NEWS-TIMES OFFICE 804 ArmMI St. Morakuil City Phone 6-4178 CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES 10c FULL PAGE COMICS |?lat YEAR, NO. 97. TWO SECTIONS TEN PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1952 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS J W iley Taylor Appointed Solicitor of County Court V - , lLocal Ministers Express ? (Disapproval of Bible Burning , Ministers of several Protestant ^nominations in Beaufort and Morehead City have joined pastors id other parts of the state in their disapproval of the action of the Rev. Martin Luther Hux of Rocky Mount. Mr. Hux, a Baptist minister, has ^denounced the new Revised Stand Wd Version of the Bible. He burn a copy of the new Bible at Sun y night services in his church. Mr. Hux bases his objection to DoctorGiddens Dies Monday Dr. James Francis Giddens. 75, Morehead City optometrist, died Monday morning at Morehead City hospital after several month! of Bailing health. He had been ad nitted to the hospital on Friday. Dr. Giddens was born in Golds >oro, the son of the late Louis D. and Margaret Ireland Giddens, and moved to Morehead City in 1909. In 1910 he married Mrs. Lillian Fulford Leary, who died Jan. 24, 1952. Surviving are two daughters. Hiss Lillian Frances Giddens, Mrs. ,>ohn Lashley, both of Morehead City, and two sisters, Mrs. Marvin Smoot of Goldsboro and Mrs. Wil liam Farrior of Fayettevilie. Dr. Giddens had attended Trin ity college, now Duke university. He was a life member of the Elks and a member of the First Meth odist church of Morehead City. Funeral services will be held at 12 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at the First Methodist church, More head City, with the Rev. Leon Couch and the Rev. R. T. Willis, jr.. officiating. Burial will be in Bay View cemetery. 500 Attend {Inion Service J " Approximately 900 persons at tended the union church service iSunday night at the Morehead City nigh school auditorium. The serv ice was the first sponsored jointly by the ministerial association and the Morehead City Jaycees. " The Rev. Charles E. Parker of INew Bern was the guest preacher at the service. He commended the Jaycees {or the., work in sponsor ing the service. The combined junior choirs of 'the town's churches furnished the music under the direction of Ralph "Wade. An organ interlude by Mrs. Phil lips was cancelled when it was dis OJvercd that' an organ was unavail able. Dr. Eugene Roelofs played the piano in place of the organ music. Jasper Bell, chairman of the re ligious activities committee of the nior Chamber of Commerce, has pressed the committee's thanks I to all who helped to make the ?ervice a success. 1 Labor Inierviewer Attends Training Cawsa in Hakifl Frank L. Nance, farm placement Interviewer at the Morehead City office of the employment security commission, is in Raleigh for an induction training session which began yesterday and will end Fri day. The course is designed to provide training for new interviewers with the commission. It is being con ducted by Irm? C. Johnson, super I , visor of evaluation and training, k and T. D. Adams, evaluation and k training specialist. I " The course is given to the new (titerviewen after they have been ^ith the commission for a short time. Nance has been employed by the employment security com mission since last spring. ' Gilltilc bp Law Salary Kaaps Pad Jab DnfilM Low salary has been given M the reason why the State Ports author ity is unable to hire a traffic man ager for the Morehead City and Wilmington ports. Col. George W. Gillette, porta Executive director, says the 16,900 I Mate salary is insufficient. He reports that good traffic men ri othar ports draw a minimum o ( 10,000 a year. f\ Several men have been inter Tiewed for the job but the appli cants. according to Gillette, have ?ejected it for one reason . . , |alary. The traffic manager would have tharge of all traffic problems at the two porta. the new Bible on a single word in' the Book of Isaiah. In the new ver sion, the word is translated as "young woman." In the King James version, it was translated aa "vir gin." According to Mr. Hux, this change in translation repudiates the concept of virgin birth, a con cept which is fundamental in most Christian churches. Furor over Nothing Local ministers, in general, be lieve that Mr. Hux is creating a furor over nothing. The consen sus among them is that the new Bible, based on years of research, is a much more accurate transla tion