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W CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES ?? 43rd YEAR, NO. 18. TWO SECTIONS TEN PAGES MORE HEAD CITY AND BEAUFO'ET, NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY, MARCH 2, 1964 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS Former Port Director Will Conduct Honduras Survey B&PW Club Asks For Nominations Civic Groups Receive Ballots to Select Woman-of-the-Year Ballots have been mailed to civic and fraternal organizations in Morehead City and Beaufort for selecting a Woman of the Year for 1953. The award is given by the Carteret Business & Professional Women's Club. Mrs. Wiley Taylor Jr., Beaufort, is chairman of the Woman of the Year committee. The award will be made April 27 at the B&PW birthday party. Mrs. D. F. Merrill, of Beaufort, re ceived the 1952 award at a club Bosses' Night Dinner last April. On the baiiot are spaces for the candidate and her sponsor's names. It must be in the hands of Mrs. Walter Lasker, Box 330, Beaufort, by March 31. Rules governing the selection arc the following: the candidate must have lived in Carteret County the past six months and must have contributed to civic endeavors. Judging is to be done by five outstanding citizens of Beaufort and Morehead City. Ballots were sent in Beaufort to Beaufort Jaycees, B&PW Club, Junior Woman's Club, Rotary Club, Odd Fellows, Masons, Eastern Star. Chamber of Commerce, Beaufort Book Club, American Legion, Choral Club, and Carteret Com munity Theatre. In Morehead City: Jaycees, Junior Woman's Club, Rotary, Lions, Elks, American Legion. Chamber of Commerce, Eastern Star, and Masons. New Postoffice Goes Up at Beach A new postoffice is being built at Atlantic Beach on the beach highway between the Newman Willi* home and the Texaco Service Station. Mrs. Newman Willis, postmis tress, says the postoffice will be a one-story concrete block build ing 20 by 20 feet with a concrete floor. It is expected to be com pleted by April 15 and ready to open May 1. The new postoffice will take the place of the present one located in a wooden building in the Atlan tic Beach business section. It was decided to build a new postoffice. Mrs. Willis said, be cause of the lack of parking space and cramped quarters at the pres ent location. Cost of construction of the new building is being borne 'by Mrs. Willis. Since the Atlantic Beach postoffice is rated fourth class (on basis of sales volume), the Federal government does not furnish funds for construction, Mrs. Willis ex plained. Mrs. Willis became postmistress in 1951 after the death of her hus band, James Newman Willis, who had been postmaster since 1936 when the postoffice was estab lished. Mrs. Willis is helped in the post office by her son, James Newman Willis III, during the summer months. Azalea Sale Brings $138 The Morehead City Lions Club's Azalea Sale netted $138. The sale took place Friday and Saturday in front of Webb'i store on Arendell street. All plants were sold and D. B. Webb, chairman of the Azalea Sale committee, termed the affair a complete success. Proceeds of the sale will go toward purchaalng street marker*, the Blind Fund, and other club and community pro jects. Members of the clab on the sale committee were Fred Hardy, Owens Frederick, WlnfieM Webb, John D. Willis Gordon Laughton, Wesley Branson and Mr. Webb. The Morehesd City Lions Club emphasized again their forthcoming bingo game Friday in the Recrea tion Center at a business meeting Thursday before joining the Rotary Club and Chamber of Commerce in a joint meeting. The bingo party will start at 7:30 p.m. and proceeds will go to ward getting street markers for the town, the Blind Fund, and oth er community projects. A special game for one dollar will be played for a $100 Spring outfit (or a man or woman. Re ceipts for the (pedal g| aw may l>a had in advance from any member of the club. f Col. Gedrge W. Gillette, former director of the State Ports Author ity, will leave for Honduras this week to conduct an engineering and economic survey of ports there. Colonel