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44th YEAR, NO. 77. TWO SECTIONS TEN PAGES ' MOREHt'AD CITT AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1965 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
47 Firemen Graduate Friday
Card*, wallet-size, to denote gra-"
duttioo from Carteret's first coun
ty-wide fire school, were presented
Friday night to firemen at a din
ner at the Sanitary Restaurant,
Morehead City.
Presenting the cards was Capt
Otis Dowdy of the Charlotte Fire
Department, who conducted the
training sessions Tuesday through
Thursday.
Vernon Guthrie, chief of the
Morehead City Fire Department,
acted as master of ceremonies. J.
C. Robertson, Charlotte, introduced
IJoyd Layman, Battle Creek, Mich.,
who spoke on the "indirect meth
od" of fire fighting.
Mr. Layman is director of the
fire services office, Federal Civil
Defense Administration, and advo
cate of the method of fighting fir*
by breaking water into finely-di
vided particles rather than pour
ing it on flames in solid streams.
He is author of the book. Fire
Fighting Tactics, and has written
two brochures on his technique
which have been translated into
eight different languages.
Mr. Layman is former chief of
the fire department at Parkers
burg, Va., and was commandant
of the U. S. Coast Guard Fire
Fighting School at Fort McHenry
during World War II.
Mr. Layman remarked that his
theory of "indirect application and
atmospheric displacement" was de
veloped during his years at the
fire-fighting school. Although his
technique was not accepted readily
at first, the value of it continues
to be proved. The process means,
Mr. Layman said, a conservation
of water in fighting fires and very
little damage from water.
"We know only a little bit about
the extinguishing action of water,"
the speaker said, "but the Nation
al Research Council has now
agreed to finance a continuing
program on fire control and ex
tinguishment."
V*uesi SpcaKerS ai U1B mccims
were Curtis Flannatjan, Farmville,
secretary of the State Firemen's
Association, Cecil Lilly, Farmville;
Moses Howard, chairman of the
County Board of Commissioners.
Wilbur Garner, Newport fire
commissioner, Chief Charles Har
rell, Beaufort, Chjef B. T. Smith
Jr., Newport, Gerald Woolard,
Beaufort, (eeretary of the fire
school, and Leon Mann Jr.. mayar
of Newport.
J. Ludie Croom, former chief of
the Wilmington Fire Department,
showed slides on the devastating
Wilmington port fire of 1953. Chief
Croom was head of the Wilming
ton Fire Department 47 years.
He remarked that he knows of
no greater service that any man
can take up than serving his com
munity by fire-fighting. The color
slides were shots of the fire in
which a warehouse containing
nitric soda and a sugar warehouse
were destroyed. Total loss was
>11,800,000, the most costly fire
ever to occur in the state, Chief
Croom said.
Accompanying Chief Croom was
his wife. The opening invocation
for the dinner was given by Com
missioner Garner of Newport.
Driver Faces
Drunk Charge
Herbert Penny, route 1 Beau
fort, has been charged with driv
ing drunk as the result of an acci
dent on the Nine-Foot Road three
miles south of Newport. The acci
dent occurred at S p.m. Sunday,
Sept. 18.
Penny is now out under 9190
bond and is docketed for appear
ance in County Recorder'i Court
Thursday.
According to State Highway Pa
trolman R. H. Brown, Penny was
driving a 1M7 Dodge truck be
longing to Earl Taylor of Beau
fort. Penny claimed a car cut in
front of him and he had to run
into the ditch. He was put in the
county Jail.
Damage to the truck was ectl
mated at $29.
Legion Pott Rebuilds
Memorial at Town Hall
American Legion Poet No. 49,
Morehead City, haa undertaken the
rebuilding of the War Memorial on
the lawn at the town hall. The
work is being done by Legion
members.
Funds have been obtained
through donations. The memorial
honors the war dead of World War*
1 and II.
Banking Personnel Will
Meet at Rex Tonight
Plans for the second course on
banking, sponsored by the banks
of the county, will be made at a
dinner at 9:30 tonight at the Rex
Restaurant, Morehead City.
James R. Sander*, chairman of
the County Chapter of the Ameri
can Institute of Banking, will pre
side All banking personnel an In
vited.
L
Mayor Dill's Mail Brings
Two Interesting Letters
When a fellow's down, moat of
the time there's a helping hand
nearby.
