NEWS-TIMES OFFICE S04 Arandell Si. Morahead City Phone 6-4175 CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES * 40th YEAR. NO. 95. TWO SECTIONS TEN PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1951 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS John Simpson Receives Star J Scout Award Newport Troop is Host at Court of Honor Sunday Night at School ? Johnny Simpson, troop 51, Beau lort, received the Star Scout award Sunday night at the court of honor conducted at Newport high school, *nd other ScouU received first and ?econd class awards and merit badges. The court of honor opened with an impressive flag ceremony pre sented by Scouts of troop 61, New port and the Rev. Bennett, pastor ?f the Newport Free Will Baptist church, led in a religious service which emphasized the Christian na ' |ure of Scouting and its national significance. W. C. Wall, district Scout execu tive, New Bern, led the candle light service which preceded the award ceremony. The Boy Scout laws were represented by 12 can dles. Second class awards were prc sented by C. S. Long of Newport. Receiving those awards were Jim ply Kelly and Albert Wallace of troop 61, Newport; Billy Powell, Charles Smith. David Chipman. and Bobby Goodwin of troop 51, Beau lort. Robert B. Howard. Morehead City, presented first class awards to Joe Chipman and Ray Hunnings, troop 51, Beaufort, and the Star Scout award was made by Dr. W. A. Chipman. Beaufort. The following received merit badge awards: Gordon C. Willis, jr., and James B. Willis, jr., troop 130, Morehead City; Joe Chipman, johnny Simpson, troop 51, Beau fort; and Lonnie Hyatt, troop 101, Morehead City. Stanley Woodland, Morehead City, made those awards and then tpoke in praise of the growth of Scouting in the Carteret district, particularly in Newport. Wall led a brief ceremony honor ing Cubs of Newport Pack 61. Pa rents of Cubs were present and participated in recognition of ad vancement of the boys. Scoutmasters of each troop were present and W. C. Carlton, chair man of the advancement commit tee, commended them for the progress made in their troops. Scoutmasters are Charles Hassell, Beaufort: Ralph Whitley, Newport; Gerald Davis and Floyd Chadwick, Morehead City; and Linwood Han cock. Harkers Island. Carlton presided throughout the program. R. L Thompson ? 1 Address 4-H Members ' L. Thompson, jr., agriculture agent (or Tide Water Power com (5ny, will be the principal speaker at the 4-H achievement program at 7:30 Friday night at the Scout building, Pollock St.. Beaufort. Howard Garner, Newport, presi dent of the 4-H Club council, will preside. 1 G. T. Windell. president of More head City school, will greet the club members and their parents and the reiponse will be given by Darlene Brinson of the Camp Glenn 4-H club. Anita Copeland, Beaufort, will tell the purpose of the meeting and Sadie Harris, also of Beaufort, will be in charge of devotions. Thomas Oglesby, Morehcad City, will call the roll. Thompson will be introduced by James Allgood. 4.H club adviser, who with Miss Martha Barnett, also a club adviser, will present awards for outstanding 4-H work. Reports ?of club activities will be presented xy club members. Rachel Mundine of Newport will present a piano solo and R. M. Wil liams, farm agent, will recognize parents and speak on 4-H plans for the future. There will be recreation and re freshments following the program. Ctntndors Bequest , Permission it Dredge The ^teen Contracting corp., Norfolk, Va.. has made application for a permit to dredge aproxi mately 1 51, 000 cubic yards of ma terial to form a channel about 100 feet wide, 10 feet deep, and 3,000 feet long, using this material to 'construct a hydraulic fill of like 1 length at the southern approach to the new bridge over Bogue sound, .More head City. According to Col. R. C. Brown, district engineer, Wilmington, the J dredged channel will be about 300 k j feet eaat of the fill. , Plana for the proposed work may ( be seen at the post office, Atlantic , Beach, and objections to the pro posed work mtist be received at the Wilmington corps of engineers , office bo later than Dec. 30, 1991. EH . . , Boy Choristers Perform Carteret's audience enthusiastically received the Apollo Boys choir last night as the young choristers presented the first of the current series of Community concerts in Beaufort school auditorium. Coleman Cooper, founder and director of the choir, displayed his expert abilities in choral