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41at YEAR, NO. 69. TWO SECTIONS TEN PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY, AUGUST 26, 1952 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
Tears, Smiles Will Signal J
Opening of Schools Next Week
Carteret county mothers will lead their young ones to school on
opening d?y, Sept. 2. For some of the children it will be a terrify
I tag new experience. For others it will be a chance to renew old
friendships.
A familiar scene will be repeated
in all of the county's towns Sept.
t. Small children, protesting vali
antly but vainly, will be dragged
through the doors of the local
schools. In some instances though,
children feel they have "grown
up," and look forward happily to
the first day of school.
The opening of school brings
Police Investigate
Four Accidents J
Morehead City police investi
gated {our accidents recently.
Charles Thomas Irvine of Tennes
see was proceeding west on Evans
st. Saturday at 5:20 in the after
noon, and was struck in the rear
left side and fender, at the inter
section of 20th and Evans by a car
driven by Barbara Joyce Willis.
Miss Willis had stopped for the
stop sign on 20th and then contin
ued across Evans. Police stated
that bushes blocked the view and
Miss Willis did not see the car com
ing as she came out of the side
street.
Carnage to au-K r r- ?#* e*i
rflatcf at *75. fafrulaMB C&rr
Bunch was the investigating offi
cer.
Franz Robert Lunsford of Dur
ham and Charles Otto Schick of
Maryland were involved in an ac
cident at 8th and Evans st. Friday
at 11 a.m. The Oldsmobile driven
by Lunsford was going east on
Evans and started to turn north
ihto 8th. He told police he had
- signal lights on. The Schick car,
also going east struck him on the
lfeft rear fender.
Schick said he did not see the
signal lights and struck the car
With. his right front fender. Dam
age' to the car driven by Lunsford
amounted to $30 and to the Schick
ear, $150. Patrolman Bruce Ed
i vards and Capt. Herbert Griffin
investigated.
At 3:55 the same afternoon, at
the intersection of 18th and Aren
del| St.. a car driven by Roper Van
Horn of Horehead City was struck
in the rear by Meredith Gray Gil
likin of Beaufort.
1 Van Horn, who was proceeding
4est on Arendell. made a left turn
Into 18th and was struck on the
rear by the Gillikin car which was
Headed east on Arendell. Damage
to the Van Horn car was $140 and
to the Gillikin car, $60. Patrolmen
Edwards and Bunch investigated.
Lonnie Best of Beaufort and Les
lie G. Long of Morehead City had
an accident at the intersection of
' 10th and Bridges st. Aug. 17 at 10
p.m. A Buick, driven by Best, was
headed west on Bridges and the
taxi, owned by Parker Guthrie and
drived by Long, was going north on
10th.
The Best car hit the taxi in the
right side aa the taxi turned into
Bridges at., according to police.
Damage to the Best car was $600
and to the taxi, ? $300. Patrolman
Carl Bunch and Lt. Carl Blomberg
, Investigated.
Towns to Share
Gas Tax Funds
? The State Highway commission
has announced that Morehead City
and Beaufort will receive $26,273.07
as their share of Powell bill funds
for this year. Morehead City will
receive $17,721.65 and Beaufort
Will get $8,551.22. the money is
to be used for improvement of noa
highway system streets.
The fund, which amounts to $4,
648,434, will be divided among 388
North Carolina cities and towni.
The money comes from a half-cent
.per gallon gasoline tax collected
tfuitng the past fiscal year.
CflWks will be mailed to the
. tow?i in iflid-September. Alloca
tions are baaed on population de
I termined by the 1960 census and
Kpn the municipality's relative mile
of non-highway system streets.
mixed reactions to both parents
and children. To the child just be
ginning his education, the first day
of school may be one of fear and
trembling. He is suddenly torn from
his parents and thrust into the
midst of a group of children pre
sided over by a strange woman
called "teacher." The sudden up
heaval in his young life may bring
on a flood of tears if the youngster
hasn't been properly prepared for
the event by his parents.
The mothers of the children
often shed almost as many tears as
do their offspring. They suddenly
realize that their little ones are
leaving home for the first time ?
even if only for a few hours.
