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NEWS-TIMES OFFICE 504 AtmmUII St Morchemd City Pbooa 6-4 1 78 C ARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES "> 43rd YEAR, NO. 2. TWO SECTIONS TEN PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY, JANUARY 5, 1954 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS National Red Cross Okays County Chapter in Carteret Clerk Probates, Files Two Wills F. Klein Names Grand children as Heirs; David Lewis Names Wife Wills of Frank Klein, Charles ton, W. Va , and David G. Lewis, Morehead City, were probated and filed recently in the office of the clerk of superior court, Beaufort. The will of Frank Klein, former city clerk of Morehead City, who died Nov. 22, 1953, named the First Citizens Bank and Trust Co., as executor of the estate. The will was drawn Aug. 31, 1948 and wit nessed by George McNeill, Josiah Bailey Jr., and Donna McClue. It provides that Mr. Klein's grandchildren, Judith Howerton Cooper, Gilbert Garth Cooper, Frank Klein Cooper and Constance Klein Willis shall receive $2,000 each, to be held in trust by the First Citizens Bank. The will spe cifies that the money shall be used for a college education for the chil dren but gives the executor the right, in case of dire emergency, to use the money for other purposes for the benefit of the heirs. Mr. Klein provided that a like trust fund shall be set up for any other grandchildren who may be born and capable of inheritance "within 12 years." Two Daughters Named The will states that if there is anything regaining of the estate after it has been administered, the' assets shall go to his daughters. Howerton Klein Cooper and Eliz abeth Klein Willis. Should one of these daughters not be living, the share shall go to her children. Mr. Klein speci fied in his will that loans made to any one of his three daugh ters, Howerton, Elizabeth or Fran ces Mae shall be cancelled and added that he was not forgetting Frances Mae in his will but felt that she was not in need ef finan-* cial assistance. The will said too that Mr. Klein was net forgetting his wife, Henri etta, but he was assured by doc tors that she would never re cover from an illness with which she is afflicted and since she is being well cared for, "it would be folly on my part" to set up a fund for her. Wife Benefits Mr. Lewis. 208 N 11th St. More head City, who died Nov. 24, 1953, left all his property, real and per sonal, to his wife, Mary R. Lewis. Mrs. Lewis was named executrix of the estate. Mr. Lewis was owner and operator of the D. G. Lewis Grocery, 208 N. 11 St., for 20 years. The will was drawn in Septem ber 1953 and was witnessed by El lis R. Platte, James Rumley and C. R. Wheatly Jr. Clinic Announced The orthopedic clinic sponsored by the Morehead City Rotary Club will be held Saturday at 8:30 a.m. in the Morehead City Hospital an nex. G. T. Windell. chairman of the club's crippled children's commit tee, announced yesterday. * Consolidation of the Morehead'* City and Beaufort Red Cross Chap ters has been approved by the Red Cross national board of governors, according to an announcement to day by W. W. Jefferson of Atlanta, manager of the organizations Southeastern Area The new unit, to be known as the Carteret County Red Cross Chap ter, will have its headquarters in Beaufort, with I. W. Davis of Davis as chapter chairman. Other offi cers are Charles Willis of More head City, vice-chairman and Mrs. E. H. Potter of Beaufort, treasurer. Mrs. James D. Rumley is home service secretary. Consolidation Strengthens ? In making the announcement Mr. Jefferson said that consolidation had been effected "in (he interest of strengthening Red Cross organi zation and service throughout Car teret County." Action for merging the two chapters, both of which were or iginally chartered in 1917, was tak en by the board of governors at a recent meeting in Washington. It was brought about at the request of 30 citizens of the county who petitioned for consolidation. 