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W CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES ??< 43rd YEAR, NO. 19. THRF.R SECTIONS TWENTY-TWO PAGES * MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY. MARCH 6, 1954 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS Board of Education Acts On Inter-County School Issue To discuss the matter of Car-' teret children attending Jones and Onslow County schools, the educa tion boards of the three counties met Monday afternoon in the court house annex. As a result of the session the Carteret board passed a resolution approving the Carteret pupils at tending the Jones County schools at Maysville and Jones Central High at Trenton. The State Board of Education has yet to pass on the resolution. If they approve, this means that a bus from Onslow will no longer go into the Stella section in the western part of Carteret to take children to. the White Oak School which is both elementary and high school. H. L. Joslyn, county superin tendent of schools, said that some Stella parents who want their chil dren to continue going to the White Oak School may take them in pri vate cars. While the White Oak School is closer to Stella than the high school at Trenton, the school at Trenton offers a much broader high school curriculum, the county superintendent commented. At present there are about 56 pupils in the Stella community who ro to out-of-county schools. 26 to White Oak and 30 to Maysville and Jones Central in Jones. Carteret students started going to Jones County 20 years ago when the Carteret school system could not accommodate them. About a year ago agitation was started by some parents in' Stella to have their pupils go to the White Oak School. Before long, two busses, one from Onslow and one from Jones were running into Stella to take pupils to the two schools ? the Onslow bus without authoriza tion from the state school board transportation division. The issue was shuttled back and forth between the state and this county and battled out simultane ously among the school boards of Onslow and Jones. Jones County felt that after taking this county's students as long as they had that they should not be asked to give them up because their school ay*, tem has been designed to accom modate them. Tlva atate sajji last year that the two busses ??Hd contWfc' going into Stella but that the problem should be settled before school re convenes next fall. In the hope of getting things ironed out, Mr. Joslyn invited the two boards to meet here. Also present were C. D. Douglass, con troller, State Board of Education, and C. C. Brown, director of the division of transportation. The resolution adopted by the Carteret board expressed apprecia tion to both the Onslow and Jones boards for accommodating Carteret pupils but stipulated that the chil dren should be sent to Jones Coun ty. The resolution also asked that the State Board of Education con cur with the Carteret decision. Police Chief Makes Report The Beiufort Police Department issued 273 parking tickets in Febru ary but collected only $20.73 in parking fines. Chief of Police M. E. Guy explained to the town board Monday night that the "penny" meters were illegal and the over parking fines could be collected only if the violators willingly agreed to pay them. Motor vehicle violations headed the list of arrests with 30. Public drunkenness was next with five and one arrest was made in one assault case. Total number of ar rests was 46. The police department recovered a stolen bicycle and investigated four break-ins. Ten investigations were made for the Federal gov ernment The department also investigat ed 42 complaints and extended It courtesies. The police car travelled 2,388 2 miles during the month. Principal Says Wednesday Career Day Was Success G. T Windell, principal of More head City School, said yesterday that both he and faculty members were well pleased with Wednes day's Career Day at the school. He said the students were pleaaed and seemed to take the vo cational talks more seriously this year than before. In his opinion It was the "best Career Day we have ever had." Several speakers were present ia addition to those originally liated. They were W. C. Carlton and Ray Conner, Morehead City; and Fran cis Neal. East Carolina Collage. Representing the State Highway Patrol waa Patrolman i. W. Sykes. Mr Windell expressed his ap ffoclatioo ta all speakers and to others who participated in taking the event a success. ? From Carteret Waters Green-Gilled Oyster Is Fnirnrp\ Dplinhi About this time of the year, the so-called green gilled or "green oy ster" appears on the North Caro lina market and inquiries start pouring into the Commercial Fish eries Division and the Institute of Fisheries Research asking if the oy sters are "fit to eat," "poisonous," or "harmless." When you eat a green gilled oy ster, you are actually eating a rare delicacy, a real gourment item, says Assistant Fisheries Commis sioner Gehrmann Holland. These oysters come from a section of this county