W CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES _S_
A Merger of THE BEAUFORT NEWS (Established 1912) and THE TWIN CITY TIMES (Established 1936)
40th YEAR, NO. 15. EIGHT PAGES^ MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY, FEB. 20, 1951 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
Burglars Set Court House on Fire Sunday Morning
Town Backs Planning Board;
Meeting Scheduled for Friday
A meeting to explain the
planning board's proposal
o n extending Beaufort's
town limits will take place
at 8 o'clock Friday night in
the Beaufort school auditor
ium. The public is invited.
The Beaufort town board, in a
joint meeting with the planning
board Thursday night, gave the
latter a vote of confidence and the
green light on proceeding with
their proposal.
As suggested by the planning
board, the area to be annexed
would include the airport, Lennox
ville, Beaufort Fisheries, Morris
and Smith fish factories. None of
the tax revenue derived from the
new area wquld be used to pay off
Beaufort's present debts.
The area to be annexed, as de
scribed by the planning board, fol
lows: beginning at the present
town line on Front street, follow
ing Taylor's creek to Lennoxville,
thence along North river and Gibbs
creek to highway 70. across to the
northern limits of the airport, fol
lowing Newport river back to said
town.
The planning board proposes
that approximately one-half of the
expected revenue from the annexed
properties will be required to of
fer the new sections police and fire
service, street maintenance, and
other town services: and that the
other half will be put into a special
fund to provide permanent im
provements, such as street lights,
sewage, etc.
"Under this proposal," planning
board members said, "we do not
see any surplus revenue for the
General Fund, but we do see a de
cisive long-range improvement for
the newly-defined municipality."
The town board and planning
board members stated Thursday
night that this ptoposal h not nec
essarily the one which will be fi
nally adopted. Changes may be
made following the Friday meet
ing.
The planning board further stat
ed that they do not recommend a
referendum. The referendum,
they stated, would have to be con
ducted by the county and the im
mediate possibility of expanding
Beaufort would be delayed as late
as 1952.
Should expansion take place
now, it i? believed that the census
figures, not as yet made official
or printed by government order,
can be changed in regard to Beau
fort.
Officials who will attend Friday
night's meeting will be members of
the planning board and town com
missioners. Questions in regard
to the annexation proposal will be
answered by members of the plan
ning board.
Three Cars j
Wreck on Bridge
Three cars were damaged in an
accident at 9:20 Saturday night on
the Morehead City draw bridge
and James J. Patterson, 309 Front
st., Beaufort has been charged with
following another car too close
ly.
The accident occurred just east
of the draw. A 1951 Nash, dri
ven by Ronald Byroad, 125 Front
st., Beaufort, and a 1941 Ford dri
ven by Kelly Maxton Lewis, route
1, Beaufort, had stopped because)
the draw was open.
A 1948 Nash, driven by #Pat
terson, was proceeding west and
not seeing the two cars ahead of
him or the red bridge light, ram
med into the read of the Ford and
the Ford plunged forward and
struck the 1951 Nash.
Damage to the Byroad car was
estimated at $50, to the Lewis
ear, $250, and to the Patterson
car $300.
' Patrolmen W. E. Pickard and
W. J. Sykes investigated.
Siaie Announces More
Comfy Paving Projects
The State Highway commission
will begin work shortly on 6.07
miles of road improvement in Car
teret county.
Included in the commission's
Feb. 27 letting is a project calling
for paving city streets in Beaufort,
US 70 from junction with NC 101
to Merrimon road (resurfacing)
and traffic circle at Atlantic Beach.
Low bids received at the letting
will be reviewed by the commis
sion at iti next regular meeting,
March 1.
