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41st YEAR, NO. 37. EIGHT PAGES . MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY, MAY 6, 1952 PUBLISHED TUESDAY AND FRIDAYS'
Mormon Chorus to Sing
Thi Mormon Centennial chorus, Salt Lake City, Utah, will appear at 7 o'clock Thursday night In the
First Baptist church, Morehead City. Sponsored by the Morehead City Lions club, the program is open
to the public.
Migrant Laborers
Arrive to Help
Harvest Crops
Eighty-five colored migrant lab
orers from Florida and Georgia
already have arrived in Carteret
county to help with the cabbage
harvest, Frank Nance, farm place
ment supervisor with the United
States Employment service, an
nounced today. Thirty-five more
are expected in the near future.
? Between 900 and 1,000 will be
working on Carteret farms by May
25, Nance predicted. Farmers need
ing labor should leave word at Le
roy Mcintosh's service station, Live
Oak st. and Lennoxville rd., Beau
fort.
P. C. Brooks from the Lumberton
employment office will arrive May
14 to assist Nance.
C. B. Gilliam of the Raleigh of
fice, K was in the county yesterday.
He predicts that there will be
enougn laborers to meet the needs
, ot county farmers. "We'll take as
many as we can house and. we be
*lieve that there will be no scarcity
of labor for Carteret to worry about
this summer."
Convertible Hits J
Halted Car Sunday
A 1946 convertible driven by
William Marzullo. Cherry Point,
ran into the back of a 1952 model
car driven by Carl Frazelle, jr., of
Richlands. at 3:15 Sunday after
noon in front of Jenkins Oyster
bar. Camp Glenn.
Marzullo has been charged with
following too closely and driving
car with insufficient brakes.
Patrolman R. H. Brown, who in
vestigated, said that both cars were
proceeding west. Frazelle had
stopped at the end of a line of
traffic while a car ahead turned,
> but Marzullo. approaching from the
rear, failed to stop.
No one was injured. Damage to
Frazelle's car was estimated at $10
and to the convertible $50.
State Home Agent Urges
Spring Clean-Up on Farm
Safety experts say every farm
family should have a spring clean
up campaign at home, inside and
out. Such a campaign would go a
long way toward eliminating fire
and accident hazards, make a
healthier place to live, and result
in happier work days and more pro
duction.
Farm families alone lose about
3,500 lives and 100 million dollars
worth of farm property annually
by fires. About 18.000 farm resi
dents are killed and a million and
one-half others are injured each
year in accidents.
Look into every nook and cranny.
Get rid of any winter accumulation
of trash, junk and discarded equip
ment from all buildings, and get
Mayor G. W.Dili
Delivers Speech
Of Dedication
Mayor George Dill gave the dedi
catory address Saturday night at
the formal opening of the More
I head City recreation center on
Sh?pard street.
Hundreds of guests visited the
building which was recently repair
ed through efforts of civic organi
zations and businessmen.
The mayor was introduced by
Bernard Leary, chairman of the
municipal recreation commission.
Mayor Dill paid tribute to all who
made reopening of the building
possible and commented on the
value it holds for recreation for
youth.
The Morehead City high school
band gave a short concert preced
ing the address by the town's chief
executive. Visitors were invited to
sign a guest book, view recreation
equipment and Boy and Girl Scout
displays in the club rooms.
In charge of arrangements for
the open house was the recreation
committee of the Carolina's Finest
contest, headed by Lester Styron.
Refreshments were served.
rid of the dead grass and weeds
near the buildings.
In the farm home and other farm
buildings clean up all debris, trash,
paper and other hazardous waste
material. Oily rags and old paint
brushes may cause spontaneous ig
nition.
In barns, shops and machine
sheds get rid of old metal equip
ment. Discarded machinery may
cause falls and other accidents.
Kusty metal can cause tetanus
(blood poisoning). Waste scrap
metal, urgently needed for de
fense, will bring a cash dividend.
In all farm buildings fix leaky
roofs, cracked chimneys, rusty
stove pipes, poor foundations, rot
ted sills, bad electric wiring and
connections, and lightning rods.
