KCWSJOUU OFFICE B04 AremUll St. Moreheed City PhoM 6-4178 CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES 46th YEAR, NO. 11. TWO SECTIONS TEN PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1956 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS County Board Gives Approval To VD Regulation County commissioners gave their approval yesterday to a proposed regulation for control of venereal disease in this county and recom mended that the regulation be for mally approved by the County Board of Health. The proposal was presented by David P. Hammond, Jacksonville, and Dr. J. A. SoqucI, Wilmington, who arc affiliated with the U. S. Public Health Service. Requires Test The regulation would give the county health officers the authori ty to require all migrant laborers entering this county to have a blood test for syphilis or any other examination necessary to determine the presence of venereal disease. After the health officer exer cises this authority, persons who refuse to have the tests will be con sidered guilty of a misdemeanor and may be fined up to $50 or im prisoned 30 days. The legulation will bccome ef fective Aug. 6, 1956. To Set Up Clinic Dr. Soquel said that during the fishing season the health authori ties plan to set up a clinic on the waterfront where fishermen can be tested. He said that few of them know that VD treatment now takes 5 minutes whereas in past years it took months. That's why a lot of them refuse the blood test. Mr. Hammond said that fish fac tory and boat owners in this area have been cooperative, but he said the attitude of some of the boat captains last fall was "discourag ing." Mr. Hammond went aboard the boats and offered to test any fisherman who wanted to be tested. Infection Rate Of those who voluntarily took the test, 24 per cent were found to be infected with VD. Dr. SoqucI said that because the incubation period of the disease is 60 to 90 days, migrant workers carry the disease from one stale to the other. Most seldom give a thought to their trouble being venereal disease. The testing program will be car tied out here at no cost to the county. Dr. Soquel said this is the on^y county in whicti this tegling program has been attempted to date. Chairman Lists Workers' Names Mrs. W. M. Brady, Morchcad City chairman of the 1956 Heart Fund drive, has announced names of volunteer workers. They arc Mrs. G. C. Cooke, Mrs. Ed Swann, Mrs. J. T. Mott, Mrs. Walt Hamilton. Mrs. Walt Fried richs, Mrs. Hendrix Wells, Mrs. Al bert Harris, Mrs. Harvey Hamilton Jr., Mrs. S. A. Chalk, Mrs. Dick Parker, Mrs. Alvah Hamilton Jr. Mrs. Ed Faucette, Mrs. Silas Thome, Mrs. William Baugham, Mrs. Marion Mills, Miss Elizabeth Lambeth, Mrs. E. C. Watson, Mrs. Josiah Bailey, Mrs. Dom Femia, Mrs. William Fahy, Mrs. Roma Sty ron. Mrs. Walter Patrick. Mrs. Jack Morgan, Miss Alida Willis, Mrs. A. Guthrie, Mrs. Ted Hardy, Mrs. David Willis, Mrs. Al bert Lea, Miss Betty Barludalc and Mrs. Floyd Stewart. Chairman of the Carteret division of Nortii Carolina Heart Associa tion is Dr. Theodore Salter, Beau fort. Woman Suffers Knife Wound in Chest Sunday Stitches were required Sunday to clocc a knife wound in the left up per chest of Lucinda Fisher, Beau fort. The victim of the knifing told po lice that she was cut by a Saul Barnwell and swore out a warrant for his arrest The cutting alleged ly took place in a home in the 800 block of Pine Street, Beaufort. Learning Made Easy At Newport, two Explorer! In the Boy Scout program become acquainted with community affairs by checking the recently-acquired two-way radio equipment on the Newport fire trucks. The boys, Phillip Gurganus, left, and David Miller are observing this week, with others throughout the nation, the 46U> anniversary of Boy Scouts of America. Two Men Fined $250 Each For Hunting Deer with Lights Rofarians See Air Defense Film Look to the Sea, a movie made by the Glenn L. Martin Co., avia tion firm, was shown to Morehcad City Rotariana Thursday night at their meeting at Fleming's res taurant. The movie was shown by Ro tarian H. L. Joslyn. Appearing in It ttgr Mr. Maty**! *on, Lt 6:46 a n. 12:31 a.m. 7:13 p.m. 1-08 p.m. Friday, Feb. 16 7:26 a.m. 1:16 a.m. 7J1 p.m. 1:90 p.m. CD Official Clarifies Policy In response to inquiries by the Beaufort Fire Department, R. C. Nicholson, deputy director of