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43rd YEAR, NO. 5?. TWO SECTIONS TWELVE PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY, JULY 18. 1954 PUBUSHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
County Board Okays Special
Court Term, Adopts Budget
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Mortars Are There, But
They're 91 Years Late
By RIP WILDER
Fort Macon finally got its 10
inch mortars but, a* far as the Con
federates are concerned, the mor
tars got there 91 years, two months
and 24 days too late. And they're
Damyankee mortars at that.
On the morning ot April 24,
1862, Confederate Colonel Moses
A. White would probably have giv
en his eye teeth, one rebel yell,
and all of his confederate money
for a couple of 10-inchers.
The Yankees were setting up
their 10-inch mortars behind the
sand dunes 1,680 yards to the west
of the fort. And there was noth
ing the Rebels could do about it.
Fort Macon was supposed to be
a "shot proof fort but the 10
inch mortars could lob their 100
pound balls up and over into the
inside of the fort.
The Confederates had every kind
of artillery except the 10-inchers
and there was no way they could
shoot back at the Yankees behind
the dunes.
The Yankees, under Captain
Flagler, opened fire on Fort Ma
con at 5:40 a.m. April 25, 1862.
Four U. S. ships off the coast also
opened fire but Fort Macon had
long range guns and drove the
ships away.
The Yankee batteries fired an
estimated 1,150 shots and hit on
approximately 550 which is pretty
good shooting in anybody's league,
considering they had no gun sights
and had to judge the wind the
best way they could.
Col. White surrendered at 10
a.m. April 26.
The motars finally arrived at the
?fort around the first of February
1954, from Raleigh. The officials
in charge thought it would be a
good idea to have the mortars on
display at the fort since this type
of gun meant the ultimate down
fall of the fort as a Confederate
stronghold.
Ironically enough, the mortars
placed in the fort are some of the
ones left in Raleigh towards the
end of the Civil War by a Yankee
general named Sherman who was
taking a jaunt through the south
lands.
The 2,000 - pound mortars, load
ed with 100-pound balls, are now
on display at the fort and are just
as they were in '62 except for
the fact that they are resting in
cement blocks now instead of on
the original wooden stands.
Two Cars Go to Junk Heap
Via Curve Near County Line
Craven Gets Rid
Of 64 Stills
New Bern? Craven County ABC
and ATU officers have dsslroyed
64 whiskey stills since the first of
the year.
Included in the hauls were 8M8
gallons of freshly made liquor, 84,
574 gallons of mash and IB moon
shiners.
All of the outfits were steam,
stave-type stills. Largest of the
lot was a 800-gallon affair, with
9,000 gallons of mash on hand.
Like most of the other booze
factories captured, it was located
in the county's North Harlowe sec
tion. Officers used up 46 sticks of
dynamite in blasting it out of
existence.
On the basis of mash supplies
and whiskey seized, it is estimated
that destruction of the stills saved
the government $100,000 in alco
holic taxes for a single combined
run.
Nabbing the moonshiners at
their work is a rare accomplish
ment. All roads leading into heav
ily wooded areas pass by homes of
interested partie*. Natives use
shotgun signals to spread an alarm
as soon as raiders are spotted.
Then, an automobile will trail
the government car, to keep tab on
what happens and where.
' A 1952 four-door Buick was de
molished at 12:30 a.m. Friday when
it turned over several times on
Highway 70 a quarter mile east of
the Carteret-Craven line. At 7:30
p.m. Sunday an identical model car
turned over in almost the same
spot and it too was smashed be
yond repair.
Nobody was hurt in either acci
dent.
Driving the car in the FrWay ac
cident was Titus Lindley WHlift,
Cherry Point. State Highway Pa
trolman Brown said Willis failed
to round a curve as he was headed
toward Cherry Point. The road was
wet at the time.
A man riding with Willis escaped
injury as did the driver. No
charges were preferred.
Patrolman Brown also investi
gated the Sunday night accident.
