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A Merger of THE BEAUFORT NEWS (Established 1912) and THE TWIN CITY TIMES (Established 1936)
40th YEAR, NO. 6. EIGHT PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY, JAN. 16, 1951 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
Pfc. Warren C. Day , Lola,
Reported Missing in Action
Townsfolk Make
Survey to Find
Living Quarters
Beaufort Committee Seeks
Space tor Military Men,
Families
Fifty members of the Beaufort
Armed Services Hospitality commit
tee this week are canvassing the
town and collecting data on the
number of rooms, apartments, or
bomes that are or could be made
available to military personnel.
This survey, expected to be com
plete by Friday, is being sponsored
by the chamber of commerce and
, the Junior Woman's club, with
' cooperation of the Veterans of
Foreign Wars, Veterans Service
organisation, the Methodist. Bap
tist and Episcopal churches, Amer
ican Legion, American Legion
Auxiliary, the Women's club, Jay
cees, Rotary club, Carteret Busi
ness and Professional Women's
club, Teenage canteen, FTA, Eas
tern Star, Masonic lodge, Odd Fel
lows lodge and Rebecca lodge.
Representatives from each of
these organizations, who in turn
form the BASH committee, met
at the town hall Thursday night to
receive their instructions. Each
person was assigned a territory to
cover. They will ask a homeowner
questions regarding living space
tfr4t he could provide. These ques
Ugftaires will be returned to the
chamber of commerce.
The chamber is also requesting
that now and any time in the fu
ture, anyone knowing of living
space available should call the
chamber, 2-8241 and anyone know
ing of newcomers to town should do
likewise.
The newcomers will receive a
letter of welcome from the chamber
?nd the Beaufort Welcoming com
mittee will call on them.
Citizens are being requested, in
line with patriotic duty, to "make
room for our service men. Help
your town. Your neighbors are
cooperating. Won't You?"
REA Officials j
Attend Meeting
Attending a Rural Electrifica
tion administration meeting in New
Bern last week were Directors
Gordon Laughton, George Brock
wty, Earl C. Day, Roger S. Jones
and Manager W. C. Carlton of the
Carteret-Craven Electric Member
ship corporation.
At the session on executive de
velopment directors discussed the
various responsibilities that were
theirs in the job of policy-making
for locally owned, and locally con
trolled electric cooperatives.
The leader in ? the session was
William H. Grove, regional head
of the management division cfT
REA. He cited examples where
tttt success or failure of business
es, such as local co-ops. have de
pended on the executive decisions
ntade by the directors and man
agement.
So interesting and informative
were, the many points developed
that the directors and managers
present voted unanimously to plan
quarterly meeting of this type,
Manager Carlton reported. The
next meeting to be held in New
Bern again and attended by man
agers and directors from co-ops in
eastern part of the State will fea
ture a discussion on "Employee
Relations."
Two Automobiles Collide
ftt Intersection Sunday J
?Two automobiles collided at 2:30
Ipifday afternoon at the 21st and
Arendell street intersection, More
head City.
Police Officers Herbert Griffin
and Buck Newsomc, who inves
tigated. said a 1940 Chevrolet driv
en by Richard T. Hughes. 109 N.
22nd St., pulled into Arendell in
front of a 1950 Chevrolet by Hat
vey Lee Rogers, 2001 Bridges st.
Setters was proceeding east on
Amtdell
Damage to each car was estimat
ed at $25. No charges were prefer
red.
Ctafc to Meet
The Crab Point Home Demon
stration club will meet at 2:30 Fri
day afternoon with Mrs. Lennis
Brinson. This meeting, scheduled
lor Thursday, is being postponed
because of an officers training
acbool at New Bern Thursday. At
tending the school will be Home
?onstration club county council
ers and club officers.
Pfc. Warren (Tiny) C. Day, 19,
is reported missing in action in
Korea since Dec. 12, according to
a telegram from the war depart
ment received Saturday night by
his mother, Mrs. Olivia Day of Lo
la.
Day enlisted in the Army Jan.
25, 1948, and received his basic
training at Fort Jackson. S. C. He
was home on furlough last July
and told his mother at that time
that he would be sent to Japan.
Landed at Inchon
Day was among those who made j
the landing at Inchon. He was at
tached to the 31st Infantry Regi ,
ment of the 7th Division.
