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NEWS-TIMES OFFICE 504 AtmmUU St. Morahaad City PhotM 6-4178 CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES ?? 42nd YEAR, NO. 61. THREE SECTIONS TWENTY PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT,] NORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY, JUNE 26, 1953 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS Father of the Year with Gifts Mayor George W. Dill, jr., right, of More head City congratuates Charles M. Garner of Newport at a ceremony last Saturday honoring Mr. Garner as the county's Father of the Year. The contest was spon sored by Leary's, Carteret Gai company, Freeman Brothers. Parker Motors, More he ad City Drug com pany, The Boot Shop, Beik's, Hardware and Building Supply company, Eastman's Furniture company, and Early Jewelers. Each merchant presented a prize. Photo by Jerry Schumacher State Awards Contract For Cedar Island Bridge jne stale nignway commissions has awarded the contract for a new bridge across the thoroughfare be tween Atlantic and Cedar Island, to the Kitchin Construction com pany of Fayette ville. The Kitchin company's bid, low est submitted for the project was $162,343.25. The bridge wUl be fi nanced by the secondary road bond program. The bid on this and 14 other highway projects will be reviewed today at a highway commission meeting. The new bridge will be 283 feet long with a 108-foot span. The awing span bridge will leave a 30 foot channel for boats. The pres ent bridge will remain in use only until the new steel, concrete and timber bridge is completed. The highway commission first announced its intention to build a new bridge to Cedar Island last August when it applied for permis sion from the Army engineers to construct the bridge. Since permis sion was granted last fall, little has been done about the bridge. The first concrete step toward construction of the bridge came Hay 19 when the highway commis sion asked for bids on the project. When bids were opened May 27, it was discovered that nobody had submitted a bid on the Cedar Island project. The project was the only one of 33 for which no bids were submitted. The highway com mission again asked for bids on the project. The bridge will replace the old < bridge which has long been con sidered unsafe and inadequate for the traffic which it bears. Resi dents of the area have long been agitating for a new bridge. In their requests for a new bridge, the residents of Cedar bland have pointed out that load ed school buses are not allowed to use the bridge. When the bus reaches the bridge, the pupila get out and walk across while the bus proceeds across unloaded. Most of the fish being brought from Cedar Island to market are brought to Atlantic by boat and then transferred to trucks. Fish dealers say that the bridge will not support the weight Of loaded trucks. Residents of the island say that the new bridge will be particular ly needed now that the new fish ing pier has been opened on the island and more traffic la using the , bridge. A. \ Twenty-eight Men Apply > For Beaufort Polic* Job j The town ?l Beaufort has re- ' ceived 28 applications for the post- j tion of chief of police, according J to Dan Walker, town clerk. ' The applicant* aeek to fill the vacancy created by Chief Carlton < Garner's request that he be re lieved of hi* present duties and aa- ( signed to the night shift aa aaaiat- < ant chief. The application have co?* from 1 various parta of tba state, with only i one coining from Carteret county- J| , . .? ? nMtt, | Recreation Program < Needs More Records Kenneth Stargardt, director of the Beaufort summer recreation ni Ofl Uli md his issiiUnt, Jim my Kodrle, have asked for 78 rpm records, which might he given to the program so the chil dren may have records to dance to. The Beaufort Jaycees have lent their record player and loud speaker to the program, but at present there are few dance rec ords for them. Phillips to Attend Scout Jamboree" Ted Phillips, son of Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Phillips of Morehead City, will be Carteret county's rep resentative at the third national Jamboree of the Boy Scouts of America next month in California. The Morehead City youth will be one of about 35 scouts from the Bast Carolina council who will at tend the Jamboree at the Irvine ranch, Santa Ana, Cal. The boys will leave North Caro