NEWS-TIMES OFFICE
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Morehead City
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CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES <?
42nd YEAR, NO. 48. TWO SECTIONS TEN PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFQBT, NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY, JUNE 16, 1953 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
Conquest Given 18 Months
On Non-Support Charge x
Jon Enoch Conquest was sen-"
tenced to It months on the roads
Thursday in superior court after
he informed the court that he could
not meet the terms of a suspended
sentence imposed Tuesday for
abandonment and non-support.
Under the conditions of the sus
pended sentence Conquest was to
have paid his wife *10 per week for
her support. ? paid her maternity
expenses and paid $5 weekly for
the support of their child.
Conquest was also ordered to pay
the costs of the case including *130
which it cost the county to return
him from Mississippi.
Conquest told the court that he
was unable to raise the money to
make the required payments, and
Judge Henry Stevens, jr., invoked
the 18-month sentence.
Ben Heath, More head City taxi
driver, was found not guilty of
driving while under the influence
of alcohol. The jury deliberated
only seven minutes before reaching
its verdict.
Heath appealed to the superior
court after he was sentenced to two
years on. the roads in Morehead
City recorder's court.
George Wilkinson was ordered
to pay a fine of $125 and costs after
he entered a pica of guilty to a
careless and reckless driving
charge.
Prayer for judgement was con
tinued for two years on condition
that Wilkinson remain on good be
havior and pay the fine and costs.
Wilkinson had originally been
charged with driving while under
the influence of alcohol, but the
state accepted the plea of guilty to
the lesser charge.
Cases were continued against
Carlton Pittman and Lloyd Wood
Davis.
Court adjourned Thursday after
noon and resumed again yesterday
morning. The second week of the
court term will be devoted to civil
cases, with 19 cases set for trial.
Police Report
Busy Week
Beaufort police had a busy week,
according to Chief Carlton Garner*
The chief says that his department
made 13 arrests in the six-day
period from Wednesday through
Sunday.
Earl Hudgins of Beaufort was ar
rested Friday on charges of public
drunkenness and possession of non
tax paid whiskey. He was released
an $100 bond.
Hudgins was arrested again Sat
trday on a warrant charging him
with assaulting his sister-in-law,
Nrs. Marie Hudgins. He is being
held in the county jail under $200
bond on the assault charge.
Bud Dixon, Beaufort Negro, was
arrested Wednesday for operating
a motor vehicle without a license.
He has been released on his own
recognizance.
Frederick Merrill, Rt. 1, Beau
fort, was arrested Thursday for
failing to stop at a red light. He
is free on a $25 bond.
C. Martin, North Harlowe Negro,
was arrested Friday for speeding
80 miles per hour in a 35-mile
zone and failing to stop at three
stop signs. He was arrested after
Capt. Mack Wade chased him from
Turner street to NC 101. He is
free on his own recognizance.
George Mitchell was arrested for
violating the terms of a suspended
sentence by failing to pay court
costs.
John Fenner, New Bern Negro,
was arrested Saturday for public
drunkenness. He is being held in
the county jail.
M. O. Nelson of Atlantic was ar
rested Saturday for operating a
motor vehicle without any state li
cense tags. He is free on $25 bond.
W. A. Rice of New Bern was ar
rested Sunday for public drunken
ness. He is being held in the coun
ty jail under a $25 bond.
William Taylor of North Har
lowe was arrested Sunday for fail
ing to stop at three stop signs. He
is free on $25 bond.
Rufus Fair, sr., Beaufort Negro,
was arrested Sunday for public
drunkenness. He is being h?ld in
the county jail.
Mildred Knight, Morehead City
Negress, was arrested Sunday for
operating a motor vehicle without
a license. She is free on $25 bund.
William Chadwick, Beaufort Ne
gro, was arrrested yesterday after
noon for failing to comply wltli a
court order and public drunken
ness. He is being held in the toun
ty jail under $50 bond.
All those arrested during the
week will be tried at this Ifter
noon's session of Beaufort mlnici
pal recorder's court.
