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CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES <* 42nd YEAR, NO. 68. THREE SECTIONS TWENTY PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY, JULY 3, 1953 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS NEWS-TIMES OFFICE i St. City i 6-4175 " I II. . I III II . .1 I. - Jury Virtually Exonerates' ? ' 1 Whicker in Drowning Death nr.lt._ ir IUL1.I .< %IT II C iL. ?_ A _I_A A? ?% ? A I I I T\_ C 111 niiwr v. nmcKer 01 wauer town was virtually exonerated by a blue ribbon coroner'* jury of im plication in the weird fishing skiff death of hij companion William Monroe Southern, Jr., of Winaton Salem. Sitting Tuesday night in the gnat-buzzing heat of the Carteret courthouse Coroner Leslie D. Sprinkle's jury of six recommended that Whicker be held in $500 bond for grand jury review of his case. The $500 was immediately post ed for Whicker by the brother Dewey L. Southern and the father W. II. Southern, of the deceased Southern, and Coroner Springle re manded him to the custody of the sheriff of his home county, For sythe. While the jury did not go all out in clearing Whicker the act of bond posting by brother and father of the deceased, and Springle's act of virtually freeing him by placing him in the custody of his home sheriff, set the tenor of the hear ing as one of exoneration for the 27-year-old Winston-Salem linen supply company employee. Southern was employed by the same company and testimony show ed them as friends of long stand ing. The two, with their wives, Southern's three children and Mrs. ouuuicm ? lwu luicrs cume lu Car teret on Saturday lor a week's va cation. The group took cabina at Jeff Jackson's on the causeway. Whicker and Southern set out on their fish ing trip in a rented skiff Ute Sat urday afternoon. Whicker return ed late Sunday afternoon in a boat which had picked him up on the shore near Russells creek, north east of the Phillips Fish factory. He was later arrested by Sheriff Hugh Salter and held for question ing. Southern's bloated, decomposed body was found Tuesday noon by Salter near Bouy 28 which marks the intersection of the Morehead City and Beaufort intercoastal channels. After the body was recovered, Springle set the inquest hearing for 7:30 Tuesday evening. He called as jurors T. B. Alien, Ben Gibbs, El more Davis, James D. Rumley, John Haynes and Fred Davis who acted as foreman. Salter on the witness stand told how, polling a skiff he had bor rowed from Homer Lewis, he came upon Southern's body floating in the Newport river. He said that he polled to shore and, securing the help of Springle and Julius and Glenn Adair, retrieved the body. Five Charges Are Placed Against Arnold Borden Morehead City police officers* have filed five charges against Ar nold Borden growing out of the near-fatal accident on Arendell street last Thursday morning. He is free under $2,000 bond. Borden's car struck the rear of an automobile driven by Mrs. Rey nolds May of Greenville. His speed at the time of the impact has been estimated at greater than 75 miles per hour. Mrs. May and her 11 yearold daughter Mary were the most scriouily injured of the acci dent victims. The officers have charged Bor den with operating a motor vehicle at a speed in excess of 73 miles per hour, with exceeding the speed limit in a 35-mile-per hour zone, with exceeding the highway speed limit of 55 miles per hour, with driving an automobile in a careless and reckless manner "without due regard for the rights and safety of others," and with assault with a deadly weapon. Court officers explain this last charge as depending upon the abil ity of the prosecution to show an "intent to cause the collision." No date has been set for a preliminary hearing on the charges. Such a hearing will not be held until Bor den is in better physical condition. The warrant was served Tuesday afternoon. Hospital authorities report that Mrs. May and her daughter are both showing steady improvement The girl suffered a ruptured spleen, ? ruptured liver and a broken arm in the accident. Mrs. May received multiple fractures, in cluding fractures of several ribs, both shoulder blades, the spine and collar bone. An emergency operation was per formed on the young girl Thursday morning, and since that time she has received many blood trans fusions. Until Sunday it was doubt ed tbat she would recover from the accident. Borden received lacerations of the head, face and arms and possi ble chest injuries. He will be taken to the Memorial hospital at Chapel