than any previous version. The strongest denunciation of the Rocky Mount pastor's action came from the Rev. C. R. Berry of the First Christian church of Morehead City. Mr. Berry said, "It's a bunch of fanaticism. There should be some law against burning a Bible. The objection U ground less anyway. The revised New Testament, which has been in use since 1948, refers to the concept of virgin birth. I'm using the new Bible all the time." The Rev. Priestley Conyers, III, pastor of Webb Memorial Pres byterian church, Morehead City, believes that the only real issue is the accuracy of the new Bible. Mr. Conyers said, "The main is sue here centers around the ques tion of what is the word of God. Mr. Hux is defending the King James See BIBLE, Page 2 State Students j Get Reprimands Two Carteret county students at State college have been reprimand ed for their action while .serving as delegates to the state student legis lature. Giles Willis of Gloucester and Donald E. Dark, together with Howard A. Wells of Winston Salem, engineered a bill aimed at removing John W. and David Clark from the board of trustees of the Consolidated University of North Carolina. The college's campus govern ment council said that the trio had acted irresponsibly and embarrass ed the college, its students and its administration. The Clarks are leaders in the state's textile industry and have been the center of many storms in volving university policy. When word of the impending bill was printed in the campus news paper. college officials let it be known they opposed the bill. The State college delegation to the stu dent assembly then adopted a sub stitute measure that made no men tion of the Clarks. The bill was passed by the stu dent legislature. It would put a limitation on the length of time a trustee could serve, plus an age limit. The bills passed by the stu dent legislature have no force ex cept i as an expression of student opinion. Republicans Plan Bally Republicans will hold * rally at More head City town hall at 7:30 p.m. Friday night under sponsorship of the Republican executive committee. "Plana are to be made and is sues met before January 1, 1953," according to the announcement. The public as well as all Re publican* are invited to attend. J CP&L Officials Meet at Beach " Meeting this week at the Ocean King hotel. Atlantic Beach, is the supervisors' conference leadership training program for supervisors of the Carolina Power and Light com- j pany. This program, which began , Sunday, will continue through Fri day. Supervisors are here from North ; and South Carolina. A similar, meet- j ing was held two months ago. The 1 twelve attending the meeting are 1 T. A. Albright, Raleigh, northern division personnel representative; E. P. Bazemore, Rockingham, dis trie manager; B. W. Blake, Wilm ington, meter supervisor. L. W. Brown, Florence, S. C.t southern division chief clerk; J. L. Duke, Canton, western division chief dispatcher; H. F. Gill, Ra leigh, northern division appliance service supervisor; W. F. Harper, Southern Pines, central, division distribution engineer; F. C. Len non, Goldsboro, assistant district manager of Goldsboro. H. N. McGeachy, Wilmington, eastern division personnel repre sentative; H. I. Seeley, Raleigh, chief accountant; J, A. Nelson, Ra leigh, safety training director; P. C. Holladay, Florence, S. C., southern division personnel director. James Named Local Chairman A. H. James, jr., Beaufort, who with his father-in-law operates the Blake and James Furniture CO., Morehead City, has been appointed district chairman for the Morehead City chapter of the National federa tion of independent business. This appointment was announced Saturday by LaVern Baker, district manager. He stated that this group has the largest individual member ship of any business organization in the United States and operates non-profitably. James will be in charge of col lecting ballots on the personal opinion of business men on five government questions. The original ballots will be mailed directly to Congressman Graham A. Barden in Washington. D. C. Copies of the ballots will be sent to the national federation of independent business. Negro Arrested for Theft From Menhaden Boat j Ervin H. Byrd, colored, was ar rested Saturday by Chief Carleton Garner of the Beaufort police on a charge of steeling clothing from the menhaden boat on which he was formerly a crew member. He waa also charged with receiving advance payment for work which be did not