lina July 6 and will return about July 23. Ten days of the trip will be devoted to traveling with the remainder of the time spent at the lamboree. The boys from the council have been organized into a troop and patrols and have been attending preparatory meetings at Rocky Mount and Camp Charles. Outstanding scoutcrs from the ;oundl have been selected to serve is leaders of the troop at the Jam Joree and are receiving special raining for the trip. During the Jamboree, the 3,000 acre ranch will be divided into 40 Lections with 34 troops living in >ach section. Each section will have ts own commissary, water supply ind cooking facilities. There will le about 1.250 boys in each section. At the Jamboree, the scouts will -ook their own meals and live in tents. They will have an opportijn (y to learn the fine points of cook ng. camping and other scouting ikills. They will also be able to rompare notes with others of the 10,000 scouts who will attend tbe lamboree. Each patrol will put on stunts at he night campfires and the boys viii be entertained by movie stars ind top rodeo performers. In addition to tbe events at the lamboree, the boys will make light- seeing trips to the Grand Can fon. Pikes Peak, the Garden of the 3dda, Great Salt lake, the Petrified forest, St. Louis and Atlanta. Chestnut Attends Meetix Dr. A. F. Chestnut of the Insti ute of Fisheries Research la at tending tbe annual meeting of the National Shellffah association in New Orleans this week. Dr. Chest lut la aecretary at the national Jaycees Hear ? Boys Staters The Morehead City Jaycees, at their meeting Monday night, heard a report from the three Morehead City high school students who at tended Boys State last week at Chapel Hill. One of the boys was sponsored by tht club. David Small thanked the club for making it possible to attend the Boys State. He said that the Infor mation he, Joe Dixon and Horace Willis obtained at the school will prove very valuable to them in fu ture years. He described the various lectures which they attended and then told how they set up their own govern ment to put into practice the things which they learned in the lectures. Another gufest at the meeting was Miss Pat Dawson, Miss Greenville, a contestant in the Miss North Carolina beauty pageant which will be held July, 15-17 in Morehead City. Jimmy Wallace, chairman of the beauty pageant, said that the club is making excellent progress on the pageant. H. S. Gibbs, jr., re ported that he has already received 20 complete entries and several which are still incomplete. Dr. Russell Outlaw reported that he has obtained housing for 25 con testants and hopes to obtain more. He asked all members of the club to make every effort to obtain rooms for the girls. Walter Morris reported that work is continuing on the football field and that a contractor has been asked to make an estimate on the construction of dressing rooms at the field. He said that bpnds to cover the cost of the field will be issued as soon as the club is incor porated. Shrimpers Rest * Before Summer Season Starts Shrimp fishermen along the coast are taking a well-earned rest (or a few weeks until the summer run of shrimp starts, fishing lead ers reported this week. Before the peak tof the brown spotted shrimp season passed an estimated three million pounds of shrimp were taken. The average price to the fishermen on these shrimp has been about 25 cents per pound for a total value of at least $750,000. The summer run of brown shrimp will start in about three weeks. This shrimp ii caught in commercial quantities around the clock, while the early brown spotted shrimp is primarily noc turnal. The Long Bay area in Carteret county was a particularly abundant source of shrimp. Some fisheries men estimate that more than one million pounds were taken from Long Bay during the spring season. Oae Arrest Reported Beaufort police have made one arrest since Tuesday, according to Chief Carlton Garner. Virgil Pot ter of Vandemere waa arrested Wednesday for public drunkenness. He is free m $28 bond. y ? ? . .. Annexation Proposal Goes Jo People For Vote ; Attempt by Resolution Fails Six Hurt as Speeding Car Rams Vehicle, from Rear i Morehead Seeks Traffic Lights ' At a special board meeting Wed nesday night following the annexa tion public hearing, the Morehead City board of commissioners voted to ask bids on traffic light equip ment for four intersections