news-times office 504 Arendell St. Morehead City Phone 6-4175 CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES 10c Eight Paget Color Comic* 41at YEAR, NO. 24. THREE SECTIONS EIGHTEEN PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY, MARCH 21, 1952 PUBLISHED TUESDAY AND FRIDAYS Commanding Officer, Fort Macon , Calls Boaters' Attention to Rules Emeritus Members Seek 'Drive-Off J Spot on Fort Road At the monthly meeting of the | Emeritus club Monday night at the | civic center, members agreed to take all steps necessary to have the 1 state build a circular drive-off at j the spot on Fort Macon road from ' which one may view both the ocean I and the sound. It is a view unex celled on the Atlantic coast, they claimed. The resolution follows: "That whereas for views in the mountains the state of North Caro lina has built turnouts so that mo torists can stop and look; the east ) ern or show section of the stpte , does not seem to have been thought of as having scenes worthy of view ' lng turnouts. f "We have found that on the high way from Atlantic Beach to Fort Macon, approximately seven-tenths of a mile east of the Fort Macon boundary line and within the park, one has the privilege of witnessing r (he Atlantic ocean on the right and [ the waterfront of Beaufort and Morehead City on the left This makes one of the most beautiful and interesting panoramas to be found in all of America. "We therefore recommend and urge that the state of North Caro lina build suitable viewing turn outs at the point designated as aforesaid. It is our opinion that this should be done before the 'travel is heavy this coming sum mer." The project was suggested by N. L. Walker. Beaufort. The Finer Carolina program was discussed and the club voted unani mously to back as its civic better men project, a clean-up and beau tlfication program for the streets, highways and waterfront. Six members of the auxiliary were present and served refresh ments. ? Jaycees Hear Lik By Robert Peel - The Jaycees heard a talk by Robert Peel of the firm of Carr and J. F? Grciner, architects and engineers, on the construction of the port at Morehead City, at their Monday night meeting. Peel was 'introduced by L. G. Dunn who was in charge of the program. A big brother plan was adopted by the club in connection with the welfare department, and a com mittee was appointed. The plan embodies Jaycees- looking after boys who have been classified as juvenile delinquents and helping the mto become better citizens in the hope that it will be unnecessary Lq ship them off to detention schools. Also selected was a recreation committee consisting of P. H. Gcer, jr chairman, and Russell Outlaw, Dick McClain, Walter Morris and L. G. Dunn. The Jaycees have been asked to help paint the recreation build ing Wednesday and Saturday after noons. It was reported that the golf project was proceeding favorably. Guests for the evening were Dr Howard Strawcutter and Gerald ,Lewis. Rain, Cold Damage Cabbage, Potatoes Rain and cold have caused con siderable damage to cabbage and Irish potato crops in the county, R. M. Williams, farm agent, reported .yesterday. Low temperatures damaged cab bage plants soon after they were set and many growers imported plants to reset their fields. The Copenhagen variety was used for resetting in fields of Round Dutch but fanners believe the two wili be ready for market about the same > time. Excessive rains have rotted Irish potato seed plats, especially on poorly drained fields in the county and many farmers have already planted the second time. No blue mold has been reported by tobacco growers in Carteret. Extensive use of insecticides is be ing used to curb the fungis. D. W. Truckner, Pelletier, has reported good stands of tobacco plants in the western part of the county. While some plants are just com bing through, others have already ' reached the size of a nickel. Rotary Entertains Faculty The Beaufort Rotary club enter tained members of the Beaufort faculty Tueaday night at a dinner party at the Inlet inn. > With the advent of the pleasures boating season comes headaches for the Coast Guard whose responsi bilities include checking on compli ance of both pleasure boaters and commercial fishermen with safety regulations. H. R. Daniels, commanding offi cer of the Fort Macon Coast Guard station, today released the follow ing requirements for pleasure and commercial fishing motorboats as prescribed by an act of congress April 25. 1940. Class A ? 