NEWS-TIMES OFFICE 504 Arendell St. Morehead City Phone 6-4175 CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES ? A Merger of THE BEAUFORT NEWS (Eatablished 1912) and THE TWIN CITY TIMES 51 Production Marketing associai ion program arc being issued by the county PMA office, but there Js a shortage of lime, PMA Secretary B. J. May announced yesterday. May said a small amount of lime | was being obtained by local deal ers for sale to those holding 19501 purchase orders. It is hoped, he | remarked, that those holding 1950 i purchase orders for lime will be | able to obtain it before the Oct. 31 deadline. Unless the deadline is extended. I all unfilled orders will be cancelled after Oct. 31. May declared. How ever, he said, those who have their orders cancelled may obtain 1951 purchase orders until the limit is reached. Farmers participating in the PMA programs who have not had their soil analyzed and have not used lime in the pa|t five years are pledged to use lime on their pastures by Dec. 31, the PMA sec retary commented. Any farmer who obtains seed un der these conditions and fails to meet the requirements will be charged a penalty amounting to double the government's share of the costs of the materials us$d, he explained. District PTA Will Meet Tomorrow Representatives from nine counties, including Carteret, will attend the district Parent-Teacher association meeting at Swan Quart er tomorrow. Members of the state board of managers will outline plans for the year. About 200 delegates are expected. Speakers will include Russell Grumman of Chapel Hill, state pres ident, who will talk on "Respon sible Citizenship;" Mrs. J. W. Burke of Gibsonville, treasurer and executive secretary of the State Parent-Teacher congress, who will discuss "Office Notes. ..." and Miss Genevieve Burton of Greensboro, state field secretary. Mrs. Scott Topping of Pantego, the director of district 10, will pre side. The district embraces the counties of Beaufort, Carteret, Hyde, Craven, Jones, Lenoir, Ons low. Pamlico and Pitt. The state is divided into 10 districts. In addition to the three main speakers, three state chairmen will, attend. They are Mrs. E. C. Wal ters of Greensboro, state room rep resentative chairman; Dr. Leo Jenkins, dean of East Carolinas Teachers college, who is state school education chairman; and Mrs. Paul Davenport of Pactolus, state music chairmaQ. Registration will begin at 9:30 a.m. The meeting will be adjourn ed shortly after noon. Three Accident Occur in County During Weekend Webb Gaskill Suiiers from Dislocated Collarbone, Is Hospitalized Three automobile accidents oc curred in the county over the week end. One car was demolished and Webb Gaskill of Beaufort was in | jured and hospitalized. The 1937 Chevrolet coupe, own j ed by Bruce Emerson, Beaufort. I was damaged beyond repair at 8:55 Saturday night on highway 70 two j miles east of Beaufort. Mechanical Defect According to Highway Patrolmen | J. W. Sykes and W. E. Pickard who ! investigated, the tie rod end came j loose and Emerson. after passing | a car. could not pull back into his | own lane of traffic. The car came | to a stop with its front end in a ! ditch. Gaskill suffered a dislocated col ; larbone and lacerations and Emer i son, who was driving, received cuts 1 about the head. Alvin Robert Mueller of Cherry I Point was driving the 1949 Buick sedan which also ended up in a ditch on the left side of the high way at 12:30 Sunday morning three miles east of Newport on highway 70. Patrolman J. W. Sykes said Mueller claims something went wrong with the steering mechan icm. Neither Mueller nor a worn ?n jfeKbcnger ?ith him irus The woman was not identified. Damage to the car is estimated at $100. Two Cars Collide Two cars collided at 10:30 Satur day night just west of the Willis sawmill on highway 70, Morehead City. Patrolmen Pickard and Sykes. who investigated, said Thomas F. Williams, Cherry Point, driving a 1950 Plymouth, pulled on to the j highway Irom a parking space in I front of a house. Another car, a 1950 Chevrolet driven by George Washington Hall, Morehead City, was traveling west and ran into the Plymouth. Dam age to each was estimated at $150. Williams told patrolmen he didn't think Hall's car was as close as it was. No charges were preferred in any of the accidents. Baptists Break Ground (or Church M. I^eslie Davis, moderator of the Atlantic Baptist association, and one of the long-standing mem bers of. the First Baptist church, Beaufort, turned the first spadeful of earth when ground was broken for the new sanctuary Sunday morning following the regular church service. The