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W CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES 40th YEAR, NO. 61. TWO SECTIONS- TWELVE PAGES MORBHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT. NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY. JUNE 26. 1951 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS Paul S. Jones <\ To Attend Elks Session, Chicago Paul S. Jones, Beaufort, exalted ruler of Morehead City-Beaufort lodge No. 1710, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, will leave by plane Sunday, July 1, for Chicago where he will attend the grand lodge convention, BPOE. Jones, who has been active in the Elks ever since becoming a member, will represent lodge No. 1710 as a delegate. He has at tended numerous district and state meetings and remarks that he is looking forward to attending his first national convention. More than S0.000 delegates and visitors from the 48 states, Ha waii, Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Canal Zone are expected. The delegates will attend a ser ies of meetings of the Grand Lodge in the Stevens hotel and will elect new grand lodge officers. In addition, Elks lodges from- all over America will participate in numer ous events including trap and skeet shooting, band and instrumental contests, drill team contests, and glee club and barber shop quartet song tests. Governor Adlai E. Stevenson of Illinois and Mayor Martin H. Ken nelly of Chicago will be on hand to greet the delegates. Every maj or hotel in the Windy City has been taken over by the Elks for the five - day session. Various civic and commercial enterprises of Chi cago are all cooperating to make this 1951 Elks convention one of the most outstanding in history. George F. Thornton, general chairman of the 1951 convention committee, announced that among other spccial events planned for the visiting Elks in Chicago are an Elks Night at the White Sox Com iskey park, Elks Day at world-fam ous Arlington Park race track, and a special tea and fashion show for Elks' wives at Marshall Field & CO. v Marion Noe Heads Demolay Chapter Marion Noe was elected master councillor of the Carteret cbaptcr of Demolay, Beaufort, at the chap ter meeting Wednesday night in the Franklin lodge rooms. Other officers are Robert (Bob by) Safrit, senior councillor, and Vincent Wright, junior councillor. These three officer* then appoint ed the following: Lows Woodard, senior deacon; Dickie Dickinson, junior deacon; Street Wetherington, senior stew ard; Harry Taylor, junior steward; Gary Copeland, orator; B. G. O' Neal. sentinel. Billie Ipock, chaplain; Jimmy Parkins, marshal; George East man, standard bearer: and Pier son Willis, almnor. Demolay ad viaer is Wiley H. Taylor, jr. Miss America' / To Serve as Judge Mist Yolande Bctbeie. of Mo bile, AU.. will be one of the judges in the Miss North Carolina contest at Burlington July 20 and 21. Miss Betbeze was Miss America of 1950. The Miss North Carolina contest will Ibe 'one of the largest beauty pageants to be given in the United States this year. According to in formation from directors of the Miss America contest, the average pageant to select state winners has no more than 20 contestants. Forty two have already entered the Miss NArth Carolina pageant and this number is expected to reach 4fl. Representing Beaufort will be Miss Caroll Ann Willis of Beau tort Miss Lois Simpson will rep resent Morehead City and both will be taken to Burlington in a 1991 Nash loaned by the Gurley Motor eo., Morehead City. Miss Betty Lou Rice of Gurley Motor co., will be the driver. Gene Smith, president of Beau fort Jaycees, the organisation spon soring Miss Beaufort, stated yes terday that Miss Willis will be privileged to choose her own cbap erone. First HttMJsts to Ftm Men's Grasp al t Tiaifh! Skinner A. Chalk, jr., chairman of the board of stewards of the Firtt Methodist church, Morehead City, announced today that there will be a meeting of men of the church tonight for the purpose of organizing a Methodist Men's group The meeting will Uke place at the church at 8 -o'clock. Length of the meeting will be limited to one hour, Chalk stated. - Dicie Howell Arrives Dicie Howell arrived in Beaufort yesterday, one week In ad vance of the opening of her School of Vocal Music and Allied Arts. The well-known lyric soprano's "Little Theatre *f Music Expres sion" and school for voice instruction will continue from July 1 to Aug. 15. 