0 to 16 Feet Combination light ? one in fore part of boat showing red to port and green to starboard from right ahead to 2 points abaft the beam. Visible at least one mile. Fort side light ? none. Starboard side light ? none. Stern light ? one bright white light aft showing all around the horizon. Visible at least 2 miles. Bow light ? none. Whistle ? none. Bell ? none. Lifesaving devices ? one life preserver or ring buoy or buoyant cushion for each person on board. Flame arrestors ? one on each carburetor of all gasoline engines installed after April 25, 1940, ex cept outboard motors. Ventilation ? At least 2 ventila tors with cowls or equivalent cap able of removing gases from the bilges in engine and fuel tank com partments of boats constructed or decked after April 25, 1940, using gasoline or other fuel of a flash point less than 110 degrees Fahren heit. Fire extinguishers ? one 1-quart carbon tetrachloride or one le gation foam or one 4-pound carbon dioxide extinguisher. None re quired on outboard motorboats. ( lass 1 ? 16 to 26 Feet All requirements are same as for Class A boat (listed above) with the following exception: Whistle ? one hand, mouth, or power-operated, audible at least '/z mile. Class 2 ? 26 to 40 Feet Combination light ? none. Port side light ? one on port side, properly screened to show red from right ahead to 2 points abaft the beam. Visible at least one mile. Starboard side light ? 1 on star board side properly screened to show green froni"Yignt ahead W 2 points abaft the beam. Visible at least one mile. Stern light ? one bright white light aft showing all around the horizon. Visible at least 2 miles. Bow light -r- one bright white light in fore part of boat showing from right ahead to 2 points abaft the beam on both sides. Visible at least 2 miles. Whistle ? one hand or power operated audible at least one mile. Bell ? one which produces, when struck, a clear bell-like tone of full round characteristics. Lifesaving devices ? one life preserver or ring buoy or buoyant See BOAT RULES, Page 6 Spring Arrives al 11:14 Yesterday Morning J "*clly ii!m *m >*??"?? 'rrivert in these parts to know that spring was in the offing. Tides Have been high, daffodils arc | daffing, narcissus are nodding. cro.k7n"USeS bl00min?' "<* League Funds Will be Used ' | To Coodoct School With funds collected from the current League for Crippled Child ren campaign, a school will be con ducted this summer in Morehead nhiM ,nstruct fathers in helping' defects" W' SPCCCh ?r hoarinR .,."?ey collected in the Crippled Children fund drive helps not only (hose youngsters who have crippled musclcs and bones in their legs but those who have physical defects in other parts of their body, ex plained Mrs. Martha Loftin, Beau fort. chairman of the campaign in Carteret county. An adult hand holding the future of crippled boys and girls domi nates the design of the 1952 Easter Seal, she related. The seals, on sale now, portray an adult hand holding two children, a boy and a girl, on crutches. The hand is symbolic of help provided through Easter Seal contributions, with the future of cripled children lying in the hands ,,to;tph"lors receiving a "lift bjr them. Designed in green and magenta, he seal is an inch high and about three-quarters of an inch wide. Across the top is written "Help Cripled Children." The bottom of the seal bears the date, "1952 " Funds received through the sale will be used to maintain and ex pand existing services to crippled children and to develop new serv ices. The campaign, conducted by the Carteret County League for tnppled Children, will close Easter Sunday, April 13. A quota of $1,000 has been set by the Carteret league as the total needed to provide sufficient serv ices for the crippled in this county. 17-Year-Old Girl Pat in Custody Of Her Mother Juvenile Judge A. H. James Testifies in Case Dealing With Teen-Agers The case against Betty May Mar shall, 17, which has been pending for several weeks, was continued Monday in Morehead City record er's court for 90 days and the girl was placed in the custody of her mother. The young defendant and a boy companion of Morehead City were apprehended by police several weeks ago when officers were in formed that the two were breaking into the Sanders cottage on Evans St. Capt. Buck Newsome and Capt. Herbert Griffin reported that they broke the screen on the front door of the porch of the cottage and after gaining entry to the porch, kicked the slats out of the wooden door to the house. The officers said, however, that the two failed to gain entry to the interior of the home. Charges Levied Both were charged with trespas sing and damaging property. A. H. James, judge of juvenile court, testified that Betty May had been given a mental test at Caswell Training school, Kinston, and was found to be mentally deficient. He told Judge George McNeill that she could not be admitted to the institution for three or four months because of lack of room. Judge McNeill then placed the girl in charge of her mother. The boy who allegedly accompan ied her on the cotagc-cnt ranee at tempt, although over the age of clasification as a juvenile. 