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41st YEAR, NO. 14. TWO SECTIONS SIXTEEN PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1952 PUBLISHED TUESDAY AND FRIDAYS
James Stanley Faces 4 Trial
In Superior Court in March
4
Agriculturists /
Set Higher Goals
Commiilee Meels Wednes
day Aflernoon with Dis
lricl PMA Official
John Bryan, district PMA field
director, discussed production goals
with the county agricultural mobi
Iization committee at a meeting at
the PMA office, Beaufort, Wednes
day afternoon.
He emphasized the need for in
crease for agricultural production,
not only this year but over the span
of the coming quarter century. By
1975 population in this country will
have increased by 38 million. This
was graphicaly illustrated by the
theme of "the fifth plate."
Bryan pointed out that there will
be an extra plate to be filled with
food at the dinner table where now
there are only four people eating.
Bryan, who illustrated his talk
with slides, pointed out that the
number of consumers is increasing
but the number of producers is de
creasing. The PMA field director
emphasized that practically all
available acreage is being cultivat
ed now, therefore it is necessary
that the yields be upped.
Specificaly for this county a 10
per cent increase in corn acreage
was asked plus an increase in pro
duction or an overall increase of
11 per cent, B. J. May. PMA ad
ministrator, pointed out yesterday.
Cotton acreage could remain the
same during the coming year,
about 300 acres, but those acres
should be made to yield at least
10 per cent more cotton. A 10 per
cent increase in soybean acreage
was also set as a goal.
Attending the meeting, in ad
dition to May and Bryan, were Ro
land Salter, chairman of the PMA
committee, D. W. Truckner, Law
rence #A. Garner, Robert Williams,
Roy Beck, C. S. Long, W. C. Carl
ton, J. A. DuBois, Miss Patsy Ma
son and Mrs. John Butler. Miss Ma
?on and Mrs. Butler are members
of the PMA office staff. .
Engineer Speaks
To Rotary Club
Robert B. Peel, resident engineer
for Carr and Greiner at the More
head City port, spoke Tuesday
night to Beaufort Rotarians at the
Inlet inn.
He was introduced by Rotarian
Jack Oakley who was in charge of
the program. Peel described con
struction of buildings at the port
and discussed possibilities for de
velopment.
He extended an invitation to Ro
tarians to visit the port and offer
"sidewalk superintendent" advice
t if they wished.
Beaufort Rotarians will attend
an inter-city Rotary meeting at
Morehead City Thursday night,
Feb. 28. All clubs of the 279th dis
trict are invited. The meeting is
tentatively scheduled for the More
head City school cafeteria.
The Morehead City club is host
with assistance being given by
Beaufort and Newport Rotarians.
Rotari-anns will also attend.
J. C. Harvell Heads j
Merchanis Association
J. C. Harvell was elected presi
dent of the Morehead City Mer
chants association at a luncheon
meeting Tuesday at the Waterfront
cafe. Other officers are W. B.
Chalk, first vice-president; Frank
Moran, second vice-president; J. A.
DuBois, secretary; and Walter
Morris, treasurer.
They began their terms of of
fice Tuesday.
The merchants approved Red Tag
sales days, a promotion campaign
for Feb. 22 and 23 and appropri
ated $150 for advertising as the
merchants association's part in the
program.
James Edward Stanley. Beaufort, ?
whose case has been continued for
several weeks, was bound over to
the March term of superior court
in Monday's session of recorder's
court, Morehead City. He has been
charged with failing to stop at a
stop sign, speeding, running into
Dr. K. P. B. Bonner's car, causing
serious bodily injury to Kemp Bon
ner and leaving the scene of the
accident.
The defendant, through counsel,
waived preliminary hearing on the
hit and run felony. The court, for
the convenience of witnesses and
in the interest of time declined
to take jurisdiction on the misde
meanors and transferred the entire
case to the grand jury. March term
of superior court. Stanley's bond
was set at $500.
Alec Curtis was brought in on a
charge of public drunkenness and
was sentenced to 30 days in the
county jail. Because this violated
the terms of a suspended sentence
of 30 days previously given him. he
was ordered to the county jail to
serve the two terms concurrently.