and appear green gilled only at certain times of the year. They are identical in color with the famed huitres des Marennes so highly prized in France. In Europe, these oysters are eagerly sought to please the palate of the epicure. According to Dr. William Fahy of the shellfish division of the Institute of Fisheries Research, the green color in the oyster results from a microscopic organism which the oyster eats. It is a tiny plant which makes a seasonal appearance and comes into full bloom in late winter and early spring. During the time when the oysters are feeding on this plant, they turn green because of a pigment which is found in the plant. In the Chesapeake Bay area, Dr. Fahy points out, this organism has been proven identical with the or ganism which gives the famous French oysters its green color. While he has made no investiga tion in the North Carolina area, Dr. Fahy is convinced that the same organism appears in the wa ters of Carteret County and im parts to the local oyster its green color. For generations, Carteret Coun tians and eastern Carolinians have been eating the green gilled oy ster; and while they did not realize that if they had eaten the same oysters in France they would have paid 10 times as much for it, they do know that it has a rare flavor and is harmless. Morehead City Drug Will Open Store Tomorrow State College To Oiler Courses AtMoreheadCity Kalcigh, N. C. - The North stwsss riSJ head City this summer. In announcing the new series of courses today, Eugene Starnes, as sistant director of the college s . tension Division, said that eacn course will run for two weeks and that the five courses will be taught during the periods J"1* 5 16' i hi v 19-30. and Aug. ir is. The courses to be offered are ?Martne Life in Coastal Waters^ of the Coastal Plain, and Plant land Animal Life in Coastal North rciimis Will be held at the More head Cily Technical lnstitut? Latoratory and field tnps will be I made to various communities in | the Morehead City area. . Mr. Starnes said that teachcr may earn credit toward the re newal of their certificates by tak ing the courses. Total costforeach of the two-week courses, including room, meals, and tuit.on, wUl be approximately $55. H. D. Lockey j Joins Rotary JSi K" farmer, as a new member at a^neeting Monday in the Newport ^'l^keyw'a. presented* .the rnv Wallace, program chairman. Gates Matthew., .eld representative of the State Hig Lav Patrol Safety Division. Mr. I Matthews talked ' e ? h training program offered by mg hS'oWective o' lhe er?grV".^ tn teach teen-agers how to drive. Mr Matthews said He e?P1?ln?*1 that lessons in driving .nd hand^ ling a car were given by a faculty "Thfcar. a dual-control type. i? supplied by an automobile manu facturer and insured by the ?choof a npw car is supplied each y?a' bythe manufacturer, concluded "a 'fTli^'dealing with the teen age driving problem, was shown by Mr Matthews at the conclusion of hlatalk Mr. WaU.ce informed Mr Matthews, after the Prog?"}' ?t" B Comer. Newport prinej pal. was in favor of ? driv?r> tr^ ing program in the Newport ? n | pwis and Visitors were T. v. Lewis |oon ? I WOmtoJtoo. . ' Morchcad City Drug Co. will open its doors tomorrow morning in its new Arendell street location in the old Rose Store, Leary build ing, Morehead City. More than double the size of its old store, which will close its doors for the last time tonight, it is described by store equipment en gineers as the finest drug estab lishment in eastern North Carolina. A formal, grand opening will be held in tbe new store in the near future, i W. CjM*nhe* - ov.ner and man ager. opc". d his first store in Morehead City Feb 23, 1029, more than 25 years ago. Almost his first welcome into the business venture was the stock market crash of July 1929. In March 1939, 15 years ago, he moved into the location he vacates tonight. There he has built one of the county's largest businesses and, in the process, a general meeting place for people. None of the friendly things that have helped build Morehead City Drug Co. into a home-like estab lishment are missing in the new store. The new store is everything that is new plus everything that is old and familiar, Mr. Matthews says. Commercial National Bank, a newcomer to Carteret County will occupy the old Morehead City Drug Co. quarters in the near future. Pink Hill Hunter Forfeits $5 Bond Harvey Turner, Pink Hill, charged by l.eroy Mcintosh, game protector, with hunting doves with an unplugged automatic shotgun, did not appear Monday before Earl Mason. Beaufort justice of the peace, and forfeited his $5 bond. Other violations reported by Mr. Mcintosh during February were Harold Nelson, hunting robins with an unplugged automatic shotgun, $15 and costs; Foster Nelson, hunt ing robins, (10 and costs; Donylee Willis, hunting robins, (25 and costs; and Adion C. Morris, hunt ing without a license and uaing an unplugged gun, (10 and costs. The foregoing were tried before L. W. Hassell, Beaufort justice of the peace. Congressman Barden Reports on Coast