A Charlottesville, Vs.. citizca
was that helping hand to More
head city this week.
In a letter to Mayor Goerge W.
Dill, J. H. Ruffin, Charlottesville,
enclosed a check for (10. Mr. Ruf
fin asked that the mayor give the
money to "some unfortunate suf
ferer from the hurricane" or turn
it over to the Red Cross.
And then came another letter
from James A. Parker of Brevard.
N. C. Mr Parker said that since
there are "such violent storms" in
these parts, ne was wondering if
some couple, middle-aged and with
out children, would like to move
to Brevard, the woman to keep
house for him and the husband to
work on the farm and cut pulp
wood.
If there is any couple who would
like to consider moving to Bre
vard. they can contact Mayor Dill,
but the mayor says, "The storms
down here aren't THAT bad!"
The mayor says he is planning to
turn the money over to the Red
Cross.
Miller Home
Damaged by Fire
Considerable fire damage was
causcd at 1:15 Saturday morning
to the home of Louis W. Miller,
1502 Front St., Beaufort.
Mr. Miller, who was home alone
at the time, was awakened by the
odor of smoke. He rushed across
the street to the home of Mrs.
Emma Webb and there a call was
made by Mrs. Webb's daughter,
Pat, for the fixe department.
One room, tw den, was reported
seriously damaged and the entire
house was damaged by smoke. The
fire is believed to have started
from defective wiring.
Mr. Miller said he had no idea
of the dollars and cents damage,
bat y ie toas'as Inaund M least par
tially. Hie Millets expect to move
out until renovation is completed.
Mrs. Miller has been visiting in
New York and Mr. Miller's son and
his family had been staying at the
house during the week, but they
left the day before the fire.
Water from the tank truck was
used to put out the blaze.
Traffic Flows
Across North
River Bridge
State Gets Vehicles Across
Friday Morning, Sooner
Than After Hazel
The Marine ducks left North
River at 3:30 Friday afternoon to
return to Camp Lejeune and traf
fic started flowing across the
bridle regularly about half an
hour later.
The North River Bridge lost
both its east and west ends in
lone and the State Highway De
partment started working on it
Wednesday as soon as the wind
and water went down, and lumber
could be moved in. The bridge was
also washed out by Haul last year.
Traffic is only one way and
will continue that way until guard
r-iils can be put up.
J. L. Humphrey, county road
superintendent, highly commended
L. P. Jordan, bridge supervisor in
this division, who accomplished
the amazing task of getting the
bridge back in operation in two
Have
The ducks were obtained through
the SUte Civil Defense office Tues
day. They were manned by Ma
rines under the command of Lt
J. W. Harman.
State Civil Defense regulations
prohibited carrying anything but
people, food and mail. Some
wholesalers who wanted other
types of merchandise carried across
were not pleased, but neither the
Marine Corps nor state authori
ties were willing to authorize
passage of general merchandise.
Emergency traffic was put across
the bridge for tiic first time Fri
day morning.
Tile West JBeaufort Road WW
opened ywterday and at preseat
the only road remaining closed
because of storm damage is the
Hibbs Road. Mr. Humphrey said
the roads that people live on were
taken care of first.
Enough rock was stockpiled in
this county, he said, to meet im
mediate needs after lone.
Property Owners Attend
Meeting at Beach Saturday
Jaycees Collect
Bedding for New
Bern Storm Victims
Dr. Russell Outlaw, president of
the Morehead City Jaycees, re
ported yesterday on the amount of
bedding that was collected here
for relief of disaster victims at
New Bern.
From Friday night to Sunday
night, 224 pillow cases were do
nated, 108 sheets, 83 blankets, IB
towels, 10 wash cloths, six pillows
and a small amount of clothing.
The request for the bedding was
made by the Salvation Army, and
Jaycccs of the 9th district, which
includes this area, undertook the
project.
The material was collccted at
the Busy Bee Restaurant, Non
head City. Jaycees took it to Sal
vation Army headquarters In New '
Bern Sunday night.
Chicken Raiser
Goes to Court
Guy Dudley, Bay Street, More
head City, appeared in Morehead
City Recorder's Court again yea
terday to answer charges that ke
has been maintaining a public nui
sance, a chicken yard. In his
neighborhood.