Car Theft
In the case of Ralph Wright and
Arline Welborn, charged with fe
lonious intent of taking, stealing
and carrying away personal proper
ty in an amount exceeding $100
from Mobley Buick co. (the prop
erty was a 1948 Mercury valued at
$1,200), bond was set at $1,000
apiece. The two will be tried in
superior court.
For speeding and driving under
the influence of intoxicants John
Lasiw was fined $100 and costs.
Reid William Davis was fined $10
and costs for speeding. The fol
lowing were found guilty of speed
ing and paid court costs: Lewis
Milton Sikes, John Linwood Tyn
dcll, Everett Hix Walker, Herman
Kirby, Carl Edward Bunch, Hobson
B. Langley, Jessie Ray Swinson,
Hendrick Kirk Allen and Charles
L. Duncan.
In the case against Luther R.
Lewis charged with giving a bad
check, the warrant was withdrawn
and the prosecuting witness was
taxed with costs of court. The
warrant was also withdrawn in the
case against James Piner who was
charged with felonious intent to
steal and -carry away perwnut
property, and the prosecuting wit
ness taxed with costs.
James William Worthiogton was
found not guilty of driving under
the influence of intoxicants. Glen
R. Anderson and Reece Margen
were fined $100 for driving under
the influence of liquor, and Reece
Margan was also fined $25 for hav
ing no operator's license.
Ollie E. Edge was tried on two
counts, on the first one of public
drunkenness on the sidewalks of
See COURT, Page 2
March of Dimes Lacks
$6.59 of Hilling $5,000 *
The March of Dimes lacks just i
$6.59 o( hittine $5,000.
Although the official goal is j
$7,500, the Carteret B&PW club, ,
sponsors of the campaign this
year, would like to see the $5,000
mark rung up, and then close the
books.
Mrs. Florence Ream, {-ampaign
treasurer, is sitting by the tele
phone at 2-4501, Beaufort, today
to hear who will offer her $6.59
or any part of it!
Morehead Pupils
Organize Club -
For Bike Riders
G. T. Windell, principal of the i
Morhcad City school, has an- I
nounced the organization of a bi
cycle club for all the pupils who I
ride bikes to school The purpose
of the club is to insure safety
among the children, the principal I
explained.
Officers of the club arc James
Willis. 8th grade, president; Tru
man Kemp, 5th grade, vice-presi
dent; Paul Garner. 6th grade, sec
retary.
At the west end of the building
are two bike racks, given to the
school by the student council. One
rack holds 50 and the other 75
bikes. But there are 150 children
who ride bikes and another rack
would be desirable, commented
Windell who sponsored organiza
tion of the sale.
At an assembly of the student j
body the following students were
elected by the school to serve as I
representatives of each room. !
Rooms with no one riding a bike
to school do not have a repre- j
sentative. The list follows:
Eighth grade, Mrs. John Nelsqn,
teacher, Jimmy Sandy; 8th, Mfs.
Grace Wallence. Neal Webb: 7th,
Mrs. Margaret Day, Artfnn* Daviu*
6th. Miss Flora Davis, Sherrill Nor
man: 6th, Mrs. Ellen Dickinson,
Y. Z. Newberry; 5th, Miss Edith
Lewis, Jimmie McElroy; 5th, Mrs.
Bessie Wade, Tommie Dowdy; 4th.
Miss Annie May Gibbs. Bob Wil
lis; 4th. Mrs. Varena Glenn. Bon
nie Hughes; 3rd, Mrs. Ethel Hoi-,
loway, Jack Burns; 3rd. Mrs. Lallah
Williams, Lonnie Dill; 2nd, (for all
three 2nd grades) Jimmie Smith
wick; 1st, (for all five 1st grades)
Nick Lane.
Miss Gibbs is club adviser.
Graodans Will Not
Appear Tonight v
Illness Prevents Scheduled
Community Concert To
night in Morehead City
The Community Concert sched- 1
uled for tonight in Morehead City j
school auditorium has been can S
celled.
Mrs. W. J. Ipock. corresponding
secretary for the Carteret-Cherry j
Point Community Concert associa- 1
t ion. announced Wednesday that
she received a telegram from the
New York office stating that Niko
lai Braudan, 'cellist, is ill and he
and his wife will be unable to fill
their engagement here.
Mrs. Ipock said that the Grau- 1
dans have some open dates in j
March and will seek to schedule
an appearance in Morehead City
then.
