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Morehead City
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YEAR, NO. 4. TWO SECTIONS SIXTEEN PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY, JANUARY 11, 1952 PUBLISHED TUESDAY AND FRIDAYS
i District Wins Attendance Award;
\Beaver Award Goes to Robert Howard
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The Carteret district, Boy Scouts'
of America, won the attendance
trophy Wednesday at the 34th an
nual meeting of the East Carolina
council at Rocky Mount.
' Attending the meeting were Dr.
Darden Eure, chairman of the Car
teret district; Floyd Chadwick,
, Scoutmaster of troop 130; Gordon
C. Willis, chairman of the troop
Committee; the Rev. A. L. Rey
i nolds, institutional representative
j of troop 101; Robert McCabe,
' nber of troop committee 101.
Ir. W. A. Chipman. health and
safety chairman of the district; N.
F. Eure, member of the council
executive board; Kenneth Wagner,
institutional representative of
troop 130; R. B. Howard, district
commissioner; W. C. Carlton, dis
trict advancement chairman; Coy
Wallace, institutional representa
' t Ive, Newport; and Ralph Whitley,
j Scoutmaster of troop 61, Newpoil.
All except Chadwick and Whit
ley were official delegates to the
meetflg.
The attendance trophy was ac
cepted by Dr. Eure and was pre
sented by Ralph Morris, chairman
of the Cra-Jo-Pam district which
won the trophy last year.
C. R. Hassell, Beaufort, who was
not present, won the wood badge.
Howard received a commissioner
key. Wagner was chairman of the
"Go to Rocky Mount" committee
and responsible, Howard said, for
this district winning the attend
ance honor.
Also attending the meeting were
Mrs. N. F. Eure, Mrs. Howard, and
Mrs. Wagner.
Jaycees to Name .
Award Recipient
Monday, Jan. 21
Morehead City Jaycees will name
: their "man-of-the-year" at a ban
quet Monday night, Jan. 21. Jay
cees were told at their meeting
Monday night at Capt. Bill's cafe
that the place ol the banquet will
be announced later.
Nominees for the distinguished
??rvic* award are named by muni
cipal clubs and the selection made
by a secret committee.
Jaycee Frank Safrit reported
tlat 44 children attended the an
mial Jaycee Christmas party the
Saturday prior to Christmas and J.
C. Harvell reported on the "am
bassador of good will" visits Jay
cees make to the hospital each
Sunday.
Lester Styron, chairman of the
Jaycee Christmas decorating con
test, made his report, and Sal
Palaso was appointed chairman of
the Jaycee February scrap drive.
Ofcar Ely told of a visit with the
Jaycees of Pensacola, Fla., and Jas
1 per Bell appeared on the program
> (or the evening. He spoke on the
history of barbering and barber
iijg science.
Guests at the meeting were Bob
Peel and Jim Brown, both of More
head City.
Former Polio
Patients Support
March of Dimes
Two Children Write Letters
Asking Counlians to
Contribute
Direct mail appeals are being
made this week to residents of
Carteret county asking their sup
port of the 1952 March of Dimes.
Approximately 1,400 letters from
Virginia Howe Hassell. Beaufort,
and Eric Pake. Bettie. former polio
patients ask Carteret countians to
contribute toward the fight against
infantile paralysis.
"Ginny Howe," as she is known,
is 14 years old, the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hassell,
Beaufort. She was stricken in
1944 but has completely recovered.
Her mother served one year recent
ly as chairman of the county March
of Dimes.
Eric. 11, became ill with polio
in 1946 and still wears braces on
both legs. He is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Charles Pake. Bettie.
The letters from the children fol- 1
low:
811 Ann St.
Beaufort, N. C.
January 8, 1952
Dear Neighbor,
Today, because of the March of
Dimes. I have completely recovered
from the effects of polio. 1 was
7 years old when our state suffered
its worst epidemic in 1944 and
spent five months in the Hickory
Emengency hospital. I was in a
large ward with about 40 girls and
although we could not walk, we
were not too sick to enjoy the
goods things that were done for us.
We had excellent nurses, food,
and all kinds of entertainment ?
and all of this was furnished by
the Foundation. When I was dis
charged from the hospital, I was
fitted with a leg brace and special
shoes. I have been to Warm
Springs, Ga., twice to be examined.
All of this care, given free by the
Foundation was made possible be
cause of the March of Dimes. To
day at the age of 14, I am among
the fortunate ones, for I have com
pletely recovered from polio.
