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CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES ??< 43rd YEAR, NO. 8. EIGHT PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY, JANUARY 26, 1954 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS NEWS-TIMES OFFICE 504 AmUI St. Mor*hwui City Phon* 6-4175 Veterinarian Says Infected Hogs Near Newport Are Dead Don Walker, Beaufort, To Go to Council Meeting Dan L. Walker, of Beaufort, will present a proposed constitution and by-laws at a call meeting of the North Carolina Coastal Marine Council Friday in Washington. N. C. The purpose of the meeting will be to make progress reports of the council since its formation and to discuss the inland ports survey which is currently underway by the Conservation and Development Department. ? Before the meeting, a discussion will take place regarding a perma nent set of officers. Members of the council include the 26 inland water counties of coastal North Carolina. The inland ports survey which the council sponsored and secured an appropriation from the legisla ture, has been started by a New York engineering firm. Girl Scouts Hope for $500 Through Play Girl Scout sponsors of the Car teret Community Theatre play, One Foot in Heaven, which will be given Feb. 4 and 5 in the Beaufort audi torium, have undertaken the pro ject to raise money for organization of a Carteret County Girl Scout Council. Their goal is $500. The tickets to the play are being sold by troop members. Proceeds in excess of play expenses will go to the Girl Scouts. Complimentary tickets to the play have been sent to Carteret County ministers. The play deals with the life of a minister and liis family. Ray Cummins and" Joycc Willis, both of Morehead City, play the leads. One Foot in Heaven is a comedy and the first production of the new ly-organized Carteret Community Theatre. Sheriff Arrests Tilfon Lawrence Tilton Lawrence, Otway, has been charged with assault as the result of a set-to at 1:30 Sunday morning at a general store on the Harkers Island Road. Sheriff Hugh Salter said that Lawrence, who works for the Nor folk Dredging Co., was charged with assaulting J. B. Brooks, Hark ers Island, with brandishing a double-barreled shotgun, causing people to be in fear of their Uvea at a public place and disturbing the peace. He was released under $50 cash bond and was docketed for trial in 1 County Recorder's Court Feb. 16 The sheriff said the fracas arose over a discussion on how a car was parked. Lions Net $13 , On Bingo Party The Morchead City Lions Clul mot Thursday in the Recreation Center and learned that the bind party netted $3.87. Contribution t by persons who did not play to Uled $8.20 making a total of S13.11 raised to send the Morchead Cit> High School band to the Lioni Convention at Wilmington. Oscar Allred, chairman of tb< bingo committee, expressed keen disappointment at the failure ol the project. However, he said thia does not alter the Liona Club'i plans to send the band to Wilming ton for the convention. Azalea sale plana were shelved temporarily because a reply re girding the shipment of the axal eaa hasn't been received yet from the Alabama nursery A motion was made and ap proved by the club to refer the lo cal talent show project kto th< club's board of directors for study Contest Committee Meeti Last Night; Three Added The steering committee of th< Beaufort Finer Carolina contest met laat night at the town hall Beaufort. Persona recently added to the committee by N. F. Eure, general chairman of the contest ire Mayoi C. T. Lewis, Randolph Johiwon ind lira. Venua Davis. REA Asks to Be Taken into Town Morehead Commissioners Decide Against Adop tion of Solicitation Law The Carteret - Craven Electric Membership Corp., more familiarly known as REA, officially requested the town board to take into the town its new property at highway 70 and 25th street, Morehead City. The board agreed and since no property owners are affected the advertising for a hearing on the matter and other legal procedures will merely be a formality. The petition for extending the limits to include the REA building was presented to the Morehead City board Thursday night at the municipal building. At a meeting of the town board Jan. 5 the town agreed to pay $500 toward cost of a sewer line from the REA build ing. The board gave authority to the town attorney, George McNeill, the finance commissioner, S. C. Hollo way and Mayor George Dill to act on a request by L. M. Fluhart. Mr. Fluhart is the town's collector of delinquent personal property taxes. Mr. Fluhart requested that he be given authority to bring suit tp col