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NEWS-TIMES OFFICE 504 Arandell St Morehtad City Phone 6-4175 CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES _Ji_ 40th YEAR, NO. 88. THREE SECTIONS EIGHTEEN PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1951 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS Pair of Burglars Requests Jury Trial; Judge Sets Bond J Merchants Elect New Executive, Frank Moran Morehead City Businessmen Discuss Christmas Plans At Tuesday Meeting Frank Moran was elected second vice-president of the Morehead City Merchants association at its meet ? ing Tuesday at Capt. Bill's Water front cafe. Moran presided in the absence of the president, Clyde Jones, and the vice-president, Bill White. Appointed to supervise the Christmas sales program was Ber nard Leary, chairman. Warren Beck and J. C. Harvell. The group also discussed street lighting for Christmas and appointed R. C. Blanchard to handle that phase of the Christmas promotion. The businessmen will follow the ?ame procedure as in previous years, offering a ticket with each dollar purchase and then giving cash prizes. Printing of more tic kets was authorized, and distribu tion of tickets will start Nov. 19. Stores will be open every Wed nesday .afternoon, beginning Nov. 28 and continuing through Christ mas, and they will also remain open the nights of Dec. 20, 21, 22, and 24. The minutes of the April meet ing of the merchants association were read and approved and J. A. PuBois, secretary-treasurer, report ed a balance in the association treasury of $215.20. The next meeting will take place It 11:30 a.m. Tuesday in Capt. BilPs restaurant. ; Attending the meeting were Jim Wheatlty, Blanchard, Marion Mills, John Alford, Dick Parker, Jimmy (Wallace. Charles Krouse, Moran, A. H. James, jr., L. B. Jenkins, Miss Marilou Paulsen, Clrl Southerland, Bob Montague. BtU Willis. Mr^. CKovKe Eastman, Oacar Allred, L. O-Xrow, HuwU, Leary, Beck, Bill Chalk, Kenneth Wagner, W. C. Matthews, Paul Branch, E. J. Musselwhite, C. N. Stroud, Clarencc Styron and Du Bois. Paper Company Offers SeaDmgs Any farmer in Carteret county may receive free a maximum of 5,000 pine tree seedlings, James Allgood, assistant county farm agent, announced today. The Inter national Paper company, George 4 town, S. C., is offering 500,000 seedlings free of charge to this and 38 other counties froei which it draws pulpwood. The offer is made to encourage private landowners to plant idle land and heavily cut-over wood land to pine trees. Allgood stated that there are no strings attached to the offer. Farmers may have their choice of loblolly, longleaf, shortleaf, . slash pine or a combination of these by applying at the county farm agent's office where applica tions are available. Landowners can order from 500 up to a maxi mum of 5,000 in multiples of 50. Applications will be accepted un til the entire allotment of 500,000 is exhausted. Last year'a offer of 300,000 seedlings was placed within six weeks' time, so the number offered this year has been increas ed to 500,000* Comity Education Board v To Soil School Properties The Cedar Island and Otway school properties will be auctioned roff Monday, Dee. I, at the court house. They will be sold for cash to the highest bidder at noon, ac cording to an announcement from the county board of education to day. Sale of the property was author ized because Cedar Island pupils are now going to Atlantic and the Otway school has been conaolidated with Smyrna. Bids on the property may be raised within 10 days of the sale date. They are also subject to ap proval by the county board of edu cation. How poil Town Bwi Moots With Contractor Monday TH Newport town board met in special session at the town hall ' Monday night to confer with W. C. Flowers, Beaufort contractor, in 1 regard to building plans and water v requirements in the veterans' hous ; in# project. Attending the meeting were Mayor C. A. Gould, Jr., Conmis . sioners Ormsby Mann, S. E. Mann, | Edgar Hibba, Edith Locfcejr, clerk, _ and Flowers. ' Robert Clifton Swanke amH Robert Albert Wzorek, Cherry Point Marines arrested Oct. 21 on breaking, entering and larceny charges, waived hearing and re quested jury trial in recorder's court Tuesday. They were bound over by Judge Lambert Morris to superior court on $200 bond for each of eight counts. On a ninth charge brought only against Swanke for carrying con cealed weapons, a jury trial was also requested. Total bond for Swanke was set at $1,800 and Wzorek's is $1,600. Charges against the pair included breaking and entering six Beaufort stores, one