I could never repay what was
done for me through the March of
Dimes. But 1 am glad oi this op
portunity to write to you and ask
your support of the 1952 March of
Dimes. Contributions should be
sent to Mrs. C. L. Beam. March of
Dimes treasurer. Beaufort, N. C.
You helped me in 1944 . . . please
help others now.
Sincerely,
Virginia Howe Hasscll
Bettie, N. C.
January 5, 1952
Hello!
It's March of Dimes time and
I'm writing to tell you how much
See POLIO, Page 3
George Johnson Returns to Jail
For Additional Three Months '?
Army Reserve j
To be Reorganized
Col. George H. McNeill, com
manding officer of the local unit of
the Army Organized Reserve corps,
announced today that the local unit
of the United States Army Reserve
was disbanded as of Jan. 1, 1952
under a new reorganization plan.
The personnel of the local unit
are "now a part of the 3015th recep
tion center, Greenville. "Four
cells" of the 3015th are to be lo
cated in this area and staffed by
local reservists. The reorganiza
tion plan calls for 11 officers, two
warrant officers, and 64 enlisted
men.
Colonel McNeill said that vacan
cies exist at present for two offi
cers, two warrant officers, and
most enlisted grades in this cell.
Pay for the unit has been author
ized on the basis of two paid drill*
a month.
The organization will attend
summer camp for two weeks this
summer at Fort Jackson, S. C. At
present they meet at 7:30 each
Tuesday night|at Webb Memorial
(civic center, Morehead City, and
will continue to do so until reor
ganization is completed which will
probably be within the next two
'weeks.
The commanding officer said
that meetings will then probably
be held twice a month.
The unit at present has nine of
ficers and seven enlisted men.
Assisting with tax listing in the
. . Beaufort town ball is Mrs. Frank
, , King, lr.
? George Johnson is back in jail
for another three months. He was
found guilty Tuesday in recorder's
court on a charge of being drunk
and disorderly. This time Judge
Lambert Morris sent him to the
roads. Johnson completed serving
a 60-day jail sentence last Fri
day but was picked up on the
drunkenness charge Saturday in
Beaufort.
Col. Raymond B. Hurst, charged
with careless and reckless driving
and driving drunk, resulting in an
accident, was found guilty of reck
less driving. He was ordered to
pay $300 and costs.
WiUie Stewart was found guilty
of being drunk and disorderly and
was given 60 days on the roads,
suspended on condition he pay $10
and court costs.
Pleads Guilty
James Leslie Adams, charged
with driving under the influence
of alcohol or narcotics, pleaded
guilty to reckless driving. Judg
ment was suspended on payment
of $100 and costs within 00 days.
Stanley Joseph Osserman plead?
ed guilty to failure to stop at a
stop sign and paid court costs. Dal
las Thompson Guthrie, charged
with having no operator's license
and driving drunk, was ordered to
pay $129 plus costs.
Malicious prosecution was ruled
in the case of Willie Fitch, charged
with assault and trespassing. The
prosecuting witness was ordered to
pay court costs.
The state decided not to prose
cute at present the case against
Charlie Buckmaster. charged with
larceny and assault John W.
Burke, sr., John William Wilson,
and Gary McKeever pleaded guilty
to speeding. In the case of Burke,
judgment was continued one week.
Wilson was ordered to pay <10 and
See COURT, Page J
? Robert B. Howard, Morehead
City, Carteret district Scout com
missioner, received the ? Silver
Beaver award Wednesday at Rocky
Mount. This is the highest honor
the East * Carolina council can
bestow and is given for "distin
guished service to boyhood."
Howard was one of three out of
60 men eligible for the award.
Others who received it were Joe
Eagles of Macclesfield and Joseph
H. Hanchrow of Wilson.
Achievements Cited
The citation accompanying How
ard's award reads as follows: "He
has contributed more to making
the Carteret district "council con-#
scious" than any other individual.
He has recruited and trained a
complete staff of neighborhood
commissioners to serve every unit
in the district. He has been a
yeoman for work, has presided at
courts of honor, boards of review,
charter installations, and district
meetings.
"He has held monthly Scouters
and Cubbers roundtables for all 12
months of the year and this is quite
a feat in a resort area. He has
helped to conduct a district- wide
Scoutmaster training course and 1
was personally responsible for the j
success and large attendance.
