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W CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES J.00 41st YEAR, NO. 73. i TWO SECTIONS TEN PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1952 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDA p 1 ? ? ? ? Mrs. Marie Weeks Appeals Case 4 To Higher Court Judge George McNeill Hears Series of Assault Cases In Recorder's Court Mrs. Marie Weeks, Morehead City, was found guilty in last Mon day's session of recorder's court in Morehead City, on a charge of as sault on Mrs. Howard Knapp with a butcher knife. She was also charged with threatening to do serious bodily injury, using loud and profane language and assault on Mr. Knapp. George H. McNeill was the presiding judge. Mrs. Weeks, fined $50 and costs, prdered to remain on good behavior for two years and also ordered to remove herself and her family from their apartment at 1010 Evans st., appealed her case to October superior court. Jessie 1>. Leffler was found guil ty of assault and battery on his wife, Lela Lee Leffler. He was charged with hitting her on the face and body, throwing her on the floor, inflicting serious bodily in juries and threatening her life with pistols and knives. Leffler was given a six-month .suspended sentence, ordered to re main on good behavior for 12 months, remain away from his wife for a period of two years, effective as of 4:30 in the afternoon, Sept. 1, and pay costs. The case of Eugene Hessee, charged with assault on his wife and hitting her on the face and body, was scheduled to be tried in ^ yesterday's court. jscmvaiT William Bryant, for simple as sault on Catherine Kent, was given a 30-day suspended sentence, put on 12 months' good behavior and ordered to pay $5 and costs of court. The case against Catherine Kent of attempted assault on Bry ant was dropped. Two men were given 30-day sus pended sentences, one for trespass and the other for assault. Sammy ? Piner, charged with trespass on real estate owned by Milton Piner and simple assault on Piner, was ordered to pay $10 and costs, re , main on 12 months' good behavior and refrain * from visiting Milton if he has been drinking to excess. Milton, charged with assault on Sammy with a metal pipe, was also ordered to pay $10 and costs, re gain on 12 months' good behavior fjid permit his nephew, Sammy, to visit his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Piner, at such times as are convenient, "when Sammy presents ' himself sober and in a friendly ? mood." Pays $100, Costs For driving under the influence o I intoxicants, Ralph Jackson Wal ters was fined $100 and costs. On the same charge, Melba C. Metcalf was given a 90-day suspended sen tence, put on six months' good be t havior and ordered to pay a fine of $100 and costs. Three persons were fined for public drunkenness. Charles Has fclll Thomas was ordered to remain on good behavior for six months, pay a fine of $25 and costs and was put on a 30-day suspended sen tence; Daisy Rowe paid costs, was Ordered to stay on good behavior lor 12 months and was given a 30 fy suspended sentence; Boicie Mc tyre was ordered to pay costs. On charges of speeding, Freddie Graham paid $10 and costs, W. H. , Guthrie paid costs and James O. Hayes paid costs. The warrant was Withdrawn in the case of Harold ass who was charged with being runk and disorderly and disturb ing tbe peace. The prosecuting wit Bess was taxed with costs. Appeals Case George Wilbert Gray, for operat ing a vehicle after his license was revoked, was given a six months' suspended sentence and fined $200 and costs. On a charge of tem porary larceny, Gray was charged with taking a car belonging to Don - Jeffers. He was given a 30-day sus pended sentence on the larceny charge and fined $25 and costs. He was also ordered to remain on good behavior for 12 months. The sen tence in the larceny charge is to run concurrently with the sentence in the first charge. The defendant appealed to the October term of su perior court. Bond in each case r was set at $250. Sioney A. Antrim was fined $10 and costs for having no muffler on his car and operating it without an operator's license. Geraldine Phil (See COURT, Pafe 4) Nail Mmrns to Btpn In Benton Subdivisions Postmaster John P.'Betts has an nounced that residents of two .Beaufort subdivisions will receive eir mail by city carrier begin g Oct. 1. The subdivisions are ocock Park and Circle Drive. Mail will be delivered once a day except Sundays and legal holidays, before any delivery, however, a house must have a street number muat be equipped with a mail tJL MM ? !