See that doors, windows, screens
and furniture are in good repair.
?Watch for and repair broken or
loose steps, board walks and the
like. Remove nails, jagged boards
and other items that might cause
injury to people or livestock.
Keep your water supply sanitary
and safe. Springs. weUs and cis
terns may need to be cleaned. Plan
your water supply so that it will
serve in case of fire.
Remove dry brush, weeds, grass,
ect., from laong roadsides and near
buildings. li the removal is by
burning, use extreme care, for a
fire that gets out of control can
burn your buildings and may do
damage to your neighbor's prop
erty. See that firefighting equip
ment ? hand extinguishers, shov
els, swatters, rakes, water contain
ers, ladders, hose, etc. ? is con
veniently located and ready for
use.
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Two Cars Kill J
Horse oo Highway
A horse owned by M. D. McCain
o I Newport was struck by two cars
and killed at It o'clock Saturday
night a mile east of Newport on
highway 70.
One car was driven by Willis
Langley Mason, jr.. of Stacy, and
the other by Dwight Canfield of
Cherry Point. Canfield's car was
owned by Manly Tommie of Cherry
Point.
According to Patrolman R. H.
Brown who investigated. Mason
was proceeding east when the
horse rqn in front of him. Mason
struck the animal knocking it to
the north side of the highway into
the path of Canfield who was pro
ceeding west. Then Canfield hit
the horse.
No one in the cars was injured,
but damage to Mason's car was es
timated at $150 and damage to the
other auto was estimated at $200.
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InvMtuplua Continues
Ob Alleged Attack Cue
County authorities are continu
ing investigation of a case where
? Crab P"?nt family alleges that a
14-year-old neighbor boy attacked
th?ir two bovs.
The 14-year-old was arrested
Thursday morning on route to
school. He was questioned by au
thorities and released pending
further investigation by the judge
of juvenile court, A. H. .lames, and
the county welfare department.
Bed Cross Seeks Persons J
Trained in Life-Saving J
Holders of Red Cross life-saving
certificates who are 18 to 25 years
of age are requested to contact
Floyd Jones. Morehead City, who
ia Red Cross home service chair
man of the local chapter.
Jones, who ia pharmaciat at the
Morehead City Drug co.. stated
that persons are needed who can
assist in offering Red Cross life
saving instruction.
With the Armed Forces
Lloyd M. Pigott , Gloucester
Serves on Aircraft Carrier
Serving aboard the* aircraft car
rier Antietam in the Far East, is
Lloyd M. Pigott, boilerman third
class. USN. son of Mr. and Mrs.
Lloyd M. Pigott of Gloucester.
The Antietam. which was re
commissioned from the "Mothball"
fleet in Jan.. 1991. is operating with
Carrier Task Force 77 in Korean
waters.
With the 1st Marine Aircraft
Wing in Korea? Marine Sergeant
Billie G. Johnson. 23, of Beaufoft.
N. C? and Bristol, Va., has arrived
in Korea at a forward Marine air
base of the 1st Marine Aircraft
wing. He has been assigned to the
Marine Air Base squadron of Ma
rine Air Group 12..
Prior to his present Korean as
signment he was stationed at the
Marine Corps Air station, Cherry
Point.
Sergeant Johnson enlisted in the
Begular Marino corps in 1948.
His wife, Dorothy, lives at 211
Fulford st., Beaufort. He is the
son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert T.
Johnson, route 2, Bristol, Va.
The USS Pickaway, an attack
transport, has returned to San
Diego. Calif., after her second tour
Of duty in the Far East.
Serving aboard the veteran ahip
ol Korean action is Bennie A. Tay
/ lor. seaman USN, son of Mr. and
? Mrs. Vernon Taylor of Sea Level.
The Pickway, commissioned in
December 1944, arrived in Kobe,
Japan in July. 1951, with troops
from the United States. She then
joined other amphibious units op
erating in the Pusan area.