To the mothers of older children,
the first day of school comes as a
welcome relief. At last, after a
long and seemingly endless sum
mer, they can have peace and quiet
around the house.
The older children usually are
glad to get back to school ? for
a few daxs. The long vacation has
begun to bore them, and they are
happy to have something to occupy
their time for a while.
For them, school means shopping
for new clothes and a chance to
compare notes on vacations with
their friends. After a few days,
however, the novelty wars oft
ihfe kids start emitting the days un-"
til the next vacation.
Preparations for the opening of
school have been going on for sev
eral days. Back-to-school sales have
been featured in the stores. Mer
chants report a brisk business in
pens, pencils, paper and other
cchool supplies.
The vaccination centers set up by
the county have echoed to the
screams of outraged children. More
angry than hurt, the kids react
violently and noisily to the prick
of the needle.
The teachers are the forgotten
people of the day. After a summer
of freedom, they are suddenly
faced with hordes of spirited and
rambunctious children. By the
time they get the youngsters under
control, it is time for another vaca
tion; and the whole process begins
again.
Six Marines Hurt in Crash on Bridges St.
Town Says It Can't Stop Pollution
Of Waters iw Crab Point Section
Nothing can be done at the present time to alleviate the'
pollution of Calico creek and Newport river, it was dis
closed at Thursday night's meeting of the Morehead City
board of commissioners.
W. J. Blair of Crab Point appeared before the board to
protest the contamination of the streams. He said that
Rotary Club j
Sees Movies
CP&L Men Show Films
Of Power Discussion
By Chapman, Sutton
E. N. Pope, Jack Riley and Jack
Oakley of the Carolina Power and
Light company were guests at the
Morehead "City Rotary club Thurs
day night. Pope is director of ad
vertising, Riley is director of pub
lic relations and Oakley is with
the local staff.
They were introduced by the
president, W. C. Carlton, and they
showed a movie recording of tele
vision programs occurring in July,
at which time secretary of the in
terior, Oscar Chapman and CP&L
president, L. V. Sutton, discussed
several aspects of the public power
program.
Chapman was interviewed con
cerning the tidelands oil ownership
and the multi-purpose power dams
built by the federal government.
He stated that 80 per cent of the
electric power is generated by the
private utilities, 10 per cent by mu
nicipalities and industries and 10
per cent by the federal govern
ment.
He explained that power gen
erated at public dams is offered
first to the public bodies such m
municipalities and "farmer co-ops"
to the private utility lit
Sutton, who is a summer resi
dent of Carteret county, in his ap
pearance on the telecast, set forth
in able fashion the position of the
private utility industry in com
batting federal multi-purpose dams
in which power generation is one
of the functions.
He stated that his company in
particular is providing ample
power for all needs in his area and
would continue to do so. The pro
gram was given in true Rotary
fashion whereby both sides of a
controversial issue are presented
lor study and discussion.
Visiting RoUrians were Law-'
rence Stroud of Greenville, Robert
Exum and R. L. Hart of Snow Hill,
Robert Lawrence of Panama City,
Ha., L. P. Zachary of Taylorsville,
Lloyd Gilbert of Smithfield and
Garland Braxton of Kinston.
With the Ariwd Forcw
Sgt. Peter C. Beam Receives
Medal for Service in Korea
With IX Corps in- Korea ? Ser
geant first class Peter C. Beam of
Beaufort has been awarded the
Bronze Star medal for meritorious
service in Korea.
He was cited for his service from
Oct. 3, 1931 to July 10. 1952.
Beam is a motor sergeant in the
92nd Armored Field Artillery bat
talion, which provides artillery sup
port for front line infantry units
in Korea.
His citation reads in part:
"Sergeant Beam, as motor Ser
geant. worked long and arduous
hours training the personnel of his
section, who, while inexperienced,
soon responded to his capable lead
ership, aggressive spirit and excel
lent judgment, and attained a high
standard of motor maintenance.
I "His initiative, cheerfulness and
cooperative spirit under advene
conditions of weather and terrain
were an inspiration to all members
of the battery."
