CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES ?" NEWS-TIMES OFFICE ' S04 At?mUU St. , """Chy hmm Mm 44th YEAR, NO. 17. TWO SECTIONS TEN PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROUNA TUESDAY, MARCH 1, 1956 PUBLISH!?* TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS Red Cross Roll Call Begins Today; Goal Set at $3,480 The Bed Crow Roll Call in Car-" teret County gets underway today. It will continue throughout the month. The county's total quota ii $3, 480, a fractional part of the total amount spent here by the Red Craaa following Hurricane Hazel. The chapter quota is 1 1,295 and the national quota is $2,189, mak ing 13,480. In Morehead City there will be a door-to-door solicitation of resi dences and business houses, accord ing to Charles Willis, Morehead City fund chairman. Residence solicitors in Morehead City are the following: Mrs. Ed Willis, Mrs. Kenneth Wagner, Mrs. Robert L. Hicks, Mrs W. H. Rey nolds, Mrs. Truman Kemp. Mrs. Lee Jones, Jr., Mrs. Betty Merion, Mrs. Henry H. White, Mrs. Lesta Willis, Mrs. Bruce Goodwin, Mrs. John Morris, Mrs. Grover Munden, Mrs. Jewel Smith. Mrs. Charles Canfield, Mrs. Clyde Carr, Mrs. Frank Adams. Mrs. S. A. Horton, Miss Marie Piner, Mrs. E. C. Ballou, Mrs. Virginia Whaley, Mrs. Ed J. McLawhorn. Mrs. Gus Davis, Mrs. Robert But ler, Mrs. Marvin Powers, Mrs. Warren Beck, Mrs. Robert Garner, Mrs. Roma Styron, Mrs. Cecil A. Raper, Mrs. Perry Taylor, Mrs. William White, Mrs A B. Roberts, and Mrs. Ronald Earl Willis. Calling on Morehead City busi nessmen will be Mrs. Frank Cassia no, Mrs. Cecil Langdalc. Mrs. Tres sa Vickers and Miss Madeline Royal. Fund chairman in Beaufort is Gehrmann Holland. Checks may be sent to him or to Mrs. D. F. Mer rill, campaign chairman. Officers of the County Red Cross Chapter, in addition to those list ed above, are Irvin W. Davis, Davis, chairman; Mrs. Ed Potter, Beau fort, treasurer; Mrs. James Rumley, Beaufort, borne service chairman; and N. L. Walker, Beauiert, public information officer. 5&10 Owner Plans to Build .... ? Paul R. Branch, Morehead City, owner of the Eastern 5-10-25 Cents Store which was destroyed by fire Feb. 18, is planning to put up a new building near the Colonial Store at Havelock and reopen his business. The Havelock five and ten was gutted when a fire which started in the Canipe Buick Co. building spread to adjoining buildings. Mr. Branch's business was located in a two-story concrete block struc ture owned by John D. Wild of Havelock. Value of the Canipe building was estimated at $60,000 and value of the Wild building was estimated at $50,000. There was also water damage to the second floor of the Davis Mar ket Building. Fire departments from Newport and Morehead City, as well as New Bern, rushed to the scene. A unit o t the Morehead City department took up stand-by duty aboard the air station. Property was so completely dam aged by the blaze that a crane was used after the fire was out to knock down walla which consti tuted a menace to safety. Capt. John Nelson, 77, Dies Friday in Hospital Capt. John Allan Nelson, 77, former stale fisheries commission er, died Friday noon at Morehead City Hospital after several years of failing health. ^ He had serwriwith the state (or 40 y?ars, tri*' Tlrst appointment being made in December, 1900, when he was' made mate of the Neva Pearl, a sail boat used at that time in patrol of Pamlico Sound. After serving as mate on the Neva Pearl for two years, Captain John was transferred to the "At lantic" where he took over the position of mate and became in spector He remained as inspector ilntil 1912 when he was appointed assistant commissioner Gov. W' W. Kitchen. In 1913 Gov. Locke Craige re appointed him to that office. He continued to serve as ?siltant shellfish commissioner until the General Assembly of 1915 created the Fisheries Commission Board by consolidating the Shellfish Com mission with the fish commission. In IBIS H. L. Gibbs of Oriental was made fisheries commissioner and Captain Nelson was named as sistant commissioner. Governor Bickett elevated him to the office of commissioner in 1920 and he remained in that capacity for the next 30 years, serving under 12 governors, until Aug. 1, 1950, when be resigned. Captain Nelson was born Nov. 18, 1877. sail of the late John and Jane Harker Nelson of Gloucester. He married the late Hattie Willis on Aug. 8. 