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NEWS-TIMES OFFICE 504 Arendell St. Morehead City Phone 6-4175 CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES 10c Eight Paget Color Comic* 42nd YEAR. NO. 15. THREE SECTIONS TWENTY PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1953 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS Stokes Gets Year on Roads, , Companion Pays $640 Fine Robert Earl Stokes was sen-* tenced to one year on the roads ftiesday in county recorder's court after he was found guilty on sev eral charges which grew out of his attempts to evade a highway patrol road block. Alton Eugene Harris, owner of fcthe car which Stokes was driving, was sentenced to nine months on the roads for aiding and abetting Stokes. The sentence was suspend ed on condition that he remain on good behavior for three years and pay a fine of $640 and costs. The state will receive $140 of the fine to cover damage to a highway pa trol car. Files Appeal Stokes served notice of appeal to the superior court after Judge Lam bert Morris found him guilty of careless and reckless driving, hit 4ahd run driving, assault with a deadly weapon, speeding in excess j of 95 miles per hour and doing malicious injury to personal prop- j erty. Highway Patrolman Carl C. Jones testified that he, a Federal agent and a Craven county ABC officer were waiting for Stokes and Harris at a bridge on the Nine loot road about one-half mile from NC 24. I^ttrolman Jones said that he j pulled his car across the bridge i when he saw Harris' car, a green Oldsmobile, approaching him. The ! Federal agent got out of the car and signalled Stokes to stop while Patrolman Jones and the other of ficer waited in the car. The patrolman said that the car j ^slowed down and then increased its ! speed as it approached. He said that the car struck the right side of his patrol car, went between it and the bridge rail and continued on toward NC 24. Pursued Car Patrolman Jones said that he pursued the other car along NC 24 but was unable to catch it. He said that he lost the car somewhere between the Nine-foot road and Swansboro. In answer to a question from So licitor Wiley Taylor, jr., the pa tjolman said that he definitely See STOKES, Page 2 Newport Rotary Elects Craig The Newport Rotary club elected Aaron R. Craig as its president Tor j the coming year at the civj,c group's regular weekly luncheon meeting last Monday. Other officers named by the club were Nathan H. Garner, vice-presi dent; Robert K. Montague, secre tary and treasurer; Alfred Garner, direct or of internal service; and Roy T. Garner, director of voca tional service. The officers will be installed July 1, 1953, to serve for the year 1953-19M. Charles S. Long, president of the club, presided over the election j meeting. The report of the nom inating committee was made by Monroe Garner, chairman. The Rev. J. Hubert Waldrop, jr., gave the invocation. The program was presented by Mr. Waldrop. Discussing commun ity service and the Rotary ideal, he used as his theme, "we are our brothers' keepers.' ^ "We are first Christian Rotarians ,and not Rotarian Christians," Mr. Waldrop concluded.*. Two visitors from the Morehead City Rotary club attended the meeting. They were the Rev. Priestley Conyers and J. D. Mur ray. Charles Lockcy was named chair man of a committee to make ar rangements for giving the New port school basketball team a sup per. Other members of the com mittee are Aaron R. Craig, E. B. Comer. Edgar Hibbs, and Moses Howard. Banks, Offices io Close Monday for Holiday Banks, post offices and county offices will all close Monday in observance of Washington's birth day wkh-h falls on Sunday but which will be celebrated on Mon day. Town offices will be closed in Beaufort but will remain open in Morehead City. Monday's session of the Morehead City recorder's court will be held as scheduled. Postmaster Harold Webb an nounced that windows at the Morehead City post office will be open from noon until 1 p.m. for the convenience of those who wish to mail letters. Tlie Beau fort post office will be closed all day. N.C. Income Tax Is Due March 15 In the midst of their worries over form 1040 and other aspects of federal income taxes, many ! North Carolina citizens are forget ting that they also have a date with the state department of reve nue on March 15. Representatives of thfe revenue deartment will be in Beaufort and Morehead