2-Week Superior; Court Term Ends Friday Afternoon The two-week June superior court term closed late Friday after noon in Beaufort. In the two suits filed by R. P. and Thomas Gooding', Beaufort route 1| against Ellis Worthington a settlement of fl,043.ftf was made. The suits arose as thfrTesuIt of a tractor-truck collision on the high way Feb. 27. 1950. In the collis ion the tractor was damaged and young Thomas Gooding was in jured. Worthington was operator of the truck. The Goodings recovered $538.94 for tractor damage, $254. 70 for hospital bills and doctor's fees plus $250 for injuries sustained by Thomas. In the suit. Standard Net vs. Taco Chemical co., Fayetteville, the plaintiffs recovered $828.40. The plaintiff and defendant were ordered to share the costs of court in the case of Letha Moore vs. Charles Alligood and neither re covered an amount for damages. The jury found that the plain tiff's car was damaged by negli gence of the defendant, but that the plaintiff by his own negligence contributed to the damage. A reconciliation was affected in the suit, Rosalie L. Davis vs. Will iam Oliver Davis, the matter was dissolved and the defendant was taxed with court costs and also $50 to pay the attorney's fee. In the case of the state vs. Mel vin Hancock, charged with non support, the defendant was ord ered to serve his suspended sen tence, beginning Sept. 1, 1951, as ordered by Judge Chester Morris at the October 1950 term of court, unless Hancock starts making $5 weekly payments for the support of his child. The two-week superior court ses sion opened June 18 with crim inal cases being tried the first week and the civil suits the second. Mertlwad City Mayor * Coauaaals on Badge! Figur? Mayor George W. Dill, Morehead City, stated yesterday that the town- contributed only $60 to the library last year instead of $000 as staled in Friday's NEWS-TIMES. He stated also that $1,000 will be included in the budget this year for "advertising" and not aid to the chamber of commerce. The town board met the latter part of laat week in an attempt to take final action on adopting the budget, but no conclusion was reached. In regard to the remainder owed on a 1956 bond blue, a total of $34,500, George Franklin, counsel for the League of Municipalities, who haa been assisting Morehead City in drawing up the budget, said that part of this amount can be retired in the coining year and all of it by 1953. Paper Collected Gene Smith, preaident of Beau fort Jaycees. reported yesterday that a ton of paper waa collected in tbe scrap drive Sunday after noon. Chamber Annaunces Late Bos Leaving far New Barn J. A. DuBois, manager of the Morehead City chamber of com merce, announced today that the Seashore Transportation co., has started a new bus run, enab ling people to get to New Bern from this area after 7 p.m. at night. The bus will leave Beaufort at 11:35 p.m. and Morehead City at 11:45 p.m. Heretofore, Du Bois said, the last bus to New .Bern was at 7 pjn. Obtaining of a later bus has been t project ' of the Morehead City chamber of commerce. Announcement of the new run was made yesterday to DuBois by R. C. O'Bryan, traffic manager. Melon Harvest Will Cone Late Dry weather will delay the har vesting of watermelons in Carteret county this year, R. M. Williams, farm agent, reported yesterday, and from the federal-state crop re porting service came the predic tion that the Tar Heel crop of mel ons and cantaloupes will be slight ly below last year's. Prospects as of June 1 were for a crop of 2.152,000 watermelons, compared with 2,220,000 last year, and a crop of 180,000 jumbo crates of cantaloups, compared with 208, 000 last year. In both instances, reduced acre age accounts for the smaller pro duction. Growers planted only 10,500 acres of melons, down from 11,100 acres last year, and expect the same average of 205 melons to the acre. They planted 4,500 acre sof can taloups, a drop of 700 acres from last year, and expect to average 40 crates to the acre just as they did last year. Chamber to List j Accommodations Braxton Adair, president of the Beaufort chamber of commerce, repeated his plea today requesting that persons who have rentable liv ing space in Beaufort list their ac commodations with the Beaufort chamber of commerce, phone 2-8241. Even if persons have already listed their accommodations, they are requested to do so again be cause the present list is badly in need of revision, Adair said. Dan Walker, manager of the chamber of commerce, stated that unless Beaufort townspeople co operate now In providing accom modations for visitors, hi summers to come when Beaufort will want visitors, they' will seek vacation spots elsewhere. A directory of accommodations will be mimeographed and distrib uted this weekend. Listings will be accepted at the chamber of com merce office bo later than 4:30 PJB. Wednesday. 