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PRIZE-WINNING NEWSPAPER of tlM TAR HEEL COAST CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES 45th YEAR, NO. 96. THREE SECTIONS TWENTY-FOUB PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT. NORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY, NOVEMBR 80, 1956 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS Community Concerts Will Feature Ballet and Ballads Santa Claus Will Arrive at 4 P.M. Today, Beaufort Jolly Elf to Launch Holiday Season; Cash - To be Given Away Santa Claus arrives in Beaufort this afternoon at 4 o'clock. He will arrive at the postoffice dock aboard the good ship Mistletoe. After being greeted, Santa will take part in a parade through the business section. The Beaufort and Queen Street High School bands, Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, and Cub Scouts, as well as other civic officials will take part in the parade. The pa rade wiil go down Front Street to i Turner, where the marchers will turn to the right. They will march north on Turner Street to Ann Street and then back to the schools. Lights Go On The Christmas lights were turned on Tuesday night, so the Christ mas season has officially arrived. The Pirate's Chest of Silver pro gram begins today with the fol lowing merchants giving tickets for the drawings to be held at 2 p.m. each Saturday and on Christ mas Eve in front of Potter's Sin clair Service Station: Eastern Rulanc, Johnson-Saun ders Dry Cleaning, Barbour's Ma rine Supply, Vogue, Fashion Shop, House's Drug, Guthrie and Jones Drug, Herring's Jewelers, West ern Auto, City Appliance. Merrill's Men Shop, Carteret Hardware, Stamper's Jewelers, Beaufort Department Store, E. W. Downum's, Ben's Bicycle Shop, Hamilton Furniture Co., Beaufort Hardware. Dora Dinette, Jack and Jill, Sty ron's Department Store, Potter's Dress Shop, B. A. Bell, Rumley's Feed and Seed, Paul Motor Co., Jim Wheatley'i, Holden's Restau rant, and Bell's Drug Store. Those who donated to the jack pot but do not have tickets arc Beaufort Bar, City Grocery, Ram sey's Wholesale Grocery, C. D. 'Jones Grocery, Beaufort Florist, Biggs' Shoe Shop, and Rose's. Appearances Scheduled Santa Claus will be on Front Street each Saturday from 10 a.m. until noon and from 2 p.m. until 4 p.m. beginning next Saturday. He will be on the street the same hours the day before Christmas. Sixteen merchants have donated $10 gift certificates to the jack pot. Each Saturday 100 silver dol lars and two gift certificates will be given away. On Christmas Eve 200 silver dollars and 10 gift cer tificates will be given. 31 Attend Gift Demonstration Thirty-one women attended the demonstration on making Christ mas gifts Wednesday afternoon in the home agent's office. "Nine of the women were not Home Demonstration Club mem bers. They were residents of Beau fort and Morehead City and we were most happy to have them," commented Mrs. Floy Garner, home agent. "Home Demonstration work is , not only for rural women," ahe continued, "and we want all women to know that they arc welcome to any Home Demonstration event." Mrs. John Reynolds, Newport, showed how to treat pine cones with chemicals so they will burn with many-colored flames in the fireplace. Mrs. L. B. Willis Jr., Bettie, showed how to finish coat hangers with plastic lacings. All the women did the work after they were shown how. Mrs. Gamer said 400 yards o ( < plastic lacing were used. She said that many arc interest ed in learning to hammer and tool copper. A meeting featuring this will be scheduled in January, Mrs. Garner reported. - Temperatures Drop Steadily Weather observer E. Stamcy , Davis reports that the temperature i dropped below freezing for the ' second time this year Wednesday ] night. A steady drop in both max- i imum and minimum temperatures i waa recorded for the first three i days of the week, with an upward I swing yesterday afternoon. Maximum and minimum temp- i cratures and wind direction fol low: Max. Mia. WW I Monday <2 3? 