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42nd YEAR, NO. 28. TWO SECTIONS TWELVE PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY, APRIL 7, 1953 PUBLISHED TUESDAY AND FRIDAYS
. Second Freighter
Due to Arrive ,
Here This Week
Trucks Bring Tobacco
For Export as Port
Seeks More Storage
The German motor ship August
Bolten is scheduled to arrive at the
Morehead City port terminal Thurs
day or Friday to discharge a cargo
of fertilizer materials.
J. D. Holt, manager of the port,
i reported that the ship discharged
a part of its cargo earlier in
Charleston. Approximately 3,300
tons of muriate of potash, sulphate
bf potash, and sulphate of ammonia
will be unloaded here.
The Bolten will be the second
commercial freighter to discharge
a cargo here since the state port
facility was opened last August.
The SS Carl Fisser, another Ger
man vessel, arrived March 1 with
a cargo of potash.
Mr. Holt announced that the
Stevedoring firm of Stevenson and
Voung of Norfolk has purchased
$25,000 worth of modern conveyer
equipment to be used in the un
loading the ship. This equipment
will speed up the discharge of car
goes materially, Mr. Holt said.
. "We are certainly fortunate to
have Stevenson and Young handling
the difficult problem of stevedoring
at the port here," Mr. Holt com
mented.
None of the fertilizer materials
coming in on the Bolten are ex
plosive or inflammable, he said.
Tobacco continues to arrive at
the terminal awaiting export on the
Ludolf Oldendorff, a ship which is
now scheduled to arrive here May
2, Mr. Holt reported. The ship will
take on approximately 2,750 hogs
heads of tobacco for export. The
tobacco hogsheads are being
brought here by truck from Kin
ston, Farmville, and other tobacco
centers in Eastern North Carolina.
Two of the largest export firms
in the shipment are the L. B. Jen
kins firm of Kinston and the C. A.
Monk company of Farmville.
The hogsheads will be stored in
terminal warehouses until the
ship's arrival.
Today George W. Gillette, direc
tor of the state ports duthority,
will appear before a meeting of
the council of state in Raleigh to
request funds for the construction
of additional tobacco storage space
for 25,000 hogsheads of tobacco.
The plan was approved recently by
the authority.
Bids on the 10,000 barrel tank
to be built for the Dow Chemical
company were sent out last Friday,
Mr. Holt said. This tank must be
completed by July 1 under the
terms of the specifications. The
i tanks will store glycol to be
| shipped to the chemical firm's
; plant in Texas for purification.
' 1 Glycol is used but not consumed
? in the process of making dacron in
1 the Kinston DuPont plant. It will
be shipped by water from here to
Texas. To avoid possible salt con
tamination, the chemical is shipped
from Texas to Kinston in sealed
fail tank cars.
Union Loses Vote ,
At Garment Plant
Employees of the Morehead City
Garment company voted against
unionization by an overwhelming
majority in an election held at the
plant last Thursday.
The election was under the su
pervision of the National labor
Relations board.
Day workers voted between 9
o'clock and noon and night work
ers between 7:43 o'clock and 8:30
that night.
The ballots were cqunted by 9
o'clock and showed that the ma
pority of the company's employees
were against representation by the ,
CIO garment workers' union by
better than two and one-half to
one.
In a statement issued today the
management of the company said:
"We are grateful for the confi
dence demonstrated by this vote
and intend to do everything possi
ble to justify silch confidence.
"The matter having been settled
decisively we trust that all per
sonnel of Morehead City Garment
company will join together as a
united group without bitterness of
any kind and work for the benefit
of all and for the benefit of Car
teret county."
Thursday's election marked the
second time the union has failed to
win an election among the garment
company's workers. In October of
1949 the union lost in a similar
election but by a much smaller
margin.
Symphony Drive Workers
Hear Mrs. B. Swalin '
Forester Issues
Fire Warning '
The old saying of "M?rch winds
and April showers" could very
well be reversed this month, ac
cording to State Forester Fred H.