1900. She died Aug. 12. 1M0, four days after the couple i efcbuted their 50th weMtkr-**" niversary.* He waa a member of the M?r sl)allherg Methodist Church and of Franklin Lodge AF h AM 108, and a veteran of World War I. Funeral services were held at the home at Gloucester at 3 o'clock Sunday afternoon with the Rev. H. H. Cash, pastor of the Marshall berg Methodist Church, officiating. Burial was in Bethlehem Cemetery, Marshallberg with Masonic rites. Pallbearers were Capt. Tom Basnigtit of Manteo, Frank Hopkins of Vandemcre, Capt. Fred Gillikip' of Marshallberg, C G. Holland of Beaufort, Raymond Davis of Hamp ton, Va., and Lewis Ed Willis of Smyrna. Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. Catherine Krusz of Glouces ter, Mrs. J. K. Gillikin of Marshall berg, Mrs. Roy Willis of Beaufort; four - sons, Stacy of Aulander, Ernest and Clifton, both of Beau fort, Cranston of Gloucester; two sisters, Mrs. George H. Willis of Morehead City, Mrs. Leolan Jack son of Ridgeley. Md . two brothers, Stacy of Chattanooga. Tenn., Charles G. Nelson of Morehead City, eight grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Gateway to Profit Port Opens New Business Horizons ny ?u WAVIS (The follawing article Is repriated from the recent Issue of Stale Purls. The writer b manager of the Morehead City Chamber of Cmo ?11). Requests for information from school children' of all ages ia not unusual in our office. We receive hundreds during each school year, but one received this year will never be forgotten It waa address ed: "Theport Authority. Chamber of Commercial, Morehesd City, N. C " Scrawled on the reverse side m: "Dear Mr. Authority, 1 want some stuff about your town and shljw . Uke every request for Informa tion about the port, beach, city or county, this one waa anawered the iwe day received. In reply we <*a sand pictures, historical ihetcbe* and travel information. We can describe the safety of beach and surf and the thrill of MM fishing ? but It would be difficult to eaapietely tell the itory of tbe Morehead City Ter minal's Unoenae value to this coas tsl area and the state as a whole. Aa Morehaad's Mayor George Dill stated recently, "I have seen the change la this city since our port began its rapM development, rhe added payroll of the facility ?ccounta for food, shelter and home repairs which could not be afford ed by some before. Crews and passengers of veeeela tying up here pour thousands of dollars into mer antile tills. With the confidence and investment our state govern ment has placed in this develop ment, possibilities lor all our Car teret (County) citizens are unlim ited." How are Chamber members af fected? On December 26th. when more than S.300 Tarheels from all over the state visited the Brazilian tanker Gaupore, Morehead res taurants had the best day this winter. Those food dollars turned over many times before leaving the county. When s Honduran tanker tjed up December 27th, the crew prac tically "bought out" a variety store. Seamen had to be helped to wait ing taxis with bushel baskets of toys and candies. Nearly a hundred pounds of fancy roasted nuts were bought by s party of three. Every available tricycle in town was sold and taxis were kept busy shuttling from town to terminal. The M.S. Stockholm was delayed one day in sailing for Nassau and practically every motel, hotel and commercial rooming house waa filled. Restaurants were packed with customers at breakfast next morning. With each cruise, return ing voyagers ate in oar restaunnfi and bought aauvafilrs from our marchasu. Food, aome 53 tons of it, plus other supplies were purchased in North Carolina. Many of these dot lars stayed in Morehead City. Laundries did over $2,000 worth of business. Florists made up the largest orders for corsages ever re ceived. Ladies' ready-to-wear stores bad record sales on sailing days and again when the ship returned. Despite adequate parking facili ties, available at the port, local girages and service stations swell ed their coffers servicing and stor ing travelers' tutos. Exact figures cannot be secured, but estimates of the direct value of the Stock holm cruises in new money in the Morehfad area go as high as *129,000. Spreading inland we find many . See PORT, Page I , Tide Table Tide* at the Beaufort Bar HIGH LOW Tuesday, Mash 1 1:19 a.m. 7:90 a.m. 1:48 p.m. 8:0B p.m. Wedaesday, March 2 2:23 a.m. , - 8:10 ajn. 2:59 p.m. . 