Guard Property , Dredging of Creek Photo by Norwood Young To prevent such things as this, a grounded menhaden boat in Taylor's Creek, Congressman Graham Harden is attempting to get appropriations for deepening the channel. The Brunswick, Fred Fulcher, captain, went aground this past menhaden season with 425,000 fish aboard. The channel is maintained at a mean low water depth of 7 feet, not enough for loaded fish boats. A depth of 12 feet has been ap proved but the funds were not appropriated for the work. The Brunswick was refloated after a two hour wait for high tide. Beaufort Board Says Scout Building Poorly Maintained The Beaufort town fathers Mon * day night expressed disgust with the physical condition of the Scout Building on Pollock street and took action to set things right. The board authorized that the town attorney, Gene Smith, write letters to the five civic organiza tions to whom the building is on trusted and ask them to supervise opentfion of ihe building or let ?'ie *<jw "ikr oW*. Mr. Smith brought the subject to the attention of the board. He said that Mrs Bennie Willis who is em ployed at tlie laundry near the building is in cnarge of collecting rent and that at present she has acccumulated about $175. He said that when repairs are needed at the building Mrs. Willis calls him and asks what should be done about it. He explained that when the building was start* d nine years ago the town turned t.ie property on which the building stands over to the civic groups to be theirs as long as the stru ture was used for community affairs. Representatives of each civic or ganization, Rotary, Jaycec. Junior Woman's Club, Book Club and Eastern Star, were made members of a board of trustees and were to supervise repair and operation of the building. Mr. Smith said that group has ceased to function and commented that civic groups' look ing after "public" property never seems to work out satisfactorily. Mayor Clifford Lewis said that the oil stove has leaked so much that the tiling under it is ruined. He said he has personally asked the street department to clean the building on one occasion. Dan Walker, town clerk, said that the street department three different times during the past few months has had to go in and clean the place or open up plumbing. The mayor said that enough is collected in rental to keep the building in good condition. Mr. Smith said that he was told that last year the Jaycees repaired the roof at a cost of $175. The Scout Building was built originally for use by the Boy Scouts but by paying rent other community groups make use of it as a meeting place. Canvassing Will Begin Monday For Red Cross Canvassing will begin Monday in the 1&54 Red Cross Drive, Mrs. James Rumley. home service chair man. said Wednesday. " lie gnil to be reached is $3,400 with Miss Mildred Whitehurst. Be uifort, and Oscar Joslyn, More head City, in charge of the cam paign. Irvin W. Dnvis, Davis, and Charles Willis, Morehead City, ehairman and vice-chairman of the County Ked Cross chapter, are com pleting the list of community chair men for Newport and cast of Beau fort. Persons wishing to contribute to the Red Cross should mail their checks or money orders to Miss Whitehurst. Box 321, Beaufort, Mr. Jotlyn, 2806 Evans St., Morehead City, or to "1954 Red Cross Fund Drive" care of your local post office. When community chairmen arc named, o/itributions may also be given to them. The drive ends March 31. Firemen Answer Call To Fish Meal Co. Dock The Beaufort Fire Department was called to the Fish Meal Co. in west Beaufort at 12:50 p.m. Tuesday to extinguish a blaze on the dock. Workmen at the dock put the fire out before firemen arrived. No damage was caused. No one knew how the fire started. The alarm was called in from the Fish Meal Co. At 11:40 a.m. Tuesday the fire alarm sounded an emergency call. Blood was needed at the More head City Hospital and firemen were contacted as donors. Judge L R. Morris Suspends Term % Of Man Found Guilty of Non-Support Roderick Moore, charge with abandonment and non-support of his wife and two children, was sen tenced to ? year on the roads Tues day in County Recorder's Court by Judge L. R. Morris. Judge Morris said the sentence will be suspended as long as Moore pays $12.50 per week for support of his wife and children. He must also pay cosfs of court and refrain from molesting his wife. Mrs. Margaret Moore, his wife, told the court that Moore' left her and went to live with his grandpar ents and gave her no money for food or clothing. She told the court that she is now living with her parents who are providing for her and the children. Moore tald Mm eaart that Im toft Us wit, titer a quarrel la which she told him to get out. tie said that he had contracted debt* that took most of his money and that he couldn't afford to pay for support, but that he has a better job and could afford to support his family now. Sentence Suspended The court sentenced Golden Mil ler, charged with receiving mon ey with the intent to defraud, to three months on