Five times during the past nine
months she has landed Marine and
Army troops on the Korean penin
sula. Between landings the Pick
away participated in amphibious
training of thousands of troops in
and around Japan. .
During her second tour of duty
in Hongkong in March her crew
entertained 250 underprivileged
Chinese children with ice cream
and a vaudeville show at the city's
community center.
The Pickaway will remain in San
Diego until the first part of May,
when she will sail for San Fran
cisco for a two-month overhaul.
Camp Pickett, Va? Pfc. Cecil D.
Tosto, Merrimon, is becoming ac
quainted with combat supply and
communications problems during
Operation Logcv-52, now underway
at Camp Pickett.
His unit, the 313th Signal Op
orations Battalion from St. George
Meade. Md.. has set up 33 teletype
circuits, and complete telephone
and radio facilities for use during
the exercise
Private First Class Tosto, a tele
phone operator in the 313th, enter
ed the Army in March 1961.
Schools Cooperate in Countyj Clean-Up
1,000 Folks Eat Clams , J
Hear W illiam B. Umstead
Beneath Smyrna's whispering pines and a half-grown
Carolina moon a thousand Carteret countians gathered
Saturday night to eat shrimp, slaw, clams, onions, potatoes,
carrots and mofe clams at the Smyrna Parent-Teacher
clambake. Speech-making followed, capped by square
dancing in the school gym.
Preparations were made by the<
PTA to serve ^15 persons, and not
a bag of clams was left when the
evening was over. Scores of folks
came either to hear William Um
stead, candidate for governor, or to
square dance following the supper.
People were present from all
over the state. Mr. and Mrs. G. W.
King of King's Mountain were
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Lionel Pel
letier of Stella. Mrs. Josiwh Bailey,
jr., of Raleigh, was present with
friends from Morehead City.
Among county officials were
Sheriff C. G. Holland. County Re
corder's Court Judge Lambert Mor
ris, County Register of Deeds Irvin
W. Davis, County Auditor James D.
Potter, County Commissioner Wal
ter Yeomans, and County Superin
tendent of Schools H. L. Joslyn. ;
Also present was Earle Mobley, j
sole candidate for general assem
blyman from Carteret county; Capt.
John Nelson, former state fisheries
commissioner, and Luther Hamil
ton, former superior court judge.
It is estimated that 14,300 clams
were consumed that night. The
most impressive sight of the eve
ning were rows of long tables lit
tered with clam shells and soft
drink bottles. "There was a clam
eaten tonight, honey!''
Hauling out the steaming bags
of clams from the steambox on the
rear of a truck were Vannic Willis,
Brady Gillikin, Robert Willis,
Lloyd Pigott, and Lionel Taylor.
Dewey Willis was collecting the
tickets.
Women assisting in serving were |
Mildred Whitehurst, Mabel Pigott,
Helen Willis, Gladys Willis, Pearl
Willis, Bertie Simpson, and Vivian !
Wade.
4-H Clubs Will j
Discuss Camping J
Summer camp at Manteo will be
the major topic at 4-H club meet- 1
ings this month. Carteret 4-H |
members are scheduled to attend
Camp Manteo from June 30 to
July 5.
The cost to each camper will be
$19. Of that amount $11 will cover
food, 50 cents for insurance, 90
cents to see The Lost Colony, and I
the remainder for transportation
and miscellaneous items. Accom
panying the campers will be the
4-H club advisers. James Allgood
and Miss Martha Barnett.
Color slides on the 4-H camp at j
Fisher's Landing will be shown at I
this month's meetings which are j
scheduled as follows: Thursday, j
9:45 a.m. Atlantic Junior club. .
10:30 a.m. Atlantic Senior club; j
Friday, 10:49 a.m., Beaufort school; i
Monday, May 12, 9:35*a.m. Smyrna j
Junior club, 10:30 a. m. Smyrna
Senior club, 1:47 p.m. Morehcad
City school.
Tuesday, May 13, 1 p.m. Camp |
Glenn school; Wednesday, May 14.