Mrs. Sarah R. Smith, Havelock, was
driving a 1952 Buick toward Cher
ry Point when she ran off the
shoulder on the right and turned
over when she tried to cut back on
the road. The car skidded 2&2 feet.
Mrs. Smith has been charged
with careless and reckless driving.
Otis D. Wolfe, Fayetteville, owner
of the car, was riding with her.
He has been charged with public
drunkenness. Several other passen
gers were in the car also. All
escaped injury.
Patrolman Brown said he had
stopped Mrs. Smith Sunday after
noon and warned her about her
driving.
The Board of County Com
missioners, in session yester
day morning at the court
house, approved the County
Bar Association's request to
petition the governor for a
special civil court term and
approved a budget of $604,
818.06 for the 1954-55 fiscal
year.
The request from the bar asso
ciation was presented by Alvih
Hamilton, county attorney. A spe
cial two-week term of civil court
would cost the county between
$1,500 and $2,000, the board esti
mated. Such funds are not included
in the budget.
But Attorney Hamilton said 60
cases are on the civil court docket
and there's no way to get them
cleared without a special term. He
said persons involved in the cases
want to get them over with and it
is the county's obligation to see
that court terms are scheduled to
meet the needs.
The board suggested that the
regular October term of Superior
Court be set for two weeks instead
of one, but Mr. Hamilton said it
was impossible to try to change a
schedule already set.
May Say No
He added that even though the
county board approves a special
term, Governor Umstead may not
be able to send a judge here to
hold the session. The bar associa
tion has asked that the two weeks
be scheduled sometime this month
or next.
The resolution passed yesterday
will be forwarded to the governor.
The budget for the current fiscal
year exceeds last year's by $33,
908.15, but actually county ex
penses remain about the same, ac
cording to James Potter, auditor.
The difference is due to an ac
cumulation of money to pay off
county bonds whose owners cannot
be located.
The general cost of running the
county next year ha& been esti
mated at $162,367; the health de
partment budget was set at $19,401,
welfare fund at $57,796.77; County
Board of Education $85,253.29, and
debt service fund $280,000.
The county's share of the 1954
tax levy was estimated at $49,500.
The tax levy was set at $1.80 per
hundred. Of that amount 20 cents
goes to the general fund, 4 cents
to the welfare fund, 6 cents to the
health fund, 25 cents for public
assistance (old age, dependent
children, the disabled and blind),
$1 to the debt service fund for
county and school bonds, and 25
cents to the County Board of Edu
cation.
A $2 poll tax was also levied on
each male person between 21 and
50 years of age, plus a dog tax of
$2 for female dogs and $1 for
males.
Tax Collector Reports
Eugene O. Moore, county tax col
lector, reported to the board that
91.31 per cent of the 1953 tax levy
had been collected. The total levy
was $388,688.36. Collected was
$354,928.67. Of that amount $102,
504.50 was collected this year and
$252,914.34 last year. Taxes for
1952 and prior amounted to $27,
See COUNTY BOARD, Page 6
Speaker Says United Fund
Success Depends on Backing
The comMMity and organizers
of a United Fund must be told
on the idea of having only one
drive for fundi before a United
Fund Chapter can be luccenful,
John Alexander of Raleigh told
representatives of Morehead City
civic organisations Thursday night
at a meeting in the Recreation
Center.
"If the organizers are aold on
the idea, the community can be
sold," he said. In a poll taken
in Raleigh before a United Fund
chapter was organized. 97 per
cent of the people contacted favor
ed one dt've for funds. This in
cluded all the large business con
cerns, too," he stated.
Mr. Alexander, president of the
Raleigh Tractor and Truck Co.,
and 10S3 United Fund campaign
chairman, was speaking before a
Joint meeting of Uons and Rotary.
Other civic organizations were rep
resented also.
(1 Attend
Introduced by P. H. Geer Jr.,
Morehead City, Mr. Alexander told
the 07 persons attending that he
received no pay for his work with
the Raleigh United Fund.
Also, he said, each chapter is
organized differently, becauae, be
said, "ft's your United Fund."
