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w CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES w ?*'' A Merger of THE BEAUFORT NEWS (E?Ubliih?d 1912) and THE TWIN CITY TIMES (E.tabliihed 1936) 30th YEAR, NO. 93 TWO SECTIONS? TEN PAGES " MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY, NOV. 21, 1950 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS Undefeated Morehead Team Seeks Beaufort's Scalp State Proposes Improvements \ AtFlMacooParii Legislature Will Be Asked For $139,965; Plans In clude Fishing Pier A 600-foot ocean fishing pier tops a $139,965 list of proposed per manent improvements for Fort Maeon State park for the 1951-53 biennium, Thomas W. Morse, sup erintendent of state parks and W. Douglas Starr, Fort Macon park superintendent, disclosed today. Other improvements include ad dition to the public picnic grounds, camp grounds and a maintenance and service center, according to an announcement from the Morehead City chamber of commerce. The fishing pier, which with the other improvements would have to be approved by the coming session of the state legislature, would jut out into the ocean 600 feet from the beach w here the picnic grounds are located. It would be 25 feet wide and would have a "T" 40 feet by 90 feet at the seaward end. Plans call for creosoted timber construction. The prospectus outlining the need of $37,500 appropriation for the pier project, states that "there are no ocean pier fishing facilities on this section of the coast and there have been repeated demands from the public for the provision of such facilities at Fort Macon State Park. Fees collected from this facility would pay the operat ing and maintenance cost." I.arger Parking Area Enlargement of the parking area Rou Id provide space to park 350 additional automobiles and cost $19,560. The public picnic grounds addi tion would include four shelters, each with a capacity of 25 persons. This facility would also include construction of two toilet build ings, 100 tables and benches, 15 outdoor fire places, a sewage dis posal system and a water supply system. The cost would be $28, 950. Trailer Facilities The camp grounds improvement would include tent and trailer fa cilities for public use and consist of a central wash house, including rest rooms and showers; 30 camp sites with tables, benches, outdoor fire places, parking space and a water and sewage system. This would cost $28,275. The maintenance and service center would provide buildings to house park employees, buildings for the storage of materials and equipment and buildings for car rying on maintenance work. A cost of $25,680 is estimated for this. Buildings for this latter phase of the project would include the following: park office, garage, warehouse and materials storage building, shop and maintenance building, a ranger's residence and frame houses for workers. ClerkProbates, Files Two Wills I The will of a man who died "about 30 yeari ago" (as near as the family's lawyer can remem ber) has been probated and filed in the clerk's office in the court house. Beaufort. The will of Sarah A. Willis has also been probated Richard Leffers. Straits, left his homeplace to his son, Richard jr.. and daughter Jane, but if she married, the home was to be Rich ard's. His "outland" was left to all his children. Two sons, Sam uel, who is no longer living, and Richard were named executors. Witnesses to the will were G. H. Whitehurst, Alfred C. White hurst, and Grady Whitehurst. Sarah A. Willis bequeathed to her brother, John, all the proper ty she owned at the time of her death, both real and personal. If he does not dispose of the property during his lifetime, at his death she directed that it go to Clarence Willis, son of Eva Willis Davis. Her brother was named executor of the will which was drawn up April 21, 1931. Witnesses were Samuel Nelson and Cecil J. Nelson. Bcanlart Firemen Answer Call it Fish Meal Plant Beaufort firemen put out a fire oi the deck of the Swanson, a menhaden boat at the Fiah Meal factory, at 1 o'clock Sunday after noon. Damage was alight. ' Elmond Rhue, engineer, said the deck caught fire when a welder was working on the boat near a Maky gasoline drum. Port Needs Cited II. S. Gibbs , Assemblyman , Says Harbor Improvement Must Match Those on Land Assemblyman H. S. Gibbs wrapped it up j when he declared at the port hearing Friday the state is spending $2,500,000 for improved facilities at port terminal, and those facilil corresponding water improvements, will be of use. The hearing was conducted by Col. R. Schools, Oiiices Will Close for Thanksgiving Carteret eounty schools will close Thanksgiving Day and the day following. Grocery stores and drug stores in Beaufort and Morehcad City will remain open, but other stores are scheduled to close. Food stores will also stay open Wednesday afternoon. Postoff.ces, banks, and Alco holic Beverage Control stores, state and county offices will close. Morehcad City drug stores will ob>erve Sunday hours, 9 to 11 a.m. and 1 to 6 p.m. All stores in Beaufort have gone on their Christmas holiday