NEWS-TIMES OFFICE
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Menhwd City
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CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES
40th YEAR, NO. 57. TWO SECTIONS TEN PAGES MOftEHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY, JULY 17, 1951 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
Governor Honors Roy Hampton
At Marine Museum j Dedication
Rector Accepts
CaDtoParish 1
At Houston, Tex.
The Rev. William L. Martin, rec
tor of St. Paul's Episcopal church,
Beaufort, has accepted the call to
become rector of St Alban's
church, Houston, Tex.
Mr. Martin has tendered his res
ignation to the vestry, effective
Friday, Aug. 31. The rector, his
wife, and two children, Sylvia and
Billy, will move to Texas the first
of September.
The Martins came to Beaufort in
March 1948. Mr. Martin's former
charge was Christ Church cathe
dral, Louisville, Ky. Prior to that
time he was in the mission field
in South Carolina, at Bonwell, Al
lendale, Blackville, and Denmark.
He started the Episcolpal church
at Denmark.
During his ministry here 74
have been confirmed, 30 have as
sociated with the church by let
ter of transfer, the St. Paul's Men's
club was organized, programs for
youth were emphasized and a boys'
ball team organized. A new par
sonage was completed late in 1950.
The church to which Mr. Mart
in is going is but a year old. Dur
ing that time he reports that the
congregation has built a brick
church and parish house, the men
of the church doing the construc
tion work themselves.
"There arc only 75 members,
but the church is located in a grow
ing section of Houston," commen
ted the rector. "A lot of people
may not understand my choice, but
it's the type of thing I like."
The congregation has recently
' purchased a new home which will
serve as a parsonage.
In the East Carolina diocese
Mr. Martin is director of yo\ith and
? member of the biabop's executive
council, department of Christian
education.
Mr. Martin succeeded the Rev.
William Daniels at St. Paul's.
Car Upsets Friday
OnHigkway24 J
A 194? four-door sedan turned ov
er three times at 7:30 Friday morn
| ing on highway 24 three miles from
I the highway TO and 24 intersec.
L tlon, but no one was injured.
Driver of the car was M. G.
Ayers, 384 Marine it, Mobile, Ala.,
vRiding with him was the brother
of the owner of the car. Both were
deaf mutes and each had one foot
missing. The c?r owner was
James Segers, 2804 Third Ave., Co
lumbus. Ga.
According to H. G. Woolard,
?highway patrolman who investigat
ed, Ayers was proceeding west at
between 40 to SO miles an hour,
when one of two dogs riding in the
back jumped to the front aeat.
He looked to see what was going
on and ran off the right shoulder
of the road, proceeded 108 feet,
crossed over to the left and contin
ued 99 feet, then turned over three
times within a distance of 38 feet.
The car came to rest on its left
side. Damage was estimated at
$700. No charges were preferred.
4-H Campers Wia Mamerons
Awards at Fisher's Laadiag
Anita Copeland of Beaufort came
home with five awanb from 4-H
camp which was haM last week at
Fishers' Landing near New Bern.
Anita won the best girl camper
award, best handicraft award. 90
yard dash swim, furthest under
inter swim and the prize for stay
ing under water longest.
Helen Carlton of Morehead City
won the back stroke award, and
Marie Crowe, also of Morehead
City, won the housekeeping award.
Best boy camper was Leonard
Parker of Newport RF9. Elmo
Gaakill, jr., of Atlantic 4-H club
won the back stroke award, Bobby
Styron of Stacy won the award for
swimming furthest under water,
and Dewitt Page of Newport RFD
won the boys' housekeeping cita
tion.
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?alps Destroy Twa Stills
Marshall Ayscue, Carteret coun
ty ABC officer, assisted Craven
county officer? and federal officers
Wednesday in destroying two stills
in the Craven Corner section of
Craven county.
One hundred thirty-eight* gall
ons of whiskey were confiscated.
Bach still was of 200-gallon capaci
ty. They were not in i#eratio?
when officers arrived ajM no *T
' The governor of North Carolina,'
Kerr Scott, in an addreu Sunday
afternoon at the Hampton Marine
museum dedication service, Camp
Glenn, charged members of the
Conservation . and Development
board to serve as faithfully and
well as did the man in whose honor
the museum is named.
