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UA YEAR, NO. 1. TWO SECTIONS TEN PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY, JANUARY 1, 1952 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
World Federalist Makes Annual Report
Robert Humber
Thursday afternoon in Beaufort'?
American Legion hut 39 adherents
of the United World Federalists
gathered to hear a progress report
by the organization's founder,
Robert Humber of Greenville.
Humber, world traveler and Ox
ford alumnus, rose in the semi
circle about the glowing fireplace
and remarked that the chief ob
stacle in the way of the group's
goal? a world organization power
ful enough to prevent war ? is the
propaganda being sent out from
the Washington office of the Vet
erans of Foreign Wars.
"I talked to the head of the
VFW," said the leader, "in his
Washington office and asked him
point blank why the organisation
was undermining what we have
taken 11 years to build.
"He told me that such talk as
ours about forming a world gov
ernment threatened to divert the
concentrated effort of the Ameri- i
can public to rearm.
"It meant to this former ad
miral," Humbcr continued, "that
thii country may not produce its
total capacity of arms, because it
may >ee our movement as another
' way out.
" 'Nothing.' said the man, 'must
sttfnd in the way of our rearma
ment, not even talk of peace.' "
"1 told this person," number
went on, "that the United World
Federalists were not against rearm
anient. But we did not see how a
huge army, navy, and air force
could keep this nation out of war.
"Something else is needed, I
told him, and the World Federal
ists see the only answer in a world
government capable of making
laws outlawing war and strong
enough to enforce those laws."
Humbcr reminded his listeners
that the need for such a world gov- ,
eminent grew more necessary
every day.
"At the close of the last war 1
talked to General Hap' Arnold,
then head of the Army Air Forcc
about the effects of concentrated
bombing on cities ? what the Army
referred to as strategic bombing.
"Arnold told me that warfare
was becoming so destructive that
America had won its last war. In
the future, Arnold said there will
be only survivors ? no victors."
"Interestingly enough," Humber
pointed out, "the VFW opposition
which we are encouraging comes
not from any state, county, or local
group, but from the VFW's head
quarters in Washington, D. C.
"From that office goes a flood of
letters to every state in the union,
to every congressman, senator, and
other person of high rank, asking
them not to support our peace
plan.
See FEDERALIST, Page 3
Carteret County in Review , 1951
By F. C. Salisbury
JANUARY
Week of January 1
Annual review of events occur
ing in county during the year 1950
appeared in the first issue of the
year. ? George W. Dill who re
signed as Mayor of Morehead City
to represent Carteret county in the
State Legislature left for the open
ing of the session and W. L. Der
rickson was appointed by City Com
missioners to fill vacancy of mayor
?used by the resignation of Mayor
Dill. ? Workshop owned by Arline
Taylor, Lennoxville road, burned
with loss of $1,400. ? J. C. Harvell
of Morehead City wins first place
in essay contest on "Self-Confi
dence," receives S150. ? Temper
ature on New Year's day falls to
one degree below freezing. ? First
baby of the year born in county
was daughter, Lorine, to Mr. and
Mrs. L. G. Giilikin of Otway.
Mrs. Mildred L. Turner of Otway
4ied from carbon monoxide in
parked car. Durwood Giilikin al;o
overcome but survives. ? New
school building for colored scholars
in Morehead City opens. ? High
Way report for the year gives 124
Accidents, 61 persons injured and
?ix fatalities in the county Twelve
persons were killed in 1949.
Marriages: Miss Mary O. Taylor
Of Beaufort to Lyle Pasineau. Miss
Lorna L. Smith of Beaufort to
Puane Peters. Deaths: Mrs. Sallie
T. Garner, 83, Newport. Mrs. Sid
ney Merrill, 82, North ^tiver. Mrs.
Willie Dill Herbert, of Weldon,
former resident of Morehead City.
Mrs. Mary E. Hardy, 90, South Riv
. er.