Hill for a further check-up, it was reported. Others injured in Mrs. May't car were her mother, Mrs. Vina Mae Garris, also of Greenville, Louis May. 14, and Sue Parrish, 12, who received minor injuries. The accident happened Thursday morning on Arendell street near 11th when Borden drove his car into the rear end of the vehicle _ driven by Mrs. May and knocked it against a telephone pole, a tree and a parked car. Witnesses to the accident have estimated his speed at greater than 75 miles per hour. Sgt Bruce Edwards of the police department who has conducted the accident investigation reported tbat Borden has been unable to explain how the accident happened. The damage to both cars was quite extensive. The parked car was damaged only on the left rear fender. It was owned by Leslie Earl Davis of Morehead City. Engineers Propos# U ^i|, - irahLilintn, nuiTVras Droanwaiwr The Army corps of engineers has approved a breakwater at Cape Hattreaa, it was reported this week by Representative Htrbert Bonner of the first congressional district. Such a breakwater would protect boats in the pert at Hatteras, Mr. Bonner said, at a construction cost estimated by the corps at *175,000. Any program for such construc tion must be approved by Congress and funds lor the breakwater must be approved, be .aid. Chestnut Named Group President Dr. Alphonse F. Chestnut return ed to Morehead City this week fol lowing his election at New Orleans, La., as president of the National Shellfisheries association. Dr. Chestnut has served hare for the past five yesrs as assistant di rector of the University of North Carolina's Institute of Fisheries Research A native of Massachu setts, he is a graduate of the Col lege of William and Mary at Wil liamsburg, Va. C. D. Kirkpatrick, head of the state Department of Conservation and Development's commercial fisheries division, and Harry Jar vis, Englebard fish and oyster dealer, attended the convention with Dr. Chestnut. "The National Shellfisheries as sociation," Dr. Chestnut explained, "is felt to be a unique organization in that fishery administrators, bus iness men, and fishery biologists meet on common ground and dis cuss their problems to the mutual benefit of each." The association's members are scattered throughout the nation, Dr. Chestnut ssid. Recently Dr. Chestnut has served as secretary of the national asso ciation. Presbyterian Men Will Get Charter On Tuesday Night The men's organization of the Webb Memorial Presbyterian church will hear Dallas Herring of Rose Hill at their regular monthly supper meeting Tuesday night at the church. Mr. Herring is president of the men's group of the preibytery. He will give the local group their char ter of organization from the church's general assembly. E. W. Olschner, president of the More head City unit, will receive the charter for the organization. An elder in the Rose Hill Pres byterian church, Mr. Herring was elected president of the Wilming ton Presbytery men's arganization in February. He is manager of the Atlantic Coffin and Casket com pany and the Atlantic Wood Prod ucts compsny. Mayor of Rose Hill for 10 years, Mr. Herring waa recently made chairman of his county's board of education. He is also active in other civic and fraternal organiza tions. All members, friends and visitors are invited to attend the meeting which will start at 6:30 o'clock. Cottogo on Booch Road Burns Up but not Down The Morebesd City fire depart ment answered a call to a cottage on the Atlantic Beach causeway Wednesday night at about 11 o'clock. Eld on Nelson, fire chief, report ed that the fire damage to the cot tage wu extensive. "It burnt up but not down," he said. The fire department went pri marily to save two cottages close to the burning one, he commented, but whan they arrived U waa aeen that port of the burning cottage could bo saved. i( was uimineu uy u r. o. w. Hatcher and later sent to Fogel's funeral home in Winston-Salem. Salter said he was called into the case late Sunday afternoon after Jeff Jackson and Whicker had agreed that the case be turned over to the police. He said that Whicker told him about setting out in the skiff with his companion Southern, that the two of them had been drinking, that somewhere in the vicinity of Russells creek they ran out of gas, anchored, and fell asleep abon' 8 p.m. "Whicker told me," Salter con tinued, ''that he woke up about 3 or 4 a.m. Sunday, found the skiff ashore and Southern gone, how he walked ashore and looked for tracks in the sand hoping to find Southern. "He told me that he