Gillette said he will un dertake the mission for the Hon duran Government in cooperation with the U. S. Government under the Foreign Operations Adminis tration of the State Department, formerly the Point Four program. The first phase of the work will require survey to determine wheth er the port city of Amapala, locat ed on the Pacific Coast of the Cen tral American country, can be de veloped into a modern port. Col onel Gillette explained If the sur vey proves the port development feasible, the former state ports di rector said he will organize a staff to prepare plans and specifications for the development. The project also includes bridges and a causeway from Amapala, situated on an island, to the main land to tie into the Pan-American highway. Good ports to the South also will be of great importance to the de velopment of North Carolina's ports, Colonel Gillette said. He reported that he had accepted the mission last June before he gave up the job as Ports Authority director. The Colonel will go to Washing ton for final instructions before leaving with Mrs. Gillette for Hon duras. Chairmen Name Committees For Homecoming Chairmen for Newport School's first homecoming day and dedi cation of the new school Satur day, April 17, have named com mittees. They are as follows: Steering committee, E. B. Comer, chair man; Mrs. Tom Dickinson, Mrs. David Kirk. Mrs. Kuby Simmons, C. S. Long, and Ed Carramy. ? Program committee, Mr. Comer, chairman; Mrs. Ruby Woodruff, Mrs. Janie Garner, Mrs. Margaret Mann, Mrs. Jake Wade. T. Roy Garner, Mrs. T. E. Williams. Mrs. Mark! rev, and Nathan Garner. Reception committee, Moses Howard, chairman; Edgar Hibbs, W. B. Allen, Mrs. Jimmie Kirby. Mrs. Manly Mason, Mrs. Stancil Bell. Dr. Manly Mason, J. I. Mizelle, and W. D. Heath Sr. Entertainment committee. Mrs. Ann Harvell, chairman. Mrs. Erma Quinn. A. H. Casey. Tom Dickin son, Fred Prcscott, Mrs. Floy Gar ner, Mrs. Neal Chadwick, and Har ry Lockey. Supper committee. Mrs. Eleanor Garner, chairman. Mrs. Grace Barnes, Mrs. Dick Lockey. Mrs. J. B. Kelly. Mrs. Margaret Gray, Mrs. Julie Howard, and Mrs. Otto Slaughter. Publicity committee, Mrs. Ida Reynolds, chairman; Mrs. Geraldine Garner. Mrs. Cornell Garner. David McCain. Mrs. David McCain, and Mrs. Robert Montague. Advertisement committee. Charles Hill Jr.. chairman; Roy T. Garner. Aaron Craig. W. D. Heath Jr., J. B. Kelly, St.<ncil Bell, and R. D. Garner. Building and grounds commit tee. Jack Bell, chairman; R. S. Gar ner. Slim Massey. Wendell McCabe, Lloyd N. Garner. Clarence Millis, Carl Garner, W. D. Roberta, Law rence Garner, and Floyd Garner. Decorating committee, Mrs. C. S. Long, chairman; Mrs. J. T. Mizelle. Mrs. Allen Cannon. Mrs. Moses Howard, and Mrs. Edgar Hibbs. Parking committee. C. S. Long, chairman; and members of the safety patrol. Directing traffic will be Highway Patrolman Robert Brown and Chief of Police Ormsby Mann. Parade management committee, Mr. Comer, chairman; H. D. Straw, Leon Mann Jr., Jimmie LaShan, David Kirk Sr., Allen Cannon, and Capt. W. H. Livingston. In charge of printing programs will be Mr*. Ed Comer. The steer ing committee will be ex-offlclo members of all committees. Mem bers of the student council will be student marshals. R. H. Kelly Escapes Injury in Wreck Randolph H. Kelly, route. 1 New port, escaped Injury at 11:90 Sun day morning when the 1S38 ton and a half truck he wai driving left the Nine-foot Road aix miles south of Newport State Highway Patrolman R. H. Brown said Kelly told him that aa he was rounding a curve on the way to Newport a tie rod came loose. The car left the rami, skithered ?cross a ditch and ended up in the woods against a pine tree The truck was demolished. No charge* wuwlltod. Cutter Saves $136,000 Load of Spuds ^ ? < ? : : ? ? ? ? - a .. . '? ' ? ' Republicans Rally for New Assault on Democratic Fort The County Republican Conven tion Friday night ended on a note of enthusiasm and optimism as the past chairman of the County Ex ecutive Committee, Claud Wheat ly, called for a full slate of offi cers in the Republican primary