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W CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES >?< 42nd YEAR, NO. 3?. TWO SECTIONS SIXTEEN PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY, MAY 5, 1953 PUBLISHED TUESDAY AND FRIDAYS County Towns Elect Officials Today Heavy Rainfall Ends Danger < Of Forest Fire Thursday night s heavy rainfall extinguished the forest fire which had burned for almost one week in the eastern part or the county and put a temporary end to the danger of more fires. E. M. Foreman, county fire war den, says that .41 inches of rain fell in the space of a few hours during the night and put an end to the blaze, something which fire fighters had been unable to do. The firefighters had been hamp ered in their efforts by the nature of the terrain over which the fire was burning. The pocosin soil on the edge of the open grounds would not support the weight of heavy equipment normally used in fight ing forest fires, and firefighters were forced to battle the blaze by hand. At its height, the fire covered an area stretching from Otway to Sta cy on a line a few miles north of US 70. Mr. Foreman says thri| he has not been able to make' any, estimate of the number of acres ] of timber destroyed by the blaze. The fire started April 24 at Wil liston and was later joined by smal ler fires which had sprung up in Smyrna, Otway, Davis and Stacy. The blaze was brought under con trol early last week, but it broke out again Wednesday with renewed intensity. A dense cloud of billew ing smoke could be seen Wednes day afternoon from many sections j of the county, and the flames lit the sky that night. Mr. Foreman said last week that it was fortunate that the wind was blowing the flames toward the open grounds rather than toward the j various communities along US 70. He said that a wind shift could have meant a serious threat to those communities. The large fire was one of sev eral which struck in the county during the week. During the first four days of the fire period, fire fighters were battliac X 4. tins in various parts of the county. Those in the eastern section of the coun ty joined to form the one lafge blaze, but several others burned in the Harlowe area. Most of those were extinguished before they could do serious damage. Because of the fire threat, all burning permits were suspended pending rainfall. The rain Thurs day and over the weekend ended the suspension of the permits. Mr. Foreman 6ays that the danger of fire has passed at least temporarily but has urged everyone to exercise great caution in burning trash. Strong Wind * Wrecks Bam The high winds which accompan ied Thursday night's heavy rain fall caused damage amounting to i several thousand dollars at W. J. Blair's Bayside farm on Crab Point. Mr. Blair says that a particularly fiard gust of wind tore the roof of the farm's milking parlor and broke out the walls of the 15 by 60-foot structure. He said that, fortunately, the day's milking had been completed earlier in the eve ning and the building was unoccu pied at the time. The dairyman said that in ac curate estimate of the damage ha* not y?t been made but that he be lieves It will amount to almost $5,000. The wind (truck at about 8 p.m. as heavy rains began to sweep the T county. The wind, which had been strong all day, began to blow with increased force as the rain started -I to fall. < The damage to the barn was the most serious reported although V there was some other minor ' age caused by the storm. Most of the damage, however, was con fined to tree limbs and plants. ' Newport Man Arrested For Assault on Wife * Chief Carlton Garner of the Beaufort police department re ports that Johnny Ray Wadell of Newport was arrested Sunday on a warrant charging him with as ** saulting his Wife, Swanna D. Wad dell. The warrant allege* that the aa / sault took place April 28 in Beau fort. Waddell is free on 1200 bond and will be tried May 12 ' in Beaufort municipal recorder'* court James Haley, Negro migrant la borer, was arrested Saturday for i public drunkenness and is free on [? a S2S bond. Paul A. Jarman, Jr., F of Newport was arrested Saturday ' for passing another car in an ln Ltertection at a high rate of speed. He was also released on $25 bond. Officials, Candidates Hear Laws Explained Candidates and election officials in Beaufort attended a meeting yesterday morning at which Fred Seeley, chairman of the county board of elections, explained