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NEWS-TIMES OFFICE 504 Ar*nd?ll St. MoraKud City Phone 6-4175 CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES 10c FULL PAGE COMICS 41st YEAR, NO. 99. TWO SECTIONS TWELVE PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1952 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS \Adair Named to Head Beaufort Police Department County- Wide Radio Proposal Accepted by J Morehead City Marine Saved From Jet Death ' A near tragedy engendered by the new jet age in aviation was ?verted at Cherry Point when two quick-thinking marines of the Sec ond Marine Air wing saved a bud dy's life to win recommendation for decorations for their alert ac tions and disregard of personal Mlfety. The almost unbelievable suction force of a huge jet engine was flghlighted by the freak accident nrhich occurred when Marine Cpl Ronald Berg slipped from the nose >f a "Banshee" jet photo plane. The path of his fall was forward from the intake opening of the en flne which was turning over at 98 |Jtr cent of power during a run-up M* the flight line. As Corporal Berg was falling, Ihd before his feet had even reach sd the ground, the power of the iQrushing air grasped him and tucked him headfirst into the in take opening on the leading edge >f the "Banshee" wing towards al tiost certain death. In a second another marine, Cpl. Uymond Fraley, who was stand ng nearby, dived on the body of Serg at the risk of being sucked nto the engine with him. He pasped Berg's shoulder with one ttnd and wrapped his other arm Ifound his legs. The rescuer could Iftither pull Berg from the intake tor withdraw his own arms and the itafening wail of the jet made it laeless to call for help. It was then that another marine, l/Sgt. Robert Sprunck, who was wrking under the plane, com peted the rescue by reaching up mder the engine and jerking the llrottle linkage to idle position, rutting the engine's power- The ilanc captain in the cockpit then ut both engines and Berg, bruised nd> battered and suffering from hock, was rushed to the station in irmary. Had there been even a ew seconds delay in cutting the *wer, it is probable that one or itth of the men in the intake wrnld have been killed. h Fraley of Loyall, Ky., has been ?commended for the Navy-Marine frrps medal for heroism and Ifrunck, Dallas, Texas, has been limed to receive a Letter of Com Herniation for his alertness and ast action by Lt. Col. Luther R. Mebert, commanding officer of motogfaphic squadron-2, the unit Bo which the men are attached. weCountians o Be Drafted 1 'Five Carteret county boys have ten oi*dered to report Thursday Ar induction into the armed 6rces. The boys will be sent to laleigh for processing. 'The five inductees are Freddie . Russell, Marshallberg; I.aurie . Willis, Bettie: Troy R. Hun ngs, Beaufort; Clifton J. Wind 4y, jr., Beaufort; and Carl Lewis, Beaufort. Mrs. Ruby Holland, clerk of he local selective board, has an ounced that there has been no etll on the board for pre-induction physical examinations during the mbnth of December. ? Police Commissioner D. G. BelH has announced that Morehead City has accepted the county's proposal in regard to a county-wide police radio system. The new system, which will be installed within the next 60 days, will provide direct contact between the Morehead City police depart ment, the sheriff's department, the | Onslow and Craven county sheiffs' departments, the New Bern and ! Jacksonville police and the state highway patrol. .The Beaufort po lice depaitment may also join the system. The present Morehead City po lice radio transmitter will be in creased to 60 watts. The sheriff's department, now tied into the Morehead City radio, will switch to a low-frequency radio. Both trans mitters will be in one unit located in the Morehead City police station. The Morehead City police depart ment will provide the 24-hour watch on the radio. Federal law requires that the transmitter be monitored at all times. Since the Morehead City police department must monitor its own set, it will perform the same service for the county. Morehead City will also install a receiver tuned to the frequency used by the highway patrol. A re ceiver tuned to Morehead City's frequency will be installed in the highway patrol office at New Bern. In this way, all law enforcement officers in the county will have radio contact with the patrol. Pre viously, such contact was made through the New Bern police. The cosi of the new transmitter will be split between Morehead City and the county. Morehead City will pay for the increase in the power of its own station. The county will bear the expense of the low-frequency unit. Each will pay its proportionate share of main tenance