8E Tueaday M M W ( Wednesday SJ JO SW Ballet and Ballads will be pre sented at the Beaufort High School auditorium at 8:15 p.m. Monday. The program is one of a series pre sented by the Carteret Community Concerts Association. Critics have been exclaiming for the past few years about Emily Frankcl and Mark Ryder and the unique combination of dance artis try and theatrical impact in their Dance Drama Duo program. Now they have joined Will Holt, the widely hailed young ballad singer and guitarist. The result: Ballet and Ballads, an evening s entertainment with a striking range ot mood and mean ing. They form a young and vital team, with provocative ideas, dra matic imagination and an impres sive mastery of technique and pro jection. Emily Frankcl, formerly with the Charles Weidman Dance Thea tre and solist on major television network, shows, u> one of the young est and most rapidly rising among the new generation of dancer choreographers. Red-haired and striking, she combines personal beauty with an exciting dramatic and creative gift. Hers is an es sentially lyric and delicate style, and yet she is "touching in re pose, graphic in motion, and hilari ous in satire." Mark Ryder has been praised throughout the country as one of the most stirring and powerful of Martha Graham's dance soloists. A versatile dancer-choi eographer, he has a monumental physical power ? particularly in slow legato movement ? as well as phenom enal elevation. He is, as The New York Times' John Martin noted, "One of the finest of all the young male dancers." Will Holt studied with Richard Dyer-Bennett and Rey de la Torre, has toured throughout Europe per forming and collecting material, and in this country has been the featured artist on the Ford Founda tion's "Omnibus" and the St. Louis Laclede Symphonette television programs, in recital ia New York and as star at such famous night clubs as the Village Vangard, and in concert throughout the midwest and New England. Judge Upholds Officials In Water System Fight Judge Chester Morris, in an or der signed Saturday and received here yesterday, sustained the de murrer filed by the plaintiffs in the case Jeff J. Garner and others vs. the Town of Newport and its officials. The suit was filed by certain resi dents of Newport who hope to pre vent the borrowing of $120,000 to put in a town-wide water system. The judge ruled that the allega tion in the suit against the town did not constitute cause for action. The plaintiffs, however, have been given an opportunity to amend their complaint or replead within 30 days. This means that the citi zens against town-wide water have, until Dec. 2* if they want to pursue the matter further. Claud Whcatly, attorney for the plaintiffs, could not be reached yes terday for comment. The order sustaining the demur rer was received yesterday by A. II. James, clerk of Superior Court. Mayor Leon Mann Jr., Newport, said yesterday, "We're elated that the judge has agreed that the al legations were without foundation." In spite of the suit, the town hat proceeded with plans to install the water system. Borrowing of the money has been approved by the Local Government Commission and the matter was approved in a referendum Sept. 4. Those protesting say that the elec tion was not carried out in accord ance with law. Motion to dismiss the action was placed before Judge Chester Mor ria who waa presiding at the No Earl Willis Outlines Christmas Program For Beaufort Rotary Earl WUlis of the Beaufort fire department waa guest speaker at the Beaufort Rotary Club meeting Tueaday night at the Inlet Inn. He outlined the fire department's Chriatmas program. The fire department, he said, is collecting toya, food, and clothing for needy familiea in the Beaufort srea. Other civic groups are co operating with the firemen. Mr. Willis waa introduced by the Bev. C. Edward Sharp, who was in charge of the program. J. R. Sanders of the Morehead City Rotary Club wai the visiting RoUrian. vembcr term of superior Court here. Seeking to block installation of a water system, in addition to Jeff J. Garner are Charles L. Green, Claude A. Henderson, Leslie Mann, Claude Henderson. 11. F. Williams, J. I. Mizelle, J. C. Bell, Ivey V. Haskett, T. W. llaskett, J. S. Smith. L. P. Smith, C. M. Garner, Leon ard Carroll, C. C. N orris, R. S. Jones, L. C. Mann. Lee P. Brock, Amy Harkley, John Carroll, J. Wheeler Smith, Wil'iam R. Bell and C. A. Gould Sr. Defendants, in addition to the mayor, arc Commissioners Prcn tii Garner. Bennie R. Garner, Hil ton Gurganus, Wilbur Garner. J. M. Cox. and the town clerk, Miss Edith Lockcy. State Doetor-of-the-Year Morehead City Jaycees were asked Monday night to nominate a Doctor of the Year for the state, and not for the county, as reported in a newsstory on page 6 section 2 of today's paper. 