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44th YEAR, NO. 51. TWO SECTIONS TWELVE PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY, JUNE 28, 5 955 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
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Two Menhaden Operators
Object to Water Ratings
Men Appear Friday
At State Pollution
Hearing, Beaufort
W. H. (Piggy) Potter and
George Wallace, representing Beau
fort Fisheries, and Wallace Fish
eries. respectively, as well as the
North Carolina Fisheries Associa
tion, were granted 60 days in which
to present arguments as to why
classifications recommended for lo
cal waters should not be adopted.
At a public hearing Friday morn
ing at the courthouse, Beaufort,
eight members of the committee
listened to comments on proposed
water usage classifications for New
port River and North River which
lie within the White Oak River
Basin. Committee members out
numbered those attending the hear
ing.
Mr. Potter and Mr. Wallace took
exception to the classification of
the Bogue and Core Sounds as SA.
which means that their usage
would be for shellfishing for mar
keting purposes.
To keep the rating as high as SA
would mean that fishing boats
would not be permitted to dis
charge waste products in the
waters. (Mr. Potter and Mr. Wal
lace are engaged in the menhaden
business).
Both said that they'd like these
waters classified as SC so that they
could be used for fishing. They
also spoke against the SB classifi
cation on waters of the Atlantic
Ocean contiguous'to the land area
of the Newport and North River
drainage area and extending one
half mile seaward of the shoreline.
The SB classification sets the
waters up primarily for bathing,
but it could also be used for fish
ing other than shellfishing.
Mr. Potter and Mr. Wallace sug
gested that small areas be definite
ly specified as bathing beaches
with the more vast waters classi
fied as SC. This, they say, would
give fishing boats more leeway for
their operations and still keep
them within the sanitation regula
tions.
Mr. Potter said that the "bath
ing" waters were of utmost im
portance to the fiahermen and their
welfare should be looked after as
well as welfare of the tourists who
come to the county every year.
Mr. Wallace stated that if there
were additional waters needed for
bathing purposes, then another
hearing could be called by the in
terested parties.
Committee Differs
The committee said that in their
estimation all of the wateri that
have been lilted by the State
Board of Health as ynfit for shell
fishing around the towns of More
head City and Beaufort, are not
so considered by the committee.
The area that is now deemed
unfit includes 3.900 acrcs, but ac
cording to the classification by the
committee this area could be ap
preciably cut down.
Mayor George Dill, representing
Morehead City, asked whether the
committee would assist the town
in getting rid of the pollution
around the waterfront, and was
told that the committee would do
all in its power to make the waters
come up to the high standard of
SA.
Mr. Wallace u Is told that in the
event the uplands to the north of
Morehead City were to be joined
to the mainland, and industry came
into this area, then a hearing could
be called for a reclassification of
the waters around that land.
Members of the committee at the
Rearing were Sen. J. V. Whitfield,
See HEARING, Page Z
Fire Hits Town Marsh;
Students Put Out Blaze
July Fourth
Celebration Will
Begin on Banks
Fish Fry Will Follow
Pony Penningt, Boat
Races Scheduled
The gala Fourth of July cele
bration Down East will get under
way Monday the morning of the
Fourth with banker pony pennings
at sunrise on the outer banks.
Boat transportation to the pen
nings will be available from Har
kers Island, Marshallberg and At
lantic. Many people from all over
the state are expected to attend
the round-ups. Ponies that are pur
chased will be delivered to the
mainland for the new owners.
At noon time at Sea Level there
will be the annual fish fry. Charge
is $1 a plate and proceeds will go to
the Sea Level Hospital.
Sail boat races will get under
way at 11:30 a.m. Finals will start
following the fish fry.
Entries in the races arc expectcd
to be from Morehead City and
down east, and official sail boating
rules will be in effect.
Everyone entering the sail boat
races must pay an entrance fee of
$5, with the first prize winner to
receive $100, the second place win
ner $25 and the third place winner
$5.
The racers will round all mark
ers as indicated on the course
chart. There are no sail, crew or
ballast restrictions, but mechani
cal propulsion of any kind will re
sult in disqualifications. Oars and
poles are permitted but row locks,
thole (Uni and similar devices are
not to be used.
The course will be run twice for
an approximate distance of 6.5
miles. The handicaps will be 7 sec
onds per foot of overall boat length
per mile of total course length.