on Arendell street. The commissioners want a pro gressive system of lights for the Arendell intersections at 7th, 8th, 9th, and 10th streets which will take care of the increased traffic during the summer months and also the military convoys which go to the state port terminal. While discussing the traffic sit uation, the commissioners decided to cooperate in a state highway pa trol experiment for speeding and controlling Sunday traffic at the beach and on 28th street. Last Sunday a sergeant in the highway patrol surveyed the traf fic situation at the beach. D. G. Bell, police commissioner reported, and next Sunday and July 4 and 5 the patrol will put extra men on duty. Mr. Bell said that the ser geant got a full dose of beach traf fic since it took him 45 minutes to get from the beach parking area to the bridge. In cooperation with the patrol and Atlantic Beach, the city will put a policeman at the intersections of 28th street with Arendell and Evans. Extra patrolmen and beach policemen will work on the beach at rarioos intersections and at the interaction of Bridges street witi ' 28th street. The board also passed an ordi nance making it illegal to break the curbs on city streets for alleys or driveways without first obtain ing a permit from the city clerk. Except in special circumstances the ordinance also forbids breaks wider than 10 feet and the property owner must bear the cost of re placing sidewalks and grass areas. A special provision of the ordi nance requires that on every break wider than 10 feet the property owner must deposit a bond with the city clerk of at least $50 for replacing the curb in the event the access-way should be abandoned. Easements on a alley way and two un opened street ends were also granted. Flyers Meet * At Ocracoke Ocraeoke ? Members of the North Carolina Aero club arrived here Friday and Saturday of last week. By Saturday night the Atlantic beach area out in front of Wahab Villege hotel was dotted with about eighteen planes. Carl Goerch of Raleigh, long a leader of the N. C. group, arrived on Friday, but received sudden no tice late that night of the hospital ization of Mrs. Goerch in Raleigh, so flew home at S a.m. Saturday. His genial presence was greatly missed by members of the club and by his friends here it Ocracoke. Many ol the fliers had visited the islands in other years, some came for the first time. Most of the group stayed at the Wahab Village hotel, a few itayed at the Howard tourist home and several visited the new Sound Front inn during their stay. On Saturday night prac tically the whole group enjoyed the square dance in the school recreation hall. Among those here in addition to Mr. Goerch were R. P. and R. A. Lyon of Wadesboro, Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Brown, jr., of Murfrcesboro, Mr. and Mrs. C. U Crawford of Ahoskic. Frank Thompson of Ra leigh, Mr. and Mrs. E. Stein, Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Rogers. A. B. Has ter and S. G. Bell, all of Hender son, C. P. Daniel* of Raleigb. Ward F. Rice and E. A. Lackey of Han let, F. W. Jennings of Lancaattr, S. C.. T. A. Burke and W. S. Sam pie of Charlotte. Mr. and Mrs. Jefan W. Coffey of Raleigh. William Y Maye, William Reid and W. F. Powell of Leno* and J. H. McCaaU) of Morganton. Most of the (roup travelled northward to Manteo or southward to Beaufort, en rout* borne on Sob day, though several spent the m ~ ? Six perstns were injured, one* seriously, yesterday morning in a three-car crash on Arendeli street, Morehead City. Five of the injured were admitted to the Morehead City hospital, and the sixth was treated for shock and released. Most seriously injured was Mary May, 11, a passenger in the car being driven by her mother, Mrs. Reynolds May of Greenville. The child suffered a broken arm and internal injuries and was under going surgery at press time yester day. Mrs. May's injuries and those of Arnold Borden of Morehead City, driver of the second car, have not yet been determined. Mrs. Vina May Garris of Greenville was being held at the hospital for a checkup, Sue Parrish, 12, of Beck ridge, Va., another passenger in Mrs. May's car, suffered an ankle injury. Mrs. May's son, Louis, 14, was treated for shock but was not ad mitted to the hospital. Witnesses to the accident told police that Borden was driving cast on Arendeli street at about 70 mileb per hour when he ran into the rear