NEWS-TIMES OFFICE
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Morehead City
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CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES * _
40th YEAR, NO. 90. TWO SECTIONS SIXTEEN PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1951 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
Education Board Accepts
Smyrna School Addition v'
Boychoir ffill 4
Appear Following
Holiday Weekend
Concerts Will be Given Also
In Five Surrounding
Cities
The Apollo Boychoir will pre
sent the first Community concert of
the season in Beaufort school audi
torium the Monday following
Thanksgiving, Nov. 26, at 8:15 p.m.
The second concert is scheduled
for Feb. IS, 8:13 p.m. in the More
head City school auditorium: the
third is for March 11, same time
and place.
At the second concert the cello
piano duo. The Graudans, will ap
pear, while Mac Morgan, baritone,
will present the final program.
The Community concert series at
New Bern is scheduled for the
Community building, 8:30 p.m. 'Ap
pearing are Louis Rooney, tenor,
Nov. 12; Mary Van Kirk, contralto,
Feb. 4: and Mennahen Pressler, pi
anist, March 17.
At Kinston the concerts will be
held in Grainger high school, 8:15
p.m. Herman Godes, pianist, will
play Nov. 6, Roy and Gomez, dan
cers, will appear Jan. 22, and Na
dine Connor, soprano, March 31.
Goldsboro concerts will take
place in the high school, 8:15 p.m.
The four artists scheduled are
Joseph Battista, pianist, Oct. 25,
Men of Son, quartet, Dec. 5, Sla
venska's ballet, Jan. 16, and Mac
Morgan, March 28.
Three Community concerts will
take place in Wilson high school
8:30 p.m. They are Mildred Dill
ng, harpist. Nov. 6, Whittemore
i -nd Lowe, piano duo, March 1, and
Eleanor Steber, soprano, March 17.
, Washington, N. C., concert sc
ries will be presented in the high
, school. 8 p.m., as follows: Nov. IB,
felUchik brothers, piano duo;
Fat). SO, David Lloyd, tenor; and
' Mard?-0,E<tyi Phillips, sopr|pfl^??
i. B. Styron Wins
Watch at Raleigh
J. B. Styron of Stacy, son of Mr.
and Mrs. John G. Styron, won a
gold witch at the State 4-H Club
Electric congress at Raleigh this
week. The presentation of the
watch was made by W. W. Bell,
president of Tide Water Power
co., one of the sponsors of the con
gress. Styron's expenses in making
the trip to Raleigh were also paid.
A senior at Atlantic school,
young Styron, who is 16, finished
10 electrical projects in 4-H better
methods work. They are as follows:
installation of an electric motor
for lathe, spliced electric cable to
workshop, repair of iron and iron
ing cord, repair of vacuum clean
er, charged battery, wired boat and
installed electrical equipment, re
placed burned out bulbs, replaced
motor on water pump, and built
small electric motor.
His 4-H projects for four years
were as follows. 1948, produced
100 bushels of corn on two acres,
valued $200; 1949, garden, $25 val
ue; 1990, tale of sheep and wool,
$159; 1951, sale of 30 bushels of
Irish potatoes, $60, and electric
project, valued at $190.
J. B. was president of the 4-H
club last year, he sings in the
church choir, assisted in the TB
drive in Stacy last year, and is
president of the senior class at
Atlantic.
J. B. has given demonstrations
on his home-made electric motor,
showed others how to charge a
battery, taught club members how
to splice a cable, and also gave a
demonstration on how to repair
an electric iron.
He was accompanied to Raleigh
by James Allgood, assistant county
farm agent
Two Cars Tugla TsmUy
At Bftohrt hkwcti?
Two cars tangled Tuesday at 6
p.m. at the intersection of highway
70 and the Lennoxville road. No
one was hurt and no charges were
preferred.
One car, driven by Donald Cray
Fulcher, Highland Park, was head
ed south on highway 70 and the
other, tfriven by John Alexander
Morrison, jr., Morehead City, was
headed north. Both were stopped
at the stop light and Fulcher said
he signaled to turn left after the
light turned green.