Morehead City gas sta tion, and Allen and Bell's Hard ware store in Newport. Beaufort ? stores entered were The Spot, Ivey Chad wick's grocery, East Drive-In ticket office, and Ivey Eubanks' grocery. In Morehead City they arc charged with breaking into Marvin Powers' Pure Oil station. Found Guilty Roy Yancey Baker, charged with careless and reckless driving, was found guilty of driving on the wrong side of the street. Judg ment was suspended on payment of $10 plus costs. Kelly Charles Adams, charged with drunkenness and disturbing the peace, received a suspended See BURGLARS, Page 2 Driver Pays Fine In Court Tuesday Mrs. Ann Brown, route 1, More head City, paid $10 and court costs in recorder's court Tuesday after being convicted of careless and reckless driving. Mrs. Brown was involved in an accident at 6:30 p.m. Friday one mile east of Newport on highway 70. Her car collided with a fish truck parked on the right shoulder of the road, reported Patrolman W. E. Pickard, who investigated. Damage to Mrs. Brown's car was ?f>00 and her 6-year-old u/}a, George Koland Brown, jr., sustained cuts on his legs and head. Another pas senger in the car, a baby, was not hurt. George was treated at Cherry Point dispensary. According to the patrolman, the truck, owned by Donnie Gray Davis of Williston had broken down and Davis, who was driving it, had started walking to a garage, leav ing his wife and two children in the truck. Mrs. Brown, headed west, as was the truck, said she did not realize it was parked until it was too late to stop. She also said it was not off the highway but the patrolman report ted that four witnesses said it was. The right front of Mrs. Brown's car struck the left rear of the 1949 truck. Truck damage was estimated at $150. Occupants of the truck were unhurt, but shucked oysters in the truck, valued at $375, were lost. Jaycees Reject New Distriding Representatives at the quarterly meeting of the Junior Chamber of commerce voted down a motion which would have taken Morehead City, Beaufort, and Jacksonville out of the eighth district and made them a new district. A. D. Ward of New Bern, eighth district vice-president, presided in the absence of the president. The meeting was held in Kinston Tues day night. The Beaufort club was repre sented by Gene Smith, president, Dan Walker, and Holden Ballou. Morehead City Jaycees present were Jimmy Wallace, president. Paul Geer, Dr. Russell Outlaw, Ber nard Leary, Bill Chalk, and Jack Bell. Both Morehead City and Beau fort clubs reported on their activi ties. Gene Smith said that several other clubs have now taken the twin cities' lead and are sponsor ing athletic groups and activities. Tide Table Tides at Beaufort Bar HIGH LOW Friday, Nov. 2 9:53 a.m. 3:24 a.m. 10:16 p.m. 4:24 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 3 10:40 a.m. 4:15 a.m. 11:11 p.m. 5:19 p.m. 8aaday, Nov. 4 11:46 a.m. 5:12 a.m. - 6:18 p.m. ] Monday, Nov. 5 12:13 ajn. 6:081 a.m. | 12:49 p.m. ' 7:21/ p.m. Taeoday, Nov. 6 1 1:22 a.m. 7:31a.m. I 1:37 p.mi 8:26 p.m. Clubs le Collect Scrap In Morehead. Beaufort Morehead City Jaycees and the Beaufort Junior Woman's club will conduct scrap drives in Morehead City and Beaufort Sun day afternoon. All newspapers, magazines, and cardboard should be bundled and placed on the curbs no later than 1:30 p.m. Sunday. The Beaufort scrap drives have been changed from the last Sun day of the month to the first. Proceeds will fo to the Junior Woman's club treasury. In charge of the Morehead City Jaycee scrap drive this month is Ralph Styron. FHA Gives final j ApprovalonLoans For New Housing Greensboro (AP) ? Final endorse ment has been given by the North Carolina insuring office of the Fed eral Housing administration here on $8,575,000 in loans which are to be used in the construction of three large housing projects at the Cher ry Point Marine Air base. The "closing" of the loans, which was completed Tuesday, paves the way for construction on the three projects to begin immediately. The total estimated cost of the projects is $9,600,000. They will provide a total of 1.421 new family dwelling units which will range in rent from $42.50 to $75 monthly. The FHA is insuring the loans under provisions of the Wherry bill, which allows the agency to insure up to 90 per cent of the cost on projects built by private indus try to provide housing for person nel at military bases. The units may be occupied by military personnel or civilians em ployed at the bise. The housing proiects^are expected to help solve acute need tu tfee irre*. Two of them will be on government prop erty leased to