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?r CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES JS_ EAR, NO. 63. TWQ SECTIONS TEN PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY, AUGUST 7. 1951 PUBLISHED TUESDAY AND FRID, Woman Arrested On Tbeft Charge Mrs. Roy Eubanks Recovers Purse Containing $148; Bond Set at $200 Mr?. Olive Dale. Ashland, Ky., was arrested in Beaufort yester day on a charge of theft of a pocketbook containing $148. She nas been charged with larceny and placed under $200 bond. The pocketbook, which was taken from Holden's restaurant, Beaufort, belonged to Mrs. Roy Eubanks. Mrs. Eubanks said that the defendant was with her hus band and five ether persons, two of them children. As they came Into the restaurant, Mrs. Eubanks moved to another table so that two tablet could be put together for . the larger group. She said when she moved, how ever, that she forgot to take her purse with her. When she went back to where sfcft had been sitting. She asked for tMe bat and one of the men in the group said he had seen one but didn't know where it was then. Mrs. Ottis Jefferson, part-owner of the restaurant, said she remem bered seeing the woman in the group go out to her car and not return for quite a few minutes. Mrs. Eubanks then left the res taurant and glancing in one of the cars saw a large pocketbook on the seat. She returned, however, to the photographer's studio, her place of business, to check on whether she had left her purse there. * Not finding it, she asked her .husband, Roy, to notify the police. / The police stated a search war rant would be necessary to search the Dale car, but the woman's hus band consented to the search with out a warrant. The large pocket book was opened and out fell Mrs. Eubanks' purse. All the money was inside as well as other of Mrs. Eubanks' posses sions. Mrs. Dale said she didn't know how much money was in the bag because she hadn't looked. She also told Mrs. Eubanks that she didn't turn the pocketbook in to ' the owners of the reataurant "be cause so many times their rightrul iwners don't get them." The defendant's husband said he had na idea that Ms wife had taken the purse. Clerk Probates, i Files Two Wills Probated and filed recently in the clerk of superior court's office, Beaufort, were the wills of Lisette , Edwards, Newport, and Miss Alida F. Fales, Beaufort. To her son, Samuel D. (now de ceased), and to her daughter. Lucy E. Stobaugh, Mrs. Edwards left all her personal property and house hold furniture, to be divided equally. .Real estate was apportioned as * follows: one house and lot in New port on Chatham street and house and lot on Church street to Lucy; to Florida Edwards, Henry G. Ed wards, and James L. Edwards, the lot and store on W. Railroad street, also land on the east side of Church street and the south side of Mann street and to Lucy one piece of land on the east ski? of Church street and south side of Mann. The will was drawn Oct. 16, 1940 and was witnessed by Dr. and Mrs. Manly Mason of Newport. Executor of the Fales will is Alexander Scorpione Lari, Beau fort, who also received all real and personal property of the de ceased. The will requested that no bond be required of the execu ? tor. Debts and expenses are to be paid from the estate which in cludes the house and lot at 135 Craven St., Beaufort, holdings at -%Sea Level, and two lots in the Mus \le Shoals district, Tuscumbia, Tenn. The executor was directed to rent or sell the property as he sees fit, the residue of the estate to re main in bis hands. The will was drawn Jan. 1, 1950 and witnessed by Mrs. Carrie Skarren and Miss Olive Longest. Changes is Tvfri Iftis Danger ione regulation relating to Albemarle sound, Pamlico sound, and adjacent watert have been amended. according to an an nouncement by Frank Pace, jr., secretary of the Army, and will become effective Aug. 30, 1M1. The target area in the northern part of Currituck sound is located at latitude 36 degrees. 27 minutes. 16 seconds, longitude 79 degrees, 96 minutes, 30 seconds; test area in Pamlico sound in the vicinity of Long Shoal: a circular area with a radius on? and one-half HUM having Its center at latitude 39 de grees. 32 minute?, 18 seconds, long itude 73 degrees. 