May 29. "The only hope of the Republi can party is to use the primary," Mr. Wheatly declared. "If wc don't our people will vote in the Demo cratic primary and before long they're registered as Democrats." Mr. Wheatly called the conven tion's attention to the fact that there's a fight on for the superior court judgeship in this district. J. Paul Friielle, W. J. Bundy and Luther Hamilton of Carteret Coun ty have filed for office. "To get a Carteret County man in office, the Democrats will in vite our people to vote for him in the primary. Then they get on the Democratic ticket and stay that way," Mr. Wheatly warned. He urged the 70 Republicans gathered in the courtroom of the courthouse in Beaufort to round up candidates for the primary. "There's no better time to put a s^ate up than right now," he said. Opportunity Now He said the opportunity is "wide open" for Republicans on the Board of County Commissioners. Mr.. Wheatly called for a recess of the. convention until April 9 when the group would re-convene "to put. up two people for every of fice." His talk met with a round of applause. Roy T. Garner, Newport, tempor ary chairman of the Republican Executive Committee, called the meeting to order. James Noe, Beau fort, was made chairman of the convention and Mrs. Christine Car roll, Newport, secretary. After A. L. Wilson. Newport, apologized to the convention for failure to obtain a speaker, Chair man Noe asked for volunteers to attend the state convention at Char lotte March 6. Carteret is eligi ble for 11 delegates. W. A. Mace said he would attend. Others who were suggested were Mr. Wilson, Mr. Wheatly, George J. Brooks, Clarence Lewis, Elmo Wade and Elmer Willis. Mr. Wheatly urged persons who have never before attended the state session to do so. He termed it "a real experience in government, citizenship and politics." The con vention adopted his recommenda tion that everyone who can attend the Charlotte meeting and their 11 votes be pro-rated accordingly when delegates are seated. For example, if 22 persons go, See REPUBLICANS, Page 2 D. E. Stewart Emphasizes Area Cooperation in Industrial Progress Citing the necessity for industry to help maintain North Carolina in come at a high level, D. E. Stewart, vice president of Carolina Power & Light Co., told guests at the More head City Chamber of Commerce meeting Thursday night that area cooperation is essential. Towns of the coastal area joining as a team can accomplish more Sugar Ship Sails for Cuba [ The SS Antwerpen which brought 750 tons of sugar to Mo reheat! City, sailed Thursday afternoon for Cuba. , f The ship was unloaded in 18 % working hours by 37 members of the Morehead City Longshoremen's Union. Unloading started Tuesday, was delayed by rain Wednesday and was completed Thursday after noon. The sugar, in lO&pound bags, is being distributed as far west as Durham. By Saturday. 4,000 bags had been moved inland by truck. The Antwerpen. a small ship, came in with a full cargo. It was originally thought that the ship would carry more than 750 tons and discharge some of its cargo elsewhere. J. D. Holt, port man ager, said that the Antwerpen, how ever, was fully loaded. The Antwerpen will return with another load of sugar March 10. M. Golodetz and Co. of New York is agent for the ship. The American cargo consignee is J. B. Kittrell of Greenville. Tobacco for shipment will begin to accumulate late in March, Mr. Holt said and added that complica tions may result because the port warehouse space is devoted mostly to fertilizer and neither sugar nor tobacco can be stored near fertil izer because it Ukes on the fertil izer odor. than going the way alone, Mr Stew art said. "Any industry within 25 or 100 miles of you briags money to you," the speaker declared. He emphasized the need for plan ning for industry. He told his 120 listeners that a few scattered homes on an otherwise desirable industrial site could prevent an industry's coming in. Follows Dinner , Mr. Stewart's address falowrd a chicken dinner in the auditorium of the Recreation Center. He was introduced by