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NEWS-TIMES OFFICE B04 AraMI St. MonbMd City i ?-4175 CARTERET vOUNTY NEWS-TIMES J*?, 10th %fiAR, NO. 53.- EIGHT PAGES MORE HEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY, JULY 3, 1951 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAY8 D. A. Lilly, Newport , Retires 4fter 25 Years as Janitor J hly 4 Holiday ffifl Bring ^ Crowds to County Destroyer USS Vogelge sang Will Be Open to Public at Morehead All order for sunny skies tomor row has been entered at the Weath ir Office. Beach businesses are preparing for the usual overwhelm ing, fun-bent crowds, while folks ?ho comprise those crowds are al ready busily planning how they're r)ing to spend each minute of this ourth of July holiday. Federal, county, and state of fices, liquor stores, banks, post of fices, and most places of business Will be closed. Drug stores will observe holiday hours in Beaufort and Morehead City, theaters and restaurants will operate as usual. Naval Vessel Due Outstanding feature of the day will be the visit of the 2,200-ton destroyer, USS Vogelgesang at the Morehead City port. The Vogel gesang, under the command of Commander B. H. Smith, jr., USN, will be open for public inspection morning and afternoon. Members Of the crew will conduct visitors #vcr the ship. The Vogelgesang was named in honor of the late Rear Admiral Carl Theodore Vogelgesang, USN, knd was commissioned Apirl 28, 1945, at the Brooklyn Navy yard. She is 390 feet long and has a 41 foot beam. Her main battery con lists of six 5-inch dual purpose guns in three twin mounts and one quintuple torpedo mount. Numberous 40mm automatic ma shine guns are carried for defense against aircraft and depth charges tor use against subs. The Vogelgesang comes to More head City as a special Fourth of July attraction through arrange ments made by Mayor George W. Dill, Morehead City, with Naval au thorities at Cherry Point\ Anglers to Try Luck Jn addition to picnicking and swimming at the beach, fishermen Will descend in droves on fishing lamps, swarm at bridges and docks, and dog racing fans will head for Uie matinee races at 2 o'clock at ne Carolina Racing association (rack west of Morehead City. Bowling alleys at the beach and the miniature golf course at 28th atreet and highway 70, Morehead City, are prepped for capacity crowds. State highway patrolmen will be on tap to handle traffic during the )>uiy day. Thousands of motorists will visit Beaufort and Fort Macon. Others will be headed to visit friends and relatives and help them eat fabulous picnic lunches and fried chicken dinners. In many communities through out the county the boys will con gregate at the town ball diamond {or several innings punctuated by occasional fireworks reminiscent of the old-time Fourth of July cel ebrations. The dog races both tomorrow afternoon and tomorrow night will be run rain or shine. Girls' Recreation Program Changes The recreation program for Beau fort girls has been cancelled for the first of this week because Mrs. Raz Autry, director, was called out of town Sunday. She will return Wednesday and the program will be resumed Thursday. Because tomorrow will be a holi day, Raz Autry will direct the swimming only in the morning. There will be no activities in the afternoon. Today non-swimmers should be at Pivers Island at 9 o'clock for lessons, and the swimmers will have their period from 9:3d to 11. In the afternoon the junior boys U'i'ii have baseball practice from 2 to 3:30 and the senior boys will practice from 3:30 to 9. Dancing will take place from 7 to 8:30 for the juniors with the teen-agers dancing from 8:30 to 9:45., . Thursday the schedule will be .the same as Tuesday, and the girls .art claaa will meet at the Scout building from 2 to 3. Friday the morning will be de voted to swimming and the boys Will leave at 11:30 for New Bern for their games with the New Bern recreation teams. The girls will have soft ball from 2 to 3, and daaatag will be held that evening. fratraiaua Besigua c W. J. Smith, jr., has resigned from the state highway patrol, tiottfc was stationed with the Car Wat county unit. ? D. A. Lilly of Newport, who will be 70 years old this month, retired the last of May at the conclusion of 29 years as janitor at Newport school. In appreciation for his faithful service the members of the Newport faculty presented him with a chair and the pupils collec