"He has taken part in the major
ity of the council events, including I
our council-wide training institutes |
in Greenville, N. C.; served as di
rector of the Explorer encampment
held at Camp Lejeune and the
commissioner meeting held in Sep
tember. He has put the round-up
and three-year program into effect
in his district.
"Mr. Howard served as one of
the camporee judges, promoted at
tendance of Scouts and Explorers
of his district at the summer camp,
camporee, and swimming meet. He
took the responsibility of the ad
vanccd gift portion of the recent
finance campaign which was a huge
success in Morehead City and has
encouraged the neighboring towns
See SCOUTS, Page 3
High Southwest
Wmd Hits County
High southwest winds, estimated
to have reached 40 miles an hour
at times, hit the Carteret coast yes
terday morning but the wind shift
ed around to the northwest before
10 a.m. and calmed.
No storm warnings were posted,
according to the Coast Guard, but
small craft insecurely tied took a
beating. Fishing boats didn't go
out.
E. Stamey Davis, county weather
observer, said the warm sou'wester
would probably be followed by low
temperatures.
Balmy weather last week pre
ceded a drop in temperature Sun
day and snow flurries were seen
in several parts of the county Sun
day, night. Rain fell in the form
of sleet Wednesday and the tem
perature dipped to 28 degrees, the
first below-freezing temperature of
the new year, Wednesday.
Temperatures from Jan. 1
through Jan. 9 follow:
Max. Min.
Jan. 1 67 52
Jan. 2 66 53
Jan. 3 71 52
Jan. 4 52 41
Jan. 5 (.49 inchcs rain) 62 48
Jan. 6 (.16 inches rain) 52 37
Jan. 7 42 31
Jan. 8 (.02 inchcs rain) 40 28
Jan. 9 59 40
Auto Hits Parked
Car on Evans St.
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Property damage amounting to
$200 resulted from an accident at
10:23 Monday morning at 3206
Evana St., Morehead City. A park
ed car owned by Harold L. Lloyd,
3206 Evana St., was struck by a
car driven by Wayland Earl Clark,
Nashville, N. C.
According to Officer Hubert
Fulcher, Clark was proceeding west
on Evans street when he collided
with the Lloyd automobile. The
Clark car. damaged to the extent
of $75, was owned by Mrs. W. E.
Clark, Nashville.
Damage to the Lloyd car was es
timated at $125.
A car driven by Joseph Hester,
207 N. 12th St., Morehead City, was
slightly damaged Sunday at 12th
and Arendell st. Hester said he
loat control of the car as he went
around the corner. He hit a guy
wire and damaged a front fender.
Officers Robert Gray and Murphy
Jenkins investigated
At 12:? p.m. Saturday a car
driven by Ben Selvitelle, 1004
Evana it., backed out of a park
ing place at 8th and Arendell and
collided with a car driven by Rich
ard Kittrell of 18th and Fisher at.
The right front fender of the Kit
trell car waa damaged. Officer
Buck Newsome investigated.
No charges were preferred in
any of the accidents.
Housing Projects
Near Base Will j
Ease Rental Crisis
Construction Proceeds Rap
idly; Builders Work
Nightly by Floodlight
Cherry Point. N. C. Enlisted
men of the Marine Corps Air sta
tion here will soon find a partial
solution to the growing need for
adequate, low rental housing with
in easy reaeh of the base.
Fort Macon Village, located be
hind an older government housing
project in nearby Havelock on
highway 70, is just that type of
development, and its completion
for occupancy by enlisted men and
their families is not far off.
This new housing project, which
promises to solve many needs of
Cherry Point's married enlisted
men, is now entering full scale
construction.
Every day and some nights,
too finds the Fort Macon
project taking shape. Equipped
with specially erected floodlights,
workmen are currently putting in
night hours to hasten completion
of the housing village. Structures
of the Fort Macon project are in
all stages of completion ranging
from buildings with finished ex
teriors and some with newly-erect
ed roofs, to a few locations whose
groundwork is barely begun.
Fort Macon Village, when com
pleted, wlil consist of 52 two-story
apartment buildings, designed to
accommodate 249 families of en
listed men. Apartments will be
unfurnished except for a gas range,
gas heater, and electric refrigera
tor in each unit.