the state election laws and the rules which should govern today's municipal election. Election officials present at the meeting were Mrs. William Willis, registrar, and Elmore Davis and Daniel Willis, election judges. All candidates were also invited to attend the meeting. The major change in the rules governing the election relates to Jaycees Install ? New President Paul H. (Sonny) Geer, jr., was installed as president of the More head City Jaycees at the annual installation banquet and ladies night last night at the Blue Rib* bon club. He succeeds Walter Morris as president of the club. Other officers installed were Ralph Gardner, internal vice-pres ident; Jasper Bell, external vice president; James Macy, secretary; Paul H. Geer, Jr. and Bill Norwood, treasurer. The new officer! ware installed by Ber nfertf Leer* * p*t-#tcMent ?< the club. New directors of the club are Dr. Russell Outlaw, H. S. Gibbs, jr., James Meeks and Paul Cordova. The other officers and the past president make up the remainder of the board of directors. The Key Man award was present cd to Walter Morris. The award is presented cach year to the mem ber of the club who has done the most for the club during the past year. The recipient is chosen by a vote of all members. Bob Roscue of Farmville, state vice-president for the eighth dis trict. was the featured speaker at the banquet. He spoke on the Jay cee program in relation to the lo cal clubs. He was introduced by Mr. Morris. Four retiring members of the club were presented with Exhaust ed Rooster pins which signify that they have reach their 36th birth days and are no longer eligible for membership in the club. The four are Alfred Cooper, Bud Dix on, James R. Sanders and Dr. Al vah L." Hamilton, jr. The banqdet was followed by dancing. Cecil Adams was chairman of arrangements for the ladies night and installation banquet. < Marine Truck Damages light Poles on Bridge Several lamp posts on the More bead City-Beaufort drawbridge were sheared off at the base Sat urday night when a Marine truck loaded with heavy equipment struck the side of the bridge. The reinforced concrete posts were snapped off even with the top of the bridge rail, and some of them are still hanging over the side of the bridge. They are held in place only by the steel rods which were used to reinforce the concrete. The truck was proceeding toward Radio Island where the equipment was to be loaded on an LST bound for maneuvers. The state highway patrol is still investigating the accident. < Home Agent Announces Ctub Meeting Schedule Misa Martha Barnett, home dem onstration agent, has announced the following club meetings for this week. The Wildwood club meets today at 2:30 with Mrs. Carl Whitley. Tomorrow the Core Creek Harlowe club will meet at 1:30 with Mrs. Carlton Taylor. Ob Thursday the anneal flower show wiU open at 3 o'clock in the home agent's office in the Beaufort court house and the annual dress revue will be at 8 p.m. In the court room. The Peletier dub will meet Fri day at 2 p.m. with Mrai J. E. Weeks. 'the use of markers. In previous years, markers have been allowed to mark the ballots of those with poor eyesight. This year, no mark ers will be allowed, but two assist ant judges will be appointed to mark for those who cannot see the ballots. The assistant judges will be appointed by Mrs. Willis. The change in the use of mark ers was made following a ruling from the state attorney general. The attorney general says that, in his opinion, markers are illegal un less the town charter allows them. The Beaufort town charter says nothing about using markers at the polls. Under the new rules, only elec tion officials and those in the process of voting will be allowed inside the polling place. A police officer will be present to enforce the election rules. The polls will open in the town hall at 6:30 this morning and will close at 6:30 tonight. The town of fices will not be open for business I during the voting, and today's ses 1 sion of the municipal recorders court will not be held. Beaufort's A. B.C. store will be ! closed all day and the sale of beer and wine will be prohibited during the voting hours. Voters will have a choice of 18 i candidates for the seven offices when they go to the polls today. There are two candidates for I mayor, two for judge of the muni cipal recol*der's court and 14 for The Candidates For Mayor Roy Eubanks Clifford T. Lewis For Commissioners (Vote for Five) a