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H CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES JS_ A Merger of THE BEAUFORT NEWS (E.tablUhad 1912) ami THE TWIN CITY TIME! (E.tablUhed 1936) \ 39th YEAR, NO. 73 EIGHT PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY, SEPT. 12, 1950 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAY^ NEWS-TIMES OFFICES Beaufort 1M Craven St ? Phone Z44S1 Morehead City Arendell St. ? Phone MI7J Agassiz A nswers Call from Disabled Danish Freightei Morehead City Chamber of Commerce Manager R. G.Lowe Submits Resignation Directors Will Meet Thursday Robert G. Lowe, mamger of the Morehead City chambe\ of com merce, has submitted hik resigna tion, effective Oct. 15. The board of directors! of the chamber of commerce will meet in special session at 7:30 Thursday night at the civic center to con sider the resignation. Accepts Other Work Mr. Lowe has taken another po sition, but the nature of it cannot be disclosed at present, he said. He further stated that in his new work he will "headquarter" in Morehead City. Mr. Lowe succeeded W. C. Carl ton, Morehead City, in the man agership of the chamber of com mercc in April 1948. f Since that time the chamber has , made major advances and progress including an increase in member ship, formation of a Retail Mer chants association, extensive pub licity on both Morehead City and Atlantic Beach, and promotion of Morehead as a port city. Mr. Lowe I initiated publication of a chamber bulletin, Port Morehead News, and he has personally represented the town at innumerable federal, state, and local meetings. 'Man of the Year' In 15)49 the Morehead City Jay cees named him "Man of the Year" and he was presented the Jaycec gold key for outstanding achieve ment. j Mr. Lowe on Friday informed Dr. Dardcn Eure, president of the chamber, that he intended to re sign. His formal written resigna tion followed. Two Cases GO/ To County Judge Probable cause was found in two cases in Morchead City mayor's court yesterday and the three de fendants involved were bound over to today's session of recorder's court in Beaufort. Victoria Hill and Alexander Benson, both colored, were charg ed with unlawful cohabitation. Sam Funderburk was charged with care less and reckless driving and pos session of a small quantity of non tax-paid whiskey. James E. Van Orden, jr., was fined $10 and costs for speeding. A bench warrant was issued for the appearance of George Smith, charg ed with failure to have a tail light on his automobile. Tomorrow's session of recorder's court in Beaufort will be the first in two weeks. Last Tuesday's court was postponed because of the La bor Day holiday. Three Guardsmen Unit Will Go lo Canipj In This Country After \ Leaving Morehead City Only three members of the Na tional Guard, Battery B, 449th | Field Artillery Observation battal ion, failed to pass their physical examinations. M/Sgt. William French said, however, that it is believed two of these men will be able to join the unit later, after medical treatment. The complement now numbers five officers and 81 men. They will be stationed at an army camp in this country after leaving Morehead City. Name of the camp and the state in which it is located could not be disclosed. Sergeant French said, neither could names of men who passed their physicals be re leased. Contrary to Monday morning ra* I dio reports, the unit did not leave | yestrday and Capt. Ben A 1 ford, commanding officer, said he has I no written orders on when the | unit will leave or where it will go. It is rumored the men will be | stationed at a camp in Alabama. All National Guardsmen went | on active duty yesterday morning. Enjoyed Banquet lie declared that all men of the unit had a "fine time" Thursday night at the send-off banquet given them at the Blue Ribbon club by the Morehead City civic clubs. One hundred forty men, including Na tional Guardsmen, attended. The speaker was Maj. Gen. J. B. Van Metts, head of the North Car olina National Guard, who spoke on the spirit of the Guard, traced its history, and mentioned that the Guard trained at Camp Glenn in years gone by. The National Guard, he said, has seen service in Mex ico, in World Wars I and II, and | now in the present Korean conflict. General Speaks Maj. Gen. Louis E. Woods, com manding officer of the Second Ma rine Air Wing, Cherry Point, spoke and George Dill, mayor of More head City, was toastmaster. Official representatives