W CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES A Merger of THE BEAUFORT NEWS (E?tabli?hed 1912) and THE TWIN CITY TIMES ( EttablUhed 1936) 40th YEAR. NO. 8. TWO SECTIONS ? SIXTEEN 'PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY, JAN. 26, 1951 . PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS Defendant Will j Serve Suspended Road Sentence x Cecil Guthrie, M o r e h e a d City, Found Guilty in Court Tuesday Cecil Guthrie of Morehead City, under a two to three year suspend ed sentence due to conviction on an arson charge, was found guilty in recorder's court Tuesday on a charge of trespassing and peeping. Judge Lambert Morris imposed a six month sentence in the trespas sing and peeping case which was bound over to recorder s court from Morehead City mayor's court Mon day Guthrie was apprehended by Morehead City police in the 1600 block of Shackleford street Friday night shortly before midnight Beroice Brady. Olin Ivy, and Jo seph Moore, charged with theft of $700 in Morehead City Sunday morning, were found guilty of pet ty larceny. Most of the $700 was recovered. The Brady woman was given a two-year jail sentence, not to be served providing she re- j main on good behavior five years and not frequent any beer parlors} or dance halls during that time. She was ordered to pay $25 and costs. Each of the men were given two ! year sentences on the roads, not j to be carried out providing they re- j main sober and on good behavior five years, and pay $25 and costs. They were allowed 30 days to pay their fines. Norman N. Poussard. chargcd with theft of an automobile, plead ed guilty to temporary larceny. A six-month road sentence was sus pended on condition that he re main sober and on good behavior three years, pay $50 and costs. William E Wilson was found guilty of assault on a female, his wife. His six-month sentence need ] not be served if he remains on good behavior, does not molest his j See DEFENDANT. Page 8 I Fishery Institute Offers Assistance With Net Rollers ^ Fishermen interested in putting rollers on their nets may obtain instruction without cost at the In stitute of Fisheries Research, Camp Glenn. ? Already, with the help of John Wegner, gear specialist at the in .stitute, the Linda Gale and the Clay, boats owned by Clayton Ful cher of Atlantic, have had their 'nets rigged with rollers. Rollers enable the nets to he t dragged over rough bottom with '^nit damage. They have long been used off the New England coast but are not in general use in this section, commented W. A. Ellison. . jr.. director of the institute, yes terday Fishermen here have not used this means to protect their nets, ?"he continued, because they have been trawling, for the most part, over smooth bottom. However, lowered catches have led them to seek new grounds in rough-bottom areas and there the nets have been torn up. Rollers are made by taking cross-sections of logs, spacing them on a cable, and attaching the cable to the foot rope of the net. Wegner. who is handling roller work at the institute, has had 25 years' experience fishing in the North Sea. the North Atlantic, and off this coast. Ellison declared that he is expertly qualified to help any fishermen, who call it the in stitute. with their gear problems Morehead Firemen Answer Three Calls Tuesday The Morehead City fire depart ment answered three alarms, none of them serious, on Tuesday. The first alarm at 11:40 a.m. was a rail to 10? N. 22 st where an oil stove was afire. Firemen re ported r.o damage The second was a call to Phillips boat yard on Evans street where a fire, to burn off a vacant lot, went out of con trol. A pile of lumber at the boat yard caught fire, but otherwise there was no damage. A warped stove was the result of an oil stove fire at 1004 Fisher St. That flare-up occurred at .V.V) pm Profits Reported The Garden and Civics club. Morehead City, reported Wednes day that profits on the production "A Night at the Mobeau." which they iponaored. amounted to *207 39. Union Loses Election at Lloyd Fry Roofing Plant She Nasi Have Heard \ J Oi Slepped-Dp Production A Nrw Hampshire Red hen, iwned by V. J. Mason at Mason town, really showed the other girls how to produce when she laid ?n 8-ounce eft* Monday morning. The large white egg, without a flaw, was taken to Newport school where it was put on dis play in C. S. Long's vocational agriculture departmnnt. One