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NEWS-TIMES OFFICE 804 Arandall St Morehead City Phone 6-4175 CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES "> 42nd YEAR, NO. 87. THREE SECTIONS TWENTY-TWO PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1953 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS Salesman Fails to Come To Court, Forfeits $200 County, Town Officers File Two Charges Duplin County Man Facet Trial for Assault on Girl, Drunken Driving Meivin Hester, Duplin County, has been charged with assault on a young girl in Carteret County Fri day. He has also been charged with drunken driving. According to Deputy Sheriff Marshall Ayscue, Hester allegedly pulled the 9-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Clifton Ward, highway 24, into his car as she was going to Lester Hall's store at Bogue. The Ward home is located about 300 yards from the store on the opposite side of the highway. The officer said Mrs. Ward told him she had sent her daughter to the store. Before the child got there, she said, a man identified as Hes ter opened the door of his car and pulled the youngster in. Mother Watches Mrs. Ward who was watching from her home, ran out and took the girl out of the car, according to Deputy Sheriff Ayseue. He said when she asked the man why he had pulled the child in the car, he did not answer, but drove away. The officer said Mrs. Ward got the license number of the car and phoned Morehead City police. Police Stop Car The police notified the sheriff's department and then went out highway 70 to look for the car. When Deputy Sheriff Ayscue was going out highway 70 a few min utes later, he said he saw the Morehead City police car had just stopped the Hester car in the vi cinity of Willis's sawmill. Morehead City police charged Hester with driving drunk. The deputy sheriff has k charged him with assault on a female. The driving drunk chargc is docketed for trial in Morehead City Recorder's Court Monday. The other charge is docketed for trial io Carteret County Recorder's iiourt Tuesday, Nov. 10. / Deputy Sheriff Ayscue said the Child told him that she started to tcrcam when the man took her in The car and then he clapped his hand over her mouth. Carnival Nets $1,000 Tuesday W. B. Chalk, and Warren Beck, co-chairmen of the Morehcad City - Halloween Carnival, termed the af fair "most successful." The car nival took place at the school Tues day night. More than a thous and dollars prolit was made. The 35 home rooms sponsored the entertainment booths. Pop corn, candy apples, hamburgers, hot dogs, barbecue, french fries, sandwiches, candy, cookies and drinks were served. Booths winning prizes were those sponsored by Mrs. Bob Wil liams, third grade, for making the most money;. Mrs. G. T. Windell, second grade, most attractive (Fish pond); and Mrs. Anne Murphy, first grade, mqst original (ring the cat's whiskers game). The carnival was "sandwiched" between showers. The co-chair men said its success was due to the splendid cooperation among grade mothers and teachers ? and the weather. They expressed special apprecia tion to Blanchard's Electric Ser vice for arranging and installing the lights; also merchants who contributed prizes, Willis's mill for lumber, Mansfield's mill for saw dust, persons lending equipment, and to THE NEWS TIMES and the radio station for publicity. ' , ? James Daniel Whichard, a trav elling furniture salesman with many addresses, forfeited a $200 bond for non-appearance in More head City Recorder's Court Mon day on a drunk driving charge and is now the mtfct sought-after man - by the Morehead City police. Judge George H. McNeill issued a capias for his arrest and an order that, when found, Whichard be placed under another bond, this time for $500. A capias for arrest is slightly more sinister matter than a simple warrant for arrest. A capias merely means "bring in the body" with stipulation as to what condition the body be in, dead or alive. Judge McNeill handled a docket of more than 45 cases, only one qf which was appealed, that of Julian Wade on a public drunken ness charge. Judge McNeill placed him under bond of $250 for trial in Superior Court. Gets Years Sentence John D. Rockefeller Turner, Negro, was sentenced to one year on the roads for transporting non taxpaid whiskey; Alvin Joseph Lo cois, on a drunk driving charge, was fined $100 and costs; Robert Glasier, charged with temporary larceny of a car, was meted a year and a half road sentence, suspend ed. Ross S. Elliott, on a drunk driv ing charge and careless and reck less driving charge was fined $100 and costs on the first