PRIZE-WINNING NEWSPAPER ?I tka TAR HEEL COAST CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES w 46th YEAR, NO. 96. EIGHT PAGES MOREHEAD CltY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1956 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS County Re-Submits Request For Stream Clearance Funds . Fishery Lab Designs Fishway For Dam on Potomac River Biologists at the U. S. Fishery Ubora ory are now in the process of designing a "fishway" to help fish jump the Little Kalis Dam on - the Potomac River, two miles above Washington, D. C. the fish are 8'ven some help they can t get into the upper reaches of the river to spawn. The ItSJL*i$UK " White shad striped bass, produce young in onlan water, then return to the Unless some means is found to help the fish on their journey to the spawning grounds, biologists point out that the supply of com mercially valuable fish may dwin die. The fishway which is recom mended for the Little Falls Dam is known as a Hells Gate vertical baffle fishway, announces G B Talbot, director of the Beaufort lab. This type was first developed by the International Pacific Sal mon F ishcries Commission for use on the Frascr River in British Co lumbia, Canada. Since then many installations of this type have been used on the Wjst Coast and have proven to be very effective, Mr. Talbot said. Their chief advantage is that they are self-regulating in relation to water flows and, therefore, require less attention than other types of fishways. In adapling this fishway to the Little Falls installation it was nec essary to study time of fish runs, with past records of water eleva tions above and below the dam at the time of the runs. These data determine the elevation of the fish way and the maximum and min imum water levels at which it should operate, explains Mr. Tal bot. Another vital factor is that the fish must be able to locate the en trance to the fishway. For this reason, it is necessary to design an attraction channel with auxil iary water supply for this particu ? lar location. Model studies at the Beaufort laboratory arc being used for this purpose. Staff members at the Fishery lab working on the project, in ad dition to Mr. Talbot, are C. H Walburg, project leader for shad studies; James E. Sykes, project leader for striped bass studies; and research biologists K. J. Fischler and Paul R. Nichols. Claude Guthrie, superintendent of buildings and grounds, is respon sible for construction of the scale model. The laboratory will closely follow the completion of the fish way and will determine its effec tiveness when completed, Mr. Tal bot says. The actual fishway will be con structed by the Corps of Engineers from designs provided by the fish ery lab Little Falls Dam will pro vide water for the nation's capi tal. During the past several years the U. S. Fishery Laboratory has been requested to furnish designs or consult on fishways in several of the Atlantic Coast states. These include projects in Maine, two fishways on the Connecticut River, and the Goldsboro project on the Neuse River in North Carolina. Admitted to Hospital Mrs. A. E. Williams, Greenville, was admitted to Morehead City Hospital Saturday after she injured her leg while visiting her sister, Mrs. Hugh Styron, Mitchell Village. Personnel at the U. S. Fishery Laboratory, fivers Island, inspect a scale model of a fishway, the device which helps fish climb over barriers, such as dams. Left to right: Kenneth J. Fischlcr, Claude R. Guthrie and Paul Nichols. Beaufort Receives Civil Defense OK Beaufort has been approved to receive state surplus property in connection with its Civil De fense program. Announcement of approval was received over the weekend by Mrs. W. J. Ipock, Beaufort Civil Defense director. She was in formed by R. C. Nicholson, Ra leigh, director of Civil Defense. This approval follows submis mission . of applications describ ing Beaufort's Civil Defense pro gram. It entitles the town to ap ply for surplus property, which, if Civil Defense approves, will be, given the town without cost. Coast Guard Tows In H. R. Humphries The H. R. Humphries, 13S-foot fishboat, was towed in by the Coast Guard Friday afternoon. The boat notified the Coast Guard that she had engine failure and neded to be towed in. The CG 40403. sta tioned at Fort Macon, and the CG 36481, stationed at Cape Look out, went on the call. EN-2 Ronald H. Quidley, EM 2 James S. Manctte, and SN Robert A. Stevens were aboard the Fort Macon boat. On board the Cape Lookout craft were EM-2 Walter Lewis and EN-3 Kenneth Johnson. The Coast Guard towed the boat from about 12 miles offshore to the inlet, where