Installation Planned
The Morehead
at ita Thursday
made plan* for the
officers which will be held June
25. The club voted to chatter ?
boat for the installation ceremon
ies. A picnic lunch will be *r?ed.
Drowning Victim's Body
Recovered by Marine *
The body of Earl Stevenson, 17,
of Norlina, who drowned Wednes
day afternoon at Atlantic Beach,
washed ashore at about 2 p.m. Fri
day.
The body was discovered by Les
ter Taldey of Cherry Point who
found it in the surf about 25 yards
west of the Ocean King hotel.
The marine notified a lifeguard
and A. L. Brinson, Atlantic Beach
police officer. Officer Brinson no
tified Joe Zajac, operator of the
Heart of the Beach.
While Brinson and the lifeguard
were bringing the body ashore and
roping off the area to keep away
the scores of bathers at the beach,
Zajac called Coroner L. D. Springle
and the Coast Guard.
Coast Guardsmen removed the
body to the Fort Macon base where
it was examined by Coroner Spring
le. The coroner ruled that the
death was accidental and said that
no inquest would be held.
The youth was drowned when he
was caught in strong undertow
while swimming outside the life
lines at the beach. A friend, Miss
Mildred Floyd, was rescued by
other swimmers when she was
pulled down with Stevenson. The
swimmers who rescued the Floyd
girl were attracted by the screams
of Stevenson's sister, Mrs. Ann S.
White.
The Floyd girl was treated at the
scene by a doctor and was later
taken to the Morehead City hos
pital where she underwent treat
ment for severe shock.
Efforts to recover the body after
the accident were unsuccessful.
The drowning was the second of
the season at the beach. Harold
Weiner of Brooklyn, N. Y., a Cher
ry Point marine, was drowned May
24 off the Ocean Ridge section of
the beach.
The marine was drowned, it is
believed, when he attempted to
swim ashore from a raft which was
carrying him out to sea.
A Raleigh doctor attempted to
swim to the marine's aid but was
unable to reach him before he went
down. Weiner's body came ashore
a few days after the drowning.
Havelock Voters Oppose
Incorporation by 3 to 1
Residents of Havelock voted last*
week to continue as an unincorpor
ated town by an overwhelming ma
jority.
With 96 persons voting in the
special election to settle the in
corporation question, 73 voted
against the proposal and 23 (or it.
The results of the election did
not come as a surprise to many
old-time residents of Havelock.
Many reported that they were op
posed to additional living expen
ses through taxes in Havelock.
Some nid the town now gets free
from the military base and the
county all the services a town might
perform.
Agitation for incorporation star
ted last December and several pub
lic hearings were held on the ques
tion. The proposal was confused
at the last by the inclusion of Pine
Acres in the area to be incorpor
ated. Leaders of the town said this
was done by mistake.
Havelock will continue as it has
in the past. The town has mush
roomed around the Cherry Point
air station in the last decade with
out any planning, police protection,
or city ordinances governing civil
ians except those it Craven county
which may be enforced by county
officers.
The incorporation movement
picked up impetus last fall after
a state Supreme Court decision
ruled that the zoning committee
and zoning regulations established
for Havelock by the Craven coun
ty commissioners after an act of
the General Assembly were without
the force of law.
At the present time under the
Supreme Court ruling all the land
in Havelock is rural property and
can be used for any lawful purpose.
For other services, such as police
protection and fire protection, the
community remains dependent up
on the military establishment and
Craven county.
Leaders of the proposal have de
clined to comment on the possibili
ty of re-defining the area to be
incorporated and trying once more
to incorporate Havelock.
Speech Clinic *
Called Success
Fred Lewis, president of the
Morehead City Lions club, says that
the speech clinic for county school
children was very successful.
The clinic began June 1 and
ended Friday at the recreation
center. It was sponsored by the
Lions club, tlie League for Crip
pled Children and the Morehead
City recreation commission.
Mr. Lewis served as director of
the clinic, and teachers were Ralph
Wade, Jesse C. Staton, Miss Ger
trude Styron and Mrs. Bob Will
iams.
Preparations for the clinic were
started two months ago when Mr.
Lewis asked school teachers to rec
ommend children who they be
lieved might be helped by the
clinic.
