NEWS-TIMES OFFICE
504 Arendell St.
Morehead City
Phone 6-4175
CARIiRET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES s
Eight Page* Color Comic*
41st YEAR, NO. 8. TWO SECTIONS SIXTEEN PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY, JANUARY 25, 1952 PUBLISHED TUESDAY AND FRIDAYS
Fireworks Owner
Pleads Guilty
Case Againsl Two Men*
Charged with Assaull
On Woman Continued
Jesse Thomas Willis pleaded
guilty to possessing and exploding
fireworks when he was called up
before Judge Lambert Morris in re
corder's court Tuesday. Judge
Morris ordered him to pay costs of
court.
Continued until a subsequent
court session was the case against
Ernest Morris and Mitchell Wether
jngton who are charged with as
sault on a female and threatening
to commit rape.
The warrant for Morris and?
Weatherington was filed Oct. 27,
1951.
The alleged assault is reported
to have taken place at Stella.
Donald Ray Parker pleaded guil
ty to careless and reckless driving,
resulting in an accident and paid
$100 and costs. Johnnie Earl Wil
son, found guilty on a drunken
driving charge, was given a six
month sentence suspended on con
dition he pay costs and $100.
The case against Cecil Lynch
charged with larceny of less than a
$100 was dismissed and judgment
against Monroe Paylor who faced
the same charge was continued un
til next week. The alleged robbery
took place at Atlantic Beach Sat
, urday night.
Elvin Gaskill pleaded guilty to
dredging scallops and paid costs of
court. George Wlibur Gray plead
ed guilty to driving without a li
cense, driving drunk and was sen
tenced to six months on the roads,
suspended on condition he pay
$100 and court costs within 30 days.
Elisha Braxton pleaded guilty to
public drunkenness and making
himself a public nuisance. The
judge told him to pay $10 and costs
or spend 30 days in jail. The same
judgment was issued in the cases
of Willie Lewis and William Chad
wick, each charged with public
drunkenness.
Cherry Belle Carter, charged
with careless and reckless driving
and speeding in a school bus, plead
ed guilty and paid costs.* The case
against I)eems Nathan Lee, charged
with aiding and allowing Helen
Rogers Hill to operate a motor ve
hicle after her license was revoked.
Prayer for judgment in the case
of John W. Burke, sr., charged
with speeding, was continued. The
state dccided not to prosecute at
present the following cases: James
Hardesty, charged with being
drunk and disorderly and threaten
ing to kill his wife; William Clay
ton Walker, speeding; William
Ramsey, driving with expired
chauffeur's license and with im
proper muffler; George Henry
Hazel, jr.. faulty muffler.
Malicious prosecution was ruled
' in the case of Henry Turner,
charged with assaulting George
Worthington with a knife. Worth
ington was ordered to pay court
costs.
The remaining cases concerned
violations of the motor vehicle law.
Defendants, charges, and judg
ments follow:
\ Gordon Whitridge Benns, im
proper brakes, costs; Henry Collis
k Hardy, speeding, $10 and costs;
Paul David Hill, charged with driv
ing without a license, speeding,
careless and reckless driving, was
found guilty of speeding and paid
$15 and costs.
Henry Robert Kryswiec, speed
ing. costs; Nick Tiberi, faulty muf
fler, costs; Isaac Parmley and
Lionel Daire Gilgo, each charged
with failure to stop at, stop sign,
paid costs; Otho Thomas, driving
with impropef lights, costs; Rigdon
Dees Salter, speeding and failing to
stop at stop sign. $10 afid costs;
Pete Carson Paulsen, speeding, $10
and costs.
Bonds were forfeited by Archie
Lee Williams, Joseph Gilbert Mor
ton, jr., Harry I. Saunders, and
Levi Albert Lloyd.
The following cases were contin
ued: Morris and Wetherington;
Ralph Willard Riggs. Reuben
Franklin Bell, Paul Burdette Chris
tian, Charles Lindberg Frazier,
John Reed Sparks. Durant Chase,
Vernon Edward Lee.
William Arthur Cockran, Gladys
Daniels Lupton, John Joseph Bol
duc, Helen Rogers Hill, and B. W.
Henderson.
Chamber Manager Books
.Two Summer Conventions
Joe DuBois, manager of the
Morehead City chamber of com
merce, has announced two conven
tions for this coming summer.
