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NEWS-TIMES OFFICE 804 Arenddl St. i Monhud City Phone 6-4175 CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES 10c FULL PACE COMICS 41st YEAR, NO. 33. TWO SECTIONS TEN PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1952 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS Carteret County Voters f Undecided 9 on Candidates Grand Jury Begins Session i At Superior Court Opening ? The grand jury began its delib erations yesterday morning as the fall term of Carteret county su perior court opened at the county courthouse, Beaufort. The jurors Will perform several tasks handed to them by Judge W. C. Harris. In addition, they are expected to re turn true bills in several criminal cases awaiting trial. E. K. Morriss was appointed foreman of the grand jury. Other members of the ' jury are Albert Murphy, George D. Morton, D. C. Richardson, L. H. Hardy, Alonzo "Taylor, D. M. Webb, Harvey Law rence, Alex P. Taylor, Samuel Dan iels, Wallace W. Garner, A. M. . Garner, EL P. Spence, Uzzell Lewis, Johnnie J. Russell, Walter Yeo mans, jr., Ray Dickinson and H. C. Taylor. The remaining members of the panel, which was drawn at the Sep tember meeting of the county com missioners, will serve on the petit Beaufort Police Arrest Seven Beaufort police report seven ar rests from Oct. 9 through Oct. 13. Two Morehead City men were ar rested and charged with public 1 drunkenness on Oct. 9. The men, John Lougue and Dan Wheeler, are free on $35 bond. They will ap pear in Beaufort recorder's court on Oct. 21. Chief Carlton Garner and Lt. Otis Willis made the ar rests. On Oct. 10, Lucinda Fisher, Ne gro, Beaufort, was picked up on a charge of drunkenness, using loud, boisterous, and profane language ,, and of being dangerous around the home. She is in the county jail pending posting $200 bond. Chief Garner and I.t. Willis made the ar rest. She will appear in recorder's court on Oct. 21. \ Alexander Jones, Negro, Beau fort, was arrested at 2 a.m. Satur day morning on a charge of public drunkenness. He is free on $35 tend. He will appear in recorder's urt on Oct. 21. Capt. Maxwell ade made the arrest. Also on Saturday morning, about i 10 a.m., Willis Guthrie, Morehead 1 'City, was arrested for failure to stop for a stbp sign at Queen and road st. He is free on $25 bond, e will appear in recorder's court On Oct. 21. The arrest was made by Chief Garner and Lt. Willis. John Tyson, jr., Negro, was ar rested Saturday morning on a charge of careless and reckless driving, driving without lights, and exceeding 50 miles an hour in a 35 mile tone. He is free on $150 bond. Arresting officers were Chief Gar ner and Lt. Willis. Tv?on will ap pear in recorder's couit on Oct. 21. Gertrude Hardesty, Negro, is free on $35 bond after being ar rested on a charge of public drunk enness on Sunday. Lt Willis and Chief Garner were arresting offi cers. She is scheduled to appear in recorder's court on Oct. 21. .Merchants Plan' Yule Decorations Walter Morris, chairman of the Christmas activities committee of the More head City merchants asso ciation, has asked each member of the association to contribute $10 toward the decorations which will put up in town during the holi The merchants association orig inally planned to ask for $20 from each member, but the committee ireduced the figure to $10. The contribution will also include asso ciation dues for the coming year. The committee already has or dered extra materials which will be Jised in decorating the streets of Morehead City. The association voted at its last meeting to spend 4more money on Christmas decora tions rather than continue the $1000 prize give-away which has jbeen conducted in previous years. local Teacher Elected j to MCEA Department . Three local teachers were elect ,fcd as officers of departments of the Northeastern district of the North 'Carolina Education association at fast Carolina college meeting in Greenville over the weekend, jr. Ramie W. Davis, Camp Glenn, jtvill Mrve as vice-president of the .Science group, Mrs. Zelma Phillips, jMorehead City, will be secretary of .the Latin division, and Mrs. Flor ence Cordova, Morehead City, will Jerve a* president of tbe vocational season. jury which will hear all criminal* and civil cases. After telling the grand jurors of their duties and the procedures they are to follow, Judge Harris recommended several matters to their attention. He told the jurors to study the recommendations of the last two grand juries. He asked them to see if those recommendations have been carried out. If they have not been carried out, the jurors are to find out why. The