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46di YEAR, NO. 92. THREE SECTIONS TWENTY-TWO PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT. NORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1956 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
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TAR HEEL COAST
Straw Hats Will Mark 'Man
Of Century-Old Morehead'
Leslie Morton to Serve
' 90-Day Roads Sentence
Judge Herbert Phillips sentenced
I^eslie Warden Morton Monday in
Morehead City Recorder's Court to
90 days on the roads for assault.
A 30-day sentence for careless and
reckless driving and "scratching
off" was consolidated with the 90
. , day sentence. Morton was charged
with hitting his wife.
Frank Neuland Jolly was fined
$200 and costs for his second
drunken driving offense. He told
the court of a previous conviction
in Craven County.
H u n d r e d dollar fines were
charged to James Cecil Perry,
Bryan W. Carr, and Logan Hart.
All three were found guilty of
drunken driving. Each was given
a 90-day sentence suspended on
payment of the fine and good be
havior.
( Found Guilty
Rotho Davis, who turned over
in front of the Jefferson Hotel Sat
urday night, was found guilty of
careless and reckless driving, driv
ing without an operator s license,
and leaving the scene of an acci
dent. He was fined $50 and costs
plus $25 to the railroad for dam
age to a switch. He demolished his
1953 Mercury.
Two $25 fines were levied on
no operator's license charges. Mrs.
% Frances W. Hyatt was remitted
her fine after showing that she
now has a valid license, and Mal
colm Ray Willis Jr. was told his
fine would be remitted if he pre
scnted a valid chauffeur's licensc
within two weeks.
Victor Biglor King was fined $25
for indecent exposure in a public
place.
The following were taxed court
costs: Claude Salter, public drunk
enness, Murray Pelt, speeding, Ed
ward O'Hara. speeding, John B.
Seaman, public drunkenness. Ber
ticc Odom May, speeding, and
Willie Thomas Watson, public
drunkenness.
Guy Dill Copes, following too
close, and John Thomas Stitzct, im
proper muffler, paid half costs.
The state did not try two cases
due to lack of evidence. They were
Simon Benjamin Hill, driving on
the wrong side of the road, and
James Dandridgc, no driver's li
cense.
William Branch Jr., who was
charged with assaulting his wife,
was told by the court that prayer
for judgment would be continued
indefinitely.
Case Dismissed
Russell Whitney C.ale showed the
court that he had settled a fine of
,$46.50, and the case against him
was dismissed.
Continued cases: Raymond Rus
sell Cutshaw, J. B. Crowe, William
Anson Davis, William Larry San
dres. Connie Matthew Willis,
George W. Taylor Jr., Vernon Paul
Garner Jr., Jessie Amos Holland,
B. A. Jones, Mack Lloyd Iluntcr
and James Waldo Gillikin.
First Cargo of Fumigated
Leaf Will be Loaded Today
Menhaden Just
Haven't Showed
A sad tale is being told by the
menhaden factory operators and
, menhaden fishermen . . and tor
good reason.
No fish.
The reason is probably the
weather. It has been warm this
fall and the fish just aren't here.
Last year there were good catches
the first week in November.
The schools start moving into
southern waters as the waters
north of here turn cold. During all
of last week one plant caught only
4 212,000 fish, not even a good load
for one boat in a day.
Practically all of the boats ex
pected to fish here this fall are
here, about 55 of them.
Wednesday was the first day the
entire fleet went out. About 25
boats had small catches. But the
big fat fish heavy with oil, that
mean good pay, haven't turned up.
> W. If. Potter, Beaufort Fisheries,
says "If they're here all the boats
and 15 airplanes can't find 'em!"
Graydan Paul Brings
Rotarians Back Home
Grayden Paul, Beaufort, who
stranded the Beaufort Rotarians in
Florida some time ago, brought
them all safely home to the Inlet
Inn Monday night, lie completed
a word picture tour of Florida
which he had begun at a previous
meeting.
Carl liatsell was program chair
man. Several Morehead City Ro
tarians attended the meeting.
Th? Hawaii-Citizen, a freighter,
is due to begin loading the first
cargo of fumigated tobacco ever
to leave Morehead City state port
about noon today. The fumigation
will be a near-necessity in this
case, too, says Walter Fricdcr
ichs, assistant port manager.
The Itawau-Citiicn will be at ft*
for 10 weeks, most of which will be
spent in tropical waters en route to
Keclung, Saigon, and Yokahama.