Morriaon said he didn't see the
signal and the two met in the mid
dle of the intersection. Damage to
Morrtoon'i ear was estimated at
$100 and to Fulcher's $6. Officers
Maxwell Wade and Clyde Piner in
vestigated. They aaid rain impair
Newport Clerk to Celled,
Taxes at Town Hall >/
For four Saturdays, beginning
tomorrow, Nov. 10, Newport town
taxes will be collected at the
town hall from 1 to 4 p.m. The
town clerk, Miss Edith Loekey,
will be at the town hail during
those hours and persons wishing
to pay their taxes may do so at
that time.
Heretofore, taxes have been
collected at the W. H. Bell resi
dence and Miss Lockey will con
tinue to accept payments there
during the week. The clerk will
collect taxes at the town hall
each Saturday afternoon through
Dec. 1.
Annual Meeting ;
Of REA Will Take
Place Dec. 1
The annual meeting of members
of the Carteret-Craven Electric
Membership corporation will be
held Saturday, Dec. 1, it was an
nounced today by L. W. Pelletier,
president. He expects a record turn
out for the meeting which will be
held this year at Morehead City
high school.
Electrical appliances will be
shown in the gymnasium of the
high school beginning at 10 o'clock.
Dealers from Morehead City.'Beau
fort, Havelock, Maysville, New
Bern and Goldsboro will display
the latest appliances for residen
tial and farm use. A free barbecue
lunch and cold drinks will be ser
ved at noon for members and in
vited guests who have registered
by 10:30.
The business meeting will take
place in the school auditorium af
ter lunch. Sound Appliance com
pany is offering a Frigidaire range
and Hamilton Furniture company
an ABC washing machine as the
feature door prizes.
PiHetter r?*d thafr an
even greater number than attend
ed last year is expected at this
annual meeting. The Carteret Rec
reation center has been used in
the past few years as the site of
the meeting but attendance growth
has made it necessary to secure
a larger meeting place, he said.
At the annual meeting the mem
bers of the rural electric coopera
tive elect nine directors to carry
out the business operations of the
company during the succeeding
twelve-month period. The past year
has seen the cooperative add about
500 new members as consumers on
the 342 miles of line owned and
a great increase in the use of elec
tric power on the farm, Pelletier
said. Each member has one vote
only, even though he may have
several points of electric service,
he pointed out.
Ocracoke Boys J
Hear About 4-H
R. M. Williams, Carteret county
farm agent, spoke on the organiza
tion of the 4-H club and its value
to a farming community Tuesday
morning to Ocracoke school boys.
William^ went to the island
Monday, and was one of four ex'
tension service speakers who are
spending part or all of this week
demonstrating modern techniques
in agriculture and home economics.
The other lecturers arc Mrs.
Jewel Fessenden and Miss Rita Du
boise from the Agriculture and
Home Economics department of
North Carolina State college, and
Miss Alma Lee Cathey, Hyde coun
ty home demonstration agent.
C. S. Mintz, eastern district
county agent, requested Williams
to fill in for Bell Pruden, Hyde
county farih agent, who was called
away on business.
Monday evening Williams spoke
and showed slides on poultry and
gardening care to the Ocracoke
Parent-Teachers association. At
that meeting and in talks the next
day with island families he dis
tributed thousands of young straw
berry plants. He returned to
Beaufort Wednesday afternoon.
Mrs. Fessenden, Miss Duboise,
and M Us Cathey spent the week
lecturing -and giving demonstra
tions on family feeding, diet, nu
trition, and related subjects.
Mintz. who was scheduled to take
part in the week's extension work,
could not attend.
C uracil Meets
The Better Farming for Better
Living council met Wednesday
night at the farm agent's office,
Beaufort, to grade booklets in the
Better Farming for Better Living
contest.
The county board of education
formally accepted the new $73,000
school addition at Smyrna when
they met Monday afternoon at the
education office in the court house
annex.
State school engineers inspected
and with minor reservations ap
proved the building Oct. 15, H. L.
Joslyn, superintendent of schools,
reported to the county board. The
board of education approved the
building on the same basis as the
state.
The addition, following the most
modern school design, contains six
classrooms, a home economics
room, Hbrary, and science room.
The state school inspectors inform
ed Superintendent Joslyn that to
day a building three-fourths the
size of the Smyrna addition would
be impossible to build with the
same amount of money.
