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42nd YEAR, NO. 60. TWO SECTIONS TEN PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY. JULY 28. 1953 PUBUSHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
Legis/ative Committee
Begins T rack Hearings
C&D Board Meets in Morehead;
First Session for New Members
The legislative commission in-4
vestigating North Carolina's two
dog racing tracks began its work
yesterday with a public hearing in
Currituck county. The hearing on
the track at Moyock - 'ill continue
today.
The five members of the commis
sion will come to Morehead City
Thursday and Friday for hearings
on the operation of the local track.
The hearings will be held in the
court room at the Morehead City
town hall.
The commission set up by the
1953 general assembly, held its
first meeting July 1 in Greensboro.
At that time Representative George
Uzzell of Salisbury was named
chairman and Senator W. Lunsford
Crew of Roanoke Rapids was
named vice-chairman. Other mem
bers of the commission are Senator
Terry Sanford of Fayetteville, Rep
resentative D. T. Falls of Shelby
and Representative J. V. Jordan of
Asheville.
The commission was set up to
study the tracks after legislation
to outlaw pari-mutuel racing was
killed in committee. The commis
sion is due to make its report when
the legislature convenes for the
1955 session.
At the public hearings, anyone
who wants to be heard and who
can offer information beneficial to
the commission will be given an op
portunity to be heard. In addition
county officials, the sheriff, racing
commission members and city offi
cials will be summoned to the
hearings.
The commission will endeavor to
find out if the two race tracks are
being conducted according to state
law and if there is any connection
between the tracks and racketeers.
Proponents of the bill to outlaw
the tracks alleged at the time of
the legislative hearings in Raleigh
that several persons once active in
the underworld had interests in
the two North Carolina tracks.
Among those mentioned was John
Boggiano of New York, a stock
holder in the track at Moycock. It
was alleged that he was an associ
ate of Frank Erickson, New York
gambler.
John C. Masoni, Cleveland eivH
engineer and one of the principal
owners of the tracks, deti.od to
a legislative committee that there
to any tie-up between the tracks
and tltt underworld. He gave the
legislators complete lists of the
stockholders of the Carolina Rac
ing association and the Carolina
Virginia Racing association. He
maintained that everything about
the tracks operations is an open
book.
The Morehead City racing com
mission has called a public hearing
of its own to discuss the operation
of the local track. The hearing will
be held at 7:30 p.m. tomorrow
in the town hall. Members of the
commission said that they have
called the hearing because they
have beard some rumors of dis
satisfaction with the operation of
the track.
The commission members have
asked any citizens with grievances
against the track to appear at the
hearing. They said that they hope
that any problems can be settled to
the satisfaction of all groups.
Local people on the list of stock
See TRACK, Page 2
County to Have
Fair Exhibit
R. M. Williams, county farm
agent, has announced that Carteret
county has been selected to put on
an exhibit of its part in the North
Carolina Challenge program at the
state fair to be held Oct. 20-24 in
Raleigh.
This county will be one of five
counties from various parts of the
state to have exhibits at the fair.
The counties were chosen by the
North Carolina Board of Farm Or
ganisations and Agencies on the
recommendation of district and
area supervisors.
J. S. Slack, secretary of the
board, has notified Mr. Williams of
the county's selection and has ask
ed him to call a meeting of com
mittee chairmen for the long-range
program. At the meeting repre
sentatives of the board or of the
state fair will explain the require
ments for the exhibit.
The state fair has offered <2,790
in prises for the five counties which
will have exhibits at the fair. Each
county which participates will re
ceive at least $330 and the three
with tin best exhibits will receive
additional money.
The first prize winner will re
ceive $900, the second prise win
ner will get <300 and the third
prixe will be <200.
Last year waa the first year la
which various counties were asked
to have exhibita at the fair. The
exhibits fere planned to show thf
public, ^specially city dwellers,
what is being done to improve the
state's agriculture.
I
Racing Commission
Orders Public Hearing
The More head City racing com
mission has called a public hear
ing at which time citizens may
air any grievance* which they
have about the race track or Its
operations.
The hearing will be held at
7 :30 p.m. tomorrow at the More
head City town hall.