ted $41.80 and presented it to him as a cash gift. Mr. Lilly started work at the school in 1926 and every day, in hot weather and cold, he was on the job. In the winter time, he re ports that his rising hour, usually ??? D. A. Lilly 5 or 5:30 a.m. depended on how cold it was. The lower the ther mometer, the longer it took to coax the furnace into making the rooms comfortable. White-haired Mr. Lilly, who was born near Vanceboro and reared in those parts has called Newport his home for the past 40 years. In his younger days he worked as a lumberman. He lives with his only daughter, Mrs. Elizabeth Deslaur iers, but his son, John, also lives in Newport. Thirteen years ago Mr. Lilly was in a serious automobile accident "and I haven't had a well day since,' he reports. As for his days of retirement, he looks upon them happily. Firmly grasping his cane, he smiles, "I'm going to take it easy." County Board y Approves Budget The county board yesterday ap proved the budget (or the coining year including an allocation of $1,500 for ?tate forest protection service, providing $900 will be forthcoming from private sources. The board was told that R. L. Safrit of Scarboro-Safrit Lumber co.t Beaufort, had stated that should the county appropriate $1, 500 the remainder of the $2,400 would be provided. Commissioner Moses Howard was appointed to investigate two road matters. A. I. Pierson re quested that the state maintain a road on his property on the west bank of Broad Creek. The board approved a request by the super intendent of schools, H. L. Joslyn, that a road be maintained along the railroad track at Wildwood. This would make it unncceuary for the school bus to enter the main highway for a short run, he said. Commissioner Howard waa ap pointed to obtain the names of property owners who would be af fected by the road right-of-way. J. L. Humphrey, road superin tendent, reported that work would probably begin this week on the road between highway 70 and Aren dell street which passes by the PfcM garage. Added to the county system was a road in Newport township which runs from highway 70 to the rail road, a distance of one-quarter of a mile on which nine families live. Dr. K. P. B. Bonner, chairman of the board, reported that a suit had been entered in federal court against Carteret county by a bond holder who did not enter the re financing plan. The bond matur ed in 1942. The bondholder is a resident of Orlando, Fla. By request of residents of Rus sell's Creek, the county board au thorised the clearing out of a ditch in that community. ? J. F. Duncan appeared before the board with a federal govern ment request that sale of any land on Cape Lookout containing the portion leased for $100 a year for radio antenna carry 'with it the provision that lease of the land con tinue. Sheriff C. G. Holland waa grant ed a request for fund? to pay a deputy sheriff. County Refuses j Additional Funds To Welfare Board Welfare Superintendent Asks Increase to Allow Higher Hospital Revenue The county board in session yes Ure"ySu?? ?oni,s McUinnis, wel superintendent, that there were no fund, available to increa? hI "PPr0pr"tion to ,he welfare epartment. At the request of the Morehead City hospital board trustees and the Morehead City Proach?f*h McGinnis ??fee?! to ap. weu.r. d,n T",y ?n Upping 1/10 welfare department s appropriation so that more money could be paid Mcrf"*1 foi\ch,rity PatienU. McGinnii read the county board tntaH ,mrbe hospital adminis stated wherein Grem stated that the hospital would ac 22 1? m.ore 'njligent patients af. y unless $6 per day was re ee.ved from the county for e.?h chanty patient tnMfihi welfare superintendent told county commissioners that in a our and a half hour session Wed nesday night the welfare board con sidered fi\ o different proposals for olut|0" to the hospital problem They arrived at two recommend^ See WELFARE. p,ge 2 3-Vear-OId Boy, j Davis, Hit by Car David Stewart Willis, 9-year-old ?on of Mr. and Mrs. M. H. Willis Pa.V'5 f^m*'ned in ' com? in More head City hospital yesterday suf from injuries received' at 5 w^tr^Uhd"yiftern00nWhe",'e was struck by an automobile on a side road at Davis. Driver of the car which hit the boy was Jure1 Lee Dudley, 27, of Davis, who has been charged with Td ?n* " 35-mile-per.hour Tone mnh ? ng w'"1 '""Proper auto mobile equipment, slick tires. Meeta Another Car According to State Highway Pa