9:28 p.m. Thursday. March 1 3:34 a.*. 10:14 a.m. 4:11 p.m. 10:28 pjn. . Friday, March 4 4:43 a.m. 11:10 ajn. S:ll pjn. 11:26 PJD. County Board Member Dies In Duke Hospital Funeral Services Take Place Sunday for Alvah B. Taylor, Sea Level Funeral services (or Alvah B. Taylor. GO, who died in Duke Hos pital Friday after a brief illness were held at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon in the Sea Level Metho dist Church, with the Rev. L. A. Lewis, pastor, and the Rev. Thur man Smith, pastor of the Free Will Baptist Church of Sea Level, of ficiating. Burial was in Bay Ceme tery, Sea Level. Mr. Taylor had been prominent in Carteret County civic and politi cal affairs for many years. He ser ved on the Sea Level and Atlantic school committees for 26 years, was a trustee of th# Sea Level Community Hospital, director of the Commercial National Bank at Sea Level and a member of .the county board of commissioners. A veteran of World War I, he served with the American Army in France and was active in Legion affairs. He was educated in the public schools of Carteret County and attended the Old Gilliam's Academy near Burlington. He was a steward and trustee of the Sea Level Methodist Church, and a dealer in seafoods. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Angeline Taylor; three sons, Brax ton, Eldred and Rodney, all of Sea Level, two daughters, Mrs. Harry Simmons of Raleigh, Mrs. Clyde McGirk of Alexandria, Va., one brother, H. C Taylor of Sea Level, and two grandchildren. Active pallbearers were Hugh Salter, Roland Willis, Weldon Salter, James Styron, Raymond Scass and Herbert Salter. Members of the County Board of Commis sioners, county officials and the Methodist Men's Club of the Sea Level Church served as honorary pallbearers. - Mrs. Zeb Mauney Heads Campaign ' Vhc MM HuiliMy, Newport, has ?been named chairman of the Eaater Seal campaign in this county. The campaign, to raise funds for crippled children, be gihs Thursday. March 10, and continues Mr?. Manney through Easter Sunday, April 10. Mrs. Mauney succeeds Mrs. J. C. Harvell, Morehead City, who was chairman of the Easter S?il campaign last year. She is the mother of Karabefli Mauney, a child suffering from cerebral palsy who is now attandiag the Newport School. Karabeth's story, written by her mother, ran in serial form in THE NEWS-TIMES last year. State chairman of the campaign is William E. Debnam. Raleigh, who yesterday announced Mrs. Mauney's appointment. Hyde Representative Introduces Two Bills Two bills dealing with commer cial fisheries have been Introduced in the House by Representative Russell Swindell of Hyde County. One, House Bill 345, would deny persons the right to take oysters from public beds when they have been convicted of violating certain oyster laws, including the taking of oysters from any areas within two years of planting. The other. House Bill 346, would allow the director of the Board of Conservation and Development to issue permits for the taking of fish for scientific purposes by means of drup. or poisons. Beaufort Board Authorizes Bill to Alter Court Set-Up Ho"o-T-r;.nt? Extra Cosh m Trapping and hunting brings io some welcome extra cash in this county during the winter ? espe cially if you're good at it. Jurney Conner and his son Haywood, and their friend. Clyde S. Taylor, all of Harlowe, are pretty good at it. In the summer the two Conners and Mr. Taylor farm, they fish in the fall and in the winter they work their trap lines or follow the coon hounds. While they enjoy all those occu pations. there's more excitement to trapping. "While you may set a trap for a mink, otter, or raccoon, you never know what you're going to have the next morning," the men say, "and that's where the ex citement comes in." Mr. Taylor, who lived quite a few years in New Jersey, and his wife operate the Taylor community hall