The North Carolina Architects
convention, with 250 members, will
meet at Atlantic Beach June 12
through the 15.
The North Carolina Alcoholic
Beverage Control association, 200
members, will meet at Atlantic
Beach Jung 10 and 11.
Survey Begins
The survey on the railroad be
tween Camp Lejeune and Cherry
I Point Marine bases is being made.
Congress has appropriated $3,000,
000 for the project and Congress
man* Graham A. Barden has an
nounced that bids on the project
will be called for in a few weeks.
March of Dimes Fun! j
Dance to Take Place Tonight;
Smokey Will Appear Tomorrow
To raise money for the March of Dimes, Dan Walker, right, ran a
popularity contest Saturday morning between Smokey the Bear, in
the cage, and Jethro Quidley, left, at the end of the chain. According
to unreliable reports, the outcome was a tie. To the left of Quidley
is Scout David Chipman and next to the cage is E. M. Foreman, county
forest ranger.
Two big March of Dimes events I
will occur this weekend. The I
March of Dimes ball will take place
at 9 o'clock tonight at the Heart !
of the Beach. Atlantic Beach, and
Smokey the Bear will be in More
head City from 10 a.m. until noon
tomorrow.
"The 1952 March of Dimes cam
paign is rapidly drawing to a
close." declared Mrs. Roma Noe,
chairman, today, "and we are still
far from our $7,500 goal. Persons
who have neglected to mail checks
or cash in reply to the direct mail
appeals should do so this weekend
without fail." she advised.
"School children have been do
ing a fine job, but even extra and
greater effort should be exerted
this coming week so that by Ian.
31 we have rounded up every dime
in the county for the March of
Dimes.
"A line evening of fun is in store
tonight for couples at the March
of Dimes ball," she continued. "It's
not loo late to get your ticket.
The Marveila Quintet plays sweet
music for dancing and has won
wide acclaim through its appear
ance at the Blue Ribbon club each
Saturday night.
"Come to the ball tonight," Mrs.
Noe concluded, "it's not a formal
affair and you're sure to have a
good time."
Smokey the Bear made a big hit
last Saturday in Beaufort. Young
sters and adults alike were amused
by his antics. In conjunction with
the appearance of the bear, there
will be a block of dimes built along
Arendell street. Smokey will be
in front of Rose's 5 and 10 cent
store. With him will be E. M.
Foreman, county forest ranger,
who rescued Smokey from a forest
fire last spring.
The only thing that would pre
vent Smokey 's appearance would
be rain or a forest fire where
Ranger Foreman's services would
be required.
Artificial Breeding Association
To Meet at Statesville Today
i
Less Than Week Remains
To List Properties . J
fa sn than a week remain? to
list county and municipal taxes.
After the last day of January a
penalty wil Ibe imposed on every
one who has failed to list their
property with the lisi takers in
their respective communities.
F. R. Seeley and John Brooks,
listing county taxes at the court
house, reported yesterday that at
least half the property owners
in the county have yet to list.
Carteret Officer j
Helps Raze Still*
Craven county sheriff's officers
and M. M. Ayscue, Carteret county
ABC officer, destroyed three il
legal liquor stills in operation in
Craven county over the weekend,
Sheriff C. B. Berry reported Mon
day morning.
All four stills were found and
destroyed Friday and Saturday
morning, and had a total produc
tion capacity of 800 gallons. Only
one of them was in operation at
the same time the raiding party ar
rived at the scene and the op
erators escaped.
Three of the stills were located
in the Craven Corner stection and
the fourth was found near Cherry
Point on Cahoojcie creek. Sheriff
Berry said. Officers accompanying
the sheriff were deputies C. C.
Weatherly and Bruce Edwards of
the Craven county office and
Ayscue.
They reported the still destroyed
near Cherry Point Saturday morn
ing was still warm and the op
erators had apparently just finish
ed running off two boxes of mash
Friday night. There had been four
400-gallon mash boxes and only two
were left when the officers raided
it.
The still had a 100-gallon capa
city.
A 200-gallon capacity stave-type
still was still in operation when the
sheriff's party arrived Friday, with
16,400-gallon mash containers at
the still. Two others torn down
were a 400-gallon kettle steam rig
with eighteen 400-gallon mash
boxes and a 100-gallon capacity still
with ten 300-gallon mash boxes.