The fumigation kills all animal
life, including eggs, larvae, and
mature moths and beetles, chief
dangers to shipping tobacco, he
said.
The recently completed fumiga
tion chamber at the slate port is
one of the most efficient in oper
ation, Mr. Friedcriehs declared.
The actual process of fumigating
the tobacco takes four hours in any
chamber, but the handling of the
tobacco makes the difference.
The tobacco ii put on four trail
ers, each holding IS hogsheads of
tobacco, just ai it is received for
shipment. The four trailers are
pulled into the chamber, and the
doors are pneumatically closed.
A partial vacuum is created in
the room when nearly all the air
is pumped out. Liquid hydro-cy
anic acid is then allowed to enter
the chamber. Due to the low at
mospheric pressure in the room
it immediately turns into a gas
and penetrates everything in the
chamber.
After four hours the chambe| is
given several air baths to rcmjpve
toxic gaaaes which might injure
workers, and the doors are opened
As soon as the tobacco is taken out,
another load is ready to go in.
Mr. Friederichs says that the
chamber can be used for fumigat
ing any vegetable matter including
cotton, jute, and hemp. The treat
ment is effective as long as the
material is protected from insects
which can lay eggs in it.
Morehead City residents may be
singing June in January in a couple
of months. The steering commit
tee of the Morehead City Centen
nial has decided to make straw
hats the official centennial head
gear.
Warren Beck, chairman of the
advertising committee, has been
authorized to purchase 12,000 of the
hats with appropriate bands. The
straw hats will go on sale in Jan
uary, and all loyal residents will
be expected to wear them until
after the centennial.
Mr. Beck has also been author
ized to order 350 dozen boys' tee
shirts with centennial insignia on
them Bow ties will also be order
ed. Centennial medals will be sold
for 50 cents during the celebration,
says Joe DuBois, committee secre
tary.
Mrs. Truman Kemp, Mrs. J. W.
Thompson, and Mrs. A B. Roberts
have been asked to select a dis
tinctive item for ladies to wear to
advertise the centennial.
Several slogans were entered in
the slogan contest which ended
yesterday. The winner, however,
has not yet been selected.
Court Officer
Issues Warning
A. II. James, clerk of court, has
issued another warning to the pub
lic to beware of traveling pho
tographers.
Mr. James pointed out that
numerous people in the county
have been swindled by photograph
ers who set up shop in a store for
a couple days, take pictures of
children, comc back with proofs,
collect as much as $12 for the fin
ished picturc and then disappear.
The mothers %ho pay $12 for the
finished photos never receive them.
This past summer, Mr. James
said, a swindle was perfectly exe
cuted in Morehead City by "Gold
Craft Studio" of Wilmington. lie
said there is no such place.
legion Honors
William Wade
American Legion Post 46, More
head City, honored William E.
Wade at their supper meeting at
the Sanitary Restaurant Wednes
day night. He was the top "Go
Getter" in the state, and possibly
in the United States.
He personally collected member
ship dues from 203 members of
Post 46. The membership quota
(or the post is 212, and the present
membership is 2S9.
Judge Luther Hamilton spoke to
the group on international affairs.
Joe DuBois made a speech on
Civil Defense after which the Le
gion voted to take an active part
In the Civil Defense program.
Louis Dunn and Ennis Murrill
spoke on the Legion's oratorical
contest program. They expressed
a strong desire to sec the program
brought to the county.
Out-of-town guests included Col.
Harry Brown. Raleigh, C. L. Beam.
Beaufort. Earl Jones, commander
of Beaufort American Legion Post
No. 99, Mr. and Mrs. Ennis Murrill.
Jacksonville, and Mr. Dunn, New
Bern.
See Report on Rape
Trial Page 2
Beaufort Town Board Inspects
Equipment Garage Monday
Highlight of Monday night'i
meeting of the Beaufort town com
missioners was a trip to the new
town garage, located behind the
old canning plant on Hedrick
Street. The commissioners were
shown the features of the new
building by Gray Hassell, city en
gineer, and Wardcll Fillingame, su
perintendent of streets.
Mr. Hassell said that the build
ing was put up by city employees
in about two weeks' time. It is ?
prefabricated metal building. He
said it was like trying to put to
gether a jig-saw puzzle. The build
ing is 36 by 44. The building had
to be made 22 inches higher, and
that was the big problem, said Mr.
fillingame.
He said that when one part of a
prefabricated building is altered it
means that all the rest must be
altered, too. The building is sit
uated in the corner of the parking
lot, thereby saving fence, aays Dan
Walker, town dot. An Moot fence
surrounds the parking lot and a
street light keeps it illuminated all
night.