He said the people of Raleigh
were tired of numerous drives for
funds. The mayor organized a com
mittee to study the possibility of
<? United Fund.
These men, Mr. Alexander laid,
were sold on the United Fund and
M par cut at the people contacted
by the organizers were in favor of
one fund railing campaign.
A meeting was held in which a
board of directors, and officers
were elected. Last year Raleigh
raised $330,000, or a per capita of
?6.07.
Among the officers elected is
a president, he said, who appoints
committees. Foremost is the ad
missions committee, he said. This
committee invites the various
organizations in the community
who have drives for funds to join
the United Fund.
Representatives of the agencies
meet with the committee to discuss
ways and. means of joining and
contracts are drawn up. Mr. Alex
ander listed the agencies belonging
to the Raleigh United Fund, which
Included several Negro agencies.
Other committees that have to be
appointed are finance, budget,
Tide Table
TMet at Beaufort Bar
HIGH
LOW
Taeilay, July 11
8:01 a.m.
8:26 p.m.
12:18 a.m.
12:01 |im.
Wednesday, July 14
8:47 a.m.
7:10 p.m.
1:01 a.m.
12:47 p.m.
Tkarsday, July It
7:30 a.m.
7:91 p.m.
1:41 a.m.
1:33 p.m.
Friday. My 18
8:12 a.m.
8:32 p.m.
2:19 a.m.
2:17 p.m.
planning, public relations, and a
campaign chairman.
These men can be salaried or
not as the chapter decides. In
Raleigh no one is paid in the ad
ministration end, he said.
The various groups of the city
were organised to make collection
easier. Many of these groups gave
to the United Fund by payroll de
ductions or to collectors every
month.
'USO b Nucleus'
Mr. Alexander also presided at
a question and answer period. In
replying to a query on the USO
contribution, he said, "the USO
is the nucleus of United Fund."
Money given to the USO in turn
helps the servicemen of the com
munity in the places where they
are stationed. He stated that five
per cent of the total collected last
year in Raleigh was given to the
USO. This is purely a voluntary
contribution, he emphasised.
"If the chapter so decides, it
doesn't haye to contribute to tbe
USO," he said.
He answered a question on meet
ing the various agency budgets,
saying that the budgets of the
United Fund members are baaed
on need. This money is given to
the agency from the total collect
ed as stated in tbe contract.
He also said that every penny is
accounted for. In Raleigh, he said,
a booklet is printed telling bow
much waa collected, paid out, and
where It went
Operating expense of tbe fund la
Sea UNITED FUND. Page I
Marine Steals
Light 'To Abide
By Law' He Says
Cpl. Corbin C. Saunders, Cherry
Point, was charted with minor lar
ceny in the Morehead City Record
er a court yesterday and he tried to
explain that he way only trying to
abide by the law.
On the night of June 29, Saun
ders was arrested by Lt. Carl
Blomberg of the Morehead City Po
lice Department for stealing a '
headlight from a 1946 Ford parked
in front of the offices of Parker
Motor Company on Arendell St.
When arrested, Saunders stated
that a State Highway Patrolman
had told him that he must get a
headlight fcr his car and, he ex
plained, tin t was what he was do
ing, according to Lieutenant Blom
berg.
In court yesterday, Lieutenant
Blomberg testified that at 10:40,
June 29, he saw Saunders "mess
'n* w?h the front of the 1946
Ford and went over to investigate.
When he reached Saunders, he
said that he saw the headlight
Saunders told the officer his
story and said that he had left two
dollars to pay for the light. Lt.
Blomberg stated that he told Saun
ders to show him the money He
said that on the way to the car
he noticed Saunders reaching in
his pocket and when they reached
the car Saunders reached in the
auto and then handed the lieuten
ant two bills.
Lieutenant Blomberg testified
that Saunders had handed him a
five dollar bill and a one dollar
bill instead of the two ones he was
supposed to have placed in the car.
Saunders was found guilty by
Judge George McNeill and was
fined $25 and costs of court.