Mr. Lewis then gave the children
articulation tests and picked about
20 pupils for the cliniic. Some of
thfrchildren have since moved from
the district, and only 14 actually
toqk part in the clinic.
When the clinic opened all of
the children were given audiometer
teats, and some were found to have
hearing difficulties. The parents
of these children have been urged
to seek the advice of an otologist.
The pupils were then given two
weeks of intensive drill on sounds
and were shown how each sound
is made. They were also urged to
practice at home.
On the last day of the clinic, the
pupils' progress was demonstrated
to the parents. Teachers and par
ents then conferred on the prob
lems of each child, and the parents
were told what they can do to help
their children.
Reports on each child will also
be forwarded to teachers when
school opens in the fall so that the
teachers can follow up the work of
the clinic.
Father of Year ?
Contest Entries
Close Wednesday
Winner Will Receive
Prizes from Stores
Sponsoring Search
Tomorrow, Wednesday noon, is
fhe last day for nomination for the
"Father of the Year" in the More
head City trading area.
The search for the outstanding
father is being sponsored by 10
Morehead City merchants.
All people residing within the
Morehead City trading area have
been invited to help the committee
in its search for the outstanding
father. The judges will be Mrs.
J. W. Jackstfn, John L. Crump and
George B. Stovall.
Nominations may be submitted
on the entry form shown on page 3,
section 2, by any relative or friend
or by the candidate himself. Nom
ination blanks may also be picked
up at the participating stores.
Space is provided on the entry
form for the name and address of
the candidate and the person mak
ing the nomination, together with
a statement of 25 words or less
to complete the sentence, "I nomi
nate (name of candidate) as 'Fath
er of the Year' because ..."
The firms which are sponsoring
the search are Leary's, The Boot
Shop, Belk's, Carteret Gas com
pany, Early Jewelers, Eastman's
Furniture company, Freeman Bros.
Grocery and Meat Market, Hard
ware and Building Supply company,
Morehead City Drug company and
Parker Motors. Each one of the
firms will present a valuable gift
to the winner selected by the jud
ges.
The Morehead City trading area
comprises all of Cartctct county,
Swansboro and vicinity, the Cherry
Point Marine base and the Have
lock area and the Island of Ocra
coke.
Every father will be eligible for
the unique honor, including those
who are temporarily absent from
home on duty with the armed for
ces so long as their homes are
permanently within the trading
area.
Entries will not be judged on
their literary style but solely on the
basis of the -qualifications of the
candidate for the honor. Multiple
nominations are permissible. That
is, a father may be nominated by
any number of relatives or friends,
each submitting his own statement
of qualifications. Additional bal
lots may be obtained at any of the
stores or offices of the participa
ting business conccrns.
Announcement of the winning
father will be made in THE NEWS
TIMES on Friday, June 19. The
gifts are on display at the firms of
the contest sponsors.
Rain, Wind Bring
Temperature Drop
Rainfall and northeast winds
have brought slightly lower tem
peratures to Carteret county in the
last (ew days, according to the
records of E. Stamey Davis, county
weather observer.
The highest temperature record
ed was 85 on Thursday and the
lowest was 65 on Saturday. There
were .90 inches of rain on Thurs
day, .97 inches on Saturday and .62
inches on Sunday.
Mr. Davis says that there have
been 25.95 inches of rain in the
county so far this year. Rainfall
each month was 4.91 inches in
January. 5.68 inches in February,
5.12 inches in March, 2.09 inches
in April, 4.68 in May and 3.47 in
ches so far this month.
Thursday, June 11
Friday, June 12
Saturday, June 13
Sunday, June 14
Max. Min.
85 72
84 70
80 65
82 66
German' Nurse Likes Morehead Citv
By CUre M. Cotton
"Oh, I like everything about
Morehead City, except the mos
quitoes," Mid Miss Ellen Dietze, a
young German immigrant who Is
visiting her friends the Rev. and
Mri. Priestley Conyers, III, at
2810 Evans street, Morehead City.
"The people here are really won
derful, so friendly," she comment
ed, but she threw up her hands in
despair at the thought of the tor
menting bugs.
