W CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES ?. i < th YEAR, NO. 93. TWO SECTIONS TEN PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1951 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS I Morehead City and Four Residents W Agree on Property Settlement J [Move Gives Green Light To Low-Cost Housing Project for Whiles Morehea d City's government, rep |rtsented by town attorney George McNeil, made financial settle ents with four property owners kturday morning in Beaufort ourt house, thus clearing the way 6r the construction of a 25-unit ow cost housing project to be Ijbuilt in the vicinity of 30th St., and ktend all the way back to Calico Icreek. Other residents owning proper Ity in an area to be made into the ime size Negro housing project tould not reach agreement with tfce town. McNeil, therefore, ap ointed Herbert Phillips, master, look into the cases and make Commendations at the forthcom [ hearing, Nov. 28. Money Paid I McNeil said Roy Conway set tled for $1,350, Winona Smith for ?S,000 and S. Powell and S. L. Caton, who are co-owners for 11,000. Mrs. Elveta Miller Carter was I Hie only colored person at the I Bearing whose property is to be | condemned for the building of the olored housing project. To Investigate Phillips, McNeil said, will in I vestigate the titles, deeds, and I taortgages of these colored prop erties to determine their equitable | compensation. The low-cost housing projects I >l"c under the supervision of the I East Carolina Regional Housing | authority which is a state public jrorks agency supported by federal funds. At the Saturday hearings was Mr. Emmett Powell, executive sec ifetary of the agency, aided in inaking the property settlements. Carteret County 1*952 Officers . The 4-H enunty council, com . posed of representatives from Car I teret'i nine 4-H clubs, elected of ficers for 1932 at their Saturday tneetmg in the court house annex 1 In Belufort, James G. Allgood, as sistant county farm agent, an |' flounced. Elected are Miss Sadie Harris, president, Beaufort; Howard Gar | ..ner, vice-president, Newport; Jean j ?*Whiticker, secretary, Newport, and Gerald Taylor, reporter, of Beau fort. The new officers decided, upon approval of the council, for the county clubs to sponsor a scrap metal drive this week. Members living in Beaufort and Morehead City should take their scrap metal direct t? junk dealers. Members I 4n Newport, Camp Glenn, Smyrna, and Atlantic should take their col ' lections to their respective schools, the council decided. The council moved to erect a large wooden sign at the county line on route 70 to read: "Car teret County 4-H club members welcome you." The sign will be green and white, said Algood; they are the club's colors. It will be the council's project for 1952. .Merchant Group Offers Prizes fl One thousand dollars in prizes will be given away between Dec. 1 and Dec. 22 by the Morehead City Merchants association. Drawings will be made at the Municipal building on Dec. 1st, 8th, 15th and 22nd. This Christmas sales promotion ' project was adopted by the organ ization at their Nov. 13 meeting at Captain Bill's restaurant. Morehead City merchants arc giving tickets for the prizes with each dollar's worth of merchandise bought. The campaign started yesterday. At the Dec. 1 drawing prizes will total $300 with the first prize be ing $200. The same amount will I be given away Dee. 22nd. I On Dec. 8th and 15th, however, k total value of prizes will be $200 lwith the first prize being $100. I The association agreed to remain [open Wednesday afternoons until I Christmas beginning Nov. 28, to I business the nights of Dec. 20th, 1 31st. 22nd, and 24th. and to be closed on Thanksgiving day, Christ mas. and the day after Christmas. OPS Invites Inquiries The East Carolina District Of fice of Price Stabilization invites all businessmen and the general consumer public to bring to it any questions, problems, or complaints. Prompt, courteous attention will be given all inquiries, whether they be in writing, by telepho&e call, by personal visit Towards a Better Tomorrow This picture, painted for the 1952 National 4-H calendar, sym bolizes the way 4-H members look to the future for better things. The club's 2,000,000 members do more than look and dream, how ever; they work and plan. The local 4-H club will tell what it has ac complished over the past year at its Achievement exercise meeting Nov. 30 in the Scout building, Beaufort. Mr. R. L. Thompson, jr., of (|ie Tide Water Power co., will be principal speaker. Tommie Bennett Wins County 7 Speak for Democracy ' Essay Tommie Bennett, Morehead City senior, won the eounty "I Speak for Demoeracy" contest last week. Tommie, who wants to be a lawyer, was a lineman on the Morehead City football team until he dislo cated his shoulder in early Octo ttfe.