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NEWS-TIMES OFFICE CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES >?< 44th YEAR, NO. 64. THREE SECTIONS TWENTY PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY, JULY 8, 1955 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS at, PfcoaS 6-4171 Senate Ups Appropriations For Waterways Upper Houm Approves, Adds to N. C. Projects Okayed by Lower House The Senate this week increased the ?ppropriations approved by the House for river and harbor im provements in North Carolina. On five small proj' ts, including Wal lace Channel, V lylor's Creek, and Barden's Inlet, the Senate upped appropriations by half a million. Because of the difference in the Senate and House action, a com mittee composed of members of the appropriations committees of both the House and Senate must meet to iron out the differences. The following small navigation projects are among 54 selected by the U. S. Corps of Engineers as needing immediate attention: (1) Pasquotank River ? $150,000; (2) Smith's Creek at Oriental Harbor ? $102,000; (3) Back Sound at Lookout Bight (familiarly known as Barden's In let)? $105, 000; (4) Wallace Channel near Ocra coke Inlet? $107, 0q0; and (5) Taylor's Creek $83,000. Representative Graham A. Bar den expressed gratification that five of the 19 projects plugged for by the North Carolina delegates to the recent National Rivers and Harbors Congress had been ap proved by Congress. Congressman Barden recalled that une of the first measures he put through Congress (luring his freshman term in the House was the dredging of Barden's Inlet to a depth of 5 feet. He said the new appropriation will enable the channel to be deep ened so that boats can navigate in that area with more safety, es pecially during severe storms. He also pointed out that the ap propriation approved for Wallacc Channel will permit a continuation of the dredging carried out on an emergency basis during the past year. The Senate approved two pro jects in this state which were not given an okay by the house: (1) Wilmington Harbor -$557, 000, of which almost $58,000 is to be used to reimburse the State for fundi spent on dredging opera tions; and (? Funds for ? survey of the Cape Fear Valley with a view toward developing a flood control project in that area. * The Senate went along with the House in voting an appropriation of $175,000 for the Rollinson breakwater project. Forest Ranger Issues Warning E. M. Foreman, county forest ranger, issued a warning yesterday to be careful with fire because woods are exceedingly dry. He asked people to be sure matches are out and to douse cigarettes in the car rather than throw them out the window. Several small woods fires this week were stopped before spread ing, but a blaze at Merrimon cov ered six acres. A marsh caught fire at Tumagin Bay. It may have started as the result of a practice bombing run, but a fire-fighting heliocopter from Cherry Point flew over and put the fire out before it could spread. A ground fire near the intersec tion of Highways TO and 24 was set Tuesday to burn underbrush and was being watched. Mr. Fore man termed It "controlled burn ing." Two Smyrna FFA Members Attend State Convention Donald Arthur and DarreU Piner, members of the Smyrna Fu ture Farmers of America Chapter, have retimed from the State FFA convention at Raleigh. They were accompanied on the trip by their adviaor and agriculture instructor, Paul A. Lang. Greet in ga en the opening day of the convention wen given by Bob by Futrell. national FFA vice-prea ident. Other speakers that day were Gov. Luther Hodges and Dr. W Amoa Abrama, humorist. Contests took place the follow ing day.. Prixea and achoiarahipa were awarded. On the laat day of th? ??asion, Friday, Carolina Farm er degrees were given 1W boys. Meetings were hald in Memorial Auditorium. De legatee and teach ers of agriculture were boused in State College dormitories. SIMM Collected Den Walker, Beaufort town clerk, reported yesterday that ap proximately $19,000 In prepaid 1938 taxes were collected In June. He aatd this Is about *1,000 behind collect Inoa laat year. Beaufort's Beauty Photo by