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PRIZE- WINNING NEWSPAPER ?f Um TAR HEEL COAST CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES ?> 46th YEAR, NO. 77. TWO SECTIONS TEN PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1956 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAY3 Sam Rayburn to Speak At Greenville Friday Four Persons Hurt in Weekend Auto Accidents Miss Bernice Brady, Beaufort, William E. Dahlberg. Camp Le jeune, Mrs. Lucille Sykes, Newport, and Edward A. Lawrence, 16, Ot way, were injured in auto accidents over the weekend. Miss Brady, Mrs. Sykes, and Dahlberg were in an accident at 10:30 p.m. Friday in front of the Wagon Wheel, west of Morehead City, and Lawrence was in a car which turned over at 3:25 p m. Sat urday on the Lennoxville Road. There were no injuries in a third fccidcnt at 9:20 p.m. Saturday on Highway 24. Involved in the wreck in front of the Wagon Wheel were a 1950 Mer cury driven by Raymond 1. Wood land, Cherry Point, and a 1955 Mer cury station wagon driven by Hen ry A. Taborowski, Camp Lejeune. According to State Highway Pa trolman R. H. Brown, the station wagon was parked in front of the Wagon Wheel. Taborowski, Miss Brady and Dahlberg got in it and 'Taborowski backed it across the highway to the opposite shoulder of the road. Swerves Car Woodland, with Mrs. Sykcs and 6-year-old Bobby Sykes, was ap proaching in his car from the west. He swerved to avoid meeting the station wagon but the station wa gon pulled out and turned left to ward him and hit the car. Both ve hicles were demolished. Miss Brady suffered a broken left leg and arm, Mrs. Sykcs has severe lacerations of the face and Dahlbcrg suffered minor cuts. The two women were taken to the Morchead City Hospital in the Dill ambulance. Patrolman W. J. Smith took the 6-year-old boy to the hospital. He had been on the back seat asleep and was unhurt. Taborowski was charged with 'drunken driving and careless driv ing. Lawrence was a passenger in a 1953 Mercury driven by William G. Gaskill, Sea Level, a seaman with the Coast and Geodetic Sur vey. Lawrcncc is in the Morehead City Hospital nursing a broken right arm and hand. Saturday wreca Gaskill's hard-lop two-door coupe i ran off the Lennoxvillc Road on a curve two miles east of Beau fort. The car ran off on the right aide of the road, crossed to the left, skidded 175 feet, then turned over within a distance of 80 feet and landed on its wheels headed in a northwest direction. Patrolman J. W. Sykes has charged Gaskill with careless driv ing, driving on the wrong side of the road and speeding. Three cars were involved in a wreck at 0:20 p.m. Saturday in front of the Circle Drive-In a mile eaat of Bogue on Highway 24. One was a 1949 Chrysler driven by Fred G. Green, route 1 Newport; one was a 1950 Cadillac driven by B. R- Atkins Jr., Cherry Point; the third was a 1953 Chevrolet taxlcab driven by Brady D. Wayne, route 1 New Bern. The Chrysler pulled out of the tirivc-in and (truck the Cadillac which was headed towafd Swana boro. The Cadillac was pushed in to the left lane and struck the cab, beaded toward Morehead City. Green was charged with driving drunk and carelesa driving. Dam age to the Chrysler was estimated at $900, to the Cadillac $700 and to the Chevrolet $150. State High way Patrolman R. H. Brown in Vcatigatcd. Pupil Enrollment Rises to 5,721 At the end of the first to days 4 of school, 5,721 pupils were en lolled in county schools. This is an Increase over first-day enroll ment of 101. According to the County Boar0 of Education, enrollment figures are aa follows (elementary school fc given first, then high school, and total): Beaufort, 881 248 1, 129; Morehead City, 888-358 1.046. Newport, 539-145 684; Atlantic. 102-85 387; Smyrna, U78-176- 554; yueen Street, 390-190-580; W. S. King. 270-92 362. Elementary schools only: Camp Glenn 004, Salter Path 25, Harkers Island 265, and Stella 89. Enrollment this year exceeds last year's enrollment by approxi mately 200. I ? Sam Kayburn. speaker of the House, will be the speaker at the Eastern North Carolina Democratic Rally at 7 p.m. Friday at Green ville. Rayburn is known as "Mr. Demo crat" and wa.s gavel- wiclder at the Democratic National convention last month. Attending the rally from this county will be Irvin W. Davis, chairman of the County Democra tic Committee, Sheriff Hugh Sal ter, Mayor George W. Dill, A. H. James, Assemblyman