30 Petition Those signing were Charles Wil lis, Henry White, Mr. and Mrs. George W. Dill Jr., James B Webb, J. C. Harvell, Herbert 0. Phillips III, Edward Dixon, James R. Sanders, Frank Moran, Gordon C. Willis, E. S. Davis Jr., D. G. Bell and Lockwood Phillips, all of More head City. Mrs. E. H. Potter, Mrs. James D. Rumiey, Braxton Adair, Nicho las L. Walker, Mrs. Duke Howard, W. L. Rudder, J. L. Duncan Jr., J. Webster Willis, Florence T. Brooks, C. T. Lewis, and Dan L. Walker, all of Beaufort. Mrs. Nellie" Cannon Garner or Newport, Mrs. Earl Davis of Hark ers Island. Mrs. Brantley Morris of Atlantic, A. B. Cooper of Atlantic Beach, and Mrs. J. I. Mizzelle of Newport. Liquor Sab Total $63,593 Sales at Carteret County liquor stores during December totaled $63,593.30. according to the report presented at the meeting of the county board of commissioners yes terday at the courthouse. Sales at the Morehead City store amounted to $31,468.05. at Beau fort $22,898.80 and at Newport $9, 226.45. Allotments received by the three towns were as follows: Morehead City Hospital $1,439 85. Beaufort $1,048 and Newport $422 . .29. Gross profit amounted to $13, 742.44. operating expenses were $4,644.25 and sales tax amounted to $5,390.45. Estimated net profit to the county was $2,797.60. Cash on hand at the end of De cember was $49,131.27 and ac counts .payable were $29,763.52. Value of liquor in stock Nov. 30. 1953 was $104,265 11, and value of liquor in stock Dec. 31 was $85, 643.67. Decrease in stock was i $18,641.44. Two New Year Babies Arrive at Hospital Two babies were bora on New Year's Day at the Morehead City Hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Lawrence Robinson of Beaufort and Atlan tic are the proud parents of a son, Roy Lawrence Jr., born at 1#:16 a.m. Friday at the More head City Hospital, making Roy Jr. the first baby born in Car teret County in 1954. Mrs. Robinson is the former Julia Kelly of Beaufort. Mr. Robinson, of Atlantic, is sta tioned at ft Hood, Texas. He is here now with his wife and new son. The second baby of the new year was born to Mr. and Mrs. Tommy Rose of Harkers Island. Their daughter was bora at 6:53 p.m. Friday. Truman Kemp, Abe Silverman Win Promotions Mrs. Edna M. Jackson, president of Morehead City Garment Co. an nounced today that Truman Kemp and Abe Silverman have been elec ted members of the company's board of directors. Election to the board also car ried with it promotions for Mr. Kemp and Mr. Silverman as well as a promotion for C. V. (Pete) Hoop er. Mr. Kemp was mkde treasurer and general manappr, Mr. Silver man secretary and superintendent of the finishing and shipping de partments. Mr. Hooper was made assistant secretary. "The selection of these men," Mrs. Jackson said, "reflects the confidence of tue company in them and is recognition of their con ?lMt mi faithful M*rviMM " Mr. Silverman has been with the company since 1939, Mr. Hoop er since 1947 and Mr. Kemp since 1949. Negro Woman Found Guilty On Charge of Shoplifting Mercury Goes Up To 69 Jan. 3 Sunday started the new year in Carteret County with a touch of spring as the thermometer rose to 69. warmest temperature posted in two weeks. Shirt sleeves and light sweaters were the costume of the day. Many folks took advantage of the weather to do a little sight seeing. It cooled off after the sun went down. The temperature went down to 91. Around 3 a.m. Sunday morning a thundershower came up and J of an inch of rain fell, according to Stamey Davis, weather obaerver in Morehead City. Temperatures have beea rising steadily since last Thursday. Low est temperature recorded was 38 degrees on Friday and Saturday. Yesterday's temperatures were not available aa THE NEWS-TIMES went to press Temperature reading! follow: Max. Mhk Thursday .