40 minutes, 3? Will She be Miss America? Blonde LuLong Ogburn of ,Smilhf<eld tip? * lemonade with an admirer who recognized her beauty and accomplishments long before July 21 when she was crowned Miss North Carolina of 1951. Miss Og J>urn is vacationing here this week as the guest of M ore head City Jaycees. Town, Chamber Petition Civil Aeronautic Board The town of Beaufort and the Beaufort chambcr of commerce have requested the Civil Aeronau tics board to allow Piedmont Avia tion, inc.. a permanent certificate for operation of its planes into the Beaufort - Morehead City airport each summer. At present the certificate must be renewed each year. The town and the chamber of commerce re quest that if a permanent permis sion cannot be granted that the present certificate be renewed for at least five years. The Beaufort petition also asks that the airport be officially desig nated as "Beaufort-Morehead City." Although the airport is known by that name locally, maps have desig nated it as Morehead City. The petition cites reasons for the Beaufort-Morehead City designa tion as follows: the airport is lo cated in Beaufort township; the airport is adjacent to the limits of the town of Beaufort; the distance from the Morehead City post of fice to the airport is 5.2 miles and the distance from the Beaufort post office to the airport is 2.1 miles. Distance from other comparable points (i.e., town limits, etc.) is on a comparable ratio of differ ence. The airport authority is desig nated Beaufort-Morehead City Air port commission; the terminal building bears the legend Beau fort-Morehead Airport; and the telephones serving the airport are Beaufort listing! through the Beaufort exchange. The petition is signed by L. W. Hassell. mayor of Beaufort, and R. Braxton Adair, preaident of the chamber of commerce. M? Uit Tan Si?as It 6? Up Only During Ruh Honrs The No Left Turn signs on Aren dell street, Morehead City, at 8th and 9th streets have been removed and will not be replaced except during rush hours. Mayor George W. Dill explained Friday. "They were merely put there as an experiment to see if routing traffic that way would avoid con gestion in the business section. When they are put up again," he continued, "the directions on them will be enforced by police and the signs will be left there only as long as the police believe necessary." Tide* at Beaufort Bar HIGH LOW Tmsday, Aug. 7 10:56 a.m. 11:07 p.m. 4:3S a.m. 3:07 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. I 11:90 a.m. 5:19 a.m. 13 Midnight 5.56 p.m. Tkarsday, Aug. 9 11:61 a.a. 12:30 p.m. 9:58 a.m. 6:53 p.m. Friday, Aug. 1? ?2:42 a.m. 6:48 1:28 BJB. \M p.m. Three Weeks of Comics Appear in Second Section Appearing in the second lec tion of today's NEWS-TIMES are the comic strips of Oaky Doaks, Dicky Dare, and Scorchy Smith for today and the two weeks pre vious. Our newsprint has arrived, making possible the printing of all the funnies which were with held, ky necessity, during the past two week*. They will appear regularly from new on. MyCaslridW Tops Last Month's Morehead City building permits issued for the month of July as taken from the records of A. B. Roberts, building inspector, show an increase in estimated costs over the month of June. Permits were issued for the con struction of eight new houses at a total estimated cost of $26,739. Permit* for hom?s were issued as follows: R. L. Wells, 16th street, $4,000; R. L. Poole, 33rd street, $5,000; W. A. B?rrett, 27th street, $7,900; Mrs. John Nelson, 7th street $6,109; Jim Styron, Shep ard street, $2,000; R. L. Fitzer, Pat terson street, $500; Lawrence Pin er. Bay street. $200; J. D. Marten, 5th street, $980. A garage to cost $200 and repairs listed at $400 covers the residen tial buildings. The Standard Oil company is constructing a new of fice building at the Port Terminal costing $30,000 and the Fry Roof ing company a garage listed to cost $6,000. Permits issued for the seven months of the year total an esti mated $384,944 against those for 1950 covering the same period of $389,065. ToUls for July ISM were $27,850. Mayor Dill Levies Fourth Charge Mayor George W. Dill, presiding in mayor's ocurt yesterday, swore out a warrant for Clarence Fletcher Bell, jr., charging him with fail ure to appear to answer to charges of carcless and reckless driving, be isf intoxicated, and being invu'.frd In an accident last Monday night. July 30, on Arendell st. at 18th. The case has been continued until next week. Dismissed