W CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES 40th YEAR, NO. 29. TWO SECTIONS TEN PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY, APRIL 10, 1951 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS The Memakis Family Sets Off For a Visit to Famous Greece Three Vehicles Damaged in Two Weekend Mishaps Two motor vehicle accidents Saturday were investigated by state highway patrolmen. One accident happened at 7 o'clock Saturday night on highway 24 and the other at 5:50 p.m. Saturday on the Merrimon road. No one was injured. . The accident on highway 24 oc curred when a 1946 Hudson pick up truck driven by Aaron Stanton Taylor of route 1, Newport, attemp ted to make a turn in the vicinity of the O. E. Smith service station, Bogue. A 1948 Pontiac, driven by John T. Pace, jr., Cherry Point, attempt ed to pass the truck at the same time and a collision resulted Damage to the truck was estimated at $50 and to the car $100. No char 'gps were preferred. Patrolman J W. Sykes investigated. Carl Leon Fulcher of route 1 Beaufort, was involved in the ac cjdent on the Merrimon road which occurred at Lynch's bridge, nine miles east of Beaufort. Fulcher, driving a 1950 Ford thre quarter ton truck, was headed east on the Merrimon road. He rounded a curve and as he ap proached the bridge struck the side rail in a attempt to avoid hit ting another vehicle on the bridge. He skidded 250 feet and turned over in a ditch. The right side of the truck was slightly damaged, according to Patrolman W. E. Pick ard who investigated. He was as sisted by Patrolman H. G. Woolard. No charges were preferred. Lions fo Sponsor Donkey Ball Game To stage a donkey baseball game is the objective of Lion Albert Me Elmon and his committee. The de cision was made Thursday night after Lions club members heartily approved the amusing contest ^hich pits themselves against some mother local, foolhardy team. They hope to play two consecutive nights sometime in May. Though Lions are old hands at this four-legged baseball, the con tests promise to be as colorful as ever. Experience or not, players never can be sure just what the donkey will do next. McElmon hopes that this year's games will be ?as well attended as those in the past. Members also voted to dispense with next week's meeting and at tend, instead, the chamber of com merce banquet April 12 at the Blue Ribbon club. Frank Moran staged a short Dr. 1 Q. program, wherein facts about lome local citizen's life were given ?the object being for Lions to juess who the prominent individ ual was who was described. But the game didn't last long. Presi dent J. G. Bennett immediately won the prize for guessing Dr. John H. Bunn, and the game was / over. Beaufort, Morehead Fire Departments Answer Calls Beaufort and Morehead City fire departments put out a grass fire and a brush fire during the past several days. Beaufort firemen were called to the Beaufort - Morehead City cause way Saturday afternoon where burning trash spread flames to > dry marsh grass which in turn threatened to destroy railroad ties piled by the railroad track. At 3 p.m. Thursday. Morehead City firetnen battled a Salter Path brushfire for 15 minute before controlling the flames. A false alarm was turned in at box 19, Port Terminal at 3:30 yes terday afternoon. Chief Grady Bell announced that Saturday's square dance at the recreation center was successful and that another will be held this Saturday. Mayor Levies $90 is Cods, Fines in Court Yesterday A total of $90 in fines and costs were levied on seven men found feuilty of public drunkenness in yesterday's session of mayor's court, with Mayor W. L. Derrick son presiding. One defendant, Joe Stanley, paid $10 and coats for apeeding. Virgil (Dick) Brinkley was fin ed $20 and Guy Van forfeited $20 for not appearing in court. Ed ,Fitipa trick, Wheeler Gaskill, Leo GallUcin, Charlie Wickiier. and lUchard Mobley each paid $10 and John Memakis Six Represent Carteret County At Medical Session Five physicians and a dentist from Carteret county attended the Second District Medical society meeting Friday night at Washing ton, N. C. They were Dr. B. F. Royal, Dr. John Morris, both of Morehead City; Dr C. S. Maxwell, Dr. John Way, Dr. N. T. Ennett, and Dr. W. L. Woodard, all of Beaufort. Speakers were Dr. W. M. Nich olson of Duke hospital. Dr. Clark Rodman of Washington. N. C., and Dr. D. A. Samms of Marshall. Dr. Nicholson spoke on thyroid diseases and told the physicians that there is great hope that drugs may soon replace surgery in treat ment of thyroid ailments. Dr. Rod man read a pap^r on cortisone, the drug used to combat arthritis, and Dr. Samms, who is Madison coun ty's representative in the legisla ture, discussed < jislation of inter est to members of the medical profession. Dr. J. W. Mewborn of Farmville, Pill county, was elected president of the second district