lect delinquent taxes of 1951 and prior, getting a commission of 40 per cent if he files suit and 20 per cent if he collects without filing suit. The discussion centered around how much commission and whether the commission would be collected on personal taxes that were not de linquent but were paid along with overdue taxes. _ Kequesi Made Harvey Hamilton Jr., represent ing Cecil A. Raper, appeared be fore the board and requested the board's okay on allowing Mr. Raper to lease a piece of lam! north of block 88, dredge and deposit spoil age at the end of 5th street. The town board said they have no authority to lease any street end. Mr. Hamilton then called in Mr. Raper who told the board that he wanted to dredge a boat slip. He said he wanted to use it for his own purposes and the town said they could not give him exclusive | right to town property. They added, however, if he want ed to go ahead and undertake his project and take the chance of the town telling him to get out any time, that was his gamble. Mr. Hamilton said that he want ed to resign as chairman of the board of adjustment. He said he , had too much work to do, adding ' that he can never get members of ; the board, Sam Adler, Walter Lewis, Bob Howard and Marion Mills together at one time. He said that the board hasn't met in months. The commissioners took | no action. Mr. Hamilton's resignation came up when the town board allowed Kenneth Guthrie a 2 \* -foot ease ment because somehow the build ers got his house closer to the property line than the zoning law allows. Mr. Hamilton Said the matter was something for the adjustment board to act on and then asked the mayor to bring up the fact that he ( had written a letter of resignation ! See TOWN BOARD, Page Z ? Dr. C. E. Paden, veterinarian in the county, reported yesterday that the hogs in the lot near Newport that were infected with vesicular exanthema (VE) have been shot and put underground. The farmers in the county are still getting full protection, he added. The lot re maius under quarantine. Dr. Paden said that VE is spread by feeding raw garbage and by d* rect or indirect contact with in jected hogs. It may be carried to a farm on contaminated clothing or vehicles. State law requires that anyone feeding garbage to hogs is required to get a permit. This permit is is sued only with the understanding that the feeder of garbage will cook tht garbage and build the required feeding platforms. The hog lots are also subject to inspection at any time by an au thorized representative of the North Carolina Department of Agriculture. The first inspection usually comes within a month after the permit has been issued. Should an outbreak of VE occur on premises where garbage is fed, the state will not pay the farmer for the hogs that have to be slaughtered, Dr. Paden explained. This payment goes only to farmers who, through no fault of their own, have to contend with an outbreak of the disease. The veterinarian said that the hog lot near Newport, where the recent outbreak of VE occurred, was properly equipped for cooking the garbage obtained from Cherry Point Marine Air Base. The own ers, however, are not qualified for reimbursement for the 150-odd head of hogs that were killed last week. Hogs that are shipped across state lines arc required to be in spected. Dr. Paden reported, how ever, that the outbreak at Newport was due to bringing in infected hogs from another state. By yesterday, no other outbreaks of VE in the county had been reported. Father Byron Replaces Rector The Rev. J. Paul Byron has as sumed his duties as rector of St. Egbert's Catholic Church in More head City replacing the Rev. De Sales Dwortkette, the former rec tor. Father Byron assumed his duties Jan. 15 after being transferred The Rev. J. Paul Byron . . . new rector arrives here from Asheboro, N. C. He has held pastorates in several localities throughout the state. Father Byron is a native of Al bany, N. Y. After completing high school and college, he re ceived his training at St. Bonaven tuj-e Seminary in New York. The Rev. Terrence Burns, curate, has also been transferred. As yet he has not been replaced. Next Week Is Challenge Week' Throughout Carteret i Dr. K. P. u uonner, cnairman [ of the county board of commission ers, has proclaimed next week, I Feb. 1-5, as "Challenge Week" in . Carteret County. During that week five meetings I will be held throughout the county - for the purpoae of letting up or - ganiutiona through which county i farm leaders can conduct their ag riculture challenge program. Two teams will be conducting the ? meetings One team consists of C. ? S. Long, Newport; R. M