His cousin, Master Sergeant Leo
Lupton, whose parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Luther Lupton. reside in New j
Bern, wrote in a letter home, re- I
ceivcd about ten days ago. that
"Tiny's outfit was destroyed."
"Tiny Day, so known through
out his youth and at Atlantic
where he attended school, was
Tiny in name only. His Cedar Is- i
land friends like to recount how 1
he 'knocked the eyeballs out of
two Marines at once in a fight near
Beaufort."
Father Drowned
His father. Herbert Dayi was lost
at Drum inlet on Dec. 19, 1933,
when he tried to pole a swiff to the
Core Banks Coast Guard station
to ask for help in starting the en
gine of his big boat. Tiny's grand
father and others who stayed with
the larger boat searched for him
when he had failed to return some
hours later. No trace of his body
was ever found.
The missing soldier's family con
sists of his mother; one sister.
Vera, at home; two brothers, A1
vin, at home, and Virgil who is
employed by the FBI in Washing
ton, D. C. Virgil was a bomber
radioman in World War II and en
gaged in many bombing missions !
over Europe.
Musical Show
Opens Fridsy
The curtain will rise on Carteret
county's first musical comedy o?
1951 at 8 o'clock Friday night in
the Morehead City school auditor
ium.
"A Night at the Mobeau," is a
talc described by Miss Marilou
Paulsen, director, as follows:
"It may be more leap year next
year, but Ella gets a jump on the
situation by trying to catch a man
? a year ahead of time. Being re
lated to her doesn't help any sit
uation, as Jimmy Wallace finds
out. Dan Walker is left holding
the sack. To find out what all
this double talk is. come and see
A Night at the Mobeau."
Proceeds from the show will be
used to re-upholster furniture in
the Webb Memorial Civic center.
The Garden and Civics club, spon
sors of the musical, have pledged
$100. Any amount over $100 will
be used for improvement of the
school grounds.
In addition to the characters
mentioned above, others playing
roles are Odell Merrill, Claud
Wheatly, Beaufort: James Willis,
Karl Stiles, A1 Dewey, Thelma
Branch. Ann Mills. Walter Morris,
Bill Lewis, Cecil Adams, Mary Lou
Goodwin, George Goodwin, Joe
Rose, Sam Guthrie.
The Clarion quartet, under the
direction of Ralph Wade, will sing.
A Hawaiian hula dance will be pcr
lormed by Mrs. Elsa Watts, Cherry
Point.
Milton Truckner
Heads On-Farm
Training Class 1
Milton D. Truckner of Pelletier
has been elected president of the
Newport institutional on - farm
training class.
Other officers are William F.
Gillikin, Beaufort; Alton L. De
Blanc. Newport. William L. Harris,
North Harlowr. and Osborne G.
(Bill) Pigott. Gloucester.
President Truckner has appoint
ed the following committee to plan
? social event in the near future:
Sam L. Pollard. William Guy Wil
lis, John Young, Bill Pigott, Neal
Garner, and Norman S. (Jack) Bell.
Twenty-nine men are now enroll
ed in the veteran farm training
class which is taught by C. S. Long,
instructor in the department of ag
riculture. Newport school. During
the current year they will be in
structed in both classroom and
shop.
The members are as follows: Os
borne Pigott, Gloucester; Otis L.
Warren. James H. Lewis, William
F. Gillikin. Hubert E. Gaskins,
Heber B. Golden, Guion G. Chad
wick, Justin C. Pake. Curtis R.
Pake, all of Beaufort and Beaufort
RFD.
William E. Taylor. William L.
Harris, Granville H. Taylor. Red
mon B. Taylor, Jimmie E. Durham,
all of North Harlowe; Clifton P.
Hardesty, Melvin O. Garner, Alton
DeBlanc. Willie L. Cannon. Bernice
A. Mann. Leon C. Tolson. Norman
S. Bell. Samuel Pollard, all of New
port.
Albert E Murdoch. Wildwood:
Robert E. Rhue. Milton Truckner.
James E. Worley, Peiletier; Wil
iiam Guy Willis, Smyrna; John D.
Young and Franklin Griffin, both
of Stella.
