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45th YEAR, NO. 36. FOUR SECTIONS TWENTY-SIX PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY, MAY 4, 1956 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
Vanceboro School Principal
Gives Address at FFA Dinner
fc. Y. Blair, principal of the Farm
Life School, Vanceboro, spoke to
' members of the Newport Chapter,
Future Farmers of America at the
annual father and son banquet
Tuesday night at the Newport
School cafeteria.
More than 50 people heard Mr.
Blair urge the young men to do
their utmost for their organization
and as he worded it, "Communi
cate with others. Let everyone
know just what you are doing and
your accomplishments, but don't
be boastful."
Mr. Blair told several humorous
stories. The talk was well received
by the audience.
Albert Wallace, president of the
FFA, was toastmaster.
Curtis Jones gave the invocation
and the chapter officers, Mr. Wal
lace, president; Allen Ray Garner,
vice-president; Gerald Miller, sec
retary; Billy Simmons, treasurer;
1 Tommy Garner, reporter; Edward
Corbett, sentinel, and Mr. C. S.
Long, advisor, took part in the
opening ceremony.
Billy Wade gave the welcome
from the FFA boys to their dads, |
and Jake Wade gave the response
on behalf of the fathers. (
Awards Listed
President Wallace enumerated
the awards won by the club during
r the past year. These included the
federation banners for the Ritual
and Parliamentary Procedure con
test last November: the Crops
Judging and Seed Identification
contest last December; the Land
Judging contest in March, and the
Tool Identification contest in Feb
ruary.
In a Livestock Judging contest
Newport won third place for dairy
' judging and second place in swine
and beef cattle judging last month.
The Tool Identification team and
the Crops Judging and Seed Iden
tification team will represent New
port in the state contests June 28.
President Wallace announced i
that the Land Judging team won j
the District 1 contest and was
awarded a plaque and a check for
$50. It won fourth place in the
state.
The president also announced
, that the Newport chapter had j
been awarded the Standard Chap
ter Award by the national organ
ization and the overall federation
banner to complete a highly suc
cessful year. ,
Medals Awarded
Mr. Long presented the Chapter
Star Farmer Medal and the Public
Speaking Medal to Albert Wallace,
and the Soil and Water Manage
ment Medal to Billy Simmons.
Eugene Edwards, parliamen
' tarian of the chapter, presented
gifts to the oldest dad, Willie Gar
ner, 61, and the youngest dad,
Reginald Lewis, 35.
Introduced as special guests by
Mr. Long were Tom Dickinson and
Lloyd Garner of the Newport
School Board; H. L. Joslyn, county
superintendent of schools; Moses
Howard, chairman of the county
' board of commissioners; Floyd
Garner, former agriculture instruc
tor of veterans; David Jones, coun
ty soil conservationist; Howard
Garner, assistant soil conservation
ist; Bob King, Newport coach; and
W. B. Allen, member of the county
board of education.
Winning Teams
Members of the chapter's win
ning teams were as follows: Ritual
and Parliamentary Procedure team,
Albert Wallace, Allen Ray Garner,
Gerald Miller, Billy Simmons, Clay
ton Howard, Eugene Edwards and
Mr. Long.
Crops Judging and Seed Idcntifi
? cation team, Allen Ray Garner,
Albert Wallace and Billy Simmons.
Tool Identification team, Allen
Ray Garner, Robert Garner, Curtis
Jones and Eugene Edwards.
Livestock Judging, dairy team:
Pat Corbett, Allen Ray Gray, Tom
my Howard and Leonard Jarman;
swine and beef cattle team: Robert
Garner, Gerald Miller, Joe Howard
and Curtis Jones.
Following the program and a
ham dinner, the members and their
dads visited the vo-agriculture de
partment
Marine Truck Piles
Into Rear of Automobile
K. A. Simonetu. Camp Lejeunc.
(riving a Marine truck was
charged with having improper
brakes after his truck struck the
rear of a 1953 Ford stopped at the
stop light at 12th and Evans
Streets. Morehead City, at 1:23
p.m. Tuesday.