jurors were also told to check on the condition of the coun ty jail. The judge told them that many innocent persons are often confined in the jail. He said that such people must not be allowed to suffer. The jurors were told to base their findings on whether or not they would like to be confined in the jail. Judge Harris told the grand jury to confer with the highway patrol men on the condition and opera tion of the school buses. He stressed the importance of the safe operation of the buses and told the grand jurors that it is their respon sibility to see to the safety of the children. The judge said that he would ap prove an order for a qualified me chanic to inspect the buses if the jurors so desired. The jurors were also ordered to investigate any criticism of law en forcement in the county. The judge said that it is the duty of the grand jury to see that the laws are enforced as they should be. After hearing the judge's charge, the jurors retired to study the bills which will be presented to them by the state. Herbert O. Phillips of Morehead City was named acting solicitor. Phillips is solicitor of the More head City recorder's court. While the grand jury was in ses sion, Judge Harris began to hear the 27 divorce cases on the court docket. firm Honors y Comity Agents Carteret county farm agent R. M. Williams will attend a luncheon meeting in Raleigh on Oct. 16 given for district and state officers of the County Agent's association. The affair is being given by the Lederle Laboratories Division of the American Cyanamid company in appreciation of the work being done by county agents througout the state and nation. A luncheon at the Sir Walter hotel will highlight the day's events. A program showing recognition of the progress in agriculture at tributed to the educational pro gram carried out by county agents will occupy part of the day. A suitably inscribed placque will be presented to a county agent rep resenting all county agents in the state. Gov. Scott will make the presentation. The placque it being given to commemorate the work done by county agents. Williams is chairman of the east ern division of the county agent's association. Officials Unnamed , For Beanfort Court No official! for the Beaufort recorder's court have yet been selected, according to Beaufort town commissioner James D. Rumley. The new court, to be set up under a resolution passed by Beaufort town commissioners at their last meeting, is scheduled to convene on Oct. 23. The court is expected to be held on the second floor of the Beaufort town hall. Gaskill Speaks y To Rotary Club Albert Gaskill, member of the Morehead City Rotary club, spoke to the club Thursday night on vo cational service. He reviewed the lack of proper guidance in high schools and colleges today and gave his own experiences as a guidance counsellor at the University of North Carolina. Six Rotarians were called on and i told, extemporaneously, of how i they drifted into their respective j I professions. There was a differ- j I ence of opinion on aptitude tests j given to students in an effort to determine what profession they should seek. Most of the members who spoke said that a boy should know what profession he wants to take up be fore entering college. They think he shouldn't go to college just for the sake of going to college. Gaskill and a group of Rotarians are planning to confer with G. T. Windell, principal of the Morehead City school, and to invite the senior boys to meet with them. They will discuss various business with the boys and answer all the questions the boys might wish to ask. This will probably be done in February. Visiting Rotarians were William Mason of Oriental and Doud Hen derson, Lonnie Howard and Henry Edwards, Newport. Lions Club Sale j To Begin Oct. 30 Ethan Davis, chairman of the broom sale sponsored by the More head City Lions club each year, an nounced Thursday night that the broom company had been heard from and the sale would start Oct. 30. A committee was appointed to work on salesmanship for the sale. The club discussed having a countywidc field day near the end of the school year. It would be held at Morehead City. Victor Wicltizer was appointed chairmail of a committee to investigate the possibilities of this project. A new member. Allen G. Colen da, was admitted to the club. They were served dinner by the Women's club of the First Christian church, who will continue to serve them each week. With the Armed Forces Gold Stars Awarded Morehead City Marines Two Morehead City marines have been awarded Gold Start in lieu of Air Medals for aucceaaful completion of 20 combat missions over Communist-held