* 98 48 Friday 99 38 Saturday 98 S8 Sunday 89 SI k ? Court costs were paid by Mary Ferguson, Negro woman of More head cfty, yesterday in Morehead City Recorder's Court. She was found guilty of stealing, silk stock ings from the Morehead City Co lonial Store. The defendant was arrested Thursday afternoon by Morehead City poiice. Beatrice Monroe of Morehead City was taken into cus tody at the same time, charged with being her accomplice. Both were arrested after E. B. Thompson. Colonial Store manager, reported to police that the two women had taken some silk hose from the (tore, police Mid. They were taken back to the Colonial Store after police appre hended them in front of Freeman & Nelson's store on Arendell street. Six pairs of silk hose were found on Mary Ferguaon, but noth ing waa found on Beatrice Monroe, police said. Police reported that the Fergu son woman admitted she took the hose A warrant was made out charging her with petty larceny. Police then obtained a search war rant to search Beatrice Monroe's Sgt. Bruce Edwards testified that upon arriving there a teen-aged girl was seen leaving with a paper bag. Police aaid it contained pack ages of meat with the Colonial Store label. They also said that the girl told them she was toM to take tile bag and hide it The girl was taken to bead quarters where she signed a state ment to that effect and Beatrice Monroe was then charged with re ceiving stolen goods. According to police the packages of meat were intact in their cellophane wrap pings. The court after hearing the testimony stated that more evi dence was needed on the charge against Beatrice Monroe and de cided not to prosecute the caae at this tipie. The sheriff's department report ed that a large number of sheets belonging to the National Linen Co., Wilmington, were found in the Monroe house over the weekend. Beatrice Monroe, who has been re peatedly booked on liquor charges in the county, aaid that the "sheets got mixed up" with her things when tbey were at the laun dry. Tids Table TMm at Imhit Bar HIGH LOW Tnrujiy, in. 5 8:41 a.m. 3:28 a.m. 8:58 p.m. 3:13 p.m. WatiMsdiy, Jul. f 9:38 a.m. 4:18 a.m. 8:91 p.m. 4:86 p.m. Thartday, Jaa. 7 10:39 a.m. 9:12 a.m. 10:48 p.m. 9:00 p.m. Frtfcy, Jaa. 8 1MB a.m. 0:08 a.m. 11:36 p.m. 9:93 P-?. Bankers Sponsor Oratory Contest High School Students Will Compote for $6,000 in Prizes; Finals March 3) High school students of Carteret County today were invited to par ticipate in a statewide contest of fering more than $6,000 in prizes. The invitation was extended by bankers of Carteret County who are promoting "The Big Change," an oratorical contest sponsored by the North Carolina Bankers Associa tion. The contest is designed to call attention to North Carolina's prog ress since the turn of the century, and to cause high school students to devote some thought to how this progress may be continued in the future, announced 1. E. Pittman of the Morehead City First-Citizens Bank and Trust Co. The contest will begin with high school eliminations during the first week of March 1954. The winners from each high school in the county will compete on March 10 to de termine the county winner. Divisions Set Up The county winners, in turn, will compete on March 17 in group eliminations. The state has been divided into ten groups for the contest, roughly ten counties to the group. Carteret is in Group 3 with Onslow, Duplin, Sampson. Jones, Lenoir, Craven, Pamlico and Wayne Counties. On March 24 the ten division winners will compete in division eliminations. The state has been divided into three divisions for purposes of the contest. On March 31 the three division winners will compete in the state finals in Raleigh. There will be prizes on all levels, with the throe finalists winning $1,000, $500 and $250 respective ly. Prizes have been arranged for each high school; each county win ner will receive a $25 Savings Bond; each group winner will re ceive a $100 Savings Bond. The three division winners will receive $500 cash. Progress Emphasised The Bankers Association, in sponsoring the contest, points to the remarkable progress made in Nortli Carolina during the past half hi education, in industry, in farming and in general welfare The nilmber of school teachers today it almost three times as See BANKERS, Page 3 Child Hit by Car; Two Cars Crash in Beaufort Old Buck Will Bring Christmas to Hatter as Sometime after sundown tonight the eve of Old Christmas will be ushered in by Old Buck, who will come bellowing from his hideaway in Trent Woods to start the 202nd year of Old Christmas on Halteras Island. Old Buck will travel to Chica micomico, some 25 miles to the northward, stopping enroute to punish children who have not minded their parents. As he enters the outskirts