Harriett Ann Willis, Morehead
City, was driving west on Evans
Street when she stopped for the
light. The Marin* truck driver
said he tried to stop and his
brakes wouldn't hold. ?
Sgt. Joe Smith, investigating of
ficer . estimated damage at S900 to
the Ford and none to the truck.
Slam Move la Hatter as
Heavy stones for the breakwater
at Hatteras have been moving
through the Morehead City port.
Stones for a breakwater at Oriental
also moved through Morehead City
this spring.
It's Time Now to Enter
Your Mother in Contest
If you're like most people, then
no one is more important to you
than your MOTHER.
THE NEWS TIMES, in coopera
tion with eight Morehead City
merchants, is offering folks an
opportunity to show how much
they love "Mom."
On the first page of the second
section of today's paper is an en
try blank which you may fill out
and help your mother win valuable
prizes.
All you need do is fill out the
blank in 25 words or less, telling
why you think your Mother, or
someone else's mother, should be
named Mother of the Year for
1956 in Carteret County.
It's a simple contest, one that
should appeal to everyone, for
loving children think of their own
mother as the Mother of the Year
every year.
Prizes being offered to the Mo- j
ther of the Year are the follow
ing: choice of any dress in the
store at Belk's Department Store;
hassock electric fan from Com
plete Refrigeration Co.; three
strand Lady Brownson pearls from
Early Jewelers; one gallon BPS
Paint from Lockhart Mill works,
Old Spice Cosmetic set from More
head City Drug Co.
Lazy susan from Smith Tele- 1
vision; a surprise gift from Sound
Appliance Co., and a car wash and
lubrication job from Willis Pure j
Oil Service Station.
All you need do to give your j
mother a chance at these wonder- 1
ful prizes is fill out the entry i
blank and bring or send it to THE !
NEWS-TIMES not later than 10
a.m. WEDNESDAY!
Presentation of the gifts, all '
free, will be made to the winning I
mother by Mayor George Dill of
Morehead City at the Morehead
City Municipal building at 11 a.m.
Saturday, May 12.
200 Due This Weekend
At VFW District Meeting
April Building
Hits New High
By F. C. SALISBURY
New construction work in More
head City during the month of
April reachcd an all-time high (or
the current year. Fourteen build
ing permits, as issued by A. B.
Roberts, building, inspector. show
a total construction coat 4S $174,
435.
Coat of commercial atruotares
amount to ??,000 consisting of the
rebuilding at the Morehead Thea
tre. $10,000; Catholic school, $50,
000; and an Esso filling station on
the former site of the Presbyterian
Church, $16,000.
Permits cover the building of
1C .lew houses. The Goodwin De
velopment Co. is erecting six new
houses on their Crab Point pro
ject, ranging in cost from $9,000
to $10,000, totaling $56,250.
George P. Whittle has under
construction a house on Evans
street ' in the 3300 block costing
$19,985. Other houses are those of
M. T. Mills, Fisher Street, $450;
Carl Ball, Shcpard Street, $900;
R. G. Springle, Fisher Street, $450;
also a garage by Rupert Guthrie,
$400.
Forty-one permits have been is
sued during the past four months
totaling $296,350. The construction
total for April, amounting to $174,
435, is the largest amount for any
one month in the past five years.
Permits for the four-month period
of 1955 totaled $155,705.
310 Attend
Band Concert
Three hundred persons attended
the spring concert of the More
head City School Band Wednes
day night at the school auditorium.
Each number on the program,
as well as specialty numbers, was
well received by the audience. Di
rector of the band is Ralph Wade.
Following the concert, E. L.
Smithwick was elected president
of the band association for the
coming year.
Other officers elected were
Grady C. Rich, vice-president; Len
wood Lee, secretary, and J. R. San
ders, treasurer.
Members of the board of direc
tors were also elected. They are
Earl Freeman, Mrs. J. W. Thomp
son, Mrs. Cecil Nelson, Fred G.
Lewis, Ethan Davia Jr., Mrs. J. W.
Jackson, I. E. Pittman, Truman
Kemp and Clyde V. Burr.