tied his white shirt to a pole to attract at tention and about noon was picked up by a boat owned by R. H. Kent. Kent took him back to Jackson's cabins. He and Jackson went out and got the skiff which was minus anchor and anchor line, brought it back to the causeway and phoned Sheriff Holland who assigned me to the case." Salter said he saw no signs of See DROWNING, Page 3 Roadside Stands Open in County R. P. Gooding and Wallace Gar ner are the first Carteret county farmers to establish roadside mar kets. Their markets are on highway 70 near Beaufort. R. M. Williams, county farm agent, reported that most of the fresh produce sold at the markets will be grown on the Gooding and Garner farms. According to reports. Mr. Garner has already had a good business in the marketing of home-grown fresh vegetables since opening his small roadside stand about a week ago. A young, progressive farmer, he plana to construct and operate one aCthc mast modern roadside stands in eastern North Carolina during the ceming year. Mr. 'Williams pointed out that there are excellent opportunities for many farm families on highway 101 leading from Cherry Point to Beaufort, and on highways 70 and 24 leading into Morehead City from New Bern and Swansboro to op erate profitable roadside markets. The county's rising population creates an expanding market for fresh produce, Mr. Williams de clares. The influx of tourists during the summer months also is a big mar ket for farmers to reach. "All of these people are more than glad to purchase fresh vegetables direct from the farm," he says. Those farm families which operate road side stands not only give service to the community but find a ready market for their own fresh pro duce which might otherwise be wasted. The county agent's office expects that other farm families will estab lish roadside markets in commun ities throughout the county. Farm families in other counties in the state and ? in other states through out the nation are finding the op eration of roadside markets an in teresting project and a good source of supplementary income. New Speed Law Penalties Are In Effect Now Motor Vehicles Commissioner Edward Scheidt reminded North Carolina motorists today that speeding violations will be subject to more stringent penalties after July 1. A 30 day suspension of the op erator's license is mandatory under provisions of a bill passed by the 1853 General Assembly in cases where drivers are convicted of ex ceeding the stated speed limit by more than 15 miles per hour. This means that driving in excess of 50 miles per hour in a school bus, 70 miles per hour in a pas senger car, or 60 mph in a truck would subject the driver to tem porary loss of his license upon con viction. The Department of Motor Vehic les defined a truck as "one too or over." ' Any of the speeding violations occuring together with reckless driving will call for a mandatory SO day auspension of driving pri vileges. And a second offense occuring within ooe year of the original vio lation will also result in a 60 day suspension upon conviction, the commissioner added. Mr. Scheidt requested that court clerks indicate on the suspension notice furnished the Department of Meter Vehicles the type of vehicle involved in the violation. Holiday Hours Listed By Offices, Stores Matt merchant! in Beaufort and More head City will be open tomorrow, July 4, but will doae Monday. The county courthouse, More head City city hall, and ABC More* will do?e Saturday Tor the holiday and be open Monday. More bead City's recorder's court will be held as usual Monday morning, and the county commis sioners will meet Monday. The Beaufort town hall will be open a half-day Saturday and will clow Monday. The More head City post office will be open a half day Saturda* and open Monday. The Beaufort post office will have a parrel post window open from 1 until 2 Saturday after noon and will be open Monday. The county's three branches of the First-Citizens Bank and Trust company will close Saturday. Rotary Sponsors Children's Clinic At a meeting Tuesday morning in the Morehead City recreation center the foundation was laid for a crippled children's clinic in More head City to be sponsored by the Morehead City Rotary club. Attending the meeting were rep resentatives el the state board of health from Raleigh. The first clinic is scheduled for Saturday, July 11, in the temporary annex next to the Morehead City hospital. The clinic will be monthly. The clinic will be open to all persons of all ages needing ortho pedic help. A highly