of the village, the young will clutch their mothers skirts and some of the older men will dash forth to do battle with the old "dragon.' ' Battle Ensues After a terrific battle, with hor rendous bellows from Old Buck and grunts from the valorus de fenders, Old Buck will retire from the field of battle and stagger back to the woods. To celebrate another victory ov er the fearful dragon, the villa gers. who have sought refuge in the Coast Guard Station, will make merry with songs, dancing and ex changing of gifts. An old drum will beat furiously to sound the victory over old Buck. The evening will end in the tra ditional oyster roast. Old Buck is a survival of the legend of St. George and the Drag on which is straight out of Eng lish mythology. He is supposed to be a massive ox. Nobody has ever actually seen old Buck. Fleeting glimpses of the "dragon" have been permitted for those bold enough to peep out of windows during the battle to catch a momentary shake of the terrible horns or the ferocious swishing of the tail. Old Buck's bellow has been a standard rule for quelling unruly children on Hatteras. The mere mention of his name and punish ments he brings turns the most rebellious urchin into a virtual angel, the mothers say. So tonight Old Buck will come snorting and bellowing up from the woods and threaten the villag ers at Chicamicomico. He will be dealt with as he has been in the past and righteousness will prevail for the moment. Naughty children will be forgiven for their small sins and be welcomed to *hare the gen erosity of Santa Claus. Thus will Old Christmas be ush ered in on Hatteras Island; a tra dition and a legend, hul still a part of life in this part oi the world. Elks Hope to Establish Boys Camp on Bogue Banks The North Carolina Elks art> at tempting to raise $40,000 to put chase a ? ?mp site 011 Bogue Banks for "worthy and deserving boys" of Eastern North l arolina- Tht site under consideration is part of the Roosevelt property located west of Atlantic Bea. h and bounced by jib Atlantic Ocean antF (foguc Sound. Proceeds from the Elki Bowl game Jan. 2 at Greenville, will go I toward the camp fund. EL. Nelson, Morehead City, former grand ex alter ruler of Morehead City Beau fort Lodge No. 1710 is a member j of the camp committee. ! If current negotiations for the Lite are completed in time, the cump will begin operations next 1 <v4bimcr, lit announced by Efs binr Duft, chairman of the com mitter. See ELKS, Page 3 k A child was hit by a car Friday an.i two cars crashed to gether Sunday at an intersection during the New Year's weekend in Beaufort. Margaret Louise Merrill, 10-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Merrill, 314 Orange St., Beaufort, escaped serious injury when she was struck by a car at the Ann and Craven street intersection* shortly before 3 o'clock Friday afteroon, New Year's Day. The car was driven by H. E. Hradley. ITSMC. Cherry Point, whose home is Savannah. Ga. Ac cording to Chief of Police M. E. Guy. Bradley was going east on Ann street and the Merrill child, with another girl, was crossing the street. She was knocked over and suf fered skinned knees and a black eye. said the chief. He added that the Bradley car evidently was not going fast. The child, he said, re fused to be taken to a doctor or to the hospital. Bradley was driving a 1952 Chevrolet sedan. With him in the automobile were his wife, two chil dren, and another passenger. No charges were placed against Brad Icy. . Raleigh Gillikin, Broad street. Beaufort, and James M Ives. 707 Woodrow St., Wilson, will be tried in Beaufort Recorder's Court this afternoon on charges resulting from a collision at 9:45 a.m. Sun day. Gillikin has been charged with careless and reckless driving and Ives with going through a stop sign, according to Officer Mack Wade of the Beaufort police force Officer Wade said Ives was go ing north on Marsh street and Gil likin east on Broad. The Gillikin automobile, a 1952 Nash, caught the Ives car on the left rear fender and knocked it across the street up against the curb. No one was hurt. Officer Wade said he believes Gillikin was going faster than the 35-mile limit allowed because