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i?T CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES ??< YEAH, NO. 6. THREE SECTIONS EIGHTEEN PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY, JANUARY 21, 1956 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS Capt. Ernest M. Snowden Takes Command of Carrier Norfolk. U. S. S. Kula Gulf ? A famous Navy pilot and former bead of the Washington section re sponsible for developing advanced aircraft carrier design, Capt. Ernest M. Snowden, native of Beaufort, recently assumed his first com mand at sea, that of the escort carrier U. S. S. KUla Gulf (CVE-; 108), relieving Captain James G. Lang, who took command of the U. S. S. Saipan. The formal charge of command ceremony took place Dec. 29 on the hangar deck of the carrier, and a group of distinguished guests in cluded Rear Admiral Wallace M. Beakley, Commander, Antisubma rine Force, Atlantic Fleet, and Rear Admiral H. H. Caldwell, Chief of Staff, Air Forces, U. S. Atlantic Fleet. Captain Snowden, is the son of Mr. and Mrs. M. S. Snowden of Beaufort, and the husband of Mrs. Lois Arnold Snowden, daughter of Mrs. H. H. ("Hap") Arnold of Sonoma, Cal. He received his com mission from the Naval Academy in 1932, and won his wings as a Naval aviator in 1937. Flew from Wasp After serving with various fight ing squadrens in the Pacific, and putting in a tour as a flight in- j structor at Pensacola, Captain Snowden took command of VS-72, 1 a Dive Bombing Squadren flying off the U. S. S. Wasp in the early j days of the war in the Pacific. Returned as a survivor after the ; sinking of that vessel, he went again to the Pacific as Commander of Bombing Squadron 16, and was : soon made Group Commander of Air Group 16. This Group, des tined to become one of the most famous to emerge from World War II, operated off the new Lex ington. In his close association with Admiral Marc Mitscher aboard the Lexington, Captain Snowden play ed an important role in some of the more significant battles of the Pacific. Shoots Down Japs With a record of destruction of over 275 Japanese aircraft, 150 in actual air-to-air combat. Air Group 16 under Captain Snowden's skiprvrjng carved an inforgettahle record during the "hot" part of the war in the Pacific, and cli maxed it by their destruction of 45 enemy planes in a single day without the loss of a single Amer ican life, during the famed "Ma rianas Turkey Shoot." After the war Captain Snowden served in staff functions with a number of Carrier Group and Fleet Admirals, in the Atlantic and the Pacific, and most recently off the Coast of Korea. Also during this time he spent two years in Buenos Aires as Senior U. S. Navy Aviation Adivisor for the Argentine Naval | War College. Summoned to Capitol In 1952, he was summoned to Washington to head the Aviation Ship Section in the Military Re quirement and Developements Branch of the Air Warfare Division of the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations for the initiation of most of the modifications now be ing installed on our large carriers, among them the "canted deck," the new steam catapult, and the late modifications to the new super carrier Forrestal, still under con struction. Captain Snowden holds some 19 decorations, among them the Navy Cross, the Silver Star, the Distin guished Flying Croca with two gold stars, the Air Medal, and the Presidential Unit Citation, most of them won during air strikes in the oampaigns of Guadalcanal through the Marianas. Mr. and Mrs. Snowden will make their home in Norfolk, home port of the carrier. Jaycees Set Date For Talent Show Morehead City's Jaycees will preaent Bill Norwood and the Cow boy yorral of WNCT-TV, Wednes day night, Feb. 18 at 8 p.m. at Morehead City High School. Cowboy Corral i> conducting a TV talent hunt, and anyone in thia area who sings, dances or plays a musical instrument and is interested in a TV audition should contact Walt Hamilton at Hamil ton's. Inc. in Morehead City. The phone number ia 6-4S15. This will be the first in a aeries of programs presented by the Jaycees ia an effort to raise funds for next year's Christmas decora tiona. Thr?e Towns R*c*ive Franchise Tax Rabat* Beaufort, Morehead City and Newport received a total of ?1,080. 