Roy Eubanks Barbara Piner, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Piner, Beaufort, will be the representative of Beaufort at the Miss North Carolina Pageant in Wilmington. Miss Piner won the title of Miss Beaufort at the recent beauty pageant in the Beaufort High School auditorium. The pageant was sponsored by the Beaufort Jaycees. Beauties on Parade County's Entrants Will Go To Wilmington Next Week Carteret's two beauty contest winners, Carolyn Guthrie of More head City, and Barbara Piner of Beaufort, will go to Wilmington next week to participate in the state pageant Wednesday through Saturday. A tentative schedule for the pa geant has been announced by Er nest Lane, chairman of the state event. There will be registration Wed nesday afternoon, rehearsals and first performances on Thursday and Friday, with the final perform ance and the crowning of the new Miss North Carolina of 1956 on Saturday night. All performances will be held at Broaden Hall in the Memorial Building. Official hostesses for the event will be three former Miss Wil mington's who are now residing in the city, according to Bill Mor ris, Jaycee host committee chair man. They are Miss Geraldyne Colkitt, 1955; Miss Evelyn Bergen, 1954; and Miss Shirley Council, 1952. The hostesses will greet the 35 beauty contestants and help them adjust themselves to the rapid pace that will be necessary to complete the pageant in three days. Morehead Youth Solves 'Mystery' the chief of , ? ? garden hose running the other day and stuck the nozzle in the ground. In a short while 4 feet of the hose had disappeardd. A post-hole digger and the help of his mother was needed to pull the hose to the surface again. Herbert informed his Dad that day. "I've solved a mystery!" Given loose soil and a stream of water, most anything can be sunk. Pilings for piers can be put down that way, as folks in this area well know. Agent Reminds Farmers of Laws After July 22 the new law limit ing the amount of spray or dust residue on vegetables will go into effect, R. M. Williams, county farm agent, announced yesterday. He also reminded swine growers that a new law requires obtaining a permit for hog cholera vaccine. Details on these regulations, which carry heavy penalties if violated, will appear in Tuesday's paper. Mr Williams said approximately 25 tobacco harvesting machines are in use in the county now. The ma chines reduce the number of field hands required and have become quite popular due to the labor shortage. The farm agent commented that the tobacco crop looks good. Farm ers down east are planting sweet potatoes now that the Irish potato harvest is over. Early crops of cobblers did not bring too good a price, only $2.25 to $2.50 per hundred pounds, but the later variety, Canso, brought prices from $3 to $3.25. Mr Wil liams estimated that 75 per cent of the county acreage this year was in the Canso potato. The current dry spelF is not too serious as yet, but Mr. Williams said farmers could use rain. Lack of rain, he added, will re duce the corn yield. Beaufort Chamber to Stage Another Race, Pony Rodeo Two more major events wo re scheduled (or this year by Beaufort Chamber of Commerce directors at a meeting Tuesday night in the chamber office, Front Street. Another outboard speedboat re gatta will be staged the latter part of August or first of September and a banker pony rodeo will take place in October. . Chairman of the regatta will be Ray Cummins, assisted by Glenn Adair. Clarence Guthrie and Hal sey Paul. Ronald Earl Mason will be chair man of the rodeo, assisted by Wil liam Roy Hamilton and Odell Mer rill. Gerald Hill was named chairman of the 1955-56 membership cam paign. On the committee with him are Lonnie Dill and Odell Merrill. Heading the budget committee for the coming year is Holder) Bal lou. Serving with him are Paul Jones and Mr. Hamilton. Mr. Ballou told the directors that he will open, the latter part of this month, a dinette on Front Street. Breakfasts and lunch will be served in the location formerly held by the William Smith appli ance store. The directors expressed appre ciation of service given by two re cently-retired directors, C. G. Gas