NEWS-TIMES OFFICE 504 Arendell St. Morehead City Phone 6-4175 CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES J* A Merger of THE BEAUFORT NEWS (E?tabU?hed 1912) and THE TWIN CITY TIMES (E.tabli.hed 1936) 40th YEAR, NO. 25. EIGHT PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY, MARCH 27, 1951 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS Broad Creek Men Face Assault, Rape-Intent Charges Miss Carroll Ann Willis to Attend Azalea Princess Miss Carroll Ann Willis, daugh- : ter of Mr. and Mrs. O. B. WHlis, Beaufort, has been chosen as Car teret county's teen-age attendant to the teen-age princess in Wil mington's azalea festival next week end. Miss Willis, a senior at Beau fort high school, was elected by girls of the senior class. She will participate in all the teen age azalea festival activities ! which begin at noon Friday and extend through 2 p.m. Saturday. At the Princess banquet Friday night prior to a ball at Lumina, Wrightsville Beach. Miss Willis will wear a while evening gown. Attired in a grey suit, she will ride on the Princess Float in the azalea parade Saturday morning. Attendants to the teen age princess will be taken on tours of the gar dens and honored at a tea. Mr. and Mrs. Willis will spend the weekend in Wilmington with their daughter. This will be Miss Willis*.^ first trip to the azalea festival. Area Rent Officer Clarifies Ruling Dwellings freed from rent con trol by conversions include only those converted from a non-hous ing use and those producing addit ional family units, according to Area Kent Representative Carl Winter of New Bern. , "If the work done does not fit either of these two conditions, the dwelling remains subject to rent control and the owner should ob tain a rent increase to cover the costs of the job," Winter said. An increase may be obtained, he added, by petitioning the rent office and giving full details of the improvement and its cost. If granted, the increase will be suf ficient to compensate the landlord for his expense. "Of course, he cannot expect his money back in one month and prob ably not even in a year's time,'' Winter explained. "The increase will be spread over as many months as the improvement may be expect ed to last. It would be unfair to , make the tenant pay in a year's time the additional rent to cover an improvement that will last four years." Conversions that produce ad -'ditional family units arc not aut omatically decontrolled. Rent of fice authorization is necessary, but this authority will be given without delay. Winter said. He gave as an example of this kind of conversion, a one-family house made into a duplex. The additional unit must be entirely self-contained with its pwn kitchen and means of en trance. Housing created by change from a non-housing use is not subject to rent control and has not been since ,1947. Firemen Reply io Mayor's ' Ejection on Brush Fires Vincent E. Lawrence, secretary Of the Morehead City fire depart ment, announced today that the lire department at all times has enough equipment at the station to fight a fire within the corporate limits. This statement followed Mayor W. L. Derrickson's objection last week to the answering of brush fire * calls beyond the city limits. The fire department's statement, in full, follows: "The Morehead City Fire department wishes to assure the citizens of Morehead City that when the fire department sends a truck to an out-of-town fire, we have two trucks left at the sta tion with a crew of men to stand by until the (ruck returns, i "At no time does the fire de partment send one of its trucks to an out-of-town fire without leav ing behind sufficient equipment to answer an alarm in the city." Two Optometrists Attend Meeting at New Bern Dr. Russell E. Outlaw, 0. D., Morehead City, and Dr. J. O. Bax ter, jr., Beaufort, attended the re cerit meeting of the Southeastern North Carolina Optometric socie ty, New Bern. An advanced show ing was made of a series of slides ??that' deal with visual problems of the school child. The series will be presented to Parent - Teacher associations ^throughout the state in the near fu ture. The slides were shown and ' explained by Dr. Kenneth Quiggina of Greenville. ? ? Tomato Cannery Plans Reach Completion Braxton Adair, president of the Beaufort chamber of com merce, announced today that a contract was signed Thursday night between Dr. K. A. Luongo, o*ner of Beaufort