Defense Director
Says Town Is
Ready for Alert
thing is in readiness for the air
Beaufort! " thiS ",Crnoun ?>
fir'|h,.n Plrac!icc alcrt "'II he the
V . in ( arterct eounty since the
dark days of World War 11
At the schools Smith said chil
drcn win cover their heads with
' -If. ;",,ls move as close as pos
f ,0 a wall and as far awav
"err;8 as ,,os's'bi<' st,ad?
snou id be drawn to offer nartial
Protection from flying gIass'
I he fire department will ,|k
perse t0 outlying areas of the town
h sn 1 stay at thc station
speiscment of equipment is nee
so that H<,f<>n51' direCto' s,a"'d
so that d direct hit on the fire
station would not destroy all fire
fighting equipment; also dispersal
Permits better opportunity to con
trolfircs wherever they mayb^k
J'edestrians arc requested to
note where they would ,ak< cove?
should" ?' fi" a0,"al ra"' M?tori.sts
should pull ,0 th(, sid0 of J5"
bat "r' ,ulHP as soon as lh<' three
on the siren indicate the be
blast'on aler' ?nc
III c ear n'.'l S""C" WiU indicate the
al cleai and normal activities may
then be resumed. y
The alert will last 15 minutes.
Officers Destroy
21 Cases Musliey
M. M. Ayscue, Carteret countv
"TZ -I fed
V and raven county officers
destroyed 426 wllons of non "x
I paid whiskey late Friday af?
I cases J"Yhi'lkpy- a of 21 1
!rh?, u found a" abandoned
school house near the fire tower
?Jl North liarlowc. Craven countv
No arrests have been made as vet'
half LaMnn'ClrS smashed the 852
half-gallon jars in front of the
tlw? h) !|USe' 11 is ost'"iated that,
caw The8 ??" h""*s $17 Per
afternoon did away ^'(h^n 'cttf
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Officer Ayscue stated that it is
believed most of Carteret county
is cleaned up, but the illegal on
erators are now working in Craven
Carteret'coumy8 'h? in'?
Bootleg activities are on the in
ABC officer Xd
Whenever money gets iu,h,
Inheres always more of it," he stat
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Holiday' Brings
Two Phone Calls
Two county residents got sur
prise Valentine Day telephone
calls. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Norwood,
1902 Evans St., Morehead City, sot
a call from their son. Sgt. Earl
Norwood. Japan, and Chief of Po
lice and Mrs. L. B. Willis. Beaufort,
heard from their daughter and
son-in-law of Philadelphia.
The call from Japan came to the
Norwood residence at 7 o'clock
Wednesday morning. Both Mr. and
Mrs. Norwood talked to their son
who had been flown out of Korea
to Kyushu on a 24-hour booster
leave.
Mrs. Norwood is recuperating
from a major operation and her
son was mainly interested in her
health. He said that with the pres
ent rotation system used by the
Army, he should be starting home
in about a month.
He went to Korea in July. His
picture appeared in a recent issue
of Life magazine and in THE
NEWS-TIMES several months ago.
His wife, the former Rilla Hughes,
lives with her parents on Fisher
stM Morehead City. Sergeant Nor
wood has served seven years in
the Navy and three in the Army.
The Willis's phone call from Mr.
and Mrs. George Dubin came the
night of Feb. 14.
Nephew Receives Word
Oi Uncle's Murder
Word was received today by
C. S. Ilardison, jr., 1511 Shep
ard st., Morehead City, that his
uncle, Constable Luther Hardi
son of Coral Gables, Fla., was
found dead in a blood-soaked
blanket in a roadside ditrh out
side Mob.Ie, Ala., early last
Saturday morning.
He had been shot three times
in the right side and owe in
the head.
Constable Hardison was re
turning by auto from Los An
, geles, Calif., with Harris Mul
lis, jr., wanted in Florida on a
I burglary eharge. Alabama and
' Florida police are searching for
I Mullis who is believed to have
escaped in Hardison's car after
the shooting.
Hardison's body is expected to
reach Coral Gables today after
which funeral services will be
arranged.
A brother, C. S. Ilardison, sr.,
resides at Croatan in Craven
county. Both were born at Al
! liance, N. C.
Names of Saturday
$1 Collectors
Mrs. A. B. Roberts. Mrs. B. F.
