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PRIZE. WINNING NEWSPAPER of tho TAR HEEL COAST CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES~ 46th YEAR, NO. 100. TWPMC MtrnOMS TWWMTY.Fflirit PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1956 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS ?Ethan Davis, Carl Chadwick Jr. Win Awards at Scouter Banquet Photo t*y Bob Seymour Bob Howard, District Scout Chairman, renter, presented Carl Chadwick Jr., left, with the Srouter's Key and Klhan Davis, right, with the Green Band, which he is wearing. Mrs. Chadwick, left, and Mrs. Davis were commended for their cooperation with their husbands in the Scout program. Ethan Davis, District Scout Com missioner, and Carl Chadwick Jr., Scoutmaster of Troop 201, Beau- 1 fort, were honored at the first an- 1 nual Carteret District Scoutcrs Banquet Wednesday night at the Masonic Hall, Morehead City. Their wives were also recog nized for the splendid support and assistance they have given their husbands. | Mr. Davis received the Green .Band, the highest recognition that a district can give to a Stouter. The wearer of the Green Band "has rendered outstanding service to Scouting in his district for a minimum of three years, and his activities toward the betterment of Scouting in his district have had marked influence on the growth of Scouting and bringing Scouting to ?'more boys." Hins Key Mr. Chadwick was awarded the Scouter's Key. The holder of a Scoutcr's Key "is a trained man who has met a high standard of performance. He has proved his ability as a leader of a Scout unit, and has completed three years of registered tenure in the capacity of Scoutmaster." District Chairman Bob Howard introduced Moses Howard, chair man of the County Commissioners, Morehcad City Mayor George Dill, Clarence Guthrie, institutional rep resentative, Beaufort, and their wives as well as representatives from the press and radio. lie continued introductions with recognition of each group repre sented at the banquet. They were Pack 28, Beaufort, Cubmaster, Odell Merrill; Pack 95, Morehead City, Cubmaster, Gordon Freeman; Pack 298, Atlan tic, Cubmaster, Wiley Mason; Pack 367, Beaufort, Cubmaster, John Moore. Troop 61, Newport, Scoutmaster, Leon Mann; Troop 75, Harkers Is land, Scoutmaster. Lynwood Han cock; Troop 130, Morehcad City, Scoutmaster, Edward McKinlcy; Troop 201, Beaufort, Scoutmaster, Carl Chadwick; Tfoop 298, Atlan tic, Scoutmaster, William Willis; and Troop 334, Morehcad City, Scoutmaster, Gerald Davis. Ethan Davis reported on the progress of Scouting in the county during 1956. He said that two new groups had been added, bringing the total to 19. In 1955 . 34C boys participated; in 1956 there were 379 who took part. A big increase in registered adult leaders was noted, too. Last year there were 139 in the county, he reported. So far this year there are 180. Dr. Darden Eure, who was to have introduced James Butler of East Carolina College, explained that Mr. Butler had injured his back in an accident and was un able to attend the meeting. District Scout Executive Ru dolph Alexander of Jacksonville showed that the Scout motto of Be Prepared comes in handy in such emergencies. On short notice he had an interesting program en titled "Boys for Sale." He gave the highlights of the more interesting professional and vocational fields, urging parents and Scoutcrs to help the Scouts select the best field for each par ticular boy. Countians May Help Hungarians 'With Funds Sent to Local Red Cross Hit and Run Case Continued The case of George Huntley Sty * ron, Atlantic, charged with drunk ' driving, hit and run and causing personal injury, was continued in Morchcad City Recorder's Court Monday. Styron was picked up Sunday night, Dec. 2, after he struck two men by the side of Highway 70 , opposite the Carolina Race Track. Injured was George Nelson John son, Morchcad City, who worked at a nearby service station. Harry Dobbins, Mansfield Park, was also hit but not hurt, according to State Highway Patrolman W. E. Pick ard. Patrolman Pickard said that he was going toward Morchcad City shortly before 6 p.m. the night of the accident when he saw Styron, in a 1955 Chevrolet convertible headed west. The patrolman said that he noticed the erratic way in which Styron was driving and turned around and followed