Newport 4-H CInb Member
To Heceive Dairy Call
The first offspring of the Carte
ret county calf chain, a five-month
old heifer, will be presented tomor
row to Harlan Carraway, a member
of the Newport 4-H club.
The heifer was dropped by one
of the original chain animals which
was being cared for by Mark Eu
banks, Beaufort RFD. The purpose
of the calf chain is to train 4-H
club members in producing and
caring for dairy cattle.
? Representatives of the Coopera
tive Artificial Breeding association, i
comprising Carteret, Craven, Jones, 1
and Pamlico counties, will go U>
Statesville today to attend a meet*
ing ol the state policy committee.
Southeastern Artificial Breeding
association.
Attending from this area will be
L. G. Bond, Pamlico dairyman.
The policy committee is made up
of one member from each coopera
tive or breeding service purchasing
semen from the Southeastern Arti
ficial Breeding association, an
American Breeders Service organ
ization. Various matters of policy
are discussed and voted upon by
these representatives.
Policies of the American Breed
ers Service stud at Asheville are ,
determined by its customers who
make up the 113 cooperatives and
breeding associations in seven
southeastern states which are fur
nishing dairymen service from the
desirably proved sires of the ABS
stud.
It is expected that most of the
directors and officers of the North
Carolina, South Carolina, and Vir
ginia associations will attend the
meeting. American Breeders Serv
ice representatives from Chicago
and North Carolina will be present.
Extension dairymen from State
college and county agents have
been invited.
James Allgood, assistant county
agent for Carteret, attended an ar
tificial breeders meeting Monday
night at New Bern.
/
Large Crowd Sees
DSA Presentation
A group of more than 100 wit
nessed presentation of the Jaycee
distinguished service award to Ber
nard Leary Monday night at the
Jaycee banquet at The Steak
House, Morehead City.
Leary accepted the award, which
was made by George McNeill,
"with appreciation and humility."
He said. "There are others in this
organization just as qualified as I.
I have attained this honor not
through individual performance
but through the combined efforts
of all of us. I accept the award
not as an outstanding individual
but as a member of an outstanding
organization."
The DSA is presented annually
to the person who has contributed
the most toward civic betterment
during the period of a year. In
making the presentation. McNeill
who is charter president of More
head City Jaycee. read the Jaycees'
creed and remarked that the re
cipient of the award lived and ful
filled the precepts of that creed.
McNeill was introduced . by
Robert Howkrd. who also intro
duced Jaycee Bill Chalk. Chalk
presented certificates of apprecia
tion for cooperation to Grover
See DSA, Pace 2
B&PW Club Hears
Address by Marine
Officer Tuesday
Capi. Daniel Somerville,
Cherry Point, Tells of
Experiences in Korea
Carteret Business and Profes
sional women were given a closer
look at the Marine corps and the
business of war Tuesday night
when they heard an address by
Capt. Daniel Somerville, USMC,
who is stationed at Cherry Point.
Captain Somerville's address fol
Ibwed dinner served by members
Qf the home economics class at
Beaufort school. Prior to telling
ijf his experiences in Korea where
tye flew light liaison planes, day
<fid night fighters, the speaker
briefly summarized the need for
armed forces and the purpose of a
specialized group such as the Ma
rine corps.
Armed forces are necessary, he
explained, to protect in a physical
sense the country's citizens, and to
otherwise protect the country's in
terests, and the interests of its peo
Ujlc
1 The Marine corps is necessary,
Captain Somerville continued, be
cause a small group of profes
( apt. Daniel Somerville
sionai. nigniy ampniDious vomers
art- essential, and a Marine air
corps fits into the picture because
troops on the ground require that
type of support.
The Marine flyer pointed out
that it is the air corps' job to take
orders in support of ground forces
and eliminate unfriendly forces
that are seeking to wipe out the
man on foot.
Aid lrom the air (CAS or close
air support), the captain continued,
is implemented through the day
and night fighters and jet planes.
The day fighter, or Corsair, sup
ports front line troops by dropping
bombs, strafing and use of napalm.
The napalm bombs, or jellied gaso
line. is not only an effective way
of killing people, but as a morale
factor its deadliness quickly dis
courages men from fighting, the
speaker observed.