City on February 24 and 27 and March 10 and 13 to help citizens in filing their state income tax forms. Under the North Carolina law payment of the tax due must be made when the return is filed Penalties automatically apply after March 15 to returns on which the tax is due but not paid. Taxpayers ; who have previously filed should I use the forms mailed to them which bear their names and addresses. The department will grant ex tensions of the filing date for ill ness. absence or inability to get the necessary records together to make a return. Such extensions maybe obtained by writing the de partment in Raleigh. Returns must be filed by any single person with an income of $1,000 or mora, or a married man with an income of $2,000 or more. A married woman, with a separate income of $1,000 or more, is also required to fil ea return. The departmnt officials point 1 out that failure to receive a form through the mail does not relieve a person of the necessity for filing a return if their income warrants it. Youth to Compete For Scholarship A More head City high school I senior will be among several stu- ' dents from eastern North Carolina who will compete this morning in Washington for an Angier Duke scholarship to Duke university. Robert Wayne Willis, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Dewey Willis, 2100 Arendell street. Morehcad City, was chosen on the basis of a com petitive examination given at the Morehead City school. Three More head City sUidents took the exam ination. Five students will be choscn in today's regional elimination contest to compete in the finals. Scholar ships will be awarded to six boys and three girls. The scholarships valued at $750, are awarded for one year at a time. They can, however, be continued for four years if th? recipients maintain high scholastic averages at Durham. The scholarships are awarded on the basis of scholastic record, col lege aptitude as determined by ex amination. extra-curricular activi ties, activity in church and other organizations and personality. ffKeep North Carolina Green" Signs Placed by Foresters "Keep North Carolina Green" signs are being erected along Car teret county highways this week, tM. Foreman, county forester, s announced. An organization of foresters in this area, the Pocosin club, is spon ?oring the project with the aid of the division of forestry of the North Carolina Conservation and Development board. The signs are ? part of a state-wide campaign to prevent forest fires. i ? The signs were purchased by the '(prestry division and members of Pocosin are erecting them. M Moore is chairman of the club, oi The state highway commission granted permission to the group to ?ect the signs in the same manner fp regular traffic control signs ?laced beside the state highways. Undr of heavy guage steel, the slo Wn is printed in green on a white Uckground Two slogans, "Help - Prevent Forest Fires" and "Keep North Carolina Green," are used on the signs. Members of the club helping to erect the signs are J. R. Wood, district forester for the Interna tional Paper company, and W. R. Maple, forester in the Croatan National Forest. Pointing out the tremendous de vastation of North Carolina's natu ral resources in last fall's forest fires, Mr. Foreman urged every resident sf Carteret county to work lor the prevention of forest fires and the preservation of our natural timber resources. 'Everyone should remember the sign's warning and do his part in keeping Carteret county and North Carolina green," Mr. Foreman said. A number of small fires were found in Carteret county last year. Most of these were in the early summer and fall of the year. v ' - - -- A ~ , Imi l*rf 1 Passenger Train Ruling Delayed It will be several months before the Navy department and More head City officials know the deci sion of the North Carolina Utilities commission on passenger trains for this area. First hearings on the request of the Navy for passenger trains were held last October. At that time May or George W. Dill, jr., W. C. Carl ton and Joseph A. DuBois asked the state commission to order the passenger trains to come to More head City. The Navy requested a minimum of one round-trip train each day from Goldsboro to Jacksonville and from Goldsboro to Havelock. The Morehcad City representatives join ed the Navy in requesting the serv ice. The Atlantic and East Carolina railroad, the Atlantic Coast Line