perform. The warrant for his arrest waa J worn out by Fairlie Styron, cap tain of the boat John W. Quinn. Styron said that when Byrd left the boat he took with him water proof clothing valued at $22. The clothing ia the property of the Quinn Menhaden Fisheries, owners at the boat. Styron also said that Byrd had received advance payment for work which he never did. The payment in money and goods, amounted to fl9. Byrd was releaaed on his own recognisance. He will be tried this ifternoon in Beaufort recorder's court. Beaufort police made 11 other ?rrests over the weekend, all of them for public drunkenness. The men will appear today in recorder's court One man. Eddie Daniel*, colored, was arrested on drunkenness sharges twice within seven hours Saturday. After each arrest he pit up a $29 bond. Daniel* waa arrested for the first J me on Front street at S p.m. He va* releaaed on bond at 1 p.m. At 10 pjb., the police received a call ibout a disturbance en Queen street. Whan they arrived they found Daniels drunk again. Herbert Christopher, colored, was arrested for public drunken ness. He was released on (25 bond. Edison Elliott, also colored, was arrested on similar charges and was also released on $25 bond. Three'-tnen were still in jail awaiting trial when they were un able to raise maney for bonds. Cleiie Magee and Isaac Brooks were charged with public drunken ness. Their bonds were set at $25. Buck Slade was charged with drunkenness and fighting on the atreet. His bond is $35. All three are colored. Emilet Baptiate, Leroy Butler and Ben Deslie, all colored, were released on $25 bond after their arrests on public drunkenness charges. John Ellison, colored, was re leased on $35 bond. He was charged with being drunk Indecently on the street Asher to Speak This Saturday j At REA Meeting John W. Asher, jr., will be the principal speaker at the annual membership meeting of the Car teret-Craven Electric Membership corporation next Saturday after noon. He will speak at the afternoon session of the meeting, and offi cials of the group will make their reports before new directors arc elected. The morning session, be John W. Aiher, Jr. ginning at 10:30 a.m., will feature a discussion of a rural telephone co-operative to meet the needs of those in Carteret and Craven coun ties unable to secure telephone service. Asher is an official of the Rural Electrification administration and serves as director fpr the northeast area covering 17 states. He will speak on the progress electricity has made possible in farm life in the local communities. Asher will be introduced by Gwyn Price, Raleigh, state REA chairman. W. C. Carltort, manager of thr local rural electric co-operative, said today that the largest number of members ever to attend an an nual meeting is expected. The ; Morehead City high school facili ties are to be used for the meeting. An electric appliance exhibit will be held at the school gymnasium. A barbecue lunch will be served at 12 o'clock to all members and guests. Some 40 door prizes, consisting of electrical appliances, will be given to members Attending the meeting. Maoson Rites j Held Yesterday Miss Etta E. Manson, 85, died Saturday at a hospital near Raleigh after a long illness. Funeral services were held at 3:30 yesterday afternoon at St. Paul's Episcopal church, with the Rev. J. P. Dees, rector of the church, officiating. Burial was in the church cemetery. Miss Manson, with her sister, Emma, who died several years ago, had operated their home, which was known as the Manson house, as a successful boarding house until 13 years ago, when their health forced them t? close their home. Until then, their house was famous throughout the state, and tourists from all over the state would come to Beaufort to spend a part of the summer, and to stay at the Manson house. Her only survivors are three cousins. Miss Lillian Duncan. Miss Mattie Duncan and Judge J. F. Duncan. Home Afwd Anawm Hal) Meeting Sckedvle Five home demonstration club meetings are scheduled this week, according to Miss Martha Barnett, home agent. She announced yester day that the Wildwood club will meet today at 2 p.m. with Mrs. Ros lyn Ketner. Russells Creek tomor row at 7:30 p.m. with Mrs. A. H. Tallman. The Core Creek-Harlowe club, Thursday at 1:30 p.m. with Mrr Ray Dickinson; Camp Glenn. Fri day at 2 p.m. with Mrs. Cicero Guthrie; Bettie, Friday at 7:90 p. m. with Mrs. Gardner Gillikin. Chief Eiprrue* Thanks Police Chief W. Carlton Garner of Beaufort has