of Mrs. May's car, knock ing it into a telephone pole, a tree and a parked car belonging to Leslie Earl Davis of Morehead City. Doug West, foreman of the con struction work on the new Colonial store directly across the street from the scene of the accident, was one of the first to reach the- scene. West said, "I didn't see Borden's car until just before the crash so I don't know how he was driving. I saw him his the back end of Mrs. May's car and then start spinning. The rear end of his car went up in the air high enough so that I could see the other car under it." ? He said thut Mrs. May's car then j went up over the curb, strut! the See ACCIDENT, Page 1 Newport Youths Attend Meeting " Four Newport boys are included . in the approximately 1,800 North ' Carolina farm youths who are par- J ticipating in the 25th annual Fu ture Farmers of America conven- , tion in Raleigh this week. Thomas Gray, Ronnie Kelly, Jim my Kelly, and Howard Garner are < attending the convention with C. \ S. Long, teacher of agriculture and adviser to the FFA chapter of the | Newport school. , During the convention session I today young Garner will receive I the State Farmer degree in Ra leigh's Memorial auditorium. This 1 degree can only be given at a state 1 convention and is a very high and 1 coveted honor in the FFA. Only three other boys in the his tory of the Newport chapter of the FFA have received this recogni tion. ? Approximately $12,000 will be < awarded to high scoring individ- i uals and chapter groups during the convention in various state-wide i contests. James Willis, national FFA secretary, will make the ' foundation awards and sponsors of other state contests will have offi cial representatives to make the other awards. The Newport boys and Mr. Long are living in the Owen dormitory at N.. C. State college during their stay in Raleigh. All of the conven- 1 tion session* have been held in the auditorium. <l?k r* ?r* attending tho con venfft.i from 438 North Carolina chapters. Dr. Ennetf Dies Suddenly After Collapse in Office Dr. N. Thomas Ennett, county hcaltH officer, died early Tuesday morning in the Morehead City hos pital a few hours after he was found unconscious in his office in the court house annex. Death was caused by a stroke. Dr. Ennett was found on the floor of his office at about 11 p.m. by Chief Carlton Garner and Capt Mack Wade of the Beaufort police. The officers were called after Mrs. Ennett became worried when her husband failed to return home. The health officer left home at about 7 p.m. and told bis wife that he would return in a very short time. When he had not returned after 10 p.m., Mrs. Ennett called ? the policc. The officers discovered the health officer's car parked outaide the court house and saw lights in his office. When they could not gain admission to the office, they called A. D. Fulford, health depart* ment sanitarian, who unlocked the" - office. After finding Dr. Ennett, the of ficers immediately called a physi cian and an ambulance to take the health officer to the hospital where he died at about 2:30 a.m. It is be lieved that Dr. Ennett was stricken shortly after reaching his office. Funeral services for Dr. Ennett were held at 3:30 p.m. yesterday < in the Ann Street Methodist church i of Besufort, with the Rev. B. D. Critcher officiating. Burial was in the Ennett family plot near Swans boro. Active pallbearers were Dr. F. E. Hyde, Paul Jones, Dr. M. B. Morey. K. E. Johnson. Kenneth Prest and Moses Howard. Honorary pallbearers were the county medical society, the Beau fort Rotary club, the county board ; Bee ENNETT, Pace 3 Tide Table Tide* at Beaufort Bar HIGH LOW Frday, iuiw U 7:20 a.m. 1:33 a.m. 7:43 p.m. 1:21 p.m. Saturday, laaa XI 8:07 a.m. 2:17 a.m. 8:29 p.m. 2:10 pjn. Suaday, June 21 8 M a.m. 3:00 a.m. 9:14 p.m. 2:30 pm. , Mamimy, Mm* ? #42 a jr. 3:44 u. 10:02 p.m. Ml p.m , Taaaday, taw M lO llajn. *JS a.m. Dr. N. T. Enaett Sweet Potato * Production Falls R. M. Williams, county (arm ?gent, says that the production of sweet potatoes in the country may increase slightly this year although it will probably never again reach the figure for six years ago. Six years ago the nation's pro duction of sweet potatoes was 61 million bushels, but by last year it I had fallen to 28 miUion. Mr. Wil liama says that favorable weather I conditions may mean an increase to about 33 miUion bushels this fear. . I Mr. Williams