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CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES
44th YEAR, NO. 24. THREE SECTIONS TWENTY-TWO PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY, MARCH 25, 1955 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
Defendant Gives
Notice of Appeal
Ralph B. Draper Jr.
Potts $150 Following
Judgomont Monday
Ralph B. Draper Jr. appealed to
Superior Court when he was found
guilty of driving while under the
influence of intoxicants or nar
cotics in Morehead City Recorder's
Court Monday morning.
Draper is out on $150 bail.
Judge George McNeill had fined
him $100 and costs on the charge
of driving while under the influ
ence and the other charge of driv
ing without an operator's license
was dropped.
Pays $100 Fine
William Henry Kerr was fined
$100 and costs when he pleaded
guilty to driving drunk.
Others fined and assessed costs
were Frank Boyette, $10, found
guilty of making an improper left
turn resulting in an accident; John
Norman Lewis, $25, found guilty of
public drunkenness; Harold Roosa,
$25, found guilty of speeding.
Malcolm Ray Willis, $10, plead
ed guilty to two charges of speed
ing; James Kenneth Hughes, $35,
pleaded guilty to careless and reck
less driving, and Adron G. Ballou,
$10, pleaded guilty to speeding.
Lewis E. Neilson pleaded guilty
to having no operator's license and
was fined $25 and costs with the
full fine to be remitted should he
present a valid North Carolina or
New York driver's license to the
court within 30 days.
Francis Casper was also fined
$25 and costs when he pleaded
guilty to having no operator's li
cense. The fine to be remitted
since the defendant had secured a
valid North Carolina driver's li
cense.
Costs Paid
Costs were assessed in the fol
lowing cases:
Andrew Dulaney Gnnett Jr.,
speeding; Gerald C. Dunlap, fight
ing and disorderly conduct; Ray
Andres, public drunkenness; Alto
Lee found guilty of public drunk
enness but not guilty of fighting.
David Howard, drunk on the
streets of Morehead City; Ernest
Linwood Dunnavant, failing to stop
at a stop sign; Orix E. Ballard, ex
pired license plates; Robert Scud
der Smith, allowing unlicensed per
son to operate yehicle. .
Leonard Wrtght West, drunken
See COUET, Page ?
Two Woodmen
ReceiveAwards
Allen H. Garner and Jack Gar
ner, of Camp 336, Woodmen of the
World, Newport, were honored
with awards at Family Night Fri
day in the Newport School lunch
room. One hundred persons at
tended.
Allen Garner won the soil con
servation plaque and Jack Garner
received the "Mr. Woodman Medal
lion" for 1994. Newport school bus
drivers were also honored with safe
driver awards. The drivers are
Thorton Pringle, Ralph Simmons.
Edward Murdoch, Kenneth Jones,
Donald Haskett, Ronald Bell and
Jimmy Kelly.
An American flag was presented
to the school and was accepted by
the principal, E. B. Comer.
Sgt. C. L. Teague of the Stat^
Highway Patrol spoke on safety
and Douglas C. Henderson present
ed the awards.
Following the barbecue supper,
the Holly Springs Quartet sang.
Jack K. Garner, consul commander
of Camp 338, introduced guests.
The Rev. J. H. Waldrop Jr., pas
tor of the St. James Methodist
Church, Newport, gave the Invoca
tion. Clifford C. Faglie, Morehead
City, was master of ceremonies,
and the benediction was given by
John B. Kelly.
Driver Pays $5#
Fine, Court Cods
Thomas Lovewell was fined tSO
and costs in More bead City Re
corder's Court Monday morning by
Judge George H. McNeill when he
pleaded guilty to a charge of care
leas and reckless driving.
The charflp was the aftermath
of an accidoot Lovewell had on
Saturday night off Arendell Street
near 34th when the 194? Mercury
he waa driving ran into a car own
ed by Chariea Stephen Canfield
parked on Arendell Street
Capt Buck Newaome. who in
vestigated, estimated damage to
Lovewell's car at 1150 with dam
age being confined to the lights,
bumper, grill and hood.
Damage to the parked car waa
estimated at 1200.