Lions to Install
OfficersThursday
Ladies night and the installation
of officers will be the highlights
of Thursday night's meeting of the
Lions Club at the Recreation
Building in Morehead City.
The proceedings will start at
6:30 p.m.
The entertainment committee
composed of Hal Shapiro, C. W.
Williams and Elmer Watson have
promised an interesting eveniug.
At the meeting Thursday night
Jim Crowe, new customs inspector
at Beaufort, was the guest speaker.
Mr. Crowe told the Lions about
customs being traced back to the
days when our country was in its
infancy, and that it was his job
here at Beaufort-Morehead City to
check on ship's papers, and to ex
amine the ships that come into
port
He also stated that the majority
of tobacco, mirrors and woolens
that come into this state come in
through northern ports.
? 'Bird life on Town Marsh, Beau
fort, suffered a serious setback
Saturday when fire swept over two
thirds of the shoal and marsh area
opposite the Beaufort waterfront.
The fire started during the night
from fires left by boys who were
camping. If students from Duke
Marine laboratory had not gone
across to the shoal in boats and
fought the fire, all the vegetation
would have gone up in flame.
Even so, nests of birds, were de
stroyed. The island is a haven for
seaside sparrows, mallards, red
wing blackbirds, night hawks and
mourning doves. Three mallard
duck nests and the eggs in them
were scorched black.
Eighteen students from the Duke
Lab crossed from Pivers Island, ac
companied by two faculty mem
bers, Dr. Martin Rehder, Woman's
College, and Dr. Harold Humm,
Duke University.
They took with them shovels and
buckets. Two trips were required
before the blaze was out. The first
was made about 11 a.m. They built
a fire lane to keep the flames from
spreading, put out much of the
blaze and then returned to the lab.
But the flames sprang up again
and smoke from the fire drifted
across to Beaufort, annoying the
hundreds of spectators who had
gathered to see the regatta.
Late Saturday afternoon the stu
dents set forth in boats again and
this time they buried in the sand
every burning piece of wood
they found and beat the marsh
grass until the fire was out.
A Saturday night rainfall finish
ed the job. Dr. Humm commended
the students and remarked that
without their volunteer work the
shore bird casualties would have
been higher than they were.
Ted Davis
Returns Sunday
Ted Davis, manager of the
Morehead City Chamber of Com
merce, returned home Sunday af
ter attending the Southeastern In
stitute for Chamber of Commerce
Executives last week at Chapel
Hill.
Prior to going to the week's
session, he delivered the luncheon
keynote address at the Zone L Con
ference Toastmasters International,
Saturday, June 18, at Atlanta. On
the morning of that day he talked
to the tourists committee of the
Atlanta Chamber of Commerce.
Following the institute sessions,
attended by 228 chamber execu
tives, Mr. Davis went to High
Point where he served as a judge
at the Region 3 Toastmasters con
test Saturday night. The contest
resulted in selection of two win
ners from the region east of the
Mississippi, who will compete at
Los Angeles in August for the
world Toastmasters title.
Winners were G. G. Isenhour,
Montgomery. Ala., and Robert
I Rothman, Dearborn, Mich.
Price Up
Certain gasoline stations which
had cut price the past few weeks,
hiked their prices yesterday. There
seems to be no rhyme or reason to
this see-sawing of prices, today
I they're down, tomorrow they're up.
Barbara Piner Wins Beauty Crown
At Beaufort Pageant Saturday Night
Rarhar* Piner, 18, blonde daugh
er of Mr. and Mri Clyde Piner,
1501 Ann St, Beaufort, waa
crowned Miaa Benfort of 1995 by
last year's Miaa Beaufort, Fay Mer
rill, at the beauty pafeant Satur
day night at the Beaufort School
auditorium.
A. Miaa Beaufort of 1955. Miaa
Piner will appear in the Miaa North
Carolina pageant at Wilmington.
SIM waa alao awarded a $100 gift
certificate by the Beaufort Jaycees,
sponsor* of the pageant, and ?
trophy.
Second place winner, Bonnie
Brinaon, received a 150 gift certi
ficate. and the third place winner,
Charlene Harrell, received a $25
gift certificate.
Aaalatlng with the aupervlsion
of the con teat waa Mra Robert L
llose.
The girla appeared firat in eve
ning gowna and later in bathing
aulta. Between their two appear
ancea, an entertainment variety
program waa presented.