the project sponsors and the other will be on private property adjoining the military in stallation. Month's Building Amounts to $14300 Building activities in Morehead City for the month of October fail ed to reach a very high record, showing only a total of $14,300 for the period. Three permits were issued by A. B. Roberts, building inspector, for the construction of new houses: to Sam Williams, Bay street. $3,000 and to Huntley-Prest for two houses in the Crab Point develop ment at a cost of $4,900 each. Repairs to the building occupied by J. L. Crump and the Spinning Wheel on Arendell street, owned by Mrs. Frank Klein, were listed at $775; H. L. Joslyn repairing. $400: Roper Van Horn, a small building, $175, and the converting of an old bus body into a taxi wait ing room by Marvin Powers, $150. Permits issued for October 1950 amounted to $6,558; for the ten months of 1951. $412,884 against $537,808 for 1950, a loss of $124, 924. However, if aredit be given for the port terminal work now un derway the building activity for the year makes a fine showing, the building inspector commented. Utilities Board i Grants Power Co. New Hearing Date Tide Water Will Appear Be fore Commission Dec. 11 Instead of Nov. 13 The State Utilities commission has granted Tide Water Power co. until 10 a.m. Dec. 11 to show cause why its rates should not be re duced. The hearing was originally scheduled for Nov. 13, but upon re quest of the power company the hearing was postponed. The new date was set by the utilities com mission Monday. Tide Water Power co. attorneys. L. J. Poisson* of Wilmington and Frank Taylor of Goldsboro request ed a 60-day postponement but this was not granted. Attorney General Harry McMul lan, Assistant Attorney General John Hill Paylor and Jesse Jones, Kinston attorney, took part in Mon day's conference. McMullan entered the case at re quest of Governor Scott. Paylor is assigned to the utilities commis sion. Jones was retained by a com mittee of citizens in Southeastern North Carolina to present their views on Tide Water rates and service. Poisson and Taylor explained Tide Water needed the additional time in order to complete an eval uation of its property. They said an engineering firm now is mak ing a study on which the appraisal would be based. McMullan and Jones said they felt the case should not be delayed more than absolutely imperative and admitted that they, too. could use more time in preparing heir case. McMullan suggested that any rate reduction the commission might find necessary should be made retroactive. In this way. he explained, the public would not be penalized by possible legal delays. Claude V.Feiton, j Beaufort, Dies . Claude V. Fclton, 52, of Beau fort, died Thursday morning in Morehead City hospital after an ill ness of four years. Son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Riehard Felton of Beaufort, he had been associated with his father in the mercantile business under the names of Richard Felton and Son. When his father died, Mr. Felton changed the name of his store to Felton's and changed from general merchandise to men's clothing and shoes. Two years ago, when his health forced him to retire from active business, he sold his busi ness to his sister and brother-in law, Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Hill. Surviving, besides his sister, Mrs. Hill, is another sister, Mrs. John B. Gordon of Yonkers, N. Y., and two half sisters, Mrs. L. A. Stroud of Greenville and Mrs. Susie Seitzer of Maiden. Funeral services will be held at 3 o'clock this afternoon in the First Baptist church. Beaufort with the Rev. R. T. Willis, jr., of Morehead City, and the Rev. T. R. Jenkins of Beaufort, officiating Burial will be in Ocean View cemetery. The family has request ed that no flowers be sent. International Issues Rotarians, meeting at the Inle* inn. Beaufort. Tuesday night had a round table discussion on inter national affairs. N. F. Enre led the I discussion. The club announced that they plan to fete the Beaufort teachers to a dinner some time in the near future. In Bygone DaysCitizensFought For Freedom of Their Chickens By F. C. Saliabilry You will have to be somewhat of an old-timer of Morehead City to recall and appreciate this happen ing. From time immemorial the running of chickcns at large with in a town holds the record for neighborhood squabbles. Such a condition must have ex isted in the town some 35 years ago, for from the records of the city commissioners, under date of April' 4, 1916. one finds that a pe tition was received from the Lanier Book club and the House Wives League asking the board "to en force a state law with regards to chickens running at Urge in the streets of the city." Upon receipt of this petition the commissioners passed an ordinance "not to allow any chickens to run at large within the area up to ISth street, offenders to be fined SO cent* for each chicken running at large." Ordinance effective April 15. 