"Roy Hampton wrought well as
a citizen of his town, county, and
state, and there is opportunity for
every member of this board to do
likewise," declared the governor
as he spoke from the rostrum at
the west entrance of the commer
cial fisheries building.
One hundred fifty persaons gath
ered on the lawn in front of the
building to hear Governor Scott
and Sen. Carl Bailey, Plymouth,
pay tribute to the late chairman of
the board of conservation, W. Roy
Hampton of Plymouth.
Next to the highway commission,
Scott classified the Board of Con
servation and Development the
most important in the state.
"Work on this board takes tre
mendous patience, it requires a
long time to accomplish things. All
who have served here during the
years have made great contribu
tions and great sacrifices," he con
tinued.
Water Resources
' Looking to the future, the gover
nor prophesied that the next great
stride in bettering North Carolina
will come with development of the
state's water resources.
"Nothing has stimulated this
state more than the road program,"
he declared, "and I may not live
to see it, but the next great spurt
of growth will be along the line
of better use of the state's waters."
Governor Scott remarked that all
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$215# Stolen j
From Webb Home
An unknown person or persons
pulled out a hook on the back door
of the Harold Webb residence, TVK)
Arendell at., Morehead City, SM-'
urday betweerrthe hours of 3 and
5 p. in. and atole $22.50. Fifteen
dollars was taken from a bureau
drawer in the bedroom, $6 from a
billfold in the kitchen, and $1.50
from another drawer, police re
ported.
The only clue police have is a
report of Harry Conway, a neigh
bor lad, who said he saw a large
colored woman leaving the house
that afternoon. The woman, ac
cording 'to the Conway boy, was
wearing a gray and white dress.
Police Chief E. J. Willis and Of
ficer Herbert Griffin took finger
prints of the west rear door next
to the garqge and other parts of
the house.
ImmunizatioD
Clinics End
The annual summer county- wide
immunizations for typhoid, whoop
ing cough, dlphteria and smallpox
have been completed by the health
department. There were eighteen
clinic centers, scattered throughout
the county, the nurses making
three weekly visita to each cen
ter.
The response of the citizens was
somewhat disappointing, accord
ding to the local health officer.
Dr. N. Thomas Ennett, but' lie
added that the response is always
poor where there have been no
recent cases of the diseases. The
county has had one very mild
case of typhoid this year, the pa
tient being a small child at Broad
Creek.
The total immunizations were ty
phoid, 229; diphtheria and whoop
ing cough (combined vaccination),
12; smallpox, 5.
Vaccination clinics are held twice
a week in the health department in
Beaufort, Tuesday afternoons and
Saturday morninga the year round.
Vaccinations are given at the city
hall in Morehead City every Thurs
day night from 6:30 to 7:30.
Fap McCain lutWfcm
BUn Hits Cv Satanhy
Faye McCain, daughter of Mr.
and Ifrs. Guion McCain, 1008
Fisher St., Morehead City, was tak
en to Dr. Milton B. Morey's office
with bruises about the head and
face at 12:30 p.m. Saturday, after
her bicycle collided with a 1991
Shrysler club coupe driven by Ann
Beale of Mount Airy.
Dr. Morey reported the bruises
u minor.
The accident occurred between
10th and Uth on Bridges st. when,
said Mias Beale. the littte girl ran
into the aide of her car which waa
traveling westward. The child was
immediately taken to Dr. Moray'?
office by tha Mm of tka ew.
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Mayor Dill Accayts Safety
Plaque iar Narakaad Cily
On behalf of the town of More
head City Mayor George W. DUI
accepted a plaque honoring the
town for having no traffic fatal
ities during 1KI.
The plaque waa presented to
the mayor in ceremonies yester
day afternoon at the town hall
in the presence of D. G. Bell,
police commissioner, and . E. J.
Willis, chief of police.
Making the presentation was
Z. E. Helms, chief of driver im
provement service of the Stale
Highway department and Tarvia
Jones of the safety division.
Morehead City Is a member of
the National Safety council, and
one of IS town* in the state to re
ceive this award.
