Veterans Should
Hie Information
With Loan Officer
C. L. Beam, county veterans ser
vice officer, announced yesterday
that veterans who have obtained
loans for homes or farm improve
ments and who have suffered dam
age in (he recent hurricane, are
required to file certain informa
tion with the Loan Guaranty
Officer, Winston-Salem, it the
Veterans Administration is liable
for any of the loss they incurred.
Mr. Beam said that veterans
should obtain bids from reputable
contractors for repair of thejr dam
aged property and send th-^e bids
to the loan guaranty officer. If
the Veterans Administration is re
quired to pay for any of the loss,
the claims will be forwarded to
the proper insurance agency.
Veterans are asked to furnish
Winston-Salem with a description
of the type of disaster, geographic
area in which the disaster oc
curred, type property affected
(home, farm, business,) whether
they will receive any aid from
the Red Cross or other source,
and specify the extent to which
the Veterans Administration would
be liable.
Mr. Beam said that such infor
mation should be sent directly to
the loan guaranty officer, but vet
erans who wish further information
on what is expected of them may
contact Mr. Beam at his office
in the courthouse annex, Beau
fort.
National Guard
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side of the North River bridge,
helping families whose homes were
flooded by the rising waters. This
proved to be a blessing in disguise,
however, as the broken bridge pro
hibited traffic and gave residents
and officials on the opposite, or
eastern, side a vehicle to operate
and use as they saw fit.
Contact was made with Raleigh
via the Morehead City police de
partment radio and the State High
way Patrol radio station in New
Bern because of disrupted tele
phone communications between
New Bern and Raleigh.
A road block, established by the
Atlantic Beach police department,
had been thrown up and each auto
stopped and searched. The Guards
men relieved the police officers
at this roadblock Sunday night and
gave them their first chance for a
few hours of much needed sleep,
the first they had had since Fri
day morning.
Guardsmen, armed with carbines
and bayonnets, patrolled the beach
area in an attempt to halt would
be looters bent on sacking wrecked
cottages.
Direct Traffic
At 6 o'clock Wednesday after
noon a 24-hour vigil was begun at
the temporary bridge as they di
rected one way traffic over the
narrow spans. These guards were
placed at the request of highway
officials who were not able to
spare a patrolman for such duty.
At the Beaufort bridge the
Guardsmen released, for more
pressing service, one highway pa
trolman in checking to insure that
no vehicles exceeding the three
ton gross limit would cross the
bridge. One highway patrolman re
mained on duty at the bridge along
with the men to guarantee that no
vehicles over the limit would crocs.
Lieutenant Masters stated thai
he was extremely grateful for the
aid and service given the unit by
the citizens of both Beaufort and
Morehead City as well county and
town officials. Restaurants in both
towns went to extra lengths to
serve the men on with adequate
meals. Townspeople responded to
an appeal for urgently-needed cots
and beds, town officials took extra
measures to fulfill requetts made
of them and the general public
at the roadblocks and guard poats
were eager to comply with requetts
made of them whether It be to
inspect their auto trunks or ob
serve certain traffic regulations,
said Lieutenant Masters. ?
Personnel of the unit will con
tinue to live at the armory, located
in the Beaufort High School gym
nasium until they an released
from active duty by the Oaard
Bureau In Raleigh.
A total of 34 non-coaaaMMwd
officers and enlisted men aa* (Mr
officers are on duty with the unit
? only one man being unable to
attend due to the fact that he
works for a power company and
haa been on full tine duty wKh
hit company in an effort to repair
power lines In hard hit areas af
the county.
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ed at > yean of age. No one wha
around to play the cherch organ
for a wedding, ao ahe stepped to.
Recently, Mrs. Clara Otto Bthehsi
rounded out so years at a chore*
organlat ? withe*
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Charles Willis, Atlantic,
Completes Far East Tour
Long Beach, Calif. ? Charles
A. Willis, seaman, USN, son of Mr
and Mra. Clyde Willis, and husband
of the former Miss Ruby Willis all
of Atlantic, returned here this
week aboard the heavy cruiser
USS Bremerton after completing a
six month tour of duty in the Far
East.
A July highlight of the USS
Bremerton's tour was a three day
visit to Hakodate, Japan, scene of
the recent typhoon disaster.
Other ports visited were Kobe,
Sasebo, Yokosuka, Yokohama, Ja
pan and Hong Kong, British Crown
Colony. The Hong Kong visit was
temporarily interrupted when all
ships were ordeM to sea to evade
an approaching typhoon. This was
one of seven typhoons that threat
ened the Bremerton.
Training and exercises at sea
accounted for most of the cruiser's
time in the Far East. Now, in
Long Beach, she will conduct fur
ther training exercises.
Pvt. Curtis Davis, son of Mr.
Curtis Davis of 203 N. 13th St..