Prior to their inspection of the
garage, the commissioners discuss
ed the Marine Salvage Co., which
has been operating in Beaufort dur
ing two fiscal years without over
buying a license. It was ordered
that the company be sold a license
and comply with town regulations.
Mr. Walker reported that a Mr.
Noe of the League of Municipali
ties, had made suggestions for
handling of traffic in front of Beau
fort School. The suggestions were
all beyond the financial mean* of
the town, and Mr. Noe will be ask
ed to make "more realistic" sug
gestions.
To Refer keqaest
The commissioners voted to re
fer a request by the Corps of En
gineers to the planning board. C.
W. Henderson, chief of the property
accounting branch of the engineers
asked the town to give them 1 Ave
year Icanc on property at the fool
o< Moore Street for construction of
a new pier. The engineers' office,
located at the foot of Orange Street
would be moved to the new pier,
which engineers lay will be 110
feet long
Gerald Hill and James Rumley
were appointed to study the park
ing problem in front of the fish
houses and postoffice and make a
report by Jan. 1.
Garbage Problem
Mr. Walker and Mr. Fillingame
were asked to draw up a letter in
forming county commissioners of
the garbage disposal problems of
county residents. The Beaufort
dump is open only to city trucks,
and people who can't throw their
garbage there bave been known to
dump It along the highway or on
private property.
Gene Smith, city attorney, will
alter the present regulations coo
Set BEAUFORT, Page ?
Newport Board Authorizes Issue
Of Warrants Against Its Accusers
Miss Margaret Clark Will
Speak to Women Tonight
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Schools to Close
Thursday, Friday
Recause of the Thanksgiving
holiday, there will be no school
next Thursday or Friday.
THE NEWS TIMES will be de
livered Friday morning as usual,
but the deadline for newsstories
and ads will be noon Wednesday.
Anything to be included in next
Friday's paper must be in the
newspaper office by the deadline.
Fire Department
To Buy Theatre
The Down East Fire Department
has decided to buy the Atlantic
Theatre for use as a fire station.
The decision was made at a spe
cial meeting of the fire depart
ment Tuesday night.
The rear part of the theatre will
Ik? used to house the fire truck and
the front part will continue to be
used as a meeting place or for the
showing of films.
The theatre will be bought from
Sterling Robinson. Bill Gorges,
treasurer of the fire department,
says donations to meet the pur
chase cost will be most welcome.
The next regular meeting of the
fire department will be Dec. 4 at
Atlantic.
Judgments Filed
In Court Cases
Judgments were filed recently in
two Superior Court cases.
In the case of Myrtle W. Wallace
vs. Eugene P. Wallace, the court
ordered that the defendant pay the
plaintiff $50 a month for the sup
port of a child, beginning with the
week of Oct. 19, 1956 and contin
uing until further order of the
court.
The decision was made in Super
ior Court, King County, Washing
ton with the monthly payment to
be transmitted to the clerk of
Superior Court, Carteret County.
Because the defendant, in the
case The J. R. Watkins Co. vs.
Anderson Taylor, J. C. Simmons,
Ruby T. Sanders and George D.
Sanders, failed to answer the com
plaint, the court has ruled in fav
or of the plaintiff.
The plaintiff is to recover $409.53
plus interest from Oct. 12, 1954 and
pay costs of the court action.
AAUW to Start
Art Course
Women and high school pupils
interested in arts and erafts arc
invited to enroll in the American
Association of University Women's
art course.
The first session will take place
at 2 tomorrow afternoon at the
home of Mrs. Virginia Brown, Vir
ginia Street, Mansfield Park. Fees
charged for taking the course will
go to the AAUW fellowship fund.
Mrs. Milton Roush and Mrs. Har
ry Venters, AAUW art co-chairmcn
said fees will be small. Purpose
of the course is to show persons,
with no art training, simple and
inexpensive arts and crafts.
The course will be conducted by
Mrs. Venters, Who has a degree in
fine arts. University of Georgia.
Phone Company
Changes Numbers
Near Beaufort
L. A. Daniels, manager of Caro
lina Telephone and Telegraph Co..
announced yesterday that certain
telephone numbers In Highland
Park and Glcndale, Beaufort, are
being changed.
The change is necessary, he said,
because telephone service is being
extended to resident* on Highway
101. New cable is being strung and
10-party lines are being changcd to
put fewer persons on the line.
