NEWS-TIMES OFFICE ?v 604 ArmMI St Marahud City Phone 6-4175 k ?.' !? I ? 3:00 a m 8:28 am. 3:28 pjn. 8:56 p.m. 4 " Hurricanes Cut Fish Production August's two hurricancs took a heavy toll in amount of fish landed in North Carolina. Tlv rrccnt sta tistical bulletin distributed by the Fish and Wildlife Service shows a decrease of 10 per cent in the catches. August's landings of fish and shellfish at North Carolina ports totaled 5.9 million pounds as com pared with 19 8 million in July. An 81 per cent drop in the menhaden catch accounted for most of the de cline, according to Charles Stew art. of the Beaufort Fish and Wild life lab who compiles the statistics Menhaden, 2.8 million pounds, led all other species in volume landed, followed by shrimp 18 million pounds, and hard crabs, 839,000 pounds. These three spe cies accounted for 89 per cent of the month's total landings^ Pounds of fish landed totaled 3 451 362 and total pounds of shell lish ' 5,942,873. (Clams, oysters, scallops arc reported in pounds of meat and all other species in round "'Again Carteret led all other coastal counties in seafood produc tion closely followed by Bruns wick. Third in production was Pamlico. JC's Announce Contest Judges as judges for the Morehead City Javcce Voice of Democracy con test at the Morehead City School ?,t Friday at 11 '"J? Kennedy, chairman of the pro iect, announced. - t Mr. Kennedy gave hia report at the weekly Jaycee meeting Mon day night at the Hotel Fort Macoiv Charles Willis. c0^,h?ir?" the Miss North Carolina pageant to be held in Morehead City next summer, said he would announce all committee chairmen at next week's meeting. L. G. Dunn reported on the loot ball program and stated that Morehead City made some money from the Dunn game. Herbert philltps reported that the Jaycees had a ("W "11"' the Morehead City S^ool carnival, and the ride added over $20 to the carnival's receipts. Members of the Jaycee. i who at tended the Saturday night party at the American Legion Hut re ported they Jiad a fine time jaycees will help unload surplus foods at the Curb Market in More head City on Nov. 9 at 2 p.m., Jerry Willis announced. C&D Distributes New Manual On Fishing Laws Compiler of Manual De fers Resignation to Help In Fisheries Division Raleigh? A new manual contain ing rules and regulations govern ing North Carolina commercial fisheries has been compiled and revised and is beini? distributed by the Department of Conversation and Development. The job of compiling and re vising was done by Eric W. Rod gers, whose resignation as assist ant to C&D Director Ben E. Douglas was to become effective today. Mr. Rodgers, who became assistant to Mr. Douglas April 30, 1954, has been asked to serve as commercial fisheries commissioner in the absence of C. G. Holland, who is ill. Then Mr. Rodgers is returning to active management and editing of the Scotland N*?ck Common wealth, a weekly newspaper he owns in Scotland Neck. The new manual, first to be is sued since 1952, brings all rules and regulations up to date with regard to all phases of commer cial fishing in the state. It also carries all laws pertaining to com mercial fisheries. "The manual as compiled and revised by Mr. Rodgers is an out standing job," said Mr. Douglas, who has high praise of Mr. Rodgers Copies of the newly revised manual carrying all rules and regulations governing commer cial fishing in North Carolina waters may be obtained by call ing or contacting the office of State Fisheries Commissioner, C. Gehrmann Holland, Camp Glenn. for the assistance he has rendered the C&D Department. Commissioner Holland under went an operation at New Bern Monday and is recovering satisfac torily. Mr. Rodgers, who was first named to the State Board of Con servation and Development by for mer Gov. R. Gregg Cherry in 1945 and who shortly thereafter became chairman of its commercial fish eries committee, was renamed to the board by the late Gov. Wil liam B. H instead in 1953, The Scotland Neck publisher again became chairman of the commercial fisheries committee as a result of his knowledge of the problems affecting commercial fishermen in the state. The C&D board, meeting last week in Waynesville, adopted a resolution expressing regret that Mr. Rodgers found it necessary to return to his newspaper duties. Governor Hodges, chairman of the C&D board, and Mr. Douglas also publicly praised Mr. Rodgers for services he has rendered the de partment and the state, as did Cecil Morris of Atlantic, chairman of the board's commercial fish eries committee. Rotations Hear About Baseball Leon A. Mann Jr. and Joe Mln atel spoke on the Little League