Gordon Hardesty Carl Hltsefl Gerald Hill diaries Hudgins Willie Lewis, sr. Wyon Gray Lewis Marcus Mason W. J. Mishael J. L. Range James Rumley William Skarren Richard Smith W. G. Temple ? Dr. W. L. Woodard F?r Judge of Recorder's Court Earl Mason Bayard Taylor the five places on the town board. { Clifford T. Lewis, a member of | the present town board, is support- i ed by other members of the board and most of the town officers. Mayor Hassell, however, has | thrown his support to Mr. Eubanks. because he is a veteran of World War II. Earl Mason, judge of the re corder's court, is seeking reelec tion and is opposed by Bayard Taylor. Mr. Mason, running on a slate with Mr. Lewis and other town officers, is drawing his sup^ See BEAUFORT, Page 7 Mrs. Merrill Is Woman of Year r s sk m tar&uama i 1 V 4 l I m Mrs. Dave Merrill, third from right, is shown as she received the goblet presented to her as woman of the year in Carteret county. The award was made last week at the annual banquet of the Business and Professional Woman's club. Others in the picture are from left to right. Mrs. Wiley Taylor, jr., who announced the award; Mrs. John Alford, president of the club; Mrs. Merrill; and Mrs. Harden Eure, who spoke at the banquet. Photo by Jerry Schumacher New Atlantic Beach Board * Sworn In at Friday Meeting The members of the board of . commissioners of Atlantic Beach and the mayor were sworn in last Friday afternoon by A. H. James, clerk of the Carteret county su perior court. The meeting May 1 was the i first time the recently elected board had convened. Commissions of office for the town were sent to each member by the governor. All town officials were present. Alfred B. Cooper of Morehead l ity w mayor of the community and J. Con Lanier of Green vine, L. L White of Raleigh, W. C. Whitehiirs? of Bethel and II. W. Anderson of Wrtoon are the commissioners. Officials of Atlantic Beach are elected by ballots from all of the [ property owners on the beach who are qualified voters in the state. The counting of the ballots was done April 14. This year's elec tion was more spirited than any during the history of the beach. The slate of officers elected was opposed by another slate consisting of E. L. Baker and Miss Mamie Ruth Tunstall of Greenville, Burke Taylor of New Bern and Mr. Lan ier for commissioners and W. L. Derrickson of Morehead City for mayor. Mr. Baker, Mjss Tunstall and Mr. Taylor were all members of the board which served during the past four years. The principal item of business was the adoption of a budget for the beach and the hiring of a sup erintendent. The budget calls for a superintendent and additional policemen as well as the life guards, garbage and trash disposal See BEACH, Page 7 Legislature Approves Amended Milk Control Bill In its find session Thursday, the general assembly enacted into law a toned-down version of the con troversial milk control bill, Two important amendments adopted by the house were quickly passed by the senate and the bill became law effective July 1. The amended bill was passed af ter more than an hour, of sharp debate on the floor of the house. After the heated debate, the house passed the measure by a vote of 6731. The most important amendment would deny the newly-created milk commission the power to maximum and minimum prices for wholesale and retail sales of milk. The sec ond would raiae to seven the num ber of members of the commission. The seventh member would have to be a retail milk dealer. The amendments were two of more than a dozen sent forward during the session in an attempt to kill the bill by amendment. The other amendments were defeated on the floor of the house. During debate on the bill, Rep. William Rodman of Beaufort coun ty said that the bill would be al most useless unless the maximum and minimum wholesale prices could be set by the commission. Rep. Ed O'Herron of Mecklenburg, author of the amendment, said that without it the commission could set the price of every glass of milk sold in a school lunchroom. He called the control bill "the greatest piece of socialistic legis lation this general assembly bas been asked to pass." Until the amendment was passed the bill would have allowed the commission to fix the price paid to producers by distributor! and that on the wholesale and retail levell. The producer price con trols were left in the bill. When the battle over passage of the amended bill had ended, Sen. Ralph Scott of