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Th« News and Views.
The^Only Newspaper^ in the World That Gives a Whoop About Onslow County
OL. Ml, NO. 52 JACKSONVILLE, N. C. TUESDAY, JANUARY 3, 1950 member of the associated press CR1CE: 5c per lofv
Down East
with
Billy Arthur
*erlflf Dan Sanders telephonec
other morning complaining
someone had started a rumor
. he had been shot. "The peo
ple have been calling me to find
out how I was. and all about it,"
he said, "and Saturday morning it
was conversation on the buses."
"he sheriff is OK. he hasn't been
^4 , and besides, as he put it. "1
-'n't even been half-shot."
We'll probably be criticized for
oven so much as referring to it
and possibly giving someone the
idea, but we hope the bus station
doesn't come forward with such
interference with one's good na
ture as has Grand Central station
hi New York.
According to press reports, the
loud speaking system at the ter
minal is now broadcasting spot an
nouncements of medicines, chew
ing gums and cigarettes, much to
the annoyance of practically every
patron
Just think what could happen
here if the bus station would <lo
likewi.se.
ii prooaoiy would go something
like this: First call, "Seashore bus
on track one loading for Camp
Lejeune. Do you easily contract a
cold getting up early in the morn
ing and walking from the barracks
to the mess hall. Then, step inside
light now and buy some Natures—
that's Serutan spelled backwards.
Natures is slower but more effec
tive than the old fashioned remedy
of the juice from one quart of
bourbon."
Or, "Do you lose your clothes in
the laundry? Then, get yourself
tome Fuzzy-Wuzzy Soap Flakes and
wash your own. Fuzzy-Wuzzy flakes
•re so round, so firm, so fully
packed, so free and easy on your
drawers."
I'd be like the complainants to
the Grand Central board—I'd like
to have my ear drums punched.
Dr. A. M. Fountain, professor of
English at N. C. State College, was
in the other day, and, as usual I
was very glad to see him.
The Doc said he always liked to
come around a newspaper shop, be
cause he himself had a little prin
ter's ink on his hands from ex
perience with his college news
paper.
"I once told my class that I spent
eight years on the college news
paper," he said. "And one fellow
asked, 'Dr. Fountain, did it take
you that long to graduate?' "
Albert Ellis called up the other
morning wanting to buy an 18
column figuring book for his book
keeping records.
1 couldn't supply him with that
particular item immediately, but I
offered him a special price on nine
two-column journals. He dk'n't
seem to want that deal, however.
el alive to my efforts to rent a
0io that fit, in accordance with
idvertising in the News and
s, from Sam Sacknoff. he pens
..ate in return:
"It takes a 72" tape line to meas
ure a human being for a tuxedo
but we have a character in our club
who insists on making a nuisance
of himself about renting one from
of the business establishments
^ his fair city and is making life
" Table, so he thinks, for the
<»ral manager. It actually would
*e a 12" ruler to measure this
homo sap from pate to toe. Will
some Kiwanian enlighten me as to
Just why he needs one of these
outfits because he is not invited
to any function between now and
April 15th, neither is he getting
married and neither is he being
buried. Selah!
Jay Quinn was the recipient of
a unique Christmas gift from the
mother of an attractive local girl,
and from now on he probably will
be less forgetful.
Jay kept his date out beyond the
midnight hour, and had to toll the
chimes at his girl's residence to
gain her admission.
For Christmas, he received a
watch and a lock and key. complete
with initial, and a poem reminding
him to make use of them, or next
time encounter the girl's father.
A1 Ward and Jim Tanner were
in the office the other day talking
about the common cold and com
monly talking about the cold.
A1 said there was a doctor in
Wilmington to whom a patient
went to see about a cold, and the
doctor gave him this advice:
"When you go home tonight, take
you the hottest bath you can stand.
Tjien, without drying off, get in
front of an open window and make
certain you're standing in a draft.
And . .
"But doc," the man protested,
"that won't cure my cold; that
will give me pneumonia."
"I know that," said the doctor,
"but we can cure pneumonia, and
we can't cure a cold."
Billy English, formerly of Jack
sonville, sends a Christmas card
up from Texas, and invites me to
tend him my shoe size and he'll
send me a pair of cowboy boots if
I promise to send him a picture of
me wearing them.
