NEWS-TIMES OFFICE
804 AtmmUII St
Monbud City
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CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES
42nd YEAR, NO. 55. THREE SECTIONS TWENTY PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY, JULY 10, 1953 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
Lewis Appoints
Commissioners
For Beaufort
Other Town Posts
Filled as Board
Holds Meeting
Mayor Clifford Lewis of Beaufort
made his appointments to various
commission posts at the regular
meeting of the town board Wednes
day night.
Members of the board are W. G.
Temple, L. G. Hardesty, Carl Hat
sell, Gerald Hill, and James Rum
ley.
Mr. Lewis named Mr. Temple
mayor pro tempore; Mr. Hardes
ty, police commissioner; Mr. Hill
finance and cemetery commission
er; Mr. Hatsell, sanitation commis
sioner; and Mr. Rumley, public
works commissioner. J. P. Harris
was named fire commissioner.
It was pointed out at the meeting
that Mr. Lewis has the power as
mayor to make these commission
appointments without referance
to the wishes of the board. Mr.
Hill had raised the question
when he said that a delegation had
come to the meeting to request that
Glenn Adair be re-appointed police
commissioner. Mr. Lewis reported
that the question of appointing
commissioners had been referred
to George Franklin of the League
of Municipalities, and that under
the conditions of the Beaufort town
charter the mayor had the authori
ty to name commissioners.
Other appointments which were
made and approved by the board
were town engineer, Gray Hassell;
fire engineer and driver, Roma
Willis and Elmond Rhue, fire chief,
Charley Harrell; electrical inspec
tor, Lcland Peterson; building in
spector, Gerald F. Woolard; town
attorney and solicitor of recorder's
court, Gene Smith; town clerk and
tax collcctor, Dan'l Walker; street
foreman. Wardell Fillingham; and
assistant police chief, Carlton Gar
ner.
The board passed an ordinance
requiring that vacant lots be
cleared of trash and rubbish and
that weeds be kept cut down to a
maximum of eight inches. If the
owners do not clean the lots, the
town will clear them and the charge
will be added to the .taxes on the
property. *~
Braxton Adair made a report to
the board on the activities of the
town's planning board and board
of adjustment. The vacancy cre
ated on the boards when Mr. Hill
was elected to the town board was
filled by appointing Jarvis Her
ring.
Mr. Adair reported that the plan
ing board's recommendation that
parking on msot cross streets be
restricted had not been enforced or
publicized. The clerk
Mr. Malker. said that this
year's budget included funds
for placing no-parking signs on
one side of most of the town's
cross streets. Other recommenda
tions by the planning board on
parking have been carried out, and
Mr. Adair reported that the board
thought the situation had been
somewhat improved.
The board voted to change the
rule limiting thc number of men
who may join the fire department
from outside the town limits. Per
mission was also granted to the
First Baptist church to tear down
a part of the cemetery wall which
is on the church lawn.
The board passed favorably on a
resolution seeking the extension of
highway 12 from Pollocksville to
Havelock with the addition that the
new highway link up directly with
highway 101 in Havelock.
At the end of the meeting Earl
Mason, judge of the recorders
court appealed to the board to do
something about the condition of
the town hall which he described
as an "eyesore."
Building Inspector
Reports to Board
Gerald Woolard, Beaufort build
ing inspector, has reported to the
town board that, during the fiscal
year just ended, he issued 34 build
ing permits for work amounting to
$81,210.
Eighteen permits for repairs or
alterations to existing residential
facilities amounted to $13,283, and
permits for six new residences
amounted to $28,500
Seven permits for repairs or al
terations to business buildings
amounted to $8,973. Permits were
issued for the construction of three
new business buildings at a coat of
$28,450.
Mr. Woolard reported that no
condemnation proceedings were
brought and one property owner
voluntarily asked permiaakm to
tear down a dangerous fir* hazard.
He also reported that ha had
worked cloaely with represntativca
of the insurance commissioner^ of
fice and the state flrt marshal'a
office. He said that these offtetafc
had commended the town for the
manner in which it ia following the
atate building code and eliminat
ing fire hoards.
The building Inspector thanked
the commisaioners and other town
official! lor their cooperation.
Miss America Arrives Sunday
Misa Neva Jane Langley, Miss
America of 1953, will arrive in Car
teret county by airliner Sunday
afternoon at 4:45 to be a judge
in the Miss North Carolina beauty
pageant being sponsored by the
Morehead City Junior Chamber of
Commerce next week.
