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41?t YEAR, NO. 75. TWO SECTIONS TEN PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA - TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1952 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
What's What with Piloting ^
Ships into Morehead Harbor
Much mis-information and a few
facta have become involved in mak
ing a lot of to-do about who can
pilot boats into Morehead City har
bor, who can't, and why.
It's a long story and after ex
tensive investigation, THE NEWS
TIMES can reach only one con
clusion: the authorities concerned
with the matter are pursuing the
proper channels to get things
' straightened out.
The problem evolved recently
with the charge brought by David
B. Willis, a federally-licensed pilot
Of Morehead City, that there are
Company Buys
Proposed Site J
For Tank Farm
Sold to Aviation Fuel Terminals
last week was property on Inlet
Island, proposed as the site for an
aviation gasoline tank farm with
facilities for unloading sea-going
tankers. The cost of the land was
approximately $42,000.
To make the property transfer,
Sam Morgan of New Bern conveyed
land to the Coastal Realty com
?? pany, New Bern, and the Coastal
Realty company sold to Aviation
Fuel Terminals. The deed was re
corded in the court house, Beau
tort, Tuesday, Sept. 9.
Aviation Fuel Terminals has
been granted a loan by the Recon
struction Finance corporation with
the proviso that the loan will be
payable upon posting of $261,000
J by the aviation gasoline firm. Au
thoritative sources state that th?
i tank farm and dock will be built
by T. A. Loving company.
The building of the facility by
Aviation Fuel Terminals has been
under consideration for more than
a yejy. Proposed construction, at
that time, involving waters includ
ed a steel piling pier 1,230 feet
south of the northeast point of the
present turning basin in Morehead
City harbor, the pier to 702 feet
/ long and 19 feet wide.
The turning basin by the pier
was specified at 95 feet wide, 1,300
feet long with a depth of 32 feet.
Inlet island is locatd on the south
side of the causeway between Beau
fort and Morehead City.
Roelofs Speaks <
To Rotary Ciub
* E. W. Roeloh, program chairman
of the community service commit
tee4 spoke at the Morehead City
Rotary club meeting Thursday
night on the subject Why Solid
Citizens Shrink from Jury Duty.
He pointed out that the state
laws have done much to deny the
\ courts the services of the superior
type of juror by exempting some
?/thirty to forty occupational groups
from jury duty. A show of hands
tt the meeting indicated that over
r thirty per cent of Rotary members
were thus exempt.
In addition to those exempt by
law, too many "solid citizens" ask
to be, and are, excused from jury
duty. Reasons given are pressure
of job or business, boredom, in
timidation by lawyers, dingy court
rooms, and the difficulty of getting
twelve people to agree on a ver
"The odds thus being stacked
against intelligence," Roelofa said
"the courts in general have come
? to rely on the old faithfuls ? the
unemployed, the aged and infirm,
the busy bodies and the morbid
hangers-on ? in order to fill up
the jury box."
Several remedies fvere proposed,
most of them requiring changes in
the state laws. But on the local
jtvel, Roelofs suggested that the
best remedy would be "a decision
by the solid citizens to take more
interest in our jury system and to
serve as a juror when called."
4w federally-licensed pilots operat
ing in the harbor of Morehead
City. That is correct, but federally
licensed pilots are not required to
bring in vessels of registry. Feder
ally-licensed pilots are required on
ly for vessels of enrollment, and
according to port authorities no
vessels of enrollment have been or
are, at present, coming into this
harbor.
Plans are underway, however, to
have federally-licensed pilots here.
"Teenie" Piner has already taken
part of the examination required
for a federally-licensed pilot.
There are two classes of docu
mentation for vessels: registry, the
classification for ships making port
anywhere in the world, and enroll
ment, the classification for vessels
engaged in coastwise trade in the
United States.
A state pilot may bring into har
bor any foreign ship, any United
States ship from a foreign port,
and any United States ship under
register. State pilots operating at
Morehead City port are Capt.
Charles Piner, Charles Piner, jr.,
and Ira Willis.
To become a state pilot, an in
dividual has to apply to the More
head City Pilot and Navigation
commission, an agcncy of the State
Ports authority. The commission
may or may not appoint the appli
cant as apprentice pilot. After the
apprentice has met the training re
quirements, he may, according to
I. E. Pittman, chairman of the
Morehead City Pilot and Naviga
tion commission, become a state
pilot upon obtaining the signatures
of two state pilots already operat
ing in the port.