The phone company suggests
that if a number In that area is
called repeatedly and there Is no
answer that the person calling dial
information, 13, to Warn whether
the number hff been
? Miss Margaret Clark, assistant
4-1! leader of the state, will be the
speaker at the Home Demonstra
tion Achievement Day program at
7:30 tonight, American Legion Hut,
Beaufort.
Miss Clark, home agent in the
county from 1936 through 1941, will
be introduced by Mrs. Billie Smith,
North River.
Identity of the Home Demon
stration Club Woman of the Year
will be announced by W. C. Carl
ton, Morehead City, manager of
the Carteret Craven Electric Mem
bership Corp.
As Club Woman of the Year she
will be given an electric appliance
and several other gifts. This is
the first year that an outstanding
club woman has been chosen.
Five judges selected her from
among nominations made by club
women. The judges were Mrs. 1).
F. Merrill and Mrs. Charles W.
Davis, Beaufort; Mrs. I). (I. Bell,
Mrs. F. C. Salisbury and Miss Ruth
Peeling, Morehead City.
Nominations Delayed
Three nominations were received
by the home agent's office Wednes
day, too late to be judged. They
were postmarked at the Beaufort
postoffice Nov. 9, five days before
delivery to the home agent's of
fice.
Deadline for receiving nomina
tions was Saturday, Nov. 10. The
judges met' Tuesday afternoon,
i Nominees were the following.
Mrs. G. T. Spivey, Mrs. J. L. Sca
mon, Mrs. Hugh Pake, Mrs. J. M.
Stallings. Mrs. A. 11. Tallman, Mrs.
Dyon Simpson.
Mrs. J. S. Fulchcr, Mrs. Paul
, Beachem, Mrs. Will Dail, Miss
Alicc Laughton, Mrs. Floy Garner,
Mrs. Lydia Wade, Mrs. Lee Dan
iels, Mrs. Charles Stanley, Mrs.
Cecil Morris, Mrs. John Wallace,
Mrs. tyoab Avery, and Mrs. B. O.
K cUicr.
I Nominations which did not in
clude reasons for the nomination
were not considered. At the re
quest of the home agent, the nom
ination of Mrs. Garner, home
agent, was not considered.
Mrs. Monroe Whitehurst, presi
Miss Margaret Clark
. . . state 4-H official
dent of the Home Demonstration
County Council, will preside to
night. The Russells Creek ehorus
will sing Swing l.ow, Sweet Char
iot and When You and 1 Were
Young, Maggie.
Mrs. Graham Dunean, Beaufort,
R. M Williams, farm agent, and
Moses Howard, chairman of the
county board of commissioners,
will extend greetings.
The welcome address will be
given by Mrs. G. T. Spivey, Mrs.
Will I)ail will introduce special
guests and Mrs. Hugh Pake will
give the report for 1956.
Perfect attendance awards will
be presented by Mrs. Garner. A
gavel will be given to the club
coming the farthest with the most
members.
The invocation and benediction
will be given by the Rev. Louie
I^wis, pastor of the Atlantic Meth
odist Church.
Former home agents who will be
present, in addition to Miss Clark,
will be Mrs. Ann Mason Inscoc,
Mrs. E. C. Armstrong, Mrs. Car
rie Gillikin and Edith Powell Rose.
Mrs. Florence Cox, district home
agent, will attend also.
Gregg Gibbs, Native of Morebead,
Helps Develop New Type Bandage
Heads State Group
Stanley Woodland, above, chair
man of the County Welfare Board,
has been elected president of The
Welfare Officiala of North Carolina
Mr. Woodland, a resident of
Morchcad City, was chosen to head
the new state organization at a
meeting Friday at the Sir Walter
Hotel, Raleigh.
Mr. Woodland will retire as chair
man of the county welfare board
July 30. lie was elected chairman
June 1, succecding Mrs. T. T. Pot
ter.
Attending Friday's meeting In
addition to Mr. Woodland, was Mrs.
C. G Holland, Beaufort, a member
of the welfare board.
Truck, Station Wagon
Collide in Morahoad City
Kenneth 0. Tootle, route 1 More
head City, and Cleveland Paul Wil
lis Jr., Mitchell Village, were driv
ing west, aide by side Wednesday
afternoon when an unidentified car
hacked out of ? parking place and
forced Tootle to awing to his left.
His 1956 Chevrolet pick-up truck
hit the right aide Of Willis's '53
Chevrolet station wagon, cauaing
about ISO damage to the atotion
wagon. More head City police Chief
Herbert Griffin Investigated the tc
cideaL No charges were filed.
