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44th YEAR. NO. t\. 1 TWO SECTIONS TEN PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUKORT, NORTH CAROUNA TUESDAY, MARCH 16, 1955 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND KRII
Beaufort Wins; On to Greensboro
Fred F. Garner, Newport,
Dies After Struck by Car
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SPA Chairman Appoints
Morehead Committee
Edwin Pate, chairman of the*
State Ports Authority, followed up
Thursday's meeting in Morehead
City with appointment of a four
man committee. Mayor George W.
Dill, D. G Bell, Dr Ben Royal and
Dr. John Morris have been named
to a "liaison committee to act on
matters pertaining to Morehead
City ports and the State Ports
Authority."
Mr. Pate said the executive di
rector of the porta "would work
closely" with this committee.
Mr. Pate and two members of the
state ports authority excutive com
mittee met Thursday with More
head City town officials and busi
nessmen to discuss moving the
state ports office from Wilmington
to a city upstate.
Council Acts
The Wilmington city council on
Friday decided to take every
measure possible to keep the SPA
headquarters in Wilmington. They
suggested a meeting with Morehead
City officials regarding the matter.
Mayor Dill said yesterday that
he had spoken to Dap Cameron,
mayor pro-tem of Wilmington, by
telephone more than a week ago.
The Morehead City mayor tokl Mr.
Cameron then that a conference
would be most satisfactory to More
head City.
Mayor Dill told THE NEWS
TIMES yesterday that he suggest
ed the meeting be held here but Mr.
Cameron said that due to the ill
ness of Wilmington's Mayor E. L.
White, it may have to be held at
Wilmington.
No Date Set
By yesterday. Mayor Dill had
heard nothing more from Mr. Cam
eron. The mayor said, "We would
be delighted to meet with Wil
mington. There's more to be gained
by arbitration than by fighting."
Mr. Cameron was quoted Sunday
in a news report, datelined Wil
mington, as saying that Wilmington
would do everything in its power
to keep the headquarters here
(Wilmington), including "using all
the politics I know."
Davis Motorist
Hurt in Wreck
Ira Davis, Davis, was slightly in
jured at 7:30 Sunday night in an
accident 100 feet east of the Oyster
Creek Bridge on Highway 70.
Mr. Davis, headed west in a 19S0
Chevrolet, was forced off the road
by another car which failed to stop,
according to State Highway Pa
trolman W. J. Smith Jr.
The car went over to the left
and met Mr. Davis on the curve.
The Chevrolet went off on the
shoulder and when it regained the
hard-surface, shot serosa into Dai
las Salter's machine sM?. Mr.
Davis had a cut forehead and
bruises.
His car slammed head-on into the
machine shop, causing about $200
damage to the building and $800
damage to the car.
The automobile which failed to
atop bruahed the Davis auto slight
ly.
USCG Reserve
Unit Relocates
The United States Coast Guard
Reserve Unit of this area wUI move
Into new quarters at Fort Macon
Friday night, LC Cradr. D. C. Bell
announced yesterday.
The unit up to now, has been
meeting at the section b*ae, west
?f Moreheed City. It* new head
quarters are In the old Coast Guard
nation building on the' Fort Macon
Road.
LL (Jg) J. L. Pleishell, USCG.
sad Yeoman (2/c) J. B. Nelson,
USCG, both of Norfolk, were here
Friday and Saturday ' to assist in
moving operation*
Also here from Norfolk this
week la U (Jg) Norman Venxke
who is conducting a ship Instruc
tion program far officers stationed
on the Agassis and Conifer.
N; L. Walker, Beaufort, Jus been
appointed a personal uminita
ttve by -Sudan Temple PetentaU/J.
LeRoy Allen.
Albert Fallin
Murder Trial
Opens Yesterday
At 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon
Sheriff Hugh Salter started calling
jurors to hear the case against
Lucille and Levi Williams, both of
whom are charged with the mur
der of Albert Fallin.
