NEWS-TIMES OFFICE 804 Arandell St. Morahead City Phone 6-4175 CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES JOth YEAR, NO. 34. TWENTY-FOUR PAGES THREE SECTIONS MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY, APRIL 27, 1951 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS SHERIFF HOLLAND ORDERS CARNIVAL TO SCRAM County Fire Warden Rescues Bear Cub Trapped by Fire E. M. Foreman, county fire warden, left, plays with six-week-old bear found near Merrimon Monday, April 16. The little black bear cub pic tured above with E. M. Foreman, Parteret county's fire warden, is *live today only because fire fight ers rescued him and his twin brother 12 days ago while a fire raged through their forest home near Open Grounds. The two cubs were clinging to the side of a tree, deserted by their mother who fled before the flames ? or she may have been (rapped by the fire and could not reach her offspring. Foreman took one of the cubs ?nd gave the other to Marines who were with him helping to fight the lire. The Marines, Sgt. R. M. Bateman, Cpl. G. W. Gaw. and Cpl. George Merriam. who have sud denly become MDBs (Marines in charge of Displaced Bears), plan to rear their charge to the age where fye can take care of himself and then turn him loose. When the men picked them up, they clawed, bit at their captors and squealed, related Foreman. In the case of Fire Warden Foreman's pet, he may live and he may not. Foreman tried to make him drink milk out of a saucer. No luck. The day the a bove picture was taken, the war den was setting out to buy a bot tle. He was going to attempt io feed the little fellow that way. The cub even went for a ride in an airplane one morning. The fire warden went aloft to check the areas where fires had occurred and he took the animal with him. "He was scared, too," comment ed Foreman. The cub, usually, is easily hand led unless he becomes frightened. Had the fire fighters not hap pened along at the time they did that Monday, the baby bears would surely have perished in the fire, remarked the warden. "If people would only realize how many animals are destroyed by fire," the warden said, "we would have many less fires than we do." Fires kill four-footed creatures especially, but also take a toll of young birds and other animals too young to move before the red wall of destruction. Frequently the ani mals are panicked and even though they could escape, rush in to the flames or allow the fire to consume them. The larger the number of fires, the greater area they cover, the less sport there is for hunters the next season. He added that he hoped the res cue of the two cubs would be a reminder of the torturous death flames bring to wildlife. "Most of those weekend fires were deliberately set," Foreman stated. "Human beings are alone responsible for the destruction caused." Governor Scott Appeals , For Cancer Drive Support Beer Law Goes Into Effect May 1 The new state law extending the night deadline on the sale of beer from 11 o'clock to 11:45 will go into effect Tuesday, May 1, at 7:30 a.m. and "not one minute be fore," T. A. Jones, Malt Beverage division inspector, announced this week. The law, passed by the 1951 gen eral assembly, will allow dealers to sell beer until 11:45 but they must clear all bottles and contain ers from tables and consumption of beer must be stopped by mid night. The old law allowed the sale of beer until 11 o'clock and pro vided for the clearing of bottles by 11:30. Any dealer caught violating the new law, or putting the deadline into effect before May 1 will have his license revoked. Jones warned. "This new law has been passed through the efforts of the Malt Beverage division," the inspector said. "The least dealers can do is to cooperate with the division and observe all laws for beer sales." Kearney Merrill. Jr., , Plants New Spud Variety A bag of Irish potatoes, said to ?be resistant to potato scab, has been planted on the farm of Kear *ie\ Merrill, jr.. east of Beaufort. The bag of potatoes was shipped, with four others, to J. V. Whit field, state director, fruits and vegetable* division, North Caro lina Farm Bureau. The potatoes were obtained from the Colorado 'Experiment station. 1 R. M. Williams, farm agent, stated that potato scab frequently causes considerable trouble, espec ially on Isnd which has received ah application of lime in recent years. The new variety is a little , later maturing than the Cobbler, be added, but is reported to be a heavy yielder. Pointing out that April has been designated by Congress and the President of the United States as Cancer Control Month, Governor W. Kerr Scott yesterday appealed to all North Carolinians to con tribute generously to the 1951 Can cer Crusade. "Cancer continues to be one of our most urgent health problams," Governor Scott said in endorsing the current drive. "This disease killed more than 210,000 Americans last year." Citing the need for volunteer help, the Governor said that "it is estimated that half of all cancer cases can be cured. And yet it is reported that last year throughout the United States more than 70,000 persons died needlessly because they did not know a few essential