W CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES
46th YEAR, NO. 10. THRf? SECTIONS TWENTY-TWO PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 3. 1956 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FB
New Beaufort Bridge
Cost Set at $725,000
Carteret Farmers to Receive Free
Grain Under New Relief Program
Defendant Gives
Notice of Appeal
Waiter Freeman Gaskins
Found Guilty Monday
Of Drunk Driving
Walter Freeman Gaskins ap
pealed and bond was ?et at $150
by Judge Herbert O. Phillips in
Morehead City Recorder's Court
Monday. Gaskins was found guilty
of driving drunk.
Gaskins was fined $100 and costs
and given a 90-day suspended sen
tence on condition that he stay
on good behavior for six months.
William Thomas McKay was
fined $50 and costs for careless
and reckless driving.
Three defendents, Mary Pickett,
Annie Midgett and Catherine Mor
ton, each charged with simple as
sault, were given 10-day suspended
jail sentences. They were ordered
to pay costs and stay on good be
havior for one year.
Costs Assessed
James I. Cagle was assessed
costs and must reimburse the hos
pital and Dr. Mike Brady in the
amount of $8 for medical treat
ment received. He was found
guilty of damage to personal prop
erty, disturbing the peace and dis
orderly conduct.
Cagle was given a suspended 10
day jail sentence on condition that
he stay on good behavior for six
months.
Gerald Arnold Jones was fined
$25 and costs for no operator's li
cense, with the full fine remitted
since a valid license was present
ed.
Leslie Morton was assessed costs
and given a 10-day suspended jail
sentence. He was told to stay on
good behavior for six months for
disorderly conduct and disturbing
the peace.
Costs were assessed agaihst Ar
chie Fleming, public drunk<?oess;
Hubert Webster Eason, over-road
weight; and Martha Lee Ranson,
Robert Bruce Fulcher and Thomas
Ralph Tillage, all for speeding.
Charge Dropped
A charge of no operator's li
cense against Donnie Gray Davis
was dropped and a charge against
him of running a red light, was
dismissed.
A charge of simple assault
against Jeffrey Ann Williams was
dropped, and a warrant charging
Abbott P. Rose with failing to
comply with a court order was
dismissed.
Cases against the following were
continued: William Eugene Hall,
James McMillan, Anita Margaret
Schwcnk and Paul Richard Taylor.
Improper Parking
Causes Wreck,
Patrolman Says
Mrs. Bertie Guthrie, Morehead
City, has been charged with im
proper parking as the result of an
accident at 7:30 Thursday night on
the Crab Point Road.
According to State Highway Pa
trolman W. J. Smith Jr., Mrs.
Guthrie parked her 1953 Chevro
let, headed north. It was struck
by a 1952 Chevrolet truck driven
by Joseph Lewis, Morehead City,
who was also headed north.
Patrolman Smith said that Lewis
was meeting another car and had
to get over to the right to avoid
hitting it. The right front of his
car hit the left rear of the Chevro
let. Damage to the truck was es
timated at $50 and damage to the
car at $200.
The State Highway and Public*
Works Commission has allocated
$725,000 lor building the new
bridge at Beaufort across Gallants
Channel. Location of the bridge,
which will enter town at the west
end of Cedar Street, was approved
July 20, 1955 by the Beaufort town
board.
At that time no allocation of
funds had been made, but W. H.
Rogers, senior engineer with the
State Highway and Public Works
Commission, estimated cost of the
project at $800,000.
According to information from
the State Highway offices at Ral
eigh yesterday, the state allocation
of $725,000 now must be approved
by the Bureau of Public Roads, a
federal agency, because federal
funds are to be used in the project.
Louis Payne, assistant to Mr.
Rogers, said that there is no doubt
that the federal agency will ap
prove, but the OK is not expectcd
before 45 days.
He estimated that it will be
July before bids will be taken.
The proposed bridge will consist
of two lanes with a 3-foot walk
way on each side. Cedar Street
will be paved to its intersection
with Highway 70. This project will
also include sidewalks, one on each
side of the 44-foot street surface.
