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4lBt YEAR, NO. 12. TWO SECTIONS SIXTEEN PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1952 PUBLISHED TUESDAY AND FRIDAYS
Chairman of Polio
Chapter Expresses
Thanks to Chb J
March of Dimes Receipts
Wednesday Total $4,382,
More to be Reported
With a report yet to come on
Morehead City parking meter re
ceipts and from Atlantic, the
lUrch of Dimes collection for 19S2
stood Wednesday at $4,382.61.
A. H. James, chairman of the
Carteret County Infantile Paraly
sis chapter, today expressed his ap
preciation to the Carteret Business
and Professional Women's club for
conducting the campaign He said
he was well pleased with the re
sults.
Mrs. Roma Noe, chairman of the
Campaign for the B&PW club, also
Expressed thanks to the following
Who contributed to. the success of
the drive: Morehead City chamber
of commerce, county PMA office,
Dan Walker, Glenn Adair, Earl
Taylor, Joe Zajac, Virginia Howe
Hassell, Eric Pake and his mother,
Mrs. Charles Pake, Beaufort and
Morehead City Boy Scouts. Beau
fbrt and Morehead City municipal
ities and police departments. E. M.
Foreman, R. C. Winkworth, Joe
House Drug store. Rose's S Snd 10,
Jack Neal, First Citizens Bank and
' Trust co., Ray Cummins, basket
' ball teams, the newspaper, radio
station, and all school principals.
Station, Herald Printing co., G. W
Carter, ?d Woolard, and all school
principals,
"We wish we could personally
thank everyone who cooperated in
conducting the campaign and all
Ihose who have been so generous
in their contributions, both indi
. vidoals and business houses," re
marked Mrs. Noe. "That is im
possible, but any success the
B&PW club has had in raising
(honey for the March of Dimes has
been due solely to those who sup
ported a fine cause."
Following is the March of Dimes
scoreboard which includes only the
contributions made through the
Schools and by organized groups.
? SCOREBOARD
Boy Scout Troop No. 75,
Harkers Island $ 30.23
, Harkers Ialaal achoof and ..
, coin collectors 13(L9&
' rfeadfcrt artweT. 73*22
Smyrna school 279,38
Newport school l 215.06
Camp Glenn school 207.00
Morehead City school 606.04
W. S. King school 27.10
Queen Street school 55.00
Saltef Path school 20.00
Bear in Beaufort 69.77
Block of Dimes, Morehead
City 180.89
Smyrna Pie party 12.40
, Bifjhday posters, court
bouse 18.90
Ot?ay Christian church 5.00
Mfrehead City Boys Hi-Y.... 5.00
Davis Free Will Baptist
church 30.65
Basketball game 7U75
See DIMES, Page 2
This is the Port . . .
This is the Railroad that Serves It
See Editorial Page 8. Photos by Schumacher
Beaufort Town Board Initiates
Move to Obtain New Theatre J
Boy Scouts Observe 42nd
Birthday; Bells to Ring 1
Ministers Express
ThanbstoJaycees
Several letters at appreciation
have been received from minister?
. on the Back-to-Sunday School drive
being carried on by the Morehead
City junior chamber. of commerce
and were read at the weekly meet
ing at the Waterfront cafe Monday
nigbt. Bob Howard, vice-president,
presided at the meeting. He will
soon be retired because of Jaycee
age limit.
Sal Palazzo, chairman of the Feb
ruary scrap paper drive, announced
that because of rain last Sunday
, the drive scheduled for that day
has been postponed until this Sun
day at 1:30. *
P. H. Geer, Jr., membership
chairman, announced the follovjng
new members: James Sparling.
Edward Caddell, James Brown. Bob
Peele, Bill Fonn, Edward Weeks
and Gordon Freeman*
President Jimmy Wallace taliked
? on the duties of a local director.
The entertainment was presented
by Mrs. Anna Bell Phillip* play
ing a Hammond organ and Bobby
i Bel) sang.