D. G. Bell, Dr. John Morris. Moses Howard, Prentis Garner, Marshall Ayscue, Luther Hamilton Jr., Harvey Hamilton Jr., James D. Potter and E. O. Moore. A fried chicken and country ham dinner will be served prior to Ray burn's address. Tickets are $15 each. Proceeds will go to the Dem ocratic National Committee and each county will be given credit for the amount of money It raises. Twelve hundred tickets are avail able. David Whichard, Greenville, publicity chairman, expects the event to be a sellout. Persons in terested in attending should eon tact Mr. Davis, register of deeds of fice, Beaufort. The rally will take place at Wright Auditorium on the East Carolina College campus. Officials who will be present, in addition to Speaker Rayburn, arc Senators Kerr Scott and Sam Er ivn. Gov. Luther Hodges, Congress men Graham Barden, Herbert Bon ner, Harold Cooley, L. H. Foun tain: and John Larkins, state Dem ocratic chairman. Rayburn will arrive at the New Bern airport at 10:05 a.m. Friday, hold a press conference at WITN. Washington, at 11:45, attend a TV press conference on WITN and WNCT at noon Friday, arrive at Greenville at 3:30 p.m., make an other TV appearance on WNCT and WITN at 4 p.m. and be present for the rally at 7. Police Check Three Wrecks Morehead City police investigat ed three wrecks Thursday and Fri day. Chief Herbert Griffin inves tigated two Thursday and Sgt. Joe Smith was called to one Friday. Ralph W. Albares, Beaufort, backed from a parking placc on Arendell Street Thursday and col lided with a car driven by Mrs. Margaret Van Horn Reams, More head City. Damage to Albares' car was estimated at $25 and damage to Mrs. Reams' car was estimated at *200. No charges were filed. A Richmond salesman complete ly demolished the front end of his 1955 Dodge Thursday when he ran into a telephone pole in front of Fry Roofing Co. He had a virus infection, and a coughing spell hit him. Chief Griffin, who investigated, I said that the salesman, Excngcl T. Pappas, blacked out, swerved off the road, and hit the pole. Mr. Pappas was not injured, but hia 1 car was a total loss. Mrs. Elizabeth Rowan, Morehead City, made a left hand turn from 8th Street onto Bridges Friday af ternoon and hit a 1949 Olds sta tion wagon driven by David Webb Nelson, Morehead City. Sergeant Smith said that Mrs. Rowan thought Nelson was making a right i hand turn. Damage to Nelson's car was es timated at $75 and damage to Mrs. Rowan's car was about $10. I Sam Raybum . . ? rally Democrats Public Relations Agent Comments On Port Cargoes The trend toward dry commer cial cargoes is one of the healthiest signs at the port terminal says Bryan Caldwell, public relations agent for the State Ports Authority in Wilmington. Dry cargoes give employment to more local laborers than liquid cargoes such as oil. A big boost was given the More head City port when the railroads put Morehcad City on the same freight rate scale as Baltimore and Hampton Roads, Mr. Caldwell said Friday. North Carolina ports have since that time catered more and more to the dry commercial car goes. Crowded port conditions at Bal timore and Hampton Roads and hard working state port officials have combined to channel more and more dry cargo from the north ern ports to Morchcad City, he said. The Mormacmail docked last week and picked up 4,000 tons of linseed and soy bean pellets for Scandinavian ports. State Port Au thority officials hope to send two more shipments totaling 9,000 tons through the port next month, Mr. Caldwell said. Last year the port set * record with 10 tobacco ships picking up cargoes here. So far this year 12 tobacco ships have docked already and two more are due within two weeks. The Goettingen, of the Hamburg American Line, will set another reocrd when she loads 1,850,000 pounds of tobacco, largest individ ual shipment ever sent through the port. Atlantic PTA Will Meet Monday The Atlantic Parent- Teacher As sociation will meet Monday night at 7:30 at the high school audi torium. The program will be given by the Methodist Church of Atlan tic. A door prize will be given at ejich meeting during the year. " Officers for the current year arc Mrs. Lois Smith, president; Mrs. Hilton Lee Taylor, vice-president; Mrs. Hugh Styron, secretary; Mrs. Bernice Morris, treasurer: Mrs. Alvin Harris, membership rhairman; Mrs. John W. Smith, fi nance chairman; Mrs. Herbert Webb, publicity chairman and Mrs. Brantley