20 PerCent Allotment Reduction Will Hit Small Tobacco Farmers District Engineer Comments On County Stream Clearance Col. H. C. Rowland, district en-4 gincer, Wilmington, in a state ment to THE NEWS TIMES Wed nesday expressed concern with tile attitude in this county rela tive to clearance of strctms clogged with hurricane debris. Opinions of farmers, officials and farm leaders here arc not a reflection of the facts, Colonel Rowland said. He was referring to a story in THE NEWS TIMES Tuesday which told of submission of another application to Civil De fense to carry out more thorough clearing of Carteret farmland streams. Carteret resubmitted another application last Friday, asking Civil Defense for $245,743.10 to snag logs in creeks and rivers clogged with storm debris. The purpose is to clear the waterways to prevent future flooding. Contract Awarded ? .At. pr''scn' a contract has been ? . c Sorps of Engineers for 115,000 to clcar portions of New port River, North River and Gibbs Creek. Colonel Rowland said that work IS actually underway, not only in this county but on all other ap proved projects except in Dare County. In all, there are a total of 19 projects in eastern Carolina. The district engineer said that ?>C ,r?rps of Engineers is doing all that can possibly he done un dcr the law by which they are bound, Public Law 875. This law allows repair of hurricane dam age only on a temporary basis. According to persons here who arc interested in jetting the streams clcared. Uie engineers were not opcrtaing under law 875 but another law introduced by Congressman Herbert Bonner and passed by Congress which appro priatcd six million dollars for re pair of hurricane damage. Wishful Thinking? When the law was passed, it was assumed by Tar Heels that ""j? '* was promoted and pushed by North Carolina the six million dollars would be spent in this state. Colonel Rowland said such is not the case. Set aside for stream clearance in eastern Carolina was Jl.SOSOOO The district engineer f. 'hat after the 19 projecta men tioned above were approved there was a "commotion" (apparently by people in the various counties) and forwarded to the Corps of Engineers by Civil Defense were applications for money to be spent on 11 other streams. He said none of those streams were in Carteret "Factual reports" on these ap plications were dispatched to the Federal Civil Defense Administra Hon by his office Thursday Nov ?, and since that time the Army engineers have received another request on a stream in Bertie County, Colonel Rowland said Since Carteret's new application did not get to Raleigh until Fri day, Nov 9, it evidently had not reached Colonel Rowland's office by the time of his eonvcrsation With THE NEWSTIMES When asked why the contract for work in Carteret streams was so low, 915,200 in comparison with an estimate of |4?,000, Colonel Rpwland said that the Army was See ENGINEER, Page I | Stranger in Town This wreck has been cited as evidence that the beginning of divided Arendeli Street, at the east end of Morehcad City, should be more clearly market}. This car was wrecked Saturday night, Nov. 10. The driver Rotho Davis, Sup ply, N. C., was uninjured, lie turned when he suddenly no ticed the highway became dual. The front of his car caught on the iron stakes across from the Jefferson Hotel and flipped the car over. Davis was headed into Morehead City at the time. Motorists unfamiliar with the beginning of the split highway sometimes keep going west in Photo by Clcl Simpson the south Arcndell Street lane ra ther than moving over Into the north lane when, the highway di vides. It has t>ecn suggested that a warning sign be placed several hundred feet from the place where the highway divides and that the actual turn be marked with re flector arrows and a large sign. T wo Colored Children Die as Flames Sweep House Near Morehead City Pogy Catches Start to Pick Up Things arc looking up for the menhaden fishermen ? but they still regret "lost days" when weather during the past few weeks kept boats tied up. The fish also were a bit later in appearing than had been anticipated. The boats had good days Mon day and Wednesday, but weather kept them at docksidc Tuesday and yesterday. They are currently working over a 