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W CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES * _ A Merger of THE BEAUFORT NEWS ( Established 1912) and THE TWIN CITY TIMES (Established 1936) 40th YEAR, NO. 2. TWO SECTIONS? SIXTEEN PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY, JAN. 5, 1951 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS Carbon Monoxide Fumes Kill Woman, Man Recovers Committee Will Draft Spphony Drive Procedure Coloratura Soprano Will Appear wilh Symphony Monday, Feb. 5 A committee of five will meet at 1:30 this afternoon in the munici pal building, Morehead City, to draft permanent plans and proce dure for the annual North Carolina Little Symphony membership drive. This committee was appointed Wednesday afternoon at a meet ing at the home of Mrs. Lawrence Vickers, Bogue Sound road, near Morehead City. Its members arc John Sikes, manager of the Morehead City chamber of commerce, Dan Walk er, manager of the Beaufort cham ber of commerce, Mrs. Vickers. rep resenting Morehead City, Mrs. Gene Smith, representing Beau fort, and a county representative at large who is yet to be appoint ed. Due to the county's exceeding its quota in the Little Symphony drive, the local society was entitled to select a soloist this year. Miss Josephine Cunningham, coloratura sopfano of Ashcville, was chosen. It was also announced that the date of the symphony's appearance here has been changed from Fri day. Feb. 2, to Monday, Feb. 5. There will be a free concert for school children that aiternoon in the Morehead City school auditor ium. V Farm Agent Views Coming Year, '51 To assist farmers in planning for 1951, R. M. Williams, farm agent, commented yesterday on what the farmer in Carteret county can ex #pect during the coming year. He declared: "Most farmers at this time of the year should very carefully be making plans for each of their farifting operations that will be put' into affect during the coming months. "We are told by the nation's leading economist that most far mers might expect a higher gross income this year as well as a high er net income than during the past two years. The cost of production including taxes and living condi tions in general will also be high er. With increased spending un der the military program we may experience increasing difficulties in obtaining some supplies and equipment especially during the last half of the year. Labor short ages will be a major problem. "Business and industrial activity will rise and employ more people. Wages will be higher and incomes larger. This will expand the buy ing power of the consumer which will raise the demand for nearly all types of good? including that of farm products. "With the cost of production still remaining high, the amount of net income on any farm will be de termined to a great extent on effi cient management. High yields per acre in the case of cash crops and efficient production with all phases of livestock with large gross re turns will be necessary in order to realize a profitable net return. Marketing of some of your products direct to the consumer will aid in getting more income. "There will be an increased de mand for food supplies. All farm families are urged to maintain a large year around garden. Every thing that we can do to cut down oa living costs will count up fast in profits." W. L. Derrickson Takss Oath of OHice Tuesday Morehead City's new mayor. W. L. Derrickson was sworn in Tues day morning in the city clerk's of fice in the municipal building. The oath of office was adminis tered by Garth Cooper, justice of the peacc. Savsn Stills Destreyed; Whiskey, Mash Cmiiscaled M. M. Ayscue, ABC officer, re ported today that seven stills, lo cated between Havetock and the Carteret county line were destroyed the Tuesday and Wednesday before Cferistmas. No arrests were made, but 300 gallons of whiskey and 24,000 gallons of mash were confiscated. County's Newest School Opens MM- 1 1 I I /II ?! I Photo by F. C. Salisbury ivioreneaa lAiy L,oiorea iJiiuiren Enter New W. S. King Gram mar School By F. C. Salisbury With the opening of the winter school term Tuesday the new col ored grammar school building, which has been under construction for the past several months at 16th and Fisher streets, Morehead City, was put into use. This modern structure is said to I be one of the finest small school