CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES
43rd YEAR, NO. 6?. THREE SECTIONS TWENTY-TWO PAGHB MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFOmT, NORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY, JULY 28. 1954 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
NEWS-TIMES OFFICE
804 AthmUII St.
Mewbwi City
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Morehead Chamber to Start
Membership Drive Monday
Board of Conservation
Session EndsWednesd ay
Reports from the standing com
mittees were heard by members
of the Board o( Conservation and
Development Wednesday morning
in the adminstration building of
the Morehead City Section Base as
the three-day summer meeting
came to a close.
It was decided by the board that
the October meeting will be held in
Charlotte, home city of Ben E.
Douglas, director of the board.
Cecil Morris, Atlantic, chairman
of the Commercial Fisheries Com
mittee, recommended that the
board accept a three-point resolu
tion concerning oyster and clam
dredging in certain waters of this
area.
The regulation prohibits taking
oysters or clams in the Bogue
Sound area from a point west of
Morehead City east to the Mure
head City harbor, from the east
end of Beaufort along the cause
way to the Morehead City draw
bridge and around Radio Island, in
Taylor's Creek, and in the vicinity
of the J. W. Smith and Atlantic
Boat Basins at Atlantic.
C. Gehrmann Holland, fisheries
commissioner, said that the exact
bounds will be published within
the near future.
The Commercial Fisheries Com
mittee recommended appeal of the
$15 oyster dredge permit because
the tax on overall length of the
boat covers that item.
The committee suggested that a
public hearing be held at Poplar
Branch Sept. 27 to consider closing
Currituck Sound to commercial
fishing each year from April 10
until Sept. IS.
The committee reported that it
had received a statement from Earl
Holden, Vandemere, that Mexican
shrimp imported into the nation
? has had an effect on the do
mestic market. Director Ben Doug
las -told Mr. Holden Uiat the mat
ter should be taken up with a
congressional delegation ? pos
sibly suggesting a tariff or quota
system.
It was recommended by the Com
mercial Fisheries committee that
no night shrimping be carried on
in a 1,000 - yard wide and six
mile long area from Swan Point
Shoal to the north of Back Bay.
A request from Axson Smith,
Washington, N. C., was heard. He
recommended that the sommer
. cial fishing line be changed from
the breakwater at Belhaven to a
point adjacent to the town prop
er. Mr. Smith was told that this
would necessitate the surrender r f
the territory by the Wildlife Re
sources Commission and he would
have to get their permission before
the board could pass on his re
quest.
Lewis Hariiy, Southport, request
ed that the board reinstate the re
ciprocal agreement with Florida
shrimpers. Mr. Hardy was told
by the director of the committee
that action on the matter would
have to be delayed pending cor
See CltD, Page (
College Staff
Host at Lunch
In appreciation (or the coopera
tion shown the Woman's College
Fine Arts Summer School by Beau
fort and county residents, a lunch
eon was given by the Woman's Col
lege staff at Beaufort School Wed
, nesday. Guests were town officials
and school officials.
During the luncheon hour, mem
bers of the children's choral class
sang several numbers under the di
rection of Bill Deveney. The chil
dren came from the communities
of Beaufort, Sea Level, Marshall
berg and Beaufort RFD.
Gregory D. Ivy, director of the
school, expressed his appreciation
to the "people of Beaufort, More
head City and Atlantic Beach" and
said that In return the school at
tempted to be of help to the county
through its instruction of children.
Dan Walker, acting manager of
the Beaufort Chamber of Com
merce, introduced guests and Mr.
Ivy introduced faculty members
and students. Gerald Hill, presi
dent of the Chamber of Commerce,
Mr. Walker, and Joe House, mem
ber of the Beaufort School Board,
said they were pleased that Beau
fort could be boat to the summer
school and invited the school to re
turn. D. G. Bell, Morehea* City
commissioner, said Morehead City
was pleased that the summer school
came here to Carteret County.
Severs) s capella numbers by a
girls' chords, directed by Mr. De
veney, concluded the program. Two
of the numbers were A-aeted by
students, one of them Ann Darden
Webb of Monhead City.
Newport Rotary
President Lists
New Chairmen
Nathan Garner, Newport Rotary
president, appointed committee
chairmen Monday at a meeting in
the former Newport School cafe
teria.