of var- 1 ious military units included Lt. Col. George McNeill of the 339th induc tion station, U. S. Army Reserve, Lt. W. C. Carlton of the Naval Re- 1 serve, and Lt. D. G. Bell of the | Coast Guard Reserve. The National Guardsmen were I guests qf the American Legion, Ro- 1 tarians, Lions, and Jaycees. Peoria Plans County Building To be Built Without Taxes SELF-SUPPORTING county bnlldiog scheme for Peoria. AP Ncwsfeatures Peoria, 111. ? A new county build ing that would be built at no cost to the taxpayers is being consider ed here. It's a novel idea. This is what has been proposed: Peoria county would provide a square block of land in downtown Peoria. The site now is occupied by the old county courthouse. A firm of Chicago mortgage bankers would finance construction of. the new structure. It would be seven stories high and would cost > about $10,000,000. ' 1 The sub-basement would be used (or parking cars. There would be ; space for 700 o( them. Stores Would Be Rented i \ The upper basement, the first floor and most of the sflfeid floor would be rented to retsilstores. County offices would have the tlUrd, fourth and fifth floors, rant . free. The sixth and seventh floors would be rented, probably for slate and city offices. The money necessary to build t the building would come from pri- , vate investors. They would own the , property. They would get t>ack the | money they invested, plus interest, , from the rent paid by the stores and non-county offices and from ] parking fees. I The building would be turned j over to the county at the end of | 30 years. i No Opposition Foreseen The Peoria County board of sup- I ervisors has authorized detailed plans and has set up a special com- ' mittee to study the proposal. John C. Parkhurst, head of the 1 committee, sayi there is no organ- i ired opposition to the project but I some questions about its legality I have been raised. Some lawyers i figure an enabling act by the state < legislature would be adviublc. < A Community Concerts Membership Campaign Will Open Monday , Nov. 6 The one-week membership cam paign ior Community Concerts will open Monday, Nov. 6. \ Mrs. Charles Hasscll, Beaufort, president of the Carteret-Craerry Point Community Concerts asstcia tion, said today that during that week an effort will be made to sell 600 memberships. The number of memberships sold will determine the type of artist who will be book ed for appearance. Adult memberships will be $5 plus $1 tax and children's member ships will be $2.50 plus 50 cents tax. A season ticket will entitle the holder to attend the three con certs which will be given here plus any other Community Concert in nearby cities. Theme of the Community Con cert association is "A Carnegie Hall in Every Town." Scores of artists, vocalists, instrumentalists, and dancers are available to towns which sponsor Community Con certs. Mrs. Marjorie Lee. Community Concerts field representative in this area, met with the executive committee of the Carteret Cherry Point association Thursday night at the home of Mrs. G. W. Duncan, Beaufort. She explained that the artists who are greatly in demand can ask a higher sum of money for an appearance and for that reason the amount of money the commun ity raises in its membership drive determines the type of artist they can request to hear. More than a 100 membership solicitors in the Carteret and Cher ry Point area mil attend a dinner at Beaufort j*chc*?l at 7 -tfclpck, Monday night. Nov. 6. At tnat dinner they will receive booklets with pictures of Community Con cert artists plus membership appli cations. Each worker who sells $60 worth of adult memberships or $30 in children or student memberships will be entitled to a free Commun ity Concert membership. This year is the first time an at tempt has been made to sponsor Community Concerts here. The ex ecutive board is composed of resi dents of Beaufort, Morehead City, and Cherry Point. Membership so licitors have been obtained in all parts of the county. Farmers Have Four Days To Get Purchase Orders Farmers have only four more days to apply for purchase orders i under the 1950 Agriculture Con scrvation Program, B. J. May, county ACP officer stated yester day. May said that after Friday no more orders will be issued under the 1950 program and it is not known when the 1951 program will begin. Only a small amount of funds in the current allotment re- ] main, he added. Purchase orders now being is- ( sued must be