North Korea. Marine Major Kenneth B. Nel son, 29. received the Gold Star in place of his eighth Air Medal, lkfaj. Nelson is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Floyd C. Nelson, 3400 Evans at, Morehead City. A jet pilot, Maj. Nelson was awarded the Gold Star while serving with the 1st Marine Aircraft Wing's "Pantherjets" fighter-bomber squadron of Marine air group 33. His wife, Dorothy, and two chil dren, live in Morehead City. The second marine to win the Gold Star is Marine Capt. Harry 0. Taylor, 31. He received the Gold Star in lieu of his second Air Medal. Capt. Taylor, alao a jet pilot, received the award while serving with the 1st Marine Air craft Wing's "Able Eagles" jet fighter-bomber squadron of marine air group 33. , His wife, Fajre, and two children live at 300 Virfinia ave? Mansfield Park, Morehead City. Pfc William Miller, it. 1, More head City, recently participated la a large-scale NATO field maneuver in southern Germany. He has now returned to his station at Galin gen, Germany. More than 90,000 American and French soldiers took part in the operation designed to teach tactical co-operation between units from different countries in the North At lantic Treaty Organization army. Miller, an assistant litter ser geant in the 109th Infantry Regi ment of the 28th Infantry Division, entered the army in April, 1951, and arrived in Europe last June. Pfc Ik ie W. Willis, son of Mrs. Addie K. Willi* of Markers Island, is returning to the United States after a tour of duty with the 43rd Infantry division in Germany. Private First Class Willis has been serving as an ammunition bearer with Company C of the 172nd Infantry regiment. Before entering the Army in October 1950. Willis was employed as a mechanic at the Marine corps air itatlon, Cherry Point. John Haynes, jr., AEAN, has had his orders changed and will be transferred to Naval Aviation Cadet Training school at Penaacola. Fla., intfad of leaving for North Africa. Jones Sells ' Gas Interests Carteret Gas Company To Continue Operation . Of Pyroiax Business The gas and appliance interest of the Clyde Jones Gas company Morehead City, has ben sold to a newly organized corporation, the Carteret Gas company. The Clyde Jones Gas Co., owned and operated by Clyde Jones for the past 13 years, will retain all property and interests in sheet metal, roofing,, heating and insu lating business in Morehead City. That business will continue to be operated under the name of the Clyde Jones company, Inc., until such time as that corporation is dissolved, according to Jones. The Carteret Gas company will be headed by E. L. Awtrey as president of the group. He has had some 19 years experience in this field. Prior to the war he owned his own gas company and for the past seven years has been district manager of the Rulane Gas Co. in Wilson. The company will operate under the name of the Carteret Gas com pany and the phone number will remain the same. Mr. Awtrey reports that all em ployees nOw working with the or ganization will be retained and there will be no change in the operation of the business. Mr. and Mrs. Awtrey, 103 Noyes Ave., Morehead City, have two children. They are members of the Baptist church and he is a member of the Masonic order. Mr. Jones disposed of his interest in the company on doctor's orders that he cut down his varied busi ness activities. He suffered a heart condition last year and has been disposing of a part of his interests since that time. The company he has operated and which will be continued by the new group, handle* Pyroiax gas, equipment and supplies. Trial Light Set For Newport The Carolina Power and Light company plans to install a new 2,500 lumen lamp for demonstra tion purposes in Newport soon. The lamp is like those which the company proposes to install in Newport. The proposed lights, according to George Stovall, district manager of the company, will involve no major alterations in the present syster . The new lights were sug gested in a 10-year contract sub mited last week to the mayor and town commisisoners for approval. Stovall says the lights would give Newport three times the light it is getting now at little increase in cost. Newport's lights are controlled, Stovall said, by an electric "eye" which automatically turns them on as darkness gathers. Even in mid day, a dark sky resulting from clouds or storm will cause the lights to come on, be said. Stovall says that the new lights, which would replace the 800-lumen lamps now in use by the town, would greatly increase the safety factor for night traffic and for pedestrians. Two Trained / On Vets' Benefits Two representatives of