were the cases of An thony J. Vidcyko, Roland Buck, and Earl Stanley Brooks. Videyko was charged with being drunk and disorderly and disturbing the peace in the Broadway restaurant and Buck and Brooks were charged with racing. The mayor dismissed the cases because of lack of evi dence. Wayne Byler, 201 Broad st., Beaufort, and John Bcnnie Keith. Knightdale, N. C., were cited to court to make settlement on a wreck which occurred in town Aug. 3. Roland David McKee, Cherry Point, paid $10 and costs on a charge of speeding; Tommy Jones paid costs for disturbing the peace: Emerson Hodges paid $10 and costs on a charge of public drunk enness; James Cecil Lawrence paid $10 and costs on a charge of speed ing; Shirley Rosekrans paid $10 and costs for public drunkenness; Morton H. Renn paid $10 and costs on a charge of speeding on Bridges st. The case against Hewitt, colored, charged with assault on his wife. Petri Hewitt, was sent to recorder's court. The following cases were continued: Frank Garner, R. G. Hamilton, and Richard Felton Gordon. State Education Board Decrees Consolidation for Two Schools The State Board of Education, Raleigh, on Thuraday ruled that Markers Island high school stu dents and Otway grade school chil dren shall attend school at Smyr na. The board refused requests by delegations from Harkers Island and Otway for teacher allotments i at those schools for the coming school year. A new addition has been built ; to the Smyrna school and facilitiea made adequate to take care of the additional number ot pupils. Con solidation was recommended three yeara ago under a state survey of schools and efforts toward consoli dation have been made since that time. Appearing before the state board < of education on behalf of the Har- 1 ken Island folks were Sheriff C. G. Holland, Beaufort, and Harvey Hamilton, jr., Morehead City law yer. Pleading the cauae for Otway parents was Gene Smith, Beaufort attorney. The state board of education was told that the bridge from Harken bland waa unsafe for school buaea and that Hamilton and Sheriff Hoi land "would do some campaigning" to convince the people that con solidation is the better more, if only the high school were per mitted to stay on the island one more year. A petition protesting removal by the Harkers Island PTA was pre sented. . Smith, requesting retention of the Otway grade school, .presented ? petition signed by everyone of the parents of the 57 pupils af fected by the change. The state board of education re jected both appeals without delay or deliberation. Buns Cwutnctka b. Submits Uw hviq Bid Low bidder on paving <tf the Laurel road, 2.26 miles in t hi* county, was Barrus Construction co:, Unston, $23,106.50. The road extends from highway 101 approximately 6.S miles north of Beaufort eastward to the Junc tion of the Merrimon road. The paving will be financed under the state's ?200,000,000 bond issue pro, pan. 17-Year Old Jacksonville Boy j Drowns at Ocean Ridge Sunday Fort Macon Oarsmen Cop Trophy For Third Time in Saturday Race Birth Certificate j Needed to Enroll Beginning Pupils H. L. Joslyn. county superin tendent of schools, today urged all parents of beginning pupils and pa rents of transfer pupils to have a copy of the child's birth certifi cate by the opening of school which is Sept. 6. He suggests that if parents do not have a birth cer tificate for their child, they should obtain one immediately in order that delays may be avoided when school opens. State law requires a child to be 6 years old on or before October 1 of the year they enter school and the child cannot be enrolled until evidence of his actual age is pre sented to the teacher. All principals of the larger schools in the county will be on the job Aug. 23 and will be able to assist any transfer student in en rolling. "There are several unfilled teaching vacancies from recent resignations," remarked Joslyn, "but as a whole work is shaping up very satisfactorily for the new school year." William H. Bryson. Newport, and Aubrey W. Pridgen. new princi pals, nave moved to their respec tive locations. All principals will attend an administrative confer ence in the board room of the county board of education office at 9:30 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 30, and teachers' meetings will take place at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 9, the