I Unnt Wfilo
One of the outstanding features
of the new housing project is the
low scale of rental rates whieh
have been set up. Rental rates will
be $58 per month for one-bedroom
units. $70 for two-bedroom units,
and $77 for units of three bed
rooms. These rates include the
cost of utilities estimated at $15
monthly.
Enlisted men will be offered 38
units that include one bedroom, or
149 units of two bedrooms, and 62
three-bedroom unilss for larger
families.
Tentative dates for occupancy ol
the Fort Mifon Village apartments
<ire expected to be announced in
the near future.
Constructor of new officers'
housing at H acock Village is also
nearing completion, and the first
20 units nre expected to be ready
for occupancy by Feb. 1. Hancock
Village, located a half-mile south
See HOUSING, Page 3
Mayor Proclaims
Jaycee Week
Mayor L. W. Hassell, Beaufort,
today proclaimed the week of Jan.
14-21 as Jaycee Week.
# He called attention to the fact
that the United States Junior cham
ber of commerce and its affiliated
state and local organizations have
set aside next week to observe the
founding of the Junior chamber of
commerce and to commemorate
that founding by the selection of an
outstanding young man in the com
munity as recipient of the distin
guished service award.
Beaufort Jaycees will present
their 1951 man-of-the-year award
at a banquet Saturday night, Jan.
19, in the Beaufort school cafe
teria.
Chairman of the DSA committee,
which has selected the recipient
fnom nominees submitted by town
civic organizations, is Holden Bal
lou.
Town Defers Action on Petition,
Considers Recorder's Court
Signs Advertise Morehead City
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HISTORIC
FORT MACON
MARITIME CAPITAL
OF NORTH CAROLINA
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This is one of three highway bill board signs advertising Morehead City which have been placed by
the chamber of commerce on highways leading toward the Carteret coast. One sign is located on high
way 17 south of here, another on highway 70 west of New Bern, and a third in New Bern facing traffic
! approaching New Bern from the north. Another sign, to be re-painted twice annually, is also located on
! highway 17 south of Jacksonville. Pictured at the right of the above picture is J. A. DuBois, manager
of the chamber of commerce.
Beaufort to Start Procedure
For Abolishing Xife Estates'
New Bern Youth
Will Serve 6-10
Yesr Prison Tera
New Bern. ? A 16-year-old New
Bern youth, a former high school
football star, and two Cherry Point
Marines on Monday received prison
sentences for a series of robberies
here.
The youth, Bill Boyd, pleaded
guilty to seven counts of breaking
and entering and was sentenced to
4 7 years in state prison by Judge
John J. Burney.
In addition, a suspended sen
tence for theft of 2-3 years was in
voked for Boyd, giving him a total
sentence of 6-10 years. (Boyd was
tried on burglary charges in Car
teret superior court last October).
The Marines, both 23 and both of
Kansas City, pleaded guilty in su
perior court to seven counts and
got 6-9 years each in state prison.
They are Edward C. Turgeon and
Tom Clark.
One theft to which Boyd pleaded
guilty occurred at the auto com
pany operated by the boy's uncle.
In another of the robberies, testi
mony showed that Boyd supplied
the details about -the Floyd Paul
home here. The two Marines en
tered the Paul residence while
Boyd was playing a football game
at Morehcad City and did not give
him his share of the loot.
Except for the Paul home, all of
the thefts were carried out at busi
ness firms.
Total amount of the loot was sev
eral thousands of dollars.
Family Receives Two Letters I
From Soldier in Prison Camp
Two letters have been received
by the family of Cpl. Thompson
Morse, Morehead City route 1, who
is confined to a prisoner-of-war
camp in Korea. Both letters, which
have been received during the past
few weeks, are printed below.
The first, addressed to his
mother, Mrs. Emma Simpson, fol
lows:
North Korea
P. O. W. Camp
Dear Mom,
Well, Mom. here I go again, try
ing to write and let you know that
I am OK and feeling good.
Mom. I hope that you get this
letter. I have written before and
I guess that it didn't go through
or I would have heard from you.
Mom. it has been a long time since
we have been together and I want
you to know that I miss you and
the family. Tell all I said hello.
I hope to see you soon. as soon
as this war is over. Hope that
will be soon.
Will close for now. Hope to hear
from you soon. Please write ii you
can.
Love to Mom and all,
Your ton Buddy
Later another letter was received
by the corporal's sister. Mrs. Pearl
Austin 61 Morehead City route 1:
North Korea
P. O. W. Camp
Hi Sis:
Just a few lints to let you know
that I am getting along good and
that 1 am being treated very good
by the C. P. A. They are doing
their best to keep us in good
health.