30-mile area from Knuckle Buoy, Cape Lookout, northward to Ocra cokc bar. Wednesday the fish were being seined about eight miles off shore. The pogies arc described as "normal size." They're the roe shad that make their regular fall appearance here. No predictions are made on how long the season will last. W. H. rotter, Beaufort Fisheries, says his boats will fish until the middle of January. Most of the out-of state boats are expected to leave about the middle of next month so they'll be home in time for Christ mas. Station to be Dedicated Ptmio ky Bab Seymour Morehead Clty'i Wert Bad Fire Staiiaa will be dedicated at a flail fry ( to ( p.m. Wedaeaday at the fire atattoa. The abave ptctare waa takes by the Finer Caroliaa publicity ebalrmaa, Jag Da Ma. aa the atatloa waa aearla? completlaa. The flah fry la epea to the paWtc. Praceeda will Adah paybif far the ata tlaa. The aew fire track caaae thraa<h IU teata with Oylaf catora Maoday. Morcncaa city ana Newport lire-* mcn were still trying to recover 4 the charred bodies of two Negro children, David elen Jones, 3, and j his brother, Luther Junior, six months, as THE NEWS-TIMES i went to press late yesterday after- I noon. The children died in a fire which destroyed their home west of I Morehead City. Morehcad City fire- I men were called at 2:10 p.m. By the time flames were under control, firemen had located the bodies which were in clear view from outside the shell of the house. They were trying to cool the sur rounding debris in order to get to them. The house, located on the north side of US 70 just west of the junc tion with Highway 24, was a total loss. The fire was believed to have started from a gat stove. No adults were in the house at the time of J the fire. Luther Jones Sr., father of the c two dead children, said that he was at work at Robert Taylor's fish fac- J tory when he learned the house was on fire. He had been at work since Mon day. He said that he did not know where the children's mother was. Four boys, ranging from 2 to 6 years, managed to escape from the flaming house. They were Edward l/cc, 6, Wesley Earl, 5, Ivan Ray, 4, and Ramsey, 2. Hospital Trustees f Review Bids it Trustees of the Sea Level llos- ' pital opened bids Wednesday af icrnoon at the hospital (or the con: struction of a proposed addition * to the hospital. The companies submitting gen eral contracting bids were O. L. _ Shackleford of Kinston; T. A. Lov ing of Goldaboro. and John V. Barger of Moorcsville. The amount of the bids has not been released. Charles F. Caudoll Jr.. hospital administrator, aaid that the bids would remain confidential until after acceptad. The bids have been relayed to West Palm Beach. Fla? where they will be studied by members of the Taylor Foun dation, which operates the hos pital. Annual Meeting Tomorrow The annual meeting of members of the Carteret-Craven Electric Membership Corp. will take place ,, tomorrow at the Morehead City School. The meeting starts at 10 a.m. and will feature exhibits of electrical appliances, with the bus loest meeting is the afternoon. 2nd Guy Avery Home Destroyed By Fire Tuesday In less than two years fire has ?onsumcd two homes owned by ' 3uy Avery, Morchead City. The lecond fire occurred Tuesday night it about 10 o'clock. The house, 1 ocatcd behind Guy's Drive-In, 1 iighway 70. Morchead City, burn- 1 ?d to the ground. Fire deitroyed another home 1 iwned by Avery April 26, 1955. 1 rhis house was located next to the nr which burned this week. That oss, estimated at $7,000, was cov rcd by $5,000 in insurance. Mr. Avery could not be contact- , <1 yesterday for Information on | he recent fire. Both Newport and Morchcad , ;ity firemen answered the call, forehead City firemen, first on j he scene, used all the water in heir booster truck to save the Irive-in. Newport firemen arrived n time to help check the fire. Ruins of the home were still | moldcring yesterday. Mrs. Avery was living in the lomc at the time, but was report- ( d to have left a short while bc orc the fire was discovered. It was noticed by persons work- . ng in Letty's Place (the former kirport Grill). TTiosc who saw the fire first said ' hat the house was filled with moke and that most of the smoke ccmcd to be at a large picture ' vindow under which was a living oom couch. Tides at Uk Beaufort Bar Tide Table HIGH LOW Friday, Nov. M 6:36 a.m. 