Capt. Charlie Pincr took over with the port tug. Church Women To Serve Dinner To raise money to protect five down-east communities from fire, the Women's Clubs of the Metho dist and Baptist Churches, Mar shallberg, will serve a barbccue dinner Saturday, Dec. 8. Proceeds will be used to put the newly -acquired fire truck in first class condition so that it will be ready to go into operation when needed. The dinner will be served at the Marshallbcrg community building. Tickets will be on sale until Dec. 8. The price is $1. The person sell ing the tickets will make arrange ments with the buyer if the buyer would like to have the plates de livered. In addition to the dinner, an as sessment of $2 per house is being contemplated to meet the cost of fire truck conditioning and opera tion. The fire truck project is being sponsored by the Marshallbcrg Community Men's Club which ob tained the truck without cost. A fire protection program is being set up to cover Marshallbcrg, Smyrna, Williston, Gloucester and Straits. The club broke about even on the dance it sponsored at Smyrna Thursday night. John Valentine, president, said the crowd was slim. Proceeds were to have gone to ward the fire truck. Electric Co-Op Members Will Atfend Annual Meeting Saturday The 16th annual meeting of mem ber* of Carteret-Craven Electric Membership Corp. will be held Sat urday, Dec. 1. The Morehead City School Gymnaiium will be the scene of the Electrical Appliance Show and the place for registration, I beginning at 0:30. The annual business meeting will take place at 1:30 in the Morehead City School auditorium. A conces sion lunch stand will be operated by the Home Economics Club of the high school. There will be no barbecue dinner as in the last few years, according to W. C. Carlton, manager. Local appliance dealers cooperat ing in the staging of the appliance show are offering electric appli ances valued at more than 11,300 as door prisea. Two electric ranges are being offered by Sound Appli ance Co., Morehead City, and Al len & Bell Hardware Co., Newport. At the business session the mem bers will receive reports (ram the officers who have served this year. These reports deal with the finan cial condition of this Rural Electric Cooperative and a review of the progress made during the past year. TW members will elect nine directors to serve for a term of one year. The nominating committee this year was composed of the follow ing: Mrs. J. C. Barker, Stella; Mrs. L. N. Conner, Newport route 2; Floyd M. Garner, Newport; Ben Wataon, Straits; Arlle Daniels, Ce dar Island; I1 the Beaufort Bar Tide Table HIGH LOW Tuesday, Nov. 27 3:50 a.m. 4:11 p.m. 10:11 a.m. 10:23 p.m. Wedaesday, Nov. 26 4:31 a.m. 5:09 p.m. 11:14 a.m. 11:17 p.m. Ttarsday, Nov. 2* 5:45 a.m. t:02 pm. 12:10 p.m. Friday, Nov. ? 6:50 p.m. 1:36 a.m. 12:06 a.m. 1:00 p.m. State ASC Head To Speak Here At ASC Dinner Horace B. Godfrey, state Agri culture. Stabilization and Conserva tion administrator, will be the guest speaker at 6 30 Thursday night when the county ASC com mittees attend their banquet at the Sanitary Fish Market and Restau rant, Morehead City. B. J. May, county ASC admin istrator, will be toastmaster. He will also receive a pin for 20 years' service with the government agri culture service. Five years ago Mr. May received a certificate for 15 years' service. John Bryan, Greenville, ASC dis trict fieldman, will be a guest at the dinner. Attending the banquet will be community ASC committeemen, members of the county ASC com mittee, their wives and farm prod uct suppliers of this area. The din ner is dutch. John Staton Jr. Wins Eagle Rank John M. Staton Jr., Beaufort, re ceived the highest rank possible in Boy Scouts when he was presented with the rank of Eagle Scout Sun day morning during the morning worship in St. Paul's Episcopal Church. Ethan Davis, district commit sioner o < Boy Scouts, presented the award to Charles Hassell, leader of troop 51, who in turn pinned the badge on John. Mr. Davis, in telling of John's achievement, announced that John John M. SUton Jr. . . . achieves highest rank had joined the Boy Scouts in Au gust of 1952, when he was 11 yean old. He immediately completed his tenderfoot requirements, and be came a second class Scout. This rqnk was awarded in November 1952. John waa made first clasi Scout in March 1853, and in No vember 1854 had advanced to the Star Scout. In March 1850 he completed his work on 15 merit badges, ten of which were required for the rank at Life Scout, and in August 1856, after appearing before a special district board of review, he suc cessfully passed his examination