question, especially, keeps us in suspense. How many yolks does the half pound sped* i men have? Dairymen Seek Breeders Charter J. T. Oglesby, Morehead Cily, Serves as Director Oi Association Dairymen and farm agents of Carteret. Craven. Pamlico and Jones counties have formally launched an artificial breeders as sociation. The group has filed ap plication with the North Carolina Department, of Agriculture for a charter The new association will be called Eastern Breeders Coop erative. Inc. At a meeting last Thursday in New Bern J. T. Oglesby of More head City and Sam Casey of Pam lico county were elected as direc tors to serve a one year term; Ol iver Richardson of Craven county and Martin Bates of Jones county will serve two years. Woodrow Mc Coy of Craven and L. G. Bond of Pamlico, three years. Officers Chosen Richardson was also elected pres ' ident of the association. McCoy vice-president, and Casey, secre tary and ireasurer. The person who will do the ar 'ificial insemination work will be sent to State college in the near fu ture. R M. Williams, Carteret farm agent, said, to receive rmirfciK The program will get underway as soon thereafter as possible 688 Membership Members in the association total 688 and are as follows: Carteret 154. Craven 348, Pamlico 151, and Jones 35. The minimum member ship fee is $1 and rises to $3 ac cording to the number of cows the farmer owns. When services of the inseminator are required, the farmer also pays an $8 fee plus 10 cents per mile for every mile he travels above 20. The persons doing this work in the four-county district will be headquartered at New Bern. Landscaper Will Visit in County J John Harris, extension landscape ! specialist, will conduct two train ' ing sessions in the county Tuesday Harris will discuss landscaping and give a demonstration at the home of Jessie Taylor, highway 101. at If) a.m. Tuesday and will conduct another meeting at 2:30 I p.m. at the Atlantic school where he will also' landscape the school grounds. R M. Williams, farm agent, said that Harris is expected to give a flannel board talk at the Taylor's to illustrate the right and wrong ways of landscaping. He will also landscape the grounds around the : Taylor home which has just been recently built. At Atlantic the group interested 1 in landscaping will meet first in the school auditorium. Harris will later draw up a "blueprint" show ing where shrubs should be set on ' the school grounds and what type of shrubs they should be. During his visit here he will al so give advice on improving the appearance of the rear of Beau fort school. Everyone who has a new home or is interested in landscaping is ' invited to either or both of Tues day's meetings, the farm agent an nounced. First Baptists Organize BrotherlMod Wednesday A Baptist Brotherhood was or canized in the First Baptist church. Morehead City, Wednesday night. Ralph Wade was clected president. W. C. Carlton. D J Hall, and R. T. Willis. Jr.. vice-presidents. Dr. Eugene Roelofs, chorister, and Lin wood Wade, secretary-treasurer. Speaker at the meeting and or ganiier of the Brotherhood was Dr. Horace Eason. Wake forest, -who ia secretary of the Baptist Brotherhood of North Carolina. Newport's Folly For more than three years Newport's "water system" has lain in the above field just off the Nine-foot road, Newport. The closest that water has come to running through the pipes has been during de scent of natural rainfall. The water system, formerly in operation at Bogue Field, was purchased by the town of Newport the latter part of 1947. Rites for Fishery Official Conducted At Plymouth < Slate Mourns Loss of Roy Hampton, 62, Chairman Of Fisheries Committee Funeral rites for W. Roy Hamp Ion. Plymouth, head of the com mercial fisheries committee of the Board of Conservation and Devel- 1 opment, and chairman of the hoard for the past year, were conducted at 4 o'clock in Grace Episcopal church, Plymouth, yesterday after noon. Hampton, 62 years of age, died suddenly at 8:30 Wednesday morn ing shortly after bis arrival at the Plymouth hospital. He was strick en with a heart attack. Hampton was well-known throughout the state, and especial ly on the coast where he has work See RITES, Page ft Buo-Pianisls Will Present Recital in Morehead Monday Town Board Gives Extension Issue < To Planning Board Th" town board has turned the 1 hot potato, town extension, over to ! the Beaufort