where famous square dances are held on Saturday nights. He and Mr Conner know the dark and wild woods and swamps of Har lowe almost as well as the wild creatures they trap. Taking an otter, they'll tell you, isn't easy. "An otter's got more sense than a lot of people. Just because you hang a piece of fish over your trap is no sign you're going to catch one." The trap has to be set where the otter is feeding, but you've got to move into his territory by boat. Once you put your foot on his land, they say, he won't come back again. They recently got an otter that produced a five-foot skin. Their mink and raccoon catches also help make their long tramps through the swamps pay off. How did they take the otter? They'd been watching his foot prints in the bank of a creek for days. They'd found his slide too. That's where he plays around on the bank and then scoots down into the water. An otter is playful, just like a puppy. See TRAPPERS, Page I Copies of 'Four-Way Test' Given to School by Rotary PICTURES > Of All-Seashore Conference First Team Appear on Today's Sport* Paget Plus Pull Reports On County Tournament Masons to Attend Dinner At Morehead City Tonight Masons from Swansboro and Cherry Point are invited tonight to a seafood dinner at 6 o'clock at the Masonic Temple on 18th Street, Morehead City. Following the dinner, a degree team from Wayne Lodge No. 112, Goldaboro, will confer the third degrqa. The team la led by Leater Gil li kin Two hundred men are expected to attend. Service Officer Attends School at Washington C. L. Beam, county veterans' ser vice officer, is attending a service officers' school In Washington this week. Hla office, In the courthouse an nex, Beaufort, will not be open until his return. ? The Beaufort Rotary Club cele brated Rotary International'* Gold en Anniversary recently by giving framed copies of the organiiation's "Four-Way Test," a moral guide to better living, to the Beaufort Sdiool. TIm test was originated by Her bert J. Taylor, former president at Rotary International, a successful businessman. Mr. Taylor used it in his business, and in his asso ciation with his fellow-man. He was so pleased #tth its results that he presented the test to Rotary International, who la turn adopted the guide as its motto, and forward ed it to all Rotary Clubs through out the world. The test consists of four ques tions: 1 ? Is it the truth? 2 ? Is it fair to all concerned? 3 ? Will it build good will and better friead ship? 4 ? Will it be beneficial to all concerned? Rotarian* feel the four-way test is especially designed to meet the needs of youth. It is a convenient yardatick by which young folks can measure their own conduct, as well as the conduct of others. Beaufort Rctarians feel that by placing these "yardsticks" in the classrooms, young folks will have at their fingertips a device with which they may easily distinguish right from wrong in their speech, thoughts, and actions. The Beaufort club has presented a framed copy of the test to each classroom in the school. In addi tion, each student will be presented with a sticker bearing the test, to be plsced in his or her notebook. For a Mm Town Newport Adopts Five Projects, Alternate in Carolina Contest Newport will have five main pro- i IecU and one alternate in the 1895 | Finer Carolina Contest. General Chairman Charles Hill announced the project after the ?teering committee met recently: (1) -Extnslon of the water system, (2) Securing radio* for Un trucks. (3) Improve recreational lacilltie* (4) Street barkers for all the town. (S) Beautification of town with emphasis on Highway 70 and (6) (alternate) , . securing tele phones In the new houilng project and the Pine Acres Development toward Havelock. Active work is progressing on projects 1,- 1 and 4. Bennie R. Gar ner. aasiatant fire chief, has been named project chairman of tha water Main project Plans have for 1^75 feet at wsxar main extension. This extension will answer request* from the State's Department of Insurance lor ade quate water coverage of most of the town's commercial buildings. In addition it will cover a sub stantial portion of the town's resi dential area. Permission and pro mise of cooperation of the 8tate Highway