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rW CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES J* i 42nd YEAR, NO. 30. TWO SECTIONS TWELVE PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY, APRIL 14, 1953 PUBLISHED TUESDAY AND FRIDAYS Education Board Honors School Bus Drivers The county board of education recently honored the 34 boys and fcirls who drive the county's school buses at a barbecue at the More head City recreation center. The drivers who were honored for their excellent work during the school year are Emma Perry, Doris Tera pie, Coleen Taylor, Aubrey Mason, Frederick Merrill, Ted Spivey, Gerald Taylor, Elvie Tosto, Roy Dennis, Ray McCain, Howard Garner, Llcyd Culpepper. Graham Bradshaw, Douglas Reynolds, Dennis Willis, Wesley Fulcher, Winston Hill. Jack Davis, Joe Lina, Tommy Willis, Hedrick Arthur, Ray Lawrence, William Davis, Robert C. Rig?s, Tom my Ogleshy, Larry McCabe, Larry Sutherland, Ashley Lewis, John Ballou, Wilfred Dixon, John Becton, William Pcnn Tootle, jr., Ice land Frazier and George Hill. The Carteret eounty board of ed ucation honored 34 high school bus drivers at a barbecue dinner recent ly at the recreation center in More bead City. The school bus drivers, 31 boys ind three girls, pilot their buses 1.037.7 miles per day in the county transporting 1.959 students to and from the schools. Guest speaker at the dinner was pefphos J. Dark, transportation as sistant in the division of transpor [ation of the state board of educa tion in Raleigh. He told the group that approximately 6.800 school buses in the state transport 430,000 school children each day^ These buses travel an estimated 220,000 miles per day or 40 million each year. In addition to the drivers, seven school principals, the two bus me chanics, Miss Lucille Rice, who compiles bus reports, Charles V. Webb, vice-chairman of the county board of education, James D. Pot ter, county auditor, and H.'L. Jos lyn, county superintendent of edu cation, attended the dinner. Mr. Joslyn told the young drivers that the whole county school sys tem from "the board of education down" was "proud of the faithful and efficient service performed by the drivers." In addition to the county schools' responsibility for school buses, Mr. Dark pointed out to the drivers that the state highway department and the state highway patrol are vitally concerned in keeping school bus transportation safe. "You are a choice group and in assuming your responsibilities you must be morally straight and men tally alert," he told the drivers. "Many." he eontinued, "will think little of your services, but many will praise you. if you do your best to make a Rood driver. Many par ents will be thankful to you for taking their children to and from school safely." The responsibility for safe driv ing which is placed on every school bus driver is excellent training lor later life. "You get more pay than your money," Mr. Dark said, "you get the satisfaction of an important job well and safely done." [County Commissioners Give Welfare, Budget Approval The Carteret county board of+ ?ommissioners at its meeting Mon lay voted tentative approval of a ludget for the welfare next year n the amount of $346,116.25 of vhich approximately $50,000 will ome from the county and the bai lee from state and federal sources. The budget was presented by liss Georgia Hughes, director of velfare in the county, and Cecil Aorris, member of tfye county wel are board. Miss Hughes pointed out that his would mark an increase of ap >roximately $70,000 over last rear's budget but would cost the lounty only $2,000 to $4,000 more luring the year. Last year's bud ;et totaled approximately $276, 21.39 of which approximately 46.000 came from the county. An itemization of the budget hows that $309,104 is planned for >ublic assistance with the county ippropriating $41,337 in this .cate [ory; $8,300 from the county for leneral assistance; and $28,712.25 of administration of which $15, 188.25 comes from the county. Total county allocations would rome to $64,279, less funds left >ver from previous years and qualization money which would educe the county's share to ap >roximately $50,000. The largest single item in the Hidget is old age assistance which, otals $134,160. Funds for hospital nation of patients total $3,500 in his year's budget as contrasted vith $2,000 last year. Miss Hughes also reported to the ;ommissioners that two homes for he care of aged patients are now See WELFARE, Page 3 ndian Biologist _< Visits Laboratory Studying Shad Dr. Santhappan Jones, director if the central inland fisheries re learch station at Barrachpore, In lia, is now