Guests were Bofcby Johnson, Ray
Kelly and Joe DuBois.
, With 18 members, Morehead City
' Jaycees bad the largest representa
tion of any club at the tth district
me?ttng Wednesday at Havelock.
i Morehead City Jaycees will be host
n at the next district meeting in
s 'Apfil.
? C? cert Next Friday ,
A The Graudans. piano-cello duo,
>, will present the second Community
( concert of the current aeason at
< 8:15 p.m. next Friday in Mu Mor?
bead City school auditorium.
? Today Boy Scouts of America
celcbrate their 42nd anniversary.
Throughout the nation at 8:15 to
night church bell* are scheduled to
ring and the Liberty Bell will be
rung in Philadelphia. Theme for
the observance is "Forward with
Liberty's Team."
Troop 51, Beaufort, Charles Has
sell, Scoutmaster, will attend Ann
Street Methodist church Sunday
morning. The boys will take over
to#n offices Monday and honor
parents and guests with a dinner at
the Scout building at 7 o'clock
Monday night.
In recognition of the week long
celebration, a display window in
Felton's store, Beaufort, shows
various types of Boy Scout equip
ment.
There are Boy Scout window dis
plays in stores throughout the
county. They will be judged Sun
day afternoon and the troops
which are responsible for the win
ning windows will receive recogni
tion at the court of honor in the
Pirat Baptist church, Morehead
City, at 7:30 Sunday night. .
Scouts and the offices they will
fill in Beaufort Monday are Charles
L. Pake, jr., mayor; Dayid Chip
mart. Dallas Willis, Larry Kirk,
Charles Smith, Don Lancaster,
commissioners: Ray Hunnings. po
lice chief: Glenn Conway, police
officer.
Bobby Willis, town clerk; L. C.
Beveridge, Jone Dennis, town hall
office force; Walter Phillips, town
attorney; Horace Swain, building
inspector; John Simpson, foreman
of street department, assisted by
Joe Pake, Bobby Goodwin, Mike
Hill. Gus Lancaster III.
Jo* Chipman, fire chief; Billie
Powell, Daniel Willis, Billy Kirk.
Fred Mason, Jack Lewis, Vernon
Hunnings, Frank Potter, Jerry
Conway, Giles Loftin, Daniel Ricks.
Kenneth Swain, Douglas Piner,
firemen.
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? Beaufort town commissioners Monday night took the
first step toward obtaining a new theatre for the town.
They stated that the present theare is inadequate to meet
the recreational needs of the community and the surround
ing area and authorized the filling out of proper forms to
Two Automobiles
Crack Up Friday
Two cars collided Friday after
noon near Ward's creek bridge on
highway 70 eight miles east of
Beaufort and drivers of both were
charged with violation of the mo
tor vehicle law.
Gilbert K. Lawrence. USCG, tried
Tuesday in recorder's court, Beau
fort, paid costs after being found
guilty of driving with improper
brakes. Samuel M. Jones, New
Bern, charged with failure to yield
the right-of-way, had his case con
tinued until next week.
Highway Patrolman H. G. Wool
ard reported that Jones parked on
the right shoulder of the road, fac
ing east, and then headed across
the road toward the yard of the
Dyon Simpson home. As he did so.
Lawrence, driving a car owned by
his father. O. C. Lawrence. Otway,
hit the right rear fender of Jones'
automobile.
Lawrence, who was proceeding
west, told the highway patrolman
that he applied his brakes, but they
didn't work. No one was hurt.
Damage to Lawrence's car. which
'continued 153 feet after the impact,
was estimated at $400 and $200
damage was caused to Jones' auto.
Newport Firemen Pni Oni
Ani* Fin Tuesday Night
Newport fire department put out
an auto fire Tuesday night on the
Nine-Foot road three miles from
town. The car, a 1940 model, was
owned by John Bell, according to
Fireman Bennie Garner, and was
valued at approximately $400.
The alarm was sounded at 7:55
p.m. Cause of the fire was undeter
mined.