Royal, and Mrs. George Ball, in
charge of the house-to-house lieu
tenants who will make $1 collet
tions in Saturday s Operation Pi
ano, Morehcad City, today an
nounced the names of their lieu
tenants.
They are as follows: Mrs. A1
Dewey. Mrs. Richard McLean. Mrs.
W. J. Cherry, Mrs. Ethan Davis,
Mrs. Paul Mitchell, Mrs. D. G. Bell,
Mrs. W. P. Freeman.
Mrs. G. H. Jackson, Mrs. H. P.
Scripture, Mrs. Jas. B. Willis, Mrs.
L. J. Norris, Mrs. C. N. Bennett,
Mrs. Chas. Canfield, Mrs. A. B.
Cooper.
Mrs. Llewellyn Phillips. Mrs. G.
W. Dill. Mrs. Bill Coddington, Mrs.
Cecil Langdale. Mrs. C. C. Land,
Mrs. Vernon Paul.
Mrs. W. G. Lewis, Mrs. H. M.
Eure, Mrs. Crowe, Mrs. Eugene
Roelofs, Mrs. Fred Lewis, Mrs.
Robert Laughton.
Mrs. Dom Femia. Mrs. W. B.
Chalk, Mrs. S. A. Chalk, jr.. Mrs.
Perry Taylor. Mrs. Richard White
hurst, Mrs. L. D. Dill, Mrs. Truman
Kemp, Mrs. Phillip Ball.
Mrs. S. W. Thompson, Mrs. A.
T. Leary. Mrs. Josiah Bailey, jr.,
Mrs. Bruce Willis, Mrs. S. A. Mor
ton, Mrs. David Styron, Mrs. R. W.
Taylor. Mrs. W. L. Derrickson.
Mrs. H. S. Gibbs, jr., Mrs. Bruce
Goodwin, Mrs. J. M. Davis, Mrs.
Frank Exum, Mrs. Earle Wade,
Mrs. Ralph Wade, Mrs. Marion
Mills.
Mrs. O. H. Johnson, Mrs. E. G.
McKinley, Mrs. H. L. Joslyn, Mrs.
M. T. Mills, Miss Ann Arthur.
Mrs. J. R. Sanders, Mrs. Jimmy
Wallace, Mrs. J. L. Seamon, Mrs.
T. C. Oglesby, jr., Mrs. Lawrence
Vickerb, Mrs. Lizzie Howland, and
Mrs. Robert Lowe.
All of these lieutenants will meet
at 7 o'clock tonight at the civic
center.
Dr. W. L. Woodard, chairman of
the Beaufort Planning board, pre
sided at the joint session of the
town board and planning board
when they met at the town hall
Thursday night.
Dr. Woodard presented the plan
ning hoard's proposal on annexa
tion, reporting that the planning
board had been in session weekly
since the matter was turned over
to them about a month ago. ^
The planning board has obtained
information and data from the
state fire insurance commissioner,
George Franklin, counsel for the
League of Municipalities, and Tide
Water Power company.
A modest estimate on tax reve
nue expected annually from the
new areas under consideration for
inclusion in the town is $.'*2,000.
Approximately $16,000 of this a
mount will be used to finance the
providing of town services, such
as police and fire protection, and
the other half would go into a fond
to be used for permanent improve
ments such as street lights, sewage,
etc.
Based on the present cost of op
erating town departments, plan
ning board estimates for enlarging
these departments, are as follows:
police department, additional pa
trolmen, uniforms, gas and oil,
800; lire department, additional
men, insurance and building, $5,
100; street department, additional
men. truck, oil, gas, $4,700; con
tingent fund $2,500. Those esti
mates total $16,100.
Two Sections
It is proposed that the fire de
partment be divided into two sec
tions. part of the equipment being
located in the vicinity of High
land. Hancock I'arks and Front
and Ann streets, extended in order
to offer better fire services to the
new area. For that reason, "build
ing" was included in the fire de
partment estimate. It propifad
that a building be rented tempor
arily.