2 p.m. Newport Senior club, 2:44 j
p.m. Newport Junior club. May's
meetings will conclude club ses- 1
sions for the current school year. |
William B. Umstead, candidate
for governor, delivered the main
address following the clambake
Saturday night.
He commended the communities
supporting Smyrna school projects,
and expressed the hope that the
better education facilities being ob
tained for Smyrna school will be
carried on everywhere throughout
the state of North Carolina.
"Carteret county has been a pio
neer in leading people to believe in
the importance of education," the
Durham candidate for governor
declared. "The histories of na
tions are written in schooj rooms
of the world and our objective al
ways should be to build a better
and stronger school system
throughout North Carolina. We
must raise teachers' salaries, re
duce the teacher load and construct
new school plants. I am tremen
dously interested in vocational ed
ucation and believe that the school
system should be as good as the
state can afford," he declared.
"Building roads," he continued,
"is like education. It must go on
and on." He expressed hope for a
better agricultural program, citing
the need for more cattle, better
marketing facilities, and improved
phases of the farm industry.
Emphasis was placed by the
speaker on bringing to the state
new industry, developing the sea
food industry, building better
ports, "both' large and small," and
providing better recreational fa
cilities for Tar Heels and visiting
tourists.
"As you build a stronger county,
you build a stronger state and a
stronger nation," the gubernatorial
candidate declared, adding mat a
nation can only be great as long as
the individual is allowed liberty
under law. *
Umstead emphasized need for
faith in spiritual and religious val
tiesfaL He remarked that as long as ,
thPifeople ooriAnu* to
morality and sincerity in character,
the county, state and nation will
continue to prosper.
He expressed appreciation for
the invitation to the clambake,
"i've been given a fine reception
here in Carteret and hope to have
the opportunity of visiting soon
again."
Umstead was introduced by
Judge Hamilton of Morehead City.
The audience was welcomed to
Smyrna by Bruce Tarkington, prin
cipal of the school.
Part ol Inland Waterway
To Close Jnne 13-16
Due to military maneuvers in the
Camp Lejeune area the Atlantic
intracoastal waterway will be
closed to all navigation from New
River to Brown's inlet (U. S. Coast
and Geodetic Survey chart No. 833)
from 6 a.m. June 13 to 6 a.m. June
16. 1952.
Col. R. C. Brown, Wilmington,
district engineer, has requested
that travelers by boat arrange their
schedules accordingly.
Marine torps craft will be sta
tioned at New River and Brown's
inlet to warn craft away from the
closed portion of the waterway.
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Lt. Jack Farmer, US A F/ Writes
From Base at Bordeaux, France
Mr. ana Mrs. ai uewey 01 me
Jefferson hotel, Morehead City, re
cently received a letter from Lt.
Jack Farmer, formerly employed
at the hotel, who is now stationed
in Bordeaux, France, with the Air
Force. Parts of the letter, which
was written Easter Sunday, follow:
Dear Folks,
Here it is Easter 1852 and 1 am
on duty. As I haven't written to
you in some time I thought I'd
drop you a line with the latest
news from Europe.
Now that I have traveled a little
more in my 15 months overseas, I
can give you a better picture of
Europe. The whole country ii very
scenic and picturesque. It reminds
one of the enchanted lands that we
read about in fairy taltt. Yet the
Tide Table
Tide* at Beaufort Bar
HIGH LOW
Tuesday, May 6
5:23 a.m. ll:34.a.m.
5:47 p.m.
Wednesday. May 7
6:08 a.m. 12:16 a.m.
6:30 p.m. 12:15 p.m.
Thursday, May S
6:52 a.m. 1:00 a.m.
7:13 p.m. 12:58 p.m.
Friday, May I
7:34 a.m. 1:44 a. A
7:56 p.m. 1:38 f-IB.
altermatli o[ war is still present in
most cities.
The countryside, with the rolling
fields, the forest, and streams ap
pear to be hand made and reminds
one of all the beautiful landscape
paintings they have seen in art
museums. On the other hand the
historic cities are old, dirty, and
built very compact.