Diane Herring did a tap daaee
and ballet number . Marjory and
Ellen Webb did ? Up duet Their
teacher Mrs- Dorothy Thomneoo.
did an' acroUtkOMfc^S^Kr
bara Harris ung a few number*. 4
Contest Judges were D. A Ava
lone, Jasper Bell, Richard (Dick)
McClain, Warren Beck and C. C.
McCuiston. all o( Morehead City.
Tommy Potter, president of the
Beaufort Jaycees, presented the
pritea to the three winners.
The winner of the Miss Beau
fort crown had almost perfect
measurements of 36-26-37. She was
a member of this year's graduat
ing class at Beaufort School.
Miss Piner was sponsored by B.
A. Bell, Jeweler. Bonnie Brtnaon
was sponsored by Holden's Res
taurant, and Charlene Harrell by
WMBL.
The other contestants and their
sponsors were Kay Willis, City Ap
pliance; Bobby Dennis, WBMA;
Patricia Daniela, E. W. Downum
Dept. Store; Hilda Glllikin. T. T.
(Tom) Potter and Son. Faye Ma
son, Guthrie Jones Drug Co.; Billy
Jean Lewis, Potter's Sinclair Ser
vice Station; Betty WUUamaon,
Paul Motor Co.
Other contestants were the three
winners at the Miss Down East
Pageant. Mary Ellen Chasteea,
Shirley PitUnan and Emma Dora
Hilt
Defendant Files
Appeal; Bond Set
Robert Dudley tiled an appeal to
Superior Court and hia bond waa
aet at *230 by Judge Herbert Phil
lipa in Morehead City Recorder'i
Court Monda> morning.
Dudley pled guilty to having
non-tax paid whiaky in his posses
sion and waa sentenced to 30 days
on the roada. A suspended 30-day
road sentence waa Invoked also.
Both terma are to run at the same
time. '
Gregory Sherwood Wallace was
fined *19 and coata when he pled
guilty to speeding in excess of 59
miles per boar In a 39- mile per
hour tone and running a stop sign
Clayton Graham Smith waa fined
*10 and coata when he pled guilty
to failing to yield the right-of-way,
resulting in an accident Is which
throe persons were Injured aeveral
weaka ago In Moraboad City.
T. Linwood Lee
Will Succeed
G. T. Winded
Morehead City School
Board Selects Dunn
Man as Principal
The Morehead City School Board
today announced the appointment
of T Linwood Lee as principal of
the Morehead City School to suc
ceed G. T. Windell, who recently
resigned.
Mr. Lee, whose hometown is
Dunn, will arrive in Morehead City
later this summer to take up resi
dence His wife is the former Er- :
nestine Jackson of Dunn, and they
have three children, John Mark 8,
Stevie 5, and Alma Kate 2H.
Mr. Lee attended public and
high school in Dunn. From there
he went to Campbell Junior Col
lege for two years and then on to
Wake Forest where he obtained
his BS degree. %\t East Carolina
College he obtained his MA, and
in 1952 he attended summer school
at Duke University.
The new principal is a member
of the Presbyterian Church, a
member of the Lions Club and
served in the United States Army
from 1943-46, serving both in this
country and in the Pacific.
Mr. Lee was a teacher at Youngs
ville High School and was princi
pal at Colerain High School prior
to his accepting the position here.
H. L. Joslyn, county superin
tendent of schools, stated that he
thought the Morehead City School
Board made a wise choice in se
lecting Mr. Lee.
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Driver Cited
Following Wreck
Martin Collins, Camp Lejeunc,
was charged with careless and reck
Icss driving and speeding follow
ing an accident at 6 p.m. Saturday
on the Crab Point Road.
According to State Highway Pa
trolman J. W. Sykes, Collins was
headed toward Crab Point when
he ran off the right side of the
road, swerved over to the left and
struck a telephone pole. ,
The car turned over, pinning
Collins beneath it. He was taken
to the Morehead City Hospital for
treatment.
Collins' 1941 Ford was de
molished.
William Ellison Jr. Takes
Marketing Advisor Job
Swansboro Uses Slogan
In Finer Town Program
A special meeting was held last^
week at the elementary school in
Swansboro by members of the Fin
er Carolina program under the di
rection of chairman J. J. Rhue.
A slogan suggested by Major
William H. Kay was adopted as
the slogan for the Finer Carolina
Program. It is, Swansboro, the
Friendly City by the Sea.