kill and G. T. Spivey. They also asked that a letter be written WBMA expressing appreciation Mr assistance in staging the recent re gatta and gave checks of $25 each to Mrs. Ray Cummins and Miss Pat iferingle, chamber secretary, for their assistance. Attending the meeting were Nor wood Young, president; Ronald Earl Mason. Glenn Adair. Holden Ballou, Ray Cummins. Paul Jones, Halsey Paul, Dr. W. L. Woodard and Miss Springle. Tide Table Tide* at the Beaufort Bar HIGH LOW Friday, July I 10:29 a m. 4:19 a.m. 10:19 p.m. 4:15 p.m. Saturday, July 9 11:09 a.m. 4:48 a.m. 10:38 p.m. 4:47 p.m. | Sunday, July II 11:48 a m 8:17 a.m. | 11:42 pm. 8:27 p.n Monday, July 11 8:80 a.m. I 12:31 p.m. 8:22 p.m Tueoday, July 1< 12:31 a.m. 0:38 a.m. I 1:30 p m 7:48 p.m. I Sfate Charges Six Men With Sunday Shrimping Auxiliary Police Unit Organized As an aid to Newport's police chief and as a civil defense mea sure, an auxiliary police unit has been organized at Newport. Mem bers of the unit are Doug and Al fred Henderson and Mack Garner. Auxiliary policemen were au thorized by the town board several months ago when Police Chief Bill Dugee said there were some situa tions which one law officer could not handle. The auxiliary officers will be called on to help direct traffic and assist in other law enforcement matters. They are serving without pay. Two have been equipped with pistols which are their private property. Mayor Leon Mann Jr. ii attempting now to obtain airens for their cart through the State Highway Patrol f nd Civil Defense .Administration. The officers assisted Sunday in directing traffic at the Vincent Rhue funeral. Court Tries Four Drunk Cases Four public drunkenness caici were tried Tuesday afternoon in Beaufort Recorder's Court A fifth case was dropped. ? Archie McAffee and C. M Dan iels paid costa. Eddie Numley drew 10 days on the streets and Gladya Davis was ordered to pay coats and a >10 doctor bill. The charge against James Rock meel was dropped with the state reserving privilege to re-open It at a later date. Joyce W. Moore paid 112 of coata on a charge of going through a atop light and the caae of Clif ton Reola. charged with no opera tor^ licenae, waa continued. -Judge Earl Mssoq presided. ' Continued in county Recorder s Court Tuesday were cases against six men charged with shrimping on Sunday. The defendants are James Taylor, Willie R. Guthrie, Earl Hamilton, Clem Gaskill.'John Taylor and Luke Styron. Twenty-three other cases were also continued. Judge Lambert R. Morris heard 16. Durwood A. Fulcher, charged with driving drunk, requested a jury trial and bond for his appear ance in Superior Court was set at $190. Robert Dudley was given * three month suspended sentence and or dered to pay $125 and costs with in 30 days on charges of no op erator's license and driving drunk. For following too closely and failing to yield the right-of-way, Robert Lee Jordan paid $29 and costs. Ivey G. Piner, charged with non-support, was given a year In See COURT, Page t Health Officer Releases Rates on Meat Markets Dr. Luther Fulcher, county health officer. today released the meat market ratings for the period ending June 30, 1B39. These rat ings were made by county sanita rian, A. D. Fulford. The rating of 90 to 100 gives a rating of A; 80 to 89, B; 70 to 79, C. All establishments that re ceive a sanitary rating less than 70 are closed. Ratings follow: Atlaatk Sea Level Grocery, 90; Luther Smith, 81.S. Beaufort and RFD-AfcP Gro cery, 99; City Grocery, 94.5; Fresh Air Produce Market, 93.3; Colonial Store, 93. Potter's Grocery Market, 91; Htr desty's Grocery, 90.S; Peterson's Grocery, 90.9; Simmons Grocery, 90.9; C. D. Jones Grocery, 90. Woodrow Chadwick's Market, 90; Fulcher*! Grocery Mark*. 88.9; Broad Street Grocery, 83; M. T. Owens Grocery, 80. HwakM* CI tt * SFD? Uadtey eery. 85 5; Whitley's Grocery, 03.5; Cherry's Grocery, 03; R. C. Fodries Grocery, 03. Guy'i Station Grocery, 02.5; At lantic Beach Grocery. 02; Rearai Grocery, 02; Royal'i Grocery, 01.5; Colonial Store, >1. Weatbrook's Food Center, 01; Bryan'a Grocery, 00.5; Chart** R. Freeman Grocery, 00.5; Phillip* Grocery, 00. Stroud'i Food Center, 00; Nel son's Grocery, M.5; Murdoch's Gro cery, S3; Klbb Guthrie's Grocery. 