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news-times office 504 Arendell St Morehead City Phone 6-4175 CARTERET COUNTY NEWHIMES m 42nd YEAR, NO. 37. THREE SECTIONS TWENTY-TWO PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY, MAY 8, 1953 ' i PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS Morehead Voters Set New Record; 1213 Go to Polls j as 1.^13 marched to the polls stood Ih# /2d CaSt ,heir ballots 'or the candidates of their choice af ter one of the hottest political cam paigns in recent history. thai'th" "i' '.he election reported analeW, ger vote in a mun'" ele5u?n came when residents were asked to vote on a bound ?h? i'0"', Tuesday's election was the greatest recorded vote for of Th? ? \ hlstory of thp 'own. ing e'ec,'on saw only 73 vot 1hMnte,?"l>.man at the P?lls said h?H ? " V0Ung M?rC' TnrnJ nMrly 50 yeaI"S 8nd Tuesday was the first time he had ever stood in line. ?At 6:30 p.m., the closing time, . People were still in line wait ing to cast their ballots. All of the interest in the election centered on the contests for the five seats on the city council. May or George W. Dill, jr., was un opposed for re-election as were all of the city's recorder's court offi cials. High man in the voting for com- i missioner was Dr. John W. Mor ris who received 699 votes. Dr. Morris was a candidate for re-elec- ! tion. Ted Garner ran only two votes i back of Dr. Morris piling up 697 I votes to win his seat on the coun- ! cil. Mr. Garner was running as an independent candidate. Three other candidates elected were S. C. Holloway, 603 votes; I). G. Bell. 601 votes; and D. J Hall 578 votes. Mr. Holloway and Mr. Bell were candidates for re-elec tion. Other candidates and the num ber of ballots cast in their favor were V. J. O'Neal, 489; Leroy Guth rie, 486; W. L. Derrickson, 403; M. T. Mills, 392; R. Doug West, 353; Thomas E. Wade, 300; and W E Cottingham, 72. The unopposed candidates for court offices were George H Mc Neill, judge; Alvah Hamilton, sr., assistant judge; Herbert O. Phil lips, III, solicitor; and John Lash \y. ^terk. When the ballots were being counted, it was discovered that many citizens had taken advantage of the write-in privilege to name other candidates for mayor and court offices. Grover Munden, Tony Seamon, Vernon Guthrie, and Robert Hicks received votes for mayor ranging from one to more than 10. George Ball was written in several times for judge of the -recorder's court as was Vincent Lawrence for clerk. Mayor George W. Dill, jr., who went to Washington, D. C., Tues day afternoon, telephoned the fol lowing statement for Morehead vo ters: "1 think the people of Morehead City did an excellent job on elec tion day. They have selected a board of farsigbted men, who are sufficiently conservative to keep the affairs of the town on an even kecl during Uie next two yean." Other successful candidates ex pressed their appreciation for the confidence the voters put in them in post-election statements. County Draft * Board Closed Through May 22 The Carteret county draft board will be closed through Friday May 22, it was announced this week. The office will re-open Monday morning, May 25, at 8:30 o'clock. Mrs. Ruby D. Holland, clerk of the board, has asked that any person required by law to register during the period the office is closed be present at the office in the court house on or after May 23. Any registrant who has addition al information, which would change his status, is asked to submit this in writing to the board. Necessary action in such cases- will be taken at the next meeting of the board. Every registered college stu dent is reminded that before leav ing college he should request a college official .to forward to the local board a statement of his schol astic standing for the past year. The board does not have p re induction call for May. Notices for the induction call on May 27 have been mailed ll ready. Fir* Does $500 Damage To Crab Point Homo A fire caused by a kitchen stove did about $500 worth of damage Wednesday afternoon in the home of Mrs. Rufus Morris on Crab Point. Flames from the stove burned several small holes in the kitchen ceiling, and smoke caused further damage to the walls and ceiling. The Morehcad City fire depart ment extinguished the fire in time to keep it from spreading to other parts of the bouse. The damage was covered by in surance. NEWS-TIMES Wins Plaque il'--"-" NATIONAL NEWSPAPER CONTESTS aw ak This is a reproduction of the plaque awarded the NEWS-TIMES /or Its Port and Progress edition by the National Editorial association. Photo by Jerry Schumacher This plaque, in recognition of THE NEWS-TIMES' achievement in publishing the nation's second place winner in the special edition classification, was presented at the 68th annual convention of the Na tional Editorial association at New Orleans to the newspaper's pub lisher, Lockwood Phillips. The winning NEWS-TIMES' spe cial edition was the PORT and PROGRESS edition published on August 12, 1952. That month saw the culmination of dreams by many men who rec ognized the potential of a deep water port at Morehead City. THE NEWS-TIMES