Claridge. He warned such a change
could bring a sharp increase in
forest fires unless care is exer
cised to prevent them.
Forest fires in the state during
the first three months of the cur
rent year have been relatively
small in siie as well as number,
Claridge said. He attributed the
low losses in a large measure to
what was an unusually heavy mois
ture content in the woods as a re
sult of numerous rainfalls during
the period.
Wooded areas usually dry fast
when there is a lack of rain and
especially so if the winds blow,
the state forester pointed out. As
a consequence, the forests become
highly susceptible to fira and they
can and de burn faat once tlwy
get started.
Last April, Claridge noted, there
were 1.030 forest fires and they
caused damages Estimated at more
than $350,000: The fnonth was
marked by one of the heaviest and
costliest series of forest fires in
the state. April, 1952, was unus
ually dry and windy. ?
A rather lengthy dry period this
month, together with the winds,
would make the woodlands most
vulnerable to fires, Claride added.
"We must never lose sight of
the fact, however, that nine out
of every ten forest fires are man
caused," the forester said.
All personnel of the State De
partment of Conservation and De
velopment's forestry division, the
state forester said, have been in
structed to issue repeated warn
ings against forest fires during the
hazardous fire period that runs
from April to June.
Flying Saucer Mystery v
Remains Scientific Puzzle
(Editor's Note: Flying saucers
have not been much in the news in
Carteret county since last spring
when several were reported. Since
that time there have been many
rumors but most people will not
talk publicly about seeing the
saucers. Recently a Cherry Point
pilot chased a mysterious "object"
which eluded his jet fighter, but
he did not identify the object as a
saucer. The following story doesn't
clear up the mysffery, but it's very
interesting).
Special to the NEWS-TIMES
I
By Ruth Peeling
Flying .saucers cannot be dis
missed with a shrug of the shoul
ders.
That's the opinion of Dr. Sey
mour L. Hess, associate professor
of meteorology at Florida State
{university, Tallahassee.
Dr. Hess, himself, in May of
1950 while if) Arizona observed an
object in the sky that he says "was
not an airplane (no propellor or
wings were apparent) nor a bird."
The scientist whose job is study
ing the atmosphere believes that a
few of the objects people have
been seeing in the sky ever since
1947 are powered craft.
A lot of them, however, have
been high-flying birds, weather bal
loons. and good old-fashioned air
planes.
What are the flying saucers
then?
Dr. Hess says he can only reply
that they, are not like any normal
raft.
Where do they come from?
? scientist lists thre possibili
1. They are craft being develop
by our own Air Force.
2. They are aircraft designed
and flown by another country.
3. They are from another planet.
Then to make the situation even
more puxzling. Dr. Hess adds that
he believes all three of those ex
planations extremely unlikely! Yet
they are the only ones, within the
scope of human knowledge that
seem possible.
If the saucers are being develop
ed by the United States Air Force,
Dr. Hess claims that the project
could nat be kept so hush-hush that
not a word about it leaks out
If they are being built and flown
by people of another country, per
haps the Russians, the Russians
would be fools to fly them over the
United States where on* might fall
from the sky Into our hands.
That they are from another
planet is most improbable, because
scientists have concluded that
there are no highly-developed oxy
gen breathing creatures on any of
the other planets.
What are the prospects for find
ing out exactly what they are?
Dr. Hesa believes the only hope
at present ia that one may fail out
of the aky and be found. However,
it may be smashed to bits and use
less for study.
FSU's scientist remarks that
there la absolutely no reason for
folks to be alarmed about flying
saucers. They are doing no one any
harm.
But, he adds, not all reports of
flying saucers should be pooh
poohed. Many of the articles and
books dismissing, them as birds or
balloons have not taken seriously
the observationa of trained weath
ermen, astronomers, and other
acientists.
And the Air Force still has its
special department, "Project Sau
cer," aet up to keep its eye on
things ia the iky.