Mayor George W. Dill, jr., of
Morehead City will be on hand to
present Miss Langley with the keys
to the city. During her stay in
Morehead City Miss Langley will
stay at the home of Mrs. J. W.
Jackson.
Photographs of 33 of the 35 con
testants in the beauty pageant will
appear in Tuesday's edition of the
NEWS-TIMES.
The beauty pageant registration
will start Tuesday afternoon at the
recreation center at 1 o'clock.
Later Tuesday afternoon the con
testants will be taken on a short
pleasure cruise aboard the yacht,
Danco.
A parade Wednesday afternoon
at 1 o'clock will officially open the
pageant. AU the girls and the
Morehead City high school band
will take part in the parade.
Wednesday night the first pre
liminary will start at the Carolina
Racing association track at 7
o'clock. At that time half the girls
will be presented in evening
dresses and half in bathing suits.
Following the preliminary, the
track will present an abbreviated
program of six races.
Thursday afternoon at 1 o'clock
the contestants will display their
talents for the judges in the audi
torium of the Morehead City high
school. Thursday night at 7, the
contestants will have another pre
liminary at the race track with
half appearing in bathing suits and
half in evening dresses.
Friday night the 12 finalists
picked by the judges will appear
in both evening dresses and bath
ing suits and will present their
talents. Miss North Carolina will
be chosen and a first and second
runner-up.
The contestants will vote on the
selection of Miss Congeniality who
will receive a silver cup.
Miss North Carolina will receive
a $1,000 scholarship from the More
head City Jaycees, an all-expenses
paid trip to Atlantic City, N. J., to
compete in the Miss America con
test, a wardrobe for that trip from
Jean's of Raleigh, a week's vaca
tion in Morehead City, and a wrist
watch from Walter S. Morris.
Token gifts will also be presented
to each contestant in the contest.
In addition to Miss Langley, the
judges for the contest will be Miss
Lulong Ogburn of Smithfield, Miss
North Carolina of 1951; Miss Bar
bara Ann Harris of Salisbury, Miss
North Carolina of 1952; Mrs. Har
riet Pressley of Raleigh; Jerry Ball
of Charlotte; Smith Barrier of
Greensboro; and Colonel David K.
Yost from Cherry Point.
Bob Rouse, jr., of Farmville will
be master of ceremonies and Miss
Betty Lou Merrill of Beaufort will
direct the performances.
Stale l-H Club
Week Planned
Al Newsome, assistant county
farm agent, has announced that
plans are being made lor state 4-H
club week which will be held July
20-25 at State college, Raleigh.
Mr. Newsome said that two del
egates from each club in Carteret
county may attend the sessions,
which will be attended by club i
members from every county in the
state. i
To be eligible to attend, club (
members must be at least 14 years
old. They will have to wear the 4-H
club uniform while in Raleigh. Mr.
Newsome said that the cost to each
delegate will be about $11.
He has asked all those interested
in attending to contact him or Miss ,
Martha Barnett, county home dem- ,
onstration agent.
The purpose of the week will ,
be to show club members how to
plan and carry out good programs.
Among the features of the week
will be a health pageant and the
state dress revue.
Mr. Newsome has also announced
that the annual summer camp for
Carteret county 4-H memberi will
be held Aug. 17-22 at Camp Schuab
near Waynesvllle. All ciub mem
bers are eligible to attend the
camp.
Mr. Newsome said that the camp
will cost approximately $25, and
a $5 deposit will be required when
members signify their desire to
attend. The cost of the camp will
include a trip to the historical pa
geant, Unto These Hills, at Cher
okee.
Those who wish to attend are
asked to contact Mr. Newsome or
Miss Barnett.
CG Light Lists
Are Available
Comdr. Clarence N. Daniel,
USCG, chief of the aids to naviga
tion section on the staff of the
commander, Fifth Coast Guard dis
trict, announced today that copies
of the 1953 edition of the List of
Lights and Other Marine Aids on
Atlantic and Gulf Coasts are now ,
on sale throughout the district '
This year lighted and unlighted .
buoys and other aids to navigation
are listed together ' in their geo- ,
graphic order, and data concerning ,
each is listed on one page.
In previous volumes lighted nav
igational aids were listed separate
ly from unlighted.