Morris, program chair man. Morehead City-Beaufort Realtors Hear Officers Morchead City Mayor George* Dill, James R. Sanders of the Pirst Cititena Bank, and Jack Lewis of Commercial National Bank were guests of the Morehcad-Beaufort Board of Realtors Thursday noon when they met to hear C. W. Brad shaw and C. C. Cameron. Mr. Bradshaw is president of the North Carolina Association of Real Estate Boards, and Mr. Cameron is secretary. The subject discusscd was the re lationship of the mortgage market in 1996. an election year, to long term veteran loans and PHA hous ing projects. The board voted to support a proposed law that all realtors be licensed by the state. John A. Baker, president of the local board, said that nearly every real estate agency in the county 1 was represented at the meeting. Appears m TV Miss Barbara Harris, junior at Eaat Carolina College, appeared on the TV program. The Circuit Rider, Sunday. She sang The 'Lord's Prayer. Miss Harris is the dangh ter of Mr and Mrs. Glca Harris, Beaufort Firemen Sell Circus Tickets Advance tickets (or Thursdays performances of Von Brothers Three Ring Circus are still for aaie at the Beaufort Fire Department, sponsor of the circus. The firemen get a larger percentage of advance ticket aales, so if you plan to go, Jimmy Range, chairman, urges you to buy your tickets early. The circus is advertised as a family attraction. Trained animal acta, trapeze artists, downs, and i steam callopc arc among the many acta. The cirrus, which played over the weekend at Vance boro. will put up ita tent on the American Le gion grounds. The afternoon per (orrpancc will atart at 3:30 and the evening performance at S. Proceeds will be uaed by the fire men to equip their new rescue am bulance. The ambulance I* ? con wtcd r.?nn?r Morehead City Outlaws Practice Of 'Scratching' Board Tails Delegation They Must Boar Major Part of Paving, Sowers Within a very few days, teen agers and other hot-rod enthusiasts who enjoy "scratching off will feel the long arm of the law. Morehead City town fathers, in session Thursday night at the town hall, directed the town attorney, George McNeill, to draw up an ordinance prohibiting "scratching off." "Scratching off" is the practice of starting an automobile and spin ning the wheels as it takes off. The practice is reported to be prev alent around drive-ins and other eating places in town. Mayor George Dill's advice to auto jockeys is "Don't scratch, itch." ?The commissioners voted to ask all distributors to bid on gasoline and oil used by the town. They de cided to buy a thousand gallon tank and electric pump. With the city owning that equipment, the town will be able to buy from any oil company which offers the lowest price. Delegation Appears A 10 man delegation from Tay lor Street and Noyes Avenue pre sented a plea to the city to con struct sewer lines and pave sec tions of the two streets. Mayor Dill explained to the group why it is impossible for the city to do the work, but told them how the city would cooperate with them if they were willing to finance the major part of the jobs themselves. Uncollected court fines amount ing to $897.50 were written off the books as being impractical to col lect. Most of the persons owing the court are now living outside the jurisdiction of the court. One man. for instance, was told he didn't have to pay his fine if he would leave town and not come back. Lights Approved The council took action in plac ing street lights on Emelinc Place at Crab Point and at the old Pitt man Hill (30th Street). ftnpert E. Willis appealed a $100 sewer Up fee which he felt wag unfair. The council voted to re call the bill since Mr. Willis had paid for maintenance work on the Imc in question. Commissioners at the meeting were Gibbic Sandfrson, D. J. Hall, Ted Garner, and Jasper Bell. I Cruiser Spends Night at Sea The Wild Goose, a 24-foot cabin cruiser owned by C. F. Hanney of Kinston. spent an unscheduled night at sea Sunday night. The cruiser's motor heated up and died just off Shackleford Hanks in the ocean, five miles east ! of Beaufort Inlet. Mr. Hanney and his companions anchored the boat and waded ashore where they spent the night. Sonny's Yacht Basin called the Coast Guard yesterday moming and told them of the overdue boat. BM 1 Eugene Pond and EN-2 Earl B. Taylor found the boat and took the passengers to Fort Macon Coast Guard Base. The Wild Gooac was refloated Monday