? Mrs. Benjamin Swalin, wife of
Dr. Benjamin Swalin, director of
the North Carolina Symphony,
talked to the Morehead City work
ers for this year's symphony drive
yesterday afternoon* at the civic
center.
The Beaufort ? Morehead City
chapter of the symphony society
is conducting its annual drive for
memberships this week and next
week. Next week the leaders of
the chapter plan a house-to-house
campaign.
Last night, Mrs. Swalin spoke to
the Beaufort Junior Woman's club
which is sponsoring the drive in
Beaufort.
The Carteret county chapter is
holding its drive this spring in or
der to sign up enough members to
guarantee a children's concert next
year. Due to the insufficient num
ber of memberships sold this year,
the symphony was able to present
only its night concert for adult
members.
Memberships in the society are
$3 for a regular adult membership.
$5 for an active membership, and
$25 for group memberships.
In order to achieve its goal of
one school children's concert in the
afternpoa and an adult concert at
night, the chapter must raise at
least $050.
Each year the symphony travels
over the state bringing the finest
in classical music to state commun
ities. Partially supported by ap
propriations from the General As
sembly in the past, the symphony
depends on the sale of member
ships for the greater part of its
financial support.
Mrs. Eugene Roelofs is in charge
of the house-to-house canvas in
Morehead City which will start
next Monday. Assisting her will be
Mrs. V. B. Jenkins. Mrs. B. F.
Royal, Mrs. A. B. Roberts, Mrs.
Robert Taylor, Mrs. O. H. Johnson,
sr., Mrs. S. W. Thompson, jr., Mrs.
H. L. Joslyn, Mrs. Kenneth Prest,
Mrs. J. L. Pitchford, Mrs. Laurence
Vickers, Mrs. W. A. Ellison, jr.,
and Mrs. Theodore Rice.
Others are Mrs. T. D. Kemp. Mrs.
S. A. Horton, Mrs. Fred Lewis.
Mrs. H. C. Barrow, Mrs. William
J. Cherry, Mrs. Norman Post, Mrs.
Gus Davis, Mrs. Ethan Davis, Mrs.
O. H. Johnson, jr., Mrs. W. W.
Patrick, Mrs. Marion Mills, Mrs.
Clyde Carr. Mrs. William M. Brady.
Mrs. Harvey Hamilton, jr., Mrs. D.
Cordova. Mrs. W. F. Dowdy, and
James Webb.
Operations to salvage the 70-foot
trawler Dixie B which went a
ground last Wednesday at Ocracoke
Inlet were started Sunday.
The $40,000 trawler is owned by
the Charles Davis Seafood company
of Beaufort. Charles Davis, pres
ident of the firm, was supervis
ing the salvage operation.
According to reports the ground
ing was caused by high winds which
lashed the inlet early Wednesday
night Luther O'Neal is captain of
the vessel.
Coast guard equipment available
at Ocracoke was being used In the
salvage operation. Additional e
quipment was sent from Norfolk
and the Coast Guard cutter, Con
ifer, was standing by to give assis
tance.
While it was believed that the
$18,000 engine in the hull was a
total loss, Mr. Davis hoped to
salvage the hull by dragging it out
of the pounding surf up onto the
shore.
Davis Directs
Salvage Work
On Trawler
Tide Table
HIGH
LOW
Tuesday, April 7
1:33 a.m.
2:03 p.m.
8:00 a.m.
8:25 p.m.
Wedaeaday, April $
2:44 a.m.
3:16 p.m.
/
0:16 a.m.
0:40 p.m.
Thanday, April 9
3:52 a.m.
4:23 p.m.
10:18 a.m.
10:48 p.m.
Friday, April 10
4:56 a.m.
11:15 a.m.
5:21 pjn.
11:48 p.m.
Speaks Tomorrow
Dr. C. Sylvester Green, execu
tive vice-president of the medical
foundation. Chapel Hill, will ad
dress St. Paul's Men's club of
Beaufort tomorrow night at 6:30
at the parish house. Dr. Green
addressed the club last year and
the members look forward to his
return. It will be a dinner meet
ing.