Baseball program at the weekly meeting of the Newport Rotary Club Monday night at the Com munity Building. Both Mr. Mann and Mr. Minatel were introduced by the program chairman, Harry Lockey. Mr. Mann explained that the Little League program waa part of the Finer Carolina program for bettering recreational facilities. Mr. Minatel explained what the program was. and the necessity for raising further funds to make certain that the program functions properly next summer. Guests at the meeting included Morehead City Rotarians Dr. S. W. Thompson Jr., L. A. Daniels and Bob Howard. Federal Food Commodities To be Distributed Thursday One-Week Criminal, Civil T erm of Court Opens Monday A one-week term of Superior^ Court will get underway Monday morning at 10 o'clock at the court house, Beaufort. Judge William J. Bundy will preside. Eight cases will go to the grand jury Monday morning. They are Willie Murphy, bigamy; Mary Rhodes, bigamy; H. E. Hancock, fraud; Durwood Arnold Fulcher, drunken driving; Carlton Pittman, public drunkenness; Delbert R. Jones, breaking, entering and lar ceny; Robert B Binner, drunken driving, and Ellis Gray Gillikin, speeding. Cases to be heard that day are Rosa Carter, concealing birth; A. G. Green, possessing a quantity of tax-paid whisky; Charles Dennis Neal, drunken driving; Ronnie Nance, Earl Freeman Jr., Floyd Wickizer, and William Smith, breaking, entering and larceny and receiving stolen property; Ross Simpson, receiving stolen property. John Russell Zimmerman, man slaughter; Ford Joseph, larceny; Theodore Johnson alias Theodore Smith, whisky violation; Lerue Er nest Kelly, speeding; William Ben jamin Oswalt, drunken driving etc.; and James Edward Robinson, breaking, entering and larceny. Cases set for Tuesday: Lester. Babbitt, violation of game laws; Raymond Lewis, drunken driving etc.; James Franklin Lancaster, drunken driving; Ross Andrew Willis, speeding; Sidney Roland Hill, aiding and abetting drunken driving; Henry Hancock, fraud forgery; Robert Odell Oakley, drunken driving; and Willie R. Guthrie, violation of game laws. Wednesday's cases: Bernice Bra dy, Myrtle Turner, Myrtle Tyndall and Kay Cross, assault; Alicc Jones, assault; Ralph D. Draper Jr., drunken driving; Dederic Mor ris, drunken driving; Willie Mur phy, bigamy; Mary Rhodes, big See COURT, Page 2 Ilmenite Here? Coastal Carolina May Become Mining Area When people talk of industries for eastern Carolina, few consider the possibility of mining. Yet coastal areas Vcan become mining areas if the mineral, ilmenite, is here in sufficient quantity. Ilmenite, a source of titanium oxide, is found in "black sand." According to geologists and engi neers, this black sand is almost everywhere along the North Caro lina coast. During the recent Board of Con servation and Development meet ing at Waynesville negotiations were concluded to give to W. H. Rodenbeck and Associates, More head City, a contract to explore the underwater and shore areas along the coast. The contract, approved by At torney General William B. Rod man, will soon be signed by state officials and lessees. It gives Mr. Rodenbeck, an engineer with min ing interests in the western part of the state, the exclusive privi lege of searching for ilmenite. The contract is the result of months of negotiation, as well as effort on the part of Ben Douglas, director of the Board of Conserva tion and Development; Dr. J. L. Stuckey, state geologist; Scroop Enloe, chairman of the minerals committee and other officials, in cluding Cecil Morris, Atltntic, I chairman of the commercial fishr eriea committee. Used in Planes Because ilmenite provides tita nium it has become a valuable mineral in these days of jet air Officers Seek Man Who Tried to Stop School Bus Water Company Sets Forth Rates Being sent to water company customers this month is a mimeo graphed letter setting forth the new rates being charged. For the first 5,000 gallons the rate is 64 cents per thousand. The next 10,000 gallons used is billed at 56 cents per thoutand; the next 15,000 gallona at 52 cents per thousand; the next 20,000 at 44 cents per thousand; the next 50, 000 gallons at 36 cents per thou sand, the next 100,000 gallons at 25 ccnta per thousand and any over 200,000 gallons at 20 cents per thousand. Fire hydrant rental, which is paid by the towns of Beaufort and Morehead City, will advance from $30 to $60 a year. Minimum charges for the dif ferent type meters are also set forth in the letter as well as the rates for private sprinkler systems and air-conditioning units. Luther Ausbon of the firm, Williams and Wall, is auditing county books in the