Check Received
The County haa received lta sec- ,
ond check to help meet the coet
of pushiag up dunes along Bogus
Banks. The check, for m.OM.M.
waa received Saturday
Softshell Crab Season
Expected to Start Early
By F. C. SALISBURY i
From present indications, the
softshell crab season is due fof an
early opening in Carteret County.
This county is said to lead in the
catching and shipping of soft shell
crabs, producing 93 per cent of
the state total Anticipating an
early season, crab floats are mak
ing their appearance along the
shores of Bogue and Core Sounds.
Due to the scarcity of hard shell
crabs in the waters of Chesapeake
Bay, many crabbers have come
southward to work the waters of
this state. As there are no process
ing plants of any size in this state,
catches are shipped to plants in
Virginia and Maryland. Carteret
County ranks second in the pro
duction ?f hard shells, Beaufort
County being the largest producer.
Crabbers have been receiving a
price of 9 cents per pound for hard
shells.
For many years Carteret County
has led in the catching and ship
ping of soft shell crabs. Several
Virginia and Maryland firms send
buyers and packers into the county
during the season of soft shells.
What must have been record
catches of "shedders," in years
past are those marked on the wall
of a packing-room in the Seafood
building in Morehead City. The
notation states. "First catch, March
31, 1917 by John Mart Lewis, 1SS
crabs." Very near the same date
a year later, Mr Lewis on April 3,
1918 brought in a catch of 186
crabs, These must have been un
usual early records to have been
recorded on the whitewashed wall
of the packing-room.
The life history of this crus
tacean. whose meat brings one of
the highest prices per pound in
the fishing industry, is most in
teresting. Crabs have no internal
skeleton, but their body is covered
with a hard unyielding shell, which
cannot grow with them.
This shell is cast off every year
and new one formed to care for
the increased growth. Not only is
the shell cast off, but even the
covering of the eyes, the tendons
of the claws, and the lining mem
brane of the stomach, with iU
teeth.
The soft crab is the immature
stage of the blue or hard crab.
Reaching full growth at the end of
* year, the cnb goe* through the
soft stage about 20 time* during
that period, but is practical for
eating only during the last three
or four stages which are the times
right after he sheds his hard shell.
April and May are the biggest soft
crab producing months.
Crabs spawn at the end of the
second year. The female lays one
ot two batches of eggs, each batch
consisting of one and a half mil
lion eggs. The rate of survival of
the fry is extremely low. After this
contribution to propagation of her
species, the female usually dies.
Trawling is the chief method of
catching both hard and soft crabs
by fishermen In this section. Like
shrimp, the crab stays close to the
bottom where it finds its food.
A slower, method of catching is
done with crab-pots, similar to a
lobster-pot which is a baited trap
anchored on the sound bed into
which the crab can enter but is un
able to find its way out.
Legislator Honored
By Emeritus Club
D. G. Bell. Carteret's legislator,
was elected an honorary member
of the Emeritus Civic Club Mon
day night when the club met at
the red-cation .renter, Morchead
CKy.
New officers were elected. They
are N. F. Sure, Beaufort, presi
dent; J. W. Kellogg, More head
City, vice-president; and T. B.
Sage, Morehead City, secretary
treasurer.
Roy Dixon, Morehead City, was
elected to regular membership.
The group decided to nuke next
month's meeting a ladies' night and
the club will meet in conjunction
with the Chamber of Commerce at
its dinner meeting.
Reports were made by officers
and committee chairmen.
'Special' Will Be
Out Tuesday . . .
Tuesdays Seadog Souvenir
tabloid supplement to THE
NEWS-TIMES will be packed
with pictures plu< stories on the
Greensboro ' tournament. There
will also be itatiatici and atories
on the county and district bas
ketball tournaments.
In thi* supplement, in one
well-organiaed issue, are all the
important things folks will want
to remember about the terrific
Seadog season of 1954 55.
There's a story on Carteret
County's basketball potential for
next year, plus information on
outstanding pla>ers on all Car
teret teams. To assure your get
ting a copy, plus extra ones you
may want, place your order now
by calling THE NEWS-TIMES,
64175.