The new publication has been \
divided into six separate volumes, .
each covering one of the six Coast j
Guard districts on the Atlantic and ,
Gulf coasts. Volume III lists aids
within the Fifth district, and sell*
for $1.25.
Also available is a volume of the
six light lists combined.
According to Commander Daniel ,
the IntracoasUl Waterway Light
List has been discontinued. Aids
to navigation formerly published
in the intracoastal waterway list .
are now included in the volumes
covering the Fifth (Virginia, Mary
land and North Carolina), Seventh ,
(Florida and South Carolina) and ,
Eighth (Gulf Coast) districts. ,
The new light lists range in price
from 75 cents to $4.25 for the six |
volume combined publication.
In North Carolina the lists are (
for sale at Dee Gee's Sbop, More- ,
head City, and C. D. Moffit and
company, Wilmington. i
They may alio be purchased in |
the Fifth Coast Guard district of
fice. Post Office Building, Norfolk, ,
Va., and at the Government Print- ]
ing Office, Washington, D. C. |
Gwm Smith Installed
As Rotary President
Gene Smith was installed as pres
ident of the Beaufort Rotary club
at the club's weekly meeting Tues
day night at the Inlet Inn. He
succeeds Glen Adair.
Mr. Adair made a brief speech
in which he reviewed the club's ac
tivities during the pest year.
Power Interruption
Set this Afternoon
There will be an interruption
of electrical power this after
noon in the Sea Level, Atlantic
and Cedar Island communities,
George B. Stovall, manager for
the Carolina Power and Light
company, reported this week.
The stoppage is caused by the
necessity for changing a bad pole
which will prevent possible seri
ous interruptions in the future,
he commented.
Smith Appointed
Town Attorney
Gene Smith, Beaufort attorney,
was named town attorney and solic
itor of the municipal recorder's
court last week at a special meet
ing of the Beaufort town board
Mr. Smith succeeds Charles Stev
ens who was relieved of his of
fice without prejudice by the board
of commissioners. He has been
acting as solicitor and attorney
since Mr. Stevens was relieved. He
is the third solicitor since the muni
cipal recorder's court was set up
last fall. The first was Wiley Tay
lor, jr., who resigned to become
solicitor of the county recorder's
court.
Mr. Smith is a native of Peoria,
III., and came to Carteret county in
1949 after graduating from the Uni
versity of North Carolina law
::T
Gene Smith
school. He also attended Bradley
university in Peoria before enter
ing the armed forces.
He spent four years in the Army
lir force's troop carrier command,
two of them in the China-Burma
India theatre. He rose from pri
vate to major while in the service.
He is a member of the Beaufort
lunior Chamber of Commerce and
the Beaufort Rotary club. He
served as president of the Jaycees
in 1S51 and is now president of
the Rotary club.
Mr. Smith and his wife, the form
er Jeanne Dozier of Raleigh, have
two daughters, Becky, S, and Janet
\nne, 2. They have recently moved
into their new home at Shell Land
ing.
Franchise Granted
To Bus Company
The Morehead City town board at
i special meeting Wednesday after
noon awarded a franchise to oper
ate a bus line to Marvin Powers.
Mr. Powers, operator of a More
head City taxi company, will oper
>te the bus line as the Communi
ty Bus Lines. He plana to operate
ine bus from Morehead City , to
Atlantic Beach and a second bus
within town. He hopes to be able
to begin operations this weekend.
The commissioners also accep
ted the bid of Sound Chevro
let company on two new cars for
the police department. The com
pany's price, $1,003.04 plus the old
cars, waa about >200 below the next
low bid.
The new cars will be black two
loor sedans, equipped with heat
era, directional signals and seat
cover*. Radioa and other equip
ment will be transferred from the
>ld cars.
V. T. Mills of Sound Chevro
let company said that the cars will
m delivered is about IS days.
Beauty Pageant
Tickets on Sale
Tickets for the Miss North Car
olina beauty pageant arc now on
sale it was announced at Monday
night's meeting of the Morehead
City Jaycees. The pageant will be
held next week at the Morehead
City race track.
The advance tickets will entitle
the holders to see all of the four
performances of the pageant. They
may be obtained from any Jay
cee or at Hill's or Leary's stores.
It was announced at the meeting
that housing is still needed for con
testants in the pageant. Dr. Rus
sell Outlaw, chairman of the hous
ing committee, asked all members
of the club to try to obtain rooms
for the girls and their companions.
