Here is What You Must Do To Comply with Boat Law Br DI ANE RAVER RtMffc? On June IT, 19W, the North Carolina General Assembly patted the Motorboat Safety Act. It contains the beat thinking avail able on boating safety. Perhaps it itn't perfect and may well un dergo change in the next several years, but it is law and it's up to all concerned to make it effective. If you own a boat powered by machinery of more than 10 horse power and operate it in North Carolina water, you must have it registered with and numbered by the North Carolina Wildlife Re sources Commission in Raleigh. Further, your boat must be equip ped and operated in accordance with this law. The only exemptions to the num bering provisions of this act are vessels which are documented or those owned by the federal gov ernment, a state or political sub division thereof, or used as ships' lifeboats. Confusion may arise as to just what is a ' documented vessel ". Some applications for Coast Guard numbers in the past have been made through US Bureau of Cus tom houses and numbers issued by the Coast Guard through these Houses The vessels so numbered are NOT documented. A vessel must measure 5 net tons or more before it is eligible for documentation, or be yachts used exclusively for pleasure. The Coast Guard will NOT number documented vessels and these ves sels are exempt from North Caro lina's numbering system. To qual ify for documents, a vessel's min imum dimensions are placed roughly at 32 feet long, 8 feet wide, and 3 feet deep ? or over. A docu mented vessel carries its number carved into the main beam and must display its name and home port on its stern. Considerable confusion has aris en covering boats now or previous ly numbered by the US Coast Guard; ALL COAST GUARD NUM BERS in North Carolina ARE NOW OBSOLETE and must be re placed by numbers assigned by the Wildlife Resources Commis sion. The Coast Guard is chang ing its numbering system nation wide so the numbers in North Car olina would have had to be replac ed by new ones even if there were no state law. Your first responsibility, if you own a boat powered by a motor of more than 10 horsepower (regard less of boat length) is to get a boat number application from a hunt ing and fishing license agent, fill Keep your Oil Burner in top operating condition. SmJH,r T. T. "Tom" Potftr A Son M? utp Distributor Phase Itotkni City: P At- >211 Pkooe Beaufort: PAS-MIT Vm SMalr Reittaf OH Par ?BP??4oC P?l fjH UIMC it out completely and lend It with $3 to the address on the applica tion. There ii no need to lend your Coast Guard certificate. You will NOT receive a "license plate" or metal number; you WILL be sent a certificate of number assigning a number to your boat. It's up to you to paint or other wise attach the number to each side of the boat's bow in charac ters at least three inches high and in a color contrasting to the back ground. No other number can be displayed on the bow of your boat. If you have a commercial fish ing license, this must be placed "abaft the beam." Your boat's name may appear on the bow, how ever, in addition to your new num ber. Along with this certificate which must be carried in the boat at all times, you will receive two infor mational pamphlets: the Coast Guard's "Pleasure Craft" and the Wildlife Commission's "Motorboat Owners Guide." Those contain almost all you need to know to comply with the law. Read them, study the pro visions, then obey the law. If there is any question about what you are to do, ask your Wildlife Protector, the Coast Guard or write the Wildlife Commission In Raleigh. The Coast Guard is still very much ?n the job In North Carolina waters and the only thing they will not now do is number Tar Heel boats. The enforcement of the safety sections (not the numbering provision, Section 21) of the Fed eral Motorboat Act of 1940 and the Federal Motorboat Act of 1958 Is still a job of the Coast Guard. Your boat still must meet their require ments. The lighting and safety equip ment provisions of the Coast Guard are the same as those of the state act except that in the federal law the requirements apply to all mo torpowcred craft in navigable wa ters, but in the state act only ves sels powered by machinery of more than 10 horsepower operated in public waters are covered. By state law, if your boat of over 10 horsepower, is less than 26 feet long and is operated between the | hours of tunset and sunrise, It must have a 20 point combination lantern on the bow showing red to port and green to starboard, and a 32-point white stern light. The Class A and Class 1 boats (less than 16 feet in length and 1< to less than 26 feet, respectively) are required to carry one Coast Guard-approved life preserver for each person. Class 1 Wats must have a whis tle or horn capable of producing a blast of at least 2 seconds' dura tion and audible for at least Vi mile. If your boat is 26 feet in length or more (classes 2 and 3), some specific equipment requirements prevail; check the law thoroughly. Safe boat operation is also cov ered in the state law and reckless and negligent operation is a mis demeanor and may carry a $500 fine or six months imprisonment or both. This phase of the law applies to all vessels regardless of horsepower. Violations of the other sections of the act are