80. Aspenberg's Grocery, 72. Newpsrt ft RTD Garner ft Mc Cain Grocery. 82; John Canon'i < Grocery, 81; Heath Grocery. 00 5; Adams Grocery. 80. Joe Taylor Grocery, Market, 80; Garner's Ea*o Servic* Grocery, 88; Gerald's Produce Market, 85.5; L. N. Connor's Grocery, 85; Forest Grocery, 83.5. Otway? Gillikln's Grocery, 81.5. WlllMoa ? Willis Bra*. Grocwj. Market, BJ. Newport Prepares to Conduct I Mayors Court at Town Hall Service Station Robbed Tuesday Burglars Escape with $145 From Whaley's; Neighbor Notifies Police Burglars took $145 in cash from the safe in Whaley's Texaco Ser vice Station. 24th and Bridges Streets, at 3 a.m. Tuesday. Herbert Griffin, chief of police, said entry was gained by jimmying the front door. The safe was not damaged. It was opened evident ly, by the men working with the combination. The cash was in a cigar box in the safe, most of it in quarters and dimes. Chief Griffin said a Mrs. Chadwick, a neighbor, got up about 3 o'clock to take some medicine and she heard banging and pound ing coming from the station. Then she told police she saw two men run back of a car and hide until a car conung south on 24th Street passed. 15he called her son but meanwhlie the men left the station and jumped in an old model car parked on Bridges between 24th and 25th Streets. Mrs. Chadwick's son tried to fol low the car, but lost it. Then the police were notified. John Edwards of the State Bu reau of Investigation was called. He obtained fingerprints and the investigation was continuing yester day. Woman Injured In Monday Wreck As the result of a three-car pile up, a New Bern woman was in jured Monday afternoon west of Morehcad City and her daughter was charged with following too ?laa*ly, resulting in w accident. Mrs. Mary Rolison. S12 Pollock St., New Bern, was thrown againit the windshield of tfte car in which she was riding. She was treated at Morehead City Hospital for cuts on the face. The accident occurred at 3 p.m. a mile west of Morehead City on Highway 70 by the Ocean Park Drive-In theatre. Irene T. Rolison, driver of a 1953 Ford, ran into the rear of a 1950 Pontiac and knocked that in to the rear of a 1950 Chevrolet, according to State Highway Patrol man R. H. Brown. All cars were going west. The Pontiac was driven by Wil liam Harris Thomas, route 2 Wen dell, and the Chevrolet by Betsy Ann Davis, 1011 Arendell St., Morehead City. The Chevrolet had stopped to make a left turn, according to the patrolman. Its damage was esti mated at $50. Damage to the Pon tiac amounted to $200 and damage to the Rolison car 1500. Letter Boxes Will Be Painted Red, White, Blue Postmaster General Summerfield made a Fourth of July announce ment: Letter boxes across the na tion are going to be painted red, white and blue. Mr. Summerfield said the pre sent ofcve drab street letter boxes will be repainted or replaced gra dually. Within a year, 30 per cent of the boxea will be painted blue, with red tops and white lettering. New Principal T. Lenwood l ee, a native #f Dunn, has been named principal of the Morehead City School. He will begin his duties there in the fall, succeeding G. T. Windell. 17 Reservists To Leave Today Seventeen members of the More head City Coast Guard Reserve Unit will leave today for two weeks' training. The following will go to Cape May, N. J., for boot training: Jer ry Nance and Bob C. White, Beau fort; Andrew R. Nance and An drew Searle, Morehead City RFD; Earle K. Wade and Kenneth Put nam, Morehead City, and George Gooding, Beaufort RFD. The following will take captain of the port training at Norfolk: Chief Petty Officers Joseph D. Rose Jr., Lesta N. Willis and Wal ter Patrick, all of Morehead City; Clarence A. Bell, Morehead City. Milton E. Bell, Swansboro; Clay ton F. Russell, Newport; James Qwena, Donald Austin and Donald J, Willis, Beaufort; and Etheridge Davis and John L. Lewis, JHarkerl Island. Lt. Cmdr. D. G. Bell, command ing officer of the unit, said 10 more men will go to Norfolk for training in August. Officers and men in the unit now number 44. Chamber Executives Will Attend Three-Day Meeting The annual meeting of