skilled ortho pedic surgeon will be sent to the clinic by the board of health. The ground-work for the clinic was largely done by the late Dr. N. T. Knnctt, county health officer until his recent death, leaders of the civic club reported. The clinic will need the services of a number of persons with or without nurse's training Anyone able to devote part of one day a month to the clinic should sec any member of the sponsoring group or Mrs. Leota Hammer at the county health office. Similar clinics are being run in many counties throughout the state through the joint efforts of civic clubs and the state board of health. At the present time the closest such cliA^U-to New Bern. The health boart, ha* arranged the clin ics in such a manner that two of the state's b<j#t arthopedic surgeons visit them and treat children and adults who might dot otherwise re ceive specialized tref', lenls. Those attending \ lie meeting Tuesday morning were Misa Sarah Groggins, Miss 'Anne Parrish, Miss Anne Lamb, and Miss Lillie Fen tress. all of the state board of health; Mrs. Beatrice Lewis. Mrs. Louise Spivey, and Mrs. Leota Hammer, all from the Carteret county health department. Rep resenting the Rotary club were G. T. Windell, chairman of the crip pled children's committee, Dr. John Harris. Dr. S. W. Thompson, jr., Prieatlcy Conyers, III, Hoyle L. Green, and Kenneth Prest. Morehead Adopts Tentative Budget For Year 1953-54 A tentative budget for Morehead City during the year 1953-54 call ing for total expenditures of $194, 173 was approved at a special meet ing of the city's board of commis sioners Tuesday afternoon. Mayor George W. Dill, jr., point ed out that the law requires a tentative budget to be adopted by the city and filed with the Local Government commission in Ral eigh by June 30 of each year. The commissioners will spend the next few weeks straightening out departmental kinks in the bud get and the mayor reported a work ing budget for the town would probably be adopted at the reg ular July meeting of the board, Thuraday, July 18. George Franklin of the N. C. League of Municipalities was in Morehead City during this week conaulting with the commissioners and advising them on the prepara tion of the budget. The $194,173 figure represents the anticipated revenue from every source for the town. The budget will be planned so that the expen ditures balance with the revenue. D*noy>r Hurt in Train, Truck Crash in Florida Bill Denoyer was aeriously in jured in a train and truck crash at Homestead, Fla, on Saturday, June 20. He waa taken to Dade county hoapital in Miami, Fla., suffering from cuts and bruises, and has been kws for the past 10 days. Red Cress Nan Visits Here Mr. Frank D. Hollowell. district representative of the American Red Croaa, from Goldsboro spent ?even] days this week in Beaufort and Morehead City, making plans to consolMMe the Beaufort and Morehead Jtty chapters at UxkRed Croes intojioe chapter, tbe Car Dog Track Investigation Group ToHearPubl 7c H ere July 30-31 Yacht Basin Builds Shrimp Trawlers The Morehad City Yacht Basin has launched a project for the mass-production oi shrimp trawlers, R. C. Kirchofer of Raleigh, presi dent ol the firm, announced this week. When the production line has been set up and is running at peak efficiency, the plant will turn out from four to six trawlers a month and employ approximately 150 skilled men, Mr. Kirchofer contin ued. In order to set up the plant, the yacht basin has purchased land and obtained easements from the city for constructing a large shed-like building approximately 250 feet long and 110 feet wide on the old Nelson property. This building will be laid out so that five to six trawlers will be in process of con struction all the time. "We feel that there is a big mar ket for a standardized, complete shrimp trawler along the east coast and gulf coast," Mr. Kirchofer re marked. This market, he pointed out, is year-round, and when the plant is in production, the trawlers will be produced throughout the year. At the present time, the firm is building a model trawler to test various aspects of the project. This 'trawler is a Hatteras-type vessel, 68 feet long. The production plant will be equipped to turn out trawlers from 55 to 75 feet in length. Mr. Kirchofer hopes that within a month and a half or two months the new buildings will be com pleted and the firm can start its production line. The boats will be diesel powered. "We will standardize the boats as much as possible, and after we launch them a fisherman will be able to