*Re JS'lhe son of Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Bennett, 206 N. 6th st. Second place in the county com petition in "which five schools par ticipated, went to Margaret Hall of W. S. King school. Margaret is the daughter of the Rev. and Mrs. H. G. Hall, 206 N. 13th st., More head City. Third Place Third place honors were won by Verdelle Godette of Queen Street school. Verdelle's parents are Mr. and Mrs. Henderson Godette of North Harlowe. Two other contestants were in the finals held Friday at the local radio station. Wilma Jean Cum mings of Beaufort school placed fourth and Greta Lawrence of Smyrna school placed fifth. Wilma comes from Harlowe and Greta from Otway. Their parents are Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Cummings and Mr. and Mrs. Thumond Lawrence respectively. Judges were Dr. Edgar B. Jen kins, professor of English, Naval Apprentice school, Cherry Point; Dr. Walter A. Chipman, director of the U. S. Shellfish laboratory, Fivers Island, and George H. Mc Neill, recently appointed Municipal court judge in Morehead City and long time town attorney. Semi-Finals Beaufort chose their entry last Monday the school auditorium. Morehead City had their semi finals Tuesday. Beaufort judges were Miss Mar garet Thompson, Mrs. Wren Law rence. and Mrs. Dan Floyd, all teachers. Morehead City judges were Walter Morns, Fay Mills, and Herbert Phillips. Other Contenders Mrs. Mary Martin Kirkman took second in the Beaufort semi-finals, Frank Gillikin third, and Gary Copeland, co-captain of the foofball team, fourth. Other contenders in Morehead City were Margie Guthrie, junior; Carol Barnes, sophomore; HiLliard Eure, sophomore; Helen Willis, junior; David Freshwater, junior, and Ann Shivelle, sophomore. Bennett, who was coached by Mrs. Rosalie Dowdy and Norman E. Patterson, faculty members, re ceived a $25 government bond. A recording of his address will be made and entered in the state finals to be held later this year. The contest was sponsored locally by the Jaycees of both Beaufort and Morehead City. Official of Farm Bureau Releases Convention Plans R. Flake Shaw, of Greensboro, executive vice-president of the North Carolina Farm Bureau an nounced today that the Tar Heel delegation td the American Farm Bureau Federation s National con vention. which will be held at the Stevens hotel in Chicago. I)ec. +13 will depart on special trains leav ing from Durham and Winston Salem, at 1 :45 p.m. Dec. 8. NnS,ih"rSaid, lhe trains carrying the North Carolina delegation will be consolidated at Roanoke. Va ind that the group would proceed on to Cincinnati, where they will board , the streamliner, "James Whitcomb Kiley. arriving in Chicago at 1 00 1 Pf ? (CST) Dec. 9. u Shaw pointed out that the North ! Carolina voting delegates will pre- 1 1 sent the state's resolutions to the I national convention, which will go 1 to make up the federation's poli cies regarding the national farm I program for 1952. North Carolina I ?rarm Buieau President Perry ,\ Taylor, of White Plains, will repre sent the .state on the national rcso , lutions committee. Among the outstanding leaders ; scheduled to address the conven- I V?n, T Se" Hari"y F "vrd, (D- 1 1 Va ). Sen. Everett iy Dirksen, ( R- 1 :Re.P A'bertM.CoIc. (R-Kan.); ' Allan B Kline, president of the 1 American Farm Bureau; Roger I Mcming, Farm Bureau secretarv; 1 Wade G McCargo, chairman of the executive committee. National Dry Goods association; Clifton Utley, radio and television com- 1 mentator; Mrs. Raymond Sayre I president of the Farm Bureau As- 1 ' sociated Women; and spokesmen ' for organized labor. I The general convention sessions will be preceded Dec. 10 by confer- I ences on organization, rural youth, j tax and legislative problems serv- 1 ice cooperatives, and safety. Also . scheduled for Dec. 10 will be a ) joint commodity conference, and conferences on livestock, dairying ? fruits and vegetables, field crops and poultry. j The convention will end Dec 13 in adoption by the delegate hodv of potlcy resolutions. On the return trip the North t arolina delegation will leave Chi cago Dec. 13, at 4:30 p.m. (CST), arriving at their respective