day before the opening ?f school. Holidays have been scheduled as follows: Thanksgiving, Nov. 22 and 23; Christmas, Dec. 21 through Jan. 1, and Easter, one day, either April 11 or April 14. Teachers will attend a district meeting of Ihe NCEA Oct. 2 and the North Carolina Negro High school association will meet Nov. 21. Commencement has been scheduled for May 28 and 29th. Letters to faculty members and school personnel, explaining in de tail the facts pertaining to the opening of school, will be mailed from the county board of educa tion office this week. New Recruiting Officer Arrives S/Sgt. Elmo DcBlanc of the New Bern Army-Air Force recruiting station, has been assigned to Car teret county, replacing Cpl. Jack Buchanan who has been trans ferred to Camp Rucker, Ala. Sergeant LeBlanc will be at the Legion hut, Turner it., Bea-jfort, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays. He will be at the Morehead City post office from 2 to 3:30 p.m. Tuesday and will be in Newport at the post office from 9 a.m. until noon Friday. He will also have office hours at the Have lock post office from 1 to 4 p.m. Fridays. Persons interested in enlisting in the Army or Air Force who can not sec Sergeant LeBlanc at the above-listed places should write or call at the recruiting office located in the post office building, New Bern. He also adds that the opportun ity for persons who have received pre-induction exams to enlist in any branch of the service has been extended indefinitely. Building Permits Kaprnwl | J IB, 175 in Construction j Building permits issued during I June and July in Beaufort repre sented $16,175 in construction, Gerald Woolard, building inspec tor, announced today. [ Permits issued in June were as i follows: C. Z. Chappell, $1,800, [warehouse on Live Oak St.; and E. F. Glenn, $9,000, dwelling on Front St. July permits: Ed Simmons, $373, re-roof dwelling, Ann at; O. W. Lewis, $2,900, luncheonette and filling station. Live Oak at; Beau fort Quick Freeie, $1,000, repairs; W. J. Parker. Williamston. $1,900. office and warehouse on old Y property, north of railroad and out at live Oak st ? Fort Macon Coast Guard crew returned Saturday from Elizabeth City with the surfboat race trophy. It's getting to be a habit. Fort Ma con has taken the silver Josephus Daniels loving cup three times out of the four it has been offered. Rowing crosswind up the Pas quotank river, the oarsmen com pleted the half-mile straight-away course in jet time, 5 minutes and 44 seconds, with Virginia Beach, Cape Hatteras, Chincoteague, and Ocracoke bouncing in their wake. The surfboat race is one of the feature events of the annual Coast Guard Day celebration Aug. 4 on the Carolina coast. Fort Macon won the race in 1948, lost the tro phy to Virginia Beach in 1949, and latched on to it again in 1950. Although the large trophy ro tates to the winning Coast Guard stations, this year for the first time, a miniature cup was present See FORT MACON, Page S 90 Engineers -j Attend Three-Day Meeting at Beach Ninety members of the chapter of Professional Engineers of North Carolina and their wives attended their three-day annual summer meeting at Atlantic Beach Thurs day. Friday pnd Saturday. Honored at luncheon Saturday was L. L. Dresser of Tulsa, Okla., president of the National Society of Professional Engineers which has chapters in 3fl states, including North Carolina, and a membership of 24,000. The luncheon address was deliWred by President Dresser. Speakers at the Saturday morn ing session were Col. R. C. Brown, district engineer, Corps of En gineers, United State* Army, Wil mington, who spoke on the policies of the Corps of Engineers in re gard to construction at military bases in North Carolina, and Comm. W. F. E. Cabaniss, USNR, assistant for planning to the assist ant chief of staff for logistics, sixth Naval district. Cmdr. Cabaniss, who is stationed at Charleston, S. C., said that North Carolina probably will feel the ex pansion of the Marine corps more than any other state. The Civil Engineering Corps of ficer enumerated several factors which indicate an influence on in creased Naval base construction in North Carolina. He said the Korean campaign has proven to Congress and to the country the necessity for a larger Marine Corps and for maintaining its state of readineaa. Camp Le juene. with its training and ware See