The Annual Mullet Festival was
one of the events discussed at the
meeting. The event, well remem
bered from previous years, will
once again feature the generosity,
cordiality and hospitality of tne
people in Swansboro. Congressman
Graham Barden expects to attend.
It was announced that the Little
Boys Baseball League has added a
new diamond to the program at
Bogue. All home games of the
Bogue team will be played at the
new diamond.
The Swansboro High School and
the Elementary School arc making
additional improvements such as
the erection of additional bleach
ers at the athletic field, and con
structing a building for storage
sheds and to house the new trac
tor.
All residents of Swansboro who
are contemplating painting, re
modeling, building, or in fact if j
planning anything in the way of
civic, educational, municipal, recre
ational or residential improvement,
are requested to contact the pro
gram chairmen so that before and
after pictures may be made for the
scrap book contest part of the pro
gram.
Among those attending the meet- 1
ing were Maj. William H. Kay. co
chairman of the program; Earl
Jones, recreational chairman; Paul
Tyndall, educational facilities chair
man; Mayor Lisk representing Don
Taylor, municipal improvement
chairman; Lin wood Williams, tour
ist promotion chairman; Mrs.
Evans, Mrs. Sheppard, and Mrs.
Cardy. publicity, and J. Covington
and Mr. Gaddy of the Carolina
Power and Light Company of Jack
sonville, sponsor of the program.
Two Newport
FFA Members
To Go to Raleigh
! Tommy Garner and Albert Wal
lace, members of the Newport
Chapter of Future Farmers of
America will be official delegates
to the 27th annual State FFA con
vention in Raleigh tomorrow
through Friday. They will be ac
companied by C. S. Long, their ad
visor.
The convention will be held in
Memorial Auditorium with com
mittee meetings and statewide con
tests at N. C. State College. The
FFA delegates will live in State
College dormitories.
Between 1,500 and 2,000 rural
boys representing North Carolina's
4 HO FFA chapters are expected to
attend.
The State FFA Band which has
been recently organized will be
performing for its first FFA con
vention this week. The band is
composed of f>0 members from
throughout the state.
Governor Hodges is scheduled to
address the group during its open
ing session tomorrow afternoon.
Carol Lynn of Whiteville, state
president of the Future Homema*k
ers of America will bring greetings
from her organization that after
noon. Several other state officials
and some out-of-state speakers will
appear on the program during the
three-day meeting.
The convention business will be
confined mostly to the Friday ses
sion. Newport's delegates will par
ticipate in the business discus
sions.
Approximately $12,000 in cash
awards will be presented to FFA
members and chapters in the audi
torium Thursday afternoon from
2 until 5:30 o'clock.
In the Spotlight
Judge Hamilton Still Shows
Winning Ways in Courtroom
By HAL SHAPIRO
Judge Luther Hamilton, mayor
of Morehcad City in the days of
yesteryear, is still winning the big
ones, as he proved recently in the
Moody Lewis murder trial, when
his client was found not guilty.
The judge, a native of Atlantic,
and a resident of Morehead since
miS when he was licensed to prac
tice law in the state, has seen many
summers, but he proved that he
was still in top shape as he ar
sued eloquently before a Carteret
County Jury to vindicate hia client
Mayor In 1920's
In the early '20's Judge Hamil
ton was mayor of Morehead. and
it was during hia regime that the
town was built up. The streets of
the town were paved, the eye-sore
railroad depot in the middle of
Arendell Street was torn down, a
town hall was erected and the pow
er plant was built.
The Judge sta
#P^X ted when he was
uflft elected that he
wanted a f r e e
? \ hand in aeiect
ing hia commis
sioners and he
? ... was given what
Hamilton ? # ?reque?ed
The town board
of that day spent <3,000,000 for
civic Improvements.
The Judge was a member of the
state legislature and the state sen
ate. spending two terms in each
of the branchea of state govern
ment.
Was 'Baby' Senator
As he, remembers it, "I was a
'Baby' Senator, and while serving
in the legislature back in 1921 the
legislature pasaed several bills
which helped make North Caro
lina's roads of that day some of
the nation's best. The legislature
of that era waa known aa.the Good
Roads Legialature, with Governor
Morrison aa the apearhead."
In 1933, after leaving the legia
lature he went to Waahlngton, D.
C., to fight for the port terminal
at Morehead City.