B&PW Elects
Mrs. Roma Noe
As President
Mrs. Roma Noe, Beaufort, has
been elected president of the Car
teret Business and Professional
Woman's Club for 1955-56. Other
officers are Mrs. James C. Smith,
Morehead City, first vice-president;
Mrs. W. I. Loftin. Beaufort, second
vice-president; Miss Georgie Hugh
es, Beaufort, corresponding secre
tary; and Miss Alida Willis, More
head City, treasurer.
The election took place at a
meeting Tuesday night at the Lot
tie Sanders Building, Beaufort.
Mrs. Loftin, chairman of the
birthday party, named committees.
The party will take place at 7 p.m.
Tuesday, April 26, at the Blue
Ribbon Club, Morehead City. Res
ervations, paid in advance, must
by nude by Friday, April 22.
The club voted to give $25 to
the Caretret Courtty Public Library
for repairs to the building. Mrs.
D. F. Merrill, chairman of the
County Red Cross drive, asked
the club's support in the current
appeal for finds
Miss Hughes, chairman of the
club's civil defense committee, re
quested assistance of members in
the county-wide civil defense pro
gram and it was suggested that
club members be taught first aid.
Reports were made on the club
sponsored March of Dimes, the re
cent district meeting at Goldsboro
and on a recent visit to the New
Bern Club.
Mrs. C. L. Beam, president, pre
sided during the business session.
Dinner was served by the Grace
Eure Circle of Ann Street Metho
dit Church. Red camellias, used
as centerpieces, were given to club
members following dinner.
Firemen Sell
Theatre Tickets
Morehead City's firemen will
make a house-to-house canvass to
day to sell tickets for the showing
of "Black Dakotas" at the Ocean
Park Drive-In Theatre next Wed
nesday night.
The proceeds from the sale will
go toward the purchasing of sup
plies with which to build the new
*ub-station ,
Tomorrow afternoon the fire
truck will be In front of the More
head City Drug Store and firemen
will be idling tickets for the show.
The new sub-station, a project
under the Finer Carolina Program,
will be located between 33rd and
34th Streets on Arendell Street
and will give the people in the west
end of town more fire protection,
commented fire chief Vernon Guth
rie.
State Health
Officer Reports
On Salk Vaccine
Raleigh (AP) ? The National
Foundation for Infantile Paralysis
has been advised that there are
250,227 children in North Carolina
eligible for the Salk polio vaccine,
Dr. J. W. Norton, state health of
ficer. said today.
A report is awaite^ from the na
tional foundation, Dr. Norton add
ed. of the effectiveness of the vac
cine. He said that once the vac
cine is licensed for distribution it
will have the full endorsement of
the State Board of Health.
Plans are progressing through
out the state. Dr. Norton said, for
administration of the vaccine to
first and second-grade school chil
dren immediately after it has been
made available by the national
foundation.
Sufficient Quantity
It was pointed out that the vac
cine will be shipped to North Caro
lina only in quantity sufficient to
vaccinate children whose parents
have signed a written request that
it be given to their children.
Dr. Norton said parental request
forms have been distributed
throughout the schools to parents
of all first and second-grade chil
dren and are now being collected
by county health officers.
Parents of 85 per cent of the
eligible first and second graders in
Carteret County have requested in
jections for their children.
Distribution Points
The vaccine, when available, will
be packaged and shipped directly
from the manufacturer to six dis
tribution points in North Carolina:
Charlotte. Greensboro, Asheville,
Raleigh, Williamston and Wilming
ton.
Dr. Norton urged that every par
ent take advantage of the oppor
tunity to request that his children
be given the vaccine if eligible for
it. Each eligible child will be given
a scries of three injections.
12 Members Join
Hospital Group
Twelve new nwpibcrs joined the
Woman'! Auxiliary. Sea Level
Community Hospital, Monday Bight
when the Auxiliary met in the
Marshallberg Community House.
The new members are Mrs.
Walker N. George, Mrs. Eugene
O. Davis, Mrs. Allen Smith, Mrs.
Douglas Johnson, Mrs. Vernon B.
Lewis. Mrs Wesley M. Wilson, Mrs.
Ira T. Willis, Mrs Willard Piner,
Miss Margie Willis, Mrs. Elwood R.
