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ioth YEAR, NO. 73. EIGHT PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1951 PUBLISHED TUESDAY AND FRIDAYS
Marine Group Scores Establishment
Of Firing Ranges in Fishing Grounds
Marines Will
Engage in War
Games This Fall
Cherry Point. ? Over 2,000 Ma
rines of the Second Marine Air
Wing will participate with Atlan
tic Fleet ships and other Marine
forces in full scale war games in
Atlantic and Caribbean areas dur
ing October and November.
Jet. Cotsair and Tigercat fight
trs, transport, helicopter observa
tion and photo planes will spear
head the massive air wing during
the maneuvers.
.The air wing is under the com
mand of Major General Thomas J.
Cushman.
Preparations Proceed
Preparations for the games have
been proceeding in a busy fashion,
aod the Marine Corps Air station
has seen a recent increase in ac
tivity.
The first major fleet exercises in
IS months, they "are designed to
give the maximum training to all
participating," fleet headquarters
reported.
To Simulate Campaign
Involving every element of mod
ern warfare, the maneuvers will
simulate a series of campaigns
which might conceivably take place
in the world during a possible fu
ture war, the report added. Every
type of naval plane and ship will
be used.
' Admiral Lynde D. McCormick,
USN. the Atlantic fleet's new com
mander-in-chief, will be in overall
command ?i the war games.
Clerk Probates
Huntley Will J
.Probated and filed Friday in the
gffico of the clerk of superior
i court, Beaufort, was the will of
Mrs. Minnie D. Huntley, Beaufort, i
who died Tuesday, Aug. 28.
The will, drawn Feb. 15, 1947,
was witnessed by Pritchard and
Nora Kirk Lewis of Beaufort. Mrs.
Huntley's husband, George W., was
nftmed executor. In case of her
husband's death preceding hers,
Mrs. Huntley directed that her son,
George W., jr., and daughter Eliz
abeth Huntley Prest, handle the
estate.
The executor was directed to pay
&1 debts of the deceased, funeral
'expenses, and to erect a monument
oti the grave. To her husband she
left all her property of every kind.
Had her husband's death occurred
prior to hers, the deceased directed
that her son receive all her rights,
title, and interest in the G. W.
Huntley co., also any property1 in
connection with the business, and
ajix lots in Highland Park used for
sand and gravel storage together
With railroad siding.
Had her husband's death occurr
ed prior to hers, the deceased id
rected that her daughter receive
the store building at 1309 Aren
dell St., Morehead City, also an
interest up to $10,000 Mrs. Hunt
ley "may own in the business con
ducted on said premises." Interest
ed prior to hers, the deceased di
vided equally between her son and
daughter.
' The executor was granted full
power and authority to tell pro
, perty or do anything deemed ad
visable in the best interests of the
estate.
Fnur Hom Demonstration
Clubs to Mm! This Weak
Four Home Demonstration clubs
will meet during the coming week.
They are as follows: North River,
2 o'clock Thursday at the home of
Mrs. H^len Arthur: Pelletier. 2:30
Friday afternoon at the home of
Mrs. Lena Kay; Merrimon, 2:30
Monday afternoon at the home of
Mrs. Flossie Pittman; and Wire
Grass at 7:30 Monday night at the
kome of Mrs. Jeff Sabiston.
Thirty-six attended the Core
Crcek-HFarlowe Home Demonstra
tion club fish fry Thursday night
,at the home of Mrs. Rufus Ward:
Miss Pauline Gordon, home fur
nishing specialist from Raleigh, via?
ited Friday with Miss Martha Bar
nett. home agent, and assisted with
plans for redecorating the home
agent's office. ' ?'
Elks Collect Clothes
Dr. S. W. Hatcher of the Salva
ition Army committee, Morehead
ilCity, announced today that all
types of useable old clothes arc be
ing collected for distribution to
r^needy families. Persons having
clothes should leave them at the
i Elk? club, phone the Elks club or
.Sam Adler, Morehead City, and
i , state where the clothes can be pick
led up.
4.574 Pnpils EnroU
h Carteret Schools
Enrollment In Carteret county
schools as of Friday, the second
day of achool, was 4,574, H. L.
Joslyn, superintendent of schools,
reported yesterday.