? Gregg Gibbs, son of Mr. and Mrs.
H. S. Gibbs Sr. of Morehoad City,
and his partner, Louis Pereny of
Dayton, Ohio, have come up with a
remarkably simple proccss that
inay well revolutionize the bandage
business and make conventional
surgical dressings obsolete.
In 1951 the Air Force began re
search on a protective dressing
that would do away with massive
amounts of gauze and adhesive
tape. Above all, the dressing had
to be quick and easy to apply.
The Air Forcc farmed the idea
to a number of concerns, among
them Protective Treatments, Inc.,
headed by Mr. Gibbs and Mr.
Pereny. Protective Treatments to
that time had been involved pri
marily in developing protective
spray applications for industrial
materials. .
?Spray Bandage'
In a short time they came out
with Acroplast, a liquid packaged
in an aerosol can that would dry
out Into a film once applied to the
skin, yet coiid be peeled off harm
lessly: it had the further advantage
of being transparent, so an injured
area could be observed without re
moving the covering.
Mr. Gibbs, now 35, is married
and has one son, 7. He married
the former Miss Oenldhie Ussery
from Clinton while he was in the
Air Force.
He was graduated from N. C.
State College magna cum laude in
1942 and went directly into the Air
Forcc. After getting his commis
sion he was transferred to Wright
Field, Dayton, Ohio, where he
worked in the laboratory. When he
Tide Table
Tides at the Beaufort Bar
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LOW
Friday, Nov. 1<
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6:38 p.m.
12:42 p.m
Saturday, Nov. IT
7:05 a.m.
7:23 p.m.
12:40 a.m.
1:20 p.m.
Sunday, Nov. It
7:51 a.m.
8:07 p.m.
1:24 a m
2:13 p.m.
Maaday, Not. 1*
8:35 a.m.
8:54 p.m.
2:08 a m
3:00 p.m.
Taesday, Nov. 28
8:21 a.m.
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resigned in 1946, be was a major
with 41 engineers under him ? and
he was the youngest man on the
staff.
Start Business
Mr. Pereny, whom he met while
in the Air Force, asked him to go
into business with him there in
Dayton. They had $10,000 they had
saved in the service and started
right to work. Last year their net
profit after taxes was $106,460.
Their sales amounted to $1,125,000.
They have sold their products to
Fisher Bodies, General Motors,
Ford, and the US Government.
Their new product, acroplast,
was the subject of A Short Story
of Knterprisc in the October issue
of Fortune magazine.
Mr. Glbbs' father for many year?
represented Carteret County in the
j state legislature. His brother, H.
S. Jr., is affiliated with Mr. Gibbs
in the insurance and real estate
business in Morehead City.
Four Attend
CD Meeting
Beaufort hid the largest delega
tion of all towna at the meeting in
Wilmington where explanation of
acquisition of aurplus property was
explained.
The meeting was conducted by
the atatc Civil Defense organiza
tion. Civil Defense has now be
come eligible for surplus property
on the same bails that the proper
ty was formerly available to
schools and hospitals.
Attending the meeting were May
or Clifford Lewis, Mrs. W. J. I pock.
Beaufort Civil Defense director;
Dan Walker, town clerk;" and Ger
ald Woolard of the fire depart
ment.
The meeting wai conducted by
R. S. Nicholson, deputy director of
Civil Defense.
Twenty-five representatives of
cistern North Carolina towns at
tended.
"In view of the Middle East tur
moil," Miss Ruth Peeling, coun
ty director o f Civil Defense, said,
"every community should look to
Iti Civil Defence organization. Ei
penally ihoald individual families
be ready to cope with a crislt or
emergency."
? Newport town commissioners at their meeting luesaay
night at the town hall authorized their attorney, George
Ball, to issue warrants, as necessary, against plaintiffs in
the case of Jeff Garner and others versus the Town of
Newport.
The warrants will charge that the plaintiffs falsely
swore 10 allegations lorui in a*
suit against Newport.
Mayor I^eon Mann Jr. and Com
missioner Wilbur Garner said they
weren't angry at any of the per
sons who filed the suit. "I just
don't want to see inMallation of this
water system delayed," the mayor
said.
Attorney Ball commented that
the allegations in the suit against
the town "were quite serious" and
ucre a reflection on the integrity
of all involved in any way in the
recent referendum to determine
whether the town shall put in a
town- wide water system.