Seamon Appoints
OPS Comittee ,
On Restaurants
J. L. (Tony) Seamon, Morehead
City, president of the North Caro
lina Restaurant association, has
named three reataurant owners to
serve as an advisory committee to
Eastern Carolina office of price
stabilization.
Director J. G. Clark, OPS, in
making the anouncement of the
committee appointments, said,
"These men, outstanding in their
field, will bring valuable advice to
the Raleigh OPS which will enable
us to better administer the restaur
ant regulation."
Serving on the cpmmittee will
be Harvey Rape of Durham as
chairman, J. W. Knowles of Rocky
Mount and Jack Hadge of Wilson.
Tbc committee will serve as lia
ison between the restaurant in
dustry and the Raleigh OPS. This
committee was appointed at the re
quest of the OPS in keeping with
i policy of cooperating with ?ke
various industries affected by the
price control program. The volun
teer group will act in an advisory
capacity on matters relating to the
restaurant industry.
Seamon automatically became
president of the North Carolina
Restaurant association when the
newly-elected President Tingle of
Asheviile accidentally was killed
several months ago. Seamon was
vice-president. He owns and oper
ates the Sanitary Fish Market and
Restaurant, Morehead City.
Beauty Pageant
Contestaats Will
Leave Thnrsday
Miss America of 1950, Met
ropolitan Singer, Author
Are Among Judges
Miss Lois Simpson and Miss Car
roll Ann Willis, representing More
head City and Beaulort, respective
ly, will leave Thursday morning
ior Burlington where they will en
ter the Miss North Carolina pag
eant.
They will be driven to the pag
eant city in a Nash automobile and
accompanied by Mrs. Mattie Simp
son, Miss Morehead City's mother,
Miss Betty Lou Rice, and Ralph
Gardner. The group yill return
Sunday.
Judges for the contest were an
nounced Saturday. They are Miss
Yolande Betbeze, Mobile, Ala.;
Miss America of 1950, Norman Gor
don and James Street of Chapel
Hill; Mrs. Harriet Presslv, Ral
eigh; Dick Martin, jr., and Howard
Hylton, both of Danville, Va., and
Bill Miller, Coluipbus, Ga.
Miss Betbeze was selected Miss
America in Atlantic City, N. T., last
September and will be in Burling
ton both days of the Miss North
Carolina Pageant.
Cordon has had a distinguished
career as a concert stage and Met
ropolitan Opera singer.
Street is known as one of A
merica's better novelists.
A Raleigh mottfer, grandmother
and the ,wife of the president of
Peace college, Mrs. Pressly has had
many years experience as a com
mentator on radio station WPTF,
Raleigh.
Dick Martin, jr., president of the
Danville, Va., chamber of com
merce and first president of the
Virginia Jaycees, will also be one
of the judges.
The immediate past president of
the Georgia Junior Chamber of
Commerce and recipient of an ?1
ward as one of the outstanding
Jaycee state presidents in America
is Miller of Columbus, Ga., an
other judge. He is awards chair
man of the United States Junior
Chamber of Commerce.
Hylton u executive vice-presi
dent of Danville, Va., Chambcfr
of Commerce and vice-president?
the Virginia Association of Com
merce Executives.
Judging will be modeled after
that of the Miss America pageant.
Not only will the contestants be
judged on their talent, poise, per
sonality and other traits on the
stage, but they also will be with
the judges throughout both days
in order that they can be judged
on the characteristics felt desirable
for the winner.
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Nine Petitioners Appear
Before Conservationists
Nine fishermen and represent!-'
five? of the fishing industry ap
peared before the Board of Con
servation and Development Friday
morning at the fisheries hearing
in the commercial fisheries build
ing, Camp Glenn.
Sen. S. Bunn Frink, Southport,
presented the case of Southport
shrimpers who requested that the
$1.50 tax per gross ton on trawls
not be levied on shrimpers. Frink
said the Southport shrimpers were
willing to pay $10 per boat and 15
cent tax per hundred pounds on
headed shrimp, but were not will
ing to pay the tax on the gross ton.
This tax, provided for in Sec.