George Stovall, local manager of CP&L. Prior to his talk, Alvah Hamilton, head of the Seashore Highway Association, spoke on the group's activities, and Mayor George W. Dill introduced gaeats Mr. Stewart said that area devel opment not only involves upping dollar and cents income but broad ening opportunities for the future. He said that this area's prosperity is based on four "legs:" agricul ture. industry, recreation and fish eries. Dwelling on industry, he defined it as "anything that produces another dollar of income." Mr. Stewart called attention to the fact that North Carolina's tax structure has not changed since 1933 yet the state has made giant strides of pro gress. Yet, North Carolina whose per capita income has increased frc"n $312 in 1940 to $1,100 in 1950 has dropped from 43rd to 44th place in the nation on per capita income rat ing. If the rise in per capita income is to continue, additional ways of pro ducing income must be found, Mr. Stewart said. He said it is unfor tunate that North Carolina spends so much money to educate young people and that they in turn have to go to other states to get jobs and produce wealth there. Industry, he said has been at tracted to the South to be near new markets, raw materials and labor pools. He said industry is not cora See STEWART, Page t ? ? ? Board to Ask Town for Master Map of Beaufort The Beaufbrt Chamber of Com merce has decided to ask the Beau fort town commissioners to have a master map of Beaufort and its surrounding area prepared for use in projects on Beaufort's growth. At a meeting of the Chamber of Commerce directors Tuesday, the roolntrd out ttmt project to be undertaken during ihe ? "titer Carolina Contest depend on a mas ter map of the area. The directors asked Gerald Hill, a town commissioner, to convey this request for a master map to the town commissioners. The cham ber also granted a request of $200 to Odell Merrill, chairman of the Chamber of Commerce's tree plant ing committee, for buying trees. Dan Walker, acting manager of the chamber, was instructed to buy lddressograph plates. The plates will be used to send a monthly re port to chamber members. Mrs. Dave Hill and Mrs. Gerald Myers, representing the Beaufort Junior Woman's Club, were present to discuss the joint project of a community playground with the chamber. They announced that property has been made available for a play ground at the southeast foot of Beaufort bridge. They also stated that the club planned to buy equip ment for it. Construction is to start as soon as possible. The chamber directors assured them of their co operation. Chamber of Commerce directors present were Gerald Hill, presi dent; Glenn Adair, Halsey Paul, Odell Merrill, W. L. Woodard, Hol den Ballou, and Mr. Walker. Beaufort Parking Meters Now Operate on Nickel Basis /-Year-Old Boy Struck by Car Robert Wetherington. 7-year-old ?on M Mr. and Mrs. Street Wether ington, Highland Park, w as struck by an automobile in front of the Beaufort Theatre at 12:39 p.m. Sat urday but waa not hurt. Officer Maxwell Wade of the Beaufort police force aaid the child waa hit by a car driven by George A. Newton, Beaufort. No chargea were filed againat Newton. The officer said the accident waa una voidable. According to police reports, Rob ert jumped front a car and ran into the side of the Newton auto mobile, a 1092 Hudson, aed an. He was taken to the office of Dr. E. F. Hyde where he waa examined and pronounced uninjured. At the time of the accident New ton waa going west on Front street. Officer Wade said the car from which Robert jumped waa not iden tified. His parents told police Rob art bad been taken to the theatre at about noon and they did not know be was not in the theatre. Motorists parking in the Beau fort business section must now de posit a nickel in meters to buy one hour of parking time, Chief of Po lice M. E. Guy announced. The changeover from the old style meter which took pennies, went into effect yesterday. The new meters will take nickels only. Pennies will not work. Chief Guy emphasized. Explanatory plates have