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NEWS-TIMES OFFICE 504 AtmkUU St. Mordmd City Phone 6-4175 CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES Eight P>|u Color Comic* ? ?" ? 41st YEAR, NO. 86. THREE SECTIONS TWENTY PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1952 PTTRUSWi-n TtrvsnAYS ANin FRfnAYS Migrant Labor Employers j Reminded of Health Rules Rape Hearing Is Postponed The case of Winfield Buck was ? Continued Tuesday in county re corder's court. Buck is charged With rape and resisting arrest. He h accused of raping his 12-year-old daughter. A preliminary hearing Oti the charges will be held Tues d?y. Archie Adolphus Irwin pleaded guilty to charges of careless and Hfckless driving causing an acci dent, driving while under the in fluence and speeding. He was fined $i00 and cor!? .'?>r driving under the influen e, S10 and costs for tireless and reckless driving and Costs for speeding. Jack Lynch was fined $25 and #Osts for interfering with an offi cer searching his premises. Lynch j Was found not guilty on a charge of I hiving in his possession two parts of deer legs during a closed sea- 1 ?0n. The state declined to prose cute him for illegal possession of ; three migratory waterfowl during ? closed season. Fined $100 , James R. Vann was found guilty ol drunken driving, careless and feckless, driving and driving with l*u t a license. He was fined $100 I afid costs. James Tyson waived examination t?ti charges of breaking and enter ing and larceny. He was bound | over to the superior court. Bond i , *as set at $500. Johnnie Marshall was found guil ty of assault and was sentenced to aferve one year on the roads. The sentence was suspended on condi tion that he remain on good be havior for three years and pay a fine of $25 and costs within 30 days. See RAPE, Page 2 Students Urge J Grads to Vuie i 'The American history class at J tfie Morehead City high school is Wiping history to be made. Members of that class, taught by rs. John Phillips, are working on project designed to get voters to le polls. According to G. T. Windell. prin cipal, the students looked into the | ?Records of graduates of the past I iwe years- in the Morehead City : IfliooU in order to determine | Vhich of those graduates are now , I When the names are listed, mem bers of the class then call each of j those persons who can be reached , UkI ask that they register to vote | it order to be eligible for partici- 1 pation in the national election next nionth. Some of the graduates are in jfervice and some have moved away knd cannot be reached. However, according to Windell, some 81 $ames have been secured and each Will be called with a reminder to Agister before registration closes | this Saturday. JayceestoSell j Tape to Public cl The Morehead City Jaycees will sell Scotchlite tape to automobile Owners on the streets Saturday it was announced at the club's ?Mon day night meeting. L. G. Dunn asked for volunteers to help with the sale of the tape t> shoppers Saturday morning and Mternoon. Dunn also said that mo torists who do not wish to wait un tfl Saturday may obtain the lumi nous tape at Sound Esso and Wha ley's Texaco station. ' President Walter Morris read a report from Nick Galantis on the United Nations Week observance lb Morehead City. The report said Wat merchants have been asked to display UN posters and flags in leir places of business. There will so be special United Nations reek ceremonies at the football {time tonight Kenneth Wagner, chairman of the football committee, asked all htembers of the club to turn out to night for the last home game of Be season. * Henry S. Gibbs, jr., recently re leased from active duty with the' Army, was welcomed back to the Sub. It Attend Banquet " R. M. Williams, county farm tgent, will attend a banquet of the state association of county farm ;nts tonight Bl Raleigh. The i annual meeting VIA be Saturday morning at the college Y.M.C-A ? A letter to all county farmers who plan to employ migrant la borers (or the fall harvest has been sent from the office of the county health officer. Dr. N. Thos. Ennett. Dr. Ennett reminds farmers that it is generally understood that the better the living conditions, the easier it is to secure an efficient type of laborer; in other words, good laborers go only where liv ing conditions are good. Beaufort School Entered, Rifled The Beaufort Graded school was entered Wednesday night. Awaiting trial on the charge of breaking and entering the school is a colored man giving his name and address as George Green, 816 Davie st., Raleigh. When school custodian Albert Copes went to work Wednesday morning about 5:45 he noticed that the transom near the lunchroom door had been tampered with. He looked through the rooms and found the man who gave his name as Green in the third grade room. Copes held him until offi cials could arrive. School Principal Bruce Tarking ton says that some fruit cake and bologna had been taken from the lunchroont. Green is in the county jail on $300 bond. The case will be heard in the county recorder's court on Tuesday. Arresting officer was Deputy Sheriff Em Chaplain. Cigarette Causes Auto Accident A Morehead City woman was in volved in an accident Monday after noon when she dropped a cigarette as she was driving east on Bridges, street. . . M. s. Josephine Fbyd , iSmK* 4 ? 