misdemeanors and carry stiff fines. Cases can be tried swiftly in all state courts in the county where the violation oc curred. The law is enforceable by wildlife protectors, and every other law enforcement officer of the state. Read the law carefully. The law is designed to promote boating safety and for no other purpose. It's not a money-making proposition, say Wildlife officials, since funds received from boat reg istration must (by law) be spent only for boat law administration, enforcement and safety education. Therefore all funds collected will go right back into the boating pro gram. | Know the law, obey it; do your ' part to make boating safer. Wants a New Name Milwaukee (AP)? People have so much trouble pronouncing George Gaieck's name he doesn't even know he is being paged. That was the reason Gaieck gave in petition ing circuit court to change his name to Nolan. STRAIGHT " BOURBON . WHISKIY 6 YEARS OLD $/25 JAMES WALSH ? Ml LAWRENCE BUM, WOTVOMT Good News About r By DivM Warrick ?-? Mvtoi r A By DAVID WARRICK 4-H Advisor Each year a week it set aside for the observance of 4-H Clubs in this great nation of ours. March 5-12 is the week designated as Na tional 4-H Club Week for the year i960 During this week 4-H'ers throughout the nation, as well as in Carteret county, will be highlight ing 4-H Club work. One of the main purposes of Na tional 4-H Club week is to acquaint the public with the 4-H program and its value to 4-H club members In observing National 4-H club week, the 4-H'ers here will be ap pearing on radio and tv. and will bt writing articles in the Carteret County News-Times about 4-H Club work. Many interesting phases of the 4-H program will be brought out during the week of March 5-12. So why don't you 4-H Club members, who stand about 1,200 strong in Carteret Coun ty, ask your parents and friends to join you in observ ance of Nation David Warrick al 4-H Club Week? The 4-H County executive board Camp Glenn WSCS Sells Barbecue 1 1 to 7 Today The Women's Society of Chris tian Service of Camp Glenn Meth odist church will sell barbecue from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. today at the church. Plates are 50 cents and a dollar. Bulk barbecue is $2 per pound. Persons who would like barbecue delivered should call PA6-3984 or PA6-5564. met Saturday and In its planning < I for observance of National 4-H Club \ Week, nominated Linda McDonald \ as a candidate to rtin for the office of district vice-president. Linda ( is a very active and devoted 4-H i member and is now serving as i president (for the second consecu ( tive year) of the 4-H County Coun- ( cil. The election of officers will be ( held. Eastern District 4-H Demon stration Day, June 22, at Choco winity, N. C. Man Knows Many Religions ' Cincinnati (AP) ? He was born an Indian, went to a Roman Cath- y olic parochial school in Bombay c for three years, then to a Protes- c tant school and now is studying to j be a reform Jewish rabbi. That's the background of Saul i Joel, 18-yetr-old student at Hebrew - Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion here. He's the first Indian in the Si year college history, but Joel aays his family religious roots hare been fixed in Judaism for 250 years. He says, "The Christian schools were a very good experience. I had many an interesting discus sion on religion with the priests and missionaries who were my teachers." New Use for Tank Circleville, Ohio (AP) ? Jack Clark, who runs an auto junking yard in nearby Williamsport, has his own army tank purchased as military surplus which he uses to flatten wrecked cars for shipment to scrap dealers. I Hlorehead "THE SHOWPLACE OF CARTERET COUNTY" LAST TWO DAYS ? FRIDAY SATURDAY 91 MINUTES OF INTENSE SUSPENSE ! \ M-6-M p AN MDttW mi VtMWU STOW NODVCTIOM ' llHElAfTlAnQlGE NOBEKT STUCK DCNOTMY MMiME GEORGE SANDERS EOMOMO OliBEN ? STARTS SUNDAY THE SCREEN'S EXPLOSIVELY REAL _ DRAMA Of LOVE AND WAR! ^ .(AMI *? \ \ll? If* NKIIS Till- ItKIIH.IS AT TOKO-KI .'4 /tmtl n< Ti:< 1 1 \ l ( OIOK WILUAU HOLDEN KELLY FRBDRIC MICKEY MARCH ROONEY vi* noKrr siHAias CHARLES M if HOT ? AWAJi d h WIUiAM PCMJ0K mi C0MKZ *ATO* I * ky VALDTTM Km- r?B *? Ml, tmm K ? Troop Scoop Girl Scouts, Brownies Report Recent Activities Brownie troop 189 met Thuraday ifternoon at the Scout building vith our leader, Mrs. Bob Slater. tie elected officers. Scotti Young was elected preai lent, Jeanne Guthrie, secretary; ind Debbie Hancock, scribe. Judy rhomas and Rita Duncan of the jirl Scouts, met with us and help ?d us finish our paper bag puppets. We turned in our cookie money, -athy Grant was hoatess. ?Jeanne Guthrie, Scribe Brownie troop 153 of Beaufort net Thursday, Feb. 18. Betty Lou Willis collected dues. We talked ibout going on a hike. Marcia Vemberg led u> in games ind served refreshments. We clos d our meeting with a friendship ircle. ?Jo Anne Simpson, Scribe Brownie troop 180 met Feb. 22. Ve opened the meeting by giving rnr Brownie promise. Then the hapter from our handbook about uliette Lou was read to us. She s the founder of the Girl Scouts n the United States. Alter duu were collected, w< had refreshments. Then we paint ed with (iager paints before w< were dismissed. ?Judy Nelson, Secretary Brownie troop 3*7 met Monday Feb. 22, at Mnrehead City schoo lunchroom. Th