Committee chairmen are Henry
G. Edwards, Club Service; Lloyd
B. Garner, Vocational Service; Coy
E. Wallace, Community Service;
J. H. Waldrop Jr., International
Service; and Edgar Hibbs, Atten
dance.
Aaron Craig, Classification; C.
S. Long, Club Bulletin; Moses C.
Howard, Fellowship; Walter Rob
erts, Magazine; Edgar Hibbs, Mem
bership; C. S. Long, Program; Na
than Garner, Public Information.
C. Monroe Garner, Rotary In
formation; William M. Murray, Ser
geant at-Arms; Milton C. Warren,
Health and Happiness; D. Ira Gar
ner, Buyer-Seller Relations; W. D.
Heath Sr., Competitor Relations;
Aaron Craig, Employer-Employee
Relations; V. Marty Rhue, Trade
Associations.
Robert Montague, Four-Way
Test; Lonnie W. Howard, Rural
Urban Relations; Edgar Comer,
Student Loan; Moses C. Howard,
Cbmmunity Safety; Harry D. Lock
ey, Youth; Milton C. Wan-en, Boys
and Girls Week; William M. Mur
ray, Student Guests.
Edgar Comer, International Con
tacts; J. H. Waldrop Jr., Interna
tional Information; Robert Monta
gue, International Student Pro
jects; and Aaron Crate, Golden An
ni versa! y.
Following the appointments, Mr.
Garner explained to the chairmen
their duties. He also announced
that Dr. R. D. Wellons, district gov
ernor, would visit the club Aug 30.
The club also welcomed back
Mack Edwards, who returned from
his leave of absence.
W. E. Pickard of Morehead City
was a club guest.
Temperature Hits
New High of 9$
The mercury soared to this
year's record high of 95 Tuesday,
reports Stamey Davis, weather ob
server.
Tuesday night the temperature
fell off to 77 as the wind grew
stronger, bringing rain clouds and
a severe electrical storm.
Wednesday was a little cooler
with the mercury hovering around
the 88 mark. A rain squall in the
forenoon brought .33 inches of
rain. Rain preceded by high winds
fell soon after midnight Wednes
day.
Rain recorded Monday was .25
inches.
Temperature readings up to
Wednesday follow:
Two Autos Collide
At Morehead Intersection
A 1953 Dodge collided with a
1992 Buick at the intersection of
Evans and 24th Streets, More
head City, at 1 p.m. Wednesday.
The Dodge, driven by John Nel
son, Morehead City, was headed
south on 24th Street and ran into
the rear of the Buick, driven by
Mrs. Ruth McRacken, Scotland
Neck.
Damage to the Dodge was es
timated at <150 and little damage
was done to the Buick. No charges
were filed
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Max. Mia.
85 73
95 77
88 75
Tid? Table
Tide* at Beaufort Bar
HK1H
LOW
Friday, July 23
1:15 a.m.
2:00 p.m.
7:30 a.m.
8:36 p.m.
Satarday, Jaly 24
2:20 a.m.
3:00 p.m.
8:33 a.m.
8:47 p.m.
Buaday, Jaly 25
3:29 a m.
4:14 p.m.
9:40 a m.
10:06 p.m.
4:40 a.m.
5: IB p.m.
Meaday, Jaly t6 .
10:47 a-m.
11:66 p.m.
Taeadajr, Jaly 17
5:44 a.m.
6:17 pja.
11:61 a-m.
? The Morehead City Chamber of
Commerce will launch an intensive
one-week membership campaign
Monday morning with breakfast at
7:30 at Fleming's Restaurant on
the beach road. Miss North Caro
lina will be present.
Ted Davis, manager of the cham
ber, said emphasis will be made on
getting all memberships in during
that week. At present there are
205 members of the chamber,
"about the same number as last
year at this lime," Mr. Davis said.
J. R. Sanders is chairman of the
membership committee. Members
are Carl Southerland, Skinner
Chalk, Milton Dail, Dick McClain,
P. H. Geer, Ben Alford, Clyde
Jones, Roper Van Horn, J. R. Mor
ill, Ken Wagner and Shelby Free
man.
Chairman of chamber commit
tees attended a meeting at the
chamber office Tuesday night to
select committee members.
