NEWS-TIMES OFFICE
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Morehead City
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CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES
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48nd YEAR, NO. 13. THREE bttCTIONS TWENTY PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY, FEBRUARY IS, 1953 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
[Salvage Tug Frees Grounded Freighter Seaconnet
March of Dimes Drive
Raises $6,162.57 Here
With complete returns still not
, to, the 1953 March of Dimes drive
for Carteret county has reached a
total of $6,162.57. The goal for
the drive, sponsored by the Busi
ness and Professional Women's
Club, was $5,000.
The county schools contributed
$2,758.40. The highest contribution
came from the Beaufort school
which collected $711.23. The More
Slil ftsch?o1 was close behind
Wtth $707.26 and the Camp Glenn
Drive Chairman
Thanks Public
Mrs. Roma Noe, chairman of the
March of Dimes drive for the
B4I'W club, has issued a state
ment thanking all those who assist
ed in the recently completed drive.
. Mrs. Noe's statement follows:
We. the Business and Profes
sional Women's club of Carteret
county, wish to express our appre
ciation to each and every one who
helped make the March* of Dimes
drive successful.
First, THE NEWS-TIMES and
radio station W.MBL for the won
derful publicity.
I i The mayors and town commis
sioners of Beaufort and Morohcad
City for permitting (limes to be
collected in the parking meters and
the Herald Printing company for
the tags which were placed on the
meters.
The principals ar.d teachers of
all Ihe schools; the Beaufort, More
head City and Newport theatres;
the Morehead City police depart
ment and all others participating
in the Mothers March on Polio.
The Blue Ribbon club, the Ma
rine orchestra and Freeman and
Nelson for their contributions to
tfic March of Dimes dance.
The sponsors who relinquished
their time for the radio program,
Mades Print shop, Altx Lewis. T.
T. Potter Sinclair service sUd'ofi
and GUIs' Fish Market.
We also wish to thank .hose who
participated in the program. Mayor
L. W. Hassell. Mayor George W.
Dill. Rep. Earle Mobley, the junior
choir of the Ann Street Methodist
church, Dan Walker, lvey Scott,
Miss Betty Lou Merrill, Mrs. Ralph
Wade. Miss Kathleen Wade, Sal
Palazzo. Al Dewey. Cap!. Joe Rose
Tyc Frost and the Melody Boys.
Bruce Goodwin and Mrs. Virginia
Hassell.
Mrs. Thomas Noe and the sixth I
^ grade hoys in Beaufort and the
Boy Scouts in Morehead City .'or
agisting in the block of dimes and
, Ban Wade for his contribution to
the block of dimes.
\ Uerry Schumacher for pictjres of
(fcrtcret county's poster boy and
SLrs. Frank L. Nance for making
the posters. The Sanitary Fish
?Market restaurant for money re
ceived from the sale of coffee. The
highway patrol for making the road
block possible and Miss Patsy Sad
ler. Miss Bobbie Dennis. Miss No
vella Reid and Miss Corinne Bell
Webb for assisting in the road
block
All merchants for displaying the
posters and iron lungs. Sheriff C.
G. Holland, M. M. Ayscue and Hugh
Salter for distributing the iron
lungs throughout the county. The
chairmen in each community in the
county.
Again, we thank each of you who
assisted in the drive and all who
contributed to this worthy cause.
We are happy to announce that we
surpassed our quota of *5,000 bv
$1,162.57. ^
State Seeks
Bids <n Paving
' The state highway commission
has asked for bids on six paving
projects in Carteret county. Bids
will be opened Feb. 24 and will be
reviewed at a meeting Feb. 27.
The six projects in the county
.total 8.35 miles of paving on county
Mads. Major projects will be a road
from ArendeM street near the
rehead City limits north to US
and a county road from a paved
Street in Newport north, north
west and south to US 70 and north
east to a dead end. The More head
City project is part of the reloca
tion of US 70.
' Other project* are a county road
from US 70 north to Wildwood,
traffic circlet on the north side of
tP6 70 cast of the Beaufort town
Droits. county roads on Lennoxville
ojnt and ok street in Marihall
b
The projects in Carteret county
are among 21 projects which will
provida 140.78 miles of road and
bridge improvement! in 21 coim
8K
school was third with $338.95.
Other schools and their contribu
tions are Smyrna, $295; Newport.