him. ? ? Before he could stop him, how ever, Styron ran into the two men standing by two cars parked off the shoulder of the road, and then kept going. Patrolman Pickard went after Styron and stopped him The men who were hit were in the process of filling the tank of one of the cars which had run out of gas. The case was continued Monday because Styron's lawyer was re ported to be out of town and John ' 4on, who suffered a leg and head Injury, was not able to be present. Knife-Wielder Gets Suspended Term Gabe Williams, charged with * carving up William Brown, Folly, Va., and Charles Lee Ballard, Ava lon, Va., early Saturday morning in Beaufort, was found guilty in county court yesterday. Williams was given a three month sentence, suspended on pay ment of costs and $10 in two weeks. Williams claimed Brown and <4 Ballard and Mveral other fellows jumped him and he cut tbem in self-defense. The knife he used Is in the hands of the Beaufort Po lice Department. Officer Otis Willis, who mopped up the blood after the fracas, which occurred in front of the po lice station, said that Williams broke off the tip of the steel blade during the stabbing spree. ? Irvin W. Davis, chairman of the County Red Cross Chapter, an nounced Wednesday that any per- 1 sons interested in helping Hun garian refugees may contribute money through the local Red Cross. Contributions may be sent to Mrs. James D. Rumley, Beaufort. Mrs. Rumley is Red. Cross home service chairman. North Carolinians have also been invited to serve as sponsors for the persons who have fled Hun gary to escape Russian persecu tion. Hungarians coming to the United States to seek freedom arc skilled workers, farmers, technicians, stu dents, teachers, metal workers, forestry experts and chemists. These people will need jobs and an individual United States citi zen may sponsor an immigrant or a family. As a public service The Greensboro Daily News is acting as a clearing house for North Carolinians who want to lend a helping hand to the Hungarians. The Daily News says a spon sor's letter should contain the fol lowing : Information regarding the type of job offer and details on wages and working conditions. It should also cite the type of housing that can be made available to the refugee or to a family, with de tails regarding accommodations. It is not necessary for an indi vidual who wishes to offer em ployment to a refugee to also pro vide his housing . . . that may be offered by a friend or someone in the same locality. However, the sponsor's letter should contain both a description of the job offered, and a descrip tion of the housing available. They should not be in separate letters. The sponsor should also specify one of the three coordinating agen cies handling the refugee place ment program: Church World Ser vices, United Hebrew Immigrant Society or the National Catholic Welfare Conference. On receipt of a sponsor's letter. The Daily News, serving as a clearing house between the spon sors and the refugee agencies, will forward the letter to the proper agency. The agency, in turn, matches the sponsor's offer with the best avail able man or family for the open ing. All sponsor's letters and any in quiries on this subject should be addressed to: Refugees, The Greensboro Daily News, Drawer Z, Greensboro, N. C. Court Finds Woman Guilty For Operation of House' Lucille Williams, Morchcad City, was found guilty in Morchcad City Recorder's Court Monday on a charge of operating a house of prostitution in the colored section of town. She was given a six-month sen tence, suspended on payment ?t costs. Judge Herbert Phillip* at** told her to not violate the law with in the next two years or she would have to serve the six months. Herbert Walters was booked on a charge of cohabitation but was not tried due to lack of evidence. Lacostc I)e Berry was sentenced to 30 days in jail. He was found guilty of public drunkenness. He will work under the supervision of the superintendent of streets. Phillip Kugcne Lacy paid $100 and costs for drunken driving. He got a 90-day sentence suspended on payment of the fine and one year's good behavior. Handy Daoicron was fined S25 and costs for having no license. He waa told that he could get his (23 back by presenting a valid license to the court within two weeka. Wil lie Clifton Smith, who was up for his