71 rebate In franrhiae taxes for the v , third quarter of IBM Municipalities receive part of the revenue paid by utilities in francbiae taxes. Beaufort's rebate was 1282.70, Morehead City's *768 41 and New part's $39.60. Capt. Ernest M. Snowden poses with member! of his family in his cabin after assuming command of the U.S.S. Kula Gulf, an aircraft carrier, in Norfolk. Captain Snowden relieved Captain James G. Lang in a formal ceremony on the carrier's hangar deck. Left to right are Mrs. M. S. Snowden Jr., wife of the captain's brother, Mrs. Ernest Snowden, Captain Snowden, and Mrs. M. S. Snowden, the captain's mother. (Official U. S. Navy Photograph) Sleepy Marine Motorist Sure Picked Wrong Spot A Marine feels today as though he was born under an unlucky star. He turned his car over on High way 70 west of Newport and whose yard does he choose to upset in? A highway patrolman's. Patrolman R. H. Brown said that at 5:30 last Friday morning he heard a knock on the door. He went to the door and there stood a man he later learned was Ralph G. Hood, Cherry Point. Hood said, "I've turned over my car." The patrolman, looking very un officer like in his pajamas, yawned ?Where?" "There," Hood said, pointing to the patrolman's front yard. Sure enough, there it was, a 1954 Ford. Chatting with Hood in his living room, the patrolman learned that Hood had fallen asleep at the wheel. Then the officer said that since he was a highway patrolman, he'd have to investigate and report the accident. Hood turned six different colors, the patrolman said. It turned out that he had no license because it had been taken from him following a drunk driving conviction in South Carolina three months ago. So today Hood faces charges of driving without a license and driving after his license was re voked. And he got immediate at tention on the whole deal! Defendant Pays $50, Costs For Auto Law Violations Jaycees to Name Man-of-fhe-Year Beaufort's Jaycees will announce their selection of the man-of-the year at their regular meeting Mon day, Feb. 14. Civic organizations in Beaufort are now submitting their nominations for this honor. Chairman of the man-of-the-year committee is Danforth Hill with Holden Ballou. last year's man-of the-year assisting him. At the Feb. 14 meeting an out standing Jaycee will also be honor ed with the title of key man. The man-of-the-year is chosen for outstanding service to the com munity and the key man is the Jaycee who has done the most for the club during the past year. Tuesday night the Beaufort Ro tary met at Holden's Restaurant and voted on their selection for man-of:the-year. 4 Liquor Sales Total $64,248 Liquor sales in the county last month totaled $64,248.80, accord ing to figures released by James D. Potter, county auditor. Sales in Morehead City totaled S31.386.ao. Beaufort *23.723.49, and Newport *8,138 75. Dividends paid are as follows: Morehead City Hos pital *1.436 32, Beaufort *1,069.74, and Newport *418.41. State sales tax amounted to *9, 438.24. Operating expenses werfc >4,121.80. Sales in December in 1954 topped those of December 1853. Sales for 1853 totaled *63, 583.30. But sales for. last six months of 1854 were way below those of the last six months of 1893 The figure for 1853 wss *357.172.40 as com pared with *321,466.19 in 1854 * A fine of $50 and costs was levied by Judge George H. McNeill on Harold D. Branscum after Branscum pleaded guilty to care less and reckless driving and running through a stop sign, Mon day in Morehead City Recorder's Court. Judge McNeill suspended a 90 day sentence, Contingent on Brans cum's paying of the fine and costs, and remaining on good behavior, for a period of 12 months. Neither may Brannscum operate a motor vehicle on the streets and high ways of North Carolina for a period of 90 days. The defendant has one week in which to pay the fine and costs or the jail sentence will be invoked. A sentence of 60 days in county jail was suspended and William Mark Albert, who pleaded guilty to operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol or narcotics, was fined {100 and costs. Albert has 30 days in which to pay the fine and costs or the jail sentence will be invoked. Bonds Forfeited Failure to appear in court caused the forfeiture of bonds for the fol lowing: Ralph E. Tunnell, $100, charged with peeping in thq window of the home of Mr. and Mrs. Aulbert Mason, 414 Bridges St., Frank Gaines, $26, charged with public drunkenness; Jay Lee Jarrell, $300, charged with failing to. comply with a court judgment of July 8, 1954, and Philemon Davis, $25. charged with pubHc drunkenness on the streets. John R. Powers was found guilty on two charges, operating of a mo tor vehicle while under the in fluence of alcohol or narcotics, and following too closely to another vehicle. He was fined $100 and costs on the first charge and $10 and costs on the second. Costs were assessed in the fol lowing caws: Henry George Weber, pleaded guilty to travelling 50 miles per hour in a 35-mile zone; See