Miss Dietze has been working for
the last IS months as a nurse with
? family in Spartanburg, S. C. She
arrived in the U.S. in March of
1954. She is a registered nunc.
Her family home is in Dresden,
Germany, and until 1949 she work
ed u a children's nurse in Leipiig
which is in, East Germany. "I
worked for a family in Leipiig
which was connected with plants
making vanilla extract and other
chemicals." she said. After the
Communists took over East Ger
many, the manufacturer's business
was confiscated and in 1949 the en
tire family including Miss Dietze
Had the zone into Berlin. "Every
body leavei who can," she com
mented.
"It was what you would call very
mysterious. We made all secret
plans and then on a very dark
night we took our packages, got
into a taxi and left for Berlin,"
was her description of the escape.
"It sounds very simple and easy to
tell about it, but it was really quite
frightening. We were all scared."
Once in Berlin the family and
Miss Dietze crossed into the west
ern part of the city and stayed
with friends until they could catch
a plane to West Germany. They
were there during the time of the
Berlin blockade and airlift, and the
plahe they finally caught had been
used to carry coal to Berlin. "Four
times we went to the airport with
our belongings before we got a
ride," she said.
Later Miss Dietze worked as a
nurse in Hamburg. Frankfurt and
Wiesbaden. In Wiesbaden she
worked with the children of an
American mpjor stationed there
as a part of the occupation forces.
When the American family was
transferred to the U. S., she went
to Switzerland.
"When I law all those wonder
ful magazines in Wiesbaden, I said
I must go to America," was her
comment on her decision to come
to this country. The magazines
were mostly fashion periodicals,
"the kind women like to read."
While in Switzerland she applied
for papers to enter both the United
States and Italy and she received
both the papers on about the same
day. "Sometimes I can't believe it,
it seems like a dream. In four
more years I can become a citizen
if I pass the exam This exam is
something really bad, I don't know
how I will study for it, all the his
tory and other things."
Miss Dietze met the Conyers
while they were in Switzerland and
it was through them that abe ar
ranged for a sponsor in order to
enter Jhis country. After coming
here she went to Spartanburg
where she has stayed until the
present time.
The family with whom ihe es
caped from Leipzig is also in thia
country now and they have oatab
lished a chemical firm in Cleve
land, Ohio. "I went to Cleveland
last Christmas, and everybody Mid
I apeak Engliah with a Southern
accent," she said. After spending
several weeks in Morehead City ahe
plans to go to Cleveland and find
work in a hospital or doctor'a of
fice.
"Someday I would like to go
back for a visit," ahe aaid. She
still has a cousin in East Germany.
"They cannot write much, but con
ditions are really terrible. While ,
I waa in Switzerland 1 made ar- .
rangements to go back to Leipzig
for a visit and saw my old friends." (
This visit involved more of the
extensive red tape which is neces
sary to go through the Iron Cur
tain. She said that ahe does not
want to go back to Germany to live,
but "you know 1 get a little home
sick sometimes and wish I could
go back for just a visit."
Miss Dietze is a very practical
person and aaid that some people
asked her why she had not mar- ]
ried an American in Germany and
come to the country that way, but
"1 thought 1 better look at the
country first and make sure I liked
It before I did anything like that" j
Six baa decided that ahe likes it
Nine Shrimpers to Face Trial
For Violations of Sunday Law
Institute Initiates,
Scallop Research
The Institute of Fisheries Re
search of the University of North
Carolina last week started an ex
periment to determine the effect
of heat and low water on scallops
in state sounds.
W. A. Ellison, jr., director of
the institute, reported that Dr.
William Fahy is doing the re
search under the direction of Dr.
A. F. Chestnut.
Last summer was one of the poor
est years for scallops in the his
tory of the coast, Mr. Ellison re
ported, and the institute is trying
to determine if the high temper
atures of last June killed the
scallops when they were exposed at
low tides.
In order to check this theory,
the researchers have marked off
an area in shoal water and trans
planted some of the scallops from
that area to another marked area in
deep water. In August they will
compare the growth and number
of scallops in the two areas to
determine the effect of high sum
mer temperatures and transplant
ing on the shellfish.