The superintendent said he ex
pected the enrollment to be more
than 4,600 by the end of the first
10 days of school. The number
of pupils in Carteret county
schools at the end of the first 10
days of 1950 was 4,551.
ThreeWiUBe i
Tried for Racing
Three boys will be tried in rec
order's court today on charges of
engaging in an automobile race on
a public highway. They are Ralph
Daniels, route 1 Beaufort, Lionel
Hardesty, jr., 124 Ann St., Beau
fort, and Fred Hobson Lane, 1538
Ann St., Beaufort.
Arrests followed an accident at
10:05 Wednesday night on high
way 101. According to Patrolman
J. W. Sykes who investigated, Dan
iels was racing with the other two
when a truck turned in front of
him, and losing control of the car,
Daniels plowed into the front yard
of H. G. Woolard, a highway patrol
man who happened not to be home
at the time.
Damage to Daniels' car was esti
mated at $500 and damage to posts
?in Woolard's yard at $12. Patrol
man Sykes said a fourth car was
involved in the race, but the driv-.
er could not be identified.
Daniels, a deaf mute, was driving
a '51 model car. He was driver of a
car involved in an accident on the
Morehead City-Beaufort causeway
several months ago, but escaped
without injury, as he did this time,
and he was found guilty of speed
ing in Beaufort in mayor's court
Monday, Aug. 20.
Ljon Says Cabin
Plans Progress
David Wedd told Morehead City
Lions at their Thursday night
meeting that their proposed cabin,
a Lions "club house," will get be
yond the planning stage shortly.
Webb is a past president and chair
man of the building committee.
Frank Moran, member of the fi
nance committee, told the club that
the Lions will meet their fund quo
ta for the renovation of the USO
by the Sept. 15 deadline.
Program Chairman Robert Bell
presented Joseph Rose who spoke
briefly on his trip to Florida.
During the business meeting the
Lions voted to erect a Lions sign
on the outskirts of town, visible to
persons entering Morehead from
New Bern. Cost of the sign, said
O. N. Allred, president, will be $25.
Next Thursday, Allred contin
ued, is ladies' night with a good
program planned.
At the Lions' Aug. 30 meeting.
Allred added, Dr. J. H. Bunn, min
ister of Morehead City's First Bap
tist church, spoke on "The Discov
ery of Things."
New York. ? (AP)? Federal
and state fishing officials Friday
resolved to oppose the establish
ment of East Coast armed forces
firing ranges without consideration
of tne importance to national de
fense of fish production in such
areas.
It also was asked that public
recreational benefits of the area be
weighed.
A resolution covering these
points was unanimously adopted at
the concluding session of the 10th
annual business meeting of the At
lantic States Marine Fisheries Com
mission.
Consultation Requested
The group recommended that the
United States Fish and Wildlife
Service, the state fishery authori
ties. and the commission be con
sulted before action is taken to
close "such fishing areas or es
tablish firing ranges."
It was pointed out that in the
Cape Cod area commercial as well
as amateur fishing was an import
ant economic and food problem.
A spokesman said that hereto
fore the armed services had paid
little regard in setting up firing
ranges where commercial and am
ateur fishing were important.
This spokesman said that in some
areas the Navy had agreed not to
fire explosives at night because it
disturbed shrimp fishing.
Committee Appointed
A three-man committee was ap
pointed to study the reported de
struction of small fish in the Chesa
peake Bay by North Carolina trawl
ers.
The committee, headed b y
Charles M. Lankford, jr., chairman
of the Chesapeake Bay panel and
commissioner of fisheries of the
Commonwealth of Virginia, in
cludes Arthur H. Brice, Maryland
commissioner of tidewater fish
eries, a r.d George Ross, director of
the North Carolina Department of
Conservation and Development
The committee members will be
aided by one technical adviser each
from the marine laboratories of the
three states.
nurrnfau mecung rnioamc
Lankford said a joint committee
meeting with the advisers would be
called within 60 days at either Old
Point Comfort, Va., or Morehead
City, N. C.
During a panel discussion oil the
destruction of Chesapeake Bay fish,
it was brought out that unsuccess
ful experiments had been made
with nets that would catch shrimp
but allow small fish to escape.
Lankford said, also , that the U.