$238.17; Atlantic. $178.33; Harkers
Island, $144.27; Queen Street,
$133.31; W. S. King, $80; Salter
Path, $22; Merrimon, $3.78 and
North River, $6.09.
The highest individual collection
in any of the schools was $51.70
collected by Douglas Wise, a sec
ond grade pupil at Camp Glenn
school. The highest class collec
tion, $64.67, was made by Mrs. Le
land Swain's fourth grade at Camp
Glenn.
The highest class contribution at
the Morehead City school was
$51.78 collected by Mrs. G. T. Win
dell's second grade. Breakdowns
for the other schools in the county
are not available.
Mrs. Florence Beam, treasurer of
the drive, has released a list of
contributors whose donations have
not previously been acknowledged.
Contributors from Beaufort were
the Beaufort chapter of the Eastern
Star. Mrs. Margaret Myers, David
Modlin, the Friendship club, Mrs.
Addie Maxwell, Beaufort theatre,
Mrs. Braxton Adair, Mrs. Lucy
Whitehurst, J. F. Duncan, the
Beaufort Tri-Hi-Y, MYF of the
( Ann Street Methodist church, Miss
| Theresa Hill. Miss Lucille Rice,
See DIMES. Pag- 7
Work to Start
On Golf Course
I The board of directors of the
Morehead City Country club at a
i meeting Monday night voted to au
thorize the beginning of construc
| tion on the golf course.
1 Work on the course will begin
Monday under the supervision of
! C\ C. McCuiston. manager of the
Fort Bragg golf course. Mr. Mc
Cuiston will arrive in Morehead
City tomorrow to {.'OQiplete plans
for the work.
Grading work on the course will
be done by the Barrus Construc
tion company, and T. A. Loving
: company will construct the irriga
, tion system. The work is expected
to be completed in about two
weeks.
Dr. John Morris, president of the
club, said that the members hope
that the course will be ready by Ihc
middle of July. He said that a full
time greenskeeper will be employ
ed as soon as the grading and lay
ing out of the course is finished.
Dr. Morris said that the public
is invited to drive out and observe
the activities while the course is
under construction. The course is
located on the road between Crab
Point and the junction of US 70
and NC 24 and may be reached
from either direction. Dr. Morris
said that the road to the course
will be paved in the near future.
Only nine holes will be construct
ed at this time although plans call
for an 18-hole course.
The directors also voted at Mon
day's meeting to increase the cost
of membership in the club. Begin
ning March 1, the cost will be in
creased by 50 per cent.
Harbor Leap
Proves Fatal
Young Navy Man Drowns
In Attempt to Recover
Billfold Lost Overboard
A leap into the waters of the
harbor Tuesday afternoon proved
fatal to an 15-year-old Massa
chuetts seaman attached to an LST
tied up at the port terminal.
The sailor, Deponce Oliveira of
Fall River, Mass.. was drowned
when he jumped from the ship in
an effort to recover his billfold
which he had dropped overboard.
Witnesses aboard the I^ST 722
said that Seaman Oliveira dropped
the billfold over the side and im
mediately jumped after it. He went
down before help could reach him.
The drowning occurred at 3 p.m.
and the Fort Macon Coast Guard
station was notified at 4:45. A boat
from the station arrived on the
scene at 5:05 and began dragging
operations.
After working 25 minutes, the
boat crew recovered both the body
and the billfold on the third drag.
An ambulance removed the body
to the Naval hospital *t Camp
Lejeune.
Coroner Leslie I). Springle, who
was summoned by the Coast Guard,
pronounced the drowning an acci
dental death.
Coroner Springle praised the
Coast Guardsmen for their prompt
action in recovering the body. The
coroner said, "If those boys hadn't
been alert, they never would have
recovered the body the way that
tide was running. It's a miraclc
that they were able to get the body
in so short a time."
Those who took part in the drag
ging operation were Calvin Mason
SN, Richard Johnson BM3, Percy
Davis ET3, and Robert Davis AT2.
Police Investigate
Beaufort Break
Beaufort, county and state au
j thorities are still investigating Fri- 1
day night's break at Holden's res
taurant in Beaufort.
The officers are waiting for a
report cn fingerprints believed to
have been left by the thief or
thieves who took $107 from a cigar '
box in the restaurant.
The robbery was discovered Sat
urday morning by Holden Ballou, 1
owner of the restaurant. Mr. Bal
lou discovered that the money was
none and called Chief Carlton Gar- 1
ner of the Beaufort police depart- '
ment.