I ' *
I Week of fttnuir) 7
CWMHPr I* Lewis resigns and
, tSlic D. Sprms^le named to suc
ceed him. - Coultoty Cimmissioners
vote to borrow $301000 to payroll
balance of debt on AVtiantic school.
?"fcCpjinty corn-growing ?contest won
J tf^Troy Simpson, Newpofci. first
|>lacr and Rolaild Salter, IRrttie,
aecond place. ? Beaufort t<r n n
board vote to refuse to answc r
out-of-town calls for service c f
firemen and trucks.
Landlords given privilege t >
raise rents 15 per cent. ? Smyrtt
school closes far week on accout
of epidemic of mumps. ? Mai
fiages: Miss Jamcc C. Hill of Men
head City to Charles W. Conwag
Miss Mary E. Johnson of Beaufor
to William Norton. Miss Dora Ma
Staton of Morehead City to Charlc
E. Clontz. Deaths: Mrs. Ella V
Howerton, 80, Morehead Clt; .
Jlichard Betts, brother of J. 1 .
^etts, 58.
[ Week of January 14
I The March of Dimes gets under
way in the county with a goal se
1 for $7,500. - Pfc. Warren (Tiny
C. Day, 19, of Lola, reported mis!
ing in Korea. - - Milton D. Tucke
I of Pelletier elected president c
I the Newport institutional on-farr
training class. ? Morehead Cit
agrees to turn over building lot
to the Regional Housing authorit;
for housing project. ? Forty mile
of road were graded and paved it
the county during the year.
Christmas TB aul sale amounted'
to $1,610.55. ? Beaufort towij
board passes resolution providing
for extension of town limits ai
provided in bill before legislature!
? John Sikes, manager of the*
Morehead City chamber of com(|
merce, resigns. ? Bill introduced II
in Sonate to restore retirement pay I
to Jadge Lutber Hamilton.
George Eastman buys site in
Morehead City for erection of new
black to bouse his furniture buai
nesa. Building to coat $20,000. ?
House of David basketball game
nets Uons profit of $100. ? State
Highway department makes appli
cation for approval to build new
bridge across Bogue sound to re
place present bridge in Morel
City. ? E. W. Copeland of C
Glenn injured when a tree fell aa|
him while working at Stella. ?
Deat ha: Joaeph P. Styron, 78,
c Davis.
t
Week of Jaauary 11
Flash fire at the plant of i
Fry Roofing company causcj I
lost. ? Jimmy Wallace
\
A severe storm brought lots of sbow Feb. 3. The above scenes were shot in Beaufort and Morehead City.
man of the year by the Morehead
City Jaycees. ? Two men and a
woman lift $700 off of Earl Hay
wood of Virginia while asleep on a
boat in Morehead City. ? J. V.
Waters named general superinten
dent of the town crews in More
head City.
Union loses election at the Lloyd
Fry Roofing plant by a vote of
102 to 14. ? Samuel D. Edwards,
prominent citizen of Newport, died
suddenly at his home. - Epidemic
of measles hits Salter Path and
Camp Glenn. ? Baptist Brother
hood organized in the Morehead
City Baptist church. ? Deaths:
Mrs. John Hall, 69, Newport. Mrs.
Sabra S. Styron, 90, Davis. Mrs.
Alice F. Styron, 68, Morehead City.
George W. Lewis, 73, Beaufort.
Irvin S. Garner, 72, Newport.
Week of January ZS
A two month-old colored baby
died in a fire which destroyed a
tobacco barn at Newport. ? Burg
lar enters store of C. V. Hill in
Beaufort by breaking glass in door
front. ? Menhaden fish boat Tar
Heel sold at auction in Beaufort
to Gibbs corporation of Jackson
ville, Fla.
Four Raleigh boys under 16
years of age arrested by Morehead
City police in a stolen car. ?
Twenty-three men, 19 white and
four colored, leave for Fort Bragg
for army induction. ? Harry B.
Avery, former operator of the Gulf
Stream Gardens in Beaufort died
Wednesday. ? Work starts on new
office for county register of deeds.