planning board. Dr W L. Woodard, chairman of the plan I ning board, said they will make ai study of the situation and wiU J probably make recommendations to the town over the course of the next few months. The planning hoard met Tues day night, first as a board of ad justment and then as the planning ooard. Willie Garner was given permis sion to build a home between a store he owns and a residence on Fine street between Craven and Turner streets. According to zon ing regulations, there was insuffi cient space between the store and the proposed home. Hue to the store being in a resi dential area and not replaceable once it is torn down, the board of adjustment gave permission to Ciarner to build the home closer to the store than the law allows. Attending t^e planning board meeting were the chairman. Rob ert Stephens. Halsey Paul. Braxton Adair. (?ene Smith, and Dan Walk er who acted as secretary in th* place of Mis. Helen Hatseil who could not attend Measles Attack Two Communities There are epidemics of measles at Salter Path and Camp (ilenn. the county health department an nounced today. Dr. N. T. Ennett. health officer, said that while the state Board of Health does not require placarding the home, it does require that stricken children stay out of school for seven days after the rash ap pears. Other children in the home may continue to attend school, he con tinued. and there is no quarantine of adults at any time. Dr Ennett remarked that the beginning symptoms of a cold and measles are very much the same. He urges, therefore, that the child who appears to have the beginning of a cold be kept out of school un til he is better Health Oiiiceri Act On Deferment Question Dr. N. T. Ennett. health off! cer. announced today that health officers of North Carolina counties at a recent meeting in Raleigh, concurred in the opinion that health employees should not re quest deferment In the present emergency on the basis that they are health department employees. It is the opinion of the Health Officers association. Dr. Ennett commented, that while health workers arc performing important | work in their present capacity, they could do equally as important . work in the armed services. Rartlrtt and Robertson Death Claims Sam D. Edwards Samuel D. F,dwards. of Newport, a prominent farmer of western Carteret county, died suddenly at his home in Newport early Tues day morning from a heart attack. Mr. Kd wards was a member of Ocean Lodge 405. AF & AM. past counsel commander of Woodmen of th^ World lodge 336. Newport agent for the New Bern Produce Credit association and a member of the North Carolina State board of directors of the Farm Bureau. lie was elected vice-president of the Carteret county Farm Bureau in 1946 and served until 1948. He was a membership solicitor for the Farm Bureau and always brought in well over 100 memberships each year. Funeral services were helrf at the home Wednesday morning at 1 1 o'clock with Elder L. M. Sim mons officiating. Burial followed in the Mann cemetery. Surviving Mr. Edwards are his wife, the former Rana Robinson, a daughter, Mrs. Robert K. Monta gue of Raleigh, his mother, Mrs. Lizette Edwards, a sister, Mrs. Lucy Stobaugh, both of the home, one niece and three nephews. Personalities of the music world , are Ethel Bartlett and Rae Rob ; ertson who, through concerts, ra dio and Columbia Masterworks re cordings, have popularized two-pi ; ano music throughout the country. They will appear at Morehead City school auditorium under the aus < pice* of Community Concert serv : ice Monday night at 8:15 a.m. Ethel Bartlett was born on the edge of Epping Forest, in the conn ty of Essex. England. At 10 (he was taken to London where 4ic ?grew up. Her first memory it of climbing onto a piano stool ahd playing music, either tunes co4* plea with appropriate harmony wtalcCJ -If heard a neighboring student struggliag with, or music right out of her head She was only A when the started compos ing Won Scholarship Early in her career, Ethel Bart lett won the Associated Board Scholarship She studied chiefly at the Royal Academy of Music with Frederick Moore and Tobias Matthay but later did some work in Berlin under Artur Schnabel. Returning to England, she made a highly successful debut in London and toured considerably. She also specialized in the harpsichord and chamber music. With John Barhirolli. who had been a fellow student