-? -. Deaf Mute Stabbed; Broad Creek ManJ Held County Commissioners Approve , Request for Tax Adjustments OPS Announces New Program J For Food Prices The OPS in North Carolina is determined to do something about steadily rising food costs, J. Ray Shute, director of the North Caro lina OPS district, declared here to day in announcing the inaugura tion of a community pricing pro gram that will require posting of food ceiling prices in some 12,500 stores. The ceiling prices must be shown on a category of foods for which approximately 20 cents of the food dollar is spent, Mr. Shute pointed out. This group will include baby foods, cereals, cocoa and chocolate, coffee, cookies, crackers, corn meal, dog and cat food, flour, gela tin, jams, jellies, peanut butter, lard, macaroni and spaghetti, may onnaise and salad dressings, canned meats, canned milk, oils and oleo margarine, rice, soups, spices, syrups, tea, catsup and chili sauce, vinegar, butter, and cheese. The program will be inaugurated in four counties ? Mecklenburg, Union, Cabarrus, and Gaston ? on Monday, September 29. Thereafter it will be established in other coun lies in Nortn Carolina ana tnc nve county area in Tennessee served by the Charlotte office. The pro gram, said Mr. Shute, will be set up as rapidly as such operations are found to be feasible. Every four weeks the new ceil ing price charts will be sent to the food merchants by the Charlotte OPS and once each week an amended chart will be provided each store. These charts will be posted in places where they may be read easily in order that the cus tomers may check prices on the food counters against those on the chaft. Food dealers may sell be low the ceiling price ? and the OPS expects that many foods will be sold at below ceiling, Mr. Shute declared. No food dealer, how ever, will be permitted to sell any article above the posted ceiling price. / Ceiling prices will be determined by the Charlotte OPS after thorough study of cost factors and the office will cooperate with the merchants in an effort to see that the program is administered fairly. The Charlotte OPS officials have been assured by the grocers that the program will be of aid to them in conducting their business and will give them an effective means of combatting the inflationary movement of food prices. ? The Carteret county commission ers at their meeting yesterday morning approved five petitions for tax adjustments. The board also approved the recommendations of Julius F. Duncan with regard to other cases of delinquent taxes. L. W. Pelietier of Stella obtain ed an adjustment from $32.49 to $16.24 on taxes for the period from 1933 to 1936. The adjustment was conditional upon the approval of Duncan who had been appointed to collect the taxes. L. H. Gibble of Newport settled a bill for taxes of $70.44. It was adjusted to $44.79 to be paid with in 60 days. This also is subject to Duncan's approval. Taxes on the Willie Green estate were settled for the balance of the estate, $102. The original tax bill was for $127. Mrs. Ethel Willis re ceived a reduction in back taxes from $114.10 to $50. Duncan recommended that the board accept settlements in the fol lowing cases: Jesse L. Parker, Beaufort, $60 on a bill of $97.40; Luther Pittman, Beaufort, $50 for $73.35; Henrietta Goodwin, Cedar Island, $9.15 for back taxes of $17.23; Willis L. Mason, Stacy, $40 on a bill for $52.48; and the estate of T. G. Willis, Morehead City, $89 for $97.23 in delinquent taxes. Attorney Claud Wheatly offered the county $40 for 101 acres of marsh land near Harkers Island. The property was formerly owned by Charles V. Webb and C. W. Brit ten. Taxes on the land amount to Beaufort Flyer j Aids in Rescue A Beaufort flyer assisted in the rescue of three U. S. airmen from the sea off northwest Korea, ac cording to an Associated Pren dis patch from Tokyo. Lt. Thurman Lawrence, jr., route 1 Beaufort, was co-pilot of the heli copter which rescued the three fly ers from the water. Lt. Laverne C. Stange, Minne apolis. Minn., parachuted from his crippled Sabre jet after downing an enemy MIG