Newport Situation
The superintendent reported to
the board that residents of Newport
had been to see him regarding im
provement of facilities at the
school. Joslyn reminded the board
that new toilets were installed at
the school two years ago and at
that time possibility of installing
toilets on upper floors was investi
gated and found to be impossible
because the building was not con
structed to permit additional
plumbing facilities on those floors.
(Newport parents appeared be
fore the county board Monday and
voiced complaints about toilet fa
cilities. "blackboards, and plaster
ing. They also told the board they
needed a new school).
The school superintendent told
the board that two rooms were re
See SCHOOL BOARD, Page 6
School Sponsors
Project to Buy "
Books for Abroad
Pupils of Morehead City graded
school and their parents will be
asMtNto contribute mwiey next
week to enable the school to pur
chase new book packages f or for
eign distribution. G. T. Winded,
principal, stated Wednesday.
"Nov. 12-16," said Windell, "is
National Book week throughout the
nation and library week in North
Carolina. Instead of collecting
books for ourselves this year, we,
the teachers, feel the school can
do more toward promoting the
ideals of freedom by giving books
to children in foreign lands depict
ing our way of life.
"Toward this end we hope the
parents and students will give gen
ersusly so we may buy book pack
ages to be sent abroad."
The project, continued the prin
cipal, "is sponsored by the Chil
dren's Book fund, an office of
UNESCO, which is a United Na
tions agency." The object, he point
ed out. is not to give old books,
but contribute money so new books
can be bought and donated.
The distribution of the books, he
added, will be handled by CARE,
the non-profit organization which
passed out thousands of food pack
ages to Europe's starving after the
war.
Now, stated the principal, CARE
has devised five types of book
packages, each costing $10. In
package Al, for examine, are books
for primary graders. A2, books
for children of somewhat higher
reading ability, and so on until A5
has books for high school children.
"Our goal," Windell stressed, "is
to collect at least $50, so we may
order one package of all five
types."
The books sent abroad by CARE,
he concluded, will be in Eglish.
Three Hurt in Car-Train Crashes j
Newport Board
Enlarges Town,
Hps Chief s Pay J
Blinker Lights Will be In
stalled to Warn Speeders;
Streets Discussed
Newport town commissioners, in
regular session Tusday night at t e
town hall, formally made the vet
erans' housing project a part ol the
town of Newport, raised the police
| chiefs salary to $200 a month.and
I directed that taxes be collected at
the town hall, on an experimental
basis, for four Saturdays beginning
tomorrow. .
The town board enlarged muni
cipal boundaries by formal resolu
tion after be.ng informed by the
town attorney, George Ball, that
all legal requirements for taxing
in new territory had been met.
The veterans' housing project is
located on the Nine foot road
With the raise in the salary ol
Charles Garner, police chief, from
$150 a month to $200, the commis
sioners requested that the chief
cite illegal parkers in town, be
stricter with drunks, and devote
Saturday and Sunday to police
work only. Chief Garner also
serves as supervisor of streets and
I garbage collection.
Warning Signals
The board decided to have
blinkers installed at each end ol
town on highway 70 to warn motor
ists that they are approaching a
town and should reduce speed
They also approved placement of
four more street lights on the Mi"
Creek road, plus installation ol a
red blinker light on the curve
where the Morehcad City fire truck
wrecked last summer.
Mayor C. A. Gould, jr.. said that
Tide Water Power co. informed
him they could not put one light
where the town requested it Be
cause it was 2.000 feet from where
the last light was and t|ie maxi
mum distance between lights, al
lowed by the power company, is
?00 feet
The commissioners - suggested
that the mayor contact the power
company and request placement of
four street lights with the blinker
taking the place of the fifth
The board discussed street repair
See NEWPORT BOARD. Page 6
JCs Report Many
Contest Entries
The number of pupils entering
the Jaycee-sponsored "1 Speak for
Democracy" contest has been ex
cellent. Lcsta Willis and Dan Walk
cr co-chairmen of the contest, an
nounced today. Contestants' talks
are being judged in the respective
schools and names of the winners
at each school will be given the
co-chairmen by noon Monday.
All schools having sophomore,
junior and senior classes are par
ticipating, with the exception of
Newport, where it was reported
that there were too many conflict
ing projects to allow ptrticipation,
Walker stated. . . , ...