visiting the U. S. fish ery laboratory on Pivers Island. In India, he has recently been tngaged in research on Indian shad incL other problems in cstuarine ecology and its bearing on . fish itocks. Dr. Jones is particularly nterested in the work on the At antic coast shad being conducted it the laboratory here. As a result of his outstanding pork in India, he was nominated ly the Central Government of In lia to study in the United States. )r. Jones arrived in New York ?ity on March 26 to begin a three nonths' tour of research centers ind government laboratories con cerned with estuarine fishery biolo iy Dr. Jones was born at Trivan Irum, Trvaicore-Cochin. He re eived hi&early schooling there and eceived his master's degree in 1937 it the College of Science at Triv ndrum He received his doctor's legree in 1951 from Madras uni prsity. He is cxpected to stay in thii re- until April 18 and during that I me he will acquaint local fisheries liologists with the research being arried out ia India as well as ae luainting himself with the .methods nd progress made in fisheries re earch at the local fisheries labor itories. Power Interruption Set for Causeway Electrical power to the More head City-Beaufort causeway will be cut off Wednesday morning from 4 until 6, weather per mitting, George B. Stovall, man ager of the Carolina Power and Light company bero, reported today. The power interruption is made necessary because the com pany is raising its power lines all along the causeway to give more clearance over the recently com pleted spur track of the Beaufort Morehead railroad. Most of the work has been done in advance, Mr. Stovall said, but the power interruption will b? necessary for two hours. Farm Program * Groups to Meet R. M. Williams, county farm agent, has announced that three of the seven committees working on the county's longrange agricultural program will meet this week to make final studies before issuing their reports. The community improvement committee, headed by C. S." Long, will meet at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday in the health department auditor ium. The cash and feed crops com mittee, headed by Mr. Williams, will meet at 8:30 Wednesday night in the same place. The livestock and poultry com mittee, headed by A1 Newsome, will meet at 7:30 Thursday night in the auditorium. Preliminary copies of the reports have been sent to committee mem bers for their study. At the meet ings. any suggested changes or ad ditions to the reports will be made. When the final reports are ready, they will be combined in booklet form and presented to farm fam ilies. The longe-range agricultural pro gram in the county is part of the state-wide North Carolina Chall enge program set up to improve the slate's agricultural picture. Rose to Occupy x New Building Rote's dime store will occupy the one story building now under construction at 8th and Arendell streets, Morehead City, according to informed sources. The building will be rented by Rose's from the owners, Marion In vestment company of New York, on a percentage of sales basis. The structure will have a fifty foot frontage on both Arendell and Evans streets and about 200 feet on 8th street. The property was acquired for the purpose at a reported price of $69,000. The L. L. Leary estate, owner of the store property now occupied by Row's on Arendell street, is re ported to have received about 20 lease requests. Han Answers , Wrong Knock Justin Ball of Morehead City will be more careful the next time that he invites unknown visitors into his house ? especially if he is entertaining his guests with non tax paid whiskey. When Ball heard a knock on his door Thursday night, he invited the unknown man to "come right in." Officer Carl Bunch of the More head City police walked in, armed with a search warrant, and seized 4 V? gallons of non-tax paid whis key, including the half gallon jar which Ball held in his hand. A search of Ball's house reveal ed eight more half-gallon jars and a half-full pint bottle. Ball express ed surprise that the police should be interested in his stock of liquor and said that he had done nothing wrong. Before he was taken to the police station, Ball suggested that everyone have a drink, but Officer Bunch refused the request. At the police station, Ball was booked on a charge of possessing non tax paid whiskey for sale. He will be tried Monday in Morehead City recorder's court. After a few minutes in jail, Ball was released on $250 bond provided by a friend. Capt. Buck Newsome of the More head City police refused to allow Ball to take any of the whiskey home with him. Ball's arrest was the result