The Graudans, piano-cello duo, !
would have appeared as the second 1
concert of the Community Concert |
series this season. The third, and
last, Mac Moran, tenor, will take
place March 11 in Morehead City
high schol auditorium.
The first, the Apollo Boychoir.
was given Nov. 26 in Beaufort
school.
OPS Adviser Will
Be Here Tuesday
Field service facilities of the
Raleigh OPS will be available to
businessmen of the Morehead City
area Tuesday from 10 a.m. until
12:30 p.m. when Marvin Edmund
son from the Raleigh office will be
at the chamber of commerce of
fice. Joseph A. DuBois, chamber j
manager, announced today. Ed
mundson will be here to assist with
all OPS regulations and filing re
quirements, he said.
Special emphasis is being given
to new businesses, and anyone con
templating opening a new firm
should contact the Raleigh OPS as
far in advance of the opening date
as possible, because any new busi
ness must have the ceiling prices
approved by OPS before it can
[legally operate, DuBois explained.
Any business which opened since
(Dec. 19. 1950 without having estab
lished the prints with OPS is
urged to make an appointment
with Edmundson or contact the
Raleigh office, he added.
Compliance with ceiling price
regulation 34 is still low in this
area, the OPS warned. CPR 34
covers various types of businesses j
rendering services to the public
for which a fee is charged.
Businessmen in this arep are
urged to take advantage of the ;
field service facilities arranged as
a public service by the Raleigh
OPS. DuBois stated.
Recalling Early Postmasters .
Church Club Hears
Marine Scientist
Members of the St. Paul's Epis
copal men's club heard an address
by Dr. A. F. Chestnut, shellfish
specialist with the Institute of Fish
eries Research, Morehead City,
when they met Wednesday night
at the parish house, Beaufort.
Dr. Chestnut was introduced by
Dr. N. T. Ennett, chairman of the
program committee.
He spoke on life in the ocean,
the tides, Gulf stream, planetary
currents, wave characteristics, and
supplemented the talk with slides.
James Davis Potter, newly-elect
ed president of the club, presided.
Other officers who recently took of
fice are N. W. Walker, vice-presi
dent; Carl Hatsell, secretary, and
Bayard Taylor, secretary.
A vote of thanks was given the
women of the church who served
dinner.
Serving on the program commit
tee in addition to Dr. Enn?tt are
R. M. McClain and C. R. Wheatly,
*r- . i
Never Soy Die , J
Jaycees to Survey Residents
In Regard to Joining Town
Beaufort Jaycees arranged Mon
day night to survey residents of
Front and Ann streets extended to
determine their sentiments in re
gard to joining the town of Beau
fort.
The Jaycees are taking no stand
on the matter, explained Gene
Smith, president, they are merely
going to collect information and
report their findings to the town
board when it meets in March.
Several residents of that area re
r cently petitioned the? town to ex
tend the limita but the town board
took no action, pending further da
velopmenl on the extension pro
gram. The town, however, agreed
to give fire protection to the peti
tioners until formal action is
taken.
The Jaycees also went on record
urging that the town ordinance
limiting garbage containers to 30
gallons be enforced.
Petition forms asking that Con
gress adopt the Hoover commission
report on veterans affairs 'have
been placed at the Legion hut. Tur
ner street, and in Herrings Jewel
ers, Front street. Jaycees are re
See JAYCEES, Page 2 .
By Newman F. McGirr ?
(Editor's Note: The writer of
this article, who has recently
moved to Beaufort with his wife,
daughter, and son-in-law, is former
ly of Washington. D. C., where he
was curator of the Columbia His
torical society and editor of its
publication, librarian of the Uni
versity club of Washington, and a
member of the industrial records
department of the National Ar
chives).
The following complete, lists of
our local postmasters has been
compiled from the United States
Post Office records in the custody
of the National Archives and Rec
ords Service in the Industrial Rec
ords Branch, Washington, D. C.
The National Archives was es
tablished in 1934 as an independ
ent agency but is now under the
General Services administration.
The late Dr. R. D. W. Connor came
from the University of North Caro
lina to be the first archivist of the
United States at the time of its
organization. It is not merely a
storehouse for the preservation of
non - current government docu
ments, but makes them available
(except when restricted) to histori
cal searchers, scholars and stu
dents.