They also discussed American
Powerboat Association races which
have been proposed for Morehead
City Jaycees are making further
investigation.
Circuit Court
Issues Decision
Against Track
The Fourth Circuit Court of ap
peals has upheld Judge Don Gil
liam, federal judge at Tarboro, who
denied dog track interests a tem
porary injunction.
Al Tarboro, Judge Gilliam, who
has under advisement a case
brought by the Morehead City dog
track operators in which they ap
pealed from an injunction signed
by Judge Clawson L. Williams of
Sanford prohibiting the operation
of the Carteret track, expressed
the opinion the circuit ruling
would settle the Morehead City ap
peal.
"1 am of the opinion that the rul
ing of the Fourth Circuit Court of
Appeals will dispose of both
cases," declared Judge Gilliam,
"but I am delaying a ruling on the
Morehead City case until I have
had the opportunity to study the
ruling."
Judge Gilliam declared, "The
decision is just what I expected.
The Court of Appeals apparently
decided the District Court had no
jurisdiction to entertain action at
all."
Ruling qp the appeal in which
the racing association claimed it
would be "irreparably damaged"
if not permitted to hold races this
summer. Chief Judge John J. Par
ker in his opinion declared:
"No one has a property right in
. See TRACK, Page 6
Judge Brings
Charges Against
Truck Driver
i
Lenoir Jurist Appears
Against Defendant Her*
Tuesday Morning
Peter John Evers, Southern Oil
Transportation Co truck driver
was found guilty Tuesday in Coun
ty Recorder's Court of reckless
driving and following too closely.
Judge L. R. Morris suspended judg
ment on payment of $10 and costs.
Evers was cited June 20 by State
Highway Patrolman J. W. Sykes
following a complaint by Albert
Cooper, Kinston. Lenoir County Re
corder's Court judge.
Judge Cooper told the court that
he was travelling toward Morehead
City on Highway 24 from Swans
boro when Evers drew up behind
him in a diesel-powered oil car
rier.
Judge Cooper testified that
Evers followed him for 10 miles
"bumper to bumper" until reach
ing the Gales Creek Bridge. At
this time he said there were two
other cars ahead of him.
Truck Passes
When the caravan reached the
bridge, Mr. Cooper said, the oil
carrier proceeded to pass him and
the other two vehicles "on or near
the bridge," swinging sharply back
into the east-bound lane to avoid
oncoming traffic.
During the passing maneuver,
Judge Cooper testified that he was
crowded to the side of the bridge.
He then said he passed the two
cars in front of him, when there
was an opportunity, and followed
the truck.
He testified that he chased the
truck at "better than 60 miles an
hour" before catching up at the
intersection of 24 and Highway 70.
He took the license number of the
trailer and then went to State
Highway Patrol office, but found
no one there, he said.
He told the court he went to his
destination in Morehead City and
called the patrol and gave the num
ber to the officer that answered.
Patrolman Testifies
Patrolman J. W. Sykes testified
that he got the call from Judge
Cooper, looked up the registration,
and went to the oil company am*;
found that Evers was the driver.
From the information supplied
by Judge Cooper, Patrolman Sykes
said he cited Evers.
Evers testified he couldn't re
member details' of the trip, but em
phasized that be didn't do any of
the things Judge Cooper charged
him with.
Evers' lawyer maintained that
the State did not prove the reck
less driving charge, although there
was ground for the following too
closely charge.
Judge Morris thought there was
enough evidence produced to find
Evers guilty on both counts.
Persistent 'Mountaineers'
Rescue Ship from Grave
Rodanthe - The "Graveyard of'
the Atlantic" reluctantly gave up
one of her own at high tide Sun
day night and three North Caro
lina "mountaineers" steamed off
with their prize for Norfolk, Va.
Monday.
Turning a deaf ear to seafarin'
men who said they couldn't do it,
the Cleveland County natives who
now sell automobiles in Havelock
plugged away at retrieving the
Omar Babun for two months.
Salvage Team
The father, son and grandson
team of Worth W:, 61, E. A. (Nip),
40, and Mack Edward Canipe, 18,
had expected to wait until Monday
to climax their salvage efforts. But
weather conditions were just right
and a tugboat arrived in time to
do the job between 10 and 11 Sun
day night.