expressed his thanks to members of his depart ment and to Chief E. 1. Willis and the other members of the More bead City police department for their kindness at the time of Ml father's death. Marine Held on Four Charges After \75 -Mile -per-Hour Chase A wild rkie ending in a wreck on< the Atlantic Beach road Saturday night brought four charges against a Cherry Point marine. The marine, James Melvin Mul hern, was charged with drunken driving, careless and reckless driv ing, driving without a license and speeding in excess of 75 miles per hour in a 20-mile zone. Mulhern was arrested by High way Patrolman J. W. Sykes after his car hit a light pole when he failed to make a curve on the beach road. The marine was unhurt, but a companion. W. A. Jarrett, suf fered lacerations of the forehead and chin. The third man in the car, W. H. Milam, was also unin jured. The wild chase began near the Curve Inn on U.S. 70 west of More head City. Sykes and Patrolman W. J. Smith, jr., were patroling the road when they saw the speeding convertible driven by Mulhern. The two officers started to pursue the car, but heavy traffic kept them from catching it. Sykes said that he was driving at 75 miles per hour as the two cars crossed the beach bridge and the convertible was drawing away from him. Sykes slowed down when he saw that his quarry was not going to make the curve. Mulhern struck the light pole, knocked it down and disrupted all electric service to Morehead City and Atlantic Beach. The lights in Morehead City were out from 7:45 to about 8 p.m. Service to Atlan tic Beach was not restored until later in the night. Damage to Carolina Power and Light's proper ty was estimated at $400. Mulhern was taken to the More head City jail where he was held under $300 bond. -He was released on bond Sunday night. He will ap pear Monday in Morehead City re corder's court. Beaufort Pastor 1 Resigns Post - The Rev. Winfrey Davis, pastor of the First Baptist church of Beaufort, submitted his resignation to the congregation Sunday morn ing, and it was accepted at a con ference meeting of the church Sun day evening. The resignation will become effective Dec. 31. Mr. Davis has been suffering ill health for the past two months and is now on sick leave from the church. He said In his letter that The Rev. W. W. Davis he would not be able to return to an active pastorate for another four months, at least. At present he and Mrs. Davis are staying with their daughter and son-in-law. the Rev. and Mrs. Elwood Orr of Dal ton, Ga. During the meeting at the church Sunday evening, a pulpit commit tee waa appointed to select a new minuter. They are Carlton Rose, chairman, U. E. Swann, 1. F. Long est, Mrs. Gerald Hill and Mrs. E. L. Davis. The building committee of the church, was authorized Sunday night to let a contract for building Sunday school rooms in the rear of the new' auditorium, and to con nect the old building with the new one. Tide Table Tldaa at Beaufort Bar HIGH LOW | Tuesday, Dec. 2 8:33 a.m. ? 2:10 a.m. I 8:46 p.m. 3:05 p.m. Wednesday, Dee. I 0:14 a.m. 2:54 a.m. I ?JO p.m. 3:47 p.m. | Thursday, Dec. 4 9:55 a.m. 3:37 a.m. 10:13 p.m. 4:38 p.m. Friday, Dec. I 10:35 a.m. 4:30 a.m. I 10:57 p.m. 3:08 pj>L I ^ " Bridge Failure Forces V Long Delour lor Drivers Scores of motorist* were forced to go from Beaufort to Morehead City and Cherry Point by way of route 101 and the Mill Creek road yesterday morning when the Morehead City-Beau fort drawbridge failed to close. The bridge was opened at about 6:40 a.m. and attendants were unable to shut it until al most 8 a.m. A defective switch is believed to have caused the failure of the bridge. Superior Court Term Begins The December civil term of the Carteret county superior court opened yesterday morning with a calendar of 20 cases facing Judge M. C. Harris of Raleigh, the pre siding jurist. Judge Harris will hear 11 divorce actions and will hear motions in two cases. Jury trials have been requested in 13 other civil actions. Divorce cases to be heard are Hicks vs Hicks, Dixon vs Dixon, Burgess vs Burgess, Holland vs Holland, Rice vs Rice, Morris vs Morris, Gillikin vs Gillikin, Becton vs Becton, Fleming vs Fleming, Garner vs Garner, and Dickinson vs Dickinson. The two cases in which mo tions will be heard are Jarman vs Hinson and Taylor vs Kozakiewicz. Cases set for trial arc Gillikin vs Lawrence, Yeomans vs Piner, Lewis vs Downum, Sutton vs Dei bert. Town of Beaufort vs Court ney, Perry vs Hill, Collins vs Tru