NEWS-TIMES OFFICE 504 AramUl! St. Morehaad City Phone 6-4175 CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES * Eight Pace* Color Comic? P?t YEAR, NO. 2. TWO SECTIONS FOURTEEN PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY, JANUARY 4, 1952 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS I>m/ Sale Nets $1,823.21 to Dale; tffficials Thank Public for Support Keceived to date in the 1951* iristmas seal sale, sponsored by e county tuberculosis association, $1,823.21, Mrs. W. I. Loftin, ex utive secretary, announced to ly. Yet, to be collected is money om some of the schools. Eight hundred thirty-nine letters ere returned with contributions lclosed amounting to $1,730.02 id received from three schools as $93.19. Turned in by More iad City high school was $38.37, / W. S. King school, $16.77, and ueen Street high school, $33.10. Booths in Beaufort for sale of lis netted $4.65. Following is a list of business auses which recently sent their ?nations: Morehead City, The ?inning Wheel, Clyde Jones Gas id Appliance co., Phillips Fish ies, P. H. Geer, Distributor of ulf Products. Jefferson Stamps Oyster House, ussell's Glass shop, Morehead City loral co.. Copeland's Florist and ift shop, Carolina Oil and Distrib ting co. Large personal donation ere received from John C. Deibert id Mr. and Mrs. Roy D. Wade, i Beaufort: Colonial Stores, Ann treet Esso station, Holden's res lurant, Rumley's Feed store, and . R. Bell Drug store; Atlantic, Winston Hill. Although a goal of $3,000 was ?t, the total collected this year in le seal sale exceeded the amount i 1950. Reminders to pay for seals h^ve een sent out to those who hata ot yet paid for or returned the eals. |t. Andrew's Will [Condnct First 4 Service Simday ? St. Andrew's Episcopal church ??ill conduct its first services Sun Jay. Sunday school will begin at 9:30 i.m. with Dick McClain, superin endent, in charge, and the morn ng worship will begin at 11 a.m. Sunday school and the worship fervice will be conducted in the Herbert Thornton home, 608 Bridges St. Stanley Woodland, lay reader, will be in charge of the 11 o'clock iervice. It was originally planned to hold iervices in the former USO build ng, Shepard St., but that building is now undergoing repairs and is lot available. Until the newly established congregation builds a sanctuary or locates another build ing, services will be held in the Thornton home. St. Andrew's auxiliary will meet at 7:30 Wednesday night at the home of Mrs. J. N. Bridgman, 2113 Bridges st. The auxiliary has been meeting for the past several months and has already undertaken several projects to raise money for the church building fund. J? Frances Lewis Hings i In Cennly's Hew Tew v Carteret county'? first baby of the new year born at Morehead City hospital was a little girl, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Lewis, 1404 Front St., Beaufort. The baby has been named Jo Frances and was weighed in at 6 pounds 10 ounces. She was - born when the new year was just seven hours and 35 minutes old. Female LaborPool Exceeds Male, j Report Shows The male labor supply in Car teret county is nil at present while the female labor supply is abund ant, Mrs. Julia Tenney, manager of j the United States Employment Se curity commission office, reported today. The continuation of the men haden fishing season into this month has taken a labor supply that last year was available. For the same reason not as many claims for unemployment compensation are being filed as at this time last year, Mrs. Tenney remarked. Fifteen laborers were badly needed at port terminal Thursday to unload freight cars, and the em ployment office was desperately trying to locate workers. Laborers are also needed at the port and workers, skilled or semi-skilled, can readily find work on construc tion jobs at Cherry Point, the em ployment office manager stated. "We can practically guarantee placement of any able-bodied man who wants to work," Mrs. Tenney declared. As for the availability of female labor, she said this county could provide labor for three plants the size of the Morehead City Garment CO. Statistics , for December, as re leased by Mrs. Tenney, revealed that 1,322 persons visited the em ployment office. On fiic are 225 applications' for work. Of these 109 are female and five veterans. One hundred forty persons were referred to jobs and 105, of those were women. Placed were 119. Of those, 90 were women and 11 vet erans. The employment office recently moved from 700 Evans st. to the building formerly occupied by the Jefferson restaurant, 4th st., More head City. Pamphlet Available Available upon request at the chamber of commerce officc, Beau fort, are copies of the Defense Pro duction Act, No. 17, which informs manufacturers how to obtain V loans for production of defense materials. ? Stanley