In spite of the death of most
of the scallops last year, Mr. Elli
son reported that the sounds seem
to be as abundant with young seal
lops now as in previous years,
showing little correlation between
the number of adults and the suc
ceeding crop.
If the transplanting of scallops
to deep water is shown to be bene
ficial to the growth of scallops and
if the process proves to be ec
onomically practicable, the insti
tute will recommend to the Board
of Conservation and Development
that as many scallops as possible be
transplanted each year, he said.
"If this proves practicable, it may
mean as much as $100,000 more in
come to fishermen each year and
at least $25-30,000," Mr. Ellison
commented.
The institute's discovery of the
brown spotted shrimp which mi
grates largely at night and earlier
in the spring than other varieties of
shrimp has already brought shrim
pers an extra income of several
million dollars. The discovery was
made in 1910 and night shrimping
beginning around the middle of
May has been allowed by the con
servation board upon the reco
mendation of the institute in ev
ery year since 1951.
Research Vessel Sails .
A
To Finish Current Study
Electrical Trap*
Used on Moths
, An clerical trap to kill tobacco
bornworm and budworm moths has
I cen introduced into Carteret coun
ty, R. M. Williams, county farm
agent, reported this week.
I.onnie Howard, the county's lar
gest tobacco grower, has a trap
in his fields and reports that it is
doing a "wonderful job." Mr.
Howard cultivates approximately
70 acres of tobacco. The trap is
the only one in Carteret county.
The trap was designed by engin
eers at the experimental stations of
Purdue university, Iowa State col
lege, and the North Carolina ex
perimental station at Oxford. The
moths are caught by their attrac
tion to "invisible" light.
Two fluorescent tubes which
emit light to which the human eye
is largely insenstive attract the
moths to the trap where they are
killed. Scientists have discovered
that most night-flying insects are
attracted by this type of light.
The research engineers do not
claim that the traps are a 100 per
cent effective control of the worm
problem, Mr. Williams said, but for
the past two years the traps have
been used in tobacco fields from
Florida to West Virginia with very
good results. This experience has
shown that the traps are beneficial
in controlling the insects and re
ducing the financial loss to the
tobacco grower, Mr. Williams con
tinued.
Mr. Howard has reported that
the trap has been catching the
moths in his fields and he ex
pects that his tobacco will be im
proved as a result of their reduced
numbers.
1 The Caryn, research vessel from
the Woods Hole Oceanographic in
stitution, Woods Hole, Mass., left
Morehead City Saturday morning
on the final phase of its study of
gulf stream currents.
The Caryn has been operating off
the North Carolina coast since
mid-May and the scientists aboard
elpeci'to .inibh their field work
this week.
A week of operation with a Navy
patrol bomber was called off when
trouble developed with some of
the scientific gear aboard the
plane. The equipment is now be
ing repaired at Woods Hole, and
the plane will rejoin the Caryn Fri
day off Cape Hatteras.
After two experiments with the
plane, the Caryn will leave for
Woods Hole where it is expected to
arrive Sunday night.
Bill von Auchs, head of the scien
tific party aboard the Caryn, is
seeking to determine the relation
ship between tides in the Gulf of
Mexico and the pulsations in the
current of the gulf stream.
Contrary to popular opinion, Mr.
von Auchs says, the gulf stream
is not a steady-flowing stream and
is not always located in the same
spot.
The speed of the current varies
from place to place and also varies
at different times in the same
place. The edges of the stream
move frequently and the. line of
maximum current may move as
much as 20 miles, although most
navigation charts locate it very ex
actly.
The stream is studied by means
of instruments which record the
speed of the current, the salinity
of the water, the amount of oxy
gen in the water and the water
temperature at various depths. The
scientists also take samples of the
plankton and other marine life at
various points in the stream. A
large part of this week's work will
consist of such biological studies.
Mr. von Auchs says that he and
his associates will have several
months of work ahead of them
when they return to Woods Hole.
The information collected on the
trip will have to be studied and put
together before any definite de
cision can be reached about the
effect it the tides on the gulf
stream.