Members of the commission
said that they hope that any
grievances can be smoothed out
at the meeting. They said that
they ordered the meeting after
hearing rumors of dissatisfaction
with the track's operations.
Woolen Caught
In Beer Raid
Harkless Wooten, Moreh^ad City
Negro, was arrested Sunday night
on a charge of selling beer on Sun
day. He was arrested after More
head City officers staged a sudden
raid on the Edgewater hotel owned
by Wooten and his wife.
Capt. Buck Newsome and Lt. Carl
Blomberg raided the hotel after
they received a tip that beer was
being sold on Sundays. The two
officers walked in the back door of
the hotel and found several of the
customers drinking beer.
They said that there were al
most 20 cups of beer in sight on
tables in the hotel. They said that
the beer was contained in milk
shake cups. Captain Newsome said
that he grabbed one cup of beer
as a customer attempted to hand
it back to Wooten who was pre
siding behind the bar.
When the officers staged the
raid Wooten's only comment was,
"There's no whiskey here."
He will be tried Monday in More
head City recorder's court. The
matter has also been reported to
thf (tats beer io?rai>?r in New
Bern for hli action. The inspector
reported that he would be in More
head City today to investigate the
case.
The beer license at the hotel is
in the name of Wooten's wife. The
original license, which had been
held by Wooten. was revoked in
May 1952 on the grounds that
Wooten had been convicted of a
felony. At that time he was serv
ing a two to three year prison
sentence for assault with a deadly
weapon with intent to kill. He
was released after serving only a
few months of the sentence.
Former Ocracoke
Residents Feted
Ocracoke, July 20? The young
people at Ocracoke have had a
number of social occasions recent
ly in addition to the regular Sat
urday night square dances at the
school recreation hall. On one
occasion rainy weather forced a
watermelon feast to be held inside
instead of on the beach.
A spaghetti supper was served
by a group of the young people
honoring former Ocracokers here
for a brief time, among them Miss
Virginia Foster and her guests,
Miss Marion Arhoff, Potter Gar
rish, J. T. Drake, Margaret Over
ton, Jean Taylor, Betsy Carroll and
Elmer Midgett.
Others enjoying the supper oc
casion were Isabella O'Neal, Vir
ginia Howard,, Patsy Gaskina, Gay
nelle Spencer. Lorena Ballance, Su
san Spencer, Blanche Howard, Lar
ry Simpson, Albert Styron, jr.,
Kenneth Tillett, Ikey D. O'Neal,
Danny Garrish, Larry Williams,
Calvin O'Neal and Mr. and Mrs.
Theodore Rondthaler.
Club Officials
Plan Opening
.iwPw Jo?n Mor"?. President of
the Morehead City Golf and Coun
try club, announced yesterday that
Plans are almost complete for the
grand opening of the course which
Th i "L " p m tom?rrow.
u,hT k 2" y U" 01 the ceremony
which has not been completed is
Lh JhneUf, K?r "?e exhlbl"on match
which will be played. It was orig
inally planned to have a match be
tween two professionals and two
top-ranking amateurs. It is now
be jeved however, that the match
will be played by four pros
nerf?w?*r GC<lrge W DiU' is ?
peeled to make a few brief remarks
at the opening. The rest of the
ceremony will be devoted to dem
onstrations of various golf shots
and the exhibition match.
The president has asked those
who attend the opening to observe
the parking regulations at the
course. He has also asked women
heeled "shoes." 'he h'gh
The course is in excellent shape
and m ready for play. The course
was opened Sunday for preliminary
play by club members. A large
group of members took advantage
of the opening to try out the
course.
C. C. McCuiston designer of the
course and temporary professional,
has announced the schedule for
golf lessons which he will give to
members of the club. He will give
lessons to women members be
tween 10 and 11 a.m. on Tuesdays,
Thursdays and Fridays and will
give lessons to children of members
between 9 and 10 a.m. on the same
days. Lessons for men will be
given by appointment.
Mr. McCuiston interviewed po
tential caddies yesterday morning
and explained their duties to them
He will interview more boy? at
10 a m today and twu aslw*. sov
boys who wish to become caMies
lo contact him at fhe course at thai
time.
Beaufort Officers
Make Five Arrests
Carlton Garner, acting chief of
the Beaufort police department,
reports that the force made five
arrests over the weekend, most of
f.? for mo,or vehicle violations.