The jet fighter he classified as
good for intercepting and destroy
ing fighters in the daytime, but
they have also been used as a sub
stitute for close air support.
Tfie night fighter also intercepts
and destroys, the officer pointed
out, and operates in bad weather
by use of radar.
Explaining the administrative
set-up of the Marine corps. Cap
tain Somerville stated that G-l
deals with personnel and persons
affiliated with that section are re
quired to keep units up to combat
strength; G-2, or intelligence, eval
uates the enemies' capabilities; G-3
handles the tactical end or ma
neuvers, of Marine air; and G-4,
deals with logistics and supply.
Although affiliated with G-3,
Captain Somerville illustrated one
of the Marine corps' problems in
G-4. "Just feeding a man is a ter
rific job without trying to keep
him supplied with cigarettes, socks,
and all of the things that one is
accustomed to," he declared.
"The Chinese soldier is given a
pound of rice, a rifle, a belt of am
munition and told to rendezvous
with the rest of his unit at a place
200 miles away. And he just goes,"
continued the officer. "But our
men need vehicles to go. they need
written orders, a chaplain, all sorts
of equipment totaling about 110
pounds. We can kill a lot of peo- '
pie," he added, "but when they
See B&PW, Page 2
Tide Table
Tide? at Beaufort Bar
illGH LOW
Friday, Jan. 25
6:37 a.m. 12:11 a.m.
6:57 p.m. 1:08 p.m.
Saturday, Jan. 26
7:32 a.m. 1:11 a.m.
7:53 p.m. 1:59 p.m.
.Sunday, Jan. 27
8:24 a.m. 2:07 a.m.
8:46 a.m. 2:49 p.m.
Monday, Jan. 28
9:19 a.m. 3:01 a.m.
9:37 p.m. 3:37 p.m.
Tueaday, Jan. 29
10:03 a.m. 3:53 a.m.
10:27 p.m. 4:23 p.m.
C. E. Atkinson , Fisheries Official,
To Take Position on Pacific Coast
Youth, on Probation as Result
Of Carteret Wreek, Arrested
Mrs. Giddens ,
Dies Tuesday;
Rites Yesterday
Funeral services for Mrs. J. i
Frank Giddens. 74, of Morehead j
City, were conducted yesterday af
ternoon in the First Baptist church,
Morehead City. Dr. John Bunn,
F irst Baptist minister, and the Rev.
Leon Couch, minister of the First
Methodist church, officiated. Bur
' ial was in Bay View cemetery.
Mrs. Giddens died Tuesday af
j ternoon at the home of her daugh
ter, Mrs. John Lashley.
Mrs. Giddens, the daughter of
the late Mr. and Mrs. W .Y. Ful
ford, was a native of Morehead Ci
i ty. Until ill health forced her to
curtail her activities several years
ago, she was an outstanding leader
in church and civic affairs..
A lifelong member of the First
Baptist church, she was elected
secretary of the Women's Mission
i ary society in 1935, was also teach
er of a Sunday school class and
I leader of a church circle.
1 She was a former president of j
the Morehead City Woman's club,
was chairman of the Garden and
( ivies department of the Woman's
club for 10 years, and lor 28 years
served as president of the Emmc
line Pi got t chapter. United Daugh- 1
ters of the Confederacy. Members
of the chapter attended her funcfal
in a group.
Surviving her are her husband,
Dr. Giddens. two daughters, Mrs.
Lashley and Miss Lillian Frances
Giddens. both of Morehead City; a
brother, W. A. Fulford. Durham;
a sister. Mrs. Viola Willis. George
V . i S. C , and several niecr ? ?'nd
n>phews.
Pall bearers were Dr. D. J. Eure,
Halbert Ball. George McNeill, Har
old Webb, D. B. Webb, and D. G.
Bell.
Honorary pall bearers were Sam
Adler. S. C. Holloway, John Crump.
Waldron Bailey. K. H. Dowdy.
Robert Taylor. Roy Lincoln, D. M.
Webb. John T. Willis, Louis Nor
ris, W. H. Potter, Alvah Hamilton,
Dr. B. F. Royal.
Dr. John Morris, Dr. S. W.