railroad, the Seashore Transporta tion company, and the Carolina Coach company are opposing the request. The commission agreed Wednesday to withhold its decision until attorneys for the Navy and the railroads have filed written briefs. Before the lawyers can file their briefs, however, a copy of the rec ord of the hearings must be pre pared. This will take several weeks. Then they will be allowed one month to enter the briefs. Finally a 15-day period to exchange answer ing briefs was granted. The Navy department, represent ing the two large Marine Corps in stallations at Camp Lejeune and Cherry Point, argued that enough demand for passenger service ex isted at the bases and surrounding civilian communities to make the operation of a passenger train profitable. They asked that the com mission direct the ACL and A&EC to arrange at least a round-trip train daily. Railroad officials termed the dc-^ mand unreasonable. Arguing tha*' such a service would operate at a loss, they asked that the request be dismissed. Bus line operators, siding with the railroads, testified that tHe Marines already have ade quate transportation facilities. The bus lines pointed out that the two bases are served by approximately 100 bus trips a day. There was a difference of opinion between the opposing sides at the hearing as to the length of time a train would take in running from Jacksonville to Goldsboro. Accord ing to the railroad attorneys the time would be four and one-half hours, but a former vice-president of the Baltimore and Ohio testified for the government that the time would be at least 25 per cent less than that. C. W. Home said that his estimate of the time was based on 50 years of railroad experience in testifying for the Marine bases. Ports Authority Adds Freight Rate Expert The State Ports Authority this week announced the addition of a specialist in railroad freight to its staff who will serve as traffic man ager for the terminals at Wilming ton and Morehead City. E. E. Lee of Raleigh, now on the staff of the utilities commission, has been transferred to the ports group, George W. Gillette, direc ; tor, revealed. ! The new traffic manager will fill a key position in the ports organ ization. Mr. Lee's efforts will be , directed to the complicated pattern of freight rate structures, many of i which now discriminate against the two North Carolina harbors in i favor of competing ports in neigh j boring states. In announcing the appointment Mr. Gillette pointed out that "traf I fic will move over our docks only when economic advantages are j equal or better than through more distant gateways. We have a dual , problem with our twin ports in | that some rates have been adjusted adequately for Morehead City but j not for Wilmington, and vice versa." Mr. Lee is a native of Wilming i ton where he worked in the rate and traffic departments of the At . lantic Coast Line railroad. His re , cent work with the utilities com I mission has been concerned with a 1 detailed study of grain movement j in the state and the rates and 1 charges to which it is subjected. Part of the traffic manager's job I will be to attract regularly sched ; uled port calls by established steamship lines, the director ex | plained. "In North Carolina we have un I covered a promising two-way traf 1 lie to the west coast by water for lumber, textiles and canned goods," Mr. Gillette said. "To date, how ever, all steamship lines have pre ferred to load cargoes for ports north of Cape Hatteras because i such freight brings a higher reve nue. There is also a heavy traffic in coffee, woods, and machinery to South and Central America which ! our own ports can handle when the pattern established by long custom, | plus rate advantages can be I c hanged." Mr. Gillette commented that there has been an increasing inter est among North Carolina manu i facturers and business firms in j utilizing the state's own port fa ? cilities. Such an interest must be accompanied, however, he said, by the elimination of rate discrimina j tion which makes the state ports j 'function at a distinct disadvantage, j Cherry Point Marines Arrested For Theft at Drive-In Theatre Five Cherry Point Marines were arrested Tuesday on charges result ing from the theft of three loudspeakers Feb. 10 at the East Drive-in theatre, Beaufort. Sgt. Parker Meegan, Pfc. Parfireas Bare la, Pfc. Gerald Bokalyon, Pfc. Causeantine J. Costalas and Pfc. Robert