Oil Pollution Hit
By Coast Guard
Ship operators and waterfront
industries have been urged to give
greater attention to the prevention
of pollution by oil spills or careless
pumping of vessels' bilges by Hear
Admiral Kussell E. Wood, com
mander of the Fifth Coast Guard
district.
"Oil pollution of Virginia, Mary
land and North Carolina coastal
areas is becoming a serious prob
lem." Admiral Wood commented.
He added that discharge of oil
in navigable coastal and inland
water areas is illegal and punish
able. In addition, Admiral Wood
cautioned against pumping waste
oil or bilge refuse into waters out
side the continental limits of the
United States should the waste ma
terial be carried into U.S. waters
because of prevailing currents 01
tides.
Noting that the yachting and
bathing season is only a short time
away, he said that the Coast Guarc
hopes all beachfront areas and
w?t#?rvn*ys will be free of spilled oi
by the time bathers start heading
for the beaches.
The February, 1953, issue of the
Proceedings ?f the Merchant Ma
rine Council, published by the
Coast Guard, headlines oil pollu
tion. An article in the magazim
points out that discussions on th<
international level have been helc
on oil pollution.
"Various governments have form
ulated regulations and placed law:
in effect designed to lessen an*
control the pollution of their coas
tal areas and harbors, and the sub
ject of pollution of sea water has
been brought before a committee ol
the United Nations for its consid
eration," the article states.
Marine Arrested
s/
After Car Wrecks
Crossing Signal
Howard W. Middaugh, Cherry
Point marine, was arrested for
speeding Friday night after the
car which he was driving destroyed
the control box for the signal light
at the railroad crossing near the
Blue Ribbon club.
Middaugh told Highway Patrol
man J. W. Sykes that he was head
ing east on US 70 at about 50
miles per hour. He said that his
car went off the right side.qf the
road at the curve, crossed to the
eft and returned to the right
side.
' When the car crossed the road
the second time, it went into the
air and struck the control box. The
control box and its cement base
were almost torn from the ground
by the impact.
The car, a 1941 club coupe, is be
lieved to be a total loss. Despite
the severity of the crash, Middaugh
received no injuries.
Tourist Season Opens Easter
With Crowds Jamming Beach
Hearing Set T oday
On Gambling Bill J
Proponents of the bill introduced
n the Senate of the General Assem
)ly to abolish pari-mutuel gambling
vill have their say today before
he Senate Propositions and Griev
mces committee.
A hearing for opponents of the
neasure will probably be held next
Tuesday, H. Earlc Mobley, Carteret
county's representative, reported
his week.
The chairman of the Propositions
jnd Grievances committee, Adam
I. Whitley of Johnson, is one of the
signers of the bill. When the legis
ation was introduced Mr. Mobley
commented that he thought the
sentiment of the House was op
posed to changing the present state
aw which allows pari-mutuel bet
ing.
Mr. Mobley also reported that
he expects no trouble with the
bills introduced to allow the coun
ty to borrow $50,000 for a new jail
ind to permit immediate transfer
Lo the superior court of defendants
before Beaufort recorder's court
vho request jury trial.
He said that he saw little hope
lor an early adjournment of the
session. "It looks like we will be
here at least three more weeks,"
le said.
Referring to the difficulties
which agencies are having in get
ting additional funds approved by
the appropriations committees, Mr.
Mobley said that he saw little
chance of getting an appropriation
for improvements at the Fort Ma
con state park. No appropriation
was recommended by the Advisory
Budget commission. "I feel that it
is most unfortunate to cut the state
parks so drastically," Mr. Mobley
said, "but there doesn't seem to be
any surplus money."
A bill introduced by Mr. Mobley
and Representative Sam White
hurst of Craven to outlaw the hunt
ing of deer from highways or on
private property in Carteret,
Craven and Lenior has been report
ed favorably by a House commit
tee, he said.