?Marriages: Miss Claudette James
of Morehead City to Edgar Simp
son. ? Deaths: James S. Hall, 80,
of Newport. George Gilbert, 58. of
Beaufort. Mrs. George Pittman, 36,
of Atlantic Beach.
FEBRUARY
Week of Februar) i
Blizzard struck this section on
Saturday, snowing for 14 hours,
leaving a blanket 'of five inches
?f snow. ? A. V. Josey goes on
wife hunt and pumps four bulets
into her, was rounded up by the
aheriff's department. ? The U. S.
Coast Guard cutter goes to the res
cue of the 325-foot river-type ves
sel Holiday, also two other vessels
over weekend. ? Joseph A. DuBois
I named by the chamber of com
merce as manager to succeed John
Bikes.
Newport citizens get desired ac
tion from county commissioners
lor withdrawal from zoning agree
ment ? State Highway commis
sion completes new road on Inlet
taland. ? Three marines making
?heir homes in Carteret county
killed in plane crash in Virginia.
V- The Rev. W. L. Martin, rector
fbrst Paul's Episcopal church of
[?effort, appointed chairman of
Mhe Beaufort Red Croaa. ? Little
Symphony presents successful con
cert in Morehead City. ? Deaths:
Mrs. Leon B. I^e<vis. 67, of Mar
shallbcrg. Mrs. Lena Goodwin, 73,
of Morehead City. John Lawrence,
63, of Otway. Mrs. Alice Lupton,
85, of Sea Level.
Week of February 12
Auto collision near Newport puts
six persons in hospital after cars
meet head on. Claud Gillikin,
14, of Otway, struck and injured
by pick-up truck driven by Lundy
Gillikin. ? Air raid siren mounted
on the Beaufort water tower. ?
Woman's club of Morehead City
starts drive to raise funds for pur
chase of grand piano for the grad
ed school. ? Marriages: Miss Vir
ginia Webb of Morehead City to
Franklin R. Sample. Miss Evelyn
G. Graham of Newport to Harold
L. Bass. Miss Lctha Gillikin of
Beaufort to Maxton T. Lewis. ?
Deaths: Mrs. Julia C. Lewis, 74,
Morehead City. Mrs. Sammy Mer
rill, 63, Russell's Creek.
Week of February 18
Burglars enter county court
house setting fire to the interior
of the tax collector's office after
endeavoring to burn off a safe
door. ? Archie Wallace, Beaufort
Negro, arrested in connection with
attempt. Being held for grand jury.
? Twenty-five apartments built in
Beaufort within the past few
months. ? The Rev. filmer J.
Landser, T. O. R., of St. Egbcrt'6
Catholic church assigned to the
Franciscan monastery. Loretto, Pa.
Two lishing boats bring in over
600 boxes of large croakers, the
first major catches of seafood in
several months. A 14-foot pilot
whale washes ashore on Shcephcad
shoal near Beaufort.
Marriages: Miss Iris Davis of
Beaufort to Fred Lane. Miss Mary
L. Eaton of Morehead City to Ron
ald E. West. Deaths: Divine F.
Guthrie. 72, Morehead1 City. Ben
jamin F. Jones, 7!). Newport. Mrs.
John E. Dixon, 82. Beaufort. Mrs.
Emma Quidley, 65, Beaufort.
Week of February 25
Stanley Woodland. Morehead
City, appointed to the Carteret
county welfare board succeeding
C. G. Nelson who hud served on
the board 14 years. County's
March of Dimes nets $4,000. ?
The sum of $2,318.50 was raised
by the Woman's club of Morehead
City for the purchase of a grand
piano for the school. ? Carteret
Ice and Coal company awarded
safety certificate for third con
secutive year. Archie Wallace
escapes from county jail but is
captured next day in a bunk house
at the Quinn factory.