Civil Defense, has clarified CD policy on obtaining equipment for use by firemen in rescue work. Mr. Nicholson said that Civil Defense will not match funds on one or Iwo items in ? rescue out fit. The entire outfit must be pur chased. He further stated that Civil De fense will not provide matching funds for the purchase of surplus government property, but added, . . wc are hoping that this Con gress will pass the bill which will allow Civil Defense to secure sur plus property on the same basis that schools and hospitals are eli gible to receive it." Mr. Nicholson gave the above information in a letter received here yesterday. Court Income Totals m County receipts from courts during the month of January to taled $2,568.29, according to ? re port given the county board by A. H. James, clerk of court, yester day. Received from county court was $1,745.90, from superior court $213.20, from Morchcad City Re corder's Court $474.55. ? Probate and clerk's fees amounted to $135.04. The county board, upon recom mendation of Mr. James, author ized the employing of Mrs. V. C. Baker as court recorder during superior court. Mrs. Baker is for mer owner and manager of Baker's Business College, Greenville. The next term of court in March will be a civil term. The term in April will be criminal, but Mr. James said there will probably be a special week of court for trial of both civil and criminal eases this spring. Driver Charged With Hit and Run Alvin Leslie Morrla, charged with hit and run. was apprehended by Morehead City police at 12:40 Sunday morning at the Edgcwatcr Hotel, Morehead City. Morehead City police got a call from Beaufort reporting that Ron nie Nance, Beaufort, driving a 1990 Ford, had been hit in Beau fort by a car Identified ai a "green Nash, about a IMS" and were given the license number. Police located the car leas than half an hour after the call was re ceived. Morris was placed under $200 bond and has been docketed for appearance in County Recor der's Court. Report Given Miss Alida Willis, chairman at the March of Dimes drive In the county, reports that the total re ceived was (4,300 as of yesterday afternoon. Bids on New County Jail Will be Opened March 1 Navy Patrol Vessel Will Be Named for Beaufort Hubert Gillikin Enjoys TV Set Given by Readers Hubert Gillikin is thrilled with his TV set. Readers of THE NEWS TIMES made possible his receiving the set by contributing money toward the project before Christmas. Mrs. Golda Gillikin, his married sister, who is now living at Otway, reported Saturday that Hubert, who is 18, is extremely happy with the gift, and plans soon to write a note thanking the people here in his home county who made it possible. Hubert, a native of Otway, is living with his mother and bro thers and sisters at Paulsboro, N. J. Because of a spinal ailment he must lie in bed constantly, on his stomach. He has been treated in the past at three different hospitals in this state, including Sea Level Hos pital. The family has received help from both the County Wel fare Department and the Society for Crippled Children. His sister, Mrs. Gillikin, re vealed her brother's desire for a TV before Christmas, remarked that lots of his friends here send him little gifts and that if they chose to give money instead, it could be used for a TV. THE NEWS TIMES readers gen erously responded. Through their admirable Chriftmas spirit, they have made many tiresome hours happy ones for Hubert. Police Get False Stolen Car Report Morchcad City police have been bothered recently by false reports of stolen cars. A person who identified him self as Glenn Sutton called the police station Saturday night and reported that a 1952 Ford had been stolen. He described the car and police later picked up Harold C. Mc Laughlin, Cherry Point, who was driving the car. He was released when he produced a bill of sale, for the car, which was made out to him. The Navy's patrol vessel's, whieh have been known only by hull num bers, will soon be distinguished by the names of cities of the United States. PCS-1387 will become the USS Beaufort, after both Beaufort, S. C. and Beaufort. N. C. Carteret's town is in the Fifth Naval District and the other town in the Sixth. When there is more than one city of the name chosen for a patrol vessel, the ship is consid ered equally associated with all