charge and $25 and costs on the second; Wil liam James Sparks got $10 and costs on a charge of being drunk on the highway and Thomas Chunn the same on the same charge. Larry D. Hall got $10 and costs for failing to stop at a stop sign; a $25 fine plus costs against Ben Charles Fulford was ordered to be See SALESMAN, Page 6 County Welfare Workers to Go To Institute. Every section of North Carolina will be represented at tfce 34Th an nual Public Welfare Institute in Raleigh Nov. 5 and 6. Carteret County will be represented at the Institute by the following members of the county welfare department. Mrs. T. T. Potter, Beaufort; Stan ley Woodland, Morehead City; and Elwood Wilson, Marshallberg, who recently replaced Cecil Morris on the board. In addition to tnc Doara mem bers who are attending the Insti tute. the following members of the staff will also attend from Carteret > County: Miss Sarah Thomas, Miss Lola Kemp. Mrs. Goida Noe, and Miss Georgie Hughes. Sponsored by the State Board of Public Welfare, the Institute pro gram will include outstanding speakers from the state and else where. William P. Sailer of Philadelphia. Pa., executive director of the Phil adelphia Board of Assistance, will be the speaker at a pie-Institute dinner meeting Wednesday night, Nov. 4, for the Association of County Superintendents of Public Welfare. The North Carolina Chapter of the American Association of Social Workers will also hold a meeting Wednesday afternoon, according to an announcement by Dorothy Sut ton, Asheville, state chairman. Mrs. Thais Morris Fisher of Washington, D. C? program super visor of the social scrvice depart ment Clinical Center of the Na tional Institute of Health, will speak at another meeting during the two-day session. Mrs. Fisher will speak to the N. C. Association of Case Workers which meets at the close of the program Thursday afternoon. Nov. 5. Members of the Carteret County Public Welfare Department who are attending the Institute will par ticipate in a group discussion fol lowing a talk by Dr. Joseph Carpen tieri, director of the Mental Hy giene Clinic of Raleigh and Wake County on Thursday, Nov. S. Hospital Corpsmen Receive Sentence in Tuesday Court The three Navy hospital corps men, charged with assaulting the Swahsboro chief of police with in tent to rob him, were sentenced in Carteret County Recorder's Court Tuesday. They are Albert J. Lorti, Raymond D. Walsh and Robert L. Fugate. All pleaded guilty as charged. Each was given a two-year sentence which he need not serve ii he re mains on good behavior five years. Judge Lambert Morris ordered each to pay $200 to Chief o I Police E. O. Ballard, Swansboro, for in juries 'he claims he received as ? result of the assault. Each of the three was also fined S30 and court Cfcts to be paid within 80 day*. Glenn D. Atwood, found guilty for the second time on a driving drunk charge, was given a six month aentence. Atwood gave no tice of appeal and his bond was set at 1350. Another charge against him ?f assault and public drunken ness was found -malicious and the proaecuting witness was ordered to pay court costs. William D. Lovk, charged with breaking and entering and forcible trespass, pleaded guilty to forcible trek pa as. He was given six months, suspended on condition he remain on good behavior and stay sober for five years. - He waa also fined (SO plus coats. Sec COWMEN, Page ? County Board to Name Sheriff Today Three Speakers Will Comment On Art Work Exhibit Opens Tuesday At Webb Memorial Civic Center, Morehead City Mrs. Harvey Hamilton Jr., A. H. James Sr. and D. G. Bell, all of Morehead City, will be the guest speakers who will comment on art during the fine art exhibit next week in Morehead City. i' Mrs. Hamilton will spe?fc at 3:45 Tuesday ?ft?rnooQ, Mr. James at 3 45 Wednesday and Mr. Bell at 3:45 Thursday afternoon. The prints will be shown on the second floor of Webb Memorial Civic Center, 9th and Evans streets. They may be seen from 10:30 a.m. until noon and from 3 to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday. Night Showing By request, a night showing has been scheduled for Thursday. The hours will be 7:30 to 9. There will be recorded music played and at afternoon showings tea will be served. Mrs. Hamilton, graduate in art, Stephens CoUege, will speak on contemporary art. Mr. James' topic is "Old Mas ters." When contacted by THE NEWS-TIMES yesterday, Mr James, a local artist, said he hasn't decided yet whether he'll talk on the old ones or the young ones. Two of his paintings in oil, por traits of Franklin Roosevelt and George Washington, hang in the courtroom of the Beaufort