at the Acad einy. she gave a series of sonata recitals for 'cello and piano. It was at the Academy, too, that she met Rae Robertson whom she was to marry and with whom she was to begin her real musical career. Itae Robertson was born in a small Highland village near Iver ness in the north of Scotland, the son of a minister. From the age of 3 Rae began to pick out tunes at the piano by ear. Other first impressions were the band which he heard at the nearby barracks and the bagpipes with their wild and melancholy sounds, sounds which are permanently interwoven with his memories of the landscape of mountain, moor and sea in which his early years were spent. When he was 6, his playing at a party attracted the attention of a lady who had been a pupil at the Leipzig conservatory. She offered to give him free tuition, and the offer was immediately accepted, See PIANISTS. Page 7 Budget Executive Wants Port Funds Subjected/ to Controls Funds to subsidize the initial op eration of state ports at Wilming ton and Morehead City should be denied unless they are subjected to the usual budget controls of the state, the Joint Appropriations committee was told Tuesday at Ra leigh. L. I). Moore. State Budget Bu reau executive, explained that 172. 000 a year requested by the North Carolina Ports authority "to get their operations started" had not been recommended by the Advis ory Budget commission in the pro posed biennial budget. lie said the authority, after op erations begin at Wilmington and Morehead City, is requested to pay the state any balance left from re ceipts. These funds are to be kept in the authority's bank account. Moore suggested that if the op erational fund is granted, legal provision should be made to retain budget bureau restrictions over its use. the Advisory Budget commis sion believes. "It was felt by some." said Moore, "that the request was put in so that they might have a free hand and not be hampered by bud getary control." Under questioning. Moore declar ed he did not know how the ports could get under way without a subsidy at the start If their Initial receipts were Insufficient to pay the cost of operations. ? For the port at Wilmington, which Moore said he understood might get under way in IS months. $38,000 a year was requested, and the same amount for the port at Morehead City. Tlcketa for the Beaufort Choral club concert Fab. 2 at Beaufort ?chool ire being aold by members of Uie Junior Woman's dub. Employees Vote 102-14 Against AFL Affiliation Employees of Lloyd Fry Roofing company and Volney Felt mill vot ! <d 102 to 14 against joining the union. Balloting took place Wed [ nesday at the plant in Morehead I ( ity One hundred twenty three votes were cast, two of which were ruled ! void and five were challenged, ac l cording to Walter Edwards, assist ?nt plant manager who reported I he results of the election Thurs 5 lay morning. The election was conducted hy the regional representative of the National Labor Relations board. Sidney Smith. Edwards said the balloting proceeded smoothly. | Employees went to the polls from 7:15 to B a.m. Wednesday morning and from 3 to 5 in the ifternoon. They voted in favor or against affiliation with the International Brotherhood of Pulp. Sulfite, and Papermill Workers, American Fed eration of Labor. Representing the union during recent arrange ments for the election and con ducting a campaign urging em ployers to affiliate was Lewis Price Edwards made the following statement Thursday morning: "The management of the Lloyd Fry Roof ing company and the Volney Felt company is extremely gratified at the results of Wednesday's elec lion "We feel that the overwhelming majority of the votes cast against union is a vote of confidence for us and our policies on the part of employees "We shall continue to exert our best efforts for agreeable working conditions for good wages and for the solution by personal relation ship and personal contact of any problems which might arise in our operations wherein our employees are Affected." Jaycees Defer ' Action on Haying Basketball Game Beaufort Jaycees in regular ses sion Monday night declined an in vitation to play basketball with Morehead City Jaycees Saturday night to raise money for the March of Dimes. Beaufort .laycees said they would be willing to play at a later date, after several practices. The men met at the Inlet inn for steak din ners followed