16, has been placed in charge of James. 60- I>ay Sentence Dave Hill, Morehead City, was sentenced to 60 day? He was given 30 days each for the charges of public drunkenness and disturbing the peace, to run consecutively. The court made a recommendation that the defendant be given only light work around the kitchen, no heavy lifting or other jobs requir ing hard, manual labor. Th? case against Raymond Paul Bender, charged with expired li cense plates, was removed from the docket until the warrant is served. The court found Connie G. Oliver. USMC, not guilty of the charge of no drivers' license. For improper use of dealers plates Jacqueline Bonner Easley paid half court costs. Dave Walter Wray. for following i too close to a car, therefore caus ing a wreck, paid court costs. For using obscene language to an offi cer, Marion Smith paid costs of court. Charles W. Collins paid costs for failing to stop at a stop sign. Lloyd William Cornett was found See GIRL, Page 6 Judge Lambert Morris Puts ' Two Under Suspended Sentence Four Seniors . To Enter Debate Vernon Guthrie, jr., James New man Willis lit, Thomas Bennett, and Edna Midgett, all seniors, won places Tuesday on the Morehead City high school debating team whioh will compete this month in the State Triangular debates. Guthrie and Willis, on the affirm ative team, will meet Vanceboro Farm Life school at Morehead City next Friday, and Bennett and Miss Midgett. on the negative team, will meet Vanceboro at Vanceboro on the same day. The subject for debate deals with conscription of both men and women in time of war. The four debaters who will rep resent the school were chosen at chapel Tuesday morning. Others who debated, in addition to those named above, were Vincent Ogles by, Robert Adams, and David Small. Judges were Miss Ruth Hooker, Harvey Hamilton, jr., and Herbert O. Phillips HI. Teams winning in the Vanceboro debate will procced to the district competition. Debate coaches are Mrs. Rosalie Dowdy and Norman E. Patterson, high school faculty members. Prior to yesterday's debate. Lest* Willis of the Morehead City Jay cees presented a plaque and a $25 savings bond to Bennett who won the "I Speak for Democracy" con test sponsored in November. Chief Corrects Time Chief of Police Carlton Garner announced today that the number of hours put in on the force by a police officer is 88 hours and not 68 as reported in a request for police-officer applications Tuesday. ? Judge Lambert Morris put two< defendants under suspended sen tence Tuesday in recorder's court. Bennie Hardy, charged with slap ping the face of the prosecuting witness and threatening, was given two years on the roads, suspended providing he remain on good be havior for three years, pay the pro secuting witness $43.76 within 30 days and $10 fine plus court costs. Fred Jones, charged with tres passing, being disorderly, boister ous, using loud and profane lan guage, and hurling a rdck through a window, was found guilty and given a one-year sentence, suspend ed on condition he stay sober and on good behavior three years, pay $25 and costs in 30 days. George Burgess, charged with asault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill was found guilty of assault only and was ordered to pay court costs. Obelia Wilson, charged with ap pearing on a public highway in a drunken condition, was ordered to pay $10 and costs or spend 30 days in jail. The case against James C. Leary, charged with driving with out a license, was dismissed. Pleads Guilty Curtis James, charged with driv ing with an improper license, in sufficient brakes and improper lights, pleaded guilty and paid $10 and costs. Donald E. Kalien pleaded guilty to two charges, careless and reck less driving and speeding and was drunkenness, was given a choice plus fines totaling $35. Arthur Herman Schrader. charg ed with speeding, pleaded guilty and paid $100 and costs. Wilbur Davis and Rosetta Williams, charg ed with aiding and abetting in the transportation of parts of an il legal whiskey still, and charged with being drunk, pleaded guilty. Each was ordered