While the present lists end with
the year 1930, subsequent data, if
existing, may be obtained from the
Post Office Department, Division
of Postmasters. Washington 25, D.
C. A post office was established
at Beaufort, North Carolina, about
Oct. 7, 1794 so it is well past its
sesquicentennial.
Here are the names of the post
masters in chronological order
with the dates of appointment ex
cept that those starred indicate the
date of first return or reply from
the Deputy Postmaster to the Post
master General:
John M. Verdin, October 7,
1794*; David Hall. Oct. 2, 1797;
Bryan Hellen, July 1, 1800*;
Thomas Codkes, July 1, 1Q13;
Bridges Arundall (sic), May 12,
1814; Bryan Hellen, Nov. 26, 1810;
John S. W. Hellen, Dec. 6, 1822;
John S. W. Hellen, July 18, 1825;
Isaac Hellen. Sept. 10. 1825.
See POSTMASTERS, Page 2
Sergeants Speak
At Club Meeting v
Five sergeants were the speak
ers at a recent meeting of Toast
masters 935 at the non-commission
ed officers club, Cherry Point.
They were M/Sgt. O. E. Geissbcrg
er, M/Sgt. E. J. Lappart, M/Sgt.
P. M. Manning. T/Sgt. P. L. Brady
and M/Sgt. J. F. Woods.
Their topics were Profitable and
Interesting Hobbies, Beasts, Signs,
The Rifle Range, and Life.
The table topic for the evening
was pro and con of organized ath
letics in the armed forces -is the
sports program in the armed forces
worth while, docs it help the men,
and if so, what proportion? Table
topic chairman was M/Sgt. W. C.
Cooper.
T/Sgt. J. D. Gormley acted as
toastmaster, general critic was R.
W. Davis, HMC, and chairman was
M/Sgt. A. A. Aalto.
Hospital Entertains
Medical Society Monday
The Morehcad City hospital en
tertained the Carteret County Med
ical society at its regular monthly
meeting Monday night. A scientific
paper was presented by Dr. George
W. Johnson, surgeon, of Wilming
ton, N. C. His subject was "Surgi
cal Female Disorders."
The secretary of the society. Dr.
Luther Fulcher, announced that the
Camp Lejeune medical staff had
invited the Carteret County Medi
cal society to attend the Camp Lc
Jeune regular monthly medical and
surgical seminar.
Dr. Milton B. Morey, Morchcad
City, president, presided.
Street Lights Ordered
Five street lights have been or
dered for placement on Ann ?treet
and in the newly-annexed portions
of Front street, according to Dan
Walker, town clerk. Work on in
stallation is expected to begin in
the near future?
G. B. Talbot Advances to Top
Position at F&WL Laboratory
Bridge Tender's House on Beaufort
Railroad Draw Destroyed by Fire
Prisoner of War
Writes Parents
h Morehead City
Mr. and Mrs. Preston Edwards,
1810 Fisher st., Morehead City, re
ceived Monday a letter from their
son, Cpl. Archie L. Edwards, who
is being held a prisoner of war in
Korea.
Mrs. Edwards stated that this
letter is the first they have receiv
ed from him since April 21, 1951.
According to a telegram they re
ceived from the department of de
fense May 10, 1951, their son was
taken prisoner April 25, 1951.
Corporal Edwards, infantryman.
25th division, enlisted in the Army ?
Nov. 19, 1948, and was sent to Ko
rea July 21, 1950. In addition to
his parents, he has a sister, Lina
Gray, who is 14.
Parts of his letter follow:
Nov. 4, 1951
My Dearest Mother,
Just a few lines to let you know
1 am getting along just line. 1 hope
this letter will find you all well |
and getting along OK. . . You all
don't know how much I wish to be
home, 1 will some day if they get
this war over. . .
Mother give my address around
to the ones 1 know and tell them
to write, for it will make me feel
so much better. Mother, the Chi (
nese are taking very good care of j
me and 1 thank them lor it. . .
Tell Lina her brother is still 1
thinking of her and she can write ,
lo me. I'd love to get a letter from j
her. Mother, thi > is all for now, so |
keep praying for me and tell all
1 said hullo, writf |
every time you can. . .