Dr. Woodard stated that an en
gineer from the state fire insur
ance commissioner's office is ex
pected to visrt Beaufort in the near
future to offer advicc and confer
on fire problems. The town board
was told that until fire hydrants
are installed, any place offering a
source of water for draughting is
considered adequate by the state
fire insurance commission.
Water Mains
It was reported that Tide Water j
Power company has made a tenta
tivc survey as to what the cost
would be to them to install water
mains and hydrants. George Sto
vall, manager of the local Tide
Water office, stated that the cost
would be $118,000, according to Dr. ,
Woodard, and that installation of j
water mains would be made as
soon as possible.
The counsel for the League of
Municipalities stated that the tax
revenue from the newly-annexed
areas could go directly to the gen
eral fund and be budgeted accord
ingly by the commissioners. It
would not be necessary, Franklin
said, to pay $1 of each $2 into the
debt service fund.
The commissioners remarked j
that they thought the area being
taken in by the planning board was
too large, but the planning board
contended that at the rate the sec
tion is growing, unless a large area
was taken in, the same procedure
of annexation would have to be
undertaken again in several years.
They emphasized that their pro
See ANNEX, Page 8
County Board Approves
Resolution on Bond Issue
Hearing on Three Soils
Concludes Civil Court
Hearing on three suits conclud
ed the special term of civil court
1st week. The case of Theodore A.
Barnes vs. W. C. Flowers and oth
ers was dismissed, the court find
ing that the complaint failed to
state a cause of action. Barnes
was ordered to pay court costs.
In the case of Midyette Net and
Twine co.t vs. L. L. Hodges and
C. D. Hodges trading as Hodges Oy
ster co., the court ruled that Hod
ges owes the net company $831.29
plus interest from Aug. 9., 1949.
A compromise between the op
posing parties was reached in the
case of Douglas Wade vs. Leonard
W. West, by his guardian, Mary
B. West and it was ruled that the
plaintiff shall recover $300 from
the defendant.
The county board yesterday ap
proved the resolution calling [or
introduction of special legislation j
to permit the floating of a (30,000
bond issue to complete payments
on the Atlantic school.
A public hearing on the issuing
of the bonds has been scheduled
for the next regular meeting of the
county commissioners, 10 o'clock
Monday, March 5, at the court
house.
The resolution was presented by
the county attorney. Alvah Hamil
ton. The county board acted ,in
compliance with a request by the
county board of education.
The commissioners refused to
appropriate an additional 13.000
for an addition to the register of
deeds office now in process of con
struction. The additional space is
needed for a photostat machine,
according to the architect B. H.
Stephens The board aaid they had
See COUNTY BOARD, Pan I
To Speak Friday
Duane Strawbridge, Washing
ton, I>. CM will speak at 7:30
Friday night .11 the civic center
to members of the Morehead
City chamber of commerce.
Sex Crime Cases
Continued Until '
April Court Term
Five Murines who pleaded guilty
| to charges of committing a "crime
' against nature," and testiiied free
j ly in New Hern superior court
I Thursday before Judge Lee Carr,
withdrew their guilty pleas Friday
morning and their cases have been
continued until April,
They were Allan Thayer, Robert
K. Anderson, Walter Andrew Cal
houn. Robert M. Elder, and John
Karl Purvis.
The Marines told the court they
did not know they would be prose
cuted and sentenced but under
stood they were to be used only as
witnesses in eases against Louis
Shipp and Emil Pearson, civilians
who are charged with the same
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The five Marines pleadeo guilty
to the charges against t' em In'
court Thursday afternoon after evi
dcnce against them was heard. The
judge reserved judgment until Fri
day morning.
Emil Pearson and Ronald Mo
y.ier, both charged in the same bill
with committing a crime against
nature, were called for hearings
Thursday by Solicitor William J.
Bundy.
Alter several witnesses had tes
tified. the court adjourned until
Friday morning at which time the
trial was to be resumed. However,
in view of the new developments
the judge ordered that a mistrial
be declared and the case continued
until April.
