NEWS-TIMES OFFICE 804 Arwdell St. Morvhaad City Phone 6-4175 CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES * 40th YEAR, NO. 41. TWd SECTIONS TEN PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY, MAY 22, 1951 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS Armed Forces Day Programs Hold Spotlight During Weekend Burn Out Cancer Porch Light Campaign Will Take Place Thursday Night t> _1 ...ill .. .. A ndL ??? tkiwiln DctdUM; ui iriaaa iiigiu caci cutra it schools, the cancer drive's burn the-porch-light campaign will take place from 8 to 9 p.m. Thursday night instead of Friday night, as originally announced. The final meeting prior to the concerted drive Thursday will take place at 7:30 tonight in the office of the county health department, Beaufort. . Letters are being mailed to busi ness and professional men and wet men requesting them to have their contribution ready when the so licitor calls. In the porch light campaign, persons who have a contribution tor the cancer fund, no matter how ;mail, should turn on their porch light. If a porch light is not avail able, a lantern or candle in the window will suffice, according to tlyde Jones, chairman of the drive. Where lights are burning, a col ICC?? win siup auu UF "'SO1"" nation. The slogan is "Burn The light and bum out cancer." Officials of the cancer campaign, in addition to Jones, are Dr. N. T. Ennett, co-chairman, Grayden Paul, Beaufort chairman; Charles Willis, Morehead City chairman; Mrs. George MclMeill, Morehead City, county commander, and Mrs. Rob ert Taylor, Morehead City, treas urer. Mayor W. L. Hassell, Beaufort, and Mayor George W. Dill, More head City, each have issued a pro clamation requesting citizens to support the cancer drive. L. A. Oakley, solicitation chair man, today announced the follow ing as community solicitors: Mrs. Earl Davis, Harkers island; Mrs. Lambert Morris, Atlantic; Mrs. Dora Day, Cedar Island; Mrs. George Salter, Sea Level; Mrs. Talisman Pigott, Gloucester. Marine Saves Man At Atlantic Beach Corporal R. N. Barker, returned ' Korean veteran stationed at Cherry Point, and two unidentified men were credited with saving the life ofCpl. Richard Holton, also a Korean veteran, at Atlantic Beach Sunday afternoon, May 13 The near-death occurred when Barker and Holton were swimming off Atlantic Beach. Swimming in ?he lead. Barker heard Holton cry for help and turned back to inves tigate. He found Holton paralyz ed from the waiU, down with cramps and sinking'Grabbing the drowning Marine, Barker struck for shore against strong cross-currents. He tired before hf could reach shore, however, and {pied tor help. Two unidentified men launched a rubber raft and paddled for the two distressed men. When they reached the scene, Holton was lift ed into the raft and pushed to shore. The men administered artificial respiration for 45 minutes until Holton was revived. He was then . taken to the air station and admit ted to the dispensary for observa tion. At last reports, he was "rest ing comfortably." Holton is attached to VMF-115. Both corporals served nine months in Korea. Nine Vili Attend Boys, Girls State ' Nine Carteret county rising sen iors, seven of which have already been selected, will attend Girls State at Woman's college June 10 16 and Boys State at the University of Chapel Hill June 17-24. The Veterans of Foreign Wars, Jones-Austin post Mo. 2401, will J send a county representative, who has not yet been selected, and the 40 et 8 will also send a boy from the county. He will be selected from schools other than Beaufort and Morehead City. \ AmericanvLegion post No. 46, Morehead City, Morehead City Jay cees and Lions will pay the ex penses of the following: Bobby Matthews, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Matthews, Thomas Bennett, ion of Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Bennett, and Robert Adams, son of Robert Adams, Broad Cre^ki and grandson , of Mr. and Mrs. Bordon Adams, Broad Creek, with whom he makes his home. These boys were select ed by the Morehead City school faculty. Those from Beaufort school,' whose expenses will be paid by Carteret Post No. 90, American Legion, are John Lynch, son ot Mrs. Martha Lynch; Gary Cope ' land, son of Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Copeland; and as alternate, Bobby Willi?, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Willis. Expenses of two girl* will be paid by the Beaufort American Legion auxiliary. The girls are Catherine Noe, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Noe; Nancy Rus sell, daughter of Mrs. Nat Russell, and alternate. Connie Lewis, daugh ter onlr. and Mrs. Pritchard Lew is. The Morehead City Legion aux iliary Is not sponsoring a candi date. The students are chosen on the basis of scholarship, character, and leadership. The Girls and Boys State projec#are practical lessons in government sponsored at the Greater University of North Caro lina annually by the American Le gion and the American Legion aux lli?,. Legion Auxiliaries To Sell Poppies Saturday American Legion auxiliaries in Beaufort and