ENGINEERS, Page 5 Newport Han Asks Willie Jones, Newport, appeared before the county board yesterday morning at the court houae, to re quest explanation of the state'a new lien law which provide! that recipient? of welfare granta turn their property over to the county at death. Jones said that he didn't under stand the law and asked the chair man of the board, Dr. K. P. B. Boner, "if you would borrow mon ey from a dead man?" Dr. Bonner and the county attorney, Alvah Hamilton, ?aid the board had noth ing to do with making the law and that it appliea to people in every county in the itate. The county welfare department sent a form letter to the affected welfare assistance recipients stat ing that if they continue to re ceive public funda after Oct. 1, 1991, they will be required to sign their property over to the county at death ? or the county will have a claim on their property to the extent of the amount of money paid them in assistance during their lifetime. , Jones said he ha* paid hia taxes, all except one year, and baa sup ported himself when be was able. He further stated that be had no intention ot signing away hia prop erty. The county attorney told Jonea that if he did continue to accept welfare paymenta by giving the county a lien, bis children or any one elae could clear the property aa4 thm rauia it at Ma frath. 4 i ? Constable C. M. j Krouse Resigns County Board Considers Three Road Matters; Raises Forestry Budget Charlie M. Krousc, Morehead township constable, yesterday sub mitted his resignation to the coun ty board of commissioners at their monthly meeting in the court house, Beaufort. The. constable stated that his resignation will become effective Aug. 15 and that he is leaving the job under doctor's orders. The board accepted his resignation. Four road matters were consider ed. The board agreed to ask the highway commission to maintain a new 1,255-foot road in the Noyes development west of Morehead City, tabled a request that the three-quarter mile Oglesby road near Crab Point be widened and hard surfaced, and authorized the clerk to ask the highway commis sion to give active consideration to resurfacing highway 70 from the Merrimon road and 70 intersection to Atlantic. The board also approved a re quest that a road in Smyrna that connccts with the Pake road be maintained by the state. The re quest was made by Mrs. R. W. Davis, New Bern, who owns a home on the road near Flat Marsh bridge. Dr. K. P. B. Banner, chairman of the board, remarked that the highway commission has done a good job in paving Carteret roads, citing particularly the Salter Path road and Mill Creek roads, and the Laurel road which will be paved in the near future. James Potter, auditor, was au thorized to hire the necessary number of lawyers to collect all 1936 and pripr delinquent taxes on a 25 per cent commission basis. The auditor was authorized to refund to Julian Gilbert fines and costs of court collected after con viction in a recorder's court case. Gilbert carried his case to superior court where the recorder's court decision was reversed. A. H. James, clerk of superior court, was also authorized to col lect an additional 50 cents in court costs on motor vehicle law viola tions. The additional cost is au thorized by itatute and has been charged for the past eight months, but James requested a formal ap proval by the county board. The state forestry protection service budget was raised to $2,100 with the stipulation that $500 be collected in donations from tim berland owners to defray the in creased expense. The board refused to pass a rcsol lution approving a land survey in an entry of land case wherein the , work was not done by the county surveyor as required by law. Sale of the Major Fuller proper ty. Newport township, for $50 to Ervin Jones was approved, pay ment of $125 in back taxes by Mrs. Lena Willis, Markers Island, was also okayed. The board also authorized pay ment of $81.50 for shades in the horn* agent's office. Two Cars Collida Saturday Nmt Con Crook Bridgo Two can collided at 2:15 Sat urday afternoon at the intersection of highway 101 and a side-road just eaat of the Core Creek bridge. No one was injured but damage to the car* amounted to >75 and Albert Grady Cowart, Greenville route 3, driver of one of the cars, Has been charged with attempting to pass another vehicle at an