special edi tion was not in recognition of the formal opening of the two and a half million dollar port. i It was far more than that! It was a tribute to the Carteret county people of the past century who helped to make the port a reality. Included in the edition were stor ies of early leaders in the effort to establish a modern harbor on the North Carolina coast and ar tides on today's businessmen who have weathered depression, thrived | during prosperity and have faith that good fortune, borne on the keels of commerce, will be theirs in the future. It shattered all North Carolina weekly publishing records. But in producing the prize win ner, THE NEWS-TIMES' real goal was to honor past generations and to pay tribute to today s selfless citizens whp are making Carteret county one of the best among North Carolina's 100 counties. PMA Groups to Study x Conservation Program B. J. May. production marketing* administrator for Carteret county, has announced that the state PMA committee has called a meeting to day in Washington. N. C., to study and plan the development of the 1954 Agriculture Conservation pro gram. Chairmen and secretaries of county farm agents and soil con servationists from about 25 coun ties will attend the meeting. Meetings have already been held in Raleigh and Ashcboro and a fourth will be held Monday in Asheville. Carteret county will be repre sented at the meeting by Mr. May. Roland Salter, R. M. Williams and Roy Beck. A meeting to study the program for Carteret county will be held next week in Beaufort. All county and community committeemen, agricultural agency workers and representatives of farm organiza tions are expected to take part in the county meeting. ACP assistance is a part of a coordinated effort to help land owners and operators to attain ,<oil and water conservation objectives. The total effort, according to Mr. May, includes researeh, education, technical assistance, financial as sistance and credit. The program is integrated with other parts of the total conservation effort. The primary objective of the 1954 program is to provide assist ance needed for permanent type soil and water conservation prac tices. The meetings now being held throughout the state will study the best methods of attaining that ob jective. Sendee for Children A dedication service for all chil dren up to three years of age will be held Sunday at the First Bap tut church, Morehead City. The service will be held in the main auditorium during the Sunday school assembly. Morehead Clean-Up Drive Ends Today Today is the last day of the Morehead City clean up drive. Trucks from the city garbage and street cleaning department will make spot checks through out the town. Anyone who missed the earlier pick-ups should place trash on the srteet curbing today and it will be picked up. The clean up drive Is spon sored by the Morehead City J?y cees and Junior Woman's club. Plans Completed x. For Armed Forces Day Celebration Final Plans for the Armed For ces day in Morehead City next Wed nesday were announced this week. James Meeks is chairman of the committee making plans for the event. The parade will form at TweflVh and Arendell street at 10:45 in the morning and start at 11 o'clock. Taking part in the parade wili be the Morehead City high school band, the American Legion. Boy Scouts. Girl Scouts, and Cub Scouts. Military units from nearby Ma rine Corps installations will par ticipate in the parade, and the Second Marine Air Wing band from Cherry Point will give a 45 min ute concert in front of the city hall immediately following the end of the parade. The fleet tug, Atakapa, has been sent by the Navy to the port terminal and w^ll be open for in spection by the public all day May 13. It will arrive here May 12. Exhibits from the armed forces will be set up on the vacant lot between tbe city, hall and the wa terfront Jaycees Plan " Beauty Pageant Holdcn Ballou. chairman of the beauty contest committee for the Beaufort Jaycees. has announced 'hat plans are almost complete for '.he contest to select Miss Beaufort. Beaufort's representative in the Miss North Carolina contest will be selected at 8:30 p.m. May 20 at the Heart of the Beach. Atlantic Beach. The queen will be crowned immediately after the contest. Mr. Ballou says that several girls have already indicated that they will enter the contest, and the Jaycees hope to have about 18 contestants. Mr. Ballou said that girls who. wish to enter the con test should contact Miss Betty Lou Merrill, directress of the pageant. A door prize, a television set, will be given away after the contest and dancing will follow the pre sentation of the prize. Chuck Stev ens' orchestra will furnish the mas ie for the dance. Tickets for the pageant may be obtained from any Jaycee and will also be available at the door. The Miss North Carolina contest, in which Miss Beaufort will ap pear, will take place in Morehead City in July. The contest is spon sored each year by the junior chamber of commerce to select North Carolina's entrant in the Miss America contest. The More head City Jaycees will play host to | this year's