S. Fish and Wildlife Service ex
pects to finish by March. 19S3, a
survey of shad fishing in Chesa
peake Bay.
The adoption of reciprocal
license fees for shrimp fishers was
recommended by four southern
states' officials.
Chairman Re-Elected
John B. Bindloss, who is ill at
his home in Stonington,, Conn., was
unanimously reelected chairman.
Lankford was reelected vice-chair
man.
Lankford declined a nomination
for the chairmanship on the ground
that his job in Virginia would for
bid extra work.
The ASMFC adopted a budget of
$21,000 for the coming fiscal year.
This budget comes from 15 At
lantic states.
Wayne Heydecker was reelected
executive secretary for his 11th
consecutiive term.
Committee appointments were
held in abeyance to permit Rhode
Isiand to nominate candidates
from that state.
Music Students Will Appear
At Fashion Show Intermissions
Beaufort band director, Dale
Browder, and Morehead City band
director, Ralph Wade, will feature
several of their students in musical
numben during the two intermis
sion periods at the B&PW club
fashion show next Tuesday night
at Beaufort school.
The entire proceeds from the
show, "Harvest of Fashion," will
go to the two school bands. Inter
mission will follow the showing of
children's clothes by Belk's of
Morehead City, and the showing of
fall apparel by Merrill's Dress shop
of Beaufort. The third part of the
program will feature fashions from
The Dress Shop, Morehead City.
Modeling children's clothes will
be Denise Collins, 3-year-old daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. M. U. Collons,
Morehead City; Chuck Ballou,
year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Hold
en Ballou, Beaufort; Mike Selvi
telle. 6-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs.
Benjamin Selvitelle, Morehead
City.
Charles (Pud) Hassell, 10-ycar
old son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Hissell, Beaufort; Ann Williams,
8-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Bob Williams, Morehead City;
Douglas Ann West, 10-year-old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Douglas
West, Morehead City; Nancy Long
est. 12-year-old daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. William Longest, Beaufort;
and Jimmy Wheatlajr, 14-year-old
?on of Mr. and Mr?. James Wheat
ley, Beaufort. v
Narrator for the show will be
Jimmy Wallace of Morehead City.
At the piano will be Earl Smith
of Beaufort.
The show begins at 8 o'clock.
Tickets may be purchased from
members of the Business and Pro
fessional Women's club. They will
also be on sale tonight following
the Beaufort PTA meeting and next
Monday night following the More
head City PTA meeting.
Brat Diradsr Explains
'Critical Am Factors'
John Blair Mason, director of
the Carteret county rent office, to
day said no city has to recommend
that it* locality be made a "critical
defense housing area" for it to be
come one. The Secretary of De
fense and the Director of Defense
Mobilization jointly certify areas
as being critical when three stand
ards apply, Mason pointed out.
"To become a critical defense
housing area there must be new or
expanded defense activity, an in
migratioi) of defense workers or
military personnel, and there must
be a shortage of housing which im
pede* or threatens defenie activ
ity."
JCs Remember j
Ld Long With Two
Dozeo Red Roses
As a good luck token Morehead
City Jaycees se<t two dozen red
roses to Lu Long Ogburn at At
lantic City last week as she com
peted in the Miss America contest.
Although Lu Long, Miss North Car
olina of 1951, was not top winner,
she came in third, the first time
the Tar Heel state has ever had a
beauty among the finalists.
At the Jaycee meeting Tuesday
night at Capt. Bill's Waterfront
cafe Howard Ferguson reported on
the church traffic problem, stating
that the vacant lot behind St. Eg
bert's Catholic church would be
cleared for parking. One-way traf
fic will be observed in front of the
church on Sundays, beginning in
the near future.
Pledge cards for funds to re
condition the old USO building
were distributed with the an
nouncement that collections for the
$5,000-$7,000 fund were to begin
immediately.
Bernard Leary, football chair
man, stated that all football play
ers are insured and that additional
lights would be installed in time
for the first time, Beulahville at
Morehead City Friday night.
Jerry McCollom distributed sea
son tickets to Jaycecs for advanc
ed sale, and Bill Chalk, in charge
of tickets at games, announced that
Morehead City Jaycoes would be
admitted free but they were re
quired to wear arm bands and
work.