6,384 Visit State Park Sunday; Life Guard to Teach First Aid Cosmetologists j Conduct Annual Meeting at Beach The annual convention of the East Carolina Cosmetologists Guild will continue today at Atlantic Beach. A dance at 'The Heart of the Beach." the Surf club, will cli max activities tonight. The dance is open to the public. Two hundred fifty beauticians and cosmetologists have registered for the convention. An open forum was held Sunday afternoon and a get-together party Sunday night. All events, with the exception of the banquet tonight at the Ocean King hotel, will take place at the Surf club. The convention officially open ed yesterday morning with an ad dress of welcome by J. A. DuBois. manager of the Morehead City chamber of commerce. Technicians and hair stylists gave demonstrations yesterday as they will continue to do today. Twenty five models will be judged in a hair style contest and the beauticians will also select the most' outstand ing cosmetologist in the Eastern Carolina guild. Gold loving cups to winners of the hair style contest and the out standing beautician contest will be presented at the banquet tonight. The banquet speaker will be Ed mond Harding of Washington. N. C. Organ music during the ban quet will be provided by Mrs. Har ris Lewis of Morehead City. Mrs. Zita Rose, convention chair man, Morehead City, today expres sed her appreciation to all who made the convention a success. Morehead Jaycees Posipom Fish Fry The Jaycce fish try, originally scheduled for tomorrow night, has been postponed until after the Fourth of July. Jimmy Wallace, Jaycee president, announced yes terday. The fish fry is being spon sored to raise money to pay the expenses of Miss Morehead City in the Miss North Carolina contest next month. Miss Lois Simpson, who will represent Morehead City, will be accompanied to Burlington, where the contest is being held, by her mother. Mrs. Mattie Simpson. Assisting Miss Simpson in plan ning her talent act is Miss Marilou Paulsen of Morehead City. The Gurley Motor co., Morehead City, will furnish a car to take Miss Simpson and her mother to Bur lington. Nash dealers throughout the state are offering this service, Wallace stated. He also announced that at a board of directors meeting of the Jaycees last week, P. H. Geer, Jr., was appointed local "state direc tor." He will represent Morehead City Jaycees at all state meetings. Fort Macon State park personnel keep the park spic and span and play host to visitors. Pictured above, front row, left lo right, are John Jones, Ivey Mason, Gordon Davis, George Sanders; back row, Douglas Starr, park superintendent; Douglas Baker, Henry Stan ley, Charles Johnson, and Tommy Memory. Alex Lewis, jr., a life guard, was absent when the picture was taken. One Case Dropped , Another Dismissed Monday Afternoon The state dccidcd not to prose cute the case against Koma Willis, Morehead City, charged with mol esting a five-year-old child, and Mayor George Dill dismissed a nuisance complaint against Dave Lewis, Morehead City, in court Monday afternoon. Just before the Willis case was to open, the mother of the pretty little blonde-haired girl said that the attorneys of both sides had ironed out the matter and told Mayor Dili that the child had been unharmed. Willis was arrested Friday night. The court listened to the testi monies of the plaintiff, Sgt. Louis J. Cowart, and the defendant. Lew is, plus several witnesses before dismissing the case against Lewis, charged with operating an internal combustion engine for power pur pcy.