tersiv*- wh? was orn^' in " 1940 mode' ^r, T fr?5*ed,n? north on the road about 500 feet from the inters? other^car ^hW"y 70 and an oiner car on a curve. Dudley stated that when the oth the him' proceeding in the opposite direction, the boy ran out on the road and was hit by ley caf fender ol <he Dud Car Stop? Ja Ditch thJh.e eJhi,d was carried along on the fender a distance of 120 feet and the body did not drop until the le*v "hV? * "0P in a ditch Dud" ley Mid he applied brakes as soon as he saw the youngster. SKiftr ot Bt-uion by Patrol to Warn Holiday Drivers Raleigh ? Many motorist? will be atopped by a highway patrol man within the next five days. Following the same procedure used last year, patrolmen will stop motorists and hand them cards re questing their assistance in holiday travel. Approximately 85,000 cards will be distributed through July 4. During the holiday period, tbe patrol will release each hdur the total number of highway fatalities at that point. The state's three press services have agreed to carry the figures for distribution to ra dio stations and newspapers. The calendar will help reduce holiday accidents and fatalities this year since the fourth of July falls in mid-week, but even so it will bring tragedy to many unless cau tion and common sense are observ ed in holiday travel. Traffic deaths in the nation are approaching the 1,000,000 mark since the advent of motor vehicles and tb4 Department of Motor Ve hicles warned motorists as the holiday approaches not to be "one in a million." Tide? at Beaufort Bar HIGH LOW Tuesday, July 3 7:38 a.m. 7:53 p.m. 1:30 p.m. 1:47 a.m. Wednesday, July 4 8:17 a.m. 8:30 p.m. 2:35 a.m. 2:08 p.m. 8:55 t.m. 8:06 p.m. Thursday, My I n. 3:00 a.m. 3:48 p.m. Friday, July 8 9:32 a.m. 9:40 p.m. * 3:23 PJB. 3:33 a.m. Wilson Police Arrest Parolee Saturday On Charge of Burglarizing Jeweler v' New Town Officials Dr. John Morris, left, is More head City's only new town commis sioner. O. T. Mundy, center, and Math Chaplain, left are two new commissioners on the Beaufort town board. All were elected in May to the commissioner posts, their first public office. Dr. Morris, who was sworn into office in May, is a member of the International College of Surgeons, a member of the Carteret County Medical society, a past president of the Morehead City Rotary club, a member of the Morehead City fire department, and the Morehead City chamber of commerce. Both Mundy and Chaplain took office at the regolar town board meeting last night. Mundy, who is a native of Buchanan, Va., camc to Beaufort in June 1947 and is manager of the A&P meat market. He is a member of the Odd Fel lows Lodge and Encampment. Chaplain, a native of Beaufort, is a carpenter and contractor. He's a member of the Odd Fellows, Re bckahs, and Jones-Austin post. No. 2401, Veterans of Foreign Wars. Brig. Gen. W. L. McKittrick Commands Marine Air Wine New Home Agent Begins Work Here Miss Martha Barnctt, the coun ty's new home agent, began her duties yesterday. She comes here from Chowan county where she served as assistant home agent, and replaces Mrs. Carrie Gillikin who resigned last month. Miss Barnett will conduct the demonstrations at two club meet ings this week. "Pictures in the Home" will be the subject tor dis cussion. The Core Creck-Harlowe club will meet at 2 o'clock Thurs day afternoon with Mrs. Rufus Ward and the Bettie club will meet at 7:30 Friday night with Mrs. Hugh Pake. Miss Barnett will accompany 4-H club members to camp at Fish er's Landing next week. She announced that the 4 H club dress revue, originally scheduled for this month, will not be held because not enough entries have been made. r I MM Engine Mo. 7 Leaves I | For Iron Horse Graveyard | No. 7, the last of coal-burning engines in Carteret county, has been sold to Raymond Goldman, New Bern junk dealer, and as a result tomorrow's children wili know the old romantic iron horses only from picture books. The light railroad engine, own ed by the Beaufort and Morehead railroad, had been rusting on the LJtL Coal co. siding, Beaufort, for the past four years. It played a Trojan's part in building Cherry Point. After its hauling operations for the T. A. Loving co.. contractor;:, were completed at the base, the engine was reconditioned and sold to the BAM railroad in 1943. The No. 7 replaced No. 3, a switch engine which was being leased from the Atlantic and North Carolina railroad, and in turn is being replaced by a Diesel engine being leased to the railroad by the Navy. W. W. Denny, Nonhead, Recovers Lost Wallet W. W. Denny. Morehead City, who lost his wallet in Beaufort last week had it returned to him Saturday by Beaufort police. The wallet was found by Dan Smith, taxi driver, who turned it over to the police. Inside was $17 and papers val uable to Denny. For returning the wallet Denny gave Smith a $7 re ward. Bohhy lessee, Morehead, Starts Air Force Training Bobby Hessee, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Hessee. 