Tide Table
Tides at the Beaufort Bar
HIGH LOW
Friday, May 4
2:45 a.m. 9:02 a.m.
3:20 p.m. . 8:35 p.m.
Saturday, Nay 5
3:41 a.m. 9:54 a.m. I
4:13 p.m. 10:31 p.m.]
Sunday, May (
4:36 a.m. 10:42 am.
5:02 p m. 11:24 p.m. |
Manday, May 7
5:27 a.m. 11:29 a.m.!
5:49 p.m.
Taeaday, May ?
8:18 a.m. 12:14 a.m.
8:36 p.m. 12:15 p.m.
? Two hundred Veterans of For
eign Wars and VFW auxiliary
members are expected in Beaufort
this weekend to attend the fourth
district meeting. Host will be
Jones-Austin Post No. 2401 and
the post auxiliary.
The meeting will open with reg
istration at 2 p.m. tomorrow in
the new VFW hall on the old air- 1
port road, just off Highway 101. I
Members of the auxiliary, Mrs. ?
Cecil Peterson, president, met in
special session last night, to com
plete plans for the meeting. They
also initiated a new member, Mrs.
Sarah Gaskill, who eould not be
present at a planned initiation last I
A dance Cor those attending the
district meeting will begin at 9
tomorrow night in the VFW hall.
The Sunday session will open at
10 a.m. and at 11:30 the Jones-Aus
tin auxiliary will serve lunch. Ro
bert Miskelly, department senior
vice-commander, will preside at
the afternoon session when officers
will be elected.
Members of the auxiliary will
hold their business session in the
American Legion building.
Commander of the Jones-Austin
post is Al D. Phillips.
Two County Youths
Study at Gastonia
Mark Q. Eubanks, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Manlcy M. Eubanks, Beau
fort, and Larry F. Howard, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Moses C. Howard,
Newport, are students at the Gas
ton Technical Institute in Gastonia.
Mr Eubanks is a graduate of
Beaufort School and is studying
radio-television technology.
Mr. Howard, a 1955 graduate of
Newport School, is studying auto
motive technology and will enter
the automotive field and work
with his father after completing
the course.
The Gaston Technical Institute
is conducted by the N. C. College j
Extension Division and the School
of Engineering.
Destroyer Will
Visit Morehead
Week of May 14
The USS Soley, a destroyer. wi!j|
be at Morehead City several days
during Armed Forces Week, J. A.
DuBois, chamber manager, an
nounced at a meeting of the More
head City Merchants Association
yesterday.
Commanding officer of the Soley
is C. H. Whitman, USN. In con
junction with the armed forces ob
servance, an electric appliance
show will be staged at the recrea
tion building, Morehead City.
Armed Forces week opens Mon
day, May 14.
At the meeting yesterday it was
decided to map a program for the
remainder of the year so that po
tential members of the association
may be presented with a concrete
plan. This program will be draft
ed by the board of directors next
week.
Attending yesterday's meeting,
in addition to the president, Earl
Lewis, and Mr. DuBois, were Jack
Lewis, Paul Jones, Oscar Allred,
Walter Morris, Bernard Leary,
Bill Willis.
Frank Cheek, Warren Beck, D.
G. Bell, Jack Oakley, Justin Robin
son, Grovcr Munden and Charles
Willis.
Newport Board
Defers Action
On Moving Depot
After hearing a report that in
stallation of the town water system
will probably cost a total of $120,
000, members of the Newport
town board voted Tuesday night
to defer action on borrowing $10,
000 to remove the depot from the
center of town.
Mayor Leon Mann said a New
Bern contractor looked over water
system plans and said he thought
the estimate of $120,000 was low.
Commissioner* said they felt ac
quisition of a water system fbeuld
not be jeopardized by assuming
an obligation to move the 4epot,
although they are highly in favor
of moving the depot if money
could be found to do so.
The board discussed the arrest
ing of drunks in public places and
was given an opinion on the mat
ter by the attorney, George Ball.