Commission has been re ceived The committee is waiting now on permission from the Atlantic * Eaat Carolina Railway to crass un derneath their tracks. As soon aa this is worked out, work will be gin. Floyd Garner, President of the Rural Fire Association gave the E'lead signal on the radio pro Alresdy ? decision has been Ml the model aad install* tion. Permission wu received some time ago to work with the county shortwave radio system. Garner Hid. Leslie Bercegeay, president of the housing sstocation, has accept ed chairmanship of the street mar ker project Mr. Bercegeay ia at present considering various meth ods of making the signs At their recent meeting, the Busineaamena' Aaaociation voted to aaaiat him. The project I* to cover the new houaing project aa well aa the older portion of town. Improving the recreational facil ities ia to Include the playground at the Methodist Church, ? ball field somewhere around the school and some form of youth baseball during the summer. lee OONTKrr, Fa?e > " In a special session Thursday night at the town hall, the Beaufort town board authorized the introduction of a bill in the legislature which would give the board the right to abolish its recorder's court by resolution. Should such be done, the town would have the right to work out an arrangement with the county on trying casea originating wiinin me lown limns or return to operation of a mayor's court. The board also authorized legis lation which would increaae mayor's court costs from $5 to 110.75 and should a mayor's court fo into operation again, the mayor's salary would be increased by $23 a month. He now receives $50 a month. In the third official action taken Thursday night, the board author ized extension of police jurisdic tion one mile beyond the town limits. Dan Walker, town clerk, said he conferred Wednesday in Raleigh with John Morrissey of the League of Municipalities, regarding the proposed bill which would give the board the right to abolish the court. Mr. Morrissey, he said, suggested the introduction in this session of the legislation a bill which would make legitimate the dissolving of the court in the future if the town deemed dissolution advisable. Claud Wheatly, attorney who at tended the meeting, said that he and Gene Smith, town attorney, considered two years ago the intro duction of such permissive legisla tion regarding the court. An act which would permit the county and town to split coats above the $2 state tax would "tend to consoli date the two courts," Mr. Wheatly said. Works Two Ways He pointed out that under the proposed bill, the court could be abolished or re-established. Mr Wheatly said that the theory on which Beaufort would share coats with the county on cases originating in Beaufort la based on the fact that the cases originate in the town and the town would need a certain amount of income to maintain tta police department. Mr. Smith, who also serves as solicitor of recorder's court, ex. pressed objection t* the- proposed legislation, especially to coopera tion with the county. He added that he wondered whether the town "should surren der one of its inherent rights, judi cial power." Mr. Smith aaid that he felt the Beaufort court "could See BOARD, Page 2 Pupils to Attend Career Session Student! of Morehead City school will learn (bout college and opportunities open to them after graduation at Career Day tomor row. Speakers from colleges and rep resentatives in different vocational fields will conduct a series of dis cussions throughout the day. The morning session will open at 0:18 with a devotional conducted by Bill Murrlll. Following music by the high school band. G. T. Win dell, principal, will introduce the speaker, Dr. Edward Carter of Eaat Carolina College. The afternooa session will open at 1 with music by the band and Mr. Windell will introduce Charles Bernard of the University of North Carolina. , Dr. Carter will speak on "What Colleges Have to Offer" and Mr. Bernard on "Careers for Tomor row." After each speaker, students will separate into different groups to hear discussions on the career in which they are interested. There will be two one-hour sessions in the morning and two three-quarter hour sessions in the