1305 ArcndeU sL, Morehead City, is now receiving training with Air Force at Lack land Air Force base, San Antonio, Texas. Inductees have until July 15 only to cbone the branch of sarvke they ar? moat interested in, recruit ing officers state. ? Brigadier General William I.. ? McKittriek on Sunday assumed command of the Second Marine Air Wing at Cherry Point, follow ing the retirement of Major Gen eral Louis E. Woods. Col. Allen C. Koonce, station chief of staff, advanced to air station commanding officer, the po sition formerly held by General McKittrick. Col. J. L. Beam, form erly station inspector, is the new chief of staff. General McKittrick wears the /L. g< in of Merit and a Gold Star in lieu of a second award for out standing service during World War II. The General took command of Marine Air Group 24 at Santa Barbara, Calif., in July 192 and led it overseas to Ewa. Hawaii, a year later. As a part of the First Marine Air Wing in November 1943, the group moved to Bougan ville, where the General assum ed duties as Commander, Air Op erations. He received his sec ond award of the Legion of Merit tor directing air strikes against Rabaul. In March 1944, he was named Chief of Staff of the First Marine Air Wing. He bacame Chief of Staff and Inspector General, Department of the Pacific, in July 1949. He was assigned as Commanding General, Marine Corps Air Station, Cherry Point, in June 1940. In addition to his two Legion of Merit awards, General McKittrick's medals and decorations include World War I Victory Medal, Ma rine Corps Expeditionary Medal, Second Nicaraguan Campaign Med al, American Defense Service Med al. American Campaign Medal. As iatic-Pacific Medal, World War II Victory Medal, and the Nicaragu an Cross of Valor with Diploma. Colonel Koonce has been award ed three Distinguished Flying Crow es and nine Air Medals for action In the Admiralty and Solomon Is lands during World War II. He reported to Marine Corps Air Station, Cherry Point, Sept. 22, 1950, and served as Chief of Staff of the Air Station, until Sunday In addition to his Distinguished Flying Crosses and Air Medals, he wears the following medals and dec orations: Naval Unit Commenda tion, Presidential Unit Citation, Second Nicaraguan Campaign Med al, American Defense Service Med al. American Theater Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Theater Campaign Medal, and World War II Victory Medal. Tax Collector Makes Report E. O. Moore, county tax collec tor yesterday, prefaced a report on the year's tax collections with a request (or more funds for the tax collector's office for 1951-52. Moore appeared before the county board at their monthly meeting in the court house. The hoard said that no more money could be appropriated. Total tax collections during the past month amounted to $59,971.50, the tax collector stated. During the year 1951-52 adver tising costs collected amounted to $2,532 and interest, $2,018.32. The entire amount paid into the tax collector's office during the past year was $309,151.73. Paid thus far on the 1951 levy is 53, 760.75; on the 1950 levy (which was $301,570.88) $264,028.82; on 1949 and prior taxes $33,146.26; schedule B taxes $2,923.75. Five tax matters were considered by the board. A $300,000 valu ation on the Fry Roofing co., tup ped from $165,000) was approved. A change in valuation to $2,750 was approved on the property of Ar thur Mayo, N. 23rd St., Morehead City, as was a valuation to $800 on the property of Vernon Smith, 1410 Shackleford it., Morehead City. The board approved payment of $712.53 for 1948-49-50 taxes on the Beaufort Cannery eo. By court order a tax of $214.63 on person al property owned by the Food Ma chinery corp., New York, is to be paid by that company. Alvah Ham ilton, county attorney, was directed to contact the company and seek payment of the tax. A