Miss Neva Jane Langley, Miss A
merica of 1952, who will serve as
one of the judges for the pageant,
will arrive Sunday afternoon and
will be met by a reception commit
tee at the airport. Miss Langley
will be a guest at next Monday's
meeting which will be held at the
recreation center.
The contestants for the pageanl
will arrive in Morehead City Tues
day and will be met at the junction
of US 70 and NC 24. They will
then be given a police escort U
Morehead City.
I Dr. Outlaw was appointed chair
man of the club s football commit
'tee for the coming year. He and
i the other members of the commit
i tee will soon start work on the
1 purchase of new equipment for the
j team.
I It was reported at the meeting
{that the Carolina Power and Light
company will soon install a metei
| at the site of the new football field
and water will soon be avaiable
President Paul H. Geer, jr., re
ported that several of the football
bonds have already been sold with
members of the club buying mosl
of them. A campaign to sell the
remainder of the $8,000 bond is
sue will soon get under way. The
$100 bonds are being issued to pro
vide funds to pay for the lighting
system and to complete other work
on the new field. The club will
attempt to sell the b?nds to mer
chants and other residents who are
interested in improving athletic fa
cilities for Morehead City school
students.
Miss Roberta Mueller of Cherry
Point, Miss New Bern of 1953, was
a guest at the meeting. She was
accompanied by Lt. Floreda Duke
of Cherry Point.
Joint Committee
To Investigate
Fish Destruction
A joint committee of members
of the Virginia and North Carolina
state legislatures will study the de
struction of fish by shrimp trawlers
in Pamlico sound next week.
The commission will meet at Old
Point Comfort in Virginia. Sena
tor James V. Whitfield of Burgaw
is chairman of the North Carolina
delegation to the meeting.
The commission was established
to review all the facta concerning
the deatruction of fish by shrimp
trawlers in the sound at the re
quest of. the Virginia legislature.
The meeting will start July 15.
W. A. Ellison. Jr., director of the
Institute of Fisheries Research of
the University of North Carolina
in Morehead City, will attend the
meeting as an adviser.
Tide Table
Tides at Beaufort Bar
HIGH
LOW
Friday, July 1*
7:32 a.m.
7:55 p.m.
1:44 a.m.
1:36 p.m.
Saturday, July U
8:18 a.m.
8:36 p.m.
2:27 a.m.
2:22 p.m.
Sunday, July 12
0:01 a.m.
0:14 p.m.
3:06 a.m.
3:06 p.m.
Maaday, July U
0:42 a.m.
0:52 p.m.
3:43 a.m.
3:48 p.m.
Tuesday, July 14
10:21 a-m.
4:10 a.m.
4:20 pjB.
UUS pjn.
Morehead City
Orthopedic Clinic
Plans Complete
Board of Health Names
Noted Durham Doctor '
To Head Clinic
The first orthopedic clinic
fjsrarrstt-s
clime will surt at 9 a m
ras
IP vrtTV I,0! ,heir abil"V to
i n i. ? work done at the clinir
will be largely diagnostic.
I win' be* the* ? BJSkCr 01 D^ham
win be the attending orthoDedir
surgeon at the clinic. He K
? by the sUte Cm o"
Dr. Baker is chief orthopedist at
Duke university hospital and presi
dent of the North Carolina Ortho
pedic association
o^pususiaut,
?2,uz".r,r; Las
in th,W^ g a"d assist the nurs^
I '"the examining rooms.
I ihJp clinic is being sponsored by
the l," taJ'yuC ^ ln cooPeration with
the state board of health and the
GarTrUC0HUl!y hCalth deP"rtment.
Iicr ha h 0tary Club mem
ber, has been responsible for local
arrangements for the clinic
The ground work for the clinic
was done by the late Dr. N. Thorn
as Ennett, county health officer un
til his recent death. He worked
closely With members of the club
and the state board of health in set
ting up the clinic.
tn hl'iH ? iS Lhe first of its k>n<l
be held in the county. In the
Past, residents of the county have
I ^en 'orced to go to the clinic in
ft In ordcr to receive or
thopedic treatment. The clinic
: here will be held monthly, proba
bly on the first or sccond Saturday
of the month.
