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I YEAR, NO. 27. FOUR SECTIONS THIRTY PAGES MORE HEAD CT1Y AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY, APRIL 2, 1954 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
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Vocalist Jane Hobson
Will Appear Here Tuesday
Jane Hobson, mezzo-soprano, will'
appear at the Morebead City High
School auditorium Tueaday evening
as the final artist this year for the
Carteret Community Concerts.
Miss Hobson, who has sung on
the Bell Telephone Hour and the
Firestone radio program, received
her bachelor's degree in music at
the Cincinnati Conservatory and
was studying the piano for her mas
ter'a degree when the conserva
tory's voice teacher heard her sing
and persuaded her to take singing
lessons also.
Miss Hobson finally decided to
follow a voice career and went to
New York on a Juiliard Fellowship
where she studied under Evan Ev
ans from 1M2 to 1846. During that
time she sang Dorabella in a Juil
lard performance of Cosi Fan
Tutte, won a Naumburg Award
and gave a Town Hall recital.
Under the auspices of Columbia
Artists Management she was given
a chance to audition for both Leo
pold Stokowski and Arturo Toa
canini in 1M8 and her career was
launched. Both symphony conduc
tors were Impressed by her voice
and personality and both chose her
as soloist.
Under Stokowski she sang at Car
negie Hall in Debussy's Blessed
Da motel on March 20, 1948, and on
April 3, IBM she sang in the Bee
thoven Ninth with Toscanini and
the NBC Symphony.
Members of the concert series
who have guests from more than 90
miles away, members of the armed
forces and their families and new
residents in the county may buy
tickets at the door.
Agent Announces
Farm Contests
* Cora and soybean producers of
Carteret County are invited by
R. M. Williams, county {arm agent,
to participate in the five-county
corn and soybean production con
test this year.
The contest is being sponsored
by Baugh A Sons Co., Dixie Chem
ical Co., and New Bern Oil and
Fertilizer Co., all of New Bern.
Growers in Carteret, Pftilico, Cra
ven, Onslow, Jones, and Richland
township of Beaufort County may
participate.
Any adult corn producer, 4-H
Club member, or vocational agricul
ture student interested in the corn
and soybean production contest
should turn in his application to
hia county agent's office by May
1. Not less than one acre of corn
and two of soybeans must be plant
ed by contest participants, Mr. Wil
liams aaid.
Results of the corn contest must
be turned in not later than Nov.
IS. Soybean results must be in by
Dec. 1.
The highest corn yield winner*
in each county will receive, at the
banquet next fall, a $30 cash prise,
with $75 going to the area win
ner. In the soybean contest, a
>25 cash prize will go to the per
son with the greatest yield, and a
$50 prize to the area winner. Area
winners in either contest can not
compete for the county prise.
The Carteret County Farm Bur
eau is sponsoring the county com
production contest again this year.
The Bureau will present four pure
bred gilt pigs to the four highest
corn producers in the country.
Mr. Williams Is hoping for a
greater participation than ever be
fore in each of the contests.
Typhoid Clinics
Begin This WmIc
Mrs Leota Hammer, nunc with
the County Health Department, re
ported yesterday that scbeol ty
phoid clinics were started thla
week. She requested that parents
instruct their chUdftn to take the
immunization thcto when the
nurses visit the Kfeools.
There will be an eye clinic at the
health department in Beaufort
Wednesday morning. But only
thoae should sttend who have been
notified by the health department.
A second eye clinic will be sched
uled in the near future.
Mrs. Hammer commented that
measles and whooping cough are
becoming more prevalent through
out the county.
MlnUter to Visit
The Rev. W T. Cockman of
Southeastern Seminary, Wake For
est will deliver the 11 a.m. and
7:10 p.m. services Sunday in the
Parkview Baptist Cburdl wsst of
More bead City
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Jim HolMon
. . . t? prefCBt concert
Contributions
To Red Cross
Total $1,198
Red Cross drive reports from
nine communities have been re
ceived, Mrs. James Rumley, cam
paign fund chairman, announced
yesterday. Reports from other com
munities have yet to be received.
Toward the goal of $3,400, $1,
498.36 has been received.