The Fisheries committee may not
take any action on the bill intro
duced by the Conservation and De
velopment board to levy new li
cense fees and taxes on commercial
fishermen, Mr. Mobley said. "There
have been so many amendments,
and the issues have become so con
fused, that the committee has been
unable to make any report as yet,"
he said.
Red Cross Fund Drive
Nears $2,600 Goal
?olice Report '
u iMt Weekend
Despite the large crowds which
elebrated the Plaster weekend in
Carteret county, police in both
eaufort and Morehead City re
ort that they had very little busi
ess over the weekend.
Chief Carlton Garner of the
lejufort police says that his de
a.tment made only five arrests,
wo for traffic violations and three
3r public drunkenness.
Cecil Willis, Rt. 1, Beaufort, was
rrested Saturday for failing to
top at a traffic light. Linwood
?ickett, Morehead City Negro, was
lso arrested Saturday for failing
o stop at a stop sign. Both men
re free on their own recognizance
nd will be tried today in munici
al recorder's court.
Fred Fulford and William Chad
vick, both Beaufort Negroes, and
iVilliam Knowles, North River Ne
;ro. were arrested Sunday for pub
ic drunkenness. All three arc free
>n $25 bonds and will be tried to
lay.
Morehead City police officials
jay that their activity over the
weekend was confined to cases of
public drunkenness and traffic vio
ations. There were no serious
:rimes in Morehead City over the
weekend.
The sheriff's department says
that the same quiet prevailed
throughout the county and there
were no calls for the sheriff or his
deputies over the weekend.
Police Captain Quits
Capt. Hubert Fulcher ? of the
Morehead City police department I
has announced that he has resigned !
from the force effective Friday.
Capt. Fulcher will devote his time
to operation of his party bo*t, Blue
Water.
* With complete returns not yet
reported, the Beaufort chapter of
ihe American Red Cross has col
lected $1205.55 in its 1953 fund
drive, according to Mrs. E. H. Pot
ter, chapier treasurer. Goal for
1 1 > <frivelfc?<|jDf. t
Mix. Potter tays (hat, since the
last report, another $70 has been
collected in the Beaufort business
district. Returns from the resi
dential district of Beaufort are still
incomplete.
Mrs. Potter says that several re
turns have been made from the
eastern part of the county since
the last report was issued. Mrs.
Clyde Harris, Mrs. Herbert Styron
and Miss Glenda Daniels collected
$41.25 in Atlantic, and Miss Aleeze
S. Smith collected $32.20 in Glou
cester.
The Davis Freewill Baptist
church has contributed $22.70 to
the drive, and $16.20 has been re
ceived from the Davis Baptist
church. The chapter has received
an additional $3 from Atlantic and
Mrs. Potter has urged fund
$2.01 from Meriimon.
workers who have not yet made
their reports to do so as soon as
possible. She has also urged those
who have not contributed to the
drive to contact fund workers in
their neighborhoods.
James Webb and Charles Willis,
cochairmen of the drive in More
head City, have reported that the
drive has so far netted more than
I $600
The chairmen say that it appears
certain that the drive will exceed
the amount collected in last year's
campaign. They say that last year's
total already has been almost e
qualled and several workers have
not yet made returns.
The drive in Morehead City is
beuig concentrated in the business
district because of the difficulty of
obtaining workers in the residential
section. Some residents, however,
have been contacted and others
who wish to contribute may send
their donations to Mr. Webb at the
Morehead City post office.
B&PW Club Helps Widow
Thanks to the efforts of the
Carteret Business and Professional
Women's club, Urs. Etta D. Sal
ter of Davis is now receiving social
security payments to which she has
been entitled since the death of her
husband in 1MB
Mrs. Salter recently received a
check for $435.20 to cover back
payments and she will receive
$33 80 each month from now on.
The B4PW club became Inter
ested in the woman's pase about
two years ago when it began to ob
tain the benefits for Carteret coun
ty residents who are entitled to
them but who may not know of
their entitlement.
