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*=? CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES 47th YEAR, 1^0. 33. TWO SECTIONS SIXTEEN PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT. NORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY. APRIL 26, 1958 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS House Okays Federal Aid to Schools Bill Judge Sends Two to Jail Two Charged with Public Drunkenness to Serve 30 Days; Third Appeals Julian Wade and David Howard were convicted of public drunken ness Monday. Morehead City re corder's court judge Herbert Phil lips sent each man to jail for 30 days. Mrs. Garland Royal was found guilty of public drunkenness and charged court costs. She appealed the decision to superior court and bond was set at $100. Edgar Taylor was charged court costs for public drunkenness. Cur tis Henry Bell was charged costs for being drunk and disorderly and for slapping his mother. Travis W. Moore was convicted of driving drunk after his license had been revoked. He 'was fined $200 plus court costs. Gordon C. Hollings worth was fined $50 and costs for careless and reckless driving. Two defendants had to pay $25 plus costs. They were Roy N. Den nis Jr., speeding; and David Keys, forcible trespass. Donald J Carson and Henry Wheeler forfeited $50 cash bonds. Carson was charged with careless and reckless driving and Wheeler was charged with driving without a license. The state chose not to prosecute L. E. Styron, charged with failure to pay one parking ticket. Cases were continued against J. C. Jones, Gene C. Morris, Archie Green Jr., Raymond Howell, Wil lie M. Parrott and Charles Dunn. Driver Cited Dalton Earl Mors*, Hubert, who was injured in an auto accident at Willie Gray's junk yard April 12, has been charged with driving drunk and failing to stop at a atop sign, according to Patrolman J. W Sykes. Morse is still hospital ised. ? Action in Congress Wednesday assured Carteret County of ap proximately $80,000 in school funds this year and about the same amount next year. The federal funds are paid to counties educating children whose parents are stationed on military bases in the area. Carteret has been receiving the funds in recent years, but there was some doubt that the bill would get through the house this year. H. L. Joslyn, county superin tendent of schools, said that pub lic school administrators have been quite anxious about the bill. lie said if it had not passed the House, he would have resigned as superintendent of schools. "1 just could not have gone through this year with no money," Mr. Joslyn declared. Carteret's allotment had been included in the budget pre sented the county commissioners this month. The bills, which authorize funds to areas placed under a heavier public school burden due to the need for educating children of mil itary personnel, are known as "bills 874 and 815." The major source of anxiety about the bill's not passing was . Congressman Powell of New York who has put crippling amendments in other federal aid to education bills. Mr. Joslyn said that when he learned the bill was to come be fore the House, he wrote all mem bers of the North Carolina delega tion, requesting their support. Congressman Graham A. Barden, in a telegram yesterday, said, "1 am glad to advise the House pass ed extension for the so-called fed eral impact school bills today. "Generally, I am pleased with the outrome of the bill and am hap py we were able to keep out any crippling amendments. Also we were able to have inserted an amendment which would make sure that the payments per child for next year would be at least as much as they were last year. "Believe Senate will be ready to act within several weeks and hope provisions of their bill will be as equitable. This legislation should continue to prove of immeasurable benefit." These federal funds, in the past, in this iC'inty have been used in new school construction, especially at Newport and Camp Glenn. Railroad Fights Costly Battle to Anchor Sand The Beaufort and Morehead Rail road has invested (7,000 in at tempts to keep sand off its tracks and right-of-way east of the rail road bridge across Newport River. Allen Leary Jr., of the B&M said Wednesday that the violent northeaster of last week ruined another attempt to anchor the blowing sand. The railroad had planted a grass seed mixture which had been de veloped by the government for planting around air bases in the deserts of North Africa. Some of the seed had rooted and was starting to (row, but the north easter blew the rest away or smothered It. " * The sand was pumped up on the north side of the tracks during port dredging operations two years ago. Since that time, the railroad has put up snow fcnces to keep it from drifting across the tracks and on to the causeway; crass seed has been sown and fertilizer used; but thus far, it has