The town of Beaufort will be re
quired to assume one-third of the
cost in obtaining the Cedar Street
right-of-way.
The draw on the new bridge will
be a swing span like that on the
Atlantic Beach Bridge.
The approach to the bridge from
the west will leave the causeway at
a point where businesses already
established on the causeway will
continue to be served. Mr. Rogers
said that plans also take into con
sideration the fact that a new
bridge will have to be built soon
across the Newport River.
The Cedar Street location of the
Beaufort bridge will permit use of
the present bridge until the new
one is completed.
J. L. Humphrey, county road su
perintendent, also reported yester
day on other highway projects in
the county. Building of the road
and new bridge aoross North River
has been delayed because of the
wet weather. That job is not being
let to contract but will be done by
the state.
Resurfacing projects to be done
this spring include the Roberts
Road and Masontown Road and per
haps the Broad Creek Road, Mr.
Humphrey said.
Roads at Marshallberg have been
rocked and will be surface treated,
with asphalt and chip stone soon.
Mr. Humphrey commented that
most of the county roads are "in
pretty good shape."
Rotary to Foster
Teen-Age Club
Newport Rotarians voted to
sponsor a Teen-Age Club at Mon
day night's meeting at the Com
munity Building. Edgar Hibbs,
president, was delegated to ap
point a committee to report on
the project at next week's meeting.
W. D. Roberts was in charge of
the program. He spoke on the teen
age recreation program and was
assisted by Newport students Jane
Glancy and Albert Wallace.
Rotarian Ed Comer also com
mented on the program and in
troduced Fred Lewis, director of
the Morehead City recreation pro
gram. Mr. Lewis told the Rotarians
that a program for Newport's teen
agers could and should be started.
Mr. Lewis explained the method
of operation of the program in
Morehead City.
GuesU at the meeting included
Morehead City Rotarians Walter
Edwards, Bill Carlton and Gerald
Mitchell.
News in a Nutshell
INTERNATIONAL
QUEEN ELIZABETH, touring
Nigeria, was honored this week by
Moslem "knights" who sat on
horses along the route she traveled
from the airport to Kaduna. They
wore Damascus steel trappings
which they have preserved over the
centuries to wear on special oc
casions.
EIGHT NATIONS now belong to
the Warsaw Military Pact, an or
ganization under the Soviet banner
which came into being two years
ago to counterbalance the North
Atlantic Treaty Organization. Mem
ber nations arc East Germany,
Russia. Czcchoslavakia, Poland,
Hungary, Bulgaria, Romania and
Albania.
NATIONAL
PRESIDENT EISENHOWER and
bis wile will reglsWr today as
voters in Adams county, rennsyi
vania. where the President's farm
is located.
SECRETARY OF DEFENSE Wil
son is considering cutting the re
quired military service period from
24 to 18 months for 100.000 draf
tees. This would also call for an
increase in monthly draft calls.
STATE
ADDITIONAL CUT in flue cured
tobacco acreage. from 12 to 20 per
cent, has brought wrath down upon
the head of Rep. Harold D Cooley,
who has introduced the bill in Con
gress. Nobody In the Bright Belt
seems to like the proposal.
KIDD BREWER. Raleigh, has
said he will run for lieutenant gov
ernor. The only other announced
candidate la Alonzo Edwards. Hook
erten, former president of tbe
State Farm Bureau.
Beaufort Chooses Contest
Projects Wednesday Night
f
Coast Guard
Starts Safety
Check Program
The Coast Guard is intensifying '
its boat-boarding program in this ;
area this year. !
Kenneth L. Baum, commanding <
officer of the Fort Macon Coast
Guard Station, says, "The Coast i
Guard is far more interested in j
this program on a safety basis <
than a law enforcement drive." i
He said all Coast Guard units I
will aid anyone wanting informa- I
tion on any problem about boats I
or equipment.
Lt. (jg) Lester Willis, command- j
ing officer of the Coast Guard j
Cutter Agassiz said that a lot of
motorboat license renewals come
up this year.