Winners at the individual schools
will compete for the county prize,
a $25 savings bond, and " trans
cript of the county winners talk
Will be sent to ChapeU Hill There
judges will compare it with other
county winners' speeches and the
state winner will enter national
C(XlTspeak for Democracy
contest is a national Jaycee pro
I jecL
Morehead City Soldier Reports
On Life in Trieste Free State
By Frank R. Weaver, Jr.
The majority of (he people living
in the Free Territory of Trieste are
quite satisfied with American and
British occupation forccs there and
do not want them to leave, remarks
Pfc. William D. Lynch, of More
head City, back from 37 months'
duty in that Adriatic city state.
"Only the communists," asserted
Lynch, "want to get the occupation
forces out."
Lynch. 20, whose home is 407
Bridges St.. spent from Oct. 7, 1948
to Oct. 10, 1951 in Trieste, a mem
ber of the 351st Infantry regiment
of the 88th division.
Trieste is under the Jurisdiction
of the United Nations Security
council and is divided into three
zones, one British, one American
and the other Yugoslavian. Each
hold* 9,000 occupation troops in its
zone. The Yugoslavian sector of
the Free Territory, however, does
not include any portion of the city
itself, but holds only land contigu
ous with the Yugoslavian border.
"We never see the Yugoslavian
sector of the Free Territory," said
Lynch, "since that tone is closed
to us. but we can go freely in and
out of the British sector."
"Life in Trieste improved great
ly during the three years 1 lived
there." Lynch continued. "The
people like the Americans and Brit
ish soldiers and are adapting many
of our ways of entertainment."
On this latter point Lynch cited
one cafe operated by a native citi
zen that plays nothing but Ameri
can cowboy and hill-billy record
ings.
MiliUry life in Trieste, said
Lynch, is dne spit and polish in
spection after another, with snappy
drills and guard duty added for
variety.
But for Lynch it was not all work
and no play. He said he went on
several leaves sponsored by the
Army which were so economical
anyone would have been a fool to
miss them.
"For *80," he declared. "I went
on an eight-day tour of Italy in
8m TBIE8TE, Page I
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Federal, Town Oiiices,
Banks to Close Monday
Federal offices, banks, and mu
nicipal offices will close Monday
in observance of Armistice Day.
Liquor stores and other places of
business will remain open.
At the Morehead City post of
fice the general delivery window
will be open from noon until 1
p.m. and mail will be put In the
bcxes at both postoffices, More
head City and Beaufort, as usual.
Court house offices will remain
open Monday. Although Armis
tice Day falls on Sunday, the cus
tom of banks and federal offices
is to observe the day following.
Six Men Will .
Leave Thursday
For Induction
Six Carteret county men will
leave Thursday for induction at
Fort Bragg. Fayetteville, Mrs. Ruby
D. Holland, clerk of selective ser
vice board 16. Carteret county, an
nounced today.
They are John L. Tunnell, More
head City; Milton G. Laughton,
Beaufort; Garland Guthrie, Mar
kers Island; Ralph C. Russell, New
port; Ralph Gillikin, route 1, Beau
fort; and William B. Harris, route
1, Newport.
Mrs. Holland stated that no men
from this county will be sent for
induction in December.
Fifteen registrants left for Fay
etteville Wednesday for pre-induc
tion physical examination.
The selective service office will
be closed Monday, in observance
of Armistice day.
Board Accepts \
Defense Chiefs
ResgnatioD
The resignation of Gene Smith,
chairman of Beaufort's civil de
fense committee was accepted by
the town board when commission
rs met Monday night at the town
hall Commissioners O. T. Mundy
and Carl Hatsell were appointed
to contact Grayden Paul, deputy di
rector of civil defense, and ask him
to assume the position of director.
Smith resigned because other du
ties prevented his continuing in
that capacity, he said.
The town clerk, Dan Walker, was
delegated to obtain a maintenance
man for parking meters. This ac
tion was taken following the read
ing of a letter from Walter Hughes
of the Karpak corp., wherein
Hughes suggested that a regular
maintenance man be found. Hughes
also said that 100 coin boxes have
been painted with salt water resist
ant paint and are being shippe4 to
Beaufort.
