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W CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES ,#i 42nd YEAR. NO. 11. THREE SECTIONS EIGHTEEN PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1953 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS Beaufort Commissioners Ask Extension of Police Authority The Beaufort town board at its meeting Monday night adopted a resolution asking Rept. H. Earle liobley to secure permission for the town to extend the jurisdiction of its court and police department. The proposed extension will re quire a special act of the general assembly. If the general assembly grants permission for the extension, the jurisdiction of the court and the police will extend approximately five miles from the town limits. The limits will be K. W. Wright's road on NC 101. the road to the oyster farm on US 70, the Newport river on the west and Lennoxville point. The resolution as originally drawn asked for extension of juris Ships Arrive For Maneuvers Ships began arriving at the More head City port terminal this week to take part in the mammoth "Lant Phibex II" maneuvers for Navy and Marine personnel. One of the most extensive At lantic fleet amphibious force train ing exercises ever conducted, the operation will help to maintain the combat readiness of ships and crpws. It will end early in April. The operation is specifically de signed to improve and test com ?mu meat ions, command relation ships, tactical concepts and train ing methods. Approximately 25,000 Navy personnel and 17,000 Marines, including naval and marine avia tion units, will take part in the giant operation. Vice Admiral F. G. Fahrion, com mander amphibious force, U. S. Atlantic fleet, is in over-all com mand of the operation. Marines taking part will come from Fleet Marine Force, Atlantic, under the command of Lieutenant General Graves B. Erskine. Marine aircraft will be commanded by Major Gen eral Field Harris. During the first phase, amphib ious troops from the Second Marine division at Camp Lejeuae will em bark at Norfolk and MuiQbtad City. The task force will then proceed to Puerto Rico where an assault aimed at capturing the island of Vieques will be staged. This Carib bean island will be defended by a Marine training group now there for intensive field training. The second phase of the exer rise will end with an assault at onslow Beach. More than 150 ships will take part in the invasion test against submarine and air opposi tion. The attacking Marines will be from the Second Marine division and force troops, both based at Camp Lejeune while the air ele ments of the Marine air-ground team will be from the Second Ma rine air wing based at Cherry Point and the Third air wing based at Miami, Fla. D-Day for the Onslow Beach assault is March 28. Thd training operation will test recently developed tactical theor ies, especially the employment of helicopters in amphibious opera tions; and will serve to polish up old techniques of air-ground co operation aimed at speeding up the whole sequence of amphibious op erations ashore. Large Audience Hears Quartet A large and appreciative audi ence Wednesday night heard the Song Matters, a male quartet, pre sent the final program in this year's county community concert series at the Beaufort school audi torium. Their program ranged from ) quartet arrangements of classical lieder to a medley from the cur rent Rodgers-Hammerstein Broad way musical, "The King and I." Recently organized, the quartet is making its firs? tour with en gagements in many eastern cities. The group maintained a fine blend bf voices in the harmony sections and each member sang solo "pass ages well. John Pettersson from Winnipeg, Canada, was the first tenor; Jack 'Prigmore, second tenor, is a native of Texas; Joseph Frederick, from New York, sang baritone; and Ivar Ivarson, bass, was born in Norway. Miss Kaprielian played a group of three piano pieces by Claude De t>ussy. Many of the arrangements which the quartet sang were mdae by Mr. Frederic and Mr. Petterson. The group concluded their pro gram with a medley of songs from "H.M.S. Pinafore," the famous Gil ' bert and Sullivan operatta. Follow ing the medley, the Song Masters sang two encores. Before organizing the quartet, cach member of the group had achieved distinction in the musical world. diction to include all of Beaufort township. The members of the board felt that this might cause too much of a conflict with county au thorities and recommended the change in the resolution. Police Commissioner Glenn Adair made several recommendations with regard to traffic control. He urged that warning lines be painted on the streets at each traffic light. He recommended that the lines be placed at the last place at which a driver can see the light. He also asked that walkway lines be paint ed at all intersections and that parking lines in the business dis trict be repainted. Adair also recommended that I parking fines be increased. He said that the present fines are too low to act as deterrents. The