I don't think the size of my
shoes would do any good. If I
remember real cowboy boots, in my
case I had better send him my
trouser measurements.
p\ Newcomers
. F. Burgess, 310 Stratford
,j«d.
*Lt. J. M. Riley, Jr.. 219 Canter
bury.
A. G. Sewell, 214 Court street.
G. S. Patterson. 7 Glendale
James Costigan, 101 Bayshore
■■•at.
rate Capps. 459 College street.
T. Westcott, 34 Bayshore West.
X. James M. Hayes, 204 Sher
wood.
S. F. Hunter, 28 Bayshore West I
0
Classmates Remember Polio Victim
-fmrtrni . * — —
r»eiilv Shawler, daughter of Mr. jnd Mrs. J. A. Shawler «>i 15 Westminister Drive, who is a polio
patient at James Walker Hospital in Wilmington, r-reived special recognition when Mrs. John An
drews' first grade, of which she was a member be ore becoming ill. had a Christmas party in her
honor on *he las* school day before the Christmas holidays.
A beautiful little tree was trimmed by her classmates and each brought a gift for Emily. 'l'hese
gifts and the tree were taken to Emily's parents to be presented to her at the hospital.
On the occasion of the party, Mrs. Rruce Downey and Mrs. R. L. Smith, grade mothers, served iced
drinks, cookies and Christmas candies to the children and piesented them with favors of candy canes !
and other sweets in the holiday motif.
The accompanying picture shows the tree with the class just before it was presented to Mrs. Shaw
ler. Linda Huffman was the only student absent when the picture was made. The classmates are. left to
right, front row: Nelva Latham, Roger Humphrey, II arry Reeves, Nicky Fritz, Deane Scohnamillo, Betty
Jean Ray. Webb Deaver III, Jeanette Gurganus, Juanita Lear.v. Second row: John Ezzell, Dalton Mor
ton, Linwood Tanner, Donald Humphrey, Susie Jane Morton. Donita Hawkins, Roger Jarman, Owen
Home, Sam Sawyer, Bruce Downey III. Charles Mason. Itachael Rhodes. Third row: Agnes Smith, Sam
uel Jarman. Troy Morton. Carlton Wood. Elwcod Whaley, Ray Ketchuin, Jr.. Twylah Smith, Betty Carol
Morton, Marvin Jarman, Ellen Foy, Delta Gurganus. Standing: Gurney Mayes, Edward Waller, Wini
fred Shepherd, Norma Jean Barbour, Mrs. R. I. Smith, Mrs. John Andrews and Mrs. Bruce Downey.
Clark Suggests
Safety Resolves
"If you would be thrifty,
practice safety in 1950." is a New
Year's Resolution suggested this
week by Charlie C. Clark. Jr.,
county agent for the State College
Extension Service
Such a resolution, the county
agent pointed out, can be carried
nut by the whole family to tfte
benefit of all. Furthermore, it is
thoroughly practical and can mean
the difference between profit and
joss for the new year.
Making and keeping New Year's
safety resolutions is much more
than a pastime; il is a means of
assuring the happiness and well
being of farm families everv
vtfheir. The Nbtional Safely
Council suggests that if each mem
ber oi every farm family makes
•nd keeps one good safety resolu
tion in 1950, noticeable progress
will he made toward reducing the
tremendous toll that accidents take
in agriculture.
Following are a few suggested
resolutions for farm families to
make ior 1950:
1. We will continually chcck the
farm to locate and remove haz
ards.
2. We will at all times observe
all safety rules in the operation
of machines.
3. We will encourage our friends
to work, play, and drive safely.
4. Regardless of the emergency,
we will not permit young children
to operate or ride upon farm ma
chinery.
5. We will observe due caution
when working with or around an
imals.
6. We will keep guns unloaded
and out of reach of children.
7. We will handle poisons and
explosives carefully and keep
them labeled and out of reach of
children.
8. We will encourage year
round participation in farm safe
ty activities by the organizations
to which we belong.
Drive Opens Jan. 16
March Of Dimes Campaign
Workers Named By Chairman
campaign workers for the an-1
nual March of Dimes campaign in
Onslow County were announced
yesterday by Chairman Thompson
Jones.