Oldtimers who live along the
shores of the "graveyard" couldn't
recall when it ever had been done
before.
The ship, a 1,290-ton, lttfoot
Honduran vessel, ran aground
near here during violent seas on
May 14. Her 14 crewmen had to
be rescued by breeches buoy She
wasn't expected to float again.
The Canipes, who came to Have
lock about 10 years a*o. edged the
Omar Babun off the shoreline Sun
day and she was riding free about
190 yards out, awaiting the tug
boat which pulled her out Into
deep water late that night. The Ca
nipes worked at the job with kedge
anchors and winches run by mo
tors aboard the ship.
One estimate of the profit from
their struggle with the graveyard
ran to >100,000
Pat aa Probation
The youths charged with destruc
tion of parking meters in Beaufort
appeared before A. II James,
juvenile court judge, Saturday
morning at the courthouae and
were found gyilty They were
put on probation and will continue
on probation until they earn ra
leaae. Judge James Mid.
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Cherry Pointer
Hurt in Wreck
Ernest Ford Davis, Cherry Point,
was injured at 10:30 Wednesday
night when the automobile he was
driving turned over several times
on Highway 70 a quarter mile east
of Newport.
Davis was headed toward New
port and failed to make the curve
just east of the bridge scroti New
port River. He went off the left
side of the highway, skid sideways
375 feet across to the right of the
road and started to roll over, cov
ering a distance of 75 feet more
He was thrown from the ear
into the yard of a home. He lay
110 feet from where the car came
to a (top. The automobile, a 1051
Mercury, was demolished, report
ed State Highway Patrolman J. W.
Sybes.
Charges against Davit, who was
alone in the car, are pending. He
was taken to the dispensary at
Cherry Point.
Newport Fir* Department
Hom Meets Annual Test
Allen Elliott, Newport Fire De
partment hose commltte* chair
man reports all the hose of the
fire department has met ita an
nual teat.
Fire Insurance Underwriters ape
cify that hoae should be tested
yearly, undergoing a 300-pound
pressure test for three minutes
This is more pressure than the
hoae will ordinarily have to stand
during actual use ?
The department hat 1,100 feet of
1H Inch hoae. of which 400 feet it
treated, 100 feet la fiber glass; and
1,000 feet of 2% inch treated how
Booster line bete totala 480 fMt la
actual use with tome In is two
Emerald Isle Office Building
Will be Completed Next Week
Elbert Gillikin
Appeals Case
Judge Lambert Morris
Sett lond at $150,
Hears Vehicle Cases
Elbert Gillikin, Marshallberg.
Tuesday in Recorder's Court ap
pealed Judge L. R. Morris's judg
ment of $150 and costs on charges
of speeding and driving while un
der the influence. Gillikin's bond
was set at $150.
Gillikin was arrested July 3 at
Marshallberg after State Highway
Patrolman W. J. Smith investi
gated an accident involving Gilli
kin and Walt Davis.
Patrolman Smith stated that Gil
likin in a pick up truck was head
ed north and Davis on a bicycle
was coming south on the left hand
side of the road. Gillikin, in swerv
ing to the right to avoid hitting
Davis, struck the ditch and over
turned. he said.
Ira Thomas Willis, a witness to
the accident, told the court that
the rear of the truck struck Davis,
knocking him off his bike. Davis
was not injured. Dover Lawrence,
a passenger in the truck, sustain
ed a back injury.
Patrolman Sfiith told the court
that he smelled alcohol on Gilli
kin's breath and he appeared un
steady on his feet. Lawrence told
the court that neither he nor Gil
likin "had a drop all day."
Gillikin testified that he hadn't
had a thing to drink. He said he
saw Davis coming on the left, pull
ed to the right, and then when
Davis cut to the right, he pulled
back to the left as did Davis.
To avoid striking Davis, he said,
he cut hard to the right, went
See COURT, Page I
Six Injured
In Tuesday Crash
' Six persons were injured in a
two-car smash-up at 8:15 Tuesday
| night at the intersection of High
way 24 and the Stella Road. They
j were Mr. and Mrs. Oscar McCaus
ley, Stella; Percy Green, Swans
horo; Dalton Morse. Hubert. N. C.;
Jack Harmon. USMC, and Harold
l.ce Odberg, USMC, both of Camp
Lejeune.