E. 1. Willis, superintendent of
public safety, said that Dudley
last week was given one week to
clean his place up. Superintendent
Willis and the county sanitarian,
A. D. Fulford, visited the place
the end of the week, but found it
required more cleaning than Dud
ley had undertaken.
Therefore the defendant mi or
dered to appear la court eaain
yesterday He waa granted one
more week to comply with the law.
Head lag West
Weathermen tracking Janet say
that unless the storm pulls one of
a hurricane's usual unpredictable
twists, It does not seem likely to
veer northward. At preaent she Is
beaded toward the Central Ameri
can coast
Thirty-five property owners at
tended the Atlantic Beach town
board meeting Saturday morning
and discussed plans for getting
some type of permanent protec
tion in front of their cottage*.
Mayor A. B. Cooper called the
special meeting when it was
learned that Civil Defense was con
sidering rejection of the plan to
pay for erection of a temporary
seawall. The property owners had
hoped to make up the difference
in the cost between a temporary
and permanent structure so that a
seawall could be built that would
serve as better protection than
dunes.
Property-owners agreed to take
care of their property, indivi
dually, for the reat of the hurrl
sane season, and no request for
dunes will be made anymore tbia
season.
"Dunes are mighty temporary,"
Mayor A. B. Cooper commented
yesterday, "and we're certainly
disappointed that Civil Defense
pan't see that our plan for a per
manent seawall would be saving
the government money in the long
run."
The town board is primarily
concerned with protecting the
property within the limita of the
town of Atlantic Beach but la
?forking with property owners In
the unincorporated areas who also
rant a seawall put up.
The board ia waiting now to see
low much money can be obtained
:hrough Civil Defense and will re
wive a price from a contractor on
tow much the wall will coat.
"After that we will circulate
mother petition to the property
iwners and will be able to tell
ihem exactly what their share of
Jm work will amount to," Mayor
ooper said.
He eat I mated that by phone call
ind telegram at leaat 45 property
iwners were represented at the
neeting. .
Braaa Fire EiMaguiahed
Beaufort firemen put out a graaa
'Ire at 12:43 p.m. yesterday on the
raueway. Flames were reported to
>e threatening tanka at the T. B.
Smith fish house Firemen had the
ilaie under control in about 20
ninutas.
' Chief Vernon Guthrie paid high
tribute Friday night to CapL Otie
Dowdy, Charlotte, who conducted
the training aeaaions.
The school was in session Tues
day through Friday. Monday
night's class was cancelled by lone.
Although very few men could
attend all the sessions, cards were
presented to any who were able
to attend at least one.
Recipients are the following:
Beaufort ? Norwood E. Gaskill,
Gerald Woolard, Earl T. Willis,
Thomas V. Woolard. Maurice W.
Peterson, Freddie Snooks, James
L. Range, Neal Willis.
C. L. Davis Jr., Roma Willis, A.
B Buck, Allen Conway, J. B. Lot
tin. B. A Merrill, Edward Paull,
E. D. Rhue, Frank Garner, and
Chief Charles Harrell.
Morehead City ? Charles Ed
wards. Ernest 0. Lewis, Robert W.
McCabe, Edward Arendell, John
Parker, Eric Lewis, John D. Ballon
Robert T. Garner, D. J. Hall Jr.,
John A. Pavone, Sammy L. Hughes,
Hubert Fulcher, Nolan McCabe,
Lindsey Guthrie, Mack Edwards
and Fire Chief Vernon Guthrie.
Newport ? Charles Gould Jr.,
Milton Gould, Douglas C. Hender
son, Swindell Garner, George W.
Greene, Bennie R. Garner, M. C.
Howard, W. J. Kirby. William Car
roll, Ira J. Jones. Alton L. Gar
ner, Frank Warner, and Chief B.
T. Smith Jr.
Atlantic Beach -Shelby Freeman
and Earl Dunn.
The school was conducted by
the, three fire departments who
joined to pay the expenses of Cap
tain Dowdy's week of instruction.
It is hoped that the school will
become an annual event.
Judge Imposes
Two Heavy Fines
Donald W Mounger and Charles
IE. King, VMR 252, Cherry Point,
were fined in Morehead City Re
corder's Court yesterday and
Mounger was put under a six
month suspended sentence.
