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CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES '?< ? - * , ? 44th YEAR, NO. 19. TWO SECTION'S TWELVE PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT; NORTH CAROUNA TUESDAY, MARCH 8, 1955 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAY8 NEWS-TIMES OFFICE 604 Arwxfell St. CH, l?-417S Cherry Point Marine Killed When Car Wrecks Sgt. Jack W. Newman Is County's Second Road Fatality This Year Carteret's second highway fatal ity occurred Thursday afternoon when a Cherry Point Marine was killed a short distance from the Carteret-Craven line on Highway 70. Sgt. Jack W. Newman, 22 of Houston, Tex., died of a fractured skull and olner injuries. State Highway Patrolman R. H. Brown, who investigated, said Sergeant Newman was traveling toward Cherry Point at a high rate of speed and there were indications that he had been drinking. He was alone in the car, a 1849 Ford owned by Cpl. Howard I. Weniell of Cherry Point. The car went off the shoulder of the road at the right about 300 feet east of the county line. It skidded left across the high way into a ditch, turned over after goihg between a -pine tree and a pole and landed on its wheels head ed in the direction it had been traveling before the accident. Damage to the car was estimated at $200. The body was taken to Cherry Point in a Navy ambulance. Sergeant Newman, a cook with a maintenance company, entered the Marine Corps in April 1951 and served in Korea. The first highway fatality this year occurred Jan. 12 when Guy W. Herring, route 1 Newport, was kill ed on the Roberts Road. Building Permits Total $23,950 Additions and repairs to busi ness and home properties consti tute most of the building permits issued in Morehead City in Febru ary. reports A. B. Roberts, build ing inspector. Eight permits were issued during that period in which the estimated costs of all work totaled $23,950 ? . Permit* for additions and repairs were issued to the Sanitary Fish Market covering an addition to the restaurant dining room costing 11,000; to Mrs. M. S. Simpson for repairing the Willis Inn which was partly destroyed by fire, at a cost of $8,600 W, H. Ballou was issued a permit for an addition to his waterfront restaurant costing $9,900; B. F. Morton Jr., addition to house. $930; Frank Swindell, addition to house, $490. J. C. Simmons was granted a per mit to erect a small building on Evans Street in the rear of the Hotel Fort Macon for a tackle shop, and the Sunshine Laundry to build a storage building to cost $950. Amount of permits issued for February 1954, $9,069; for the two months of the current year, $55,200. School Officials Will Meet Here Seven counties of district 2, North Carolina School Board Asso ciation, will be represented at a meeting and clambake tomorrow night, at Smyrna School. The association la composed of school committeemen, board of ed ucation members and achool board personnel Thirteen counties are in district 2, but representatives from only seven will convene at Smyrna. Thoae counties are Craven, Psoli co, Jones, Lenoir, Carteret, GreMC and Onslow. The other (roup will meet March IS at Clinton. Those countiea. are Wayne Duplin, Sampson, Pender, New Hanover and Brunswick. The entire district attended a meeting at Smyrna last year. The clambake, at 6:10, will precede tomorrow night's meeting County Commissioncri Pom Two Resolutions The County Board of Commis sioners paased two resolutions of respect at IU meeting in the court house yesterday, Bp* in honor of Ike late Alvah B. Taylor, a member at the board, and the other in re cognition of the late Capt. John Nelson, who for many years waa state fisheries commissioner. The board directed that the reso lutions be entered in the minutes of the meeting and copies be sent to the Taylor and Nelson families Tax Bete Offered Men from the internal revenue office will bo at the Beaufort post office today and the Moreheod City postofftce tomorrow to help people In making out their ISM federal income Us returns. Barbers Help Launch 1955 Easter Seal Drive Y. Z. Cannon, public, relations, and C. B. Phifer, president. Asso ciated Master Barbers' Association, plan for the statewide "Barbers' Kick-Off Campaign for Crippled Children" with Albin Pikutis, execu tive director, North Carolina Easter Seal Society Barbers in (Beaufort and More head City twill join barbers throughout trie state in sending the 1955 crippled children's cam paign off with a flying start. Barbers will have coincollectors in their shops throughout the cam paign and will give a portion of their profits today to the Carteret Chapter of the North Carolina So ciety for Crippled Children and Adults. Jasper Bell, Morehead City, sec retary of Chapter 1005, Associated Master