Contributions are as follows: Sea
Level Methodist Church, $5; Atlan
tic, $28.37; Cedar Island, $15.50;
Smyrna, $13.25: Morehead City,
$300; Davis, $26.50. Willisten,
$7.50; and Beaufort, $619.09.
I * Tfc fete $4*9.15 has report -
Cherry Point with 30 p 1
cent of' the civilian donations and
five per cent of the military dona
tions counted. Mrs. Rumley said
the Cherry Point total might be
more when the final tabulation is
made.
Anyone who still wishes to con
tribute to the drive should send
contributions to community chair
men or to "1954 Red Cross Drive"
in care of their local postoffice.
Republicans Will
Observe Birthday
County Republicans will hold a
barbecue in celebration of the
100th anniversary of the Republi
can party at 7:30 next Friday night
at the Fish Meal Co., West Beau
tort.
Roy T. Garner, Newport, chair
man of tbe Republican executive
committee, said the celebration
will begin at 7:30. Tickets may be
obtained In each of the county's
98 precincts.
Several speakers are expected to
appear on the program. Further
detail* will be announced next
week. The affair is being planned
by the Republican executive com- i
nrtttee.
Letters Invite
80 to First
Chamber Meeting
Residents of Eastern Part
Of County to Meet at
Sea Level Tuesday Night
Eighty business and professional
men from Beaufort to Ocracoke
have been invited by letter to the
organizational meeting of the Sea
Level Community Chamber of
Commerce at 8 p.m. Tuesday. The
meeting will take place in the for
mer Sea Level school building on
highway 70.
Frank A. Piarson, executive sec
retary* of the Durham Chamber of
Commerce for 21 years, will be the
speaker Mr. Pierson is known for
putting Daytona Beach. Fla., in the
limelight with auto Aces on the 20
mile beach.
J. A. DuBtfts, manager of the
chamber, will speak on the need
for the organization and its poten
tialities.,
A temporary board of directors
will be elected, a constitution and
by-law# considered, projects dis
cussed and plans made for the next
meeting.
Communities to be represented
in the chamber include Beaufort,
Bettie, Straits, Gloucester, Otway,
Williston, Stacy, Smyrna, Harkers
Island, Davis. Cedar Island, Sea
Level, Atlantic and Ocr??oke.
Chamber offices are in the Sea
Level Inn, phone 651.
Rotaiians Hear
Hemisphere Talk
E. B. Comer, principal of New
port School, was the speaker at a
meeting of the Newport Rotary
Club Monday night.
Mr. Comer, program chairman,
presented a "travelogue" on the
western hemisphere.
Mr. Comer told the club of the
countries' relation to the United
States and the part that they would
play in defense of the western
hemisphere in case of attack. In
his talk, illustrated by a world map,
Mr. Comer pointed out the econom
ic and geographic structure of each
country.
Aaron R. Craig, president of the
club, announced that the meeting
time of the club will be changed
beginning Monday, April S.
The meeting time will be 7 p.m.
instead of 6:30 p.m. The club will
continue to meet in the old New
port school lunch room.
Visitors were I. E. Pittman and
T. D. Lewis, Morehead City and
John Evans, insurance salesman I
from Raleigh.
Why They Tour the Mountains
But Detour Our Seashore
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New Store Formally Opens Tomorrow
Photo by Jerry Schumacher
This is a view of the interior of the store looking from the mezzanine toward the front
Morehead City Drug Co. will be
formally presented to the public
of Carteret County at 9 tomorrow
morning.
Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Matthews and
their sons, W. C. Jr., and Bobby
will join hands in cutting a ribbon
which will be stretched across the
40ffoot front of dazzling plate
glass.
Mayor George Dill will accept the
store as a contribution to the
growth of retail business in More
head City and Carteret County.
It was from Mayor Dill's father
that Mr. Matthews bought More
held City Drug Co. 25 years and
one month ago February 1929.
Mayor Dill, a registered pharmacist
himself, has frequently expressed
his pride in Mr. Matthews' achieve
ment.
Following the ceremony of rib
bon cutting both Mrs. Mathews and
Mr. Matthews Jr. will personally
receive all visitors and customers
and present orchids to the ladies.
Among the treats in store will
be gifts of 500 sample bags, door
prizes, sample tastings of candy and
soft drinks.