119-185, has been law since 1833
but the tax never was collected. In
revising the fisheries laws, the 1951
general aaaetnbly inadvertently re
pealed the $10 tax per boat and
the 15-cent shrimp tax, however
law 165 stayed on the books.
Frink contended that a shrimper
is net a trawl and therefore not
taxable. He requested that if the
board did not agree with him on
that theory, that they interpret the
law as referring only to the large
"fish trawls."
The senator also requested that
a reciprocity agreement be worked
out with other states in regard to
taxing of out-of-state shrimp boats.
Supporting Frink's argument in'
speaking before the board were W.
G. Wells and Louis Hardee, both of
Southport.
E. S. Lupton of Pamlico county,
asked that the board pass a regu
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Tides at Bcaofoit Bar
HIGH
LOW
Tuesday, July 17
0:31 a.m.
7:05 p.m.
12:41 a.m.
12:34 p.m.
Wedaeaday, July IS
7:2$ a.m.
7:9* p.m.
1:36 a.m.
1:33 p.m.
Ihanday, July 19
8:24 a.m.
8:81 pjB.
2:26 a m.
2:30 p.m.
Friday, Jaly M
9:17 a-m.
9:41 JUB.
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3:94 p*JB>
Official Describes
Chamber Program
The United States chamber of
commerce reflect* the attitude* of
all local * groups, Duane Straw
bridge, program advisor for the
southeastern division of the United
States chamber of commerce, told
Morehead City Rotarians Thursday
night.
Speaking an "National Affairs"
in the First Baptist church Sunday
school, Strawbridge, introduced by
D. O. Bell, chamber of commerce
president, gave a complete picture
of chamber of commerce work.
Every member except two were
preaent to hear the talk, along with
visitors C N. Wade, Charlotte;
Henry G. Edwards, Newport; Syl
vester Green, Chapel Hill; Sterling
Wooten, Goldaboro; Robert Bryson,
Coldsboro; E. L. White, WilmiaM
ton, and Lindsay Morris, Win^^H
Salem, brother ol Dr. John Ma|H|
President George H. McNeill
nounced that next week's RotAtj
meeting will be in the form oH
fish fry at Thomaa Lewis' BogW
sound residence.
Ckamlm ol CwiiBirci
(baton Htif Stnwkrid|6
Daune Strawbridge, speaking to
chamber of commerce meagre in
the Beaufort town hall Friday
night, urged them to let Con greet
men know hone sentiments en
national and international affairs.
He stated that the duty of the
legislative affairs committee of
every chamber of commerce in the
United State*, of which there are
2.700, is to promote and foster lo
cal interest in national legislation.
Strawbridge, who ia program di
rector of the southeastern diviaien
of the chamber of commerce of the
United States, spate yesterday to
Morehead City Town Commissioners
To Consider Sale of USO Building
Firefighters, Rain Bring End
To Carteret's Forest Fires j
County forest fires were brought^
under control late Saturday, E. M.
Foreman, county fire warden, re
ported yesterday. Fire trenches
had been dug around them, and
with the help of a heavy storm Sat
urday afternoon ground fires were
extinguished.
The burned areas were patrolled
throughout the weekend to detect
recurrences.
Both the Wildwood and Long Bay
fires started Tuesday and continued
to eat their way through brittle,
dry forest and underbrush the rest
of the week.
A small fire at Sea Level broke
out Wednesday but was brought
under control in several hours.
That blaze started from a trash
fire.
Saturday afternoon's thunder
storm was the opening gun for a
weekend of intermittent showers,
gladly welcomed by Carteret
county farmers. Rain fell late Sun
day afternoon and more or less
constantly yesterday.
Two tractor units from New Bern
and Jacksonville were brought into
the county to fight the fires. Also
in use Were the North Carolina
Pulp company's tractor and plow.
In addition to local firefighters
there were two men from Jackson
ville and a crew of five from New
Bern.