Williams. . county agent, Oavid Jones, soil conservationist; and Mrs. D. Cor dova, Morehead City. 1 On the other team are Roy Beck, soil conservationist, Miss Martha Barnett, home agent; B. J. May. ' ASC manager; and Alvin C. New I some, assistant farm agent. Next week's meetings are intend ed to be the starting point for < organizations .that can carry I through projects in rural commun ? ities. "We hope to develop rural i leadership by which people can ac corapiiah things by working togoth er, commented Mr. Beck, publicity chairman for the challenge pro gram. The schedule of meetings fol- ' lows: Monday, assembly room over Howard's garage, Newport; Tues day, courthouse, Beaufort; Wednes- 1 day, Smyrna High School; Thurs day, Pelletier Club House; Friday, Lionel Conner's store, Harlowe. All meetings will begin at 7:30 p.m. Officer Reports Car Windows Splintered Officer Mack Wade of (he Beau fort police force reported yester day that three Beaufort car owners have reported the window, of their cam broken. The damaged can belong to Julian Hamilton. C. K. Howe and Miss Susan Rumley. Officer Wade said It looked to him a? though someone had tried to put a fiat through the window*. The windowi were aplintered. Evidently no at tempt was made to take anything from the cart. Morehead City To Alfer Meiers By Feb. 15 Town Considers Purchase Of Electric Speed Clock At Thursday Meeting The Morehead City town board has set Feb. 15 as the date when ?ts parking meters will operate solely on a mckel-an-hour basis. The decision was made at the board meeting Thursday night. City Clerk John Lashley said it would take several weeks to install the new meter parts. The change is necessitated by a State Supreme Court decision which ruled that since parking meters are devices to be used solely as traffic regulators, it is not in the interest of safety and traffic regulation to let the motorist decide whether he shall park 12 minutes, 48 minutes or two hours. Meaning of Ruling The ruling means, simply, that only one coin may be used and that one coin must buy the same amount of parking time for each person putting the coin in the meter. The town ordinance must also be drawn to be in line with the new ruling. Mayor George Dill said thai May or Clifford Lewis of Beaufort con tacted him regarding the date of installation of the new set-up in Morehead City and the mayor said the towns have agreed to convert at the same time to avoid con fusing the people who do business in the two towns. The parts for converting one me ter cost $5.75, Mr. Lashley said. The clerk was authorized to order 50 more meters for Arendell street between loth and 11th. The board asked that three meters be re placed near the old Royal Theatre. The meters were removed from the section just east of the theatre when a cab stand operated there Because meters in front of the post office go off at 6 p.m., cars park there after that time making it impossible to park while get ting mail at the postofice, said the mayor. It was suggested that me ters be moved from in front of the post office and signs allowing no more than 12-minute parking be put up, the 12-minute parking to be permitted between the hours of 9 a.m. and 10 p.m. In all other sec tions of town meters will operate from 8 a m. to 6 p.m. Before these decisions were made Commissioner D. G. Bell sug gested that the town allow two hour parking for five cents. After considering the suggestion, the commissioners decided that one hour for a nickel was best and Mr. Lashley said too that the parts now on hand could not be used if the two-hours-for-a-nickel idea was decided on. Attorney George McNeill was See METERS. Page 2 Extensive Repairs onOldDock At State Port to Begin Monday To Speak Sunday Dr. Dennis H. Cooke, presi dent of High Point College, will be the speaker at I he Fifth Sun day Union Service in Morehead City Sunday night. The service will take plqre in the Morehead City school auditorium at 7:30. Dr. Cooke's topic will be "Peace, but Not Without Freedom." Luncheon Will Honor School Bus Drivers More than 80 persons are expect ed at the school bus drivers* lunch eon at the Recreation Center, More head City, at noon tomorrow. The luncheon is given annually in honor of school bus drivers. The speakers will be C. C. Brown, director of transportation of the State Department of Educa tion and Mr. Helms of the State ?Jigiiway Safety division. 