sta tions at 5:30 p.m. (EST), Dec. 14 | Chairmen Name Solicitors * ' For Little Symphony Drive Mrs Hugh Salter and Mrs. James H. Davis, both of Beaufort and Carteret county co chairmen of the North Carolina Little Symphony drive, have chosen five solicitors 1 to be chairmen of the Nov. 28-Dec I 5 house-to-house canvass for funds in their respective areas They are Mrs. Wiley Taylor, jr., Mrs. Rosalie Davis, both of Beau fort, Donald Blood, Atlantic, Mrs Mason Tarkington of Smyrna, and Mrs. H. A. Zimmertnan of More head City. The sponsorship of the Little Symphony drive this year is under the direction of the Beaufort Junior Woman's club. Mrs. Rich ard Parker is secretary and Mrs. Jack Barnes, treasurer. Walker Cites Role of Rate Protestants In Tide Water-Carolina Power Merger "The absorption last week of+ Tide Water Power co. by Carolina Power and Light co. was to a great extent the result of the protests made by the Tide Water Rate Pro testants association." states Dan Walker, secretary of the Beaufort chamber of commerce. "This observation has been veri fied by many officials," asserted Walker, "familiar with the case." Against Increase Last year the Tide Water Pro testants association objected to the requested rate increase of the power company and appealed to the State Supreme court after tB6 North Carolina Utilities commis sion had approved the rate in crease. Through the efforts of the asso ciation. stated Walker, Gov. W. Kerr Scott and the utilities com- | mission again became interested . in the controversy and ordered I Tide Water to appear in early No vember to show cause why its rates 1 should not be lowered. I George B. Stovall. manager of 1 Tide Water's Morehead City plant, I said he has no idea what the future ! holds for the company's employees. l To Pay Less Carolina Power and Light co. is 1 expected to lower the rates charged I to Tide Water Power's 48,812 cus- I tomers. I "We do not anticipate any trou ble," said Stanley Winborne. chair- I man of the utilities commission, "inducing Carolina Power and I Light to reduce rates in the Tide 1 Water area. It may not be instan- 1 taneous but the whole merger it < 8m ELECTRIC, Page Z i - Beaufort Alters Garbage Collection The regular Thursday collec tion of garbage on all north and south Beaufort streets will not be nude Thanksgiving Day, W. C. Peterson, street superintendent announced. Garbage on those streets, he said will be piclu-d up Wedaes day instead to enable the street maintenance crew to spend Thursday at home. Otherwise, he added, the reg ular schedule will be kept: Mon day, collection on north and south streets, Tuesday and Fri day collection on east and west streets. Baptist Convention Manas Mrs. 6. H. McNeil Trastoe Mrs. George H. McNeill, 2504 Evans St.. Morehead City, was ap pointed Nov. 15 a trustee of the Baptist orphanages of North Caro ine by delegates at the Baptist State convention meeting in Ashe /ille. Until her term expires in 1955. Mrs. McNeill will sit on the govern ng board of the church's two or phanages? one is at Kinston and he other at Thomasvillc. Local Boy Ends Training Pvt. THfcmas W. Eaton, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Eaton, route 1 Morehead City, recently graduated from the light and heavy weapons -ourse at the Fort Benning, Ga., niantry training school. * Preliminary Work Starts on Bridge J Preliminary work has started on the construction of the new bridge across Bogue sound from the foot of 24th street in Morehead City to Atlantic Beacht A temporary pier is being built from the shore line to deep water on which the pile driver will oper ate for the sinking of the concrete ' piles that will support the bridge. After deep water is reached the barge outfit will take over the driv ing work. The layout for the construction and curing of the concrete piles is in readiness at a site a short distance west of 24th street on highway 70. Lack of necessary steel for rein forcing of the piles is holding up that part of the work. To favor the property known as the Maxwell House at the comer of Evans street and the short stretch connecting with the bridge, there will be a slight curve in the approach bearing to the east after leaving Evans street. An office building has been erected on the opposite corner for the engineers and superintendents in charge of the work. It la esti mated that it will require about 18 months to complete the bridge if all materials are obtainable when needed. Commissioner Ballentine Will Address Farm