1213 Sltacklcford ?vc.; told police that when she bent down to Pick up the cigarette she struck the side of a car operated by George Daniel Phillips, 907 Bridges st., Morehead City. Phillips estimated the damage to his car at $100. Damage to Mrs. Smith's car was estimated at $60. Capt. Herbert Griffin and Sgt. Bruce Edwards of the Morehead Citv police department investi ga'jd the accident. New Signals j Are Operating Morehead City's new traffic lights are in operation. The new lights were installed last Friday. The lights have built-in reflec tors designed to keep the sun from shining through the lights. The old lights in Morehead City had often confused motorists because the sun shining through them had made it impossible to tell whether the lights were showing red or green. The new lights are a special boon to the color blind. The red is.always at the top and the green light shows at the bottom. Even the color blind can determine which light is showing because of the position of the colors. The letter, unt from the health department, follows: Carteret county health depart ment sanitation and health regula tions required in connection with migrant laborers: 1. A safe water supply. 2. A safe excreta d iposal, which means at least a sanitary privy or better. These facilities are to be provided separately for each sex. 3. Clean building adequately screened. 4. A safe method of garbage dis posal. This means a metal can of sufficient size and with a fly tight top. and that the contents of the can be properly disposed of. such as burying or placed on some ap proved dump. 5. No migrant-labor headquar ters or housing facility may be oc cupied without first securing a per mit from the Carteret county health department. 6. A health certificate showing that the worker is free of a ve nereal disease or other contagious disease. This certificate can be had free at the health department. The letter is signed by Ennett as Carteret county health officer. FarmBureau - Tq Meet Nov. 5 The annual Farm Bureau meet ing will be held Wednesday, Nov. 5 at 6:30 p.m. in the civic center in Morehead City. I A barbecue supper will be served before the meeting at which the principal speaker will be D. S. Weaver, director of the North Carolina extension service. F*rm Bureau president Robert Laughton urges all members of the Farm Bureau in the county to make a special effort to attend this meeting. The membership quota in this year's Farm Bureau drive has been met, according to R. M. Williams, county agent. He says that the membership quota in this county has been met each year for the last six since the group was organized here. - "loyd Newport,, was chairman of the membership driva this year and he reporta that all aolicitors and workers in the mem bership drive are to be commended for the excellent job they did. Movie Shown For Beaufort Rotary J The Beaufort Rotary club was entertained with a factual movie, "Waves of Green," at a meeting in the Inlet inn Tuesday night The show, presented by Rotarian Bob Williams, demonstrated how sci ence and engineering, working in cooperation with land grant col leges, and the department of agri culture, have brought about a "bet ter way of life" for the American farmer. A section of the movie dealt with the apple industry in the northwest, and the economic hard ships encountered by the fruit growers because their geographic location was such that producers in other apple growing areas flood ed the markets before the north western farmers could market their fruit. It revealed how science came to the aid of these farmers by discovering that the northwest ern area was ideally suited for (he prq^uction of pears. Another phase of the picture See ROTARY, Page 2 Harlowe Mother Gets y Letter from Chaplain Mrs. Winnie C. Johnson of Har lowe received the following letter recently from Chaplain James L. Hayes, USAF. Dear Mrs. Johnson: As the first anniversary of your son's death ap proaches. I am honored to be able to write you concerning bis fine qualities and the deep apprecia tion which the Air Force feels for his faithful service prior to his death. John typified the type of man which we like to have in the Air Force. He did bis job well and was always on time. He was courte ous on or off the job and very at tentive to his