( Hnal plans for the clinic were
,'WJe it i meeting last week at
? "ff* c,ty rfcre?tion -jii
mL c the meet'ig were
p'" far?h Groggim, Misa Anne
1 Tm i- .M ** Lamb lod M?ss
Lillie Fentress, all of the state
board of health, and Mr?. Beatrice
Lewis Mrs. Louise Spivey and Mrs.
, dep?rtmentmer?'U,eCOU"tyhcalth
Representing the Rotary club
; WerenMr1. Winde?. Dr. John Mor
I ris, Dr. S. W. Thompson, jr., the
Rev. Priestley Conycrs, III, Hoyle
|L. Green and Kenneth Presi
I
Beetles Attack
County Farms
Several Carteret farms have been
attacked by the Japanese beetle,
R. M. Williams, county (arm agent,
reported this week.
The Japanese beetle was acci
? dentally introduced into thia coun
1 try in New Jersey in 1910. By 1947
the insect had spread over a wide
area.
These beetles feed on the leaves
and other soft parts of nearly 275
kinds of trees, shrubs and other
plants, Mr. Williams said. The in
jury caused by the insect to plants
of various kinds is often very se
vere.
In its larval stage as a grub, the
Japanese beetle feeds in the ground
on the roots of grasses and other
plants. ?
The most effective insecticide
for killing the beetles is DDT, Mr.
Williams reported. Lead arsenate
will prevent injury to plants by
the beetle, but neither of these in
secticides should be used on small
fruits and vegetables.
Methoxychlor has recently been
found to give good control of the
beetles, the county agent contin
ued. This material is less harmful
to man and animals in comparison
with DDT and lead arsenate. It
can be used either in dust or spray
form. Rotenone and hydratcd lime
will keep beetles off the plants.
Lime is especially useful on vege
tables where a poison might be ob
jectionable.
For controlling the grub, a dust
containing 10 per cent DDT applied
to the ground at the rate of six
pounds to 1,000 square feet should
be used. Where severe turf Injury
and quick action is needed, chlor
dane has given good results. Ten
pounds per acre of either dust or
spray is recommended.
The beetles are a little leaa than
a half-inch long, shiny metallic
green in color with coppery brown
wings. They fly only in Um day
time. Mr. Williama warned county
tanners and gardeners to be the
lookout lor ttw lit mini
Registration to Start
For Annexation Voting
Budget Approved
By Newport Board
The Newport town commission
ers, at their meeting Tuesday night,
drew up an estimated budget (or
the 1953-54 fiscal year. The town's
revenue for the coming year is es
timated at $8,140.44.
The major part of the estimated
revenue will come from the tax
levy of $4,290.44 which is based on
a total valuation of $429,044. Other
estimated revenues are $3,000 from
the ABC store, $500 from the state
intangible beer and wine tax, $250
from the Schedule B license tax
and $100 from the sale of town au
tomobile license tags.
Estimated expenses are $2,000
for street maintenance, $3,000 for
police, $750 for street lighting, $500
for the fire department, $300 for
commissioners' salaries, $600 for
the clerk's salary and $60 for at
torney's fees. Miscellaneous ex
penditures will make up the bal
ance.
The commissioners reappointed
Miss Edith Lockcy as town clerk
and E. Ormsby Mann as chief of
police.
Bill Dugec, fire chief, asked the
commissioner!, to pay the expenses
of three members of the depart
ment who will attend the state
firemen's convention next month
at Carolina Beach. He explained
that attendance at the convention
is a requisite for obtaining contri
butions to the firemen's relief
fund.
The commissioners voted to pay
the delegates' expenses up to
a maximum of $30 for each man.
Mayor Edgar Hibbs reported that
the maps of the town streets for
the Powell bill aid have been com
pleted and will be turned over to
the highway commission.
It was reported at the meeting
that there js still a leak somewhere
in the water tank or in the check
valve on the pipe from the tank.
The commissioners asked that steps
be taken to determine the cause of
the leak and have it fixed.
The commissioners voted to
adopt the same tax rate and Sched
ule B license tax as last year. The
real estate and personal property
lax rate is $1 per $100 of valuation.
The license tax varies according
to the type of business.
Present at the meeting were May
or Hibbs, Miss Lockey, Chief Dugee,
Chief Mann, Commissioners M. D.
McCain, S. Early Mann, Wilbur
Garner, D. Ira Garner and Charles
Hill and Attorney George Ball.