Licenses may be obtained 1
through Mr. Willis, renewed or !
duplicates issued. Lieutenant Wil
lis suggests that persons interested
in the licenses phone Fort Maeon
6-3135, to see whether the Agassiz
is in, before making the trip over (
there.
Director Sets
Rehearsal Dates
Mrs. Tressa Vickers, director, has
announced rehearsal schedules for
the Lions Club Talent Show to be
given Feb. 16 and 17.
On Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. at the
Hotel Fort Macon the following
arc to be present.
Floyd Stewart, Ray Cummins,
Gladys Colenda, Ed Walston, Ken
Fischler, Mrs. Margaret Davics,
Mrs. Frances Anne Bullock, Janice
Ray Kornprobit, Mrs. Ralph Wade,
Walt Hamilton, Haddic Hamilton,
Ralph Wade's Quartet, "Shirley,
Sherry and Sandra."
Sal Palazzo, Ruby Amos and
daughter. Kate Willis. Elizabeth
Arcndell, Bill Lewis. Walter Lewis,
John T. Willis, John H. Bunn, L. O.
Crowe, Ralph Albarcs, J. G. Ben
nett, John D. Willis, Elmer Wat
son, Owens Frederick, C. W. Wil
[liams, John Naf.
Naughty Willis, Frank Moran,
Lewis Hinson, Gordon Laughton,
Borden Wade, Kenneth Putnam,
Earl K. Wade, Francis Swanson,
Mrs. Virginia Hassell and Earl
Smith.
On Friday, Feb. 10 at 7:30 p.m.
at the Hotel Fort Macon, the fol
lowing arc to be present:
Mrs. George Mizesko, Victor
Wickizcr, Jack Morgan, Russell
Outlaw, David B. Webb, James
Crowe, Sam Guthrie, Mr. and Mrs.
Hcslep, Edith Hall, Ken Fischler, ,
A1 Dewey, Lillian F. Giddcns, Lee
Frances, Bob Murphy, Colette Bal
lou and Sam Adler.
John Memakis, Alvin Gamer,
McDonald Willis, George Eastman,
Louise Morgan, Duffy Rowc, K. C.
Stiles, Mrs. Harvell's Square
Dancers and Madeline Royal.
Hodges, Nelson
Wills Probated
Wills of Laura Kcaton Hodges
and Charles G. Nelson, both of ,
Morehead City, have been probated
and filed in the office of the clerk
of superior court, Beaufort.
Mrs. Hodgea left all her proper
ty, real and personal, to her hus
band, A. C. Hodges. The will was
drawn Aug. 28, 1942 and witnessed
by Mary D. Nash and S. B. Nash
Jr., both of Raleigh.
The Nelson will, drawn Nov. 1.
1959, was witnessed by Charles D.
Stewart, R. L. Whitehurst and Ed
ward J. Willis.
To his son, Eric, Mr. Nelson
gave his home and five acres of
land at Gloucester. Other property
at Gloucester was divided among
his wife. Pearl, and children, Ger- :
aldine, Ellen, and Eloise N. Pig- I
gott.
He specified that one lot be sold i
to cover debta, if the debts were :
not covered by Insurance. He also
allotted a portion of land to his ?
grandchildren, Lida May and '
Charles O. Pigott, requesting that
this land be sold to cover costs I
of their education. I
Five projects underway in Beau-*
ort have been earmarked as Finer
Carolina projects for 1956.
The projects were adopted at a
Finer Carolina meeting attended
>y 25 persons Wednesday night at
Uolden's Restaurant. Ray Wheat
ey was named Finer Carolina
.'hairman, succeeding Ronald Earl
Via son.
Mr. Mason introduced George
Stovall, manager of Carolina Power
ind Light Co., who spoke on this
year's program. Towns which carry
)ut the best town improvement
projects, in the estimation of
oP&L judges, receive cash awards.
Beaufort's projects and those
Aho were put in charge of them
ire as follows: cafeteria for Queen
Street School and school equip
ment, Randolph Johnson, princi
pal; quick suits for firemen, Beau
Fort Fire Department; street im
provements, Beaufort Town Board;
launching ramp for small boats,
Beaufort Chamber of Commerce,
and mosquito and pest control,
town of Beaufort.