second violation for having no license, was fined $50 and given a 30-day suspended sentence. John Phillips Coby, also up for no license, paid $25 and costs, lie was also (old he could get his fine , hack upon presentation of a valid ' license within two weeks. Coby was j also charged with driving with no , lights. Cliflon Sladc was put on good be , havior for one year and paid $25 , and costs for assault. William Earl Heath paid costs for speeding. Frederick Konthack paid costs for an improper muffler, but he was told half of the costs would be re mitted if he installed a standard muffler within one week. The following paid costs for pub lic drunkenness: Joseph Taylor. Ed Fltzpatrick. James McDowell. Joseph Oillis, James Smith, and Alexander Leak. The following eases were contin ued: James Wanormaker. Jessie Hughes Jr., Harry Lee Norman. Roland Blair Turner, Ed Kelley, James Waldo Gillikln, John Law leu, Beatrice Mitchell, Charles Dunn, Raymond G. Chugg. Floyd K. Bratcher, Mack Uoyd Hunter, OdeU J. LeacraXt, Alton E. Lloyd. Business Analyst To Speak Monday To Emeritus Club Dr. E. R. Browning, director of Ihc department of business, East Carolina College, will be guest speaker at the Emeritus Club la dies night meeting Monday. The meeting is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. at Fleming's. Dr. Browning, who is business commentator on the weekly tele vision program This is Your Busi- j ness, will use the title of his pro- ] gram as the subject of his speech, i Dr. Browning has been at East i Carolina since 1937 except for a period during the second world war. when he served with the j Army's division of information and education in Europe. He is a member of the Green ville Rotary Club, educational counsellor for the Southern Insti tute of Management and the Amer ican Institute of Management, and a member of the research commit tee of the North Carolina College Conference. Dr. Browning has degrees from Bowling Green College of Com merce, Bowling Green, Ky., Mar shall College, Huntington, W. Va., Duke University, Durham, and Colorado State College of Educa tion, Greely, Colorado. He also holds a certificate from the Staff College of the American Institute of Management, Prince- [ ton, N. J. Dr. C. R. Browning . . . appears on TV Library Director Lists Bookmobile Route, Holidays Miss Dorothy Avery, director of the County Public Library, yes terday announced the Christmas schedule for the library, the book mobile schedule for next week, and stated that five additional book stations have been set up. The library, at Pollock and Broad Streets, Beaufort, will be closcd Monday, Dec. 24, through Friday, Dec. 28. However, it will be open every day the following week, including New Year's Day. The bookmobile route next week: Monday, Newport and Masontown; Tuesday, Camp Glenn, home of Mrs. Frances York and home of Mrs. Malcolm WW*; Wildwood, and Crab Point, home of Mrs. II. II. Scott. Wednesday, Williston, home of Mrs. Pauline Wade; Davis, home of Mrs. Edna Pincr; Stacy and Sea Level. Two new book stations have been set up at Atlantic in the homes of Mrs. Madeline Nelson and Mrs. Lee Daniels. A second station has been estab lished at Bcttie in the home of Mrs. Roland Salter. The other is at the home of Mrs. Ethel Lewis. J. S. Pigott's store will be the station in Gloucester and a sec ond station has been established at Straits at the home of Mrs. Jose phine Lawrence. The other station was recently set up at the home i>f Mrs. Gladys Davis. Window Broken Beaufort police report that the window in the Beaufort Hardware Store was broken Tuesday night. Teen age toys hanging around in front of the store and the drug store next door are believed re sponsible. Officers have been re quested to be on the watch for rowdyism. Tide Table Tides at the Beaufort Bar HIGH LOW Friday, Dec. 14 4:57 a.m. 11:23 a.m. 5:14 p.m. 11:20 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 15 5:50 a.m. 6:08 p.m. 12:15 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 18 6:40 a.m. 12:11 a.m. 6:58 p.m. 1:06 p.m. Mooday, Dec. 17 7:30 a.m. 1:02 a.m. 7:48 p.m. 1:56 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 18 8 20 a.m. 1:53 a.m. 8:39 p.m. 2:44 p.m. State Board Hears Complaint Against County Tax Values Shrimp Trawls Occasionally Take Hard-Shell Rock Shrimp F&WL Service Reports on Work Bowers