- CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES ?* 45th YEAR, NO. 22. THREE SECTIONS TWENTY-FOUR PAGES ~MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT. NORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY, MARCH 16, 1956 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYg Working Fine, Thanks Newport firemen try out their newly-converted surplus tanker fire truck. Truck carries 1,200 gal lons of water and has a 100 gallon per minute pump. Fire Chief B. T. Smith, and firemen Charlie Gould Jr., Charles Masters, and BiU Carroll are pictured. The truck meets a big need for additional water at rural fires and will be useful on grass fires within town. Chief Smith said. The pump is so construct ed that it may b** operated with the truck in motion. Trucks like this hove also been acquired by More head City and the Down East Fire Department. Mayor George Dili Testifies Before House Subcommittee Jaycees Will Help on Street Marker Project Morehead City Jaycees on Mon- 1 day night offered their assistance I in the street marker campaign, | which is one of the projects in the Finer Carolina Program. President Russell Outlaw ex plained the street marker program and the Jaycees approved the pro ject with the provision that it would not interfere with work on the Miss North Carolina Pageant. Rum Willan will handle con cessions at the Jayeee-sponsored basketball game tonight at the Horehcad City gym when the Coun ty All-Stars play against the House of David. Herbert Phillips, chairman of Jaycee Radio Day, reported that as of Monday night the group had sold $300 worth of ads. The radio day was held on Wednesday. Help Sought Charles Willis announced that he had been asked for the club's assistance in beautifying grounds at the Morehead City School. The group requested further informa tion on the program before acting on the project. Jerry Willis was appointed to check with members of the Cham ber of Commerce to see which of them are interested in attending the annual meeting March 28 at Capt. Bill's Restaurant. Hal Shapiro reported that sev eral parts of the industrial survey had been completed and he urged committee members to get their reports in as soon as possible. Cooper Hamilton stated that his : See JAYCEES, Page 2 Mayor George Dill, Morchcad City, appeared before the House subcommittee on Rivers and Har i bors Wednesday morning at Wash- ) ington, D. C. He testified on House i bill 9540 which would provide fed- I eral matching funds for construc- < tion of municipal sewage disposal l plants. Mayor Dill said that the Amer- 1 ican Municipalities Association, ] Washington, D. C., requested him to tell the subcommittee of the need for the bill covering coastal j towns which pollute sounds and bays through sewage dumpage. j According to the mayor, the municipalities association discov ered that the bill, as introduced Feb. 27, by John A. Blatnik, Con gressman from Minnesota, covered j only inland towns. It made no pro- : vision, apparently, for offering matching funds to towns adjacent to or tt?ar to ocean waters. The purpose of Blatnik's bill, the mayor explained, was to pro vide a uniform system throughout the nation of keeping streams free from pollution. Many towns can ! not maintain unpolluted streams, he said, because they do not have funds to put up sewage disposal plants. Towns in this area fall in that category, except that they are not on inland streams. Mayor Dill praised the state commercial fisheries division for its assistance in helping him com pile information to take to the committee hearing. He obtained from them maps of the North Carolina coast which show areas of pollution. Mayor Dill flew to Washington Tuesday where material he pre sented to the committee was com piled by the American Municipali ties Association. Mayor Dill commented that 150 square miles of North Carolina coastal waters cannot be fished at present because of sewage pollu 1 tion. He said that this means the state loses revenue from shellfish ! production and the state also has to pay out funds to police the re stricted areas. Mayor Dill returned from Wash ington late Wednesday, hopeful that HR 9540 will also make fed eral funds available to coastal towns for sewage disposal plants. Mayor Dill is a director of the North Carolina League of Munici palities. Sick Crewman Taken Off Ship Joseph Haviland Eastman, 56 year-old messman aboard the tank er, S.S. South Carolina, was tak en off the ship at Cape Lookout Bight at 6 a.m. yesterday morn ing by the Cape Lookout Light* ship crew. The tanker radioed Fort Macon Coast Guard Station to report that Eastman was very ill, and when the rough seas made it im possible for the ship to come into Morehead City, the transfer was affected at the Bight. Dill's Ambulance met Eastman at Harkers Island and brought him to Morehead City Hospital, where Dr. B. F Royal, public health doctor, reported that he was resting comfortably. The ship, owned by the Texas Company Marine Department out t)f New York, was headed north when Eastman came down with chills and a fever of 103. Vo Need to Run Coroner Leslie D. Springlc said :his week that he was elected in 1954 for a four-year term and will lot be required to run for election :his year. It was originally re ported by the board of elections ;hat the coroner would be one of :he officers to nominate in the \ Way primary. In the Spotlight Morehead Western Union Operator Offers Smile to All Customers By HAL SHAPIRO If you ever call the Western Union office in Morehead City to