Alamance, a spon sor of the bill, was asked what he thought of the changes. Scott said, "We still have a good bill. The important pi t is still there. We have 95 per cent of it. Marketing areas can still be set up by the commission. Payments to producers can still be regulated. It elminates unfair trade practices such as rebates and concessions by distributors. They still must have definitely estab lished prices, and distributors will have to be licensed." The amendment to add a retail milk dealer to the commission was carried by a 79-25 vote. Repre sentative Rodman had contended that the change was unnecessary since thq governor in his discre tion, could name a retail dealer to the commission. As passed by the house, the com mission would be composed ?f a retail dealer, two distributors, a producer-distributor, a public mem ber and the commissioner of agri culture. Polls to Open at 6:30 * i For Town Elections The polls for today's municipal elections in Morehead City, Beau fort and Newport will open at 6:30 this morning and will close | at 6:30 tonight. The voting will be done at the town hall in each town. The county's three A.B.C. stores will be clotted all day, and ! no beer or wine may be sold in . atf*' of the three towns dufiM the ] voting period. Merchants Start* Hew Hours Plan Members of the Morehead City Merchants association will start their Wednesday afternoon and Friday night hours tomorrow. Most of these stores have been closing Wednesday afternoons during the winter. The association decided to stay open Friday nights during the sum mer months in order to facilitate shopping for residents of surround ing areas. The stores will open at 9 in the morning and close at 5:30 in the afternoon except on Friday when the closing hour will be 8 and Sat urday at 6 o'clock. To promote the new hours, they have arranged that free theater tickets will be available at all asso ciation stores for children under 12 so that they may go to the movies while their parents shop. These tickets will be available Wednesday afternoons and Friday nights only. The association members have also planned many items for spe cial sale on Wednesdays and Fri days. A regular meeting of the associa tion will be held tomorrow morn ing at 11:30 at Captain Bill's Waterfront restaurant. Continued discussion of association plans and promotions in the coming months will be the main point of the busi ness meeting. Submarine Visits Port > To Pick Up Marines The submarine USS Sealion ar- 1 rived at the port terminal Thursday | to pick up a detachment of ma r.ncs. The sub left Saturday lor I an unknown destination. It has | not been revealed whether the ma rines were from Cherry Point or | Canjp Lejeunc. It was the submarine's second visit to the Morehead City port. It was here several months ago for ? similar purpose. Tido Table Tides ' at Beaufort Bar HIGH LOW | Tuesday, May 5 12:13 a.m. 6:46 a.m. 12:49 p.m. 7:01 p.m. Wednesday, May 8 1:19 (.m. 7:47 a.m. 1:92 p.m. 8:1$ p.m. Thanday, May 7 2:22 a.m. 8:48 a.m. 3:00 p.m. 0:17 p.m. FrMay, May ? 3:28 a.m. , . 9 48 a.m. . 4:04 pjs. 10:34 p.m. > Newport Board , Names Judges The Newport town board has named C. E. Simmons and Mrs. Eva Simmons as judges for today's municipal election which will choose a mayor and five town com missioners to govern Newport fpr Uie nc?i ( *o years. Voters will have a choice of 14 candidates for the six openings in the town government. There are three candidates for mayor an<) U candidates for the five seats on the town board. Candidates for mayor are Edgar ilibbs, R. S. Jones and E. F. Car raway. Mr. Hibbs, a member of the present town board, was nominated at a public meeting last month. The other two have since filed for election. Commissioners S. . E. Mann, Charles Hill, M. D. McCain and D. Ira Garner are all seeking reelec tion to their present offices. OUier candidates are Norman Bell, W. D. Heath, sr., Johnnie Thrower, G. W. Rhodes, Leon E. Garner, W. V. Garner and Bcnnie R. Garner. Commissioners Mann, Hill and Garner \ycre all nominated at the meeting at which Mr. Hibbs was nominated. Also named at the meeting were Mr. Bell and Mrs. Leah Bell who has since withdrawn from the race. Commissioner McCain, who was not nominated at the meeting, has since filed as have the other candi dates. The presence of three candidates in the race for mayor makes it possible that more than one elec tion will be held. A candidate must receive a majority of