been a losing battle. Mr. Leary commented that the first year the sand was pumped up, the salt content was so high that nothing could be grown. The fill, which is causing so much trouble, was requested by the railroad to keep water and wind from wearing away the area on the north side of the tracks. If the eroding had continued, the tracks would have been under mined. Frequently the ?Md stfU <JO heavily across the (racks that crewmen have had to shovel H away before the engine could pro ceed. The sand has also damaged railroad equipment. Senior Girls Have Until Thursday To Apply for B&PW Club Loan Fund Cancer Fund Totals $665.68 Turned in thus far in the Cancer Crusade if $665.68, reported Mrs. Frank Sample, treasurer, yester day. The crusade will end Wednesday. Persons who have not yet contrib uted are asked to send their checks to Mrs. Sample, Morehead City, N. C. How much cancer patients in this county can be helped will de pend on how successful the cru sade is. Forty per cent of all funds collected will stay here. In charge of the campaign is Miss Lyda Piner, Morehead City. The campaign is being sponsored by the Carteret Business and Pro fessional Women's Club. Turned in thus far is $7.12 from Atlantic, $7.21 from Cedar bland, $34.03 from the Morehead City Ne gro community, $26.55 from Mans field Park, $39 from Atlantic Beach and the remainder from Morehead City. Beaufort, Newport and other communities not mentioned above have yet to report. Marine Railroad Future Indefinite The big question of who's going to operate the federally-owned rail road between Lejeune and Cherry Point Marine bam still remains a big question. Allen Leary Jr. of the Beaufort and Morehead Railroad, one of the linei Interested in operating the road between the Marine bases, (aid Wednesday that five railroads are Involved in trying to acquire operating rights. The Navy, which supervises the Lejevne-Cherry Point spur, re quested bids from private rail road firms last summer. Two ma jor lines bidding for operating rights ?re Southern Railway and the Atlantic Coast Line. In Mr. Leary's words, "K*? ? fouled up deal." Mrs. Marshall Ayscue, chairman of the Business and Professional Women's Club loan fund commit tee, reminds senior girls about to graduate, that they have only un til Thursday to get their applica tion in for the B4PW Club educa tion loan. One application has already been received. The loan, to be made to a girl who want* to continue her educa tion, amounts to $200. One hundred dollars is available this year and the other hundred will be avail able the following year. The qualifications for applicants are as follows: 1. Girl . must be a high school graduate and resident of Carteret County for one year prior to grad uation from high school. 2. She must be in the upper third of her high school class. 3. She must be planning on tak ing a one or two-year course at an accredited school or college. Other requirements: 1. Note promising to repay the loan must be endorsed by a parent or guardian and one other quali fied endorser. 2. Repayment of the loan shall start three months after recipient has become gainfully employed, the interest rate being 3 per cent annually from the date the loan is made. 3. The amount of the loan and interest shall be repaid on de mand from the BAPW Club loan fund committee should the bor rower withdraw from school or college before completing her pre scribed course of study. Girls who think they may qualify are asked to write a letter to Mrs. Ayacue, 1607 Arendell St., More head City. The letter should give the infor mation requested in the foregoing paragraphs. No applications will be accepted after Thursday. Announcement of the recipient of the loan will be made at commencement. The loan will not be split. The person chosen to receive it will receive the full hundred dollars, with the second hundred available the second year. Others on the loan fund commit tee arc Mrs. C. L. Beam, Beau fort; Mias Hortense Boomer. Miss Ruth Peeling, and Mrs. W. F Merlon. Morehead City. Two Fishery Experts Get Invitation to Pakistan G. B. Talbot and James E. Sykes of the U.S. Fishery Laboratory, Pivers Island, have been asked to assist the government of Pakistan, India, and Burma in a study of their hilsa fishery. Hilsa is a species of fish very similar to American shad (locally called white shad). The U.S. Fish ery laboratory has been studying shad along the Atlantic coast since 1K0 and has made many notable contributions to its life history end ??II.... was ine development 01 a mctbod whereby the site of shad runs to spawning streams could be predict ed one year in advance, and the runs scientifically harveated and managed to produce the greatest yield year after year. "Publications concerning this and other aspects et shad research ap parently have a wide distribution," Mr. Talbot, director of tbe local