td pay $10 and costs . John Washington, charged with See COUET, Page < Livestock Market Patrons to Meet The annual meeting of the Co operative Livestock market will take place at 11 o'clock tomorrow morning in the recreation build ing, New Bern. R. M. Williams, county farm agent, stated yesterday that the farm agents of Carteret. Pamlico, Craven, Jones, and Onslow offer their full support to the market ing enterprise to help swine grow ers obtain the highest price for their hogs. Wayland Reams, farm agent of Jones county, has charge of tomor row's program. A barbecue dinner will be served at the Home Demonstration curb market following the business ses sion. All patrons of the livestock market are invited to the meeting and barbecue. Beaniort Choral Club To Give Concert Tonight Under sponsorship of the Madic Bell Bible class, the Beaufort Choral club will give at 8 p.m. to night a repeat performance of its Beaufort concert March 7. The performance, consisting of semi-classical and musical comedy numbers, will take place in the Morehead City school auditorium. The club is composed of members from throughout the county. Those from Morehead City are Thelma Branch, Helen Jones, Mary Post. Marilou Paulson Jones, Ann Stanley. James Webb, Sal Palazzo, and Joe Reilly. Director of the chorus is Mrs. Charles Hassell, Beaufort. Clubs Select Five Projects For Improving Morehead City To Appear Here Tuesday Nikolai and Joanna Graudans, piano-cello duo will present the third and last Community Concert of the season at 8:30 Tuesday night in the Morehead City school auditorium. This concert was originally scheduled for February but was postponed due to the ill ness of one of the artists. Cherry Point Men Bail Out Of Burning T ransport at Dallas ? ? * Mil ('ar.Uml..r Welfare Official Speaks to PTA Miss Georgie Hughes, superin tendent of public welfare in Car teriT riunly, was guest Tuesday night at the Cainp Glenn Parent-Teacher meeting. She spoke on the compulsory School law and truancy problems. Miss Hughes was introduced by Mrs. Ethel Kirkpatrick, program chairman. R. W. Davis, president of the PTA, appointed a nominating com mittee to present a slate of offi cers at the April meeting. On the committee are Mrs. Etta Duke, Mrs. M. L. Mansfield, and Mrs. Jack Powell. Officers will be elected in April and installed in May. Mrs. Ben Phipps and Mrs. Kirk patrick were appointed to a com mittee to present the need for a j better school before Congressman Graham Barden. The PTA mem bers stated that they realized the county officials were doing all possible to obtain funds for im provements, but believe that addi tional pressure from the associa tion itself may bring results. At Camp Glenn school one class is now meeting in the auditorium. President Davis commented on the possibility of Camp Glenn co operating with Morehead City in the Carolina Power and Light mu nicipalities improvement contest. Mrs. Thelma Mason's second grade won recognition for having the highest percentage of parents present. Morehead Police Called to Wrecks Morehead City police investi gated two motor vehicle accidents Monday. A car driven by John Cullen Car roll of Newport was damaged to | the extent of $200 when it was in volved in an accident at 11:30 a.m. between 9th and 10th streets on Shepard. Morehead City. The Carroll car was pulling iway from the curb and collided with a I car coming from behind driven by David Ira Garner, Newport. The Garner car struck the other on the left front side and jammed the Car roll vehicle into the side of a park ed car. Twenty-five dollars dam age was caused to the Garner auto. Capt. Herbert Griffin investigated. At 11:45 a.m. on the same day an accident occurred at the intersec tion of 23rd and Bridges st. A car driven by Wetzel C. Holt of Char- 1 lotte and owned by the A4P co. j was traveling cast on Bridges and i started to pass a truck. When the I truck turned left to enter 23rd street, ihey collided. The two-ton truck was driven by Lloyd Coward of Vanceboro. who stated that although he had not seen the car behind him, he had giv?n a" left signal. Officer Robert Gray investigated. ?v ???J * ?! I'MIWI Dallas (AIM A nervy Marine pilot ordered 15 servicemen out of a burning transport Monday, then Muck with the plane until it passed over a residential area in southeast Dallas. Two of the men were killed in parachute accidents. A third was missing. None of the others suf fered injuries. ^ The known dead were identified as Lt. Cmdr. Lewis Joseph Gar j field, Downey, Calif., and Marine i C pi. Carl L. Ductor of Cherry Point, N. C. Crashes in Field ; The blazing two-engine R5C i crashed and exploded in an open field about one fourth of a mile from a residential area. Capt. K. C. Wesley. Pensacola, Fla., the pilot, parachuted to safety from about 500 feet while the plane was in a screaming dive. 