc veterans and there lore priority for the job is held by none of them, stated the congress man's secretary. Although Mr. Barden was expect ed in his office yesterday morning, he had not returned by 5 p.m. DST. Mayor Imposes 30-Day Sentence Alec Curtis was sentenced t* 30 days in the cemetery cutting w^eds for the town of Morchead City in yesterday's session of Morehbad City mayor's court. Curtis was found guilty of pub lic drunkenness. It was brought out In prosecuting testimony that the defendant was sentenced to 80 days in jail on July 17 for public drunkenness and was rearrested on August 17, the day he got out, of jail, for the same offense. In passing sentence Mayor George W. Dill stated that Curtis' sentence would be suspended if and when commitment papers were received sending him to a veterans' hospital. Such papers have been applied for, it was stated. Johnnie Dixon, colored Cherry Point Marine, was fined $10 and costs for disturbing the peace. Wil liam H. Cunningham of Wilson paid the same penalty for speed ing. The bonds of two persons, Coye Bagwell, charged with public drunkenness, and Howard B. Pate, jr.. charged with making an im proper turn, were forfeited when the defendants did not appear in court. Town Statements lor Fire Protection Not Yet Nailed Statements requesting out-of town residents to make contribu tions to the Beaufort fire depart ment in order to meet the cost of the deparment's fighing rural fires have not yet been sent out, accord ing to Dan Walker, city clerk of Beaufort. The statements have been print ed, he said and the names of resi dents to whom they are to be mail ed have been compiled. The death of the former city clerk, William Hatsell, interfered with the mailing of the statements as scheduled. Two Tankers Will Dock Next Week at Port Terminal Two tankers are schicduled to dock at Morehead City Port Ter minal next week. The SS Esso Manhattan, bearing a cargo of fuel oil, will dock Tues day, Aug. 29. She is bound here from Aruba, Netherlands West In dies. The MV Faludina, owned by the Anglo-Saxon Petroleum company, will dock Wednesday. Aug. 30. The Paludina is bringing a cargo of asphalt for Trumball Asphalt com pany. It is sailing from Curacao, NWI. Tide Table Tide* at Btiuftri Bar HIGH LOW Tuesday, Auf. 22 2:53 a.m.- 9:00 a.m. 3:39 p.m. 10:22 p.m. Wnlneaday, Aug. 23 4:0fi a.m. 10:14 a.m. 4:48 p.m. 11:26 p.m. Thurtday, Aug. 24 S:14 a.m. 11:23 a.m. 5:50 p.m. . 12 Midnight Friday, Aug. 2 S 6:15 a.m. 12 22 a.m. 6:44 p.m. 12:23 p.m.! State Cancer \ Officer to Speak Dr. Fleming Fuller, Kinslon, Will Deliver Address at B&PW Club Meeting I)r. H. Fleming Fuller, Kinston, a member of the state executive committee, Cancer, North Carolina division, will be the speaker at the Business and Professional Women's club meeting at 8 o'clock tonight in the civic center, Morehead City. Dr. Fuller has been invited to speak in conjunction with the B&PW club's health program of which Mrs. George Henderson, Morehead City, is chairman. Civic leaders in both Beaufort and More head Cify, whom it was felt would be instrumental in undertaking a more active cancer program, have been invited also. They arc Mrs. E. A. Council, president of the Morehead City Woman's club; Skinner Chalk, jr.. president of the Morehead City Parent-Teacher association. Mrs. Gphrmann Holland, president of "fhe Beaufort Parent-Teacher asso ciation, Mrs. Eric Moore, pres ident of the Beaufort Junior Worn an's club, Mrs. W. L. Woodard, president of the Beaufort Woman's club. Mrs. Marian Ryan of the Morehead City Junior Woman's club, Dr. John Morris, chairman of the county cancer committee, Dr. B. F. Royal. Morehead City, and Mrs. George McNeill, commandcr of the Carteret county cancer di vision. The speaker will be* introduced by Dr. Morns Following his ad dress, there will be an open forum. Utility Board I May Act Soon ) Reports from Raleigh indicate that the State Utilities commission may take action some time, this week on protests to their order granting Tide Water Power com pany a rate rise. Two towns, Beaufort and White ville, filed petitions for a re hear ing. Newport, eligible to file pro tests also, did not do so. Beaufort and Whiteville asked the Commission to set aside the offending order and permit Tide Water rates to remain at current levels. They claimed the $200,000 increase given the company was "unwarranted, unreasonable and unjust," and asked to be given a chance to explain their objections at a new hearing. More than half the towns in the area served by Tide Water have thrown their support behind Beau fort and Whiteville. The Commission may act on the petitions cither by agreement at a staff conference or by ordering the towns to show cause at a hear ing why the case should be reopen ed. If the case is reopened, the Commission would schedule a pub lic hearing at which both the towns and the power company would be permitted to enter additional evi dence. If the Commission should turn down the town*, then White ville and Beaufort may enter ap peals in superior court. New York Nan Enters $12,000 High Bid for Boat U. S. Marshal Offers Lind say Warren for Sale at Auclion Yesterday The Lindsay C. Warren, vessel which for several months operated as a freight boat between Ocra coke and Washington. N. C , was sold for $12,000, subject to court confirmation, at the post office" dock in Beaufort at noon yester day. The highest bidder was E. Claire of Brooklyn, N Y. Although there was a large gathering at the auc tion, bidding was weak. The sale was conducted by Kord Worthy, U. S. marshal, eastern district of North Carolina. With him was his assistant, B. F. Buck. It was reported that the new owner will operate the boat in the vicinity of New York. The Lindsay Warren has been tied up in Beaufort for the past six months It was brought here after its owner and captain. Glenn Willis of Beaufort, was murdered Jan. 25. 1950 on a dock at Wash ington. N. C. Captain Willis's assailant, Ralph Midgettc of Dare county, went on trial for his life in March in Beau fort county. He was found guilty of second degree murder and sentenc ed to 25-30 years imprisonment. Another boat is now making reg ular runs between Ocracoke and Washington. Fanners Ready To Sell Tobacco Seventy-five per cent of Carteret county's tobacco farmers have call ed lor their tobacco sales books at ?? J