of the namesake cities. The names are to be assigned to 141 submarine chasers, escorts and rescue escorts, and were chosen from cities with a population be tween 2.500 and 10.000. The change, which will become effective Feb. 15, is in line with the Navy's policy of assigning names instead of numbers to as many ships as possible. Of the 141 patrol vessels to be named, 32 are in commission and the remainder are in the inactive fleet. The USS Beaufort is one of the active duty ships at the present time. Morehead Will Draft 'Finer' Program Friday Morehead City will draft its Finer Carolina program for 1956 at a dinner meeting Friday night at the Sanitary Fish Market and Restaurant. The meeting will start at 7 p.m. Seven tentative projects for the 1B5B contest were selected at a meeting of the steering committee Thursday night at the Chamber of Commerce office. These projects will be placed before community leaders for adoption or rejection. Other pro jects may be suggested that night. Project chairmen, a general chairman, publicity chairmen and a steering committee will be named. Attending Thursday's meeting were H. S. Gibbs Jr., general chair man of the 1955 program, Dr. A. F. Chestnut, Mrs. A. B. Roberts, George Stovall, Dr. John Morris, Dr. Russell Outlaw, Jasper Bell, Owens Frederick, and J. A. Du Bois. Host for the dinner will be Caro lina Power and Light Co. ? Bids on the county's new $70,000 jail will be opened at 2 p.m. Thursday, March 1, at the courthouse, Beaufort, according to plans made yesterday at the February mee? ing of the county commissioners. Opening of the bids will be public. Officials present will be members of the jail committee, consisting of Sheriff Hugh Salter, Commissioner Harrell* Taylor, and James I). Potter, audi tor. Moses Howard, chairman of the board, will be present also. Plans for the jail were formally approved yesterday by the commis sioners and the contract signed with the architect, B. II. Stephens and Son. The old jail will be torn down. The new jail will be located on ap proximately the same site and will be two stories high. It will be connected to the court room of the courthouse with an overhead passage from the second floor which will enable taking pris oners from the jail to the court room without going outdoors. There will be separate quarters for white and colored prisoners, and separate cells for juvenile of fenders. The sheriff's office and an interrogation room will also be housed in the new building. There will be a two-bedroom apartment for the jail keeper. The building will be of fireproof con struction. Robert Stephens, who presented the plans, said the plans had received approval of all the state agencies concerned with jails ? health, welfare and the depart ment of labor. Mr Stephens, who was accom panied by his father, B. H. Ste phens, said that plans will probably be in contractors' hands by the end of this week. Before the plans were finally adopted, the commissioners sug gested a change in the heating sys tem which the architects have agreed to make. The county is borrowing the money to build the jail. CP&L Protests Freight Rate Rise Carolina Power & Light Co. is protesting the proposed ?cven per cent hike in railroad freight rates. A plea to the Interstate Commerce Commission asserted the increase would have cost CP&L an extra $384,329 last year. Production Engineer Raymond S. Talton asserted that 845 per | cent of CPitL's power is produced ( with coal, which is hauled exclu sively by rail. Last year's freight bill was $5,- . 490.411, or 20.2 per cent of total ] operating costs, he said. An increase as big as railroads ( have proposed would creatc a "ser ious problem," he added. The Util ities Commission has protested the increase, declaring that freight rates have risen 83 per cent since World War II. In th? Spotlight Ammie Willis, Davis, Hunts With Skill of Davy Crockett By HAL SHAPIRO Sincc the early 1830'i rugged Ammic Willis of Davis, a native of Carteret County, has been tak ing sportsmen on hunting and fish ing trips. As a matter of fact Mr. Willis's first party in 1922 consisted of the then-Heavy weight Champion of the World, Bob Fitzslmmons, brought here by Coach F. M. Sim mons of Charlotte. Another sports luminary who ?mploycd Ammic, one of Carteret's bestknown guides, was the im mortal Babe