take them out the next day," he said. There will be cer tain options open to purchasers, but by and large the yacht basin will deliver a completed trawler, fully equipped. While it is operating its produc tion line, the firm plans to con tinue its repair work on commer cial vessels, private yachts and Army and Navy craft. During re cent months, the company has done a great deal of repair work on craft owned by the Armed forces. It em ploys about 50 men now. Mr. Kirchofer said that the re cruiting of skilled labor might raise difficulties but that the prospect of year-round work would probably aid in obtaining workers for the plant. Governor in No Hurry To Appoint C&D Board Taking the advice ol Harry Mc-4 Mullan, altorncy geDcuil of the state, Governor William B. U in stead let the 15 members of the Board of Conservation and De velopment whpae fcuma wpre sup posed to expire J TuesdUy night continue for an "indefinite peri od." V "As far as I'm concerned," the governor said Wednesday, "they are just as much a board today as yesterday." The 1953 General Assembly passed a law which said the terms of the board members "shall ex pire at midnight on the 30th day of June, 1953. On the 1st day of July, the governor shall appoint fifteen persons as their success ors." The attorney-general told the governor that the legislative act was "directory" and not "manda tory" and therefore the old board could remain in office until a new board is named. In spite of the governor's feel ings most observers think that the board's work has been pretty thor oughly stalled since the act was passed. Members of the board have been understandably reluctant to act on anything. At the spring meeting of the board in Elizabeth City, it postponed everything pos sible, including action on the state advertising contract, so that the new board could handle it Governor Umstead has made it clear that he considers the CfcD board appointees among the most important he will make. Although the members normally serve stag gered terms, the legislature ended ill their terms at a blow in order that the governor might reorgan ize the board. A similar fate was meted out to the old State Ports Authority which was replaced by a seven-member board. During the General Assembly much was said about the possibility of creating an Independent com mission for commercial fisheries which are now a part of the C4D department. At that time Gover nor Umstead said that his appoin tees to the board would repreaent every facet of its activities inclu ding the commercial fisheries Normally the terms of board members and all state officials con tinue until their successors are named. The Department of Con servation and Development which is under the board and is one of the biggest in the state government is doing little more than mark time until the new board comes in, in siders report Members of the outgoing board are Chairman Miles J. Smith of Salisbury; Vice-Chairman Walter 1. Damtoft, Canton; Charles S. Al len, Durham; William B. Austin, Jefferson; Aubrey Cavenaugh, War saw; Staiey B. Cook, Burlington; Fred Davis, Zebulon; C. Sylvester Green, Chapel Hill; Charles H. Jenkins, Ahoskie; Fred P. La than. Belhaven; Mrs. Roland McClam roch, Chapel Hill; Hugh Mertaa, Wilmington; J. 8. Murdoch, Trout nun; Buxton White, Elizabeth City; laad S. W. Ealoe, Jr? Spruce Pa* Deadline Pasl ForPorlCards Crew members and operators of all commercial harbor, river and coastal utility water craft were re minded today by the Coast Guard that unless they get required port security identification cards or oth er acceptable Credentials legal ac tion may be taken against them. July 1 was the deadline for ob taining port security cards. The regulations concerning util ity craft were announced in March as part of the Coast Guard's pro gram to safeguard the nation's major waterfront facilities against sabotage and other subersive activ ities. Craft affected by the move include towing vessels, barges, ligh ters, water taxis, and junk, gar bage, bum, supply and repair boats. At the time the announcement was made the Coast Guard asked for all persons working aboard these craft to apply for port se curity cards or have their merchant mariners documents validated, and named July 1 as the deadline date for their possession or validation. However, according to the Coast Guard, applications from affected boatmen have been far below the number expected. Rear Adm, Russell E. Wood, USCG, commander, Fifth Coast Guard district, said that those who have not applied may exper