says that the de- i crease in production has been I caused largely by the high cost of i production and labor. He says that I quite a bit of hand labor Is involved i In tranaptanting and at harvest I time. Irish potato production, on the other hand, has been almost < completely mechanited. < Another problem is the extension I of the marketing season beyond the i immediate harvest time. To keep | sweet potatoes satisfactorily on a | large scale requires careful hand ling. controlled curing and proper I storage facilities. i Ibe slight iatrMM hi production expected this year baa been caused by tfce strong demand for the pota toes and the favorable price which producer* have rewired to recent HlHHHBHflHHNIIiJw The second attempt this year and- - the third attempt in recent years to annex land west of Morehead City failed Wednesday night and an election on the issue will be held. Leaders of the annexation pro posal had hoped they would have enough names on their petition to allow the city commissioners to an nex the area by resolution. A counter-petition presented by Claud Wheatly, Beaufort attorney for O. O. Fulcher, L. G. Norris and other opponents of annexation, sought a referendum on the question. Under the provisions of the state statute, a referendum must be call ed if a petition signed by 15 per rent or more of the voters of the area who were qualified at the last general election asks it. The peti tion presented by Mr. Wheatly was signed by 54 residents of the area, which is more than the required 15 per cent. The petition seeking annexation was signed by 108 residents of the proposed area. The date for the referendum will be set by the county board of elec tions. All the details of the elec tion will be handled by the county board. In addition to residents of the proposed area. Morehead City resi dents who live on the south side of Arendell street beyond 25th street attended the meeting. Most of the discussion at the short hear ing involved these residents. At the present time the city has no zoning poyvers over the property north of Arendell west of 25th street and these residents of the city are worried about the environ ment of their homes if low-grade commercial businesses should be built on the north side of Arendell. The commissioners explained that their power over property outside the city limits such as that pro posed for annexation was limited to setting street lines. "Would 1 be put in jail if I tore up the stakes for a honky-tonk across the street from my house," one resident asked. Mayor George Dill laughed and (aid that the county authorities would have to invesH?*l< '.'i / '.uch tnltter. kttH 'he annexation proposal arc E. n. McKinley, John T. Con ?er, Clyde Jones, and Captain Howard Ferguson. These men said Wednesday night that they intend to double their efforts to register and vote every resident of the area who favors annexation. On Monday night approximately i 10 of the residents of the area met in the Clyde Jones showroom to discuss the problem. At that time i Mr. Fulcher and Mr. Norris said , they would not withdraw from the fight in the face of the large ma jority of signers on the petition | favoring annexation. I During the discussion of pros | ?nd cons. Mr. Norris said that he didn't want "Morehead City to have anything at all to da" with his | property. When asked if he would | call the Morehead City fire depart ment in the event his home caught \ Fire, he said he would but only "to i protect my neighbors." i The opponents to annexation oase their arguments on the con- i tention that the city will not give i them services in line with their in- i :reased tax payments. Proponents have argued that the increase in i taxes will be partially offset by ] ower fire insurance rates, garbage i disposal, higher property values ind higher mortgage values. They I ilso point to improved schools, xon- j ing protection of property, street ; maintenance and other city ser- i rtces. I On May 23 an annexation refer endum covering a larger area was defeated by 11 votes. Thia pro posal included the land between !3th and 28th streets north of the present highway 70 to Calico creek. Commissioners who attended the hearing were D. G. Bell. Ted Gar ler, D. J. Hall, and Dr. John Mor ris. Mr. Bell made the motion ask ng that an election be called and Dr. Morris made the second. Newport Rotarians Plan Anniversary * President