Well, Sis. I hope that you arc
getting along just fine.
Sis. I miss you. Mom. and Dad
very much. But maybe it will not
be for long. This war will be over
and 1 can come back to the family.
Sis. if you get this letter, be
sure to let everyone know that I
am in good health and am being
treated good by the Chinese Peo
ple's Army.
Hope to hear from you. Write if
you can.
Love.
Brother
As far ai can be determined, Cor
poral Morse is the only Carteret
countian being held in Communist
prison camp? in Korea.
? The Beaufort town board on Monday night authorized
the town attorney, Wiley Taylor, to initiate legal procedure
to remove certain Beaufort properties from the status of
"life estates" and get them back on the tax books.
Taylor said that such could be done by starting fore- !
closure proceedings.
Commissioners remarked that it is not fair that certain
7,500 View Nativity
Scene a! Core Creek
Seventy-five hundred persons
viewed the nativity seene at Core
Creek Methodist church during the
Christmas season. Members of the
congregation consider that figure
conservative because many persons
viewed the creche who did not
register. Thirty states and four
foreign countries were represented
among the viewers, according to
the register.
Members of the church today ex
tended their thanks and apprecia
tion to all who helped in making
the scene possible and also ex
pressed gratitude for the publicity
given. The animals were lent by
Dewey Hardcsty and Jack Ricks.
Mrs. Jeff Sabiston of the Core
Creek church commented, "We
hope the scene helped to bring the
real spirit of Christmas to all who
saw it."
Child Recovers
From Injuries
The condition of Eleanor Louise
Jones, Newport route 1, a 5-year
old colored girl who was struck by
an automobile Dec. 28, was report
ed yesterday to be very satisfac
tory. The child is recovering from
a broken leg and other injuries in
the Morehcad City hospital.
The little girl was hit at 1:30 the
Friday afternoon following Christ
mas as she was playing by the side
of the road on highway 70. The
car was driven by Louis Cvetko,
Cherry Point.
Cvetko told J. W. Sykes, investi
gating highway patrolman that he
was proceeding toward Morehcad
City when he saw some children
playing by the side of the road.
He said he slowed down, thinking
they might run out into the road
and just as he came upon them the
little girl darted in front of his car.
The child was taken to More
head City hospital by John J. Mc
Kenzie a passing motorist, and was
accompanied by Mrs. Cvetko. No
i charges were preferred.
Board oi Directors Meets
Tuesday Night, Pays Bilk
The board of director* of the
Beaufort chamber of commerce
met Tuesday night at the town hall
and paid several bills.
Those who attended, in addition
to Braxton Adair, president, and
Dan Walker, manager, were Gene
Smith, Glenn Adair, Gerald Hill,
E. W. Downum, and Halsey Paul.
?property*: i 'Tleaufoi'l he exempt
from -faxtj. The "life estate"
propositions are earry-overs from
previous town administrations.
The town fathers also asked the
attorney to start legal action to
obtain reimbursement and compen
sation for expenses borne by the
town as the result of the police
car wreck Dec. 5.
Taylor was authorized, too, to
file a tax judgment on property of
the now defunct terrapin company.
The property is located in the
north part of town and Taylor said
no taxes had been paid on it for
20 years. Three of the four lots,
he added, are under water most of
the time. v
The board set a price of $500 on
the lot on Marsh street north of
the former Whitehurst blind fac
tory.
The town clerk, Dan Walker,
stated that numerous privilege
taxes have not yet been collected
and it was suggested that the mat
ter be taken up with George Frank
lin. counsel for the League of Mu
nicipalities, who will confer with
the commissioners the week of
Jan. 20.
The clerk also reported that let- j
ters were sent to holders of bonds |
which mature in 1953 and 1954,
asking them if they wouldn't be
willing to settle now. None seemed
interested, he said, but approxi
mately $12.000 in bonds will be
paid off July 1, 1952.
Revenue for the town for the
first six months of the fiscal year
1951-52 exceeded the same period I
of the previous fiscal year by $14.- j
735.57, the board was told. This j
was due to a higher percentage j
of collection, and in small part due
to the higher tax rate and increase
in property valuation, remarked
the clerk.