DEFENDANT, Page. 8 Abe Williams Pays $10 Fine For Fighting Charlie Willis to Serve Year; Men Found Guilty Of Stealing Abraham Willi, ms, who . ? * f'ght wi,h the l?te Al r . n on New Year's Eve was *L? HndMCMls * County Recorder^" Court. Cart*ret Williams pleaded guilty to en Si- ?"d the fine was levied in lieu of a three-month iail sentence. Williams was given 30 dm in which to pay the fine an^ Charlie Willis, who lives west of Morehead City, pleaded guX to failure to pay court costs and sentenced to two years in jail as sentence* in* roads: one year of the sentence to run concurrently with a sentence imposed in Craven srSbA court recommen^<i ion l ? g'Ven medical "?en. tlon after being committed Three j>oys found guilty of Deitv s rry' *nd coTu eny' Wcro assessed ? glven ""Ponded six month jail sentences with the nro vUo that they be on their ?st? Havior for a period of five vears The three, William Brown 24 Gran TV lfrCeny: Jam" w I , 24' f?Und Kuilty Of pody /urj|.eny' and A J Green, 21, found guilty Of aiding and abetting in arceny, are from Swansboro. The Smfth^Vfi8' i8 f0Ufrth boy' Thu'?an Smith. 16, also nf Swansboro was not prosecuted. ' According to evidence, the boys stole boat propellers at Swansboro and sold them to the Twin Citv Metal Parts Co., Beaufort * f ound Guilty Carl C. Goodwin found guilty of Ss'^nH ."if1 Ch!?k was check ,hc makln? g??l of the J"? forfeited bonds when they fa, led to appear in court I T speeding 65 miles per hour. They were James F. Settle Jr., John Augustus Roberson Jr Onsolee Fraiier, Michael James son >nd Chlll',e' C. William f.i?.!?? Wh? for,eited '?ond-' for failure to appear for motor vehicle fr?l Lee Johnson, Charged with insufficient brakes and no operator's license; Robert Roy Mitchell, charged with im proper passing; Clemmie tiodson charged with passing on a curve; Emerson Glenn Worthington, charged "with failing to stop at a stop sign, and Clarence Smith, charged with driving without an op erator's license. See COUNTY COURT, Pafe 2 Cold Winds, Snow Hit County High northeast winds brought rain with a mixture-of anow this week. Temperatures went down to freezing last night and E. Stamey Davis, weather observer, also re ported a low of 32 degrees Wednes day night. The middle part of the state struggled out of a Wednesday snow fall of 6 to U inches. But Mr. Davis said the snow storm veer ed northward at New Bern and went off the coast at Elizabeth City, cBUnued Cold sparing this area. Predictions lor the weekend are cold and clear. Temperatures and wind direc tions since last Thursday are as follows: Max Mill Wind Thursday 49 39 NW Friday 44 28.5 NNW Saturday 51 3? WSW Sunday 50 39 NNE Monday 50 33 SW Tuesday 50 34 E Rain fell Sunday alternoon and all day Wednesday Wednesday's precipitation included snow. Tide Table Tides (I Ike Beaufort Bar HIGH LOW Friday, Jan. II 8:31 a.m. 12:12 a.m. I 8:57 p.m. 12:88 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 22 7:11 a.m. 12:88 a.m. I 7:38 p.m. 1:40 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 23 7:90 a.m. 1:41 a.m. 8; 18 p.m. 2:20 p.m. Monday, Jan. 24 8:28 a.m. 2:22 a.m. I 8:53 p.m. 2:98 p.m. Tuaaday, Jan. 28 8:03 a.m. 3:01 a.m. I 8:30 pjn. ' 3:11 pjn. I 250 Hear Becker Ensemble Two hundred fifty Community Concert member* braved icy wind* Wednesday night to hear the Becker Ensemble present the fint concert of this season. The four artists, Mary Becker, violinist, Marcia Barbour 'cellist, Lili Miki, pianist, and Ramona Dahlborg, flutist, appeared in the Beaufort School auditorium. The .first and last numbers on the program, .La Folia by Coralli and Roumanian Rhapsody No. 1 In A major by Enesco-Jaffe, were en semble numbers and the remainder were solos. The fourth number, however, featured three of the artists, the violinist, cellist and pianist. The audience showed apprecia tion tor all numberi but the per formance* by the entire enaemble brought forth the moat applauae. More number* by the enaemble ahould have been included on the program. Miaa Miki presented numbers by Bach and Chopin. Miss Becker played portions from Tkchaikow sky's Concerto in D major, opus 38, and the trio number was Ravel's Trio in A Minor. Following intermission, the flut ist's group was highlighted by De buaay'a Afternoon of a Faun. Miaa Barbour's ceDiat numbers were the popular Romance by Rubenatein, Elegie by Faure and Piatigorsky's variations on a theme of Paganini. The finale was ? spirited num ber. Applause was likewise spirit ed and brought forth individual encores from each member of the ensemble. Miss Barbour played The Swan by Saint-Saens, Miss Dahlborg play ed Flight of the