Drav?ngs for the grand prizes
will be held at 8 o'clock tomorrow
evening at the old store 50 feet
away.
Morehead Band Members
Will Solicit Funds Tomorrow
Tomorrow is Morehead City Band*
Tag Day.
With the slogan, Boost the Band,
members of the band will go
throughout town, beginning at
8:30, to collect contributions. On
the door knob of each home where
they collect mooey, the band mem
ber^VtTt Wff' I diamond -shap*4
ur t-iriof til* word*. Boost he
Band
Drum majorettes in uniform will
be in the downtown section ac
cepting contributions. They too
will distribute tags to contributors.
At 1 p.m. the band will parade
downtown and stop between 8th
and 9th streets to give a short con
cert.
Ralph Wade, director, said, "Go
ing to Wincbcater, Va., for the
Apple Festival depends to a great
extent on the success of Tag Day
The community has always been
most generous in its financial aid
toward the band. Both the bard
and I thank everyone for their
help in the past."
The Apple Festival, in which the
Morehead City band has been invit
ed to appear, will take place Thurs
day and Friday, April 28 and 30.
State Revokes License
Of John David Ambrose
John David Ambrose of More
head City had his driver's license
revoked in Morehead Ci*. Record
er's Court recently, the State High
way Safety Division, Raleigh, an
nounces. '
Ambrose was found guilty of
drunken driving.
Gaston Smith to Run
For County Board
Castas Smith, Atlantic, has
the diatfacUa* of being the first
to flit far a county Met, Mr. '
*?* jta* *Wk ?"**!? fin*!"
fee for the of're of capMiv
commissioner and hfeaame w?l
appear on the lacal baflot in the
May 29 primary.
F. R. Seeley. chairman of the
the County Baard of Elections,
renriafe prospective candidates
th -t April 17 is the deadline for
filing.
Businessmen
Receive Letters
Members of the Morebead City
Chamber of Commerce this week
received a letter from the pres
ident, J. Warren Back, sounding
the call to rally to the chamber for
the coming year, 1994-55. Included
with his letter was a pledge card
and a letter from J. A. DuBois,
retiring manager.
President Back asked that busi
nessmen suppoit the chamber with
n.anpower anJ funds. He comment
ed on the importance of advertis
ing this section's "priceless recre
?Uional resources." That job, he
said, is the chamber'*.
He sairi a new manager will have
1 1 be chosen by the first of May
when the annual membership meet
ing will be.hcld. By that lime, he
added, dues should be paid or pled
ges made
Mr. DuBois' letter thanked
chamber members for their cooper
ation during his managership. He
has accepted the managership ni
the Sea I^evel Community Clwiir,
ber of Commerce.
Ht scid, 'No// as I move a little
further east. I know that we will
all be working Just as hard, to
ward the same goal, 'To make our
community. Carteret County, a bet
to. place in which to live, prospji.
and retire.' "
Craven County AA
To Meet Tomorrow
The Craven County Alcoholics
Anonymous group will hive an
open meeting tomorrow night at
the Centenary Methodist Church,
New Bern, at 8 o'clock. The public
is invited.
A speaker who la a member of
the nation-wide organization will
speak anonymously and the Rev.
Mr. Leon Couch, pastor of the First
Methodist Church, Morehead City,
wlil aho speak.
The Carteret County Alcoholic*
have a closed meeting every Mon
day at 8 p.m. at 4MH Front street.
Beaufort, and an open meeting ev
ery Thursday night when they have
out-of-town speaker*. The poMM
is invited to the Thursday meet
ings
The nail address of the Carter
et County group is P. O. Box 198,
Beaufort
Fire Destroys
Sam's Hi-Drive
Sam Irwin's Hi-Driv* at 2Sth and
Bridges street. Moratead City, was
destroyed by fire at J a.m. yester
day. Damage was estimated by Mr.
Irwin at 18.000 which he said was
partly covered by insurance.
Mr. Irwin said he woke up about
3 a.m. and saw the light of the
blaze. He awoke his wife, who
turned in the alarm to the More-,
head Cfty Fire Department. The
Irwins live in a trailer near the
drive-in. i
Mr. Irwin said the lire depart
ment arrived too late to save the
structure. Firemen protected the
trailer, located about 30 feet from
the building, with water from the
booster tank. The trailer, con
structed o I metal, was not damaged
except for a window that bulged
and cracked.