ience considerable inconvenience and possible legal action after har bor partols began checking affec ted craft July 1. Persons employed on such crafts should immediately either apply for Coast Guard port security cards or have their merchant mariners documents validated. The marin ers documents may be used in lieu Information concerning port se of port security cards. curity cards and application* for them can be obtained at Coast Guard port security card lasuing of fices in Norfolk and Newport News, Va.; Baltimore. Md., and Wilming ton, N. C. Applications for validation of merchant mariners documents can be made at Merchant Marine In spection office* in Baltimore, Nor folk and Wilmington. Tid? Table Tides at Bemfart Bar HIGH LOW Friday, July 3 12:37 a.m. 6:56 a m. 1:17 p.m 7:44 p.m. Marday, July 4 1:96 a.m. 7:53 a.m. 2:30 p.m. 6:53 p.m Siuday, July 5 2:38 a.m. S:94 a.m. 3:23 p.m. 10:01 p.m. Moadajr, July 6 3:44 a.m. 9:80 a.m 4:29 p.m. 11:06 p.m. Tuesday, My 7 4:46 U 10:56 S.B. MS pjB. Uzzell is Elected 4 Chairman; Lists Unit Procedure The courtroom in the Morehead City city hall will probably be a center of heated speech-making July 30-31 as the N. C. General Assembly's special legislative com mission to investigate dog-race tracks holds open hearings those days. At the commission's first meet ing in Greensboro Wednesday plans were laid for open hearings in Morehead City and Currituck coun ty. The commission was created by the legislature to study the opera tion of race tracks in the state. A bill introduced in the General Assembly to outlaw pari-mutuel betting in all of the state's 100 counties was killed in committee, and the legislative commission was later created to study the tracks. Hearings in Currituck county will be held July 27 and 28. Representative George Uzzell of Salisbury was named chairman of the five-man commission. Senator W. Lunsford Crew of Roanoke Rapids was elected vice-chairman. Other commission members are Senator Terry Sanford of Fayette ville. Representative D. T. Falls of Shelby, and Representative J. Y. Jordan of Asheville. The Wednesday meeting was an organizational one, and plans to carry out the provisions of the legislative act were outlined. The report from the special commission is due December, 1954, when the next legislature convenes. The commission will meet at the city hall on July 30 and 31 afford ing an opportunity to anyone who wants to be heard and can offer Information beneficial to the com mission to speak. In addition, the commission will summons county officials, the sheriff, racc track of ficials, racing commission members and city officials to the hearing. In outlining this procedure, Mr. Uzzell pointed out that a similar procedure will be followed when the comJ^H8ion meets in the Curri tuck courthouse. Chairman Uzzell requested that those parties desiring to be heard contact him at his office in Salis bury so that time may be allotted for full testimonies and that ar rangements can be made at both Morehead City and Currituck. Porl Has Need Of More Storage Fund< (or building needed tobac co warehouse storage space at the Morehead City itate port terminal cannot be raised until the new State Ports Authority acts on the propoMl, J. D. Holt, manager of the terminal, said this week. The new seven-member authority will be sworn into office in Raleigh on Monday. Mr. Holt said that it is not known whether or not they will consider any port business after the swearing in ceremony. The proposal would add 200,000 square feet of storage space for to bacco to the port facilities here. A ruling by the attorney general last week cleared the way for construc tion by holding that the authority could issue bonds to build the warehouses. "These warehouses are urgently needed," Mr. Holt said. "If we are going to get tobacco ships to come to Morehead City it is absolutely esaential that we have ample stor age space for tobacco. Ships will not come in unless you have enough hogsheads on hand to fill their holds." The proposed warehouses would meao that the port could store ap proximately 25.000 hogaheads. In pointing up the plight of the state's own porta with respect to the state's largest export. Mr. Holt said that in 1992 250,138 ton* of tobacco were shipped through Hampton Roads, Va? while North Carolina ports shipped out only 14.230 tons. Moat of the state's export tobacco now goes to Nor folk and Newport Newi for ship ment. ' Since ita start nearly a year ago the local port haa had one export cargo of tobacco shipped out. This amounted to