directing, partly the re sult of training in both Europe and America. ' ? .. . . " ? . . ?" ' ? : ? ; " '? . - 1| Inaccurate Information on Social Security Numbers Causes Trouble Webb Urges Yule Gifts Be Mailed Now Before Rush "It's later than you think!" says Harold Webb, Morehead City post master. "Most people wait until December rolls around before they 1 give the increasingly heavy Christ mas mails a second thought. You'll worry less if you mail them now." The postmaster expects the greatest flood of Yulctide mail in local history. He predicts it will exceed "by a considerable margin" the record-breaking 1950 holiday season. wh$n 153,039 p^cep ? of mail were cancelled at his tips you're going to need, thus r oiding last-minute crowds. When buying > stamps for Christmas cards, bear in mind the desirability of sending the cards by first-class mail. The rate for unsealed cards is 2 cents and cards mailed in this way do not rate forwarding or return services. 2. Check and revise your Christ mas card address list this weekend. Purchase your Christmas cards early and address and stamp them at once. Then put them in a con venient place for mailing at the proper time. 3. Lay in adequate supplies of heavy cardboard, sturdy outer paper, strong cord, and printed Fourth Class labels for wrapping parcel post. Packages are limited to 70 pounds in weight, and must not measure more than 100 inches in length and girth combined. Re peat the address inside the outer wrappings, in case they are dam aged in transit. _ "Above all," sajl Webb, "please address plainly and completely. Give the full name, house number, street, name of city, zone, and state. And don't forget to write your return address on Christmas card envelopes. Authorities on etiquette say it's perfectly proper, because it helps people bring their address book up-to-date. But a re turti address is frequently even more help to us!" John Ellison Arrested John Ellison was arrested by Beaufort police Saturday night on a charge of public drunkenness. He has posted $12 bond for his ap pearance before Mayor L. W. Hat sell next Monday. ? "I will bring in my social securM ty card tomorrow." "I have lost my social security card but I know the number." "I have my number copied down on this piece of pa per." Reliance on such statements by employers causes more trouble than anything else connected with the keeping of correct social securi ty records for their employees, ac cording to N. A. Avera. manager of the Wilmington social security office. Avera added that this* week his office received from the central accounting office of social securi- j ty 394 letters requesting correct information on 852 employees who had made one or more of these statements. Wages reported by employers on their quarterly social security tax returns are posted to the employ ee's individual wage record by ma chines. If the name and the social securely nuin* *? do '#e?t ajjr ct then it bocomes necessary to re-contact the employer for the correct ac count number before the worker's wages can be posted to his credit. This extra work, Avera stated, adds materially to the cost of keeping the records for the employer who makes an incorrect or incomplete tax return. Avera emphasized that employ ers could save time and money not only for themselves but also for the government by reporting each worker's name and social security account number exactly as they apear on the worker's social securi ty card. Workers are urged to show their employers their social securi ty cards when they go to work and not guess at their account num bers. If an employee changes the spelling ot his name or a woman worker marries, the social security office will issue another card bear ing the same number but the new name. These changes can be made by contacting the Wilmington so cial security field office, 125 Cus toms building and filing an appli cation for the change. A&ECAsks State Utilities Board To Approve Loan The Atlantic and North Carolina Railroad company Friday asked the State Utilities commission to ap prove its plans for issuing $500,000 in notes to finance system improve ments. The loan plan was authorized by the 1951 General assembly, and preliminary details already have been approved by the Council of State and the Interstate Commerce commission. Tfre ('oil mcij of St^te gave its consent Wednesday, authorizing the road to spend $406,736.32. The loan, effective immediately upon commission action, includes $93. 