Morehead City will sell poppies in the business section of both towns Saturday. In charge of Beaufort poppy sales are Mrs. George Brooks and Mrs. Cecil Brooks. In charge | of the event in Morehead City is Mrs. Martin Beaver. Proceeds from the sale will go ?to disabled veterans hospitals at Fayette vil le, Oteen and Swan nanoa. Construction Law May Affect Bridge The latest National Production authority order on construction means that the state will probably have to get NPA approval for most of its future bridge projects, ac cording to Chief Highway Engin eer W. H. Rogers, jr. This may or may" not delay construction on the bridge from Morehead City to At lantic Beach. No one is sure how the new rul ling will affect the state's huge building program. The order re quires the NPA's okay on all build ing projects using more than 25 tons of steel on which construc tion had not been started when the order was issued. Assistant Budget Director D. S. Coltranc and Bureau Engineer ] Frank Turner went to Wash ington last week to "find out just j where we stand." "I don't know," Coltrane replied j when asked if he expects any trou ble in obtaining approval of build ing projects at state ii^Mtutions. Of the $125,000,000 appropriated for building at state institutions of the 1047 and 1949 legislatures, about $25,000,000 is left. Chief Highway Engineer W. H. Rogers, jr., said it appeared the highway commission would have to get NPA approval for most of its future bridge projects. State Board of Education of ficials said they did not anticipate trouble under present conditions in obtaining steel for school pro jects. The state still has about $65,000,000 worth of school con struction in the planning stage. Car. Truck Collide Friday On Harkers Island Brad A two-doo/ sedan and a pick-up truck collided at 9:15 Friday night on the Harkers Island road one mile north of Harkers Island bridge. No one was injured but the sedan was damaged to the extent I of $125 and the truck $50. Driver of the car was Edward Hyde Willis of Williston. Driving] the truck was Mrs. Sam Chadwickl Watson of Kinston. According to Patrolman W. J. Smith, jr., who investigated, Mrs. Watson made a left turn as Willis attempted to pass her. Both were proceeding ?oath. No charges were preferred. Tide Table Tide* at Beaufort Bar HIGH LOW | Tuesday, May 23 8:50 a.m. 2:54 a.m. 9:16 p.m. 2:50 p.m. I Wedaesday, May 23 9:43 a.m. 3:45 ajn. 10:10 p.m. 3:42 p.m. I Thursday, Hay 24 10:38 a.m. 4:38 a.m. I 11:07 p.m. 4:40 p -m. Friday, May 25 11:37 a.m. 5:34 a. 12 Midnight 8:4? p. ' . In spite of cloudy skies, nun dreds attended Armed Forces Day programs in Morehead City Friday, Cherry Point and Lejeu|? Satur day, and Beaufort Sunday. More than a thousand went aboard the destroyer minesweeper, USS Gher ardi, stationed at Morehead City port terminal Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Visitors got an extra treat at the t>ort. The submarine USS Sea Lfon came in Saturday afternoon and was lying at docitside Sunday. The sub was not open to public inspec tion, however. Aboard were Ma rines who were going on maneuv ers. Jet Show Cancelled The Friday morning parade in Morehead City went off as sched uled except for the sweep of jets scheduled to pass over the city at 10:45. A 900-foot ceiling prevented the air display. The afternoon program, original ly planned for outdoors at the rec reation center, took place at the high school. Plans to hold the pro gram indoors at the recreation cen ter had to be changed because of work being done in preparation for the Morehead City junior-senior banquet at the center Friday night. A light drizzle and cloudy skies blanketed Cherry Point and Le jeune Saturday morning but did not prevent the spectacular show at both bases. The skies cleared and the sun put in its appearance at the Beaufort Armed Forces Day program at the court house Sunday afternoon. Concerts Presented The Second Marine Air Wing band presented half-hour concerts at both Beaufort and Morehead City Armed Forces programs. Of ficers from Cherry Point also spoke. "Defenders of Freedom," tiie theme for the Armed Forces observance, was the topic of the address by Com. J. B. Kline, USN, uho spoke in Morehead City. ? A keynote address on the same theme was presented by Lt. Col. O. A. Chambers, commanding of ficer of HMR261, at Beaufort. Both speakers cittd the dangers of communism and stressed the need for forceful military power to stem the tide of communism. They em phasized the need for collective sc curity, cooperation with allies and aid to them, plus the need for in dustrial and spiritual mobilization. Both officers declared that each individual must play his part in being a "defender of freedom." Commander Kline was introduc ed by Mayor George W. Dill, Jr., and Colonel Chambers by Claud Wheatly, jr. Present at the More head City program as special guests were Lt. Com. L. L. Meier, jr., USN, commanding officer of the USS Gherardi. and Capt. Ralph Martin Wilson. USN, commander of mine division 62. Guests of honor at the Beaufort observance were Roy McMillian, past national vice-commander of the American Legion, who deliv ered a stirring address in honor of the nation's military men, Brax ton Adair, who presented a scroll of honor to Cpl. John Ormand, Ko rean war veteran; A1 Thomas, com mander of Carteret post No. 99, American Legion; Mrs. Paul Mit chell, president of the VFW auxil iary; Nicholas Walker, Mrs. Hugh Hill, and Mrs. Bcrnice Jarman, all of Beaufort. Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts were present at the ceremony. The American flag, United Nations flag. North Carolina flag, VFW and Scout banners were flown. Adair, in presenting Corporal Ormond with the scroll honoring the officers and men at Cherry Point, commented that Beaufort is noted for its output of menhaden products, production of sport nets, millions of board feet of lumber, and during the second world war was the only agar-agar producing center in the United States. Scroll Signers Signers of the scroll were the following: L. W. Hassell, may A of Beaufort; Braxton Adair, presi dent of the chamber of commerce; the Rev. T. R. Jenkins, president of Beaufort Rotary club; Gone Smith, president of the Jaycees; Mrs. W. L. Woodard, president of the Beaufort Woman's club. ) Mrs. Glenn Adair, president of See ARMED FORCES, Page 4 Atlantic Beach \ Board Launches Clean-up Program Businessmen, Commission ers Meet Friday Afternoon At Former Surf Club The Atlantic Beach town board, meeting with Atlantic Beach bus inessmen Friday afternoon at the former Su* club, Atlantic Beach, adopted a program for a cleaner beach. The board agreed that a man shall be hired six days a week to keep the beach clean and that no bottles or beer cans shall be allow ed outside beach concessions. There will also be a fine imposed on persons who are apprehended in the process of disposing of trash on the beach. Beer Complaints Complaints were also heard to the effect that intoxicated persons were being sold beer. W. D. Miller, representing the Brewers* Foundation, said that his organiza tion would cooperate in any way to keep beer-selling from becoming a menace to the resort. It was stated also that wholesale houses supplying beach business men would furnish garbage cqn tainers, free of charge, for the beach and the boardwalk. The beach police force will be enlarged. A full-time policeman and a part-time officer will be em ployed for the summer season. It was also stated that the Marine bases have agreed to furnish as many military policemen as re quired. Dance Banned Businessmen and beach commis sioners made the ruling that the dance, the "Dirty Boogie" will not be permitted to be performed on any of the beach dance floors. A committee was appointed to in vestigate the problem of supplying additional parking space and it was agreed that Ed Copeland shall be hired to use his bull dozer in grading the beach. Plans were al so made for additional lighting a long the boardwalk and throughout the beach area. The beach will open formally Wednesday, May 30, and the Dia gram will be announced in Hie near future. A1 Cooper, a member of the beach town board, presided in the absence of the mayor, Newman Wil lis. Coundans Buy j $34,440 in Bonds County U. S. Savings bonds chairman, Victor H. Wickizer, Morehcad City, announced today that according. to the monthly talcs report from AlliA* James, state director of savings bonds in'Greens boro, sales of scries E, F and G bonds in Carteret county for the month of April totaled $34,440.25, all in series E bonds. The total figures for Worth Car olina's 100 counties were as fol lows: series E bonds $2,326,630.00; series F $137,991.50; scries G $310, 200.00; totaling $2,774,821.50. Wickizer said that the spring U. S. defense bond drive was opened April 30 when Secretary of the Treasury Snyder spoke over a na tion-wide radio hook-up from At lanta, Georgia, proclaiming May as "Defense Bond Month" in Amer ica. Boy Scouts all over the nation prepared the groundwork for the drive by placing posters in stores and public places. In North Carolina the carrier boys of 23 leading daily newspapers are spearheading the drive by de livering pledge forms to subscrib ers and collecting the signed pledg es. 9 The county chairman urged all citizens to support the defense bond month program by investing in an extra U. S. defense bond from their bank or post office or through the payroll savings plan where they work. Mayor Sends James Carroll Case To Recorder's Court Tuesday , May 29 Hepler Cottage, j Grab Point, Burns Friday Morning An early Friday morning fire, spreading very rapidly, burned to the ground the single story Hep ler bungalow. Crab Point. Includ ed in the complete loss was furni ture, although no one was living in the dwelling at the time flames broke out at 1:30 a.m. The furniture belonged to Clyde Hepler, son of the recently de ceased owner of the house. He was planning to move into the house in a few days. According to John Parker, fireman, the house was "pretty well gone" when Morehead City firemen arrived. Only a smolder ing frame remained of the wooden building. How the fire started remains a mystery, but its spread was