Mr. and Mrs. McCausley escaped
with bruises and shock; Green re
mained hospitalized at Morehead
City Hospital yesterday where he
was taken in the Bell ambulance
following the wreck; Morse had
minor lacerations; Harmon a
broken leg and badly mangled arm;
and Odberg a cut on the head and
lacerations,
Harmon and Odberg were taken
to the hospital at Lejeune and the
others to Morehead City Hospital
for treatment.
State Highway Patrolman J. W.
Sykes said that the McCaualey's,
in a pick up truck, were proceed
ing east, followed by a car driven
by Dr. Branch Moore. Kinston. The
McCausley's signaled for a left
turn into the Stella Road and Dr.
Moore said that he was blinking
his rear signal light signifying a
left turn Into the Stella Road also
when the 1B4B Ford driven by Od
berg came up behind them at a
high rate of speed.
Dr. Moore said that Odberg pull
ed around to pass him and he saw
that the car was going to smash
into the pick-up so he pulled off
the road to the right.
When the Ford hit the pick-up
it knocked the truck eastward 100
feet, causing it to turn over in
the highway. The Ford continued
75 feet and stopped at the left of
the road.
The pick-up and Ford were de
molished but Dr. Moore and his
car escaped.
Odberg has been charged with
speeding and passing at an Inter
section. causing an accident.
Port Calendar
Esso Linden ? Sailed from
Esso Terminal Saturday for Bay
"town, Tex.
Em Utlra ? To dock at Esso
Terminal July 20. Coming from
Aruba, Dutch West Indies, load
ed with fuel oil. Will leave here
for Baton Rouge, La.
U8N8 llaaaa Will dock at
Aviation Fuel Terminal Aug. 2
wtjh Jet fuel. Coming from
Houston. Tex.
1188 Fremont (APA)? Docked
and sailed from Morehead City
State Port Wednesday
L8T Ml. L8T 1M1? Docked
and sailed from Morehead City
State Port Wednesday.
Patella ? Sailed Sunday from
Trumbull Asphalt Company tor
Curacao. Dutch West Indies,
after unloading cargo o< asphalt
Ben Douglas, C&D Official/
Comments on Development
W. B. McLean, Red Springs, one of the seven stock
holders in the Emerald Isle by-the-Sea project west of
Salter Path, says the $15,000 office building, which will
be headquarters for the project, should be completed by
next week.
The two-story building is approximately one mile west
of Salter Path and is the firsH
structure on the project. The bot
tom floor of the building will be
used as office space and the top
floor as living quarters. A sun
deck has been includea in the plan
for the top floor.
The modernistic, flat - topped
building has a shingled exterior
and covers 1,000 feet of floor
space.
Official Com menU
Referring to the Emerald Ise
project, Ben E. Douglas, director
of the North Carolina Board of
Conservation and Development
said Wednesday, "I'd like to see
this development succeed. I think
it has one of the loveliest settings
of any place I have ever seen."
He added, "I'd like to see the
project developed according to the
plan and zone method. This would
place the zones into four different
groups. By this method, you would
have residential, business, guest
houses and multi-family houses.
"The project has wonderful po
tentialities and I think it could be
a definite asset to the state of
North Carolina," he concluded.
According to Mr. McLean, the
lots are already in great demand
and the first three blocks have
been sold.
The seven stockholders in the
development, located 11.5 miles
west of Atlantic Beach, bought the
property from Mrs. Anita Maulick,
Philadelphia, in January of 1954
for $350,000.
Development of the property
will cost about half a million dol
lars, Mr. McLean said.
Mtfit of Way for Bridge
7 The orojeot has a permanent
100-foot right-of-way on the island
and the mainland for building of a
bridge at some point between
Boguc and Swansboro.
Two roads will run parallel along
the length of the development with
25-foot access alleys every 500 feet,
according to Mr. McLean.
Restrictions will be placed on
buildings. House plans will have
to be approved by the stockholders
and a minimum of 1,000 feet in
floor space has been set.
Mr. McLean pointed out that no
business will be allowed to build
in any area without the consent of
the property owners. A specific
business area has been planned
for the project, he said.