congregation left the church and went to the site of the new edifice which was staked off last week. The Rev. Winfrey Davis of fered prayer, and after the ground breaking he pronounced the bene diction. The new building is expected to cost $40,000. Construction will be gin as soon as cement is available. The contractors are E. C. Willis and Sons, Morehead City. When the new sanctuary is occu pied, the present church will be converted into Sunday school rooms. Officers Make Arrests (hi Liquor Violations A warrant has been sworn out for Theodore Johnson on a charge of transporting non tax-paid whis key and Joseph E. Mills. Havelock, and Robert L. Williams. North Har lowe, have been charged with pos session of non tax-paid whiskey. Marshall Avscue. county ABC of ficer, and Deputy Sheriff Murray Thomas seized Johnson's 1938 Dodge convertible Friday night near Harlowe. The other two were arrested at 2 a.m. Saturday on highway 101 near Harlowe. The cases are expected to be tried in the next session of record er's court, Oct. 24. There will be no recorder's court this morning because superior court- is in ses sion. Ei^ht tarteret county 4-H clubl ton' FHrf J kh"me from Wilming- ! ton FridayW.th $78 in prizes which I hey WO" it the Southeastern Jun I ior Dairy (fettle show. | j,xh'ty,or!' and their parents enjoyed a llnquet Thursday night inc udedam?*,S rUb Th? progr#m included a performance by Li , 8 ? a magician; a musical enter tainment by Jerry Ball, pianist, and a very timely and interesting; address bv Dr. Frank Hall, of Wil mington, K. M. Williams, farm Jgent, reported. Prior to the show, Dr. R. K ?ugh of State college presented ?? Judging demonstration. Dr. lor" if IK"'0? PO'ntS look cow selection of a good dairy J J, '- Wade. Wilmington may. or, and Aildison Hewlett, New Han over county commissioner partui pated in a hand milking contest. The International Harvester deal Z pu,, on a T'lkinK machine de.n onstration and showed how milking m, chine equipment should be cleaned. Of the H4 calves exhibited at the whT kk?" l""C- 42 rcd' and '? unite ribbons. u,w.'"yK,S'mmu?"s ,10m Carteret I Uapti'k ? ,nbl,on: l>arrell Finer, !i < '"-"banks, Henry Eubanks, C'e- j Hi Gill, kin, and l.eo Watson ??n Mcond prize, red ribbons; Toinim OUesby and Herbert Page won third prize while ribbons. The prizes were $12, $lo, and $? re speetively. fromr commission will start work soon on the Adams i reek road in Carteret county. j V.ih r Pr?JCt1, a combined one with Craven county, calls for grad tni, an1 surfacing on 1 1.28 miles iron, MC 101 a, Harlowe northeast to Adams Creek. The project pre viously advertised for inclusion in o 0cteP24 h l0",',nf Was deferred to Oct. 24. It will In? financed un der the *200,000,000 program. If a satisfactory low bid is re oZWj4a! !?e hi?hwa.v commission s it. 24 letting, the project will be let o contract with work probably that date " SCVeri" Wecks afU>r ' The commission already has al SHmowwwTj'h1, Projocls aboul rn 'hc S'ZS.WHi.tHK) in 1 iZ h0nu Unds Dr "enrv W. .lor [dan, highway commissioner chair owKJ?iasfa.1nounced thal over Wo, "00,000 of this amount has been spent on secondary road work in all ,h? sla,cs 100 counties. At the same time extensive work i? underway on the states primary S?.ilS>i tmuwhich has received ad ditional highway income because of the availability of the $200.000,- 1 | ooo bond issue for secondary roads Freak Fire Occurs At Home on Canseway A freak fire at 12:15 p.m. Fri day brought Beaufort firemen rush ing to the home of Mrs. C.T. Younts on the Beaufort Morehead City causeway. A gallon jug of water, sitting on the porch served as a "magnifying glass" through which the sun's rays were passing and the porch caught afire. Water from the booster tank was used to put out the fire. Phil ip Ball, Morehead City, owner of the house, said the damage was covered by insurance. Lions Celled $81.15 In While Cane Sale A total of $81.15 was collected by Morehead City Lions in their recent White Cane sale. Sale Chairman Harry Van Horn report ed at the Thursday night Lions meeting in the Fort Macon hotel. Van Horn said $56 of the sum collected was for $1 memberships in the North Carolina Association for the Blind. All of that amount will go to state headquarters while one-third, the $25.15 remaining, will be turned over to Lions for use in their blind work. Fred Lewis commented on the booth Lions will have at the county fair this week in Beaufort. Exhibits will include articles made by the blind and instructional equipment used to assist them. The Salvation Army committee will meet ?t 7:30 tonight at the Elks club, Sam