Pvt. David A. Harrell, son of Mr.
and Mrs. R. C. Harrell of 2306
Fisher St., last week completed his
basic training at the Quartermaster
Replacement training center, Ft.
Lee, V?.
He was Inducted into the Army
June S. Before entering the serv
ice, he attended Havelock high
school.
With the 23th Infantry Div. in
Korea ? Pfc. Charlie A. Jones, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Jones of
Stella, has returned to the 2?th
Division in Korea after a five-day
rest and recuperation leave in
Japan.
He and hundreds of soldier* from
otber divisions in Korea, stayed in
the finest hotels in Japan aad en
joyed luxuries unobtainable In Ko
rea. The leaves are part of the
Army's policy to give the fighting
soldier a rest from the rigors of
combat.
Jones is a rifleman in the 14th
Regiment's Co/npany E.
Airman Crump Fulcher, son of
Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Fulcher, More
head City, has been transferred to
aviation mechanics school, Mem
phis, Tenn. Fulcher. who is in the
Air Force, received his basic train
ing in Oklahoma.
Two Beaufort young men, Albert
O. Fallin and William D. Potter,
have completed basic training at
FL Lee, Va.
Pvt. Fallin is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Howard Fallin of 907 Cedar
st. Pvt. Potter is the son of Mrs.
Fannie Potter, 500 Pollock sL
They entered the servioe June 9.
Both attended Queen Street high
school.
Marine Major George W. Ross,
husband of Mr*. Leda A. Ross of
204 Charles st., Havelock. has grad
uated from a special military jus
tice course while assigned to the
First Marine diviaion in Korea.
Presently assigned to the First
Marine Aircraft wing as a mem
ber of HMR Squadron 161, Rosa
was promoted to the rank of major
last Jtme.
He hold* the Air Medal for his
service in Korea.
With the lat Cavalry Dfv. in
Japan ? 'Pfc. Edgar A. Taylor,
304 N. 18th st, Morehead City, is
now or security duty with the 1st
Cavalry division in Japan.
His unit, one of the tint to fight
in Korea, currently la undergoing
S*e AUIKD FOKCKS, Pafa S
sewage from the new fiuntley-Prest
subdivision has ruined oyster beds
and reduced property values in the
section. Blair asked why septic
tanks were not used in the subdi
vision. Mayor Dill said that the
heavy clay in the area makes the
use of tanks impossible.
The mayor said that an engineer
from the state health department
examined Calico creek and report
ed that there was sufficient flow
to carry off sewage. According to
the report, the streams would not
be polluted any more than they
were at that time.
Lease Revoked
Blair said that the streams were
clean until the sewage from the
subdivision was introduced into
them. He said that he was
granted a seven-acre oyster lease
in 1944. The lease was revoked
after recent tests showed contam
ination.
D. G. Bell said that the only so
lution to the problem is a sewage
disposal plant which the town can
not afford at, this time. Mayor
Dill stated that the town cannot
legally build such a plant. He said
that the Local Government commis
sion will not allow the town to
issue bonds to ?tover the cost of
the plant. The town is trying to
build up its credit so that the com
mission will allow a bond issue.
Dill said that there is nothing
which the town can do about the
pollution at the present time.
Order Traffic Light
The commissioners ordered the
erection of a stop light at 20th and
Bridges. The light was ordered
alter a group of residents of the
are* petitioned tor control of traf
fic -entering town on Bridges st.
The petition, signed by 35 people,
was presented by Roy Beck, 2100
Bridges st.
D. G. Bell suggested that the
light at 21st and Evans be moved
to, 20th and Bridges. John Lash
ley, town clerk, reported tbet it
would be unnecessary to move a
light. He said that the town has
a traffic light which is not in use.
Beck asked that a light also be
installed at 24th and Bridges. The
board decided that this cannot be
done until the new bridge is fin
ished and it is determined how
traffic from the bridge will affect
24th St.
State Must Help
Mayor Dill reported that little
can be done to control traffic on
Bridges st. without the cooperation
of the state. Since the street is a
highway, speed limits are set by
the state. Dill said that the town
has asked that the speed limit be
reduced to 25 miles per hour. He
said that the state has taken no ac
tion on the matter.