Mounger was involved in an ac
cident Saturday night at 9:10 and
ii 'J* rar with kin waa King.
Judge Herbert Phillips ordered
Mounger to pay $150 and coat*
and King 1100 and costs.
Mounger was charged with care
less and reckless driving and driv
ing drunk and King with aiding
and abetting a drunken driver,
and public drunkenness. King was
owner of the car, a 1949 two-door
sedan.
According to State Highway Pa
trolman R. H. Brown, Mounger
waa proceeding east on Highway
70 and cut acrosa the path of a
car proceeding west. He waa head
ed for the Airport Grill. Driver
of the other car, a 1948 Pontiac,
waa Ed L. Billington, SMS, Cherry
Point.
Riding with Billington waa Fred
Meliua, also of Cherry Point. No
one waa hurt but damage to the
Ford was estimated at (ISO and
to the Pontiac $200.
Heavy Boat Unit
MeetsTomorrow
The newly-organised 824th Heavy
Boat Company. Army Reaerve unit,
will meet at 7:30 tomorrow night
at 433 Front St., over Houae'a Drug
Store.
Lt. Leon A. Mann Jr., command
ing officer, reporta that 13 have
already Joined the new company.
Thirty-five men were preaent at
the firat organizational meeting
laat week.
Vacancies atill exist for warrant
officer!, master sergeants, ser
geants firit class and all other
grades.
The unit's authorised comple
ment is four officers, 23 warrant
officers and 109 enlisted men.
Meetings will be held regularly
each Wednesday. For each two
hour period attended, a full day's
pay will be given.
Men between the ages of 17 and
34 are eligible for enlistment.
Lieutenant Mann aald. The boat
unit la a natural for the Beaufort
Morehead City area. 1 expect to
fill up the unit in a short time so
I urge all young men to get in on
the ground floor while so many
good assignments are open."
Tick TabU
Tide* at U? Beaufort Bar
HIGH
LOW
Tuesday, Sept. 27
4:46 a.m.
3:02 p.m.
10:98 a.m.
11:30 p.m.
Wedaeaday, Sept 2f
9:34 a.m.
9:90 p.m.
11:44 a.m.
Tharaday, Sep*. t?
6:19 a m.
6:34 p.m.
12:11 a.m.
12:3B p.m.
Friday, Sept. M
6:96 am.
12:92 a.m.
7:14 p.m.
1:14 PJB.
U. S. Civil Defense Director
Surveys Storm Damage
Gov. Val Peterson, with his aides, 4
came into North Carolina Friday
night. He had dinner with Gov.
and Mrs. Luther Hodges and met
Saturday morning with state and
federal officials before again board
ing a Convair 340 to fly to the
Beaufort-Morehead City airport.
After leaving here the Federal
Civil Defense Administration direc
tor went to New Bern and from
there to Washington, N. C.,
"where," he said, "we'll walk
through fields to see the saltwater
damage."
Officials here were informed Fri
day that Governor Peterson wanted
to make a brief tour of the county.
But when he arrived, he said that
time did not permit and he visited
only a few moments at Atlantic
Beach.
County Commissioner Moses
Howard and Newport Mayor Leon
Mann Jr. were disappointed that
the national administrator did not
tour the Newport area as they re
quested.
In Governor Peterson's party
were Thomas Goodman, regional
administrator, FCDA, Thomasville,
Ga.; L. B. UUstrom, executive sec
retary to Governor Peterson; Miss
Clara McGaha. FCDA, Washington.
D. C.; Dial Sweeney, assistant to
Mr. Goodman, Thomasville.
Earl Mader, FCDA engineer,
Miss Nello Williams, FCDA, Pete
Craig, FCDA, Frank Pollard of the
Farmers Home Administration, all
of Thomasville.
Horace J. Iscnhower. State FHA
director;, David S Weaver, head of
the North Carolina Extension Ser
vice; Dr. Robert Rice, of the State
Civil Defense office: and General
Griffin, state Civil Defense direc
tor.
In addition to them, the follow
ing attended the luncheon: Mayor
Leon Mann Jr., Moses Howard,
both of Newport; B. J. May, Miss
Georgie Hughes, James D. Potter,
Gray Hassell. Charles Laughing
house, and Miss Ruth Peeling, all
of Beaufort.