Of the 12 men who first filled
the box, it is doubtful that many
will meet the approval of both the
state and attorneys for the defense.
Actual trial was expected to get
underway late yesterday or else
first thing this morning.
The courtroom, on the second
floor of the courthouse, Beaufort,
was filled yesterday afternoon,
more than a third of the spectators
being Negroes.
Lucille (Candy-Baby) Williams
and Levi, her brother, were seated
before the judge's bench while
Robert D. Rouse Jr., solicitor, an
nounced that the two were charged
with first degree murder. Mr.
Rouse stated, however, that the
charge would be altered to second
degree murder or manslaughter, as
facts may warrant.
The female defendant appeared,
looking considerably different than
she did it the inquest following
the Dec. SI shooting in which
KatHw was hlllrti Gone m tt?
heavy make-up, the curled hair, the
bright-eolored clothes.
Her hair was cropped and
stretched back. A gray (one-time
white) coat sweater was buttoned
across her ample frame and she
walked with a slight limp.
Her brother, Levi, in a red shirt,
was wearing khaki trousers. Both
are of sallow complexion, only Levi
is as sleepy-eyed as his sister is
wide-eyed. Levi must lift his head
to see out the narrow slits left be
tween his upper and lower eyelids.
The jurors, before examination
by the state or defense, were John
Seitter, Morehead City; A. L. Gra
ham. route 2 Newport; Charles E.
Masters and Carl W. Gamer, New
port; B. F. Swinson, route 1 More
head City; Fernie Yeoman* and
Owen Fulford, Harhers Island.
Earl Fulcher, Stacy; James Lup
ton, Cedar Island; Warden Gillikin,
Atlantic; Wesley Paul and W. C.
Wade, both of Davis.
Soon after the jury waa called,
the jurors who beard a speeding
case against Curtis W. Taylor
brought in a verdict of not guilty.
The Taylor ease started yesterday
morning following retirement of
the grand jury.
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Permit Asked
For Ocean Pier
George E. Thompson, Holden
Beach, has applied to the Corp* of
Engineers in Wilmington, for a per
eto construct an ocean pier at
raid. Isle oa Bogue Banks, ap
ifroxiroately S.7 miles west of Salter
Path.
The plan^aahmitted show a pier
with a totd length of 829 fact
extending setward S75 feet beyond
the mean low water line. The pier
will be constructed of timber to
the mean law water line and will
be constructed of steel beyond
the mean low water line.
Plans may M seen at the Corp*
of Engtoacn office in Wilmington
or at the pott office in Salter Path.
Objectiona, if any, may be aant
to the Office of the District En
gineer, Corp* of Engineera. Wil
mington, until - the 31*t of thia
month.
Grandmother Say* Child
It New in Defend, Ffe.
Mrs Frank Staton, Morehead
City, told THE NEWS-TIMES yea
terday that her granddaughter,
Prance* Marie Willi*. 14, is now
safely with bar mother, Mr*. Kate
S. Coleman of Deland, Fta.
The child dUsppaarad from bar
Morehead City home lad Monday
and was picked up in Savannah.
Ga. She #a* hitch-hiking to Florida
to be with bar moUxr.
Fred F. Garner, 41, died in More
head City Hospital at 8:20 Sunday
night after he was hit by a car
a "mile west of Newport on High
way 70.
The funeral service will take
place at 10:30 this morning at Mr.
Garner's home, route 2, Newport.
The Rev. J. H. Waldrop Jr., pastor
of St. James Methodist Church,
Newport, will officiate. Burial will
be in Cedar Grove Cemetery.
Lt. Michael S. Fibich. USMC,
3005 Evans St.. Morehead City,
driver of the car which struck Mr.
Garner, has posted $1,000 for his
appearance at an inquest at 7:30
tonight at the courthouse, Beau
fort.