State Paves $1
Miles of Roads i
Thirty-nine and one tenth miles
of road were graded and paved
in Carteret county during 1950,
according to a report released to
day by the State Highway and Pub
lic Works commission.
Miles graded and stabilized with
traffic bound macadam totaled
34.3, miles graded were 31 and
miles now being graded total 25.
This work was made possible under
the $200,000,000 secondary road
program.
Roads paved within communities
were a total of 1.5 miles long. This
work was done at Marshallberg and
Atlantic. Miles stabilized in the
county were 4.3.
Henry W. Jordan, chairman of
the highway commission, stated:
"The highway commission more
than tripled its pace of road-build
ing during 1950. largely because
of the availability of special bond
money, ideal weather conditions
and excellent cooperation from the
roadbuilding industry. More work
was finished both on the primary
and the secondary road systems
than ever before in history."
Attend Scout Meeting
Robert Howard, Morehcad City,
Dr. N. T. Ennett and A. D. Ful
ford, Beaufort, attended the East
Carolina district Scout meeting at
Greenville Friday.
Health Board Approves Annual
Report by Dr. N. T. Ennett J
The Carteret county board of
health accepted and approved the
health officer's annual report at
their recent meeting in the health
department, Beaufort.
At the conclusion of the report,
presented by Dr. N. T. Ennett,
health officer. Dr. K. P. B. Bon
ner, chairman of the board, remark
ed that the county could not afford
to be without a Jiealth department.
Statistics Given
The report appears below. The
first part was statistical and pre
sented 1950 figures, as compared
with 1949. In the following para
graphs, the 1949 figure appears
first followed by the 1950 figure.
Blood tests, 964. 1,000; new ve
nereal disease patients, 86, 62; ex
amination of teachers. 61, 80; pre
school examinations. 340, 353; vac
cinations 9,146, 6,416 (the reduced
number in 1950 was in typhoid
vaccinations, not diphtheria,
whooping cough, or small pox. this
is due, the healtly officer explain
ed. to typhoid vaccinations being
voluntary, not compulsory).
School inspections by the nurse,
3,033, 34087; school children exam
/
incd by the health officer, 2,409.
2,627; cerebrospinal meningitis
cases, 1, 9; new tuberculosis cases.
11, 8; tonsit and adenoid opera
tions, 14, 146; eye cases in clinics.
29. 70; glasses secured, 27, 51; new
orthopedic cases. 50, 22.
Sanitation
Septic tanks placed. 137, 220;
privies installed, 39. 88; dairy in
spections. 73. 77; milk samples ex
amined, 91, 185; hotel and restau
rant inspections, 615, 627; swab
tests on eating utensils (three
months), 96; drinking water speci
mens examined. 122, 138.
Vital Statistics
Births. 602. 588; deaths. 165, 160;
cancer deaths. 27, 11; heart and
blood vessel deaths. 77, 73; tuber
culosis, 2, 5.
Dr. Ennett continued:
"One important feature of our
school work is the free tonsil and
adenoid clinics for underprivileged
children. These clinics are made
possible through the State School
Health Service Fund, inaugurateo
the latter part of 1949. but not ful
ly organized until 1950. Our local
See HEALTH, Page 8
W. C. Matthews to Present Jaycee Award
March of Dimes Begins
In Carteret County /.
The 1951 March of Dimes is un- 1
derway in Carteret county and
throughout the United States as a i
massive attack against the only epi
demic disease known to man that
is still on the increase ? a disease
that in the last three years has
stricken more than 100.000 peop
le and cost the National Founda
tion lor Infantile Paralysis an un
precedented $58,000,000 lor patient
care alone.
A. H. James county, director of
the campaign, said today every
phase of community life is rep
resented among the volunteers who
expect to raise $7,200 by the end
of (his month.
"The need confronting us."
James said, " is the greatest I
in the history of our 13-year - old!
battle against polio. The costs of
the last three tragic polio years
have left the National Foundation
epidemic aid funds exhausted.
"Many thousands of men, women
and children left crippled by past |
epidemics depend upon the March J
of Dimes tor a fighting chance to |
achieve some degree of normalcy.
And we must face the inevitable
outbreaks of 1951, with their un
known number of new patients."