contest. Tide Table Tide* it Beaufort Bar HIGH LOW | Friday, May * 3:28 a.m. 9:49 a.m. | 4:04 p.m. 10:34 p.m. Saturday, May 9 4:32 a.m. 10:46 a.m. 5:03 p.m. 11:34 p.m. | Sunday, May IV 5:30 a.m. 11:40 a.m. 5:50 p.m. Monday, May 11 6:25 a.m. 12:29 a.m. I 6:51 p.m. 12:30 p.m. I Storm Causes Great Damage As High Winds Sweep County Department Opens Shrimping Season The shrimping season for spotted shrimp will be opened Monday morning at 12:01, May 11, C. D. Kirkpatrick, commissioner of the division of commercial fisheries of the Department of Conservation and Development, announced to day. The season will remain open un til a closing date is set at the next meeting of the Conservation and Development board, Mr. Kirkpat rick said. No areas were designated for the shrimping and no times were set in opening the season. The spot ted shrimp is the only nocturnal shrimp discovered to date. The shrimp may be caught in commer cial quantities only at night. The season was opened upon the recommendation of the Institute of Fisheries research. At a meet ing of the board this spring the opening date was left at the dis cretion of Mr. Kirkpatrick and George Ross, director of the conser vation department. The spotted shrimp was discov ered by the research institute in 1950. At the recommendation of the institute, the department allowed night shrimping in 1951 and 1952. Estimates of the value of the annual catch begin at a min imum $250,000. The shrimp is found mostly in l he waters of Core Sound, Bogue Sound, and the lower part of Pam lico Sound. Mr. Kirkpatrick pointed out tfiat all shrimp fishermen must pur chase boat and trawl licenses before starting to shrimp. Boats found shrimping without licenses will be prosecuted, he added. In the fall the adult .shrimp spawns at sea and the larvae are carried back into the estuarine waters near the sounds where the shrimp develop through the winter. In the spring, the shrimp starts mi grating toward the ocean and it i is during this period that it may 1 be caught in the sounds. The Institute of Fisheries Re search is engaged in a study of the life-cycle of this shrimp at the present time. An earlier survey two weeks ago revealed that the shrimp were to small to begin op erations then, W. A. Ellison, jr., director of the institute reported. M:. Kirkpatrick reported that shrimping would be closed on Sun day. The spotted shrimp season has in the past two years run from the middle of May through the first of July. Newport Voters Choose Edgar Hibbs as Mayor Edgar Hibbs, a member of the4 present town board, was elected mayor of Newport in Tuesday's | municipal election. Mr. Hibbs de feated E. T. Carraway and R. S. Jones. Commissioners S. Early Mann, M. D. McCain, D. Ira Garner and Charles HilJ were all reelected to their seats on the town board. Wil bur V. Garner was elected to fill the .spot left vacant by Mr. Hibbs' decision to run for mayor. Defeated candidates for the town board are Norman Bell, W. D. | Heath, sr.. Johnnie Thrower, G. W. Rhodes. Ixion E. Garner and Ben nie R. Garner. Mr. Hibbs received 93 out of 152 | ballots cast for mayor. Mr. Jones i received 43 votes, and Mr. Carra | way received 16. The size of the I vote polled by Mr. Hibbs elim i inatod the possibility that a second election would be held. It was necessary for a candidate to re I ecive a majority of the votes cast in order to be elected. If no candi date had received a majority, it was planned to hold a run-off be tween the two top men. Mr. Mann and Mr. Hill, each with 119 votes, were the top men in the race for seats on the board of com missioners. D. Ira Garner was third with 92 votes, Wilbur Garner was fourth with 86 votes and Mr. Mc Cain was fifth with 60 votes. Mr. Heath was runner-up with 50 votes. Mr. Hibbs will take the place of Mayor Charles A. Gould, jr., who did not seek reflection. Mayor Gould said that his job at Cherry Point will not allow him to serve another term as mayor. Mr. Hibbs was nominated at a public meeting held last month at the town hall. Nominated for commissioners at the meeting were Commissioners Mann, Hill and Garner. Mr. Bell and Mrs. Leah Bell who later with drew from the race. Commissioner McCain, who was not nominated for reelection at the meeting, filed later as did the other candidates. The new town officers will as- 1 sume their duties at the first town | board meeting in July. Mayor Gould has announced that this month's town board meeting will be held Tuesday night at the town hall. The meeting, originally scheduled for this Tuesday, was postponed because of the election. A complete tabulation of the voting follows: For Mayor Hibbs 93 Jones . 43 Carraway - 16 For Commissioners , Mann 119 Hill L 119 D. Garner 92 W. Garner .. 86 McCain 60 Heath 50 Bell .. - 45 L. Garner 42 Thrower .. 37 B. Garner : - 36 Rhodes 29 Church Honors Dr. Bunn The congregation of the First Baptist church, Morehead City, honored its pastor, Dr. John H. Bunn, at the services last Sunday. He came to the church in May 1941. 