In Hands of Judge
Judge Chester Morris was asked
to rule last week on a motion
placed before him by the town ask
ing that the suit be dismissed on
the basis that there was no cause
for action. Judge Morris took the
papers with him and informed Mr
Ball that he would inform him of
his decision by mail.
Commissioners Wilbur Garner
and Prentis Garner were author
ized to meet next month with the
group planning a town teen-age
program. The board dccided that
it would lend financial support to
the venture.
Leslie Berccgcay of the Cherry
Point Mutual Veterans Housing
Association said he believed his
association would be interested in
the program too.
Thefts Discussed
Lcland Garner appeared before
the board and requested financial
help to break up the series of
thefts that have been taking place
at Newport. The board agreed to
give $60 a month on a temporary
basis.
Within the past six months three
tires have been stolen, as well as
a chain saw worth about $300, a
gun, two sets of fender skirts and
gasoline from fire trucks parked
outdoors.
Attorney Ball reported on back'
taxes and the board authorized him
to proceed with bringing suits. The
board approved mimeographing of
postcards to serve as notices of
water bills due. The form was sug
See BOARD. Page 6
H. L. Joslyn
Will Address
PCA at New Bern
i H. L. Joslyn. superintendent of
Carteret County Sehools. will be
the principal speaker at the annual
I stockholders' meeting of the New
Bern Production Credit Association
I at the Craven County courthousc
tomorrow morning at 10:30.
Wade H. Davis, secretary -treas
urer of the association, announces
that reports of all operations of the
association will he given to the
stockholders. J. B. liolton. direc
tor from Pamlico County will give
the report of the directors.
G. Tull Richardson will give the
report of the executive committee
and the secretary -treasurer will
give the financial report. Two new
directors will be elected to serve a
term of three years.
A large crowd is expected, ac
cording to Mr. Davis. Many val
uable prizes will be given to the
lucky persons in addition to the
usual 25 silver dollars given away.
The association's office is located
at New and Hancock Streets and
serves Craven, Carteret and Pam
lico Counties.
The directors arc G. Tull Rich
ardson, Marvin F. Aldridgc and J.
E. Riggs of Craven County, J. B.
liolton from Pamlico County and
Lawrence A. Garner from Carteret
County.
Institute Makes
Study of Waters
Because the future deepening of
Oregon Inlet will probably have
an effect on sound and inland
fisheries of the coast, the Institute
of Fisheries, Morehead City, is
pushing a hydrographic study of
waters in that area.
In charge of the study is Dr.
Gerald Posncr of the institute staff.
Dr. A. F. Chestnut, director of the
institute, commented that the open
ing of the inlet will allow much
more ocean salt water to pene
trate the inland water areas.
This may change the fishing con
ditions of the area. The study of
salinity and water temperatures
now will serve as basis for com
parison of the waters after the
channel is deepened.
Dr. William Fahy and Dr. Earl
Deubler of the institute staff arc
continuing study of the striped bass
in the Albemarle area, a project
being carried out in conjunction
with the federal government.
Meeting Stresses
Fire Prevention
More than 2,000 Tar Heel leaders
from business, industry, agricul
ture, and government attended a
conference at the N. C. State Fair
Arena in Raleigh Wednesday. They
discussed forest fires, which take a
35 million dollar slice out of the
state's economy each year.
Forestry is North Carolina's third
industry with a total annual value
of $750,000,000. It ranks ahead of
the tobacco induatry and second
only to textiles as a source of em
ployment by providing jobs for 78,
000 Tar Heels.
Gov. Luther H. Hodges led an
impressive list of speakers, expert*
on various aspects of the forest fire
problem. The conference included
exhibits, demonstrations, and en
tertainment. A free barbecue waa
served in the arena.
Those who attended from the
county were B. B. Baugus, H. L.
Joslyn, Miss Alida Willis. R. M.
McClain, and Mrs. F. C. Salisbury,
Morehead City; Ray Dennis, Aaron
Craig, Allen Ray Garner, Robert
Garner. A. L. Wilson, and E. N.
Foreman, Newport; W. H. Wil
liams, James Davis, Mrs. Charlei
Davis, Mrs. Myrtle Duncan, and
R. M Williams, Beaufort; Charlea
Barker, Stella, and A. D. Knnctt,
Swansboro.
Police Report Gives
Police. Commissioner Math Chap
lain, Beaufort, reported Monday
night at the town board meeting
that II persons were apprehended
in October. There were a meter
violations and 11 other parking vio
latiooa.