Rcvicwiig last year's accom
plishments of the National Founda
tion. James estimated that caring
for polio patients in 1950 when
well over 30,000 people were strick ,
en ? had cost the National Foun
datio) approximately $20,000,000
with millions in unpaid bills still
remaining.
Since, the National Foundation
was established in 1938, it has
authorized $28,567,233.51 for pro
grams of research, education, and
I non-epidemic medical care, he
declared, adding that $2,710,987.69
of this amount had been allocated
i .1 1950 alone. He characterized
this three - pronged attack against
polio and its after - affects as "our
only hope of some day eliminat
ing the disease and of providing
the best care that science can de
vise until then."
During the year, more than
$1,000,000 - worth of respirators,]
hot-pack machines and other es
sential equipment was shipped by
plane, truck and rail to parts of
the nation. This included more
than 450 respirators, 300 hot-pack
machines. 250 cribs and beds and
2,000 pounds of wool.
"Lend Me A lland" is the slo
gan of this year's "drive, sym
bolized by Larry McKcnzic, the
boy on the 1951 March of Dimes
poster which appears throughout
the county. The poster has been dis
tributed in business establishments
and public gathering places.
muz
Renewals Due
Raleigh ? Persons whose sur
names begin with U, V, W, X, Y,
fcnd Z should now apply for renew
als of drivers license, the North
Carolina Department of Motor Ve
hicles reported today. Motorists
who obtained renewal of their driv
er's licenses in 1947 under the re
issuance program and whose birth
days fall early this year should al
so apply.
Motorists who are uncertain a
bout the expiration d?*e of their
licenses should refer to the lower
right hand corner of their present
license cards. These motorists will
be permitted to seek second renew
al 30 days in advance of the ex
piration date, which falls on their
birth date. The majority will have
surnames beginning with A or B,
but a few will fall in other alpha
betical groups.
Approximately 180,000 North
Carolinians are included in the U,
V, W, X, Y, and Z group. Persons
seeking second renewals are esti
mated at 85,000 or 90.000.
To avoid the last minute rush of
the U. V, W. X, Y. and Z group,
which expires June 30, the depart
ment suggests that motorists come
early.
v
Two Marines Escape Injury
When Car Upsets Saturday
Two Marines miraculously escap
ed injury at 11:15 Saturday night
when their car turned over at Har
desty's corner six miles east of
Beaufort.
Keith W. Conner, a Marine of
Cherry Point, was driving the car,
a 1949 Ford and was headed west
on highway 70. With him was Con
nley Owens, a Marine stationed at
Camp Lejeune.
Conner told investigating high
way patrolmen that he turned to
talk with his friend and just as he
did so. he came upon the sharp
turn. The car skidded across the
road, hit the ditch and flipped
over. Damage to the car ha? been
estimated at $600.
Patrolmen J. W. Sykes and W.
E. Pickard investigated.
Town Complies
With Housing 1
Authority Request
Morehead City has agreed to
turn over to the East Carolina Re
gional Housing authority any prop
erty it owns to facilitate construc
tion of the low cost housing pro
jects.
The federal government has al
located Morehead City 50 homes.
25 for white families and 25 for
colored.
The white project will be locat
ed between 22 and 23rd streets and
Avery and Bay. the colored be
tween 13th and 14th streets. Bay
street and Calico creek.
George McNeill, at a special
meeting of the town board Friday
night in the town hall, told the
commissioners that the East Caro
lina Regional housing authority re
quested a certain amount of prop
erty believed by the authority to
be owned by the town and also
i asked the town fathers to close
I certain alleys and streets in the
approved sites.
The board agreed to do so, pro
viding the housing project is car
ried through as planned. McNeill
told the board that Emmett Pow
ell, executive director of the East
Carolina Regional Housing author
ity, informed him that the only
holdup on actual building of the
homes was the action he requested
of the town board and which was
taken Friday night.
According to McNeill, five hous
es will have to be removed from
the colored site and five from the
white before construction can
start.
Morehead Buys
Earth Shoveler /
Morehead City commissioners, in
! session Friday night at the munic
| ipal building, authorized purchase
of a hydraulic earth shoveler at a
j cost of $5,500.
| The board considered two of
fers. one from the Carolina Trac
tor and Equipment co., Kaleigh,
and the other from the North Car
olina Equipment co.. Raleigh. The
latter company, in the commission
ers' opinion, presented the most at
tractive offer.