the More head City branch office of the em ployment security commission re cently attended a special meeting in New Bern. Representatives of all offices in the area met to learn procedures for administering un employment benefits to Korean veterans. Mrs. Julia Tenney and JaAies Starling represented the Morehead 1 City office. Other offices represent ed were Kinston, Greenville, Wash ington, Jacksonville and New Bern. ! The all-day training session was conducted by T. D. Adams of the Raleigh office of the commission. | P. B. Pollock, area supervisor, also attended the meeting. Unemployment compensation benefits for Korean veterans will go into effect tomorrow. To he eligible veterans must have served at least 90 days since June 27, 1990. Womai Injured Mrs. Elliott Pigford, 3303 Evant St., Morehead City, suffered a broken arm Saturday when she slipped and fell on a newly-waxed floor. ^ ( Long-Time Friend of Sick Dies In Hospital She Helped Build Miss Edith II roadway, who was first superintendent of nurses at the Moreheari City hospital, died Saturday in the hospital she helped to build. Miss Broadway had been ill for some time. She was buried yesterday in Bay View cemetery. Miss Edith Broadway, who was I the first superintendent of nurses j at Morehead City hospital, died ' Saturday afternoon after a long ill- j ness in the hospital she helped found so many years ago. Miss Broadway, daughter of the late Betty Wilson and Jesse B. Broadway, was born in Craven county in 1877. The family later moved to Ayden and Miss Broad way received her nurse's training at Parrott Memorial hospital, Kin st /; . " she came to Morehead < ity in 1911 and assisted Dr. B. F. Royal ;?nd other civic-minded citizens in starting the Morehead City hos pital, which was then a hospital of 11 beds, situated on one side of the second floor of the Paragon build ing. Miss Broadway was superin tendent of the hospital and also su perintendent of the nurses' training school which, for a time, was a part of the hospital. She remained su Beaufort Players Lose Valuables J Several' members of the Beau fort football team lost money and other possessions Friday night when thieves broke into the Beau fort gymnasium and rifled the players' pockets. The team dressed in the gym be fore going to Morehcad City to meet their arch-rivals in the Mullet Bucket game. They left their val uables in their clothes on hooks in the gymnasium. The thief or thieves apparently broke in through a window. Prin cipal Bruce Tarkington reports that a screen was broken and a pane of glass removed from the window. B. G. O'Neal, Beaufort, reported that he lost a wedding ring vtlued at $10. Johnny Olund, North Har lowe. lost a wrist watch valued at $50. about $5 in cash and the keys of his car. The robbery was discovered when the team returned to the gym at about 10 p.m. CapL Maxwell Wade of the Beaufort police was sum moned to the scene. He and Chief Carlton Garner are continuing their investigation of the theft. Moderate Temperatures Recorded Here Recently Highest temperature recorded here since last Thursday was 70 de grees. That was on Oct. 10. Carteret countians will have no trouble believing that 1.49 inches of rain fell here last Wednesday and Thursday in a 24-hour period. Max Mln. Thursday, Oct. 9 67 62 Friday, Oct. 10 70 65 Saturday, Oct. 11 69 57 Sunday, Oct. 12 69 S7 Dr. Ennett Will Attend Rural Health Conference Dr. N. Thos Ennett, Carteret county health officer, will attend the North Carolina Rural Health conference to be held at the Sir Walter hotel in Raleigh on Oct. 15. I Dr. Ennett, who is a member of this conference, will attend as an official representative o I the Car Iteret county medical society. perintendent of the hospital until Jan., 1936, when she retired from active work because of a heart condition. During that time Miss Broadway had helped plan the enlarging of the hospital, when the hospital moved from one side of the Para gon building, to the entire second floor. She also was instrumental in planning the building of the hospital in its present location. On Sunday, Oct. 26, 1947, an oil {W/itin* pf Mtea Broadway, by t^tnaui i.ewis of Morahead City, was given to the hospital by the Carteret County Nurses' associa tion. Miss Broadway was an honorary member of the American Nurses association, and a member of the Baptist church. Funeral services were held at 3 o'clock yesterdff in the Baptist church, with the Bev. Dr. John H. Bunn, the Rev. R. T. Willis, jr., and the Rev. Leon Couch officiat ing. Burial was in Bay View cemetery. Members of the Carteret County Nurses association attended the funeral in a body, and the