Morehead City, it a radio operator
with 319th Airborne Field Artill
ery Battalion, a unit of the famed
B2of^}4fbarqa,Divifioi), "America's
Guard of Honor."
Long Beach, Calif. ? Serving
aboard the lc? breaker USS Burton
Island is Paul M. Smith, metal
smith fireman, USN, son of Mr. i
and Mra. L. C. Smith of route 1 '
Newport.
Before entering the Navy, he
attended Swansboro High School,
Swansboro.
During July, Auguft and Sep
tember, the Burton Island partici
pated in the Joint Canadian-United
States Beaufort Sea Expedition of
IBM, in which she explored ice
pactod McClure Strait and Vis
count Melville Sound in the re
mote Canadian Artie.
The icebreaker is at her home
port of Long Beach, where the will
undergo shipyard overhaul.
Noel Davis, boatswin's mate first
class, a Coastguardsman with 14
years service and a resident of
Morehead City, Is serving aboard
the Coast Guard Cutter Cherokee.
Fort Bennlng, Ga ? Pvt. Matthew
L. Godette Jr., 515 Cedar SL, Beau
fort, was among 26 students who
graduated Friday from the cooking
course at the Third Army Food '
Service School at Fort Benrting.
The eight-week course, one of
three taught at the school, teaches
preparation of meals for men in
Army mess halls and soldiers in
the field
The other courses taught at ffte
school, one of the oldest institu
tions at The Infantry Center, are
mess administration and mess man
agement.
Fort Campbell, Ky. ? Pvt. Larry
L. Smith, the son of Mr. and Mrs.
James S. Smith of Newport, has
just completed the Basic Airborne
Course at Fort Campbell's own Air
bore School. Private Smith now
proudly wears the silver wings of a
parachutist.
A veteran of eight months of ac
tive military service, Private Smith
received his basic training at Camp
Gordon, Ga. Upon completion of
basic training Private Smith moved
to Fort Campbell where he joined
his present unit, the 11th Airborne
Military Police Company, where he
is presently serving as an Airborne
Military Policeman.
A graduate of Newport High
School. Private Smith worked at
farming before entering the service
i? February 1954.
Coffee Hours
Begin at 10 Today
This morning will mark the be
ginning of a series of daily coffee
hours at thfe Morehead City Cham
ber of Commerce office. The coffee
hours were scheduled to get un
derway last week, but were de
layed, said Ted Davis, manager.
Ten chamber members will be
invited each morning until the
entire chafhber membership has
been covered. The coming sales
clerk courtesy contest and Christ
mas promotion program will be
discussed at this morning's "coffee
klatsch"
Invited to the session are Mayor
George Dill, Bernard Leary, Carl
Southerland, O. J. Morrow, Hugh
Page, Walter Morris, E. C. Watson,
George Eastman, Frank Cheek and
Mrs. Gretchen Brinson.
The coffee hour will begin at
10 in the chamber office in the
Recreation Center.
The Passing Scene by lepper
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OWekeme MytraT
Southern Railway's Application
Goes Before ICC, Washington, D.C.
Application of Southern Railway
Co. tQ acquire control of Atlantic
and Eaat Carolina Railway Co. and
the Camp Lejeune Railroad Co. is
ton, D. C.
According to Harry A. DeButts.
president of Southern, control of
the 96-mile "Mullet Line" from
Goldsboro to Morehead City and of
the 36-mile Lejeune line from
Havelock to Jacksonville will open
"the rich potential" of Eastern
North Carolina.
Anticipated control of Atlantic
and East Carolina was achieved by
Southern when it acquired an op
tion to purchase all the capital
stock of the former company for
$529,000. The Camp Lejeune Rail
road Co. is a newly-organized cor
poration, all of whose stock will be
owned by Southern if the applica
tion is granted.
Would Develop Town
Southern's control of the A&EC
would contribute to the big-money
development of Morehead City as
a deep-water port ? a project on
which the state has already spent
between two and three million dol
lars.
If the application Is approved,
said DeButts. the Camp Lejeune
Railroad wil1 operate under a lease
from the federal government. The
36-mile line, linking Jacksonville,
N. C., with the A&EC at Havelock,
N. C., is a recently built line now
owned by the government. It
serves the Marine Corps bases of
Camp Lejeune and Cherry Point |
Air Station'.
100-Year Dream
Southern's acquisition of the fa
cilities would bring to realization
Farms
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this subject we will be glad to pass
it on to you.
A good many of our permanent
pastures received quite a bit of
damage by salt water too. Over on
Crab Point, Bayside Dairy farm
had pastures covered waist deep
with salt water. No doubt other
pastures in that community were
damaged also. The grasses and
clovers have already died and turn
ed brown. I travelled down to the
North River bridge and saw the
pasture belonging to Hugh Swan.
You will remember that this pas
ture hafcjMen one of the prettiest
AOd most productive in the county.
Today it is dried up and as brown
as your hat.
