W CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES JS_ A Merger of THE BEAUFORT NEWS (E?UblUhed 1912) and THE TWIN CITY TIMES (E?UbH?hed 1936) 40th YEAR, NO. 1. EIGHT PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY, JAN. 2, 1951 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS * Carteret County in Review , 1950 By F. C. SALISBURY JANUARY Week of January 1: Fire extensively damaged the J. Earle Morris, Quinn menhaden boat tied up in Beaufort on New Year's eve. ? Alton Dickinson and Bob Lewis of Morehead City were se verely burned when a gas explos ion on their shrimp boat. Sea Bird, ripped apart the cabin of the craft. Howard C. Jones was promoted to assistant postmaster at the Beau fort postoffice. ? The remains of Walter L. Herbert, 20, colored fish erman, were discovered on Shack leford Banks ? Garth Cooper an pointed justice of the peace to re place T. C. Wade who died recently. ? Construction work begins on the first unit in the Tidewater Veter ans Housing project in Beaufort ? Old Harry North School building on the Morehead City school lot moved to make way for the new school annex. Cherry Point zoning commission asks county for $1,000 to aid in regulating construction in the Cherry Point area. ? Options on several Front street sites in Beau fort taken by Pennsylvania ho tel owner with view to construc tion of a 50 room hotel. ? Marri ages: Miss Addie C. Thomas to James W. Whitley of Beaufort. Mrs. Doris JKing Hatcher of Beaufort to William C. Smith. Miss Sara Nich ols of Camp Glenn to Donald J. Parris. Deaths: Mrs. Hal Rolinson, 29, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Avery of Beaufort. Mrs. Melissa Salter, 63, of Sea Level. Week of January 8: Sheriff C. G. Holland sells all of his interest in the Carteret Fish company to his partner, C. G. Aus tin. ? Government orders the erec tion of 1,230 homes at the Cherry Point base. ? For the first time in its 20-year history the Webb Me morial Presbyterian church of Morehead City, organized a men's religious group. ? Citizens of Pel letier converted old church build ing into fine community hall. John W. Upchurch of Raleigh won the grand prize offered by the Morehead City Boatmen's Associa tion for 1949 by landing the larg est sailiish caught in 1 >cal waters. ? James Bell, colored, burned to death in his trailer-home located in the colored section of Morehead City. ? Fisheries scientists re lease drift bottles in coastal water to study current and tide actions. Marriages. Miss Wanda Owens of Beaufort to John C. Gaskill. Deaths: Charles W. Graham, 78, of Mill Creek. Guy C. Chadwick, 75. of Straits. Sammy W. Harris, 56. of Marshallberg. Weak of January 15: The North Carolina Ports Au thority authorized engineers to proceed with plans for building docks at Morehead City. ? Sunday temperature was 74 degrees. A record for the middle of January. ? Morehead City commissioners held first meeting in new board rooms at City Hall. The cabin cruiser. Airline II, slated for sheriff sale which was stolen a few days before the date of sale was recovered by the sher iff's department at Myrtle Beach. S. C. ? Morehead City commission ers consider establishing two fire stations for better fire protection. A general alarm went out for searchers to look for Abner Dixon of Salter Path who was lost in the wilds of Bogue Banks. He was found unharmed late at night. ? Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Mason of At lantic celebrated their 60th wed ding anniversary and Mr. and Mrs. William J. Willis celebrate their 58th wedding anniversary. ? Deaths: Maurice Poteat, 60. of Gloucester. Herbert Davis, 66, of Davis. Mrs. Viola Willis, 81, of Beaufort. Week of January 22: James B. Sanders, president of the Morehead City Jaycec and Wi ley Taylor, jr., president of the Beaufort organization were named ntan-of-the-year by their respective clubs. ? In his report to the Board of Conservation for the past six months, Capt. John Nelson of the Fisheries Commission reported that the menhaden fishing for the calendar year 1949 was the best in the history of that industry. ? The first fire tower to be erected in Carteret county was to be erected this week at Otway. ' Captain Glenn Willis of Beau lort, skipper of the Lindsay War ren, freight boat, shot to death by Ralph Midgette, a member of the boat's crew. ? Marriages: Miss Dally Belle Owens of Beaufort to George Morris. Deaths: Winfield Salter of Sea