schedule of remaining open Wed nesday afternoons until after Christmas. New Bern Man Gets Sentence i For Tax Evasion j Andrew J. Purifoy of New Bern 1 has been ordered to surrender him- ( self on Monday, Nov. 27, to the . United Slates marshal at Raleigh 2 to begin a tyxyUMu of c 1 year and a day imposed by Judge Don Gilliam following Purifoy's eonvietion on Friday in federal dis trict court, Raleigh, on charges of J income tax evasion. t Judge Gilliam also fined Purifoy r $5,000. * Purifoy is a well-known figure c in Carteret county where he is a 1 substantial owner in several busi- c ness enterprises. Government lawyers charged J that he made false income tax re turns, failing to pay $121,896.80 in taxes over a five-year period, 1943 j through 1947. Total income reported by Puri- [ foy for the period was $48,398.06 J on which he paid $12,719.89. His ; correct net income, according to 1 the government, was $244,918.53 on which he should have paid a total of $134,616.69. t If the government chooses to 1 collect back taxes, this will be done i through civil action in federal court. nunicipal building, Morehead City, rhere were no opponents to the )roposed improvements, a 35-foot hannel and enlarged turning ba in. Approximately 25 persons repre enting the Sixth Naval District, he Marine Corps, shipping com >anies, other private concerns, tate and municipal governments ittended the hearing. Oral statements and written iriefs were accepted by the engi ieers' office for entry into the ranscript of the hearing which will >e sent to the chief Army engineer or final action. Colonel Brown remarked that he Army was especially interest fd in the savings which would be nade possible through water im >rovements and also estimates on he increased shipping which would >e made possible by deepening the ?hannel five more feet and enlarg ng the turning basin. In the statement from Esso Ship )ing company which operates 62 >ccan going tankers, the following comments were made: "Because of he weather and sea conditions vhich generally prevail on the en ranee bar and the controlling lepths (30 feet mean low water it present) in the channel, the iafc draft of the port is limited to 58 feet. This results in shutting >ut approximately 1,500 tons of ?argo on each voyage which, on he basis of Maritime Commission ates, increases the freight 24 cents K-r ton . , . ' Time Delay "A study of our records for the /ear ending June 30, 1950 reveals hat our vessels experienced an ?veraee delay of 7.46 hours waiting or daylight and high water in or ier to safely navigate the chan lel . . . We believe that if the hannel and turning basin were iredged to 35 feet mean low water hese delays could be reduced to hree hours per vessel . . . "During the years 1950, 1951, ind 1952 we expect to deliver the ollowing quantities (long tons) of jetroleum to the Esso Standard 5il Company terminal in Morehead :ity: 1950, 227,000; 1951, 240,000; ind 1952, 248,000." Savings Estimated The Esso Shipping company es imatcs that their savings would >e $68,700 annually if the proposed mprovements are made. In the brief filed by the More See PORT, Page 6 W. C. Carlton Heads j Recreation Commissi/on W. C. Carlton, newly-appointed member of the Morehead City Rec reation commission, was elected chairman of the group at a meeting Thursday night at the municipal building. Other officers are Bruce Good win. vice-chairman, and Mrs. A. B. Roberts, secretary-treasurer. Carlton is a former manager of the Morehead City chamber of commerce and was recently ap pointed manager of the Carteret Craven Electric Membership corp. George McNeill, town attorney, explained the general statute on municipal recreation commissions, Town Commissioner D. G. Bell fur ther explained recreation possibili ties and requirements. Bell made inquiry into the matter at the re cent League of Municipalities meet ing at Asheville. Mayor George W. Dill told the group what funds they had to op erate on. This consists of $1,387 30, half of the amount which came to the town as its share of race track dividends from an extended season the year before last. By special agreement, the town de signated that amount for recre ation. Thus far in the current levy, $1, 886.44 has been collected for rec reation and annually the commis sion can expect about $3,500 from taxes, the mayor pointed out. The recreation commission is taking under advisement ways and means of operating the former rec reation center on Shepard st. They have until Jan. 1 to make a deci sion on keeping the center for recreation or informing the town that they wiU Dot UM it. .. _ * , . R, S, T Drivers Must Take Tests Driver's License Examiner Guion Willis said today that the R, S, T, group represents the lar gest of the groups of motorists who must stand for drivers li cense renewals, and only a month and a half remains in which they may obtain renewals. He stated that motorists in the R, S, T, group arc. on the whole, applying regularly at his station, but an examiner seldom can give more than 20 tests per day. Examiner Willis urges the re- 1 mainder of