The American Legion Auxiliary
will be charged with the house-to
house and business firm canvass in
Jacksonville, and the cor.-unint..
chairmen are Mrs. Paul Marshburn.
Hieul.nui.s: lle\. G. T. Liner and
Mrs. Lucy Morton. Jacksonville,
route two; Mrs. Ethel Dameron,
Verona and Dixon: Mrs. Willie
Henderson. Hubert; Mrs. Lena
•» ,. a-j11 Mrs. .It iin Gil
• •Me. S -Trdaie: Mrs. Graham
Tones, Giants Creek; and Mrs. Roy
Luke -Ti MiuHr.y Park. Sneads Fer
ry and Ho'iy Ridge.
The campaign will get underway
on January Hi. and on that evening
'the Jacksonville Woman's Club will
present James Hurst, native On
>lowan. and a baritone soloist, in
a concert at Jacksonville school
auditorium. The club will donate
the net proceeds to the March of
Dimes fund.
No goal has been set for Onslow
as yet, Jones said, but the state
quota has been fixed at one million
dollars.
Hurst recently returned from
Italy where he has been studying
voice. He plans to return later to
continue his studies and make his
debut in opera. Prior to going to ■
Italy to study, he took voice in j
New York. He is considered an ex- !
cedent soloist.
commissioners' meet
The Onslow County Board of
Commissioners will meet today at
10 o'clock, the New Year holiday j
having postponed yesterday's ses
sion.
Community Groups Named
Carl Frazelle Is Chairman
Of Onslow PMA For 1950
Carl Frazelle of Riehlands has<
been elected chairman of the On
slow County Production Marketing
Administration, formerly the
Triple-A.
Other officers elected were O.
J. Brown of Verona, vice-chairman,
and E. C. Collins of Mayville. re
gular member.
The community committees are
composed of:
Jacksonville route 1—Cecil G.
Bryan. Chairman; Walter Jarman,
Vice Chairman; Walter Greer, Re
gular member.
Jacksonville route 2—D. G. Ram
sey. Chairman; Richard Parker.
Vice Chairman; Richard Kellum.
Regular member.
Jacksonville route 3—Geo. W.
Wells. Chairman; Robert Scott,
Vice Chairman; Geo A. Walton,
Regular member.
Riehlands route 1 — Sutton
Marshburn. Chairman; B. D. Gur
ganus. Vice Chairman: Haywood
Jarman. Regular member.
Riehlands route 2—Drayford
Huffman. Chairman; O. T Marsh
burn. Vice Chairman: I. G. Barbee,
Regular member.
Riehlands route 3—Jefferson
Brinson. Chairman; Lloyd Whaley,
Vice Chairman; H. K. Huffman,
Regular member.
Riehlands route 4—R. H. Sandlin,
Chairman; P. L. Pittman, Vice
Chairman; J. B. Carter, Regular
member.
Riehlands route 5—Frank Swin
son, Chairman; R. D. Jarman, Vice
Chairman, C. S. Bryant, Regular
ncmber. J
Richlands route 6—Murrell j
Brown, Chairman: Geo. McGowan. !
Vice Chairman; Herman Jarman, !
Regular member. I
Richlands route 7—Chadwick
ftrown, Chairman; Carl Andrews.
Vice Chairman; Archie Home, Re
gular member.
Stump Sound route 1—C. E.
lames. Chairman; E. C. King, Vice
Chairman; R. A. Davis, Regular
member.
Stump Sound route 2—T. O.
Yopp, Chairman; Fred Hardison,
Vice Chairman; M. F. Duff, Re
gular member.
Swansboro route 1—K. Lee
Rogers, Chairman; L. M. Pittman,
Vice Chairman; Lorenza Meadows,
Regular member.
Swansboro route 2—D. B. Sand- j
ers. Chairman; T. J. Sweeting. Vice 1
Chairman; Percy Russell, Regular
member.
White Oak route 1—Raynor Per
sons, Chairman; M. M. Gray. Vice
Chairman; R. Nick Parker. Re- j
Sular member.
White Oak route 2—Geo H.
Bray. Chairman; Geo. L. Lloyd, j
Vice Chairman; Geo. Smith. Re
gular member.