Level. Harvey Han coek of Harkers Island. Mrs. Frank F. Martin, mother of the Rev. W. fe. Martin, Beaufort. Week af January 29: Dedication services for the new church chimes at the Ann Street Methodist of Beaufort. ? Mrs. D. <2. Bell, president of the Women's Club gf Morehead City, honored at meeting presided over by state president for the years of service devoted to the club. ? George Lee, colored, of Beaufort, found mur dered at the plant of the Quinn's factory. ? Fisheries exhibit now in building at Pivers Island to be moved to building of the Fisheries Commission at Camp Glenn. Construction of a new hanger to cost $5,000 scheduled for the Beau fort Airport. ? Public Housing Authority allocated 40 housing units to Beaufort and 50 to More head City under slum clearance program. ? Capt. John Nelson of the Fisheries Commission to retire July first. ? John D. Young of Stella, Alton DeBlanc and George R. Franks of Newport presented checks for having the best kept record books in the Veterans Farm Training class at Newport. ? Mar riages: Miss Lucille Wright to Dan Bowen. Deaths: John B. Mann, 67, of Newport. John F. Styron, 80, of Marshallberg. Newport. Mrs. Frances M. Robin son, 77, of Moreh'ead City. Mrs. Oscar Willis, 82, of Morehead City. Mrs. A. W. Chappell, 89. of Beau fort. Miss Anne F. Rumley, 70, of Beaufort. MARCH Week of March 5: Fire destroyed the home of Dan ny Rose on Markers Island leaving the family of ten homeless. Dona tions for the family were asked for. ? High price of living on the Florida Keys send many shrimp fishermen back to home bases in Carteret county. ? The 4-H clubs of the, county celebrate 24th anni versary of club work. ? Coast Guard cutter Agassiz tows in the Gatito. a 345-ton converted Navy landing craft used as a fishing boat. Mrs. T. T. Potter of Beaufort re appointed for a three year term home of Manson Pettiway of Beau fort caused by explosion of cook stove. ? Morehead City Jaycees start $1,200 football program for high school students. ? Deaths: Mrs. Clarence filock, 19, of Otway. Week of March 26: Fire destroys plant of the Croa tan Frozen Foods in Morehead City at an estimated loss of $140, 000. The property owned by K. R. Barbour. ? Ralph Midgette, who killed Capt. Glenn Willis, sentenc ed to serve 25 to 30 years in the state prison. ? Five forest fires break out in county the past week doing damage to woodlands. ? Cen sus taking work started in county with twenty-four enumerators in the county. March of Dimes brings in $5,000 as county's fund. Fall short of $2, 500 goal. ? Marriages: Miss Gloria A. Norris of Beaufort to Clarence Sanderson. Deaths: Thomas A. Uz First pig chain in county started in April with 4-11 boys. FEBRUARY Week of February 5: Robbers enter the office of the ' Lee Motors over weekend and make away with over $80. ? Tar j Heels Afloat take cruise to H04 1 Island over weekend. ? Morehead { City to employ two more regular I firemen in order to keep insur-l ance rate at present *evc!? -To$n-| Age Club celebrates second birth day at Recreation Center. ? A fleet of shrimp boats leave for new shrimping grounds off the Florida i Keys. ? Deaths: Mrs. George W. j Gilgo. 82. Portsmouth. Mrs. Nan nie Hayes, 75, of Pelletier. Week of February 12: More than 200 fishermen attend shrimp hearing at meeting of the Board of Conservation and Devel opment. ? Government consider ing the building of a railroad from Cherry Point to Camp Lejeune to cost $3,000,000. ? Morehead City schools raises over $500 for polio fund. ? Forest fires burn over 500 acres in eastern part of county with loss of $1600. ? Standard Net company leases the Eastman plant on the Lennoxville road for the manufacturing of fish nets. ? Earl M. Noe elected president of the Carteret County Shrine club for 1950. ? The government approves loans to Beaufort and Morehead City for the construction of low cost housing. ? Marriage?: Miss Viola Styron to J. Clyde Carr. Mrs. Dorothea G. Newbern to S. A. Chalk. ? Deaths: Mrs. Lily M. An derson, 72, wife of Kev. W. E. An derson. Jesse F. Hepler, 56, of Morehead City. ween ot reoruary i?: State Board closes shrimping season from January 1 to July 1 in the inland waters of the state - Miss Helen Lewis of Marshallberg returns after a year spent in Alas ka in government work. ? Pastors of Morehead City conduct a church census. ? Citizens of Wild wood form a Community Association to work for community improvements. ? The warm