the R, S, T category in his area to report to his station now and avoid a last minute rush. If you wait until the deadline, De cember 1, approaches, your chan ces of waiting in a long line in crease. he said. On January 1, the U, V, W, X, Y, Z. motorists will be subject to renewals. The daily schedule for Examiner Willis will,be as follows: Sound Chevrolet co., Morehead City. Mon day and Tuesday: Cherry Point, Gate 3, Wednesday: and court house annex, Beaufort, Thursday and Friday. M. H. Everett, former licence ex aminer in this area has bean trans ferred to Rocky Mount. Its All in a Season's Work During the concert season, the North Carolina Little Symphony sees a wide and varied collec tion of interiors. Here, they rehearse before con cert time in the casual atmosphere of a commun ity club house. Last year, the symphony travelled j over 7,000 miles in North Carolina and the South. * The orchestra will appear in Carteret county in | February under sponsorship of the lleaufort and | Murehead City Junior Woman's clubs. NEWS-TINES to Observe Thanksgiving Holiday Because of the Thanksgiving holiday Thursday. THE NEWS TIMES will go to press Friday morning, Nov. 24, instead of Thursday night. The papers will be distributed Friday, but sev eral hours later than usual. This will make it possible for THE NEWS TIMES to carry the -epo H o*? the lilhank saving foot ball game b< t*eon Beaufort and Morehead 4'ity. TIIE NEWS-TIMES office will be clotted all day Thursday, Thanksgiving day. Therefore any news for the Friday paper should be in the offiee no later than 3 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 22. 4-H Clobbers Receive Awards Four - H club members Deceived awards for outstanding achieve ment Thursday night at the 4-H annual achievement program in the American Legion hut, Beaufort? Mrs. Carrie B. Gillikin, home agent, mr.de the following awards to the girls: dress revue medal, Dorothea Gillikin, Beaufort club; dairy foods awards, Mary Olive Martin, Beaufort club; "I Dare You," a book contributed by the Danforth Foundation, to the best all-around 4-H girl. Jackie Edwards, Newport, who also received the senior clothing medal. Junior Clothing modal, Doro thy Willis, Smyrna club; food con servation medal, Genelyne Willis, Smyrna Junior club; food prepar ation medal, Anita Willis, Smyrna Senior club; and second place award in food preparation went to Clara Mae Guthrie, Newport Sen ior club. In the Smyrna Junior club Hilda Gillikin leceived first place award in food preparation and Jeanette Willis placed second. Kay Delores Slaughter, Newport Junior club, re ceived the medal for room improve ment. James Allgood, assistant farm agent, presented the boys' awards. Billy Simmois, Newport Junior Club, received the dairying award; See 4-H, Page 6 County Gets December Draft Call for Five Men Carteret county's draft call ttor December is only five men, the smallest since- the re drafting lof men began this year. \ Mrs. Ruby Holland, county draft board clerk, has announced that Iffc" f've oldest registrants, who wetk to Kort Bragg for examination Nov*. 8 have been selected to fill the call and have been notified. Their names will be released Monday, Dec. 4. Resolution Passed At a meeting of the draft board Thursday a resolution was passed asking that the public take up all matters regarding the draft with Mrs. Holland and that anyone wish ing to appear before the full draft board make this request. He will then be notified of the next draft board meeting. The draft board clerk commented that many misunderstandings have arisen regarding marriage and the effect it has on the man's draft status. Mrs. Holland stated: Under date of Oct. 13, 1950 the following directive regarding mar ried men was received from the Di rector of Selective Service, Nation al Headquarters. The Director of Selective Ser vice has never regarded it as man datory upon a local board to re open the classification of a regis trant who marries after he has been classified in Class 1 A and so noti fied. The Director is of the op inion that a local board bases its classification upon the status of the registrant at the time of class ification and that after a registrant has been classified, actions taken by him which alter his status must be considered as having been taken in the full knowledge of his selec tive service status and his liabili ties thereunder. In view of the j above considerations the Director I has seen no occasion to attempt to do what the law and the reg ulations do not do. thaf is, set a deadline date <tfter which marriages may not be considered; neither has ! tie said that marital status acquir ed regardless of time or circumstan ces is per se grounds for defer- j ment". Special Thanksgiving Services Will Be Conducted in Churches, Churches will observe Thanks giving with special services Thurs- , day. Morchead City churches have cooperated on a schedule whereby each church will conduct a one hour service beginning at 7 o' clock Thursday morning. In Beaufort the First Baptist church, the Rev. Winfrey Davis, pastor, will observe Thanksgiving at the regular mid-week service at 7 p m. in the church tomorrow j night. At 9 o'clock there will be a Thanksgiving service in Ann Street Methodist church, the Rev. T. R. Jenkins, pastor, and at 10 a.m. there will be a service in St. Paul's Episcopal church, the Rev. W. L. Martin, rector. This will consist of morning prayer and sermon. Services in the Morehcad City churches arc as follows: 7 a.m.. First Baptist church, the Kcv. Dr. John H. Bunn, pastor; 8 a.m.. Franklin Memorial Methodist church, the Kev. A. L. Reynolds, pastor; 9 a.m.. Webb Memorial Presbyterian church, the Rev. Priestly Conycrs, pastor. 