?obtain federal permission for the
eonstruelion of a new movie ho(isc.
Commissioner Carl Hatsell re
ported that Stewart Enterprises is
interested in erecting a new thea
tre in the town on the site of the
former Sea Breeze movie house.
Meter Maintenance
The board authorized the hiring
of Jack Kicks to service parking
meters at a salary of $40 a month
with retroactive pay at $25 a month
for the time he worked on the
meters prior to February.
A service man, Greenebaum, rep
resenting the parking meter cor
poration. appeared before the
hoard and advised the hiring of
Ricks. He also commented on the
condition of the meters and said
they would give "quite a few more
years of good service."
Ladders Bought
At the request of Fire Chief
Charles Harrell two aluminum fire
truck ladders costing $165 were
ordered. One is a roof ladder and
the other a double extension.
Chief Harrell said the present lad
ders are in good condition but not
safe for the rigorous workout they
get in fire-fighting. Commission
er; suggested that the present lad
ders be given to the street depart
ment.
Gerald Woolard, secretary-treas
urer of the fire department, re
quested that the town purchase
"quick suits" for the firemen. The
board asked that Woolard ascer
tain how many are needed and said
they would consider the request
when making up next year's budget.
One hundred dollars deductible
collision, fire, and theft insurance
on the fire trucks was authorized
and the clerk ordered by the board
to write no more checks for "tran
sient labor" when the budgeted
amount for that item ii depleted.
According to a six-month report on
atatua of the town finances JI1M17
remained in the account a" ?( J all
See BOARD, Pa?e S .
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Body of Fisherman, Alonzie ? J
Gooding, Found at River Mouth
Norehead City Band Will
Give Concert Wednesday J
The Morrhead City high school '
band will present its annual j
winter concert at 8 o'clock Wed
nesday night in the high school
auditorium.
The 54-piece band, under the
directicn of Ralph T. Wade, will I
present a program consisting of
marches, semi-classical, and pop
ular numbers. The public is cor
dially invited, officials of the
Morehead City Band association
announced.
M-V Paludina '
Docks at New Pier
Largest Single Shipment
Of Shingles Will Leave
Morehead City Sunday
The mayor of Morehead City,
George W. Dill, other city officials,
members of the port commission,
and J. D. Holt, new port manager,
formally welcomed at 3:30 yester
day afternoon the M/V Paludina
which became the first ship to dock
at the new Morehead City port.
The Paludina, which has brought
asphalt to Morehead City on numer
ous occasions, tied up at the new
past-west pier. It arrived here
from Curacao and is scheduled to
remain two days.
Port Manager Holt, recently ap
pointed by Col. George Gillette. \
executive director of the state
ports authority, is visiting here for
several days.
I Another "first" will be recog
nized by the Morehead City mayor
and other town officials Sunday
when 12 16 ton Lloyd A. Fry Roof
ing trucks move the largest single
shipment of shingles from More
head City. The shipment is des
tined for Woodsidc Mills, Green
ville, S. C.
Although the truck cargoes will
i.oi *uove' midnight. !V>
well ceremonies and a "bon voy
age" address by the mayor are
scheduled for 2 o'clock Sunday
afternoon.
Welfare Official
Makes Half-Year
Report to Board
Miss Georgic Hughes. Carteret
county welfare superintendent, re
ported on welfare activities for the
first six months of the current fis
cal year Monday when the county
board of commissioners met at the
court house. She also repeated a
plea for more space for the welfare
department. James Potter, audi
tor, was asked to investigate the
matter.
County funds, not supplemented
by federal and state funds, were
budgeted in June as follows: gen
eral assistance $1,200, hospitaliza
tion $2,000, medical care, $120,
sanatorium care $800. boarding
home care $1,440. and burial of
paupers $200. This totaled $5,760,
and the balance remaining for use
during the current six-month
period is $2,964.63, Miss Hughes
reported.
The balance in each account fol
lows : general assistance $858. hos
pitalization $317, medical care
$38.45, sanatorium care $291.18,
boarding home care $1,260, and
pauper burial fund $200.