Ruth, Baseball's King of Swat. Ammic took the Babe on three trips, on etch one he brought with him a party from New York, a (act which in itself attests that Ammie made sure they went home hap py with the rciults of their trip. Ammic wn born in Dmvii on April 4, 1892. and though he re ceived very little formal education, hii cronies will tell you he's ? mighty smart fellow. At the age of 13, Ammle's fa ther died, and he became the breadwinner for his mother, grand mother and his five brothers and sisters. Worke* for Factory His first job was working at a fertilizer plant for 90 cents > day. His job consisted of stowing scrap fish for the A. F. Davis fish fac tory. . Jkmmie followed up this work by running oyster shells to llydo Fboto by Roy Eubank* Ammie Willis . , . with two floating friend* County in ? aallboat. He vividly remembers that the itreeU In Elizabeth City and Washington, N. C. wen originally paved with ?Ml*. On one of these trips, starting Dec. 1 and elding Dec. 29, (or which he received 114, Ammie ?ays people claimed "the (roat wai 8m (iuine, rage i Two Delegations Request County For Road Help Delegations from Marshallberg and Willislon appeared before the county board at its meeting in the courthouse yesterday and request ed road improvements. The Marshallberg delegation, which included E. Neal Jones, re quested that three-tenths of a mile by the Methodist parsonage at Sleepy Creek be put on the county system. The board tentatively approved the request since the county's three-mile allotment for new road on the county system has already expired for this fiscal year. The next allotment doesn't come due until July 1. Petitioners said there is a boat building business and 10 houses on the road. The delegation from Williston asked that improvements be made to the Nassau Road which runi to a dead end in the Williston com munity. J. L. Humphrey, county road superintendent, said he could probably improve the drainage but had no authority to put rock on Ihe road. In the Williston delegation were Mrs. Harry Gibbs, Mrs. Lydia Wade, James Wade and Ben Wig gins. The board agreed to advance Fred McDanicI, contractor, *500 an a bill for digging a drainage ditch in Town Creek, Beaufort. The work was done under the state mosquito control program late last fall. The county expects to be reimbursed with federal funds. Mr. McDaniel, who appeared be fore the board, said that the job cost $3,770. Of that amount he has been paid $1,008 in federal funds. In the afternoon session the (ward drew jurors for the March term of court. Attending the board meeting, in iddition to the chairman, Moses Howard, were Commissioners Skin ner Chalk, Harrell Taylor, Walter Keomans; and Alvah Hamilton, county attorney. Firemen Name Fund Trustees John Hill, Beaufort, wis reap pointed to the Beaufort Firemen'i Relief Fund committee by Insur ance Commissioner Charles Gold, Raleigh, according to an announce ment made at the Beaufort fire men's meeting Thursday night at the fire station. Others on the committee are Clarence Davis Jr., Gerald Wool ird, Leon Swain and Chief Charles Harrell. Read at the meeting was a copy jf a letter written by Miss Huth Peeling, Civil Defense director, relative to the department's obtain ing Civil Defense funds for rescue iquipment. The firemen announced that they had 93 fire calls iu 1999 aa against >nly 72 in 1994. They urge all res idents of Beaufort and eastward to guard against fire. Ten members of the group, in cluding Chief Harrell. attended the -eccnt East Carolina Firemen'i \ssoeiation meeting at Wilson. The meeting Thursday night was veil attended. Thirty-nine of the SO members were present. Couple Slightly Hurt as Car Upsets Mr. and Mrs. Alfred N. Strey, ilavelock, escaped with minor in urics at 10 o'clock Sunday morn ng when their car upset on tile >ke Road near Newport a mile ;a?t of the Carteret-Craven line. State Highway Patrolman R. H. irown Mid that Strey was pro ?ceding cast at about 45 miles an lour when he decided to turn iround. He turned right Into the drlve vay of a service' station and nissed the drive acroaa 10-foot unal. The car went into the ditch ind turned over on its top. Mr. and Mrs. Strey suffered >rulsed knee cape. Patrolman Jrown estimated Strey's 1MB Ford i total loss. Strey has been charted ?ith exceeding a ante speed. i \ ..j dkf>