10 a.m., First Methodist church, the (lev. L. A. Tilley, pastor; 11 a.m.. Free Will Baptist church, the Rev. Thurman C. Smith, pastor. Mr. Smith recently replaced the Rev. J. A. Harris. At 7:30 p.m. Thanksgiving night there will be a service at the Pen tecostal Holiness churcb, the Rev. J. P. Jones, pastor. Johnsons Object To Site Proposed For New Homes Although Beaufort has given on ly tentative approval of three sites in town, two eolored and one white, for construction of govern ment housing units, opposition to that action has already been voic ed. Fred H. Johnson and Clara M. Johnson, owners of property op posite the Queen Street school on Mulberry street, announced yes terday: "To whom it may concern: In reply to the article on the front page in the Nov. 10, 1950, News Times on slum clearance sites. Fred H. Johnson and Clara M. Johnson wishes to notify as they were notified; That their Property in the town of Beaufort in the block in front of Queen Street school, the Only Property Concern ed so says the Authorities, is not a slum, and they do not intend to i sell to no one at no time on no condition." The Johnson home is owned by 1 Fred s sister, Clara, and faces Mul berry street, but a corner proper ty adjoining it, owned by Fred, fronts also on Queen. The John sons refer to an article in the Nov. 10 NEWS-TIMES which states that the Beaufort town board gave ten tative approval to three sites where government housing units could be erected. No Notice Received Mrs. Lydia Johnson, Fred John son's wife, told THE NEWS TIMES that they have not receiv ed any communication whatever from the East Carolina Regional Housing authority asking them to move or telling them that their property will be used as the site for the proposed new structures. She said, however, that her hus band inquired about the matter and said he was told that he had 20 days in which to give notice whether or not he would sell his property. For that reason they wanted the above notice published. No Final Approval Dan Walker, town clerk, empha sized yesterday that no sites what ever have finally been approved and nobody has been told anything about a 20-day notice proposition. The sites which the town board gave tentative approval on at their November meeting are as follows: white, east and north side of the block bounded by Fulford, Ann, Gordon, and Broad st.; colored. Queen street in front of the school, north side of block bounded by Cedar, Marsh, Broad, and Pollock *. l ibrary to Close i The Carteret county Public li I brary, Beaufort, will be closed | Thursday, Thanksgiving Day. Bitter Rivals Will Clash Thanksgiving Night The big game of the season, Beaufort vs. Morehead City, will climax Carteret County's Thanksgiving holiday Thursday night. Under the lights the two teams will clash at 8 p.m. on the Beaufort field. Morehead City goes into the game favored over Beaufort, as it was in the ear lier game this season, Oct. (i, at Morehead City when the final score read 0-0. Beaufort is the only team Morehead has failed to de Federal Funds Will Build New Havelock School 24 Room Elementary Build ing Will Adjoin Present 21-Room Structure A committee of the Federal Of ) lice of Education, in a visit to Cherry Point last week, announc eel that $500. 0(H) will he spent to build a new 24-room elementary school near Havelock. Dr. Erick L. Lindmnn, director of the Federal Bureau of Educa tion for School Systems, was a mong those present for the inspec tion. This building program was made possible when Congress re cently passed the $200,000,000 ed ucation-aid hill, PL-8150. Having made. a survey of the situation at Cherry Point this summer. Dr. Lindman, who was appointed as Director of the Division of School Assistance, designated this section as the starting point for a project which will later cover about GOO other crowded federal areas. The Cherry Point area is "one of the most . dseerving in the country" for an educational building expan sion, Dr. Lindman told the com mittee. The school construction will coincide with a government building project of 1,421 Wherry housing units now under construc tion on this base. Also, private See FUNDS, Page 6 County Lawyers To Reorganize I Bar Association! Carteret county lawyers I have started the hall rolling toward re organization and revamping /of the Carteret Bar association. ' At a recent meeting in ttte court house, Beaufort, the lawyers set Friday night, Dec. 15, as the date lor a reorganization