According to Pittman, David Wil
lis has yet to obtain the required
signatures. Ije added that the pilot
commission has no authority in
the matter after naming an appren
tice. Because he is a federal pilot,
Willis is legally privileged to bring
into Morehead City harbor vessels
under enrollment.
The fact that there are no feder
ally-licensed pilots operating here
at present is due to an oversight in
the early days of the present port
operation. Captain Piner, who has
a first class pilots' license, unlimit
od tonnage, was engaged as pilot |
here by the port administrators of
the 1930s. Being new at the game,
they thought the only thing neces
sary was that a man be a licensed
pilot, but more importantly, that he
know the Morehead City chanpcl.
Captain Piner filled the bill and
has ably brought ships into this
harbor ever since as a state pilot.
Only recently, in checking papers,
was it noted that Captain Piner's
license was for the waters of Jack
sonville, Fla., to Key West.
Because he is a state pilot, he
can continue to operate, as can
other state pilots. With steps being
taken to have federally-licensed
pilots here (they are free agents
and can bring in vessels of enroll
ment whether classified as state
pilots or not) the pilot situation,
claimed by some* to be not on the
up-and-up, takes on an un-alarming
aspect.
Committees Will
Continue Work J
The Calendar of Events club of
the chamber of commerce voted at
Thursday's meeting to make perma
nent three of the special commit
tees set up for the Finer Carolina
contest.
The committees are school im
provement, cleanup and beautifica
tion and recreation. The school
improvement committee will work
with the county school superin
tendent to bring the schools up to
national standards.
The recreation committee has
recommended to the club that
churches and civic organizations be
allowed to use the recreation cen
ter every Wednesday night. The
use of the center will be rotated
among the various organizations.
The club has announced that all
projects for the Finer Carolina con
test have been completed with the
exception of the city park. The
contest closes Oct. 31.
With the Armed Force*
Beaufort Navy Fighter Pilot
Leads Squadron at Air Show
* Lt. Com. Robert H. Hill, jr.,
USN, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. Hugh
Hill of Beaufort, is leader of
Fighter Squadron 22, Fleet Air,
Jacksonville, Fla., Jef unit, which
took part in the Labor Day air
?how in Detroit.
* It was the only full Navy squad
ron assigned to the exposition,
which lasted three days and in
cluded the Continental Trophy race
dor midget planes. The squadron
j tad chalked up over 1,400 carrier
I dandings without accident and
| Shade the longest Mediterranean
cruise of all U S. Navy squadrons.
! George Kelly Willis, son of
~d Mrs. Dola Willis. 1311
I it, Morehead City, retura
l Monday from Korea where he
served 14 months with the medical
division.
Two Morehead City Marine offi
cers and five enlisted men are
slated to participate in extensive
Marine Corps training exercises to
be held soon at Puerto Rico.
They are Capt. James G. Mur
doch, jr.. Capt. Donald J. Hills
meyer, 1510 Evans at., S/Sgt.- A. J.
Levato. 1807 Fisher St.. S/Sgt.
Richard W. Jones. 907 Fisher St.,
Sgt. Chester H. Croasman, Jr., 207
N. 7th St., Sgt. Robert Binoin. 1802
Fisher st. and Corp. William B.
Shepherd.
All are members of Marine Air
group 14 and will cooperate with
Marine ground and Naval units In
8m AIMED FORCES, Page >
Investigation Continues in Prison Camp Robbery
Town Pays All Cost of Paving Street
For the first time, the town of Morehead City has paved a street
without assessing property owners for part of the cost. Town work
men, under the supervision of Street Superintendent J. V. (Hooty)
Waters, have paved 11th street between Bay and Bridges.
Previously, property owners were forced to pay two-thirds of the
cost of all paving. The town paid the remainder of the cost.
The street has been surfaced with macadam and hot asphalt. It is
the first time the street has been paved. The street, which is next to
the high school athletic field, will serve as a test street. It will en
able town officials to determine the cost of pavin* other streets in
the town. NEWS TIMES photos by Bob Gately
Wilmington Port '
To Be Dedicated
Wilmington ? This port takes
on an official new look this week
with the formal dedication of the
multi-million dollar, state-owned
docks and terminals which has
been under construction on the
Cape Fear river for the past two
years.