She pointed out that the hos
pi'al fund is greatly depleted and
said that it may be necessary to
transfer funds from other accounts
to meet hospitalization debts.
Dr. K. P. B. Bonner, chairman
of the county board, stated that
the commissioners would be satis
fied wit!, any arrangement that
could be i.mdc. and added that the
county allocated A lump sum to the
department to be used as the de
partment head saw fit.
To be received from the state
and federal governments this year
is a total of $31,758, of which $13,
547.88 has been expended, leaving
a balance of $18,210.12.
j Allocations are as follows: old
age assistance >19,330. aid to de
pendent children $7,992, aid to the
blind $3,321, aid to permanently
and totally disabled $1,125. The
; balances remaining are as follows:
I old age assistance $11,074.75. aid
S to dependent children $7,353.12,
aid to the blind $2,183.25. and aid
to the permanently and totally dis
abled $619.
Miss Hughes stated that, to date
no home in the county has been
licemad for bqanliaf home care.
She alao staled that K a child wel
fare worker 'can be obtained, his or
her salary will be paid by state
and federal aaaiatanca.
James Willis, Jr. j
To Receive Eagle
Scout Award
James B. Willis, jr.. son of Mr.
and Mrs. James B. Willis of 104 S.
10th street, Morehead City, will re
ceive his Eagle Scout badge at the
Annual Court of Honor of the Car
teret county district. 7:30 Sunday
night, in the First Baptist church,
Morehead City.
This program is a part of the
observance by the 300 Scouts and
cubs of the Carteret district as they
join three million other Scouts in
celebrating the birthday of Scout
ing. Feb. 6-12.
Jimmy has been an active Scout
over a three-year period, joining
troop 130 in the reorganization of
that unit in 1949. He served as
James B. Willis, Jr.
assistant patrol Itader and in April
1950 was elevated to senior patrol
leader, a position he has held ever j
<*?>'? , ? i fV
He atteixied the National Jam
boree in Philadelphia in 1950 as a
member of troop 8, East CaroHna
council. He has attended summer
camp at the council camp at Camp
Charles the past two summers and
in 1950 was elected to ihe Order
of the Arrow, Croatan lodge No.
117.
He is 15 years of age. a fresh
man at Morehead City high school,
in the upper tenth of his class, a
section leader in the high school
band, a member of the; Morehead
City high school glee club, fresh
man representative on the student
council, an active member of the
First Baptist church and Sunday
school and is a member of the
Baptist Training union.
Other awards, in addition to the
Eagle honor, will be given mem
bers of other Carteret troops from
throughout the county.
Defendant Pays
$250 Fine, Costs
For driving after his license was
revoked and having no lights. Al
vin Mills was judged guilty in Mon
day's session of recorder'* court in
Morehead City, and was sentenced
to the county jail to work on the
public roads for six months. This
sentence was suspended on condi
tion that he pay a $290 fine, court
costs, not drive a motor vehicle
during the suspension period and
remain on good behavior particu
larly as to the use of alcoholic
drink.
Emerson Hodge, charged with
public drunkenness and assault
with a deadly weapon, was found
guilty on both counts and given a
suspended sentence of six months
on the public roads. It was sus
pended on condition that he pay
Mrs. Ella Benson >178.65 for a hos
pital bill for her son, pay $10 fine
and costs, and remain on good be
havior with reference to fighting
and to the use of alcoholic drink
for 12 months. He was given 00
See COURT, Page 2
Tide Table
TMm at Bcanfart Bar
HIGH LOW
Friday, Feb. I
6:35 a.m. 12:17 a.m.
6:54 p.m. 1:06 p.m.
Saturday, Feb. 9
7:15 a.m. 1:01 a.m.
7:35 p.m. 1:45 p.m. I
Siimlay. Feb. it
7:53 a.m. 1:42 a.i
8:12 p.m. 2:20 p.m.
NwMtey, Feb. 11
8:29 a.m. 2:21 a.m.