Alvah Hamilton. D. G. Bell, both
of Morehead City; State Highway
Patrolmen J. W. Sykes, C. J. Cole
and W. E. Pickard; and th* follow
ing members of the plane crew,
who are with the Special Mission
Squid, Boiling Air Force Bue,
Washington, D. C.: Maj. H. B. Berk,
Capt V. D. Hubbard, T/Sgt. J. R.
Beaulieu; and A 1/c Timothy P.
Sullivan.
Waterspouts Seen
Off Bogue Banks
Ben Day, 1404 Arendell St.,
Morehead City, reported sighting
one large waterspout and several
smaller ones off Atlantic Beach
Sunday afternoon.
His reports were verified by
Chief Boatswain Kenneth Baum,
commanding officer of Fort Ma
con Coast Guard Station.
The location was south south
west of the Coast Guard Station
about a mile offshore, and the
time was between 3 and 4 o'clck.
A waterspout is a funnel
shaped or tubular cloud extend
ing from an ordinary cloud down
to a cloud of spray torn up by
whirling winds along the surface
of the ocean. It moves in rapid
rotation, sometimes straight and
sometimes twisted. The "spout,"
or funnel cloud, pours down
fresh water.
Mayors Proclaim
B&PW Week
The mayors of Beaufort and
Morehead City have declared this
week as National Business and
Professional Women's Week. The
proclamation was signed by George
Dill, mayor of Morehead City, and
C. T. Lewis, mayor of Beaufort.
In their proclamations the may
ors callcd attention to the fact that
Business and Professional Wo
men's Clubs contribute toward the
development of business and in
dustry and the civic enterprises in
the community.
The week opened Sunday and
will close Saturday, Oct. 1.
The Carteret Business anjl Pro
fessional Women's Club, repre
sented by 11 members, attended
the church aervice in St. Paul's
Episcopal Church, Beaufort, Sun
day morning.
Twe radio shows, in ohecrvance
of the week, will be given by
B&PW members over local radio
stations this week. Taking part will
be Mrs. James Smith and Mrs.
Roma Noe. ?
A&EC President Expects
Trains Here This Week
New Bern SBA
Office to Open
Businessmen and fishermen of
this area who need loans to help
them get back into business fol
lowing the last hurricane may
apply at the Small Business Ad
ministration office at New Bern.
According to the New Bern
Chamber of Commerce, the of
fice will be open in the Chamber
of Commerce building. Broad
Street, New Bern, tomorrow.
Gen. Edward Griffin, State
Civil Defense director, said Sat
urday that men from that officc
will come into Carteret County
to accept applications here, but
that schedule had not yet been
set up.
Driver Found
Guilty Thursday
James Edward Lawrence, charged
with driving drunk, was found guil
ty of careless and reckless driving
by Judge L. R. Morns in County
Recorder's Court Thursday and
fined ISO and co*tj. He was also
given a suspended three months'
roads sentence.
James Don Allan was fined (10
snd costs when he nlert miiltv to
?pccdlng and Improper pissing
Tulley Williamson was assessed
coat* (or no operator'a license.
Bond* were forfeited by Harold
Marahall Cope land and Bobby Har
old Gouge, speeding; Leon Pick
ered. and George Equils, public
drunkenness, and William Thomai
McKay, traffic violation.
The charge of apceding against
John Norman Osborne was
dropped.
Cases againat the following are
continued: Krvan Haniscey. James
Smith, James Taylor, Kenard An
drew Taylor, Laaalle Hankina, WH
IM Roger Hardy, John Ebron,
James E. Moody.
John Tyaon, Beatrice Styron,
Julian William Weat, Frank Nel
son Garner, Paul L. Stoakey, Ce
cil Lynch. Thornton Darting, Jim
my Ray Karrick and Ford Roger
? Freight trains will be rolling in
to Morehead City sometime this
week, E. R. Buchan, president of
the Atlantic and East Carolina
Railway Co., reports.
Negotiations with Atlantic Coast
Line to handle AfcEC freight over
it* tracks from New Bern to Jack
sonville were satisfactorily com
pleted Sunday. Mr. Buchan said.
The U.S. Marine Corps will per
mit use of ita trackage from Camp
Lejcunc to Cherry Point where
connection will be made again
with the AfcEC facilities.