jet. Two rescue helicopters flew to the scene. One was piloted by Maj. Roy A. Thomson, Lubbock. Tex., and the other by Ens. Thermon Ray, Richmond, Calif. Ray arrived first but while ma neuvering to pick up Stange his helicopter crashed into the sea. With Ray was his crewman, F. C. Davney of Kansas City. After repeated trials, Thomson and his co-pilot. Lieutenant Law rence, lifted the three men to safety on a hoist and took them back to Allied lines. * Native of Beaufort Lands J Disabled Plane in Northwest C?pt Ernest M. Snowden, USN, was rescued from the British Co lumbia wilderness by * United States Coast Guard air-aea rescue team last week after he was forced to make a deadstick landing in a field 400 miles north northwest ~0f Seattle, Wash. He escaped without injury. Captain Snowden. who is execu tive officer of the Pacific reserve fleet's Bremerton, Wash., (roup, was returning to Bremerton after a business trip to Washington, D. C. He stopped in Beaufort Tuesday night, Aug. 26. for a visit with his mother, Mrs. M. S. Snowden, leav ing Cherry Point Wednesday morn ing on his way to Bremerton. He Inspector Issues Eight Permits Construction in Beaufort remain ed steady during the months of July and August, according to Gerald Woolard. building inspec tor. Four permits were issued in each month. The permits repre sent a total building investment of *8,670. Permits were issued in July to C. Z. Chappell to alter a ware house on Live Oik St. 1600; John C. Noe to alter a dwelling on Tur ner at., $300; Moselle Benson to alter a dwelling on Craven St., $300 and D. F. Merrill to alter a busi ness building on Front St, $500. During August, permits were is sued to Ottis Jefferson to construct a house on Orange St., $6,000; Frank Springle to construct a dwelling on Fulford St., $1,900; Phil Thomas to build a garage on Ann St., $220; and Ed Nelson to alter a building uaed aa a kinder garten on Pollock at, $290. > --- expected to land there Thursday morning. He was forced to the north over Rapid City, S. , D.. where he en countered instrument weather, and successfully landed his single-teat fighter plane about eight miles east of Nimpo Lake, B. C., when his fuel supply was exhausted. He escaped injury and the only damage to the plane was a tire blow-out when it struck a rock in the field. He landed at 5 o'clock Thursday afternoon, Aug. 28, and made his way to a' telephone sev eral miles from his landing place, and by 10 o'clock that night had notified authorities of his location. Cattle ranchers in the area as sisted Captain Snowden by provid ing him with horseback and truck transport to and from the landing site and the lake where be was picked up by the rescue group on Friday, Aug. 29. Sergeant Lama Win Ik At Toatfmaiten Mwtiatf The non-commissioned Officers Toastmasters club met Wednesday night at the NCO club, Cherry Point. M/Sgt. R. T. Larson won the necktie for the best speech of < the night. Other speakers were T/Sgt. D. S. 1 Wishall. T/Sgt. G. S. Gabel, M/Sgt G. M. Comer and T/Sgt D. A. Schaeffer. Critics for the night were HMC R. W. Davis, USN, M/Sgt. J. G. Moitoza and li/Sgt. 1 L. Rhynard. Congratulations Reeetvcd \ American Legion post No. 46, Morehead City, has received con- : gratulatlons from the state com- ; mander for being the firit poet In < the state to exceed its membership < quota for 1SG3. The quota waa 14S | and the pot membership now is 118. i $58.20. The board voted to sell it to Wheatly for $50. Dan Walker, Beaufort town clerk, asked the board to set a price on a piece of property on Marsh st. between Broad and Pine st. The property is owned jointly by the county and the town of Beaufort. The board set a price of $400 to be shared equally by the town and the county. Gillikin and Blalock of Marshall berg asked that the road from the Goose Pond road to the sound be added to the county road system. The road is one-third of a mile lohg. Dr. K. P. B. Bonner, chair man of the board of commissioners, explained that the county is allow ed to place only three miles of roads in the system during the year. He said that this means that it can be done only when there is great need. The board accepted the petition and promised to inves tigate. Clayton Fulcher, sr., asked the commissioners to petition the high way commission to increase the load limit on the Merrimon road and the Laurel road. Fulcher made his request on behalf of the fish ddalers from the eastern part of the county. The present limit means that trucks must use route 101. This necessitates a longer trip. The commissioners requested that the highway commission strengthen the roads and increase load limits to 20 tons. A. H. James, clerk of the su perior court, reported on court re ceipts for the month of August. Receipts were: Recorder's court, $2,888.05; superior court, $139.23; Morehead City recorder's court, $1,179; miscellaneous, $60; and probate and clerk's fees, $93.05. The county received a total of $4. 