Beck also asked the commission
ers to turn the old rifle range into
a park. Dill stated that the range,
See POLLUTION, Page 2
Sanitation Engineer Comments
On Polluted Morehead Waters
Edward Willis, district sanitation <
engineer with the state commercial
fisheries division, told THE NEWS
TIMES yesterday that a survey of
waters in the Morehead City area,
Calico creek and Bogue sound, was
run in 1945 and that these waters
were declared "unsafe quite a few
years ago" for growing of oysters.
When asked if the oyster bed
leased to W. J. Blair was in the
waters that evidently have been
contaminated for quite some time,
Willis said that he dicm't know be
cause he does not know where the
Blair bed is located.
"As the town grows," Willis
commented, "more sewage flows
into the water and periodically
we have to move the boundary
lines to include areas which have
become contaminated."
Mayor George W. Dill, Morehead
City, told THE NEWS-TIMES Sat
urday that according to informa
tion he had obtained, the areas
that are being claimcd as only re
cently contaminated were polluted
as long ago as 1944.
He stated that the Huntley
Prest development at Crab Point,
started in 1950, cannot be pin
pointed as the cause of pollution
and added that when that devel
opment was contemplated, a state
sanitation engineer was called here
to make a survey to determine
whether the waters could carry off
the sewage.
When the engineer gave his re
port in the affirmative, the town
thep agreed to include the area in
the town limits and put in sewage
lines.
WihungtonMen
To Tour Comity
A group of eight Wilmington
businessmen will tour Carteret
county today. The tour conducted
by R. M. Williams, Carteret county
agent, will familiarize the men with
agricultural practices in the county.
The tour is one of several pro
moted by the Wilmington chamber
of commerce. The chamber's pro
gram is designed to give the town's
businessmen a better knowledge of
the 20 counties which make up the
Wilmington trading area.
During the morning, the men will
visit the eastern part of the coun
ty. After a luncheon sponsored by
the Beaufort chamber of commerce,
the group will tour the western
section of Carteret county. Wil
liams has urged local businessmen
to accompany the visitors.
Making the tour are C. H. Mc
Allister, C. E. Fondielle, Lusk Stub
blefield, Lloyd Elkins, jr., William
J. Burt, Charle? J. Bekaert, Wil
liam K. Stewart, jr., and the Rev.
James Crisp.
Walkertown Pupils Get
Free Vacations Here *
Every summer outstanding pu
pils of Walkertown school receive
a free two-week vacation at More
head City as the guests of Mn
Julia Holt
This unique award for achieve
ment was started in the summer of
1950 by Mrs. Holt's late husband,
John, whose hometown was Walker
town. That first summer the Holts'
guests were two boys and two girls
from Ufe sixth and seventh grades.
Last year there were three boys
and three girls from the sixth, sev
enth, and Eighth grades, and this
summer there were two boys and
two girls from the seventh. The
girls were here in June and the
boys in July.
Pupils who win the vacations are
selected by the principal* and the
Parent-Teacher association. While
here they go swimming, boating
and fishing. Mrs. Holt added that
Douglas Starr, superintendent of
Fort Macon State park, offered the
youngsters, free of charge, a locker
st Fort Macon State park, and add
ed that persons who have heard of
the project have been most helpful
in showing the kids a good time.
Mr. Holt drowned last October
when he was attempting to return
from Portsmouth with Hoke Mat
thews of Beaufort in a 22 foot skiff.
Mr*. Holt said that the achool offi
cials were surprised to learn that
she wanted to continue offering the
free vacations.
"Why shouldn't I?" she asked.
"It's even more important now that
I do 80."
Mrs. Holt attended the gradua
tion exercises at Walkertown high
school last spring and in her hus
band's name donated to the school
a set of Funk and Wagnall's en
cyclopedia.
She continues to operate, on In
let island between Beaufort and
Morehead City, the Bridgeview
inn. started by her and her hus
band.