White Oak route 3—Odell Par
ker, Chairman; Earl Riggs, Vice
Chairman; Hugh D. Littleton, Re
gular member.
White Oak route 4—Hammie I
Morton. Chairman; E. D. Johnson, I
Vice Chairman; J. H. Davis, Re- j
gular member. '
Hurst Concert
Tickets Go On
Sale This Week
Tickets for the James Hurst
concert, which will be given on
Monday, evening, January 16, in
tho high school auditorium for the
beneift of the March of Dimes,
will no on sale the latter part of
thb week, it was announced by
.Mrs. A. B. Gawthrop, president
of the- Jacksonville Woman's Club,
which is sponsoring the concert.
The price of the tickets will be
SI.00 each.
Since his arcival from Rome
where he has been studying voice
for the past 18 months. Hurst has
sung in the local churches but his
appearance for the polio benefit
will be the first full concert given.
Hurst, baritone, who was born
and reared in Onslow County has
a large circle of friends, relatives
and acquaintances who will wel
come this opportunity, Mrs. Gaw
throp added, to hear again a native
son and observe the progress he
has made in training for his mus
ical career.
While studying at Juiliiard in!
New York before going abroad to
continue his lessons, Hurst was
under the direction of Mack Har
rell of the Metropolitan Opera and
other instructors at that leading
institution.
"The Jacksonville Woman's Club
remembers a very happy occasion
two years ago," the club president
said, "when James sang to a pack
ed house in a concert sponsored
by the club and our organization i
feels honored to be able to present;
for such a worthy cause one of
our own young pepole who is
working so hard to achieve a suc
cessful career for himself.
Any member of the club will be
glad to secure tickets for those
interested in purchasing tickets, j
Aged Sailing
Ship Loses Out
LONG BEACH. Calif. — (/P)— j
The 49-year-old windjammer Sa-'
mar. once one of the largest and,
proudest of the Pacific merchant
fleet; will soon be out of a job
again. The trim schooner's come-i
down began with the passing of
sail. Its towering masts and bow-1
sprit lopped off. it served for aj
while as an offshore sport fishing
barge. In recent years it has been
tied to a dock, headquarters for
a towboat and salvage company.
Now the firm is giving her the
boot anc?* replacing her with a
$1,000,000 former Navy tug.
The Sa mar's ultimate fate is
still undecided. But her sister
KhiV>, the Mindanao^ her useful
days over, was towed to sea and
burned as a derelict.
NEGRO DISAPPEARS
Clennie Richardson, young Ne
gro man, disappeared into the
woods near the Dew Drop Inn
Friday. He was said to have been
sick and friends, and relatives
feared that he might have been
stricken and died. Sheriff's offi
cers and volunteers searched!
through most of the night and Sat-j
urday without a trace.
TOWN BOARD MEETS
The Jacksonville Town Board of
Commissioners will meet tonight at
B o'clock at the city hall.
Tobacco
I
Quotas To
Be Same
Agriculture Department
Says No Changes Are ]
Planned In Acreage!
I Allowed In 1949
RALKKtH i,Vi North Caro
; Una's farmers wort' allotted 634,3131
■ acres in 1949 for growing flue-cured,
> tobacco. This was more than two
thirds of Hie national toial of 960,-j
000 acres.
In Washington today tlx* IDeparl-j
j inent of Agriculture announced it;
plans no change in quotas for 1950.
For 1949. Secretary of Agriculture
| Charles Brannan had proclaimed a
quota of 1,097.000,000 pounds. ;
Tar Heel production of the flue
cured weed Ifas been estimated at
about 750 million pounds this year.
The exact figure won't be known;
j for around another month.
1 The 1949 quota went into effect I
j March 1. when the deadline for re
vising quotas announced the pre
| vious August had expired.
I Under the quotas set a year ago
| in August, most farmers were per
mitted to plant five per cent more;
flue-cured acreage than they did in
j1948.
In 1948 they operated under a 28
per cent cut brought about by a
slump in foreign markets.
On July 23. Tar Heel farmers
voted. 95 to 1. in favor of continu
ing quotas for a three year period.