filled by Oct. 1 and j the goods obtained under the or- , ders must be used within 30 days. , Farmers obtaining funds under the , program should make an immediate j report after they have used the seeds or fertilizer. May stated. Though the 1951 allocation for | Carteret county has not been re ceived. May declared that it prob ably would be approximately the same as this year's. Beaufort, Merekead Ciiy Hit National Magazines Beaufort and Morchead City have made news in national maga rines this month. Beaufort colored fishermen who sing as they pull in menhaden nets got mention in the Sept. 11 issue of Time magazine. A recording was made of their chanteys and is re ported to have been played over national radio hook ups. A picture of Sgt. Earl Norwood, now serving as an MP in Korea, appeared in Life magazine Sept. 4. Sergeant Norwood, son of Mrs. Earl Norwood. Morehead City, was ihown speaking to a Gl weighing 290 pounds. I.ife, however, failed lo identify the MP or state his hometown! SI Atteirt Clinic , Twenty-one persons attended the < Lenior County Cancer detection < snd diagnostic clinic Thursday at 1 Kinston. Examinations are free 1 to every one 39 and over. Appoint ments should be made by writing < Cancer Center Clerk, P. O. Box < W, Kinston, N. C. I 5 2 -Foot Ratllesnake Killed on Farrior Farm The grand daddy of all rattle snakes was killed Friday after noon on the Farrior farm west of Morehead City. This now-de ceased reptile measured 5 1/2 feet in length, had 18 rattles and a button. I). B. Turner, who lives near the Morehead City airport, was driving his milk truck and ran over the end of the snake. Then "Kob," the colored man at the Farrior farm shot the reptile through the head. Roll's last name could not be learned. Mr. Turner displayed the snake in Morehead City Friday afternoon and then it was taken and laid "along the highway," Mr. Turner's son reported. Soon somebody picked it up and went off with it. Anybody *een in these parts wearing a snakeskin belt is probably the fellow whoi de camped with the body. Phone Hearing/ Reset for Sept. 42 Robert G. Lowe, manager 00 the Morehead City chamber of ^0111 mercc, said yesterday that the bear ing on raising Carolina Telephone and Telegraph rates wi? be re sumed J 'k A Raleigh. Mr Lowe attended the hearing on Wednesday to protest the pro posed raise in phone rates. The hearing was scheduled by the State Public Utilities commis sion. A recess was called in order to allow protestants to study the evidence so that they could cross examine phone company officials with more intelligence, Mr. Lowe said. This is the second instance of a protest against public utilities. Tide Water Power company is meeting with opposition to its raise in rates. Wiley Taylor, jr., attorney for the town of Beaufort, which is spearheading the fight against the power company, said that the case will now be taken to court. The State Public Utilities com mission refused petitions to hold a re-hearing on the increased rates which were granted in an order Df July 28. , Duke Undertakes Barnacle Pro jett For U. S. Navjr Dr. Henry Kritzler, resraenl in vestigator at Duke Marine labora tory, Fiver's Island, announced Liis week that the United States Nivy awarded Duke university a contract lor research on barnacles. "The growth of barnacles will be studied," Dr. Kritzler reported, "to see il we can find critical per iods in growth when the barnacle is particularly susceptible to at tack." Miss Ardys Manner, of Miami, is expected at the laboratory Sept. 15, to carry on the barnacle re search project Barnacle on ships cost Ihe Navy thousands of dollars in maintenance of hulls, Dr. Kritx ler pointed out, and greatly im pede speed of vessels. lie also stated that the labora tory's hydrophones will be used in the near future to record sounds made by creatures under the water. Dr. Kritzler is especially interest ed in recording the voices of whales and porpoises. He remarked, that there are, un doubtedly, many whales off this coast, but fishermen have become so accuStlftm** to teui^ them that no attention is paid to* the mam mals. As soon as the Venus, the labora tory boat, and other equipment us rigged up to make recordings, Dr. Kritzler said he will ask the cooperation of fishermen in radio ing to him immediately the location of whales they may sight off shore. The Venus will weigh anchor and take off after the whales to hear what they are talking about and make a record