not yet been put on the meters, but Chief Guy said he hopes to have them put on as soon as they arrive. All meters in the town have been changed and the fine for violation is now one dollar instead of 29 cents. A new parking ticket has also been approved by the town board in connection with the meter changeover. Chief Guy said. This new ticket is a combination ticket and pre-stamped envelope. Violators are to put their fines in the envelope and either drop It In the mail or the slot In the door of the police station on Front street. The envelope la already ad dressed to "The Beaufort Police Department " and needs no postage Chief Guy as id that motorists finding meters which do not work should report the number (found on the meter post) to the police department. 221 Request Security Cards By 3:30 Sunday afternoon. 220 persons had applied for Port Se curity cards at the Morehead City postoffice. Applications were being taken by a Coast Guard team from Norfolk, F, W. Swimme in charge. Other men handling the applica tions were W. H. Edgerton Jr., Joe W. Perry and Jim A. Bennett. Mr. Edgerton's home is Goldsboro and Mr. Perry is from LaGrange, N. C. Mr. Bennett was formerly sta tioned here on the USCGC Agassiz and during that time lived at Broad Creek. Applications for port security cards were also taken in January. So many men applied at that time that the Coast Gusrd scheduled i return of the team this past week end. ????? TIM North Carolina ttataa Fort Agbority ho^d will J. a Holt Morehead Cltjr port ouMaar, will attasd. W. M. Jenkins Hurt Yesterday In Car-Bus Crash William M Jenkins. 49. RIM Arendell St . Morehead City, was in jured in a car-bus accident at 8 o'clock yesterday morning. Mr Jenkins was taken to Morehead City Hospital suffering from chest injuries and a cut chin. The accident occurred at the in tersection of the Broad Creek Road and highway 24. According to State Highway Patrolman R. H. Brown, William S. Taylor, route 1, Beaufort, driving a Seashore Transportation Co. bus, was coming out the Broad Creek Road, waiting for traffic to pass. One car was coming and turned in the road on which the bus was waiting. After the car turned, the bus pulled out into the highway, the patrolman said, and collided with the Jenkins automobile which was headed east on highway 24. The impact occurred at the cen ter of the road, the automobile striking the left front wheel of the bus. Damage to the automobile was estimated at $300 and to the bus $150. The bus. on its way to Jackson ville, could not continue. Two passengers were aboard. The driv er, 27 years old, has been chargid with failing to yield the right-of way. In the car with Mr. Jenkins was a puppy that was found alseep on the back seat of the car by Pa trolman Brown when he arrived. Mr. Jenkins was taken to the hos pital in the Dill Funeral Home am bulance. Automobiles Ram Together Sunday Two cars rammed together at 11:15 a.m. Sunday on highway 70 T*~?hr fiifmecllMl Of tha Bogue Jound Club Road. Robert B. Taylor, Chocowlnity, was headed west on highway 70 when he slammed on the brakes be cause a dog ran into the road and a child ran after it. When he slopped suddenly, John Seitter. 1810 Shepard St., More head City, who was driving behind him in a '49 Oldsmobile, smashed into him. No one was hurt. Ther was little damage to Taylor's car, a 1952 Pon tiac. Damage to the Seitter auto mobile was estimated at $125. No charges were preferred. In the Taylor car were Mrs. Madie Taylor and another woman passenger Riding with Mr. Seitter was his wife. State Highway Pa trolman W. J. Smith investigated. Curbs, Gutters Will be Laid Daniel Jones, superintendent t>f Fort Macon State Park, announced Friday that curbing and guttering of the parking lots at the fort and at the swimming area will be done this spring. Parking lot sizes are being in creased and grading is Just about completed. Persons visiting the fort are be ing directed to use the road by the Coast Guard Station rather than the paved road usually used. The lot at the swimming area can also be used, Mr. Jones said, by