approximately 2,700 hogsheada. "If we always had tobacco in storage in sufficient quantities, we could get ships with regularity," Mr. Holt says. Backing up hia argu ment, he pointed to Heiden and company in Newport News which has storage facilities for 100,000 hogsheads of tobacco. "They al ways have something, and the ships go there to pick it up," was Mr. Holt's comment. "We can't depend on movements such as we had in May to carry the port's export needs," he continued. "Id order to develop a vital two way traffic for the part, tobacco Bombing Range Discussion Held At Cherry Point Hope Is Expressed For Preservation Of Fishing Grounds Hope that an "amicable agree ment" will soon be worked out with regard to practice bombing operations by United States Ma rines in some of eastern North Carolina's choicest commercial fish ing areas was expressed this week. ' Wil'iam A. Ellison, director of the !,niversity of North Carolina's Institute of Fisheries Research, ex pressed this opinion following a conference he and Mrs. Roland Mc Clamroch of Chapel Hill, a mem ber of the State Board of Conser vation and Development, had with marine officers at the Cherry Point Marine Corps Air station. Numerous commercial fishermen had protested practice bombing op erations by marine fliers in the Neuse river and Cedar Island sec tions of Craven, Carteret and Pam lico counties on the ground that such practices endangered shellfish k and might possibly hurt the fisher* men themselves should they be caught fishing in or near the re* stricted areas. Mrs. McClamroch and Mr. Ellt* -J son conferred yesterday with i \ board of marine officers from the air station's plans and training sec tion. It was Mrs. McClamroch's last official act as a member of C and D board, whose terms ex pired by law at midnight Wednes day night. Mr. muson sam loaay me ma rines "showed a definite indication to cooperate with the state ai)d the commercial fishermen to the fullest extent within practical limitations." Another conference with the ma- J rine' officers Is tb be held at a later date in an effort to work out "a more satisfactory" plan for the Leathernecks' bombing operations, Mr. Ellison said. Next step in the proceedings will be to work out with commercial fishing interest* "a practicable plan whereby r?- ? { quirements of the Marine corps can be met and the interests of fisher men and the general economy of eastern North Carolina can be safe guarded," he continued. Mr. Ellison and Mrs. McClamroch had been requested by Director George R. Ross of the Department of Conservation and Development to meet with the marine officers to sec if a more satisfactory sys tem for marine bombing could be worked out so fishing interests . : could be assured of better protec tion from the exploding missiles the marines were dropping in the Point of Marsh section of the Cedar ' Island Bay area. In expressing the hope and be lief that the matter can and will be straightened out satisfactorily to all, Mr. Ellison said "commercial fishermen are apprehensive, and I share their apprehension, that eventually our entire fishing waters would be surrounded by bombing projects and our waters be so re stricted that fishing operations could only be carried on in the mid dle of Pamlico sound." Mr. Ellison said he is confident no agreement will be approved by the new C and D boajd to be named by Governor Umstead and the Marine corps until commercial fishing interests have been fully apprised of such agreement. Twin Brothers, Navy Officers, Visit Ocracoke Ocracoke ? Twin brothers, both 1 of whom served in the N?vy at the j Ocracoke base in World War II j visited the island during the past ' week bringing their families. Harold and Gerald Estep return- j ed to the island for the first time since the war. Mrs. Harold Estep and her daughter were on the island during the war. but Mrs. i Gerald Estep had never visited Ocracoke before. Gerald Estep is now a com- i mander in Hie Navy stationed In 3 Washington, O. C., and his brother was recently recalled to active duty as a lieutenant commander to serw somewhere in the Aleutian Islands. Both of the men were surprised i to find that the former base has | been slmost completely torn down 9 and is now in the hands of the n?- -a tional park. They found other In- j teresting changes in the island I since their period of service here. \ Another couple, Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Rorer of Culpepper. V?., who ' I were on the island during World .J War II, also visited the island m.'-* cently.