by their business meeting. Minstrel Discussed Possibility of staging a minstrel this spring was discussed Jarvis Herring, acting as president in the absence of George Cottingham. ap pointed Kenneth Johnson. Odell Merrill and Willard Willis to look for someone to direct the produc tion If a director can be found, the men said the project would be considered further. John Butler, appointed to inves tigate return of Morehead City bleachers to Morehead City, re ported that he called Wiley Taylor, Jr.. Jaycee football chairman, three times in regard to the matter but could not reach him Butler was directed to continue "expedit ing" the matter. Quarterly Meeting The acting president announced that there would be a quarterly meeting at Goldsboro Feb. 1 for eighth district Jaycees. Because of the few number at the meeting. Secretary Robert Stephens was dl rerted to write on cards announc ing the next meeting that the first meeting in February would be the last dinner meeting unless the min imum number of IS attended. Lark of interest in the club waa attributed to lack of activity by Jaycee Williard Willis who was asked his opinion on the matter. Acting President Herring set Friday night. Feb. B. as the date for a board of directors meeting. Jaycees Osborne Davis and Jack Barnes. members of the Beaufort Armed Services Hospital ity committee, reported on the BASH committee activities. After adjournment the Jaycees went bowling Baaniarl Aula Tag Sales Lag, Town Clark Reports Only tf>0 Beaufort auto tags have been sold to date. Dan Walker, town clerk reported today The majority of motorists have yet to purchase their tags, be said After Feb. 1 motorists who do not have town tags will be isaued ci tations by police and a penalty plua the initial fee. will be placed on the ug. Roland Sailer, Bailie, , Heads PNA Commillee l)ue to the death of Sam IK Ed wards. Newport, who for 10 years served as chairman of the county Production Marketing ad ministration committee. Roland Salter, Rettie. will assume the chairmanship. I). W. rruckner, PeKetier. will advance to vice-chairman, and Herman K. Norris. Pelletier. first alternate, will become a regular member. Hugh T. ( arraway of Reaufort RFI). second alternate, will be come first alternate. The announcement of the change of positions on the com mittee was made today by R. J. May. executive secretary of the PMA committee. B&PW Club Sees Moving Picture j Group Will Sponsor Choral Club Concert in More head City Feb 16 "You Can Change the World" a moving picture on the Christopher ' movement, a crusade to encourage ' people to enter high professions and to take part in events that they j claim are "none of my business" I was shown members of the Carter jet Business and Professional Wo I men's club at the civic center Tues day night. Mrs. Marian Ryan, program chairman, was in charge. The film was shown by Bernard Leary. Will Sponsor Concert During the business meeting which followed dinner at the Sani tary Fish Market restaurant, the group agreed to sponsor the Beau fort Choral club in a concert In ft&oiefeead City Friday otrJM. Feb. 16 Named as ? committee for the concert were Miss Catherine Gas kill. Beaufort, and Miss Betty Joy ner. Morehead C ity co-chairmen, Mrs. I). F. Merrill. Beaufort, and Mrs. Gannon Talbert. Morehead City. A report on the social security project was given by Mrs. Grace Ayscue and Mrs. C. L. Beam. Mem bers specified times when they would be available to work on vital I statistics record at the court house in an effort to locate persons who are entitled to social security ben efits but are not collecting them. The club undertook this pro ject at the request of the Beaufort [chamber of commerce. Clothing Report Mrs. Beam, co chairman of the Christmas welfare clothing drive, reported that a sizeable amount of clothing was collected and turned over to the welfare department. Mrs. George Henderson reported on the club's cancer clinic proj ect and Mrs. Roma Noe, represent ing the B&PW club on the Beau fort Armed Service Hospitality committee, told of the work ac complished by that committee to date. Also representing the B&PW club on the BASK committee is Miss Elisc Willis. The club accepted, with regret, the resignation of Mrs. Ryan as program chairman. The president. Miss Ruth Peeling, announced that there will be an executive board meeting Friday night, Feb. 9. in Beaufort. Three new