laboratory, stated, "since it was through these that our work be came known to fishery workers in these foreign governments." The requests for assistance were forwarded through the Pood and Agriculture Organization of the United Nationa with headquarters in Rome. Tentative plans call for a survey of the fisheries during the present year with particular attention to motbods of overcoming obstruc tions to hilsa migrations in rivers af Pakistan, and a full scale co operative investigation between Pakistan, India, and Burma be ginning the following year. ' No definite commitments have been made by Mr. Talbot and Mr. Sykes, since clearance must first be obtained from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the State De partment and several other gov-: Two Accidents Happen in Areas Near Newport Two accidents in the Newport area Wednesday were investigated by Highway Patrolman J. W. Sykes. At 9:30 p.m. on the Pollard Road, two miles west of Newport, a 1955 Ford driven by William Bonner Allen Jr., went out of control and came to rest in the woods, wedged between two pine trees. It did not upset and three in the car escaped without injury; a fourth got a cut on the leg. The patrolman did not have the identity )f the passengers. Allen was going east on the un paved road. He said he intended o put on the brake, but hit the ac celerator instead. The car jumped a ditch, hit a tree, glanced off and .?nded up between two trees. One >f the trees had to be cut down to get the car out. Damage was estimated between ' $500 and $600. No charges were filed against the driver. At 5:50 p.m. two miles south of Newport on the Masontown Road a 1956 Mercury driven by Signa Faye Roberts and a 1956 Chevrolet driven by Aubrey Matthew Mason, collided. Both of the drivers are Newport residents. Patrolman Syjces said that Ma son attempted to pass the Mercury as the driver was making a left I turn into a driveway. Both were headed north. Charges are pend ing. Damage to the Mercury was esti mated at $300 and damage to the Chevrolet at $30. Funds Allocated For Fort Macon Governor Luther Hodges and the Couneil of State made funds avail able Tuesday for protecting Fort Macon State Park from erosion. The Council allocated $50,00() in contingency and emergency funds for the Fort Macon work. The funds will be spent on re inforcing existing concrete jetties, repairing the ocean ends of groins and extending the land end of the ffTMM to tfce dune line. Ed Rankin, private secretary .q the governor, said plans for the project have been approved by the Federal Beach Erosion Board, the Army Corps of Engineers and State Hurricane Rehabilitation Di rector Harry Brown. Some federal funds may become available later for the work. Beaufort JC's Elect Officers Guy Smith Jr. heads a slate of officers elected by the Beaufort Jaycees Monday night. The club met at the Scout building. Mr Smith and the other officers will be Installed at the May 12 meet ing of the club. James Steed was elected as vice president, John Young as treasur er, and Carl Chadwick as secre tary. Directors elected were Bobby Martin, Glenn Willis. A. C. Blank enship, Gregory Warren and Hu bert King. Frank Langdale. retiring presi dent, will automatically become state director. Mr. Martin, chairman of the war memorial scholarship committee, announced that Danny Willis had been chosen to compete for the scholarship. Danny is a senior at Beaufort High School. His choice of schools was the University of North Carolina. The scholarship is given each year by the state Jaycees to an outstanding high school senior. Jaycees will be on Front Street tomorrow to sell chances on a new Cadillac to be given away by the state organization. SPA Discusses Dock Extension The State Ports Authority, meet ing at Raleigh Tueaday, continued discussion of a 100-foot extension to the dock at Wilmington and de ferred installation of a Gantry crane at Morehead City. At present, plans call for a 900 foot dock at Wilmington. Just one hundred feet more would give docking apace for five ships, but the money for the addition has to be found The problem was discussed at the March meeting of the SPA at llorebead City and was to be studied by the ports director, D. Lei* Williams. Bids on new facilities at More bead City port were discussed. Purchase of a Gantry crane for Morahssd was deferred because the cost would be $3SO,MO. Funds in that amount are not available at Last Week's Northeaster Causes Kill of Young Fish Harlowe Residents Invited To Community Meeting *fioto Dy K. M. Wuu*ma Ha rlowe residents at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ervin McLawhorn enjoy a social hour Tuesday night after discussing the possibilities of organizing a club for community improvement. Names of those at tending appear in the story below. Residents of Harlowe are invited to a meeting at 7:45 p.m. (stand