Norris are being held by marine authorities and will be tried Tuesday in county recorder's court. Sergeant Meegan and Private Barcla arc charged with larceny of j me louuspeaKers an.i ine oiner* three marines are charged with aid ing and abetting them. The loudspeakers wore discover- ! ed in Sergeant Meegan's car by in vestigators attached to the G-2 of fice at Cherry Point. George Can ady, SBI agent in charge of the in vestigation, asked the military au- j thorities to watch for the speakers when clues led him to believe that marines were involved in the theft. Authorities are also investigat ing tie theft of beer and sand wiches from a Newport cafe Mou Aev night. The theft was discovered by Cleveland Garner, owner of Mac's cafe, when he opened the cafe j Tuesday morning. He said that only beer and food had been taken and that no money was missing. Investigation revealed that the thief entered the building by a side window. Working on the case are Deputy Sheriff Hugh Salter, New port Police Chief Ormsby Mann and Mr. Canady. Mr. Canady said that there have been no new developments in the recent burglary at Holden's res taurant in Beaufort or in the bur glaries at Atlantic Beach last month. He said that he and county officers are still working on both cases. Officials Are Seeking Funds For Fort Macon State Park The state parks committee of .hH Conservation and Development board has written many North Carolina .legislators asking that consideration be given to appro priating funds for permanent im provements at parks in the next biennium. In a letter to Senator John D. Larkins. jr., and Representative H. Earle Mobley of Carteret county, Hugh Morton, vice-chairman of the parks committee, called attention to the fact that $108,930 had been requested for permanent improve ments to the Fort Macon state park. The Advisory Budget commis sion was asked by the state parks group to approve permanent im provements in the amount of $1,760,372. The commission turn ed thumbs down on the entire re quest. The full amount would have been used at 15 different parks. Mr. Morton pointed out in his letter that during the last bien nium public usage of the parks in creased 49 per cent over the pre vious biennium. "State parks play an important role ii? the recrea tion of many of our citizens and serve as key attractions for North Carolina's valuable travel indus try," he said. In making its recommendations to the General Assembly this ses sion, the Advisory Budget commis sion cut the total amount of perma nent improvements requested from $124,911,227 to $9,649,193. The Joint Appropriations com mittee of the General Assembly ended Its public hearings on Wed nesday. The committee heard re quests from state agencies for permanent improvements totaling $110,900,000 more than the recom mendations of the Advisory Budget commission The committee will take a short recea* before writing its report. ! Court Orders Nan to Work George Worthy was sentenced to work for 30 days on the streets of Beaufort after he was found guilty of public drunkenness Tuesday in Beaufort municipal recorder's court. Five defendants were ordered to pay costs for failing to stop at stop signs. They were Earl Chapman. Isian Murray, Clyde William Young, jr., Joseph Carl Peterson and William Franklin Willis. William Ray White was ordered to pay court costs for careless and reckless driving and causing dam age to the car of John Sheldon Becton. He was also ordered to pay for the damage to Mr. Becton's car. Horace Jones paid court costs for public drunkenness, and Theo dore Smith paid costs for operat ing a motor vehicle with an im proper muffler. Tide Table Tldea at Beaufort Bar HIGH WW Friday, Feb. 20 1:03 a.m. 7:33 a.m. 1:24 p.m. 7:37 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 21 2:06 a.m. 8:42 a.m. 2:25 p.m. ' 8:42 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 22 3:12 a.m. 8:52 a.m. 3:33 p.m. 9:51 p.m. Monday, Feb. 23 4:17 a.m. 10:56 a.m. 4:38 p.m. 10:54 p.m. Tueaday, Feb. 24 5:15 a.m. 11:46 a.m. 1:36 p.m. 11:4* p.m. Club Completes Plans for Trip The Morehead City Jayeees at their meeting Monday night made final plans for the trip to the state " tfi* leave the bus station at 6:30 tomor row morning. He said that arrange ments will be made to have hot eoffee available before the bus leaves. Lesta Willis said that arrange ments have been completed for the shrimp party which the club will