The alternate project selected is
recreation. This would include ob- 1
taining of swimming facilities and
publication of a pamphlet on the
history of Beaufort.
Members of the steering commit
tee, in addition to Mr. Whcatley,
are Mrs. E. W. Downum, Mrs. G.
W Duncan, Mrs. Billy Davis, Mayor
Clifford Lewis, Gerald Hill. Dr. W.
L. Woodard, Mrs. Roma Noc, Mr.
Mason and Mr. Stovall.
Mrs. Adam Mctz and Mrs. Wiley
Taylor Jr. were named publicity
chairmen.
Beaufort Baby Dies
Of Suffocation Yesterday
Jeromo Kermitt Davis, nine
wcck-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Wil
liam Davis, 131 Vi Craven St.
died of accidental suffocation
Thursday morning.
Graveside service* will be held
at 10 o'clock this morning in
the family cemetery, Otway.
Surviving are the parents and a
two-year-old brother.
He Undoubtedly
Saw His Shadow
Yesterday was Groundhog Day.
And if the old sleepy hedgehog,
groundhog, rodent, or whatever
you want to call him, stuck his
head outside his door yesterday
he was almost certain to see his
shadow.
That means six more weeks of
winter. Brrrrr! So don't pack
away those red flannels yet. Mr.
Groundhog has kept his on and
has snuggled down to finish his
snooze.
Band Students
Go to Greenville
Five band students, accompan
ied by their instructors, Frank
Jones of Beaufort and Ralph Wade
of Morehead City, have been se
lected to attend the All-State Band
Clinic at Greenville this weekend.
The Beaufort students arc Jackie
Chaplain, drummer; Jimmy Mur
phy, trumpeter, and Sammy Mer
rill, clarinetist.
The Morehead City students are
Watson Morris, clarinetist, and
Billy Rich, trombonist.
The clinic begins at East Caro
lina College today and ends to
morrow.
Members of bands in 34 schools
throughout Eastern North Caro
lina will attend, wearing their
band uniforms.
Gordon Nash, chairman of the
department of music at Appala
chian _ State Teacher* College,
Boone, will conduct the clinic
band.
Following rehearsals, the band
will give a concert tomorrow night.
It will be open to the public.
The students will be housed on
the East Carolina campus or in
private homes during the clinic.
Four Countians
To Help Direct
NCFA Activities
Fisheries Organization
Elects Officers at
Annual Meeting
Four Carteret men were elected
directors of the North Carolina
Fisheries Association at the annual
meeting Monday night at Wash
ington, N. C.
They arc Clayton Fulcher Jr.,
Atlantic, W. H. Potter, Beaufort,
Capt. Ottis Purifoy and George R.
Wallace, Morehcad City. Mr Ful
cher represents the shrimp fish
ery, Captain Purifoy represents
the Morehcad City area, Mr. Wal
lace the menhaden, and Mr. Potter
is a director-at-large.
Garland Fulcher, Oriental, was
elected president of the associa
tion, succceding Earl Holton, Van
demere, who was clccted vice
president. George Garner, New
Bern, was re-elected secretary
treasurer.
Officers were elected at a direc
tors' meeting following the bus
iness meeting. Other directors, in
addition to the Carteret men, are
Roy Watson, Lowland, finfish; Sam
McCotter, Vandcmcre, shellfish;
Clyde Potter, Belhavcn, crab fish
cry; directors by geographical
area: Lewis Hardee, Southport;
Garland Fulcher, Pamlico; and
Dick O'Neal, Hatteras. Directors
from the New River and Albe
marle areas are yet to be elected.
1 1. E. Hudson, Vandcmcre, is a di
rector-at-largc. >
Fred Whitaker, Kinston, who
spoke during the meeting on the
value of publicity, was employed
as public relations man for the
association.
He will publish a monthly bul
letin which will be sent to mem
bers of the association and those
in the fishing industry.
Thirty-five persons were pres
ent. O. Barbour Jr. and G. B.