The accident occurred at 7:50
p.m. Lieutenant Fibich, driving a
1954 Chevrolet coupe, was headed
toward Morehead City when he told
Patrolman R. H. Brown that he
saw Mr. Garner standing on the
right side of the road.
He said he flashed his lights to
let the man know he was approach
ing but just as he got to him, he
walked in front of the car. H<? put
on the brakes but the right front of
the car struck the pedestrian.
Lieutenant Fibich stopped and
the car in back of him stopped.
They put the injured man in the
second car and took him to More
head City Hospital where he died
a short time later. Damag<e to the
Chevrolet was estimated at $100.
Mr. Garner is survived by his
mother, Mrs. Leona Garner: five
brothers, Floyd. Wilbur, C. T., all
of Newport, Clyde, route 3 Raleigh;
Marvin, Greensboro; and threfe sis
ters. Mrs. Jack Howard, Newport;
Mrs. Jesse Watson and Mrs. Lee
Thomas, both of Greensboro.
This was the tfturd highway fatal
ity in the county this year.
State Officer
WilT Attend AAUW
Meeting Tonight
Mrs. Robert I.ee Humber, state
membership chairman for the
American Association of University
Women, and fromer state presi
dent, will attend the AAUW meet
ing at 8 tonight at the civic center,
Morehead City.
Mrs. Humber in December ex
pressed interest in organization of
r,n AAUW branch here. Her hus
band is the founder of the World
Federation movement.
Miss Charlotte Stevenson, Have
lock, who was instrumental in or
ganization of the AAUW branch
there, will also be present tonight.
College and university graduates
interested in becoming members
of the AAUW are welcome at the
meeting, announces Mrs. Clarence
Guthrie, temporary chairman.
Available at the meetin- will be
a lift of collages whose graduates
are eligible for AAUW member
ship.
AAUW-accredited colleges in this
state are Duke. East Carolina,
Greensboro College, Meredith,
Queens, Salem, UNC, and Woman's
College.
Women who have completed two
years at an accredited school are
eligible as associate members.
VFW Officials Confer
Alonza Thomas, left, and the
Rev. Louis Lewis, chaplain of the
Jones-Austin Post, VFW, confer at
the recent meeting of the post at
the Sea Level Inn.
Mr. Thomas is past commander
of the VFW post and past com
mander of district 4. The Rev. Mr.
Lewis is pastor of the Atlantic
Methodist Circuit. Members of the
post attended the revival ser
vice at 7 o'clock Sunday night at
the Sea Level Methodist Church.
Twenty VFW members and their
wives attended the supper meeting
March 4 at the Sea Level Inn.
The supper was part of the post's
current membership campaign.
Publicity Chairman Reports
On Finer Carolina Program
Ted Davis, publicity chairman"
for the Morehead City Finer Caro
lina Program, reports that the pro
gram ii> "moving along according
to schedule."
Bob Howard, chairman of the
group working on a new gym, is
working on committee appoint
ments and photograph* have been
taken to show "before and after."
Frank Cassiano, chairman of the
committee for the beautification of
th* waterfront along Arendell
Street has contacted George Mc
Neill, town attorney, and letters
have been sent to the property
owners advising them to remove
unsightly property. Photographs
have b?en taken. ? -
Vernon Guthrie, chairman of the
committee for the erection of a
sub-station in the west end of
town has found a site for the
building and materials have been
donated for its erection.
Russ Willan, chairman of the
Little League program has an
nounced that the field for the little
fellows has been laid out, the
backstop is being act up, and pho
tographs have been taken.
Chairman Samuel Moore report i
that Fry Roofing Co, has agrerd
to finance the building and the
setting up of the welcome-to-Moie
head City sign as soon as the com
mittee finds a suitable location for
the sign.
Coast Guard Will
Dredge at Atlantic
The Commander Fifth Coast
Guard District has invited contrac
tors to bid on a job of dredging at
Coast Guard Atlantic Lifeboat Sta
tion, Atlantic.