man, Kelly vs Willis, Machine Sup ply vs Dowdell, McLawhorn vs Chadwick, Raper vs Ballou, Kelton vs Kelton, and Carteret county vs Patrick. Yesterday's session of the More heyd City recorder's court wan ca* i Jltd because of the superior court session. Although superior court is expected to still be in session to day, the county recorder's court will meet. The session will be held in the grand jury room on the first floor of the court house. Ills to Receive Safety Award " Tom Mills of Sound Chevrolet company will receive the "1952 Safety Award" to be presented to the North Carolina Automobile Dealers association in Raleigh to morrow. it has been announced by association President Fred H. Dea ton. of Statesville. The presentation will take place at a special luncheon given by the association in honor of Mills and the other Tar Heel dealers who have loaned new cars free of charge to high schools for use in the driver education program. Governor-elect William B. Um stead will pay tribute to the deal ers receiving the award. Dr. Charles F. Carroll, superintendent of public instruction, will make the presentation on behalf o{ NCADA, the National Automobile Dealers association, and the Inter Industry Highway Safety commit tee. Wiley Taylor, jr., Beaufort attorney, was appointed solicitor of the county recorder's court at yesterday's meet ing of the county commissioners. Taylor, a unanimous choice, will fill the post left vacant by the recent death of M. Leslie Davis. The new solicitor holds a similar post with the Beaufort recorder's court. The commissioners also heard a protest from a delejfa tion of Newport residents who felt< that their town hid been slighted with regard to road paving. They wanted to know why work had not begun on the paving of the Deep Creek road. The road waa to have been paved some time ago. The men said that the road serves some 65 farm families and should be paved. They reported that the residents of the section wanted to know why their road has not been paved when roads have been paved ih the eastern part of the county. The commissioners instructed the clerk to write to the state highway commission for Information about progress of the work on the Deep Creek road. After the Newport delegation had left, J. L. Humphrey, county road superintendent, arrived and reported that work on the Deep Wiley Taylor, Jr. Creek road will begin shortly. He said that the work has been ap proved by the highway commission and the money has been allocated. The commisaloners appropriated >40 to send Coroner Lefiie Springle to a Iwt^day achopi for coroners at Chapel tf f. Tfry also appropri ated $23 to Be donated to the Christmas fund at the Caswell Training school. The commission orderd the clerk tQ write to the utilities commis sion and register the board's op position to the proposed telephone rate increase. The commissioners voted to join forehead City and Beaufort in in stalling and maintaining a police short-wave radio system to be op crated by the Morchead City police department. Building Permits Hit Record Low ' Building permits issued in More head City in November reached the lowest level of any month during the five years in which reports have been published on the num ber of permits issued. The only permit issued by A. B. Roberts, building inspector, during November was to Lillie Styron for alterations to a house on Evans street. The proposed alterations will cost *800. Permits issued during the first eleven months of this year total $241,240. During the same period last year, the permits totalled $423,286. With the Armed Force* Beaufort Navy Officer Returns from Overseas Norfolk. Va. ? After a tour of duty aboard the radar picket aub marine USS Requin in the northern Europe and Mediterranean area*, Lt. Jay K. Beam, USN, husband of Mrs. Jane D. Beam of 110 Orange at.. Beaufort, returned to the United States today for a well earned period of holiday leave and recreation. While in Europe, the ship visited porta in Scotland. England, Spain, Italy. Gibraltar and Malta. The Requin operated with shipa and aircraft of all the member na tions of the North Atlantic Treaty organization. The submarine is specially fitted with many new electronic equip ments and devices in order to per form its duty aa a radar picket. Serving aboard the seaplane ten der USS Kenneth Whiting in the far eaat is Royal D. Golden, aea man, USN. son of Mr. and Mrs. Claude Golden of route 1, Beaufort. After arriving at Japan in March 1852, the