1?1?. And did this raise a chicken war! Mayor K. P. B. Bonner called a special board meeting on the 14th, the day before the ordinance was to go into effect, and th< board members were presented with ( petition signed by 300 citi zens "praying for the repeal of the law." Exercising the wisdom of Solo mon, the commissioners decided to put the matter to a vote.- They call ed a speeial election, tht issue fo be "chickens at large" or "chick ens confined" and the election was held April 22. Results: for chick ens at large. 130 votes; for chickens confined 42 votes. As a result of this election the chicken law was repealed. So far as on* knows, the chickens still have tb? run of the city. Tanker Sails The Esso Annapolis left More head City Wednesday after dis charging a cargo of gaaoline and Jet fuel. It arrived Tuetday from Baytown, Tex., and is headed back to Baytown. Four Escape Injury When Train Strikes Car in Morehead City Exhibit Represents 4-H Clubs sjjp Proper It : 7> Profits ^jf Representing Carteret county 4-H i clubs at the state fair was the sweet potato curing exhibit pictured above. This exhibit was also on display last week at the Carteret county fair. At left is a model of an old-style sweet potato curing bank and at right is a modern curing house. In front of the bank is a doll dressed as a farm boy and at right is a boy dressed in 4-H uniform. The two dolls are "speaking" to each other by microphone and a concealed Photo by R. M. Williams record transcribed what the 4-H club member was telling the farm boy about the new and better methods of curing sweet potatoes. Thermometers, placed at the door of each type of curer, demon strated the temperature in each. The thermometers were lighted and blinked off and on. A table in front of the exhibit had literature on better farming methods. Construction of the ex hibit was supervised by R. M. Wil liams, county farm agent, and James Allgood, assistant agent Annual Fishing Edition To Appear Nov. 13 Tin: NEWS TIMES annual fishing edition will appear Tues day, Nov. 13. The tabloid section of THE NEWSTIMES on that day will carry news, feature stories, * f A pictures on *!?e com men ial ' Uiing uu. i. ly. One of the favorite editions of NEWS-TIMES readers, the fish ing edition has won wide acclaim and last year brought your coun ty newspaper an award in the special editions division of the National Editorial association contest. Advertisers may be included in this issue by contacting our advertising salesman, Bill Willis, immediately. THE NEWS TIMES phone is 6-4175. You won't want to miss 1951's NEWS-TIMES commercial fish ing edition! No Arrests Made Id Attack Case 7 Sheriff C. G. Holland reported yesterday that no arrests have been nade as the result of an alleged ittack by a hooded man on a Har cers Island girl. Cora Joyr. Davis, 6, Sunday night. It was reported that Miss Davis eft a car and was walking .o her louse when a man accosted her. lamped one hand over her mouth ind said. "We're going down to Clarence's net house." In the ensuing struggle. Miss Oavis said his hand slipped off her nouth. she screamed, and he ran )ne direction and she the other. The girl reported that in one hand he had m knife. According to Sheriff Holla d, Miss Davis was treated by a doctor the next day. for ? cut on her hand. He added that the person whom ihe thought attacked her was in iouthport fishing "Sunday night. ' No one has beei)Nheld for ques 'Joning, added the sheriff, and there is not sufficient Evidence to swear out a warrant*, against any one. Members of Marina Reserve Croup Get Holiday Raws Norfolk, NAS ? The Marine Corps announced today that men of Ma rine Reserve Fighter squadron 233, activated on Oct. 22 would get to spend Christmas here before re porting to their next duty station. Squadron 233 was called to ac tive duty at the Norfolk Naval Air station Oct. 22 and was at that time to train for a period' of eight weeks there. News today has changed the picture for the reserv ist though. The squadron will re main in Norfolk till Jan. 1, after which they will be assigned their first duty station. It is hoped, among the Kiervista, that the unit will stay together. The squadron is commander by Major Robert F. Graham# U8MCR, of Richmond, Va. J. B. Styron, Jr. Wins