duty. His quiet conscientious manner and his consideration for others made him very popular among his fellow airmen. He is remembered by all those who knew him and his commanding officers have spoken to me of his fine qualities and loy alty to the Air Force. You have every reason to be proud of your ton's fine record in the United States Air Fore*. Yoors sincerely, James L. Hayes, Chap lain, (1st Lt) USAF. CpL John C Street, sob of Mrs. CpL Mi Street Jobnaon, wu 18 yean old when he was killed Oct. 24, In ( cannery fire neir Travis Air Force base, Cal., where he wai stationed. Street *a? working in the cannery while off duty. Beaufort Court Deals Swiftly J With Few Cases Beaufort recorder s court opened Thursday morning with a session lasting only a little over one hour. Rufus Fair, colored, pleaded guilty to a charge of drunkenness and using loud and profane lan guage. Judgment was suspended on payment of costs. Richard Hardesty, colored, plead ed guilty to a charge of drunken ness. Judgment was suspended on payment of costs. Henry Turner, colored, paid costs on being found guilty on a charge of drunkenness. Frank C. Henry, colored, charged with malicious prosecution, paid costs. William David Fisher, colored, found guilty of operating an auto mobile without an operator's li cense, paid a $10 fine and costs. A guilty judgment on a charge of failing to stop at a stop sign at the corner of Queen and Pine st., cost William Murray, colored, $5.50 of the costs. A similar charge against Casezell Martin and a guilty verdict cost him $5.50 plus costs. Virgil Wayne Stroud pleaded guilty through attorney Gene Smith to a charge of speeding 50 miles an hour in a 35-mile zone. He paid costs of $21.50. Andrew Norris forfeited a $25 bond when he failed to appear to answer a charge of failing to stop at a stop sign at Pine and Queen st. Four cases were continued until next week. Otto Johnson, charged with allowing his car to be driven without brakes, causing a wreck on the corner of Live Oak and Mul berry st., at a traffic light, failed to appear. Clerk of the court Dan'l Walker was ordered by Judge Earl Mason to issue a capias for Johnson in Ctw/en county. Similar action was taken in the See COURT, Page 2 Symphony Group Corinues Work the preliminary canvass of businessmen in the drive for funds for the Little Symphony continues this week. Businessmen in Morehead City are receiving letters from Miss Elizabeth Lambeth this week ask ing that they take memberships in the Little Symphony. Businessmen will be personally contacted after the letters are received. Mrs. Dick Parker is contacting businessmen in Beaufort. The actual drive for funds will not open until Nov. 3. The goal for this year is $1200. If that amount can be obtained, the group sponsoring the Little Symphony this year plans to present two chil dren's concerts. In the past two concerts have been presented, one for adults and one for children. However, all chil dren wishing to attend have not been able to do so because of limited seating spacc. If the goal is reached this year, two concerto, one in Beaufort and one in More head City, will be presented so that all children can be accomodated. The Little Symphony is made up of a portion of the players of the North Carolina Symphony. This group is made available for con certs in areas which are not able to support performances by the big symphony but which wish to present concerts of high caliber. The Little Symphony drive is being made this year by interested citizens who love good music and who want their children to have the advantage of hearing fine mus ical organizations. Glen Adair, Beaufort, is heading the workers this year. Who's Driving? * Courts to Hear Willie Moore Harkley, colored, will appear in county recorder's court in Beaufor* on Tuesday on a charge of operating a motor ve hicle with another person's license. He was picked up by Patrolman Bill Smith. Harkley will also appear in Beaufort recorder's court on Thursday on a charge of operat ing a motor vehicle with another person's license. He was srrested by Beaufort Police Chief Carlton Garner Thursday morning. Garner, who was with Smith at the time of the first Harkley ar rest, says that Harkley, the first time be was picked up, was using a license issued to another per son. The second time be was ar rested, this time by Garner, he was using still another license. Harkley is In the county jail under $100 bond on the original arrest and under ISO bond for the second arrest . Heavy Registration of Voters, Indicates Interest in Election CP&L Again to Sponsor r Finer Carolina 9 Contest The "Helping to build a Finer Carolina" contest which pitted 148 towns for $8,730 in prize money for community improvement this year will be sponsored by Carolina Power & Light company again next year. In