of their conver sation. Hydrophones were used by the Navy during the recent war to de tect lurking submarines and were also used by submarines to learn the whereabouts of other vessels. Summer school sessions at Duke Marine laboratory closed the last of August. A higher number of students attended than ever be fore in the history of the lab. Malt Beverage Director Comments on Newspaper Item Sheriff C. G. Holland yesterday relayed to TIIE NEWS-TIMES a letter sent to him by C. A, lip church, jr., head of the state's Malt Beverage division, in which Mr. Upchurch referred to an item which appeared in last Tuesday's Sou'easter, a column written by Captain Henry. The letter, as read over the tele phone to a NEWS-TIMES reporter, lollows (a clipping of the item [rom Sou'easter was attached to the letter): September 8, 1950 sheriff C. G. Holland Beaufort, N. C. Whoever wrote this item has lone an injustice to the depart nient and 1 wish you would help nc clear it up with the writer. I usume he is referring to the Blue Kibbon club. In a letter written to :he operator of this establishment in Aug. 27 we cited him to a hear ing in this office for Tuesday. Sept. 12, to show cause why his beer per nit should not be revoked for sell ng beer after legal hours. I would appreciate your show ng this letter to the person re iponsible and ask him to be kind enough IB run a retraction. If you do not care to do this, I would appreciate your letting rat know in which paper this appear ;d. Yours truly. C. A. Unchurch, Jr. Edltor'a Note: On behalf of our columnist, Captain Henry, we apol igizc for the unintentional slur which could be assumed by some o refer to officials of the Malt leverage division. In our experience, the Malt Bev erage department has always dis charged its police duties as well is humanly possible and it It eas ily assumable that following appre hension of violators of the law, pressure is brought to bear on the division to refrain from exercising its enforcement authority in whole or in part. In connection with the Blue Hibbon club, we know that three prominent officials in Carteret county have been requested by its proprietor. Hay Garrett, to write letters in his behalf to the Malt Beverage division in relation to the possible revocation of his beer li cense. Two of those officials have complied with his request. Letters or no letters, we believe that regulations of the Malt Bev rage division are strictly enforced, and that judgement in all cases is rendered without partiality or fav oritism. Boats Continue to Pass Through Morehead Draw Although Tide Water Construc tion company. Norfolk. Va., served notice last week that the Morehead City draw bridge across Newport river would be closed from Sept. 5 to Sept. 20. boats have been pass ing through the draw. Bridge ten ders say that erection of parts of the new draw bridge have not made pas?age of water traffic impossible. Until that happens, the draw will evidently continue to open when necessary. Two Attend Meeting Dr. N. Thomas Ennett, county health officer, and A. D. Fulford county sanitarian, returned over the weekend from a three-day an nual meeting of tbe North Caro lina Public Health auociation in Winston - Salem. Enrollment in Carteret county schools at the end of the second day this term was 4,351, II. L. Joslyn, county superintendent of schools, reported. He expects the number of pupils this year to equal, if not surpass last year's total enrollment of 4,447. The cur rent count is 3,673 white children and 678 colored children. County Farmers Eligible For 'Disaster Loans' Carteret is one of 13 North Carolina counties which the United States Department of Ag riculture designated Friday as eligible for production-disaster loans t?, farmers. To be eligible for a loan through the Farmers Home ad ministration. a grower must certify he has suffered an un usually heavy loss from a dis aster and is unable to obtain credit from local private or cooperative sources. North Carolina counties, be side* Carteret, which were hit by abnormally heavy rainfall which flooded many areas and severely damaged crops in July are: Beaufort. Brunswick, Colum bus, Duplin, Ilyde, Jones, Ons low, Pamlico. Pender. Sampson. Tyrrell, and Washington. Boii's Antenna Hits Power Line All^of the Boguc Sound area was without power for one hour Sunday night when a party fishing boat, running up the creek by the Villa road, struck a power line with its { high radio antenna. The