The club members checked back
on the places where the woman's
husband, Samuel, had worked prior
to his death In June 1940. They
obtained proof that he had made
payments while employed in work
covered by tha act and sent the
likiwa with a death certificate to
(he social security administration.
After s long correspondence be
tween club members, Mrs. Salter
and social security officials, the
woman's claim was recognized and
she received the back payments.
Mrs. Salter is only one of the
many people whom the club has
helped v since the social security
project began. N. W. Avera, local
representative of the social security i
administration, says that many
people have received benefits who
9therwise would not have received
them.
Mrs. Salter says that she would
never have known that she was en
titled to the benefits if it had
not been for the B4PW club's
projcct. Many others helped by
th? club were in the same situation.
The club's success so far has en
couraged it to continue with tin
project, and the members hope to
.be akle to aaaiat other countians
who are entitled to the benefits.
?n. Etta D. Salter
? "If Easter Sunday was a sample of the season, Carteret county is in
for the biggest summer tourist season in its history," Alfred B. Cooper,
mayor of Atlantic Beach said ye'lerday in commenting on the crowds
at the beach and in Morehead City and Beaufort.
Mr. Cooper said that it was the biggest Easter he had ever seen on
the beach. Four concession stands have opened on the boardwalk in
Construction '
Shows Increase
New construction or alterations
to old buildings took a sharp rise
in March after a slow start in Jan
uary and February, according to
the records of A. B. Roberts, jr.,
Morehead City building inspector.
During the month, Mr. Roberts is
sued 12 permits for work estimated
to cost about $44,000. Permits is
sued during the first two months
of the year amounted to only
about $11,000. Commercial build
ing accounted for most of the in
crease in the number of permits is
sued.
Dr. D. J. Eure received a permit
to erect a one-story brick office
building on Bridges street at an
estimated cost of $16,000. The six
room structure wlil house a dental
office.
A one-story brick addition to the
First-Citizens Bank and Trust com
pany's building on Arendell street
is being constructed at an esti
mated cost of $10,000.
George Phillips obtained a per
mit for an addition to his concrete
store building on Bridges street.
| The work will cost about $2,400.
Wheeler - Nelson motors con
structed a frame office building on
its used car lot at 4th and Arendell
at an estimated cost of $700. James
Hawthorne received a permit for a
frame building on Shepard street.
The building, which will house a
beauty shop, will cost about $450.
F. L. Royal received a permit to
move and make repairs to his bar
ber shop on S. 8th street. The work
cost about $150.
The largest non commercial con
struction v? ; a i a. ae dwelling on
Bay street. Jt Lx being constructed
by Alex Dudley at a cost of about
$8,000.
Paul Webb received a permit to
construct a frame dwelling on S.
34th street at an estimated cost of
$5,000, and Walter Lewis obtained
a permit for a frame dwelling on
Arendell street at a cost of about
$1,000.
L. T. Horton obtained a permit
for a dwelling on N. 10th street.
The work is estimated to cost ab6ut
$750. Sammy Hughes received a
permit for a garage on Fisher
street to cost about $200, and W.
J. Laughton received a permit for
repairs to a dwelling on Fisher
street. The repairs will cost about
$300.
April Is MonthJ
Of Cancer Drive
The month of April has been set
aside as the period for the 1953
cancer crusade in North Carolina
by Governor William B. Umstead
The Governor urged every citi
zen of the state during this month
to learn as much as possible about
the disease of cancer and to sup
port the 1953 crusade generously.
Pointing out that 3,411 North
Carolinians died of cancer in 1952.
the Governor said the number will
probably be larger this year.
"In order to combat this wide
spread disease. It is necessary to
have the concerted effort of gov
ernment. the medical profession,
scientists and all of our citizens,"
Governor Umstead declared.
Through programs of education,
research, science and direct service
many lives have been saved and
many more can be saved, he said.
This year's goal for North Caro
lina is $310,000 as compared with
$300,000 last year, and the national
goal is $18 million. A campaign
will be conducted in every county
in the state.