addition to being repeated, the contest will be enlarged to give rural customers of the company a chance to compete for prize money. The decision to enlarge upon the contest and repeat it in 1953 was announced today by E. N. Pope, County Fair Attracts Many v The Carteret county fair is in progress and will continue through Saturday night. White school children attended the fair as guests on Wednesday afternoon and colored school chil dren attended on Thursday after noon. Exhibits at the fair are attract ing a good deal of interest from visitors. All the schools in the county are showing exhibits at the fair. The exhibits are the work of the students in the various schools. Exhibits were judged on Tues day by Miss j^la Pritchard and A. T. Jackson. * Five home demonstration booths were judged. Russell's Crack club took the blue ribbon for a booth showing the improvements at Rus sell's Creek church during the last year. Second place was won by North River with a booth showing hand-made furniture and curtains, dressing table skirt, chair slip cover, dust ruffle for the bed. and lamp shades made from feed sacks. AH the other furnishing in the booth were also homemade. Wire drass club won third prize with a "before and after" scene in landscaping a home. Crab Point took the fourth prise with a booth on "The value of milk in the diet of an average adult." Bettie club booth shows improved methods of hand ironing. Two 4-H booths were entered. Camp Glenn took the blue ribbon with a booth on food preparation projects (a junior 4-H group). The Beaufort 4-H club took the seeond place prize with a booth on "Wild life." Exhibited at the fair also were large numbers of flowers, cookies, cakes, clothing, fancy work, quilts, canned goods, garden produce and other individual entries of goods produced at home. X-Ray Trailer >/ To Visit County A state tuberculosis x-ray trailer will be in Morehead City on Nov. 5, 6, and 7, according to Dr. N. Thos. Ennett, county health officer. Dr. Ennett says that Dr. W. A. Smith, director of the state board of health tuberculosis division, will send the trailer to the county and it will be set up on Arendell st. in front of the City theatre in More head City. Exact hours the trailer will be open will be announced later. As the Morehead City hospital will be used in developing the x ray films, the trailer will be located in Morehead CKy only. All patients referred by a physi cian, all patients having symptoms of tuberculosis, and all persons who are "contacts," that is, living in the home of a tuberculosis patient, are eligible for free x-ray. The health officer urges that all persons eligible for free x-ray visit the trailer clinic on this viMt as there is no assurance as to just when Carteret county can get another trailer clinic. Dr. Ennett says that the fear of x-ray should not keep anyone away from the trailer. The health officer reminds Car teret countians that early diagnosis is the only salvation for tubercu losis. Early discovery, he says, means early recovery. County Ikhth first Taste of Winter Woathor North winds brought the first taste of winter weather to Carteret county this week. Temperatures Tuesday dropped close to the {reel ing point. The cold spell ended yesterday. Max. Mia. Monday. Oct. 20 67 SO Tuesday, Oct *1 S3 *7 Wednesday, Oct 21. 85 43 advertising director for CPfiL and manager of the competition. A special set of prizes, which will be announced before the competi tion begins, will be offered to Caro lina farmers who join in the cam paign for "a Finer Carolina." Basis of judging the farm com petition, Pope said, will be achieve ment in conservation practices. "Progressive farmers will agree." he commented, "that fundamental, lasting contributions to rural wel fare are founded upon our conser vation and wise trusteeship over the natural resources with which we are so richly endowed." While plans were underway for 1953, Pope's office was receiving many last-minute reports of a rush to complete 1952 projects before the Nov. 1 deadline. Although the 148 competing towns will have the month of No vember in which to prepare re ports of their progress, they can take credit in those reports only for community improvements ac complished by Nov. 1. The final reports will be due Dec. 1, after which they will be submitted to a panel of impartial judges for consideration. After the judges have analyzed the re ports, they will visit the outitand ing towns to select "Carolina's Finest" on the basis of specific projects accomplished. It is expected that the judf-s will make their decisions by Jan. 1. Meanwhile, both old towns and new ones which wtah to join the competition will be signed up for prizes to be offered for 1953 "Finer Carolina" projects. For the current competition, there will be a total of 23 cash awards. There