Talbot, both of Beaufort, were
present.
Stanley Gillikin, Otis Godwin Will
Take Bank-Sponsored Farm Training
Engineers Award
Breakwater Jobs
Two contracts have been award
ed by the Corps of Engineers for
building breakwaters at Oriental
and Uatteras.
Doing the job at Oriental will
be Goodwyn and Walls, Norfolk,
who bid $78,186 on constructing
an 800-foot stone breakwater at
Oriental.
Wannamaker and Wells, Orange
burg, S. C., will build at a cost of
$91,125 a two-wing stone break
water, totaling 693 feet, at Hat
teras. Both firms are to begin the
work within the next month.
Bids on enlarging the entrance
channel at Oriental and dredging
Bardens Inlet were opened Tues
day at Wilmington. Both bids sub
mitted were rejected because they
were above 25 per cent of the es
timated government cost.
Atkinson Dredging Co., Norfolk,
bid $83,420 and Norfolk Dredging
Co., Norfolk, bid $75,340. The gov
ernment estimated the Job would
cost $48,791.
The two-fold project will be re
advertised. Invitations for bids arc
expected to go out within the
next 30 days.
Barden's Inlet is to be dredged
lo a depth of 7 feet, 100 feet wide.
Tides at the Beaufort Bar
Tide Table
HIGH
LOW
Friday, Feb. I
1:29 a.m.
1:47, p.m.
7:51 am.
8:07 p.m.
Saturday, Feb. 4
2:22 a.m.
2:42 p.m.
8:56 a.m.
9:00 p.m.
Sunday, Feb. S
3:17 a.m.
3:44 p.m.
9:56 a.m.
10:06 p.m.
Mouday, Feb. (
1:16 a.m.
1:47 p.m.
10:49 a.m.
10:56 p.m.
Tuesday, Feb. 7
5:13 a.m.
3:44 p in.
11:38 a.m.
11:49 p m
scntcd by two young farmers Mon
day when the fourth annual short
course in modern farming opens
at N. C. State College in Raleigh.
The two-week school , for young
farmers is sponsored by the banks
of North Carolina.
Representing this county will be
Stanley Gillikin, Bettic, and Otis
E. Godwin, Stella, according to
James R. Sanders, who ia County
Key Banker for thia county.
Mather Slaughter, Newport RFD,
who was originally scheduled to
attend the course, is unable to go
and was replaced by Mr. Godwin.
The annual short course is one
of many projects sponsored by the
North Carolina Bankers Associa
tion to encourage better farming.
Tar Heel bankers have won a na
tional award for 11 straight years
for the excellence of their farm
activities.
All of the young farmert attend
ing the short course are being
sponsored by their local banks
which pay the entire expenses of
the boys. The boys are lelected
by farm leaders in each county in
cooperation with the bankers.
For most of the young farmers,
it will be their only opportunity
to attend college. While the two
week course does not offer a com
plete education, it will teach the
young men how to avail themaclvcs
of latest farming technology by
consulting with State College, the
State Department of Agriculture,
and the Extension Service.
The young farmers will live on
the State College campus during
their two-week stay in Raleigh.
They will dine at the college cafe
teria. They will attend at least two
baakctball games at the State Col
lege Coliseum.
Last year, more than ISO boys
from about 80 counties attended
the short course. This year'i en
rollment will exceed 180, repre
senting about 90 countiea.
Charter Reinstated
The Lighthouse Restaurant, Inc.,
Atlantic Beach, has been reinstat
ed as a corporation. According to
Thad Eure, secretary of state, the
firm haa complied with the law,
thus correcting the reasons for its
suspension as a corporation sev:
?tal week* ago.
Director Lists
Staff Additions
G. B. Talbot, director of the
Fish and Wildlife Laboratory,
Beaufort, has announced the ad
dition of six new staff members.
On the shad project they are
Paul Nichols from Diana, W. Va.,
who is a graduate of Michigan
State University; Mayo Judy, a
native of West Virginia, is a gra
duate of the University of West
Virginia and lives with his wife
and two children in Beaufort; also
Marlin Tagatz, a native of Osh
kosh, Wis., and a graduate of the
University of Wisconsin. He also
lives in Beaufort.