the North* Carolina Chamber of Commerce Executives will start at the Atlan tic Beach Hotel Sunday and con tinue through Tuesday. Registration for the three-day affair will be held Sunday at 4 o'clock in the lobby of the hotel. There will be a reception at 6 p.m. and a smorgasbord at 6:30. The highlight of the first day will be a moonlight cruise aboard the Carolina Queen. Monday will be devoted to a tour of the state port at Morehead City and a tour of the Marine Corpi Air Station at Cherry Point. At the base, all types of aircraft will be shown. Speakers at Monday's sessions will be Harry Krusz, U. S. Cham ber of Commerce; Bill Sharpe, State Magazine. Raleigh; J. D. Holt, director. Morehead City Port, and Roy Mundee, manager, Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, U. S. Department of Commerce, Richmond. Dr. J. D. Messick, President of East Carolina College, will be guest speaker at 7 o'clock Monday evening. A total of six trips aboard Gulf ?tream head boats will be awarded to lucky executives Tuesday morn ing. There will also be business re ports by the different committee chairmen that morning. Ted Davis, manager of the More head City Chamber of Commerce, will be official host. Truck Hits Parked Car in Morehead A truck driven by James C. Bell, route 5 New Bern, ran into a parked car on Arendell Street, Morehead City, at 4; 15 Wednesday afternoon. ? Damage to the car, a 1950 Ford, was estimated at <75. The car was owned by Mrs Thalia D. Faircloth and was parked In front o( 1507 Arendell St According to . Patrolman Joe Smith. Bell was proceeding out on Arendell whra he pulled too far to the right all a car passed him. He hit the parked automobile. The truck, owned by T. I. Davis ?f the Davis Transit Co., was not ItOMged No charges won filed. Escape Artist To Appear Tonight An cscape artist will put on an hour-and-a-half show at 8 o'clock tonight at the Beaufort School. Dr. Earl Lockman and his wife will preaent an evening of entertain ment under aponsorship of the Jonei-Auatin Post, Veterans of Foreign Wars. Sheriff Hugh Salter and Deputy Sheriff Marshall Ayscue have been retained as a supporting cast to wrap Dr. Lockman in chains and strait Jacket. But the showman says he's never yet met a sheriff who can keep him locked up. Proceeds will go to the VFW building fund .announced Roy Eu banks, chairman of the show ar rangements Other entertainments, in addi tion to the escape acts, will be staged. Tickets msy be bought at the door. Board t6 Survey Breeding Grounds Of Coast Mosquito Raleigh (AP) ? A preliminary survey will begin next week to de termine the extent of the breeding grounds of coastal North Carolina's salt marsh mosquitoes. Plsns for the survey were out lined this week at the first meet ing of the Salt Marsh Mosquito Commission created by the recent General Assembly to study pos sible ways of controlling the pesky mosquito. Edward G. McKlnley, 2717 Arvon Ave.. Mors bead City, is a member of the commission. He is in charge of mosquito control at Cherry Point Marine Air Station Charles White, chief of the State Board of Health's lnsoct and Ro dent Control Section, was electad permanent chairman of the com mission Mr. White said the com mission will plan Its next move fol lowing the preliminary survey, which should take about a week. Commissioners Launch New Program; Chief Quits As soon as preliminaries4 are ironed out, mayor's court will be conducted in the Newport town hall Saturday mornings beginning at 9 a.jn. Although Newport seldom has many law-breakers, the court will be on the calendar for Saturdays. Chief of Police Bill Dugee, who is also constable of Newport town ship, told the board Tuesday night that they could find a new police chief. When presented with a list of the duties the commissioners made for him, he declined reap pointment. Discussion of the chief's duties prolonged the board meeting until 11:30 p.m. The chief commented recently that he had no intention of working eight hours a day "and half the night too." The board hopes to have a new chief by July 19. Commissioners approved a reso lution providing for an auditor to set up a new system of bookkeep ing. They