Neither Mr. Irwin nor the fire
department know how the fire
started. It was still smoking at
10:20 a.m. yesterday.
Cub Parents
To Meet Tonight
Parent* of Cub Scout-age boys
and Pack committeemen will meet
at 7 30 tonight in the Educational
Building of the More bead CUy First
Methodist Church. Thla is tbe third
and last phaae of Parent training
before the actual organising and
chartering of the new Pack* and la
a moat important meeting, announ
ces Ethan Davis, neighborhood
commissioner. All parents of form
er Cub Scouts, Pack 101. which no
longer exiats. are especially urged
to attend, he added.
At the meeting last Friday night,
attended by 60 parents and com
mitteemen. a training film waa
shown on the "Cub Scout Achieve
ment Plan" after which a group
participation stunt "A Cub Scout
In .. Toy Shop" waa led by Mr. Da
vis.
Mr. Davia charted the "Cub
Scout Pack Organisation." explain
ing in detail the duties of the diff
erent adult leaders of a Cub Pack.
Dr. Eugene Roelofs, former Cub
master. explained the "Seven Per
iods of a Den Meetinga." Much In
tereat was shown by the parents
and committeeman, Mr. Davis re
ports.
The meeting was under the lead
ership of W. C. "BUI" Wall, of
New Rem. field Scout Executive,
East Carolina Council.
rVOfin noriow? roiiOTTice
Shuts Down Wtdnndoy
The North Harknra postofflce
was cloaed Wednesday
"Tbe postofflce formerly served
Harlow*, Bachelor and Adaaa
Creek. Mall far persona livtag In
thsae communities should now ha
aMrinU KID No. (. Havalack.
County's Largest
Land Deal Closed
The largest land dea! to take place in this section since
pre-revolutionary days was concluded Tuesday night when
Mrs. Anita Fort MRulick, Philadelphia, sold the western
half of Bogue Island to businessmen of Red Springs and
Smithfield, N. C. The selling price was $350,000 ? cash.
The buyers, each of whom put $50,000 into the deal, are
William B. McLean. James A. Sin-'
gleton Jr . George Spell and Hiram
Grantham, all of Red Springs.
Lewis R. Holding, Robert 1*. Hold
ing Jr.. and Frank B. Holding, all
of Smithfield.
The property runs for 12 miles
west of Salter Path to Bogue Inlet.
Its border on the north is Bogue
Sound and on the south the Atlan
tic Ocean. Estimated at 4,000 acres,
it includes all except the Bogue
Inlet Coast Guard station near the
western tip.
Legal papers in the transaction
would fill a wheelbarrow. One hun
dred twenty separate pieces of land
have been conveyed to the buyers
and the remainder to the First
Citizens Bank and Trust Co. as
trustees for the seven investors.
To Sell Lots
Plans of the buyers are to divide
it into building lots, some to be
offered for sale this summer. Con
struction of roads through the
property is expected to begin with
in a few weeks.
One of the buyers, Mr. McLean,
commented, "Those who know this
property realize that it is some of
the finest undeveloped property on
the Atlantic Ocean." He said it is
planned to be called Emerald Isle
by the Sea. Building will be re
stricted.
A bathing beach will form the
focal point of the development with
the residential sections extending
eastward and Westward.
Negotiators for Mrs. Maailick
were Fred R. Seel? of Beaufort
and George Koealf ef .the George
Koenig Realty Co.. Philadelphia.
The buyers were represented by
two of tltetr number Ml- McLean
?nd Lewis Holding. Attorney .for
the buyers was Frank M. Wooten,
Greenville, lawyer for the Hoff
man-Roosevelt owners of Bogue
Island property.
To connect the Salter Path Road
with the former Maulick property
a three-quarter mile right-of-way
had to be obtained through the
Hoffman property.
H. K. Fort Bought Land
Mrs. Maulick's father. Henry K.
Fort, a dealer in used machinery,
came to this country In 1D18 and
began transactions to acquire the
western half of Bogue Island. Mr.