for the com ing term and Dr. E. B. Aycock of Greenville was elected secretary treasurer. The second district, which con sists of 10 counties, met in More head City last year. Dr. John C. Tayloe, retiring president, of Washington, N. C., presided at Fri day's meeting which was held at the Country Golf club. Charles Simpson Commands VFW Charles N. Simpson was install ed Thursday night as commander of the Jones Austin post. No. 2401, Veterans of Foreign Wars, at a joint installation service with the auxiliary in the VFW rooms, Beau fort. The installing officer was Hugh Salter, Beaufort, commander of the post for the past two years. Other officers in addition to Simpson are Johnny C. Parkins, senior vice-commander; Durward Lewis, junior vice-commander; David Modlin, chaplain: Frank W. Heslep, quartermaster; Gene Smith, judge advocate; James Ma son, surgeon; and John N. Miller, past commander, will serve as trustee for the coming three years. Officers of the auxiliary are as follows: Mrs. Frances Mitchell, president; Mrs. Hugh Salter, sen ior vice-president; Mrs. Edna Hes lep. junior vice-president; Mrs. Novella Dunn, secretary; Mrs. Jeanne Moffatt, treasurer. Mrs. Lucy Gilmorc, Mrs. Mof fatt, Mrs. Dorothy English, Mrs. Lucy Eubanks, color bearers: Mrs. May Keagle. patriotic instructor; and Mrs. Lillian Pigott, musician. The district VFW meeting will take place at the recreation cen ter in Morehead City Friday and Saturday. A dance Saturday night with Herb Carter and his orches tra from East Carolina college will Provide the music. The public is invited. Tide Table Tides at Beaufort Bar HIGH LOW Tuesday. April 1? 10:40 a.m. 11:01 p.m. 4:44 a.m. 4:40 p.m. Wednesday, April U 11:20 a.m. 5:25 a.m. 5:20 p.m. 11:44 p.m. Thursday, April It 12 Midnight 12:07 p.m. 6:09 a.m. 6:07 p.m. Friday, April 11 12:31 a.m. 1:00 pja. 7:00 pan. 7:02 a.m. By Lockwood Phillips John Antonio Memakis of More head City emigrated alone form Greece to the United States in 1913 when he was 22 years of age. He landed at New York with $150 in United States currency in his pock et. On Thursday of this week, John Antonio Memakis and the four fem inine members of his family will occupy a bridge deck suite on the American Lines new luxury liner S. S. Independence when she sails at 11:30 in the morning from New York for the Mediterranean ports of Gibraltar, Naples, Cannes, Gen oa and Pereaus. At Pereaus Mr. and Mrs. Memak is, their daughter Thelma, and their married daughter, Mrs. Nich olas Galantis and her daughter, Koulla Johnise, will disembark from the Independence and pass the following two or three months touring Greece. Length of their stay abroad will be governed by the war situation and their return trip will be made as expediency demands, either by plane or ship. Operates Cafe John Memakis is best known in Carteret county as proprietor of the Busy Bee cafe on Arendell st., Morehead City. Little is publicly S known of him, yet he is one of the county's most important business figures. His real estate holdings are numerous and include part ownership of the Hotel Fort Ma con. His first job in America was in a hotel in New York. It paid $25 a month the work day was 12 hours, the work week was seven days. Sign language was used to direct him in his duties because he comprehended not as much as one word of English. The language he knew was the language in which the New Testament was composed Greek. By 1916 he had learned enough of the English language to be ac See MEMAKIS. Page 2, Sec. 2 Odd Fellows Offer Hall 'For Defense' The Odd Fellows lodge of Beau tort has offered its lodge hall for use in the civil defense program. Gene Smith, defense director, announced today that the hall will be used as a meeting place for 1 first aid and home nursing classes. The Odd Fellows have also coop erated by requesting each member to volunteer for some phase of work in the defense program. Should it be necessary, the hall will also be used as a place to take casualties. Smith added. The civilian defense director spoke Thursday night at an Odd Fellows meeting and to Boy Scouts who have been organized as a messenger unit. He commented that all the Scouts cooperated 100 per cent in the night alert two weeks ago. x The civil defense committee will meet Thursday night at 7:45 in the director's office in the Merrill Professional building. Legislators Hope Adjournment Will Come Saturday George W. Dill, Jr., Terms Present Period as Dan gerous Time in Assembly Legislators returned to Raleigh yesterday, hoping that the general assembly will adjourn this coming Saturday. George W. Dill, jr., Car teret's representative, commented Saturday that "this is a dangerous period in the legislature. Unless you watch carefully, something awful might get through." He was referring to the rush and scramble to get local bills jammed into the hopper and made law be fore