Aa he says, "One of the thinga
that people didn't realize at that
time was that I had t? keep my
family going here at home while
1 Was la Washington. Aa a miliar
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\ Judge ^
Standing In front of the Acropolla ln?Athen?, Ciwn, are Judge ami
Mm. Luther Hamilton. The Judge and hla wife recently returned to
Morehead City following a trip whkh took them to 14 countries la
Europe and the Middle East.
of fact I owed a $876 grocery bill
fo Freeman Brother! at that time
and they kept me on the books
to that I could continue the fight,
and know that my family waa (till
eating while I was away."
Ap*oUte4 In 1917
The judge, appointed to the Su
perior Court Bench in 1037, is a
graduate of Oak Ridge Institute
and the University of North Caro
lina.
While on the bench the Judge
made it ? practice never to be
late for a session of court and alao
followed the practlc* of having 1
prayer said by ? minister, priest
or rabbi, before the starting of
any session
He has Judged ckaei dealing
with everything related to human
living, and haa held court in 91
otf the 100 counties In the state.
Three criminal cases stand out
in hii memory.
Ranger Murdered
One occurred in Cumberland
County and dealt with a govern
ment ranger being murdered. The
defendant in the case, aaid the
judge, was found not guilty, and
the two accessories, charged with
aiding the defendant to eacape,
were both found guilty by the Jury.
The judge said that he had to
free the two accesaories since the
defendant was found innocent.
The most atrocious case he can
remember happened In Pitt County
and dealt with a man's parslyied
wife.
As the judge related, "This man
had a paralysed wife and he
brought another woman and her
young daughter Into the home to
8m JUDGE, Page I
Former Institute Director
To Have Office Here
Raleigh ? Appointment of Wil-<
liam Ellison Jr. to the newly creat
ed position of engineering and mar
keting economist for the Depart
ment of Conservation and Develop
ment was announced this past week
by Director Ben E. Douglas.
Mr. Ellison, director of the Insti
tute of Fisheries Research at More
head City for the past seven years
for the University of North Caro
lina, will assume his new duties
July 1. His headquarters will be at
the C&D Department's commercial
fisheries division's main office at
Morehead City.
Mr. Douglas said creation of the
position of engineering and market
ing economist is aimed at stimu
lating the development and coordi
nation of the marketing, process
ing, refrigerating, and distributing
of seafood products of the State.
In addition, Mr. Ellison will coop
erate with the State Department of
Agriculture in the marketing, pro
cessing, refrigerating and distrib
uting of turkeys, chickens, vege
tables and fruits grown in Eastern
North Carolina to the end that
plants utilized in processing of sea
food products could also be used
for both activities.
Mr. Ellison will also make cost
analyses of various types of opera
tions in connection with the mar
keting and processing of seafood,
poultry and other products so as to
determine the most efficient meth
ods for utilizing them to the most
profitable ends for those engaged
in such activities, Mr. Douglas said.
Mr. Ellison will consult with com
mercial fishermen and others on
engineering construction of needed
plants.
Governor Hodges approved the
selection of Mr. Ellison to the new
position, Mr. Douglas added, ex
plaining the job of engineering
and marketing economist is a
"forward step we are taking in
line with the Governor's planning
to provide every assistance to
commercial fishermen, produce and
truck farmers so they can make
greater and more profitable use
of the products upon which they
depend so much for their liveli
hood." |
A native of Belhaven, Mr. Elli
son's experience during the past
20 years has included plant man
agement, development of new pack
ages, plant sanitation, quality con
trol, the freezing, canning and fil
leting of fish, the production of
by-products, development of freez
ing methods, marketing and eco
nomic studies.
Mr. Douglas said Mr. Ellison will
wofk the Pamlico Sound area as
his first activity in his new posi
tion.
Marvin Fulcher Cut
When Auto Upsets
Marvin Fulcher, Stacy, received
a cut on his head at 12:45 a.m.
Sunday when the car he was driv
ing turned over east of Stacy on
Highway 70. A brother riding with
Fulcher was not hurt.
Damage to the car, a 1954 Ford,
amounted to several hundred dol
lars.
State Highway Patrolman W. J.
Smith Jr., who investigated, said
that the accident was doe to a
slick tire and the road being wet.
No charges were filed.
?
Swansboro Will
Welcome Bank
This Weekend
A rousing welcome to a new
business, the First-Citizens Rank
and Trust Co. branch at Swans
boro has been planned for Satur
day.