1 Groups Plan River Authority Long contemplated plans for de velopment of the huge Neuse river valley are to be pushed now that the 1953 slate general assembly has authorized the creation of the Neuse River Watershed authority. E. J. We lions, Smithfield attor ney who was re-elected president of the Neuse Valley Development association at the annual meeting of the group in Smithfield last weekend, has advised Director George H. Ross of the state Depart ment of Conservation and Develop ment that the association will urge that no time be lost in naming the 16-member authority. Creation of the authority has been urged by the Neuse Valley Development association and the Department of Conservation and Development since the NVDA was formed at Goldsboro in 1950, Wel lons said. A 16-member authority is pro vided for in the watershed act which became law in the closing days of the general assembly. County commissioners of Durham, Wake, Johnston, Wayne, Greene, Lenoir, Jones and Craven are to be urged, Wcllons told Ross, to name two members each to the author ity as soon as they possibly c^n. The act provides that authority members may be named anytime prior to January 1, 1954. Under the law setting up the au thority, the NRWA will be author ized to make?provision for preven tion of floods, regulation of stream channels, for providing for better irrigation and for more water sup plies for industrial and other pur poses, and for checking of erosion in the Neuse river valley in which an estimated 17 per cent of the state's population live and work. A u ind and rain storm which struck uith unexpected fury early yesterday morning did damage amounting to several thousand dollars in Carteret county. The center of the storm, which followed a tornado-like path, left a trail of damage and destruction from Atlantic Beach to Atlantic. The rest of the county was lashed by high winds, although they did not have the force of those near the center of the storm. The first part of the storm, which lasted from about 3 a.m. to 6:30 a.m., was accompanied by brilliant displays of lightning. The lightning [lashes were so numerous and si,* clow together that it was as bright | as day in' many pails of ihe county. 1 hc storm struck again at about 8:30 a.m. and continued unabated | throughout the day. The winds, while not as strong as those during the earlier pari of the storm, drove the lain in gusts, obscured vtsibil ity anil made road travel extreme ly hazardous. P. Stamey Davis, county weather observer, reported at 12:15 p.m. that 2.61 inches of rain had fallen since Wednesday night. High Winds at Cherry Point The Cherry Point air station re ported winds up to 38 knots early yesterday morning. The aerology office at the base reported that the wind velocity was about 20 knots above normal. Rainfall at the base between 1:30 and 6:30 a m was 1.3 inches. There was no damage at Cherry Point. The aerologisls said thai the ? storm was caused by thunder storms. A squall line induced by a cold front moving from the west i Ill-ought the storm to the coast. The squall line was reported to be at sea vesterday morning. The high winds struck llie coast on Atlantic Beach at a point west of the amusement area. The first structure to feel the force of the storm was Ihe summer home of I. T. White ol Kaleigh. Awnings were torn from the house and some of the porch supports were blown down. Cottages Damaged Krom Mr. White's home, the storm continued in a northeaster ly course across a sparsely settled area of the beach. Two new cement block cottages owned by Lewis W'orsley of Wilson were the next structures to be hit by the wind. The roofs were blown off both buildings and wi re deposited about 100 feet northeast of th?m. The north and cast walls and some in terior partitions were blown from one cottage, and the north wall was blown out of the other. The fur nishings of both cottages were bad ly damaged by the heavy rain. Neither building was occupied at the time. A house owned by Ernest Davis of Beaufort also received some damage from the wind. The porch of the structure was torn down and j part of the roof was blown off. j The center of the storm passed -j north of the business section of the beach and struck next at a cot tage under construction on the fill near the approach to the new high way drawbridge. The front wall of the building was blown partially down by the wind. The cottage is being constructed by Walter Hum phrey of Kinston. Concession Stand Down The fringe of the storm tore down several signs in the business section of the beach, and a basket ball concession stand was blown down for the second time in recent weeks. Mayor Alfred B. Cooper of At lantic Beach said. "1 had no idea that the wind was that bad. 1 spent the night at my home in Morehead City and did not feel any really strong wind." Morehead City escaped the full force of the storm as the center passed over the extreme eastern end of the town. The port terminal was hardest hit, and two steel stor age tanks under construction were badly damaged. One tank being constructed for the Dow Chemical company was al most completed with only one more layer of steel to be put in place. See STORM, P ??e 2 Young Morehead Resident Thinks Voters