persons who may want to use the picnic shelter. He added however that the road up to the picnic shelter is a service road only and cannot be used by cars. Even trucks get stuck on it sometimes. Bids for the curbs and gutters are going to be opened at 2 o'clock Monday. March IS, at the office of Thomas Morse, superintendent of state parks. Raleigh. Thirty-nine hundred lineal feet of curbing and gutter are needed. Mr. Jones said local contractors are invited to bid on the Job. The park superintendent said he will be glad to take achool children through the fort at any time but he'd like to be notified in advance. His phone number is 8-3775. Tid? Table Tldei at Beaafert Bar HIGH tOW Tuesday, March 2 5:45 a.m. 12:00 a.m. 8:04 p.m. 12:08 p.m. Wednesday, March I 8:38 a m. 12:41 a.m. 8:54 p.m. 13:54 pte. Thursday, March 4 7:25 am. 1:11 a.m. 1:42 p.m. IM p.m. , Friday. March I 8:13 a? ' 3:03 un. >-ai fjtL ZMpm. Broken Rudder Disables Tug Marian Moran Battling 8688 whipped by 35-knot winds, the U. S. Coast Guard Cutter Agassiz saved the ocean-going barge Love land from foundering at sea Friday with a $136,000 load of Maine Irish potatoes. The Loveland was being towed by the 136-foot Marian Moran which was rendered helpless by a broken rudder. Dispatched to the rescue by Norfolk Coast Guard head quarters the Agassiz left its home4 port at Fort Macon at 2:45 a.m. Friday. Navigating with the instinct of a bird dog, Lt. Peter S. Branson, commanding officer, found the tug and barge at 6 a.m. perilously an chored 25 miles south of Beaufort bar sea buoy. Maneuvering gingerly alongside the barge, the Agassiz crew se cured a towing hawser. Then start ed the haul to Beaufort bar. The 498-gross ton Marian Moran, owned by Moran Towing Co. of New York was left behind to swing at anchor. The sun burned down through almost cloudless sky, but the wind strengthened to gusts of over 40 knots. Against a barrier of mountainous waves, enough in themselves to present severe navigational diffi culties, the 125-foot Agassiz strain ed at its towing hawser. The 265-foot barge loaded with 2,281 tons of potatoes, soddenly followed A giant hand could have picked up the Agassiz, buried it among the potatoes on the bargc deck and no eye would have de tected a difference. The spuds ! were loaded at Searsport, Maine and destined for Jacksonville, Fla. Wind, waves and tide made the Beaufort bar uncrossable and the little Coast Guard ship headed for Cape Lookout Bight. Man Hurt Three miles cast of Beaufort bar seabuoy at 1:30 p.m. the hawser line stranded at the barge end. (Stranding is partial breakage). Attempting to take up on the tow line Seaman Leonard Conners, Philadelphia, Pa., a barge crew member was hit by the end of the line atafhe whole thing parted. jMfct i giant '-at-o-nine tails the end of the steel line flicked across his right leg and caused serious injury. The Agassi: crew worked fast I against the imminent possibility that wind and tide would drive the barge on Shackleford Banks. A radio call for help was made to Fort Macon Coast Guard Station Group Commander, Chief Warrant Officer R. B. Newell. Newell dispatched Coast Guard motor life boat No. 36446 to stand by to evacuate the barge crew members. BM1/C Gerald Salter, skipper of the 40-foot motor boat, later re ported that his crossing of the bar is one of the things he'll never for get. His crew were EN/1 Fred De Noble. DC/3 Wallace B. Adams and DC/3 Frank Klug. Not only did they, with their boat, live to cross the bar but to return with stricken Seaman Con ners who was taken to Morehead City Hospital where today he was reported as recovering satisfac torily. Within half an hour, something of a record, the Agsssiz had the barge in tow again and, at 2:30 Friday had made the safety of Cape Lookout Bight where she was met by a Cape Lookout Lighthouse motor boat captained by BM1/C Reginald V. Lewis. Crew members were EN1 Harley Taylor Jr. and SN(bm) Hirvey C. Davis. Both motor boats assisted in anchoring the barge. Agasslz Stands By The Agassiz stood by the barge Loveland, owned by Loveland