of an anonymous tip which said that he was selling whiskey and that four gallons of the liquor would be found in his house on N 10th street. The officers obtained the search warrant and went to Ball's house but found nobody at home. When the officers looked through the windows they saw what appeared to be several jars of whis key on the kitchen floor. Captain Newsome returned to the station and left Officer Bunch to wait for Ball to return home. After a half-hour's wait. Ball and a friend drove up to the house and went in to have a small drink. Ball was about to pour the drinks when Officer Bunch knocked on the door. While Officer Bunch was wait ing for him, Ball had been attend ing a union meeting at the More head City town hall. He said that he and a friend left the meeting for a few minutes to get the drink. No charges were placed against his friend. Money Not Available ^ For Mosquito Control Representatives of the Sea Level community hospital and the Cope land motor, court adjacent to it were informed Friday that no pub lic funds are available for mos quito control in the area. D. F. Ashton of the malaria con trol division of the state board of health told them Friday that no Federal or state funds can be made available for such projects. Dr. N. Thomas Ennett, county health officer, said that county funds can not be used for mosquito control in the section. Farmers Enroll , In Soil Contest The Finer Carolina contest in soil conservation is off to a Mood start in Carteret county with 61 farmers taking part. L. W. Howard, soil conservation district supervisor, an nounced this week. "A number of the farmers have already begun one or more prac tices for land conservation and im provement," Mr. Howard said. The contest is sponsored by the Carolina Powei and Light corny? ny through it* service area in North and South Carolina. George B. Stovall, local manager for the com pany, explained that the conserva tion contest was chosen because "soil is the basic source of wealth." The contest includes any practice approved by the Lower Neuse Soil Conservation district, provided the project is completed during the 1953 calendar year. Farmers who have applied for the contest are Junius Bell, Neal Campen. John Creech. F Elliott, George Franks. Lonnie E. Fulcher, A. M. Garner, C. S. Garner, D. F. Garner, Floyd M. Garner, G. C. Garner, Jack K. Garner, S. Gar ner, Prentice Garner. Sam Garner, D. L. Hardesty, Parnell Hardesty, S. W. Hatcher, L. W. Howard, and B. J. Mann. Others enrolled in the contest are Avon Hancock. O. H. Johnson, jr., J. A. Kelly, C. H. Lockey, C. L. Lockey, G. L. Lockey, Harry A. Lockey. I. V. Lockey, C. M. Mason, Clifford Merrill, A. C. Murdoch, Albert E. Murdoch, C. A. McCabe, Osborn Pigott, L. W. Pelleticr, Clarence E. Piner, G. C. Pollard. S. L. Pollard. W. H. Pridgen, Ernest W. Quinn. Leon H. Quinn, Walton Quinn, W. R. Roberts, Os car Salter, Lee Sawrey, Harrold Simmons, and M. L. Simmons. The list also includes R. L. Sim mons. Y. Z. Simmons, John W. Smith, Walter I. Smith, H. G. Swan, Allen T. Trader, James Trombetti, Julian I. Weeks; D. W. West, jr., K. W. Wright, Miss Georgine P. Yeatman, J. W. Young, John D. Young, and Leon A. Youngblood. Morehead City Board Calls For Annexation Election Ten Candidates y File for Election Ten candidates, including Mayor George W. Dill, jr., and Commis sioners D. G. Bell. M. T. Mills. S. C. Hollo way. and Dr. John Morris, have filed for the May 5 municipal election in Morehead City. The first to file was Leroy Guth rie who announced his candidacy for town commissioner when he filed Tuesday. Mr. Guthrie also re vealed that he organized a slate of candidates when he filed Sat urday morning for three other men. Running with Mr. Guthrie are Thomas Wade. R. Doug West and V. J. (Puck) O'Neal. All are seek ing election to the board of town I commissioners. The group has not j yet announced a candidate for may or or any other town offices. The second candidate to file was Ted Garner who filed Friday. Mr. Garner says that he running as an independent and is not connected with the slate filed by Mr Guthrie. Dr. Morris and Mr. Mills filed for reelection Friday afternoon, Mayor Dill and Mr. Bell filed Sat urday morning and Mr. Holloway filed Monday. W. L. Derrickson, the other member of the board has not yet filed. Mr. Derrickson is ' out of town and is expected to file when he returns. No candidates have filed for any ! of the other offices to be filled in the election, and the present of ficers have not yet indicated wheth er or not they will seek reelection. They arc George H. McNeil, judge of recorder's court; Alva Hamilton, assistant