Willis, Mrs. Grayer Willis, and Mrs
Dorothy Piner, all of Marshallberg.
During the brief business meet
ing. the auxiliary was shown pic
tures which have been painted [or
the children's rrom at the hospital.
Artists are Mrs. Jack Windley,
Beaufort, and Beaufort art students
Linda Fodrie, Jackie Young,
Frances Bell, Joyce Hill and Norma
Garner.
The auxiliary will meet again
April 18 in the dining rooln of the
Sea Level Inn.
Mrs. Donald Chadwick, program
chairman, introduced Mrs Dorothy
Piner under whose direction a de
lightful program of music was pre
sented. It consisted of vocal solo,
April Showers, by Patricia Simth,
piano duet, "Qui Vive," 'by Ann
Salter and Dorothy Piner; ukelele
solo. Five Foot Two, by Roy Willis;
piano solo. Smoke Gets In Yur
Eyes, Ann Salter: and male quartet
composed of Walker George, Wes
ley Wilson, Ralph Neal and Roy
Willis, who sang On Moonlight Bay
and In The Evening by the Moon
light.
Refreshments were served by the
executive committee.
Congresaauui to Speak
Congreaaraan Graham A. Barden
will be one of the speakers at the
ground-breaking ceremonies today
at Seymour Johnson Air Force
Baae, Goldsboro Gov. Luther Hodg
es and Senator Ervin will also
speak.
To Debate This Afternoon
will debate tke
ft lite, I
i at ItM la Ik* I
rrr by Clifton Gutbrl*
They arc plrtored above with (heir teacher, Mlaa Vlrflala Wllkcm. Left
U right, they an Billy Rich, Jaam Phillips Mlaa Wllkm, Mlltoa
Ksaah mi Mary Sakh TIM Matan art aafhaaiaria.
State Ports Officials Await
Decision in Court Action
Photo by Norwood Young
The major issue in a friendly suit now before the courts is this grain elevator, looming skyward in the
picture. The elevator, built at Morehead City state port, is an installation important to the efficient
handling of grain cargoes. Tied up beneath the elevator in this picture is a barge being loaded with
soybeans.
School Superintendent
Praises Board Member
H.I L. Joslyn, county superin
tendent of schools, expressed his
appreciation Tuesday to A. B.
Cooper, Morehead City, who is be
ing replaced on the County Hoard
of Education by,Georgc R. Wallace,
Morehead Cita
"Mr. Cooper has been most ac
tive on the board and interested in
county - wide school Administra
tion," Mr. Joslyn remarked. "He
hu been most cooperative."
Because Mr. Cooper is mayor of
Atlantic Beach* statute prohibits
his continuing in another public
office, that of board of education
(ncmber. He was appointed in the
place of Charles V. Webb who died
while in office. ^ %
T i members of the education
board are appointed every two |
years when the legislature meets.
A bill introduced in the house Mon
day night appointed education
board members for 94 counties,
Carteret included.
At the 195& term of the legisla
ture, members were appointed for
two years. At that time the num
ber on th# education board was in
creased from three to five.
This year- the terms are stagger
ed ? two members appointed for
stx years, two for four years and
one for two.
Mr. Joslyn Mid that type of ar
rangement is more conducive to
smooth operatiori of the school sys
tem. Robert W. Safrit Jr. and
Theodore Smith have been appoint
ed for six years each, Mr. Wallace
and W. B. Allen, four years each,
and D. Mason, two years.
Beaufort Pre-School Clinic
To Begin at 1 Wednesday
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Society Seeks -
Handicapped
Parents seeking care for crippled
children in this area should con
tact the Carteret County Easter
Seal Society.
In a special announcement, Mrs.
Zeb Mauney, president of the so
ciety, asked parents and other
citizens to notify her if they know
of a crippled child who needs help.
"By crippled we mean not only
those who arc unable to walk, but
those with many other kinds of
handicapping conditions. The So
ciety stands ready to provide care
and treatment services of all
kinds," Mrs. Mauney said.
"As the 1859 Easter Seal appeal
has reached so many homes this
month, we hope it has also ser
ved as a means of finding those
crippled children who are not re
ceiving adequate care. It la the
society's goal to reach every child
who needs assistance. "
Mrs Mauney may be contacted
at her home in Newport, N. C.