Picnics Planned
Miss Martha Bamett, home dem
onstration agent for Carteret coun
ty, yesterday announced the home
demonstration schedule for this
week. The Crab Point club meets
tomorrow at 7 p.m. at Atlantic
Beach for the annual picnic. The
Williston club meets Thursday at
6 p.m. at the beach for a picnic.
Tide Tilde
Tides at Bcaafwi Bar
HIGH
LOW
Tuesday, August It
1135 a.m.
11:41 p.m.
9:12 a.m.
6:02 p.m.
Wednesday, August 27
12:23 p.m.
9:94 a.m.
6:99 p.m.
Thursday, August 2C
12:33 a m.
1:22 p.m.
8:00 p.m.
8:48 a.m.
Friday, August H
JfsW 9Jn.
1:38 a.m.
7:83 a.m.
9:11 p.m.
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ANNOUNCEMENT
To provide a deserved increase
in earnings to NEWS TINES car
rier boys and partially to offset
newsprint costs, home-delivered
price of your Carteret county
newspaper will be 20 cents a
week beginning Sept. 1.
New Teachers >
To Join Faculty
Six new teachers will join the
Morehead City faculty this year. G.
T. Windell, principal, reported yes
terday that the faculty will number
38 with two additional teachers in
the primary grades and two addi
tional teachers in the high school.
The new tcachers are Mrs. Eliia
leth Ann McKenzie of New Jersey
who replaces Mrs. Grattis Masqn,
first grade teacher; Mrs. Evelyn
Lewis, Beaufort, who replaces Mrs.
Alice Ann Veach, second grade
teacher; Miss Betsy Modiin, Golds
boro, an additional fourth grade
teacher.
Miss Eunice Jackson, Inman, S.
C., an additional fifth grade teach
er; Mrs. Ann Dowdy, Morehead
City (formerly of New Bern) who
replaces Charles Hester as seventh
grade teacher; and Mrs. Martha
Kirby, of Troutman, new public
school music teacher lor grades 1
to 8.
Hester, the football coach, will
teach general science and physical
education in Uie high school and
with Mrs. Kirty^k taking ovtr music
Instruction in the grades, Ralph
Wide, band instructor, will teach
the high school only.
In addition to band, he will in
struct the choral groups, teach
economics, sociology, and marriage
and family relationships.
The marriage and family rela
tionships course, for seniors, is an
innovation this year, the principal
said. He added that it is being
placed in high school curricula
throughout the state.
Other innovations are a high
school geography course and a
ninth grade mathematics course.
The math course will be offered as
an alternative to algebra.
The driver education course,
taught by Jesse Staton, will con
tinue as in the past. In charge of
the cafeteria will be Mrs. E. W.
Piner whp was formerly lunchroom
manager at Morehead City Techni
cal institute. She succeeds Mrs.
C. C. Land. The first school lunch
will be served Wednesday, Sept.
23. and will be 23 cents per pupil
as in the past.
Lockers will be issued pupils
from 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday, Aug.
30, at the school. New pupils,
those who were not in school when
it closed last spring, should regis
ter at the school from 9 a.m. until
noon Friday, if they have not al
ready registered.
School will begin next Tuesday
morning, Sept. 2, at 8:45. The doors
will open at 8:30. The first day
aeasion will be until noon only.
Members of the faculty will meet
at the school at 9:30 Monday morn
ing, Sept. 1, the principal an
nounced.
Car Hils Mule, ?
Passenger Hurt
A mule was killed and a woman
passenger in an automobile slight
ly injured at 10:30 Wednesday
night on highway 24 when the car
in which the woman was riding
struck the mule.
The accident occurred seven
miles oit of Swansboro. Driving
the car was James Natallo of Cher
ry Point. His wife sustained a mi
nor laceration on her arm.
State Highway Patrolman J. W.
Sykes who investigated, said that
Natallo was proceeding at about
90 miles an hour when the mule
ran in front of his car. The impact
threw the animal on to the hood
of the car and into.the windshield,
causing approximately tdOO dam
age to the 1M9 model automobile.
The mule was killed instantly.
According to the patrolman, the
animal waa owned by a man by Um
name of Croom who lived nearby.