for the camping, fishing and citi senship in the nation merit badges, which made a total of 21 required for the rank of Eagle Scout. John pinned the miniature Eagle replica on his mother, in recogni tion of her encouragement during his years of Scouting. John has been an acolyte at St. Pauf's Episcopal Church for three and one-half years, and la now a lmh grade aludent at Edwards Mil itary Institute. Sheriff Called Sheriff Hugh Salter was callcd to Leo's Place on the Harkers Island Road Saturday night. The sheriff said the owner of the place. Aubrey Willis, told him that he would be in town Sunday to swear out warranta. A fight waa reported to have taken place. ? Jesse Lewis Morton, 63, route 1 Beaufort, died in Morehead City Hospital at 3:55 a.m. yesterday from injuries received in a wreck Sunday afternoon in front of hie home, Highway 101. The funeral service will be con ducted tomorrow or Thursday it his wife, Mary Melissa, who was also injured, is discharged from the hospital. Should she be con fined longer, the funeral will be held tomorrow. Coroner Leslie Springle an nounced yesterday that an inquest will be conducted at 7 p.m. Thurs day in the courthouse, Beaufort. Three other persons, Raymond Laughton and James Allen Lewis, both 15 and Louise Morton, 13, granddaughter of M Morton, were injured. The accident happened at 3:3Q p.m. Sunday three and a half miles north of Beaufort. Attempts to Pass Highway Patrolman J. W. Sykcf said that Bruce Dudley. 16, route 1 Beaufort, driving a 1947 Plymouth was headed north and attempted to pass a 1946 Chevrolet pickup truck driven by Mr. Morton. As Dudley was passing the pick up, the patrolman said Mr. Mor ton turned left to enter the drive way into his home and the Ply mouth crashed into the side of the pickup. The truck was knocked 95 feet down the road into a ditch and the car followed, traveling 75 feet. With Dudley were Raymond Laughton, who was seated in the back and received a cut on his knee, and James Allen Lewis, seat ed in front, who had a severe cut over his eye. Louise and another boy, unidenti fied, were riding in the back of the pickup. Louise suffered a hand in jury and was taken to the hospital by Coroner Springle. Mr. ami Mrs. Morton were taken to the hospital in the Adair ambulancc. Skull Fractured He suffered a fractured skull and did not regain consciousness. Both vehicles were demolished. Dudley, who was slightly shaken up, told Patrolman Sykes that he blew his horn as he started to pass and that he saw no turn signal from Mr. Morton. Mr. Morton is survived by his wife; three sons, O'Neal of the home, Charles, USN, and Jesse Jr., Morehead City; a daughter, Mrs. Beatrice Fulchcr of New Jersey, and six grandchildren. Members of the coroner's jury arc Glen Harris, Paul Jones, Jack Neal, Ralph Eudy, Elmore Davis and C. G. Gaskill. Police Check On Two Wrecks Morchead City police investigat ed two traffic accidents Friday and Saturday. Saturday afternoon James B. Crowe, Morchead City, turned over in a 1950 Chevrolet panel truck; and Friday evening William A. Shanibley, Morchead City, backed his truck into a 1955 Ford driven by Mrs. Dorothy Wil son. Beaufort. Crowe told policc that he was going west on Fisher Street when he came to the junction of 11th Street. He had to turn either left or right, he said, and his brakes failed. He tried to turn right, and the truck turned over smashing in the left side and top. A Sound Chevrolet wrccker towed the truck away, and Dill's ambulance took Crowe to the hos pital where he was treated for back injuries. Chief of Police Herbert Griffin investigated the accident. Mrs. Wilson wss driving in tbo 900 block o I Arendcll Street when Shambley backed his truck into her right side, doing about $150 worth of damage. Lt. C. E. Bunch, who Investigated, filed no chargcs. Two to Attend 'Storm' Session Dan Walker. Beaufort, and Joe DuBois, Morehead City, members of the Citizens Advisory Panel on Hurricanes will attend ? luncheon meeting at noon tomorrow at the Hotel Governor Tryon, New Bern. The special meeting has been csllcd by Hugh Harris, vice-chair- ? man of the panel. Col. Harry Brown, who is in charge of the state's hurricane rehabilitation pro gram, will be present. Mr. DuBois ssys that during the business session building regul*- i tions for hurricane areas will be discussed. He reports that accord- , ing to the flood and disaster iniur ance laws, regulations an building and zoning in hurricane danger areas must be in effect after IMC Coastal residents are also in terested in obtaining $20 million in federal funds for long-range sU- J biliislion o I the outer banks.