will be first prizes of $1,000 each and second prizes of $750 each for three population groups: towns of 1,000 or less, those of 1,001 to 2,500 people and these above 2.500. There also will be two 11,000 prim for 4tye "finest" in each of the Carolina*. There will be 15 prizes of $100 each for honorable mention. "This year's competition has been gratifying," Pope comment ed. "On the basis of advance in quiries, next year's contest will be even greater." Newport Rotary Will Meet Later Newport Rotarians will be meet ing at 7 p.m. from now on. Up to this time, the Newport group has been meeting at 6:30 p.m., but in order to accommodate some of the men who were having difficulty making the earlier hour, the time has been moved up. Six Morehead City Rotarians at tended the Newport meeting Mon day night. They were George Wal lace, George Dill. Jr., Buck Mat thews, Dr. Sam Thompson, Frank Exum. and W. J. Blair. E. F. Carraway reported on the findings of the committee appoint ed to investigate the possibilities of a site on which to move the old lunch room. Carraway told the group that no suitable site has been found. He also Informed the club that state school officials have defi nitely decided that the proposed lo cation of the new school rooms should not be changed as a con siderable delay in construction would result. President C. S. Long presided at the meeting. E. F. Carraway gave the invocation. ? Tomorrow is the last day for registration for voting in the No vember general election. The polling places in the vaiious precincts will be open tomorrow from 9 a.m. to sundown. F. K. Seeley, chairman of the Carteret county board of elections says that some 250 persons register ed in this county last week. He re ports also that the county registra tion list shows about 500 new regis trants more than usual. Seeley says that interest in the coming election continues great and that in some cases people who have not voted for the last two or three elections are showing inter est by inquiring as to their regis tration and many have expressed a resolution to vote this year. The chairman of the elections board also reports that there has been a great demand for absentee ballots. More than 275 absentee ballots have been sent to service men from this county and about half of those have been returned. He believes that fully 90 per cent will come in by election day. Civilian absentee ballots have al ready passed the 100 mark and, ac cording to Seeley, will probably go up to 350 if past experience proves correct. Seeley emphasizes that any veer who is unable to reach the rolls by reason of illness is entitled to an absentee ballot as well as any person who will be out of the coun ty on election day. A large number of voters, he says, often find that because of good weather conditions, they will be fishing and these persons, on proper application, may be issued an absentee ballot. If they are not then absent on election day, the absentee ballot is returned un opened and they are permitted to vote directly as usual. The county elections board Jmir man urges that all unregistered voters take advantage of this last opportunity to register for the gen eral election Nov. 4. Wort PTA ? 1 Carnival to Open The Hallowe'en carnival, which the Beaufort PTA will sponsor next Wednesday evening on the school grounds, will feature food of all kinds, games, contests, and booths with saleable articles. The carnival will start at 5:30 in the afternoon and will be held on the grounds behind the school building. Concession stands will feature bam and potato salad plates, barbe cue, cole slaw, hush puppies and baked bean plates, snowballs, pies, cookies, french fries and sand wiches. ii coffee and doughnut stand, hamburgers, hot dogs and a aoft drink stand, with picnic tables set up near the food concessions. Amusements will include a bas ketball throw, a girl show, a game arcade, penny pitching, a jeep ride, a pony ride, a fish pond, cake walk, house of horror, movies, dart game, a pony cart rid? and fortune tell ing. The school band will give a con cert, a dance will be held in the gym, and an artist will sketch por traits. ? There will be a curio shop, a country store and a clock shop, and balloons, noiae makers and candy will also be sold at booths. Costumes will be judged, with a prize being awarded the winning adult and the winning child cos tumes. Honey raised at the carnival will be used by the PTA for the various needs in the school. Judge Suspends Five Sentences Judge George H. McNeil handed out five suspended sentences Mon day in Morehcad City recorder's court. Most of the sentences were for drunkenness. Ed Pope pleaded guilty to charges of being drunk and disor derly and assaulting his wife. He was sentenced to 30 days on the roads on each charge. The sentences were suspended