C. S. Long of the New jort Rotary dub announced at Mon ity night's meeting that plans have wen completed tor the annual an liversary and ladjei night dinner 10 be held Monday night. He urged ill club members to attend the din ler The Rev. D. B. Cummins, pastor >f the Newport Missionary Baptist :hurch, spoke on what constitutes iMpplnesa. He laid, "Happiness lies lot in money, not in military power, not in worldly gain. Hap piness lies only in Christ." The program ended with a solo ky Charles Middleton, ministerial itudent from the church, who ung When Maun Comet the meting were Al [II awl the Rev. Priestley 111. of the More head City Mr. Cummins and Mr. Deposit Refunds , Started by CP&L; To Total $50,000 Many Carteret county electric customers have been receiving un expected checks lately from the Carolina Power and Light company. The utility firm explained today that the checks are refunds of de posits made to the old Tidewater Power company. Carolina Power and Light has started a systematic refunding of deposits made more than two years ago by residential customers, and when the job is finished, more than $50,000 will have been re turned to customers in Carteret county alone, according to George Stovall, local manager for the firm. "Deposits that have been up for 24 months or longer are reviewed for refund," he said, "and if ac counts have been paid promptly each month a check is mailed to the customer for his deposit and in terest. This review and refund is being handled alphabetically." Since the refunding has only reached the "D's" many customers have not yet received their checks. Mr. Stovall explained that the large number of refunds which must be handled by the local of fice personnel will require several months. Marine Flyer > Dies in Crash Four crashes Wednesday, includ ing a fatal midair explosion near Merrimon, involved planes from the Second Marine air wing at Cherry Point. M/Sgt. Ole Richard Woods of Horseshoe Bend, Idaho, was killed when his Banshee jet fighter ex ploded and crashed in woods be tween Merrimon and South River. Witnesses on the ground told Coroner L. D. Springlc and Marine authorities that they saw the plane hlown into several pieces and then crash into the woods along the Neuse river. The first Marine to reach the scene of the crash, Maj. Robert A. Strieby, whr> landed at the scene in a helicopter, reported that Aings, engine and fuel tank of the plane were found about 150 yards from the forward part of th? fuselage. The pilot's body was found in the cockpit which was not damaged by the fire which burned the other parts of the plane. , Cherry Point's air sea rescue unit received the first reports of the crash at about 11:30 a m. Later reports came from workers at the International Paper company, Core Creek, and Gerald Midgett of Ori ental, who saw the smoke from icross the Neuse river. The crash was also reported to Coroner Springle and to Highway Patrolman J. W. Sykes, who inves tigated the crash. Sergeant Woods is survived by his wife, Veronica, two sons, Bruce Michael, 8. and Richard Terry. 3, ill of Havelock and his parents, Mr. ind Mrs. Marion C. Woods of Horseshoe Bend, Idaho. In the meantime, Chief Aviation Pilot Thomas J. Tate. USCG, waa laving a busy time with three jther craahes in the vicinity of the ?uxiliary landing field at Edcnton. Dne man was injured in the three :rashes. During the morning Tate answer ed ( crash call and picked up Capt. r. E. Goss of Cherry Point who lad crashed near Edenton. The in jured pilot was flown to the Naval lospital, Portsmouth, Vs., where ic is being treated lor compound ractures of both legs. While returning from Porta nouth. Tate was called to Suffolk, Vs., where another Jet plane had :rashed on the railroad tracks. Zapt. R. R. Carson, pilot of the lowned plane, toM Tate that he :rash landed on the tracka after a 'flameout." Upon reaching the auxiliary iield at Suffolk, they found that Captain Carson's wingman. Unt enant Brown, had overshot the field and bad also crashed. Tata :hen picked up Brown and return* ?d the two pilots to Edenton. Smoke Caused by Banting Trash Coast Guard authorities reported < this week that the heavy blade imoke which roae from the Fort i Macon area ail day Tuesday came from the burning of trash on the < island. The smoke started at about j 7:10 in the morning and continued 9 throughout the day until late aftar- j . - i i in m