NEWS-TIMES OFFICE 504 Armdell St. Morehead City Phone 6-4175 CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES ??' 42nd YEAR, NO. 84. TWO SECTIONS TWELVE PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1953 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS ? , 7 ~ " " w C. Gehrmann Holland, Beaufort/ Gets Fisheries Job Roosevelts Give $2,000 to Hospital Family Flies Here Friday To Present Checks Members of the Roosevelt family on Friday gave $2,000 to the Morehead City Hospital. The donors flew here in their plane and presented the gift to Robert L. Hicks, vice chairman of the hospital board of trustees in a brief cere mony at the hospital. The presentation took place at 4 o'clock Friday afternoon in the board of trustees' room. Presentation of four" checks of $500 each v. as made by Three Accidents Occur in Town Morehead City Police Officers Investigate; No One Hurt Morehead City police investi gated three accidents in town since Thursday. No one was injured. A truck and car collided at 10:40 a.m. Thursday morning on Aren dell street. The car, driven by Mrs. Shirley K. Goldman, was turning into a parking space about 60 feet east of 9th when it was struck from the rear by a truck, reported Capt. Herbert Griffin of the police force. Driving the truck, a 1953 model owned by the Fedderwitz Trucking Co., Savannah, was Samuel F. Clark, Negro of RFI) 1, Carey, N. C. Damage to the truck was esti mated at $10. Charges Filed Damage to the car, a 1949 Olds mobile convertible, was $112.16. Clark has been charged with fol lowing too closely, causing an acci dent. Mrs. Goldman lives at 502 Bridges St., Morehead City. Two cars collided at 24th and Bridges streets at 7:15 Friday morning. Patrolman Joe Smith and Lt. Guy Springle said that a Nash driven by Paui E. Henson, 102 S. 11th St., Morehead City, had the green light and was turning tte corner when a 1940 Plymouth rsm into him. The Plymouth was driven by Ralph C. McAlexander, RFD 4, Ra leigh. McAlexander was going east on Bridges and said he did not see the red light. Damage to the Plymouth was estimated at $50 and to the Nash $60. Cars Collide At 2:30 Sunday afternoon a car driven by Walter Thomas, 2901 Artndell St., collided with a 1953 Ford driven by Mrs. Helen W. Akerley, 1713 Shepard St., More head City. Sgt. Bruce Edwards who investi gated said that Tfomas ran into the Akerley car when it stopped suddenly. Mrs. Akerley said two cars stopped quickly in front of her and she had to slam on the brakes. Damage to the 1949 Chevrolet driven by Thomas was estimated at $200. Barbour Asks Permission To Dredge in Creek An application for permission to dredge in Taylor's Creek has been filed by Barbour's Marine Supply Co., Front street, Beaufort. Plans show that approximately 1,200 cubic yards of material will be dredged in front of Barbour's and deposited behind the existing bulkhead in front of the Barbour property. Flans showing the pro posed work may be seen at the Beaufort post office. Any person, firm, or association opposed to the work should make their objection known to the Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army, Office of the District Engineer, Wilming ton District. 308 Customhouse. Wilmington, N. C., before Nov. 10, 1953. Contract for New Lab Goes to Firm at Raleigh The contract has been let (o r the building of the Fish and Wildlife Service laboratory on Piver's Island. The contract, amounting to $57,819, was awarded to the J. M. Thompson Company, of Raleigh. The new laboratory will replace the old building now being torn down. It will be air-conditioned and completion date is next June. No Audienv with Queen Mrs. E. M. Dewey, publicity chairman for the Garden Club dis trict meeting here Thursday, said she had been misinformed as to the afternoon speaker's address topic. Mrs. Corbett Howard, Golds boro, spoke on her trip to England as reported, but she said an audi ence with the queen, which had been hoped for, could not be ar ranged. nneociore nooseven in, rnnaaei phia. In addition to Mr. Roosevelt, the other donors were Grace Roose velt McMillan, Cornelius Roose velt, and Frances Webb Roosevelt. Mrs. McMillan is the sister of Theodore III, Fiances Webb Roose velt, widow of Quentin Roosevelt is his sister-in-law, and Cornelius his brother. With them were Mr. McMillan and Mrs. Theodore Roose velt III. Mayor Speaks The informal presentation cere mony opened with Mr. Hicks in troducing Mayor George