facts. They might have been saved. With more volunteers spreading the message that early cancer can be cured in most cases, we can greatly rcducc this dreadful waste." The bill for cancer throughout the nation "has been estimated at two billion dollars for last year," the Governor said. "This means that cancer is costing each com munity thousands of dollars." Governor Scott said there is evi dence that progress is being made toward cancer control. "In North Carolina," he explained, "the num ber of cancer control clinics has in creased from two in 1941 to 12 in 1951. During the same 10-year per iod other important steps toward cancer control have included re search, state-wide educational pro grams, both professional and pub lic: and many direct services to the cancer patients, including hospitali zation and transportation. "Fear and despair keep many persons from seeing their physi cian when cancer is suspected. A well educated citizenry could elim inate much of this," he said. The Governor pointed out that the task of the North Carolina Can cer Crusade, which again is being directed by Mrs. George E. Mar shall of Mount Airy. State Com mander, is two-fold: "The solicita tion of funds to carry on the fight toward cancer control, and the pro motion of an educational program that may well save lives -of Many North Carolinians." Welfare Board Loses Charles Nelson Who Retires After 14 Years' Service Town to Conduct Hearing Tuesday On Rent Decontrol Public Meeting Will Take Place at 7:30 P.M. al New port Town Hall The Newport town board will meet at 7:30 Tuesday night, May 1, with residents of the town who want the lid taken off rents. The meeting will take place at the town hall. In March Congress passed a bill which extends rent control until July 1, 1951, but should towns wish to decontrol, they may do so by holding a public hearing to deter mine whether decontrol is desired by the majority of the residents of the town. The area rent representative, Carl Winter, states that the decis sion should be based on whether or not there is a shortage of hous ing in the municipality. Beaufort and Morehead pity town boards decided to remain under control. According to federal regu lations, should the town fathers decide that there is a shortage of living quarters and rent controls are desirable, they need not have a public hearing. Therefore, no public hearings were held in either Beaufort or Morehead City. A re soultion was passed by the boards continuing control. Tuesday's meeting at Newport will be the last for the present town board prior to the municipal election May 8. Charles G. Nelson of Morehead City has retired from the Board of Public Welfare of Carteret county after serving 14 years, a term un precedented in Carteret county wel fare board history. His long period of service has been recognized in a resolution by the county board of commissioners, the welfare board gave him special recognition at their March meeting, and many of those who served with Mr. Nelson in Welfare work have expressed their respect for his wise counsel and admiration for his years of faithful service. Mr. Nelson was born at Glouces ter June 1, 1887, the son of Capt. and Mrs. John Nelson and the youngest of nine children. "My schooling wasn't much," he declares, but like quite a few in the eastern part of the county in years gone by he attended the Marshall berg Collegiate institute and later a college in Tennessee where his brother Stacy was teaching. During the course of his life he truck farmed at Gloucester, serv ed with the State Fisheries com mission, spent several years in the Coast Guard, was a member of the county Democratic executive com mittee, and in 1944 changed his place of residence from Gloucester to 1007 Arendell st., Morehead City. Appointed in 1937 In 1937 he was appointed to the county Board of Public Welfare. His retirement this year is in com pliance with a statute preventing a member from serving more than two succesive three-year terms. In Mr. Nelson's first years on the board, he served as the county commissioners' appointee and rep resented the eastern section of the county Getting from Gloucester to Beaufort in those days consti tuted somewhat of a transportation problem. Frequently he would walk three miles to Smyrna and then /? C. G. Nelson catch a ride to Beaufort with the register of deeds, Irvin Davis. When board sessions continubd overtime, his travel by foot ex ceeded the three miles from Smyr na to Gloucester. In spite of travel difficulties, he established an en viable attendance record, not miss sing, on the average, more than one meeting a year. Thomas C, McGinnis, welfare superintendent, remarks, "This is truly indicative of an incessant de sire to be of service to his fellow men." As one of the fathers of the county welfare program, he served with other outstanding members of the welfare board The original board consisted of Dr. Frank Hall, chairman, Fred R. Seeley, and Gra dy Willis. Dr. Hall and Mr. Willis served for only two months, the former having resigned because he was transferred to a Presbyterian See NELSON, Page 7 Eighteen Contestants W ill Compete for 'Miss Beaufort'