costs. Police Have Busy Weekend Beaufort police had another busy weekend. They arrested ten per sons on charges of public drunken ness, arrested several for whom capiases had been issued and ar rested one man for acting disorder ly and breaking a window. Rufus Fair, jr., colored, was ar rested Friday by Police Chief Gar ner on a charge of entering a place of business belonging to and op erated by Jack Vann, acting disor derly and breaking a front door glass window (price of window, $3.00) and refusing to leave after being ordered to do so by Vann. Fair is free on $100 bond. He is scheduled to appear in the Beau fort municipal recorder's court to day. Held for Drunkenness Arrested on charges of public drunkenness on Saturday afternoon and Saturday night were: Douglas Swain, colored, Jasper Easter, colored, Sampson Taylor, colored, John Bullard, colored, Harry Blackwell, colored, and Charles Lyons, colored. All are free on $25 bond and will appear in court today. ? Also picked up and charged with public drunkenness were Calvin Robinson, colored, Lee Otis Toot ley, colored, and James Chester field, colored. They are in the county jail pending posting of $25 See POLICE, Pafe 7 With the Armed Forces Cedar Island Army Man\ Stationed in Maryland Pvt. Robert H. Daniels, son of Mrs. Mabel Daniels. Roe. has ar rived at the ordnance replacement training center, Aberdeen Proving i ((round. Md . where he will under go eight weeks of army basic train Following basic training, he will feceive specialized training in an ftrdnancc technical school, either it Aberdeen Proving ground or one of the other army ordnance ] Titrations. With U. S. force* in Austria Cpl. Clifton A. Lynch, son of Mrs. | Martha Lynch, Beaufort, partici pated in the recent "Exercise Frosty," a 10-day Army maneuver hi the Salzkammergut mountain* W Austria. ^ Lynch, who entered the Army in h 1951. is assigned to the 188th ical battalion. He arrived in Uat February. Billy Crawford, USCG, stationed I at Wcstport, Wash., has been made radioman third class. He left here Oct. 18 for Westport. after com pleting his boot training at Cape May, N. J., and his radio training at Bainbridge. Md , at the United States Naval training center. Alice J. Fulcher. 18. daughter of Mrs. P. J. Tillett of Harkers Island, is completing her AF basic airmen indoctrination course at Lackland Air Force b?*e, the "Gateway to the Air Force." Naval aviation cadet John W. Haynes, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Haynes of route 1, Beaufort, ap peared with the Aviation Cadet choir of the "Annapolis of the Air" on Dec. 3, when it performed on Arthur Godfrey's nationally tele viaed show from New York. The cadet's appearance on Ar thur Godfrey's program was tlwir second nationally televised show ot 1862. Police Commissioner j Asks for Cooperation D. G. Bell, Morehead City po lice commissioner, has asked for cooperation frotn motorists dur ing the next two weeks. Bell said that the parking and traffic sit uation in Morehead City will be acute during the Christmas shop ping period. He has asked those who live near the business district to leave their cars at home while shopping. He has also asked those who plan to be in town for any length of time to leave their cars in parking lots. Rate Hearing Opens Today The hearing before the state utilities commission on the pro posed rate increase for the Caro lina Telephone and Telegraph com pany is scheduled to open today in Raleigh. Representatives of the company and protesting customers will ap pear before the commission to argue the case for and against the increase. The company's argument is expected to consume at least two days of the hearing. The protest against the increase has been sparked by the chamber of commerce of the city of Wilson. Petitions drawn up by the group have been signed and presented to the utilities commission by govern mental bodies, business associa tions, civic organizations and indi viduals in the area served by the company. Petitions of protest have been submitted by the Carteret county commissioners, the Morehead City town board, the Beaufort town, board, the Morehead Clly chamber" of commerce, the Beaufort cham ber of commerce and the Morehead City merchants association. Repre sentatives of several of these groups are in Raleigh to add weight to the written protests. The protesting groups have hired a rate expert to study the com pany's need for an increase. The expert's testimony is expected to ! have considerable bearing on whether or not the company gets i its increase. Representing the town of Beau- 1 fort at the hearing will be Mayor L. W.. Hassell, Town Clerk Dan l Walker and Town Attorney Wiley Taylor. Walker and Taylor will also represent