Delivery of the machinc was
promised in about three weeks.
Two other pieces of machinery
owned by the town were also pur
chased from the North Carolina
Equipment co.. the motor grader
and the fire truck which has not
yet been delivered.
Commissioners also earmarked
$6,500 of unbudgetcd funds for op
eration of the street department
up to September 1951. Purchase of
a new police car, to replace the
present patrol wagon, was discuss
ed.
The earth shoveler, a recondi
tioned machine with a 90-day guar
antee. will be paid for over a pe
riod of 24 months, $2,000 down and
the remainder at spaced intervals
with 6 per cent simple interest.
The new piece of machinery will
be used to build up low cemetery
lots, to push trash at the dump in
to the water, and will be rented
out.
Legion Post Pledges Aid
In Civil Defense Program '
Morehead City American Legion, |
Post No. 46. pledged its full coop
eration Friday night in regular I
meeting to the civil defense pro- 1
gram.
A committee was appointed to |
obtain a band and plan for
American legion dance. Commit- 1
tee members are L. G. Dunn, chair- 1
man. Joe DuBois. and J. B. Royal.
Following the meeting, there was
a turkey shoot. Two, Jim Meeks
and L. G. Dunn, were declared win
ners.
Tide Table
Tide* at Beaufort Bar
intiii low |
Tuesday, Jan. 16
2:59 a.m. 9:19 a.m.
3:03 p.m. 9:18 p.m. I
Wednesday, Jan 17
3:53 a.m. 10:17 a.m.
3:59 p.m. 10:10 p.m.
4:46 a.m. 11:13 a.m.
4:55 p.m. 11:01 p.m.
Friday, Jan. 19
5:36 a.m. 12:04: a.m.
5:47 p.m. 11:50 p.m. |
W. C. Matthews of More
head City will present the
Jaycee Distinguished Service
award to the young man be
tween 21 and 35 who has
done the most outstanding
work for Morehead City dur
ing 1950. This presentation
will be made at Jaycee birth
day banquet Monday night,
Jan. 22, at the Blue Ribbon
club near Morehead City.
Jan. 14-21 is Junior Chamber of
Commerce Week and marks the
founding of the Jaycees 30 years
ago.
W. C. Carlton to Emcee
Master of ceremonies at the ban
quet will be W. C. Carlton of More
head City. Among Invited guests
will be former winners of the a
ward. I) G. Bell 1941, A. B. Rob
erts 1946, A I Cooper 1947, Robert
Lowe 1948. and J. R. Sanders 1950.
Sanders is chairman of the com
mittee in charge ol presenting the
aWard this year. Other winners
comprise the OSA committee.
Civic Clubs Vote
The man-of-the-year has been se
lected by town s civic organizations.
Each had one vote and tho presi
dents of the clubs, their wives or
husbands as the case may be, are
invited to the banquet. The clubs
are Rotary, Elks, Lions, chamber
of commerce, Woman's club, Jun
ior Woman's club. Literary and Art
department.
Others who have been invited
are Mr. and Mrs. Lockwood Phil
lips. publishers of THE NEWS
TIMES, Mr. and Mrs. Groven Mun
den of the Carteret Broadcasting
company, and presidents of the
Beaufort. Jacksonville, and Have
lock Jaycees.
The dinner will begin at 0:45 p.
m. Dancing will follow.
37 Men Drawn
For Jury Service
Thirty-seven men were selected
lor jury serviee during the special
term of superior court, for trial of
civil cases, beginning Monday, Feb.
12
The county board chose the jury
men at their January meeting. The
ones selected in November for the
civil term in December could not
serve because, according to law.
the names drawn must be specified
for the court in which the jurors
are to serve and cannot be trans
ferred.
The December term of court
was not held because of lack of a
judge.
Jurors are as follows: George B.
Taylor. J. L. Sharpe. Clinton S.
Garner. C. C. Jones. R. Guy Gar
ner. all of Newport; Willie F.
Lewis. George R. Lewis. Thomas
B. Lewis. A. E. Cannon, Julius A.
Nelson. W. J. Laughton, all of
Morehead City.
Alex Truitt. J. I). Biggs, M. M.