his ear skid 35 feet after the brakes were applied and before hitting the Ives automobile, a 1948 Hud son. Damage U*4he Hudson is cli mated m The left front fen der and headlight on the Nash were smashed. Riding with Ives was his wife. Gillikin was alone. What's in Store tor Folks in 1954? Politics ni , Prices and "pinks"? cost of liv ing and Communists ? are going to be big political talking points next year when the Democrats and the GOP battle it out for control of Congress. If the past is key to the future, the Democrats have a good chance of riding back into power in Sen ate and House. The party division is almost even now. and it is more or less true that the party which wins i presidential election loaes some Congressional seats two years later. [ Top Republicans are counting heavily on President Eisenhower's personal popularity a:id the Com munists ? in ? government iasue to overcome this in I AM. Democrats are getting set to bear down on the packet book pinrii and what they claim are broken Republican campaign promises. Living coats have hit record highs several times in recent months, yet prices of (arm prod ucts haven't kept pace. Regardless of what new farm program the Eisenhower administration turns ud with. Congress appears bent on voting to keep high, rigid price support? for farmers. The administration, furthermore, now concedes it can't balance the budget in the fiscal year beginning July 1, 195* It faces the embar rassing prospect of having to ask Congress to boost the 275- billion dollar limit on the national debt . . Douglaa B. Cornell Radio-TV Color in television may not have a very big audience in 1954, but at least by another Christmas it should be well on its way. Two networks. NBC and CBS, already are equipped for color transmission and arc expected to be the most active in presenting tinted shows. They also were the principals in the color fight, the compatible system advocated by the former finally winning out. . . . Charles E. Butterfield I Business I' Caution is out-talking cockiness as business squares away for a new year. Thoee who think the adjust ment to normal times from the Ko rean boom is going to be a piece meal one, count these blessings as the new year starts: Incomes are high ? both indi vidually and in national total*. Sav inn are high. Living standards were never higher. II Americans go on buying at a normal rate. 1954 will be a good year ? even if off a little from 19S3, as most now expect. The worst that can happen ? the middle ofthcroader* believe ? ia ar inventory readjustment in the fiist half of IBM. like 1MK-49, with businessmen living off their stocks and factories cutting back production till orders pick up again. . . . Sam Dawson Labor Never since the Taft-Hartley la bor relation taw ?u enacted in 19*7 baa a year gone by without bitter political scrapping over movei to change ita terms. It ap pear* 1954, another political year, will be no exception. President Eisenhower baa prom laed to outline propoaala to Con greaa in January (or rev king TH. Whatever he reeommanda ia bound to touch off controwray. Manage ment would rather leave the law unchanged ? or make It toagber an the uniona. The unlona want U repealed or at leaat weakened. The ACL and CIO enter the new yaar moving slowly In the direction of their long sought merger. They have agreed to a "no-raiding" pact each promiting not to aeiie the other '? already-organized member*. . . . Norman Walker r? ? ? rmii Education The crest of the pupil flood will begin to hit American schools in the fall of IBM. Enrollment in the first gnde will reach it* peak then. High schools will catch the crsst In IMS, colleges in 1968. The U S. Office of Education and tha National Education Aaao Sura Things? Among things moist likely to happen in IBM: a million school children will be injected with gamma globulin or polio vaccine; aircraft will be faster and look more streamlined; bathing suits will be skimpier but there will be few complaints; machinery will turn out more machinery. elation expect 90,000 r.cw clian momi to be built in 1934, u many aa were built in 1993. 