The dedication ceremonies lit the
new terminal and in Wilmington
are scheduled to begin at 2:30 p.m.,
Thursday with a Camp Lejeune
Marine band concert to welcome
Naval craft, ranking officials and
scores of distinguished visitors.
The dedication of the $5,000,000
terminal at Wilmington follows by
a month the formal opening of
similar deep 'water facilities at
Morehead City.
Both Gov. W. Kerr Scott and
gubernatorial nominee William B.
Umstead will be honored guests
and will participate in the program.
Vice Admiral E. L. Cochrane, USN,
(Ret.) will deliver the principal
address, following remarks by Gov
ernor Scott.
Joint hosts for the occasion are
the city of Wilmington, with Mayor
E. L. White officially welcoming
visitors; the county of New Han
over and the N. C. State Ports au
thority whose chairman, A. G.
Myers, will introduce members of
the authority. Former Wilmington
Mayor Hargrove Bellamy will serve
as master of ceremonies.
Col. George W. Gillette, execu
tive director of the ports authori
ty, has . been advised that at least
three Navy and Coast Guard craft
will visit the harbor for the oc
casion and will participate in' the
ceremonies.
Police Report
Two Accidents
Two minor automobile accidents
were reported by Morehead City
police on Sept. 12.
The first occurred at 20th and
Bridges st. at 6:90 p.m., when a
1942 Dodge sedan driven by Berldn
Pittman of RFD 1, Morehead City,
was in collision with a 1949 Ford
driven by William Edward Crank,
Beaufort RFD. The Ford is owned
by his wife, Gladys Crank.
According to investigating po
liceman Carl Bunch, the car driven
by Pittman had stopped at the light
when it Was truck in the rear by
the car driven by Crank.
Damage to the Pittman car was
estimated at about five dollars. The
car driven by Crank was damaged
to the extent of $190. The left
fender, grill, hood and bumper
were damaged.
The second accident occured at
11:10 p.m. at 11th and Avery st
It occurred when a parked 1940
Plymouth was struck by a 1941
Buick. The Plymouth is owned by
George Brimmer of Beaufort RFD.
Damage to the car was estimated
it $25
Eddie Lee Howell. 304 N. 15th
St.. Morehead City, is owner of the
Buick. He says .the accident hap
pened when he pulled in too dose
and hit the Brimmer auto. There
Was no damage to the Howell car.
Captain Buck Newaome investi
gated
Lola Resident Explains Work
Behind Cedar Island Bridge
Earl C. Day, Lola, today com
mented on efforts made to obtain
a new drawbridge across the
Thoroughfare between Atlantic
and Cedar island. Day's statement,
in full, accompanied by letters he
received, appears below.
The obtaining of a new draw
across the strip of water known as
the Thoroughfare, has been a*
project of many months. In addi
tion to being pushed by Cedar
Island residents, the county board
of education and other officials
have long recognized the need of
a new span which would make it
safer for travel by the school bus
and other motor vehicles.
Day's statement follows:
"Early in June of this year Mr.
Dennis Goodwin and Myself de
cided we would try to find out, if
we could, what the N. C. State
Highway commission intended to
do about building a bridge across
the Thoroughfare between Atlan
tic and Cedar Island. Our first
thought was to take the matter up
with Governor Scott, but decided
later to contact Mayor llassell of
Beaufort and get his advice as what
was best to do. He thought it best
to first take the matter up with
Mr. Hargett and Mr. Markham (dis
trict highway officials), so after
several attempts to contact these
men, we finally made arrangements
to meet Mr. Hargett in Kinston to
talk the matter over with him. He
Beaufort Man *
Faces Charges
A Beaufort man will go on trial
today on a charge of assault with
a deadly weapon. Dan Smith, col
ored, was arrested on the com
plaint of Mrs. Lydia Branch, also
colored.
He is charged with entering Mrs.
Branch's house and threatening her
with a knife. Mrs. Branch said that
the assault took place Thursday.
Smith was arrested by chief Carl
ton Garner of the Beaufort police.
He is free on $200 bond.
Garner said that Smith is not
the Dan Smith who operates a taxi
in Beaufort.
Chief Garner arrested George
Turner, jr., colored of Beaufort on
a charge of public drunkenness.
Turner, who was arrested Thurs
day. is free on (35 bond.
Lester Fulcher of Sea Level was
arrested Friday for public drunk
enness. He was arrested by Garner
and Lieut. Otis Willis. He has been
releaaed on (35 bond.