Go to Jail * One Morchead resident about four ve*rs old walked into the city hall Thursday morning, looked with disapproving eye at the line of people, spotted Chief Willis and asked: "What are those people go ing to jail for?" The youngster displayed obvious disappointment when he was in formed that the people were voters not criminals. His enthusiasm cooled, he looked quizzically at the line and walked out. Not many people who went to the city hall Tuesday, though, walked out without first voting. Soon after the poll opened, lines started form ing and for moet of the 12 voting hours people stood in lines of vary ing length before voting. Some, however, were doomed to disappointment. One propective voter assured the registrar that he wai on the book. "A man had a list with about 15 names on it," he said. "Mine was one." The reg istrar invited the man to come back in about two years, provided he registered in person next time. One long-time city employee was heard to express, the opinion Tues day that something must be done to improve the registration books before the next election. "I've heard more about that book in the last two weeks than I've heard about the Bible in the last 10 years," was his comment. Outside the city hall, Morehead's hard working politicians were fin ishing up their exhausting tasks. Two managers of opposing squads were noted discussing something while leaning against a parked au tomobile. They were probably telling Jokei, but neither one was laughing. Clifford Lewis v Beats Eubanks In Beaufort Race Clifford T. Lewis was clccted mayor of Beaufort in Tuesday's town election. He defeated his op ponent, Roy Eubanks, by a If >6 vote margin. Mr. Lewis polled 384 out of a total of 633 votes cast while Mr. Eubanks received 218. Commissioners James Rumley and Carl Hatsell were re elected to their seats on the town board, but Dr. W. L. Woodard, also running for re-election to the board, was defeated by Gordon Hardcsty. Ger ald Hill and W. G. Temple, run ning on a slate with Mr. Lewis and the three incumbents, were also elected to the board. Judge Earl Mason, seeking re election to his recorder's court post, defeated Bayard Taylor by the narrow margin of nine votes in the day's closest contest. Mr. Mas on received 296 votes and his op oponent received 287. Defeated candidates for the town board are Richard Smith, J. L. (Jimmie) Range, Willie Lewis, sr., W. D. Skarren, Wyon G. Lewis, Charles Hudgins. Marcus Mason and W. J. Mishacl. Mr. Hardesty. Mr. Range, Mr. Smith and the two Lewis's were running together on a slate in op position to the ticket headed by the mayor-elect. The slate was formed at a meeting last week at the town hall and was backed by several residents who have lonajtor^ posed the present town off iciais^^^"?1^ See BE A l' FORT, Page 2 I Three Chosen x For Boys' State Three members of the junior class at Morehead City high school have been selected to attend the Boys' State sponsored by the de partment of North Carolina of the American Legion. The boys are Horace C. Willis, son of Ashton Willis, 1203 Evans street; David Small, son of Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Small, Rt. 1; and Joseph E. Dixon, son of Mr. and Mrs. Gtay Dixon, 405 Bridges street. Linwood Jones, grandson of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Jones, 2203 Aren dell street, was originally selected but will be unable to attend. The Boys' State will be held June 14-21 at the Institute of Gov ernment of the University of North Carolina. Chapel Hill. While at the school, the boys will hear lectures and discussions by teachers and government officials. They will put into prattice what they learn by ?rganizing their own city, county and state governments. Two of the delegates to the Boys' State will be selected to attend the Boys' Nation in Washington. D. C. The three delegates from More head City arc being sponsored by American Legion post No. 46, the Lions club and the Junior chamber of commerce. The sponsoring groups are bearing all the expense of sending the boys to Chapel Hill. Defense Post x Still Unfilled A. H. James, clerk of superior court, reports that he has not yet been able to find a director or as sistant director for the county'i civil defense program. Mr. James says that several men have been asked to head the program but all have declined to accept the post. Several weeks ago, Mr. James: * appealed for volunteer workers lor the program and also for two men to serve as director and assistant director. He says that several peop le have volunteered to assist with the program but none has offered to head it. Since the defense program was first set up In the county, there have been two directors, but both have resigned after holding tha post for a short time. I The clerk says that he still has hopes of obtaining a defense di rector before much more time par ses. He said, "We must have a working civil defense organization now before it is actually needed. If the time ever comes when we do need such an organization. It then may be too late to set it op."
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