ard time) Tuesday in the Methodist education building, Harlowe. There they will decide whether they are interested in organizing a club. Aims of the club will be commun it^ betterment. , ^ / organization of such a club, if t to* residents want it, will be spon sored by the Agriculture Workers I Council. The Council is composed of agriculture leaders of the county. At Tuesday night's meeting color slides will be shown by Julian A. Glazener, program planning spe cialist, State College. Mr. Glazener showed these slides at a pre organizational meeting Tuesday night at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ervin Mc La whom. At that time John Ives was chosen temporary chairman, and Mrs. William Motes, temporary secretary. Should the entire com munity organize this coming Tues day. night, permanent officers will be chosen. Mr. Glazener reports that 400 communities in North Carolina have formed community improve ment ^organizations. lie has helped Through these organizations, Mr. Glazener reports, the communities find new financial resources, and handle recreational, social, and youth problems. The slides show community pro jects that have been undertaken: mailbox improvement, road signs, community signs, church building and surroundings improvement, picnic grounds, games, skits, cov ered dish socials, swimming les sons, baseball diamonds. Removal of trash dumps, home nursing classes, building and im proving community buildings. In the farming line, there have been soil analyses, crop improve ment, home gardens, weed spray ing, soil conservation, pasture im provement, fencing, poultry de velopment, raising of flower* for extra income, home dairy cows, roadside markets and lawn im provement. Attending the pre-organization?J meeting at the McLawborn's in addition to those mentioned, were R. M. Williams, county agent, Mrs. Floy darner, home agent; Mrs. David Beveridge, all members of the County Agriculture Workers Council; William Motes, Vincent Becton. Mrs. James Lupfon, Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Tolson, Mr. and Mrs. S. D. Wilkinson, Mrs. John Ives, and Mrs. J. T. Hardesty. The meeting opened with prayer by Mrs. Lupton. At the close, soft drinks and block cake were served by the hostess. Committee Selected to Outline Chamber Program for Next Year AFS Program I Deferred 'til r59 I C. rover Mundcn, chairman of the Morchead City American Field Service student exchange program, reported Tuesday that circum stances make it impossible to have a foreign student come to Morchead City High School next fall. Mr. Munden said that his com mittee hopes to start work on the program earlier next year so that all the requirements set forth by the American Field Service can be met by the spring of 195#. This means that the program, if successful, would bring a foreign student to Morchead City in the fall of 1959. The student exchange program is being promoted by the Fed erated Woman's Clubs in coopera tion with other civic clubs. Civil Court Term To Open Monday At Courthouse The civil term of superior court will open at 10 a.m. Monday with Joseph W. Parker a* presiding judge. Nine divorce cases are slatea for hearing at the court house, Beaufort, Holiday. They are: Powers vs. Powers, Burgess vs. Burgess, Helms vs. llelms, Wilkins vs. Wilkins, Yatea vs. Yatea, Taylor vs. Taylor, Equils vs. Equils, Callock vs. Cal lock and Chadwick va. Chadwick Nine motions will also be heard Monday. Docketed (or Tuesday are six caaea; for Wednesday, six; for Thursday, eight, and for Friday, aim. ? Dr. David Ftrrior, David Jones* and Halsey Paul have been ap pointed to outline and propose a program to be followed by the Beaufort Chamber of Commerce during the next fiscal year. The appointment was made at a cham ber meeting Tuesday night by president Ronald Earl Mason. Mr. Mason also appointed a nom inating committee to select candi dates for chamber directors. The slate of candidates will be mailed to all chamber members, who will check their choices and return them to the chamber secretary, Mrs. Jack Russell. Members of the nominating com mittee are Jim Wheatley, E. W. Downum and Vic Bellamah. The directors set Dollar Days for next Thursday, Friday and Satur day. Norwood Young and Gerald Hill pointed out that next weekend would be the logical time since many people get paid the first of the month. Member stores will have special purchases as well as regular stock on sale at special Dollar Days prices. Mrs. Russell reported that 320 chances had been sold on a color television set to be given away by the chamber. The set will go to the holder of the lucky ticket at * drawing May 30. Car on Arendell Street Catches Fir* Tuesday A 1951 Oldimobile driven by James A. Clout of Newport caught on fire it S p.m. Tuesday on Aren deU Street, Morehead City. Mr. Clout was driving near the inter section at Ninth