the legislature adjourns. Committees Dissolved All the house committees were dissolved yesterday and new bills arc now referred directly to the calendar committee. "If the bill isn't drawn exactly right or if the title doesn't clearly explain what it's about, it more than likely will ; get the ax," Dill remarked. Carteret's legislator introduced last week a bill which would au- 1 thorize the State Board of Conscr- j \'ation and Development to levy a j tax up to 30 cents a bushel on ( clams shipped out of this state in | Ihe shell. The tax at present is 6 cents. The bill was introduced at the request of Carteret county clam dealers. It was drawn by the Board of Conservation and Devel opment and recommended by the board. The measure, numbered HB 1130. is designed to prevent Vir ginia dealers from taking young clams from North Carolina clam beds, replanting them in Virginia waters and then selling them later in competition with North Caro lina clams. Dill explained. In regard to two bills which were requested to be returned to com mittee last week for unfavorable report (see today's issue, page 2, "Reversal in Senate" story) Dill said that the proposed legislation will be reported out favorably a gain this week as substitute bills. The measure referred to eodifi-^ cation of the state's fishing rcgi? lations and licensing out-of-state trawlers. Carteret's legislator re marked that the bills had been in adequately drawn and were "work ed over by the committee two days | and nights." Zoning Bill Also introduced by Dill last week was a bill to create the New port Township Zoning commis sion. Passed by the House were bill 847, transferring certain de linquent Carteret county taxes to the debt service fund and bill 1016 providing for revaluation of prop erty in Carteret county. The Senate passed HB 846 which fixes fees charged by the register of deeds of Carteret county. Dill attended the party for leg islators given by Representative Joe King Thursday night. "I never saw such a crazy thing in all my life," he declared. Legislators serv ed as waiters. Page boys attended the party and turned the tables by running the legs off the waiters. Mrs. Joe King sang Gay Nineties songs while old-timey movie slides were shown and then the climax See LEGISLATORS, Page 5 Shell Tankers , Visitors to Morehead Port , Derive Names from Sed Shells Teen-Age Servicemen Engage in Fighl Friday A fight among teen-age Coast Guardsmen at Jack's, a road house on the Lennoxville road, was set tled by the sheriff's department and the Coast Guardsmen's com manding officer Friday night. Sheriff C. G. Holland said that no one was seriously hurt, that the boys were in for one night and ; were due to shove off the next , morning. No charges were prefer- | red. Louis Johnson, Lennoxville. re ceived contusions, bruises, and la cerations of the scalp and nose in a fight at Jack's Saturday nigbt. Two Can Taayle Fenders In Beaniort Snnday J An accident occurred at 3 p.m. Sunday on Queen St.. Beaufort, when cars driven by Ralph Loom is Herring of Kinston and Rome Martin. 601 Broad St.. Beaufort, tangled fenders. Police Chief Louis B. Willis and G. R. Springle investigated. Damage was estimat ed at $32. Beaufort police also booked Je dicah Green, Roy Fulford, Cal vin Sampson, and Elijah Hardesty for public intoxication. The cases were scheduled for bearing before Mayor L. W. Hassell yesterday afternoon. - By Ruth Peeling ? Frequent visitors to the port of Morehead City are the Shell tank ers I*abiosa, Paludina, and Patella, rhe Labiosa sailed from Morehead City for Norfolk Thursday after discharging 26,000 barrels of as phalt which were pumped from the vessel to the Trumbull Asphalt Co.. Morehead City. A marine icientist may begin to wonder upon reading the names of the three tankers mentioned above, because each is named for a sea shell. That is a traditional policy of the Shell Oil co., which has 130 tankers under the British [lag and 44 under the Dutch flag. The various classes of ships be gin with different letters of the alphabet. Twelve, including the Labiosa, begin with L. Others in that class arc the I.ampania, Le tia, Latirus, Limbulus. I-epton, Li matula, Linga, Lingula, Liparus, Lotorium, and I.yria. And each ship carries, encased in glass, the shell after which it is named. In the dining hall of the Labiosa. which is carpetcd and beautifully decorated, is a small case set in the wall. In the case are two shells, each about two and a half inches wide, similar to a small white clam shell. Above the caae. which is lighted by a small elec tric bulb, is a metal plate bearing the name "Labiosa," and then the words, "Found in Florida." Capt. Arthur Bamberry of the *? T ' 1 NEWS BRIEFS County Raises $3,859.32 The slate oftiec of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis reports that $3,859.32 was raised in this county during