Love,
Your son, Arcluc
The envelope bore a Chinese
postmark and also the postmark of
the Army-Air Force Postal Serv- 1
ice, dated Feb. 6, 1952. According j
to the return address, Corporal Ed
wards is in P. O. W. Camp No. 3, |
North Korea, c/o All Chinese Peo
ples Committee for World Peace,
Peking, China.
Jaycees Hear Talk
By Court Clerk
A. H. James, clerk of superior
court, spoke to Morehead City Jay
cees Monday night at their meet
ing at the Waterfront cafe. He
explained the duties of a clerk of
superior court. Introducing the
speaker was Herbert Phillips.
President Jimmy Wallace, dur
ing the session preceding the pro
gram, called forward Bernard
Leary and Bob Howard who are re
tiring because of Jaycee age lim
itation. The president commented
on their achievements as citizens
and Jaycees.
Announcement was made of the
third quarterly state board meet
ing at Raleigh Feb. 23 and 24. Sal
Palazzo, chairman of this month's
scrap paper drive, commented on
the fine cooperation Jaycees gave
in last Sunday's scrap paper drive.
Bernard Weeber will have charge
of the drive in March.
Nominations were made for
president, internal and external
vice-president, treasurer, and local
directors. Voting will take place
at the Feb. 25 meeting.
Retiring Jaycee Howard present
ed the club with a large Jaycee
seal to be displayed at Jaycee func
tions.
Guests at the meeting were
Charles Gates and Larry McCabc.
both of Morehead City, and At
Ward. New $ern, vice-president of
the 8th district.
Tide Table
Tides at Beaufort Bar
HIGH
LOW
Friday. Feb. 15
10:44 a.m.
11:11 p.m.
4:49 a.m.
4:59 p.m.
Saturday. Feb. 16
11:23 a.m.
11:58 p.m.
5:33 a.m.
5:38 p.m.
Sunday, Feb. 17
12:06 p.m.
6:23 a.m.
6:26 p.m.
Monday, Feb. 18
12:52 a.m.
1:06 p.m.
7:22 a.m.
7:25 p.m.
Tuesday, Feb. 19
1:S6 a.m.
2:14 p.m.
8:32 a.m.
8:33 p.m.
? The bridge tender's house on the"
i Beaufort railroad drawbridge went
J up in flames at noon Wednesday,
I causing damage amounting to $1,
500. according to A. T. Leary, jr.,
of the Beaufort-Morchoad railroad.
John Ellison, bridge tender, who
was in the house at the time,
escaped without injury.
Lantern .Explodes
The fire started when Ellison
tripped over one of the kerosene
lanterns, Leary said. The lantern
exploded.
Beaufort firemen fought the
blaze for an hour and a half. The
flames exploded oil cups on the
gasoline gear-driven engine which
was in the center of the tender's
house and also burned brake lin
ings. The draw was inoperable for
about two hours after the fire and
is now operating by an "emergency
rig."
Because of the slate roof fire
men could not get to the source
of the flames, and cotton batting,
insulation in the tender's house,
made the fire a stubborn one to
bring under control. Oil had ac
cumulated around the engine and
flames also fed eagerly on the
heart pine timbers.
Lamps Being Fixed
Ellison was putting new wicks in
the lamps for the fenders when the
accident occurred.
Firemen poured 500 gallons of
water from one pumper, then laid
1.000 feet of hose to the fireplug
at Moore and Broad streets.
The fire alarm was sounded sev
eral minutes before noon.
Officials of the B&M railroad
expressed their appreciation to
Beaufort firemen for their prompt
and efficient service.
Two Go to Jail J
Following Fracas
Mary Potter is being held in the
county jail. Beaufort, without bond
and Dave Henry Parker under $500
bond as the result of a fracas Sat
urday night. They are scheduled
for trial Tuesday.
Chief of Police Carlton Garner
reported that both were arrested
about 11 p.m. The Potter woman
was wanted by the police for fail
ure to appear and answer about
a month ago to a charge of aban
doning and failing to support her
children.
Learning of her whereabouts,
Chief Garner and Officer Mac
Wade went to a home Saturday
night where they thought she was
staying. The chief went to the
front door and Officer Wade to
the back. The woman, evidently
seeing the chief coming, ran out
the back door.
Officer Wade shouted to Chief
Garner that she was around back
and the chief ran after her and
grabbed her. About that time
Parker comes out and, according to
Garner, started fussing with the
officers.