Dudley, I). F. Merrill. Will Arring
ton. Wilson Golden. J. L. Congle
ton. all of Beaufort; George M.
Rose. W. O. Guthrie, Dan Yeomans,
James Moore. Roosevelt Davis, Fer
nie Yeomans, all of Harkcrs Is
land.
Elbert Mason. Oden Fulcher,
both of Atlantic; George W. Han
cock. Smyrna; Maltby Taylor, Har
vey Taylor, both of Sea Level; T.
C. Gillikin, Gerald Davis, E. O. Da
vis, D. R. Lewis, all of Marshall
berg; Jordan Lewis. Stacy; Mart T.
Lupton, Lola; Eldon Smith, Roc.
Firemen Answer Call
Te Queen Street School
Beaufort firemen rushed to the
Queen Street school at 7:55 Satur
day night but there was no fire.
A welder's acetylene tank blew
up, caused a flash of flame that
alarmed a child nearby who turn
ed in the alarm. The welder was
repairing a crack in the boiler at
the school. H. L. Joslyn, superin
tendent of schools, reported.
Firemen reported that it was so
dark around the school that had it
been necessary to fight a fire, lack
of lights would have been a great
hinderance.
Ckild Recovers iron Case
Of Spinal Meningitis
Gloria Lawrence, 3-year-old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Will
Lawrence. 2300 Bay st., Morehead
City, is reported to be recovering
satisfactorily from a case of spin
al iqeningitis.
The child was hospitalized last
week and a quarantine placed on
her home. Mr. Lawrence is in the
armed forces.
Booklet Distributed
The official United States Gov
ernment booklet. Survival Under
Atomic Attack, is being distribut
ed free by White Milk and Ice
Cream company to all retail and
wholesale customers in thia area,
R. B. Howard, manager of the
Morehead City branch of the com
pany, reported today.
Recruiting of Beaufort Civil
Defense Workers Begins Today
Assemblyman
From Carteret j
Introduces Bill
House Speaker Assigns
George W. Dill to 11
Committees
Assemblyman -George Dill from
Carteret county introduced his
first bill in the legislature last
[week. House Bill No. 35 which
! would rescind an ancient statute,
he points out, which requires that
police officers be registered voters
in the voting area where they make
:in arrest.
This bill was drawn up by the
i League of Municipalities. It is im
possible, Dill explained, for police
I officers to carry out their duties if |
, they can make arrests only in their
own voting precincts. The statute,
j long on the books, had been for
gotten until recently when it was
| used in a legal case to defend an
offender of the law.
Referred to Committee
' The bill has been referred to ju
| diciary I committee.
When the legislature recessed
: Friday approximately 48 bills had
! been introduced in the House. Dill
I commented that many of the com
mittees. appointed the middle of
last week, will get down to business
today.
11 Assignments
Carteret's legislator has been as
signed to 11 committees, a high
number for a freshman assembly
man, and has been made vice presi
dent of the committee on Commis
sions and Institutions for the
Blind.
He is serving on the following
committees: banks' and banking,
commercial fishing and oystering,
conservation and -"development,
counties, cities, and towns, insur
ance, manufacturing and labor,
propositions and grievances, fi
nance, military affairs, and trus
tees of the university in addition
to the committee on the blind.
The finance committee, the tax
making body of the state, has met
one time to date. Dill reported
Sunday, that from remarks made
during the committee session, the
members are not in favor of levy
ing new taxes.
TB Seal Sale
Nets $1,61035 <
Mrs. Martha Loftin, executive
secretary of the Carteret County
Tuberculosis association, announc
ed today that $1,610.55 was col
lected in the 1950 Christmas seal
campaign.
Reminders to persons who have
not made contributions or who
have not returned the seals will be
sent out this week, she said. If
anyone has made a contribution
and receives a reminder they arc
requested to let Mrs. Loftin know
in order that a check up can be
made and credit given where it is
due.
Under the supervision of Sudie
Fennell seals were sold at the W
S. King school. Morehead City, and
$55.65 was turned in. In charge
of sales at Queen Street school,
Beaufort. was Eva Wilson.
The final figure on sales there has
not been obtained.
The goal for the 1950 drive was
$3,000. Contributions are still ac
ceptable, Mrs. Loftin stated.
Recruiting of personnel in Beau
fort's civil defense program will
begin today.