Occasionally you might see a
modern building but right next to
it will be a bombed store with only
a wall or so still standing. It is
like this all over Europe. Since
I have been in Bordeaux, I was
able to stay in Paris overnight and
I spent four days in San Sebastian.
Spain.
So far, I like Germany, Spain,
and France, in that order. The
Germans arc hard workers and in
some ways it's like being in the
States becausc they can't do any
thing about us being there and they
accept us. Many Americans and
Germans are friends. In Spain the
country seems to be a little cleaner
than France and as only a few
Americana have been there they
are glad to see us.
Tbey treat us . like kings and
more or less respect our money.
One of the interesting sights I saw
there was the first Bull Fight of
the seeaon. It seemed rather cruel
and 1 wouldn't enjoy it every day.
See LT. FAKMEK, Page 7
Mrs. Lillian Arringion J
Receives Sterling Vasa
Mrs. Lillian Arlington, vice
president of the Beaufort Junior
Woman's club, was presented a
sterling silver vase at the club
meeting last night in recognition
of her outstanding service to the
club this year.
The presentation was made by
Mrs. Martha K. Gardner, Jack
sonville, district president of the
Federated Womans* clubs. The
meeting took place in the Lottie
Sanders building.
This is the first year a vase has
been awarded. The gift becomes
the permanent possession of the
recipient. \ vase will also be
awarded next year to the club
member who accumulates the
highest number of points for at
tendance and participation iu
club projects.
Oil Strike Will
Not Affect 00
Imports Here
Robert Hicks, manager of the
Esso terminal, Morehead City, stat
ed yesterday that the oil strike
will not affect bulk shipments here.
He added that he did not know how
the strike may affect individual
consumers of gasoline and oil in
this area.
Secretary of the Interior Chap
man signed Sunday an order which
goes into effect today limiting use
of aviation gasoline by airlines
and private fliers. A cut of approx
imately 30 per cent is being made
in fuel for airlines.
Hicks reported that the Shell j
tanker Liparus, loaded with fuel
oil for Esso and asphalt for the
Trumbull plant in Morehead City, !
will dock today. Its port of depar
ture was Curacao and it will leave
Morehead City on the return trip
either late Wednesday or early
Thursday mornnig.
The Esso tanker Kern Hills ar
rived Thursday from Venezuela
carrying fuel oil. It left Friday for
Aruba, NWI.
On strike is the Oil Workers In
tern alexia I*union -fhe
ftlrike which started Iwmk ago has
idled 90,000 men.
Building Picks j
Up Last Month
Building activities in Morehcad
City for the month of April show a
slight increase .over the past three
months of 1992. Permits granted
for last month, as issued by A. B.
Roberts, city building inspector,
show that five structures amount
ing to an estimated cost of $33,190.
are in the course of erection.
Permits cover the erection of
three houses: D. T. Willis. Arendell
st. between 22nd and 23rd st? cost
$8,000; Clyde Willis, Fisher st., be
tween 22nd and 23rd St.. $2,300;
Mrs. W. G. Lovick, 23rd st? $350.
The Pentecostal Holiness church
is building a new church on
Bridges between 18th and lBth st.
to cost $20,000. A building to be
used for a shop is being built by
the Sound Chevrolet co. on their
garage property.
Permits issued for the month of
April 1951 totaled $61,189 and for
the first four months of that year,
$229,670. Total for the four months
of the current year, $99,990. The
cost of the two housing projects
now under construction in the city
have not been included in any of
the current year's records.
Construction work on the new
highway bridge being erected at
the foot of 24th street In Morehead
City to replace the old bridge con
necting the mainland with Atlantic
Beach begins to make ? good show
ing
A long fill has been completed
on the beach side of the sound
which will form the highway con
necting with the bridge. From this
point several bent* of the bridge
structure which form the road bed
of the bridge have been completed.
On the mainland work is well
along on the wide approach to the
bridge proper. This approach is
the full width of the street where
it Joins on. extending into the
sound nearly 200 feet before it nar
rows to meet the bridge. Sidewalks
will be built on each side of the
bridge raised ten inches above the
roadway.