In the January term of court the
case against Pearson ended in a
mistrial alter the jury was dead
locked and unable to reach a ver
dict.
After the pleas were withdrawn
Friday morning. Judge Carr order
ed the cases against the Marines
continued until the next term of
| criminal court which is scheduled
for April and warned the Marines
that if they wished to contest the
charges against them to consult
counsel and come prepared at the
next term. He told them there
would be no further continuance
on the grounds that they had not
been warned.
The case against Shipp, a civil
ian, was also continued until the
next term of court. Shipp's attor
neys appeared Thursday afternoon
asking for a continuance but it
was not granted until after the
five Marines withdrew their pleas.
The crime against nature charg
es are the result of a recent inves
tigation conducted by state and
federal bureaus of investigation
officers at Cherry Point Marine
air base and New Bern.
Two Cars Collide Sunday
At Dirt Road Inierseciioii
Mary Daniels Ha/, Morehcad
City, has been charged with fail
ure to yield rightof way as the
result of a collision at 4 o'clock
Sunday afternoon on the dirt road
leading from highway 70 and 24
intersection to Crab Point.
According to Highway Patrol
man J. W. Sykcs, Troy Hunter,
Newport, driving a 1940 Pontiac
was headed west at an intersection
near the concrete block manufac
turing concern and the woman, in
a 1935 Oldsmobile, was headed
north.
Neither driver stopped at the
intersection and 'a collision resul
ted. Damage to both cars was es
timated at $100.
Holiday Thursday
Banks, post offices, state and
federal offices will be closed Thurs
day, Washington's birthday.
Serious Damage Averted;
Police Hold Archie Wallace
A major tragedy was averted at 4 :25 Sunday morn
ing when Mrs. Em Chapman, wife of the court house jail
er, sighted flames in the court house office of the tax col
lector and roused her husband who called the Beaufort
fire department.
Quick action by firemen prevented a blaze that in
Morehead Airport
To Become Site
Of New Homes
A large portion of the old More
head City airport, five mites west
of the city on route 70, became
Carteret's largest homesile devel
opment today with an announce
ment from the owner of the land
Earl Taylor of Beaufort, that one
of the 88 lots had already been
sold.
The first purchaser is Vernon
Smith of Cherry Point. Ink on his
deed had hardly dried before he
started building.
The tract which Taylor has
named Wildwood Homesites, ex
tends more than 1,000 feet along
route 70 and has a depth of more
than 1,200 feet. The lots have a
frontage of 75 feet, depth of 200
| feet. The area has both telephone
and electric services.
Six 60-foot streets have been
laid out and grading and ditching
[operations will be completed this
' week under the direction of George
Brooks, Beaufort. Names of the
thoroughfares are: Murdock drive,
Taylor's boulevard, Barbour's
drive, Vellines avenue and Brooks
street.
Taylor said he was not ready to
announce plans for use of the west
ern portion of the airport which
is almost as large as the eastern
portion devoted to Wildwood
Homesites.
Taylor was the original owner
4?r)(t operator of t^c airport,
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Scientist Looks
For Wright Whale
I)r. Henry Kritzler, resident in
vestigator at Duke Marine labora
tory, Beaufort, went a-seeking a
whale reported to be in Beaufort
inlet yesterday shortly after noon.
I But the whale was nowhere to be
found.
Dr. Kritzler believes the whale
may still be in nearby waters and
if it is sighted by any fishermen,
he would appreciate their notifying
him. He can be reached at the
Duke Marine laboratory, phone
2-4886
The whale was sighted by Dr.
William Sutcliffe and Carter Broad
of the Institute of Fisheries He
search. From their description, Dr.
Kritzler identified the creature as
a Wright whale.
He said the Wright whales are
known to travel along the Atlan
tic coast and in doing so, if they
don't have a map with them, they
sometimes end up in inlets. Dr.
Kritzler is interested in listening
to the sounds whales make and has
hydrophones to aid him in his
quest.
The scientist put out in the lab
oratory boat as soon as he re
ceived the report yesterday, but
could not find the whale. He said
it may have hit bottom and headed
straight for sea again, or it may
still be in inshore waters.