the 1951 March of Dimes The chairman was A. II. James, Morchcad City. The total collected throughout the state was $1,125,000. Meeting Cancelled The meeting scheduled by Post No. 46. American Legion, More head City, for Friday night has been cancelled because of the sen ior play at Morchead City high school. The next meeting will be Friday night, April 27. Specialist Visits Here S. N Hawks, tobacco specialist. State college. Raleigh, conducted demonstrations in the county Thursday afternoon. The meetings were well attended, according to R. M. Williams, county agent. Agents to Attend Meeting R. M. Williams. James Allgood, farm agents, and Mrs Caririe Gil likin, home agent, will attend the Eastern District Farm and Home agents' meeting Friday at Wash ington. N. C. Tanker Docks The SS Enid. Norwegian freight er, took on fuel at Morehead City Sunday and sailed for New York Cars Crash on Causeway Saturday Night; Three Treated at Hospital An Airport ? or Garbage Dump? NEWS-TIMES Photo Town Commissioners D. F. Mor rill and Clifford Lewis have been appointed by Mayor L. W. Ilassell to rectify the condition pictured above. Both scenes are of the Beaufort - Morehead City airport, Beaufort. The top picture looks north from the southwest end of the field. Pap ers and trash litter the runway while gulls light in droves on the runway in the background. The lower scene was also taken at the southwest side of the field looking eastward on a runway. Garbage is dumped in the im mediate vicinity of the airport by the town of Beaufort. The County Airport authority claims that un less the runways and other airport areas are cleared of the litter. Civil Aeronautics Authorities will take action; The town of Beaufort claims that the garbage that is on the airport has not been put there by the town but is dumped there by resi dents of the west Beaufort road. Hancock, Huntley, and Highland Park sections. The town dumping area was originally designated, of ficials claim, as along the water beyond the immediate vicinity of the runways. HEADACHE REMEDY Clinic on Price Regulation To Take Place at New Bern if Offico of I*rice SlabU TMion j (OPS) will conduct a clinic in Neu ' Bern Thursday, April 19 in the ? city hall court room for the pur pose of instructing merchants on the price ceiling regulations. There will be two sessions of this clinic, the first beginning at 1 2 p.m. and continuing until 4 p.m. and again at nignh beginning at 8 p.m. Merchants who cannot attend the afternoon session may do so at night. Since this clinic embraces Crav en-county, Carteret county. Pamli co county, Jones county. Onslow county and parts of Lenoir county, the New Bern merchants have been requested to attend the afternoon session in order that the night ses sion will not be so crowded. It is hoped that the merchants affected will make every effort to attend this clinic so that they may be fully informed concerning the regulations as they affect their par ticular business. The New Bern Retail Merchants association is acting as host to this area clinic. Questions concerning the clinic should be directed to the office at 301 Hancock st., New Bern, or telephone New Bern 2373. The List of Carteret's Mysteries Grows One of Carteret's unsolved mys teries today remains as much of a puzzle as it was five months ago: George Robinson. 20, of Marshall berg, who disappeared from his home Dec. 9, 1950, has not yet been found. No word has been received from him. No clues have been uncovered as to his whereabouts. At the time of his disappearance a description of him was given to police, publish ed in newspapers and put on the air ? all to no avail. George was the son of Mr. and Mrs. George M. Robinson, Marsh allhcrg, and was last seen on the afternoon of Dec. 9 walking along the road from Marshaliberg to Smyrna. Rotarian Tells Of Other Nations Morchead City Rotarians were laken on a make-believe around theworld tour Thursday night *hen former club member, Robert E. Lee. now residing in Pennsyl vania. gave an interesting talk on his hobby ? corresponding with people of 37 various countries. Giving excerpts from memory on Greenland. Iceland, the Scandinav ian countries, Germany, the Neth erlands. Austria. Italy, Sicily, and Egypt, he compared the living con ditions of each country with the United States. Through faithful European cor respondence. Lee learned second hand, of the lives of other people, their happiness, and their troubles. Vienna, for example, is a unique Austrian city where a person can work in the Russian zone, live in the French zone, and call on his girlfriend in the American zone. And Lee hears that Great Britain's rationing program is being felt by all. Imagine, four ounces of sweets and four ounces of fats allowed each person per week! But. according to Lee. the cen tral thought that he reads in the letters, is that most countries