Willie Sharpe of Beaufort was ar
rested Friday for careless and reck
less driving and is free on his own
recognizance.
Martin L. Willis of Morehead
City was arrested Sunday for fail
ing to stop at a stop light and is
also free on his own recognizance
James Moore, Havelock Negro
was arrested Saturday for driving
without a license. He was released
on $25 bond.
Stamey Dixon of Beaufort was
arrested Saturday for threatening
his wife with bodily harm while he
drunk. He was released on
$100 bond.
B. F. Willis was arrested Sun
day for public drunkenness and is
being held in the county jail.
,A ?ixth m?n, James Ray Dixon
of Wilmington, was arrested Wed
nesday by Highway Patrolman J.
w;, Sykes for failing to stop at a
red light in Beaufort.
All six men will be tried today in
municipal recorder's court.
To Give Demonstration
J. S. Buchanan, animal husban
dry specialist from State college,
will give a demonstration at 2:30
p.m. Thursday on the farm of
Grover Davis, eight miles east of
Beaufort on the Merrimon road.
He will demonstrate methods of
dehorning, castrating and vaccinat
ing beef cattle.
Memo Forecast Law Changes
Governor William B. Umstead
completed his appointments to the
Conservation and Development
board during the weekend prior to
the first meeting oi the new board
here yesterday.
Named to the board were Eric
Rodgers, Scotland Neck publisher,
and Henry Rankin, FayeUeville
businessman. These two appoint
ments brought the board to its
full complement of 15 members.
Mr. Rodgers was made chairman
of the commercial fisher* commit
tee of the board. This was t post
he held during bis last term on
the board.
After serving six years on the
board, Mr. Rodgers waa not re
appointed by Governor W. K.
Scott ?ben his term expired in
1951. At that time Mr. Rodgers
was serving as chairman of the
fisheries committee.
Prior to his retirement from the
board, be issued a memorandum
analysing the fisheries Industry in
North Carolina and making rec
ommendations for changes. Fisher
ies leaders point out now that many
of his recommendations were made
law by this year's . session of the
General Assembly.
One of his recommendations was
for the creation of a commission
er's post to make policy decisions
for the commercial fisheries divis
ion of the board and a second man
under the commissioner to handle
the law enforcement This was done
by the General Asaembly which
created a post paying $9,000 per
year for such a director.
Mr. Rodgers also urged that the
commercial fisheries division be
brought more fully into the C ft D
department by making its head re
sponaible to the director of the
department. This was also made
law by the General Assembly.
Perhaps one of his moat impor
tant recommendations was con
cerned with making a market sur
vey to expand the industry and
keep more of it in North Carolina.
The General Assembly appropri
ated $32,000 (or this purpose. He
also supported scientific fisheries
research.
Throughout his previous term
on the board, Mr. Rodgers was a
strong advocate of oyster rehabili
tation through the planting of
shells and was a leader in the
1950 fight to kill a proposed state
bill eliminating the tax on out-of
state oysters.
Clyde Potter of Belhaven, pres
ident of the North Carolina Fish
eries association, said in comment
ing on the Rodgers appointment,
"I think it la a very fine thing
for the commercial fishermen that
a man with the experience of Mr.
Rodgers has been appointed to the
board. We are familiar from past
experience with his efforts on be
half of the commercial fisherman
and look forward to a progressive
program for tbe future."
Rodgers Named Chairman
Of Fisheries Committee
Eric Rodgers, editor of the Scot
land Neck Commonwealth, was
named chairman of the commercial
fisheries committee of the Board
of Conservation and Development
by Governor William B. Umstead
yesterday.
Other members of the committee
are Cecil O. Morris of Atlantic,
Charles H. Jenkins of Ahoskie,
Charles S. Allen of Durham, and
Henry Rankin of Fayetteville.
Committee appointments were
made by the governor yesterday
morning during the first session of
the re-organiAd C&D board in the
board room of the commercial
fisheries building on the old More
head City Technical institute prop
erty.
Gov. Umstead is serving as chair
man of the board.