8:4ft p.m. 2:81 p.Dl.
Toeaday, M. It
9:02 a.A 157 a.m. I
1 9:20 p.m. 3:23 p.m. |
' I he body of Alonzie Gooding, ?
34, colored menhaden boat crew
man reported missing Jan. 14 in
Beaufort, turned up Wednesday
morning at the mouth of North
River in a marsh called Muddy
Point, seven miles from Beaufort.
Coroner Leslie D. Sprinkle re
ported to Sheriff C. G. Holland that
Gooding accidentally drowned. The
body was taken to Kinston by next
of-kin at 3 a.m. yesterway morn
ing.
Time of death was placed at mid
night Saturday, Jan. 12. The body
was found by Tom Sadler, Lennox
ville, who was clamming Wednes
day morning.
Beaufort Police Chief Carlton
Garner said he was contacted the
weekend of -Ian. 12 by Charles
Styron. skipper of the Bonner
Willis, who asked him if Gooding
was in jail. The chief said he was
not, and Styron remarked that
Gooding, who was on his crew,
probably just walked off.
The police chief, however,
thought Gooding may have drown
ed. He called the Coast Guard and
was told that there would have to
be more evidence to substantiate
belief that the man lost his life
overboard before they could start
dragging for a body.
Also checked, prior to calling
the Coast Guard, was the home in
Morehead City, on Fisher st.. where
Gooding had been boarding. Chief
Garner learned then that Gooding
was not there.
Raleigh Youth
Starts to Serve
Two-Year Term
Charles Henry Stephenson, III.
20-year-old Raleigh youth under
probation ?s t lie result of an auto
mobile accident in Carteret county,
started serving a two-year prison
sentence Monday afternoon follow
ing convietion ef drunken driving
and driving after his license was
revoked.
Conviction on those charges came
Monday in Ayden recorder's court
Later Superior Court Judge John
J. Burney ruled at New Hern that
Stephenson had violated probation
terms set forth in a Carteret su
perior court session.
At that time he was given a two
year suspended sentence following
a 194? speeding incident and wreck
in which a state highway patrol
man was killed at Newport. It
was that sentence which Judge
Burney, holding court at New Bern,
ordered Stephenson to begin serv
ing.
The Ayden convictions brought
fines totaling $300 and suspended
road terms amounting to seven
months. Stephenson's lawyer, Nor
man Shepard of Smithficld, ap
pealed the convictions.
As court adjourned, Stephenson,
Shepard and Probation Officer
John O. Wood of Raleigh left for
New Bern to sec Judge Burney.
"1 reported him (Stephenson) to
Burney for violations* of the condi
tions of the probation judgment,"
Wood said. "The judge revoked
the probation."
With Burncy's action, the appeal
meant nothing. Shepard went back
to Ayden, paid the $300 find and
dropped the appeal to superior
court.
Through Shepard. Stephenson
pleaded not guilty to all three
counts brought against him in the
Ayden court. Judge C. V. Cannon
dismissed one charge, of careless
and reckless driving, but found him
guilty of the other two.
The judge fined the Raleigh
youth $200 for driving after his
license was revoked, suspending a
six-month road term; and fined
him $100 for drunken driving, sus- 1
pending a term of 30 days.
Beaufort Board
Hears Six-Month
Financial Report
Of, t ho $44,000 revenue the town
of Beaufort anticipates for the cur
rent fiscal year. $20,078.31 had
been collected by the end of the
first six months, the town clerk,
Dan Walker, reported to commis
sioners Monday night.
However, during January, total
collections on the 1951-52 levy
were $14,939.11 or $6.638.25 better
than the amount of the current
levy collected for the same period
last year. In January 1952 $12,
422.75 was collected on current
taxes as compared with $6,613.85
collected on current taxes in 1951.
Mayor's court fees for the first
six months of 1951-52 were less
than half the anticipated revenue.