hold to promote the Miss North | Carolina contest to be held in More- j head City this year. He said that j the shrimp, donated by Ottis Puri- 1 foy. will be cooked before they are taken to Durham. Several mem bers of the club volunteered to peel the shrimp for the party. President Walter Morris urged all those going to the meeting to do everything possible to promote the beauty pageant. He asked them to make every effort to interest other clubs in the contest. Sonny Geer announced that i members of the club would apply ' Scotchlitc tape to bicycles at both Morehead City schools Wednesday afternoon. Bill Koundtree of Wilmington gave a short talk on the importance of all members of the Jayeees working together on a project. He j said that the beauty pageant would | be a success if all members of the club would get behind it. An oyster roast followed the short business meeting. ! Group Stresses Waterways Plan The need for a unified economic and engineering survey of North Carolina's small ports and water ways was emphasized this week in Raleigh at a meeting of legislators, members of the North Carolina Coastal Marine council, and the water resources committee of the Conservation and Development board. The meeting was called to con sider a marine council recommen dation that a professional firm be employed to make a general survey of inland ports and waterways ind submit a "master plan" for their development. The proposal has the approval of the Conservation and Development board. The survey would cost $47,000. The ^council is asking that this money be appropriated this year by the state legislature. A New York firm, which has made such surveys in many countries, has agreed to make the survey and submit a pro gram of recommendations. According to W. Axson Smith of Belhaven. chairman of the council. Governor W. B. Umitead is vitally interested in the development of the state's coastal areas and had asked council members to ascertain the cost of such a survey. Atlantic Beach Aldermen Turn Down Budget , Tax Blowout Causes Newport Wreck Two Cherry Point Marines were hospitalized at the air base dis pensary Tyesday morning after ihe car in which they were riding went off the road one mile east of New port. Jack H. Baker suffered chest and other injuries and Edward K. Bro man suffered a fractured right leg, bruises and lacerations. The two men were injured when they were thrown from the car as it crashed into some trees after a tire blew out. The driver of the car, Donald Wilbur Groupe, also a Cherry Point marine, was not injured in the ac cident. Roy Braxton of Raleigh, driver of a bakery truck, said that Groupe's car had passed him at a normal rate of speed just before the accident. He told Highway Pa trolman J. M. Sykes that he saw the car swerve and begin to weave back and forth across the road just after it passed him. Mr. Braxton said that the car then hit the shoul der of the road, turned over and went into the woods. Patrolman Sykes said that he ar- [ rived on the scene at 1 :55, 15 min- 1 utes after the accident. He said that an ambulance from Cherry I Point arrived shortly after but ihat the corpsmen refused to move the injured men until a doctor could be summoned from the air base. Patrolman Sykes said that it was 2:55 before the injured men were taken to the dispensary. Patrolman Sykes said that the skid marks at the scene of the ae cidenhindicated that the right rear tire of the car had blown out caus- j ing. the accident. Telephone Tip Monday afternoon led Morehead City police officers to 24 gallons of non-tax paid whiskey in a car park ed in an Avery street yard. Sgt. Bruce Edwards received the i tip that the liquor could be found in a 1934 Plymouth sedan parked in the yard of Afonzo Bell, colored. Sergeant Edwards, Capt. Hubert Fulcher. Capt. Buck Newsome, Lt. Carl Blomberg and Patrolman Carl Bunch went to investigate the tip and found the car which had been described to Sergeant Edwards. When the officers opened the trunk of the car. thev discovered four cases of moonshine whiskey. Bell denied all knowledge of the whiskey and said that he thought the car belonged to a Beaufort white man. He said that he did not know what it was doing in his yard. A check of the license number revealed that the car was registered to James Powell of Beaufort. Mr. Powell said that he no longer own ed the car. ? The car and the 48 half-gallon fruit jars of liquor