Barbers, said the following shops are participating in the cam paign kick-off today: Sanitary and j Ideal Barber Shops, Morehead City; and Imperial, City and Jeff's Barber Shop, Beaufort. Carteret's Easter Seal child for 1955 again this year is Karabeth Mauney, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Zeb Mauney, Newport, the little girl "who couldn't but did." Karabeth represents the hun dreds of crippled children who received help from the North Caro lina Society for Crippled Children last year. She was chosen for the gallant fight she has made in learn ing to walk in spite of the difficul ties produced by the dreaded di sease, cerebral palsy. This plucky youngster was look ed upon by many as a child with a "doomed" future. She spent many weeks in hospitals receiving treat ment and exercises and was then sent Home f?f jfollow-up care. Ktflbeth mad6 ftpid progress and gained strength steadily. Two years ago doctors asked her if she was ready to walk. With crutc les the slow progress began and was continued at home. Her parents received special counseling to help' her. Her first steps came slowly, but now her legs, in her words, are "part of me." Many other children with crip pling conditions of all kinds are being helped at the North Carolina Society for Crippled Children at Chapel Hill, through Easter Seal contributions. The appeal will con tinue through Easter Sunday, April 10. Kinbttk Mauaey, Cartcret'i , Eiatrr Sml Child for 1955. Hurray for Seafood Clams to Hold Spotlight At Supper Tomorrow Night Gov, and Mrs. Luther Hodges will be honor guests tomorrow night at a clambake planned to promote the consumption of clams as well as other seafoods produced in eastern North Carolina. The clambake to take place at Raleigh, is being sponsored by the Department of Conservation and Development and the North Caro lina Association of Quality Restau rants in cooperation with Elmer Willis of Williston and other mem bers of the clam industry along the North Carolina coast. The dinner, an all-clam affair except for such "trimmings" u huah-puppies, onion rings, biscuits, coffee and tea, will start at 0:30 p.m. in the Capitol Room of the SAW Cafeteria. Carteret county members on the committee for arrangements are Cecil Morris, Elmer Willis, Gehr mann Holland and Lockwood Phil lip*. Other members of the commit tee are M. M. Melvin and Wade Lucas, Raleigh, co-chairmen; John Lineberger, Ben Douglas, Raleigh; J. Harvey Rape, Durham; Eugene Simmons, Tarboro; and Eric Rodg ers, Scotland Neck. Invited to the dinner, in ad dition to Gov. Hodges, are mem bers general assembly, elective and appointive state officials, the board of the N. C. Association of Quality Restaurants, members of the State Board of Conservation and De velopment, representatives of in dustrial development organizations of a number of Chambers of Com merce in North Carolina, former Gov. and Mrs. R. Gregg Cherry of Gastonia, former Gov. and now Senator W. Kerr Scott and Mrs. Scott, Haw River, Mrs. O. Max Gardner, Shelby, Mrs. J. M. Broughton, Raleigh, Mrs. J. C. B. Ehringhaus, Edenton, Mrs. William B. Umstead. Durham. Mrs. W. W. Kitchin, Scotland Neck, and mem bers of press, radio and televiaion. $250, Not $25. / By error, the lero was left off a figure- in the atory of Delmas Willis in County Recorder's Court last week. The fine was $290 and not $25 as reported Friday in THE NEWS-TIMES. M aketfo Special feature* Ml ? H Week appear an page* 4 and 5. aectlon I af MVi paper. Board Confers With Member Of Wilkins Firm Glenn Gilbert of E. T. Wilkins & Associates, appraisers, was in troduced to members of the county board yesterday Mr. Gilbert said he was ready to start work im mediately on revaluation of county property. Working space for the appraisers has been provided in the court house annex Mr. Gilbert said lo cal help would be used in measur ing residential and rural property. Appraisers with the Wilkins firm will survey business properties. The county board appointed eight men to serve as an advisory group in settinq up the "yardstick" for property evaluation. This group will assist Mr. Gilbert in setting a standard for various types of pro perty, and from that standard other properties will be judged accord ingly. The valuation will be set in ac cordance jyith the fair market price as well as the value of the home or business in relation to its location. The advisory committee would not be consulted after the basic standards are set, according to the present plan. Proposed for membership on the committee are John Crump, George R. Wallace and H. S. Gibbs Jr., Morehead City; J. Raymond Ball, Harlowe; Moses Howard, Newport; Halsey Paul and Paul Jones, both of Beaufort, and Joe Taylor, Bogue. The new member of the county board, to replace