Cfluly Health Department
To EmI Clinics Friday
The health officer, Dr. N. T. En
nett, reported yesterday that pre
school examinations in the schools
will be concluded Friday.
The work began April 21, in the
Atlantic school. The health officer
commented that the attendance has
btcn above aormal and that in
most UwUncea the mother was pro
mt with the child as nquested.
Twelve schools throughout the county are cooperating
in the County-Wide Clean-Up campaign, Dr. N. T. Ennett,
health officer, announced Saturday. The Clean-Up cam
paign opened yesterday and will continue through next
Monday.
Pupils in the following schools are being requested to fill
out clean up questionnaires: Atlan-f
tic, Camp Glenn, Harkers Island,
Morehead City, Newport, Smyrna,
Salter Path, Queen Street school,
W. S. King school. Merrimon, North
River, and Stella.
The questionnaires carry four
queries preceded by the statement:
"The better our homes and yards
look, the more pride we take in
them."
1. Have you cleaned up your
back and front yards of rub
bish, cans and etc.?
2. Have you cleaned out all
storage places ( such as an at
. tic or garage) of paper, dirty
rags, and other trash?
3. Have you cut the grass or
trimmed the shrubs in your
yard?
4 How many hours did you
work in cleaning your prem
ises?
Each child will sign the ques
tionnaire listing the name of the
school he attends and his grade.
The form should be given to his
teacher Monday, May 12.
'Highway' Trash
Dr. Ennett reported also that as
the result of consultation with
highway officials, it will be only
a short time before highway clean
up, a part of the general county
wide clean up, gets underway. The
county health officer conferred
Friday with Sgt. V. L. Spruill of
the highway patrol, New Bern, and
J. L. Humphrey, road superin
tendent for Carteret county
Also discussed was rigid enforce
ment of the state law prohibiting
garbage, trash, and rubbish being
deposited along highway right-of
ways.
A. B. Cooper, mayor of Atlantic
Beach, reported yesterday that At
lantic Beach is seeking a new
dumping place for garbage. At
present garbage is dumped along
the old Salter Path ro^d and is
?Mainly visible from the new Salter
Path road, even fringing the edge
of the paved surface.
Mayor Cooper also said that at a
bqach town board meeting Monday
the commissioners offered full co
operation in the clean-up program.
Attending the meeting was A. D.
Fulford, countv sanitarian. , .
Plea f* Clean! ines* V
Dan Walker, town clerk of Beau
fort, made an urgent plea to per
sons to stop dumping garbage in
front of the Woman s college ma
rine laboratory on Front street ex
tended.
The laboratory is situated on the
north side of the road with cleared
area and dock on the south side. At
the entrance to the dock garbage
and trash are littered.
Dr. Archie Shaftesbury, director
of the laboratory, was extremely
upset about the situation last sum
mer, and again the same thing has
happened. Walker stated. "If we
don't respect the college property,
it won't surprise me if the labo
ratory is moved from here," Walker
declared.
Lions to Choose
Officers May 15 "
The nominating committee re
ported at the Lions club meeting
Thursday night that Fred Lewis
and Frederick Hardy are running
(or president. The runner-up will
automatically become the vice
president. Election will be held
May IS.
Other candidates are: John D.
Willis, secretary; James Bell, D. B.
Webb and Harry Van Horn, treas
urer; Alva Willis, second vice-prcs
ident; John T. Willis, third vice
president; Victor Wickiier, Frank
Moran. tail twlater; Charles Bell,
lion tamer; Edward Faucette, E. A.
Hessee, Clarence Bell and Lewis
Hinson. directors.
Thursday night the Lions will
meet with the Rotary club in the
Sunday school rooms of the First
Baptist church at 6:30. After din
ner they will, go to the main audi
torium to hear a special program
of music by Mormon singers The
singers are from Utah and travel
throughout the country giving pro
grams at churches, schools and
meetings. The public is cordially
invited to hear them at 7 o'clock.