NEWS-TIMES issues annual farm
edition. ? Charles Hester named
director of Morehead Citl recrea
tion program. Work started on
the new Belk store in Morehead
City. Anthony Josey held under
See 1951, Page 2, Sec. 2
? -
The Rev. James P. Dees , Aurora ,
Will Serve as Rector at St. Paul's
Drive Opens Tomorrow
Miss North Carolina, Lu Long
Ogburn, is one of the first to
contribute to the March of Dimes.
The campaign opens tomorrow
and continues through January.
Wilmington Crew
Fixes Tide Water
Voltage Regulator
Nothing simple over happens
here, it's always something that
never happens anywhere else," de
clared J. W. I*. Hodges, chief trou
ble shooter for Tide Water Power
j co.. who arrived in M ore head City
j Saturday morning with three re
I pair men to look for the trouble that
. has been causing electrical equip
ment to cut off at nightfall.
The first time there was evidence
I of trouble was Thursday night,
i Lights went dim but gradually grew
| bright again. Then Friday night
j i he same thing happened. Electri
cally controlled furnaces went off
| and other power-operated nieces of
machinery sort of half died.
; Meanwhile Tide Water crewmen
J v\jre looking for the trouble but
re stymied becatise the it ?ubl??
righted its. -If in a short time,
(ieorge Stovall, Tide Water man
ager, explained.
The Wilmington men discovered
that the difficulty lay in the auto
matic voltage regulator, a "gadget"
valued at about $10.000 which au
tomatically raises and lowers the
voltage to approximate the use
load.
one of the contacts was burned
off and Hodges said he didn't know
why or how it burned off but that
is What caused reduction in voltage
at nightfall when persons turned
on lights or started their electric
ranges to cook supper.
Repairing the voltage regulator
required a return to Wilmington
where another regulator had to be
dismantled to obtain the necessary
parts. Spare parts arc never car
ried around with repairmen on ma
jor jobs because it is never known
exactly what is wrong and "spare
parts" to expensive pieces of equip
ment ar, .t usually kept lying
arour .jse.
Until the voltage regulator was
repaired an engine was started in
the plant to keep voltage to the
level necessary.
USES Office Moves
The United States Employment
Service office is now located in the
south section of the building for
merly used as the Jefferson res
'aurant, Morehead City. The move
I .vas made Friday from the former
I location, 700 Evans st.
Former Visitor to Beaufort
Receives Award in Aviation
Telephone Co. v
Asks Commission
For Rate Increase
Carolina, Serving Carteret
County, Wants $900,000
More in Yearly Revenue
Carolina Telephone and Tele
graph company, which serves 113
eastern North Carolina communi
ties. including those in Carteret
county, has requested th<* State
Utilities commission for an in
crease in rates.
The phone company has inform
ed the commission it wants $900,
OOO more a year "after taxes and
additional expenses." To meet that
figure, the commission would have
to raise monthly bills of Carolina's
98,000 customers by approximate
ly $1,500,000 a year.
Southern Bell, another phone
company operating in the state,
also recently asked the utilities
commission for a boost which
would bring in $1,780,000 annually.
Both companies claim they must
have extra revenue to maintain
their rate of return, and profits in
the face of rising operating costs
and mounting taxes.
Both have left it to the commis- i
sion to determine how much indi
vidual subscribers' rates would
have to be boosted to provide the
additional revenue.
The combined effect of the com
panies' demands would push the
cost of telephone service in the
state upwards by approximately
$3,300,000 a year.
Three times since world war II.
Carolina hi?'? askril and ^rtceive4 !
rate increases fro?h the State Util
ities commission. In May 1947 it
asked for a total of $328,000. In
August 1947 the commission ap
proved an increase of $288,651. In
November 1948 it won permission
to raise rural rates $63,500 a year.
In the spring of 1949, it applied
for general increases of $900,000 a
year. In April 1949 the commis
sion granted it $603,958.
Two Face Assault
Changes Friday
Dago Samuel Dent and Henry
Lane, colored menhaden crewmen,
will be tried in recorder's court
Friday in Beaufort on charges of
assault. Each is in the county jail
under $100 bond.