the Beaufort cham ber of commerce. President Gerald Hill and Dr. Lewis Woodard will also represent the chamber of com merce. Glenn Adair will represent the Beaufort Rotary club. Board to Hold - Zoning Hearing The Morehead City town board will hold a public hearing in the town hall at 7:30 tomorrow night on the question of rezoning lot five, square SO for business. The rezon ing was requested by James C. Smith of Morehead City. Smith wishes to erect a laun derette on the property, located on Bridges street between 20 and 21st. When he requested the rezoning, Smith presented a letter from the zoning board which recommended that the property be rezoned. Two other lots in the block are already being used for business purpose*. Smith made his request it the Nov. 20 meeting of the board of commissioners. The commissioners ordered that a public hearing be held before passing on the request. Merthead City Bolary j Hears Part Monger J. D. Holt, manager of the More head City port terminal, was the guest' speaker Thursday night at a meeting of the Morehead City Ro tary club. Holt discussed the po tentialities of the port terminal. The port manager told his audi ence that he was pleased with the progress being made by the port. He said that he is now sure that the operation at the port will be successful. Visiting Rotarians at the meet ing were Ed Comer of Newport and Ellis Diakur of Raleigh. Other guests at the meeting were Harold Lurie of Philadelphia, Pa., and Billy Gaskins of Buras, La., and MofebMd City. State Museum Is Discussed In Article by Smyrna Man The December issue of Wildlife in North Carolina, the official pub lication of the North Carolina Wild life Resources commission, Raleigh, carried an article by Harry T. Davis, director of the state mu seum. He is the son of J. J. Davis, Smyrna. The article follows: In connection with our Wildlife Resources Education program, it might be of interest to look back wards to weigh what of this sort might have done in the past. The only consistent efforts in Barbour Farm Sold at Auction The R. R. Barbour 600 acre farm near Wildwood was sold at auction Saturday to J. Wyatt Creech of Snow Hill for $38,500. Other items including most of the grade cattle, about 500 tons of hay, and part of the farm equip ment brought another $12,000 for an approximate sale total of $50, 000. All bids for the Steak House were rejected. This, however, is still for sale, as well as the re mainder of the Wildwood farm equipment, a number of mules, the remainder of the hay and the reg istered Hertford cattle. The sale, conducted by the Rags dale Auction company and the' R B. Butler Auction company drcv a crowd of nearly 1,000. half of which partook of the barbecue din ner. The dinner was open to all. Not for sale were Barbour s 160 acre farm near Morehead City, his private residence and the equip ment for working the farm. Barbour said he was well pleas ed with the sale and complimented the auctioneers. Grocery Stores To Post Ceilings Approximately 15,000 grocery stores in North Carolina and five eastern Tennessee counties, must now post ceiling prices on several hundred dry groceries and related items, Director J. Ray Shute of the Charlotte district office of price stabilization has announced. In extending the order to gro cery stores throughout North Caro lina and in the Tennessee counties to post ceiling prices on the items covered, the OPS has covered the entire Charlotte district. Previous ly only four counties in 'North Carolina ? Mecklenburg, Gaston, Union and Cabarras ? were affect ed by the order. Posters, made up in the OPS of fice are furnished to the stores and must be posted in conspicuous places where they may be read easi ly by customers who may wish to check the lists against the prices marked on the items or the coun ters displaying them. The order 'ap plies to all sizes of stores, it was pointed out by the OPS director. The posters show ceiling prices on the items listed, which are the highest prices that may be charged by the grocers. The actual selling price may be lower, it was empha sized, and in many cases are lower than those listed on the posters. Foods covered include baby foods, butter, cereals, cocoa and chocolate, coffee, cookies, crackers, corn meal, grits and flour mixes, dog and cat food, canned fish, flour, gelatin and pudding mixtures, macaroni and spaghetti products, mayonnaise and salad dressing, canned meats, canned milk, cook ing and salad oils, oleomargarine, peanut butter, shortening, canned and dehydrated soups, syrup, tea, vinegar, and miscellaneous items. Fruits and vegetables, canned, frith, frozen, and dried are not on the list because they have been decontrolled by act of congress, Shute pointed out. " CmI, Rainy Wulkar b County Fan Last W??lt The county had .12 inches of rainfall on Saturday, according to E. Stanley Davis, official weather observer. There was only a trace of rain on Thursday, a little more an Fri day, with a great deal of fog that day. Maximum temperature for the three day period was 00 degrees with the low temperature occurring on the same day. Max. Mia. . Dec. 4 ... 