Kenneth Whiting be came the Seadrome Control Tender jr. - . i ,j i ? , ? , for Navy patrol planes making daily aerial patrols over Tsushima Straits, the Yellow Sea and the Sea of Japan. Colon Gray Merrill. Rt. 1, Beau fort, has begun 12 weeks of basic training at Lackland air base, San Antonio, Texas. Merrill, the son of Mr. and Mrs. K. A. Merrill, sr., enlisted in the Air Force Nov. 28. He is a former student at Beau fort high school. With the 1st Cavalry Div. in Japan ? Pfc. Orville A. Willis. Sea Level, is returning to the United State* under the Army's ro tation program after 17 months in the far east. Willis spent five of his 17 months overseas duty in Korea with the division's 8th Cavalry regiment. San Die'go. Cal. (FHTNC) ? At tending Metalsmith school here at the U. S. Naval training center is Paul M. Smith, fireman, USN, son of Mr. sad Mn. Lloyd C. Smith of rwto 1, Newport. Santa to Arrive j Here Tomorrow Santa Claus will pay his annual visit to Beaufort tomorrow after noon at 4 o'clock, weather per mitting, arriving on the good ship Mistletoe, manned by members of the Coast Guard. He will land at the government dock where Boy Scouts will pro vide protection for him until he reaches the fire engine on which he will ride down Front street. Also in the parade will be bpth the Beaufort high school band and the Queen Street school band. He will have a present for each child who presents him with a let ter. Santa Claus' visit is annually sponsored by the Beaufort Mer chants association. Tomorrow will also mark the opening of the Christmas season for the merchants of Beaufort. Starting tomorrow, the stores will remain open every Wednesday afternoon until Christmas. On Dec. 17, the stores will begin to remain open until 8:30 p.m. every night. Every Saturday morning from now until Christmas, the merchants will give 20 silver dollars to each of five people. The money will be given away at 11 a.m. on Dec. 6, Dec. 13 and Dec. 20. On Dec. 24, 200 silver dollars will be divided between four people. Tickets may be obtained from participating merchants. Toastmasters v Debate Ike Trip The NCO Toastmasters club at Cherry Point debated President elect Eisenhower's trip to Korea at their Wednesday night meeting. The members discussed the ques tion of whether or not Eisenhower should take General MacArthur to Korea with him. The group also discussed the qualifications and abilities of the men named to cabinet posts by the president-elect. Speakers at the meeting were Maj. H. M. Benscotcr, M/Sgt. H. F. Muth, Capt. E. L. Warren and M/Sgt. L. Rhynard. Major Bens cotcr and Captain Warren were ex change speakers from the Officers Toastmasters club. T/Sgt. G. L. Harrcll was elected secretary-treasurer to replace M/Sgt. L. Rhynard who has been transferred to another duty station. New members accepted into the club were T/Sgt. R. N. BourgholU er and T/Sgt. J. L. Draughn. Tomorrow night's meeting will be devoted to repairing articles donated to the club's drive for toys for underprivileged children. Navy, Marina Officers Maal with Part Manager Navy officers from Norfolk and Marine officers from Camp Le jeune and Cherry Point were in Morehcad City last week to con fer with J. D. Holt, manager of the port terminal. The men discussed preliminary plans for the largest troop move ment in the history of the port. In mid-January, 32 Navy transports will arrive in Morehcad City to load marines bound for maneuvers in the Mediterranean. County Officers Destroy \J Still Near North River Marshall M. Ayscuc, county ABC officer, and Deputy Sheriff M. Chaplin destroyed a still Friday morning in the North River sec tion. The still was unattended when the officers raided it, and no arrests were made. The 50-gallon steam still and 130 gallons of mash were destroyed. The officers believe that the opera tors of the still planned to run off the whiskey over the weekend. Defease Bond Sales Here / Total $49,17150 ia October Sales of Series E and Series H United States defense bonds in Carteret county for the month of October totaled $48,179.30, accord ing to an announcement by Vic tor H. Wickixer. county savings bond chairman. No Series 1 or K bonds were sold in the county dur ing the period. The total figures for North Caroiina'a 100 counties were ai fol lows: Series E and Series H (com bined) 12,884,008.00; Series J bonds $52,386.00; and Series K bond* $269,000.00; totaling $3 .215,40640. [Jhyft^YriA

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