Alvah B. Taylor, would also serve on the committee. James D. Potter, county auditor, commented that the men would be performing a pubiic service, that the county it spending $50, 000 for revaluation and it is to the best interest of everyone that the revaluation be carried out correct ly The board felt 'that the men selected for the committee ( were well-acquainted with property values and qualified to act judici ously. especially in the sections of the county from which they cbme. Attorney Alvah Hamilton com mented' that one of the major points of the revaluation was to have the figures arrived at free of local influence and Mr. Gilbert agreed that such would be done. It was emphasjzed that the ad visory committee' would merely establish a standard to go by. for example, a six-room brick dwelling in a residential area would be set at a certain valuation and from that standard, valuations would be set on similar dwellings in similar areas. Eugene Moore, tax collector, was given permission to advertise de linquent taxes in April. R. M. Wil liams, county agent, presented his report for the year, and the board approved expenditure of $200 to assist in repairing the roof and repainting the county library at Broad and Pollock Streets, Beau fort. Officer Arrests Herbert Baum Herbert Baum, 407 Pollock St., was arrested Thursday night by Of ficer Carlton Garner on a charge of choking his wife. Mildred Baum. and beating her across her back with a club. He is also charged with threatening Joe Baum with a gun. Baum posted $100 bond for his appearance in Beaufort Recorder's Court this afternoon. Motorists cited Feb. 28 by Offi cer Garner for alleged violations are Willie Budget. 908 N. 13th St.. Morehead City, failure to stop at a stop sign; Miss Emma Perry, Beau fort, failure to stop at a stop light; March 1, Ralph Guiaey, Cherry Point, failure to stop at a stop sign; snd March 2, Wallace Garner, route 1 Beaufort, speeding. Raymond Lewis, 800 block Front Street, was arrested by Officer Garner and Sheriff Hugh Salter Tuesday night on a charge of being drunk, using loud snd profane lan guage, and disturbing the peace. He posted *50 bond for his appearance in court this afternoon. Officer Msxwell Wsde arrested John Teel. 310 Pollock St.. on a charge of reckless driving Wednes day. Teel is docketed for appear ance in court today also. Thomas Charles Allen, Wild wood. was spprehended Saturday when he allegedly failed to stop at the traffic light at Mulberry and Live , Oak Streets. In- ? freakish accident, reported by Officer Garner, a track knocked dowii a gasoline pump at the Spot in Beaufort Sunday night. The driver of the truck, Edward Lewis of Bayboro, had parked at the Spot and had entered to get some thing to eat. The truck started to roll back and knocked down one of the gas pumps. 7*. r- . . t, W. L. Turner, farm management specialist, Raleigh, will spesk on social security for farmers at New port April 2a C purity Seeks Immediate Repair of Fort Macon Park Toastmasters on Parade * t Contestants and dignitaries at the Toastmasters speerh contest at Cherry Point Wednesday night are l*ft to right, J. P. Harris Jr., Beaufort; Maj. Bob Rynerson and Col. Frank Croft, both of Cherry Point; Al Wooten, Kinston, winner; Maj. Gen. Verne J. Mr Caul, Cherry Point; S. E. I^e r* is, Goldsboro; and R. L. Mills, Cherry Point, runner-up. Little Symphony to Present Two Concerts Here March 23 Fire Destroys School, Cottage At Sea Level The former school building at Se* Level, on Highway 70, and a summer cottage, formerly the old W. Z. Gaskill home, were destroy ed by fire Sunday. The school building was owned by the late Alvah B. Taylor of Sep Level and the home was owned by residents of Durham. The blaze is believed to have started from a match thrown out along the road between the school and filling sta tion. The woods nearby caught fire and the flames were close to the Sea Level homes development, but fortunately, the wind was from the soOth and fanned the flames away from the homes. the fire raged all Sunday after noon until it started to rain Sun day night. No fire departments were called, but residents of the area fought the blaze by means of bucket brigades. One house in the vicinity, reported to be unoccupied, was saved. The school house was used as a community building. J. A. DuBois, manager of the Sea Level Chamber of Commerce, said that the fire could have been put out quickly if there had been a down-east rural fire department. The chamber has*proposad a rural fire department as one of its projects. Smyrna Principal Lists Lunch Menus Stanley Dail, principal of Smyr na School, has announced the school menus for today and the coming week. They are as follows: Taday ? Beef ? onions and gravy, spanish rice, tossed