53 42 Dec. 5 53 45 Dec. ? i 80 38 - . *. . ,J2> this direction can be credited to the state museum in Raleigh. The i story behind the museum is that i there was an early realization, per | the ancient Chinese proverb, that J seeing the actual object is more effective than several score de- i scriptions in print. Efforts of our pioneer white set- ! tiers were devoted to the essentials i of food and shelter and at hand re sources were used to this end. Then about 1800 there was the discovery | that natural processes had concen trated gold in the Piedmont. This ! led to a rush and consequent in terest in mineral wealth. By 1821 ' the Board of Agriculture led by employing the first state geologist in this country, Denison Olmstead by name, natural philosophy teach er at the University by profession. He began the museum idea by as- 1 sembling a cabinet of minerals to impress his employers and others. In 1851 the legislature instructed the ruling board to keep a collec tion to illustrate the resources ot the state. In 1877 the commissioner of the new Department of Agriculture was instructed to keep a museum or collection to "illustrate the cul See MUSEUM, Page 7 Morehead GOP J Elects Committee Members of the Republican par ty, at a meeting Friday nicht in the Morehead City town hall, elect ed a permanent committee lo serve in Morehead City's Precinct 1. Those present at the meeting discussed plans for a Lincoln day dinner to raise funds for the par ty's activities in Morehead City. Other plans will be discussed at the next meeting in January. Officers of the new committee j $re Hobert Scripture, chairman. E. C. Guthrie, vice chairman; and Vin cent E. Lawrence, secretary. Ottytrs il* contffilftee are John Kfeiv Edwin l<ewis, Lathan Willis . .id Gilbert Willis. Officials Get J Reply from Scott Mayor George W. Dill of More head City and Joe DuBois, man ager of the Morehead City cham ber of commerce, Friday received replies to their telegrams of pro test to Gov. W. Kerr Scott on the condition of the Trent river bridge at New Bern. The two-page telegrams from the governor were in much the same vein as the answers which he sent to officials of the city of New Bern. Governor Scott said that plans have been made for a new bridge and that the work was being held up only until funds could be allo cated for it. Scott said that the money has now been allocated and that work will soon begin on the new bridge. Newport Board ^ Stodies Problem Of Water Tank The board of commissioners of the town of Newport at their regu lar monthly meeting Thursday night discussed the possibility of having another contractor com plete the erection of the town's water tank. The deadline for completing the contract awarded to Laurence Vick ers has already passed and the work is still far from completion. Mayor Charles A. Gould, jr., said that he believes that the time limit has also expired on an extension granted by the bonding company. The board instructed Mayor Gould to contact Town Attorney I George Ball and the bonding com pany with regard to having another I contractor complete the work as I soon as possible. The commissioners set a Feb. 1 deadline for the purchase of town license tags. The tags are now on sale at Edwards' Soda shop. Permission was granted to the tire department to use the town truck to get a Christmas tree. The board approved C. J. Gar ner's application for a beer license. Prentice Garner was named to take tax listings for the town dur ing the coming year. Garner was appointed Monday to list county taxes in Newport township. The commissioners received an invitation to attend the quarterly dinner meeting of the Eastern Car olina Firemen's association. The association will meet Jan. 13 in Newport. Present at the meeting were Mayor Gould, Commissioners S. E. Mann, D. Ira Garner, Murray Mc Cain, Charles Hill and Edgar Hibbs and Miss Edith Lockey, town clerk. Police Arrest J Fo^HveHere A fugitive from New York jus tice has been picked up by the county sheriff's office and state highway patrol officials. The man. La Verne Author Weires, who sometimes goes by the name "Mickey," was arrested back of Raccoon island Thursday morning by Hugh Salter, deputy sheriff, and W. E. Pickard, highway patrolman. He was engaged in oys tering at the time of his arrest. Weires had served two of a ten year