'Truck, Car
Collide Monday
A 1947 Ford pick-up truck,
driven by Lewis E. Creech, Snow
Hill, and a 1947 Ford, driven by
Paul Vernon Gibson Jr., Newport,
collided yesterday at 9 a.m. three
miles west of Morehead City.
Highway Patrolman J. W. Sykes
who investigated the accident, said,
both vehicles were traveling east
on U. S. Highway 70. Creech said
he was turning left off the highway
into the road leading to the More
head City Block and Tile Co. and
that he gave a hand signal.
Gibson stated that he did not see
a hand signal and Gibson's car hit
the truck from the roar.
Patrolman Sykes estimated that
about $150 damage was done to the
car and little or no damage to the
truck. He said two persons were
traveling with Gibson. No injuries I
resulted from the collision, accord- 1
ing to Patrolman Sykes.
Gibson was charged with passing
at an intersection and Creech was
charged with failing to give a hand
signal.
Miss Morehead City Will
Go to Burlington Tomorrow
Miss Norma Swinson, Miss More
head City of 1954, and her party,
will leave early tomorrow morning
by automobile (or Burlington,
where Miss Swinson will register
for the Miss North Carolina Beau
ty Pageant.
In Miss Swinson's party will be
her escort. Buddy Midgett of More
head City and Miss Thelma Mema
kis, her companion, also of More
head City.
When they arrive in Burlington,
a Nash Rambler will be available
to them, states Jasper Bell, More
head City Jaycee president.
Will Sing Solo
Miss Swinson will sing "Temp
tation" at the pageant. All con
testants must demonstrate a talent.
Miss Swinson's pageant wardrobe,
consisting of a street dress, even
ing gown, and bathing suit, was
furnished by Clara's and The Dress
Shop of Morehead City.
Port Calendar
City of Fayetteville ? Barge
continued this weekend its daily
schedule of trips between Avia
tion Fuel Terminal and Cherry
Point, carrying let fuel.
88 Esso linden ? Will dock
at Esso Port Terminal Thursday.
Coming from Baytown, Tex.,
with gas. keroaene and fuel oil.
Will go to Baton Rogue, la., af
ter leaving here.
Galf Atlantic Barge ? Sailed
Friday from the Esso Port Ter
minal for Washington. N. C.,
with a load of gas and keroaene.
U88 Mallette <APA>? Docked
and sailed from the Stat* port
Saturday.
Patella - Will dock Thursday
or Friday at Trumbull Asphalt
Co. Coning from Curacao, Moth
erland West Indies, with load of
asphalt
Contestants will register from
1 to 6 p.m. tomorrow. Rehearsal
will take place from 9 to 12 a.m.
Thursday. The first appearance
before the judges will be from 8
to 10:30 p.m. Thursday.
Friday's schedule includes a pa
rade from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. with
the second appearance before the
judges from 8 to 10:30 p.m.
The third performance will be
Saturday afternoon from 2 to 4:30.
Finals wilt be from 8 to 11 p.m.
Saturday.
Among the judges will be Mia*
America and Mias North Carolina
of 1953. Approximately 40 towns
and cities will be represented by
contestants.
To Get Scholarship
Miss North Carolina of 1934 will
receive a 11,000 college scholarship
and a complete wardrobe from a
nationally-known clothes company.
She will also get a free week's va
cation in Morehead City.
Miss Swinson was choaen as Miss
Morehead City at a semi-private
beauty pageant sponsored by the
Morehead City Jaycees.
Firemen Put Out
Blaze at Laundry
Morehead City firemen were
called Saturday afternoon to extin
guish a fire at the Whiteway Laun
dry, Evans Street, Morehead City.
Firemen put out the fire which
started at the rear of the boiler
room in a traah barrel. Damage
was slight, said Fire Chief Eldon
Nelson.
He added that laundry em
ployee* started a fire in the traah
barrel leaning against the rear of
the boiler room. The barrel in
turn heated a tin covering on the
wooden sides of the room, setting
the boarda ablase.
Employees, noticing the smoke
coming from under the tin ihestb
ing. turned in the alarm.