Jeff Woodward, Warsaw, N. C-,
was arrested for public drunken
ness by Garner, Willis and Cipt.
Max Wade. He is free on (35 bond.
Richard Hardesty, colored, is in
the county Jail on charges of pub
lic drunkenness, resisting arrest
and possessing untaxed whiskey.
He was arrested yesterday morn
ing by chief Garner. Bond has
been set at (100.
Tanker Arrives ?
The Esso Lynchburg, coming
from Aruba with fuel oil, arrived
in Morehead City yesterday. After
discharging its cargo here, it will
go to Baton Rouge, La.
was to set the date for us to meet |
him, along with Mayor Hassell.
"When he finally let us know
when to meet him it was on Satur
day at 10 a.m. and we were to meet
him at 2 p.m. that same day, so
that was out (no meeting). Mayor
Hassell called Mr. Hargett on the
phone and Mr. Hargett asked him
Hat was on his mind a*td he told
Imhi what we wanted to see him
about.
"So Mr. Hargett told Mayor Has
sell what was holding up the build
ing of the bridge was the shortage
of steel, due to the strike. Not be
ing satisfied with the answer, I
wrote Governor Scott a letter stat
ing the condition of the bridge and
especially about the school chHdren
having to finload off the bus and
walk across the bridge both morn
ing and afternoon, and also told
him that we believed if the bridge
was not started while he was in of
fice that after he left office, we
would be told by a certain faction
that he had spent all the money
and that there was no money to
build the bridge with, or the
bridge would be built and that
same faction would say, 'See what
the new governor has done for
Cedar Island.'
"In reply to my letter to Gov
ernor Scott, I received the follow
ing letter:
State of North Carolina
Governor's Office
Raleigh
August 26, 1952
Mr. Earl C. Day
Lola. N. C.
Dear Mr. Day:
1 appreciate your letter of Au
gust 23rd concerning the need for
a bridge between Cedar Island and
Atlantic, N. C., and I am anxious
to help you in any way that I can.
Since I cannot personally ac
quaint myself with all the details
of our tremendous road program,
I am asking Mr. Guy Hargett, your
highway commissioner, to look into
this situation an4 advise you as to
his findings and conclusions.
I am always glad to hear from
you and sincerely hope that some
Chamber Seeks >
New Car Ferry
The transportation committee of
the Morehead City chamber of
commcrce decided at its meeting
Thursday to ask the highway com
mission for a car ferry from Cedar
Island or Atlantic to Ocracoke. The
ferry would connect with the Cape
Hatteras highway. The board of
conservation and development has
been asked to extend the highway
to Ocracoke.
The committee will check on the
possibility of having the lights re
stored on the Morehead City-Beau
fort drawbridge. The members
voted to see what can be done to
promote local commercial use of
the inland waterway.
Joseph DuBots reported to the
committee that the Atlantic and
East Carolina railway says it has
>o funds to paint its station In
Nonhead City. The statioa is be
ing used M s bus terminal by the
thing can bo worked out to the best
interest of all concerned.
Sincerely,
W Kerr Scott
"The same week that I received
the above letter from Governor
Scott, there appeared an article in
THE NEWS-TIMES to the effect
that the llighway commission had
te<|Ue?lAr |h .ii.imon from tiie
Armj engineers to build a bridge
across the Thoroughfare between
Cedar Island and Atlantic. (Won
der what prompted the highway
commission to release that news at
that time, could have been because
of my letter to Governor Scott).
"And about the same date there
were notices posted in and on the
post office at Atlantic (as is the
custom in such matters) that if
anyone had any objection to said
bridge being built, to submit them
to the Army engineers before Sept.
28, 1952 and 1 understand that
someone on Cedar Island received
a copy of the same notice and ask
ed Dennis Goodwin if he were op
posed to the bridge being built.
(What a question, after he had
worked so hard to get a bridge).
"The thought came to Dennis
and myself that a bunch of politi
cal job hunters were trying to take
credit for what had been done, and
I did not expect to receive any In
formation from Mr. llargctt. I
finally received the following let
ter from him.
State of North Carolina
State Highway and Public
Works Commission
September 3, 1952
Mr. Earl C. Day
Lola, N. C.
Dear Mr. Day,
I received a copy of Governor
Scott's letter of August 26. 1952
along with your letter to him of
August 23. 1952 in regard to the
replacement of the Cedar Island
bridge in Carteret county.