150 Attend JC j
Fish Fry at Hat
One hundred fifty persons at
tended the Morehead City Jaycee
sponsored "Ole Timey Fish Fry"
at the Legion Hut Wednesday. By
7 p.m. $105 had been taken in,
with an additional intake of $25
pSg^antifipated upon
The fiiih fry was so succcflrfvl
that Cook William Orton had to
order an additional 25 pound* of
hluefish. Jaycccs, accordingly, will
plan another fry in the near fu
ture.
At the Jaycee meeting at Hotel
Fort Macon Monday James Wallace
stated that Lois Simpson, Miss
Morehead City, is being prepped
for the approaching Miss North
Carolina beauty pageant by Miss
Mary Lou Paulsen.
Chairman Sara Hatcher announc
ed that plans arc btfng completed
for the mosqnito spraying project,
and Howard Ferguson was named
to the church traffic project in
place of H. S. Gibbs, who is re
turning to active duty with the
Army. Bernard Lcary, football
chairman, stated that Greenville
has been added to the high school
schedule, and that new football
pants are on display at Lcary's
store.
Ferguson then entertained Jay
cees with a talk on the Korean
war from its start to the present
time. Ferguson is a former Ma
rine Corps pilot who flew combat
missions in the Korean war.
Following the Korean war talk,
P. H. Geer welcomed Oscar Ely and
Robert Phipps as nA members.
Walter Morris will have chargc
of the July 23 program.
Lions Give {50 J
For Needy Family
Morehcad City Liona club mem
bers voted to donate WO for a
needy family at their meeting at
Bill's restaurant Thursday.
Lions, J. G. Bennett. Lewis
and Frank Moran, indicat
w'illingness to attend the
of the Pikeville
President Oscar All
job was to pass around
committee ?election circulars ask
ing for suggestions. Members, ac
cordingly, Indicated their choice of
committees. Allred will appoint
the various committee chairmen.
Getting down to details. Presi
dent Allred said that with the
subtraction of dinner and pro
gram Ume from each business
meeting, only 12 1/2 hours of actu
al business time remains for the
whole ytsr! Lion members should,
therefore, make as much of their
limited business time as possible
at each meeting, he declared.
Hospital Trustees Agree J
To Welfare Board Proposal
The Morehead City hospital
board of trustees, in regular ses
sion Thursday night at the hos
pital. decided that they would
accept the welfare department's
proposal of $5 per day payment
for an unlimited number of days
in charity patient case&
The hospital had requested $8
a day. The proposal accepted will
be carried out on a trial basis.
In regard to other hospital
matters, Hoyle Green, adminis
trator, stated that the elevator
installation at the hospital is ex
pected to be complete in three to
four weeks.
State to Devote ,
Effort to Luring
Defense Industry
The State Board of Conservation
and Development, in special ses
sion Saturday at the commercial
fisheries building, Camp Glenn, ap
proved exertion of special effort to
bring new industry to North Caro
lina by publicizing its areas of "ac
cessible isolation."
For six months representatives
will be stationed in New York and
Washington. Charles S. Allen, Dur
ham, chairman of the commerce
and industry committee, recom
mended that members of the armed
services be invited to hold one of
their defense materials clinics in
this state.
Coastal Plain company oil leases
were extended 90 days and terms
In coastal a (Hindi were left to Di
rector George R Ross. State Geol
ogist Jasper I.. Stuckey. and the
Mineral Resources committee, to be
referred to the attorney general
and council of state.
The new State Travel bureau un
der the State Advertising division
was recognized as being important
enough to be on a par with the
State News bureau. During May
there were 24,480 inquiries re
ceived by the bureau. State travel
advertisements will be signed by
that name to avoid the length of
the full department's signature
and to distinguish them from the
commercial advertisements.
Advertising contracts with Ben
nett Advertising, inc., of High
Point were renewed for two years.
By recommendation of Charles
Parker, state advertising director
and the advertising committee, the
department of motor vehicles wil|
be asked to have a North Carolina
slogan on the 1953 automobile
license plates. "Variety Vacation
land" was tentatively chosen.
Formal approval was given to
the Tryon's Palace commission ac
ceptance ,of the Sl.ooo.ffoo bequest
of the late Mrs. J. E. Latham of
Greensboro for restoration of the
tyrst State Capital at New Bern.