Ocracoke Residents Hold
Gala Fourth Celebration
Rv Alire K. Rnndthalpr ? ? ? ? 1 ??
I . Ocracoke. July 6 _ Ocracoke
SWSWLla TZ
wonderful hometown celebration
"?tto^.^h?HhSt0riCaIly the celc
pointment of a town here.^lnct
n^.7vt?"",LrS,emhl> an act
itl nliih ? h Oo-oeokc and
But ?h.0r'h^rUmoUlh' towns
But the history of tile island
goes further back than thai ??J. .k
colonial legislature o/^7l' had
th^m"?? land ?n ,hc i5,and 'or
Mttli? Len,nce 0f Pil0tS wh0 had
settled here. And. going still
^^",b*Ck' his">ncal Record. 'n
th? b i u' June 23' 1585 one of
the Raleigh expeditions, enroute to
fa? h?crc.ISland' madC iU first ,an<i'
But actually the July 4 io?
" ebrat.cn had no designs on per
Petuating history. It was iu?t .
grand, home town affair, first sue
gestcd last April by Marvin How
retired* h"? -'-'i. happTy
with the U.S. Army engineers _ a
likes , h? be,ieves that everyone
likes to have a good time now and
Of course pony penning is an an
Uin HVCnt 2" the Fourt|i. and Cap.
ested ?rT'tl?i W" pirticul?r'y inter
f? in this because his father
Homer Howard, was one of Ocra
' ToTm horsemen 'n the old
tom .J "ow thc 0'd-liine cus
tom, the pony penning this year
west ?of 'sil har!K>r' Sh0re direc'ly
west of Silver Lake inn, and the
ponies were started at daybreak
fs'lahH h northern end of the
island down the east shore to the
In (hU*r,d.,,ation
In the old days before the har
bor shore was lined with docks ,?1
buildings, the ponies came right on
along the shore, but this year thev
ss ron?n,d the road *n"? &
trance To "he 'coirraL *' en
in^h,mf" if,eet ot vi?iting yachts
ZXJZZW* na,ura' ?
th.f .K or the event. After
[ 'y tbe u,ual branding, selling
and releasing ran on through the
?L??Wned 'U(M ?' the pony
penning was aging Janp Rrv,n.
respected wife and mother o? tbi'
town s only colored family ""
Next event of the dav w?. .k
Patrioticservice lt ,ht loc? Kh?j
^.tol?bvirthn,.fl*8, raUln?' m?i
coiUinJjent Co**t Guard
dinned" A"d lm?d"^S? I
dinner everyone hurried honw to
ft ready for the big parade
?ny 10 ""n lt; <*?"> Z ZZb
Twenty trucks or can gaily
OMtuinfrf ' ' d0Mn "or?men M
S?? wuwttn, a half dozen
bicyc'>"
Extension School
Opens Ibis Week
The extension division of N. C.
State college is sponsoring a series
of two-week courses for teachcrs
in the outdoor scicnces in the old
Morehead City Technical Institute
buildings.
Professor B. B. Brandt, profes
sor of zoology at State, is teaching
the first two-week course in ma
rine life of the state's coastal wa
ters. Fourteen students arc at
tending this session.
The geology of the coastal plain
will be taught from July 20 to 31.
and in the period from August 3
to 14 the present course will be
repeated and a course in plant
and animal life in coastal North
Carolina will be taught. Advance
enrollments have almost complete
ly filled these courses, though some
few vacancies remain.
This is the first lime such a
school has been given by the ex
tension division. The purpose of
the program is to make available to
all teachers courses in scicnces in
the field under circumstances appli
cable to their classroom teaching.
All of the 14 students in the first
course are public school teachers
except one who is from Massa
chusetts. The others are from
North Carolina. Six of the teach
ers are from primary grades, two
from high school, three from the
grammar grades, and two are col
lege students who will work in the
school later.
The present course is a study
of marine life in the coastal and
adjacent waters of North Caro
lina. Special attention is being
given to their economic importance
and conservation.
Formal classroom teaching and
laboratory work for the group is
from 8 to 12 o'clock each morn
ing. During the afternoons they
break up into smaller interest
groups and do field work away
from the laboratory. Some of the
morning class teaching is also done
in the field.
Professor Warren Steel of the
State college geology department
will teach the course beginning Ju
ly 20. It will feature a study of
the hiatory, rocks and minerals of
the coastal area and their impor
tance. The course in plant and
animal life will study specimens
in natural situations with special
emphasis on economic importance
and conservation.