The Hatsell Electric co. was au
thorized to maintain stop lights
and other electrical fixtures on
town property at a cost of $100 a
year. ' Commissioners reiterated
their stipulation that garbage con
tainers no larger than 30-gallon ca
pacity shall be used by home
owners. Clyde Peterson, street su
perintendent, reported that garbage
is being collected on north-south
streets on Mondays and Thursdays
and on east-west streets Tuesdays
and Fridays.
The board authorized Tide Water
i Power co. to install hydrants in
t he new town area as soon is pro
posed sites are approved by the
state fire marshal and the chief en
gineer of the North Carolina Insur
ance Rating bureau.
Kire Chief Charles Harrell re
ported that the Cherry Point sta
tion fire marshal asked him why
Beaufort didn't answer a call to
the home near Core Creek which
! burned Sunday. Chief Harrell said
; he told the Cherry Point fireman
that Beaufort trucks were not per
mitted to go beyond the town lim
its. The mayor. L. W. Hassell, and
the board told the chief that the
ruling still stands.
The board, for about the fourth
time, said that the Chevrolet track
should be sold, and approved the
See BEAUFORT BOARD, Page 6
Fishimf Edition Will
Appear Tuesday
Recognizing the importance of
commercial fishing in Carteret
county and the adjacent coastal
areas. THE NEWS-TIMES Tuesday
will again publish Its annual fish
ing edition.
The tabloid section of Tuesday's
edition will be packed with pic
tures and stories of Harkers Island,
Ocracoke, Beaufort, Morehead City
? to mention just a few. Don't
miss Tuesdsy's edition of THE
NEWS-TIMES!
Collisions Occur Tuesday
On A&EC , B&M Lines
Three persons were injured Tuesday in two auto-train
collisions. One occurred on the Masontown road west of
Morehead City at 4 p.m. and the other in Beaufort at 5 p.m.
The injured are Dalton I. Lee, jr., 9 W. Central dr.,
Havelock, Miss Dorothy Estelle Hopkins, 33 S. Craven
dr., Havelock, and Mrs. Don Mar
tin, Beaufort RFD.
Lee, who is in the Army, has
been transferred from Morehead
City hospital to the hospital at
Camp Lejeune, Miss Hopkins was
discharged from Morehead City
hospital Wednesday, and Mrs. Mar
tin, suffering from severe bruises
and shock, is still confined to More
head City hospital.
The accident on the Masontown
road happened two-tenths of a mile
from highway 70. l,ee was pro
ceeding toward the main highway
when he collided with the Atlantic
and East Carolina freight train
which was headed toward New
Bern.
Didn't See Train
Patrolman W. E. Pickard who
investigated said that Lee reported
he did not see the train until too
late. He slammed on the brakes
but too late to avoid the crash.
Lee, 21, suffered back and leg in
juries. Miss Hopkins, 18, who was
with him, sustained a cut on the
head and bruises.
The car, a 1951 model, was de
molished. A witness, a woman who
lives nearby, said that the train
and the car were going at an aver
age rate of speed and that the traia
blew its horn before reaching the
crossing.
Mrs. Martin's car, proceeding
south on Live Oak st., Beaufort,
was hit by the Beaufort and More
head railroad engine No. 4 which
was headed east. It was raining
and Mrs. Martin told Police Chief
Carlton Garner that she didn't hear
the train whistle or bell.
Swerves to Left
When she saw the train, she said
she realized she was going to hit
it, and -werved to the left on
Broad st. The car, a 1951 model,
connected with the left front of the
engine.
Norwood Gaskill, Beaufort, the
flagman, had just jumped off the
train to go home when he said he
saw the car approaching the cross
ing at approximately 40 miles an
hour. He told police that he said
to himself, "My gad. something's
going to happen!" and then the
crash occurred.
Gaskill notified the police,
phoned for an ambulance for Mrs.
Martin and notified A. T. Leary,
his employer, of the accident. Mrs.
Martin, who was alone in the car,
was moved from the car to Fred
Norris's front porch. She is suf
fering from severe bruises and
shock. X rays were taken yester
day to determine whether there
were internal injuries.
Merrmon Tutor, Beaufort, en
gineer, said he was going at a slow
rate of speed and James McClain,
colored fireman, reported that he
vas ringing the bell. Damage to
Mrs. Martin's car was estimated
at $550.