The club met Wednesday night
at the ball park to repair and build
bleachers.
Jasper Bell stated that Jaycee
Day was successful. Jaycees were
on the air last Tuesday.
P. H. Geer, jr., gave his member
ship report and Ben Phipps was
made chairman of the October
scrap paper drive. Frank Safrit re
ported that the September collec
tion was small.
Guests were Ralph Styron, Her
bert Phillips, Bill Halligan, Sal Pa
lazzo. Fred Driscoll, Elwood Lewis,
and Rocco Bianchi. The meeting
took place Tuesday because the
| regular meeting night fell on Labor
J>ay.
Solicitors Hear
Rapond Ball
Raymond Ball, president of Car
teret County Farm Bureau, said
the organization should attempt to
get its quota of new members as
soon as possible. This, he contin
ued. would facilitate the election
of delegates to the state and na
tional conventions.
Ball spoke at Beaufort's Scout
building on Pollock st., in placc of
the scheduled speaker, E. Y. Floyd,
who did not arrive in time. Floyd
is a native of Raleigh and head of
the Plant Food institute. He spoke
later in the evening at the Nickels
for Know-How meeting at the court
house.
Twenty-four solicitors attended
the dinner meeting. Aside from
Ball they heard Oscar Salter give
a membership drive pep talk. He
urged the group to take in as many
associate members as possible.
Dues for associate members
(merchants) are S3 yearly, for
farmers, $4. Carteret county's
membership quota this year is 400
and Farm Bureau officers hope to
greatly exceed that goal.
Zoologists Band Mourning
Doves in Boanfort Aroa
Under the supervision of Dr. T.
L. Quay of the zoology department.
North' Carolina State college,
mourning doves were banded tkis
summer on Pivers Island. Shark
shoal (Inlet Island), and Town
marsh, near Beaufort.
Some also her their wings and
tail feathers painted. Dr. Quay re
quests that hunters, if they shoot
any of these dev;s when the season
opens Sept. IS, take the band from
the leg. and mail it to Dr. Quay.
State College, Raleigh. N. C., with
a note stating when and where the
bird was shot.
This will aid materially. Dr.
Quay pointed out, in studying mi
gration habits of the dove*.
Tide Table
Tides at Beaufort Bar
HIGH
LOW
Tuesday, Sept. II
4:01 a.m.
4:43 p.m.
10:10 a.m.
11:14 p.'m.
5:10 a.m.
3:45 p.m.
Wednesday, Sept. 12
11:21 a.m.
Thursday, Sept. II
8:10 a.m.
8:40 p.m.
12:08 a.m.
12:23 p.m.
Friday, Sept 14
7:03 a.m.
7:28 p.m.
12:57 a.m.
kit pjn.
7- Year-Old Boy Hurt Sunday
When Struck by Automobile l
Cars Using Road at School
Endanger Lives, Sheriff Says
County Board Grants Road
Requests; Acts on Land,
Tax Issues
Cars using the paved road to the
west and north of Beaufort school
are endangering the lives of school
children. Sheriff Gerhmann Hol
land told the county board yester
day morning when the commission
ers met at the court house.
The sheriff said that the cars use
the road to avoid the stop light on
highway 70 and Mulberry street.
John L. Humphrey, county road
superintendent, said that the road
was placed there with funds al
lotted the town of Beaufort, and
was to be used, he understood, for
school busses only. He added that
the principal of the school, T. G.
Leary, was especially interested in
having the road paved.
"Unless that traffic is stopped."
declared the sheriff, "there are go
ing to be some children killed
there."
The county board said that since
Beaufort funds were used for the
paving and the school property is
within the town, that the town
rrect signs, "For School Busses
Only," at each end of the road, and
if necessary, pass an ordinance
making it illegal for any other ve
hicle to use the road during school
hours.
The sheriff remarked that he
wasn't sure the road is entirely
within the town limits.
He also said the people of Salter
Path wanted to know whether the
speed limit through their village
could be reduced from 35 to 25
mites an hour. Humphrey said
that it could not, that the limit on
state highways is 35 miles an hour
and cannot be changed.