Commenting on the fisheries
committee, the governor called for
a "build up of the seafood indus
try in North Carolina." He urged
the appointment of a commissioner
of commercial fisheries with a
"vision of the development of the
fisheries industry" with an assist
ant commissioner to serve as a law
enforcement officer for the di
vision.
Then Gov. Umstead recognized
Captain John Nelson of Gloucester
who served for many years as com
missioner of the commcrcial fish
eries division of the Conservation
and Development department. The
governor praised Capt. Nelson's
achievements on behalf of the fish
ing industry and called on the
board and public present to give
Capt. Nelson a rising vote of thanks
for his work.
Gov. Umstead also urged the
water resources committee to work
for the development of the inland
waterway and the increase of small
"feeder ports" for the two state
ports at Morehead City and Wil
mington.
Named to the forestry commit
tee were Walter J. Damtoft, chair
man, W. B. Austin, S. W. Enloe,
jr., Leo Harvey, and C. H. Jen
kins; to the advertising committee,
Hugh Morton, chairman, Eric
Rodgers, R. M. Hanes, Max Watson,
and W. B. Austin; to parks and
recreation, Amos R. Kearns, chair
man, Eric Rodgers, Miles Smith,
W. J. Damtoft, and Hugh Morton;
to mineral resources, S. W. Enloe,
chairman, W. J. Damtoft, Carl
Buchan, jr., Hugh Morton, and W.
B. Austin; to water resources,
Miles Smith, chairman, S. W. En
loe, Cecil Morris, C. H. Jenkins,
and Henry Rankin; to commerce
and industry, R. M. Hanes, chair
man. Leo Harvey, C. S. Allen, Max
Watson, Carl Buchan, A. R. Kearns,
and Henry Rankin.
Books Close Saturday
As 177 Register to Vote
Marine Captain
Diesof injuries
Marine Capt. E. E. Graff of Have
lock, a former resident of More
head City, died Thursday of in
juries received in the crash of a
transport plane July 18 at Milford,
Fla.
Captain Graff's death brought to
43 the number dead as a result of
the crash. Most of the dead were
Naval ROTC students enroute from
Florida to Norfolk.
The pilot died without being able
to give any information about the
cause of the crash which occurred
shortly after the plane took off
from Whiting Field, Pensacola. The
other three survivors had descibcd
a "normal takeoff" followed by an
explosion, shattering glass and
sheets of flames.
One other crew member, Cpl. J.
P. Tuttle of Chaumont, N. Y., is
no longer on the serious list accord
ing to hospital records. Two mid
shipmen, Jay B. Weidler of Phil
adelphia and Thomas F. Maggard
of Kansas City, Mo., are still in
serious condition but show slight
improvement.
All other crew members and pas
sengers were either killed instant
ly or died shortly after the crash.
The crewmen were all stationed at
Cherry Point.
A board of inquiry is continuing
its investigation into the cause of
the crash.
Memorial services were held
Tuesday at Cherry Point for the
first four victims of the crash.
Chaplain W. H. White conducted
Protestant services for Capt. Grady
L. Yoder, M/Sgt. David L. Sabel
and Sgt. Ned J. Lyons. Chaplain
D. F. Kelly conducted Catholic ser
vices for T/Sgt. John L. Farley.
Sergeant Farley died in the dis
pensary at Whiting Field and the
others were killed instantly in the
crash.
? John T. Conner, registrar lor
the Aug. 8 annexation election in
Morehead City, reports that 177
persons had registered to vute
when the registration books were
closed at sundown Saturday. Mr.
Cotaiier said that he believn that
most of the eligible voter! had
registered.
Registration for the election be
gan July 11. During the three
weeks which followed, Mr. Con
ner and various citizen's groups
worked to obtain maximum regis
tration for the vote. Groups rep
resenting both proponents and op
ponents of annexation contacted
all eligible voters and urged them
to register.
Challenges of registered voters
are expectcd to produce most of
the fireworks in the campaigning.
Challenges may be made from B
a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday. Fred R.
Seeley, chairman of the county
board of elections, has announced
that the board will hold a special
meeting some night next week at
the polling place and will pass on
aH challenges. If tile board rules
that a challenged voter is ineligi
ble his name will be removed from
the books.
From now until election day,
both sides are expected to put on
an intensive campaign to get out
the vote for the election. Work
ing for the proponents of annexa
tion will be E. G. McKinley Capt.