cannery, and ( arroJl Crockett, cannery opera tor. The signing followed a week of negotiations. Crockett, who cpeiates an oyster cannery in Beaufort during the winter, will can tomatoes this summer, lie will place his machinery in the Beaufort cannery building. Three hundred acres of toma toes have been placed under con tract in Carteret county and mcie acreage is being sought, according to Adair. New Construction Under Way West Of Morehead City Commercial buildings and dwel lings of concrete block construc tion are being erected on high way 70 west of Morehead City near the Oqean Park Drive-In theatre. The builders are E. A. Reed and I)r. C. G. Cooke. Reed's const rue tion plans call for a store and sever al houses 011 the north side ol the highway west of the theatre. Dr. G. C. Cooke, who formerly practiced medicine at Winston Sa lem. is building on the south side of highway 70 just west of Stan ley's. He recently completed a home on Bogue Sound, just south of the highway buildings. According to reports from real I estate men. E. C. Willis of More head City is contemplating con struction work in the same vicinity and thirty-seven lots have been sold to date in the Alvah Hamilton -Dr. K. 1'. B. Bonner development I between highway 70 and the sound. Unverified reports state. that a 40-dwelling house development is being planned near the Beachroad service station at highway 24 and 70. A new building is going up on the R. R Barbour property just west of Morehead City town limits. Barbour said yesterday he was not ready to make an announcement as to what use will be made of the building. Around - town reports say it will ; be a supper club. Barbour operat i ed the Gulf Stream club on the } Beaufort - Morehead City cause way during the second world war. Seventeen homes have been built by E. G. Brooks, Kinston, at I Gales creek and five more are scheduled to go up. Plans are un derway also for dwelling construc tion on the Pearson subdivision at Broad Creek. State College OffersScholarship Raleigh ? A one-year seholarship to the Morehead City Technical in stitute, a branch of North Caro lina State college, will be offered to a North Carolina high school graduate or senior this spring. Di rector Edward W. Kuggles of the college's extension division an nounced today. The scholarship award, Ruggles said, will cover all tuition and fees for one year of study and wilJ be valued at $300. All applications must be filed with the director, Morehead City Technical institute, Morchpad City, N. C.. by May 1. Full details, including entry blanks and rules for applying, may be obtained by writing to Ruggles at State college or to the Technical institute in Morehead City. The institute offers three prin cipal curricula: building construc tion technology, electrical technol ogy. and internal cdmbustion en gines. Boys' Parents to Meet Al Town Hall Tomorrow The parents of all boys between the ages of 8 and 10 are requested to meet with representatives of the Junior Woman's club and Charles Hasscll, Boy Scout leader, tomorrow night at the city hall at 7:30, to discuss the forming of a cub Scout pack. Mrs. Clarence Guthrie, Mrs. Theodore Salter and Mrs. Leslie Moore, representatives of the Jun ior Woman's club and Mrs. Gene Smith, president of the club, met Tuesday night with Charles Hasscll and W. C. Wall, Boy Scout repre sentative for this district. Plans were made for the Junior Woman's club to sponsor a cub pack if enough boys and their par ents show interest in the proposal. . ? - , i vm. ^ .. . Morehead City Pupils Will Hear Vocational Talks Four out - of - town and nine local professional and businessmen representing first and second ca reer choices of Morehead City high school pupils, will he on hand Wednesday for Career Day at the ! school. Dr. Leo Jenkins, dean of men at I East Carolina Teachers college, he- 1 gins the program at 1 p.m. when he addresses teaching aspirant Dr. E. K. Downing. ECTC business ad ministrative department, will sneak j to commercial enthusiasts, and Ar- J chic Royal Davis, prominent Dur ham architect, will talk to those interested in architecture. Local speakers also slated for | 1 p.m. talks are Dr. John W. Mor ris on medicine, the Rev. Priestly Convers, III. pastor of Webb Mem- j orial Presbyterian church, religious j education. Roy Kubanks. photogra- 1 phy. and W. C. Matthews, druggist who will take up aspects of the business