W. Dill who gave a brief history of the Morehead City Hospital. He told how the hospital was started by Dr. B. F. Royal of Morehead City and the late Miss Edith Broadway. Supported by the town of More head City, the hospital serves the entire country area, the mayor pointed out. Mr. Hicks introduced Hoyle Green, hospital administrator, after Mayor Dili's talk. Mr. Green re ported that the hospital has 58 beds, treats both medical and surgi cal white and colored patients. Thirteen physicians, including three surgeons, use hospital facili ties. There are 47 employees and 17 registered nurses. In 1952, Mr. Green said, 2,881 patients were treated at the hospital, there were 15,068 patient days, and 792 major and minor operations were per formed. Dr. S. W. Thompson Jr.. the next speaker, told of the facilities avail able at the hospital for treating patients ? a laboratory, cardio graph machine and other type* nf modern equipment. Reads letter Mr. Roosevelt then presented the four chccks. each for $500. He read the following letter: October 16, 1953 Mr. A. B. Roberts Chairman, Board of Trustees Morehead City Hospital Morehead City, North Carolina Dear Mr. Roberts: You know, of course, that Mrs. Alice Hoffman, who lived on Bogue Banks for so many years, had a fond interest in the Morehead City Hospital. When she died recently, we are sure she wanted to make tangible expression of her feeling for the Hospital in the form of a bequest. Unfortunately, the condi tion ot her estate at the time of her death made this impossible. Knowing all this, and being anxious to do something in her memory that would have pleased her, we the undersigned herewith present you, as Chairman of the Board of the -Morehead City Hos pital, with our various checks to talling two thousand dollars. It is our understanding that the hospital is in need of two oxygen tents and a diathermy unit. It is our wish that this money be used to pur chase these items. Very truly yours, Grace Roosevelt McMillan (Mrs. William McMillan) Theodore Roosevelt 111 Cornelius Roosevelt Frances Webb Roosevelt \ (Mrs. Quentin Roosevelt) Mr. Roosevelt, in making the presentation, termed the number of registered nurses at the hospital, a "fine ratio." He is a member of the board of trustees of Episcopal Hos pital in Philadelphia and said he wished that their ratio of register ed nurses there was as high. The speech of acceptance was made by Gordon C. Willis, member of the board of trustees. Mr. Hicks served in the absence of the board chairman, Mr. Roberts, because Mr. Roberts is ill in the hospital. Other members of the board of trustees who were present, in addi tion to Mr. Hicks and Mr. Willis, were John Crump, Mrs. J. C. Tay lor and Mrs. E. A. Council. The board was impressed with the graciousness and informality of the Roosevelts and McMillans. Theodore HI, young, energetic and sporting a crew hair cut, has the famous Roosevelt smile. Following the presentation, the guests spoke a while with the board members. They spent the night at the Hoffman home on Bogue Banks and left by plane the following morning. Police Car Damaged Beaufort's old police car hit a telephone pole Saturday night. The car was reported to be damaged slightly. Driving it was Officer Carlton Garner. Rector of Episcopal Church To Arrive in Morehead Today The Rev. E. Guthrie Brown, son of t^e lute Mr. and Mrs. Edward Wallar Brown of Richmond, Va., will today become the first rec tor pf St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, Morehead City. He will hold his first service Sunday, Oct. 25. Mr. Brown, an alumnus of the University of Richmond and Vir ginia Theological Seminary, is leav ing iTrinity Church, Manassas, Va., where he has been pastor for the last seven years. While at Manassas, he served for two years as president of the Prince William County Ministerial Association, vice-president of the County's Council of Churches, and Commander of the American Le gion Post. Mr. Brown was also a Navy chaplain during 1945-46. Mr. Brown's wife, Welby, is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Marshall Plaskitt of Upperville, Va. Mrs. Brown has one daughter Mary Welby Wattles, age 4. St. Andrew's Church was former! early last year with about 40 mem bers. At present the congregation has 60 members. A $90,000 church building between 20th and 21st streets on Arendell street. More head City, is nearing completion. The Rev. E. Guthrie Brown . . . first