All states growing flue-cured to
bacco were eligible to vote. By vot
ing for a continuation of quotas,
i the farmers assured themselves of
(government support of flue-cured
prices at 90 per cent of parity.
i In the same election, the farmers
also voted by an overwhelming
j margin to continue assessing them
j selves 10 cents an acre to be con
' tributed to Tobacco Associates, Inc.
j The associates is an organization
devoted to furthering the export of
j flue-cured tobacco, which is used
1 in cigarettes.
Buy New License
Tags Before 31st
( The deadline for purchasing
! 1950 <:utomob.il" tags for the State
of North Carolina docs not expire
until January 31.'but motorists are
urged to purchase them early and
avoil the usual last minute rush.
0 T Shelton, manager of the
Carolina Motor club office here
, where the stale license plates are
sold, said yesterday that there are
hundreds of motorists who have
not yet purchased their new
plates. 'ro wait until the last min
ute will cause a rush and incon
venience a lot of people, possibly
by having to stand in line. Besides,
the office closes at 4 p.m. daily.
And the time will not be ex
tended beyond January 31. after
which the Slate Highway Patrol
lias been instructed to arrest and
prosecute motorists driving on
1940 plates.
'It will be a lot better for ev
eryone. the driver and us. too."
said Shelton, "if motorists will
not wait until the last minute to
buy the 1950 plates."
Lejeune Listed
On Greeting Card
Camp Lejeune is listed as one
i of the enjoyable places to visit and
j points of interest in North Carolina
I on Christmas greeting cards sent
throughout the nation by the N. C.
News Bureau of the Department
of Conservation and Development, j
The Christmas greeting card j
i from the staff of the bureau was !
• mailed from Kitty Hawk on Decem
ber 17 when the 46th anniversary
of the Wright Brothers' first plane
flight Mas observed. Special com
1 memorative airmail stamps, post
marked Kitty Hawk, were on the
envelopes.
The four-page greeting had
! twenty-five pictures of North Caro
lina in the center, and one was of
the tanks at Camp Lejeune. The
! legend stated that Lejeune was
i one of the interesting sights for j
j visitors to the state. I
Kiwanis Officers
To Be Installed
j The Jacksonville Kiwanis club
i will install officers at its regular
! meeting today at Pine Lodge at 1
p.m. George Buchanan will ascend J
to the presidency, succeeding Jack |
! Koonce, who has served for the
past year.
B. J. Hoileman, lieutenant gov
J ernor of the seventh division, will
install the officers, and committees
for the year will be announced.
Chamber Meets
Thursday Night
The January meeting of the
Jacksonville Chamber of Com-1
merce will be held at Pine Lodge j
Thursday night at 8 o'clock when |
new officers will be installed. A full |
attendance is urged. Committees {
for the year will be announced. 1
BUILDING PERMIT
A building permit to add one}
room to an existing dwelling on j
Second street at a cost of $500 has!
been issued to N. S. Day by the I
Town of Jacksonville. I
Establish Orthopedic Room
With Olney Memorial Fund
Science Squeezes Fat
Out Of Fattest Pigs
FAST GROWING Hog with less fat, developed by U. of Minn.
By DAVID M. MASON
ST PAUL. Minn.—(/P)—Made-to-order hogs have their snouts firmly
implanted in the eorn belt. They go by the cryptic names of Minne
sota No. 1 and No. 2.
If a big-boned, over-fat ham peeves you; if you have trouble find
ing the lean center of a pork chop, or if you get bacon that should
have been tossed into the lard kettle, you have not encountered the
new breeds.
Dr. L. M. Winters, University of Minnesota animal husbandman
who developed the new breeds, set his goal to raise a pig which would
produce higher quality meat faster and cheaper.
The No. 1 traces its ancestry to the Danish Landrace and the
English Tamworth varieties of hog; the No. 2 to the Yorkshire and
Poland China.
The new breeds were first released to the public Sept. 17-18,
1948. Within a year there were 501 registered No. 1 herd owners
and 58 No. 2 herd owners. There were 9.751 No. l's and 856 No. 2's
on the books, but only a small part of any hog bleed is registered.
Some swine growers raise purebred No. l's and No. 2's and others cross
ihem with older breeds.