world. A1 2 p. m Roy Armstrong, di rector of admissions at the l?ni versity of North Carolina, will pre sent his blueprint for pre-collcgc entrants, and Dr. Jenkins will dis cuss family relationships Also a' 2 p.m. Harold Webb, lo cal postmaster, will speak on civil i service employment. Lillian F. (Jiddens, nursing. Linwood P' Wade, mechanics, and Mrs. Glen I W Rose, cosmetology Armed ser vices also will he discussed. Each vocational representative will explain the qualifications for j his respective field and the type I preparation necessary. Pupils will attend conferences in according to lirst and second career choices. The program is open to high | school students from the Oth through 12th grades who were queried in a survey as to which career interested them most. ' The survey revealed that the most popular vocations were nurs ing. commercial work, family rela tions (sociology), business, cos metology, teaching, medicine, civil 'service and religious education. Lions Hear Debate On Welfare State Figures and facts flowed Thurs ' day night at Hotel Fort Macon I when Lions club members heard Morehead high school students, Corrine Webb and Milliard Eure debate the question, Resolved: That the American people should reject the welfare state. Miss Webb on the affirmative, said that the government, in mak ing a welfare state of the United States, was cutting out private in dustry. while the negative advo cate, Eure, gave the good points of federal housing and government loans to growing industry. Lion President J. G. Bennett, during the business session, ap pointed a building committee con sisting of Victor Wickizer, Dave Battle Webb, and Frank Moran to investigate the possibilities of building a club house. Webb has given property for the building near Camp Glenn school but finan cial difficulties currently hold the project off. The circus committee is contin uing work toward securing another circus for Morehead City some time this spring or summer. Lion member, Chesley Dennis, now residing in Jacksonville, N.C., visited the club Thursday night. Young People to Present Piny Gehrmann Holland, jr., left, and Sylvia Martin, right, will appear as I,eandre and I.iicinde in the Voting Peoples Service League play. "The Doctor in Spite of llim self," which will be given at H o'clock Thursday and Friday night in t ht* Kpiscopal parish house. Beaufort. Leandre is in love with Lucinde. the daughter of Geronte, a wealthy gent!oman, played by B. G. () N? ,1 The play is being given to raise money to pay for recent improve ments to the parish house. The stage has been enlarged and the floor, walls, an 'J ceiling of the and itarium and reception room have been painted. The ylay, in three acts, was written by the famous French com edy playwright, Molicre. Director of the three-act drama is Paul Marstellar. a member ol the Beau fort school faculty. The characters, in addition to those above, are Saganarelle, a woodcutter, played by Carl Chad wick; Marline, his wile, Sara ( Hit sv) Brooks: Roberta, Ann Hopkins; Valene and Lucas, servants to Ger onie. Julian Austin and Jimmy Parkin; Jacqueline, Lucas's wife. I Virginia llassell; Thibau! , an old man. Billie Hudgins: Perrin, Tin baut's son. Jimmy Potter. Ticket;; may be bought at the Inor Thursday or Friday niyht or may be purchased now from Mrs. i \\ L. Martin at the parish hou.se, or members of the Young People's 'Service League. Scouts Receive Morehead City Key al Swansboro y Carolina Beach Sea Scouts re ceived the key to Morehead City at Swansboro Saturday afternoon! The Scout ship 5021, Ilobart, had engine trouble just outside Swans boro Saturday morning and the Scouts never reached Morehead. But Morehead City was bound and determined to present them the key so ,1. A. DuBois. manager of the chamber of commerce, Robert How ard, Carteret district Scout com missioner and four Star Scout-. Char'es Canfield, jr., Gordon Wil lis. jr.. .lames E. Willis, and James B. Willis, jr., went by automobile to Swansboro. DuBois received the key to Car olina Beach from I he Sea Scouts and the Carteret delegation were shown the Ilobart from stem to stern . Eleven Sea Scouts were aboard and after repairs were made, planned to return to Caro lina Beach Sunday. The engine trouble was caused by a line caught in the propeller. Carteret Rotarians Will Attend Inter-City Meeting Representatives of Beaufort, Morehead City, and Newport Ro