Howard Ferguson and Julian Mur
phy. Workers for the opposition
will be 0. O. Fulcher, Julian Ful
cher and Luther Norris.
The area proposed for annexa
tion is west of the present city
limits. It is bounded on the north
by the highway and on the south
by the railroad and Bogue sound.
The western limit of the proposed
area will be the state property it
Camp Glenn. At the requqest of
county school officials the area
will also include the old rifle
range.
The area is smaller than that
covered by an annexation propos
al which was defeated in a special
election in May. The change in
the proposed area made it possible
to hold another election within a
year of the first vote.
Proponents of annexation had or
iginally hoped that the area could
be taken into the city by a resolu
tion of the board of commissioners.
They presented a petition, signed
by 108 residents of the area,
asking for annexation. Another pe
tition, signed by 54 persons, asked
that nothing be done without a
vote. Since the state law requires
that an election be held if 19 per
cent of the residents ask for one,
the commissioners were forced to
ask the county election board to
order an election.
The petition asking for the vote
was presented to the town officials
by Claud Wheatly, Beaufort at
torney, who has been retained by
the opponents of the annexation.
Attend Meeting
R. M. Williams, county, farm
agent, and Al Newsome, assistant
agent, are In Kinston today to at
tend a meeting to make plan* for
next spring's fat stock show.
Marine Groups
Leave Lejeune
visio^Lgln^eav^cLpUjeune
fteiif y A,thou*h no of
ficial announcement has been
Hn ^ Iwlieved that the ma
nnes are being shipped to the west
coast f0r tr3nsfer T?""1
??f '?p r,nk'ng officer, who would
not allow hi, name to be used, said
r,m? ! m!P *re bein* dipped to
Camp Pendleton, Cal., for assign
ment to Korea g
"eS'd!nts J'f ,he J,cksonville
area and workers at Camp Lejeune
have all expressed different opin
ions as to the number of men in
volved in the movement. Estimates
have ranged from 1,000 to full di
vision strength. The public infor
?"d tS.t?i M ,8t C"mp U'J<'une
said that all information about the
movement is classified.
Pofn|MKr'ne 1'r K[oup from Cherry
Ir?n f 50 b<*n ?'erted for
transfer. The group is made up of
It ! k' rs Many of 'he troops
rf!i? f are als0 reported
due lor overseas shipment. Under
a new order, any marine with five
months or more of obligated ser
v^ce is eligible for service in Ko
When the two bases were alerted
^ tl?.eJtran?f"s. all leaves were
cancelled and many of the men on
he bases were restricted. Liberty
for those allowed off the base was
limited to 12 hours. Many men on
leave were ordered to report back
immediately. On Sunday afternoon,
orders went out to state highway
Patrol cars to intercept off-duty
and ?nd them back to
their outfits.
The marines have already an
nounced that the Third division,
stationed at Camp Pendleton, has
been ordered to Korea. One report
from Jacksonville said that Is is
V?1 b?,h the Second and
Third divisions will be sent to re
ify* the First division wbieh has
been in Korea since early in t,e
restrietione on leave
and liberty imposed Friday was the
first word of the impending trans
it ,h, ma,ny 01 the marines
and their families received, Tele
t0 b0,h basc? were
clogged with calls from anxious
ta'nds '? re"Ch their hus"
Marines stationed at Camp Le
jeune and workers at the base had
an inkling that some movement
whpn'"?h offing. late last week
when they saw tanks and other
heavy equipment being loaded on
flat cars for rail shipment.
No veterans of the Korean fight
mg were included in the sUndby
orders at either base, and other
units attached to the Second dt
| vision reportedly were not affected
Rumors on Waterfront
Scotched by Officials
Rumors were rife on the water
Iront last week that the U. S. Navy
was going to pull out or curtail its
operations at the Morchcad City
state port terminal in favor of Wil
mington.
Most of the rumors seemed to
stem from the fact that the con
tract this year between the port
and the Marine Corps and Navy in
cludes a provision that the port at
Wilmington may be used for the
same rates in the event the port
here should be closed during some
emergency.
This is the first year such a
provision has been made in the
contract, J. D. Holt, manager of
the port, reported.