They amounted to $588, while a to
tal of $1,500 is expected for the
year. Business license revenue is
off because of the dispute over the
manner in which the tax should be
applied.
It was estimated that $10.000
would be received through the
Powell street aid bill but only $7.
823.38 was received. Certain bonds
were paid off at a saving to the
town of slightly more than $200.
A large deficit in the police de
partment budget is due to the ne
cessity of purchasing a new patrol
car when the old one was wrecked.
In the fire department $113.79
more was spent for hose, the alarm
system and supplies than was bud
geted. The budgeted amount was
$100.
The street department is also
running over its budget in transient
labor and in the maintenance and
purchase of motor equipment. Re
maining in the transient labor fund
for the rest of the fiscal year is
$158.27. Due o* the new garbage <
load packer is*91.514.52.
County Board j
Draws 49 Jurors
Forty nine men were drawn for
jury serviee Monday by the county
board of commissioners. They will
serve during the March term of su
perior court.
They are as follows: Ellis Worth
ington. Warren 1). Gillikin, Charles
G. Lewis. C. S. Wetherington, La
fayette Gillikin, Daily Gillikin, all
of Beaufort route 1.
Lcnnie Salter, Roosevelt Davis,
Walter Yeomans. jr., Milton Scott,
all of Markers Island; O. J. Weeks,
Pelletier; Ernest Quinn, Fred Guth
rie, Lewis A. Willis, Malcolm West,
M. O. Salter. E. L. Weeks, R. G.
Watson, all of Newport route 1.
Edgar Simpson, Morchead City
route 1; Eugene L. Capp, R. P.
Oglesby, John L. Midgette, Carl V.
Nelson, C. B. Daniels, David B.
Taylor. William L. Orton, Charles
L. Nelson. Sigmund E. Saratowski,
Bernard Leary, and Bruce Good
win, all of Morehead City.
Harris II. Watson, Stella; Her
man R. Carraway. Ivey Pittman, J.
H. Wallace, all of Mcrrimon; O. B.
Slaughter, Newport; James W.
Winberry. Vinson Earl Becton,
both of Newport route 2; H. C.
Taylor, J. Gordie Styron, Roland
Willis, all of Sea Level.
Ivey Chadwick, Norwood Rose,
W. I. Loftin, Thomas B. Piner, jr.,
all of Beaufort: T. C. Gillikin. Mar
shallberg; A. H. Chadwick. Straits;
Levi Goodwin. Luther Gaskiil, Roe;
and Alex Moore. Salter Path.
Health Officer Gives Yearly
Report at Board Meeting y
Dr. N. T. Ennctt. health vfficer,*
davc the department's report for
1931 at the county board meeting
Monday. The report followi:
"During the year we have had
no diphtheria, one ease of typhoid
fever, and two cases of polio.
"As a result of an intensive x-ray
program, (state x-ray trailer in
spring, summer and fall), we dis
covered 18 new cases of tubercu
loma: 14 active and four inactive.
Six of the 14 were white and eight
Negroes. Four of the 14 active
cases died during the year, and of
the remaining 10. seven are in the
sanatorium and three are on the
waiting list.
"The preschool examinations
and immunizations went well ?
there being a 30 per cent increase
in immunizations of all kinds.
"As to treatment, the only dis
ease the health department treats
See HEALTH, h|t 2
S. S. Stevenson Plans ?/
To Bnild Pur into Ocoan
S. S. Stevenson. Beaufort, has
filed application with the Army
Corps of Engineers to build a fish
ing pier in the Atlantic ocean at
Asbury beach, near Atlantic beact)
approximately one and a half mOea
cast of the intersection of the
Atlantic bcach and Fort Macon
roads.
According to Col. R. C. Brown,
district engineer, the plans show
a pier 16 feet wide with a 40-foot
tee at the end and will extend
occanward approximately 1,000 feet
from the high water line.
Plans may be seen at the Atlantic
Beach post office. Objections, if
any, to the proposed work, will be
accepted by the Corps of Engi
neers, Wilmington, until Feb. II,
1952.