Thompson. Grady Rich. P. H. Geer,
Dr. E. P. Spence, Frank Moran,
Fred Royal. George Wallace, J. O.
Wallace. Floyd Chadwick, N. R.
Webb. S. A. Chalk, jr., Bill Chalk,
A. B. Roberts, and George Ball.
State PIMA OKs ,
Leaf Allotments
The County Production Market
| ing administration office received
! .state PMA approval Wednesday
i on the county tobacco acreage al
I lotments.
! The allotment this year is slight
i ly more than last with a 10 - re
j addition, bringing the total to 2,100
acres, Ji. J. May, PMA adminis
trator, stated.
The PMA office will mail out
early next week the allotments for
1952. Anyone who wants an allot
ment, for example, a new grower,
must apply at the PMA office, post
office building, Beaufort, no later
than Thursday, Jan. 31.
County tobacco farmers attended
yesterday at Newport school a
meeting conducted by S. N. Hawks,
extension tobacco specialist. State
college. Hawks used color slides
to illustrate information on tobacco
fertilization, cultivation, curing,
varieties, weed control, blue mold
control* disease and insect control.
R. M. Williams, county agent,
j stated yesterday that a new bulle
tin on tobacco varieties has been
mailed to farmers. He commented:
I "At the present time, a good
many farmers are preparing tobac
co seed beds and will find this
i bulletin very interesting and help
ful in deciding the best variety to
select for this year's crop.
"Much of the tobacco soil is be
coming infected with various to
bacco diseases. The grower needs
to know first the disease that is
present on his farm, otherwise he
may experience serious losses if a
variety resistant to one disease is
planted on soils infested with
another disease.
"By studying carefully the con
tents of this bulletin, we feel that
the growers will have a better un
i derstanding of just what he may
'expect from recommended varie
I tie?/' he concluded.
? Ayden. ? New. charges have been
filed here against Charles Henry
Stephenson, 111, the 20-year-old
Raleigh man already on probation
as the result of a speeding acci
dent in Carteret county which cost
a state highway patrolman his life.
The latest charges against young
Stephenson include drunken driv
ing, reckless driving involving a
wreck and driving after his license
has been revoked. They stem from
a wreck near here early Sunday
morning in which the Raleigh
man's car smashed into the rear
of another vehicle.
Stephenson already was under a
suspended sentence involving a
wreck which killed State Highway
Patrolman R. W. Jackson of Dur
ham and seriously injured Patrol
man P. M. Herring, now stationed
at Vanceboro.
The accident occurred at New
port in early September of 1949
while the two officers were chasing
Stephenson's car at a 90-mile-an
hour clip. Their car sideswiped
another vehicle and crashed into a
tree. Jackson was killed instantly;
Herring was hospitalized for six
months.
Youth Convicted
Stephenson was convicted then
of careless and reckless driving,
speeding and failure to heed a si
ren. The judgment of Carteret
county superior court on March 15,
1950, was that he serve a two-year
See YOUTH, Page 2
Committee Will ?;
Discuss Contest
Plans at 10 Today
Members of the County Agricul
tui - Motivation committee, offi
cials of the two banks in the coun
ty. and H. L. Joslyn, county super
intendent of schools will meet at
10 o'clock this morning in the
county agent's office to discuss
sponsorship of the North Carolina
Bankers association annual speak
ing contest for high school stu
dents.
The subject to bp used this year
is "Green Pastures, Their Use and
Management."
More than $8,000 in prizes will
be awarded. First prize in the
state contest will be $300 in sav
ings bonds and an expense-paid
trip to Pinehurst to deliver the
speech before the North Carolina
Bankers association convention
May 9. The second prize. $200,
and the third. $100, Mil also be
in savings bonds.
In the ten group or regional con
tests, prizes will be awarded as
follows: for first place. $50 in
bonds, and $25 in bonds for second
place. Prizes will also be awarded
on the county level.
Last year 2,911 students, repre
senting 339 schools in 86 counties,
participated in the contest, deliv
ering their speeches before 65,374
people.
State finals will be held in Ral
eigh April 11, 1952.
Members of the county Agricul
ture Mobilization committee, which
will assist in sponsorship of the
Carteret contest arc Roland Salter,
chairman, R. M. Williams, C. S.