Commissioners also agreed to
pay a third of the cost of cleaning
out a drainage ditch on land
worked by Steve Smith, providing
the owner agrees to pay a third.
The state will assume the other
third.
Other drainage problems were
discussed and authorized to be in
vestigated. The commissioners
again gave approval to appropria
tion of $105 for sending three
firemen to the Fire College at
Charlotte next week. Capt. George
Green will be one of those at
tending.
The board authorized start of
mosquito spraying operations
whenever the sanitation commis
sioner, Joe Cox, deems it advisable.
Attending the meeting in addi
tion to the mayor, Mr. Cox, and
the attorney, were Commissioners
Prentis Garner, H. C. Gurganus,
Bennie Garner, Wilbur Garner,
and Miss Edith Lockcy, clerk.
The clerk reported that after
current bills arc paid, there will
be a balance of $1,092.57 in the
general fund.
State Jaycee President
Installs Officers Monday
Herbert Phillips was installed as
president of the Morehead City
Jaycees Monday night at the instal
lation banquet at the Blub Rib
bon Club.
Red Gurganus, state Jaycee
president, installed Mr. Phillips
and other officers of the organi
zation for 1956-57. They are Luther
Lewis, internal vice-president; Bob
Davis, external vice ? president;
Floyd Chadwick, treasurer; Mel
Adcox. secretary, and Bob McLean.
Russ Willan, Jerry Willis, Dr.
Russell Outlaw and Frank Cas
sia no, directors.
Mr. Gurganus said that a good
Jaycee organization needs "a good
firm foundation, must be gov
erned by parliamentary procedure
and have a good deal of persever
ance in order to get its projects
accomplished.''
He presented a special award
to retiring president, Dr. Russell
Outlaw, for the fine work done by
the club in Operation Civic Ser
vice, a combination of State Jay
cee projects.
Dr. Outlaw, giving his preai
dent's report on work done by the
Morehead City club in 185556
cited three projects as uppermost
They were town Christmas light'
ing, uuie League Base nail ana
the Teen-Age Road e-o.
The retiring president welcomed
Mr. and Mrs. I.ockwood Phillips,
Grover Munden, Mr and Mrs. Joe
DuBois, James B Willis, Mr. and
Mrs. J. R. Sanders, Mr. and Mrs.
Bruce Goodwin. Jasper Bell. Mr.
and Mrs. Bernard Leary, and Gene
Manasco, an Alabama Jaycee.
Jasper Bell, past Jaycee presi
dent and Key Man Award winner
in 19SS, presented the Key Man
Award for 1956 to Dr. Outlaw. The
award consisted of a gold key and
a certificate.
P. H. Geer Jr. presented the di
rector's awards to James Webb as
chairman of the youth activities
committee, and to Herbert Phillips
as chairman of the profit making
committee.
Jerry Willis presented certifi
cates of appreciation for publicity
to Mrs Phillips of THE NEWS
TIMES; Mr Munden, WMBL, and
Mr Willis. WBMA.
Billy Oglesby announced that
the Exhausted Rooster pin thil
year was going to Nick Galantis,
retiring Jaycee.
Bob Davis introduced Steve Si
mon, Max Mason and Tim McCar
thy aa new members.
Carteret Cabbage Starts
Moving to Market This Week
Construction Begins
It was a happy day last week when Mayor George Dill, left, laid the corner blocks in the new fire
station on ArendelL Street in the western part of Morchead City. Helping the mayor is D. J. Ilall,
fire commissioner. Looking on is Joe Fulcher Jr., assistant fire chief, and giving the mayor some ad
vice, right, is Fire Chief Vernon Gufhrie.
Hurricane Committee Suggests
That Coastal Districts be Formed
Weather Hinders
Tries for Shrimp
The weather prevented trying
for spotted shrimp Monday night
except in Core Sound but there the
trawlers made no catch of any con
sequcnce, C. G. Holland, fisheries
commissioner, reported yesterday.
Commissioner Holland said the
five trawlers assigned by the state
commercial fisheries office to the
trial runs, would try again this
coming Monday night.