Another resolution authorized ac
ceptance of the deed to the James
Iredell House at Edenton from the
Edenton Tea Party Chapter DAR
and the drafting of a contract for
operation of the house by the
James Iredell Historical Associa
tion.
Governor Kerr Scott was thanked
in a special resolution for his aid
in stressing industrial expansion
throughout the State. The next
meeting of the Board will be held
Oct. 15-16 at PinehursL
The commercial fiaheries com
mittee will conduct a hearing at
Manteo this morning. The entire
board will attend the performance
of The Lost Colony tonight and will
view the site of Cape Hattera*
state park on the return trip to
Morehead City tomorrow.
Chairman of board committees,
appointed Friday afternoon, are
as follows: Staley A. Cook, Burl
ington, advertising; Charles S. Al
len, Durham, commerce and in
dustry; Mrs. Roland McClamroch,
Chapel Hill, commercial fiaberies;
Walter J. Damtoft, Canton,
forestry.
Aubrey L. Cavanaugh, Warsaw,
water resources (islets and coaatal
waterways bat been combined with
this committee). W. B. Austin, Jef
ferson. mineral ????>; Dr. Syl
vester Green, chair
man of parks at ^^Hjpuervation |
congress.
The U
and aa
head City
The Morehead City town board will be requested
tonight to formally approve a decision to sell the former
USO on Shepard st.. Morehead City. The board will meet
at 7 :30 in the municipal building.
Mayor George W. Dill said yesterday that the town
attorney has been requested to draw up a request for
bids on the purchase price of the*
building itself and that the equip
ment inside will probably be sold
at public auction.
The board has been considering
sale of the building for the past
year and the mayor said that at
an "informal discussion" during
the past week at the town hall it
was agreed that first steps should
be taken toward disposing of the
property.
'Rating Cancer'
"That building is an eating can
cer," the mayor declared. "It re
quires a night watchman, a jani
tor, and the whole thing is going
to pieces. It's costing the town too
much to keep tip."
The annual maintenance figure
is $3,000 annually and it has been
estimated' that depreciation nears
$5,000 a year.
At a special meeting several
weeks ago when the town author
ized purchase of the second police
prowl car, the mayor was requested
to contact Marine officials at
Cherry Point to determine whether
the Marine corps would be inter
ested in contributions to support of
the building as a USO. It was also
believed for a period of time that
the federal government would re
activate USOs.
No Help Coming
With no evidence of support com
ing from those sources, town of
ficials feol that Morehead City it
self can no longer maintain the
building.
The USO was built during the
second world war at government
expense. The property on which it
stands was sold to the government 1
at a token sum and at the conclu
sion of hostilities and curtailment
of the USO program, the town,
after extensive negotations with ;
the government, bought the prop
erty back.
Since tfcat time the building has
[Seieft ust4 as*? civic auditorium
and for iwafe parti?* as well as
a ?awn teen-age recreation pro
gram. The town rapidly discovered
that t? e construction was of the
type to last, at best, six or seven
years without extensive repair and I
maintenance.
There has been continuous ,
strong feeling among townspeople
against sale of the building, but
town officials contend that the <
average person does not realize the
hazardous condition of the struc- ,
ture. To prevent a further drain (
on town funds, the mayor believes
that sale is the only solution.
Driver Faces ? ;
Charge; One Hurt
Ralph John Gillikin, Williston, 1
has been charged with driving a
car without an operator's license,
and Richard Warren Gillikin,
route 1 Beaufort, was slightly in
jured as the result of a collision at
11:15 p. m. Saturday on the Mark
ers Island road.
According to Highway Patrolman
J. W. Sykes, who investigated,
Ralph was driving a 1884 coupe
and Richard a 1948 sedan. Both
were proceeding north on the Mark
ers Island road.
At the first curve Richard said
he ran up behind Ralph's car but i
didn't see it. He attempted to turn '
out to avoid H but struck its rear ]
left fender.
Richard'i car skidded 300 feet ,
and in the process the driver was
thrown out. He suffered a slight ,
back injury and skin abraisions on
one arm. The car ended up in the |
front yard of a home while the ,
coupe proceeded one half mile j
ahead on the road.