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Marines Will Reactivate
Lejeunc Auxiliary Field
Washington ? (AP) ? The Ma
rine corps will reactivate its aux
iliary air facility at Camp Lejeune
N. C., senator Willis Smith (D-NC)
was notified Thursday.
The Marines said the facility will
have as its primary purpose the
support of Atlantic Fleet Marine
helicopter squadrons. It will also
be used to a limited extent by Ma
rine aviation units based at Cherry
Point, N. C.
Tide Table
Tides at Beaufort Bar
HIGH
LOW
Tuesday, Feb. 20
7:15 a.m.
7:31 p.m.
12:54 a.m.
1:35 p.m.
Wednesday, Feb. 21
7:54 a.m.
8:09 p.m
1 36 a.m.
2:10 p.m.
Thursday, Feb. 22
8:32 a.m.
8:47 p.m.
2:17 ajn.
2:45 p.m.
Friday. Feb. 23
9:11 a.m.
0:27 p.m.
3:20 p.m.
2:58 a.m.
another half an hour would have
been out of control, endangering
the entire eourt house and the val
uable records kept there.
Being held in the county jail in
connection with the fire is Archie
Wallace, Beaufort Negro. Sheriff
C. (I. Holland said that Wallace is
charged with breaking into the
court house, larceny of govern
ment property, driving without a
license, and breaking into the
county garage.
Torch Used
The fire started when Wallace
failed to open the safe in the tax
collector's office with an acetylene
torch that authorities say was sto
len from the county garage on Live
Oak street.
The arrest was made by Sheriff
Holland at 9:20 Sunday morning.
Both town and county authorities
were assisting on the case. Sheriff
Holland said he did not care to re
veal how the law put the finger on
Wallace. It is believed that the
imprisoned man has attempted
other burglaries in Beaufort, in
eluding the attempted cracking of
the safe at Barbour's Marine Sup
ply compa. several months ago.
Damage Covered
No estimate was made on the
amount of damage in the tax col
lector's office. James I). Potter,
auditor, said the damage is cover
ed by insurance and that the in
surance adjuster was expected yes
terday afternoon.
No valuable records in the tax
collector's office were destroyed.
Some books about 14 years old
were slightly damaged, but the
heat was so intense that all the
windows in the office were crack
ed, and ?i large amount of the
paint blistered.
The person operating the torch
v. as. ? n.pletcly inexperienced be
cause firemen said that the weld
ing attachment was on the torch
instead of the cutting attachment.
The would be safe-cracker started
his work at the base of the safe
where the two doors meet as they
are closed. The safe, reported to
have no cash in it. is intact.
It is believed that Mrs. Chapman
saw the fire immediately after it
had begun, because her husband,
who is also a deputy sheriff, went
to the east door of the court house
which was locked, then to the front
door, which was also locked, and
finally to the door on the west
which was standing open.
Window Opened
Entrance had been gained
through a window on the west end
(in the same manner as several
months ago when the court house
was broken into).
The deputy sheriff then went to ,
the tax collector's door but could
not get it open. While smoke pour
ed from the cracks he rushed
to notify the fire department. It
is believed that the intruders were
still in the tax collector's office
when Chapman was at the door.
The office door was jimmied I
open and a cash drawer pried
open. Taken from the cash drawer
was about $13. Police say that the
burglars were interested in money.
Wallace, who is not very talka
tive at this point, has told ques
tioners nothing more than the fact
that there was another person with
him. The prisoner has served time
on the roads for previous offenses.
Firemen used water from the
booster tank to put out the blaze
and returned to the fire station at
6 a.m.
Last summer an attempt was
made to get into the vault in the
clerk of court's office. The burg
lars went through the window at
the west end of the court house
and when they found they couldn't
get into the clerk's office that way.
they tried to enter through win
dows from the outside, slitting the
screen in one.