request for reduction of val uation on timberland owned by the North Carolina Pulp co., was re fused. The pulp company contend ed that the land had timber re moved from it and therefore its value had decreased. The board directed that no adjustment be al lowed because the valuation of $5 per acre is based on land alone and not on timber stands. Wildwood Mourns Loss j Of Mrs. Margaret Watson By F. C. Salisbury By the death of Mrs. Margaret Collins Watson Wednesday, June 27 at the family home in Wild wood, that community lost one of its oldest and most highly respec ted citizens. She had passed her B2nd birthday on Jan. 21 of this year. The deceased was born in west ern North Carolina, the daugh ter of Hugh and Margaret Mur doch, who came to this country from Scotland . When a young child she came with her parents Morehead City where the family redded until alter the close of the Civil War. Moving to Wildwood, the family became prominent in that community for many years. First united in marriage to George Collini a large land owner of Wild wood, she became the step-moth er of Mias Elizabeth Collins who at the time of her death in 1947 was known as the "Angel of Happy Hollow" in doing missionary work among the miners of Rodi, Va. To this union waa born five children who survive: Mrs. Gene Hamilton, Mrs. Flora McCabe, Mra. A. C. Murdoch, sr., George and Jonnie Collins, all of Wildwood. Sec WILDWOOD, Page t Robert Clayton Batts, a parolee, was arrested Satur day on charges of entering Herring Jewelers, Beaufort, and stealing $2,400 in merchandise. Batts will be given a hearing in today's recorder's court. Thirty-one watches and a cigarette lighter have been recovered. For breaking his parole, a five-year sentence can be imposed, Chief L. B. Willis, Beau-4 fort, commented yesterday. The chief said that Batts was arrested at his home in Wilson two days after leaving Morehead City where he had been living at the Willis inn on 10th street. Batts. who is a carpenter, was employed by Vanderpool and Strickland, Wilson contractors uho were building the new Morehead theater. Wakes Up, 'Finds' Loot According to Batts' story, when he's drinking he doesn't know what he's doing, and he "woke up" Thursday morning, the morning after the robbery, with a loot of 48 watches and a cigarette lighter, he told Chief Willis. He concealed them in a carpen ter's tool box on the back of a pick-up truck used at the site of the construction job. The box had a lock on it and other workers used tools out of it as well as he. As work progressed Thursday morning, he became frightened be cause he told police he realized that he'd have iu open the box any time anybody else wanted a tool. Parks Truck So he got in the truck and drove to Wilson where he handed the keys over to his wife, told her what he had done and left the house to go to Rocky Mount. From Rocky Mount he traveled by bus to Virginia, but returned to North Carolina Friday after noon. He said he attempted to sell one of the watches in Raleigh Friday afternoon, giving the would-be purchaser a fictitious name, but when the purchaser ask ed to see his billfold, the deal was squelched, because Batts wouldn't show him the billfold. Returns Home On Saturday morning Batts re turned to his home and the police picked filta up. They had been no tified that Baits was back in town, and after checking with Morehead City and Beaufort police, learned that a robbery had been committed here. After further investigation, they made the arrest and recovered the truck. Chief Wtllis, Jarvis Her ring, his father. J. R. Herring, and Officer Buck Newsome, Morehead City, brought Batts from Wilson to Beaufort Sunday. Batts was plac ed in the Carteret county jail with out bond. It is believed that he sold th? 17 unrecovered watches on his trip to Virginia. Seven New Houses GoUpin Morehead Construction of new houses in Morehead City for the month of June shows a good increase over the month of May, according to records of A. B. Roberts, building inspector. Only two permits were issued during May for new houses it a total estimated cost of $2,500. The records for the month of June show permits issued for seven new houses ranging in estimated price from $100 to $15,000. Per mits were issued to S. T. Honk, 15th street, $4,800; L. B. Rhuc, Fisher street, $1,500; G. E. Arjo, Fisher street, $3,000; W. G. Daw son, Evans st., $15,000; A. F. Chest nut, Arendell St., $1,300; E. L. Lewis, Evans st.. $1,500; Bulha Collins. 