000 advanced last May 1. The in terest rate is to run at three per cent. The ICC acted Nov. 2. The A&NC, which has borrowed before from the state to improve its roadbed and equipment, plans to buy new engines and improve its right-of-way. The council said $108,014.32 will go for a new diesel locomotive. $135,390.55 for another diesel, $131,380.73 to lay heavier rail on a 10 mile stretch of track near Goldsboro, and $31, 950.12 to rebuild the Trent river drawbridge at New Bern. The A&NC runs from Morehcad City to Goldsboro. The state owns 72 per cent of the stock and all of the bonds. The actual train serv ice is operated under a lease agreement by the Atlantic and East Carolina Railroad company. The application listed M: G. Mann of Raleigh as A&NC presi dent. W. G. Hargett of Kinston as secretary-treasurer, and W. A. Johnson of Lillington at attorney. She's Nobody's Baby Raleigh Investor Tries Long Shot, Gets Unwanted Vessel Eugene Pruett, Raleigh, high bid der for the Pamlico, ex-flagship of the state fleet, isn't quite sure he wants the Pamlico after all. Ac cording to Pruett, whose bid of $32,103.78 was high, he never ex pected to get the craft and actual ly, he's not interested in owning a boat in the first place, he just thought it might be a good invest ment. The State Division of Purchase and Contract, in charge of dispos ing of the vessel, says that unless Pruett backs up his bid with some cash by Thursday, it may start court action or the courts might take a lien on property Pruett al ready owns. The reluctant "owner" of the 110-foot vessel says he sent in his bid on a long shot after a friend had looked the -craft over at New Bern where it is tied up. An of ficial of the commcrcial fisheries division stated several weeks ago that if the state were to break even on sale of the Pamlico, it would have to get $60,000. Getting the former sub-chaser to Morehead City a couple years ago cost (5,000 alone in towing charges. The initial cost was $15, 000 and sintfc that time thousands of dollars have been sunk in out fitting, overhauling, and mainte nance. That's the main reason North Carolina want* to get rid of the vessel. She costs too much to ope rate. The Pamlico was built by the Daytona Beach Boat works at Day tona Beach. Fla.. in 1943, as the "Ensign Hcrstam" for the U. S. Navy. Pruett, at last reports, was eager ly looking for a buyer, somebody with at least $32,103.78. SgL Joe C. Beam Will Attend Officer School Fort Sill, Okla ? Sgt. Joe C. Beam, con of Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Beam, Beaufort, has been selected as a candidate to attend class No. It of the Officer Candidate School at Fort Sill, Okla. Upon completion of the twenty-two week's course, Candidate Beam will be commis sioned a Second Lieutenant in the artillery of the U. S. Army. Sergeant Beam qualified himself for the course through a series of written and physical tests and per sonal interviews before a board of officers. He is a graduate of Duke university, Durham. , Car Barai The Beaufort fire department answered a call to' put out a fire in an automobile on the Beaufort draw bridge at 11:20 Sunday morn ing. The car was being driven to Morehead City when it caught fire and was partially destroyed. It had to be towed off the bridge. Morehead Police Investigate Theft Of $210 from Morehead Motor Parts County, Towns Receive $19387 In Tax Kickback ? Carteret county and its four in corporated towns, Beaufort, More- | head City. Atlantic Beach, and | Newport this week received a total , of $19,387.67 as their share of the beverage tax on beer and wine for the fis<&l year ending Sept. 30, 1951 The state department of revenue put in the mail Wednesday checks totaling $2.298.46251. Two hun dred ninety counties and towns were the recipients. The checks, ranging from $11.82 for the town of Blowing Rock to $116,982.24 for the city of Char lotte, represent the local govern ments' 50 per cent share of the beverage tax collected on beer and wine sales for the fiscal year end ing last September 30. W. C. Pickett, jr., chief of the beverage tax division, said the $2. 