throughout the world are praying for peace, and look for America to lead a tranquil world. After the talk, preparations for the annual district Rotary confer ence scheduled at Greenville, April 12-13, were discussed. Passes Exam Herbert Orlandah Phillips, III, Morehead City, has passed the state bar examination. The exams were given to 107 persons at Ral eigh March 13-15 by the State Board of Law Examiners. Phillips U the son of, Mr. and Mrs. H. 0. Mm Three young people of Beaufort were slightly injur ed at 10:20 Sunday night in an auto accident on the, Beaufort - More head City, causeway. They were Miss Betsy Fulford, Miss Marie Webb, and Robert Thomp son. All were treated at Morehcad City hospital and discharged. Miss Fulford suffered bruises ami lac erations. Miss Webb a bruised foot and nose, and Thompson received cuts on the forehead. Thomas Da vis, also of Beaufort, riding in the same ear with the other three, es caped injury. Charge Preferred Thompson, driver of the car. a 1950 Buick. has been charged with reckless driving. According to Patrolman W. J. Smith, jr., a 194H Ford which was proceeding toward Morehcad City slowed down to allow a car ahead of it to make a left turn. The pa trolman stated that the Buick came up behind thiv Ford at a high rate of speed, ramming into the rear. $1,000 Damage Damage to the Buick is estimat ed at $700 and to the Ford $300. Driver of the Ford was James Lee Johnson of Morehcad City. The accident occurred several hundred feet west of the Fiver's Island road. The injured were taken to the hospital by ambulance. Assisting Patrolman Smith in the investiga tion was Patrolman R. H. Brown. Veterans' Service Officer Reports To County Board C. L. Beam, Carteret county veterans' sqrvice officer, in an an nual o county commission era states thM veterans, dependents and other qualified persons in ) Carteret county receive approxim 1 ately $150, IKK) per year through the county veterans' service office. I Beam stated that during the' year, April 1050 to April 1951, nu merous letters have been written to veterans, their wives, children, and widows pertaining to benefits, applications have been made for veterans who lost or destroyed their discharge papers, letters have been written to the insurance division for adjustment in payment of Na tional Service Life Insurance divi dends, forms were filled out for dependents of men now entering the service, and letters were writ ten to all draftees telling them the procedure in filing for dependent benefits available under present laws and regulations. The veterans' service officers statistical report follows: 21 appli cations filed for service connected disability, 17 approved; 102 applica tions filed for non service connec ted disability, 89 approved. Fifty - one applications tiled for widow's pensions. 50 approved; 31 applications filed for dependent children benefits, 31 approved; 24 applications are pending for non service connected disability and five are pending for service con nected disability. Forty two cases were appealed to the veteran's administrator, HI approved, and 19 are pending; 100 applications were filed for on the job training and schooling, 103 veterans are now in training and attending schools. Fifty six applications were filed for raise in pav to retired Coast See VETERANS, Page 5 86 Boy Scouts Attend Camporee Rain Causes Camp Break Up Early Sunday Morn ing; Boys Find Relics Eighty six county Boy Scouts at tended the camporee at Fort Macon Saturday, hut rain caused the Scouts to break camp early Sun day morning. Even though the wind was blowing a gale, and it looked is though the rain would never stop, the boys were having such a good time they didn't want to leave. Kenneth Wagner, activities chair man who was in charge of the cam poree. reported that two tents blew over and he was surprised that so many of the boys managed to stay dry. The camporee began early Sat urady afternoon with registration at the Ocean Kins hotel. The boys hiked to the state park camp site, pitched tents, and then played soft ball. They also en gaged in compass events and fol lowed a landmarked trail. Seventy five parents and guests attended the campfire program Sat urday night. Stanley Woodland, chairman of the district Scout coun cil, spoke and each troop present ed a skit. Among Scout officials present were Robert Howard. Scout com missioner, Ethan Davis, neighbor hood commissioner for Morchead City, Billv Wall, district field rep resentative from New Bern, and t h e following Scoutmasters: Charles Hassell, Beaufort; Lin wood Hancock, llarkers Island: Floyd Chadwick, Gerald Davis, Morehead City, Marion Mills and Frank Sa frit, assistant Scoutmasters of Morehead City. Some of the boys found relics of the civil war, cannon balls, parts of cannon balls', ami musket balls. Vngncr termed the camporee a bii? success. "Nobody got