6:50 p.m. 12:08 a.m. 1:00 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 1 7:22 a.m. 7:36 p.m. 12:55 a.m. 1:45 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 2 1:04 a.m. 1:20 p.m. l 39 a.m. 2:28 p.m. Monday, Dec. 3 8 45 a.m. 1:01 p.m. 2:21 a.m. 3:07 p.m. Taetday, Dee. 4 9 23 a.m. 9:42 p.m. 3:02 a.m. 3:46 p.m. The 20 per cent acreage cut in fluercured tobacco will hit the small farmer pretty hard," B. J. May. county ASC administrator' *aid yesterday. Announce ment of the cut was made I uesday. ?'radically all ?f the Carteret to bacco farmers arc small ones f? ,h ,h"VinS an a??'ment of less than five acres. The cut is 20 per cent of the al iment allowed farmers this year. Thus, plus an additional 10 per cent expected through the soil bank would make a total 30 per cent cut in next year s acreage. Mr. .May said he has not received instructions on the procedure to be followed in putting tobacco acre age in the soil bank, but he esti thaJ, a hundred Carteret farmers will participate in the soil sufnficCr4m " thC pricp P"d - 1* Cents Last Year Last year's price was 18 cents a pound. Mr May said that the farmers seemed satisfied at that price and will probably he willing to bank tobacco land again this year at that rate. Last year 13 tobacco farmers M (WW 26 99 "CreS and received The big problem in the tobacco market now is surplus. In spile of reduced acreage, improved leaf va rieties and better methods continue to keep production at high levels. I he average per-acre yield in 1956, according to the Department of Agriculture, was 1,573 pounds. Sen. W. Kerr Scott has called for increased Soil Bank funds for to bacco, issuing a sharp warning that drastic action is needed to reducc tobacco production next year" Addressing the annual meeting of the North Carolina Farm Bu rcau, Scott said: Too Much Tobacco P1"!" an<l simple fact is that wc arc producing too much tobac co. Our production is far beyond our demand," he said. "We must either reduce our production or see [he price of tobacco go down far below what It ia bringing today " In the end, we arc not getting the needed results through acreage reductions alone largely because of the introduction of new higher yielding varieties. "Consequently, since acreage re duction alone will not solve the problem, we must look for an en ely new system of control or some ncw approach ,0 comW with acreage control." Scott said farmers should con sider such approaches as poundago control, a combination system of acreage poundage controls and the limitation of plants per acre "It is true," Scott said, "that the Soil Bank will help reduce the total production, but wc cannot put all of ?"r eggs in that one basket." Hc<"' Senator said Soil Bank funds now allocated to tobac ? *rc "vcr* low compared with other crops. lie said 45 million dollars a year is now set aside for lobacco under the Soli Bank. Wheat receives 375 million and corn and cotton rcccivc 300 million each, be laid. Wand It Doubled To do the job that needs to be lone under the Soil Bank, he said, "the allocation for tobacco should be doubled, at least." Scott pointed out, however, that it would be virtually impossible to let additional Soil Bank funds for tobacco prior to the 1958 crop year. Scott said this year's crop is about 125 million pounds above what is needed in spite of an acre age reduction of some IS per cent below last year's crop. He discussed in detail the three ?Iternatives that are open to farm ers in addition to acreage controls ?lone. He said there arc "complica tions" in either a poundage, acre age poundage or plants per acre lystem of control .but expressed confidence that growers could reach an agreement about what ap proach should be used. Mr. May said that if a poundage control system is used, it will be let up on an average per farm, using the same basis as for soil bank payments. Thrn More Canvassers Start Jubilee Work Three members of the Morchcad City Woman's Club Literary and Art Department started canvassing this week for jubilee booklet pa Irons and patroneaaea. They are Mrs. Bernard Lcary, Mr*. Bill Chalk and Mr*. Truman Kemp. They will cover 7th and Kh Street*. rakes Caarae John L. Humphrey, county road ?uperintendent, will be in New Bern Monday taking a first aid course required of State Highway personnel.
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