sentence in New York for stealing an automobile and taking it from New York to Florida. He was paroled after he served the two years and is wanted now for violation of that parole. He waived extradition and was taken by the two officials to New Bern to await the arrival of New York officials who will take him back to that state. He told Salter that he left New York in 1945 and had been in this area for some time. Weires had married since com ing here and his wife is expecting a child. Recommended for New Post ' By Jaycees' Safety Committee Mayor L. W. Hassell of Beaufort^ has announced the appointment of | Glenn Adair as police commission er. Hassell said Saturday that | Adair had accepted the appoint ment. Adair will supervise the work of the police department, study the town's traffic- problems and serve as a liaison man between the police department and the town commis sioners. His salary will be $1 per year. The appointment of Adair was recommended by the safety com mittee of the Jaycees, who original ly urged the creation of the post of police commissioner. The town board, at its meeting Monday night, created the job and asked the Jay cees to recommend a candidate to Mayor Hassell who was to make the appointment. Adair said that he would try to do a good job in his new post. He said, 4,I have been interested in the problems of the department and have often spoken of the need for a police commissioner. I had no idea, however, that 1 would get the job." A native of Beaufort. Adair was educated in the Beaufort schools. After a three-year stint in the Army Air Force during World Wnr II. he entered State college where he majored in mechanical engineering. He worked for a year on aeronautical research tor the government after graduating in 1948. In lfl4? Adair returned to Beau fort where he formed a partner ship with his brother and purchas ed his father's funeral home. Since returning to Beaufort, he has been active in civic affairs. Adair is treasurer and a member of the board of directors of the Bcauiort chamber of commerce, president of the Rotary club and is active in the Little Symphony ind Community Concert associa tions. With his wife, Geraldine, he lives at 121 Craven street, Beaufort. LicenseTag Deadline Set 7 Beaufort Policc Chief Carlton Oarner says that all Beaufort resi dents must have city tags on their I cars by Feb. 1. The city tags are available at the I city hall in Beaufort and cost $1. Chief Garner says that warrants will be issued for the arrest of .ill motorists not displaying the city tags by the date set. He has also issued a plea that motorists obey the stop sign at Front and Turner st. He has is sued a reminder that there is a stop sign at that corner and says that he hopes motorists will conform to the regulation before someone is hurt. He also reports that many mo torists are ignoring the traffic reg ulation making Queen street from Front to Ann a one way street. It is to be used by southbound traffic only. Phone Cooperative Proposal Discussed at REA Meeting ^ The possibility of forming a rural telephone co-operative in this area was discussed nt the annual mem bership meeting of the Carteret Craven Electric Membership cor poration last Saturday. Some one thousand persons at tending the meeting heard Dan Walker, manager of the Beaufort Chamber of Commerce, offer the aid and co-operation of his group I in helping communities help them selves get telephones. Walker I spoke for Dr. W. L. Woodard, j chairman of the utilities committee of the Beaufort Chamber of Com- , merce. Walker indicated that his group j would be glad to aid in setting up | the basic survey necessary in form ulation of the rural telephone group. Members, meeting in the More- 1 Tide Table TMm at Beaufort Bar 1:23 a.m. 1:31 p.m. HIGH Tuesday, Dec. 9 LOW 1 7:33 a.m. 8:03 p.m. | Wednesday, Dee. It 2:16 a.m. t:23 p.m. 8:32 a.m. 8:51 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 11 1:07 a.m. I-.1T p.m. 9:11 a.m. 9:36 PA. Friday, Dec. It 4:00 a.m. ?:11 p.m. 10:2# a.m. 10J7 pjn. head City high school auditorium throughout the day, voted unani mously to extend the debt limit of the REA lrom one to five million dollars. This does not mean that the group will take this action but that it may extend the debt limit to that amount if necessary. The action was taken to prepare for extensions of the Carteret-Craven group and in order that the organ ization might continue to grow. Board Reflected Members also re-elected for an other term all members of the board of directors. Serving for an other year on the board will be George L. Brock wav. Havelock: L. W Pelletier. Stella; G. W. Ball, Harlowe. Gordon Laughton, Crab Point; Clarence Millis, Newport; John