salad, peach cobbler, bread and milk. Wednesday ? macaroni and cheese, green beans,' apple crumble, bread and milk. Thursday ? meat loaf, creamed potatoes, turnip greens, grapefruit sections, bread and milk. Friday ? tuna fish salad ? let tuce, potato sticks, green peas, ice cream, bread and milk. Monday ? deviled egg sand wiches. sliced cheese, vetegable beef soup, cholocate cake ? butter icing, crackers, bread and milk. M Families Move In Ted Davis, manager of the More head City Chamber of Commerce, said that SO families moved to Morehead City during the past two months. Twenty moved into the town in January and 30 in Feb ruary, according to information fufriished by the public utilities ! companies. Tide Table Tides at the Beaufort Bar HIGH LOW Tuesday, March 1 8:06 a.m. 6:28 p.m. 1:58' a.m. 2:21 p.m. Wednesday, March > 8:48 a.m. 0:10 p.m. 2:42 a.m. *D:01 p.m. Thursday. March 16 9.28 a.m. 9:S1 p.m. Fi 10:10 a.m. Friday. March 11 4:02 a m. 4:13 pja. 3:24 a.m. 3:38 p.m. 1041 PA. ? Carteret members of the Norths Carolina Little Symphony Soeiety ! will attend the conecrt here at 8:30 Wednesday night, March 23, in the Morehead City School auditorium. The symphony will present a free concert for children that afternoon in the Beaufort School auditorium. The Little Symphony is com prised of 25 professional musicians and includes for the first time this year a harpist. Miss Dorothy White. Miss White is also a flutist and pianist. Symphony society members in this county may also attend the Little Symphony concert at New Bern Tuesday night, March 22, at 8:30 in the Shrine oriiUrium. . A special feature of the adult program will be Miss Vivian Mor rison, bagpiper and sword dancer of Baddcck. Nova Scotia. Canada. Miss Morrison is a freshman at Flora MacDonald College this year. Following intermission, she will play the bagpipes. Her number will be followed by seven excerpts from the score of the movie, "Brigadoon," by the orchestra and New Bern High School choir. The choir, composed of 57 voices, is under the direction of Donald Smith. The Little Symphony is now on its 10th annual tour. Woman Struck By Car Sunday Mrs. Sally Rose, 50, Harkers Island, suffered cuts on her fore head when she was hit by a 1952 Chevrolet driven by Jerry Iiee Guthrie, 20, Harkers Island, Sunday night at 6:10 p.m. Patrolman J. W. Sykes said Mrs. Rose ran out in front of the car oh the Harkers Island Road 50 feet south of the Rose Boat Works. It was raining heavily at the time and witnesses reported that Mrs. Rose darted out from the left hand side of the road. The accident was unavoidable, according to Patrolman Sykes. Mrs. Rose was admitted to the Sea Level Hospital following the accident. She was still confined there yesterday. ? Wrecks Occur In Morehead City During Weekend Morehead City police investi gated two accidents over the week end. Charges of driving on the wrong side of Arendell Street were levied against Lester L. Hall Jr., More hca<? jLity. when the IBM Ford lie was driving collided with a 1054 Oldsmobiic driven by Edwin W. Tenney, Morehead City, Sunday at 6:45 p.m. Damage to Hall's car was esti mated at $400. The right side was dented in, and damage to Tenney's car was estimated at $300. The right rear fender was badly banged up. Patrolman Joe Smith of the Morehead City police department investigated and cited Hall for driving on the wrong side of Aren dell Street. Hall's case will be heard in Morehead City Recorder's Court next Monday morning. In another accident in Morehead City Saturday morning at 11:35 a m. a 1052 International pickup truck driven by Cecil N. Stroud,' Morehead City, collided with a 1050 Oldsmobiic driven by Jessie Bell Murdock, Newport RFD, at 16th and Arendell Street. The truck traveling north on 16th Street had stopped at the in tersection. Stroud, seeing a bus parked at the corner had started across Arendell Street when the car driven by Murdock passed the bus on the left and collided with the truck, according to the investi gating officers Chief Griffin and Sgt. Carl Bunch. No charges were preferred. Damage to the truck's left front fender, front bumper and grill was estimated at $150. Damage to the car's right front fender, grill, front bumper, hood, radiator, and chrome strip was estimated at $200. Native of Holland Talks To Morehead Rotarians / Nick Moerings, of Jacksonville, Fla.. a native of Amsterdam. Hol land. wan the speaker at Thursday night's meeting of the Morehead City RoUry Club. Mr. Moerings, who served as a Dutch secret service officer during World War II and took part in hia country's underground activities, fpoke of the extent and influence Communism has gained in the world. He aaid the Communist party has no regard for human wants or feel ings. and firmly instills the