298,462.51 total compares with $2, 074,161.90 distributed last year. The distribution is based on pop ulation. and last year's checks were calculated according to the 1940 census. This year for the first time the checks are based on the 1950 census. However, because' the in crease in tax collections since last year closely approximated the pop ulation increase recorded in the census, the per capita allocation remained constant at slightly more than 87 cents. The fund from which the allo cation is made comes from a 2'^ cent crown tax on bottled beer, a $7.50 per keg tax on beer and a 60 cents per gallon tax on unforti fied wine. Beer collections accounted for $2,234,100.15 of the total, while the wine tax was responsible for $64. 362.36. Payments in Carteret, Onslow, and Pamlico county are as follows: Carteret county. $11,462.42; Beau fort, $2,803.21; Morehead City. $4, 489.32; Newport, $589.96; Atlantic Beach. $42.76. Onslow county, $31,042.07; Jack sonville, $3,456.01; Riehlands, $761.65; Swansboro, $487.85; Hol ly ridge. $944.30. Pamlico county, $6,726.11; Ori ental. $514.90; Vandemere, $414.55; Bayboro, $395.35. Morehead Firemen Answer Two Calls Morehead City firemen answer ed two calls over the weekend, one to a home on Shepard street Sun day afternoon and another to a home on Bay street Saturday morn ing. Damage was not extensive at either home. The Sunday afternoon fire was discovered by Hubert Fulcher, Morehead City policeman, who no ticed flames inside the house at 1307 Shepard st. He notified the chief of police, E. J. Willis, who called the fire department, but by the time firemen arrived Officer Fulcher and neighbors had re moved from the house a burning sofa. Residents of the home, Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Gaskins. were away at the time. Mrs. Gaskins said she didn't know how the fire started unless a cigarette dropped between the cushions of the sofa. The inside of the house was scorched but the major damage was to the sofa. A rusted pipe leading from a coal burning hot-water heater into a chimney caused the outside of the house at 1205 Bay St., to burst into flames. An alarm sent the Morehead City fire department to the scene and the fire was quickly extin guished. A fire department official said that the blaze did not damage the interior of the dwelling. Fisheries Commissioner Explains Scallops Baling Although the scallop season opens Saturday, it will not be legal to take scallops until Monday. C. D. Klrkpatrick, commercial fish eries commissioner, announced to day. From Dec. 1 until May 1 it is legal to take scallops on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. " It is unlawful to take them be tween sundown and sunrise or on Tuesdays. Thursday, Saturdays, and Sundays. The only legal methods of harvesting are by use rakes, peadiggers, tongs, and by hand. All dredges, trawls or instru ments pulled by power or behind boats are illegal, the commissioner mrned. k TB Society Oiien Prises I For Best Window Displays In conjunction with the Christ mas seal sale, the County Tuber culosis association is offering two cash priies to schools in the county who put the best' Christ mas seal display in downtown store windows. Mrs. G. T. Spivey, chairman of the sale, announced today that the first prize will be $5 and the second $2. The Christmas seal display now in the window of Lipman's store, Beaufort, was placed there by the home economics class taught by Mrs. David Beveridge. CP&L Expected To Build Large Generating Plant One of the first steps expected in eastern North Carolina as the result of Carolina Power and Light's purchase of Tide Water Power co. is the construction of a steam generating plant. Tide Water also had in mind the building of such a plant and had obtained government priority for the material. The priority pa pers will now be used by CP&L. It has been reported that none of Tide Water's directors will be made members of the CP&L board and that Tide Water President Warren Bell's future status as a CP&L vice-president will be large ly advisory. Tide Water's opera ting personnel and employees will not be seriously affected, accord ing to reports from Raleigh. The following statement was made recently by W. W. Bell, presi dent of Tide Water Light and Pow er co., and sent to company em ployees: You undoubtedly saw the news story announcing the forthcoming merger of Tide Water with Caro lina Power and Light Company. 