members were wel j corned into the club. They were Mrs. Eva Johnson. Miss Cather ! ine Gaskill, both of Beaufort, and | Mrs. Julia P. Tenney, Morehead i City. Mist Velna Collins was a guest. Officer Returns Police Officer Richard McLean, 1 Morehead City, has returned after a trip to Hampton Roads. Va.. where his brother, Robert Owen McLean, was lost in the explosion of the tanker Logans Port Satur day. The body has not been located. Tide Table Tldea ?t Beaufort Bar HIGH LOW Friday, Jan. 28 10:11 a.m. 3 55 a.m. 10:32 p.m. 4:26 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 27 10:52 a m. 4:39 a.m. 11:18 p.m. 5:03 p.m. Knnday, Jan. 28 11:39 a.m. 5:28 a.m. 12 Midnight 5:45 p.m. Monday, Jan. 2* 12:06 a.m. 6:22 a.m. 12:24 p.m 6:33 p.m. Taeaday, Jan. M 1:93 a.m. 7:24 a.m. 1:10 p.m. 7:29 p.m. March of Dimes Collections Lag, Chairman Reports Plans Proceed lor Presi dent's Ball to Conclude Drive Feb 3 Collections in the March of Dimes campaign are not what they should be. A H James. Morehead City, who is chairman of the drive, re marked today. "There have been very few cases of polio in this comty recently." he said, "and people are losing in terest." He continued. "However, there could be a major outbreak here this summer, lots of funds might be needed, and we would be obliged to call on outside help, not having done our part in the cur rent drive." Coin collectors, in the form of iro > lungs, have been placed in pub lie places throughout the county, waitresses are wearing little white celluloid banks labeled "Join the March of Dimes," and 3,000 coin envelopes have been distributed to school children Preparations ate being made for the President's Ball to be held Sat urday. Feb " three days following the close of the drive. Community chairmen named by James are the following Mrs. Bra itly Morris, Atlantic; Mrs. Earl Davis, Harkers Island; Mrs. David McCain, Newport; Mrs. C. G. Holland. Beaufort; G T. Win dell. Morehead City; and Bruce Tarkington. Newport. Carteret county's goal in the March of Dimes is $7,200 Morehead Police Investigate Four Aoto Accidents > Morehead City police investigst rd four accident! since Mondiv No one was injured, but a 19.17 Dodge, involved in an accident at 11:20 p. m. Wednesday wan demolished. The Dodge and a 1937 Hudson collided when the Dodge tried to pass between the Hudson, double parked, and another row of parked cars on Bridges street The Hud son. driven by Robert Ellis Smith, stationed aboard the Coast Guard cutter Aguasiz. was headed west and the Dodge, driven by Donza Lee Morris of Atlantic was pro ceeding east. The Dodge was owned by Rowland Lupton, Atlan tic. According to Buck. Newsome. in vestigating officer. Morris was blinded by lights and attempted to pass the double parked car. No charges were preferred Ten minutes prior to that acci dent another occurred on Shepard street. A 1941 Buick. driven by Robert L Lewis, 2105 Bridges it.. Morehead City, sideswiped a 1946 Packard parked between 8th and 9th streets on Shepard The Packard was on the south side of the street headed east and the Buick was proceeding eait. Of ficers Carl Blomberg and Newsome said Lewis told them that because of rain he didn't notice the parked car. At 4 20 Tuesday afternoon a Chevrolet oil truck owned by Stan ley Wainwrlfht. Morehead City, and driven by Elijah Carter. Jr., box 4B. Harlowe. ran Into the rear of a Seashore Transportation co. bus at 20th and Bridges streets. The bus. driven by Lelghman Carrier. Beaufort route 1. was pro ceeding west and stopped at 20th street to take on passengers, police said. The truck piled Into the back of it Officers Hubert Ful cher and Biomberg investigated A 1990 Buick. owned by Walter Edwards. 3308 Evans St.. had Its front grill smashed in by a school bus at 3 30 Monday afternoon on N. 12th st.. between Bridges and Fisher The bus. according to Of licer Herbert Griffin, was parked at the west sMe of the school house. It was left in gear and when the driver. Crall White of Morehead City RFD, started it. It backed up and Mt t^e' Buick. NeMea Consider Building Nobles at their annual winter ceremonial In New Bern yesterday considered the recommendation that a new auditorium be erected on Shrine property adjoining the Shrine home. New Bern Among those serving on the committee which made the recommendation is T. T. (Tom) Potter. Beaufort

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