J Bureau Meeting NEWS-TINES Comes Out Friday Afternoon Due to the Thanksgiving Day holiday, THE NEWS ? TIMES will be distributed Friday after noon instead of Friday morning. A full account of the Beaufort head City high school football game will be featured in the Fri day paper. Get your paper .at your fav orite store or have it delivered by carrier. Bacteriologists j Comment on Type Of Water Here . "To say that hard water is harm ful to the general public from a lealth standpoint would be taking i stand that would be hard to de fend," Dr. Lynn G. Maddry, princi pal bacteriologist of the State Lab oratory of Hygiene, advised Dr. N. Fhomas Ennett in an exchange of ecent correspondence relative to he hardness of Carteret county ,vater. The correspondence follows: September 26, 1951 Doctor C. C. Applewhite, Dir. Local Health Division State Hoard of Health fialeigh, North Carolina Dear Doctor Applewhite: Where drinking water contains 200 to 300 parts per million of hardness (calcium and magnesium carbonate), would the constant use 3f this water as drinking water in fluence the health of the drinker? 1 have understood that some ob servers believe that such hardness promotes calcification of the ar teries. and perhaps causes intesti nal trouble until the ncwcomer Rets used to it. Both Beaufprt an^Morchead Cir '* have a harness *f around iod to 275 parts per million. Do you think the health officer could, with propriety urge the wa ter company to soften the water or recommend that the individual families provide soft water for themselves in case that the water company does not soften the wa ter? 1 know, of course, of the distinct economic value of soft water in the saving of soap and repairs on sterilizers, hot water heaters, and other appliances, where the pipes are damaged with scale resulting from extremely hard water. With best regards, Sincerely yours, N. Thomas Ennett, M. D. Carteret County Health Officer State Laboratory of Hygiene Raleigh October 4, 1051 Dr. N. Thomas Ennett, Health Officer Carteret County Health Dept. Box 389 Beaufort, North Carolina Dear Doctor Ennett: Your letter of September 26 ad dressed to Dr. C. C. Applewhite j has been referred to us for an ans wer. Some observers believe that drinking water with a total hard ness of 200 ppm or over is harmful to persons with certain pathologi cal conditions. Also persons mov ing from an area of soft water to one where the water is hard may experience some diuretic effect of the water or some intestinal upset until they get used to the water. However, for the general popula tion water with a hardness of 200 ppm or over is harmful ONLY in its economic aspects. The saving in soap, repairs to pipes, plumbing, ect. that you mention will more than , pay for softening the water. It is our opinion that to say that hard water should be softened, be cause hard water is harmful to the general public from a health stand point, would be taking a STAND that would be HARD TO DEFEND. If we can be of any help to you at any time please let us know. Very truly yours, Lynn G. Maddry, Ph. D., Principal Bacteriologist Tide Table Tides at Beaufort Bar HIGH LOW Tuesday, Nov. 20 12:15 a.m. 6:09 a.m. 12:31 p.m. 7:03 p.m. I Wednesday, Nov. 21 1:08 a.m. 7:05 a.m. I 1:21 p.m. 7:51 p.m. | Thursday, Nov. 22 2:04 a.m. 8:05 a.m. | 2:16 p.m. 8:40 p.m. Friday, Nov. 21 2:58 a.m. B:08 a.m. I 3:10 p.m. 9:28 pjn. | Commissioner L. Y. Ballentine of the North Carolina De- " partment of Agriculture will address county Farm Bureau members when they elect county officers for 1952 at the Morehead City American Legion hut tomorrow night. The election and address will come after a barbecue supper to be served by Fred's Barbecue of Beaufort. Presi aeni ttaymona call win introauce the speaker. Speaker is Farmer Ballentine, a successful dairy farmer and business man, has long been prominent in public affairs of the state. Before becoming com missioner of agriculture in 1949 he served as lieutenant governor dur ing the Cherry administration. Born and reared on a Wake county farm, where he still lives, Ballentine learned farming the hard way. His father died when he was six years old and he early learned to share with his mother the responsibilities of running a 400-acre farm. After finishing high school at Holly Springs he went to Wake Forest college. His studies were interrupted for awhile, when he served it) the Army during World War I. On separation from the service he returned to college andt" specialized in political