afternoon. ill Attend Final Institute Session Sixty pcnoni attended the final aestion of the Alcoholism I intitule Thursday night it the Morehead City School. Jaapor Boll, president of (he More head City Jaycooa, co ?ponaora of (ha iaatitute. prealded. The speaker! w are Dr. John Ewing. aaaiatani profeiaor of paychlatry it (he UnlYoralty of North Carolina. Dr. Noffcert L. Kelly, educational director of the North Carolina AfcohoUc Rehabili (a (ion prograa. and 8. K Proctor, director of the North Carolina Al coholic Rehabilitation program. The lnatitute opened Wednoaday afternoon and coaaistod of aix aea aiona. Mr. Proctor reporU (hat toUl attendance at the lnatitata waa 430. Sponsoring the educational pro gram oa alcholiam were Marobood Havelock Group Breaks Ground For New Center Havelock ? Five shovels in the hands of directors of Morale Recre ation, Inc., recently broke earth simultaneously to officially start construction of the "Crossroads," Havelock's new $190,000 recreation center which will house the first completely automatic bowling al leys in the south. Stockholders and directors parti cipated in the ceremony at the building site, which includes near ly four acres of land in the heart of Havelock near the junction of Highway 70 and the Cherry Point Harlowe Road. The invocation was offered by W. J. Wynne, vice president, fol lowed by short talks by Marine Maj. N. W Pratt, president; and J. J. Rachlde, secretary-treasurer, who spoke in his official capacity as president of the Havelock Retail Merchants' Association. * Major Pratt, a Reservist who will return to inactive duty in June to function as general manager of the corporation, noted in his remarks that the "Crossroads" Is not just a new business for Havelock, but that it i> the answer to a serious need for wholesome adult recreation in this fast-growing community. Major Pratt further disclosed that the new center ? with its 12 air-conditioned, completely auto matic bowling alleys, miniature golf course, first class fountain and grill and five rental stores ? is scheduled to open about June 1. In his renarks. Mr. Raehide stated: "Speaking on behalf of the Havelock Retail Merchants Asso ciation, we take this opportunity to welcome you into our family of merchants atid to offer you our best wishes. "Havelock has for quite a few years been in need of such a recre ational facility to meet the de mands of its citizens, both military and civilian. It is with great rtn cerlty that we congratulate you on your ground-breaking." Although the opening is three months away, advance applications have been received from New Bern, Morehead City and Newport for participation in organized bowl ing leagues to be held at the center. 310 Boys Enter Chamber Contest Three hundred entries have al ready been received In the More had City Chamber of Commerce sponaored eaaay contest. The con teat, open to boya 8-17 years o( age requires entrants to complete In 25 words or less the statement "I like to live in North ' Carolina because - . The winner will receive a (our week vacation, free, at Camp llore head, July 23-Aug. 20. He will alao be flown to and from Morehead City. Caah value of Uw vacation it *185. Any boy in North Carolina may rater. Entries must Include name, age, grade In school, addreaa. and name of achool. They should be mailed to Summer Vacation Con teat, Morehead City, N. C., by mid night Tueaday, March IS. The contest is being sponsored by the educational committee of the chamber, Dr. 0. J. Eure, chair man. Judgea are Mias Ruth Peeling, editor of the Carteret County Newa Tlmes, Morehead City and Beau fort; James Butler, alumni secre tary, Eaat Carolina Collge, Green ville, and Mlaa Miriam 1UM>, travel feature writer with the State New* Bureau, Raleigh. Lions Plan Flowering Shrub Sal* for March At tb* meeting of the Morehead City Lion* . Club Thursday night Lions decided to hold the second annual azalea and camellia Japon tca iale In late March. Chairmen of the aale are Elmer Wataoo and David >. Webb. Plana were also diacussed (or praaentlng a ctrcua in Mors head City In late spring or early sum mer. Chairman of the ctrcoa com mittee I* Ralph Albares Jim Kuban ks of Morohoad City, vat ? guaet at tha ?iilta|