Adler, Morehead City, chairman, announced. Dr. K. Frank Hall, pictured above, pastor of the Pearsall Memorial Presbyter. an ehureh of Wilmington, and former pastor of Webb Memorial Presbyterian ehureh, Morehead City, was the principal speaker at a banquet Thursday night honoring exhib itors in the first annual South eastern North Carolina Junior Dairy Cattle show at Wilming ton. Former Morehead Pastor Accepts Antioch Charge The Rev. J. C. Griffin, a former pastor of the Free Will Baptist church of Morehead City, has ac cepted a call to the Antioch Free Will Baptist church. He began his duties there Sunday. Mr. Griffin succeeds the Rev. Clinton Lupton of Ba.vboro who resigned. Succeeding Mr. Griffin in the Morehead City pastorate is the Rev. J. A. Harris who came here in 1949. The Antioch church is located on the old brick road to Vanceboro just beyond the home place of the late J. K. Hartley. At one time it was locatd near Askin, hut was moved to the present sfte while Mr. Griffin was pastor in 1919. It was a frame building at that time. In recent years the building has been enlarged, class rooms were constructed and the building brick veneered. Mr. Griffin served the Antioch church while he was pastor of St. Marys church in New Bern, preach ing to the Antioch congregation the first Sunday in the afternoon and on Saturday night before. The eastern conference of North Carolina is scheduled to hold its 55th annual session at Antioch to morrow morning at 10 o'clock. The Rev. S. A. Smith of Beula ville is the moderator and Mr. Lup ton is the assistant. Court Term Opens With Charge To Grand Jury Ivey Mason Serves as Fore man; Four Divorces Gran led Yesterday Judge Chester Morris, native of Currituck county, charged the grand jury at the opening session of superior court yesferday morn ing with the gravity of their duty on "a body of grand inquiry for this county." He stressed the importance of their proceedings being kept se cret. "A person whose character may be white as the driven snow may be investigated and if infor matron to that effect were to be divulged, his reputation would be at stake. Also secret proceedings protect members of the grand jury who otherwise may be afraid to di vulge knowledge, if he felt harm would come to him or his family." declared the jurist. He requested that the jury look into financial matters in the var ious county offices, that justice of the peace reports be checked, and school busses and the jail inspect ed. Purpose off Jury Judge Morris commented that both he and the grand jurors were in the court room for the same purpose, the administration of jus tice. "The court cannot operate without your cooperation," he em phasized. At the close of his charge. Les lie Moore, for business reasons, asked to be excused from grand jury duty. The judge stated that he excuses no juror but the fore man could do so if he wishes. The foreman was warned not to let the grand jury number go below 14. Divtrces firanted Following dismissal of the grand jury, the following divorces were granted: Hanrahan vs. Hanrahan, Irvin vs. Irvin, Davis vs. Davis, and j Rings vs. Higgs. The divorce case of Mr. Frank Leonard against Mrs. Frank Leon ard was non suited. Chosen to serve on the grand jury were the following: Ivey Ma son foreman. Burgess Davis. Allen Jones, W. J. Dail, Kenneth McCabe, B. B. Arrington, C. T. Whitehurst. O. S. Clawson, J. D. Lewis, Brady A. Lewis, Elmer H. Lupton, K. L. Piner, Alfred Willis, L. 11. Watson, J. C. Mundine, A. 11. Chadwick, Leslie Moore and A. W. Fulford. (iuard of the grand jury is J. B. Morton. Beaufort. Chamber of Commerce Head Commends Retiring Manager Dr. Dardcn J. Eure, president of the Morehead City ehamber of eommeree, has expressed his and the chamber's appreciation for the work of Robert G. Lowe, retiring manager, in an "open letter to the citizens of Morehead City." This letter follows: Dear Friends, You have all heard that our Chamber of Commerce Secretary. Mr. Robert G. Lowe, Jr., has re signed his position; resignation ef fective October 15, 1950. It is with regret that we accept his resigna tion. Few people have applied them selves so unselfishly to their chosen profession as our good secretary; one has only to look about at the growth of Morehead City, to the number of tourists who have visited our fair city, to the many conven tions held here in increasing num ber each year, to the many news stories and pictures that go out from his office to publications in nearly every state of this union, to mention only a few of the fruits of his endeavors. These things just do not happen in Morehead City because