Policc Chief Carlton Garner said
the two got into a fight at about
5 o'clock Sunday aboard the men
haden boat Charlie Mason. Dent '
said Lane came at hina with a
knife and to protect himself Dent
picked up a pin bolt and struck
Lane in the eye. Lane had to be
taken to Morchead City hospital
where the wound was closed with
stitches.
The incident was reported to
police Monday morning and Chief
Garner arrested the two. Lane is
chbrgcd with assault with a deadly
weapon and Dent with assault with
See COURT, Page 3
19S1 waa i busy year of building the modem Morehead City port. These pictures ,were taken is August.
? Mrs. Orsino II. Bose a, the former
Caro Bay ley who has visited in
Beaufort frequently with her pa
rents. Mr. and Mrs. Kldcn Bay ley
of Springfield, Ohio, has been
named "Young Woman of the
Year" in aviation and has received
the 1951 merit award for signal
achievement in aviation from Made
moiselle magazine.
The awards were presented for
the ninth consecutive year to young
women between the ages of 17 and
32 "who have already made a dis
tinctive mark in the fields and arc
expected to achieve even greater
heights," according to Betsy Talbot
Blaekwell, Mademoiselle's editor
in-chief.
The honors were awarded to the
Springfield aviatrix under her
Mrs. Orsino II. Bosca
maiden name which is widely
known in aviation circles for her
many accomplishments as a flier.
Her marriage occurred recently.
She is cited in the January issue
of Mademoiselle for establishing
an official world record this year
by taking her Piper Super Cub
more than a mile higher than any
light landplane has ever gone.
A native f SprinfM' ld, In*.
Bosca was graduated from St.
Mary's Junior college, Raleigh, N.
C., became a pilot in 1941 and
joined the WASP two years later.
On completion of her WASP
service in December. 1944, she was
based in and around Miamia, Fla.,
where she flew as a flight instruc
tor and followed her hobby of aero
batics and soaring.
She was 1951's women's interna
tional champion stunt flier.
Mrs. Bosca's mother is a lifelong
friend of Mrs. Bayard Taylor of
Beaufort.
Tax Listing Will
Begin Tomorrow
County tax listens will be at their
posts tomorrow to begin listing of
real and personal property for tax
purposes. The listing ends Jan. 31.
All persons listing after the dead
line will be subject to penalty.
Property to be registered in
cludes real estate and personal
property such as automobiles,
household appliances, furniture,
typewriters, dogs, etc. All males
between 21 and 50 must list for
poll tax.
People living in Beaufort, More
head City, and Newport must list
with town tax collectors as well as
the county. Although it has been
customary for towns to copy list
ings from the county records, mu
nicipal officials request listing with
them also.
In Beaufort town taxes should
be listed at the town hall and in
Mdrehead City with Charles V.
Webb. 813 Evans st.
Listers in the county are the fol
lowing: Fred K. Seeley, John
Brooks. Beaufort township; Mrs.
Dora Day, Cedar Island: Walter
Smith, Atlantic and Sea Level; A1
vin Davis, Stacy and Davis; George
W. Davis. Smyrna and Williston;
Charles V. Webb, Morehead town
ship.
J. U Ball, Harlowe; James Gilli
kin, Marshallberg; Prentis Garner,
Newport; S. B. Meadows, White
Oak township: Peter Carraway,
Merrimon; William G i 1 1 i k i n.
Straits; Charles Hancock, llarkers
Island.
Tide Table
Tides at Beaufort Bar
HIGH
LOW
Tuesday, Jan. 1
11:45 a.m.
11:44 p m
5:03 a.m.
5:39 p.m.
Wednesday, Jan. 2
12:07 p.m.
6:01 a.m.
6:31 p.m.
Thursday, Jan. 3
12:41 a.m.
1:01 p.m.
7 02 a.m.
7:24 p.m.
Friday, Jan. 4
1:40 a.m.
1:57 p.m.
8:05 a.m.