buildings in eastern North Caro lina. State school inspectors who approved the building upon its completion were high in their praise of the construction, location and arrangement. It is a credit to the city as well as to the county school system. The building is of concrete block and steel construction, one story high except the gymtorium which ! has a two story clearance. From a long hall running the length of the uymtorium are two wings with ' wide halls, off of which are eight i class rooms. The first wing facing the street contains the principal's office, teachers' lounge and first aid rooms, library, storage and class rooms. The back wing is given over entirely to class rooms. Rest rooms equipped with modern fix tures are off the main hall between the two wings. . Large ^inttrrws give the class rooms abundance of light and a modern heating sys 1 tern adds to the comfort. 500 Seating Capacity The gymtorium which has a large stage at the north end has a seating capacity of 500. The floor area is of regulation size for bas ketball games and other indoor sports. A small ticket office is at the left of the main entrance to the gymtorium. Across the front of the main building in black block letters is the name. W. S. King School, Morehead City, N. C. Lack of funds for new seats and class room furniture made it nec essary to transfer the equipment from the old building. The site of the new building and surround ing area consists of better than two city squares extending from Fisher street to Calico creek and bounded by 16th and 17th streets. The building was erected at a cost of over $70,000 which with the price of the site and new equipment to come will represent an investment of over $100,000. The old school property has been sold to Clyde Douglass of Raleigh and it is understood that the build ing will be converted into an apart ment house. School History There are no early school rec ords from whith one can gather information covering the date of the first colored school established in Morehead City. While the state school law passed in 1869 provided for the education of negroes as well as whites, the real growth of the public school did not begin un | til the early days of the twentieth century. The census of 1888 gives the pop ulation of Morehead City as 4(H). . No doubt th<> colored population j at that time was very small and no effort was made to establish a ! school for the colored children. In the early part of 1900 a one room. one-teacher free school was opened. The building stood on the west side of 12th street just be yond Bay street and is the present home of Rosa Shepard. This is said to have been a three-month school supported by the town as required by state law. There are quite a few colored people in the ! city, over fifty years of age or more who received their meager schooling in this first building. For the next few years the growth of the school was static, principally for the lack of trained teachers. As was the case of the white schools, many of the teachers were preachers or laymen who were more or less self-trained. Records of 1908 show that two col ored teachers were employed and the enrollment was about seventy pupils. In 1913 the enrollment | had increased to 140 pupils and three teachers with a Rev. AVant acting as principal. # Enrollment Increases By 1915 enrollment had so in creased that it became necessary to provide larger housing facili ties. In November of that year the Board of the Graded School Trustees of the town purchased from W. D. Swain and wife five building lots in the square now occupied by the old building for the sum of $625. Construction of the building was started the fol lowing year and the new building was put in use with the opening of the fall term. The main building of two stories with class rooms below and an as sembly hall above served for sev eral years. Later a one-story ad dition was built at the rear. In 1919 two adjoining lots were pur chased from T. I). Webb and later additions gave the school grounds an area of eleven lots. Rev. Avant who was heading up the school work in 1913 is said to have been the first principal in the new building. He was succeed ed by A. W. Wetherington who served until December 1919 wfoen he became paralyzed and was obliged to resign. The school board selected W. S. King as the next principal. He began his duties with the opening of the winter term of 1920. Professor King gave the school seventeen years of faithful service. , resigning at the close of the school See NEW SCHOOL, Page 1 NEWS BRIEFS 260 Tags Sold Morehead City town tags sold to date total 260, the town treasurer, Mrs. Blanda McLohon, announced yesterday. The tags for firemen have arrived and can be picked up at the treasurer's office. 