we, who live here, feel that it is indeed "God's chosen spot" ? no, it is be cause some organization is selling our town to other people. Your Chamber of Commerce, under the steady guiding hand of Mr. Lowe, has accomplished much for the good of our township. The members of the Morehead City Chamber of Commerce know Mr. Lowe to be a man of good hab its, faithful to his vocation, his fam ily and his fellowman. He com mands the respect of the entire community at large. So in accepting his resignation, let us say; we are most grateful to him for his many good works while serving as our Chamber of Com merce Secretary and our very best See CHAMBER, Page 7 Booklet Tells Of Concert Service When workers attend the kickoff banquet for the Community Con certs Membership drive Monday night, Nov. 6, at Beaufort school, they will be given kits which in clude a pocket-size book on Com munity Concerts 1950-51. This book contains pictures of more than a hundred artists spon sored by Community Concert Serv ice, a division of Columbia'Artists Management, inc., New York. It also explains Community Concerts' purpose ? to take good music to the people -tells of the service it pro vides, and the plan of the ossica tion. A Community Concerts associa tion has been organized here for the first time this year under the name Carteret-Cherry Point Com munity Concerts association. A one week campaign, beginning Nov. 6, has been set aside for the selling of memberships. Mrs. Charles Ilassell, Beaufort, president of the asspciation, urges each family to set aside money in their budgets now so that they may purchase tickets in November. An adult membership is $6 and child's $3. Concerts will be given in Beau fort and Morehead City. 'Three concerts are planned. A mong the artists which may be en gaged are vocalists, instrumental, - ists, choruses, musical novelty teams, and other types of music ians who have been acclaimed un surpassed in their field. The theme of the Community Concerts association is "A Carnegie Hall in every town." Men Comprise First Group Since ffrorld War II The first group of Carteret coun ty men to be drafted since the Ko rean crisis will leave Beaufort for Fayettevillo Ttmirsday morning Twenty-seven registrants, listed be low. will meet at Jhc bus station at 6:30 a.m. Mrs. Ruby D. Holland, draft bourd clerk, stated that there are several others who are delinquent and are being ordered up, but they are not included in the call for 27. Passed Exams The following men underwent processing at Fort Bragg last month and passed physical and mental tests: Leon A. Mann, jr.. Walter F. Clancy. KFD 1. Milton R, Gould. Manly G. Smith. KFD 1. William C. Daugherty, RFI) 1, Marion I). Smith. RFD 2, John E. Barbour, jr., RFD 1. all of Newport. James F. Wooten, Leroy Gillikin. RFI) 1, William II Walton. Will iam C. Garner, Charles T. Hamil ton, Frjnk R. Hester, jr., and Is aac N. Parker, jr., all of Beaufort. Joseph Smith, Chaunccy F. Co lenda. J. B. Edgcrton, Willie II. Pickett. William L. Lewis, Fran cis B. Davis, Elijah L. Nelson, and Larry M. Cannon, all of Morehead City. Ikie W. Willis. Markers Island; Mervin Fulcher, Stacy; William S. 1 Taylor. Sea Level; Roderick A. Hill, Atlantic; and Guy Lewis, Sal- i ter Path. Registration Required Mrs. Holland emphasized again yesterday that all males born af ter Aug. 30. 1922 must register with the selective service board. If regictration was not made in this county or at any other board in 1948 or since that time, the prospective serviceman should pre sent himself to the local board for immediate registration or be liable to prosecution under the Selective Service Act of 1948. Mrs. Holland explained. All males reaching the age of 18 must register within live days af ter their 18th birthday. The Carteret county draft of fice is located on the second floor of the court house annex, Beaufort, and i* open Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Rotarians Hear Of Youth Work An account of the trip made to Germany this past summer by 10 North Carolina Methodist youths was given Morehead City Rotarians at their Thursday night meeting in First Baptist Sunday school rooms. David Co/art, New Bern insur ance man who was adult counselor to the youths, described their trip. Cozart said the trip was made as a part of a national Methodist youth caravan to assist in recon struction of German churches and buildings. The group, at its own expense, spent two months in Ger many. Members of the caravan worked closely with German boy and girls their own age, Cozart stated, and a strong bond of friendship was welded by the time the journey