Did Here Released this week by Reidar F. Sand of the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service was a report on the work of the research vessel, George M. Bowcrs, off this coast. Mr. Sand is chief, gear and re- J search development program, U. S j Fish and Wildlife Service, Coral Gables, Fla. The Bowers experimented last month with use of a midwater trawl in taking menhaden in the Cape Lookout area. It was seri ously hampered in operations here due to a mechanical breakdown which kept it tied up for several j weeks in Beaufort The Bowers left those waters the latter part of November, prior to appearance of the large schools of menhaden. On Nov. 23, however, the Bowers j made four tows with a 40 foot ny lon midwater trawl, designed for ^ taking ocean fish. The tows, Mr. Sand said, "gave j inconclusive results in attempts to set on large surface schools " I The report continued: "On all j research vessel approaches to widely-distributed schools of men- 1 haden, the fish dispersed laterally in all directions, exhibiting excited and varied behavior " No concen tration of menhaden below the sur face or in "midwater" were de tected. Motion pictures and still pictures _ycre taken of the incuhadcn Tlccl in purse seining operations- Ac cording to Mr. Sand, "Observations of numerous surface schools reveal ed erratic southerly fish movement at calculated speeds of 2 to 10 knots prior to contact with vessels of- the commercial fleet." High powered lights were placed both at 10 fathoms and 20 fathoms to determine whether the fish were attracted by light, as are many of the fish in the South Pacific. The menhaden, however, showed no evidence of going toward the light. Joseph lligham, a fisheries biolo gist from the Beaufort laboratory was aboard the Bowers and con ducted plankton tows. Supervising the Bowers operation here was Fredrick Wathne, Coral Gables. Richard L. McNclly, also of Coral Gables, was clcctronics scientist. From Nov. 29 to Dec. 3 the Bow ers looked for midwater concen trations of fish between Charles town, S. C? and Cape Canvcral, Florida, between the 15 fathom curve and the continental shelf. No fish, surfacc or midwater, were observed. Roy A. Sandlin Speaks to Lions District Governor Roy A- Sand lin, Wrightsvillc Beach, spoke to the Down East Lions Club on the Informality of Lionism Monday night at the Sea Level Inn. Lions termed the meeting most inspiring Other special guests Roy A. Sandlin . . . district governor were M H. Rourk, Shallotle, dep uty district governor of the region, C. B. Kline, Grifton, deputy dis trict governor of Region IV; Cartni E. Winters. New Bern, lone 2 chairman, Region IV, and Aubrey Johnston, secretary of the Shal lottc Lions Club. The Lions discussed their Christ mas party and charter night cele bration which will be combined in one event Friday night, Dec. 21, at 7 p.m , Sea Level Inn. Ladies will be invited. ? Among the hauls of Tar ilccH shrimpers are usually found a few I shrimp unlike the popular North j Carolina shrimp which always has j a ready market. This is the "rock j shrimp" which lots of dealers sim ply toss out? but a few think that i some day there may be a market I for. In the words of Dr. Austin Wil liams, shrimp specialist at the In stitute of Fisheries Research, Morehead City, the rock shrimp is "highly colored, streaked with red, and has a heavy, knobby shell similar to the texture of a spiney lobster." Dr. Williams said the type, though sometimes called a "red shrimp" is not the kind of deep water red shrimp taken off the northeast coast of Florida. It's related, however, as are all members of the shrimp family throughout the world, he added. Caught Near (iulf Stream The rock shrimp being taken off this coast is caught near the Gulf Stream and is described by Dr. Williams as about three-fourths as large as the mature types of other commercial Tar Heel shrimp. One major fish market in More head City, when contacted yester day relative to the market value of the rock shrimp, reported that they didn't even bother .with them. If taken in trawls, the rock shrimp are discarded. Other dealers, in the past, have been able to market them in small quantities if they shell them. But because of the hard shells, they are very difficult to clean and dealers, for the most part, won't bother with them. Some shrimpers call the species "Japanese shrimp." Nobody knows why, except that Dr. Williams ventures that the shrimp probably is similar to some taken off the coast of Japan.