Director Reports Operating
Profit at Morehead City Port
Maybe Terrapin State'
Doesn't Like Turtles
The "Terrapin State" doesn't
seem to want its terrapins.
According to G. B. Talbot, chief
of the Middle Atlantic investiga
tions at the U. S. Fish and Wild
life laboratory, Beaufort, it was de
cided about seven years ago that
the terrapins at the laboratory
would be distributed to Virginia,
North Carolina, South Carolina
and Maryland.
All of the states accepted the
terrapins and turned them out in
their marshlands except Maryland,
which is known as the "Terrapin
State." But an arrangement was
made with the laboratory at Beau
fort to keep the terrapins. And
that arrangement is still in effect.
As long as the "Terrapin State"
wants to keep its turtles in the
Tar Heel State, that's evidently OK
with the Fish and Wildlife lab, as
long as the board for the 1,200 ter
rapins is paid!
Cecil Gillikin
Wins First Place
In 4-H Contest
Fourteen-year-old Cecil Gillikin,
Bettie, won first place in the 4-H
district contest at Washington, N.
C., Thursday and is qualified to
participate in the state contest at
Raleigh this week.
Fay Kelly 16 Newport, won a
second place in vegetable use dem
onstration and was the only girl to
place from Carteret County.
Cecil gave a discussion on the
importance of soil-testing and went
through the procedure of taking
soil samples to win his first place.
He also explained a chart which
gave the type information on the
soil sample which is needed by the
*lt4e soil-testing bureau.
Miss Martha Barnett, county
Home Demonstration agent, will
take a group of boys and girls to
Raleigh next Monday for the 4-H
short course at State College. The
course will last one w^ek.
One boy and three girls will go
with Miss Barnett to Raleigh. They
are Bill Turpin, Camp Glenn,
county health king who will par
ticipate in the health pagenat; Car
ol Bearham, Morehead City, coun
ty health queen who will also par
ticipate in the health pagent; Et
ta Taylor, Beaufort, who will par
ticipate in the state dress review
and Freda Hansley, Camp Glenn,
who will go as a delegate.
Miss Taylor is the winner of the
Carteret County dress review.
? 4
State Ports Authority
Meets Here Friday
During the past fiscal year the port of Morehead City
made a $100,000 profit, Col. Richard S. Marr, director of
state ports, told the State Ports Authority Friday morning
at a meeting at the Dunes Club.
He presented a report on Morehead City and Wilming
Track Interests
Buy Property
At Currituck
Currituck ? A bid of $8,000 pur
chased two tracts of land belonging
to the Carolina-Virginia Racing As
sociation in a public auction sale at
the Currituck Courthouse dooV at
noon Friday.
John Masoni, representing the
Ranger Investment Corp. of Cleve
land, Ohio, and one of the princi
pal stockholders in the Moyock dog
track, was the sole bidder.
The sale was transacted by Wil
ton F. Walter Jr.. county attorney,
and involved 62.5 acres on which
the dog track was located and 13.5
acres across the highway from the
track.
John Dawson, Kinston attorney
who represents the racing asso
ciation and Frank B. Aycock Jr.,
Elizabeth City attorney whose le
gal efforts resulted in the dog
tracks being closed, were present
as spectators.
The sale was ordered by the
Slate of North Carolina to col
lect taxes due the State Depart
ment of Revenue.
The State Supreme Court ruled
this spring as unconstitutional the
act which allowed pari-mutuel bet
ting at the track.
Rulings on appeals in United
States courts have not been hand
ed down.
Rain Finally
Relieves County
The rains came ? finally.
Farms, tinder-dry forests and
grasslands were soaked by 4.31
inches of rain over the weekend.
The showers started at 5 p.m. Fri
day and fell almost continuously
until after midnight Sunday.
The greatest amount fell late
Saturday night and all day Sun
day, according to Stamey Davis,
weather observer.
During the rain the temperature
fell off from 91 Thursday to 76
Sunday. Wind, for the most part,
came from the southwest, but,
said Mr. Davis, strong northeast
winds brought the badly needed
deluge.