the votes cast in order to be elected. If no candi date receives a majority, a run-off election will be held between the two candidates receiving the most votes. The town board will not hold its regular monthly meeting tonight because of the election. The date for the meeting will be announced later. Truck Hits Train As Brakes Fail Kent D. Galford of Camp Le jeunc wan arrested Saturday after noon after the truck and trailer which he was driving struck the engine of a railroad train at the crossing near the Blue Ribbon club. Galford has been charged with operating a motor vehicle with im proper brakes. He will be tried in Morchead City recorder's court. The marine told Highway Patrol man J. W. Sykes that he waa driv ing west on US 70 at the time of the accident. He said that he saw the train coming and tried to stop. He said that when he applied the brakes, he found that there were no brakes on the trailer. The truck hit the left side of the engine. The marine was uninjured in the wreck. Damage to the government owned truck has been estimated at .boat *400. Tbc train was not dam aged. ? ? 5 Morehead Voters Cast Deciding Ballots T oday Candidates and election officials made their final plans yesterday in Morehead City after a spirited campaign for seats on the city coun cil. The polls at the city hall opened at 6:30 this morning. The registrar estimated that approximately 1,200 names were now on the city's election books. Prior to the registration period lor this municipal election there were less than 500 names on the hook. Grady Bell is registrar for the election and F. C. Salisbury and Clayton Guthrie are election4 judges. A great deal of confusion arose during the registration period when, it became apparent that many residents of Morehead City did not realize that the city's regis tration books are entirely separate from those kept {or county, state. The Candidates Mayor George W. Dill, jr. Commissioner (Vote for Five) I). G. Hell W. K. Cottingham W. I.. Derrickson Ted Garner Leroy Guthrie !>. J. Hall S. C. Holloway M. T. Mills Dr. John W. Morris V. J. O'Neal Thomas Wade R. Doug West and national elections. In order to clear up this confusion, an extra week was allowed for registration. The only contested seats in the | Morehead City election are for the , five seats on the city council, j Mayor George W. Dill, jr.. is un opposed for re-election and the of ficers of the city recorder's court are also unopposed. Election offi cials have pointed out that voters should laark their ballots for the j unopposed candidates or write-in names. The five present city commis sioners are running on a slate to gether, though the ballot will be so ! arranged that the voter may cast j his ballot for any five of the 12 j candidates. The present commis- j sioners are I) G Hell. Dr. John W. I Morris. S. C. Holloway, M. T. Mills, a -Hi W. L. Dtrricht?R. , Other candidates who have filed Jire Ted Garner, D. J. Hall, W. E. Cottingham, Leroy Guthrie, Thomas Wade, R. Doug West, and V. J. O'Neal. Early in the campaign there were some rumors that five of these candidates were running on a slate but these have been de nied by all seven. Each ono has made a statement that he is run ning as an independent candidate, j A. L. Brinson filed for commis- j sioner but withdrew. This exceptionally large number of candidates has generated a great deal of interest in the election. Charges and counter-charges, de nials, answers and replies have fea tured the exchanges between those seeking re-election and some of the other candidates. Other offices open for election | are two members of the board of hospital trustees. A. B. Roberts, jr., and Gordon C. Wiliis arc un opposed for re-election as hospital trustees. Court officials running for elec tion are George McNeil, judge; Alvah L. Hamilton, sr., assistant judge; John E. Lashley, clerk; and Herbert O. Phillips. Ill, solicitor. The polls will close at 6:30 to night. Fisheries Group Opposes Bombing Target Areas The North Carolina Fisheries association voted at its meeting last Thursday night in Washington to oppose the establishment of more bombing and target areas near Pamlico sound. The Marine Corps has made ap plication to the U. S. Army corps of engineers to establish five bombing and target zones in navi gable waters near the south side of the Ncuse river. The areas are Kattan Bay. Point of Marsh Pe ninsula. and Pamlico sound. The five areas would be circular with