Board Draws 33
For Jury Service
Thirty-three men were drawn (or
Jury service for the December term
of superior court which will open
Dec. 3 and continue for one week.
Only civil cases will be heard. The
presiding judge will be Q. K.
Nimocks, +'aye(teville.
The following were selected by
the county board Monday:
Beaufort: Connie Lawrence, G.
M. Sabiston, Harry Gillikin, Ivey
Arthur, Charlie N. Bennett, Sterl
ing Arthur, and Harry Willis.
Morehead City: C. T. Whitehead.
Mark Davis, Ottis Purifoy, and Eu
gene Roelofs.
Markers Island: Isaiah Scott,
Dan Yeomans, Willis B. Guthrie,
Jasper Wade, and Jimmie Fulford.
Newport: W. L. Lockey, C. H.
Gray, Jeff J. Garner, Murray Mc
Cain. E. L. Tolson, S. M. Hill, M.
H. Garner. Elmer I. Garner, and
J. R. Garner.
Gloucester. H. P. Chadwick: At
lantic, Nolie Fulcher, and Melvin
Morris: Sea Level, Preston William
son. and William Lloyd.
Merrimon, W. L. Cannon: Mar
shallberg. Van B. Willis, and DavU,
H. H. Davis
Beaufort School Will
Obsorvt Edratin Wook
Beaufort graded school will ob
serve American Education week.
Nov. 12 16 by putting on class plays
in each room and making posters.
T. G. Leary, principal, announced.
Highlight of the week's program,
said Leary. will be Wednesday
morning when the chapel period
will be devoted entirely to the por
traying of the history, values, and
advantages of the American educa
tion system.
Judge Finds
Probable Cause
In Johnson Case
Man Charged with Entering
Bound over to Superior
Court under $1,000 Bond
Judge L. R. Morris found prob
able cause in recorder's court Tues
day against George Johnson, charg
ed with breaking and entering with
intent to commit a felony. The
judge bound Johnson over to Su
perior court under $1,000 bond.
Officers Maxwell Wade and
Clyde Finer arrested Johnson at
8:30 p.m. Sunday after Mr. and
Mrs. John Dudley, 210 Pollock st.,
Beaufort, came home and found
Johnson asleep in their livirtg
room.
Jack Harrcll pleaded guilty
to public drunkenness and indecent
exposure. The court suspended a
sentence of 60 days in jail upon
payment of $10 and court costs
within 30 days.
Judge Morris ruled malicious
prosecution in the cases against
Ransome Jones and Richard Bar
rett with the prosecuting witnesses
paying costs. Jones was charged
with selling nontax-paid whiskey
and assault with a deadly weapon.
Barrett's charges were assault with
a knife, trespassing, drunk, and
disorderly.
The court found Horace Jones
guilty of public drunkenness.
Judgement of 30 days in jail was
suspended provided Jones pay
court costs within 30 days.
Earl Chapman pleaded guilty to
operating a vehicle for hire with
out a chaffeur's license. Judge
Morris suspended a sentence of 60
days in jail on payment of costs
within 30 days.
E. G. Dixon pleaded guilty to
passing a bad check amounting to
$18.65 and had to pay court costs
and make good the check.
Thomas Orvin Edwards, charged
with speeding 70 mph in a 55 mph
zone, pleaded guilty to driving on
the wrong side of tfye street. He
paid $10 plus costs.
John Allen Littlejohn pleaded
guilty to speeding and paid $10
plus costs.
Lester Hancock pleaded guilty to
following too close behind a car.
Judgment was suspended on pay
ment of costs.
Vernon Boyd, charged with as
sault on female and disturbing the
peace, pleaded guilty on the first
count and got a suspended sentence
of six months on the roads provided
he remain on good behavior for
three years.
Garland R. Smith pleaded guilty
to charges of driving without an
operator's license and careless and
See COURT, Page 6
Funds Trickle In
Slowly in Fight
Against Power Co.
Jesse Jones, Kinslon Law
yer, lo Appear on Behalf
Of Protestors
Response to request for funds to
finance the fight for lower power
rates has been slow, officials of the
Tide Water Protestants association
reported today.
Some money ha.s been received,
however, and it has been requested
that others planning contributions
should mail them to th? associa
tion, in care of the Beaufort cham
ber of commerce, immediately.
