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