intersection. According to Highway Patrolman H. 0. Woolard, who investigated, both cars were proceeding toward Beaufort when Cowart attempted to pasa a 1947 model car driven by Richard McDonald Fodrie of Beaufort route t. The right front of Cowart's car connccted with the left rear of Fod rie'*. Damage to the Cowart car, owned by Elnora M. Cowart, Green ville, was estimated at $50 and to Fodrie's car $25. Both cars skidded following the impact. Defeaduit Tried Tried in Beaufort mayor's court i yesterday was Jennie Jones, color- I ed, charged with public drunken ness. She waa ordered Jto pay $5 u4 coafc. Bobbie Roscoe Morton, 17-year old youth from Jacksonville, was drowned Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock when he and three com panions were swimming west of Ocean Ridge on Bogue Banks. A verdict of accidental drowning was issued by Acting Coroner G. W. Dill. Morehead City. A. H. James, clerk of superior court, au thorized Dill to act as coroner be cause Leslie Springle, coroner, was out of the county. The two girls and two boys, all from Jacksonville, arrived at the beach at 1 o'clock, drove their car to the end of the pavement and then went swimming on the unpro tected and deserted beach. The other three who were with him, Marie Morton, Vivian Collins and Durwood Humphrey, were swept Into a hole and the Morton youth tried to go to their assistance and was drowned in the attempt. Nearby bathers and picnickers heard the commotion when Morton was swept under and swam to his assistance, but were unable to reach him in time. The resuscitator, which is kept at Atlantic Beach, was sent for, and with it arrived Bob Chadwick, chief lifeguard at the Beach, and Dr. S. W. Hatcher, Morehead City, who happened to be at the beach. Dr. Hatcher administered oxygen for 45 minutes before pronouncing the boy dead. Surviving Morton arc his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Morton of Jacksonville. 263 Register For Election J Next Saturday Two hundred sixty-three persons have registered to vote in the ref erendum next Saturday in Beau fort. The voters will mark an X in frorft of either one of the follow ing proposals: FOR the annexa tion to Town of Beaufort, N. C., of the territory provided for in the call for this Special Election or AGAINST the annexation to Town of Beaufort. N. C., for the territory provided for in the call for this Special Election. The territory includes Front and Ann street extended, Hancock and Highland Parks. The polls, located in the court house annex, will open at 6:30 Sat urday morning, and will close at sundown, 7:02 p.m., Eastern Stand ard Time. Mrs. G. M. Paul, registrar, stated that no registrants were challenged Saturday, which in addition to be ing the last day of registration was also challenge day. Registration on recent Saturdays has run approximately ?0 each day, with no unusual rush on the Sat urday just past, Mrs. Paul reported. County Court v Business Mies County receipts from the clerk of superior court's office have al most doubled during the past five years, according to a report re leased today by A. H. James, clerk of superior court. Paid to the county for the year ending June 30, 1947 was $22, 357.36 as compared with *41.040.14 for the year ending June 30, 1951. The total amount of funds handled by the clerk's office in the 1946-47 fiscal year were $65,480.74 as compared with $87,221.96 for the past fiscal year. "Where cash business has dou bled the past half decade." James commented, "the work we do gratia has increased tHree-fold." One hundred twenty law suits were Ini tiated during the past year, plus 71 special proceedings of which 29 were petitions for adoption. Paid to the county through the clerk's office for the 1947-48 fis cal year was $27,952.04: for 194849, $33,367.82. and for 1949-50 $38, 658.72. Polk* Chid Wans Won Oi Purse-Snaichiag TfcM Beaufort Police Chief Louis B. Willis today asked cooperation of Beaufort residents in locating a man who haa engaged in a series of purse snatches after dark. Both Mrs. Margtret Davis and Mrs. Pearl Hall have been accostad on the streets at night, the chief reported. If reports of sucb attacks ar? made immediately and il a descrip tion of the attacker can be fur nished police, it would help in ap prehension of the criminal, the of ficer remarked.
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