court house. Mr. Bell, Morehead City artist and interior decorator, will speak on "Relating Master Works of Art Old and Modern? to Your I Home." References Available Reference material on art ifom the Webb Jibi^ey afrd frofc \ri vate collections will be available, Mrs. Kenneth Prest, chairman Sf the exhibit, said. Assisting N her as committee members are Mrs. J. C. Taylor, Mrs. J. D. Holt and Mrs. Harold Webb. The exhibit is being sponsored by the Literary and Art Depart ment of the Women's Club and the school. Representing the school are Mrs. Robert Williams, school art chairman, and G. T. Windell, principal. Mrs. Prest said that persons who saw the exhibit in Beaufort last night and wished to look at the prints more leisurely this week would be welcome. Proceeds from admission charg es will be used to buy paintings for the school. L. U. Holland to I ake Uath As State Official Saturday The Carteret County Board of Commissioners will meet in special session at 10 o'clock this morning to name the person who will succeed C. Gehrmann Holland as sheriff. Mr. Holland begins Monday morning his new duties as assistant fisheries commissioner in charge of law enforce ment. Dr. K. P. B. Bonner, Morehead City, said yesterday that the new sheriff will be sworn in1 Saturday. He said appointment of a man to fill Sheriff Holland's place could not be delayed until the reg ular board meeting Monday be cause the sheriff formally assumes his new position Sunday, Nov. 1. To wait until Monday would mean that the county would be without a sheriff for a couple days. Dr. Bonner said that the board will consider "two or three" candi dates for .the position. Takes Office Tomorrow Mr. Holland will be sworn in as a state officer at ceremonies at the commercial fisheries building, Camp Glenn, at 3 o'clock Saturday afternoon. The oath will be admin istered by A. H. James, clerk of superior court, Carteret County. Ben Douglas, director of the Board of Conservation and Develop ment, has issued an invitation to fishermen, friends of the fishing industry, and friends of Sheriff Holland to attend the ceremony. Eric Rodgers, Scotland Neck, chairman of the commercial fish eries committee, and Cecil Morris Atlantic, member of the Board of Conservation and Development, will be present. Sheriff Holland will assume the job held for the past four years by C. D. Kirkpatrick who has been transferred to the division of in dustry of the Board of Conserva tion and Development. Mr. Kirk patrick was with that division be fore coming to Morehead City to take the fisheries job in 1949. Mrs. C. D. Kirkpatrick, a mem ber of the faculty at Camp Glenn School, will continue to teach there throughout the school year. Mr. Kirkpatrick was in Raleigh Wed nesday and yesterday checking on the details of his new position as surveyor of industrial sites in the Sheriff Commended J Sheriff Holland has been com mended by Judge Paul Frizzellc and officers of the Superior Court for his service to Carteret County during the past 15 years. The commendation can?? at the close of the October term of Su perior Court last week. Adding their praise to the service Sheriff Holland has given Carteret were the law enforcement officers of the county and the lawyers. The resolution passed by the court was ordered entered in the minutes of the session. It appears in detail under "Special Notices" in the classified section of today's NEWS-TIMES. Fire Protection Chairman Urges Pledge Payments School Officials Visit at Ocracoke Miss Bcttie Swindell, supervisor Hyde County Schools, visited Ocra coke School recently. With her were Miss Eunice McGee, of the Training School of East Carolina College, Miss Merle Scott, super visor of the Lenoir County Schools, and W. H. Hampson, representa tive of the Rand McNally Company. Miss McGee, wno is third grade critic teacher at the Training School, pleased the elementary children with story telling, and gave constructive suggestions to teachers in art work and in read ing techniques. Mr. Hampson gave the faculty a demonstration of the globes and maps recently publish ed and talked at length on their merits in the field of social studies and of how to correlate other sub jects with geography. During their visit to the Island, the three stayed at Wahab Village Hotel. Tid? Table TMm at HIGH LOW Friday, Oct 30 2:16 a.m. 8:28 a.m. 2:38 p.m. 9:14 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 11 3:19 ?.m. 9:34 ami. 3:34 p.m. 10:06 p.m. Suday, Nov. 1 4:18 a.m. 10:33 a.m. 4:27 pjn. 10:51 p.m. Mosday, Nov. 2 5:03 a.m. 11:24 a.?. 5:14 p.m. 11:32 p.m. Tanday, Nov. 1 5:47 a .hk 5:58 p.m. 12:08 p.m. " Leslie