Police discovered that the thief
had entered the building ;hrough a
window which opens on to an alley
between the restaurant and the
home of Mrs. Ruby Becton. The
thief had cut a screen on ihe win
dow, unhooked it and then opened
the window.
Police believe that the robbery
occurred about midnight. Mrs. Bec
ton told them that she was awaken
ed by the sound of the slammiag 1
screen at that time.
The sheriffs department and
George Canady of the state bureau
of investigation are assisting Beau
fort police with the investigation.
Boy Scout Official Emphasizes
Need for Trained Leadership
"The secret of succcssful scout
ing is trained adult leadership,"
Penn T. WaUon, president of the
East Carolina council of the Boy
Scouts of America, told the Car
teret district committee at its reg
ular monthly meeting last Monday
night.
In his brief remarks to the coun
ty commitee. Mr. Watson described
the national structure of the scout
movement. Pointing out that the
region in which North Carolina is
located made the most progress of
any region in the country in 1952.
be told the Kouters that they
could take pride in the fact that the
East Carolina council led its region.
Mr. Wataon urged the leaders
to keep a cloae watch on individual
troop activities and streamed the
Tide Table
Tide* it Beaufort Bar
HIGH
LOW
Friday, Feb. 13
7:30 a.m.
1:12 a.m.
1:51 p.m.
7:51 p.m.
Satarday, Feb. 14
8:19 a.m.
8:41 p.m.
2:06 a.m.
2:38 p.m.
Sunday, Feb. 15
9:08 a.m.
9:31 p.m.
2:58 a.m.
3:24 p.m.
Maoday, Feb. It
9:56 a.m. 3:50 a.m.
10:21 pjn. 4:11 p.m.
TWaaday, Feb. 17
10:44 a.m. 4:42 a.m.
11:13 pjn. 4:57 pan.
importance of adult loaders attend
ing conferences whenever possible.
During the meeting, reports were
heard from representatives of each
troop in the district. Joseph E. Wil
liams of Davis atended the meeting
and reported that a new troop was
being formed there. This will bring
the total number of troops in the
county to seven.
Kenneth Wagner, chairman of
the district camping and activities
committee, asked the troops to be
gin preparations for the council
camporee Ho be held in Tarboro,
April 17-19. The importance of ad
vance plans for summer camps was
also stressed.
In reporting on the advancement
committee, W C. Carlton announc
ed that a court of honor will be
held Feb. 22 in the Franklin Mem
orial Methodist church in More
head City.
Robert Howard, district commis
sioner, reported that every scout
master in the district except one
attended the meeting of individual
troop leaders which was held at the
same time as the district commit
tee meeting. He said that most of
the troops had planned and were
carrying out activities during the
annual Scout Week
Attending the meeting with Mr
Watson was Ralph Mozo, council
executive director. Mr. Mozo discus
sed the troop reports with the dis
trict committee and later advised
the ncoutmasters (roup on various
problems concerning troop activi
ties.
Merchant Pays $100 Fine
For Selling Fireworks
A Morehcad City merchant was
given a suspended sentence and
was fined $100 Monday in More
head City recorder's court for sell
ing fireworks.
James Finer was given a 90-day
suspended sentence for possessing
fireworks, offering them for sale
and selling them. The sentence was
suspended on condition that he re
main on good behavior for 12
months and pay a fine of $100 and
costs. Judge George H. McNeil or
dered that the fireworks be de
stroyed.
Linwood Edward Jones was
given a 90-day suspended sentence
for careless and reckless driving,
driving with an improper license
Town Proclaims
Day of Prayer
Mayor L. W. Hassell of Beaufort
has proclaimed Friday. Feb. 20, is
World Day of Prayer in Beaufort
and has urged all citizens of Beau
fort and surrounding communities
to join in the observance.