The AliEC bridge over the Trent
River Is now being repaired by
Tidewater Construction Co. The
work may be completed in as few
as 40 days, Mr. Buchan said.
AfcEC trains are now running
from Goldsboro to Kinston and it
is expected that all trackage from
Goldsboro to New Bern will be In
use by tomorrow.
Trains were not run from New
Bern to Morehead City for two
days after hurricanes Connie and'
Diane, because of the uncertain
conditions of the bridges over the
Trent and Newport Rivers.
Hurricane lone partially wrecked
the long bridge over the Trent.
This brought AlcEC schedules to
a definite lengthy standstill, the
longest in the history of the rail
road.
The state highway department
needed 200 cars of rock for repair
of roads in this section, but rather
than wait for rail repairs, the
highway has started to truck the
rock in.
' Dynamic Val Peterson, former governor of Nebraska
and now head of the Federal Civil Defense Administration
dipped out of the blue in a mammoth plane Saturday
about noon to look over county hurricane damage.
With him were 12 state and federal officials and six
newspaper reporters. Escorted by the State Highway Pa
trol. Governor Peterson dined at<
the Sanitary Restaurant in More
head City where he heard reports
on storm damage. Then the group
went to Atlantic Beach.
What was he here for?
In Governor Peterson's own
words: "I want to talk to mayors
of the towns to determine whether
the federal government has done
all that can be done for hurricane
relief and I want to see how these
beach aeras have been affected."
Will he be able to see that more
money is channeled into North
Carolina?
Disaster Fund Runs Out
In answer to that. Governor
Peterson said that federal agencies
have already the authority and the 1
money to make loans. As for a <
limitless disaster fund, he remark- t
ed that as a result of the tremen- 1
dous loss in New England, the |
fund was not sufficient to meet
needs and money had to be taken *
from the Corps of Engineers fund. <
So if Carteret Countians and i
North Carolinians believe that s
Governor Peterson's visit will |
mean a loosening of purse strings, s
they probably will be disappointed.
The disaster fund has already been t
spent ? and whether the govern- i
ment can scrape together any more t
remains to be seen. c
The FCDA head took a keen in- c
terest in the brief reports made I
while he was thoroughly enjoying {
Capt. Tony Seamon and Ted Gar
ner's shrimp salad and crab meat. <
Seeing the basket of hush pup- 1
pies, he asked, "What are those?" 1
"Cornbread," someone said, c
"Hush puppies," said Gen. Ed Grif- 1
fin, head of State Civil Defense. <
Liked Hush Puppies 1
Governor Peterson took a bite.
"They're wonderful," he remarked, j
He ordered a second plate of sea
food, and hush puppies rapidly dis- c
appeared.
The first report oune Jjrom Mm 1
Georgie Hughes, head of the COUB- '
ty Welfare Department, who told
Governor Peterson that the effects 1
of the hurricanes would probably
be felt in this county for the next I
five years. |
B. J. May, head or the Agricul'
lure Stabilization and Conservatioa
office, reported on crop losses.
"Our farmers have nothing to live
on through the winter," he said.
"They need, at the very least, long
term loans."
Engineer Reports
Gray Hassell, engineer for the
town of Beaufort and engineer con
sultant for the county, told the gov
ernor that the damage is hard to
see. Sanitary and storm sewers are
clogged and the trouble is aggra
vated now by merely normal tides.
He pointed out that Newport needs
repairs to Its water tank, that
down-east communities lost their
waterfronts and as a result tides
are going up under homes and tfyat
the beach, from Fort Macon to
Swansboro on Bofue Banks, has
been cut back as much as a hun
dred feet in some places.
Governor Peterson remarked
that the whole east coast has the
same problem. "Folks on Long
Island and all the way up to Maine
are coping with the same problem
you have at this bea<*." he said.
Chairman Moses Howard of the
County Board of Commissioners
commented on the terrific farm
loss at Newport.
Disaster Inaarance
Then Governor Peterson came up
with ? telling comment: "Out of
these hurricanes and flash floods,
there must come into being some
type of dissster insurance. It would
seem that there is some way we
could work out a system where a
company would write insurance
and the government back it. That's
easier to say than do. but that
doesn't keep us from trying."