For your information 1 wish to
advise that immediately upon re
ceipt of these letters I had Mr.
Markham, division engineer, to
furnish me such information as he
had with reference to the improve
ment of the bridge in question and
so that you will be thoroughly
familiar with the status of this
bridge I am quoting a paragraph
taken from a letter to Mr. Mark
ham from Mr. T. B. Gunter, state
bridge engineer, aetting forth the
status of this project. I might say
in this connection that we are just
as interested in the replacement pf
this bridge as the local people or
anyone else and we are going to
continue to do everything possible
to get this project underway just
as early as possible.
"We have submitted our appllca
See BRIDGE, Page 4
Tide Table
TM?a at Buafart Bar
Tuesday, September 1*
6:14 a.m. 12:16 a.m.
6:26 p.m. 12:24 p.m.
Wedaeaday, September IT
6:94 a.m. 12:92 a.m.
7:09 p.m. 1:07 p.m.
Thursday, September It
7:31 a.m. 1:26 a.m.
7:41 p.m. 1:49 p.m.
Friday, September It
I.OB a.m. 1:M a.m.
?:? fM. 2:23 pA
Two Steal Cash, Papers;
Office Door Left Open
Port Council j
Asks Regulation
Of Waterfront
Body Requests Thai Coast
Guard Enforce Rules,
Seeks Funds ior Guards
Members of the Morehead City
Port Advisory council, in session
Thursday night, requested Lt. L. E.
Kelley, port captain, to ask for
Coajt Guard enforcement of all
existing regulations covering water
front activities, especially in the
handling of petroleum products in
Morehead City and Beaufort
The council also agreed to ask
the State Ports authority to in
clude an appropriation for guards
in the budget for the next fiscal
year.
The council surveyed the securi
ty needs of the port as a whole
and agreed that for the present
the users of the port "have author
ity to provide security as they feel
is needed."
It was decided also that members
of the advisory council be provided
with goldseal security cards. Such
cards are to be held also by cap
tains, mates, boatkeepers, and en
gineers of menhaden fishing boats,
these men to be responsible for
members of their crews.
D. G. Bell, council member, was
authorized to investigate possibility
of obtaining office space in the
Morehead City post office where a
yeoman may handlle applications
for security cards. The council
further suggests that a time bo set
for applying for the cards which
will interfere as little as possible
with the fishing operations of the
boats.
Because Morehead City has no
ordinances regarding waterfront
activities, UeuUrrvuit Kelley was
requested to rurtiftrti Mayor George
W. Dill, jr., with copies of munici
pal regulations enforced in other
port cities.
The council set an agenda for
the next meeting as follows, city
regulations concerning police and
fire protection, cooperation be
tween local authorities and the
Coast Guard, waterfront fire pro
tection, and radio communication.
The next meeting has been sche
duled for Thursday night, Oct. 2.
Attending Thursday's session, in
addition to Lieutenant Kelley, Ma
lor Dill, and Bell, were W. H. Pot
ter, Beaufort, Walter Edwards. Dr.
John Morris, J. D. Holt, and Rob
ert Hicks, chairman.
Disaster Worker
VisitsStacy /
Miss Mary L. Jones. New Bern,
diMitcr worker on the National
Red Crou staff, at Stacy Saturday
afternoon surveyed the damage
cauacd by the tornado Wednesday,
Aug. 27.
Miss Jones, whose headquarters
are at AtlanU, arrived Saturday
and expects to remain this week to
complete checking on Stacy fami
lies in need of assistance.
Of 13 families who suffered dam
age from the brief but destructive
wind storm, nine have applied for
financial aid. Misa Jones remarked
that the is aasisting the Beaufort
Red Cross chapter in surveying the
individual caaea and determining
where there are Insufficient private
financial resources to repair dam
age. She emphasized that the Red
Croaa in disaster areas makes
monetary remuneration only where
the people cannot help themselves.
Accompanying Miss Jones to
Stacy Saturday afternoon was Irvin
W. Davis, aaaistant disaster chair
man of the area east of Beaufort.
With them, to help in making dam
age estimates, waa Elmer Salter of
Stacy.
The diaaater worker from New
Bern stated that Dr. Lawrence
Rudder, diaaater chairman for
Beaufort, waa not contacted in re
gard to Red Croaa assistance for
Stacy until Sept. 11 and the Atlan
ta office waa notified the next day.
For that reason no disaster worker
waa aent here until now.