4 H Official to Visit L. B. Dixon, assistant state 4 H club leader, will visit in the coun ty today. Dixon will discuss the Carteret 4-H program with 4-H leaders and he will also attend the Beaufort 4-H club meeting. Private Killed Pfc. William P. Winnington, jr., husband of Mrs. William P. Win ington, Private Trailer 12121, Camp I^ejeune, has been reported killed in action in Korea. Stove Overheats Beaufort firemen answered a call at 8 o'clock yesterday morning at 106 Marsh street. An oil stove overheated, but no damage was caused. Boat Drifts Aground The Wallace M. Quinn, menhad en boat, drifted ashore at the foot of Moore stM Beaufort, yesterday. No damage was caused. 7 1950 Brings Death to Six In Connly Road ftrridonti 1950's highway fatalities were cut in half in Carteret county, as compared with 1949. CpL W. S. Clagen of the state highway patrol reported yester day that there were 124 accidents in 1950, 61 persons were injured and there were six fatalities. Property damage as the result of the accidents amounted to $64,932. In 1949 there were 98 acci- i dents, 36 persons were injured, 12 were killed and property dam age amounted to $50,414. I Automobile Overturns J Saturday Near Morehead A 1947 Ford sedan overturned ; at 5 o'clock Saturday afternoon on i highway 70 just west of the Rex i restaurant near Morehead City. ! No one was injured but the car was damaged to the extent of $500. ] Courtland W. Smith, Camp Le- I jcune. the driver, said he hit a pud- 1 die which caused the car to skid. It < went off the road, down a bank and turned over. i The accident occurred during a < rain. Patrolman W. E. Pickard in- < vestigated. [ Official Investigates J Fishermen's Draft Slalus Roy Hampton, chairman of the commercial fisheries committee of the Hoard of Conservation and Development has undertaken a series <;f conferences with rep resentatives in Washington per taining to deferment of fisher men. Supporting Hampton in his ef forts to have the same regula tions apply to fishermen as in world war II is the Institute of Fisheries Research. Civics Club Will Present Show Friday, Jan. 19 The Garden and Civics club of Morehead City will present their musical production, "A Night at the Mobeau," at 8 o'cldPk Friday night, Jan. 19, in the Morchcud City school auditorium. The show has been compiled by Miss Marilou Paulsen of Morehead City who will sing in and direct the production. Proceeds from the show will go to the Morehead City Woman's Miss Marilou Paulsen club and the Garden and Civics department. Among the cast are the follow ing: Odell Merrill, Dan Walker, and Claud Wheatly oi Beaulort; i James Willis, Jimmy Wallace, Carl Styles. Al Dewey, Thelma Branch. Ann Mills. Walter Morris, pill Lewis, Cecil Adams, Mary Lou Goodwin, George Goodwin, Joe Rose, Sam Guthrie, and the Clar ion quartet, under the direction of Ralph Wade. In charge of publicity is Jean I Dewey; make-up, Helen Carlton; j tickets, H. S. Gibbs, jr., property | manager, Luther R. Lewis, and lighting, Blanchard's Electric Ser i vice. Virginia Woman Faces J Charge in Carieret Court Mrs. Clara Wells, Fredericks- 1 burg, Va., has been charged in this | county with driving without a li cense and following too closely thereby causing an accident. Mrs. Wells, operating a 1939 Chevro let, ran into the rear of a 1950 Ford driven by Harrison K. Guth rie of Morehead City, according I lo a report by William E. Pickard, | state highway patrolman. The accident occurred at 3:20 Monday afternoon on highway 70 between the Rex restaurant and Mansfield service station. Both cars were traveling west. A Marine, N. C. Paul, who was riding with Mrs. Well* received a cut on the head. Damage to the Chevrolet was $100 and to the Ford 1350. Breeding Meetings To End Monday Farm Agent Urges Dairy , Cattle Owners to Join: Breeding Association Two meetings, one tonight and ! I another Monday night will con- | elude a series of meetings on the county's artificial breeding pro- 1 ? mam. At