dinner meet ing aft the Inlet inn, Beaufort. Of ficers will be elected, by-laws will be presented, and plans made on establishment of three projects sponsored by the North Carolina State Bar association. The tirst of these projects con cerns a program of "dignified le gal advertising" to inform the pub lic of services lawyers perform. The second pertains to actual use j of pre trial practice wherein law yers and the judge prior to the trial, sift out materials pertinent | to the case at hand. This prac- ! tice, lawyers point out, saves time I in the court room. The third project calls for set ting up of a legal aid clinic for j those persons who cannot afford j to pay for legal advice. This pro ject is aimed toward abolishing the j idea that legal service is a luxury, I attorneys explain. Appointed to the legal aid clinic committee are the following: George Ball, chairman, Luther j Hamilton, jr., Wiley Taylor, jr., i and George McNeill. This committee is expected to set up a panel of lawyers who will serve in a certain place at speci fied times for the purpose of giv ing legal advice. In the past the major function of the Carteret Bar association has been to set up the civil calendar for superior court. .Tide Table Tides at Beaufort Har IIIUII LOW Tuesday, Nov. 21 5:58 a.m. 6:08 p.m. 12 Midnieht 12:22 p.m. Wednesday. Nov. 22 6:40 a.m. 6:50 p.m. 12:17 a.m. 1:05 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 23 7:18 a.m. 7:28 p.m. 12:55 a.m. 1:45 p.m. Friday- Nov. 24 7:55 a.m. 8:07 p.m. 1:31 a.m. 2:24 p.m. icai in mis, us rirs i season 01 1001 ball in several years. With the exception of an Oct. 13 game a gainst Swansboro, Morehead City has beaten every opponent by at least three touchdowns. The Oct. 13 name, played on a Friday (which probably had something to do with the team's luck) came out Morehead 7 and Swansboro 0. l ost Two Beaufort has iost only two games, one to Manteo. 19-13, and one to Swansboro, 12 6. Morehead City did not meet Manteo this season. Swansboro beat the Sea Dogs on the second go around, Beaufort having previously beaten the Ons low county team. 15)0. Both coaches were hesitant yes terday to make any comments or predictions on the outcome of the contest, dubbed by team sponsor ing .Jaycees as the Fish Bowl game. The Mullet Bucket, trophy which will go to the winning team, is ex pected to be presented to the vic torious eleven at their school dur ing the first assembly following the contest. Beaufort Coach Thomas McQuaid when asked for a statement, re marked cautiously, "I really don't have anything to say." This season winds up McQuaid's second year as football mentor at Beaufort high and Hester's first at More head. McQuaid expressed doubt as to whether Billy Kudy, halfback, will be in condition for Thursday's game. Kudy has been used in only several plays since the first Beau fort Morehead game. Vincent Wright, major ground gainer for the Sea Dogs, sustained a bad leg bruise in Friday's game against Kichlands. 'Tough (ianie* Morehead City Coach Charles Hester remarked: "It's going to be a tough game. I don't want to make any predictions." His boys came through Friday's game against Vanceboro without injury and all are expected to be in top shape. Hester remarked last week that he expects to uork through some sin gle wing plays this week in an at tempt to break Beaufort's strong defense. Both teams were paced through rough workouts yesterday as they will be tcda*' with light scrimmages scheduled for tomorrow. With a slightly heavier line than Morehead, Beaufort is expected to have an edge over the boys west of Newport river should the grid iron be wet. An overflow crowd is expected, be there moonlight or rain. Beau* fort Jaycees warned again yester day that no automobiles will be permitted within the fence. Tickets for the game are on sale now at the S & W drug store, Morehead City, ,and House drug store, Beaufort. GoveraorSupports TB Seal Sale Gov. W. Kerr Scott today urged everyone in the state of North Car olina to contribute to the 1950 Christmas campaign against tuber culosis by buying TB Christmas seals. The governor pointed out that 3,250 new cases were discovered in North Carolina last year, 556 died in the state in 1940 as the result of tuberculosis, aid at pres ent there are 10,000 cases in this state alone. letters and Christmas seals were received yesterday by residents of the county. They were sent out by the County Tuberculosis associ ation. Stanley Woodard, president. The letter read in part: "Let's give a gift of health this year. Let's help protect ourselves and loved ones from TB, the disease which kills more Americans thai all other infectious diseases com bined . . . Every time you put a Christmas seal on a letter or package, you are striking a blow at tuberculosis." It is hoped that $3,000 will be raised in the coupty this year. The money will be used to purchase an X-ray unit for the county health department. Chairman of the current Christ mas seal drive is Wiley Taylor, Jr., Beaufort. ? -- - ^ - - a
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