send a telegram and get the feel ing that the lady on the other end of the line knew what you wanted to say before you said it, you're talking to Madeline Royal. Her eh ery, "Alll-rigght," after every few words, or "Yes, dearie," assures the sen der that she's certainly getting the message. If she knows you pretty well and you st*rt spelling out a word like Mer- Roval genthaler, she'll pipe up. as soon as you say "M," with "That's all right, dearie, I got it." And if you ask her how come she knows how to spell things like that, she'll say. "Listen, honey, I've been doing this for 30 years." And that she has. Ever alnce Dee. 7, 1925 Miss Royal is the daughter of Fred L. Royal, 801 Bridges St., the oldest native-bora resident of Morehead City. Mr. and Mrs. Royal celebrated their 53th wedding an niversary Feb 27. Madeline attended Morehead See MISS ROYAL, Page t K Madeline Royal . . . M jreari of adventure R.T. Wade Heads Carteret NCEA Teachers Meet Monday At Morehead City, Hear Dr. N. R. Hunt Ralph T. Wade. Morehead City, was unanimously elected president of the Carteret County chapter, North Carolina Education Asso ciation. at the meeting Monday af ternoon at the Morehead School auditorium. Mr Wade will be presiding of ficer for next year. He will select the secretary-treasurer from the Morehead City faculty. Dr. N. R. Hunt, coordinator of Teacher Education, State Depart ment of Education, spoke to the group on The Values of Belong ing to Professional Associations. Dr. Hunt, introduced by H. -L. Joslyn, county superintendent of schools, said the professional asso ciation is a clearing house for sharing ideas and practices which are gained through constant re search in teaching and adminis tration. Dr Hunt believes these organizations build greater pres tige. honor and improves quality of service to boys and girls. In closing he said that it is easier for an organized profession al group to obtain welfare gains I for its members. E. B. Comer, Newport, current president of the County NCEA | unit, conducted the meeting. Dis cussion of a resolution on teacher salaries took place but the group took no action. Matthew 16:24-28 was read and the devotional given by Mrs. Mamie Taylor, Morehead City. Mrs. John Nelson, Morehead City, offered prayer. The minutes as read by the sec retary, Mrs. Janie Garner, New port, were approved. Mrs Beatrice Martin, Beaufort, gave a report on the ways and means committee, and Mrs. Dorothy Porter, Newport, gave a report on publicity. Refreshments were served prior | to the meeting by the Morehead City teachers. Ralph Wade . . . elected Monday I Rotary Hears Scout Program Clifton Pincr, assistant Scout- j master, and Phillip Gurganus, sen j ior patrol leader of the Newport j j troop, were the speakers at the ! weekly meeting of the Newport Rotary Club Monday night at the | Community Building. | They were introduced by pro I gram chairman Dick Lockey | Mr. Piner spoke on activities of , the troop and asked that the Ro tary Club continue to sponsor the troop. The troop has 39 boys, mak ing them the largest unit in the district. Mr. Pincr said that the boys were doing a great deal of camp ing, averaging about two-and a half days per month. Mr. Gurganus recited the Scout motto and the Scout laws, and ex plained their meanings. Guest at the meeting was Wal ter Edwards, Morehead City Ro tarian. Cases Continued All eases in Morehead City Re corder's Court on Monday were continued, because Superior Court was in session this week. Tide Table Tides at the Beaufart Bar HIGH LOW Friday, March II 10:37 a.m. 4:39 a m 11:06 p.m. 4:44 pm Saturday, March 11 11:28 a m. 5:28 a.m. ) 5:33 p.m. Sunday, March II 12:00 a.m. 6:24 a.m. 12:22 p.m. 6:32 p.m. Monday, March 19 1:02 a.m. 7:28 a.m. 1:27 p m. 7:40 p.m. Tuesday, March 21 2:12 a.m. 8:38 a.m. 2:30 p.m. 8:55 p.m. Report Reveals Shrimp Leads As Fish Processing Possibility Beauty at Its Best One of the most picturesque i spots in the county is the Carraway | home and grounds on Adams Creek at Merrimon. The home, pictured above, is at least 200 years old. Its beams of heart pine are fastened together with wooden pegs. Living there are Miss Nita Carraway, who cele brated her 80th birthday last month, her sister, Mrs. J. W. Adams, and Mr. Adams. The home faces Adams Creek, which & al*o the inland waterway. Across the water from it is Thur man Pittman s home and the camp of Dr. Theodore Salter, Beaufort. Mr. Adams is shown in the lower picture which was taken in front of the Carraway home. Beyond the point of land jutting out at the right is Oriental, and the land seen on the left is the Harlowc-Adams Creek section. Miss Nita was born in the old home and she doesn't look 60 years of age, much less 80. Her brown hair has only a few wisps of gray. Friends and members of her fam ily surprised her Saturday evening, Feb. 11. by bringing a roast turkey and other luscious food for a birth day dinner. Her birthday was actu ally two days previous, Feb. 9. I'hoto by N?