359.33. Total receipts for the court were $8,042.37. Firemen Answer The Alarms Morehead City firemen answer ed three alarms Saturday and Bun day. They went to Sunshine laun dry on Bridges st. at 10:30 Satur day morning, answered a grass fire call about an hour later and went to another brush and young timber fire Sunday afternoon. The fire at the laundry occurred outside the building but scorched the doors and wall, necessitating repainting. Papers and filters caught fire, probably du^ to a match being thrown among them, according to George Whittle, owner of the laundry. Employees at the laundry had the fire out by the time firemen ar rived. Just before noon Saturday the firemen went to 28th street where they put out a fire next to Clyde Jones Gas company near the trailer camp. No damage was re ported. A fire broke out north of the A&EC railroad track and a quarter of a mile west of Lockhart's Mill works on highway 70 at 1:30 Sun day afternoon. Several acres of undergrowth and young timber burned. Morehead City firemen went to the scene at 2 p.m. and left when they believed the flames to be under control. However, the fire broke out again and continued until night fall when residents of the area said it burned itself out. Hawf Aoenl Sniiotsts J Participation in Fair "Now It the time to (tart think ing about exhibits for state fair to be held in Raleigh Oct. 14-18," (tated Miss Martha Bamett, home agent, yesterday. "If you have good vegetables, fruits, canned goods, fancy work, or sewing or art work, why not exhibit it at the largest fair in the state this year?" Ent-ies will be accepted from Oct. **14. For entry for different divisions, refer (o State Fair book, 1092, Miss Barnett advised. Official forms must be used in making en tries. They may be found in the back of the state fair book, or are ?vallable upon request from: Mana ger. N. C. State Fair, P. 0. Box 1388, Raleigh, N. C. Information concerning entries for the fair is ?lso available from offices of the Carteret county extension service, Miss Barnett added. "Cash prise* are awarded in each division. Why not win one o 4 these prizes for yourself In 1982?" she declared. 'Operation' Pays Off The latest issue of Field and Stream magazine carries a story and page of pictures on Marehead City's recent "Operation Wheel chair," in which Morebead City party boatmen took ambulatory veterans of FayetUville hoapital on W all-day fishing trip. Concert Groop j Names Directors Representative Will Sell Concert Memberships At Cherry Point The list of directors of the Car teret-Cherry Point Community Con certs association was released to .day by Mrs. George Dill, Morehead City, president. She stated that de tails are being planned this week for the one-week concert member ship campaign which opens next Tuesday morning. The kick-off dinner, which mem bers of the board of directors and membership solicitors will attend, will take place at 7 o'clock next Monday night in the Beaufort school cafeteria. Mrs. R. M. Wil liams , Beaufort, is dinner chair man. Mrs. Dill also stated that Mrs. Inez Temple will be the associa tion's representative at Havelock and Cherry Point. A membership to the concert may be obtained next Tuesday morning by contact ing Mrs. Temple at the Cherry Dress shop. The directors are as follows: Beaufort, Mrs. C. R. Hassell, Charles Jones, James Wheatley, Mrs. Lockwood Phillips, Mrs. C. R. Wheatly, jr., Mrs. Grayden Paul, Mrs. N. T. Ennett, Mrs. Ernest Da vis, Mrs. W. L. Bell, and Oliver Yost. Morehead City, Mrs. S. W. Thompson, jr., Mrs. B. F. Royal, Mrs. O. H. Johnson, Grover Mun den, Miss Ann Arthur, Dr. Eugene Roelofs, Dr. Darden Eure, George W. Dill, Mrs. J. W. Jackson, Mrs. A. B. Roberts, and Newport, Mrs. Ruby Woodruff. 