these sessions, which1 ! began Tuesday, colored slides are i I shown depicting the value of ar- j I tificial breeding. I At a recent meeting the Farm ! Bureau directors agreed to spon | sor as one. of this year's county I projects the promotion of the breeding program. It. M. Williams, farm agent, com mented :A "If a sufficient number of dairy 1 men and individual iamily cow | owners join the association and j participate in this program to make it a success, it will be the most | progressive program that we could j sponsor in developing the dairy in j dustry in this section. In 1939 the U. S. Department of Agriculture reported that 7,539 cows were bred a^'fjcially. while in 1P48 over 2, cows were bred by this i method. Nothing will increase the I milk and butter fat production of j our dairy industry faster and more , effectively than to breed our dairy i cr.ws by a well bred and proven .sire." Carteret will join Jones, Craven, and Pamlico counties in an Arti ficial Breeding association. Car teret's directors arc J. T. Oglcsby | and H. P. Oglcsby of Crab Point. Directors of all four counties will meet Friday night. Jan. 12, to de cide if there is sufficient interest i to move forward with the program. ; Farm Bureau directors and Farm i Bureau membership solicitors have been asked to serve as membership I solicitors in the breeders' associa j tion. Anyone who owns one or more dairy cows is urged to join, I the farm agent said, no later than | ] Wednesday, Jan. 10. Tonight's meeting and showing j 'of slides will take place at 7:30 at ; | Lionel Conner's store, Harlowc, j ' and Monday night's meeting at 7:30 at the community building, Pelle tier. Meetings have been held this week at the court house, Beaufort. Cleve Gillikin's store, Bettie, and | the Newport agricultural depart ment, Newport school. Stale Highway Crews Finish SaUar Path Road The State Highway commission recently completed another ten miles of new paving in Carteret county under the $200,000,000 bond issue program. The Salter Path road, paved dur ing December, runs from Atlantic Beach to Salter Path. During the 12 months of lf>50 the State Highway commission bard-surfaced over 4,500 miles of roads throughout North Carolina to triple its pace of roadbuilding over previous years. Dr. Henry W. Jordan, highway commission chair man, has Enounced that more j work was finished this past year on ! the state's primary road system . than at any time in the Commis sion's history. Tide Table Tides at Beaufort Bar IIHill LOW Friday, Jan. 5 5:42 a.m. 6:04) p.m. 11:05 a.m. 12:13 p.m. Saturday. Jan. 6 6:42 a.m. 6:58 p.m. 12:05 a.m. 1:10 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 7 7:37 a.m. 7:53 p.m. 1 04 a.m. 2:03 p.m. Monday, Jan. 8 8:29 a.m. 8:48 p.m. 2:01 a.m. 2:53 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 9 9:20 a lit. 8:43 p.m. 2:55 a.m. 3:41 p.m. 15 Men Leave This Morning For Fort Bragg Carteret County Gets Call For 55 Men in January; Notices Sent Out Fifteen Carteret county men left Beaufort this morning for in duction at Fort Bragg. Among them are twins, Herbert and Ho bert Kelly of Morehead City. Carteret county's quota tor Jan uary is 55. They will undergo physical examination at Fort Bragg Monday, Jan. 15. These men have already been notified. Mrs. Ruby D. Holland, clerk of the draft board, apnounced today that there will be a registration for "the remainder of doctors, dentists, etc.," on Jan 15 also. More complete details will be released later. Men to be inducted today, in ad dition to the Kelly twins, are Al fred W. Smith, jr.. Walter M. Lock hart. Bertram Gillikin. all of More head City; Orville A. Willis, Sea Level; Dennis F. Finer, Willis ton; Vernon G. Fulcher, Atlant ic. Gerald 1). Hill, jr., Joseph C. Beam. Ben H. Keel. Beaufort; Cur vis L Guthrie, Markers Island. J. C. Fulcher, Stacy; and two col ored men from Beaufort, Walter L. Jordan, and Howard L. Fallin. Marines Invite i Fishing Interests To Conference Members of the Institute of Fish eries Research and the Department of ^Conwr^tio' < art i* Development! ha ve bee?. in' ited by the chief of staff. Cherry Point Marine Air j base, to attend a meeting at the base Monday afternoon to discuss j the restricting of certain waters in j this area. The meeting has been arranged as the result of protests filed the middle of December with Army en gineers. who at