*wn I iiiu h Members of the family who were present for the occasion were her sister, Mrs. B. Rogers of Graham; her daughter, Mrs. W. B. Compton. husband, and children, Sally and Billy; Mr. and Mrs. Bill Mclntyre and daughter, Randall, Rocky Mount, Mrs. Jack Neal and chil dren of Beaufort, and Mr. and Mrs. Wrenn Lawrence, Newport Mik- Nita and Mrs. Adams are thf daughters of the beloved Rev. J. M. Carraway who preached at ' many churches in the eastern part of the county. He died in 1942 in his 93rd year. , Mr. Adams carries the rural mail route from Beaufort to Merrimon and says he's going to retire come June 30. And what's he going to do then? He looks out over the Carraway homestead and lands, the massive live oaks draped with moss, and says, "Oh, I guess I'll just work around the place a bit." Investigation Continves Chief of Police Guy Springle said yesterday that investigation of the two break-ins last weekend, at the postoffice and bank, is con tinuing. He said there were no de velopments to report. f Shrimp loads the list in possibilities for fish processing, William A. Ellison told THE NEWS-TIMES today in re vealing highlights of his report on Fisheries Resources of North Carolina which he has submitted to the State De partment of Conservation and Development. Mr. Ellison, for eight years director of the North Caro^ jlma Institute of Fisheries Ke-< search, has been engaged in his! 'exploration of the possibilities of1 ! fish processing in this state since last July 1. Gov. Luther H. Hodges is oxpect- j ed to release a CAD summarization 1 Qf the report, the highlights of | which are presented here by THE : NEWS-TIMES. "The greatest immediate onpor- j tuni'y for fish processing in North Carolina lies in shrimp in package form." Mr. Ellison said. "The quality of North Carolina shrimp is unexcelled. The waters j of no other state produce a com- j parable raw shrimp product. These can be packaged in this state in j various forms ? breaded, split- j shell, peeled and dcvcincd or head ed green and frozen. "Good opportunities also exist I for the expansion of the crab indus- I try but this will depend upon the development of merchandising tech- i niqucs by the North Carolina pro ducers. They must." Mr. Ellison warned, "overcome the competition of crab producers and merchandis ers in the states of Maryland and | Virginia most notably as well as in i the states to the south of us." Mr. Ellison said that of all fish, oysters offer the greatest potential. "But the supply of oysters is so erratic and suffers such violent fluctuation that no promsie can be held out in this field until oyster production is stabilized," he said. "There are only limited possibili ties for the processing of fin fish. This," he said, "is because of their undependable supply in any volume. "The high price of round fish caught in North Carolina makes it impossible to produce a packaged fish competitive with the packaged fish of the New England states. "And what round fish are caught in North Carolina and sold fresh dressed have a poor reception in the large markets where (he de mand for packaged fish is increas ing." Second Carload Corn Arrives Here Tuesday B J. May, ASC office manager, Beaufort, announced that another load of corn was received in the county Tuesday and the third will arrive either today or tomorrow. The corn is being distributed un der the free grain program to aid hurricane-stricken farmers. Mr. May asks all farmers to wait for letters from his office before they come to get the corn. Without a letter the farmers won't be given their allotment. Memorial Honors Professor Photo by Clifton Guthrtc Down East Lions Hear Talk on Safety Herbert Dowless of the State Division of Highway Safety spoke to Down Fast I. ions at their elub meeting Monday night at the At lantic* School cafeteria. Mr. Dowless spoke on highway safety and showed a film on safe driving. Josiah Bailey, Morchead City, also spoke and suggested that the Lions cooperate with the Sea Level Hospital board of trustees and plan a sailboat race in the annual July hospital benefit. The Lions agreed to look into the matter. Jack Johnson, club president, prririded during the business ses sion The n?*t club meeting will be Monday, March 26. * Dean J. H Lampe, School of I Engineering, Slate College, left, on Friday presented to Camp I Glenn School the gold plated meter and plaque, held by R. W. Davis, right, principal of Camp Glenn School. The plaque symbolizes the school I library fund established by the State College Meter School in memory of the late Dr. C. G. Bren nccke, head of the electrical en gineering department, State Col lege. Next to Dean Lampe is Mr?. Brenneckc, with her daughter, Elizabeth, and son, C. G. Jr., known as Twig. The fund was established by meter school students in appre ciation for use of Camp Glenn School last summer, as well as in honor of Dr. Brennecke who was instrumental in the success of the meter school. Dr. C. G. Brrnnrrkp ...held la esteem W. H. Potfer Voices Objection To Water Ratings W. H Potter, Beaufort, who ob jected to certain sanitation ratings proposed for waters of this area by the State Stream Sanitation Com mittee, this week protested again to the committee after the ratings rdopted were released this week. Core Sound and Bogue Sound have been given the highest rat ing, SA. Mr. Potter, at a hearing in Beaufort last summer, told the committee that SA was too high and suggested that it be change^ to SC, the third highest rating. He also objected to the classifi cation given ocean waters between White Oak River and Beaufort In: let. He was supported in his conten tions by George R. Wallace, More head City. According to the ratings finally adopted, Bogue and Core Sounds remain SA and only a slight con cession was made in the rating of ocean waters. All ocean waters are classified as suitable for bathing, as well as fishing and navigation. Mr. Potter said that the ratings, released this week, "show that the committee had made up their minds what they were going to do before they ever came down her