the roads The sentence will be suspended if Mil ler pays $68 to Earl Campen and court coats. Miller was accused by Mr. Cam pen of obtaining $19 prior to Chrlatmas in 1962 and getting $90 shortly afterwards, promising to lit to work for Mr. Campari on his (arm Mr. Cut pen said that Mil tar had refused to work lor him and said he could make more mon ey working for another man. Miller stated that what Mr. Cam pen said waa true and that he nev er seemed to get enough money on hand to pay Mr. Campen back, .ludgc Morris told him that he must pay the money back or go to work on the roads. James Tony Gountikas. charged with "abducting and eloping" with the wife of another, wahed pre liminary hearing and was bound over to Superior Court for trial. The bond set for i previous charge prevaila in this cue too, the Judge said. Terry Wade Bryan, charged with no muffler and no opcrator'a It cenae, waa fined <20 and court See COUNTY COL'ET, Page t NEWS-TIMES Will Signal Opening Of REA Building The accomplishments of the Car teret-Craven REA will be described in words and pictures in a special edition of THE NEWS-TIMES Tuesday, March 16. This issue will particularly sig nalize the formal opening of the new $93,000 Carteret-Craven KEA building in Morehead City. i More than 6,500 copies of that edition will be distributed. Those desiring extra copies are requested to make early reservation by phon ing THE NEWS-TIMES at 6-4)75. Advertisers desiring space in this issue are likewise requested to make space reservations by noon Monday, March 8. Legislator Faces Trial Rudolph Mason, an employee of the Sinclair Refining Co., on Wed nesday swore out a warrant in Morehead City for the arrest of H. Earle Mobley. Carteret County's representative in the slate legis lature. The warrant charges Mr. Mobley with assaulting Mr. Mason by "hit ting him on and about the arm and shoulder and threatening to do serious bodily harm." Mr Mobley was arrested yester day by Sgt. Bruce Edwards of the Morehead City police force. The defendant posted $50 bond to appear Monday in Morehead City Recorder's Court. The incident allegedly occurred when Mr. Mason called on Mr. Mobley to collect a bill. The warrant was issued by John I.aslilcy. Morehead City Recorder's Court clerk. Beaufort Board Orders Map; Deals with Parking Gene Smith, Beaufort town attorney, told the town board Monday night that Congressman Graham Barden has in formed him that there may be a possibility of the town regaining the Lennoxville "Coast Guard" property from the government at the price of $1. That's how much the government paid the town for it when it took over through condemnation proceedings in 1943." Mr. Smith said the town original ly acquired the property (located on Front street near the Beaufort Fisheries) from Ike Ramsey in 1935. Efforts to see. whether Beaufort could regain possession were start ed by the town two months ago when W. H. Potter of Beaufort Fisheries said he would be inter ested in purchasing it. It was also reported that Con gressman Barden has informed the Chamber of Commerce that he hopes to have the dredging of Tay lor's Creek included in the House Rivers and Harbors appropriations. He said the committee reacted favorably to his request and if it is 1 not included in the House bill he ? will attempt to get it in the Senate bill. Map Request Made , Gray Hassell, town engineer, was | authorized by the board to complete a master map of Beaufort and the ?areas lying just beyond the town limits. Gerald Hill, board member and president of the Chamber of Commerce, requested that the map be finished. Mr. Hassell said he'd , been working on it "off and on" < for about three years. I Dan Walker, town clerk, said that the town and the Finer Caro- 1 lina committee is stymied in almost 1 every project by the fact that a large authentic map is not avail able. Mr. Hassell said he thought he could have it ready in 60 days. The town attorney said that per sons owning property from thf end of Hedrick street to Safrit's mill have indicated that they would be willing to have the property taken into the town. If a map were made of the area, the streets to be laid out in it could be measured for in clusion in application for Powell bill funds (money from the state 1 for improvement of town streets). Mr. Hassell said the area would ; be included in the map. The question ? raised at least ; once annually ? as to whether , Beaufort School is in the town ' limits was brought up again. Mr. Hassell said he has checked several \ times and said the school is in ; town. The town attorney was re quested to re-check the town , charter. Audit Incomplete Because the town audit for the year 1952-53 is still not complete, ; Mr. Hill, finance commissioner was ; asked to contact Albert Gaskill, auditor, to find out why it has not j been completed. Mr. Hill also asked the police force to prevent cars from parking 1 on the left side of the street in front of the postoffice if they are | headed east. He said parking on j the wrong side of the street to go 