While it looks as though cool
weather will delay the opening of
inland waters, shrimp catches in
the occan arc reported to be fair.
One trawler took 200 pounds one
day this week. The quality was
good and the shrimp ran 30 to the
pound.
Prices, too, are good because the
supply of shrimp in freezers
throughout the country is about
exhausted.
Commissioner Holland said that
there will be little activity for
fishermen during the current
"change of season" between spring J
fishing and opening of the shrimp
season. Prices of fish, he re
marked. a?e pretty rigidly con
trolled by the normal season and
seasons on shad, herring, crab pots,
and scallops have been extended
as far as possible to still be of
benefit to the fisherman.
May Brings Mild
Weather, Rain
May arrived Tuesday with fairly
mild temperatures and a rainfall
of 2 inches , E Stamcy Davia, wea
ther obMrvw, reports
A temperature of 77 was re
corded Wednesday and the low
was recorded the same day when
the mercury dropped to 37.
The high and low temperatures
and the wind directions for the
beginning of the week were as
follows:
Max. Min. Winds
Monday 76 68 SW
Tuesday 70 60 NE
Wednesday 77 37 SW
? The governor's advisory commit
tee on hurricanes, meeting at New
Bern Monday, recommended to
Gov. Luther Hodges that the North
Carolina coastal plain be divided
into "conservation districts."
The resolution was proposed by
J. A. DuBois, Morehead City. In
addition to Mr. DuBois, Dan Wal
ker, Beaufort, a member of the
committee, attended the meeting.
The meeting took place in the
Tug Takes Tanker
To Norfolk
| The Seathunder. tanker which
has been plagued with breakdowns, 1
was finally taken in tow Wednes
day night by the tug. Cavalier,
out of Norfolk. She is being towed
to Norfolk where repairs will be
made.
Instead of being brought back
to Morehead City port Sunday
I when stricken with power failure,
'the Seathunder anchored out in
the channel
Two weeks ago the ship was
headed to Maracaibo, Venezuela
to fulfill a contract with Esso. She
was to run between Aruba and
Maracaibo but didn't get to her
destination.
The Seathunder came into More
head City originally on April 21
when her engine broke down.
On Tuesday, April 24, she left
Morehead City after repairs were
made and got about 87 miles away
when an explosion in her boiler
room caused her to return.
Last Sunday the ship headed for |
Norfolk, and reached the sea buoy
when the power suddenly failed.
She was towed back to anchorage
by the tug Manic.
Her agent here was the More
head City Shipping Co.
Appointment Made
Dr. F. E. Hyde, Beaufort, has
been appointed to the County
Health Board for a four-year term.
Other members of the board arc ;
Moses Howard, chairman; Mayor
Clifford Lewis, Beaufort; Mayor j
George Dill. Morehead City; Dr.
Darden Eure. Morehead City; Paul |
Jones, Beaufort, and Dr. Luther
Fulchcr, health officer.
chamber of commerce office, New
Bern. Twenty-five attended.
The committee suggested that
federal agencies concerned with
hurricanes move more rapidly on
surveying the North Carolina coast
and draft plans for protection and
rehabilitation.
It also proposes that federal leg
islation be enacted to require the
Secretary of Agriculture to survey
tidal lands to determine ways of
restoring farm land and preventing
future damage.
The committee felt that the first
step was organization of the coast
into special districts because a geo
graphical area of wider scope than
a county is hit by storms, yet the
district must be smaller than the
state to allow effective operation.
Col. Harry Brown, who is in
charge of the state's hurricane-pro
tection program, gave details on
proposed protection programs.
Hugh Harris, Pamlico County, co
chairman of the committee, pre
sided.
Sherman Pickard
Talks to Firemen
Sherman Pickard, deputy fire
marshal. Raleigh, spoke to 35 mem
bers of the Down East Fire De
partment Tuesday night at the In
let Inn.
Mr Pickard, introduced by She
riff Hugh Salter, told the firemen
how rural fire districts should be
organized and of the resultant re
duction in fire insurance rates. He
stressed the importance of incor
porating the department, enum
erated a fire department's liabili
ties and presented fire statistics.