D. Springle, chairman of the Beaufort Rural Fire Protection Association, announced yesterday that Nov. 1 is the deadline lor members to pay pledges. Funds are being collected to buy a truck that will supplement the Beaufort town fire-fighting equip ment. Those contributing will au tomatically become members of the association. They will be entitled to protection by both the town equipment and the new truck. Mr. Springle said that approxi mately one thousand dollars has been collected. Fifteen hundred more is needed. Persons may see the pledge col lectors in their area or mail checks to John Miller, Beaufort, N. C, Leslie D. Springle, Beaufort, N. C., or Neal Campen. Beaufort, N. C. Members of the board of direc tors will meet at 7 o'clock Thurs day, Nov. S, at' the fire station. Mr. Springle announced. Four B&PW Members Will Attend Council Four members of the Carteret Business and Professional Women's Club will attend the B&PW mid year council meeting at Goldsboro Nov. 7 and 8. They are Mrs. C. L. Beam, presi dent; Mrs. Gordon Skean Jr., fi nance chairman; Mrs. Roy Clark, secretary, and Mrs. Grace Ayscue, past president of the club and past district director. The club met Tuesday night at the home of Mrs. Julia Holt, Radio Island. A fish and oyster supper was served with Sam Adler, More head City, as chef. Three recommendations of the executive board were approved by the club. The club approved the report of the finance chairman, submitted the name of Miss Ruth Peeling as state news chairman for the North Carolina Federation, and approved recommendations for the 1954 National Federation program. Report Made Mrs. Ayscue made a report on the district meeting at Jacksonville Sunday. Eight members from the Carteret Club attended. Mrs. Julia Tenney was named chairman of ? committee to study a project of assisting the two Ne gro schools in Beaufort and More head City. Mrs. Skcan was made an ex-officio member of the com mittee. Mrs. Beam requested that Mrs. Tenney name two others to ftfjrve with them. ' To raise money for tto? piojett the club will sell dish cloths and dish towels. Misb Peeling, chairman of the 1954 March of Dimes, named the following members to help plan the campaign: Mrs. Eva Johnson, Mrs. Skean. Mrs. Martha Loftin, Mrs. Walter Lasker, Miss Catherine Gaskill, Mrs. Zelma Talbert, Miss Lillian Morris, Miss Martha Bar nett, Mrs. Ayscue, and Mrs. Wiley Taylor Jr. Nineteen members indicated that they were interested in taking a course in public speaking. The course, if given in this county, will be taught by a professor from East Carolina College. Program chairman for the night was Mrs. Eva Johnson. She pre sented Miss Peeling, editor of THE NEWS-TIMES, who spoke on read ability. Guests at the meeting were Mrs. Eleanor Patterson, Mrs. Graham Duncan, Mrs. Lucien Peeling and Mrs. Charles Henry. Steve Beacham Joins Force Chief of Police M. E. Guy, Beau fort announced yesterday that Steve Beachem, Beaufort, ha< joined the Beaufort police force. Patrolman Beachem, a former member of the Merchant Marine, replaces Patrolman Richard Bab cock who resigned last week. The new officer began his duties Satur day. He and assistant chief of police, Carlton Garner, are on duty at night. Chief Guy and Officer Mack Wade are on the day shift. Mr. Babcock has accepted a po sition with Robert L. Rose, Have lock. Police Get List of Serial Numbers on Ransom Money Chief of Police E. J. Willis, Morehead City, today received the list of seria) numbers on the $10 and $20 billi turned over to the kidnappers of the late Bobby Greenlease. Kansas City, Mo. The listing of the serial numbers in a mimeographed booklet are single spaced, several columns to a page and cover 41 page*. The Chief also said that his de partment has been notified to be on the lookout for an Edwin S. Garrison wanted by the FBI. Gar riaon, who goes by several names la white, weighs 143 pounds, is S feet tVi inches high and 93 year* old. He is an accountant, has worked at rac* track* and the FBI say* says he's dangerous. He is re ported to bave a quick mathemat ical mind. The FBI believes he's in the vi cinity of Morchead City. Pictures of the man may be seen at the Morehead City police department. Cub Scout Pack 101 Will M??t at 7 P. M. Today Cub Scout Pack 101 will meet tonight at 7 o'clock instead of 7:30 as scheduled. After the meeting in Franklin Memorial Methodist Church, Morehead City, members will attend the football game at I o'clock. Dr. Eugene Hoelofs is Cub Scort master. School Profits from Opera ; Small Crowd SeesWednesday Performance Morehead City School profited financially by sponsoring