* % See SHRIMP, Page i Jaycees Offer Two Appliances The Beaufort Jaycees arc offer ing folks an opportunity to win a vacuum clcaner and a portable TV set which they will give away at the Pirates Chest of Silver draw ing at 2 p.m. Monday, Dec. 24. Proceeds from the event will go to the Jayccc Christmas charity program. The Jaycccs will conduct their annual bread sale Wednesday night. They usually sell about 500 loaves during the door to door sales, with housewives paying whatever price they desire for the bread. The profits of this program will also go into the Jayccc Christ mas fund. The Jaycccs will have their own Christmas party tomorrow night at the Blue Ribbon Club, More head City. Special guests and wives of members have been in vited to the party. At their meeting at the Scout Hut Monday night, the Jaycccs discussed the Beaufort High School football program. They said that they felt they were not able to do the kind of job they would like to do under the present circum stances. The school board has now of fered the Jaycccs complete respon sibility of the program for next year. Jaycees will act on the offer at their next business meeting. Harkers Island PTA To Sponsor Bazaar The Markers Island Parent Teacher Association will sponsor a ba/.aar and oyster stew at 6 o'clock tomorrow night at the school. Hot dogs, soft drinks and other refreshments will be served. Mrs. Julian Guthrie, president of the PTA, says proceeds will he used to buy equipment for the new school now under construc tion. Dr. John Bunn Accepts Charge At Durham I)r. John T. Bunn, Mori* he ad City, will begin his pastorate at j Braggtown Baptist Church, Dur ham, Tuesday, Jan. 1. Dr. Bunn, who this summer was j a member of the staff of the ' American Schools of Oriental Re- 1 search, Jerusalem, is a graduate of Southern Baptist Theological : Dr. John T. Bunn . . . continues ministry Seminary, Louisville, Ky. He re ceived his doctor of archaeology degree there in the spring. Dr. Bunn did his undergraduate work at Wake Forest College. His trip to the Holy Land to en gage in excavation work during this past summer was cut short by the rising tension between the Arabs and Israelis. Dr. Bunn has served as pastor of two other churches, Christians burg Baptist Church, Baghdad, Ky., and First Baptist Church, Midway, Ky. At Braggtown Baptist, which has a membership of about 700, Dr. Bunn is succeeding Dr. William Strickland of Southeastern Baptist Seminary who has been serving as interim pastor. Dr. Bunn and his family, Mrs. Bunn and two sons, David Thomas, 2'i, and John Stephen, 1, will leave for Durham after Christmas. Dr. Bunn's father, Dr. John H. Bunn, is pastor of the First Bap tist Church, Morchcad City. $1,517.25 Collected Collected through Monday in the TB Christinas seal campaign was $1,517.25, Mrs. W. I. Loftin, cam paign chairman, reported yester day. Moose Child City Will Be Subject of Show Dec. 23 Christmas preparations in a Child City, by nearly 800 boys and girls from tiny tots of 2 and 3 to young men and young ladies soon to grad uate from high school, will be a feature of NBC's 'Wide Wide World'' televition show announces George Katje, head of the More head City Mooae Lodge. The Moose Child City, Moose heart. III.. 45 miles west of Chicago, maintained and operated by the Ix>yal Order of Moose for children who have lost one or both parents, will be a feature of this popular telecast, the National Broadcasting Co. announces Dave Garroway. whose daily tele vision show "Today" and bi-month ly "Wide Wide World," have the higheat daytime rating In the na tion, will handle portions of the Mooseheart commentary. Other commentary will be han dled, the producers say, by the child residents themselves, grad uatcs of (he Child City who arc now prominent in the business, profes sional and entertainment fields, and Moose officials. Features of this "live" pre Christmas telecast will include a group of Child City "Baby Village" youngsters, from 2 to ? years old, singing Christmas carols around a giant Christmas tree, the arrival of Santa Claus, and several numbers by the Mooscticart student sym phony orchestra. This will be the first "live" tele cast made