? Registration for next year's first
graders at Beaufort Graded School
will begin Wednesday at 1 p.m. in
the Beaufort school gymnasium.
At that time children will be
officially put on the rolls of the
school for the coming year Parents
will be given the alternative of hav
ing their children examined by
members of the county health de
partment at this time or by their
family physicians later. Each be
ginning student must have a physi
cal examination and immunization
before school opening next year.
Every child must be accompan
ied by at least one parent who
mu?t bring along the child's birth
certificate to prove that he or she
will be 6 years old by Oct. 15, 1985.
Parents are asked to pick up re
port forms prior to the date of the
clinic so as to have all necessary
information for' the teacher in
charge. Theie may be picked up at
the school or will be sent to par
ents by the achool if requested.
"It is very important that all
persons concerned attend this
clinic so as to make It possible
for the -fhool to know how many
students to plan for next year,"
said B. E. Tarklngton. principal.
Refreshments will be served the
pre-school children.
Miss Myrtle Piver, first grade
teacher, Beaufort Graded School,
will be in charge.
The Newport Businessmen's As
sociation will meet at 7:30 Tues
day in the community building.
The meeting was postponed from
last Tuesday.
Tide Table
Tides at the Beaufort Bar
HIGH LOW
Fridav. March U
8:58 a.m. 3:04 a.m.
9:20 p.m. 3:14 p.m.
Saturday, March 28
9:49 a m 3:49 a.m.
10:10 p.m. 3:58 p.m.
ftuwfay, March 27
10:44 a.m. 4:35 a.m.
11:08 p.m. 4:40 p.m.
Monday, March 28
11:44 a.m. 5:38 a.m.
5:30 p.m.
Taeaday, March 29
12:07 a.m. 8:27 a.m.
12:44 p.m. 847 p.m.
Director Lists
Players in Next
Theatre Drama
Lynn 'Stoller, director of the
next Carteret Community Theatre
play, "The Night of Jan. 18th,"
yesterday announced the cast.
Characters are as follows: Dis
trict Attorney Flint, Steve Dail;
Defense Attorney Stevens, Jack
Filkins; Karen Andre, Pat Webb;
Nancy Lee Faulkner, Sua taMk
Madga Svn'fwn, Lillian Francis
Guldens; fane Chandler, Joyce
Willis; Sigurd Jungquist, Charles
O'Connw; Judge Heath, H F.
Lindsay; Dr. Kirkland, Harlan
Stone.
Homer Van Fleet, Floyd Stewart;
Elmer Sweeney, Hap Hansen; John
Whitfield, Ed Walston; Larry
Regan, Walt Hamilton: Roberta
vam Renssalaer. Susan Bridgman.
Clerk of court, Lynn Stoller;
Alida' Willis and Ruth Peeling,
sten? raphers; Tressa Vicken,
prison matron; policeman, Tom
Respess.
The play will be given in the
courtroom of the county courthouse
the latter part of April or first part
of May. It's the dramatizatin of a
murder trial with Karen Andre on
trial for her life.
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Smyrna Seniors Will
Present Play Tonight
Tonight at 7:30 the curtain goes
up on the Smyrna Senior play,
Lost Horizon, at Smyrna School.
Announcement of the winner of
the Sweetheart of Smyrna High
will also be made. In addition to
the contestants named earlier this
week, Mona Faye Arthur will rep
resent the Glee Club.
State porta officials and
other interested parties are
awaiting the decision of
Judge George M. Fountain,
Wake County Superior
Court, regarding the legality
of bonds issued to build the
$60,000 grain elevator at
Morehead City state port.
The case opened at Raleigh last
week. Judge Fountain's decision,
regardless what it may be, is ex
pected to be appealed in order to
get a State Supreme Court ruling.
It's a friendly suit initiated by the
state of North Carolina to clear up
a question on whether money could
be borrowed for building such an
installation at the port under terms
of the 1949 state ports bond act.
Plaintiff in the suit is the State
Ports Authority. Defendants are
the First-Citizens Bank and Trust
Co., Wachovia Bank and Trust, and
the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad.