rector In June a rectory at 21st and Evans street was purchased. The Laymen's Organization of the Diocese of East Carolina is planning the erection of a new church at Havelock, N. C., also to be ministered by Mr. Brown. Town to Buy Fire-Fighting Units If Money Available The board of commissioners, Morehead City, has agreed to pur chase $1,138 worth of dry chemical fire-fighting equipment if the mon ey can be provided in the pro posed revamping of the tentative budget for 1953-54. The board observed a demonstra tion of the equipment at their meeting Thursday night at the mu nicipal building. The salesman, P. H. Ellington, of the Ansul Chem ical Co., showed how the exting uishers put out gasoline fires. The demonstration took place back of the municipal building. Appearing with Mr Ellington was Eldon Nelson, chief of the fire department. The equipment pro posed for purchase consists of two stationary units which would be mounted in a fire truck and two hand units. The hand units are valuable, Mr. Ellington said, for fighting oil fires in floor furnaccs. The extinguishers, which blow fine powder into the fire, have a range of 35 to 40 feet, the board was told. Power for blowing the powder comes from a re-chargeable nitrogen cylinder. Five-Vear Guarantee Mr. Ellington said his equipment is guaranteed (or five years. When queried by Mayor George W. Dill, Chief Nelson said that extinguish ers bought several years ago for fighting oil and gasoline fires were "no good." The Chief and Fire Commission er Ted Garner were in favor of purchasing the Ansul equipment. The clerk, John Lashley, was authorized to contact George Stov all. manager of Carolina Power and Light Co., in regard to placing fire hydrants on Noyes avenue and the Crab Point development. Permission was given Doycie Rice to cover up a town water line leading to the water on back shore. The matter was presented by J. V. (Hooty) Waters, street superintendent. The commissioners approved paving 18th street between Evans and Shackleford, providing each property owner in those two blocks ! pay $46.50 each for the paving ma terial. The town will furnish the labor. Mr. Waters was toid to pro ceed with the paving when the assessments had been paid. The board again approved a re quest that Fisher street, from 12th , to 20th street, be paved. Mr. Waters asked permission to fill in the Jack Eubanks' lot on Bay street to help keep water from backing up under Eubanks' house. In a lighter moment of the session one of the commissioners sug gested It might be cheaper to buy Mr. Eubanks a skiff but the filling in was okayed. To repay George Roberts for dirt he gave the town, the board direct ed that the town do some hauling work for Mr. Wallace. The town attorney, George Mc Neill, presented a request from Co lonial Stores giving the new Co lonial Store 18 inches' easement on Arendell street. Mr. McNeill ex plained that, by error, the store had been located 18 inches too far south and in order to borrow mon ey from Durham Life Insurance Co., Colonial Stores had to have formal okay from the town that there would be no action against Colonial Stores because of error. No decision was made on a re quest that cars be allowed to park on the grass plot on Arendell street between 13th and 14th. Superintendent Waters told the town board it would be nice if the town had a pump of its own to pump water out of manholes, etc. He said the pump they are using now on the manhole between 22nd and 23rd street, has been loaned to them by the State Highway and Public Works Commission. Mayor Dill told Mr. Waters to get prices on a pump and with a chuckle asked the superintendent to come to a board meeting sometime when he didn't want something! The commissioners recessed the session and went home at 11 p.m. Lions' Event Honors Two Returned Prisoners of War When the Morehead City Lions Club held Ladiea' Night Thursday night at the Recreation Center, the meeting was in honor of Thompson Morse and Sgt. Archie Edwards, two Morehead City boys who were recently released from prisoner-of-war camps by Chinese Reds. Mrs. Emma Simpson accompan ied her son, Morse, and Mrs. Pres ton Edwards attended on behalf of her son who is still hospitalized at the Naval Hospital at Camp Le jeune. Presentation of pen and pencil sets was made by Uon President Fred Hardy, to Mr. Morse and Mrs. Edwards, who accepted for her son. Due to a change in the scheduled football game between