radii ranging from 1.8 miles to one-half of a mile. Maps show ing the areas are on display at the corps of engineers office in Wil mington and the post offices at At lantic, Oriental and Vandcmere. Clayton Fulcher, jr., of Atlantic, a director of the association, re ported that the fisheries group has decided to ask the state Board of Conservation and Development to join its protest of the bombing areas. The areas would be used aa tar get and bombing areas by marine aircraft. Live and dummy ammu nition would be used. Two of the five tones would be closed to navi gation at all times while the re maining three would be cloaed during daylight hours and open at night. School Budget Gets Approve! Oi County Board The Curteret county hoard of commissioners gave tentative ap proval to a county school budget of $101,960 at its meeting yester day morning in the court house. The county would raise only $75, (XX) of the school budget, it was pointed out. The board also heard R. M. Williams, county extension agent, present the county's longe range farm program. The board voted to include funds in next year's bud get for publication of the farm program. H. L. Joslyn, superintendent of the county schools, pointed out to the board that increases in the school budget should be expected. As more schools and more students ? are added to the system, "all of our costs particularly school main taincnce will increase," he said. In making his report, Mr. Joslyn reminded the commissioners that $915,871.23 in capital improve ments have been made in the coun ty since 1946 "Our immediate needs in the future will call for an additional $800,000 in capital outlays," he said. Attending the meeting of the commissioners with Mr. Williams were many representatives of com mittees which are working on the farm program plan. The plan for Carteret county is a part of the statewide "Challenge Program" which is designed to Increase the efficiency and value of North Car olina's farms. The committees have completed their work of preparing the drafts for the final presentation of the program, Mr. Williams said, and it will be ready for publication af ter a final editing by extension specialists in Raleigh. Following the boards decision to bear the cost of publication of the report, the board had a long dis cussion concerning the Jarvis road near Straits. Clayton Fulcher, jr., of Atlantic presented the petition for the property and home owners on the road. Most of the homes are summer cottages. At a meeting earlier this year, the board had passed a resolution declaring the intention not to con sider petitions to summer cdt tages. Upon a motion by Tilden Davis of Harkers Island, the board voted to reconsider the resolution. Moses Howard of Newport objec ted, while Walter Yeomans of Har kers Island and E. H. Potter of Beaufort voted with Mr. Davis. Later the board voted to send the petition for the Jarvis road to the state highway commission without prejudice. Mr. Howard voted againlt this motion pointing out that the board was letting itself in for many petitions from other cottage owners all over the county. John L. Humphrey, county road superintendent, reported that the road to Atlantic, the Deep Creek road, and the Wildwood road have all been resurfaced recently and the Nine Foot road is being resur faced at the present time. A. H. James, clerk of the county superior court, reported that the county received $3,923.71 during the month of April through his of fice. Gross receipts of the clerk'i office in April were $10.005 09. The board discussed the necessi ty for having a petition signed by 15 per cent of the voters in the i:-| last gubernatorial election in order to call an election to issue the $50,000 in bonds for a new jail. The issuance of the bonds was approved by the General Assembly before its adjournment. Before adjourning the board drew up the petite jury and grand jury lists for the June term of superior court. Uons Hear Raport On Work with Blind The 'Morehead City Lioiu, at their meeting Thursday night, heard a report on the activities of caae workers assisting the county'* blind. The Lions club pays part of the expense of the work with the blind. It was also reported at the meet ins that about half of the play ground equipment has been in stalled on the grounds at the rec reation center. Plans were made to do more work Saturday, but rain forced postponement.
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