Persons wishing to enlist in the
corps of civil defense workers may
register between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.
at the town hall, Beaufort. Ac
cepting enlistments is Mrs. W. H.
Taylor, jr.. co-chairman of the pub
lic education committee for civil
defense.
Workers are needed in the fol
lowing classifications: air raid war
dens, minutcmen, communications,
fire department, auxiliary police,
secretaries, Red Cross, engineers,
messengers, motor pool, first aid,
first aid station personnel, and
nurses' aides.
Knlistees may express their pref
erence for the type of work they
would like to do. 11 the enlistee
has no preference, the civil de
fense committee will place him as
they see fit.
At a meeting of the civil defense
committee Thursday night in the
Merrill building. Grayden Paul,
deputy defense director, stressed
the necessity of having people to
carry out the program and urged
recruiting of citi/ens as soon as pos
sible.
Glenn Adair, communications
chairman, made an extensive re
port on communications and Neal
Willis, also assisting in communi
cations. stated that all radio op
erators are awaiting an assignment
of a national frequency from FCC
lor civil defense communication
work.
Fire Chief Charles B. Harrell re
ported that the firemen are fully
in favor of the program and pre
sented a list of the items required
by the fire department to carry
out their phase of the program.
Gene Smith, defense director, is
compiling all plans of individual
chairmen, and a list of their needs
for carrying out the program.
These will be sent to the state civil
defense office.
Negotiations are going forward
now for films on methods of pro
tection for civilians during bomb
ing. These films, to be made a
vailablc through Cherry Point, will
be shown in Beauiort.
Safety Patrol Boy
Issues Citation
J. A. Whitehurst, Beaufort, was .
warned by Mayor W. L. Derrick. son
in mayor's court yesterday after
noon to heed the stop and go sig
nals operated by safety patrol boys
at Morehead City school.
Whitehurst was ordered to ap
pear in court on charge of violat
ing directions issued by Nathan
Taylor, safety patrolman. Young
Taylor, who testified before the
mayor, said that Whitehurst saw
the stop signal but failed to stop.
Whitehurst contended that the
boy was in the process of putting
the sign up as he entered the in
tersection. The mayor warned him
that it was important that the pa
trol's directions be obeyed and no
sentence was issued.
Bonnie Rice, Morehead City, was
ordered to pay costs of court on a
charge of speeding on Bridges
street. The case against E. A. lies
see, Morehead City, who was
charged with blocking a street was
dismissed.
Officer Richard McLean testified
that Hessee, driver of a bread
truck, backs his truck into the
warehouse between Arendell and
Bridges on 12th and while his
truck is parked there, no traffic
can pass.
McLean said the defendant had '
been warned, prior to issuance of
I the citation, not to block the street.
Agriculture * Department
Releases State Farm Figures
North Carolina's farm popula
tion, including all persons livinti
on farm tracts of three or more
acres, is listed at 1,471.048 in a
summary of the 1950 farm census
now being distributed by the State
Department of Agriculture.
This represents a gain of 48.000
during the past two years. The
state's total land area in farms al
so showed an increase ? from 20,
91)2.229 acres in 1948 to 21.ZU.933
acres in 1950.
The farm census summary gives
county and state totals on a wide
range of agricultural statistics, in
cluding land utilization, livestock
inventories and acreage figures for
the principal crops. Carteret coun
ty statistics appear below. The
livestock figures represent listings
as of Jan. 1, 1950. while crop acre
ages are reported on the basis of
1949 plantings.
The information was collected
t by tax listers in the various coun
ties and compiled by the statistics
' division of the State Department
of Agriculture under the supervi
sion of Frank Parker, chief statis
tician. and John Richardson, state
farm census director.
Copies of the 1950 farm census
summary may be obtained from
the Statistics Division. N. C. De
partment of Agriculture. Raleigh,
N. C. Separate ^tabulations of sta
tistics for most of the individual
counties have previously been pub
lished.
Tax listers now are collecting in
formation for the 1951 farm census,
Richardson said.
A section in the 1950 summary
devoted to land utilization shows
this breakdown: Land used for
harvested crops, including hay*
cut, 6,570.624 acres: idle (no crops
grazed or harvested) 1,375,491
See AGRICULTURE, Pi|? I