From this beginning, the rumors
blossomed. Some reduced the port
to a mere subsidiary of Wilming
ton while others practically closed
the terminal.
In an effort to check all possible
aspects of the rumors the NEWS
TIMES telephoned military and
pdH officials to dear up misunder
standings.
Commander Louis A. Coutu,
Navy fiacal and supply officer at
Cherry Point, said, "Far from cur
tailing our operation* in Morehead
City, the Navy Is expanding thene."
He also reported that the Navy
Tide Table
HIGH LOW
TlMfday, Inly 2S
9:23 a.m. 3:21 a.m.
0:45 p.m. 3:38 p.m.
Wedacaday, July it
10:15 a.m. 4:06 a.m.
10:33 p.m. 4:31 p.m.
Ttanday, July 3*
11:05 a.m. 4:52 a.m.
11:24 p.m. 5:25 p.m.
Friday, My 31
11:59 a.m. 5:39 a.m.
6:23 p.m.
lease on the port warehouses has
been renewed.
Colonel Culhanc, training and
operations assistant chief-of-staff
of the Second Marine division, re
ported that he had haerd nothing
about a reduction in the number of
military ships coming to the port.
If there were anything to the ru
mors, Col. Culhane said, "1 would
have heard It, and 1 have heard
nothing of the sort."
State Senator Edwin Pate of
Laurinburg, vice-chairman of the
Ptfrt Authority, reported that noth
ing came before the recent meet
ing! of the authority to give cre
dence to such a rumor. "It is en
tirely news to me," Mr. Pate said.
"We want the Navy to stay in
Morehcad City and will do what
we can to keep it there."
That seemed to scotch one water
front rumor.
Monday Rainfall
Nearly Three Inches
Rainfall yesterday morning
amounted to 2.85 inches in the
?pace of about two hours, accord
ing to E. Stanley Davis, county
weather observer. The rain amoun
ted to almost lVj inches per hour.
Like the .43 inches which fell on
Thursday and the 1.27 inches on
Friday, the heavy rainfall had lit
tie efjfect on either the tempera
ture or the humidity, both of which
remained high.
During the rainfall yesterday
morning, several itreets in More
head City and Beaufort were
turned into small lakes, and in
some placei the water was over
the sidewalk.
Max. Min
Thursday. July 23 83 75
Friday. July 24 80 71
Saturday, July 28 88 73
Sunday. July 28 83 72
Protect State s Future,
Governor Tells Members
"In your care and keeping are the resources, opportunities and ad
ventures of the future generations of North Carolina citizens," Gov
ernor William B. Umstead told the Conservation and Development
board*at its meeting in Morehead City yesterday.
The first meeting of the re-organized board was held in the board
room of the building housing the commercial fisheries division of tha
department. Associate Justice E. B. Denny of the State Supreme court
Pageant Winner
Ends Vacation
Miss North Carolina. Barbara
Ann Crockett of Winston-Salem,
wound up a week of activities Sun
day when she returned home after
the week's vacation which she re
ceived as one of her prizes for win
ning the beauty crown.
The week included Gulf Stream
fishing, visits to the Morehead City
race track, a tour of Cherry Point
and trips to various points of in
terest in the county.
She began the week with a shoot
ing session Sunday uiorning at At
lantic Beach at which time she
posed for members of the Carolinas
Press Photographers association
who were shooting for the prizes
offered for the best published pic
tures of Miss Crockett.
On Monday she visited various
places at Morehead City and Atlan
tic Beach. That night she was the
guest of honor at the meeting of
the Morehead City Jaycees.
On Tuesday Miss Crockett went
fishing in the Gulf Stream on Capt.
Hubert Fulcher's Blue Water.
Wednesday was devoted to more
posing, for various photographers.
At night she was the guest of honor
at the race track for the running
of the Miss North Carolina handi
cap.
On Thursday she was the guest
of the Beaufort Jaycees for a tour
of Beaufort and points of intero^l
in the eastern part of the coUrity.
The trip included visits to Sea
Level, Atlantic and Harkers Island.
Friday, Miss Crockett was the
guest of the Cherry Point air sta
tion and the Second Marine air
wing. She visited the various in
stallations at the base and was the
guest at a reception at the officers'
club.