Mr. Pickard described disastrous
fires and laws that have been
enacted to guard against similar
recurrences He talked on ways
of preventing fires and demon
strated use of hoses on the Down
Hast fire truck.
Joe Mason. Atlantic, secretary
treasurer, presided. Walter Mason,
fire chief, and Ralph Gaskill, as
sistant chief, were present.
Mr. Pickard conducted a ques
tion and answer period before the
meeting adjourned The next reg
ular meeting of the department
will be Tuesday, June S.
? County cabbage started
moving to market this week,
but prices are far below last
year's when North Carolina
growers were able to market
their product with little com
petition from growers to the
south.
Last year's crop from South Caro
lina was severely damaged by cold
weather whieh helped boot>t prices
for Tar Teel cabbage well over $2
per box.
K. W. Wright Highway 101, start
ed cutting cabbage Monday. Neal
Canipen, also of Highway 101. start
ed harvested the firm green heads
Tuesday and farmers of the Bettie
community were moving cabbage
to market by Wednesday.
Good Quality
Local cabbage is reported to be
of exceptionally good quality this
year and the yield per acre looks
good. Prices are running a little
over $1 per 50-pound box.|
South Carolina cabbage market
ing is expected to near its end
within the next few days, which
should result in a slight, increase
in price, according to marketing
specialists.
Tobacco Set
Tobacco farmers arc setting their
plants in the field. Among the first
to get their plants out were C. T.
Garner, Clarence Millis and John
Smith, all of Newport.
Heavy rain during the past week
halted setting for awhile because
of wet fields.
Irish potato growers are pleased
thus far with the appearance of
the potato crop. The plants are
about 8 inches high and look very
Hgmising.
Francis Swanson
Wins Road-e-o
Francis Swan?on, son of Mr. and
Mrs. ^1. R Swanson, Morehead City,
wifl be presented a $25 savings
bond Monday night at the meet
ing of the Morehead City Jaycccs
as winner of the Teen-Agc Road
e-o sponsored by the club last Sun
day.
The winners were announced
yesterday by Cooper Hamilton,
chairman of the road-e-o.
Jack Lawrence, son of Mrs. Lu
ther Lawrence, will be presented
a cash prize of $10 and Milton
Roush Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs.
Milton Roush, will receive a prize
of $5. Lawrence finished second
in the event and Roush third.
All three are juniors at. More
head City School.
? Mr. Hamilton thanked the mem
I bcrs of his committee, Carl Scp
mcyer, Luther Lewis, Bill Baugh
am, Herbert Phillips and Hal Sha
piro for their cooperation and also
, extended thanks to Sgt. Joe Smith
i and Capt. Buck Ncwsome of the
Morehead City Police Department
land State Highway Patrolman W.
|C. Pickard, for their assistance.
$130 Received
For Recreation
One hundred fifty dollars has
been received thus far in response
to letters mailed by the Beaufort
Junior Woman's Club asking for
donations for the summer recrea
tion program
The program, which is open to
all children age 8 upward offers
supervised swimming and swim
ming lessons, as well as other
planned recreational activities.
The Junior Woman's Club is
sponsoring the program this year
and hopes to raise $750, through
public donation, to finance it.
Hugh Gordon will be director of
the program, assisted by Jimmy
Owens. Mr. Gordon is a member
of the Beaufort School faculty.
Agents to Attend
Meeting at Nags Head
R M. Williams, county farm
agent, Harry Venters, assistant to
Mr. Williams, and Mrs. Floy Gar
ner, home agent, will attend a two
day meeting at Nags Head Wed
nesday and Thursday.
farm agents of the eastern and
northwestern districts are meet
ing. They will hear talks by spe
cialists from State College. Head
quarters will be at the Arlington
Hotel
Warning Repeated
Lt. Carl Blomberg, Morchead
City policc force, reminded motor
ists again that nickels placed on
windshields of can will not be pick
ed up and put in the meters. "If
they can put them on the wind
shield. they can put them In the
meter," Lieutenant Blomberg re
marked.