boat was Tony Seamon's 1 new 40-foot party fishing craft, the Cavalier, skippered by Capt. Theo dore Lewis. Captain Lewis was taking the boat up the creek to es cape reported winds and high tides that were to hit this coast because of the hurricane. The Cavalier was lornierly a DuPont yacht. Tide Water Power company crewmen restored power within an hour. The outtage occurred at a bout 7 p.m. The Cavalier's radio equipment was reported knocked out by con tact with the power line and Cap tain Lewis suffered shock. I National Guardsmen Gel | Physicals al Cherry Po Members of the National'' Gi ird unit, Battery B, 449th field a til lery observation battalion, un ler went physical exams Wednesday and Thursday at the dispensary at j Cherry Point Marine Air base.j According to the Marino corps, | the men were X-rayed and admin istered medical tests at a saving | of approximately $1,260. It was es timated that this amount would I have been necessary to pay for ex- 1 animations if they had been hand led by civilian medical services. Booster Club Hears Talk By N. A. Avera. Wilmington N. A. Avera, area manager of the Wilmington social security office, spoke Wednesday night to members of the Booster club, Pellctier. He explained the benefits to which per sons are entitled under the social security program. R. M. Williams, county farm I agent, showed a movie comedy and | plans were made for a picnic Sat urday, Oct. 14. The next regular | meeting will be Monday, Oct. 2. Tide Table Tides at Beaufort Bar HIGH LOW | Tuesday, Sept. 12 8:01 a.m. 1:34 a.m. | 8:22 p.m. 2:16 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 13 8:44 a.m. 2:33 a.m. 9:05 p.m. 3:02 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 14 9:30 a.m. 3:13 a.m. 9:90 p.m. 3:50 p.m. Friday, Sept. IS 10:17 a.m. 3.55 a.m. I 10:37 p.m. 4:40 p.m. I Sea Turtles Get Protection of Law Mrs. J. L. von Glahn. Raleigh, chairman of (he cruelty investiga tion committee of the Wake Coun ty Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, tailed atten tion this week to the fact that any one found abusing sea turtles are liable to arrest on charges of cru elty to animals. Mrs. von Glahn's statement is based on a recent ruling by the state attorney general's office 1 which defines the sea turtle as an { animal protected under the state's laws forbidding cruelty to animals. As partial support for its opin- 1 ion. the attorney general's office recalled a New York state case in which a turtle-toting ship captain j was convicted of cruelty to ani mals. Witnesses testified the mari ner brought 65 turtles into the port of New York with <L^i tu * i..?a tails perforated and tied together with ropes and placed on shipboard on their backs. "From the definition in our sta tute and from the reasoning of the opinion in the New York ease." As sistant Attorney General Wade Bruton wrote, 'It is my opinion that a sea turtle is an animal . . ." The opinion came to be because Mrs. von Glahn of Raleigh, learned sea turtles were being mistreated. Mrs. von Glahn has been a scrap per for animals, birds and domes tic and wildlife generally. She doesn't tolerate inhuman treatment of any of them. Each year sea turtles climb out of the seas and onto the North Car olina coast. When they do. incon siderate fishermen take them and put them on display while they are still alive. The turtles fret, lumber about a few days and finally die. The result is a loss of dozens of sea turtles, and sea turtles are get ting scarce. Now that Mrs. von Glahn and the attorney general's office have ?acted, turtles will be protected from such abuses. The next man who chains one by a flipper may be arrested for cruelty to animals. Seven Colored Boys Appear Before Judge Seven colored boys appeared be fore Juvenile Court Judge A. II. James Saturday morning on charg es of stealing baseball equipment stored at the Beaufort Ball park. Three were placed 01 probation and the others released. Their ages ranged from 12 to 14 years. Baseball equipment recovered by police included two gloves, a mitt, four balls and a bat. All were in good condition except one glove which had some padding re moved. The equipment belonged to the eBaufort ball club and indiv idual members of the team. Little Welheringion Boy Escapes Paralytic EHecit The condition of Robert Welti erington. Beaufort youth afrU-kcn with a mild case of infantile/ par alysis, is satisfactory with nobiuns of actual paralysis apparent ret, it was reported yesterday. 