moming and Coast Guards men towed It to the base, arriving at 10:30 a.m. Only 65 Receive Polio Shots Here During Past Week A polio vaccine racket In Argen tina is extracting between ISO and $180 a shot from parents while in this county last week only 63 polio shots were given ? free. Since last summer's polio epi demic in Argentina parent* arc frantic to have their children vac cinated, according to reports from Buenos Aires. Unscrupulous persons in the United States, in cahoots with air line crews and local doctors lost no time in black-marketing the vac cine. Prices range from $80 a shot to $180. The fabulous profits are shared by thooe who procure the vaccine in New York, local doctors and airline crewmen. The county health department has a large supply of vaccinc and ia inviting anyone under 20 years of age to take the aeries of allots. Assisting at the health depart ment clinic Thursday In Morahead City were Mrs. Let tie Sanders and Mrs. Gerald Mitchell. Accepts ChleTs Mb W. E. Cottingham, Morchcad City, will mtfve Monday with his family to BeaulavHle where be has accepted the position of ?bM of police. Sweet Potato Crop Small; Tomato Future Brightens Captain Checks Operations Photo by Jerry Schumacher tapt. Jarvis Midictt, on the bridge on the hopper dredge, Gerlg, keeps check on extensive and intricate operations. The dredge is now removing duals in the Beaufort Inlet channel to Morehead City harbor. Captain Midgett and Steve Wall, of the Army Engineers of fice, Wilmington, showed reporters over the dredge Wednesday. National Guardsman Walks Away from Wrecked Plane <_p?. K. E. Hopkins of the Vir ginia Jtational Guard was flown back lo Norfolk after be crash landed his light plane on Shacklc ford Ranks Sunday morning and walked away unharmed. Captain Hopkins said the plane developed fuel line trouble and began to lose flying speed. The plane apparently came in for a pcrfect three-point landing, only to have its wheels plow twin furrows in the soft sand for ap proximately 80 feet before it no?ed over on its back. Crew members of the Army En gineer Gcrig, working in the chan nel at Beaufort Bar, saw the inci dent and notified Fort Macon Coast Guard base. The base dispatched a boat to the scene. Meanwhile, sports fishermen in a small boat at Shacklcford Banks pickcd up Capt. Hopkins and met the Coast Guard boat. Damages to the plane included a bent propeller, battered wings and bent stabilizer. Planes frequently run into trou ble on the banks, toppling over on soft sand that "looks" hard. Captain Hopkins was flown to Norfolk in a second light plane which landed at the airport. Both planes belonged to the Virginia Na tional Guard. The Coast Guard placed a temporary guard on the plane, and late Sunday guards were flown in by the Marines who will salvage the plane. Coast Guardsmen picking up Captain Houkins were BM 1 Eugene Pond. BC-1 Henry Thompson, and SN Leon Prove tt. I ! i Marlin Wasn't Taken in Net Barry West, manager of the Triple-Ess fishing pier, Bogue Banks, told THE NEWS-TIMES Friday that the blue marlin, re portedly taken in a beach seine last Tuesday, was washed up dead on the beach. The marlin, 12 feet long, was allegedly taken by a crew of fishermen in their net? at least that was the fish story the fish ermen told. According to Mr. West, the fish was dead and had washed ashore. It had become imbedded in the sand near his pier and was found by some youngsters. It was dug up and attracted quite a crowd of spectators. Mr. West said he didn't know what to do with it, but thought that at high tide they'd take it out from shore and let the tide take it out. The fish had a big hole in the side of its head where it had apparently been hit by something that killed it. Soon, Mr. West said, some fishermen came along and asked what was going to be done with the marlin. They were told and then offered "to get rid of the fish" for Mr. West. So they loaded it on their truck and took it to Morchcad City. There the story was told that they took it in a beach haul! Elvin Rudd Appeals Prison Term Judgment Thursday Elvin Rudd .called to court (or the fifth time for driving without an operator's license, was sen tenced to three months in Jail, as signed to work on the roads in Thursday's County Recorder's Court. He appealed the decision to Superior Court and posted $200 bond Judge Lambert Morris pre sided. Two other verdicts were appeal ad during the