Bumble Bee. Miss Becker played Londonderry Air and Miss Mikl concluded the en cores with Ritual War Dance. The ensemble came here from Georgia and will next appear at Paris, Tex. The next Community Concert will be on Waahington's birthday, Feb. 22. at the Morehead City High School auditorium. The artist will be Mario Braggtotti. pianist-humor ist.? rip. Tug Rushes Food, Water To Disabled SS Steel ore Prowler Steals Money From Prytherch House A prowler entered the home of< Mrs. Herbert Prytherch, 610 Ann St., Beaufort, shortly before 4 o'clock Wednesday morning and made off with a wallet, a carton of cigarettes and a shoulder strap handbag. Mrs. Prytherch told Assistant Chief of Police Carlton Garner that she apparently forgot to lock the front door because the officer could find no window pried open or any other means of forcible entry. j Mrs. Prytherch said she wakened early in the morning and saw a man in her bedroom She thought at first that the person was her mother, Mrs. Tete Arrington who lives with them, but she soon re alized it was a stranger and yelled to her 16-year-old daughter, Kay, who was sleeping in the same room, "There's a man in the room!" Both Scream Kay screamed as loud as she could and the prowler took off, through another bedroom, a bath room, and out the front door. Kay jumped up and locked the bath room door between the man and her and her mother. "I didn't know whether he was armed or what he might do if he was cornered," Kay said. Then she and her mother got a gun and rushed out front, but the burglar was nowhere to be found. Mrs. Prytherch phoned the police and Officer Garner answered the call. Loss Discovered After the policcman arrived, Mrs. Prytherch discovered that her wallet containing about $5, her licenfce, car registration card and other papers, was missing, also a carton of cigarettes and a shoulder strap handbag which had been hanging on the door knob in the bedroom. She told that officer that she doubted if any money were in the bag. The burglar made off with that. Later searching for the bag in the neighborhood by Officer Garner brought no results. "I thought he might have thrown it away somewhere near the house," the ofiicer said. The night was wet and stdtmy and the rug in front of the front ^oor where the man apparently en tered was wet. Mrs. Arrington, who was sleep ing in another room, did not waken until she heard her daughter and granddaughter scream. This entry was another in a series that has been going on in Beaufort all winter. Chief of Police M. E. Guy sAid that officers "be lieve they know who's doing it" and are continuing investigation. Park Service Seeks $211,2110 Washington (AP) ? The Na tional Park Service has asked $214, 280 for the Cape Hatteras Sea shore Recreation Area on the North Carolina coast for the fiscal year stating July 1. The park service said the amount was in its over all budget recom mendation submitted to Congress to President Eisenhower yesterday. Congress must approve the expend iture. The service is asking $42,300 for construction, of which $19,000 would go to roads and trails and $28,700 to buildings and utilities. Other proposed expenditures: $59,200 for management. $9,000 for forestry and fire control, $8,900 for soil and moisture conservation; $4,900 for maintenance and reha bilitation of roads and trails; $89, 880 for buildings and utilities. ? , - Lummie Cottle Pays Fine, Costs On Labor Counts Lummie Cottle, formerly of Morehead City, who operates "Lum mie's Drive Inn" at Greenville, was convicted in Greenville Recorder's Court Wednesday on nine counts of violations of the state labor laws. Cottle pled guilty to the nine charges involving five teen-age boys and girls. Judge Charles H. Whedbee suspended sentences to taling five months upon provision that Cottle pay fines and court costs totaling $165. The judge further ordered that Cottle not violate, in the future, any of the state labor laws. The charges against Cottle, who in the past has operated drive-ins in and around Morehead City, were filed after a 14-year-old girl who worked as a car hop at his place, charged that she had been raped by a Camp Lejeune Marine after she got off work at the drive-in one night. Specific charges against Cottle were that he allowed persons to work without permits and worked them overtime illegally. The warrants charging Cottle* with the offenses were signed by W. G. Watson of the State l>abor Department. "Lummie's Drive-In" west of Morehead City on Highway 70 is now under the management of El vin K. Franks, Morehead City. Marine Killed In Runway Wreck Cherry 'Point (AP) ? Cpl. Harold E. Thornton, a