The board directed that unless I
the th|ce Front street business |
houses pay the town the agreed!
sum of $50 annually, parking |
meters should be installed in front
of the business places. (When
meters w<re installed several years I
ago, these business houses asked
that they be allowed space for
trucks to unload or load and each
offered $50 a year to partially
compensate for the amount lost by
the town).
Tide Table
Tide* at Beaufort Bar
HIGH LOW
Friday, Jan. 11
7:40 a.m. 1:21 a.m.
7:36 p.m. 2:13 p.m.
Saturday, Jan. 12
8:18 a.m. 2:01 a.m.
8:35 p.m. 2:48 p.m.
Sunday, Jan. 13
8:45 a.m. 2:40 a.m.
S:12 p.m. 3:24 p.m.
Monday, Jan. 14
0:2)1 a.m. 3:18 a.m.
9:47 p.m. 3:55 p.m.
The Beaufort town board
didn't agree to take in the
new petitioners for entry to
the town nor did they turn
them down. The commis
sioners, meeting at the town
hall Monday night, deferred
^action for HO days on taking
in the new area.
The commissioners deferred ac
tion on annexation because it was
believed that more homeowners
may be interested in joining the
town. If so. it would be easier to
handle the whole matter at one
time, they thought, and would
further simplify engineering plans
for laying of sewers and water
mains.
WiU Get Protection
During the interim period, how
ever, the petitioners will he given
fire protection. Nine homeowners
signed the petition presented to
the board Monday night.
Anyone taken into the town in
1952 will not be subject to taxa
tion this year.
In the course of discussion on a
recorder's court for Beaufort a let
ter from George Franklin was
read. Franklin said he thought the
idea was feasible and recommend
ed that court officers be paid on
a salary rather than fee basis
The clerk remarked that under
the present mayor's court setup
court costs are $4.50 and the town
receives only a small part of that.
If a recorder's court were estab
lished. court costs would be $21.50.
Fines and forfeitures would go to
the county board of education.
Must Operate Two Years
The town attorney warned that
if the court is started, it must op
erate at least two years, according
to statute, before it can be abol
ished. Court officers, judge, clerk,
and solicitor, are appointed and
serve until the next town election
when court officers must be elect
ed.
Police Chief Carlton Garner sug
gested that another man be added
to the police force. No action was
taken.
Purchase of the town water sys
tem was mentioned but arguments
by proponents of the proposition
paled irt the lace of mild but prob
ably unexpected opposition from
several of the commissioners.
The board launched into criti
cism of Tide Water Power com
pany and the manner in which
water valves in the streets have
been repaired. The valves stick
up above the surface of the street
and cement has been laid in a hill
around them, forming a big hump.
It was explained that no other
type valves could be obtained and
the clerk. Dan Walker, said that
the water company offered to con
tract the job of cementing a larger
area around the valve, thus making
ascent and descent less abrupt.
The board asked the clerk to
write to Tide Water Power com
pany and ask them to have a rep
resentative at the next meeting to
discuss the matter because they,
consider the hillocks a hazard.
Polke Chief >
Organizes Force
Polico Chief E. J. Willis, More
head City, recently formally organ
ized the force, assigning titles and
duties to his eight men.
Herbert Griffin, captain, is in
charge of traffic control, parking
meters, and maintenance of police
cars. Buck Newiome, captain, is
in charge of radio patrol, the crime
report and automobile accident
files.
Hubert Fulcher, assistant chief,
has been placed in charge of the
shift from 4 p.m. to 12 midnight
daily. Carl Blomberg, lieutenant,
is traffic and patrol officer; Guy
Springle, lieutenant, is in charge
of the shift from midnight to 8
a.m., Preston Edwards, Murphy
Jenkins, and Robert Gray arc traf
fic and patrol officers.
Edmond Willis, former member
of the police force, resigned two
months ago to work at Cherry
Point.
Custody Case Heard
Saturday at Snow Hill
The case of the state vs. Rachael
Albert Benjock was heard before
Judge Paul Frizzclle Saturday at
Snow Hill and will not be tried in
the Carteret county courts as
scheduled].
Mrs. Benjock is charged with
taking away from Beaufort school
her two children who had been
placed in custody of her former
husband, Sgt. Albert Benjock.
Judge Frizzelle stated that Mrs.
Benjock is entitled to custody of
the children providing they do not
leave this state, reported Attorney
Harvey Hamilton who is represent
ing Sergeant Benjock. Attorney
George Ball is representing Mrs.
Benjock. *