Camp Le jeune and Morehead City this past Friday night, the benefit bing* party was postponed until 7:30 thii Thursday, Oct. 22. This party la to raiae funda ta halp a spastic young ster, Denny Hardy, of Crab Point. It was decided that the success of the program would be doubtful if the party were held on the same night as the football game. A contribution of $25 has been received by the club from Cherry's Market, Morchead City, for the Hardy fund. Mr. John James, a new Morehead City attorney, was initiated into the club during a formal ceremony. Mr. James was sponsored by Lion Joe Dubois Mrs. James witnessed the ceremony and both Mr. and Mr. Hardy were introduced to members and their wives after wards. Rotary GuesU Guests at the Morehead City Ro tary Club meeting Thursday night it the Recreation Center were C. C. Abernethy, Lumberton; Henry Edwards, Newport; and Stamey J. Willis Sr., Glen Burnie, Md. Patrolman Seizes 69 Jars Whiskey You could just about get in the Morehead City police office in the municipal building yesterday morn ing. Filed up behind the door were 69 gallons of non-taxpaid whiskey. The whiskey was seized at 5:45 a.m. Sunday by Patrolman Homer Lewis. Patrolman Lewis was in the police car when he came upon a 1946 black Kaiser that looked mighty heavy in the rear. When he blew his siren and stopped the car, two colored men jumped out and ran. According to the license number, the car is owned by L. L. Parker, 209 S. Summit St., Greenville, N. C. The whiskey was in half-gallon Mason jars and carefully packed in corrugated cartons. Otway Woman Hurt in Wreck Mrs. Harvey A. Lawrence, Otway, was injured at 2 o'clock Saturday morning in an automobile accident at the intersection of the Laurel and Merrimon Roads. She suffered a broken arm and leg and was taken to the Morehead City Hospital. According to Highway Patrolman W. J. Smith Jr., Mrs. Lawrence was riding on the front seat of a 1952 Chevrolet driven by her son. Harvey A. Lawrence Jr., who is i stationed with the Coast Guard at Cape May, N. J. I PAtrolman Smith said Lawrence 1 w> * headed cast eu the L*i* ** Koad and due to the heavy fog did not see the stop sign at the inter section until he was right at it. He slammed on the brakes and skided across the Merrimon Road and into the ditch. He said he was going about 40 miles an hour. In addition to the fractures, Mrs. Lawrence got cuts and bruises on her head. Other passengers in the car were bruised. They were Harvey Sr. and lledrick Arthur of RFD 1, Beau fort. There were no charges filed against the driver. Damage to the car was estimated at $400. 650 FHA Girls Attend Rally Six hundred fifty Future Home makers of America members reg istered for the district two rally in Morehead City Saturday. The girls came from 43 schools throughout the 21-county district. The state vice-president elected at the rally as the officer from dis trict two was Carroll Lynn Gar ris, Pikeville chapter, Wayne Coun ty An FHA flag made by a member of the Warsaw FHA chapter was used at the rally for the first time. It will be presented to the state FHA at the state convention at Ral eigh in the spring. Mrs. David Beveridge and Mrs. Delfido Cordova, advisors to the Beaufort and Morehead City FHA chapters, yesterday expressed their appreciation to everyone who assis ted them in planning the rally. Police Chief Books Driver on Three Charges Chief of Police M. E. Guy booked Delmas Willis on three charges Sun day afternoon. The arrest was made at 5 o'clock. The chief said Willis ran through a red light in Beaufort and when finally stopped in front of Machine and Supply Co. on.the causeway he was also charged with driving drunk and not having an operator's license. Willis is a resident of Mar kers Island. Willis will be tried in Beaufort Recorder's Court next Tuesday. Firemen Called Morehead City firemen answer ed a call to the home of Denard Smith. 1313 Shackleford Ave., at 8:30 Friday morning. Mack Ed ward*. engineer at the fire depart ment. said the stove had become ovtrlwated. Everything was under coatrol by the time firemen ar rived. The alarm was turned In from box 29. Carteret's Sheriff Will Begin New Work Nov. 1 Special to The News-Times C. Gehrmann Holland, sheriff of Carteret County, has been appointed assistant state fisheries commissioner in charge of law enforcement. The appointment was made yesterday, according to The Associated Press, at the meet ing of the Board of Conservation