Three Permits Issued j
For New Construction
Only three building permits were
issued last month in Beaufort ac
cording to Gerald Woolard, build
ing inspector. The three permits
amounted to $4,150. almost as much
as the eight permits issued in Feb
ruary.
The largest part of the amount
is 13,500 which is the estimated
cost of a dwelling being construct
ed by Norman Willis on Sunset
lane.
Repairs to a house and a garage
account for the rest of the sum.
Hubert Da via received a permit to
repair a dwelling en Pine street at
a coat of $300. Mrs. C. R Wheat
ley received a permit to repair a
garage on Marsh street. Repairs to
the garage will coat $350.
"addition to the grocery store, cafe,
hotel and amusement center which
were open prior to Sunday.
The beach was crowded with peo
ple enjoying the sun while more
than 100 courageous swimmers
braved the chill April waters of the
Atlantic. Mr. Cooper said that
other businesses on the beach will
open gradually with every one open
by May 1. The official opening of
the beach is set for arour.d the first
of June.
Restaurants and other businesses
open Sunday in Morehead City ?nd
Beaufort also reported overflow
crowds as the tourist season gol its
semi-official start with Easter.
Approximately two-thirds of the
available parking space at the
beach was taken up Sunday empha
sizing the beach's growing problem
of parking facilities.
Mr. Cooper announced that the
business men's association at the
beach has met recently to discuss
the parking situation. A commit
tee was appointed to study the
problem and report to the associa
tion on April 17.
"We feel that it is imperative to
find a solution to the parking
problem prior to May 1," he said.
"If you don't have parking facili
ties for people in May and June,
they won't come back in July ancl
August."
The association hopes to find
space for cars away from the beach
which can be prepared for parking
in the near future.
Mr. Cooper also reported that
many people have bought lots on
the beach this winter.
An additional factor in the tour
ist business has been the annual
return of fish. Crowds lined the
trestle over the Newport river be
tween Morehead City and Beaufort
during the weekend, and several
party boats took parties out. Most
of the boats returned early due to
the roughnm* of tbe sea.
It 4 I II
Kotarians near
Security Talk
Dr. Kenneth Black of the Uni
versity of Georgia explained the
recent trend toward retirement
plans in industry at Thursday
light's meeting of the Morehead
Jity Rotary club.
Dr. Black said that retirement
)lans to supplement social se
curity benefits were placed in ef
"ect at the start of World War II
n order to have a stabilizing cf
ect on manpower. He said that,
since that time, these so-called
?fringe benefits" have become the
:oal of labor unions in most indus
ries. He said that such benefits
?ave become a major point in union
?ontract negotiations.
Dr. Black will head the depart
ncnt of insurance in the Univer
ity of Georgia's newly-formed At
anta division. He was introduced
o the Kotarians by Albert Gaskill
vho had been one of his instruc
ors at Chapel Hill.
The Rotary club voted to hold a
oint meeting with the Morehead
'ity chamber of commerce April
0 at the Blue Ribbon club.
Visiting Rotarians at the mcet
ng were Nathan Edwards of Golds
)oro and Franklin Roelle of Bucy
rui, Ohio.
Greenville Gets
TV Go Ahead;
To Start August
Better television reception is in ?
.tore for the Carteret county area
ifter next August when a station
will be put in operation near Green
ville.
Last week a group of business
nen from Wilson, Rocky Mount
ind Greenville were given a con
struction permit by the Federal
'ommunications commissions to es
ablish a station in Eastern North
Carolina.
When on the air the itation will
operate with 100.000 watts for video
and 30.000 watts for audio. This
neans that it will transmit clear
Pictures (or at leaat 75 milea and
pouibly (or greater distances.
So far It it the only VHF permit
that has been granted in Eastern
North Carolina. The call letters
will be WNCT and it has been
allotted channel 9.
According to reports, orders have
already been placed lot the equip
ment and the town is being fabri
cated in Chicago. When completed
and erected it will stand 964 feet 1
in the air with approximately 26 ii
aprea of ground (or anchecagt.
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