S. Jones. Swanshoro; Earl C. Day, Cedar Island; Gilbert White hurst, Straits, and Roger Jones, Broad Creek. U SHOPPING DAYS TO CHRISTMAS Several speakers told the mem bers of the local REA group the methods which must be followed in order for them to organize a tele phone co-operative. Charles A. Jackson, jr., Wash ington, head of the northeast sec tion of the telephone loan division of the REA (representing IT states in the northeast section of the U.S.) told the group that the REA is strictly a lending agency. It is set up to loan money but not set up to own or operate a telephone sys tem. It is, he said, a service agen cy, set up to assist rural people in obtaining rural telephone and electrical service. He also indicated that the rural people of this state were fortunate in having an REA in this state. Jackson attended the meeting to tell REA members what the REA could and would do in regard to a loan for a rural group wishing to set up ? rural telephone coopera tive. Procedure Outlined Speaking also at the Saturday meeting was Walter Fuller, Ra leigh, REA engineer. He explain ed the procedure to be followed in the setting up of a telephone coop. He told the members that there are many problems to be considered in setting up a rural telephone group. He said that they must survey the persons in their communities, find out who wants phone service, where they are located and if they ?M PHONE, Put 1 Postoffices To Extend Hours The Beaufort and Morehead Ctyy post offices will revise their sched ules for the next weeks in order to accomodate the large amount of Christmas business. The Morehead City office, nor mally closed on Wednesday after noons, will remain open this Wed nesday* I)cc. 10, for acceptance of parcel post packages and the sale of stamps only. On Dec. 17 and 24, all windows at the postoffice will be open throughout the day. ac cording to Postmaster Harold Webb. The Beaufort postoffice, normal ly closed on Saturday afternoons, will remain open Saturday. Dec. 13 and 20. according to J. P. Betts, | postmaster at the Beaufort office. Normal schedules will be resum j ed after the Christmas holidays. Public Attends v Lodge of Sorrow Some sixty persons observed the first Lodge of Sorrow of the More head City Beaufort lodge of Elks held outside the lodge rooms last Sunday at the First Methodist church in Morehead City. The Lodge of Sorrow is held every year on the first Sunday of December in memory of deceased members of the lodge. The memory of eight members of the lodge was honored this year. John W. Jack son, A. B. Morris, Herbert W. Thornton. Ottis H. Jefferson, W. (ioi'don Webb, Jacob Miller. John B. Holt, and James F. Giddens were honored with memorial services. Principal speaker ?t the memo rial Suffice was Hubert L. Pugh of New Bernv -'Craven county superin tendent of schools. He was intro duced by H. L. Joslyn, Carteret county superintendent of schools. Special music was arranged by Ralph T. Wade. Miss Ann Vthur played the organ and Billy Laugh ton sang a special solo. Candles were lighted in the spe cial service honoring the memory of the deceased members of ihe Elks lodge. Jaycees sponsor - Children's Movie A comedy and cartoon matinee will be presented this Saturday morning at nine o'clock at the City theatre in Morehead City by mem bers of the Junior Chamber of Commerce. Children will be admitted to the movies on presentation of one new toy, a toy in good condition (one not needing repairs) or the pay ment of 15 cents. The toys and money collected will be used for the Junior Cham ber of Commerce Christmas party given annually for underprivileged children in this area. Any child may attend the com edy and cartoon matinee. The project is sponsored by the youth activities committee of the Junior Chamber. Chairman of the committee is Dr. W. M. Brady. Bid Opening . Is Postponed Bids for erection of an addition to the Newport graded school will be opened at 2 p.m. on Dec. 30. in the office of the Carteret county board of education, Beaufort. The bids were originally sched uled to be opened on Dec. 18, but the postponement was announced yesterday by H. L Joslyn, county superintendent of schools. The building will stand at the rear of the present structure and be connected with it by a passage way. It will contain 15,000 square feet. There will be eight class room! and a general purpose room. Five classrooms in the present Newport school will be abandoned when the new building is com pleted. Union Service Planned Ralph Wade, music director at the Morehead City high school, yesterday announced that the an nual union Chris tfciaa service of all Morehead City churches wiH be held in the auditorium at 1:30 Bun day night. The school chorus will provid* the music.