the request of the Marine corps proposed the closing of the Raccoon Key Island area. j It has not been revealed by the Marine corns, but it is believed that the area specified, located in Cedar Island bay, is u anted for a bomb target area. Attending the meeting will be W. A. Ellison, jr., director of the Institute of Fisheries Research, Dr. A. F. Chestnut of the institute, C. D. Kirkpatrick, assistant commer cial commissioner, and Frank Hop kinson. both of the Department of Conservation and Development. Director Fllison has recommend ed that representatives of the fish ing industry attend also. He said yesterday that he is con fident that the Marine corps will not insist upon having any areas closed which would be detrimental to the fishing industry or work a hardship on fishermen. It s 49 for Dill George W. Dill, Carteret county's representative in the legislature, was sworn in Wednesday with oth er representatives at Raleigh and he has been assigned seat No. 49 in the House. Funeral Delayed Pending Arrival of Husband Mrs. Mildred Lawrence Turner, 21, of Otway, died at 12:.S0 Wednesday after noon at the Morehead City hospital as the result of car bon monoxide poisoning. Another victim of the poison ous ga s, Durwood Gijlikin, a Is j of Otway, is r^porte I to be recovering* satisfactorily. Deputy Sheriff Murray Thomas, acting coroner, pronounced Mrs. Turner's death as accidental, due to carbon monoxide poisoning. Time of the funeral will be set when Mrs. Turner's husband. Sgt. Lee V. Turner, who is stationed at Fort Sill, Okla., arrives home. Found Tuesday Gillikin and Mrs. Turner were found at about noon Tuesday by a sister of Mrs. Turner's. They were seated, both in a semi-conscious state, in a car with the motor run ning. The car was parked at Ot way. just off the Markers Island road. Kach was transported in separate automobiles to the Morehead City hospital. The cars were met in Beaufort by Highway Patrolman H. G. Woolard who served as an escort to the hospital. Motor Started Deputy Sheriff Thomas said that j due to tlie cold, the motor was 1 started in order to operate the heater in the car and the fumes overcame the two. Mrs. Turner is survived, besides her husband, by a young daughter, Patricia Ann; her mother. Mrs Lena Lawrence, Otway; six sisters. , Mrs. J. F. Hill. Mrs. Stacy Gillikin, Mrs. W. B. Gillikin, and Mrs. Nor- j man Gillikin. all of Otway; Mrs. R. B. Gillikin, Marshallbcrg; Mrs. Claud Golden. Bcttie; and five j brothers, Richard. Norfolk; Dens low, Agustus, T. P., and Thurman, all of Otway. Engineer?, Report OnCross-RockCut Army engineers have found, ac cording to a report received today ( from the office of the division en ; gincer. Atlanta, that improvement and maintenance of Cross Rock channel (between Wallace channel and Sheep Island slough) "would be costly and unjustified by the expected benefits." The reporting officers find that a federal project for the improve ! ment of Wallace channel, already reported upon as an alternative to the Cross-Rock channel route for vessel traffic between the ocean and Pamlico sound, and recom mended by the Chief of Engineers (H. Doc. No. 453, Hist Cong.. 2d sess.), but not yet acted upon by Congress, is still justified. Persons wishing to present their views on the matter should address them to the Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors, Washing ton. D. <\. no later than Jan. 29. A public hearing on Cross-Rock channel was held at Atlantic Nov. 18, 1946. At that time a 7-foot channel was requested between Wallace channel at Ocracoke inlet and Sheep Island slough, via Casey Island, and a continuation of that channel southwestward to Wain wright slough. Petitioners said a deeper chan nel would eliminate damage and delay experienced by small ves sels navigating between Ocracoke inlet and Core sound. December Building Activity Increases; 1950 Tops 1949 By F. C. Salinbury t/ Following two months in which the smallest number of building permits were issued in Morehcad City during the past year, October $6,558 and November $6,885, the month of December records show an increase in building projects, estimated cost, $33,515. December permits issued by A. B. Roberts, building inspector, cov er the building of three houses by W. W. Ballou on Fisher street be tween 22nd and 23rd streets at a cost of $5,000 each. J. M. Coats is constructing