Miss Crocket spent Saturday re
laxing at Atlantic Beach and that
night attended a party in her hon
or. She was also a guest at the
race track for the running of the
Miss North Carolina Derby.
She left Sunday for Winston-Sal
em and yesterday resumed her du
ties as secretary to a Winston-Sal
em law firm. She is also busy
making preparations for her trip
to Atlantic City in September for
the Miss America pageant.
?administered the oath of office to
the members.
This year's session of the Gen
eral Assembly gave the governor
the power to re-organize the board
by terminating the terms of all
members of the board on June 31,
giving Gov. Umstead the authority
to appoint 15 new members. The
governor appointed eight new mem
bers and re appointed seven of the
members of the old board.
Members of the board are Miles
J. Smith of Salisbury, Walter J.
Damtoft of Canton; Charles S. Al
len of Durham, W. B. Austin of
Jefferson, Carl Buchan, jr., of
North Wilkesboro. Scroop W. En
loe, jr., of Spruce Pine, Robert M.
Hanes of Winston-Salem, Leo Har
vey of Kinston. Charles H. Jenkins
of Ahoskie, Amos R. Kearns of
High Point, Cecil O. Morris of At
lantic, Hugh M. Morton of Wil
mington, Eric W. Rodgers ot Scot
land Neck, T. Max Watson of For
est City, and Henry Rankin of Fay
etteville.
Important Board
Before the members were sworn
in, Gov. Umstead made some brief
remarks outlining his conception
of the importance and place of tho
board in North Carolina's develop
ment.
"I consider the Conservation and
Development board," he said, "one
of the most important agencies of
the state government at this time.
In your care are vested the re
sources of North Carolina to con
serve theip and sell Ihem to
others."
\ Citing the importance of attracts
dog nemfr industries to 'he state,
Nwv. ad pom'*.* out .hat
every aspect of the board's activi
ties are directly or indiiectly con
nected with bringing iifw indus
tries into the state.
Turning to the fisheries indus
try, the governor commented "I'm
no expert, but seafood means a
great deal to North Carolina and
we have plans which will mean
much to this section of the state."
! "Your appointments to this board
See GOVERNOR, Page 2
Lejeune to Get
Inspection Visit
Gen. Lemuel C. Shepherd, jr.,
commandant of the Marine Corps,
will arrive Wednesday at New Riv
er for a four-day inspection of
Camp Lejcune.
General Shepherd will be met at
the airfield by Maj. Gen. Henry D.
Linscott, camp commanding gen
eral, Maj. Gen. George F. Good,
jr., division commanding general,
and Brig. Gen. Francis B. Loomis,
Force Troops commandcr. The
commandant's arrival is scheduled
for 9:30 a.m.
Among other dignitaries arriv
ing in connection with the com
mandant's visit will be Charles S.
Thomas, under secretary of the Na
vy. Brig. Gen. Nets H. Nelson, G-l
at Headquarters Marine Corps, and
Brig. Gen. R. H. Ridgely, director
of personnel at Headquarters Ma
rine Corps.
After receiving honors, the com
mandant will visit the Naval Med
ical Field Research Laboratory,
Camp Infirmary. Joint Landing
Force Board, U. S. Naval Hospi
tal and Reserve Training Bn.
In the afternoon he will inspect
the Rifle Range. Courthouse Bay,
and Onslow Beach.
After looking over the beach'*
facilities and activities of Force
Troops and Division personnel
there, he and his party will head
for the Marine Corps Supply De
pot and the Industrial Area.
Next on his itinerary are the
camp's children's schools. The
commandant will end his afternoon
at _ the Goettge Memorial Field
House, where he will address all
Lejeune officers.
Thursday the 2nd Division abd
Force Troops will "pass in review"
for the Corps' chief, the review be
ing slated to take up the entire
norning. Maj. Gen. O. P. Smith,
commanding general of Fleet Ma
rine Force, Atlantic, will arrive
Thursday for the review in the
commandant's honor.
The afternoon will find General
Shepherd inspecting the Commit '
sary, Monti ord Point schools, Tara
wa Terraces I and II, and Camp
Knox Trailer Park.
The commandant will spead all
Friday inspecting the 2nd Divi
sion.