The group hopes to obtain more
valuable information from the Uni
versity of Miami, which is conduc
ting a similar study off the coast
of Florida. The results of this
study will have to be correlated
with the results obtained by the
group on the Caryn.
Tide Table
TMc? it Beaufort Bar
HIGH LOW
Tueaday, June 1?
11:39 a.m. 9:31 a.m.
11:42 p.m. 9:43 p.m.
Wedacaday, Jut 17
0.12 a.m.
12:21 p.m. 6:32 p.m.
Tliaraday, June 11
12:26 a.m. 6:94 a.m.
1:08 p.m. 7:28 p.m.
Friday, June 1*
1:13 ajn. 7:30 a.m.
1:90 p.m. 8:21 p.m.
Court to Hear H
Charges Brought
By Boat Captain
Nine shrimpers will go on trial
next Tuesday in county recorder's
court on charges ot violating the
law which prohibits shrimping on
Sunday.
The shrimpers are Spence Laster
and Vernon Taylor of Sea Level,
Willie Newton, Wilmont Boliva and
Ernest Mayo of Vandemere. Berk
ley Willis of Atlantic, Porky Mas
on of Ocracoke and C. B. Prescott
of Oriental.
All were allegedly caught violat
ing the Sunday shrimping law
while shrimping in Carteret county
waters. Conviction on the charges
is punishable by a fine or imprison
ment, according to C. D. Kirkpat
rick, head of the commercial fisher
ies division of the Department of
Conservation and development.
Mr. Kirkpatrick said that the
shrimpers will be tried on charges
brought by Captain Stanley Golden
of Otway, master of the patrol
boat, Cape Fear. The shrimpers
were arrested Sunday, June 7.
Three were caught in Long bay,
three in Wainwright channel and
three in Pamlico sound.
Mr. Kirkpatrick says that only
a small percentage of shrimpers are
violating the regulations which al
low day and night shrimping but
prohibit Sunday shrimping.
"I do not think," he said, "that
more than five per cent of the
shrimpers try to violate the laws.
We have warned all shrimpers that
two convictions for violations of
the fisheries laws will result in
revocation of the licenses to oper
ate for the remainder of the year."
The Department of Conservation
and Development opened the
shrimp season May 11 in accor
dance with a resolution adopted
by the C&D board at its April
meeting. The resolution author
ized Director George Ross and Mr.
Kirkpatrick to open the season
whenever the Institute of Fisheries
Research of the University of North
Carolina recommends.
Sh'Viip catcher have been heavy
since the opening of the season,
with tbe majority of the shellfish
being taken in ?irteret county wa
ters. Most of the shrimping is now
being done at night, with brown
spotted shrimp making up most
of the catch.
Bonner Arrested X
For Car Robbery
At Atlantic Beach
Kemp Bonner, jr., of Beaufort
was arrested Sunday for breaking
into a car at Atlantic Beach and
stealing $75. He is free on *300
bond and will be tried next week
in county recorder's court.
Bonner allegedly broke into the
car of C. E. Durham of Greensboro
and stole a wallet containing $75.
Durham, who was returning to his
car, saw Bonner and telephoned his
description to the Morehead City
police.
Capt. Buck Ncwsome recognized
Bonner from the description and
notified Deputy Sheriffs Hugh Sal
ter and Marshall Ayscue. The coun
ty officer* went to Bonner's home
where they arrested him.
The officers said that Bonner
readily admitted breaking into the
car and produced the stolen money.
He jilso showed Durham where he
had thrown his wallet.
Bonner told the two officers that
he had no idea why he had broken
into the car. He said that he was
driving along and suddenly had
the urge to steal something.
X
Three Local Youths
Called for Induction
Mri. Ruby D. Holland, clerk of
the Carteret county selective ser
vice board, has announced that
three county youths were sent to
Raleigh yesterday ior induction in
to the Army.
The young men are Joseph V.
Mason of Atlantic, Adolph C. Prld
gett, Negro, of Newport and Pete
J. Davis, Negro, of Rt. 1, Beaufort.
Mrs. Holland says that the board
has not induction or pre-induction
calls for the month of July.