Morshead Roiarians Hear
Talk on Highway Saiely
C. N. Gillette, affiliated with the
State Truckers association. Char
lotte, spoke to Morehead City Ro
tarians Thursday night on highway
safety and described the training
given to truck drivers in efforts
to keep highways safe. In charge
of the program was the Rev. L A.
Tilley.
J. R. Morrill reported on the Op
erations Piano meeting at the civic
center Tuesday night, lie and Gro
ver Munden represented the Ro
tary club.
George McNeill, vice-president,
presided in the absence of Pres
ident James Mason. Joe Dubois,
manager of the chamber of com
merce, wis a guest.
Dill to Introduce
Several Bills
Legislator Works on Soft
Crab Regulation; Predicts
April as Legislature End
George Dill, Carteret county as
semblyman, said the bill exempt
ing Newport township from the
Cherry Point Air Station Zoning
ordinances, would definitely hit
the house hopper last night.
The hill was drawn last week
and approved by the county board
which requested that the bill be
introduced.
The legislator will also introduce
within the next several days a bill
that would make the term of the
county tax collector run four years,
concurrent with the terms of the
county commissioners.
Under the present law. Eugene
Moore, tax collector, would come
up for re appointment in April. His
last appointment was in April 1949.
Fishery Laws
Dill said he spent considerable
time during the past week looking
up laws on soft crab operations and
conferring with (ieorge Ross, head
of the Board of Conservation and
Development, on soft crab regu
lations.
The legislator said that Ross has
agreed to write the commercial
fisheries committee asking that
their regulation prohibiting taking
of soft crabs in trawls be re
pealed. Kven though this regula
tion may be among some of those
that will be repealed in the sweep
ing move to get rid of obsolete
fishing laws. Dill said it took some
explaining to get action taken be
fore the soft crab seasons opens
which could probably be the first
part of March.
Assemblyman Dill said that he is
also interested in the oyster tax
See DILL, Page 8
Three Vehicles
Crash Saturday
In Dense Fog
| Twenty-one hundred dollars dam
age to three vehicles was caused
in a smash-up at 7 o'clock Saturday
I night during a dense fog. The ac
cident occurred on highway 101
lour miles west of Beaufort.
Involved were a pulpwood truck
I driven by Lester Wallace Dicker
son, route 1. Beaufort; a 1949 Olds
mobile driven by Harvey Berry, a
Negro of Port Monmouth, N. J.,
and a 1948 Hudson driven by Hom
er I,. Newby of Havelock.
Berry and a passenger in his
car, Ruthy Hill, received severe
lacerations. Dickorson has been
charged with drunken driving.
According to Patrolman J. W.
Sykes, who investigated, the truck
was headed west on 101 and was
weaving from side to side. The
Oldsmobile, proceeding east, at
tempted to avoid the truck, but
could not, and the two vehicles met
head on.
Because of the fog, the Hudson
came upon the wreck and plowed
into the rear of the Oldsmobile.
Damage to the truck, a 1946 Chev
rolet, was estimated at $600, to
Berry's car, $1,000, and to the
Hudson $500.
Lions to Hear Talk
By Ed McLohorn
Lion Ed McLohorn will speak
at Thursday night's meeting of the
Lions club at the Hotel Fort Ma
con. McLohorn will tell of his
work as a soft drink salesman in
this area.
At last week's meeting Oscar All
red gave a brief biography of his
life. He was born near Rcidsville,
N. C., Oct. 29, 1905, spent most of
his life at High Point, two and a
half years in Jacksonville, N. C.,
"and slipped into Morehead City
when nobody was looking", he de
clared.
There was an extensive discus
sion on the club's attendance prob*
lem and during the business ses
sion a letter from Beaufort school
was read. The school expressed its
thanks for the Lions $25 contribu
tion for children's lunches.
Visitors were Ronald Harp, ?
former Morehead City Lion, who
has returned to Cherry Point as a
Marine from his recent residence
at Tampa. Fla., and Sam Powell, a
Lion of Garner, N. C.
The club congratulated Robert
Rice on his fourth wedding anni
versary.