Fred Lewis reported that the
club was responsible for getting
treatment for a 10-year-old boy
who might have gone blind within
s year according to the doctors, if
he were not given attention right
away. 1
The club was informed that their
sign is here and will be put up at
the intersection of highway 70 and
the beach road. This sign wel
comes visitors to the club.
The meeting took place at the
Waterfront cafe.
Registrar Named
Mrs. Myrtle Gillikin has been ap
pointed registrar in the Otway
community. F. R. Seeley, chairman
of the county board of electiona,
announced today.
State Installs
New Drain Pipe
Work on Fisher, 11th Street
Slated to Carry off Water
From Bridges
At last it looks as though the
pools of water that block intersec
tions on Bridges street from 9th to
12th streets when it rains are go
ing to become a thing of the past
in Morehead City. At least that is
the hope of Mayor George Dill, the
town fathers ? and the State High
way commission.
The town has been biting at the
heels of the highway commission
for the past three years concerning
the awful drainage situation on
Bridges street, which is highway 70
through town. Even a small rain
causes water to back up at the
school corners and farther east on
Bridges at 9th.
Now 24-inch drainage pipe,
which will tie in with the town
system is being laid on 11th from
Bridges north to Fisher and then
east on Fisher to 9th to connect
with a cross drain that will carry
the water out into Calico creek.
State highway engineers in con
sultation with J. V. Waters, town
street superintendent, believe that
installation of drainage pipe in
those three blocks will solve the
problem. The town contends that
there never would have been a
problem in the first place if the
state had followed the town's pat
tern of drainage when they put in
the drainage system on highway 70.
The town has a drainage system
which the mayor likens to the bone
structure of a fish. The backbone
is Arendell street and cross drains
leading nortb and south of there
carry water into Bogue sound and
into Calico creek. But the state
came along and decided that a main
drain should go down the middle
of Bridges street, not tying in with
other trrf^ dmfns.
As a result the drain does not
carry the water off fast enough dur
ing hard rains, sand backs up and
clogs the whole business, causing
water to stand in 2-foot depths at
times. The bottom of the state's
main drain down Bridges street is
lower than the high water level,
making movement of water away
from the street impossible.
At first the state contended that
the town simply didn't keep the
catch basins clean, but at last the
highway people have been con
vinced that the problem couldn't
be attributed to negligence.
So the state offered to provide
the labor and material for laying
the new lines, if the town offered
supervisory officials. Colored pris
oners are digging the six-foot
ditches and laying the pipe. In the
course of digging, they uncovered
a 6-inch line and another IV? -inch
line not recorded on town maps.
George Stovall, manager of Caro
lina Power and Light co.. said in
spection will be made to determine
if they are abandoned lines or
some sort of mains still in use.
Although the mountains of dirt
resulting from the excavation may
cause slight temporary inconven
ience to property owners along
Fisher between 9th and 11th, the
work is slated to solve a long-stand
ing municipal headache.
Businessmen j
Want Fast Time
Members of the Morehead City
Merchants association voted yester
day to send a letter to the board
of county commissioners request
ing them to give serious considera
tion to the adoption of daylight
saving time in Carteret county.
The luncheon meeting was held
at noon at Capt. Bill's. Twenty-two
members attended with President
J. C. Harvell presiding.
The closing of the stores on Wed
nesday afternoon to accomodate)
summer visitors was discussed. The
final decision was left to be made
by each individual merchant.
Bill Chalk and Carl Southerland
were appointed to plan a "workable
credit bureau for Morehead City."
A committee of George Phillips,
Jimmy Wallace and T. C. flyman
was appointed to gather informa
tion on the pros and cons of the
local merchants giving trophies for
outstanding fishing feats.
Doctors Attend Convention
An;ong the Carteret county doc
tors attending the sUte medical
convention at Pin?huret are Dr.
(?. P. B. Bonner, Dr. Grady C.
Cooke. Dr. B. F. Royal, all of More
head City, and Dr. N. T. Ennett,
Beaufort.