The work will consist of dredg
ing of a boat basin and a channel
and depositing spoil where indi
cated and specified. ?
Sealed bids in quintuplicate for
furnishing all labor, equipment and
materials and performing all work
for the project will be received
I until 2 p.m. March 25 , 1955.
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Lions Governor
To Visit Here
Lions District Governor George
B. Cherry, Raleigh, will visit the
Morehead City Lions Club April
21, according to an announcement
by President Owens Frederick at
the weekly meeting Thursday
night.
It will mark the first visit by a
district governor to the local club
in over two years.
Plans were discussed concerning
the forthcoming azalea-camellia
sale to be held this spring.
Lions Owens Frederick, A. N.
Willis, William H. Willis, Elmer
Walson and Ralph W. Albares at
tended a district meeting at Stone
wall la*t night.
Pelletier Group
Organizes 4-H Club
A 4-H organizational meeting
was held Thursday night at the
Pelletier Community Building. The
topic for the meeting was how to
make our county a better place to
live in.
Mr. A1 Ncwsome, assistant home
agent. Miss Martha Barnett, home
agent, and Mr. Dave Jones, work
unit conservationist, were present.
Mr. Newsome showed us how to
raise chickens. Miss Barnett taught
us some games. Mrs. Bright baked
400 cookies (or us and Mr. Bright
broctfit cold drinks. )
The 4-H club members attending
the meeting were Walter Vinson,
Jinny Riggs, Billy Bright. Buddy
Bright, Don Ingram, Phillip In
gram, Nancy Piner, Ellen Ingram,
Jean Ingram. Elaine Bright and
Eugenia Bright.
The club will meet next month. 1
? Ellen Ingram, Reporter
For Posterity
Late Congressman Obtained
Fort Macon for North Carolina
By F. C. SALISBURY
Among the many achievements
of the late Hon. Charlei L. Aber
nathy while aerving as Congreaa
man (ram this district, was that of
securing for the State of North
Carolina tho Fort llacon Reser
vation, "that the State might pre
serve the fort aa a public shrine
and the land for park purposes."
Lying neglected at the eaatern
end of Bofue Banks since its ac
tive part in the early yeara of the
Civil War, robbed of its brass and
iron fittinga and despoiled by
vandals, it remained for a group of
interested cltiiens to aae In the
old structure and surrounding land
the making of a public park and
the reatoration of this ancient
coast defense.
The State is indebted to Mr.
Abernathy, who waa congressman
from this diatrlct at that time for
introducing a bill on Feb 10, 1024,
granting Uw Fort Macoa Reaerva
l ion to the Mate of North Carolina
For the monetary consideration
of 11 the United States Govern
ment on June 4. 1094, deeded to the
state the 412 acres which COas
prieed the reaervatioB. A year
later on July 17, appropriate de
dication exercises were held on
the parade ground of the old
structure, which today is one of
the historical showplaces of the
?lute.
This occasion coincided with the
annual inspection of State Troops
in encampment at Camp Glenn, at
tended by Gov. Anfus McLean
and state officials At 5 o'clock;
following the inspection, a convoy
of boats left Camp Glenn for Fort
Macon with a group of dignitaries
and county citizens to Witness the
Tides at the Beaafart Bar
Jide Table
HIGH
LOW
Taeaday, March 15.
12:11 a.m.
1:02 p.m.
6:94 a m.
6:17 p.m.
1:18 a m.
1:89 p.m.
Waftpaday, March 16
i.m. 8:06 a.m.
>.m. B:M> p.ny
Tharaday, March 17
? 2:10 a.m.
2:84 p.m.
9:18 a.m.
9 25 p.m.
Friday, March 18
8:14 a.m. 10:10 a.m.
4:00 fan. MM P-m.
transfer and acceptance of the fort
property from the government to
the state. ?
The program follows.