'But even at that rate, achool conatruction won't catch up. Statea will make whatever ad iuatmenta they deem proper aa a result of Supreme Court action on the acbooi segregation iaaue . . Clarke Baach { Aviation * You can expect the firet [light of the firaf U. S.-huilt Jet trans port in 1054. Boeing Airplane Company ex pects by midyear to fly its first model. Officially it's designed as a Jet tanker for ?he refueling of B52s. B47s and fast Jet fighters. Moat American buyers have turned thumbs down on the British let Comet, flying on foreign routes (or the past year and a half, as too small and too costly. Lockheed and Douflaa are working on Jet transport projects too, and may have something to shuw in 19M. The Air Force plans to inaugu rate Its 1, 000-mile long guided mia sile range from Florida's Cape Ca naveral to Puerto Rico in the com ing year. And the first Martin Matador guided misaile unit la to be sent to Europe. . . . Vera Haugland MUMraiat Flames Damage House Sunday Gilden Residence Catches Fire While Occupants Are Away The one story frame house, own ed by Eddie Gilden, 1702 Bridges St., More head City, was damaged by fire to the extent jf $3,000 Sun day morning. Eldon Nelson, More head City fire chief, reported yes terday. The alarm was turned in at 7 a.m. by a neighbor. Cecil Aster Raper. after a passerby noticed smoke coming from the roof. Chief Nelson said. No one was home at the Gilden residence and the fire was probably smoldering a long time before flames were noticed. The fire is believed to have started in the chimney easing. The flames destroyed floor and ceiling joists. Smoke and water damage also increased the lass which is reported covered by insur ance. County Board Deals With Tax, Road Problems The County Hoard of Commis sioner* in a brief t&ssion that end ed before noon yesterday dealt with road nod tax problems. J. Maynard Hicks, highway com missioner of the second district, wrote a letter to the hoard, in forming commissioners that im provement of the Hibbs road can not be taken care of in this year's program. The road is 4.34 miles long and petitioners from the Newport sec tion appeared at the last board meeting to request that the road jc paved. Dr. K. P. B. Bonner, chairman )( the board, said the state's de cision probably was based on the fact that there are very few houses jn the road but he said it shortens he distance to the sound by five ind a half miles. , Earl Campen appeared to ask igain that a road adjoining high way 101 north of Beaufort be put >n the highway system. He was >resent at the December meeting ind was advised to get the proper >etition to present to the board. Mr. Campen said the road is 730 rards long and runs into property >wned by Dick Parker, Beaufort ind a new farm he himself has op ened up. The matter was referred o the State Highway Commission. Wiley Taylor Jr., attorney, and 'harles T. Dodrill, attorney from West Virginia, appeared before he board, representing C. H. Case vho has recently "bought consid erable property in Carteret Coun y," according to Mr. Taylor. The attorneys requested an ad justment in taxes from 1928 hrough 1940. The taxes totaled &728 and the county board said hey would accept one-half of that imount as settlement The land nvolved is located at Stacy and in he Merrimon section. The county board validated a leed belonging to Dan W. Smith Ir. proving him to be owner of 25 icres of "Campbell land" in New io rt township. Commissioner Walter Yeomans )f Harkcrs Island was requested o contact Fernie Ycomans of barkers Island in regards to pay ng taxes for the years 1992 and )rior. The commissioners said they vould like to have the matter set led. Present at the board meeting In he courthouse were Commissioners itomans, E. H. Potter and Mo?cs loward, Dr Bonner, and Clerk Ir in W. Davis. Commissioner Tilden )avis of Hark*?rs Island was ab ent. ?'Ive Arrested Five men were arrested in fieau ort Saturday on charges of public drunkenness. They are Theodore licks. Charier SumptT. Arion Gad on, itoy Klleatt and Ben Hopttos. Mficers making the arrests were 'hief of Police M. E. Guy, Officer lack Wade. Assistant Chief Carl on Garner and Mfeer St?*a T
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