weather of February brings out spring flowers. Legion Auxiliary of Beaufort memoralizes war dead with books for the county library. ? Candi dates for county offices make their announcement to run in the pri mary election. Marriages: Miss Dor othy M. Lewis to Sherman Hawks of Morehead Citx Deaths: Mrs. Joseph C. Long, 80. of Morehead City. Mrs. Julia Brinson, 74, of Camp Glenn. J Week of February 26: Miss Lena Duncan of Beaufort elected president of the county unit of the North Carolina Educa tional association. Residents of Harkers Island find 14 drift bot tles put out by research vessels. ? Carteret Ice and Coal company and Uie Sperti Foods. Inc., win safety awards for 1949 presented by the State Department of Labor. ? Roy T. Garner heads county's stock as sociation. Announcement is made that work on the port terminal additions will start by May 1. ? Morehead City Jaycees sponsor support of Boy Scout Troop 130 for another year. ? Deaths: Gehrman Garner, 33; of on the county welfare board. - ? Town of Beaufort voted to annex the Beaufort school property with in the town's corporate limits. ? Public Housing Authority represen tatives visit Beaufort to survey possible sites for 40 new homes under slum clearance project. ? Marriages: Miss Margaret J. Hob inson of Beaufort to Stanley I. Biils. Miss Maltie L. Finer of Morehcad City to Wayne J. Wh?*l er. Miss Kitty Lynch of Beaufort to Norris Hill. ? Deaths: John E. Barbour, 77. of Newport. Week of March 12: Trailer with exhibit of French Thank You Gifts tours the county. ? Carteret County's Civil Air Pa trol again activated with M. T. Mills as commanding officer. ? Earl G. Johnson of llarkers Island and William M. Thomas of Beaufort appointed crew leaders for the 1950 census. ? NEWS-TIMES pub lishes a special farming section in Tuesday's issue. ? Dr. C. S. Max well of Beaufort chosen as doctor of the year by the county medical society. Patsy Robinson and Nancy Nel son were crowned queen and princess at the recent dance at Atlantic school. ? State Public Utilities commission grants the At lantic and East Carolina railroad permission to discontinue passen ger service between Morehead City and Goldsboro. ? Marriages: Hel en H. Lewis of Marshallberg to William E. Coleman, -r- Deaths: Mrs. Henry Noe, 80, formerly of Beaufort. Luther II. Spain. 54, of Atlantic. George W. Copeland, 85, of Camp Glenn. Week of March 19: Frank E. Gillikin of Otway kill ed in accident on Harkers Island road when the car of Willie B. Lawrence in which he was riding was wrecked. ? Executive board Wiley Taylor, Jr., Beaufort, was selected as man-of-the-year. of the Carteret recreation center presented their resignation. ? J. Warren Beck and Frank Moran elected president and vice-presi dent. respectively, of the Morehead City Merchants association. ? At the close of the past year there were 1.706 telephones in Morehead City and- 785 in Beaufort. Morehead City Rotary Club set up MCTI scholarship fund of $300 for study at Institute to go to some Morehead senior* ? Fire destroy! zell, 72. of New Bern, formerly of Beaufort. Edward Nelson, 65. of ? Markers Island. Mrs. Joseph Wal i laee, 82, of Merrimon. Alexander Adams. 64, of Broad Creek. A. ! L. Guthrie, 85, of Marshallberg. APRIL Week of April 2: W. B.> t'hnlk fleeted president I rl the Morehead City Jaycees. ? Newport chapter Future Homemak ers of America wins attendance prize at county rally. ? Hugh Sal ter of Beaufort reelected command er cf Austin Post VFW. ? Dr. Rob ert Coker of the Institute of Fish eries named winner of the O. Max Gardner award. ? Beaufort adopts fee system for persons living with in three mile limit of city when called to fight fires. ? Deaths: Y. Z. Mason, 34. Atlantic. Mrs. E. M. Garner, 79, of Wildwood. Mrs. Carline Wade, 88, of Morehead City. Mrs. Randolph Golden, 73. of Bettie. Week of April 9: First services held in the new Baptist church at Atlantic. Built and furnished at a cost of $30,000. ? Salter Path to get an improved road under new road building pro gram. ? George W. Dill throws his hat in the ring by announcing that he will run for state legislature. ? The Lions club donated $150 for service of case worker in county. ? Dr. H. S. Willis of the state's sanatoria spoke at county medical society. ? CAP gets loan of a L-4 plane from August to October. ? Tidewater ball games open the sea son with six teams in league. ? Marriages: Miss Edith Chandler of Atlantic to