Temperature readings since
Thursday follow:
Elton Littleton,
Gone Four Years,
Returns Saturday
Elton Littleton, wanted by offi
cers here for four years on ?
charge of abandonment and non
support, walked into the sheriff's
office Saturday morning and gave
himself up.
Littleton, who said he had been
working with the postoffice depart
ment in Kansas City, Mo., was put
in the county jail and released Sat
urday night under $1,000 bond.
Sheriff Hugh Salter said Little
ton's wife and several children live
near Beaufort.
Littleton gave officers no reason
for returning. The sheriff said
efforts to locate him in the paat al
ways proved unsuccessful.
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Max. Mill.
91 80
85 74
81 72
78 71
Hon port operations tor the past si*
months. The report recommended:
1. A request for *2, 800,000 from
the next legislature for a
warehouse and heavy equip
ment at both ports
2. Purchase of more land for the
expansion of the Morehead
City port
3. Acquiring the federally-held
shipyard at Wilmington which
adjoins the state port
4. Increased effort to obtain
*57,000 reimbursement from
Uncle Sam for dredging done
at Wilmington
5. Conclusion of investigations
toward financing the build
ing of a grain-loading installa
tion at Morehead City
6. Continuing efforts to estab
lish grain elevators here and
at Wilmington
7. Working "very closely" with
Southern Railway in building
up the port of Morehead City
Struggle Predicted
In the report Colonel Marr said,
"Our position at Morehead City as
a commercial port is not too good
and the struggle there for commer
cial cargoes is going to be a long
difficult one. When and if the
Southern Railway takes over the
A&NC, a change for the better will
occur overnight."
The director told the port author
ity members that Morehead City
is handicapped because of poor
freight rates. When it comes to
trucking, Morehead City is at a dis
advantage. he said, because it is 70
miles farther eastward than Nor
folk or Wilmington.
Referring to Southern's connec
tions westward, the director said.
"When we can draw from the Mid
dle Wot. that's the big hope for
Morelfad City."
Two readjustments in the port
contracts with Esso and Trumbull
were reported, meaning, Colonel
Marr said, "more business with
them." Navy cargoes here have in
creased but as for the commercial
aspect, the director said "it will
take a long hard fight."
The ports operating budget for
the 1955-57 biennium was tentative
ly approved. A meeting for final
action on it will take place Aug.
20 at Blowing Rock.
Changes Made
Two major changes were made
by authority members. They recom
mended an increase in maintenance
funds to $74,000. The original fig
ure was $49,500 and they approved
a salary raise of $1,200 for Colonel
Marr beginning with July 1, 1955.
The budget exceeds that of the
just-past fiacal year by $128,000
or more than $250,000 for the years
1955-57.
It Includes an "adjustment" of
port employees' salaries, Colonel
Marr said, bringing salaries "in
line" with those of comparable Jobs
in this area.
At present the salary of the ports
manager at Morehead City is $8,099
and the salary of the Wilmington
ports manager is $7,722. Beginning
July 1, 1955 these salaries will be
made equal, $9,192 annually.
The total salaries item includes
the hiring of additional traffic so
licitors. rate clerks and stenog
raphers, s total of seven persons.
The director requested approval
for establishment of a "?ub rate
office" at Morehead City. E. E.
Lee Jr. is head of the rate depart
ment and there would be two other
rate clerks, one here and one at
Wilmington.
It was pointed out that $20,000
earmarked for out-of-state solici
tors in the last blennum was not
spent. In addition to that, $7,833
from the prevlus budget remaina.
T* Open In New York
Referring to port business solici
tors In other states, Colonel Marr
See PORTS, Page I
Phillip Mazrek
Found Guilty
Of Trespass
Phillip E. Mazrek. Cherry Point,
was found guilty of forcible tres
pass by Judge George McNeill in
Morehead City Recorder's Court
yesterday.
Mazrek was charged with taking
Thursday night the 1954 Ford con
vertible belonging to Barrett Da
vis, Morehead City.