'i stayed with the plane because I wanted to make sure it missed those houses." he said. "I sure hope that falling engine didn't hurt anyone." The body of Lt. Cmdr. Garfield was found near the wreckage of the plane. He apparently was dragged to death on the ground by his parachute in strong surface winds. Cpl. Ductor's body was found in an open field with his parachute open. Landed at Dallas Bound from El Toro, Calif., to Cherry Point, N. C., on a regular transport trip, the pfane had land ed to refuel at the Dallas Naval Air station, then taken off. The survivors included (all sta tioned at Cherry Point, N. C., un less otherwise noted): T/Sgt. Harold I. Cook, USMC, Kingman, Kan. . Sgt. Hoy L. Grumbles. USMC, San Antonio, Tex. Lt. James H. Graham, USNR Medical Corjfs, Westmoreland, Calif. . Lt. Charles F. Sparks, jr., USMCR, Havelock, N. C. Capt. Rupert C. Wesley, USMCR, Pensacola. Fla. I Sgt. L. II Bledsoe, USMC. Capt. Jack E. Onyett, USMC, San Diego. Calif. Capt. James B. Armstrong, j USMC. Wood River, 111. S/Sgt. Jack Scales, USMC, Ocean side. Calif. M/Sgt. Francis G. Warring, Orange, Calif. SN Jack D. Bizzell, attached to Miromar Naval station, Calif., Rocky Mount, N. C. AN William Harris, discharged from the Naval Air station, Ala meda. Calif., en route to Hender son, N. C. Highway Palrel Checks Lights, Operators' Cards Members of the State Highway patrol, assisted by members o( the Morehcad City police force, set up a road block on highway 70, west of the Trumbull Asphalt plant, late Tuesday afternoon. They checked licenses of motor vehicle operators and tested light ing apparatus. Highway patrolmen said the checks will be made regu larly on Carteret county highways and warned motorista to lure light ing equipment in operating order and to hav? valid Umdm*. Twenty-three civic and fraternal organizations were rep resented at a meeting Wednesday night in Morehead City to select five projects in the municipal improvement pro gram. The projects are a city park on tfie waterfront, a school improvement program, clean-up and beautification of the town, highways, and waterfront^ reactivation of the recreation cen ter, and obtaining more books for the public library at the Webb Memorial civic center. ? G. T. Winded, general chairman, appointed the following to head the projects: Grady Bell, city park; school improvement. Fred Lewis; beaut if icat ion. Mrs. E. M. Dewey; recreation center, Lester Styron; more books for the library. Jimmy Wallace. The municipal improvements projects have been selected in con junction with Morehead City's plan to enter the Carolina Power and Light "Finer Carolina" contest. Projects, in accordance with con test rules, arc to be concluded by Oct. 31. 1952. Site of the city park will be at S. 8th and Shepard st. on the northwest corner. The property now is being used as a parking lot. In addition to naming the gen eral chairman, the group attending Wednesday's meeting at the Water front cafe named J. A. DuBois pub licity director. The five project chairmen will meet at 8 o'clock Wednesday night at the Jefferson hotel to make further plans. Attending Wednesday's meeting were George Stovall, manager of CP&L in this area, and in addition to those named above, the follow ing: Oscar Allrcd, Mr. and Mrs. M. F. Beaver, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Morrill. Mrs. J. M. Davis. Mrs. E. A. Council, Mrs. A. B. Morris. Mrs. Marion Mills. Mrs. P. II. Gecr, and | Mrs. Violet Howard. Congress Repeals Post Card Levy Harold Webb, Morchead City postmaster, announced today that Congress has repealed the law charging 10 per cent extra on 2 cent government postals purchased in lots of 50 or more. The repeal Roes into effect tomorrow. With the rise in cost of govern ment postals, which went into ef fect Jan. 1, 1952, a purchase of 50 cards cost $1.10. To avoid paying the extra 10 cents, business houses and frequent users of postal cards would purchase just 49 or 99. or a number under a multiple of 50. Postal clerks explain that post cards are very difficult to handle and Congress evidently believed that by levying the extra tariff on them, large companies would stop using them as monthly statements, a practice that has become general throughout the country as an econ omy measure. Post cards get handling