1 h. .Joslyn, county superintendent of schools, will be toast master. Among the guests will be Gates Matthews, Raleigh, bus driver ex aminer: R. W. Safrit, chairman of the county board of education: J. D. Totter, county auditor: Sgt. C. L. Tea sue, Cpl. Ernest Guthrie, J. W. Svkes, W. J. Smith, R. H. Brown and W. E. Pickard, all of the State Highway Patrol; L. L. Hall and L. R. Hall, school bus mechanics: and Miss Lucille Rice of the county board of education office. Thirty-four bus drivers and 31 alternate bus drivers are expected, Mr. Joslyn said. Barbecue will be served. Chamber Starts Quest tor Hotel Morehead Board Ratifies Publication of 60-Page Tourist Booklet W. S. Kidd, Morehead City, has been appointed to look into promo tion of a large resort and conven tion hotel for Morehead City. The appointment was made by J. War ren Beck, president of the More head City Chamber of Commerce at a meeting of the Board of Di rectors at the Hecreatior Ce.iter Thursday night. Dr. Ben F. Royal, board member, told the board members that there was a "crying need" for such a ho tel in this area. He suggested that the securing of such a facility be the main objective of the chamber for 1954. President Beck said he would ap point a committee within the next few days to work with Mr. Kidd. It was pointed out that Mr. Kidd has made trips to New York on his own in efforts to interest the necessary capital for such a ven ture. It was Mr. Kidd who first brought the attention of the board to the project at the November meeting. Dr. Royal also told the board of the recent purchase of 12 miles of beach stretching from Salter 1'ath to Swansboro, pointing t,hat it tied in with the promotion of Car teret County as a recreation and retirement area. Purchasers of the property were not identified and Irvin W. Davis, county register of deeds, said the transaction has not come through his office. The reported price of the property was $300,000 with most of the money coming from Fayetteville. It is believed the property will be sold for home sites. h+r DuBoi* chamber manager, prcwifed; for approval, the pros pectus of a 60-page booklet. The booklet will include weather sta tistics, historical points of inter est, maps, a description of each community in the county, tide tables, fishing information with photographs; bear, deer, and wild fowl hunting with photographs; the golf course. Atlantic Beach, charter boats, fishing piers, yacht basins, drive-inns, hotels, motels, restau rants, sporting goods stores, the atres, amusements, retirement op portunities, hospitals, clubs and churches. As approved by the board, the booklet will furnish information on See CHAMBER, Page 4 Morehead City Town Board Discusses Use of Police Cars Chamber Wants Road Paved A letter requesting the county board of commissioners to look into the nutter of paving the road from Crab Point to Mansfield has been sent to Dr. K. P. B. Bonner, chairman, by Joe DuBois. manager of the Morehead City Chamber o( Commerce. The letter, written at the request of the chambcr board directors, follows: "The Roard of Directors of the Morehead City Chamber of Com merce at their last meeting Thurs day. January 21, 19M, requested that the following be brought to the attention of the Board of Coun ty Commissioners. "For some two or three year* now the road from Crab Point, to Mansfield has been widened and graded. It is understood that .1 contract was let for the paving of ume but that for some reason the paving was never done. "Since the opening of the Golf anfl Country Club last July, the traffic on this road has doubled and trebled, having now reached a point where, we believe, it excecds that on any unpaved road in the County and that on many of our better hard surfaced roads. "It would appear that. i( left un paved for long, the coat of upkeep to the State will exceed the coat of paving. "The Board would greatly "ipprr ciate having the Board of County Commissioners look into the Statua of tbia road to see what atepa need to be taken In order to complete thla important project. Very reapectfully. Joseph A. DuBoia." "? The Morchead City town board, ? in session Thursday night at the municipal building, ruled that po lice cars may be used only for official business. "Official business" was inter preted by the board as meaning that the cars shall not be used to take policemen who live out of town to or from work. Because policemen who work the day shift are on eight hours a day, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., they are on call during all of those hours. For that reason the board felt - (hat policemen who live out of town and go home for lunch may take a police car. They said if a policemen should get a call and was needed while he was at lunch (here would be no way for him to answer the call immediately. Under the present arrangement, the officers get no