Damage to the coupe was esti- (
mated at $S0, to the sedan between
1800 and $600. Ralph told the pa
trolman he was going 35 miles an ,
hour and Richaid said he was go
ing 50. I
Assisting Patrolman Sykes in the ,
investigation was Patrolman W. E. ,
Pickard
Eiihun Furnilure Store
Tt Qpn a! 3 Tomorrow
new store at 7th and Arendell at.,
Morehead City, will open tomorrow I
afternoon at 3 o'clock with Mayor <
E. L. White of Wilmington and <
Mayor George W Dill of Morehead
City participating in the cere- !
monks. s i
remain open 1
Eastman Furniture company's
tAe Eastman building
ot construction
the afternoon and even
r'l moat modern
State to Sell
Two Patrol Boats
Fisheries Committee to '
Make Supplemental
Report This Week
The commercial fisheries com
mittee. in session Friday afternoon
at the commercial fisheries build
in?. Morehcad City, requested ;he
director of the Board of Conserva
tion and Development to dispose of
the state boats, Pamlico and Hat
ter.is, as soon as possible, passed
a resolution requesting Marine of
ficials and Army engineers to re
frain from extending bombing tar
get areas in coastal waters, and di
rected that the commercial fish
eries commissioner shall be ap
pointed with full consideration of
any recommendation made by the
director of the Board of Conserva
tion and Development.
The commercial fisheries com
missioner post has remained vacant
since the retirement of Capt. John
Nelson.
The Pamlico will be sold because
it has been found too expensive to
operate, and the Ilatteras is ob
solete. Action to stall further en
largement of bombing areas was
taken at the request of fishermen.
No Action Taken
No action was taken on the re
quest of Southport shrimpers that
shrimping boats not be classed as
trawlers, but it was generally un
derstood that it was the consen
sus among commercial fisheries
committee members that shrimping
vessels should be classed as traw
lers and thus he subject to the tax
of $1.50 per gross ton except for
small boats not documented in The
See PATROL BOATS. Page 2
Chamber to Plan j
Program (or Year
The 1951-52 program of the Beau
fort chamber of commerce will be
discussed tonight at the annual
chamber dinner meeting at 6:43 p.
m. in the American Legion hut.
The guest speaker will be Gen.
W. L. McKittrick, USMC, command
ing general of the Second Marine
Air Wing, Cherry Point. Among
the invited guests are D. G. Bell,
president of the Morehcad Cily
chamber of commerce and Mr. and
Mrs. J. A. DuBois, Morehead City.
DuBois is manager of the More
head City chamber of commerce.
Officers for the coming year will
\)c installed and Braxton Adair,
president of the Beaufort chamber
ivill report on the past year's ac
tivities.
Two hundred twenty ballots for
chamber directors were mailed
last week. The ballots carried 20
lames. Ten directors will be
elected and officers will be se
lected from that group.
Tonight's dinner will be served
by members of the Order of East
ern Star, Beaufort chapter.
Lightning Damages Two
Homes in Saturday Storm
Lightning damaged two homes in
this area Saturday afternoon. A
lin gutter wis ripped loose from
the home of Mr. and Mrs. John
Lashley, 1213 Arcndell St., Morr
hoad City, and the chimney on the
Steve Mason home, Ann st., Beau
fort, was damaged.
Morehead City firemen rushed to
the Lah h Icy home at 1:45 p. m.
luring the height of the olectrical
itorm. The badly scorched gutter
*as the only damage reported.
Bricks were knocked from the
Mason chimney and the house was
filled with smoke. Occupants of the
tome were badly frightened, but
jther than the fallen bricks, no
lamagc was caused.
Allen Willis, Broad Creek,
faces Assault Charge
Allen Willis, Broad Creek, will
je tried today in recorder's court
>n the charge of assault with ar
leadly weapon.
Willis was arreated it 2 o'clock
Sunday afternoon at Us home
where he was discharging a rifle.
Mo one was injured. The arrest
?ras made by Marshall Ayactie,
:ounty ABC officer, and Patroi
nan J. W. Sykes.
Willis waa placed under $S00
jond for his appMranca in cowt
?day.