on condition that he remain on good behavior for six months, re frain from assaulting his wife or anyone else and pay a fine of $25 and costs. Receives 60 Days Harold Bass was sentenced to serve 30 days on the roads for be ing drunk and disorderly. He also received another 30-day term for resisting arrest. The sentences are to run consecutively. Both sentences were suspended on condition that he remain on good behavior for a period of six months and pay the costs of court. The costs are to be consolidated. Karl Chapman was sentenced to serve 30 days on the roads on a charge of careless and reckless driving. The sentence was suspend ed on condition that he remain on good behavior for six months and pay a fine of $25 and costs. Teddy Willis received a 30-day suspended sentence for public drunkenness. His sentence was sus pended on condition that he remain on good behavior for six months and pay $10 and costs. Sentence Suspended Robert G. Shepard was sentenced to 30 days on the roads for public drunkenness. The sentence was suspended on condition that he re main on good behavior for six months and pay the costs of court ( Doris Kspanol was ordered con fined to the county jail where she , wiU serve a 30-day sentence im ipcRd on Sept. 29. The fn- (r tence was invoked when she failed to comply wKh tlte conditions of the suspended sentence. Sidney Curtis Hudspath entered a plea of guilty to a charge of careless and reckless driving. He was fined $25 and costs. Reid Aaron Hyde pleaded guilty to driving without a license and fraudulent use of another's license. He was ordered to pay a fine of $25 and costs. Ralph W. Haley was fined $25 and one half of the costs for driv ing without a license. William Falkner paid one half of the costs for allowing an unlicensed person to operate a motor vehicle. Three Pay Costs Lloyd C. Williams and Dr. El wood Boney each paid costs on charges of failing to stop at a stop sign. Francis R. Marino paid costs for failing to stop at a stop light. William F. Piner paid one half of the costs on a similar charge. Herbert Owen was ordered to pay costs after pleading guilty to a charge of public drunkenness. The warrant was withdrawn in the case ef William Gray, charged with being drunk and disorderly and assaulting his wife. The prose cuting witness paid the costs of court. The state declined to prosecute charges against Mrs. Burgess Wil lis, Bernard Ward. Murray A. Baum, Anthony DaSilva, jr., and Walter H. Oglesby. Cases were continued against Bobby L. Cook, Charles H. Thomas, Lee Shanley, Donald Leroy French, Thurman D. McCain, John Allen Simmons, Jimmy Long and Andrew Jackson Williams. Aid to Dependent Children / Program Benefits Society Ninety-six families in Carteret county received aid to dependent children during September, accord ing to Miss Gcorgie Hughes, county welfare superintendent. Tide Table Tides at Braufart Bar HIGH LOW Friday, Oct. 24 11:44 a.m. 5:20 a.m. 6:28 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 25 12:10 a.m. 8:23 a.m. 12:48 p.m. 7:27 p.m. Sunday, Oct 2* 1:20 a.m. 7:34 a.m. 1:98 p.m. 8:32 p.m. Mraday, Oct. 27 2:33 a.m. 8:51 a.m. 3:08 p.m. 9:19 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 28 3:41 a.m. 10:03 ajn. 4:09 pja. 10:33 pjn. The 86 families represents about 351 persons. Average payment for the month of September was $47.41 per person. Aid to dependent children (ADC) is one of the three program* of public assistance provided by the county department of public wel fare from county, state, and federal funds. The other two are old age assistance and aid to the perma nently and totally disabled. Public assistance is one phaae only but an important phase of public weltare, according to Miss Hughes. Many ?ion-financial services are also giv en by the welfare department in addition to the administration of the three public assistance pro grams. In the 1052-53 public welfare budget of Carteret county, a total of $66,294.00 ia set up for aid to dependent children. Only about one-aeventli ($0,324) ol thli ?mount comes from county Uxes and the remainder ($59,940) from state and federal funds. Aid for dependent children is given for the benefit of needy chil dren "in their homes when they have been deprived of parental support or care by reason of death, continued absence from home, or physical or mental incapacity of one or both parents. Types of family actuations which occasion the need for ADC grants include: needy families where the father is serving a prison term, needy families where the father has deserted the mother and chil dren. -ltuations where the father ia 1L and unable to work to make a living for hia family, and other similar situationa. Upon the return of the father or upon hia recovery from illness, the aid may be con tinued for a very limited time to See AID, rag* X