session. Leo Simpson posted *150 bond and appealed i $100 fine for driving drunk. Ray mond J. Riggs, charged with pass ing a bad check, posted *400 bond and appealed his judgment of costs and the amount of the check. Elmer Jerome Garner and Jason Bell both paid 1 100 and cost* for carclcts and recklcss driving. El bert Thomas was fined ISO and costs for careless and recklcsi driv ing and racing. Pay Its Fines Those who paid 133 and cost* were Jack Adama Fisher, no op erator's license and racing; Stan ley Hilton Plnder, careless and reckless driving and driving on the wrong aide of the road; and WU liam Ray Turner, speeding, care less and reckless driving, and driv ing on the wrong side of the road. Stanley Dixon was fined $10 and costs for speeding. Laverne Arthur Weires paid costs for fishing on a bridge, and W. Gwendolyn Horton paid half costs for improper driv er's license. Those who forfeited bond were Anna Stamps Transou. passing in See COURT, Page 2 Tide* at the Beaufort Bar Tide Table HIGH LOW Tuesday, Sept. IS 11 29 a.m. 11:47 p.m. S OI a.m. 5:M p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 26 5:54 a.m. 12:26 p.m. 8:53 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 21 12:49 a m 1:31 p.m. 8:57 a.m. 8:00 p.m. Friday, Sept. 28 1:58 a.m. 2:40 pjn. 8:09 a.m. B:10 PJB. A small crop of sweet potatoes will be harvested in the county this year but the outlook next year for a bigger and better tomato crop is fine, according to Frank Nance, farm labor supervisor with the North Carolina Employment Service. . Mr. Nance said that a crew of between 30 and 35 per sons will be brought in to help dig' sweet potatoes. Digging will be gin in about 30 days on the Gibbs farm. Beaufort, and the Godette farm. Harlowe. Normally, Mr. Nance said, 300 laborers are brought in to harvest sweet potatoes. He said the farm ers had bad luck with their sweet potato crop the past three years and were taking no chances on having storms take the crop again this year. So most growers planted very few, just an acre or acre and a half to assure seed potatoes for next year. Operators Expanded In contrast to the sweet potato situation, Mr. Nance says that the tomato crop next year should be of sizable acreage. The J. C. Hill Co., tomato packing plant at Newport, has bought the Fresh Pond and surrounding property near New port and is building a large pack ing shed. The company has leased 200 acres of land on which to grow their own tomatoes and the packed product will be moved out by both truck and rail. The pond will furnish unlimited water supply for washing the vegc table. Tlie Michaels Tomato Co., Charlotte, will set up a repack house next to the Hill grader next season to take care of pink toma toes. Those are tomatoes packed in cellophane and moved to market in small packages of three or four. "We have the soil and climate for a successful tomato-growing business," Mr. Nance said, "but we have never had the packing facili ties and outlet opportiuiities." He said failure of a previous venture in this county, tomato canning, was due to lack of planning on source of supply. Experiment Undertaken In Onslow County this year an experiment was undertaken on growing faff tomatoes. Ir the Cath erine Lake section farmers planted seven different varieties. They ob tained plants from as far south as Florida and as far north as West Virginia. The Rutgers variety has proved very satisfactory, Mr. Nance said. The foliage is heavy and protects the vegetable from the sun. He said he counted 30 tomatoes on one vine. The plants were set out the early part of July. Being grown in Carteret County this year, also on an experimental basis, is winter cabbage . Several acres have been set out, Mr. Nance reported. At present farm laborers from Lumberton arc driving tractors, clearing ditches and turning new ground in certain sections of the county. The farm labor office also has on hand requests for pulpwood crews. Work is starting too on lining up labor for next spring's crops. Insurance Sought Mr. Nance has gone to Green ville today to confer with officials of an insurance company with a view toward arranging a migratory labor insurance program. Mr. Nance said if everything goes well, the program should be ready to go into effect next spring. "We've been working on this for five years now and for the first time it looks as though we may be able to offer the worker an insur ance program ? health, accident, and life." The insurance would be payable on a quarterly basis. Welfare Chairman To Conduct Session At Asheville Stanley Woodland, chairman of the County Welfare Board, will preside at the session, The Place of the Local Board in Expanding Services Through Public Welfare, at a welfare meetiag at Aihevill* Oct. 3-5 Attending the Southeastern Re gional Conference of the Ameri can Public Welfare Association, In addition to Mr. Woodland, will be Misa Georgle Hughes, county wel fare superintendent; Mrs. Gertrude Williamson and Mrs Sarah Styran case workers. A thousand persona from 10 states and Puerto Rico are expect ed at the conference. One of the 125 persona taking part in the three-day program will be Gov. Lu ther Hodge* who will speak Wed nesday morning, the opening day. Firemen Called I Saturday morning Morehcad City i firemen answered an alarm at Car teret Drug Store, Arendell Street. The fire was in a trash box behind 1 the store. Firemen had it under i control before any damage was done, l Lions Club Starts White Cane Drive To Help Blind The More head City Lions Club made plans for their annual White Cane Drive Thursday night at their meeting at Hotel Fort Macon. The drive started Sunday and will run through Oct. 3. Oscar Allred, Lion publicity chairman, explained the North Carolina State Association for the Blind and the White Cane Drive. The North Carolina State Asso ciation ofr the Blind, he said, is a non-profit state-wide organization. Mayor (ieorge W. Dill, More head City, has proclaimed Sept. 23 through Oct. 3 as Sight-Saving Week. He calls upon all citizens to support Lions in their sight saving program. created by the Lions Club of North Carolina. The White Cane Drive is the one annual fund raising drive of the association. All funds de rived from this drive are spent either directly or indirectly for the blind people of this state. There is no paid staff. The North Carolina association fills the gap between services rendered by the Lions and the State Commission for the Blind, making a total program une<*ualcd in the United States. According to Mr. Allred, the funds of the association arc used for the following purposes: 1. Radios for blind persons. No shut-in blind person is permitted to be without a radio if one is wanted. v 2. Equipment for blind stand op erators. 3. Eye surgery when other funds are not available. 4. Transportation charges on all Talking Book machines used by the blind. 5. White Cane walking canes for all blind, state-wide. 6. Clothes for blind children and adults in need and no other re source* available. 7. Glasses for children and adults when local funds not available. 8. Artificial eyes, hearing aids and dental services. 9. To sponsor educational pro grams on prevention of blindness. 10. Pre school institutes held an nually for mothers of blind chil dren. 11. Hospitalization for blind peo ple. 12. Many other needs, the only criteria being an unmet need ? and no other resources available. Army Seeks Bids On Clearance Wilmington. Sept. 24 ? Invita tions for bids (or removing hurri cane imposed obstructions from streams in 18 eastern counties, in cluding Carteret, were issued here today by the Corp* of Engineers Wilmington District office. Col. H. C. Rowland Jr., district engineer, said bids will be opened here Oct. 25. Successful low bid ders will have IS' days to begin the work after date of notice to proceed. Approximately ISO calen der days will be allowed to com plete each of the It separate con tracts. Colonel Rowland pointed out that the streams to be clcarcd of logs, snags and similar obstructions were approved by the Federal Civil De fense Administration. The FCDA designated tbc Corps of Engineers as the agency to do the job. The IB countics. in addition to Carteret, which will reccive assist ance are Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, Onslow, Pender, Jones. Wilson. Duplin, Beaufort, Bladen. Camden. Pamlico. Wash ington. Tyrrell, Hertford, Martin, Craven and Bertie. The total Job approximates 400 miles of clearance work. Fry Employ*** Will G?t Awards at Dinner Friday Employees of Fry Roofing Co. will be presented safety awards at 1:30 Friday night at a dinner at the Blue Ribbon Club. Between MO and 170 persons will attend. Guest officials at the dinner will be T. J. Tobin, Chicago, director of lafety, Fry Roofing Co., and W. H Barthcl. Chicago, vice president of be firm.