plane cap tain with Marine Fighter Squadron 334 of the Second Marine Aircraf Wing, was fatally injured Monday night in a runway accident at the Marine Corps air station. A F2H-4 Banshee jet fighter which had just landed crashed into the NC-5 jet starter vehicle driven by Corporal Thornton, the Public Information Office reported. The accident occurred shortly after 8 p.m. Corporal Thornton's vehicle waa the last in a convoy of crash-crew equipment crossing the runway. Second Lt. Thomas W. Doyle Jr., a pilot with the same squadron who was riding on the vehicle with Corporal Thornton, was injured, lie was taken to Naval Hospital at Camp Lejeune where his condi tion is reported serious. Piloting the Banshee was First I,t Benjamin B. Skinner of Ma rine Fighter Squadron 114 Thornton, 20, is survived by hia wife, who resides here. His father, Herschell S. Thornton, lives at North Birmingham, Ala. ? iv> Kotarians wne By Candlelight Dinner by cshdlclight was the unexpected highlight ol the New port Rotary meeting Monday night at the former achool lunchroom. Power failure compelled the urn of candlelight during the tint half of the weekly meeting. The lights went on as soon at the meal waa completed. . The Rev. J. Herbert Waldrop, Methodist minister in Newport, and a member of the Rotary Club, was in charge of the program. He spoke 'on the functions of the mem bers is RoUrians, and what Rotary meant to the members and to the community. Walter D. Hesth gave the invoca tion at the meeting. Following the regular meeting, presided over by Nathan Oarner. the board of directors met to dis cuss prospective members. Wsltar Edward* of More head City waa the only viaittng Rotarian. Board to Meet The Board of Conservation and Development will meet at Raleigh Monday through Wedoeaday. C. O. Holland, acting fisheries commis sioner, and Dr. A. F. Chestnut of the Institute of Fisheries Research will praeant reports. Salvage Company Tug, Coast Guard Stands By The tug, Margaret Moran, yester - day rushed food and water to the disabled freighter, SS Steelore, cargo-laden vessel which was an chored several miles off the sea buoy at Morehead City Wednesday, riding out a northeast gale. The Steelore, carrying ore from Venezuela to New York, sent out a distress call Friday, 300 miles off Charleston, S. C., when she started to ship water. Taken in Tow After the distress call, she was taken in tow by the Merritt-Chap man. Scott tug, Curb. Merritt Chapman, Scott is a salvage com pany. It was first thought that the Steelore might come into Morehead City for temporary repairs, but the ship draws 40 feet of water and the harbor depth here is 30. So the ship got in as far as she could in Cape Lookout Right and rode out Wednesday's storm with the Curb and the Coast Guard cutter Chero kee, out of Norfolk, standing by. Pumps Working It was reported that she was in about 50 feet of water. Pumps were going to keep her afloat. Robert L. Hicks, agent for the ship, Morehead City, said the crew , had provisions to last them only through Wednesday night supper. Groceries and water could not be gotten to them Wednesday because of high seas. Sinking Feared Sunday night the Steelore was reported to have only four feet of freeboard and Tuesday the towing tug took off 19 of the 41 crewmen when it appeared that the ship was sinking. Rut the remaining crew members kept the pumps going. Water was pouring in through cracks in the ballast tanks. The Steelore, under contract to the Bethlehem Steel Co., flies the American^a? and ha* an American crew. ShAriU to Hoe folk for ftpMrt. T Even if the loaded ship had been able to get into Morehead City, there arc no ore unloading facili ties and the cost of shipping ore out from here, by rail, would be prohibitive, Mr. Hicks said. Farm Bureau Leader Speaks A. W." Solomon, Greensboro, state representative tor the Negro Farm Bureau, gave the "clearest, most practical talk outlining the Farm Bureau program of any speaker we've ever had in the county," H. M. Williams, county agent, said yesterday. Mr. Solomon spoke at the Negro Farm Bureau meeting Wednesday night at the Masonic Lodge, More head City. He pointed out that (arming was one of the first pro fessions and that as it grew, rules concerning it and organizations to stand by it came into being. The farmer has received many benefits since 1930 and the speaker" said that thoae benefits didn't Just happen by themielves they were the outgrowth of organized work by farm organizations, including the Farm Bureau. Ninety-five per cent of the legis lation offered to benefit the farmer has been supported by the Farm Bureau, he