\j. therefore causing a disturb ance the neighborhood. In dismissing the case, Mayor Dill said that the muffled engine was not in violation of the anti noise ordinance. Sgt. Cowart, living across the street from Lewis, with his brother in law, Guy McCain, complained that the engine kept his wife and baby awake and therefore kept himself awake. He said that Lew is ran the machine all night be fore he had complained to Chief of Police E. J. Willis about the racket. Thereafter the engine hissed and vibrated until 10:30 p. m. each evening, he said. Lewis, in testifying, said that you "can't hear the engine out side," and that there "wasn't enough fumes from the thing" to hurt anybody. He emphasized that it contained a muffler in accord ance with the law. Plaintiffs witnesses disagreed emphatically with Lewis, however, stating that the machine greatly disturbed the neighborhood. Shir lay Overman, next door neighbor of Lewis, said that the engine See COURT, Page 2 Construction on New Housing At Air Base to Begin in July Cherry Point? Construction will begin in July on an $8,648,335 housing program for Marines and civilians at the Marine Corps Air station, according to public works officials. Dwight Phillips and Associates of Charlotte has been awarded the multi-million dollar contract. It will require approximately 10 months to complete the project, according to the contractors. To be built off station, 1,421 wood-frame houses will be con structed for officers, enlisted men. and civilians. Officers will get 337 (ingle story units, consisting of one The Department of Defense on Wednesday asked Congress far tke fallowing appropriations at North Carolina Naval instalia ttons: Camp Lejenne Marine base, *lt,5*MM; Camp Lejeune Marine Carps Air base. ft.Zt lr 000; Cherry Point Marine Corps Air base, S2?,22?,9M; Weeksvtlle Naval Air force, 1 1. 329, 000; Ma rine Corps auxiliary landing strip at Wilmington (an aaxlliary far Uw Cherry Point Marine Corps Air base). $3, ?98,000. two or three bedrooms, while en listed personnel will get 248 single and two story units. Eight hun dred and fifteen units will be built tor civilian employees of the sta tion. Bids have been accepted on part of the (10 million construction program at Cbnrty Point. A contract for the extension of four runways has been awarded to the Nello Teer company of Dur ham for $2,751,250. Construction is expected to start immediately and will be completed in eight months. Three aviation fuel storage tanks, capable of holding 27,000 barrels of fuel, are also expected to be finished in about eight months. The contract for $430,891 was awarded to the Ferguson Corp., Hampton, Va: The G. W. Carter Tile company of Kinston, N. C., won the contract for tile in the messhalls. Work will begin immediately and will be finished in. approximately 30 days at a cost of $61,852. Bids on a huge warehouse to be built near the flight lines will be accepted next Tuesday. Tide Table Tide? at Beaufort Bar HIGH LOW I T ue ?day, lone 26 1:36 a.m. 7:51 a.m. I 2:19 p. m 8:41p.m. Wedneiday, June 27 2:34 a.m. 8:4^ a.m. I 3:16 p.m. 9:44 p.m. | Thunday, June 28 3:30 a.m. 9 3? a.m. | 4:11 p.m. 10:43 p.m. Friday, June 2? *J8 ?.m. 10:29 a. K42 p-tn. 11 JS pa I t , PMA Personnel Meet Thursday ' At Morefaead City Sixty-nine Production Marketing administrators and office person nel from 10 counties comprising the second PMA district met In Morehead City Thursday. Although the meeting was sched uled for I he court house, Beaufort, it had to be changed, because court was in session, to the Morehead City municipal building. T <*???? of welfome was giv ??n <by NoUmd Salter,' Settle, chair man of the PMA committee. Speak ers during the afternoon were John N. Bryan, jr., district field super visor: G. T. Scott, state direc tor of PMA; J. L. Nicholson, in charge of the acreage control pro gram; and Horace Godfrey, an executive officer of the state PMA. The meeting was of an instruc tional type. May reported. The PMA program for 1952 was dis cussed. It was the first meeting of its type to be held in Carteret coun ty. Heretofore, state PMA meet ings were held, but to cut down on expense for PMA personnel, meet ings this year are being held by districts, May stated. The meeting ended with a dinner Thursday night at the Blue Ribbon club. Moreheadlheater To Op Thursday Morehead City's new theater, The Morehead, will open at 7 o' clock Thursday night. The first attraction will be "As Young as You Feel," starripg Monty Woolley and Jean Peters. The Morehead has been under construction for the past six weeks. Although construction was schedul ed to start in September 1950, gov ernment restrictions delayed the project. The new movie house seats close to 600 persons and features the latest styles in decorating and the most modern conveniences, stated