The development is .protected by
a title guarantee by the state of
North Carolina and the torrens
certificate which abrogates squat
ter*' rights, Mr. McLean said.
A number of persons from all
sections of the eastern United
States have already bought lots at
the development, he reported. Lots
have been on sale for about three
weeks.
ICC Hearings
Are Next in Line
Hearing? before the Interstate
Commerce Commission are the next
step in the transfer of the Atlantic
and East Carolina Railroad to
Southern Railway.
According to lateat reports on
negotiations, the AfcEC stock is
being held in eacrow by the Wach
ovia Bank and Trust Co., pending
approval of the transfer by the ICC.
Southern's proposal to operate
the railroad between Cherry Point
and Lejeune as well aa its pro
posed operation of the A&EC will
be presented before the ICC at the
same time. The caaes are now b?
ing prepared.
It is predicted that the Atlantic
Coast Line and Seaboard Air Line
Railroads may appear before the
IC(J to block the Southern propos
als. but it Is believed that the
Southern deal will eventually be
okayed.
Folic* Investigate
Battery Theft Tuesday
An Auto-Lite battery waa taken
from the Twin City Parts and Met
al Company, Beaufort, Tueaday
night between 7 and 11 o'clock.
The place waa entered through
the back door after the lock had
been pried off, said Chief of Po
lice M E. Guy.
Nr. Dickinson, the owner, said
the battery was the only thing
missing.
Beaufort's Assistant Chief o<
Police Carlton Garner and Steve
Beacbea iavMUfated the break-la.
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This Edition Features
Farm Safety Week
In observance of Farm Safety
Week, which starts Sunday,
newsstories, pictures, and mes
sages from county businessmen
who value their trade with rural
folks appear in the second sec
tion of today s NEWS-TIMES.
Farm Safety Week, July 25
through 31 is a national observa
tion designed to reduce the num
ber of deaths and injuries on the
farm. Last year 3304 persons
lost their lives through farm
accidents, topping the casualties
in all other occupations.
New Highway
Section Opens
The new part of Arendell Street
in Morehead City, from 28th street
west to the Blue Ribbon Club, was
opened to traffic at 4:30 Wednes
day afternoon.
Mayor George W. Dill said that
the speed limit is 35 miles an hour
on the new highway. >le added that
members of the police force will
be patrolling the area, not to
"catch" people but to warn them,
if they are speeding, that they are
within the town limits and should
obey the 35 mile-an-hour law.
Bridges Street, formerly High
way 70, is now an alternate route.
Traffic direction signs are being
changed in accordance with the es
taMishiw-ff i* the new highway on
MotwHfad City's main thorough
fare.
The hard-surface is only the base
coat and a topping is yet to come,
the mayor reported. Wednesday
was the first time that both the
east and west lanes were officially
opened. The building of the high
way was carried out by the State
Highway and Public Works Com
mission.
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Four More Enter
Beauty Contest
Horace Loftin to Serve
At Judge; Motorcade
Planned for Tomorrow
With four new entries in the
Down East Beauty Contest, Roy Eu
banks, chairman, says things are
just about ready for the event at
8 p.m. tomorrow at the Sea Level
Inn.
The new contestants are Mar
tha Leary, Sea Level; Eva Fran
ces Gaskill. Markers Island; Mona
Arthur and Phyllis Fake, both of
Bettie.
Other entrants are Nancy Willis
and Betty Gillikin, Williston; Lor
raine Styron and Fran Smith, Da
vis; Shirley Pittman, Merrimon;
Caledonia Styron, Cedar Island;
and Hazel Lynch and Varena Wil
lis, Smyrna. *
Dianne Daniels and Nancy Nel
son, Atlantic; Sabra Noyes, Sea
Level; Myrna Merrill, Gloucester;
Edna Chadwick and Jeannette
Whitehurst, Straits, and Wanda
Brown and Rebecca Hill, Stacy.
Mr. Eubanks named the third
judge this week, Horace Loftin,
president of the Beaufort Jaycees.
Other judges are Grover Munden,
president of the Carteret Broad
casting Co., and Miss Ruth Peeling,
editor of THE NEWS TIMES.