judge of recorder's court; and John Lash ley, clerk of record er's court. Two members of the board of trustees of the Morehead City hospital will also be elected. The deadline for filing for the election is Thursday, ? April 23. In Beaufort, no other candidates have filed since Wyon Gray Lewis filed April 4 for town commission er. Other candidates are Gordon Hardesty, running for commisson er; ommissioner Clifford Lewis, seeking the post to be vacated by Mayor L.W. Massed; Commissioners Carl ilatsell, James Rumley and Dr. W. L. Woodard, all seeking reelec tion; and Gerald Hill and W. G. Temple, seeking to fill the vacan cies created by Mr. Lewis and Mat thew Chaplain on the board. Mr. Chaplain has indicated that he will not seek reelection. Five Marines Are Killed In Crash Sunday Night I Five enlisted men stationed aH I Cherry Point were killed in a plane crash Sunday while returning from a weekend in Chicago. The plane, a medium torpedo bomber piloted by First Lieuten ant George McHardy, crashed near Siler City about 35 miles west of Raleigh. Details concerning the cause of the crash were not avail able, but observers on the ground saw yi?? ' #>mber crash in flames. | Lt. McHardy and First Lieuttrn- ' ant R. A. Wilson survived the crash j though Lt. Wilson's condition was j reported to be critical yesterday. ! j Both of these men are 31 years old and both are married with one daughter. They are reserve officers. In civilian life, Lt. McHardy was a night club entertainer. His in juries were described as minor. Lt. Wilson was reported to be suffer ing from a shattered left leg, shock and possible internal injur ies. All of the enlisted men were from the Chicago area. They were Corporal J. J. Flanagan, 22, from Chicago; Corporal A. B. Kobiske, 22, from Berlin. Wis.; Corporal C. J. Nowaccyk, 23, from Chicago; Coporal H. H. Leudke, jr., 27, from Milwaukee, Wis.; and Pfc. Carl E. Lindholm, 20, from Northfield, 111. The plane left Cherry Point early Saturday morning for the Glen view airport outside of Chicago. Sunday the^bomber was re-fueled at the Wright-Patterson field, Day ton, O., and gave its estimated time of arrival at Cherry Point as 8:44 p.m. At 7:36 a distress signal was heard from the plane and ground observers sighted the plane burn ing. Mobley Hospitalized License Revoked The state highway patrol has an nounced the revocation of the driver's license of Lenard Thomas Smith of Newport. The license was revoked after he was convicted in county recorder's ctnirt of drunken driving, reckless driving and hit and run driving. Lejeune Marines Leave For A-Bomb Training Marines from the Second di vision stationed at Camp Lejeune left Cherry Point by air Sunday on the first leg of their journey to Nevada to witness an undisclosed type of atomic blast. In reinforced battalion strength, more than 900 marines will move into Camp Desert Rock, Nev? from where they will go to Yucca Flat* to observe the explosion. The exercise will mark the sec ond time that Marine Corps per sonnel have participated In an A-bomb explosion in strength. The marines will join another in fantry battalion from Camp Pendle ton. Calif. Accompanying the bat talion will be troop detachments from the Tenth regiment, the Sec ond engineers, tank, ordnance, and signal battalions, the Second Ma Mne Air Wing, and force troop*, Atlantic. The forcei will follow up the atomic explosion they will witness with a mock ground-air assault on an objective near the center of the impact area. Since last week the men have been preparing for their atomic baptism of fire. A specially design ed training schedule has been teaching the men the art of ground atomic assault, as well as the effect by atomic warfare on the recently developed method of verticle as sault by helicopter-borne troops. The Lejeune marines arc also being carefully schooled in atomic physical protection measures. Tide Table Tide* il Beaufort Bar' HIGH LOW Tuesday, April 14 8:2;) a.m. 8:47 p.m. 2:28 a.m. 2:31 p.m. Wednesday, April 15 9:10 a.m. 8:35 p.m. 3:15 a.m. 3:17 p.m. Thursday, April 16 9:56 a.m. 10:22 p.m. 4:05 a.m. 4:04 p.m. Friday, April 17 10:45 a.m. 11:12 p.m. 4:53 a.m. 4:53 pjn. Representative H. Earle Mob ley, Carteret county's delegate to the general assembly, was taken to the Morehcad City hospital yesterday morning after he col lapsed in his office. Dr. John Morris is treating Mr. Mobley and says that his condition is not serious. He said that he put Mr. Mobley in the hospital for ob servation. ' Minister Shows Films of Trip The Kev. Priestley Conyers, III, showed movies of his trip to Eu rope last year at Thursday night's meeting of the Morehcad