O. J. Morrow, manager of the the ater, who also manages the City theater. The Morehead his two spacious lobbies and two large all-tile rest rooms. The color scheme through out the theater is green, rose, and gray. In charge of decorating was Scenic Studios, Knoxville, Tenn., and the painting was done by H. F. Ragsdale of Atlanta, Ga. The seats, purchased from the Southern Desk co? Hickory, have cushioned bottoms and backs and are placed to provide plenty of leg room, Morrow said. Refreshments will be on sale in the theater. Contractors were Vanderpoole and Strickland of Wilson. B&PW Club to Hmt Reports On AskoriUo Convention Reports on the annual conven tion it AsheviUe will be given at the meeting of the B&PW club to night. The guest of honor will be Miss Ann Elizabeth Hopkins. Beau fort, winner of the recent B&PW essay contest. Dinner at 7 p.m. at Tony's, More hud City, will precede the butt on* meeting at the civic center. Sunday visitor? to Fori Macon State park totaled ri, 384, Douglas Starr, superin tendent, announced today. During the1 wiek ending Sun rfa.v 15, 340 persons visited the fort, used picnic facili ties, went fishing and stviirf ming. The increased number of visi tors at the park prove thai fhe ?tate recreational facility is he coming an increasingly large (ac tor in abrading tourists to Car teret county. Personnel Pictured .'*. Pictured left are state park Jr. sonnel. Before coming to Fdtt Macon as park superintendenl in October 1850, Starr was with the federal government as county su pemsor ?' the Farm and Home administration. His home town is Creswell. N. C. Douglas Baker, Henry Stanley, Charles Johnson, and Alex Lewis, jr.. serve as life guards. Thev come on duty at 9:30 each morn >'"g an? leaw at fi p.m. Baker, whose home is in Kinston. was life lhe Kinslon Country club " 1950 and at the Kin ston Municipal pool in 194? He has also had experience at Camp Don Lee. Crab Tree Creek, and the Durham YMCA camp. Stanley, whose home is in kin ston, also, served as assistant to Haker at the Kinston Country club* last summer. f Classes Planned Johnson. New Bern, who- gilds' an instructor's license in life sav !?*? ?0"duct classes each Tuesday and Thursday in the fun damentals of first aid. Starr an nounced He will also give swim ming instruction on the davs when the ocean is calm. The time for these instruction courses has been ? 10 a ,0 no"" Tuesday and Thursday. Children interest ed in instruction must be over 12 years of age. Further information on the course may be obtained bv' Phoning Fort Macon State park D-.J775. i *hose home is in More hem! ?? ? w? 8 life eu.ird at At |antic-*?ch last jummer. Thomas Memory, who operates the conces sion is from Wagram. N. c. John Jones. Beaufort, recreation mana ger was line coach at Beaufort high school during the 1950-51 foot ball season. Ivey Mason, Beaufort, is bath house manager; Gordon B. Davis, Beaufort, is junior park warden and a guide at the fort. This is Davis's second summer at the park. George D. Sanders. Morehcad City who has worked at the park six years, is. a park ranger and guide Gene Lewis, Beaufort, serves as a part-time guide at the fort. Park personnel have living quarters on the park. Car? Checked Starr stated that a man patrols the parking area at all times in an effort to prevent articles from be ing stoten from cars, but, he em phasized, the state assumes no re sponsibility for stolen articles. The beach parking area accommodates 450 cars and the lort parking area The superintendent also stated that swimming is not permitted on the beach surrounding the fort and that bathers should go in the wat er only in protected areas. No dogs, cans, or bottles are allowed on the beach. The picnic area and parking areas close at 7:30 p.m. They open el 7 a.m. The fort opens at 9 md closes at 6. In process of construc tion now atop a dune just east of the beach parking area is a picnic shelter. Visitors at the park Saturday to tsled 2,955 (450 children, 2,105 adults). On Sunday there were 1. 