Bros, of Philadelphia, until the arrival of the U. S. Coast Guard Cutter Cherokee from Norfolk at 3:30 Sat urday morning. The Cherokee towed the barge to Port Terminal. Another Moran Towing Co. tug, the Pauline Moran arrived later Saturday and towed It* siater tug, the stricken Marian Moran to Beaufort bar. There,' after a considerable amount of Tug Boat Annie palaver ing, Captain Charlie Piner's Mamie took over. Today the barge and the two tug boats are at Port Terminal waiting new orders from their owners. Seven Countians To Go on Cruise Seven Carteret Countians have booked passage on the S. S. Stock holm Caribbean pleasure cruise itarting at Morebead City Oct. 18, I. D. Holt, port manager, reported today. Miss Georgina Yeatman reserved cabins for a party of five and cabins hare been taken by Mrs. D. O. Bell tad Mr*. C. B. Arthur. Mr. Halt said that reaarvaUons are gateg fast and bookings should be mat* wily to secure choice Two Schools, Two Business Places Entered Four places in the county were broken into the end of last week, Sheriff Hugh Salter reported yes terday. The thievei got only $12 though. The Beaufort School and the Queen Street School, Beaufort, were broken into Thursday night. Newport Millworks was entered Friday night and Leamon Garner's Service Station, Newport, was broken into Saturday night. The $12 was taken from Garner's Service Station, located at highway 70 and the Masontown Road. The theft was discovered Sunday and the sheriff was called by Ormsby Mann. Newport police chief. The money was taken from the cash register. Light metal safes closed with combination locks were broken open in both the Beaufort and Queen Street Schools. Chief of Po lice M. EL Guy said, but the thieves were out of luck. Both principals had taken the money home with them. Drawers were also ran sacked. Randolph Johnson, principal of the Queen Street School, told po lice that something told him to go back to the school at 8 o'clock that night. He did an<J removed class rings arvl la r^e' amount of cash from the safe and took it home with him. Entry was gained through a win dow in the principal's office. At the Beaufort School entry was through a first floor window. Newport Millworks was entered through a side window but the thieves did not attempt to tampel with a mammoth safe. Officers arc continuing investi* gation of the thefts. Windstorm, Rain Cause Damage A windstorm accompanied by lashing rain struck the county ear ly yesterday morning and blew down three light poles across high way 70 at Bettic. Trees were uprooted downcast, roofs damaged and the chimney was reported blown off Roland Salter's home at Bettie. The pile driver owned by N. F. Eure broke loose from its moorings in Morehead City, knocked over the service pole holding a meter at John Guthrie's dock, foot of 6th street. A transformer went out on Bay street, too, George Stovall, power company manager reported. Due to the trouble downeast there was a 15-minute interruption of power yesterday morning to get poles back into place. Chief Warrant Officer R. B. New ell, commanding officer at Fort Ma con, said high tides washed out a' mile and a half of new road on Cape Look Out yesterday morning. Police Arrest 10 on Motor Law Ten persons are docketed for trial in Beaufort Recorder's Court this afternoon on charges of violat ing the motor vehicle law*. They are the following: Fred erick C. Raymond and Jamas W. Piner, arrested Sunday. Raymond was charged with speeding and go ing through a red light and Piner with going through a light. Emily E. Merrick and Walter H. Willis Jr. were arrested Saturday oa charges of failing to stop at a ?top sign. Ellen L. Dickcrson was arretted Thursday on the same charge. Earl Watson was charged with careless and reckless driving and destroying property Wednesday, M. L. Lockey and Joha Davis Nelson have been charged with failure to stop at a stop light. A. R. Hopkins was arrested on the same charge Tuesday. Carrie P. Mason was ? treated Monday for speeding. A charge at public drunk ennesa was placed against WUlte Stevens Thursday.