Mrs. Natallo was not hospitalized.
Inspector Calls
Beaufort Jail i
A Fire Trap'
Slate Welfare Oilicial Says
Prisoners in Danger,
Urges Closing of Jail
ihJ it.' ^"rly' j,il lniP*ctor from
the state department of public wel
fare, has informed Mayor L. W
Hawell of Beaufort that the Beau
J*'1 ? ? fire trap and "a
8 1 . ang*r t0 ?nyone confined."
i ' . m"dt his observations in a
vwfL n . m"yor fo,lowing his
visit to Beaufort several weeks aK0
and further recommended that ar
rangements be made with the
county to confine all town prison
ers in the county jail. The letter
appears below.
In a letter to Sheriff C. Gerh
mann Holland, Karly made the
same recommendation and com
mented on conditions he found in
th^re?Umy la" ?" 8 recent vUit
rei3lrked th?t "the jail was
clean and gave evidence of good
management." He further stated
that he was glad that meals were
being served three times a day in
stead of two, but Sheriff Holland
said yesterday that for the past 12
years three meals have been served
every day.
After commenting that the coun
?y jail is "seriously limited as to
adequate compartments," Early in
h^, J*tter 'o the sheriff said:
'We hope, too, that you and your
county governing body have not
given up the idea of arranging for
an addition to this jail, particular
ly in view of the fact that the use
of the Beaufort town jail should
be discontinued because of the very
serious fire hazard existing and we
are again making this recommenda
tion to the Mayor and the Town
Council. Their compliance with
this request would make it neces
?<ldittonal space for the
2R2 'if* Per*>ns arrested
the city !imtt?~?ntf who
tZ, i<S?a,,y * con,iMd ,n the
"?< !e<"m Practical for
two jails to be operated within the
"J11? ?Jock any county seat
where the overall population it as
limited as that in your county. The
town building is so constructed that
* . f're during a high wind
would make it impossible to rescue
""y.?ine,.who be confined
within the cells and we feel that
no one should be called upon to
shoulder a responsibility so great
as the continued use of this city
building present*.
"We hope an agreeable arrange
ment can be worked out between
the county and the town governing
bodiei for the handling of all town
prisoners in the county jail "
lows'" 'ettCr ,0 M"y0r Hassel) f?'
North Carolina
SUte Board of Public Welfare
? ? Auguat 19, 1952
Mr. L. W. llassell. Mayor
Beaufort, N. C.
Dear Mayor Hassell:
On August 13 I was in Beaufort
See JAIL, Page 2
32 Enrollments
Fill Coarse
Thirty-two have enrolled in the
Morehead City post-graduate com
mercial course, G. T. Windell, prin
cipal, announced yesterday. The
class is closed and no more stu
dents will be accepted. The com
mercial teacher will be Mrs. Lila
Porgas, formerly of New York City.
Because state and federal funds
were cut off last spring it was
feared that the course could not be
continued this year. But the. tuition
has been raised to $50 a semester,
making it possible to offer the
course again this year.
The principal remarked that
there is evidently a great demand
for the training.
Students enrolled are the follow
ing: Jean Morton, Frances Brin
son, Virginia Fulcher, Ann Nor
ris, Mrs. Laura Bland, Mrs. Rhu
nette Phillips, Mrs. Lucille D. Fag
lie, Mrs. Jimmie Bell, and Nellie
Gray Harris, all of Morehead City.
Lydla Paul, Mrs. Elisabeth Eu
banks, Edith Ann Willis, Mrs. Mil
dred Whitehurst, Mrs. Zary Pake,
Mrs. Audrey Lewis, Mrs. Edith Ma
son. all of Beaufort, and fva Belle
Lawrence, Beaufort RFD.
Margaret Davts. Davis; Barbara
Ann Fulcher, Mrs. Pauline Willis,
Billy Neal and Barbara Fulcher,
all of Marshallberg; Ann McGee,
Straits; Jennette Wade, Williston;
Avis Lynell Davis, Gloucester.
Mrs. Aileen Garner, Alstein
Quinn, Lorraine Hlggini, Rose
Smith, Dun Quinn, Mildred C.