Woodland, president of the Carteret County Tuberculosis association, today made public a resolution adopted by the execu tive committee of the association, expressing appreciation to resi dents of the county for their gen erous support of the 1951 Christ mas seal sale, conducted by the association to raise funds for its tuberculosis control work. Christmas seal sale funds to date are $1,176.79 short of the county's quota, but Woodland said it is hoped that the' difference will be made up in late returns. He added that "an enthusiastic vote of thanks"1 was due all resi dents of Carteret county for their "generous purchase and, wide spread use of Christmas seals." "Over and over, people who sent returns or phoned during the cam paign told us that they were glad of the opportunity to support our crusade against tuberculosis." de clared Mrs. G. T. Spivey, chairman of the campaign. "Many had benefitted from one or more of the association's serv ices, some knew what it' was to have tuberculosis strike a loved one. and some simply said that they wanterl the excellent work of the association to continue. "But all wanted to help, regard less of their reasons. The entire membership of the TB association wish to go on record as whole heartedly thanking the people of Carteret county for their unselfish cooperation during the 1951 Christ mas seal sale, and for making our campaign work a pleasant and in spiring experience." Postmasters Give Report on Year's Business Volume 1951 Transactions al Beau fort, Morehead City Post Offices Exceed 1950 Business at both Beaufort and Morehead City postoffices for 1951 exceeded by far the volume in 1950, Postmasters John Betts and Harold Webb reported ioday. Postmaster Betts said that the increase was approximately 12 to 15 per cent. He attributed this partially to the increase in parcel post rates the latter part of the year but that accounted for a rela tively small part of the higher volume, he added. The Christmas mailing volume at both postoffices exceeded 1950's and the Beaufort postmaster said there was an increase in the num ber of Christmas cards sent first class. Postmaster Webb reported that 1,160,402 pieces of mail passed through the postoffice in 1951. This includes 109.000 pieces of metered mail posted by firms which hold postage permits. There are five such firms in Morehead City. In 1950 cancellations totaled 940,909. Gross receipts for 1951 were $61, 377.17?as compared with $50,731.84 for 1950. Postmaster Webb attributed the higher volume for last year to an increase in population and a gen eral increase in business activity. Parents of Adopted Children Express Thanks to Society By Ed Rankin * Who are the happiest people in North Carolina? They are the new parents of adopted children, according to a lady who should know ? Miss Har riet L. Tynes, executive director of The Children's Home Society of North Carolina. The Children's Home society has handled thousands of adoptions to North Carolina parents during the past 48 years, and Miss Tynes has played a vital role in so many of these warm and personal experi ences. She has plenty of proof to back up her belief that new parents of adopted children are certainly among North Carolina's happiest people. "Just let their letters speak for themselves," Miss Tynes said. "A sampling of the flood of mail we receive daily will help reveal what an adopted baby means to child less parents, and what love, care and affection can accomplish with a homeless baby." Here's part of a recent letter: "We are enclosing our gift for your annual Christmas fund. We could never give enough to show our gratitude for the fact that we have twp little stockings to hang up at our house this year. We are quite See PARENTS, Page 5 The Truth Will Out Appearing in the Dec. 18 issue I of THE NEWS-TIMES was a pic I turc of the St. Paul's Episcopal [ school band. Beaufort. The picture was taken in 1916 and is reprinted above because Vernon Harrell, Raleigh, who was a member of the band at the time the picture was taken, has been able to identify members which THE NEWS TIMES was unable to identify. Mr. Harrell identified the "mys-. tery members" in a letter, part of which follows: "While I was in Beaufort last, in fact spending Christmas, I saw a copy of the News-Times dated De cember 18th. and the picture on the front page of the St. Paul's School Band . . . 1918. Being one of the members 1 was very much pleased to see this. It certainly recalls many pleasant memories. "It seems that it proved quite | difficult in obtaining the proper names of everyone in the picture, < in {act there are some in the pic ture that no one seems to know just who they are. I would like to identify them all if you will so permit. Of course this will call for another squint at the picture and possibly a reprint, which I'm sure would be more than appre ciated by your readers. 