The new line offers plenty of consumer appeal: less-fat,
.smaller-honed hams; pork chops with a bigger center and bacon
with lean which more nearly outstrips the fat.
For the swine growers' opinion. sc\cral were interviewed by The
Associated Press. Generally they c\pre:-..eu nnpro* a! of the new lines.
Claude 11. Hormel, manager of the P.D. Mc Millan Land Co..
Holland ale. Minn., said "our opinion is that No l's and in somewhat
• esser degree No. 2's have been one of the more important recent
contributions aiding swine producers of the Middle West to >4n i nr~ *
economical and profitable pork production."
Gerald Frankl. Irvinuton. Iowa, sa'-'s he crossed Duror females
with No. I males and his litters were increased from a previous
eight or nine to eleven or twelve, "Much ♦«> my amazement, these
litters were very strong, healthy and vigorous and seemed to have
everything in the line of strength and liveliness that my previous
smaller litters had."
Frank! then crossed the Duroc-No. 1 pig with the No. 2. The
pigs from this cross were larger and gained weight very rapidly,
he said.
Another swine raiser. Leo Frek-ing. Heron Lake. Minn., said his
No. l's and No. 2's "met with almost unanimous approval of per
formance by commercial swine producers and breeders from more
Ihm 20 states and Canada." As an example. F:eking said. 10 No. 1 sows
gave birth to 99 pigs and raised 79 to breeding age. One litter—
instead of being a "ton litter" in six months—weighed 2.017 pounds
in five months.
I'niversity of Minnesota hog men and growers point out that
hogs are now bought by packing houses chiefly on a weight basis.
Hogs of the same weight bring about the same price, regardless of
fat or carcass waste.
The university, in cooperation with the Department of Agriculture
and the George A. Hormel Co.. Austin, Minn., has for the past three
years been developing a new hog marketing system.
Want Applicants
In Farm Contest
Farm Agent Charlie C\ Clark,
Jr.. yesterday issued a call to farm
ers to enter the Better Farming
for Better Living Contest immedi
ately.
The deadline for entering the
contest is January 15. and a meet
ing of all entrants will be held here
on January 17 for the purpose of
explaining details.
The News and Views yesterday
announced that it would continue
its award of $5 cash prize to each
of the winners in the five divisions
of the contest, and the Jacksonville
Chamber of Commerce is expected
to act this week or next on its
usual contribution. In the past the
chamber has given approximately
$100 a year to county winners.
The BFBL contest is sponsored
jointly in Onslow by the Jackson
\ille chamber and the Tide Water
Power company. N. C. Trott was
the 1949 winner.
Clark said he would appear be
fore the Veterans agricultural class
this week and urge members to
take part, and that Miss Edith
Harris, home agent, would appeal
to home demonstration club mem
bers to enter.
Children League
Elects Gould
Lester L. Gould of WJNC has
been elected president of the On
slow County League for Crippled
Children, succeeding A. V. Wil
liams who has served for the past
year.
Williams was made vice-presi
dent. and Everett Lumpkin was
re-elected treasurer and Rev. Rob
ert Kirehgessner secretary.
The league handled eleven
eases during the year, expending a
total of $183.33 for transportation,
braces, special shoes of crippled
children, leaving a balance of
5743.57 in the bank.
The league provided transporta
tion to and from clinics for indi
gent crippled children, and in ex
tra needy cases provides equip
ment and part of hospital bills,
it Was said.
'Flying Saucers'
Reported Here
"Flying saucers" were seen
here last week, so say Mr. and
Mrs. D. B. Burgess.
Both Mr. and Mrs. Burgess
maintained they saw a spherical
object in the skies Thursday
afternoon, headed toward New
Bern. They said it appeared sim
ilar to the descriptions of "fly
ing saucers they had been
reading about in the newspapers.
Gift To Hospital Comes
From Children And
Friends Of Prominent
Textile Chemist
A $1,000 gilt to the Onslow
County hospital will be used to
establish and equip an orthopedic
room in memory of the late Dr.
Louis Olne.v. prominent textile
chemist who died in the hospital
here last year of injuries sustained
in an automobile accident near
Jacksonville. Mrs. Olney was fatal
ly injured in the same accident.