Invocation bgr Dr. George Lay,
Beaufort; welcaming remarks by
Hpn. J. E. Woodland, Chairman,
County Board of Commissioners;
Brief Historical Sketch of Fort
Macon by Hon. A. D. Ward of New
Bern.
Presentation of Fort Macon Res
ervation an behalf of the Govern
ment by Hon. Charles L. Abej
nattiy; Acceptance of Fort Macon
Reservation far the State by Gov
ernor McLean; Brief remarks by
Major Wm. D. Harris, acting di
rector of the North Carolina De
partment of Conienratlon and De
velopment.
Among the dignitaries present
were Sen. t. M. Slmmons;*}en. A.
J Howley, Commander Fort Bragg;
Adj. Go J. Van B. Metts; Mrs.
J. Dolph Lang. President Stale
UDC and Dr. J. Vance McGougan
White the accompllahmenu of
Congreaaman Abernathy, through
his active political and profession
al life, are fresh in the memory of
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Beulaville Beaten 65-49
In District Playoffs
Grand Jury
Sworn in As
Court Convenes
Judge Walter Bone Gives
Charge to Jury; Mitchell
Taylor is Foreman
The grand jury was sworn in
and Mitchell Taylor, Sea Level,
named as foreman when Superior
Court convened yesterday morning.
Presiding at the one-week term is
Judge Walter J. Bone.
Judge Bone told the grand jur
ors that it was their duty to act on
the bills of indictment presented
to them by the solicitor. He said
that they were to speak to wit
nesses and after hearing the wit
nesses, it was their duty to either
return a true bill or not a true
bill.
The judge explained that they
(the jurors) were to discern
whether there was sufficient evi
dence presented to them to hold
the indicted persons for trial. If
the jurors thought there was suf
ficient evidence it was their duty
to return a true bill, and in the
event that there was insufficient
evidence the grand jurors were to
state that there was no true bill.
Judge Bone explained to the
jurors concerning felonies and mis
demeanors and also described capi
tal and non-capital crimes.
Thoygh there were 18 men dn
the panel, a vote in the affirma
tive by only 12 of them would be
sufficient to return a true bill, the
judge said.
In concluding his charge to the
jurors, Judge Bone said there were
only three public inspections that
they had to make. These included
the county jail, county home and
cpunty workhouse, which means
that in Carteret County the only
inspection that they actually have
to make is of the county jail.
In regards to other inspections of
county agencies or departments,
they have the right to inspect but
it is not compulsory.
Capt. Charlie Thomas was sworn
in as guard of the grand jury.
Jurors are Hugh Styron, Lloyd
H. Smith, C. V. Styron, Elmer I.
Garner, Iredell Lawrence, Wallace
Morris, Stanley Gillikin, Leslie C.
Glancy, William Carlton Wade,
Marvin E. Gray.
Charles W. Wetherington, Arlie
Fodrie, Charles W. Hancock, Nick
Galantis, George R. Lewis, B. E.
Windley Jr., and John A. Pavone.
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Firemen Answer
Two False Alarms
Both the Beaufort and Morehead
City Fire Departments answered
false alarm* shortly after midnight
Sunday. The alarm in Beaufort
went in at 12:13 a.m. from box 43,
Mulberry and Marah Streets, and
the one in Morehead City was turn
ed in at 12:35 a.m. from box 27,
16th and Fisher St. .
Morehead City firemen also put
out a fire in a car at the beach at
1:55 yesterday morning. The car,
a Buick, was parked behind the
bowling alley at Atlantic Beach.
Firemen said they didnt know how
the fire started, but all the inside
of the car.was burned.
The Morehead City fire alarm
system was acting up all night too.
Fuses were blowing and firemen
were kept busy trying to keep the
system operating.
New Association
Lists Committee
Neal Campen, ' Beaufort, ha*
been nimed to the membership and
research committees of the North
Carolina Potato Association, Inc.