1 hope you read it carefully. If it had been possible for me to talk with each member of the Tide Water organization individu ally I would have done so. How ever, we could not discuss the pro posed merger with anyone before the meeting of the Board of Direc tors. Naturally, the thought of your own security and your own future came into your mind when you learned of the proposed merger. It was in my mind, too, when the merger discussions were taking place. As a result of our discussions with Carolina Power and Light it is my positive opinion that the mer ger need cause you no worry. In fact, there is a good possibility that a bigger and better future awaits you as a result of the merger. I am confident that Carolina Power and Light will maintain our traditions of good service, of good personnel and public relations, and 1 of working continously toward the development of the area we serve. We have 'all been proud of Tide Water and what we, as an organiza tion working harmoniously togeth er, have accomplished. Our team has brought Tide Water a long way in a comparatively few years. Now I am sure that you will be equally proud of the larger organi zation of which you will be a mem ber. We'll still be working together and with bigger goals in sight and bigger opportunities before us. Morehead Cily Firemen Annotwce Christmas Plus Morehead City firemen this year will devote their Christmas effort to decoration, supplying 1 needy families with food, and sending Santa Claus through the town on a fire truck to give fruit to the children. Because Jaycees have undertaken toy collection and repair, the fire men said they will not collect toys this year. They will repair a few, they added, to go with boxes of food, but their toy operations will not be carried out on a large scale as in previous years. Since the new fire truck arrived, lack of space also makes extensive toy repair impossible, firemen said. Tide Table Tidea at Beaufort Bar HIGH LOW Tuesday, Nov. 27 6:22 a.m. 6:40 p.m. 12:29 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 28 7:10 a.m. 7:30 p.m. 12:41 a.m. 1:39 p.m. Thunday, Nov. 29 8:01 a.m. 8:20 p.m. 1:31 a.m. 2:29 p.m. Friday, Nov. 30 8:52 a.m. 9:12 pjn. 2:20 a.m. 3:20 p.m. f Morehead City ponce are1 continuing investigation to day of the theft of $210 from Morehead Motor Parts co., 18th st. Chief of Police E. J. Willis reported yesterday that the money was stolen from the cash register some time Thanksgiving Day or early Friday morning. The theft was discovered when the firm opened for business at 8 o'clock Friday morning. Only Cash Taken Frank D. Johnson, owner, and Bill Austin, manager, said that nothing was missing other than the cash. The register was not locked and the thief or thieves merely rung it open an-d helped them selves. Entry was gained through a back window which was forced open. The exit was made by the back door which was left standing ajar. Money Removal Forgotten Johnson said that removal of the money from the cash register Wednesday night was simply for gotten "and we didn't realize there was that much in there,"' he added. Chief Willis said fingerprints were obtained from the cash regis ter. Assisting in the investigation were Officer Herbert Griffin and George Canady, agent with the State Bureau of Investigation. Morehead Band Visits Raleigh The band of Morehead City graded school appeared in Ral eigh's Christmas parade last night. The band, under the direction of Ralph Wade, left for Raleigh yes terday noon with the school prin cipal, G. T. Windcll. Expenses for the trip were paid by a group of Raleiglf merchants who gave the band association over $100. This grant enabled the school to charter three Seashore Transpor tation co. buses which took the players to and from the state cap ital. The band sported their new uni forms which arrived last week. Taking part in the festive spectacle depicting Christmas at the circus were 11 floats and 12 other bands. Clobs, Officers . To Meet This Week Three Home Demonstration club meetings and two training schools for Home Demonstration club of ficers will be conducted this week. The club meetings arc as follows: Cedar Point, 2 p.m. today with Mrs. Pauline Smith; Russell's Creek. 