500 to Receive j Larger Checks Social security checks mailed Sept. 3 to 500 Carteret county peo ple were the last under the old rV'es of payments, according M N. A. Avera, manager of the Willing to: social security office. Pay ments due to the same people early in October will amount to about *15.867.59. As a result of changes made in the social security law in July, nearly everyone receiving old-age and survivors insurance benefits will get higher payments. Moat re tired workers will receive increases ranging from $5 to $8.60. Increases for dependents and survivors will be less than those for retired workers. In most cases, these in creases will be about $2 to $5. "For exampje," Avera says, "a retired worker whose August pay ment mailed this week is $40, based on earnings received since X936, will get a September payment of $45: a worker who got $68.50 in the current check will get $77.10 the first week in October." Avera says that it will not be necessary for persons now getting old-age and survivors insurance paments to call or come to the Wil mington social security office to get the increases. The checks they will receive early in October will automatically carry the increased amounts. Clyde Jones Speaks v At Belaiy Club Meeting Clyde Jones talked to Morehead City Rotarians Thursday night on community service. He gave some suggestions on traffic in the down town area and around the school that might be of service to hte town. The community service com mittee were in charge of the pro gram, Dr. Eugene Roelofs, chair man. AUon J. Laverack of Romulus. Mich., was a visiting Rotarian and Jack Edens of Goldsboro wa&,a visitor. Announce* Meetings Miss Martha Barnett, county home agent, yesterday announced the following club meetings for this week: North River club meets Thursday at 2 o'clock with Mrs. Helen Arthur; Pelletier club, Fri day at 2, with Mrs. D. W. Truck ner. Tide Table TMea at Beaafart Bar HIGH LOW Tuesday, September ? 5:42 ajn. 12:08 p.m. 8:M p.m. Wednesday, September II 12:21 a.m. 8:33 a.m. 12:36 p.m. 7:39 p.m. Thursday, September 11 1:18 a m. 7:29 a.m. 1:98 p.m. 8:48 p.m. Friday, Septeasber IS 2:23 a.m. 8:31 a.m. 3:00 PJS . 9:48 pjn. k ' A charge of assault with a deadly weapon, an ice pick, 4 - has been levied against Foster Smith of Broad Creek. Smith is alleged to have stabbed his sister, Miss Halsey Smith, a deaf mute of Broad Creek, "on or about" Tuesday, Sept. 2. Smith was apprehended by Deputy Sheriffs Hugh Salter and Marshall Ayscue Sunday. Sheriff C. G. Holland stated yesterday that Smith is in Cowan to Head Savings Drive J. C. Cowan, jr., industrial chair man for the U. S. Defense Bonds committee of North Carolina, will head a state-wide Payroll Savings drive this fall, it has been an nounced by W. H. Neal, volunteer state chairman of the Defense Bonds program in North Carolina. Mr. Cowan, widely known as an in dustrial leader throughout the state and nation, is president of Burling ton Mills corporation, main office in Greensboro, North Carolina. The drive headed by Mr. Cowan will begin Sept. 10 and end Dec. 15. The drive will officially open J. C. Cowan, jr. at a dinner meeting in Gastonia sponsored by the Gaston County Defense Bonds committee of which Charles D. Gray of Gastonia is chairman. Industries throughout the state will be asked to acquaint employees with recent improvements in Se ries E Defense bonds. The goal for the driv* u 20. OCO additional employees enrolled m the Payroll Savings plan. Neal also announced that the Defense department has released 19-year-old Cpl. Jerry K. Crump to tour the state following the kick-off meeting in Gastonia Sept. 10. Corporal Crump, Forest City, is the only North Carolinian to re ceive the Congressional Medal of Honor during the Korean war. Corporal Crump will spend six weeks touring the state appearing before civic clubs and visiting in dustrial plants which operate a Payroll Savings plan. At the con clusion of his tour of the state Cor poral Crump will participate in the opening-day exercises of the North Carolina State fair in Raleigh on October 14. Cars Collide J In Beaufort Two cars collided at Ann and ; Turner St., Beaufort, at 10 o'clock Saturday night. No one was hurt and no charges were preferred. Driving a 1949 model automobile was Kemp Wickizer, 1304 Shepard St.. Morehead City, and