courthouse, Beaufort. ? Officers in Beaufort and More head City searched in vain Tuesday for a man who interfered with nor mal operation of a Beaufort School bus. Chief of Policc Guy Springle, Beaufort, said that between 7:30 and 8 Wednesday morning, a young heavy -s?t man in a gray Plymouth got out of his car and chased some children waiting for the school bus near the end of the Lennoxville Road. When the school bus came, he tried to get on, but the door was closed on him, the chief said. He then got in his car and raced ahead of the bus. and parked it crosswise on the road. The chief said he didn't know what happened after that, except that the bus arrived safely and on time at school. The incident waa reported to him by B. E. Tarking ton. principal. Children on the bus said that when the man opened the door of his car they saw a bottle of whisky lying on the seat. They obtained the license ndmber, a Pennsylvania tag 643Y8. The model car was 1954. The man was reported to have dark hair. Chief Springle notified the sheriff's department and the Morchead City police, but by yes terday no trace of him had been round. Anyone seeing the car la asked to contact the police. Fry Drivers Win Safety Awards Safety award* were preaented by Tty Roofing Co. to driven at Fry trucka recently at the Res Restaurant William E. Jarman, Beaufort RFD, received the five-year pward which included ? *23 check and an engraved billfold. Presentation of th? awards were mad* by Sgt..C. L. Tcague, New Bern, and Cpl. Ernest Guthrie. Jacksonville, both members of the sute Highway Patrol Other award winiMr? war* din ton V. Willis. Morehaad City, three-year award, a check for fao. Roberaon N. Lamm, Horehead City, two-year award, check lor 113; Fred Cannon, More head City RFD; Harvey Meadow*. Morehead , City, and Jamea A. McCoy, each received ? one-year award, checks for S10. Left to right In the picture are Mr. Willia, Corporal Guthrie, Ser geant Trague, Mr. Lamm, Mr. Meadowa. Mr. McCoy, Mr. Jarmaa and Mr. Cannon crift. It has the rare quality of holding its shape and retaining other physical properties under extreme heat. The speed with which jets cut through air causes friction and the result of friction is intense heat. Thus if planes are to hold together they must be constructed of a ma terial such as titanium. Mr. Ro denbeck says. "Eighty per cent of the structural weight of new fighter aircraft will be titanium." Titanium oxides are ingredients of paint and are far from unknown in industry, but they have zoomed into a new state of importance in the jet age. Mr. Rodcnbeck has been pros pecting in the coastal area for several months. The material he is looking for looks just like sagd only its black. There are, of course, impurities mixed in with it, but the black "heavy" grains are ilmenite. Large deposits in tremendous quantities must be found to jus tify any investment in factory ships or mills to handle the min eral. Mr. Rodenbeck has been giv en three years to explore because of the tremendous area to be cov ered, he expects to have some results within a year. ? Mr. Rodenbeck has assured Con servation and Development offi cials that exploration for, or min ing of ilmenite, will not disturb or destroy oyster or clam beds or pound net areas. Exploration Areas Areas which will be explored are the Neuse River and its trib utaries, South River, North River, Cedar Island Bay, West Bay, Long Bay, the Chowan River and tribu taries, Pungo River and Albemarle Sound, Core Sound, Cape Lookout Shoals and Back Sound. Mr. Rodcnbeck says that if suf ficient black sand reserves are found and if practical recovery processes are devised, eastern Carolina would be firmly estab lished in the new titanium indus try. "The success of this project," he continued "will materially aid all business and citizens in this area." Mr. Rodenbeck lives at 1705 Shackleford St., and is interested in other mining ventures in Mont gomery, Union and Vance Coun ties. Jet Crashes, Pilot Killed A Cherry Point Jet pilot was kill ed Tuesday during a training flight when his plane, an FJ2 Fury jet fighter crashed 10 miles southeast of Beaufort on the Yeatman farm. The pilot was First Lt. Mattison R. Ivey, 23, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ted H. Ivey, Abilene, Tex. The plane crashed and exploded at a point halfway between North River and Merrimon. Lieutenant Ivey was a member of the Second Marine Aircraft Wing. In addition to his parents, he is survived by his widow, the former Stella Francinc Travis of Abilene, and their 1-ycar-old daughter, Roge, of Havelock. The plane dug such a deep crater in the ground the hole had