City Ro tary club. Since Rotary International will meet in Paris next month, Mr. Conyers showed pictures of the French capital and of the historic cathedrals at Chartres and Rheims. Gerald Mitchell and A1 Dewey were presented as new members at the meeting. Mr. Mitchell is owner of Mitchell's Carpenter shop and Mr. Dewey is manager of the Jef ferson hotel. Rotarian Guy E. Bonncy of Springfield, III., was a visitor at the meeting and had as his guest Cdr. Vincent Lauters, USN. pub lic works officer at Camp Lejeune. Other guests at the meeting were H. Earle Mobley and W. C. Mat thews. honorary members of the club; Walter Chipman, Beaufort Rotarian; and' Kenneth Wagner, Morehead City. The Morehead City Rotary club will join the other civic clubs Thursday night at the annual din ner of the chamber of commerce at the Blue Ribbon club. Hospital Trustees Ask x Bids on Air-Conditioning The trustees of the Morehead City hospital at their monthly meeting Thursday night decided to ask for bids on air-conditioning for part of the building. The trustees are considering air conditioning the hospital's operat ing and delivery rooms but will not make a final decision until after the bids are received. ? The Morehead City board of com-^ missioners passed a resolution Fri day night asking the county board of elections to hold an election among the qualified voters of the areas proposed for incorporation. All the details of the election in cluding the registration of the vo ters will be handled by the county board. The date of the election will be set by the county board. A public hearing on the propos al was held Monday night, April 6, in the city hall courtroom. At that time a petition signed by 104 residents in the area was presented by Claude Wheatley, Beaufort at torney. retained by O. O. Fulcher and other residents of the area to represent them at the hearing. The petition called for a referen dum. During the hearing Mr. Fulcher said that the signatures on the petition were all valid. The area proposed for annexation is west of the present city limits. It includes the state property west of Thirty-fourth street and south of the railroad; west of Twenty-fifth street to the west limit of the state property between the railroad and highway 70; and the property be tween Twenty-fifth street and Twenty-eighth street north of the highway to Calico creek. The city has promised to give the residents and property owners of the area six kinds of service once they are incorporated. These ser vices include water mains for fire hydrants, street lights, guaranteed fire protection, police protection, street maintainence, and zoning and city planning. The public hearing was attended by approximately 70 persons. At that time Mayor George W. Dill said. "Our primary prpose is to insure the orderly growth of More head City and only secondary is the matter of tax revenue. This property will have to be in the city several years before the gain in taxes will offset our immediate investment in giving services to the area." At the meeting Friday night, the board also made plans to be rep resented in Raleigh at the hearing today on Jhe proposed legislation which would outlaw the dog tracks. The bill which would specifically prohibit pari-mutual gambling all over the state is being studied by the Senate Propositions and Griev ances committee. Last Tuesday at the proponents hearing, several witnesses told the committee that people in the coun ties having the state's two race tracks were "intimidated" by the tracks. Mr. Dill said that he was plan ning to attend the hearing together with another commissioner. The Chamber of Commerce, merchants' association and other civic groups will also be representated at the hearing. "The people here voted for it, and as far as we know they're still in favor of it," Mr. Dill said in commenting on the anti-race track bill. The representatives will ask that the committee give the bill an un favorable report. Mobley Introduces Bill Enlarging , Education Board A bill was introduced into the General Assembly last week which would give Carteret county a five man board of education instead of a three-man board. H. Earle Mobley, Carteret coun ty's representative, reported that he introduced the bill in order to give each school district in the county a representative on the board of education. "I have given this matter a lot of thought," he said, "and all of the people with whom I have talked have been in favor of enlarging the board." Present members of the board of education are Dr. L. W. Moore, of Beaufort, Charles V. Webb of Morehead City, and Dennis Mason of Atlantic. Under the