The Protestants' association is
supporting the state public utilities
commission in its effort to have
Tide Water Power company lower
its rates. Power company officials
have been directed to appear be
fore the utilities commission in Ra
leigh Dec. 11 and show cause why
rates should not be lowered.
Jesse Jones. Kinston attorney,
has been formally engaged by the
Protestants' association as legal
adviser. Jones has been appear
ing heretofore on behalf of elec
trical consumers.
Letters were mailed two weeks
ago to private power users in this
area. The consumers were asked
to contribute the amount of one
month's light bill to finance efforts
to obtain lower rates. The letter
also asked that the recipient circu
late the letter among his neigh
bour obtain their names as party
to the action and ask them for con
tributions.
Seven East Carolina towns served
by Tide Water Power company
comprise the Protestants' associa
tion.
Mercury Drops,
Heavy Rain Falls
The mercury dropped to within
6 degrees of freezing early yester
day morning, but temperatures also
tok a nosedive Sunday and the
same low, 38 degrees, was register
ed then, reported Stamey Davis,
weather observer, yesterday.
From 1:30 p.m. Tuesday until
9:30 a.m. Wednesday 3.55 inches
of rain poured down, accompanied
by thunder and lightning. Since
the first of the month just a frac
tion less than 5 inches of rain has
fallen in the county. The official
record is 4.99 inches.
Four one hundredths of an inch
fell last Thursday, Nov. 1, and 1.40
inch the following Jay.
Temperatures were as follows:
Max. Min.
Thursday (Nov. 1) 77 70
Friday 72 57
Saturday 72 42
Sunday 60 38
Monday 64 42
Tuesday 61 42
Wednesday 71 59
The temperatures are read at
5:30 p.m. daily and maximum and
minimum readings for yesterday
had not been recorded by press
time.
Marines Observe Bomb Test ,
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Cheat Death in Plane en Route
Cherry Point? A group of Cher
ry Point Marines has returned
from Camp Desert Rock, Nev.,
where they served as Marine Corps
observers at the combined atom
bomb detonation and troop man
euvers just completed there.
The Leathernecks were treated
to the awe-inspiring detonation of
a typical nuclear air burst followed
by a stimulated attack into the area
by a battalion of the 11th Airborne
Division, U. S. Army.
Immediately after the detona
tion. eager Marines were them
selves "transported close to the
point over which the bomb explod
ed and toured the zone on foot,
noting the destructive effects of
the weapon at various distances
from the point of detonation.
Tide Table
Tides at Beaufort Bar
HIGH
LOW
Friday, Nov. 9
4:41 a.m.
5:05 p.m.
11:03 a.m.
11:16 p.m.
Saturday, Nov. 10
5:35 a.m.
5:55 p.m.
11:59 a.m.
Sunday, Nov. 11
6:25 a.m.
6:40 p.m.
12:02 a.m.
12:48 p.m.
Monday, Nov. 12
7:09 a.m.
7:23 p.m.
12:45 a.m.
1:33 p.m.
Tuesday, Nov. 13
7:50 a.m.
8:03 p.m.
1:26 a.m.
2:15 pan.
Personnel chosen to witness the
spectacle represented a cross sec
tion of officers and men from var
ious activities at the air station
here.
Among these were several Ma
rine instructors from the Cherry
Point Radiological Defense school
which has been teaching defense
against atomic weapons.
Five Cherry Point Marines fly
ing to Camp Desert Rock had an
experience en route that almost
made the detonation of the bomb
anti-climatical.
The fortunate Five," as they
have been dubbed, along with 17
Parris Island men. were flying in
an RD4 through bad weather high
over the mountains of Nevada.
Explosion Rocks Plane
Suddenly a Irfavy explosion rock
ed the plane, followed by a bril
liant flash that extended from the
right engine nacelle to the cock
pit. A "fire-ball" streaked through
the interior from stem to stern
and a shower of broken plastic rain
ed down on the occupants from
shattered ceiling lights.
The startled Marines snapped on
their parachutes at the command of
the pilot, Capt. A. O. Schmagel,
who immediately announced that
the cause of the explosion VII un
known and who briefed the paa
sengers on the approximate loca
tion in case a bail-out waa neces
sary
The situation was tense but or
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