were impound ed and taken to the police station where the car joined the growing collection of confiscated whiskey cars. Bell was arrested for having non tax paid whiskey on his premises and will be tried Monday in More head City recorder's court. No charges have been placed against Mr. Powell pending further inves tigation. Fisheries Group Plans Meeting The Nprth Carolina Fisheries as sociation has called a meeting of its full membership in Washing ton. N. C., for next Monday to study the proposed license and tax law for fisheries, it was learned this week. The new legislation was proposed by the state Conservation and De velopment board. The association has asked Mrs. Roland McClatn roch. chairman of the fisheries committee of the state board, to attend the meeting. In order to assist the fisheries leaders in their study of the legis lation, Mrs. McClamroch has been requested to bring a tax adviser frorv the Institute of Oovernment of the University of North Caro lina to the meeting. Directors of the association from Carteret county are Gordon Willis and Eugene O'Neal of Morehead City, T. B. Smith of Davis, Clayton Fulcher of Atlantic. Elmer Willis of Williston. and Tilghman Taylor of Sea Level. * ..J! ? A motion to establish ad valorem taxes and begin a program of municipal and civic improvement for Atlantic Beach died without a second at a meeting of the town's board of aldermen last Tuesday afternoon. L. T. White of Raleigh told the board in making the motion. "At lantic Beach has a golden opportunity. The new bridge will be a tre Symphony Group Sets Campaign The directors of the Bcaufort I Morehead City chapter of the North | Carolina State Symphony society j decided Tuesday night to stage the ! annual drive for memberships in 1 the society during the weeks from ! April 6 to 17. During the first week of the | drive, the members will work on ! special gifts and the second week j .will be used to make a house-to- i house canvas. Mrs. Joseph House was named secretary of the executive board at the meeting and Mrs. Lockwood Phillips was made publicity chair man. C. R. Davant is president. Dr. N. T. Ennett is vice-president and Mrs. H. L. Joslyn is treasurer of the local organization. The directors made Jack Oakley chairman of the rural organization and Miss Mary Arl ington will be in j charge of the canvassing in Beau- . fort. The* North Carolina State Sym phony is supported by appropria tions from the state legislature and the sale of memberships to citizens throughout the state. Regular adult memberships are $2, active mem berships are $5. and group mem berships are $25. Conducted by Benjamin Swalin the state symphony each year travels many thousands of miles bringing the finest classical music to North Carolina towns, colleges and schools. An integral part of the symphony's activities are its concerts for school children. The local chapter is making its I spring drive this year with ihe goal I of obtaining enough memberships to guarantee a concert for Carteret | county school chijflye uext year. cH _ an cvenfng concert ior] adult members. A membership in the society en titles the holder to attend any con cert held in the state during the year in which the membership is purchased. This includes both Lit tle Symphony concerts and full symphony concerts. The smaller orchestra is sent to chapters whose budgets are not large enough to sponsor the full orchestra. Members of the board of direc- 1 tors of the symphony chapter here | are B. E. Tarkington, O. J. Yost, C. F. Jones, the Rev. and Mrs. J. F. Dees, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph House. Dr. and Mrs. N. T. Ennett, Miss Mary Arrington. Mrs. Edward Arrington, L. A. Oakley, Dan L. Walker, Glenn 11. Adair, Mayor L. W. Hasscll, Mrs. M. Leslie Davis I and Mrs. Lockwood Phillips, all of j Beaufort. Members from Morehead City are | Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Davant, Mrs. D. Cordova, Ralph Wade, Mrs. S. W. j Thompson, Mrs. Paul Webb. Mrs. | Ted Rice and Mrs. W. A. Ellison. The next meeting of the organ- 1 ization will be held at the More head City civic center Tuesday | night at 8 o'clock. ...V..UVUO UUI r?v IICCU a -I'ltu- ? lar form of government based on taxes in order to meet our oppor tunity." "I offer this motion in all sin cerity," Mr. White continued. "There is no future for Atlantic Beach unless we adopt an ad va lorem tax and a budget system of