050 children and 5,334 adults. Dur ing the week from June 17 to June ^ere 2188 children and J3;2]2 ?dults (14.060 picnickers, 3,405 swimmers, 1,055 fishermen, and 4,055 visitors to the fort Surf casters have been making catches of blues, tea mullet, sand perch, flounder, and channel bass. Tobacco Mau tiring Will I? Completed Jum 30 u B. J. May PMA officer for Car teret county, stated yesterday that the tobacco measuring project in the county will probably be com plete by June 30. Although some excess acreage bas to be destroyed, compliance with controls is much better this year than last, May reported. There was approximately 50 per cent ov erplayed last year as compared with 20 to 29 per cent this year. May requested that any farmers who arc not satisfied with their acreage measurement should in form the PMA office immediately. Excess acreage must be destroyed in compliance with PMA regula tions and alter acreage is destroy ed, Um PMA office will re-cbeck. Frank Simms ffffl Address Officers At Beach Tonight Banquet Will Climax ? Day Meeting ot ABC, Befr; Win$ Law Enforcers NMX ' Frank Sfmms, ,Ch?rJoU^,,if ij&cro her of the MccklenfcJiirg c otritfKjfM-. coholic Beverage Control ?fcfd, will be the sr^tker/at^UNUMV banquet climaxing a ty&oftyy rjfet-1 nig of ABC an(J~j?f errand wJ^|e, ?law enforcement officers at* M-1 Untie Hr;ich. The banquet >vill i take place .in .the Atlantic JSesch hotel. ' . . -t \ More t hjta' '80 law enforcement officers ' rejfiitcrety *#ar ^Sie tfc^an' Kin? hot('l yi^terdayf to?gsTjart Ayfc-; cue, rart<^t*cpuniv AfBC flffic^r,1 who is ronwfttirfrt ? main^aft,1 an-* nounced. R 1 During business session? f t6day new officers will be elected '-find' addresses will be made '1 Vy' tlieV following: Henry SeVers, a nteili ln*r of the Charlotte ABC bAfrd;' Bob Winston, head of the** Stite* ABC board; C. A. UpcljMrcfl^ jr., former head of the state ABC* bo^rd; Al Dotfftn, secretary of the la\r enforcement association and chief law enforcement officer in Asheville; and Colonel Larseip, Fay-^ ettevillc, president of the associa-' tion and former provost marshal at Fort Bragg. , Tonight's banquet speaker is a former judge of the city court, Asheville and is a past state as semblyman ; from Mecklenburg (cj^irjty. ; The address of welcwne at 10 ?o'clock this morning will be given .by George W. Dill, jr., mayor of Morchcad City, Ayscue was appointed chairman at the law enforcement officers' meeting at Carolina Beach last year and until last year served on the association's executive board. Air Force Recruits Leave for Bragg Four Carteret c<wnt/ boys left yesterday for Fort Bragg where I hey underwent physical examina tions for the Air Foree. They are Hilly Fulcher. Jimmy Smith, and Hay Willis, all of Morehead City, and Ottis Jefferson, jr., of Beau fort. Billy is the son of Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Fulcher. He was graduated from Morehead City high school, class of 1949, took the post grad uate commercial course there, and has been attending the apprentice school at Cherry Point. Jimmy is the son of Mr and Mrs. Jewel A. Smith and was a member of the 1949 Morehead City high school graduating class. Ray is the son of Mrs. Mattie Willis, Morehead City, and was graduated from Beaufort high school in 1950. Ho worked for four years at Guth rie-Jones Drug store, Beaufort. Ottis is the son of Mr. and Mm. Ottis Jefferson, Beaufort. Follow ing his graduation from Beaufort high school yast year, he attended and was graduated from Durham Barber college. During the past two weeks he was assisting his father at Jeff's Barber shop, Beau fort. All four enlisted in the Air Force and will receive their basic training at San Antonio, Tex. Director to Seek , Fisheries Funds George Ross, director of the State Board -of Conservation and Development, told C. D. Kirkpat rick, law enforcement officer of the fisheries division, that he would see if he "can locate some where" money to finance the oper ation of the state fisheries for thfe coming two years. Ross visited Atlantic Beach and Morehead City Wednesday and Thursday of last week. > Necessity for finding revenue for the fisheries division same as the result of the 1931 legislature re vising fisheries regulations and in so doing eliminating the regula tion providing collection of licenses for all types of fishing except oys tering . Ross conferred during his visit here with fishermen, Kirkpartrick said, discussing the various revi sions and standing regulations on fishing Hive lovk Man Wounded Cpl. David Edward Rawls. 18, Havelock. has been wounded in action in Korea, A member of the third airborne ranger infantry company, he received training it Camp Campbell, Ky., Port Beaning, Ga . and Camp Carton, Colo., before going to Korea in February. He enlisted ill the Army in April 1?50.