from Mooschcart, and more Uian 900 technicians, pro ducers, cameramen, engineers and others will be involved in the presentation. Special short-wave transmitting equipment has been provided to relay the pictures and sound to the Chicago NBC trans mitters. Broadcast time for "Wide Wide World" is 4 to 5:30 p m., Sunday, Dec. 33, Channel 7, Washington. ? The State Board of Assess ment listened for two and a half hours Tuesday after noon at Raleigh to pleas by the North Carolina Pulp wood Co. to upset tax valua tions in Carteret County. ! Representing the county at the hearing in the revenue building | were Alvah Hamilton, county attor ney, and Juiige Luther Hamilton, I Morehead City attorney. Appear ing with the lawyers were James , I). Potter, county auditor, and Prcntis Garner of the county tax office. I The pulpwood company, with ; headquarters at Plymouth, N. C., i claims that the county has valued its pulpland higher than lands of similar value and that the county charges them with two thousand acres of land in Merrimon town ship when they have only 468 acres in pulpwood. The land is valued at $26.05 per acre and is put on the tax books I at half that amount, $13,025. The I total valuation is $155,540 on 12,536 acres. Representing the pulpwood firm was Mr. Norman, attorney, and two foresters. | Mr. Hamilton, prior to the hear , ing, termed it an important case, because the pulpwood company, if it wins, evidently will use the case as basis for obtaining similar "ad justments" in other counties where they own pulpwood producing land. The pulpwood company is the only taxpayer to protest the reval uation made of county land in the past year. It filed, its protest be fore the expiration date for com plaints and its claim was heard by the County Hoard of Equalization. The county board found no basis for complaint, so the firm appealed to the State Board of Assessment. The state board made no state ment Tuesday as to when it would give its decision. Members are now studying briefs filed by both Car teret and N. C. Pulpwood. Carteret County presented a statement signed by a representa tive of E. T. Wilkins and Asso ciates, attesting to the manner in Vhich the ftrhitffet land values The Wilkins company was engaged by the county to carry out the revalua tion. Members of the state board who heard the pleadings were Eugene G. Shaw, commissioner of revenue, chairman; Attorney General Pat ton, Edwih Gill, director of local government; James S. Currie, di rected of the department of tax re search, and J. C. Bethune, secre tary. Mr. Hamilton, following the hear ing, said, "I think we had the bet ter end of it," but added that all that could be done is wait until Uie board rules. New Fire Truck Answers Calls The new Morehcad City fire truck answered its first call Wednesday afternoon and its second one yes terday morning. The truck has been in the new substation on the west side of town since it arrived Nov. 17. Firemen equipped with gas masks and oxygen tanks fought a blaze of unknown origin in the boiler room of the Boguc Sound Club Wednesday afternoon. They put the fire out after about 45 min utes of battling thick smoke and choking fumes. The fire was fed by paper and trash in the boiler room, which was in complete darkness except for the firemen's electric torches and the fire. Little damage was done to the cement and steel build ing. The boiler room and steps lead ing to the basement were grimy with soot and water, but that seem ed to be the extent of the damage, according to firemen. A floor furnace in the residence of Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Smithwick, 2105 Bridges St., overheated yes terday morning while no one was home. Firemen were called to the house. They said the only damage was caused by smoke. No water was needed. , Doctors Elect John Way President of Society Dr. John Way, Beaufort, was elected president of the Carteret County Medical Association at the group's monthly meeting Monday night at the Morchcad City Hos pital. He succeeds Or. W. M. Brady of Morchcad City. Dr. Ben F. Royal, Morchcad City, was clcctcd sccrctary-trcasurcr. Dr. Royal was also olect?d dele gate to the N. C. Medical Associa tion convention in AsheviUu next May. The doctors discussed the new law concerning the treatment of dependents of military personnel by civilian doctori.