Mrs. J. L. Cardy, publicity chair
man of the Finer Carolina Pro
gram. Swansboro. announces events
for both Friday and Saturday in
conjunction with the opening of
the bank.
An open house will be held by
Swansboro residents Friday night
from 7 to 9:30 p.m. in front of the
new bank building with all the
civic clubs and organizations fur
nishing entertainment and refresJv
ments. Presidents of the local
| clubs will make welcoming talks.
H. L. Stevenson, Smithfield, and
Robert L. Williams, Jacksonville,
executive vice-presidents of the
First-Citizens Bank and Trust Co.,
are expected to attend.
At 9 o'clock Saturday morning
formal ceremonies will be held at
the bank. The Swansboro High
School Band will play and the Boy
Scouts will conduct a flag raising
ceremony. The bank will be open
for business Saturday.
Maj. William H. Kay. acting
chairman of the event, will intro
duce Fred Bell, chairman of the
Finer Carolina Business Develop
ment Committee, who will welcome
the bank to the town and comment
on its position in the finer Caro
lina Program.
Mayor M. N. Lisk will welcome
the bank officials, Mr. Stevenson
and Mr. WiHiams.
Bank officials from Beaufort,
Morehead City and Newport are
expected to attend the opening
ceremonies.
Wreck Causes
$5 in Damage
Property damage totaling $425
resulted when two cars banged to
gether at the Live Oak and Cedar
Street intersections, Beaufort, at
1:30 p.m. Saturday.
A 1952 Buick driven by Bruce
Babbitt, Davis, was damaged to the
extent of $75 and another car in
volved in the wreck, a 1964 Ply
mouth, had damages estimated at
$350. The Plymouth was driven by
Marvin Lewis, 1313 Shepard St.,
Morehead City.
Assistant Chief of Police Carlton
Garner said Babbitt told him he
had to stop suddenly because a
car in front of him had stopped.
He said he had no time to sig
nal, and Lewis, ran into the rear
of the Babbitt car The car in
front of Babbitt drove off and no
one was able to identify it or the
driver.
No one was hurt and no charges
were filed.
Reserve Unit May Become
Boat Unit, Officer Reports
Salvaged Cargo Brings
$2,750 at Friday Sale
Himmeri, presses and other ma
chinery salvaged from the cargo
of the wrecked Omar Babun was
sold at auction Friday at the
Morehead City port.
The aale was conducted by a
United States marahal. The cargo
had been atored at the port since
fall. It brought *2.750 The buyer
waa R. W. Long, Morehead City,
of Long's Concrete Supply Co.
The Omar Babun, a freighter,
went aground at Rodanthe in July
1994
Tide* at the Beanfart Bar
Tide Tabic
HIGH
LOW
Tuesday, lane M
2:4ft a.m.
3:25 p.m.
9:12 a.m.
9:56 p.m.'
Wedmexlay, June 2*
3:41 a.m.
4:19 p.m.
10:02 a.m.
10:47 p.m.
Thanday, June M
4:39 a.m.
5:11 p.m.
10:80 a.m.
11:39 p.m.
Friday, July 1
5:39 a.m.
?:00 p.m.
11:M a.m.
? If Beaufort's Army Reserve Unit
can be increased to a complement
of four officers, 23 warrant offi
cers and 105 enlisted men, there
is a strong possibility that it will
becomc a "Transportation Corps
Heavy Boat Company," Capt Tho
mas A McQuaid said yesterday.
Captain McQuaid is commanding
officer of Battery A. 906th Field
Artillery Battalion. The North
Carolina Military District officials
have Informed Captain McQuaid
that the unit would be equipped
with 10 steel landing craft, 115
feet long, diesel-powered; also ?
69 foot, 600 horse diesel harbor
tug and a 36-foot patrol boat.
The outfit would aid In amphi
bious landing operations, provide
ship-to-shore lighterage in harbor*,
inland waterways or the open sea
? "i real seafaring Job for ex
perienced boatmen and small craft
handlers," Captain McQuaid said.
All masters, mate* and engineer!
would rate the rank of warrant of
ficer.
Captain McQuaid said that men
Interested in such a unit should
contact Lt. John B. Sewell, 2-8308,
or Lt Paul Cordova, #4803.
He Invites interested reservists
to join the unit, pending receipt
of official orders an the heavy
boat company.