ended. He said many hours of recreation were spent with youth from each nation. German laborers assisted in re construction work, the speaker ex plained, but not for money. The value of currency fluctuated so rapidly that they could not be cer tain of enough to buy a meal so they worked in return for hot meals. Camera slides of the various pro jects and undertakings of the car avan were shown Rotarians, also. Guests were Manly and Neal O. Wade of Charlottesville, Va. Morehead City Band Will Present Concert Tomorrow The Morehead City Band associa i tion will present a concert at 8:15 j p.m. tomorrow in the Morehead j City high school auditorium. No admission will be charged for this first program of the fall season. The board of directors and offi cers will be elected, and plans for the year will be made, announced Bruce Goodwin, president. Tide Table Tides at Beaufort Bar HIGH I.OW Tuesday, Oct. 17 12 Midnight 6:20 a m 12:53 p.m. 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 18 1:43 a.m. 7:31 a.m. 2:02 p.m. 8:41 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 19 2:38 a.m. 8:49 a.m. 3:12 p.m. 9:48 p.m. Friday, Oct. 20 3:48 a.m. 10:02 a.m. 4:17 p.m. 10:43 p.m. B-Year-OldPuts Out Kitchen Fire Bruce Edwards Receives Burns While Ripping Down Flaming Curtains Bruce Edward.. 13-year-old son ,,1 Ml. and Mrs. Bruce Edwards 2(19 Gordon st.. received slight I, urns on his hands at 5:30 Friday afternoon when ho tore down buin jnK curtains .n the kitchen of his home and threw them outdoors. Firemen expressed the "Pinl"n lhat his quick action probably sav eel the home. Bruce and some other hoys were melting paraffin to make candles, according to Mrs. Mwartfs but the paraffin became too hot and burst into flame. The boys at first threw water on the fire, but this only spread it. then Bruce \ankcd the curtains down and not them out of the kitchen. Meanwhile he asked someone to call the fire department, but lire was out by the time arrived Mrs. Kdwards said the kit ( hen will have to be repainted, new curtains purchased, and some win duw panes replaced Other than Bruce s burns-there was no further damage Mr and Mrs Kdwards were not in the house at the time of the fire. Farmers to See Leal Experiment jraruarss application demonstration on a plant bed at the Garner. Newport, at 3 oclocK Thursday afternoon. ??In this demonstration we will aODlv a fertilizer material anal v/inis lfi?- on one plat, cyanamid and uramon combination on anoth er Plat and methyl brom.de " the third plat with a check plat w th no treatment. H M. Williams farm agent, explains. The purpose ?1 u,is demonstration is t? lest thi effectiveness of the various fertil izer materials in controlling weeds f?, a second plant bed Icrlllucr control demonstration that will be placed in the "estern emi of Carteret county. If thiri IS a tobacco farmer in the western part of the county who is interest ed 111 conducting this demonstra tion 1 .uggest that they get in touch with our olfice just M e^ as possible, said Mr. Williams. Applying fertilizer materials to control weeds has proven to lie a wise investment, he continu cd. The job of picking weeds out of plant beds is expensive, as well .S being very laborious. I ullins, weeds damages the small tobacco plants and in addition aids in spreading tobacco diseases, the farm agent concluded. Oil Truck Backs inlo Car, Causes $75 Damage Friday A 194H Buiek automobile, driven by Charles Webb Willis of More head City, received approximately $75 da ma^e Friday morning when a Gulf oil truck backed into it, po lice report. Willis had turned into the Gulf oil property on S. 7th st. As he turned, an oil truck driven by Herbert Whitehurst of Beaufort backed out of its parking space on the property. Whitehurst said he did not see the Willis car. His truck backed into the car's right rear fender and door. The accident occurred at 8:40 a.m. No charges were preferred. Of ficer Herbert Griffin investigated. Shriners Attend Dinner Saturday in Morehead City Members of the Carteret County Shrine club and nobles from other parts of the state attended a sea food dinner Saturday night at the Jefferson restaurant. Morehead City, and saw movies of the Shrine pilgrimage to Los Angeles this summer. The movies were shown by Noble Donald Bell of Goldsboro. Among the guests of the County Shrine club were Noble S. S. Toler and his wife of Rocky Mount (Noble Toler is potentate of Sudan Temple), Noble Bob Sides and his wife. Roc ky Mount; Noble Harold Blance and his wife, Fulton, N. Y.; and Charles Seifert and his wile, New Bern. One hundred and one attended the dinner and entertainment.