He was arrested for being drunk
and disorderly, resisting arrest,
and interfering with an officer's
performing his duty while the Pot
ter woman was charged with
drunkenness and ressisting arrest.
Her husband, according to Chief
Garner, is serving time now follow
ing conviction on a charge of fail
ing to support his children.
Three Will Judge Bey v
Seoul 'Government' Letters
Judges for the Beaufort Boy
Scout contest were announced to
day. They are Mrs. Glenn Adair of
the Junior Woman's club, Gene
Smith, president of Beaufort Jay
cees, and Miss Ruth Peeling of the
Carteret County News-Times
The letters are to be based on
the Scouts' experience as town
officials Monday and should be giv
en to Scoutmaster Charles Hassell
by 8 p.m. tonight. The letters
should state what the Scout learned
Monday, suggestions he has, if any,
for improvement in government,
and should be written legibly.
The Scout winning first prize
will receive $5 and the Scout win
ning second will receive $2.50. The
I prizes are being offered by Dan
Walker, Beaufort Jaycee.
Clothing Collected *
Members of Ocean Lodge No.
405, Morehcad City, were pleased
with the amount of clothing col
lected this week for the orphanage
in Korea, Mason Clyde Carr report
ed yesterday. Other Masons who
have clothing to be contributed
should take it to Dick Jones, AfcEC
railroad office, or James B. Willis
Sigo co.( S. 8th st
Wilson Davis, Straits, Kills
Bobcat, Pan'lercat Swamp
Wilson Davis, Straits, felled a
23-pound bobcat in Pan'tcrcat
swamp with a shot from his .22
at 10 o'clock Tuesday night. The
fatal bullet pierced the tenter of
the animal's head about an inch
below the eyes.
With Davis at the time was
Rill Lewis of Beaufort and two
dogs. In the process of hunting
'coons, the dogs treed the cat and
Davis fired. The swamp is lo
cated north of the Merrimon road
and highway 70 intersection.
The trophy measures 3 feet
from tail tip to nose. The hunter
says the cat is going in deep
freeze and will be given to his
uncle, Harry Davis, curator of
the state museum at Kalcigh. if
the curator has any use for it . . .
stuffed, that is.
Solo on Drums
Highlights Concert
Hill Merrill's drum solo. Drum
nasties (Buchtel) brought onthu&i
astic applause at the Morchcad
City school band winter concert
Wednesday night in the school an ,
ditorium. Merrill repeated the
solo as an er.core and the audience !
wanted still more.
Bobby Willis and Billy Laugh
ton played a clarinet duet. Pierrot
and Pierrette (Buchtel) and other |
numbers were presented by the
full 54 piece band.
James B, Willis, sr.. announced '
during intermission that the band
would present another concert in
the spring and that they would ilso
give concerts Wednesday alier
nojpns <\\ . r , <unHner, outdoors
at the former USO. Work is also
being done now on improving the
band room, he told the audience.
Numbers presented were Ode to
Music (Chopin) Pacific Grandeur
Overture (Olivadoti). Prelude in
C minor (Rachmaninoff). Strauss
waltzes arranged by Buchtel. Panis
Angelicus (Franck Harvey ). The
Gypsy Baron (Strauss), Americans
We (Fillmore).
Look for the Silver Lining (Kcrn
Voder), Champions on Parade
(Hummel), and K Pluribus Unum
(Jewell). The band director is
Kalph T. Wade.
The Sunshine Laundry has of
fered to clean and press all uni
forms free of charge for the More
head City band this year.
Health Officer
Speaks to PTA
"The Health of the School Child"
was the topic chosen by Dr. N. T.
Ennett. county health officer, when
he spoke at the Monday meeting
of the Morehead City Parent
Teacher association. Dr. Eugene
Roclofs, vice-president, presided.
In the attendance contest Mrs.
Bob Williams' Brd grade won in the
primary department; Miss Edith
Lewis' 5th grade in the grammar
department, Mrs. Delfido Cordova's
9th grade in the high school.
Mrs. Harley F. Lindsay gave a
full report on finances, all the
money taken in and spent during
the year. Plans were made for an
open house to be at the next PTA
meeting, March 10.
On display were four pictures
painted by children in the first
through sixth grades. They were
chosen from a group that have been
selected as the best. From this
group will be selected several to be
sent to the State Art exhibit at
Chapel Hill.