'The group oa the left are all correct except it is not Elizabeth Hodges, but Christine Hodges. The group on the right are all correct exc?pt you failed to name the fel low next to Mr. Robeson. This is Richard May. "I noticed you named Joseph Poland, he is not in the picture. I believe the one identified as Joseph Poland is Jason Duncan, next to William Herring. "The Piner boy spoken of is sit ting directly behind (Dr.) Larry Moore. He is Joe Piner. Between Larry Moore and Charles Skarren is Fredrick Baxter, nickname, Jap. Directly behind Fredrick Baxter is Ross Ihrie. Sitting behind Ross Ihrie is Walter Campbell, on Wal ter Campbell's left is William Rob inson, brother to Stephen Robin son. Directly behind Charles Claw son is Ben Arrington. and between Ben Arrington and Joe Delamar is Forest Flowers. "The other names mentioned in the story are of course correct. "I believe the above is a perfect score, or can somebody top it? "The Band Director's name was Robeson, not Robinson. "I hope the above proves to be of great value to some of your readers who I'm sure have been trying to identify them all." Others in the picture are Eliza beth Tilman, James Smith, Oliver Springle, Clyde Owens, Eugene See TRUTH, Page I ' J. B. Harkers Receive Airmail at Lodge It's not unusual for the J. B. Harkers of Harkers Lodge on Har- | kers Island to receive mail by air. There's net regular airmail serv- I ice to the island, but nevertheless mail is delivered by plane! One package was dropped this summer. It was a graduation gift for one of the girls working at^he lodge. And thrn just tWo v ks ago, one of the men who vacations each summer at the lodge delivered a Christmas card from his plm*\ Mrs. Harker says the planes cir cle to attract their attention and then on a low swoop, drop their "cargo." What happens twice, happens three times, she declares, so they're looking now for their third airmail delivery! B&M Engine Hits Parked Auto A 1939 model car, owned by Miss Ella D. Davis, 301 .Ann St.. was damaged to the extent of $100 at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon when engine No. l of the Beaufort and Morehead railroad tore off the rear left fender. Miss Davis was not in the car at the lime. It was parked in front of the Fred Xorris home on Broad St. According to Chief of Polic? Carlton Garner, the engineer, M. L. Tutter, said he did not see that the car was parked too close to the track. The engine was headed cast and Miss Davis's car was headed west. The engine missed the front of the car but hit the, rear. Assisting Chief Garner in the in vestigation was Officer Bertie Clyde Finer. No charges were pre ferred. Police said that damage to the car was not covered by insur ance. There was no damage to the engine. 4-11 Advisers Announce Schedule ior Next Week Fouf-H advisors, James Allgood and Miss Martha Barnett, today an nounced the 4-H club schedule Tor the coming week. The schedule follows: Tuesday. 1 p.m. Camp Glenn school; Wednes day, Newport Senior club 2 p.m., Newport Junior club 2:44 p.m.: Thursday, Atlantic Junior club 9:43 a.m., Atlantic Senior club, 10:30 a.m. Friday Beaufort club 10:49 a.m.: Monday. Jan. 14, Morehead City club 1:47 p.m.: Smyrna Junior club 9:35 a.m., Smyrna Senior club, 10:30 a.m. Building Uupocior Issues J Two Per mils Last Month Two building permits were is sued in Beaufort during December. Gerald Woolard, building inspector, reported yesterday that a permit was issued W. V. B. Potter to re pair a business building on Front ft. $200. Another wu given Rufus Beard. Cedar ? it. to construct a small building to cost $500. Nine Carteret Countians Will Enter Army at Raleigh Tuesday Coin collectors for the March of Dimes have been placed through out the county. Mrs. Roma Noe, chairman of the campaign, requests persons to make their contributions by depositing money in the coin collectors or mailing a check to Mrs. C. L. Beam, March of Dimes Treasurer, Beaufort, N. C. Newport Board i Reconsiders Work At Homes Project Tentatively scheduled for tonight is a meeting of the Newport town boar i to ?w.?,iiiui(iiiuii i 1 Construction work in Morehead City consisting of commercial buildings, homes, garages, altera tions and repairs did not total in dollar value as high as for the year 1950. Two large projects started during the year, the port terminal development and the new highway bridge over Bogue sound to Atlan tic Beach, are not included in the following summary. Including these two large projects would establish a record above any past years. A total of 13 commercial build ings at an estimated cost of $277,- 1 100 were built during the year as follows: Eastman Furniture store, $20,000; Be Ik's store. $85,000; East man's storage, $2,100; Tidewater Power company storage, $25,000; Trumbull