New staff members on the
striped bass project are Edward
Fody, born in New York City, gra
duated from the University of
Miami and is now living in More
head City; and Robert D. Lewis,
Gastonia. N. C., who is a graduate
of State College, Raleigh, and is
living in Beaufort.
The sixth new staff member,
Leon Kirkland. originally from
Alabama, attended Berca College,
and is living in Morehcad City
with his wife and two children.
He is working on the menhaden
project.
Building Inspector
Issues Four Permits
Construction of three garages
and one dwelling covers the num
ber of building permits issued by
A. B. Roberts, building inspector
for Morehcad City during the
month of January.
Permits were issued to , L. E.
Tootle, Bay Street, for a dwelling
to cost $3,000; garages, Wallace S.
Rhodes. *350; K. W Olson. M7S;
Carl D. Gardner, >489. Total es
timated coat of new structures,
14.310.
Although construction work has
started on the new building for
the Waterfront Cafe, no permit to
date haa been Issued covering this
project.
Agriculture Offices Are
Taking Applications Now
Under a new federal disaster relief program, Carteret
farmers can now receive feed grains free of cost.
B. J. May, chairman of County Agriculture Technical
Committee, said that this program is not to be confuse^
with the 1955 program whereby farmers were asked to pay
part of the cost for hay and feed.
Farmers must apply for the free feed. The applications
may De oniainea ai me iarm
agent's office, the ASC office, Soil
Conservation or FHA office, all in
the postoffice building, Beaufort,
or they may be obtained from vo
cational agriculture teachers, C. S.
Long at Newport and Joe Owens
at Smyrna.
Use of the free grain is limited
to maintaining farm workstock,
and producing milk, meat and eggs
for home use only, Mr. May said.
10 Counties Eligible
The program, which has been put
into effect in 10 eastern Carolina i
counties, has been approved by the
U. S. Department of Agriculture to
help farmers in the hurricane
areas.
Many farmers lost their feed
crops in last year's storms.
"This disaster relief feed pro
gram," Mr. May said, "is designed
to tide over for a trying period
certain small farmers who other
wise might be forced to sacrifice
their mules, family milk cows,
backyard chicken flock and pigs. "
To be eligible for the free grain,
the farmer must be without money
to- purchase sufficient feed for his
livestock. The grain must be fed
only to livestock and except for
workstock, only to those animals
which provide food for the family.
Farmers who normally buy grain
(do not grow their own) will not
be eligible for the free feed.
Neither will the applicant be eligi
ble if he has been approved, dur
ing the 60 days prior to applica
tion, under the emergency feed
program. In that program farmers
were required to pay part of ttlc
cost of Oftin. The government ?fid
$1 per hundred pounds.
"I believe quite a few farmers
in this county will be eligible for
free feed," Mr. M.iy commented.
The feed will probably be available
until the feed crops grown this
summer arc harvested.
Shipped by Rail
As soon as enough orders are
obtained to make a carload, the
grain will be shipped and farmers
approved for receiving it will call
for it.
The County Agricultural Techni
cal Committee will approve or dis
approve the applications. Members
of that committee, in addition to
Chairman May, arc R. M. Williams,
county agent, David Jones, soil
conservationist; I. M. Robbins, FHA
supervisor, and C. S. Long, agricul
ture teacher at Newport.
The program is being adminis
tered by the Commodity Credit
Corporation.
Counties eligible, in addition to
CarUrct, are Onslow, Pender. Cra
ven, Beaufort, Hyde, Tyrell, Dare,
Pamlico and Washington.
C. N. Killmon
Retires Tuesday
Chief Charles N. Killmon, at
one time officer-in-charge of the
Coast Guard Radio Repair Shop
at Morehead City, retired from
the service Tuesday at the Coaat
Guard Air Station. Elizabeth City.
Chief Killmon had served effi
ciently for 20 years. 11 months
and 16 days at the time of his re
tirement, according to an an
nouncement made by ("apt. A. J.