The Coast Line entered the case
as a friend of the court, contending
that its rail facilities might be at
fected.
I.ow Bidder
First-Citizens, low bidder on the
bond issue, contends it cannot ac
cept the bonds until the legal
points are settled. Wachovia holds
some of the 1949 port bonds.
The 1949 act authorized the state
to sell $7,500,000 worth of bonds
for use in developing the Wilming
ton and Morehead City ports. The
grain-handling facilities figuring In
the new issue would be leased to
Cargill, Inc., a major grain firm.
The Ports Authority was repre
sented in court by Attorney Gen
eral Harry McMullan and Assistant
Attorney General Ralph Moody;
First-Citizens by D. L. Ward and
J. E. Tucker of New Bern: Wacho
via by Penn Sandridge of Winston
Salem. and the Coast Line by Nor
man Shepherd.
The judge was asked if lease of
facilities built with state bond
money meant the faith and credit
of the state would be lent to a pri
vate corporation. The banks' law
yers contended this might be a key
point in the case. The railroad law
ftr claimed ttv, point was critical.
McMullan and Moody answered
that many atates and public agen
cies have issued bonds for similar
purposes. They said public owned
facilities at a number of porta are
leased to private operators.
Where these facilities are used
for the public benefit, they claim
ed, public expenditures are legal
and proper.
Railroad Argues
The Coast Line said in a brief
that a policy permitting state sub
sidized port facilities may subject
it to unreasonable competition. It
claimed it feared the policy would
lead to bond money being used for
phases of a truck-ship line system
proposed by McLean Trucking
Company of Winston-Salem.
The McLean plan envisions a
fleet of coastal ships which would
carry truck trailers between the
Wilmington port and northern
water terminals.
MeMullan and Moody moved that
references to the McLean plan did
not bear on the case at hand and
should be stricken from the record.
Judge Fountain allowed the mo
tion.
In operation the McL?an plan
would only slightly interfere with
Coast Line operation!.
Walker G. Willis Wins
High Commendation
Walker G. Willia. aon of Mn.4
Thomas Willia o I Morehead City,
haa received a letter of apprecia
tion from the commanding officer
of the Rio Viata Storage Activity
group at Rio Viata, Calif.
Mr Willia. relief maater at the
Oakland Army Baae. ia credited
with the removal of three large
bargea which threatened to damage
the Three Mile Slough Bridge in
the Sacramento River during the
night of Jan. 6-7, 1955
He volunteered for the duty of
operating a landing craft which
would help push the barge*
aground, though he had never be
fore operated one of theae craft.
On two occasions during the
night Willia waa inatrumental in
re-beaching the bargea without
damage after they had slipped off
the beach.
Willia worked for 12 houra un
der the moat trying conditiona to
keep the bargea beached and then
helped in the remooring of the
veeaela, hia commanding officer
said.
Peanr Off Saaday
Electric power will be off in
Morehead City between 3rd and
28th Streets Sunday for 15- minute
Intervals aa followa: 4 a.m. to 4:18
a.m., 7 a.m. to 7:16 a.m., 10 ajn.
to 10:18 a -a., 1:10 p.m. to 1:48 pjn.
Beaufort Officials
Get Salary Boosts
D. G. Bell, legislator from Car
teret County, has introduced two
billa thia week which affect the
commiaaioners and the mayor of
Beaufort.
The flrat bill raiaes the aalary of
the Beaufort Commiaaioners to $29
a month and defines their duties,
and the second bill raisea the
mayor's salary to (600 per year and
W per meeting and defines his
duties as well.
Two more bills, in the process o I
being perfected, and dealing with
Beaufort will be introduced at >
later date.
Principals Attend Stat*
Meeting at Asheville
Principals attending the North
Carolina Education AaaodattoB
meeting at Aabeville this weekead
are G. T. Wlndell, Morehead CMy,
president of the state principal*'
division. Ramie Dstrii, Wildwood,
and E. B. Comer. Newport
Also attending the meeting are
H. U Joalyn, county aupertataB
dent, and two Future Teacher tt
America members frees Mm ??*?
bead CHy chapter.