economy. Starts Farming After his graduation from Wake Forest in 1921 Ballentine went back to the farm and began build ing up a dairy business with daily milk deliveries in nearby Raleigh. He built up the farm, too. putting the profits of his milk business back into the soil and better cat tle. What was once a typical run- | down cash crop farm, with its share of worn-out land, gradually blossomed into one of the finest dairy farms in this section of the south. Ballentine. known among his friends as "Stag," also started his political career from the bottom up. He served as a county com- . missioner from 1926 to 1934. Then he represented his district in the state senate from 1937 to 1943, serving for two terms as chairman , of the senate committee on agri culture. He also served as a mem ber of the state board of ture from 1041 1944, wt^vT^! was elected lieutenant governor. Students Clear 1 Grounds at MCTI . At the Morchcad City Technical Institute the students in their spare time are doing a good job of clean ing up the grounds to the cast of the main buildings. What was ^ site of underbrush and scrub growth has been cut off and the ground leveled with the use of a power grader. .lames I. Mason, director of the institute, is supervising the work and hopes to develop the area into a "park" with a clear vista from the road to the sound. The expense involved is being met with an ac cumulated fund from the canteen operated by the students of the institute. Director Mason says there is a standing invitation to the public to visit the institute, observing the students in their several activities in the manual trainig department. The shop is well equipped for the study and practical work of the technical courses. Dubbed the "University of the Sea," the institute is now in its fifth year, having opened iff Sep tember, 1947. The institute is a branch of the North Carolina State college. Commissioner L. Y. Ilallentine Barden's Cut Dredging Bids Set for Dec J Bids for maintenance dredging of Barden's cut, the waterway leading from Pamlico sound to Lookout light, will be opened by the Wilmington district office of the Corps of Engineers Dec. 20, stated Col. R. C. Brown, district engineer. Barden's cut, named for Rep. Graham A. Barden of New Bern, is important to commercial and sport fishermen of this region. Another dredging project will be carried out in Rollinson channel at Hatteras. Specifications call for opening Rollin*on channel six feet deep by 100 feet widefc and restoring a depth of seven feet by 75 feet wide from Pamlico sound to Beau fort in the areas of Wainwright slough, Atlantic, Davis, Taylors creek and intermediate points. The work, to be combined into one contract, is expected to get underway about mid January. Demands for opening these chan nels have been frequent and of continuing intensity, Col. Brown said. Fishermen in these areas maintain that shallow water in the channels denies them access to Pamlico sound and the sea. Which project will be done first is yet to be determined, it was said. Current to be Shut Oil By Tide Water Power co. Weather permitting, current will be shut off from 1 to 3 Wednes day afternoon, Nov. 21, in the 9 Foot rd. and Masontown sections, George B. Stovall, manager, Tide Water Power co., announced. The stoppage is necessary, Sto vall said, due to the cutting in of lines at the new substation in con struction at Newport. Press Time Near J. A. DuBois, manager of the Morehead City chamber of com merce, reported today that the town's new business directory will probably go to press within the next several days. After Two Years , Magazine Publishes Menhaden Story / Getting the article on menhaden iishing into the current issue of Life magazine might be likened unto the passing of a camel through the eye of a m cdle. "It was rather easy and painless for the Beaufort chamber of com merce to get the contingent of Life reporters and photographers here and aid them in their work," stated Dan Walker, the chamber's secre tary, "but after two years of wait ing for the article to appear, our patience was getting somewhat frayed around the edges." ' The story behind the pictures, said Walker, germinated from a visit in 1948 of Larry Lawrence, a representative of the Bendix Depth Recorder co. Lawrence, con tinued Walker, asked the Bealifort chamber of commerce to assist him in choosing some local business man to be distributor for his firm in Carteret county. Lawrence later learned, Walker went on, that Life