DeJoy. commanding officer at the
air station. The chief was present
ed an 18-inch power saw by his
shipmates.
Chief Killmon enlisted in the
Coast Guard in 1935 at Baltimore,
Md.. and has served all over the
world with the Coast Guard since
that time.
He chased rum runners during
prohibition, hunted for icebergs
on the International Ice Patrol,
maintained many a long radio
watch during the bleak, stormy
nights in the North Atlantic on a
convoy escort during World War
II.
Chief Killmon earned the Good
Conduct Medal; the American Cam
paign Medal, the Asiatic, Pacific
Campaign Medal, the American
Defense Service Medal, the World
War II Victory Medal and the Na
tional Defense Service Medal.
The Killmons plan to make their
home in Morehead City,
New Patrol Car*
State Highway Patrolmen R. H.
Brown and W. J. Smith Jr. have
received new 1956 Ford patrol
cars.
Five States Will
Be Represented
AtHarborSession
Five states will be represented
at Raleigh next Friday when water
ways projects are discussed in the
South Atlantic Regional meeting of
the Rivers and Harbors Congress.
Mayor George Dill, Morehesd
City, who served as co-chairman of
the North Carolina delegation to
the National Congress at Washing
ton last May, said that in his esti
mation deepening of the Morehead
City harbor is the most important
navigation project on the North
Carolina coast.
He believes it should be given
top priority when the South At
lantic projects arc placed before
the National Rivers and Harbors
Congress this year.
Those expected to attend the re
gional meeting from this area, in
addition to Mayor Dill, are W. H.
Potter, Gene Smith, and Norwood
Young, Beaufort; Joe DuBois, D.
(J Bell. Dr. John Morris, William
H. White and Bernard Leary,
Morehead City.
Beaufort is interested in build
ing up Bird Shoal to fortify it
against hurricanes and thus protect
the town. It is also jiovtpd that
ch?nncls leading te otheH eel ions
oFthe roast from the east efcd of
Taylor's Creek will be dredged.
The Raleigh meeting was called
by W. Avery Thompson, Lake Wac
camaw, who was elected director of
the South Atlantic Region last
year. States in this region, besides
North Carolina, are South Caro
lina, Georgia, Florida, and Ala
bama.
The meeting will begin at 10
a.m. in the hall of the House.
Dr. Earl Deubler
Joins UNC Staff
Dr. A F. Chestnut, director of
the UNC Institute of Fisheries
Research, has announced the ap
pointment of Dr. Earl E Deubler
Jr. to the faculty of the univer
sity in the rank of assistant pro
fessor. Dr. Deubler is engaged in
finfish investigations. He will be
concerned primarily with develop
ing a program of research on the
early life histories of North Caro
lina fish.
Dr. Deubler is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Earl Deubler of Sayre, Pa.
After graduation from Sayre High
School in 194!), he served with the
U. S. Navy in Japan until late
1946. He obtained his bachelor's
degree from Moravian College in
1990 and earned his Ph.D. from
Cornell University in 1903.
In the period from March 1991
through September 1933 he served
as research assistant and associate
on the oceanographic study of
New York Bight under Office of
Naval Research contract.
At Cornell he held aaalstantshi^a
in general toology, vertebrate
zoology, and ichthyology.
He was the recipient of a Gra
duate Study Honorarium from
New York State Science Service
for the summer of 1934. Since
July 1935 he was associated with
the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Ser
vice.
Dr Deubler married the former
Dorothy Livingston of Owego, New
York. With their son, David, Um
Deublcrs live in Beaufort.
Throo Charged with Using
Lights to Look for Door
Docketed for appearance la
county court yesterday were three
men, charged with "firclighUaf*
doer.
Apprehended last Friday night
on the road to Merrimon were
Jimmy Gillikin. Laurie Guthrto
and Oakley Willis. According to
Game Warden Winfiald Rhyno.
the three men were driving slowly
along the Merrimon Rood shining
their car spotlight into the wood?
on el I her side. In the car wort
two shotguns and loada at buck
shot, the game warden said.