Contest ; J. B. Styrpn, ir? St^jy. ha* been named a territorial winner in Tide'i Water Power company's Better Methods contest and wilL receive either a scholarship or a sold watch. James Allgood, 4-H club ad viser, announced today. Styron, who is a senior at Atlan tic school and a member of the 4-11 club there, has done work in elec tricity. He will accompany Allgood to a Better Methods conference at Raleigh Monday and Tuesday. They will leave Sunday. The announcement of Styron's winning the power company-spon sored contest was made this week by R. L. Thompson, jr., agricul tural agent for Tide Water Power co. The 4-H club adviser announced today, in releasing information on .Styron, that 4-H club posters will be put up next week in observance of 4-H Achievement week. Clubs throughout the county, however, will have achievement exercises the last week in November. Strange Model Invades Privacy ol Mannequins I A strange model was wandering around in the display windows ol Leonard's store, Morehrad City, for half an hour Saturday night. It was none other than the manager of the store himself, Sam Adler. Everyone in the store had gone home, of course, when Mr, Adler decided he would change some mer chandise in the window. The door blew shut and there he was, a live mannequin modeling men'a clothes in a woman's dress shop. Rescue was effected when after frantic motioning and explanation, someone realized his plight and contacted one of the women clerks who had the key. For a while Mr. Adler envisioned sleeping all night in a display win dow. Oscar Ely Takes Place on Jaycee Directors' Board Oscar Ely has been named to the board of directors of the Morehead City Jaycees. He replaces H. S. Gibbs. jr.. who has entered active military service. Ely is a member of the United States Marine corps and only member of the armed forces serving on the board of di rectors. J. C. llarvcll reported at Monday night's Jaycee meeting, that Jay cees visited the hospital Sunday to take magazines to the patients and Lesta Willis, chairman of the Voice of Democracy contest, in which Morehead City and Beaufort J.i / cees are cooperating, announced that rules have been sent out. Saturday Party Dick McClain, chairman of the Halloween party, announced that the event will begin at 8:30 Satur day night at the American Legion hut, west of Morehead City. The Jaycee Christmas party for children was discussed and Floyd Chadwick, jr., suggested that Boy Scouts be recruited to help. Presi dent Jimmy Wallace stated that money for the partj was obtained by donation and Ely suggested that bags of peanuts be sold to raise money, the bags to "cost anything the buyer wanted to pay. Members of the team which will collect scrap paper Sunday after noon should report at the munici pal buildirlg at 1:30 Sunday after noon, according to Ralph Styron, chairman of the scrap paper drive for this month. * Paul Cordova volynteered to as sist Ken Wagner at the ball park Friday afternoon to get concessions ready for the game that night. James Webb reported that Clar See OSC AR ELY, Page 2 Alcohol Agents Warn Drinkers Atlanta, Ga. ? Reports that poison "moonshine" whiskey which killed 31 persons and hospitalized nearly 300 in Atlanta, had spread into nearby states brought a stern warn ing today from officials of district 6, U. S. Alcohol Tax unit. Calling attention to the fact that North Carolina usually ranks among the top ten in the number of illegal stills seized annually in the entire United States, 11. R. Peterson, acting district supervisor of the Alcohol Tax unit, declared that "the only assurance that drink ers can have that the whiskey they buy has not been tampered with is to purchase a legitimate product which bears a label and a federal stamp denoting tax-payment." The recent wave of deaths in the Atlanta area from drinking a pois onous substance which the con sumers evidently thought Was "moonshine" whiskey is "simply a very pointed illustration of the danger any person may encounter by taking a chance with a product which has no identification." Peter son stated. "Our experience." he said, "has been that practically all 'moonshine' whiskey is made under most unsanitary conditions and by people who have ho particular scru ples as to the harm their product may cause." Peterson urged all law-abiding citizens to assist in stamping out the "moonshine" liquor business. He pointed out tAat "many of the persons who have drunk thin pois onous substance, and who have not died, will be left blind or other wise incapacitated and will eventu ally become a burden upon the tax