Commissioner Moses Howard re
marked that the speed limit on
Bridges st.. Morehead City, which
is a state highway, is 25 miles an
hour. The road superintendent
said 25 was the limit the town put
on it. but the stat? law is 35 miles
an hour and he felt that if anyone
were arrested for traveling be
tween 25 and 35 miles per hour
and carried the case to the supreme
court, the court would uphold them
as being within the law to travel
up to 35 miles an hour.
He said that he saw no way in
which the speed limit through Sal
ter Path could be reduced from 35
miles per hour.
Requests Granted
The county board approved two
road requests. Mrs. Hilda II. Gil
! likin, accompanied by Capt. John
Nelson of Gloucester, appeared be
fore the commissioners and asked
that the road to her home be main
tained, and Commissioner Howard
requested that the 475-foot road to
the Holl^ Springs Free Will Bap
tist church, near the Nine-Foot
road, be widened and covered with
[ marl.
The request, in writing, was sign
| ed by the two persons, James and
Blanche Garner, who own the land
which the road crosses. Commis
sioner Howard also said that an
other petition had been signed by
321 of the church members.
The road superintendent remark
ed that the Carolina Telephone and
Telegraph company "was mighty
slow" in moving a telephone pole
to permit completion of the road
leading from highway 70, by the
P&M garage, to Arendell st.
The county agreed to sell lots 7
and 8 in square 164, Morehead City,
to J. G., L. CM and W. H. Kester,
Greensboro, for a total of $50. pro
viding the offer be accepted with-(
in 10 days from yesterday. Dr. K."
P. B. Bonner, chairman of the
board, said the lots were mainly
marshland.
Land Sold
The Mason Fulford land on
I Harkcrs Island was sold for $175
plus $5 for drawing the deed, to
Charles T. Hooper, the sale price
covering all taxes through 1951.
Thirty-five dollars was accepted in
See COUNTY BOARD, Page 6
Bank Commissioner Will ^
Make Report Alter Hearing
Following the hearing on estab
lishment of a branch of the First
Citizens Bank and Trust company
at Newport Friday morning the
commissioner of banks. W. W.
Jones, will prapare a report on the
application
This will he submitted to the
State Banking commission at its
quarterly meeting Wednesday. Oct.
24, at 11 i.m., ?10 Labor building,
Raleigh.
Persons will be heard on estab
lishment of the branch at the hear
ing at 10 o'clock Friday morning at
Newport school and they will also
be permitted to speak Oct. 24 be
fore the full commission it Raj
eigh it they with.
t ? ?
Western Union
Official Reports
On Clock Service
As the result of inquiries from
Beaufort merchants regarding a
vailability of Western Union clock
service, Glenn Adair, chamber of
commerce director in charge of
communications, wired B. G. Dop
son. Western Union district super
intendent, who replied last week,
stating that several more days
would be required by engineers to
get more "concrete information" on
establishing clock service in Beau
fort.
Adair stated that 16 merchants
within a couple blocks of the Beau
fort Westeri! Union office have ex
pressed a desire for installation of
Western Union clocks.
Adair inferred that Western Un
ion officials were giving the cham
ber of commerce the stall. He stat
ed that Western Union has had
three weeks to obtain "concrete in
formation" on clock service pos
sibilities in Beaufort, lie further
stated that the chamber of com
merce is awaiting another confer
ence with M. A. Temple, Western
Union district manager. Temple is
supposed to be on vacation, Adair
remarked.
To date, he added, no change has
been made in the Western Union
office hours. Dopson in his recent
telegram, thanked Adair for sug
gestions on change in hours to re
duce overtime salaries and to allow
maximum service at the office dur
ing the fall fishing season.
Car Overturns;
No One Injured
Three persons escaped injury at
11:45 Saturday night when the car
in which they were riding flipped
over one and a half times two miles
east of Atlantic on the Cedar
Island road.
Driver of the car was William
Eber Brittingham, 2405 Arendell
St., Morehead City. Patrolman J.
\y. Sykes who investigated said the
otner two passengers were not
identified.
According to Brittingham, an in
sect flew in his side window and
struck him in the face. As he
tried to brush it away, his car ran
off the left shoulder of the road.
When he tried to pull it back, it
went into a skid and turned over,
coming to a stop in the woods.
Damage to the automobile, a
1941 coupe, was estimated at $250.
No charges were preferred.