Mayor HasscU's proclamation
follows:
Whereas the general department,
United Church Women of the Na
tional Council of Churches has
designated Friday, Feb. 20 as
World Day of Prayer, and
Whereas the Carteret county
ministers' association and other
groups are cooperating, and
Whereas World Day of Prayer
has been designated on an interna
tional, interdenominational, interra
cial basis to join the peoples of the
world together in the furtherance
of belief in the theme for that day
? Christ Our Hope;
Now, therefor, I, L. W. Hassell,
mayor of the town of Beaufort,
North Carolina, do proclaim Fri
day, Feb. 20, 1053. as World Day
q? Prayer in the town )f Beaufort
arfrt call upon the people ef Beau
fort and surrounding communities
to observe this day bj iccfj^tng
this as a personal invitation *o at
tend some portion of this observ
ance from 7 o'clock in ihe morning
to 9 o'clock in the evening with
guided worship during tl ~ noon
hour, at 12:30 and at 7:30 p.m.
li the duties of some are ;?uch as
to make this impossible, I urge
them to pause in their work for
one minute at noon to ask that God
give that hope that is in Christ
Jesus light to guide us and love ;o
unite us. I further urge every
church or business having bells,
chimes or whistles to yound ihem
once or twice at 12 noon for the
observance of that minute of
prayer.
Witness my hand and seal of the
town of Beaufort this 9th day of
February, 1953.
L. W. Hassell. Mayor
Daniels to Leave
Fort Macon
Coast Guard headquarters in
Norfolk, Vs., this week rcleas?d in
formation concerning personnel
changes at the Fort Macon Coast
Guard station and the buoy tender
Conifer.
Chief Boatswain R. B. Newell
was given orders to assume com
mand of the Fort Macon station on
March 25. Chief Boatswain H. R.
Daniels, present commander of the
station, will be reassigned later.
He ia now in the hospital in Nor
folk.
At the present time Chief Newell
is commander of the Coast Guard
base at Portsmouth, Va.
In another change Lt. (Jg) Lud
wig K. Rubinsky, now with the
Port Security unit in New York
City, has been given orders to re
port to the Conifer as executive
officer on Feb. 20. Orders reassign
ing Lt. (Jg) Herbert Clark, pres
ent executive officer of the Coni
ier, have not been issued.
Perls Aallwrily Chairman
Itm Birriftiim
A. G. Myers of Gastonia, chair
man of the state porta authority,
announced Tuesday that he had
submitted his resignation to Gov.
William B. Umstead.
Mr. Myers said that he believed
he had served long enough and
that it was time to give someone
else a chance at the post
Former Gov. Gregg Cherry ap
pointed Mr. Myera to the authority
eight years ago and former Gov. W.
Kerr Scott reappointed him four
years ago. He has been chairman
for four yeari
Mr. Myera haa also retired as
preaident of Textilea, Inc., and the
Citizen's National Baak of Gas
tonia.
i and operating an improperly regis
tered motor vehicle.
The sentence was suspended on
condition that he pay a fine of $110
and costs.
Clyde Merrill was given 30-day
suspended seW^fcces on each of
two charges of public drunkenness.
The sentences are to be served
consecutively.
The first sentence was suspend
ed on condition that he pay a fine
of $25 and costs and remain on
good behavior for six months. The
second was suspended on condition
that he pay court costs and remain
on good behavior for six months.
The costs are to be consolidated in
| both cases.
Walter Merrill was given a 30
day suspended sentence for operat
i ing a motor vehicle with expired
license plates. The state declined
to prosecute him on a charge of
driving without a license.
The sentence was suspended on
condition that the defendant re
frain from driving for 90 days un
less a reexamination shows that he
; is mentally and physically fit to
drive.
Judge McNeil ordered him to de
posit his license with the clerk of
j court until the examination is com
pleted. Mr. Merrill served notice
; of an appeal to the superior court
and was released on $50 bon;l.
Mrs. Nina Murray was given a
six-month suspended sentence for
using loud and profane language,
disturbing the peace and assault
with a deadly weapon. The sen
tence was suspended on condition
that she remain on good behavior
for 12 months and pay a fine of $25
and costs.
Miss Lillian Pittman was given a
See COURT, Page 7
Sea Level Man
To Pay Costs
j Luke Ta yfar ?f Sea Lev*)l was
j crdered to pay egurt costs Tuesday
in Beaufort municipal recorder's
j court where he was fried on a
I ch?rge of public drunkenness.
I Judge Earl Mason ordered that
Taylor be picked up and out ,o
work on the streets for 30 days if
he appears in Beaufort again be
fore the costs are paid.
Nathaniel Watson, colored, was
I fined $25 and costs for operating a
j motor vehicle without a license.
Capiases were issued for three
defendants, all colored, who failed
to appear to answer charges. Abra
ham Williams is chargcd with re
sisting arrest. Earl Chapman is
charged with failing to stop at a
stop sisjn and Theodore Smith is
charged with operating a motor
vehicle with an improper muffler.