driving a 1950 model automobile waa Mary Lou Norwood, 1902 Evans st., More head City. According to Chief of Police Carlton Garner, Wickizer was pro ceeding west on Ann and collided , with Miss Norwood's car as she was attempting to turn north on Turn er. Prior to starting the turn, Miss Norwood was proceeding east on Ann. Wickizer told Chief Garner that the light was green, but it changed juat as he was going through. Mias Norwood said that she had a left turn signal blinking, but Wickizer said if she did, he didn't see it Damage to the Wickizer car waa estimated at $500 and to the Nor wiod car $50. Assisting Chief Gar ner in the investigation was Offi cer Maxwell Wade. V Town rjn-'iVfr Sock Copes of Mowpori History The board of commissioners of Newport are seeking copies of a aeries of articles on the town's history which ran in the Twin City Times in the fail of 1939 or 1940. Mayor Charles A. Gould, jr., said, "The five articles ran in the paper before the war. The files of the paper are not available, and we hope that someone may have laved the article*." Anyone who has copies of the articles should contact Mayor Gould or Miss Edith Lockey, town clerk. ?the county jail awaiting trial in recorder's court today. The full charge against him is assault with a deadly weapon with - intent to kill. Miss Smith with 10 stabs in her right arm and upper chest was given emergency treatment at Morehead City hospital. The time of the stabbing, according to the attending physician's records, was 4 a.m. Sunday. Aug. 31. The doctor reported yesterday that the woman ^as recovering satisfactorily. : According to authorities, Miss Smith lives with her brother at Broad Creek and the stabbing is alleged to have followed an argu ment or point of disagreement be tween the two at their home. An interpreter of the language used by deaf mutes is expected to be in court today to assist in pre senting testimony to be given by the victim of the stabbing. Highway Patrol , To Check Bases Raleigh ? The state's school bus transportation program is going to receive more attention from the highway patrol according to a di rective from the patrol's command ing officer, Col. W. B. Lentz. Colonel Lentz said that certain new steps to insure the safety of children riding school buses were to become effective immediately. A more comprehensive inspection of every school bus. with perma nent records on the vehicle's con dition will be set up. according to Colonel Lentz. A regular monthly check will be made by a highway patrolman and a copy of his report will be filed with patrol head quarters. the county superinten dent and the chief mechanic. "In spection of school buses by patrol men isn't new," Colonel Lentz re marked, "but the inspection will be more detailed henceforth." In addition U more comprehen sive iifrpoctions, Colonel Lentz aaid a patrolman will accompany web school bus driver on hi* regular route at laat once during the school year. During that time the officer will observe the driver's habits and skill at the wheel. He will make notes of potentially dangerous road conditions such as blind curves, in tersections and shrubbery along the shoulders. Lentz indicated that the State Highway commission would cooperate in removing or al tering any particularly hazardous condition. The accompanying patrolman will also make special checks on bridges and will observe traffic patterns and loading points along the bus route. Colonel Lentz said that recom- 1 mendations had been made to have I no more than four stops per mile ' along school bus routes. I He also suggested that each pa trolman hold an occasional meet ing with the drivers, at which time they would discuss general safety measures, review safety films and t give attention to drivers' com- ?] plaints. ' r J Hurricano Stays Away; Comity Enjoys WmDmt Hurricane Biker stayed aa far, even farther away from Carteret's door, than did Hurricane Able. The county has been enjoying bright sun blue-sky Indian summer during the put few days. EL Stamey Davis, official weather observer for Caltcret county, re ported temperatures from Thurs day through Sunday as follows: Max. Min. Thursday _ 84 71 Friday 80 65 Saturday 88 65 Sunday 86 63 The prevailing winds were north east and a due north wind blowing Friday. Demonstration Council To Hoot Tnosday, Sept. 16 The