Beaufort Nan Finds New
Way to Fix Metal Rings
More than a year ago. Leamon
Eubanks of Beaufort, sent in a sug
gestion to his boss in the Overhaul
and Repair department at Cherry
Point Marine base.
His idea centered on a new
method of repairing metal rings on
tank covers of self-sealing fuel
tanks.
Last week. Eubank's brain storm
paid off to the tune of $174.94. A
check was handed him by Col. H. P.
Becker at the Marine Corps Air
station.
Eubanks said that the govern
ment would prefer that he not
describe in detail his invention. As
for the money, he said he had it
spent even before he got it.
Other civilian workers also re
ceived awards and the total paid
them for their suggestions was
$494.62. It is estimated that these
new ideas will save the government
$16,131.80.
Beanfort Chamber Seeks ,
Data en Civil War Officer
The Beaufort chamber of com
merce is requesting that anyone
having any historical data concern
ing Fort Macon in pre-civil war
days, should contact Dan Walker,
manager.
The chamber is particularly in
terested in gaining information
about Lt. Gen. A. P. Stewart, who
was sent to Fort Macon immediate
ly after his graduation from West
Point in 1842.
The gathering of this data ii a
public service the chamber of com
merce has been asked to undertake
by the We? Tennessee Historical
society.
^ Cary John Kirk. 7-year-old son
of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Kirk. Ann
st. extended, Beaufort, was slight
ly injured at 2:30 Sunday after
noon when he was struck by a car
on Front st.. Beaufort.
The car was driven by Mrs. Hu
bert Fulchcr of Morehead City.
Mrs. Kirk reported yesterday that
her son had a bruised right knee
and was suffering from shock, but
was recovering satisfactorily.
The child had gone into the
Beaufort Newsstand on Front st.
to get a comic book. When he
came out and started to cross i he
street, the accident occurred. Mrs.
Willis said her son told her later
that he looked one way before
crossing the street but failed ?o
look the other.
Nobody was with the boy at the
time. His brother, Billy, had at
tended the movie with Cary. but
had started home on his bicycle.
After the accident. Cary was taken
to House's Drug store. Dr. Theo
dore Salter was called and the boy
was treated there.
Cary's family was then notified
and the boy's father went to the
drug store and took his son home.
Beaufort police said no charges
would be preferred.
Civic Club Heads
Meet Tomorrow
Truman Kemp, in charge of I he
committee soliciting funds for the
repair of the old USO building,
Morehead City, announced today
that presidents of the men's civic
clubs conducting the drive will
meet at 7:30 Wednesday night at
the municipal building.
At that time, Kemp said, reports
will be received on the progress of
the campaign. The civic clubs,
headed by Kotarians, are hoping to
raise $5,000 to $7,000, the amount
estimated as necessary to put the
building i.n useable condition.
If the money is obtained, the re
pairs will be made and the build
ing will then be mpiMajned and
operated by the MWfwrp*! Recrea
tion commission, according to Jack
Roberts, chairman of the Rotary
community service committee.
Should the fund campaign fail,
Roberts said the town will have
to proceed wiith its plans to sell
the building at public auction
Sept. 22. The sale was originally
scheduled for sale Aug. 25, but the
town postponed the date at the re
quest of Rotarians and the Muni
cipal Recreation commission.
OPS Office Says
Spiral 'Checked'
Raleigh. ? The Eastern North
Carolin'a Office of Price Stabiliza
tion, which now has been in opera
tion for six months, noted last week
that the upward price spiral of
both defense and non-defense items
has been "checked" during that
period.
Acting OI?S Director Alton G.
Murchison observed that "while
OPS has not yet been able to re
duce prices to pre-Korean levels,
the sharp upward trend of costs
has definitely been checked and
there have been some reductions."
Murchison declared that the need
for stringent controls "throughout
the price structure of the nation"
during the next several months,
while defense spending "probably
will be doubled," is more pro
nounced than ever before.
Costs of all defense items rose
drastically between April 1950 and
April 1951, the OPS head said, cit
ing:
Combat service boots, from $5.72
per pair to $11.36: parachutes,
from $198 t(f $290 each; cotton
shirts, from 59 cents to 92 cents
each, and fuel oil, from 99 cents to
$2.18 per barrel.