J. C. Davis. ? Deaths: L. O. R. Bailey, 64, of Gloucester. Week of April 16: A profit of $275 was realized by the Morehead City PTA from their stunt night entertainment. ? A cold wave over the weekend dam ages crops to a large extent throughout the county. ? Forest fires sweep over 80 acres in the North River section. ? New drive in theatre east of Beaufort has opening night. ? Mrs. M. Leslie Davis of Beaufort wins silver cup for the best landscape painting in exhibit at Raleigh. ? Wallace Sty ron, for eight years a member of the county board of commission ers died at his home in Sea Level. ? Road paving starts on Cedar Is land and Sea Level roads. ? Deaths: W. L. Guthrie, 72, of Harkcrs Is land, ? Marriages: Miss Revada L. Grey of Beaufort to William E. Congleton. Week of April 23: Thirty-five women from the county attended the 20th district meeting of Home Demonstration clubs at Camp Sea Gull. ? Future meetings of the Morehead City Ro tary club will be held in the Bap tist Sunday school building. ? A telephone survey is undertaken by the Beaufort Chamber of Com merce covering the rural sections. ? Camp Glenn *PTA makes $275 on supper and entertainment. ? Captain John Nelson resigns from the office of Fisheries Commission er after 49 years of service. ? (CONTINUED ON PAGE S) Town Board Members IName W.j L. Derrickson as Mayor The Morehead City town board, in session Saturday morning at the municipal building, named W. L. Der rickson mayor. Derrickson, a commissioner since 1945, succeeds Mayor George W. Dill. Commissioner I). G. Bell was named mayor pro tem. The town's new chief executive will assume his duties as soon as he is sworn in, which is expected to be some time this week. The board accepted Derrickson's resig nation as a commissioner and ap pointment of a new commissioner has been tabled until the January meeting. Mayor Derrickson. mayor pro tem under Dill, was chairman of the town's finance committee and a member of the police committee. A native of Bishopville, Md., the new chief executive came to More head in 1931. He had lived a num ber of years in Elizabeth City and in New Bern prior to that time. With his brother, V. B. Derrickson, he manages the Derrickson hotel chain of Virginia, West Virginia, and North Carolina. Among these hotels is the Atlantic Beach hotel near Morehrad City. Mayor Derrickson is a Mason, Shiiner, member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, and a member of the First Methodist church, Morehead City. The new mayor will preside at the next meeting of the board, 7 p.m. Friday, .Ian. 12. At that time the commissioners will discuss pur chase of a tractor-type earth shov eler. It was planned to open bids on the equipment Saturday morning, but absence of Commissioners Bell and Walter Freeman caused the board to defer action. Two sales men. John Strange of the Carolina Tractor and Equipment co., and Everette Spikes, of the North Car olina Equipment co., Raleigh, were requested to return Jan. 12. Eire Chief Gives . Year's Report j Bennie R. Garner, Newport's re tiring fire chief, released on the last day of 1950 the report of the Newport fire department for the year. His report follows: "There were 17 fires during 1950. The fire damage amounted to $16,885.00. Yet only $235 of this was within the town limits of Newport. Of the 17 fires, 11 were out of town. The new rural fire truck was used to answer 13 of the 17 alarms. Of the 11 out-of-town fires, five were at properties own ed by members of the rural asso ciation; three owners paid bills for fire-fighting service and the other three have not been assessed as yet. "The value of property that was threatened by fire in town was $51,800. The value of property threatened by fire out of town was $72,600. The estimated value of property saved or protected both in town and out of town is $107, 515. ".The trucks ran nine hours and five minutes and pumped one hour and 48 minutes at the fires. Car bon dioxide extinguishers were used at one of the fires. "The department conducted school drills at least once a month during the school year. There was one Fire Prevention Week demon stration and posters were display ed during Fire Prevention Week. "There was a Christmas tree par ty during Christmas week for the children of the community. The surplus fruit and candy was dis tributed among some needy famil ies." Sergeant Wounded M/Sgt. Wilbur L. MacDonald, husband of Mrs. Wilbur L. Mac