tary clubs along with Newport, Maysville. PoIIocksville, Trenton, and New Bern will hold an inter city meeting tonight at New Bern's Centenary Methodist church. Wives of Rotarians also will be present. Congressman Graham A. Bardcn will be principal speaker at the supper meeting, while J. W. Bab son of the New Bern Rolapy club will preside. Dill Says Legislative Requests Should Be Given Him This Week George W. Dill, jr., Carteret j county's representative in the leg- 1 islature, warned yesterday that anyone who wants legislation put through during this session of ihe legislature should contact him this week, otherwise time will run out because the legislature is expected to adjourn the early part of April. Bills introduced by Dill last week related to extending the jurisdic tion of Morehead City police one mile beyond the city limits and rais ing Newport town commissioners' pay from $1 a month to $5 month ly. The former bill was referred to a judiciary committee and the latter to counties, cities and towns. On the extension of* jurisdiction bill, Dill asked Mayor L. W. Has sell if Beaufort would be interest ed in like legislation. The mayor informed THE NEWS-TIMES yes terday that he contacted the town board and it was decided that Beau fort's present set-up is satisfactory. Beaufort Police Officer Carleton Garner is also a deputy sheriff which enables him to pursue speeders beyond the city limits and to serve warrants outside of town. To Enter Claim Carteret's representative will en ter this week a claim of $1,655.25 for, payment to Cecil A. Hall, New port route 1, for injuries sustained July 8 on route 24 when the high way caved in. Hall was injured when the vehicle in which he was riding dropped into the washout. This request for payment will be made a part of the omnibus claims bill. Dill expects to introduce this week a bill increasing the sched ule of fees charged by the register of doeds for services provided in the register of deeds officc. Pupils of the 8th grade of At lantic school wrote Representative Dill last week requesting to visit the legislature and Dill said he See DILL, Page 6 IfC Invites .liin iiullock of Kast Carolina Teachers college, today extended .'ii invitation to Carteret county high school seniors to visit KCTC at Greenville April (J. 1951. His 'etter follows: Seniors of Carteret County: I >n a ! female and intent to commit rape, have been confined in an undisclosed jail beyond Carteret county boundaries, ! Sheriff C. (i. Holland announced yesterday. The victim of the attack whose name cannot be re vcaled. was a 12 \ ear-old girl ol Morchcad City. Preliminary Hearing The men, who arc .scheduled for a preliminary heating in recorder's < :-urt today, are Benny Lewis. 26 charged with willfully and felon icusly issauhing a female with in {??lit to commit rape; Thurmat: Gray Morton. I!), assault oil a fe male: Kenneth Bradley Lewis. 17 assault and intent t?> commit rape Janus Allen Frost. 21. assault anc intent to commit rape. Marshall Ayseue, Carteret conn ty ABC officer, and Cpl. W. S Clagoii of the State Highway pa trol made the arrests at 3 a. in Sunday morning. The men ark ?-irl were in a car parked .it the highwa\ 24 and Broad Creek roac intersect ion. when the officer? came upon ihem. Officers Get Tip The officers tracked down the ! car after having received a tip ir Morchead City Saturday night, j The Kill was taken to 1 loctoi where she was examined and thei returned to her home. There were | unofficial reports that she is men .ally deficient. Thomas C. McGinnis, supcrinten dent of the welfare elepait merit uhei.se juiisdiction covers cast's in \ olving juvenile's, said yesterday I that he had no statement to make I as yet. George McNeill Heads Rotarians (jeorgv McNeill, president, W. C 1 Carlton, vice president, and I), ('or dova. secretary treasurer, were e looted as officers for the comini i year at Thursday's Morehead Cit> j Notary meeting in the First Baptist j Sunday School. II S tiibbs, Stanley Woodland 1 1. E. i'ittman, 11. I., .loslyn, Clyde Joe ; ? 'r T? . 'harden Enre forii ! t hi- board of directors. The new club officials take office in July. Woodland announced that an in tor-city Rotary meeting will take I place today at New Bern, while tin I innual district conference wil' b< : hold in Greenville. April 12 and 13 Hob Howard, manager of I ho White Ice Cream and Milk co., and Wal tor Freeman, owner of Freemar I Bros. Wholesale co.. have donates presents lor the district conference 1 The club also voted to meet w ill I other Morehead civic clubs at the i annual chamber of commerce ban quel to be held April 12 at the ; Blue Kibbon club. Vanceboro Will ' Debate Morehead I Four .'irgumont specialists, Bet | ty Jo Bailey, Milliard Kure, Bill> , McClain and Corrino Webb. More head City high school students, wil pit their wits against Vance bore Friday on the question. Resolved That the American people shoulc reject the welfare state. The de bate is scheduled for 10:30 a.m I in Morehead high school. I Miss Webb and McClain wil swap affirmative facts against I Vaneeboro's affirmative team | while Miss Bailey and Eure take the negative side. If either Morehead twosome wins they will participate in the regiona district confab at Chapel Hill competing, for the Aycock Mem orial trophy. This is the first time in the las' four years that a Morehead Citj school has entered a state-wide de bate, and Principal G. T. Windel hopes that Coach Itosalie Dowdy': squad will make a good showing. Pvt. Floyd W. Stewart Enrolls in Signal School I Fort Monmouth, N. J. ? Pvt ' Floyd W. Stewart, son of Mrs ' Alice M. Stewart, 134 Craven st. Beaufort, has arrived at Ft. Mon mouth and has been assigned tc Co. Z, signal Training regiment for enrollment in Enlisted Depart ment, The Signal School, for train ing in communications vital to th< U. S. Army and Air Force. Private Stewart was inducted in to the Army Dec. 4, 1930 and re ccivcd his basic training at For Jackson, S. C. Azaleas Budding Azaleas planted last fall alonj Ann street, Beaufort, arc buddint and many of the plants are ex pectcd to be in bloom in severa days. The azaleas were planted a: part of the Woman's club towr beautiiicalion project. mm . [ . , v!' \. ?" - ? : r? ; Legion Post To Reorganize Women's Unit I Initial steps toward reorganiz ing the auxiliary of Post No. 4t> American Legion, were taken Fri dav m;:hf at a meeting at the Lc gion hut west of Morehead City. ; i Special geusts at the meeting were , | wives, mothers, ami daughters of I Legionnaires. Commander James Meeks informed the quests of the j purpose 01 the meeting, reorguu /.at ion of the auxiliary, and present I ed Mrs. F M Chadwiek, president ' I of the women's group. She spoke 1 on the organization and functions of the auxiliary and expressed the 'j desire that the Morehead City unit 1 | become more act ive. Commander Meeks stated that | much interest was shown and big i things are expected from the wo men's unit in the near future During the business session, S A. Chalk, jr., was appointed the of ' ficial l.e.:ion civil defense repre 'J sent at ive and II S Gibbs, jr. was named chairman of Armed Forces Day activities. Armed Fort es Day will be observed May 1!*. A Ladies' Night has been planned for April 13 and present and pros pective members of the post will elect new officers at a joint meet of the post and auxiliary April 27. I Following the business session, cake and punch were served. Fifty 'persons attended. ; " . Subcommittee OK Harlten Pay Bill I Raleigh (AIM A House sub bas ilivrn its a bill pullini! retired Superior . m .Indue I.uthcr Hamilton back on .1 S.r)55 55 .1 month pension. " The Morehea.l City Jurists pay was stopped by State Auditor Henry Bridges following a slate sum. ?court opinion last Dcccmhci I Hamilton had retired under J > hill disabili'y provision conti min i. L. had a bad heart. ! later assumed a tempo, ary < " igency Superior court judgeship. ^hiet Justice Waller Stacy oMHc state Supreme Court said in an op inion. however. Hamilton had for feited his retirement status by ton tinning I" hold court although claiming total disability. The House Courts and Judu. t.