declared. He struck out at the charges of "doles to farm ers," saying that billions are doled out annually to Industry but no publicity la ever given to those hand-outs which take various forms. Twenty-five persons attended. Milton Trucker, Pelletler, Farm Bureau president, C. N. Stroud, membership chairman, Mr. Wil liams, and Al Newsomc. assis tant county agent were present. The speaker was introduced by Mr. Williams. A barbecue supper preceded the address. Chairman Lists Names Of Conservation Officers R. Neal Campen. chairman, IBM board o f supervisors for Carteret County, has announced County Soil Conservation Supervisor of ficers for IBM. Mr. Campen waa re-elected chairman; John Young, Stella, waa elected vice-chairman; and Floyd Garner, Newport, waa elected secretary and treasurer. Mr. Garper was re-elected by the people of Carteret County In De cember IBM, to an additional three-year term aa county supervi sor. Mr. Campen. aa chairman of the county board, wll| serve on the Lower Neuse Soil Conservation District Board of Supervisors. The Lower Neuse Hatrlct consist of five countiea, Carteret, Onslow, Pamlico, Craven, and Jones. All-Seashore Group to Elect Officers Tuesday The annual election of officers of the All-Seashore Highway Asso ciation, Inc., will take place at 12:30 Tuesday at the Sanitary Res taurant in Morehcad City. Successors to the following offi cers will be elected: president, Alvah Hamilton, Morehcad City; vice-president, first division, Ay cock Brown, Mantco; vice-presi dent, second* division, Norwood Young, Beaufort; vice-president, third division, Glenn Tucker, Caro lina Beach, and secretary-treas urer, Joe DuBois, Sea Level. In addition to the above listed offices, five directors will be elect- ' ed from each of the three divisions. According to Mr. DuBois, the pertinent matters to be discussed at the meeting will include the all seashore highway, mosquito con trol. and beach erosion. Says Mr. DuBois, "Hazel greatly helped our cause by focusing na tion-wide attention upon the value and needs of our priceless outer banks. Federal aid has been grant ed in many instances to repair hur ricane damage. "It is one of the duties of our Department of Conservation and Development as well as of the fed eral government to combat all beach erosion. It is up to us to act before a catastrophe. We can and should." EmexUus Club To Attend Play Members of the Emeritus Club and their wives will have dinner at the Inlet Inn Friday night, Feb. 18, and then attend, in a group, the performance of "Arsenic and Old Lace" at the Beaufort School. The Emeritus Club planned the February meeting at their Monday night session at the Recreation Center, Morehead City. George W. Huntley, Beaufort, explained his program for preser vation of beach property and the president, W. S. Kidd, appointed Mr. Huntley, N. F. Eure and R. H. Dowdy as a committee to see what could be done to create a park commission which would pro mote establishment of a park be tween the highwater mark and a highway on the oceanfront. Dr. G. C. Cooke, head of the committee for mosquito control, reported that no progress had been made. Dr. Cooke, N. L. Walker and J. W. Kellogg were appointed as a committee to continue publici ty on the project. The secretary, T. B. Sage, was requested to write a letter to Horace Loftin Jr., Beaufort, thank ing him for hit efforts in helping to organiie the Carteret Communi ty Theatre. The theatre group is staging the play the Emeritus Club will see Feb. 18. The president named Dr. Cooke and Mr. Dowdy to serve with him on the nominating committee. Of ficers will be elected at the March meeting. C. A. Stone and W- L. Brady, Morehead City, were elected to Emeritus Club membership. Mr. Walker was appointed to make arrangements for the Feb ruary meeting. Agassiz Returns Home Saturday The Coast Guard Cutter Agasaii returned to More bead City Satur day after a two and a half month absence in a Norfolk shipyard, where the underwent annual over haul and repair of hurricane Hue I damages. New personnel now stationed aboard the Agasaii are as follows: Robert M Campbell SA, son of Mr and Mrs. W. D. Campbell of Hubert, Gary P. Day S02, ton of Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Day of Lola, Charlie N. Dudley RD2. son of Mr. and Mrs. L. D. Dudley of Daria, Gilbert M. Slaughter SN. ton of Mr. and Mrs. O. B. Slaughter of Newport, and Gerald S. Smith SN, ton of Mr. and Mn. }. H. Smith of Morehead City. A main line fuse blew Monday night putting parta of Newport in darkness for about 45 minute*. Light* went out on the Mill Creek Roed and in the northern part of town. I