8:18 PJD.
i ur nvv. jumcs i . uecs, iormer
rector of the Church of the Holy
Cross, Aurora, will assume the rec
torship of St. Paul's Episcopal
church, Beaufort, Feb. 1, 1952.
Mr. Dees, who has been at Au
rora two and a half years, is a
graduate of the University of
North Carolina and Virginia sem
inary. Ho has been at Aurora since
his ordination.
The new rector is married to the
former Luanda Brown of Ashc
ville. They have a month-old
daughter and will make their home
in the rectory which is located just
east of the church on Ann st.
Mr. Decs, who is 35, is director
of the department of youth, East
Carolina diocese He succeeds in
that position the Hev. W. I.. Martin
who was rector of St. Paul's, Beau
fort, until Sept. 1. 1951. Mr. Mar
tin now has a charge at Houston,
Tex.
Capt. A. C. Smith, who has been
serving as lay reader at St. Paul s,
will leave early this month. Sun
Jay's Holy Communion service at
11 o'clock in the morning will be
conducted by the Hev. Sidney Mat
hews of Washington. N. C. Lay
readers will conduct the remaining
services in January.
The announcement of the com
ng of Mr. Dees was made yester
Jay by Joseph House, senior war
Jen of the church.
Negro Pays 125
Fine, Court Costs
On Assault Charge
Judge George H. McNeill yester
lay suspended a six months' sen
fence auainst William Godette,
?harged with assault with a deadly
weapon. He was ordered to remain
>n good behavior for the next two
?'ears and pay $25 plus costs.
ucnimi*, zn, a iisnerman on me
Ikio Warle, vlearlcd "ot guilty m
M ore head City's recorder's court to
stabbing James Crowder once in
the chest and twice in the left arm
he afternoon of Dec. 22.
Crowder, 27. a fisherman on the
Benson II Kiggin, told the court
lhat Godette made the assault over
a misunderstanding arising from a
black jack card game being played
on the Ikie Wade.
Godette said Crowder pulled a
knife on him but Crowder denied
it.
After the affray C rowder was
taken to Morehead City hospital
where he remained for five days.
Godette. a Negro, has a wife
and five children. His home is in
Tampa. Fla. Crowder, also a Ne
gro. is from Alabama.
Pfc. Rizil A. Hasharah?Camp Le
jeune Marine from Grand Rapids,
Mich., pleaded guilty to stealing an
automobile tire and rim owned by
Miss Dorothy Hutaff, 1603 Shackle
ford ave., Morehead City.
The 21 -year old youth was order
ed to pay a $25 fine payable by Jan.
7. He will have been in the Marino
Corps one year Jan. 15. and since
heretofore he had had no charges
placed against him, Judge McNeill
said he was "going to give him a
break."
Alexander Benson, Charles Hol
land. and George Murray, all More
head City Negroes, charged with
stealing several chickens, were re
leased after the prosecuting wit
ness withdrew the warrant. The
judge taxed the prosecuting wit
ness court costs.
Harrison Horton of Crab Point,
charged with drunkenness and as
sault on a female, was released
after the warrant was withdrawn.
The prosecuting witness paid court
costs.
The court did not prosecute Ed
die I). Howell because the warrant
was withdrawn.
Harvey Hamilton, jr., substituted
for Solicitor Herbert A. Phillips
who was ill. It had been planned
to skip yesterday's recorder's court
but the number of cases on hand
made it necessary to have the ses
sion.
Charles W. Russell Hurt
In Shoulder by Bullet
Charles Wooten Russell wu
treated at Morehead City hospital
Sunday nicht for a bullet wound at
the back of his right shoulder. The
wound was not serious and Russell
was treated and discharged.
Authorities said the bullet came
from a weapon fired by James
How land of Morehead City but Rus
sell said he did not want to press
charges. Russell is a brother of
Mrs. .lames Howland.
Police ?aid they "heard about
the shooting."
Secretary Starts Work
Mrs. Mary E. Hughes. Morehfed
City, began work as secrataiy at
Morehead City recorder's court
yesterday.