The organ! lation has been creat
ed as the result of Irish potato
growers' voting in December to
pay 1 cent per hundred pounds of
potatoes marketed.
At a recent meeting of the as
?ocisuon in Kalelgh procedures for
Incorporation were completed. Pur
pose of the non-stock corporation
is to promote the production and
consumption of potatoes and potsto
products.
An appropriation of 11.000 to the
N. C. Experiment Station was ap
proved. It will be used to furtMr
research on new potato varieties
which show promise for eestam
North Carolina.
? It's on to Greensboro and the State Class A championship
tournament fo> the IJeaufort Seadogs by virtue of their
winning the district playoffs from Beulaville, 65-49, Satur
day night at Kenansviile.
Beaufort will play in the second game of the tournament
at 4 p.m. Thursday afternoon against Hildebran, champs
of western district 3. according to+
the pairings. The state champion
ship tourney will be a consolation
affair with only three teams' re
turning from last year.
King, runner-up to last year's
state champs fiom Cary, Ahoskie
and Beaufort are the only teams
returning. Beaufort was the con
solation winner in the tournament
in 1954.
In the Saturday night contest,
Beaufort did a fine job in swamp
ing Beulaville though they had a
ragged first quarter themselves.
Holland Site it Out
Gehrmann Holland, selected to
the All-State team by the Greens
boio Daily News, had two fouls
called on him within 22 seconds
at the outset of the first quarter,
and though he sat out the remain
der of the quarter he still was high
scorer for the evening.
Herb Mason started the Scadog
scoring at 7:56 when he hit on a
jump shot. John Weston tied the
count at 2 at 7:36, and when Billy
Bostic made one of two from the
free throw line, Beaufort trailed
2-3 at 6:01. Monk Pittman gave
Beaufort the lead at 5:30 on a push
shot, and Bostic relinquished the
lead at 3:07 for Beulaville.
Davis Hits Long One
Jimmy Davis sank two free
throws and then just as the buzzer
was about to sound at the end of
the first quarter he let loose with
a set shot from mid-court which
riffled the nets and Beaufort had
an 8-5 lead.
Mason started the scoring for the
Seadogs in the second quarter
when he hit on two free throws,
and then with Gehrmann Holland
sparking the team, scoring 12
points in the quarter the Seadogs
had an advantage of 10 points at
halftime, 26-16.
Ed Willis played some fine ball
for the Seadogs in the major part
of the first quarter with Jimmy
Potter doing an exceptionally good
defensive job when he replaced
Henry Safrit towards the end of
the first quarter. Willis was re
placed by Holland in the second
quarter, and Safrit returned to the
game in the third quarter.
Bostic Gets Hot
Ray McDowell of Beulaville
started the scoring in the third
quarter with a layup at 7:42, but
it was the popping by Billy Bostic
of Beulaville who scored 10 points
in the quarter that kept Beulaville
in the game, as the Seadogs were
especially hot in the canto. At the
nnd of the quarter Beaufort had
extended their lead to 50-32.
In the final quarter Beaufort
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Swansboro Man
Shoots Himself
Sunday Morning
Last Rites for C. W.
Buckmaster Jr. Will
Take Place Today
The funeral serviee for Charlie
William Buekmastcr Jr., 30, of
Swansboro, will be held at 3 o'clock
this afternoon in the First Baptist
Church, Swansboro. The Rev. A.
L. Benton, Marshallberg, and the
Rev. L. J. Atkinson, pastor of the
church, will officiate.
Mr. Buckmaster killed himself at
his home Sunday morning with a
45 caliber pistol, according to
Coroner Talbert Jones.
Coroner Jones said Mr. Buck
master went from his place of busi
ness across the street to his home
?arly Sunday morning and asked a
maid there for the pistol. She told
lim, the coroner ?aid, that she
Jidn't know where it was.
The businessman then asked his
wife for the pistol and she also
knew nothing of its whereabouts,
the coroner continued.