to be filled by a bulldoaer. The fire started by the exploding plane burned about an acre but was put out hy workmen on the farm and Marines. The first per mm upon the scene was Charles King who was hunt ing in the area. He and Charles Simpson then went into Beaufort and phoned Cherry Point authori ties. Most of the pieces of wreckage were removed by yesterday. This ia the second Jet fighter to crash in this county within a week. Last Wednesday afternoon Second Lt. Thomas Patrick Riley, Cherry Point, waa killed when his plane, an FBF8, crashed in the open grounds northeast of Beaufort. Tw? Apprehended Chief of Police Guy Springle, Beaufort, reports two apprehen sions for public drunkenness, Ger trude Hill, Sunday. Oct 30, and | Theodore Ricks, Tuesday. ? Cominj? into the county Wednesday will be the fed eral surplus foods to help families who were hard hit by the hurricanes. The food will be distributed at th? curb market, 13th and Evans Streets, Morehead City, next Thursday, Nov. 10, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Any food that is not needed will be sent back to Raleigh. It is due to arrive in Raleigh today from fed eral warehouses. Jaycees will help unload the com modities from the State Highway ;?nd Public Works Commission trucks which will bring the food here. Members of the Beaufort and Morehead City Junior Woman's Clubs will assist the county wel fare department staff in distribu tion Thursday. 265 Applied Miss Georgie Hughes, welfare superintendent, says a total of 265 applications were received for the surplus food, but all families have not been found eligible to receive it. She estimates that at least 200 families have been found to be in need. Everyone eligible will receive a letter from the welfare depart ment. Included with the letter will be an identification card Miss Hughes said the identification card must be presented Thursday when the families call for the food. If a member of the family does not call for the food, their identifi cation card may be presented by someone else, providing a note is sent by the absent party authoriz ing them to pick up tnfc food. People receiving the commodi ties must bring their own cartons or paper bags. The identification cards must then be retained by the families. How Much The federal government has set up a scale specifying how much food families shall be given. For example, a family of six will receive 8 pounds of butter, 10 pounds of cheese, two cans of dried milk (4V? pounds per can), three cans shortening,. (3 pounds per can), 12 pounds dried beans, 6 pounds rice, three 5-pound bags cornmeal and two 10-pound bags flour. This is a one-month supply. Thursday afternoon a representa tive of the State Department of Agriculture will be in Morehead City. He will see that foods not distributed are re loaded on the trucks and taken back to Raleigh. If families are found to be in need of food through the winter, another shipment of federal com modities can be requested by coun ty authorities. The surplus foods have been made available to all North Caro lina counties classified by the fed eral government as disaster areas. 15 Fanners Seek Help to Buy Grain Fifteen farmers have applied for help in buying grain at the Farm era Home Administration office in the postoffice building, Beaufort, according to Mias Lorraine Willis, who ia serving as FHA clerk. Misa Willis saya farmers can also make application for disaster re lief loans at the FHA office Mon days through Fridays from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. 1. M. Robbins, FHA supervisor, now visits the office each Thurs day. Last Thursday a total ol eight applications for loans were received. The loans are available for farm purchase, farm development, farm enlargement and buil< Ng improve ment. f Production em.*^ .'y !? us are also available I . aTrrf ' *.ao have had serious looses in agricultural production due to itorms. floods or other natural calamities, such as the recent hurricanes. Applications for loans and as sistance In buying grain are avail able at the FHA office on the sec ond floor of the postoffice build ing. X-RaysWillBe Given Next Week Free x-rays will be given at the x-ray trailer In Beaufort Tuesday and Wednesday and' In Moreheat City Thursday through Saturday. In Beaufort the trailer will M ' in front of House's Drug itora from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. The trailer will have the una hours In More he ad City Thursday and Friday, and on Saturday will be open from B a.m. to 12 now. It will be in front of the City Theatre. Letters have been Beat to alt ? those eligible far the ways.