1 into the postoffice creates a danger- i otis situation. The board concurred 1 and the police chief, M. E. Guy, 1 said they would start enforcing the ordinance prohibiting parking on the wrong side of the street. See BEAUFORT BOARD, Page C County Agent Announces Series of Rural Meetings Meetings will be held throughout the county during the rest of March on the long range agricul tural program. The meetings are held in conjunction with Home Demonstration Club meetings, R. M. Williams, county agent, an nounced. The firat meeting was held Mon day night at the B. G. Hardy home in Merrimon. Tuesday's meeting was held at the T. D. Lewis home in Wildwood. Tide Table Tides at Beaufort Bar HIGH LOW Friday, March I 8:12 a.m. 8:31 p.m. 2:03 a.m. 2:25 p.m. Haturday, March ? 8:58 a.m. 9:10 p.m. 2:52 a.m. 3:10 p.m. Sunday, March 7 8:45 a.m. 10:09 p.m. 3:43 a.tn. 3:56 p.m. Monday, March I 10:33 a.m. 4 11:00 p.m. 4 Tuesday, March ? 4:35 a.m. 4:4) p.m. 11:24 a.m. 11:57 pjD. ? 5:29 a.m. 5:*? pan. Wednesday's meeting wss held at 8 p.m. in the Newport Methodist Church Educational Building. Yes terday at 1:30 p.m. the meeting was held in the Will Conner home at Harlowe. Future meetings, as an nounced by Mr. Williams, are as follows. Wednesdsy, March 10, at 7:30 p.m., at the Douglas Merrill home in Russells Creek. Thursday at j 7:30 p.m., at the Paul Beachem | home. North River. Friday the people of Bettie will meet at the home of Dyon Simp son. Monday, March IS, M. M. Eubank* will be host st the meet ing in Wire Grass In the western end of the coun ty at 7:30 p.m. Tuesdsy. March 16, a meeting will be held at Pelle tier Community Building. March 23 at 7:30 p.m. Henry Chadwick will be host to the people of Gloucester. Thursday, March 23. at 7:30 p.m. a meeting will be held at the Wil liam Murray home In Crab Point. The last meeting ol the month will be held at 1 p.m. at the Howard Nelson home la Atlantic. Scout Officials Hope to Re-Form Cub Scout Packs Parents of Boys 8-1 1 To Meet Next Friday In Morehead City Because Cub Scouts in Morehead City are now without a sponsor, Scout officials have called a meet ing for 7:30 p.m. next Friday, March 12, to discuss reorganiza tion of the Cubs. If enough spon sors can be found, Ethan Davis Jr., neighborhood commissioner, says it would be desirable to form three packs because there arc at least 100 boys who arc interested. Letters to parents of boys who are Cub Scout age will be sent out next week. The letter, signed by Mr Davis, E. W. Roelofs, Cub master; R. B. Howard, district commissioner, and Dr. D. J. Eure, chairman of organization and ex tension. follows: "Dear Parents: There will be a meeting of all PARENTS of Cub Scouts and par ents of boys who arc interested in becoming Cub Scouts (ages 8, 9, and 10) on Friday, March 12, at 7:30 p!m. in the auditorium of the Educational Building of First Meth odist Church, Mwpehead City. As wu may know. Cub Scouting is a program in which the whole family participates. It provides common interests for boys and par ents. Its activities arc slanted to ward the interests and needs of 8. 9 and 10-year-olds. Since Cub Scouting requires the participation Df and cooperation of parents, it is necessary for you to learn about /our part in the program. "Cub Scout Pack 101 no longer exists because of the lack of a sponsoring organization. It is therefore necessary to reorganize the Cub Scouts in Morehead City. It is the hope of your local Coun cil that sponsors for several smal ler Packs will be found We know that the boys are interested in Cub Scouting, but the entire program will fail unless that interest and willingness to work is shared by the parents. "If you, as parents, want to see Cub Scouting continued, it is very important that you attend this meeting. A short film on Cub Scouting will be shown; this will be followed by a discussion per iod at which time the future of Cub Scouting in our City will be determined." Alexander Lewis Pays $10 Fine Alexander Lewis, charged with speeding and reckless driving, was found guilty of having improper brakes Tuesday in Carteret County Recorder's Court. Lewis was fined 110 and court costs. Lewis was involved in an acci dent recently with Aisle Bland, owner of another car, on highway 70 east of Beaufort. Highway Pa trolman 1. W. Sykes investigated the accident. Bland told the court that he was going east and slowed down prior lo making a turn. He was struck from the rear, the impact of the crash knocking him out. he said. Tatrolman Sykes told the court that when he got to the acene he saw skidmarks of the auto* showed they had travelled approx imately 80 feet from the point of impact. Lewis told the court he was hlinded by lights of an approach ing car and was on top of the Bland auto before he knew it. He applied his brakes but the brake tubing broke, leaving him with no brakes and he struck the car. At the impact the cara stuck to gether and travelled down the road because neither had brake*, Mr. Lewis aaid. The court found Lewis guilty ?l driving with improper brakes.