Long, Bob Howard. W. C. Carl
ton, George Stovall, B. J. Mayo,
James AUgood, and- Miss Martha
Barnett.
James Davis of the First Citizens
Bank and Trust co.t Beaufort, and
I. E. Pittman of the First Citizens
Bank and Trust co., Morehead
City, will represent the North
Carolina Bankers association at
this morning's session.
Judge Issues
Stem Warning J
To Speeders
Judge George McNeill of the
Morchead City recorder's court
issued a warning to speeders Mon
day and asked that police enforce
the law.
McNeill lectured speeders and
stated that over 1,000 were killed
in this state last year and 2ti have
been killed so far this year. If the
courts are not going to lake care
of this, I don't know who will. The
law is adequate," he stated, "so the
officers must enforce it and the
people obey."
The following were found guilty
of speeding: William (i. Temple,
$15 fine and costs; lohn Connor,
jr.. co.sts; Beatrice Monroe Fulcher,
costs; Joseph M. Buckley, fine of
$10 and costs; Robert Russ.ll
Thompson, costs; Dorothy Louise
Stone, fine of $25 and costs; Thorn
as Ralph Oglesby, costs; Robert K.
Ballou, costs.
Not Guilty
i Robert Fellenz, chained with ope
rating a motor vehicle on a North
Carolina highway on the ' wrong
side of the road, entered a plea of
not guilty and was found not guilty.
Johnnie Ashley Tcel, charged
with improper equipment tail
light .mirror, and signal lights
was found guilty and paid court
costs.
Found guilty of having no muf
tier on his truck, Aaron Carpenter
paid court costs.
Willie Yarborough was cleared
of an assault and battery charge.
The prosecuting witness withdrew
the warrant and paid the costs of
cou? i.
John Dai. i us, jr.. charged with
careless and reckless driving, and
no driver's license, was found guil
ty and sentenced to the county jail
for 30 days, suspended upon con
dition he pay a fine of $25 and
court costs.
In the case of A. J. Williams,
the warrant was withdrawn and ihe
prosecuting witness taxed with
costs of court. Betty Midgett Bail
ey was charged with allowing a mi
nor to operate a jeep with no driv
ers' license, was found guilty, and
paid half the court costs.
Found Guilty
Kenich Crouch was found guilty
of having no drivers' license and
paid court costs. The case of Willie
Penny, charged with having no
driver's license and no brakes,
thereby causing a wreck, resulted
in a verdict of guilty. He paid a
fine of $10 and court costs.
Rome Morton, for failing to stop
at a stop sign and causing a wreck,
was found guilty and sentenced to
jail for 10 days suspended on con
dition the defendant pay a fine of
$10 and court costs. Durwar Noe
Gillikin, for failing to stop at a
stop sign, was found guilty and
paid costs of court.
Aaron Moore failed to stop at a
red light and was found guilty and
paid half the costs. James Reginald
Willis was found guilty of failing
to stop at a red light and was taxed
court costs.
Judson Jackson, charged with
public drunkenness and driving un
der the influence of intoxicants in
a reckless manner, was found guil
ty and sentenced to county jail for
00 days to work on the public
roads. Sentence was suspended on
condition the defendant pay a fine
of $150 and court costs and remain
on good behaviour for 12 months.
Alex Curtis, charged with public
drunkenness, was found guilty and
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4 Clinton K. Atkinson who
for the past three years has
been in charge of the United
States Fishery laboratory,
Pivers Island, Beaufort, has
been named by Albert M.
Day, director. United States
Fish an 1 Wildlife Service, to
reorganize the Pacific sal
mon investigations on the
west coast.
Atkinson will assume his duties
there, with headquarters at Seattle,
April I. His successor has not yet
been named.
Atkinson joined the Fish and
Wildlife service four years ago as
chief. Middle Atlantic investiga
tions. headquartered at College
Park. Md. After a very short
period he was sent to the Wash
ington office and during his nine
months there his duties were in
creased to include the South At
lantic area.
In March 1949 Atkinson was de
tailed for a short time to the Insti
tute of Fisheries Research. More
head City, and in July was placed
in charge of the U. S. fishery lab
oratory. Beaufort, with the respon
sibility of reestablishing that lab
oratory as an active research or
ganization.
In less than three years, the
Beaufort laboratory has attained a
position of national prominence.