13th St., $100. H. P. Scripture was granted a permit for the erection of an ice cream and drink bar on Bridges st. near 24th St., costing $2,000. The AfcEC railroad will build a new office building adjoining the railroad station at a cost of $740, giving the bus company entire use of the station building. Permits for repairs and addi tions were issued to Hall Akerly, $490; E. W. Coney. $100; R. W. Taylor. $800; Lucille Pincr, $865; M. T. Mills, $750; Geo. R. Wallace, $4,000. Permits for the month of June total $36,945. For June 1950. $12, 665. For the six months of the current year permits issued amount to $321,605, against the sum of $361,215 for tbe year 1950. NertlwMi City Pots New Patrol Car ialo Operation Mayor George W. Dill of More head City reported yesterday that the town's additional prowl car, a 1951 Ford, waa being outfitted with radio and would go into operation a* soon as Installation is complete. The two prowl cars will patrol the town simultaneously, thus en abling better traffic control, the mayor ra marked.. ?. ? ? ? i, ?? 'iV ?Vi i ? . ... Five Injured h Wreck Friday At Wildwood Charles Gates, Larry Gates, Morehead Cily, Treated At Hospital Five persons were injured in an automobile accident at 12:20 a.m. Friday on highway 70 at Wildwood. Charles Lewis Gates, 104 N. 13th st., Morehead City, and his father, Lawrence Lewis Gates, were treat ed at Morehead City hospital and discharged. Each suffered arm in juries and lacerations. The others injured were Marines stationed at Cherry Point: Kaston Wayne Phillips of VMF 122, Eli H. Arkin, and Clarence Paul Mc Eldney. All were taken by am bulance to the Cherry Point dis pensary. According to Patrolman J. W. Sykes who investigated, a 1947 model car driven by Phillips was proceeding toward Cherry Point and a 1949 panel truck driven by Charles Gates was headed toward Morehead City. Riders in the car said that Phil lips was proceeding at about 85 miles per hour when he met the j truck on the curve at Wildwood where another serious accident happened several months ago. The truck driver attempted to pull out of the way of the oncoming auto mobile, but failed. Damage to the car in which the Marines were riding was estimated | at $1,200 and to the truck at $1, 400. Phillips, whose left arm was broken, has been charged with speeding, drunken driving, and careless and reckless chiving. The other two Marines, as well as Phil lips, are also suffering from lac erations. Lions Hear Mode Entertainment The organist at Capt. Bill's res taurant. Karl Smith, Dave Battle Webb and his daughters, Corlnne and Lois, with Albert McElmon, stole the spotlight Thursday night as Lion club members enjoyed an evning of music. No business was conducted. Webb, playing the violin, and Lois on the Hammond organ, ac companied Vocalists Corinne and McElmon on several old favorites, including Pcrfect Day, I'll Take You Home Again Kathleen, and Silver Threads Among the Gold. In addition McElmon presented two vocal solos. When Irish Eyes Are Smiling, and The Sweetest Story Ever Told. Following the meal, Smith en tertained Lions with various organ selections. President J. G. Bennett announc ed that the installation of new of ficers will take place next Thurs day. Taking oifice at that time will be Oscar Allred. president; Harry Van Horn, first vice-presi dent; McElmon, second vice presi dent Frank Swindell, third vice president; Edward Faucette, re cording secreUry; James Bell, cor responding secretary: and Stanley Wainwright, treasurer. Directors are Fred Lewis, Alvin North Willis, and Webb. Bwaiorl Firraen Pnl Oat Brash Fire al Onion's Beaufort firemen put out a brush fire at Quinn's fish factory at 8:30 Saturday night. The fire caused no property damage, although it had been thcatening one of the out buildings at the factory before fire men arrived. The blaze was discovered by Beaufort policemen, Guy Spring le and Carlton Garner, and ABC Officer M. M. Ayscue It % pot known how the fire started. Defendants Pay A total of $60 and costs were levied oq two defendants by set- ' ing mayor D. G. Bell in mayor's court yesterday afternoon. John Theodore Spray, Ann St., Beaufort, was fined *45 and costs for (ail ing to report an accident Sun day at 1:30 p.m., while Victoria Hill, Negro, was fined ?13 and costs
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