payer." SAMPLE OFFICIAL BALLOT "Nickels for Know-How" Program for Expanding Agricultural Research (Al authorised by tka 1961 sauion of tlw General Assembly at North Carolina) ( tx] VOTE FOB OH* ) ? For adding 5# per ton to the price of feed and fertilizer for ? period of three yean for supplementing an expanding agricultural research and educational program in North 0 Against adding 6^ per ton to the price of feed and fertilizer for a period of three years for supplementing an expanding agricultural research and educational program in North Ballot* like the oae shown here will be uied tomorrow in the "Nickels for Kaow-How" referendum In which farm people will de ride whether they are te contribute five ceata per ton on feed and fertiliser to snppoit expansion of agricultural research aad teaching la the stats. Four persons miraculously es caped injury at 2:15 Monday after noon when the Atlantic and East Carolina Diesel engine struck their car at 30th street, Morehead City. Driver of the car was Buck New some, Morehead City police officer. With him were his wife, her sister, Mrs. Robert Russell, and m the back seat his 4-year-old son, Jimmy. They were headed south on 30th st. Officer Newsome believes that the only thing that saved them from severe injury or death was the fact that he leaped the car across the tracks. Sees Train "When I noticed the train," he related, "it was about 15 feet away and all 1 could think of was get ting that car off the tracks. I let the clutch fly out and gave her the gas, and she leaped across like a kicking mule." The Diesel engine, pulling about 15 freight cars, was entering town and caught the Newsome car, a 1949 Ford, by the right rear bum per and threw it clear. Damage to the car was estimated at $404.38. Mrs. Russell's head hit the wind shield and the glass was broken but she sustained only a bump. Of ficer Newsome drove his car away from the scene of the accident. Engineer Stops The train stopped four engine lengths away from the place where it struck the car, Newsome esti mated. He said the engineer told him that he was going about 15 miles an hour. The officer said that an auto train accident almost occurred at the same crossing within the past week. He added that the train doesn't usually start blowing its whistle at crossings until it reaches 28th street. X-Ray Unit Will Be Here Four Days Dr. N. Thomas Ennett, health officer, announced today that the X-ray trailer will be in the county four days, beginning Tuesday, Nov. 27. This will nol be a mass-X-ray program, the health officer ex plained. Large size films will be used and persons X-rayed limited to the following types of patients: patients referred by physicians, persons exposed to tuberculosis in the home, persons who at some time have had tuberculosis, a.id others who have symptoms of tu berculosis. The trailer will be in Morchead City on Arendell st. near the City theatre, Nov. 27 and 28. The trail er will be in Beaufort Nov. 29 and 30 in front of the Joe House Drug store. The hours for X-ray will be announced later. This free service i? sponsored by the State Division of Tuber culosis Control, Dr. Wm. A. Smith, director, and by the county health department. According to Dr. Ennett, Dr. Smith will send two X ray techni cians in order to facilitate the X ray work and to develop the films on the afternoon of the day they arc made. The Morehead City hos pital is giving full cooperation. Dr. Ennett reported, making available their dark room facilities for de velopment of the films. Two-Car Collision Causes Damage Property damage totaling $800 resulted from a two-car collision Sunday night at 11:15 at the inter section of highway 70 and the sec tion base road, west of Morehead City. Douglas F. Gilmore, Cherry Point, driver of one of the cars, received a bump on the head, oth erwise no one was injured. Accord ing to W. E. Pickard, highway pa trolman. Bernicc Edward Haynes, a student at Morehead City Techni cal institute, stopped on highway 70. waiting to make a left turn. While waiting. Gilmore came up behind him, failed to stop, hit Haynes' car and knocked it 40 feet westward on the highway, then Gilmore swerved over to the left. Damage to llaynes' car, a conver tible, was estimated at $200 and to Gilmorc's car $800. Gilmore was convicted in record er's court Tuesday on the charge of following too closely, causing an accident. He paid $10 and coats of court. To Attend Coorw A. D. Fulford, county sanitarian, will attend a short course, "Milk frocessing and Sanitation," at late collete, Raleigh, beginning Monday, Nov. 5 and continuing through Nov. 18.