Mr. Buckmaster then searched
the home, found the pistol and
went into the bathroom and shot
himself in the head, the coroner
said.
Dr. J* P. Corbett of Swansboro
was called and Mr. Buckmaster was
rushed to the Onslow County Hos
pital in Jacksonville, where he was
pronounced dead on arrival.
Burial will be in Pine Grove
Cemetery.
The deceased operated the Ri
/iera Club east of the White Oak
Kiver. His home was located across
[he highway from the club. Car
eret officers, Sheriff Hugh Salter
ind Coroner Leslie D. Springle,
vere called, and after preliminary
nvestigation turned the matter
iver to Onslow County authorities.
Coroner Springle said no reason
^ould be learned for Mr. Buck
naster's action.
Surviying are his wife, Eleanor
Wellspeak Buckmaster; two sons,
C. W. II, and Calvin Bruce; his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Buck
naster of Swansboro; one brother,
Joe of Florida; one sister, Mrs.
Mary Kitzman of Swansboro.
Restaurants Pledge Help
In Promoting N. C. Seafood
Raleigh ? The N. C. Association
of Quality Restaurants, Inc., has
through its board of directors
pledged its full support t?i a De
partment of Conservation and De
velopment program to encourage
the eating of more North Carolina
produced seafood.
The board also commended the
CtiD Department for its plana for
holding a clambake In Raleigh
tomorrow night "for the purpoee
of acquainting our elective and ap
pointive officials as well aa the
restaurateurs with the desirability
of promoting greater consumption
of North Carolina-produced clams
in the State and nation.
Elmer Willis, clam processor at
Wllliston in Carteret County, is
giving the clama for the dinner
and the restaurant men are donat
ing other food Items such as slsw,
buttermilk biscuits, onion rings,
coffee, tea and milk.
Cere Seuad Chowder
A big favorite along the coast is
what is known as Core Sound clam
chowder. It Is made from a special
recipe and. according to Elmer
Willia, there is no other "real
good way" of making clam chow
der except by the Core Sound re
cipe.
Here is (he recipe for a serving
of six: One quart clams, one quart
clam juke. 12 medium sized Irish
: potatoes, three medium slsed ofl
lons. and one-half pound pork. -
Fry pork and uae fat only. Dice
clama and add clam Juice to fat.
Cook for 45 ynlnutes. Then add
diced potatoes and onions with ap
proximately one quart of water
and boil until potatoes an cooked;
adding salt and pepper to suit
Waters U Carteret Count? lam
:h the bulk of clams taken from
lorth Carolina waters. The re
lainder come from waters of New
lanover, Onslow, Pender, Bruns
'ick and Dare counties. During
ears when the total production is
igh, such as in 1941 and 1990-92,
lie production of clams from Car
eret County has varied from 92 to
6 per cent of the total. But in
949, Carteret County produced
2.6 per cent of the total, with
lew Hanover. Onslow. Pender and
Irunswick credited with 38.3 par
ent of the production.
Although clams are still believed
o be plentiful, Gehrman Holland,
tate fisheries commissioner, says
he production for the last six
nonths of 1994 declined. During
hat period, clammers paid state
axes on only 2,447 bushels of
lams against 6.021 bushels for the
imllar period in 1993.
Clamming is hard work, the
lammers will tell you. There is
sore money in finflsh, oysters and
hrimp, but there la alao money in
lams. And the clam, unlike its
lore fastidious neighbor, the oy?
er, can be taken and eaten 12
lonths in th? year.
)radge Arrival; Navy
/mmIi Due This WmIc
The hopper dredge, Gerlg, ar
ived at the state port Friday and
rill remain here for at least ?
nonth, working on the channel.
From Thursday through Sunday
he following ships will take part
n a Marine movement from the
tate port: USS Achernar, USS
:hllton, USS Botetourt, USS Ar
Mb. USS Muliphen, and seven
JTfc