Right now we can't tell how long
the effects of the salt water will
be felt. It wouldn't be so bad if
we could plow these damaged pas
tures up and re-seed. But with the
land as dry as it was and with a lot
of the salt water soaking into the
soil it could be sometime before
you can grow anything on these
soils.
About the only thing a person
can do to help nature take its
course is to plow, disc and turn the
soil as much as possible between
now and the time to plant another
crop. With a lot of rain, probably
the most of the salt will wash out
or leach from the soil in a few
months. Soils high in organic mat
ter will lose the salt quicker than
other soils. Also light sandy soils
will leach faster and the salt should
be removed soon.
In some cases it would be advis
able to spread 600-700 pounds of
land plaster per acre. Land plaster
is calcium sulfate and doesn't cost
very much per ton. Also you may
add 40 pounds of nitrogen per acre
in the nitrate form. This means
about 290 pounds of nitrate of soda
per acre or 200 pounds of cal-nitro.
However, before you use any of
these chemicals and go to too much
expense I would recommend you
look into this further.
The Merrimon section reports
very little damage in that com
munity. The winds were in the di
rection to favor that area. The
Newport area was damaged only
slightly with winds accounting for
the majority of the damage. The
Swansboro area seems to have been
hit quite hard, especially along the
water front. Farm buildings and
homes were damaged also.
Concert Board
Meets Sunday
The board of directors of the
Carteret-Cherry Point Community
Concert* Association met Sonday
afternoon at the Inlet Inn, Beau
fort, to aelect the three concert*
to be given thi* season.
John Sheldon, Community Con
certs representative from No*
York, met with them. The names of
the artists and tin date* they will
appear will be relauad a* soon a*
confirmation I* received from New
York, Mrs. James Rumley, presi
dent of the aaaoelation, said
The Community Concerts cam
paign opened Monday. Oct 11, and
waa scheduled to close Saturday,
Oct. 1*. bat the hurricane Interfer
ed. Therefore, the date to cheek on
membership sales and to aelect
concerts wa* changed from Oct. If
to OA. 04.
The name of the membership
nolle! tor obtaining the highest
a? >*r ?f memberships will bo ta
qmiBMtf aoon, Hr*. RumUy Mid.
* 100-year-old dream of connecting^
the tout and the mountain* with a
trunk line railroad.
In the middle of the last century.
Gov. John Motley Morehead spear
headed a railroad movement that
finally resulted in (he state'! con
struction of the Atlantic and East
Carolina line.
The aim, then as now, was to ex
pedite passenger and freight op
erations between the mountains
and the coast. Morehead's vision
in 18fi0 was that good railroad M
cilities would prod the develop
ment of ports ? an idea that is
foremost in the current proposed
changeover.
The state has expended several
millions in the past five years at
Wilmington and Morehead City to
enlarge and encourage shipping ac
tivity.
With a primary link to the in
land, the ports will be in position
to siphon cargoes from the Middle
West, as well as from major east
ern markets. An industrial objec
tion now to using state ports has
been inadequate rail transporta
tion.
Deserters
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In addition, moat private employ
en are reluctant to hire men with
aurti discharges.
Probably no other armed force
in the world ues to such lengths
to combat deaertion, especially
among troops overseas. One whole
section ? the special services branch
ia aet up to keep the troops happy.
There is alao troop information and
education section, which tries to
combat desertion by explaining
that the Army really isn't oppres
sive.
Even 'with all this, said one Pen
tagon colonel, "They still take off.
We do everything we can. We'll
hold their hands if they want and
nurse maid 'em generally, but once
you say 'no' to some of these guys,
they think you're riding them."
The first British coffee house
opeffed in 1652.
J
Phones
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to moat imt beyond the Carolina
territory.
"The company particularly ap
preciate* the patience of our sub
MTibers during thia emergency
The public has apparently under
stood the tremendaua damage done
to our plant and hat been most
cooperative." Mr. Dallow aaid.
"We have alao been moat grati
fied by the wonderful spirit of co
operation shown by the Southern
Bell and the various independent
telephone companies who have of
fered their assistance during the
emergency. The men and materials
they sent us have unquestionably
helped us carry through this
restoration program so quickly and
sucessfully We are also thankful
that the company plant was in such
good condition. Had this not been
the case, damage would have been
even more extensive," the manager
concluded.
Rands Go to Raleigh
The Beaufort and Morehead City
High School bands played in the
Shriners' Parade at Raleigh Thurs
day. They marched as a county
band.
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Loss of Handcuff Key )
Locks Sheriff to Prisoner t
Hopkinsville, Ky. lAP) ? Sher
iff Dick Cowherd handcuffed him
seir to the prisoner, and gave the
handcuff key to a deputy, who put
it in a shirt pocket. Then the
three left for a corn field to search
for a missing murder weapon. *
When they returned to jail, the
deputy discovered the key was
missing. He had dropped it while
bending over to search the field.
The cuffs had to be cut off.
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