Fort, whose home was in Phila
delphia was attracted to this sec
tion because he lcaraed desirable
property was available here for low
price.
In 1923 he completed negotia
tions for the land which has Just
been re-sold. To obtain clear title,
he had it torreniied. (The essen
tial feature of torreniiation is guar
anty by the government of proper
ly registered titles). Those pro
cedures were not completed until
1927. Including purchase costs,
torrens proceedings and surveying
of the vast property for its develop
ment represented a total invest
ment of close to $130,000.
The plan for development the
new owners are contemplating is
similar, Mr. Seeley said, to Fort's
plan. Mr. Seeley became Mr. Fort's
agent here in 1933 and has served
as agent for Mrs. Maullck since
1M3 when Mr. Fort died.
Mr. Fort planned to build a
bridge from the western end of
his property north acroas the sound
to the mainland. To carry out that
plan, he bought 489 aeres of land
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Teen-Ager Gets
Suspended Term
Judge Earl Mason Orders
Clarence Petteway Jr.
To Repay Money
Clarence Petteway Jr., 18, Beau
fort. was given a two-year suspend
ed sentence on the roads by Judge
Earl Mason Tuesday in Beaufort
Recorder's Court.
Judge Mafcon suspended the sen
tence provided that full restitution
be made to the Beaufort Negro
Elks Cl.ib in seven days through
the clurk of court, that Petteway
remain on good behavior for two
years, and that he pay costs of
court.
The solicitor, Gene Smith, rec
ommended that the court accept a
plea of guilty to petty larceny with
the understanding that the stip
ulations above be fulfilled.
Petteway was charged with
breaking and entering the Negro
Elks Club and stealing approxi
mately ?300 He waa arrested by
Beaufort police March 11 when his
father Clarence Petteway Sr., told
police to go home with him and
get his son. Petteway confessed to
the theft after his arrest. Tbe
theft waa committed Feb. 23.
The money was neve^ recovered
but Elks officials stated their loss
was $317 42 *?
Sentences were alfo handed down
by Judge Mason in two public
drunkenness casesA* George Wor
thy was sentenced to 30 days on
the streets, to be suspended on
payment of S50 and costsf Alex
Simmons was sentenced to 90 days
on the streets, or roads, also to be
suspended on payments of $90 and
costs.
Morris Harmon Buchanan,
charged with cutting through a ser
vice station driveway, and Charles
Duncan Willis, charged with fail
ing to stop at a stop sign, were
ordered to pay costs of court.
Cases continued were Harold
Lee Willis, drunk driving and pub
lic drunkenness; and Lillian Mc
Dowell, failing to stop at a stop
sign.
Town to Conduct
Clinic for Dogs
Dan Walker, Beaufort town clerk,
announced yesterday that a clinic
for vaccination of dogs will take
place at the town hall Wednesday
afternoon from 1 to 4 p.m.
Coat for vaccinating male dogs
and obtaining a license will be $2,
for female dogs $3.
Mr. Walker requests that ownera
who send their dog to the clink
with a .neighbor or a youngster,
tell that person under whose name
the dog is listed so they may be
given credit on their taxea for pay
ing their dog license tax.
Mr. Walker said that if the doga
have not been Hated, ownera need
not be afraid to bring them to the
clinic. No penalty will be im
posed.
Sea Level Building Lots
Opened Near Hospital
1. A. DuBola, manager of the Sea
Level Community Chamber al Com
merce. repwted Wednesday that
two atreeta are being paved across
Tide Table
TMee ?? Beaufort Bar
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highway 70 from the Sea Lewi
Hospital and 10 lots are being
cleared for the immediate construc
tion of new, moderate ? priced
homes.
One home, now under construc
tion, will be occupied hy Mr. and
Mrs. Marshall Whisnant. Mr. Whla
nant Is adminiatrator of the Sea
Level Hospital.
Mr DuBois said Wednesday:
"The Sea Level Community Is to
be publicised throughout the stata
and nation as the ideal location for
retired couples. Built around the
hoapital and inn, it will have much
to offer ? modern hoapital facili
ties in case of sickneas. an op-to
date inn where residents may en
tertain visitors, the fineat of all
hunting and (lahlng. with bathing
in the unpolluted crystal blue
waters of Nelson Bay and Com
Sound."