Gillikin, and Mrs. Catherine Gar
ner, all of Newport
? Four Marines were seriously in
jured and two others slightly in
jured in a four-truck smash-up on
Bridges st., Morehead City, at 7:30
yesterday morning.
Four of the Marines, Pfc. T. R.
Higgens, H/M R. E. Weaver, Cpl.
J. V. West, and Pfc. M. A. Boccac
cio were given emergency treat
ment at Morehead City hospital and
then transferred to the hospital at
('amp Lejeune. They sustained
fractures. The two others did not
require hospitalization.
According to Lt. N. K. Quinn,
USMC, military policeman who in
vestigated, the four trucks involved
were in a 14-vehicle convoy of the
Second Motor Transport battalion,
Camp Lejeune. and were enroute
from Lejeune to the Morehead City
port.
Part of the convoy stopped due
to the inability of a "commercial
vehicle" to proceed on Bridges st.
That "commercial vehicle" had
stopped, according to Lieutenant
Quinn's report filed with the More
head City police department, be
cause a military convoy was pro
ceeding west and vehicles in
an east-bound convoy had stalled.
The stalled vehicles pulled par
tially off the highway and the first
six behind them came to a com
plete stop, but others following
were not able to stop and they
telescoped into each other.
The collision occurred between
22nd and 23rd streets on Bridges.
All the trucks were loaded with
troops.
Morehead City police officers
who went to the scene of the tie
up were Chief of Police E. J. Wil
lis, Capt. Herbert Griffin, Lt. Guy
Springle, and Patrolman Homer
Lewis. State Highway Patrolman
W. J. Smith was also present.
Until the highway was cleared,
officers directed traffic from
Bridges to Arendell and Fisher
streets. In the officers' opinion,
the vehicles were traveling too
close together for safety.
Broad Creek Boy
Wins Scholarship
, Ro6*rt T. Adams, Broad Cr?k,
gnrtute W ?W>ii< CTty
high achool, h?? won a $43 00 Naval
ROTC four-year scholarship to the
University ot South Carolina at
Columbia.
The scholarship aoven all col
lege expenses. Adama competed
nationally with all other selected
candidates in taking the Navy col
lege aptitude tests.
He is the grandson of Bordon
Adams. Broad Creek. He was presi
dent of the Bus Drivers club dur
ing his senior year, was in the sen
ior play and was a member of the
Hi-Y
Scholastically he ranked fourth
in the class of 38. G. T. Windell,
principal, yesterday expressed
pleasure and pride in Adams' win
ning the scholarship.
Another Morehead City grad
uate, Perry Gorham, class of 1951,
won a Naval ROTC scholarship
last year while in his freshman
year at Duke university.
Work to Start
On Golf Course
Work is expected to be started
in September on the Morehead City
Country club at Crab Point. The
architect. C. C. McCuiston of Fort
Bragg, and representatives of the
Barrus Construction company sur
veyed the site of the proposed golf
course over the weekend. They de
termined that it will be necessary
to clear 23 acres for construction
of the first nine holes.
The work of clearing the land
will be done by bulldozers owned
by the Barrus Construction com
pany of Kinston. Raymond Brown
of T. A. Lovin company has offer
ed the services of his company in
laying water pipes.
Original stockholders who have
not as yet secured additional stock
holders hsve been urged to sell one
share of stock to a new member as
soon ss possible. There now are
133 stockholders.
F orals Bant Wednesday
JU Otway, Barkers bland
Two forest fires occurred in the
county Wednesday afternoon.
Twenty-eight acres of "unsatisfac
tory stand" burned near the fire
tower at Otway and five acres of
young growth and marshy area
burned at Harkers Island.
E. M. Foreman, county forest
ranger, said that the damage in
the Otway fire ran close to $100.
He said the origin of the fire had
not been determined. Fire fighters
put it out in about four hours.
The Harkers Island fire was
northeast of the old ferry dock
and was started by boys who were
in the woods cooking. Forest Ran
ger Foreman fought that fire all
night and was finally aided by
rata la g?ttlos it out.
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