thought in its people that anything should be done for the party, re gardless of the personal conse quences. He said that the people in Com munistic countries have some feara, particularly In respect to the United State*. They (the people) are skeptical as to whether Raasia could support a total all-out world conflict, sine* Russia is industrial ly weak. Mr. Moerings said that the dan gar to Communism lias in the draad of violence from inside the Iron Curtain. Bill Chalk of the international service committee, introduced the speaker and had charge of the meeting. William Davies was Introduced to the club an a new member. Guests Included James B. Willis Jr. and J. L. Freeman, two More head City High School seniors, and viaiting Rotarians Lee Nance. Ay den. and Lonnie Howard and Hen ry Edwards, both of Newport. Jama* D. Potter Resigns As Civil Defense Head James D. Potter, county auditor, yeaterday resigned his position as county civil defense director. Mr. Potter said that other duties did not permjt him to serve. The county board accepted his resignation and named Mils Ruth Peeling. Beaufort, as county civil defense director. The appointment Is tor ssm yaar. ? County commissioners yes terday adopted two resolu tion* to be forwarded to D. G. Bell, legislator. One asks the state to make repairs at Fort Macon State Park and the other approves the proposal to include coun ty and state employees in tne social security program. Comm.ss.oncr Moses Howard^.d that warm weather has brought people to the state park over the weekends and there', no ^board walk parking space or other ac commodat.on tor them. The hur ricane last October caused sive damage and ""thing has been done as yet to repair the park. The proposal to put county an state employees un(1er social a curity is being cons.dered on a state level and James D. Potter county accountant, said a bill to Zt effect will be introduced in the legislature. , He said that county employee, who have participated in a "re ment fund plan will be entitled to receive benetits under that pro gram also. One BitUler Steve Roberts, forehead City, was the only bklder on the job to erect a snow fence along the top of the dune being pushed up on Bogue Banks. Mr. would do the job at 42 cenU per linear foot. The dune and fence are being financed by the federa government ... help restore areaso the beach destroyed in the October hurricane. . M?vor George Hi" members ol the Morehead City Town Board Ted l)avis of the Morehead City Chamber of Commerce, and R. ?? Barbour appeared before the board fo req?st the state to build a road from old Highway 10 to the Coun try Club Boad. The road, approximately a mile iong would run east of the proper ssswsssSs ssrs srs rhsr. along the proposed road for cemetery. . Mr. Barbour, who own. the Uno, said that he will give the nght-of way. Tentatively Approved The board tentatively "PP?V<? the proposal but referred it to Koad Commissioner Moses Howa , John L. Ilumphrey coun y road .u 3asa Commissioners G.bby Sander^. Ted Garner and D. J. Hall was Jasper Bell, chairman of the More head City Finer Carolina P??r"? Three men from an area west of Morehead City ?P^?"d beto? i hp board and asked that the road, from Walter Whitley's store on Highway 70 to Newport R*er, be P,Thly said that two school busses travel the road and 11 houses are on it. The road is approximately a mile long. The matter was turn ed over to Commissioner Howard lor further study. Pole, to be Moves sssssMr-E ^ See BOAHD. PU? 5 Firing Exercises Endanger Craft From S a.m. until 4:30 p.m. to day the waters of the Atlantic Ocean from the beach to 7,900 yards seaward within the existing danger zone east of New River in let. will be hazardous to veaaela because of Marine firing exercises. The area in the vicinity between Browns Inlet and Bogue Inlet, and 21.000 yards seaward within the existing adjacent danger zone will be hazardous from 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday, and from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Thunday too. The area in the vicinity of Browns Island, located between Browns Inlet and Bear Inlet will be hazardous from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Thuraday and from 7:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Friday and Saturday. The Marine Corps of Camp Le Jeune has annoanced that they In tend extending the limiting date for dredging, construction of Jet ties and bulkheads In New River Inlet and Mile Hammock Bay at Camp Lejeune from Dec. 31, 1888 to Dec. 31. 1888. Plans showing the work may be seen at the Corps of Engineers of fice in Wilmington and at the post office in Sneada Ferry, N. C. Objections to thla work, If *ay, will bo accepted at the office of the Corp* of Engineers until March