a new house on Evans street between 21st and 22nd streets, to cost $9,875, and Hiram Hawkins a house on Fisher street to cost $900. Robert L. Rose was granted a permit to move a small building from the parking lot next to East man's store to his used car lot at the corner of 14th and Arendell streets, at a cost of $300, also to erect a car washing house at a cost of $700. E. C. Spence is spending $4,000 remodeling the Webb house on Arendell street. Permits were granted for additions to homes of J. Dewey Willis, $2,0(K), and Grady Rich. $250; K. L. Nelson for a ga rage, $490. Construction in Morehead City set a high record for 1950 With $578,208 in building permits issued during the year. This year s con struction exceeds 1949 bv $109,676 and 1948 by $217,613. Of the total permits issued for this year, 64 were for new houses, including a few garage apartments, amounting to $293,225. Additions and repairs total $22,723, garages $3,430, mis cellaneous $8,265, and building for commercial and business use $263, 440. The construction of 64 new hous es during the year exceeded 1949 by 18 and 1948 by 20. The Hunt ley development in the city exten sion on Crab Point erected nine new houses at a tost of $4,900 each. Three fine homes were built at a cost of $10,000 or over: J. C. Tay lor $35,000. H. E. Mobley $20,000, and Harold M.- Webb $10,000. Twenty houses costing from $5,000 to $10,000, the balance ranging from a low price of $175 to $5,000. Sec BUILDING, Page 7 Newport Sets Date For Rent Hearing Veterans Request Title to Sites in Housing Develop ment at Newport The Newport town board, ip reg ! ular session Tuesday night. set I Tuesday night, Feb. f>. as a public I hearing on continuation of rent control. George Bali, town attorney, said that under the recently passed rent contra! law, towns may decide for themselves whether they should or should not remove rent ceilings. Feb. 6 will he the regular meet ; ing night of the board at the New port town hall. Attending the meeting this week were members of the Cherry Point Veterans Housing cooperative who are planning to build homes on sites along the Nine-Foot road near Newport They requested information on | obtaining title to their property so that paving of streets could pro ceed The attorney and George Ball. Harlowe. trustee of the prop erty. told the veterans that titles lor the land would he drawn up as soon as possible. Commissioner M. I). McCain, S. lv Mann, and Ormsby Mann were appointed as a committee to inves tigate location of a new road to lead from the housing project to highway 70. Lawrence Vickers, Morehead City real estate auent. who has a greed to handle loans and build ing plans for the development, has been requested to investigate pos sibilities for digging a well and erecting a water tank on the prop erty. Plans for putting in a water sys tem, long under conside^M0"* , have not materialized. Two Vehicles Crash at Corner Two vehicles were damaged to I the extent of $.'100 each at 1:45 p. m. Saturday when they collided at 8th and Fisher streets. Morehead I City. As the result of the accident, William Fcrebec Willis of 8(12 Bay st.. has been charged with failure to stop at a stop sign. Willis was driving a 1046 Ford. The other vehicle, a Ford pick-up truck was being driven by Charles Byrd Rhue, 1702 Fisher st. The pick-up is owned by Stroud's Food j center. Willis will be tried in mayor's court Monday afternoon at 2 o' clock on the second floor of the , municipal building. Officers who investigated the accident were Buck Newsom and Herbert Griffin. B&PW Women Make Last Call ior Used Clothing This is the last call. Mrs. C. L. Beam. Beaufort, and Mrs. Ladigole Lindsay, Morehead City, co-chairmen of the Business and Professional Women's club clothing drive, asked today that anyone having winter clothing, clean and in usable condition, should take it to THE NEWS TIM ES office in Morehead City or the sheriff's office. Beaufort, no later than noon tomorrow. The clothing is being turned over to the welfare department for distribution to families in the coun ty who are in need. Collection of used clothes began in December. Several lots have already been delivered to the wel fare department. Juyeees to Meet Beaufort Jaycecs will meet at 7 p.m. Monday at the Inlet inn. Beau fort. iHtrfad ) *?/
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