Prices of these and other defense
and non-defense items have been
virtually stabilized during the past
60 days. Murchison explained.
The "inflationary pressure" of an
anticipated 65 billion dollar de
fense spending program during the
next 12 months "can endanger our
defense program and the very se
curity of the nation." Murchison
declared. "The need for a sharp
look-out on the price control front
seems now to be more pressing
than at any time in recent months."
he concluded.
Attend Convention
J. L. Humphrey, county road
superintendent, and A. F. Garner,
both of Morehead City, attended
the State Highway Employees' as
sociation convention at Nags Head
last week. Four hundred highway
employees were pr?Mnt.
Fanners Hear
Research Address
By E. Y.Floyd
Carteret county farmers heard E.
V. Floyd explain how added re
search and education :-an increase
the farm income of North Carolina
half a billion dollars within the
next 10 j cars.
Floyd, a native of Raleigh and
head of the Plant Food institute,
spoke in ihe court house audi
torium at the initial meeting of
the Nickels tor Know-How cam
paign Friday night.
Within the next decade, he said,
the state's agricultural income can
be raised from its 1950 level of
$786.000,000 to $1 .200.000.000 in
1900.
The Nickels for Know How drive
is being sponsored by the Farm
Bureau, the tirange, and Agricul
tural Foundations, inc. It is the
result of a realization that the agri
culture of North Carolina is so
varied and so complicated that it
is impossible to meet the demand
for solving the state's numerous
farm problems with only state and
federal aid.
Thus these farm groups are urg
ing the farmers themselves to con
tribute money for additional re
search and education. If this plan
is approved by a two thirds major
ity in the special referendum on
Nov. 3rd, five cents will be collect
ed on each ton of feed and fer
tilizer sold in the state. The pro
ceeds will be handed over to Agri
cultural Foundations, inc., to pro
mote fartn research and the dis
semination of the acquired data.
Raymond Mall of Newport RFD,
who was elected temporary chair
man recently at New Bern, intro
duced Floyd.
Milton Truckner of Pelletier and
Mrs. K. (). Oglesby were elected
co-chafcrmcn of Ibe, campaign. R.
JM. / agriculture
agent was elected secretary, and B.
J. May of the Production Market
ing administration was elected pub
licity chairman.
Wednesday Crash
Damages Cars
Two cars were damaged to the
extent of $350 at 3:50 Wednesday
afternoon at the intersection of
highway 101 and the west Beaufort
road, but no one was injured.
Driver of one car. a 1951 Chrys
ler sedan was Miss Kathryn Lewis
of route 1. Beaufort, and driver of
the other Harold llolbrook, also of
route 1 Beaufort.
According to Highway Patrolman
J. W. Sykcs who investigated. Miss
Lewis, who had a learner's permit,
was turning from highway 101 into
the west Beaufort road and llol
brook's car was standing on the
west Beaufort road at the stop sign,
waiting to enter highway 101.
With Miss Lewis was her mother,
Mrs. Homer Lewis. According to
the patrolman, Miss Lewis became
excited and failed to execute the
turn properly, hitting llolbrook's
car, a 1951 Plymouth.
Damage to the Chrysler was $50
and to the Plymouth $300. With
Holbrook was his wife. No charges
were preferred. Patrolman Sykes
said damages were covered by in
surance.
Three Defendants Forfeit
Bonds in Mayor's Court
Randolph Reel s, Merrimon,
charged with speeding in Beaufort,
forfeited $25 bond for failure to
appear in Beaufort Mayor s court
| yesterday afternoon. John Suggs
i and George Ed Copes, each charged
with public drunkenness, also for
J feited $12 bond each for failure to
I appear.
The cases of Charles Fisher,
charged with public drunkenness
and Ernest Barrett, charged with
j assaulting his wife, were continued
until next week. Mayor L. W. Has*
sell presided.
Navy, Marines Confer
Naval officers. Marine Corps of
ficials, and representatives of Avia
tion Fuel Terminals, inc., conferred
yesterday morning at the Jefferson
hotel, Morehead City, and toured
Morehead City harbor and land in
I stallations.
Captain Wounded
Cipt. Herbert E. Roser, husband
of Mrs. Herbert E. Roser, Newport,
has been wounded in Korea, accord
ing to an announcement by the
Department ol Defense.