Delfido Cordova had a display of
furniture made by boys in his in
dustrial art classes this year.
* (I. I!. Talbot, who for the
past two years has headed
the shad investigations of the
U. S. .fisheries laboratory
Beaufort, has been appointed
chief of the middle an J south
Atlantic fisheries investiga
tions, a position held by (\
E. Atkinson before his recent
promotion and transfer -to
the pacific coast.
The fisheries research which Tal
bot will direct includes the shad
investigations, the Atlantic salmon
research and several cooperative
studies extending along the Atlan
tic coast. He assumes his new du
ties March 20.
Talbot, a native of Tacoma,
Wash., attende 1 the School of Fish
erics of the I niversily of Wash
ington where he received the de
gree of bachelor of science in fish
eries in 1944. In 1947 he was
awarded a master's degree in fish
erics after completing graduate
studies, lie has taken additional
graduate work since then at I)uke
university.
While at the University of Wash
ington. Talbot was employed by
I he Applied Fisheries laboratory
where studies were undertaken to
determine the effects of x rays on
living tissue.
Before coming to the Beaufort
laboratory, Talbot spent seven
years in British Columbia. Canada,
conducting research for the Inter
national Pacific Salmon Fisheries
commission on the sockeye salmon
of the Frascr river. He was close
ly associated with the studies which
proved the obstructions at Hell's
(late were largely responsible for
the decline of the sockeye runs of
the Frascr river. As a result of
these studies, fish ways were con
structed and the depleted runs
have subsequently increased tre
mendously. Talbot has published a
report on this work tilled, "A Bio
logical Study of the Effectiveness
of the Hell's (late Fishways."
In February 1950. Talbot accept
ed an appointment to head the
study of the Atlantic coast shad, a
project sponsored by the Atlantic
States Marine Fisheries commission
and carried out by the U, S. Fish
and Wildlife service with head
quarters at Beaufort. Talbot has
made his home here since that
time, living at present at Mans
field park near Morehead City.
Chamber Board
OKs Light Repairs
With the $140.95 remaining from
the Beaufort merchants' Christmas
promotion program new wiring will
be purchased for the town's Christ
mas lights. This decision was made
by the board of directors of the
chamber of commerce in session
Tuesday night at the town hall.
Glenn Adair reported that an ex
ception had been filed with the
Civil Aeronautics board regarding
the CAB report by the examiner
in regard to the name of the Beau
fort Morehead City airport.
Gene Smith reported that the
Jaycees would make a survey re
garding extension of Beaufort town
limits on Front and Ann streets
extended and businessmen who
have not yet paid curent year's
dues were scheduled for solicita
tion by members of the board.
Several of the directors and Dan
Walker, manager of the chamber,
will attend the eastern district
chamber ot commerce meeting
Thursday, Feb. 28, at Kinston.
Efforts will also be made to have
a Coast Guard recruiting officer
include Beaufort on his itinerary.
The board decided that merchants
should be surveyed in the near fu
ture as to business holidays and
hours to be observed.
The following s bills were paid:
$9.85 to Carolina Telephone and
Telegraph, $25 on account to Owen
G. Dunn, and $150 on the mana
ger's salary.
Attending the meeting were
Braxton Adair, chamber president,
Halsey Paul, Paul Jones, E. W.
Downum, Graham Duncan, Gene
Smith. Gerald Hill, Dr. W. L.
Woodard, George Eastman, and
Mrs. Bonnie Davant.
Audiometer Permits Accurate
Tests of Pupils' Hearing y
The county board of education
has received an audiometer which
will be used to check hearing of
pupils. The audiometer is being
operated at present by Kred Lewis,
leachcr supervisor, ami the young
stcrs being tested at present are
those who are believed to have de
fective hearing.
After tho?e children are tested.
Lewis said, each child in the pub
lic schools will be, checked with
the audiometer. Teachers will be
taught to operate it lod in that
manner the checking can proceed
at a faster rate than with one per
son doing it, the supervisor ex
plained.
lie added that many youngsters
lag in school work because of their
inability to hear. Until the pur
chase of the audiometer at a cost
of $276. there was no accurate way
of checking.
The instrument is a portable
Maico. Already, Lewis reported, it
has proved its worth. Audiometer
tests began about a week ago.