Announcement of receipt of the
Si.000 gift and its use was made
yesterday by E. L. McLaughlin, ad
ministrator of the Onslow County
hospital. The gift, said McLaughlin,
was made by Richard Olney and
Mrs. Alan Larter of Dunstable.
Mass., and Mrs. Dexter Shaw of
Wayne. 1*3., children of the de
ceased couple, and friends of the
couple.
A plaque will be installed in the
room identifying the memorial.
Dr. Olney, at the time of his
death president emeritus at Lowell
Textile Institute, was known in
the industry as the father of mod
ern textile chemistry and dyeing.
He was also president of the Howes
Publishing company, publisher of
textile journals.
Dr. Olney was the founder of
National Association of Textile
Chemists and Colorists and served
j as its president for seven years. He
! also established the Olney Memor
| ial Medal, which is awarded an
nually to the person making the
| most valuable contribution to the
j textile industry.
Seeks Advice
OnPreventing
ShrimpWaste
BELHAVEN— Fred P. Latham
! member of the fisheries commit «.•
j o!' the State Board of Conservati •
and Development, called today f .
I suggestions on ways and means u<
prevent the "waste and destruction"
I 'ich accompa^^ shviinjMxawlir;:
La ham said fne fisheries con.
jmit.ee, of which Roy Hampton of
I Plymouth is chairman, probably
will meet next month prior to the
I meeting of the Board of Conserva
tion and Development, which will
;ip held in Raleigh on January 23.
My the time the committee meets,
1 he said, he would like to have as
many suggestions as possible about
means for regulating the shrimp
industry and improving commer
cial fishing resources.
Shrimp trawlers destroy "un
known millions of small food fish,"
Lai ham noted.
Latham said he considered fish
ing and shrimping so closely related
that "a regard for one can only be
of value when due consideration
is given to the other." So he ap
pealed for suggestions from shrimp
ers and fishermen alike, as well as
by others interested in the State's
seafood industry.
He said he would like to have
letters as well as oral suggestions,
and promised that the views ex
pressed to him would be relayed
to the Board of Conservation and
Development.
In particular, he asked for sug
gestions concerning:
1. The best dates to open and
close the shrimp season.
2. The size and type of net that
should be permitted.
3. The size of mesh that should
be allowed.
4. And the amount of tax or li
cense fee that would be fair to both
the State and shrimp catcher.
Biggest Fish Boat
Meadows' 6 5-Foot Trawler
Completes Maiden Voyage
The largest deep sea fishing
trawler ever to operate in an out
of this coastal town returned dur
ing the week end from its maiden
trip with a bountiful load of sea
food.
The trawler, built by the Gibbs
Corporation of Jacksonville, Fla..
at a cost of $30,000, is owned by
Kenneth Meadows of Meadows Sea
Food company of Swansboro.
It is captained by Leslie Guthrie
of Beaufort with Bill Moore of
Swansboro as engineer.
The huge trawler is 65 feet long
with a 19-foot beam and draws six
feet of water. Its gross tonnage is
53 tons, and the name of the
trawler is the Edith M.
The trawler was brought up from
Florida a week before Christmas
and put out on the first voyage the
first of last week Because of the
shallowness of Bogue Inlet, the
Edith M goes in and out of Beau
fort Inlet.
The trawler will be a vital ad
junct to the Meadows firm, which
is one of the larger seafood whole
salers on the Carolina coast.
SURRY SHERIFF HERE
Sheriff Sam C. Patterson of'
Surry County was a visitor in ■
Jacksonville last week, calling on
coun y and lawn officials. i
Fast Amount
Slated For
1950 Census
The 1950 census will be an in
tensive count of the population
starting April 1 with a goal of com
pleting it in the Third District by
April 10, District Supervisor Nere
E. Day said yesterday.
To speed the job of counting the
people in the decennial census, the
Department of Commerce will em
ploy approximately one person per
1,000 people to be counted. Day
said.
In this district and state, Day
said, it is imperative that every
individual be counted, because the
census findings may cause North
Carolina to lose a congressman.
While the results may show
North Carolina to have gained in
population in the last years, the
findings must show the state's in
crease to be sufficiently large not
to lose a congressman to another
state which shows a greater gain,
Day said.