akin to first class mail. Post cards, shooting through the cancelling machine, frequently go two and three at a time, thus only one is cancelled, whereas letters feed through the machine one at a time, guaranteeing cancellation and the accurate number ? on pieces of mail handled ? is recorded. Red Cross Drive Nets $1,065.19 The Morehead City Red Cross drive which ended Wednesday ex ceeded the quota of $1,036 by more than $30. There arc still a few more donations to come in, accord ing to a report by James Webb, chairman. The total amount collected as of March 19 is $1,065.19 with every division going over their quota ex cept Newport and outlying areas which were 20 per cent under their goal, with a total of $38. The colored division exceeded by 20 per cent with a total of $118.60, the residential division by 8 per cent with donations of $325.44 and the business division by 5 per cent with a total of $583.15. Tide Table Tide* at Beaufort Bar HIGH LOW Friday, March 21 4:03 a.m. 4:29 p.m. 10:36 a.m. 10:52 p.m. Saturday, March 22 5:08 a.m. 5:32 p.m. 11:34 a.m. 11:55 p.m. Sunday, March 23 6:06 a.m. 6:39 p.m. 12:25 a.m. Monday, March 24 6:59 a.m. 7:19 p.m. 12:51 a.m. 1:11 p.m. Tnaaday, Jlarch 25 7:46 a.m. 1:07 pjn. 1:43 a.m. 1:97 pjn. ? ? ? ? . County Education Secretaries Hold State Positions Miss Lucille Rice and Miss Ther esa Hill, secretaries in the county board of education office. Beau tort, were appointed Saturday to the auditing committee of the North Carolina Association of Edu cational secretaries at the first an nual meeting of the group at the Carolina inn. Chapel Hill. The appointment was made by Mrs. Ruth Kiger, Winston-Salem, who was elected president during the Saturday morning business ses sion. Other officers are Mrs. Sudie Cobb, Bertie county schools. Wind sor, vice president; Mrs. Lucille Mae Teddy, state department of public instruction, treasurer; and Mrs. Pauline Helms, parliamentar ian. Prior to the business session, A. B. Gibson, president of the North Carolina Education associa tion and superintendent of Laurin burg city schools, addressed the group on "Steps Toward Profcs sionalization." Initial moves toward organizing secretaries in education were taken a year ago. Last weekend's meet ing. the first formal session of the newly-organized group, attracted HO secretaries from througout the state. Dr. I. (i. Greer, executive secre tary ot the Business Foundation, University of North Carolina, was the speaker at the opening Friday afternoon session. He told the group that educational secretaries are in a better position to interpret educational trends than any other group. "You are the channels through which the public and educational See EDUCATION, Page 6 Patrol Seeks Driver of Truck The state highway patrol was still looking yesterday for driver of a pickup truck which sideswiped a 1950 convertible Saturday night on the Atlantic Beach bridge. The convertible, owned and op crated by Norman G. Maruska, Cherry Point, was proceeding north on the bridge when it was struck by a pickup truck going south. Because the bridge was icy, the convertible skidded around and the truck proceeded on its way. Marus ka finally straightened his car and entered the bridge tender s house to phone for help but while he was phoning, a 1942 club coupe driven by Thomas Lee Vinston, south 10th st., Morehead City, smashed into the convertible from the rear. According to Highway Patrolman H. G. Woolard, Vinston applied the brakes but could not stop because of the ice. Damage to the converti ble was estimated at $350 and to the club coupe $200. No one was hurt. U. S. Investigates Shrimp Boat Grab Washington (AP)? The state department said it is looking today into a report that at least a dozen American shrimp boats were seized by a Mexican gunboat in the vicini ty of Campechc. Mexico, Sunday. A department spokesman told a reporter details of the seizure are vague due to communications trou ble at Mcrida, the nearest U. S. consulate. Senators Holland and Smathers and Representative Rogers, Flori da democrats, were told that at least 12 Florida shrimpboats are involved. The congresmen asked the state department to investigate. The Floridians said they were anxious to learn the charges, the fines, if any. and where the fines could be paid if they are levied. Quick action u necessary, they said, to save the cargoes. One Floridian ventured the guesi I that the boats might have been within the 12 mile limit, in vioU tion of the law. The Mexican government haa previously seized American shrimp boats for law infractions.