Asphalt plant. $7,000; Whittle Dry CleaneP. $2,000; thea tre building. $50,000; Dairy Queen, $2,000; Standard Oil office, $30,000; Fry company garage. $0,000; Chalk & Gibbs office. $10,000; Russel's store, $2,000; First Baptist church, remodeling. $30,000. Listings for the year 1950 show 14 commercial structures erected, totaling $263, 440. Dwelling Buildings Drop There was a slight drop in the construction of new homes over the previous year. Houses includ ing garage apartments for the cur rent year, $57, cost $174,739. For 1950 the total was 64, costing $293, 225. New homes ranged in prices from an estimated cost of $100 to $15,000. Only two houses costing over $10,000 were erected, eight costing over* $5,000, the balance un der this amount. Addition and re pairs totaled $19,085, miscellane ous, $1,540. Houses and garage apartments: 1948, 44 buildings totaling $124,345 1949, 46 buildings totaling $181,825 1950, 64 buildings totaling $293,225 1951, 57 buildings totaling $174,739 Commercial buildings: 1948, 13 buildings totaling $236,250 1949, 12 buildings totaling $262,250 1950, 14 buildings totaling $263,440 1951, 13 buildings totaling $277,100 Total amount of permits covering all building construction for the past years 1948. $360,595, 1949, $468,532; 1950, $578,208; 1951, $473,716. Meter* Yield $714.50 Parking meters, during the month of December, collected $714.50 for the town of Beaufort. Residents Seek Entry to Town Beaufort Town Board Will Receive Petition at Meeting Monday Night Residents of Front and Ann streets extended will present a po lit ion to the town board of Beau fort Monday night requesting in clusion within the town boundaries. The petition will be received by Mayor I. W. Hassell and the town board in regular session at 7:30 Monday night in the town hall. This new request for extension )f the town limits oroginated with Ann street residents. The petition lias been placed in the hands of Wiley Taylor, town attorney, and an invitation has been extended o interested property owners in the area to sign the petition before noon Monday if they, too, wish to become a pare of Beaufort. Those who have already signed the petition are Mr. and Mrs. Paul VVoodard, Mr. and Mrs. Glenn L. Harris, Mr. and Mrs. Leo Haskins, Dr. and Mrs. J. O. Baxter, jr., Mr. and Mrs. Odell Merrill, Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Bradbury, and Mr. and Mrs. Daniel E. Sadler. Chamber Issues Report on 1951 Issued thi* wwefrwas a report by the chamBrt* m commerce or activities during 1951. One hundred fifty members be long to the chamber this year as compared with 129 last year and the membership committee has seheduled a membership barbecue for Thursday. Jan. 24. J. A. DuBois, manager of the chamber, has announced the sched uling of two conventions for next summer, the County Commission ers Association of North Carolina and the North Carolina Veteri narians association. The 1952 chamber of commerce directory has been sent to the printers and an ad on Morehead City will run ip the State magazine until spring, according to the re port. Projects suggested for considera tion and completion, if possible, within the near future, arc the fol lowing: An over all plan for the expan sion of the city and suburbs, more parking space in the business dis trict, expanded recreation facilities, more paved streets, extension of sewer lines to many homes in the city limits still using 1890 style, provide more accommodations for summer visitors, provide more dock space on the waterfront, get action on legislation to provide adequate school facilities for town and coun ty. before present schools are hope lessly overcrowded, new or better street markings. Harkers Islander Wins Promotion Promotion of James Morton Wil lis of Markers Island to the rank of cadet captain in the Army ROTC at North Carolina State college was announced this week by Col. Leroy C. Wilson, professor of military science and tactics at the college. The Army ROTC curriculum sup plements the students* major field of study with practical and theo retical instruction in military sci ence. Upon completion of the course of study, a student is com missioned as a second lieutenant in the Organized Reserve Corps. Students designated by the pro fessor of military science and tac tics as "Distinguished Military Stu dents" are tendered commissions in the regular Army. There arc five Army ROTC branch units at State collegc, in cluding infantry, quartermaster corps, engineer corps, signal corps and ordnance corps with a total enrollment of 1,150 students in the Army ROTC. Agent s Return R. M. Williams, farm agent, James Allgood, assistant farm agent, and Miss Martha Barnett, home agent, will return today from a two-day District Home Agents association meeting at Elizabeth City. They left Wednesday after noon.