Miss Jones has worked in mid
west flood area*, in the tornado
tones of Tennessee and Arkansas
and hurricane-stricken areaa of
Florida.
A??a?cei Meetings
Misa Martin BarneU, county
home agent, yesterday announced
the following club meetings: Camp
Glenn meets tomorrow, 2 pn
with Mr*. Leslie Brinson; Crab
Paint, Thursday, 2 p.m., Mrs. J. L.
. Friday, 2 p.m.,
? The Carteret eounty sheriff's of
fice and the state bureau of inves
tigation are continuing their in
vestigation into the robbery Tues
day night at the Newport prison
camp. The robbery netted $150. It
was discovered at 5:30 Wednesday
morning by W. R. Skinner, super
intendent of the camp.
Footprints indicate that two men
committed the crime. They enter
ed the unlocked office and made
off with the foot locker which con
tained the cash. The locker also
contained Skinner's private papers.
The metal cash box was found
on the Deep Creek road, about 1 H
miles from the camp. Ashes indi
cated that the foot locker and
papers had been burned.
The footprints of two men were
discovered in a field near the camp
office. The prints indicated that
the thieves fled in the direction
of Newport. Officers followed the
trail with bloodhounds who led
them to a house in Newport. The
occupant of the house is under in
vestigation.
Concert Drive
Opens Today
Community concert salesmen
took up their posts today to re
main on them until Saturday eve*
ning at 6 o'clock, when all sales
will close for the year. 1952-1053.
Ticket headquarters in Beaufort
will be the Eastern Kulane Sales
corp., on Craven street; in More
head City the headquarters will be
at the recreation building on
Shepard street, in Cherry Point the
Cherry Point Dress shop will be
the headquarters and Mrs. Ruby
Woodruff of Newport will direct
sales in Newport.
Mrs. Arthur Diehl, Community
Concerts representative, addressed
the executive board, directors and
salesmen of the Carteret-Cherry
Point Community Coneerts associa
tion last evening when members of
the Beaufort PTA served them din
ner in the Beaufort school cafe
teria.
All former members of the con
certs will be contacted, and asked
to renew their memberships. The
type of concerts to be given will
depend on the number of member
ships sold. No single tickets may
be bought at the door, and no mem
berships will be sold after Satur
day evening.
Two concerts will be given in
Beaufort this year, and one in
Morehcad City.
Mrs. George W. Dill, jr.. is pres
ident of the association this year,
Mrs. G. W. Duncan is vice-presi
dent. J. R. Sanders is treasurer
and Mrs. G. Henry Jackson is sec
retary.
Chairmen of the association are
publicity, Mrs. Wiley Taylor, jr.,
dinner, Mrs. R. M. Williams and
appointments. Joseph A. DuBois.
Chairmen of ticket sales are Mrs.
W. L. Woodard in Beaufort. Mrs.
Bruce Willis and Mrs. Gus Davis,
co-chairmen in Morehead City,
Mrs. Inez Temple in Cherry Point
and Mrs. Ruby Woodruff in New
port.
Two Tugs Fail ,
In Salvage Try
The Ann Moran and Margot Mo
ran. tugs attempting to rescue the
S.500-ton freighter. Foundation
Star, which was hit by the hurri
cane off Charleston Sept. 7, came
into Morehead City Wednesday
when the hawser, by which they
were towing the vessel, broke.
The Foundation Star snak at
12:41 p.m. Wednesday off Ocra
coke, about SS miles from More
head City. It was hoped that the
vessel could be saved, but high
seas forced the tugs to make port.
A' Coast Guard cutter standing by
reported that the Foundation Star
went down shortly after noon.
Party boatmen, hearing of the
sinking, expressed regret that if
she had to sink, she should have
gone down closer inshore so that
they wouldn't have to go so far to
fish. (Game fish abound around
sunken vessels).
The Star, of Hondunn registry,
was carrying molasses when she
foundered in Hurricane Baker.
Eleven men in a lifeboat were last,
the others were rescued. The cook
who refused to leave the vessel
finally was taken off but died later
from exposure and exhaustion. The
skipper was among those lost in
the lifeboat.
Wrong Buck
The John Buck convicted of pub
lic drunkenness last week in More
head City court was not John Buck
of 2112 Fisher St., Morehead CUy.
Buck, who received a 30-day sen
ttooa, jg t rctidmt oi Gmavllk
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