Twenty six scientists arc stationed
there. Their work on the shad,
uit h respect to management prob
| lems, sponsored by the Atlantic
States Marine Fisheries commis
sion. has been especially outstand
ing. Other projects include Atlan
tic salmon investigations and co
operative studies on blue crab and
striped bass.
The new Pacific salmon investi
gations which Atkinson will head
combines three previous research
units: the Alaskan, the North Pa
cific (Columbia river), and Central
Valley fishery investigations, and
the activities will extend from San
Francisco to the Arctic circle. It is
one of the highest research posi
tions within the F&WL service.
A native of Boise. Idaho, Atkin
son received a B.S. degree in fish
i cries biology from the University
' of Washington and has taken exten
j sure graduate training both at that
I ioniitution and at I)uke university.
He is a member of Sigma Xi, Phi
I Sigma, and Phi Mu Alpha, honor
| ary societies, and past president of
, the Alpha Sigma Phi fraternity.
In 1938, Atkinson was chosen by
( Dr. W. F. Thompson, then director
of the International Pacific Salmon
Fisheries commission and an emi
nent fishery researcher, as one of
the first members of his scientific
staff for the commission. Atkinson
left the commission in 1948 as sen
ior scientist to assume his present
duties with the U. S. Fish and Wild
life service.
Uncle Snnny Jim Besiowi
Trailer of Goods
At Hassell Doorstep
Uncle Sunny Jim visited Mr. and
Mrs. Gray Hassell and family of
Beaufort ? last weekend and left
them a trailerful of household fur?
nishings.
He just turned up like a bright
penny in a pair of denim overalls
and announced that he was bound
for Florida where he and all his
brothers and sisters have decided
to go to iie.
It happens that Uncle Sunny Jim
has a last name, Gibbons, which
was given Mrs. Gray Hassell when
she was born. Her mother, who
was a very good friend of Sunny
Jim's wife. Auntie Cappy. decided
that her daughter's name would
be Evelyn Gibbons Duncan.
Unclc Sunn/ Jim and his wife
were visiting at the Davis house
i on Front street. Beaufort, and at
that time the Duncans lived in the
home now occupied by the M. Les
lie Davis's. Throughout the years
Auntie Cappy kept in touch with
the Duncan's, even after Mrs. Dun
can died. After Evelyn was mar
See UNCLE SUNNY, Page 3
Mrs. Inez Nierling of Davis Ridge
Concludes 25-Year Government Career
Y By Pfc. C. D. Hogan
Cherry Point To be in the orb
of the great leaders of our nation
. . . to be a part of international
assemblies that affect the history
of the world ... to witness the
birth of the United Nations . . .
these could well chronicle the ca
reer of a diplomat.
Yet these arc the accomplish
ments of Mrs. Inez Nicrling, who
ended her 25 years' service to the
United States this month. She ten
dered her resignation from Civil
Service and will devote her time
now to assisting her husband, Don
ald J. Nierling, in raising beef
cattle at Davis Ridge, Carteret
county.
l(rs. Nierling first came to Cher
ry Point in 1947 as secretary to the
Adjutant's Office. In 1949 she was
transferred to the station legal of
fice as court reporter and has re
mained in that capacity until this
time.
Previous to this, during her as
sociation with the State Depart
ment, Mrs. Nierling served under
Cordell Hull and among the secre
tariat of Sumner Welles.
At the founding of the United
nations in San Francisco, 1945, she
was a member of the international
secretariat. Among the duties of
this committee were the welcoming
of the foreign delegates, the ar
ranging of the proper ceremonies
for visiting dignitaries and the com
Sec ENDS CAREER, Page 3
Injured Seaman Recovers
In Morehead City Hospital
Ilosea Dopico, seaman, is recov
ering in Morehead City hospital to
day from a severe scalp laceration
suffered aboard the freighter, Mary
Luckcnhaiigh, Tuesday morning
when a kerosene drum fell on him.
His condition yesterday was report
ed fair.
The Mary Luckenbaugh put in at
Cape Lookout late Tuesday and
Dopico was placed in a small boat
and taken to Harkers Island. There
he was picked up by the Dill am
bulance. Morehead City, and taken
to Morehead City hospital where he
was admitted at 12:50 a.m. Jan. 23?