the Grass Roots Opera Company, G. T. Win dell, principal, said today. The crowd witnessing the performance at the school Wednesday night was small, however. The opera, School for Lovers, was well presented. Each singer gave a highly creditable perform ance and as one member of the audience sa?d, "They deserved a larger audience." The properties used for the op era were simple yet quite effec tive. The costumes were attrac tive and something most unusual, but pleasant, occurred. The cur tain went up promptly at 8 o' clock. Presented in English, the opera. School for Lovers, by Mozart, told the story of Don Alfonso, an el derly bachelor and his two young soldier friends, Ferrando and Graziano. The setting was in Nap les. Don Alfonso bet his two friends that their sweethearts, Leonora and Dorabella, would not remain true to them if they went off to war. The young soldiers took the wag er. They then pretended they were called to active duty. In reality they stayed home, disguised them selves as Albanian soldiers, and tried to make love to Leonora and Dorabella. The girls' maid, Despina, helps Don Alfonso carry out his plot to have the two girls fall in love with the "Albanians." The girls decide to marry the Albanians but even though Don Alfonso proved the girls fickle, their Iov?rs said they still loved them anyhow. Don Alfonso collects his wager, Harry Morrison . . . played Graziano gives Despina a cut and everything ends happily. Singing the roles were Vera Scammon as Leonora, Arlene Sos key as D?rabella, Helen Masloff as DespinaJ'WUliam Allen as Ferran do. Hawy Morrison as Graziano, and^oin Shearin as Don Alfonso. Alfefn Lynn was the piano ac companist. Director of the com pany is Robert C. Bird. The Grass Roots Opera Company is sponsored by the extension di vision of the University of North Carolina and the North Carolina Federation of Music Clubs. Mr. Windell yesterday expressed his appreciation to THE NEWS TIMES and the radio station for publicizing the coming of the opera ?rip. Trustees of Sea Level Hospital To Meet Tonight The board of trustees of Sea Lev el Community Hospital will be for mally'instituted at a meeting at the old school house. Sea Level, at 7:30 tonight, i Officers will be elected and com mittees named. The hospital, built by the Tay lor Brothers Foundation, will be deeded next month to the board of trustees by Dan E Taylor, presi dent of the Foundation. This event will take place during cere monies Saturday, Nov. 21. Incorporators of the hospital, who will be installed as trustees tonight, are Maltby Taylor: T. A. Taylor, Alvah B. Taylor, Har vey Taylor, F. C. Noyes, all of Sea Level. Elwood R Willis, Marshallberg; Cecil O. Morris, D. Mason. Nollie Fulcher, Clayton Fulcher, John Weston Smith, all of Atlantic; Ro main Gaskill, Stacy. Herbert Styron, Roe; T. B Smith, Davis; David Yeomans. Harkers Island; Gilbert B. Whitehurst, Straits; W. L Smith, Smyrna; Dan E. Taylor and Leslie Taylor, both of West Palm Beach; A. T. Taylor and R. T. Taylor, both of Norfolk. The four last named Taylors are the sons of Maltby Taylor and established the Taylor Brothers Foundation. Noted Lone Woman Voyager Makes Port at Morehead City ...... -- . 9 - Motorist Hurt In Collision Mrs. Marietta Adams Willis, 510 Arendell St., Morehead City, was injured at 9:10 Tuesday night in an automobile accident on highway 24 seven miles west of Morehead City She had leg bruises and muscles of her neck were strained. Mrs. Willis was hospitalized until yes terday. Patrolman J. W. Sykes said that Mrs. Willis had pulled off the high way during a hard rainstorm Tues day night and was hit by a car from the rear. She had stopped, she said, because her windshield wiper was not working. With her were several women passengers. They were not hurt. Driving the car which hit the Willis automobile was Joe Metts, Copeland Motor Court, Morehead City. Mr. Metts told the patrolman that he saw Mrs. Willis's tail lights but a car coming toward him blind ed him and he couldn't avoid hit ting her. Passengers with Mrs. Willis said she had pulled at least three feet off the highway. Mr. Metts has been charged with careless and reckless driving. Damage to his car, a 1953 Dodge, -was estimated at $300. Damage to the Willis car, a ,1946 Chrysler, was estimated at $200j Fisherman Dies Monday Morning Ottis Godette, 42, Negro fisher man of Beaufort, died at 11:30 Monday morning aboard the men haden boat, Bonner L. Willis. Coroner Leslie D. Springle said death was due to a heart attack. He said Godette was stricken while the men were making a act in Hatteras Inlet. He was taken aboard the Bonner