ALL WHO READ READ THE NEWS-TIMES I 1 Philbrick replaces Cdr. Claude Winstead, who was transferred to the Coast Guard base at Mi ami, Fla. He left Friday to join his family there. Commander Philbrick and his wife have two small children. They arc presently making their home 'at Atlantic Beach. $75 Stolen from Idle Hour at Atlantic Beach Seventy-five dollars in dimes was stolen from the Idle Hour Amuse ment cenler, Atlantic Beach, early Sunday morning. Sheriff Hugh Salter and deputy sheriff Bobby Bell assisted the At lantic Beach police department in the investigation. The sheriff said the thieves gain ed entry by breaking a hole in the back part of the amusement center. cn at the shows at the fair?) They did#t want any pictures taken of their actresses or of their gaining booths. Ralph (Ruffy) Daniels, Beaufort, and I had no sooner gotten out of our car Saturday night when a Le gionnaire came running up and an nounced that I wouldn't be allow ed inside the gate with my camera. Word of our-coming, happily, had preceded us. One glance toward the gate, heavily patrolled by uni formed officers, Legion members and un-uniformed officers confirm ed the fact that everybody was ready for me. Denied permission to take the camera inside, Ruffy and 1 decided to patrol the outer area of the grounds. We locked the camera in the car. We had not taken 20 steps around the outer perimeter of the grounds when a carnival worker halted us and said we had to buy tickets at the gate. We tried to explain that we mere ly wanted to take a walk and were not interested in buying a ticket. He didn’t have time to discuss, the issue. He called sheriff Hugh Salter. The sheriff listened to our problems. The carnival man said that he had expensive equipment lying around and couldn’t risk any of its being stolen. We said we were only walking around and if he wanted, he could accompany us. Four Mayors To Head Drive For Hospital # Promotion Campaign Gets Under Way • Committees Formed Sunday at Morehead Four Carteret mayors were nam ed Sunday afternoon to head a drive to promote passage of a bond issue for building a Carteret Gen eral hospital. They are A. B. Cooper, mayor of Atlantic Beach: W. H. Potfer, mayor of Beaufort; George W. Dill, mayor of Morehead City, and Leon A. Mann, mayor of Newport. Named to an advisory committee were Dr. Silas Thorne, Morehead City, president of the County Med ical society; Dr. L. W. Moore, Beaufort; Dr. John Morris, More head City; David Willis, adminis trator of the Morehead City hos pital; John Crump, Morehead City hospital trustee; Jack Roberts, chairman of the Morehead City hospital board, and Derryl Garner, Newport. Heading the drive among wom en’s organizations will be Mrs. D. Cordova, Mrs. Dick Parker, both of Morehead City, and Mrs. W. 1. Loftin, Beaufort. On the education coordination committee are H. L. Joslyn, coun ty superintendent of schools; R. W. Safrit, chairman of the county board of education; George R. Wallace, member of the board of education and Randolph Johnson, principal of Queen Street school, Beaufort. Heading the speakers’ commit tee is Bud Dixon, Morehead City; religious committee, the Rev. Ralph Fleming, Newport, president of the Carteret Ministers associa tion, and on the public relations committee arc Grover Munden, Ray Cummins and Miss Ruth Peel ing. The committees were named at a meeting at the Morehead City municipal building, to which rep resentatives of county organiza tions were invited. Mayor Potter presided. Mayor Dill arrived later. Mayor Potter remarked that the meeting, and future meetings would not be held to find fault with the proposed hos pital program, but to emphasize what’s right about it. Dr. Morris reported that the Medical Care commission has ap proved a, 100-bed hospital for the county, with state and federal funds totaling $1,040,000 earmarked for it. The county’s share, for which a bond issue must be floated upon approval of the people, is $660,000. The vote will be Tues day, Nov. 8. Dr. Morris said a new hospital for this county has been given No. 1 priority by the Medical Care commission. He said the addition al county tax will amount to 5 or 10 cents on a hundred dollars’ val uation. (The county auditing department says 15 cents, but admits that it could be less than that. It’s im possible to state exactly what the tax will be until the rate of inter est on the bonds is learned when the bonds are sold—and the bonds may not be sold for a year or more). “The biggest danger in this is apathy on the part of the people,” Dr. Morris said, lie pointed out that Wilmington lost $2 million for a new hospital there because pco See HOSPITAL, Page 2 Then his honor, the