7:30 tonight with Mrs. F. J. Worthington; Williston, 7:30 to morrow night with Mrs. Janic Lynch. The topic for study will be "Sweet Potatoes on Your Menu." The training school for officers of the Atlantic, Cedar Island, and Williston Home Demonstration clubs will take place at 2:30 today at the home of Mrs. Dora Day, Cedar Island. The training school for officers of tbe following 10 clubs will be held at 2 o'clock tomorrow after noon in the home agent's office, Beaufort: Core Creek-Harlowc, Bettie, Crab Point, Merrimon, North River, Russell's Creek. Wild wood, Gloucester, Wiregfass, and Camp Glenn. The training school for officers of the Cedar Point and Pelletier clubs was conducted yesterday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Dc witt Truckner, Pelletier. Instruct ing the officers was Miss Martha Barnctt, home agent. Bepair of USO Has Not / Started; Materials Needed Members of the "Build for Youth" committee were over-opti mistic in their announcement sev eral weeks ago that work had start ed on repair of the former IISO building on Shepard it., Morehead City. Grady Rich, contractor in charge of the work, stated yesterday that there was a holdup on obtaining roofing materials an/1 the roof was the first thing scheduled for re pair. He stated that the roofing ma terials were expected this week and as soon as they are received work will begin. Case Dismissed In Morehead City's municipal court yesterday Mayor George W. Dill dismissed the charge of pub lic drunkenness against Victorial Hill, Negro transient, on condition that she leave town immediately. She was found Sunday lying in front ol tbe City theatre. Little Symphony v Membership Drive Begins Tomorrow County Symphony Commit tee, Assistants to Meet At 7:30 Tonight The North Carolina Little Sym phony drive will begin tomorrow morning and continue for one' week. Mrs. James H. Davis and Mrs. Hugh Salter, co-chairmen, an nounced today. County officers of the Little Sym phony committee, directors of the | membership drive and assistants I will meet at 7:30 tonight al the Lottie Sanders building, Beaufort, for the kick-off dinner. They will hear a talk by a Little Symphony representative from Cha j pel Hill, receive publicity material I on the campaign, and membership | tickets. Memberships will be avail able for students as well as adults. The Little Symphony will be pre sented this year in Beaufort school. Last winter's concert was given in Morehcad City. In charge of the membership drive in Morehead City is Mrs. H. A. Zimmerman. The Junior Wo man's clubs in both towns are sponsoring the Little Symphony's appearance. Serving the dinner at tonight's meeting will be the Annie Jones circle of Ann Street Methodist I church. Negro to be Tried In Court Today Lewis Washington, colored man | of Beaufort, will be tried in re | corder's court today on a charge of assaulting his wife with a deadly weapon and attempting to kill her Saturday night. Washington spent the weekend in the county jail un der $50() bond. According to Police Chief Carl ton Garner, Washington grabbed his wife as she was walking to Elks club meeting Saturday night, held her and struck her on the head four times with two 2-ounce net leads tied to the end of a rope. At the Morehead City hospital 35 stitches were required to close Mrs. Washington's wounds. The first blow caused a gash 4 inches long and the other three measured from 1 to 2 inches. The woman's sister notified Beaufort police and Washington himself, after the attack, went to the county jail where he informed the jailer, Em Chaplain, what he had done. Chief Garner had the warrant drawn up and informed Washing ton Sunday morning of the charges placed against him. Auto Overturns At Intersection A 1950 model automobile over turned and was damaged to the extent of $800 when it collided with another car at 7 o'clock Thurs day morning at the intersection of Live Oak st. and the Lennoxville . rd., Beaufort. No one was injured. Driving the car which upset was Julius Small, Beaufort, and with him was his wife. Driving the other car, a 1941 model, was Mrs. Beatrice S. Beacham of route 1, Beaufort. According to Police Chief Carl ton Garner, Small was going west on the Lennoxville road and Mrs. Beacham was going south on Live Oak st. Both went through the signal light and each told the of ficer that the light was in his favor. The Beacham car hit Small's car ? on the right and flipped it over on its top. Damage to the Beacham car was estimated at $100. No charges were preferred. Shell Tanker, Lembnles, Discharges Asphalt, Oil The Shell tanker. Lembules. sail ed for Curacao. Dutch West Indies, at 6 30 yesterday morning. The vessel had been at Morehead City port terminal since Friday. It brought asphalt and oil here and returns with ballast to Curacao where it will take on more oil. From there, said one of the ship's officers, the tanker will probably go to Germany and then to Eng land. Ike captain, a Mr. Thomas, spent the weekend in Raleigh visiting his sk'er, who married an American serviceman during the war.