have also requested that a financial report be submitted to them at every meeting, covering the previous month's income and expenses. As directed by the new town board, the clerk. Miss Edith Lockey, will collect taxes only on Saturday mornings from 9 to 12 at the town hall. The board has also specified that all town records shall be kept in the municipal building. In the past the clerk has kept her records and conducted town business at the W. H. Bell resi dence. In Doubt The board has reappointed Miss Lockey town clerk but the clerk said she is not sure she will accept Uie position. She told the commis sioners she wanted to get a better picture of her new duties before saying yes. The 1955-56 budget was tenta tively adopted. Expenses for the current year were estimated at $9,332 and income at $10,528. All salaries remained at the same fig ure. The street budget was set at $3,800, including $1,800 paid to the police chief who also serves as See NEWPORT, Page 2 Two Accidents Occur at Same Spot Saturday Motorcycle Rider Hurt When He Hits Stopped Patrol Car Two accidents, one the result of another, occurred Saturday night on Highway 70 west of Morehead City near the line Tree Inn. In the second, at 11:45 p.m., W. B. Eubanks, Manteo Negro, was injured when he ran into the door of a State Highway Patrol car. The car was parked in the middle of the road, its red light blinking, as a warning to motorists to drive around the scene of the first acci dent. Eubanks, 42, was riding a 1949 Harley-Davidson motorcycle toward Morehead City. He saw the stopped patrol car in time' to skirt it, but struck the door which was stand ing open and flew over into the yard of the Pine Tree Inn where he hit a parked 1949 Plymouth. The Plymouth was owned by Gordon McQueen, route 1 More head City. Its damage was esti mated at $100. Damage to the pa trol car was estimated at $5 and damage to the motorcycle $25. Eubanks had stitches taken in his arm at the Morehead City Hos pital and was discharged. He was tried Monday on charges of driv ing drunk and careless and reck less driving. He pleaded guilty, paid a $100 fine and $21.50 costs. The accident was investigated by Patrolman R. H. Brown. The first accident occurred at 11:15 p.m. when a 1050 Plymouth convertible piled into the rear of a 1954 Ford coupe driven by Peggy V. Pittman. Rocky Movnt. Driver of the convertible, Ever ett S. Vandervere, Camp Lcjeune, was charged with driving drunk. With him was his wife and another couple. According to State Highway Pa trolman J. W. Sykes, the Ford had stopped because a car ahead of it was signaling for a left turn. All cars were proceeding east. A girl riding in the Ford suf fered a neck injury. She was not identified. Damage to the Ford was estimated at $300 and to the Plymouth $350. Project Altered; Launch Site Made Ronald Earl Mason, Beaufort, Finer Carolina chairman, an nounced today that the town's al ternate project, touriit promotion, has been substituted (or the fifth project, beautification. In connection with tourist pro motion, a small boat launching site has been established south of the Beaufort draw bridge. A large sign has been placed there inform ing the public that the launching site la located at that point. The side of the bank was dug out with town equipment to- allow placing boats in the water. Cost of the sign was $30. Town crewmen recently mowed the playground nearby and Jay cees set up sandbox and picnic shelters which had been toppled over by last fall's hurricane. Cash, Beer Stolen From Cedar Point Place One hundred dollars in cash and some beer were stolen Monday night from the Cedar Point Drive in, a refreahment stand in the western part of the county. Sheriff Hugh Salter said entry was gained by prying open the back door. Fingerprints were ob tained. Deputy Sheriff Bobby Bell investigated. Seashore Packing Co. Produces Chicken Feed The new Seashore Packing Corp., West Beaafort, is now in partial operation. Charles Davis, president, reported yesterday. Scrap fiah are being dehydrated and the product made into meal for chicken leed. When a better grade of scrap fiah to obtainable the plant plan* to package cat food.