L. where he died. The boat re turned to Beaufort at 8:50 that night. Godette was bom In Craven County. He lived there 21 years and spent his last 21 years in Beau fort. He is survived by a wife and five children. Cedar street. The coroner said no foul play was involved in the death. The burial was supervised by the Godette Funeral Home, New Bern. Pledges Sigma Pi William I. Ipock Jr., Beaufort, baa pledged Sigma Pi fraternity at State College, Raleigh. He ia one at 189 State students who accept ed bida to Um colleges' 10 frater nities this iWMHir. I Mra. Anil Davison, 1 in English* woman who has become famous for her daring ocean travels, tied up at the Morehead City Yacht Basin Friday afternoon in her 23-foot sailing boat, the Felicity Ann. Author of the book, Last Voy age, published in 1951, Mrs. Davi son was making her way up the inland waterway to New York. Sitting in the hold, of the boat mending a fouled zipper in a pair of dungarees, Mrs. Davison chuckled as she observed that she was the ONLY one going north this time of year. Solitary Voyager Mrs. Davison crossed the Atlan tic alone in the Felicity Ann. You'll have to read that sen tence again. But that's the truth, she really did. She left Eng 1 a n d in May 19 5 2 and a year a nd three months later made port at Mi ami. Fla. Mrs. Davison whose blue eyes seem a re flection of the tropical waters she's traveled said she had intended to See VOYAGER, Page 6 Sea Level' Ties Up at Beaufort Tied up at the dock in front of the Beaufort post office yesterday was the Sea Level, 118-foot yacht owned by the Tayldr Brothers of West Palm Beach and Norfolk. Aboard the yacht at noon was Maltby Taylor, Sea Level, father of Alfred, Leslie, William and Dan Taylor. He said he was bound for Norfolk and probably would come back to Sea Level by some other means of transportation. Capt. Albert Warren, skipper of the Sea Level, said they had left Jacksonville, Fla., Saturday morn ing and would leave this morning for Norfolk, traveling the inland waterway. Mr. Taylor spent yesterday morn ing at his home at Sea Level. The yacht, Sea Level, has Palm Beach, Fla., as home port. Captain War ren said it would be back in these waters prior to dedication of the Sea Level Community Hospital Nov. 21. The Hospital was built by the Taylor Foundation. Coast Guard Will Make Survey of Town Waterfronts Beaufort and Morehcad City waterfronts will be investigated (or tire hazards by the Coast Guard and reports of the investigation will be made at the next meeting of the Port Security Advisory Coun cil. The survey was proposed at the Monday meeting of the council in Morehead City. Also to be reported at the next meeting, which will be held at the call of the chairman, R. L. Hicks, is the water (marine) fire-fighting equipment available In this area (both government and private). Formation of a plan to consoli date town and privately-owned fa cillties for marine and waterfront fire prevention and fighting will also be proposed at the forthcom ing session. At Monday's session the Port Se curity Card program was reviewed. Coverage was termed "excellent." Port security cards are issued by the Coast Guard to employees on waterfronts which may be placed under restriction during a national emergency. Periodic issue of cards will be I made ss needed. Employees may give their cards to theii employer ' for safe-keeping while they are working for a concern engaged In 1 fishing or other waterfront busi j ness. i The council decided that com- ( panics whose vessels are in port and the State Forts Authority shall handle the stationing of guards. Possibility of registering small craft for emergency work was dis cussed but the matter was tem porarily tabled. Rear Adm. R. E. Wood, com mandant of the fifth Coast Guard district, spoke to the council. His topic was the purpose and activity of the Port Security Programs. He emphasized the importance of ci vilian cooperation. Admiral Wood commented that the Phillips Fishery fire pointed up the importance of waterfront fire protection. He said it served as a warning to Beaufort and Morehead City of the hazardous condition! now existing. Attending the meeting in addi tion to the chairman and Admiral Wood were Lt. D. C. Gray, captain of the port; CWO R. W. Noweli, commanding officer at Fort Macon Coast Guard Station; J. D. Holt, manager of the Morehead City port: Walter Edwards. D. G. Bell, C. P Fessant and W. H. Potter, members of the council. Wins Promotion Cpl. George A. Eastman, son of Mr. and Mrs. George Eastman, Beaufort, has been promoted from corporal to sergeant first claai Dak Ridge Military Institute.