William Blades Parkin and Steve
Mason both paid costs for public
drunkenness.
Archie T. Simpson, Samuel Fran- j
cis Ballon and William Earl Boone, j
jr., all paid costs for failing to stop j
at stop signs. ?
Judge Mason dismissed the !
charge against George Quinton I
Lawrence who had been charged
with failing to stop at a stop sign.
Cases were continued against
Isian Murray and Clyde Merrill.
Cherry Point
Flyer Missing
! Cherry Point ? Marine Captain
Junius Leo Alldredgc, 30. is miss
ing as a result of the crash of his
jet fighter plane in swampland two
miles north of Bayboro Monday
morning.
Ground crews brought by heli
copter to the crater marking the
crash have found their salvage ef
forts handicapped by the swampy
muck covering the spot where the
plane buried itself. The inaccessi- ;
bility to heavy equipment has ham
pered attempts to recover the
plane's wreckage.
The captain was one of three stu
dents flying with an instructor of
Marine Fighter Training Squadron
20 in a four-plane flight of F9F
Panthers. His was the last plane in
a column formation, and crashed
without making radio contact with
the others. The pilots were on a
routine division tactica training
hop.
A 1949 mechanical engineering
graduate of the University of Ari
zona where he played varsity bas
ketball, the captain has been a
Marine pilot since 1944. He was
recalled to extended active duty
with the Marine reserves on Oct.
10, 1952. At the time he was a pro
duction engineer with General
Electric at Schenectady, N. Y.
His wile, Mrs. Velma Bate* All
dredge. and a two-year-old son.
Steven Lao, live at 1 Roseday
Court, Havelock
CP&L Honors
Local Manager
George B. Stovall, division man
ager of the Carolina Power and
Light company in Morehead City
was made a member of the Pioneer
club of the utility firm last night
in Wilmington.
Lewis V. Sutton, president of ihc
company, presented Mr Stovall
with an emblem for 25 years
service with that company and ihe
George B. Stovall
Tidewater Power company. Caro
lina Power and Light purchased
the Tidewater firm in March of
1951. Also receiving emblems were
48 other former employees of Tide
: water.
The dinner meeting wr.s held it
j the Famous club in Wilmington.
Mr. Stovall gave the invocation at
the banquet.
Mr. Stovall grew up in Wilming
! ton where he joined the Tidewater
| company in July of 1919. He came
j to Carteret county in 1940 is di
vision manager and when the
Carolina Power and&ight company
purchased the Tidewater company,
Mr. Stovall says, "They got mc
| too." He was kept at his^osition
I as division nanagti
I ?U llui nearly :V4 y?ars tbat Mr,
j Stovall has been A ihe Metric
I power business, he has worked n
j many different branchos of the
{business. "I've done everything
there is to be done in a utility
company." he say s.
I Tidewater bought the electric
I plants and water system in this
area about 20 years ago. The di
vision now comprises all of Car
j teret county and iwo new housing
I projects in Havclock.
Jaycees Plan
Oyster Roast
Final plans for next week's
oyster roast were made at Monday
night's meeting of the Morehead
City Jaycees. The oyster roast will
be held at 6:30 p.m. Monday it ?he
American Legion hut. The club
will bear all expenses of the party.
Ralph Gardner reported that the
local club's shrimp party will be
on the agenda at the state quarter
ly board meeting Feb. 21-22 at Dur
ham. The party will be used to help
promote the Miss North Carolina
beauty pageant to be held this year
in Morehead City. Mr. Gardner re
ported that Ottis Purifoy will do
nate 35 pounds of shrimp for the
party.
The club voted to adopt the rslo
gan "By the sea in '53" for the
beauty pageant. Jimmy Wallace an
nounced that the pageant commit
tee will meet at 7:30 p.m. tonight.
A committee was appointed lo
conduct the local pageant and to se
lect Morehead City's Entrant in the
Miss North Carolina contest. Serv
ing on the committee are Sam
Guthrie, Bill Norwood and Jerry
Rowc.
Bill Smith and Sonny Geer were
named to a committee lo work with
the bicycle club at the Morehead
City school. The purpose of ihe
dub is to promote 3afety among
bicycle riders. The Jaycees will do- i
nate Scotchlite tape to the club for
marking bicycles, and Mr. Smith
will give safety lectures at club
meetings.
The club turned down a proposal
that the Jaycees sponsor a junior
softball league among the churches.