Davis testified that he missed the
car at 9 p.m. and called the More
head City Police Department im
mediately.
Patrolman Homer Lewis was dis
patched to investigate and he
found the car parked on the side
of the road between Dom El's
Drive-In, Atlantic Beach, and the
Atlantic Beach bridge.
Patrolman Lewis stated that Maz
rek was passed out in the front seat
of the car.
Mazrek was taken to the More
head City Police Station and, upon
being searched, it was found that
he had the keys to the car.
Patrolman Lewis said the only
statement he could get out of Maz
rek was "I want to see my con
gressman." He added that Mazrek
was drunk.
Mr. Davis estimated that approx
imately $100 damage had been
done to the car.
Judge McNeill sentenced Mazrek
to 60 days in jail suspended on
payment of $25 and costs. He was
instructed to pay $100 for damage
to the car within 30 days.
Two Cars Collide
At Davis Sunday
Two cars collided at the main
intersectfon in Davis at 2:45 p.m.
Sunday. Mrs. Levy Jackson Good
win, Ceuar Island, a passenger in
one of the cars, got a cut on her
head.
Tier husband was driving a 1950
Chevrolet which collided with a
1952 Plymouth driven by Marshall
Grady Warren, Roseboro. Warren
was headed west and Goodwin east.
State Highway Patrolman W. E.
Pickard said Goodwin cut too short
at the turn and struck Warren.
Warren, who had his wife with
him, said he saw Goodwin coming
and stopped. Goodwin said because
of the heavy rain and foggy wind
shield he couldn't see very well.
Damage to the Chevrolet was
estimated at $100 and damage to
the Plymouth at $225. No charges
were preferred.
Republicans Will
Meet for Clambake
County Republicans will gather
at Smyrna School Friday night for
a clambake. Ray Jennings, Tay
lorsville, chairman of the Repub
lican State Executive Committee,
will be the speaker.
Roy Thomas Garner. Newport,
chairman of the county Republican
Executive Committee, said other
state Republican leaders will be
present also.
The clambake will begin at 8 p.m.
Tickets may be obtained from
Republicans throughout the coun
ty. The public, Mr. Garner said, is
welcome.
Theatre Group Schedules
Meet at 7:30 Tomorrow
Th? Carteret Community Thea
tre will meet at 7:30 tomorrow
night at the radio station, Mrs. Wil
ey Taylor, buainess manager, an
nounced yesterday.
She iaid the play to be given In
the fall will be discusncd with ?
view toward starting rehearsals.
This will involve choosing a direc
tor and a cast.
Duke to Dedicate New Research Lab
At Marine Station Saturday, July 24
Dr. C. G. Bookhout, director of
Duke University Marine Labora
tory, Pivera Island, announced yes
terday that the new reaearch labo
ratory at the marine station will be
dedicated Saturday afternoon. July
24
In conjunction with the dedica
tion there will be an open houae
and shrimp supper for Duke ahim
ni in Carteret and frienda of Duke
students snd faculty.
During the open house.from * to
9 p.m. there will be demonstrations
on research work in the labora
tsriw H s collection of
animals and plant* of the county
will b? ahown.
The dedication ceremony will be
gin at S with a welcome by Dr.
Bookhout. The dedication address
will be given by Dr. Paul Groaa,
vice-preaident of the university.
The aupper will be served picnic
style at 9:30.
The new research laboratory la
In ? building 40 by SO feet. Floors
are of poured concrete and the con
struction Is frame with pastel
green ahlngllng. The interiors are
finished in plywood paneling.
The building, pat up at ? coat
of 130.000, has > large storeroom,
office, library, five research cubi
cles which can accommodate two
Investigators each, a biochemistry
and physiology lab which will ac
commodate feur to six investi
gators. a darkroom, utility room
and a spacious attic for storage.
The largest room in the new lab
contains 38 linear feet of salt
watar tanks. 28 feet of water table
and a large work table.
The new building la located on
the north side of the quadrangle
and waa tint occupied about Jua*
14.