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I)eems Nathan Lee, charged with aiding and allowing Helen Rogers Hill to operate a motor ve hicle after her license was revoked.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 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 See COURT, Page 3 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?