deacons of the church were honorary pall bearers. Surviving Miss Broadway are two brothers. Z. B., Fort Barnwell, Oscar of Bridgeton, one sister, Mrs. John Blalock, Farmville, and one half-sister, Mrs. Mary Watson, Dover. Miss Broadway had made her home >ince 1938 with Mr. artd Mrs. Kenneth Canfield at 1900 Shepard ftreet. Little Symphony y Begins Canvass A preliminary canvass of busi ness groups in Morehead City and Beaufort will be started this week by a worker for the Little Sym phony organization. The canvass of businessmen will be made by Mrs. Hilda Parker, Beaufort. The organized drive for funds for the Little Symphony will not start until Nov. 3. This preliminary can vass is to relieve the burden on workers when the actual drive opens. The goal for this year is $120tl, and is higher than in previous years. The additional money the group hopes to raise this year is for the purpose of sponsoring two children's concerts instead of one as has been done in previous years. If the Little Symphony group is able to raise the $1200 goal this year, they plan to hold a separate concert for Beaufort children and for Morehead City children. Pre viously, aot all children have been able tdriCtend the concert because of limiqp seating apace. It is hoped that by holding two concerts this year, all children can ba ac commodated. Announces Meetings Miss Martha Barnett. home agent, has announced the follow ing home demonstration meetings for thia week: Camp Glenn meets tomorrow at ? p.m. with Mrs. Emily Guthrie; Crab Point meets Thurs day at 2 p.m. with Mrs. H. H. Scott; Gloucester meets Friday at 2 p.m. with Mrs. Editb Pigott. Carteret county voters are undecided about their choice for a presidential candidate in the coming general election. At least that's the indication shown by a telephone poll taken by the NEWS-TIMES last week. The poll shows also that normally Democratic voters are thinking of changing their vote. ' Of the voters already decided about their choice, indi canons are mai tLisennower ann* Stevenson will split the vote in Carteret county. NEWS -TIMES staffers made* some three hundred phone calls during Thursday, Friday and Sat urday last week in an effort to de termine how this county can be ex pected to vote in the November election. The three hundred per sons polled represents 1.3 per cent of the total population in Carteret county. Of the three hundred persons polled, 33.66 per cent indicated that they are still "undecided." Stevenson got the nod from 25.66 per cent of the total polled, and Eisenhower was right behind with 23 per cent of the total polled. Some 17.66 per cent of the persons polled indicated that they would not vote. County Covered in Poll Towns included in the survey were Beaufort, Morehead City. At lantic (which includes Stacy .md Sea Level because their phone num bers are listed through the Atlan tic exchange), Marshallberi!. (in cluding Williston, Smyrna, Glouces ter, Davis, Otway, because their numbers are listed through the Marshallberg exchange), and New port. Of the three hundred phone calls made, 115 were made to Morehead City residents, 75 were made to i Beaufort, 50 to Newport, 30 to Marshallberg, and 30 to Atlantic, i The breakdown of figures shows that in Morehead City, 29.5 per cent of the voters are still unde- i cided, 25.2 per cent arc planning to vote for Eisenhower, 23.4 per cent plan to vote for Stevenson, and 21.7 ' per cent said they would not vote In Beaufort. 38.67 per cent said ' they were undecided, 32 por cent said they would vote for Eisen , howcr, 17.33 per cent indicated they would cast their ballots for Stevenson, and 21.7 per cent said they would not vote. Newport th? largest num-l ber nf t r* voters and also the largest number of Stevenson follower*. Thirty-six per cent of ! the total polled in Newport said they were undecided, 38 per cent 1 indicated Stevenson would be their ! choice, 10 per cent gave their votes to Eisenhower, and 16 per cent said they would not vote. Atlantic gave a heavy percentage . to Stevenson with 46.6 per cent in- i dicating he would get their vote, i Thirty per cent said they were un decided. Only 3.3 per cent of those , polled indicated that they favored | Eisenhower and 20 per cent said they would not vote. j Marshallberg Wants Ike 1 Eisenhower was way out in front 1 in the voting in Marshallberg. with ' 33 per cent of those polled indi cating he was their choice Thirty- ' six per cent of the voters polled there indicated that they were still , undecided, 17 per cent said they would not go to the polls, and Stev enson supporters counted up to 13 ' per cent of those contacted in Mar shallberg