Elmer and Wesley Willis of Wil
liston are chairmen of the clam
shucking contest. The contest will
be open to any who think they are
pretty good at evicting a clam from
his house.
The pageant's master of cere
monies will be Grayden Paul, Beau
fort. Admission will be charged.
Mrs. Clayton Fulcher is in charge
of staging the pageant which will
take place outdoors.
Mr. Eubanks said a motorcade
is planned fo^ 1 p.m. Saturday. The
contestants will ride through Beau
fort, Morehead City and Atlantic
Beach.
The winner will he given one
week's vacation at the Palm Beach
Biltmorc Hotel, Palm Beach, Fla.,
after the hotel opens in December
for the winter season. Tentative
plans call too for her entry in the
Beauty contest to be sponsored at
Carolina Beach next month by the
Southeastern North Carolina Beach
Association.
Governor Umstead Visits
Cherry Point MCAS Tuesday
By CPL. JAMES E. ALLEN
Cherry Point, N.-C. ? The Hon
orable William B. Umstead, Gov
ernor of North Carolina, paid his
first visit to this, the Marine
Corps' largest Air Station Tuesday.
While here, the governor comment
ed on the Highway 70 situation say
ing, "I hope that Route 70 from
New Bern to Hsvelock and Cher
ry Point can be four-laned as soon
as possible, ft is the most sorely
needed highway in the state."
Governor Umstead and his com
panion, Charlei Allen, president
of the National Bank of Durham
and memlwr of the Board of Con
servation and* Development, were
greeted at the main /gate and wel
Outtage Puts
County in Dark
The county was In darkness for
almost an hour Tuesday night. But
power being generated in the sky
by lightning was flowing full force.
George Stovall, manager of Caro
lina Power and Light Co. here,
said the power failure was prob
ably due to aevere electrical storms
surrounding this area.
An oil circuit breaker went out
at th? Jacksonville sub-station and
failed to dose, causing an outtage
on the main power line.
The trouble was remedied in
about an hour. The power went
o tt at 8:49 p.m. Beaufort waa pick
ed up again at 10:37 and Morehead
City at 10:38 p.m.
Firemen Put Out Blaz*
In Insurance Office
A fire In G. W. Duncan's Insur
ance office at 917 Front St., Beau
fort, waa extinguished by the Beau
fort Fire Department at 1:40 p.m.
Wednesday.
The fire waa out in 29 minutes.
It is believed to have been caused
by a abort In the wires of an
electric fan. Little damage was
done, laid Elmoad Rhue, engin
corned aboard the Marine Corps
Air Station by Brigadier General
Samuel S. Jack, Commanding Gen
eral of the Afr Station, and D. L.
Ward, New Bern, former speaker i
of the State House of Represent
atives.
The governor and his party went
directly to General Jack's office
where they were briefed on the ac
tivities of the Marine Corps Air
Station and the Second Marine Air
craft Wing. Here the governor
was greeted by Brigadier General
A. W. K reiser, Commanding Gener
al of the Second Marine Aircraft
Wing and Brigadier General Frank
H. I.amsonScribner, Commander,
Marine Air Reserve Training.
The remainder of the governor's
visit here included a tour of the
Overhaul and Repair Department,
the largest of it's kind on the east
coast, a tour of the Air Reserve
and Second Wing squadron areas,
and a luncheon at the Officers'
Club.
Governor Umstead waa surprised
to learn that besides the thousands
of Marines at Cherry Point, there
are also some 2.000 loeal North
Carolinians employed here in the
Overhaul and Repair section alone.
Before returning to Morehead
City, where he attended a meet
ing of the Conservation and De
velopment Board, the governor
said, "I enjoyed my visit at Cher
ry Point and was very much im
pressed with the base Itself and
the wonderful hospitality shown
me here."
Chiropractors to Moot
At Morohoad Wednesday
The North Carolina Eastern Dis
trict Chiropractors' Association
will hold a one-day meeting in the
office of Dr R. O. Barnum, More
head City, Wednesday.
According to Dr. Barnum, who Is
host, there will be a business ses
sion and ? general diacuasifn.
Dr. Barnum says he expects
about BO chiropractors.
A supper for the members will
be held St Captain Bill's Seafoed
In the-Rough RestaUranant it At
lantic Beach Wednesday night.