The club fflt that the members
would be unable to work with the
teams during the day and the coit
of lighting would make night
games impossible.
Bray Trader Cornier Sails
To Supply Lightihips
The Coast Guard buoy tender
Conifer left Wednesday for Dia
mond Shoals lightship off Cape
Hatteras and Frying Pan lightship
off Southport.
On Feb. 25 the tender is sched
uled to go to Baltimore. Md., where
it will be put In dry dock.
By Clare M. Cotton
The collier Seaconnet, hard aground off Beaufort bar
from Saturday night until yesterday morning, was sched
uled to sail for Europe today with its load of coal after re
fueling at the port terminal.
A Merritt-Chapman and Scott tug from Key West, Kla.,
I refloated the ship using four sets of beach gear. Two large
I cables were attached to steam<
winches at each side of the bow of
. the Seaconnet. and then run out
from the bow across the channel to
three and one-half ton anchors set
, in shallow water.
Channel Closed
The pulling started at 4 o'clock
yesterday morning, and the ship
floated free at 6:30. The channel
was closed to all shipping from 4
until 8 o'clock. Each set of beach
gear exerted a pull of 60 tons on
the grounded ship.
Arrangements for a NEWS
TIMES reporter to view much of
the salvage operation from the
Coast Guard buoy tender. Conifer,
were made by Chief Glenn Harris
at the Fort Macon Coast Guard sta
tion and Lt. A. E. Armstrong, com
manding officer of ihe Conifer.
The Cable, a large sea-going iug,
arrived early Tuesday night io be
gin the salvage operations. Earlier
the Coast Guard buoy tender Coni
fer and tug Cherokee had worked
to free the grounded Seaconnet.
The Seaconnet went aground it
11:45 Saturday Right is her aptain
was trying to anchor io await a
pilot the following morning. In
the fog and heavy rain at I hat lime,
the ship got too close to the sand
bar which juts out from Fort Ma
con and struck bottom as ihe in- !
chor was released.
Carrying a load of coal for Italy
from Newport News, Va., the Sea- j
connet was going to re-fuel at ihe ,
Morehead City port terminal.
Coast Guardsmen pointed out (
that in winter weather when there
are few lights on Atlantic Beach
and with fog and rain it is soino
| times easy to confuse the lights >f
: Beaufort and Morehead City or i
the true coastline. The captain >f ,
the Seaconnet struggled several
hours to free his vessel ir ! .oii
j fied the Coast Guard uf his plight
; at 3:37 Sunday morning, i h ? 'nni- j
j fer, a buoy tender stationed at Fort ;
I Macon, got underway ,o aid .he ,
? stricken ship at o'clock.
v I
Close to Channel
| Once the bow of the ship had j
struck the sand, heavy winds nd !
I tides worked ihe Seaconnet lard
{aground. Tuesday afternoon t vas I
estimated that the keel of ihe ship
was lying at least three feet in sand
amidships in a broached position
parallel to the beach. The ..hip was
approximately 100 yards rom ?hc
channel.
The Seaconnet has a draft of .8
feet and the water in which it *as
lying ranges in depth from 20 to 24
feet. The collier went aground
| near the spot where the Doswell
Edwards, a menhaden fishing boat,
sank recently.
Tide and sea action cut the sand
from under the bow and stern of
the Seaconnet and Coast Guard of
ficers were fearful that with all its
weight resting amidships a rough
sea and high wind might break the
ship apart in the middle. In 1949 i
$25 million British ship on her
maiden voyage suffered such a 'ate
when grounded off ihe coast of
Brazil.
Soundings which were made
about the ship late Tuesday reveal
?ed that tfie water amidships at high
tide was approximately 24-25 'eet
in depth while the bow and :;tcrn
were in water nearly 30 feet in
depth. Propeller wash "rom the
tugging Coast Guard ships also act
ed to cut the sand from the bow
and stern of the ship.
The last concerted effort of ihe
Coast Guard ships to free the
freighter was made Tuesday after
noon at high tide which came at
5:27 o'clock. The Cherokee, a 211
foot Coast Guard tug 'rom Norfolk,
arrived Monday to assist the Coni
fer. With a horsepower rating of
3,600, the Cherokee could exert a
See SHIP. Page 2
Firemen Answer
Three Alarms
The Morehcad City fire depart
ment answered three alarms be
tween Monday night and Tuesday
afternoon. Two of the three fires
were outside the town ^imits.