sheriff him-J self, decided to accompany us. We're sure this was only for our own protection, since carnivals can be pretty rough places. The carnival worker, after first refus ing to go with us because he was “too busy,” now fell in behind. After making the trip, we thank ed the carnival worker and the sheriff for their cooperation and headed towards the car to get the camera. With camera in hand we again started for the main gate. Wc again were stopped. This time by someone who evi dently was one of the managers of the carnival. After explaining to us what little profit the carnival itself received from the fair and how “clean” the show was, he echoed the Legion official’s words that we wouldn't be allowed to take any pictures. He said that if we persisted, his only alternative would be to close the show. Having never seen a carnival manager who was willing to turn his back on gate receipts, wc doubted him and told him we would persist We proceeded towards the main gate, with camera, bought tickets and were in. The girlie shows at a carnival aren’t hard to find. They’re usual ly right in front of the largest crowd on the midway. A public address system from Streets of Paris is screaming the strains oi Board Will Allow Vote On Newport Fire District County Dog Warden Will Pick Up Strays in Country A. B. Fulford, county sanitarian, told county commissioners yester day that if folks in rural areas want stray dogs picked up, they should phone the sanitation build ing between 8 and 9 a.m. The building is located on the airport road, Beaufort. W. W Chadwick, county dog warden, is usually there during that time, Mr.- Fulford said. The number is PA8-3121. This information came to light after commissioners received a letter from Oscar Hill, route 2 Newport, who requested $222 re imbursement for turkeys killed by dogs on his farm on the Roberts road. The commissioners asked that Mr. Fulford, county sanitarian, give them a report on what the dog warden had been doing. Mr. Fulford said a dog pound has been built and a cage for dogs has been put on a half-ton truck. He said if owners agree to turn a dog over to the dog warden, the dog is destroyed. If a dog is tag ged, the owner is notified; if an owner reclaims a dog, he is charg ed $1 a day for board at the coun ty pound. If a dog is not claimed in three days, it is destroyed. Luther Hamilton, county attor ney, said that the taw states that loss of livestock, due to dogs, may be paid out of revenue from the dog tax, after the dog warden’s j salary is met. These payments are to be made at the end of the fiscal year, and if there is more than one claim and funds are in- j sufficient, the claimants are to be j paid on a pro rata basis. Mr. Fulford said that Mr. Chad Commands Change ' '? 7g, ■-f-ys "• ■' • U Exchanging commands at Cherry Point Friday were Maj. Gen. R. K. Rottet (left), new commanding general of the Second Marine Aircraft Wing, and Brig. Gen. F. C. Tharin. General Tharin now is in command of the Marine Corps Air Bases, Eastern Area and the Mamie Corps Air Station, Cherry Point. a bo-bop records; the barker is telling the people that this is the “long and strong one, the show that gets down to bare facts.” Behind him are the girls, two of them, just standing. They are chewing gum and their skirts are split to their hips. Their faces could be anyone’s but the barker assures the people that they are the girls they’ve been reading about in magazines from coast to coast. They’ve both just complet ed successful runs in some of the biggest nightclubs and burlesque theatres in the country. Ruffy and I joined the crowd in front of the show. The man who had last stopped us outside the gate now came over and whispered something to the barker who bent over from the stage to listen. The barker then told the girl in the ticket booth to stop selling tickets: the show was closed! Ruffy and 1 remained, A few minutes later the barker reopened the show but this time there was a new line added to his spiel. He told the crowd that unless they were 18 or over, they wouldn’t be allowed inside. A group of boys 8 to 12 years old, were told to “go ride the ponies.” They had been watching the show-teasers and lis tening to the barker for about 30 minutes. The record started up again, the barker began pitch end wick is paid $230 a month. Moses Howard, chairman of the board, said that dog tax does not amount to a fraction of that salary. The | attorney was requested to write Mr. Hill. At the request of Mr. Kulford, ! the county designated James D. . Potter, county auditor, as agent in 1 filing for disaster aid funds to fight mosquitoes. A letter from Frank Reeves, Red' Cross disaster