aid | ed substantially by an exploding' oil drum alongside the house. Cy| Adams, returning from a dance, 1 saw the flames from the roadside! and also witnessed the explosion which followed a few minutes la ter Parker stated that people don't realize the time it takes for More head City firemen to answer out-of town alarms. Before they could leave the station eight minutes had elapsed. Permission had to be obtained from the mayor. "It takes time to get in contact with town officials," he said. "On in-town calls, we're down the pole and out the door in a minute!" Marine Pilot Killed in Crash 4 30-ycar-ohL VMF(n) 531 PjB? ?4m k i fled and an enlisted riitr operator mkaeuously escaped dtath when the F7F Tigeprat they were flying crashed five miles east of Bogue field Thursday, May 10. Dead is 1st Lt. F. M. Fahrion, a reserve pilot from Fort Collins, Colo. T/Sgt. Edward Jazwinski, airborne intercept operator, crawl ed from the demolished fighter practically uninjured. He suffered a few scratches of the face and minor injuries of his left hand. The crash occurred at approxi mately 12:15 a.m. May 10, in a wooded area near Bogue field, a bout 28 miles from Cherry Point. The Tigercat was taking part in a simulated wartime maneuvers be ing held by MAG-24 at Bogue field. Lieutenant Fahrion is survived by his wife, Mrs. Shirley Ann Fah rion, and a two-and one half month old daughter, Shirley. He is also survived by his mother, Mrs. John F. Drotar of Long Beach, Calif. Lieutenant Fahrion was graduat ed from high school in 1939. He enlisted in the Marine corps and later entered flight school. After flight instruction at St. Mary's NAS Olathe, Corpus Christi, and Jacksonville he received his wings in 1944. In 1947, he was discharged and joined VMF-236, a reserve squad ron at Denver. He enrolled in Colorado A&M, where he played on the football and basketball teams. He was graduated in 1949. The lieutenant's squadron was called to active duty last fall and he arrived at Cherry Point on No vember 28. Sergeant Jazwinski was a radio gunner during World War II, serv ing in the South Pacific and the Philippines. He is married to the former Miss Jane Guzik of Patter son. ? J. They now reside at the air base. X-Ray Trailer Comes A state tree X-ra^ unit will ar rive today at Newport. It will be in Morehead City tomorrow and Beaufort Thursday. Hours are from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day. $10 Million Construction Project Planned at Air Base Cherry Point? Bids on approxi mately 10 million dollar? worth o I construction at the Marine Corp? Air station will bt accepted within the next two months, according to Commander John S. Albers, resi dent olficer in charge of construc tion. The construction will be the largest undertaken since the sta tion's commissioning in 1M2, when approximately 40 million were spent In building the air station. Lflffftft Of join will be a dual hangar capable of accommodating complete facilities for two aircraft group*. Bids will be accepted on the hangar measur Ing 492 feet wide and 250 feet high around the middle of June. To accommodate the new hangar, a 290*000 square yard aircraft park ing apron and a hugp warehouse will be built Estimated coat of the hangar, apron and warehouse ia 94 million dollar?. Four runways are alated for ex pansion with Uda being epanod to the Office of District Public Works. Sixth Naval District, Char leston, S. C . on or about June 12. Four reinforced combat-ready ordnance magazines (storehouses) and three aviation fuel itorage tanks, capable of holding 77,000 barrels of fuel will b* constructed. Eilsting tank* ?111 be relined. Contracts for painting 15 build ings and the installation of tUe In two mesa halls will complete the construction program slated at this Una. ; ? Inez Smith, Lelon Alligood Win Connly Health Crowns Inez Smith, Beaufort, and U ton Alligood, Smyrna, were chos en as Carteret county's 4-H queen and king of health, re spectively, Saturday mornUc in the county health office, Beau fort. v The junior 4-H club king is Lionel Gilgo, jr., of Atlantic. The name of the junior queen will be announced within the next several days. Miss Smith and Alligood will compete in the 4 H health con test at Raleigh July 23-28. Beaufort Choral Club to Present ' Program in June The Beaufort Choral club, under the direction of Mrs. CharNfr Has scll, will present a three-part pro gram including piano ensembles, choral numbers, and scenes from operettas June 7 and 8 in the Beau fort school auditorium. Presenting the -piano num bers will be Miss Merry Johnson, Mrs. Hasscll, and Miss Neva Bell. Operetta scenes will be from Sig mund Romberg's "New Moon," "Maytime," and "Desert Song." Taking leads in the operetta ex cerpts will be Ruth Webb Bailey, Sal Palazzo, Mrs. Jarvis Herring, James Webb, and James Potter HI. 9 Supporting those characters will be Carroll Ann Willis, Billy Down um, Elizabeth House, Earl Willis, Margaret Ann Windley, John Lynch, Marie Webb, George Stof tord, Mary Ruth Nelson, Mary Lily Haynes. Ray Hassell. Peggy Blankctiship, James Wbeatley, Agnes Grant, Wirren