The first fire occurred at 6:30
p.m. Monday at the Airport gril' n
US 70 west of Morehcad City.
fire started when an oil heat'
ploded. There was no dam
The second alarm came a ..15
a.m. Tuesday when a load of irash
caught fire on a town truck at 12th
and Bay streets. Firemen extin
guished the fire before it could
cause any damage to the truck.
The third alarm was at 2:15 p.m.
Tuesday when the department was
called to a grass fire beside the
Maehine Supply company on the
Beoufort-Morehead City causeway.
The fire caused no damage.
h
Husband Gets
Suspended Term
In Assault Case
t David Vann was given a six
j month suspended sentence Tuesday
{ in eounty recorder's court after he
' was found guilty oi assaulting his
: wife. The sentence was suspend, d
| on condition that he remain on
good behavior for two yeais
I Walter Leo Oglesby was fined
$50 and costs for careless and
reckless driving. George Joseph
Hoy was fined $10 and costs lor
speeding and passing on a curve
Lldon Ku.-'ene MeCollum was fined
$10 and costs for speeding.
Berger Rudolph Klfsfroni was
ordered to pay costs for operating
a motor vehicle with expirr-d !i
cense plates. ( haries F. Pels paid
costs for failing to display valid
license plates. Adolplu.s Shelton,
jr.. paid half of the costs for driv
ing with expired license plates on
a trailer.
Karl Chapman was order- d to
pay costs for issuing worthless
checks. He was also ordered to
make the checks good
Elizabeth A. Norcom paid half
of the costs for driving without a
license. Ralph Smith paid costs for
allowing an unlicensed person to
.operate a motor vehicle.
James I). Todd was fined $10
and costs for b^ing drunk on the
highway. Leon Mann paid costs for
public drunkenness.
Bonds were forfeited by Leo j
P. I eblond, Glenn AMan Pie-Sort.
Meihert Peas. jr.. and \udrey S d
'cr Long.
Casese continued inU
John P. Blyaut. Wiil.c Liuic. tW<
sic May Little*, Alton Kugerre liar
rU. OrphiuH;(i Gorge, .'umes Grertn,
Paul Lcroy Reed. John A. Buck.
Roy Washington Avery and Thona;
Gene Wilson.
Telepbce ?rotip
Holds Meetings
Steps to bo followed in o')t: iniiv;
telephone serviee wove explained
to rural residents of Carteret coun
ty at four meetings held this week.
The meetings, held at Sound
View, Broad Creek, Boguc and Ce
dar Point, wore scheduled by K. M.
Williams, county farm an?nt. un
der the sponsorship of the Beaufort
chamber of commcr.cc. A1 New
some. assistant county agent, and
Dan Walker, manager of tin* Beau
fort chamber of commerce, were
the speakers at the meetings.
Mr .Walker and Mr. Newsome
explained procedures to be follow
ed and assisted with the organiza
tion of local committees which will
handle the applications for tele
phone service.
At Monday night's meeting at the
Sound View Baptist church, appli
cation blanks were given to Miss
Minnie Elliott and Elmer Garner.
Applications in the Broad Creek
area may bo obtained from Mrs.
E. V. Jones, Royal Smith and Roger
Jones. The Broad Creek meeting
was also held Monday night at Mr.
Jones' store.
In the Stella-Pelletior-Silvcrdale
Maysville area, applications may
still be obtained from Lionel Pelle
tier, Milton Truckner, Leslie G.
Dudley, Otis E. Godwin, Kphron S.
Smith, N. W. Morton and J. W.
Young.
Two other meetings have been
scheduled, one for Feb. 19 and one
for Feb. 25. James Allgood, Onslow
county farm agent, has scheduled
a meeting for 7 p.m. Feb. 19 at the
White Oak school. E. M. Foreman,
county forest ranger, has scheduled
a meeting for the Core Creek- -Har
lowe area at the Core Creek Meth
odist church Feb. 25.
Slate Asks Permission
To Construct Now Bridge
The Wilmington officc of the
Army engineers has announced
that the state highway and public
works commission has applied for
rmissicn to construct a draw
oririge across the Trent river at
New Bern.
Plans call for the new bridge to
be located at the foot of East Front
street. It will replace the present
bridge on which US 70 crosses the
river.
The new bridge will be .* double
opening swing drawbridge with a
horizontal clearance of 78 feet for
each opening. A vertical clearance
of 14 feet at normal water level
will be provided in the 300-foot
channel.