free hour for lunch. To operate in that way would require the hiring of an ad ditional man. according to Police Commissioner D. G. Bell When the clerk, John Lashley, reported that the officers on duty lake the hour from 12 to 1 for lunch, it was suggested that their lunch hours be staggered so that there is one additional officer J>e sides the radio switchboard oper See POLICE, Page 2 Tide Tabl? Tide* at Beaufort Bar HH.II LOW Tuesday, Jan. 26 12:50 a.m. 12:54 p m. 7:11 am. 7:16 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 27 1:39 a.m. 8:07 a.m. 6:06 p.m. 1:45 p.m. Thursday, Ian. 26 2:34 a.m. 0:06 a.m. 0:02 p.m. 2:44 p.m. ' 1:82 a m. I 4S p.m. Friday, Jan. 26 10:66 a.m. 10:00 p.m. Two Cars Meet At Intersection Two cars collided at 11:30 Sun day night at the intersection of Mulberry and Live Oak streets, Beaufort. One car was a 1938 Ford driv en by James Wooten, 213 Fulford St . Beaufort, and the other was a 1947 Pontiac driven by Clyde Ev erett, 803 Broad Ct.. Beaufort. The Pontiac was owned by Clarence Pet tiway, Beaufort. Carlton Garner, assistant chief of police who investigated, said that Wooten was going north on Live Oak and Everett was going cast on Mulberry when they met. The traffic light at the intersec tion was not on at the time. Dam age to the Ford was estimated at >50 and damage to the Pontiac *75. No charges were preferred. As sisting in the investigation was Of ficer Steve Beachem. Owner Reports Damage At Burglarised Cottage Extensive damage has been re ported at the cottage of Mrs. T. Leslie Lee. Kinaton. which has been broken into. Sheriff Hugh Salter reported yesterday. He said Mrs. Lee discovered the damage Sunday afternoon. A wash basin was torn from the wall, t wall panel was broken and a carv ing set was gone. The sheriff's department is in vestigating. This la the filth break in at beach cottages within four weeks F. B. Carsons, general .superintendent for the contracting firm, Wannamaker and Wells, announced yesterday that repair work on the old dock at the port will begin next Monday. Mr. Carsons said equipment for the job is being assembled now. Cost of putting a thousand feet of the old dock into first rate condition will be $<J,<29,(M)0. A' contract for that amount was ap proved last fall by the State Ports Authority with an alternate pro vision to extend the contract to in clude repairs to an additional 350 feet at a cost of $97, (KM). The dock was built in 1936 by the former Morehead City Port Commission. It was taken over by the state in 1950 and adjoins the new steel and concrete docks com pleted in 1952. Henry van Oesen, Wilmington, engineer on the project, said cor rosion of the steel bulkhead above the mean low water line and dam age caused by ships have made re pairs necessary. Considerable fill has been lost too and as a result the dock has settled. Mr. van Oesen said, "Several methods of attempting to repair the steel were studied and it was finally determined that a concrete cap wall would provide the best and most serviceable repair method. New construction will con sist of the concrete cap wall, a se ries of new steel pilings and wales against the lower front portion of the steel bulkhead to reinforce it for deeper draughts in the slip. The contracting firm, Wanna maker and Wells, is located at Orangeburg, S. C. H. S. Gibbs Jr. Heads Contest H. S. Gibbs Jr. was elected gen eral chairman of the Finer Caro lina program in Morchead City Friday at a Carolina Power and Light dinner meeting in the Rec reation Center. The 22 persons present voted unanimously to have Bill Norwood, "ity, act as publicity chairman. The group also desig nated presidents of the various civic organizations, town board rep resentatives, and members of local churches to serve on the steering committee. A number of projects were dis cussed by members of the steer ing committee and a meeting of the committee was called for to morrow to select the live projects the town will work on and com plete in 1954. The meeting was sponsored by CP&L, contest sponsor, with George Stovall, local manager, as host. Mr. Stovall outlined the Fin er Carolina program after the din ner. Mr. Gibbs stated that since the deadline for entering the contest was Feb. 1, the projects to be un dertaken should be discussed and decided upon as soon as possible. Mr. Stovall answered several questions concerning the program and Joe DuBois. manager of the Morchead City Chamber of Com merce, who was publicity chair man for last year's contest, enu merated the five projects under taken last year. Mr. DuBois also told what the final outcome of the projects were. Four of the projects were com pleted, but the fifth failed due to a conflict with state highway of ficials. Willie M. Harkley Gets 18 Months In Court Yesterday Willie Moorr Harkley. Morehead Crty, drew an 18-month jail aen tcnce in Morehead City Recorder's Court yesterday He waa appre hended Dec. 8 by Patrolman Carl Bunrh and Lt. Carl Blomberg after a chase in which Harkley aband oned his car. Found in the car was non-taxpaid whiskey Harkley was charged with oper ating a car with an improperly is sued license. He was found guilty and drew a 80-day sentence on that charge. He got 00 days "Tor careless and recklesa driving. 