and surrounding areas. The survey made by the NEWS TIMES was entirely by telephone. ' The number of phone calls to be made was set arbitrarily at three , hundred. A cross-section of Car- ? teret county voters was made by contacting voters in each area of , the county. This was done by set- , ting the number of phone calls in i each town according to population. Phone numbers to be secured were selected by counting the number of names in each town listed in the ' telephone directory. The number 1 of names in each town to be called was then divided by the total num ber of names in the directory. Each ' number was then marked when it came up on the statistical chart. In Morehead City, every 13th name in the phone book was called. Every 10th name in Beaufort was called. In Newport, every second name was called. Every fifth name was called in the Atlantic and Mar shallberg directory. Some five to six hundred phone calls were made before the three hundred could be completed. Each time a phone call was Reported in complete, the number just above or below it was dialed. If that num See POLL, Page S Tide Table TMm at Beaufort Bar HIGH LOW Tuesday, Oct. 14 4:48 l.m. 11:03 a.m. 9:02 p.m. 11:28 p.m. Wadneaday, Oct. 15 5:35 a.m. 11:51 a.m. 5:48 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 16 6:1? a.m. 12:07 a.m. 0:28 p.m. 12:34 p.m. Friday, Oct 17 1:94 a.m. 12.-44 a.m. 7:07 pjB. 1:19 pan. County Road j Work Reviewed Current Administration Releases Full Report On Highway Progress Carteret county has had 77.4 miles of secondary bond roads paved since Jan., 1949, according to state highway commissioner Guy Hargett, Kichlands. Hargett reported today that 51 new bridges have been built in Carteret county since the 1949 date, 39 new culverts constructed, 1.72 miles paved on roads other than bond roads, 19.6 miles of roads stabilized, and 20.11 miles of primary highways widened and resurfaced. No secondary road paving is scheduled for this county between Sept. 30 and next Jan. 1. The report came in a review of the state's highway progress from the beginning of the current ad ministration in Jan., 1949, to Sept. 30, 1952. Commissioner Hargett re ported that a total of $26,398,801.67 had been spent in that period in the construction of roads and bridges in the second division. The figure does not include millions spent on maintenance. Counties besides Carteret includ ed in the second division are Beau fort, Hyde, Tyrrell, Washington, Craven, Jones, Onslow, Pamlico, Greene, Lenoir and Pitt. Former Resident j Dies in Crash sst Grotge W. Veach, USMC, was killed recently in a plane r ash in New Orleans, La. Sergeant Veach and his family lived at 1813 Bridges street, ' Morehead City, while he was stationed at Cherry Point. Veach and his wife moved to Morehead City six years ago. They lived here until Veach was trans ferred to Quantico. The family re turned to Morehead City about three years ago. Veach's wife and two children remained in Morehead City while he served in Korea from January 1951 to May 1952. After Veach re turned from overseas, he was trans ferred to New Orleans. He is survived by his wife and their two children, Alicia, 7, and Wally, 5. Funeral services were held at his wife's home in Louisiana. Funds Run Out At Fort Macon Lack of funds has ended the work at Fort Macon state park, rhe money ran out with the con duction as yet uncompleted. The workmen have left the park and will not return to work until the legislature appropriates more money. The bath house is hot yet com pleted, and the picnic shelter is 95 per cent finished. The work was originally scheduled to be finished in time for the past summer sea son. A shortage of materials and labor held up the work. The funds for the park were originally appropriated in 1949. Since that time, the cost of labor and materials has risen to such an extent that the appropriation could not cover the proposed construc tion. The only men left at the park are Douglas Starr, park superin tendent; Bryan Loftin, park ranger; and Milton Perry, curator of the Fort Macon museum. Three Lose Licenses After Court Convictions Three residents of Carteret coun ty have lost their licenses to op erate motor vehicles, according to a report from the department of motor vehicles. Mellea C. Metcalf, Beaufort, lost his operator's license after a drunken driving conviction in Morehead City recorder's court. Lloyd Murry Piner of Williston lost his license after he was con- \ victed of drunken driving in Orange county. Texas. Moaes Tcel also lost his license for drunken driving. He was con victed ln?arteret county recorder's court it was Teel's second offaaee.