< Districts committee spent ? " in utes Friday revising sections of the Hamilton hill passed by the A ' But Hamilton would still bt put back on the states payroll under the amendments, rhe bill 1 pected to come up for anotht round of consideration today. Mis. David Beveridge To Teach Free Courses Mrs. David Beveridge. home ec onomics instructor at school, will conduct a sixweiK course, free of charge, on making *lip tovers. draperies, bed spuads, and upholstering furniture. This course, for adults, will begin Thursday night at 7:30. A" per"" interested are welcome, Mrs. Bcv eridge announced. NEWS BRIEFS NONo'calls were made to lire de partment* over the weekend ex cept a false alarm sent in at Hit 25th and Evans st. box. Morehead Citv This 1 a.m. alarm Sunday interrupted Chief (irady Bell s men who were scouting the countryside With Marshall Ayscue and otlur officers looking for the four men accused of intent to commit rape. Tanker Due The Shell tanker. Lndmsa, carry ing asphalt for the Trumbull As phalt co.. will dock in Morehead City Thursday. Its port of depar ture was Curacao. The Ladiosa will leave Morehead City Saturday, bound for Baltimore. New Chairs Added Kight new chairs were added to Teen Age canteen faci'itics at IN Scout hut last week. The chairs are of chromium with leather sea and backs and were purchased by the canteen. Thomas Carroll Bass, son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas K. ass .More head City, has enlisted m the Ar my His enlistment took place last w?k at the New Bern Army re cruiting station. Home Economics Students Finish Nursing Course Beaufort Will Undergo Night Alert ai 8 P. M. Thursday Night All second year homo economics students at Beaufort school have complete I the course in home nur sing offered under tb? Beaufort civil defense program. Mrs W. J. I pock , instructor, reported on the progres-. ?it home nursing and first aid classes Thursday night at the Beaufort civil defense committee 'meeting in the Merrill building. Colored adults will be instructed in home nursing at 8 p. tn. each Monday night on the second floor of the town hall, beginning Mon day. April 1!. White adults are instructed in : home nursing each Friday at 8 p.m. in the Scout hut and instruct ions in first aid are given there each Wednesday at 8 p.m. Night Alert I'inal arrangements were made lor I lie test night alert at 8 p.m. this coming Thursday in Beaufort. Lights must be put out in all homes and places of business and motor traffic will be requested to pull t?> the side of the street until the alert is over. No pedestrians will be allowed on the street. The procedure will be the same as m liir day alert, with the only exception being the blackout. Block wardens will be in their respective area and tire engines will disperse I to various sections of the town. All Volunteers Out All civil defense volunteers are i expected to be on the job. Members of the home nursing and first aid (lasses will meet immediately after the blackout at the Scout hut. 1 As soon as the alert signal is sounded all firemen are expected | to report to the fir# station. This will be the first night alert to take place under the present i civil defense administration. The day alert last month was extremely successful, (ieno Smith, defense di rector, commented at its conclus ion. Since that time, civil defense arm bands have gone into product ion at the Queen Street school, 'block wardens' flash lights have been equipped with red signaling 'covers, civil defense decals for de fense volunteers have been order ed, and a film on protection against the A bomb has been shown at Beaufort school. Party Boatmen Meet Tomorrow Morehead City party and chart er boatmen will meet at 7:30 to morrow night at the Waterfront cafe, Morehcad City, to make plans for the coming fishing season and to elect officers of the Party Boat men's association. All party boatmen whose names are on record at the chamber of commerce office have been mailed a notice of the meeting as well as a directory of party boats and fish ing guides which is flow obsolete. The directory bears old More head City phone numbers and oth er information which the chamber of commerce would like to have corrected. For that reason all par ty and charter boatmen are es pecially urged to be present at tomorrow night's meeting. Refreshments will be served. Pfc. Bernard Hall Goes On Leave al Camp Wood With the Japan Logistical Com mand Private First Class Bernard C. Hall, jr., whose wife. Connie, lives at 1208 Evans st., Morehead City, was recently on leave at the Camp Wood rest and recuperation center. Private Hall is a member of a Marine Fighter squadron which is currently serving aboard the air craft USS Bataan. He arrived in the Far East in August 1950. Harvey Gaskins Enlists; Quota Restrictions Liilad Harvey Gaskins, 108 N. 11th St., Morehead City, has enlisted in the Army, the Morehead City Army recruiting officer, announced yes terday. i He also stated that quota restric tions on Army enlistments in this area have been suspended tempor arily.