1 Youhg Wetherington's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Streets Wctjicring ton of Highland Park, Beaufort, visited the boy in North Carolina Convalescent hospital. Gretmsboro. last week and reported tfeat he is not paralyzed. The boy'a ease was diagnosed as minor when he was stricken and he has improved since that time. Commissioners to Meet Morehead City commissioners will meet in special session at 7:30 Friday night at the municipal build ing. The United States Coast (>uard cutter, Agassiz, re turned to its home port in Morehead City yesterday af ter a run 170 miles southeast ?l^ ( ape ilatteras where the SS I'aris, a freighter, was in distress and in the path of the oncoming hurricane. The Agassiz left Morehead City at 10:40 a.m. Sunday and later was ordered to return when the cutter I nimak, took the Danish freighter in tow and headed for Wilmington, according to an Associated Press dispatch. The IJnimak expected to reach Wilmington yesterday afternoon. It had fastened its cable to the aiis at 3:55 a.m. yesterday. barly Sunday the I'aris radioed her engines were dead and she was sinking 160 miles southeast of Cape Ilatteras off the North Carolina coast. At that time the 14. 151-ton Am lank was reported 22 miles away. The AnUank went to the Paris and attempted to take he. in tow, but the line parted, so she stood by until the Coast Guard cutler Uni niak arrived. The Unimak left her weather station 350 miles east of Cape , Hateras at dusk Sunday and reached the Paris before dawn yes terday. Other Coast Guard cutters, in , eluding the Cherokee, out of Nor folk. arrived to stand by. All ves sels escaped the hurricane which passed to the east of them. The Radio Marine report said 27 were aboard the 2.360-ton freighter and her engine room was taking water early Sunday morning. 1 he Coast Guard reported in New York that one of its planes from Elizabeth City, N. C. had contacted the Paris and reported she was in "no immediate danger." County Agent Stresses Safety Nearly a quarter of a millio fa>?n residents are injurod In no tor vehicle accidents each vc?r says R. M. Williams, county agent for the Slate College Extension service. This fact, he adds, point* up the need for rural traffic safe ty Unlike city traffic, most rural driving is on high speed roads. To overcome this danger, the Nation al Safety council suggests that the following rules be observed by drivers in rural areas. Adapt driving speed to existing conditions: keep to the right; don't pass on curves or hills; obey traffic rules and signs; be especially alert at railroad grade crossings; make turns from proper lane and don't obstruct the flow of traffic; keep your car in good operating con dition; always cooperate with lo cal traffic officials. While driving the farm truck, be courteous to other drivers. Re member that a truck starts slower, is less maneuverable, and takes up more room on the road than a car. He sure to confine loads to the capacity of that truck. If you haul some oversized object, attach red flags and at night, red lights. Remember that all traffic rules apply to the operation of tractors o i the highway. Be sure that you have the right-of-way before turn ing on to the highway. You are entering a fast - moving stream of traffic with a slow - moving ve hicle. Let the other fellow know When you intend to turn. Keep your tractor under control at all times and make sure your lights and reflectors are in top operating condition. Never have an imple ment on the highway after dark without tail lights. ] Cherry Point Marine Pilot Dies in Crash Harrisonburg, Va. ? Cherry i'oint Marine officers yesterday laiwched an investigation into the crash of a Marine F4U fighter plane in which a Marine pilot wa? killed near here Sunday. The plane, piloted by First Lt .Vergil K. Burkey of Zion, 111., was part of a two-plane flight from the Cherry I'oint Marine base to Chi cago Burkey's wingman. Capt Francis B. Kelly, landed safely. Kelly could give no definite rea son for the crash but said Burkey might have been running low on gas. Burkey is survived by a widow and one small daughter. Ci. Station Swamped The Fort Macon Coait Guard Station was swamped with calls ov er the weekend from persona want ing to know the latest reports on the hurricane. The hurricane re portedly pasted Cape Hatteraa yes terday morning. Tidea along this coast were high, but otherwise no clfocta of the storm wan fait.