Temperatur* Stays High
A* little Rain Falls
Temperatures in Carteret county
remained high this week as little
rain fell, according to the records
of E. Stamey Davis, county weather
observer. The only rain. .03 inchea
which fell Wednesday night, had. no
effect on the temperatures which
remained in the 90 s.
Max. Mia.
Monday, July ? #0 TO
Tuesday. July 7 91 81
Wednesday, July 8 02 76
' Registration for Morehead City's
second annexation election in three
months will start tomorrow at
the Clyde Jones building on 28th
street. John T. Conner of 2716
Arvon avenue has been named reg
istrar for the election. The election
will be held August 8.
The registration period will close
at sundown Saturday, July 25. Ar
rangements for the election are
being made by the county board of
elections, Fred R. Seely. chairman.
A petition was presented to the
Morehead board of commissioners
signed by 108 persons seeking the
annexation of that area west of
the present city limits bounded on
the north by the present highway
70 and on the south by the rail
road and the sound. The western
limit of the area is the state proper
ty line at Camp Glenn, and the
old rifle range has been included.
At the public hearing -called to
consider the petition June 24, a
counter-petition signed by 54 res
idents opposed any annexation of
the area without an election. The
city board voted at that time to call
the election. State law provides
that if 15 percent of the residents
of an area proposed for municipal
annexation requests a referendum
one must be held.
On May 23. residents of a slight
ly larger area voted down a sim
ilar proposal by a 78 67 count.
Mr. Seely reported this week that
some residents of the new area who
are opposed to annexation have
questioned the legality of another
election within 12 months of the
first. In order to clear up this
matter a ruling was sought from
the state attorney-general's office.
In a letter, Claude L. Love, as
sistant attorney general stated, "I
have checked the statutes careful
ly and discussed the matter with
Raymond C. Maxwell, executive
secretary of the state board of elec
tions. Neither of us has been
able to find a statute which would
prohibit the holding of this elec
tion at this time." Mr. Love based
his ruling on the change in boun
dary lines of the proposed areas.
Leaders in the annexation move
ment have been Mr. Conner, Clyde
Jones, E. G. McKinley, and Capt
Howard Ferguson who have headed
up a committee of residents seek
ing to come into the city. Oppo
sition to annexation has been led
by O. O. Fulcher and L. G. Norris.
Each side declared the intention to
do everything they could to carry
the election in its favor at the
public hearing.
To qualify to vote in the election,
a person must be a citizen, a resi
dent of North Carolina for one
year, a resident of Carteret county
for four months and of the pro
posed area for four months. Only
those who register will be allowed
to vote.
Two Speeders
Pay $75 Fines
Robert A. Arquettc and James
W. DeVaney were each fined $75
and costs Tuesday in county record
er's court after they were found
guilty of speeding 75 miles per
hour. They had originally been
charged with speeding 80 miles per
hour.
Josephine Jean Kepic was fined
$10 and costs for speeding.
Corkey Mason was fined $25
and costs for violation of the law
prohibiting shrimping on Sunday.
John A. Bell was fined $25 and
costs for careless and reckless dri
ving and causing a wreck.
Orville L. Buttery was ordered
to pay costs for operating an im
properly registered motor vehicle.
Reginald Conway was ordered to
make restitution and pay the costs
on a charge of issuing a worthless
check.
The state declined to prosecute
cases against William Thomas Fraz
ier, Feliz A. Green and Charles Ma
jor.
Cases were continued against J.
W. Thompson, Donald C. Dolle,
Lester Babbitt, Anthony F. Fu
garo, Zana Britt, Johnnie Kay Wad
dell, W. D. Mason, Clifton Smith,
David Alfred Foy, Waverly H.
Bradford, John W. Martin, jr.,
Janie McLawhorn, Elmer Hamilton,
Luther A. Styron and Marion J.
Bateman.
Edgar Col* of Beaufort
Hurt in Korean Fighting
Mrs. B. B. Cole. 812 Cedar street,
Beaufort, was notified yesterday
morning that her son. Edgar, has
been wounded In action while serv
ing with the Army in Korea. She
ha* not yet received complete in
formation about the nature of his
wounds.
A member of the class of 1950 at
Beaufort high school, he-1 worked
at the A*P stora in Beaufort be
fore entering the Army.