government." Cooper Resigns During the debate on the motion, Alfred R. Cooper of Morehead City resigned as mayor of the town as of the April meeting of the board. "Atlantic Beach is close my heart and I long to see it advance,*' Mr. Cooper told the members, "but I cannot continue to attempt the administration of regulations with out anv feeth on a grossly inade quate budget." Opposing the motion in debate and refusing to second it were Miss Mamie Kuth Tunstail and E. L. Baker of Greenville and Burke Tay lor of New Bern. They reported that in their opinion beach ottage owners were opposed to ihe adop tion of a lax. At the present time, the town collects a part of its funds rom as sessments which cottage owners are asked to pay and other assessments which business firms on the beach are asked to pay. "Since an assessment is non legal," Mr. Cooper said, "we can not make people pay it; and there is a large amount of money owing the town through assessments at the present time." The assessments on cottages are approximately 521 a year for police protection and garbage removal during tin sum mer months. Miss Tunstail told the board ihat "all of the cottage owners 1 have talked to are opposed to a tax." Proposed System Under the proposed budget sys tem, the ad valorem tax would have been set at $1.50 per $100 of val uation. County record books show k See BEACH, Page 2 Grading Starts On Golf Course Grading started on the golf course for the Morehead City Country club Monday under the di rection of C. C. McCuiston. Mr. McCuiston, manager of the Fort Bragg golf course, said that the completion date for the pre liminary grading would depend largely on the weather. Grading ?s being done by the Barrus Construc tion company of Kinston. Assisting in the work are Kelley Kee, a professional at the Fort Bragg course, and Edward Wil liams. greens keeper. % The course is located on the tan paved road between Crab Point ind the junction of highways 24 and 70. I)r. John Morris, president of the club, has invited thcfnablic to observe the activities at the course. Scheduled for 18 holes, the club is working on the first nine holes now. Dr. Morris said that members hope to be able to play on the course sometime in late summer. With the Armed Force* Mansfield Park Flyer Is With Deathrattlers Marine Capt. Thaddcus F. Le wandowski of Mansfield Park has completed 55 combat missions in four months with the "Deathrat tlers" squadron of Marine Air Group 12 in Korea. Captain Lewandowski's wife, Anita, and their two children, Thaddeus and Royal, live at 300 Florida avc.. Mansfield Park. With the First Cavalry Div. in Japan ? Pvt. Joseph Rose, son of Mr. Dan Rose. Hnrkers Island, re cently arrived in Japan and is nerv ing with the First Cavalry division. Private Rose, a former employee of the Morehead City Garment company, entered the Army in July 1852 and received basic training at Fort Leonard Wood. Mo., before his overseas assignment. Camp Pickett, Va. ? Cpl. Ru dolph L. Garner, Jr.. son of Mr. md Mrs. Rudolph L. Garner of New port, a member of the 354th Mili tary Police company stationed here, was recently released from active service with the U. S. Army. Corporal Garner has served with the 354th M.P. company since Feb ruary, 1051, during which time he served with the unit overseas in Goose Bay. Labrador. , Corporal Garner, prior to enter ing the service, attended Newport high school. Upon graduation, he returned to the field of agricul ture. S/Sgt. Chauncey Harold Ervin o! Beaufort is recovering from minor wounds received when a shell ex ploded near him in Korea, where he has been serving with the First Marine division. His wife. Mrs. Shirley V. Ervin, and their son, Richard Franklin, are staying with Mrs. Ervin's mother, Mrs. H. V. White, Live Oak street, Beaufort, while Sergeant Ervin is overseas. Ernest F. Gamer, fireman. USN, son of Mr. and Mrs. Roy T. Gar ner of Rt. 1, Newport, is serving aboard the battleship USS Mis souri. on her second tour of duty with United Nations forces in Ko rean waters. The Missouri has been bombard ing communist supply and com munication installations on the east coast of Korea. She has steamed more than 40.000 miles since leav ing her home port of Norfolk, Va. With the First Cavalry Div. in Japan ? Sgt. Callias E. Gaskill, son of Mr. and Mrs. Luther T. Gas kill, Roe. N. C., is now serving in Japan with the First Cavalry -di viaion. I I In jfciM