She has also reminded all col
lege students that they have until
the end of June to file for further
deferment. They must notify the
board of their intentions to con
tinue in school and must submit
a record of their scholastic standing
for the past year together with no
tice of acceptance for the coming
school year.
Attends Aaaembly
Miss Lena Taylor of Sea Level is
representing the East Carolina col
lege YWCA at the annual student
assembly of Y organizations at Blue
Ridge. On her return from the
asaembly, Miss Taylor will help to
direct the Y vespers program for
summer school students at ECC.
Welder Is Killed
In Fall at Port
W. K. Batson, a 49-year-old wel
der from Goldsboro, was killed in
stantly Saturday in a fall while
working on one of the large gaso
line storage tanks at the state port
terminal.
He was working inside the tank
near the top at the time of his
fall. The scaffolding from which
he fell Was approximately 44 feet
above the steel floor of the tank.
James F. Martin, foreman on
the job. who witnessed the accident
reported that the wind seemed to
upset Batson's welding mask and
when he reached to catch it he lost
his balance and fell backwards
from the scaffolding.
The tank is being built for the
Standard Oil company by the Beth
lehem Steel corporation. The tank
was spot welded first and the steel
crews are now in the process of
finishing the welding on it. The
tank upon which Batson was work
ing was one of those damaged by
highwinds last month
Leslie D. Springle, Carteret
county coroner, reported that the
cause of death was a crushed
skull. No inquest was held. The
time of the accident was approx
imately 1:05 Saturday afternoon.
Funeral services for Batson were
held in Goldsboro yesterday morn
ing. He is survived by his wife, sev
en brothers, and two sisters.
Conservation
Group Meets
The Lower Neuse Soil Conserva
tion district board of supervisors
met Friday morning, June 12, in
the agricultural building in Jack
sonville Floyd M. Garner of New
port represents Carteret county.
During the buab\ meeting the
supervisors decided to extend and
improve the education and publi
city advisory committee work with
particular emphasis to be put on
increasing conservation education
in the public schools.
Fred M. Hardison of Arapahoe,
chairman, and C. L. Davis of Mays
ville made tentative arrangements
to attend the Southeastern Re
gional Soil Conservation district
supervisor's meeting at Clemson,
S. C., on June 29 and 30.
The group also decided to get
one business man in each of the
five counties represented in the
district :o join the National Asso
ciation of Soil Conservation Dis
trict Supervisors as associate mem
In the afternoon the supervisors
were taken on a tour of W. V.
Venters farm near Richlands by
Jake T. Harper, soil conservation
ist for Onslow county. A complete
soil and water conservation pro
gram has been put into operation
on this farm in the last two years.
The program includes scricea
lespedeza, clover and grass pas
turf, terracing, contour tillage, im
proved crop rotation, meadow
waterways, farm roads and fences
located on the contour, a farm
pond, and wildlife food planting.
Mr. Harper reported that erosion
has been stopped on this farm
where previously gullies were eat
ing into the hillsides. The tenant
operating the farm has stated that
conservation work should have
been started 30 years ago. Crop
yields have increased and more
than S00 fish were caught this
spring from the 1.2 acre fish pond.
Supervisors attending the meet
ing were N. A. Burton, J. A. Kings,
Mr. Davis, H. C. Riggs. Fred Par
ker, Charles West, C. M. Holden,
Mr. Garner, and Mr. Hardison.
Rotarians Honor
District Governor
Stanley Woodland, retiring dis
trict governor of the Rotary club,
was honored at Thursday night's
meeting of the Morehead City club.
The meeting, held at the recrea
tion center, was the club's annual
ladies night.
W. C. Carlton, president of the
club, presided at the meeting and
paid tribute to Mr. Woodland's rec
ord of work with the clubs in hit
district. Mr. Woodland, a member
of the Morehead City club, was giv
en a round of applause by the 80
persons present at the meeting.
Sam Bundy, principal of Farm
ville high school and a noted after
dinner speaker, was the principal
speaker at the meeting.
Guests at the meeting were Mr.
and Mrs. Lawrence Stroud ?f
Greenville and Morehead City and
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wall o< Mann,