Msyor Leon Mann Jr., described
the Newport River problem snd *
the need for dredging. He also I
See CIVIL DEFENSE, Page Z
ASC Approves
Financial Aid
For Salty Soil
B. J. May, ASC Manager,
Says Soil Analysis
Must be Made First
B. J. May, manager of the court
ly Agriculture Stabilization and
Conservation office, announced yes
erday that gypsum or gypsum and
imestone practices have been ap
proved by ASC.
This means that the farmer can
get financial help on getting soil,
covered by saltwater, back into
jroduction On each ton of gy|>
sum the federal government will
>ay $12 and on each ton of lime
stone $4.50.
Mr. May emphasized, however,
hat no purchase order for these
naterials can be written unless
he farmer has an analysis made
>f the soil he wishes to treat. With
mt this analysis, it can't be de
:ermined how much gypsum or
typsum and limestone is needed.
Farmers who have already re
vived a report from Raleigh on
heir soil samples, may apply to
VIr. May's office for help imme
liately. Others should pick up soil
>ox samples at the county agent's
>ffice and send off a sample im
nediately.
Gypsum, or gypsum and lime
itone where the soil is acid, helps
lasten the leaching out of salt ub
ler normal rainfall conditions.
Mr. May said that he was coll
ecting Raleigh yesterday relative
o obtaining ASC assistance on
rleaning out clogged drainage
litches.
Moving Car Rams
Parked Auto
A 1992 Buick sedan ran Into the
ear of a parked Chevrolet at 8:45
i.m. Sunday on Arendell Street.
Sgt. Carl Bunch of the More
icad City Police Department, aaid
hat the Buick was driven by
VSjjt. Raymond B. McCormick,
"owson, Md.
McCormick said that he tried to
>rush a bug away from hi> face
nd when he looked up again he
i as so close to the parked car he
ould do nothing but crash into
t.
The Chevrolet was owned by J.
I. Mills, 2912 Arendell St., and
ftt parked In front of the Mill*
ouse. The front of the Buick was
mashed in and damage to it waa
stimated at $400. Damage to the
car of the Chevrolet was eatt
latcd at $300.
5. W. Vickroy Plans
nland Waterway Project
George W. Vickroy, Beaufort,
as applied for a permit to dredge
nd to build a bulkhead on the eaat
ide of the inland waterway a mile
nd a quarter south of the Core
:reek Bridge.
The Corps of Engineers, Wil
mington, which receives such ap
lications report that Vickroy
lans to dredge two basina to ?
epth of 8 feet at mean low water,
ipproximaely 8,000 cubic yarda of
laterial will be deposited behind
ulkheads.
Plana for the work may be aeen
I the Beaufort postoffice. Objec
ons to the proposal, If any,
iiould be sent to the engineers'
tfice no later than Oct 3, 1955.
English Company Sends Girls
Earrings for Finding Bottle
Marilyn Britlingham, 14 and
?rolyn Eubanka, 13, both of Man*- I
'leld Parkway, today are the own- i
?r? of new palra of earring* aa i
he reault of finding a bottle which <
vaahed aahore on Bogue Bank* 1
aat month. i
Inalde the bottle waa an ad for
iuinraa Stout, an Engliah beer. A i
neaaage alao aald that If the finder I
?eturned to London a form atatlng t
where the bottle waa found, the '
Finder would receive a nouvenlr i
ind information on where the bot
U waa throws overboard. I
The bottle wu thrown overboard
rom the SS Bruno, owned by Sa
(uenay Terminal Ltd. June 14. at
i point In the Atlantic Ocean eaat
>t the Weat Indlea and north ot
Venezuela, according to the Guin
icaa firm.
A letter accompanying the car
?Ingi and thia Information thanked
Jie gtrla lor a letter they had
?rltten and asked for a copy of
rHB NEWS-TIMES in which the
itory of their And appeared.
Marilyn and Carolyn found Uw
Mttla Mar tha AUoa HoOmaa
Episcopal Conference Center Mon
day, Aug. 22. Marilyn ia the daugh
ter of Mr. and Mr*. Martin T.
Brtttingham and Carolyn la the
daughter of Mr. and Mr*. R K.
Eubanka.
Insurance Men Honored
T. D Phillip*. Morehead City,
and Robert L. Rose, Beaufort, have
qualified for their company'* top
honor group, the Lawrence Loo
Club of the Occidental Life Inaur
anca Co.