Street when he noticed his engine wai smoking. The Morehead City Fire Depart ment sent a truck to put out the fire and firemen reported that wires of the ignition syitem had aborted otit. The car waa towed to ? garage tor repair. Waterway Depth To be 12 Feet Wilmington ? Plans were an nounced here Monday by the Corps of Engineers District office for restoring the North Carolina lec tion of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway to project depth of 12 feet. Col. H. C. Rowland Jr., district engineer, aaid bids will be received May 20 for dredging the waterway between the Neuse River and New port River, lie said project depth would be restored in the entire section as funds arc appropriated. Colonel Rowland pointed out that the waterway has been maintained to a depth of only 10 feet since the Korean War because of limited fund* for civil works. PI ins specify that the successful bidder complete the work at a rate of 75,000 cubic yards per month for removal of the estimated 33*, 000 cubic yards of spoil. Tide Table TMu at (fee Beaafort Bar HIGH LOW . Friday, April ZS 12:34 a.m. 6:11 ?.m. 6:02 p.m. Satardajr, April 26 12:42 a.m. 7:27 a.m. 1:32 p.m. 7:42 p.m. 8anday, April 27 1:M a.m. 1:44 a.m. 2:35 p.m. 9:13 p.m. Maadajr, April 29 2:55 a.m. 9:47 a.m. 3:42 p.m. 10:1* p.m. Tsttday, April 29 4:05 a.m. 10:42 a.B. 4:45 p.m. . 11:16 p.|B. Large numbers of young: fish have washed up on the .shores of inland waters dur ing the past several days. The large kill has been at tributed to the strong north east storm which hit here early last week. Fishermen have found young gray trout, silver perch, anchovies, pinfish and mullet ? either dead or dying ? on the shores of Bogue Sound, Core Sound and North River. Dr. William E. Fahy, finfish spe cislist at the UNC Institute of Fish eries Research, Morehead City, says that the strong winds which buffeted the coast stirred up sand and other bottom sediments. These particles became suspended in the water. If the sediments don't quickly setUe, they accumulate in the gill chambers of the fish. They erode away the gill filaments necessary for breathing. This weakens the fish and causes it to be washed ashore. Dr. Fahy says this is one of the natural catastrophes which can result in heavy fish mortality. The same thing was experienced in Florida several years ago. Among other natural events which have been known to cause large kills are abrupt shifts in ocean currents, turnover of stag nant waters in isolated basins, abrupt changes in water tempera* ture and extreme blooms of plank tonic organisms on which fish feed. Weather Causes Crops to Suffer A cold winter and wet weither have combined to put the growing season two to three weeks behind normal. R. M Williams, county (arm agent, reports that the weather has been bad (or snap beans. A lot had to be repUated Irish pota toes are slow coming up and there is evidence that (ew (armera will get good stands. Corn is just now beginning to show, when in other years it usual ly has a good start by now. Mr Williams mentioned that to bacco plant beds are "coming aiong very well" and in the Bogue Sound section the watermelon seeds have been planted. Jerry Willis To Head JC's The Morehead City Jay cms elected officer! Monday night when they met at the Blue Ribbon Club. Jerry WUlla wai elected presi dent tor succeed Dr. R. 0. Barnum. Other officers elected were Floyd Chadwick, external vice-president; Bill Singleton, internal vice-presi dent; Donald Davis, treasurer; and Charles Willis, Paul Cordova, Ru fus Butner, P. H. Geer Jr. and Dr. Barnum, directors. A secretary and state director will be appointed by Mr. Willis after his installation. The installa tion banquet will be at the May 3 meeting. Edgar J. Gurganus, past president of the North Caro lina Junior Chamber of Commerce, will be principal speaker and In stalling officer. The district convention will be gin at the Morehead Biltmore Ho tel at 11 a.m. tomorrow. Many delegates have said that they will bring boats with them and use the hotel dock. There will be a reception be tween 3:30 and (:30 and a dance will begin at S p.m. The business session will be conducted Sunday morning beginning ?t 9 Down East Area Divided into Three Fire Fighting Zones Officers ofe the three fire de partments in 'the eastern end of the county met hit week and created three lire rones .in that section. Trucks from one fire department will not go into another depart ment's tone unless it gets a'request for assistance from that group. Beaufort engineer Elmond Rhue lists the following lones: for the Beaufort Fire Department (phone 1-4271), Beaufort east to Ward's Creek; far the Marshallbarg Fire Department (phooe PA HMT), Ward's Creek east to Jarretta Bay bridge (Smyrna Creek bridge) east of Williston; and Down East Fin Department (pbooe CA S-32B) J ar ret! i Bay bridge aaat to Cedar U Uod.