chairman, was read. t The letter thanked the county for its help to the Red Cross during j and after Donna. The board re quested that the clerk write gen erals at the Marine bases and all other units that assisted the coun ty during and after Donna. A letter was read from Harry E. Barkley, correctional institutions inspector, who said that the de partment of welfare is against pad ded cells in jails. A request for a padded cell in the county jail j was made several months ago. The board received letters from C. Y. Griffin and C. W. Snell, high-: way officials, relative to Sherwood drive in Glendale Park, Beaufort. Mr. Griffin said the road is classi-1 fied as a subdivision road and can be paved only by property owners participating in the cost at $1 per square yard. Treatment to prevent dust (sta bilization) would be done by the state only if the road were im passable. Griffin said the road is not impassable. Protection of water lines, report ed to be broken by state grading machinery, rests solely with the See BOARD, Page 2 the girls reappeared on the stage. The crowd had increased in size. The barker was pleading. “All right men, don’t push at the ticket booth. There’s plenty of room in side. The show starts in one min ute. Step right up.” No one mov ed. Presently one man stepped for ward. We later learned that he worked for the carnival. His job was to buy a ticket for the show, go inside, out the back and around to the front again.' They could have gotten a less conspicuous character for the job. This one, besides being a little wobbly on his feet, had a toy cap pistol sticking out of his back pocket. Encouraged by the man in the checkered shirt with the toy pis tol in his pocket, a few people stepped forward and bought tickets for the show. One of them was a sophomore boy at Morehead City high school. He was asked if he could prove he was 18. He couldn’t so he was told he couldn’t buy a ticket. He put his dollar back in bis pocket and said, "Gee whiz, you sold me a ticket last night." 1 just smiled. t The shows went on, but to con siderably fewer people than had seen them the previous night. The man with the cap pistol worked overtime. The barker and the girls were hard put to get 15 peo ple into each show, even with Petition Signed by 202 Seeks Vote on Nov. 8 County commissioners yesterday* agreed to a vot^ on establishing a Newport fire district, subject to recommendations by the town at torney. The vote would be taken on Nov. 8 throughout the township, but ex cluding the town of Newport. The town fire department has agreed to furnish the fire protection. Es tablishment of a fire district en tails the levying of a tax to finance the fire-fighting service. Ray Lackey, president of the Newport Rural Fire association, who appeared before the board, said that the tax would be offset by lower fire insurance premiums. A petition containing 202 names which was said to represent more than 15 per cent of the resident freeholders of the township, was presented. The petition asked that a vote be permitted. Mayor W. H. Potter, Beaufort, appeared before the board to ask the county’s financial assistance in j completing the clean-up of the | dump on the Lcnnoxville road. He i also commented that he would like the county to look favorably on the proposed hospital program and ex pressed confidence in county com- I missioners to administer it. The board accepted a bid from Carolina Oil Co., on 5,000 gallons of fuel oil at 2'i cents under tank wagon price prevailing at the time of delivery. County Offered Hospital Sites Two sites for a county hospital were formally offered county com missioners yesterday. By letter, Mr. and Mrs. D. F. Merrill, Beaufort, offered approxi mately 29 acres of land on high way 101 five miles from Beaufort. If the land is not used for a hos pital, it would be retained by the Merrills. Marion Mills, Morehead City, presented a map yesterday after noon of 15 acres of land in the Crab Point area, being made avail able by his father, M. T. Mills. The board requested that the clerk, Odell Merrill, write a letter to the donors, expressing the coun ty’s appreciation. The board discussed the mini mum amount of land recommend ed by the Medical Care commis sion. Moses Howard, board chair man, said that if the land offered does not satisfy acreage • require ments, the county has the author ity to purchase a site. Commissioner Skinner Chalk said lhat if the county has to go in the hospital business, he suggests that the hospital be financed with revenue bonds, the hospital paying the bonds off with its proceeds. Tools Stolen Developers of Spooner’s Creek harbor, west of Morehead City, re port that $2,000 worth of tools were stolen from a tool shed recently, Dn another occasion $30 jvorth of tools were taken. The sheriff’s department said it had received no report of either theft. warnings after every show that this was “the last show.” After about an hour, they stop ped turning children away. Any one who had a dollar went in. Re peat customers came out, wonder ing what happened to the lurid show they had seen the night be fore. Other strip shows were Cindy’s, featuring colored girls, Kathy, the Body Beautiful, and Fifi, where a naked red-haired woman, show goers told us earlier in the week, paraded in front of men on lookers who sometimes touched her to see if she was real. We played games on the mid way and got took, like everyone else. We stood at one gambling booth for an hour, watched the man take in $80 and give away one little stuffed bear. There were the usual “games of skill” such as baseball throw, throw the hoop and bingo. Incidentally. I wasn’t even al lowed to buy a soft drink. Every body else was buying drinks but the man running the stand wouldn’t sell me one. Apparently he had run into reporters before—report ers representing newspapers of this nation who don’t care so much about being popular as they do about trying to protect the Ameri can public from thievery, immor ality and filth peddled by the car oivili ynrf thoBf ftpofflftnf them. 4 Boy Scout Fund Drive Begins; Goal $4,500 If Carteret Boy Scout officials raise $4,500 in their drive which is under way this week, a Boy Scout field executive will be stationed in Beaufort to serve this county ex clusively, according to Robert Howard, Moreheqd City, chairman j of the finance drive. The quota for the Scouts last ! year was $3,500. There are 456 Boy (Scouts now, but there are 3,500 | boys who should be reached by ] the Scouting program, Mr. Howard j said. i It is estimated that the cost is $11 per boy for a full-time Scouting program. Chairmen to whom contributions may be paid in communities throughout the county, arc the fol lowing ; Dr. S. W. Hatcher, Morehead j City; James Crowe and Thomas Eure, Beaufort; Fernie Willis, Mar shallbcfg; Alton Willis, Barkers Island.' George Hancock, Smyrna;' Charles Finer, Williston; Guy Ham ilton, . Stacy; Mrs. Brantley Mor ris, Atlantic. Charles Hill, Newport; B. O. Kctncr, Wildwood; Joe Morton, Broad Creek; Floyd Chadwick and Clyde Burr, Mitchell Village and Mansfield Park. Mr. Howard said the following letter from a Boy Scout tells how important Scouting is: "I am Gordy Eure of Troop 130 Morehead City. This year’s our Golden Jubilee — fifty years! That’s before mom and dad thought about me. So you might think that Boy Scouting is really getting old! "It isn’t, because Boy Scouting is for boys like me, and it keeps young with us. We help keep it young, just the way we try to keep mom and dad on the ball. “We have a lot of say through our Patrol and Troop in planning what we do, and there are over 100 merit badges we can choose from. Whether Boy Scouting is fifty or five hundred years old, it will always be young for us. “So do your Good Turn and tell folks to help us youngsters, by helping Boy Scouting through giv ing your contribution to your local finnacc chairman." Tax Matters Go Before Board Four tax matters were taken be fore the county commissioners yes terday at the courthouse. In response to a notice from the auditors.’ office, C. H. Case, Hunt ington, W. Va., through his attor ney, Wiley Taylor Jr., agreed to pay $113.88 in back taxes due on land he bought in 1952. The board accepted the offer, subject to ap proval by the tax collector, and also recommended that the 1,605 acres listed to Case be revised to the accurate figure of 793 acres. Annie G. Parker, Beaufort, re ported that she got notice of funds due the tax office amounting to over $400. She presented receipts showing that the amount referred to had been paid in 1943 and 1944. The funds had been paid to the of fice of the clerk of superior court. Commissioner Skinner Chalk re quested the auditor to determine why she had not been credited with paying the taxes. Turned over to county attorney Luther Hamilton Jr. was the tax problem of A. M. Nelson, Bridge ton, relative to a tax bill of $56.82 on land owned by his late father, C. S. Nelson, at Merrimon. Isaac Tyndall appeared with a tax problem and was referred to the auditor’s office. Tide Table Tidei it the Beaufort Bar HIGH LOW Tuesday, Oct. 4 7:37 a m. 1 28 a m. 7:57 p.m. 153 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 5 8:20 a.m. 2:13 a m. 8:40 p.m. 2:39 p.m. Thursday, Oct. • 9:04 a.m. 2:55 a.m. 9:25 p.m. 3:23 p.m. Friday, Oct. 7 9:48 a.m. 3:35 a.m. 10:11 p.m. 4:06 pan.