12 months for pos sessing non-taxpaid whiskey and one month for fraudulent use of an operator'a license. The state de cided not to proaecute on a charge of operating a car with a revoked license. Rotary Club Admits New Member Thursday Robert L. llicks. 3107 Arendell St.. became a member of the More bead City Rotary Club Thursday at a meeting in the Recreation Center. It was announced that the dis trict meeting of the Rotary Club will be Fab 11 and 12 at Golds boro. Club visitors were Murray Tolson, Ocrpcok*. and the Rev 'Mack' Mc Queen. Clinton. Special Events To Wind Up March of Dimes Two new March of Dimes events will take place this week and four others, either in process or de ferred because of bad weather, are also on the calendar. The Mothers March will take place Thursday night Miss Martha Barnett. Morehead City, chairman of the project, said mothers will make a house to house canvas. If persons wish, they may leave their porch lights on, but calls will be made at every house. In the rural areas some of the houses will be canvassed tonight and tomorrow. In Morehead City the mothers should turn their col lections in at the Recreation Cen ter and in Beaufort at the home agent s office in the courthouse an nex. The Block of Dimes in Morehead City was postponed again Saturday because of the .cold and threat of rain. Miss Lillian Morris, More head City, chairman of the event, said it will take place this Saturday regardless of weather conditions. Contest Continues The baby contest at Newport en ters its final week this week. New port folks are voting for "New port's Baby of 1954." Ballot boxes for the babies are in business plac es in Newport. The baby with Mr*. C. L. Beam, March of Dimes treasurer, has announced that Edwards Chapel, Free Will Baptist Church, Merrimnn, has contributed $15 to the March of DimM the most "votes" (money) in the box at the close ol business Sat urday night will be the winner. Mrs. Edgar Hibbs is in charge of the contest. C. C. McCuiston, pro at the More head City golf course, has extend* ed the Blind Bogey through thij coming Sunday. It was originally scheduled for just this past week* endd but the cold weather put the damper on extensive play. Minimum entrance charge for the Blind Bogey is 50 cents Prizes to the winner and runner up will bo contributed by Mr. and Mrs. Mc Cuiston. To Play Bingo Mrs. Karl Murdoch, chairman of the March of Dimes in the Wild wood - Camp Glenn section, re minds persons that a bingo 'party for the March of Dimes will take place at 7:30 Thursday night at Mrs. B. O. Ketner's Recreation Room highway 70 across from the Airpoii Grill. A concert by the Persuading Five, Negro quintet, will be given at 8 p.m. Thursday in the W. S. King School auditorium. Morehead City. Admission will be 25 and 50 cents, . with proceeds going to the March of Dimes. Members of the quintet are Rob ert E. Jones, first lead tenor; Luke Horton and Kenneth Jones, tenors; Floyd Horton, baritone; and the Rev. William Horton. bass. The concert will consist of spirituals. The shoe party, to be given by the Community Dramatic Club, Morehead City, Friday night, was rained out and was postponed un | til last night. Negro Farm Bureau to Meet The County Negro Farm Bur eau will hold its annual meeting it 7 o'clock Thursday night at the Negro church on the loop mad three miles east of Bogue off high way 24 A harl>ecue supper will l>e serv ed and a recording of the talk by Dr. C. U. Katchford. who spoke at the Farm Bureau meeting here in December will be played. Dr. Ratchford is in charge of farm man agement extension at State College. R. M Williams, county agent, Robert Laughton, president of the County Farm Bureau and Floyd Garner, membership chairman, will attend. Mr. Williams said he hopes all Negro farm families will make a special effort to be present. Democratic Committee to Meet The County Democratic commit tee will meet Saturday morning to appoint a member of the County Board of Education, Irvin W. Dav is, chairman of the committee, an* nounced yesterday.