Carteret County Council of Home Demonstration clubs will meet Tuesday, Sept. 10, at 2 p.m. in the home agent's office, court house annex, Beaufort. All mem bers are urged to be preaent. Mrs Mary Olive Kirkman will that might be of aervice to the International Relationa conference in Greensboro. Plans will be made for 1902 Achievement Day and the 1853 County Council budget will be aet up. Other phases for IBS) program will be discussed. Club to Meet The Calendar of Events club of the Morebead City Chamber of Commerce will meet Thursday night at 0 p.m. at the recreation Education Board Approves Sites For Oil Drilling State Tentatively Approves Plans ior Explorations In Eastern Carolina Oil drills will be biting into east ern North Carolina swamplands again soon. The state board of education, which holds title to millions of acres of swamp and marshland in coastal North Carolina, was told yesterday that a tall Texan ? E. T. Burton, jr., by name ? plans to start drilling within four months. The latest explorations became more certain as the board gave tentative approval to new leases in Fender and Onslow counties. Burton, apparently a small-time operator who heads the Burton Drilling company of Houston, Texas, will come into North Caro lina through agreement with Matt H. Allen and associates of Kinston. Allen heads the Coastal Plains company, an outfit chartered sev eral years ago to sponsor and fi nance oil and gas drillings in east ern Carolina. Since world war II, wells have t>een sunk across coastal Carolina from Hatteras to Carteret, Onslow, Pamlico and Washington counties, rhe Standard Oil company was the )ne big explorer; it sunk wells in E'amlico sound and in view of Hat eras lighthouse in a vain search !or oil. Burton is expected to drill in ?lolly Shelter Pocosin in Onslow :ounty, Hofmann Forest in Onslow ind Angola Pocosin in Pender rounty. He has been interested in )il here since May of 1951 and rails the prospects of a strike "rea sonably good." He will bring a portable, gaso inc powered drilling rig that will Irill normally to a depth of 2,500 ieet, and to 4,000 feet with adjust ments. He plans to sink at least two wells at his own expense. A broad shouldered native of Wilmington, Burton is 36 and has J?en a Texas resident since he was x. His faMitr formerly was a Wil nirfgton attorney. He says he has trilled wells in Texas, West Vir ginia and Louisiana. Burton will get his leases pro vided he satisfies the state that he vill not solicit speculators in a vildcat drilling operation. As one itate board member put it, "We lon't want somebody selling leases ight and left and then have folks ay the state board of education >romoted a wildcat oil scheme." Such is not his intention, Burton issured. So assured Matt Allen. The area covered by the leases >robab!y will include a minimum if 150,000 acres. Hoses Teel roBeTried Awaiting trial in recorder's court oday under $200 bond is Moses reel, Beaufort RFD, who was ar ested at 1:30 Sunday morning on i charge of driving drunk, resist ng arrest, and having a conceal :d weapon, an open pocket knife, n his pocket. Teel was arrested by Deputy Sheriff Hugh Salter and Carlton Earner as he sped in his automo >ile into the yard of his home on lighway 101. According to Chief Garner, he tad received information that a Irunken man was on highway 101. )eputy Salter and Chief Garner iroceeded in the Beaufort police ar to the airport road, which eads off 101 and there saw a man letting into his car. Chief Garner said the car sped n toward the airport, made a U urn and came out again. The of icers sounded their siren and puil id alongside, but the driver, iden ified aa Teel, as soon aa be aaw vho they were, took off. The officers gave chase and ap irehended him as he pulled into he front yard of hia home. They ilaced him under arrest and put lim in the county Jail where he itayed until $200 bond for his re eaae was posted. No, Woman Pad Beads liter Arraal Friday Hrid Leon Lewis, Carroll EuSanks, md Mrs. Lilly Lewis each have x?ted <290 bond for their appear ince in recorder's court today. The three were arrested Friday tight in a home at Broad Creek on ?harges of trespassing, using loud ind profane language, and threat ming aaaault. The arresting officers, according o Sheriff C. G. Holland, were >puty Sheriffs Marshall Ayacue iad Hugh Salter.