Donald, 1345 5th st., Midway Park, has been reported wounded in ac tion in Korea. Distribution Delay Distribution of this issue of THE NEWS-TIMES is late because of the New Year's holiday Monday. Tide Table Tides at Beaufort Bar HIGH LOW Tuesday, Jan. 2 2:32 a.m. 8:55 a.m. 2:48 p.m. 7:58 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 3 3:36 a.m. 10:04 a.m. 3:53 p.m. 10:02 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 4 4:41 a.m. 11:10 a.m. 4:57 p.m. Friday. Jan. 5 5:42 a.m. 11:08 a.m. 6:00 pjn. 12:13 p.m. Grayden Paul Accepts Defense Job; General Confers with Beaufort Men Cpl. Thompson Morse Reported Missing in Korea Cpl. Thompson Morse, 22, son of Mrs. Emma Simpson of near Mansfield, has been reported missing in action in Korea. His mother received a telegram from the Department of Defense Fri day morning. Corporal Morse attended More head City high school and enlist ed in the Army in October 1948. He left Fort Lewis, Washington, i in July and was serving with the 82nd division, 8th Army. Corporal Morse's last visit ! home was in April 1949. [ , , ? ? ? ? ? . ? , ' Special Court Term Scheduled For Carteret The governor's officc has inform ed Alvali Hamilton, attorney for Carteret county, that a special j term of superior court, to try civil cases, has been scheduled for the week of Feb. 12. The request for a special term was made by the county board at its December meeting when it was learned that the special term orig inally scheduled for December could not be held because of the illness of Judge Chester Morris. The presiding judge for the Feb ruary session has not yet been an nounced. Appearing below is the docket as it was drawn up for the Decem ber term. It is expected that there will be revisions and additions: Divorj' j tjp* are the following: ' Quin i Quinn, Smith vs. Smith. Fitzpatrick vs. Fitzpatrick, Morris vs. Morris. Dixon vs. Dixon, Foster vs. Fos ter. Willis vs. Willis, Smith vs. Smith, Barts vs. tiarts, Garner vs. Garner. Lloyd vs. Lloyd, Carroll vs. Car roll. Josey vs. Josey, Gillikin vs. Gillikin, and Gant vs. Gant. Docketed for the second day of court are the following cases: Whit ley vs. Hurst. Hamilton vs. Dye, Standard Garments vs. Lipman, Davis vs. Jones, Fake vs. Davis, Gooding vs. Worthington. Wednesday, Feb. 14: Yeomans vs. Finer, Morehead City Grocery co. vs. Krouse, Gillikin vs. Lawrence, New Bern Building Supply vs. Economen, Midyette Net co. vs. Hodges, Sterart vs. Economen, Mallard-Griffin co. vs. Ballou, Morehead City vs. Brock. Thursday, Feb. 15: Wade vs. West et al, Hyatt vs. Ballou. Swindell vs. A&P, James vs. Spears, Carteret County and Town of Beaufort vs. Richardson et al. Baker vs. Gallup. Friday, Feb. 16: Millis vs. Fulch er, Taylor vs. Dixon. Adams vs. Starling, Moore vs. Alligood. Rob erts et al vs. Sutton, Willis vs. Tretheway. Workshop Burns Monday Night 1 A frame and shingle workshop owned by Arlinc Taylor, I^ennox ville road, burned at 10:55 p.m. Monday night . Damage has been estimated by the owner at $1,400 The loss is partially eovered by insuranee. Taylor built the shop to house materials for building his nearby home. He also expected to use it as a hobby shop. Saved from the blaze were two acetylene torches, but lumber, tools, paint, and other materials were destroyed. It has not been determined how the fire began, but Taylor says the only possibility could be defective wiring. The Beaufort fire department an swered the call and returned to the station at 11:55 p.m. Firemen prevented the blaze from spread ing to Taylor's new home just a short distance from the shop. 27 Pay Fire Bills Twenty-seven of the 265 out-of towners who received bills from the town of Beaufort for fire pro tection in 1951 have remitted pay ment. The town board, in setting up a fee system for fighting out of town fires, said that unless 70 per cent of the bills were paid the fire trucks would not answer oftt of-town calls after Jan. 1, 1051. Legislator Leaves For Raleigh Today George W. Dill, Morehead Cily, Begins Term as County Assemblyman J George W. Dill, Morehead City, general assemblyman from Car- 1 teret county, left this morning lor Raleigh, lie will attend the cau cus tonight at which the speaker I of the house will be elected and the legislature will formally con vene at noon tomorrow. The former mayor of Morehead City this week begins his first (?corge W. Dill ! term in the legislature, which is* expected I i in a'hsioQ until April. To assume tnis new polit ical position, he was required by statute to resign from the position of mayor of Morehead City, an office he has held since 1947. Dill's last official act as mayor of Morehead City was that of presid ing officer at the board meeting Saturday during which his success or was named. Prior to the meeting, the may or commented that delivery of the town s new fire truck is expected "any day" and the recently-ordered radio equipment for the town po lice cars will be installed soon af ter Jan. 1. Two Cars Upset; No One Injured ' Two automobiles upset on Car teret eounty roads over the week end. Cause of both accidents has been attributed to worn rear tires. ! No one was injured. At 10 o'clock Sunday night a 1936 Ford driven by Troy Hun nings, 325 Front st., Beaufort, over turned two or three times on the Lennoxville road, H. G. Woolard, highway patrolman reported. Hunnings told the patrolman that he was headed east, going a bout 35-40 miles an hour and skid ded on a curve. Hitting soft sand on the side of the road caused the car to upset. Four passengers were with Hunnings. No charges were preferred. A 1949 Ford convertible, driven by Walter Robinson, Cherry Point, upset at 6:45 a.m. Saturday just east of Newport on the curve at the power sub-station. Robinson, who had three others in the car, said he was going toward Newport at about 50 miles an hour when the car skidded and turned over. Damage to the car was estimated at $700. C. S. Long Has Openings In Farm Training Course C. S. Long, instructor of the veteran farm trainee program at Newport, announced today that he will have an opening for three or four veterans on Feb. 1. Long, a vice president of the North Carolina Agricultural Teach ers association, attended a meet ing in Raleigh Friday to plan the program for the annual conference of the association which will be held in June of this year. Officers .of the association, dis trict supervisors, and the staff of the teacher training division, State college, attended the meeting. The group will convene again in 30 days to complete plans for the confer ence. * "?ujuv.ii I urn uua uvv II ?i ? mil deputy director of civilian defense for Beaufort and plans are under way for increased activity in civil ian defense programs and the meeting of requirements demanded in this area due to the stepped - up military preparedness program. Gene Smith, civilian defense di rector of Beaufort, Glenn Adair and Dan Walker of the Beaufort chamber of commerce met this morning with Maj. Gen Louis K. Woods of Cherry Point to discuss civilian defense plans and the need of housing for military personnel. General Woods informed the Beaufort men that th^re is a shortage of approximately 1.000 homes insofar as military demands are concerned. Walker, manager of the chamber of commerce, stated that a meet ing oflhx Beaulort Armed Services Hospitality tommittee will be call ed this week and the group will undertake *' housing survey mime diatelj Defense officials and chamber of commerce executives are seek ing cooperation on the part o,f any financing organization which can make loans for the building of homes. Property owners, inves tors, or anyone wishing to build living quarters may obtain furth er information from the chamber of commerce or defense directors. Three Persons Hurt in Wreck Three persons were injured Wed nesday night at 11:30 when the ear in vvhieh I hey were riding ran into a diteh at the intersection of the Merrimon road and highway 70, "John M. Sehmidt. of VMR 153, Cherry Point, received cuts on the head; Donny Carrowan sustained a fractured right arm; and Virginia Drcwry suffered lacerations. All were taken to Morehead City hos pital for treatment and Schmidt, owner of the car, was later trans ferred to the hospital at Camp Lc jeune. Driving the car. a 1950 Pontiac convertible, was Walter William Wcnt/cl. jr.. ot VMK 153, Cherry Point. According to Cpl. W. S. Clagen of the state highway patrol, Went /el said he was going about 35 miles an hour. He thought he was at the intersection of highway 70 and 101 and attempted to turn left. Realizing his mistake, the corporal said. Went/el put on the brakes and skidded into the ditch. Dam aye to the ear was estimated at No charges were preferred. Retailer' Will Publish Essay An essay on "Self-Confidence," written by J. C. Ilarvell of More head City will appear in the Jan uary issue of the nationally