proposed bill Mr Webb. Mr. Mason. W Bon ner Allen of Newport, Robert W. Safrit, jr., of Beaufort, and William Gillikin of Bettie will be members of the board. Ocean Park Movie Ads x Were Week Ahead If the Ocean Park Drive-In movie ads in last week's issues of THE NEWS-TIMES had been correct, you would be just one week older today than you are. The advertising department of the newspaper simply got one week ahead of itself last week and ran this week's Ocean Park movie schedule last week. Everything and everybody is back on the beam this week, however. Clyde Carr, manager, of Ocean Park reports that he caught a minor form of fury from movie patrons about the ad mix up all last week and declares emphatically that Umm ads get read. Towns Proclaim Symphony Week > Little Symphony Group Begins Membership Drive for Next Year Mayor George W. Dill of More head City and Mayor L. W. Hassell of Beaufort have proclaimed this week as Symphony Week in the two towns. The proclamations were issued in conjunction with the fund drive being conducted by the Little Symphony society. i ne society in Larteret county is the first to hold its drive for funds for next year's concerts. An intensive drive is being carried out to sell memberships in the society. Memberships are $3 for adults. $5 for active and $25 for group mem berships. Only members of the so ciety will be able to attend the concerts to be presented by the North Carolina Little Symphony. The local society is trying to raise $950 in memberships in or der to have both the regular con cert and a children's concert next year. Lack of funds made it im possible to have a children's con cert this year. The drive in Morehead City be gan with a coffee hour yesterday morning at which workers re ceived kits and instructions for the drive. Workers will contact resi dents of both towns during the week to sell the memberships. Mrs. Eugene Koelofs is in charge of the house-to-house drive in Morehead City and is being assist ed by Mrs. R. W. Poulk. Money collected in the drive will be turn ed over to Mrs. H. L. Joslyn at her home, 2806 Evans street, Morehead City. Returns will be made be tween 10 a.m. and noon and be tween 1 p.m. and 2 p.m. Monday. The Little Symphony is a di vision of the North Carolina Sym phony orchestra, Chapel Hill, which tours the state c?ch winter bringing music to residents of every section of North Carolina. The North Carolina Symphony is unique in that it is the only sym phony orchestra in the country which is partially state-supported. Part of its funds come from state appropriations, although most of the funds come from the sale of memberships. Little Symphony societies in each toWn visited by the orchestra handle the raising of funds through the sale of memberships to cover the expense of the local concerts. PM A Official Warns Farmers B. J. May, production marketing administrator (or Carteret county, has warned farmers who arc carry ing out conservation practices with government assistance that substi tution of other practices may not be permissible. He says that pro visions governing this year's ACP program are quite different from those of past years. Mr. May says that changes may be made only with the approval of the county committee and only for certain specific reasons. Farmers must submit their requests to the PMA office and obtain approval be fore beginning the new projects. In preparation for the ACP pro gram, committeemen visited each farmer in the county and discussed with him his conservation needs. Most of the farmers then requested assistance on two or more approved practices, and some asked for as sistance on several practices. Assistance amounting to $38,000 was requested by 450 Carteret county farmers, although only $15,000 was allocated to the county. The committee studied the re quests and guaranteed assistance on the projects considered, most needed on the farms. Other re quests were approved conditionally with the understanding that if ad ditional money is available and the farmers carry out their projects in an approved manner they will re ceive their pro rata share of the fund?. Many farmers have already com pleted the projects for which assist ance was guaranteed. Some others have changed their minds about the projects or have found that other projects are more needed. Mr.. May has asked far men who contemplate changes in their proj ects to discuss their plans with him before making the changes. He has also reminded the farm ers that before payment can be made they must have prior ap proval and the project must be re ported wiuim ? specified time.
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