was planning to do a story on menhaden fishing off the California coast. He felt certain, said Walker, that Beaufort wa> the place to dd the story and not the west coast. "So with the cooperation of U? C. of C. in Beau fort," added Walker, "he so con vinced the head office of Life in Chicago." When the Life staffers arrived, Walker said, the chamber arranged for them to accompany Capt. Roy Goodwin of the Barncgat, one of the Fish Meal co.'s boats, out for a catch. "This publicity is a dividend that Beaufort received for having an active and interested organization to cooperate with those who arc interested in Beaufort. "Further dividends from this story toere the one-third page spread in Time magazine last fall on the sea chant Drinking of the Wine and the half-hour nation wide NBC broadcast about this same sea song and menhaden fish ing." Two weeks ago Miss Eleanor Par ish of the Science department of Life, called the Beaufort chamber of commerce and asked for words to other aea chants. Walker stated. With the cooperation of the crews of the W. W. Colonna and the Tender Heart, aided by Ran dolph Johnson, principal of Queen Street school, the organization cop ied the words and sent them to Life. * ^ ? ? Morehead City j School to Observe 'Courtesy Week' Principal Extends Invita tion to Town to Cooperate In Project Beginning Monday a concerted drive will be undertaken at More head City school to make pupils more conscious of being courteous. G. T. Windell, principal, in announ cing the plans, stated that not only the school but the whole town is welcome to participate in the school's effort to encourage cour tesy. "Courtesy Week" will actually continue for 10 school days, be ginning next week. It is being sponsored by the Beta club, Jane Stroud, president, and the student council, Bobby Matthews, presi dent. Following suggestions outlined in mimeographed bulletins, posters and friezes will carry out the theme of "Courtesy Week" and will be placed in class rooms, corridors, the school lunch rooms and in downtown display windows. Mayor Approves Mayor George W. Dill has given hearty approval of the plan, the principal stated, and especially commented that citizens, as well as pupils, should be more cour teous in driving. Parents, through the IT A, have also been asked to cooperate in the project. The following suggestions for "Courtesy Week" have been dis tributed to each room in the school: Suggestions Offered J. On the School Bus A. l>o not run to the- bujt B. I*r n<^l push while idling on the bus. C. The first ones to enter should go to the back leaving room for the late comers in front. D. Obey and be considerate of the bus drivers and patrols. E. Keep heads, hands, and arms inside the bus at all times. II. In the Cafeteria A. Walk quietly to the cafeteria. B. Talk quietly to your neighbor but no yelling. C. I'leasc do not push while in line. I). Remove all plates, bottles, etc. from the tables before leaving the cafeteria. E. Eat without making unneces sary noises wtyle chewing food. F. Eat slowly and chew food well. G. Do not go ahead of anyone already in line. III. Halls A. Do not run in the halls. B. Do not yell to someone down the hall. IV. To Fellow-Students A. Boys should always stand aside and permit a girl to en ter or leave the room first if See COURTESY, Page 2 DeMolay Accepts / Five New Members Five Carteret county youths re ceived initiatory degrees Nov. 12 into the Beaufort chapter of the DeMolay, Wiley Taylor, jr., spon sor. announced. They are Walter Moore, Earl Mach Noe, and Gordon Davis of Beaufort and Sonny MacDonald of Morehead City. Since last September the initiates have gone periodically to the De Molay chapter in Jacksonville, said Taylor, to work on their degrees. That was necessary, Taylor contin ued, because college and pre school attendance so depleted the Beaufort chapter last fall. The DeMolays will entertain the Beaufort Sea Dogs with a dance Friday evening, Nov. 30. At their last meeting Jimmy Parker, Beaufort, was elected re porter for the organization's paper, News and Views. Nonhead City Lions Girt Money to CARE lor Korea The Lions club of Morehead City voted to give $10 to the TARE for Korea drive at their Nov. 15th meeting held at Captain Bill's res taurant. The organization agreed not to meet next Thursday since that day is Thanksgiving. The members de cided to hold their next meeting Nov. 29. William ^1. Howie from Rumson, N. J, and member of the fainrtow, N. J., Lions club, was guest. .. .1 ?