com missioners agreed to study the matter. Presents Request At the request of Coroner L. D. Springle, Dan Walker, town clerk, asked the commissioners for per mission to send the fire department out of town on emergency calls from the coroner or the highway | patrol. Charles Stevens, town attorney, recommended that the commission ers take no action on the matter at i | the present time. He said that there Auditor Issues Tax Reminder All Carteret county residents who have not yet listed their real and personal property for county taxes must do so before Feb. 15, James D. Potter, county auditor, reminded residents this week. A 15-day extension of the tax listing period was ordered by the county board of commissioners at their regular meeting last Monday. I The period was originally schedul ed to end Jan. 31. The commissioners voted the ex tension to allow everyone a chance to list his taxes without paying a penalty. After Feb. 15, a fine will be im- j posed for late listing. Tbe fine will be $1 minimum and a minimum of 20 per cent of the value of the property listed. Mr. Potter estimated that 80 per cent of the taxable property in the county was listed during the regu lar period. In 1952, the total prop erty valuation in Carteret county was $20,015,493. The county tax rate is $1.80 per $100 of valuation. All real property must be listed for tax purposes and all personal property of residents of the county must be listed. Mr. Potter pointed out that failure to list property for tax purposes constitutes a misde meanor under the law. Tax listing offices are distributed throughout the county to facilitate listing. Commissioners Draw Jury The board of county commission ers at their regular monthly meet ing Monday drew the names of SO citizens of the county who will serve as members of the grand and petit juries at the March term of superior court. The mixed civil and criminal term will begin March 9. Those selected for jury duty are Beulah L. Dowdy, Rt. 1. Beaufort; Joel S. Smith, Morehead City; C. L. Willis, Smyrna; Earl Taylor, Beaufort; F. E. Lawrence, Rt. 1, Beaufort; William P. Gillikin, Rt. 1, Beaufort; William Mason. New port; Warren Piner, Williston; Richard M. Smith, Morehead City; John F. Reynolds. Rt. 1. Newport L*nce Smith, Beaufort; Willie Willis, Sea Level; J. W. Merrill, Rt. 1, Beaufort; Cecil J. Moore. Markers Island; Louie E. Willis, Smyrna; N. C. Weeks, Newport; James Wheatly, Beaufort; Edith Story, Newport; E. P. Gaskill, Stacy; G. E. Salter. Sea Level. Alex Guthrie, Salter Path; Alex Moore, Salter Path; W. D. Pake, Smyrna; Carroll E. Chadwick, Beaufort; Everett Arrington, Beau fort; Earl Noe, Beaufort; Leroy Hancock, Harkers Island; Lee Piner, Harkers Island; Charles H. Newton, Morehead City; T. L. Wil lis, Rt. 1, Beaufort; Joe C. Mcln tyre, Merrimon; Elmore Davis, Beaufort; Dave Merrill, Beaufort Willard Hill, Harkers Island; Pritchard A. Lewis. Beaufort; Ster ling P. Robinson. Atlantic; Tommy Lewis, Harkers Island; Leolen Gil likin, rft. 1, Beaufort; L. H. Davis. Marshallberg; Roy B. Litton, More head City; Dewey Merrill, Rt. 1, Beaufort; Clifford J. Robinson, Morehead City. John Tayler, Beaufort; Leslie Aadenttl, Straits; B. L. Carroway, Newport; W. C. Smith. Morehead City; W. L GuthHe Harkers Island; Leroy Guthrie, Morehead City; H. S. Gibbs, jr., Morehead City. w is a possibility that such action by the fire department would be il legal and that the town would be liable for any damage caused by a fire in town while the firemen were on such an emergency call. The commissioners decided to de fer action on the request pending an investigation by the attorney. Several of the board members said that they believed that the county should set up its own fire depart ment to handle out of town fires. Ask Parking Change Merchants on the south side of Broad street requested that park ing be allowed on that side of the street and not on the north side. At present, parking is allowed on the north side only. Walker explained that the pres ent system was set up to allow the fire department to drive along the south side of the street which in places is in better shape than the north side. Mayor L. W. Hassell and Walker agreed to discuss the proposal with the fire department. Walker said that he had checked with highway department engineers in regard to widening the corner of Ann and Live Oak. He said that the engineers believe that if the town will move the curb, the state will pave the area between the present curb and the new one. Jaycees Thanked At the suggestion of Mayor Has sel, the commissioners adopted a resolution thanking the Beaufort Jaycees for the signs which they have erected near the school and the churches. See BEAUFORT, Page 3 Countians Rush To Bay Licenses Carteret county motorists rushed I Saturday to beat the deadline for purchasing state and town license tags, but many of them still missed the deadline. Only the extension of the time limit saved some of them from arrest. Personnel in the installment loan department of the First-Citizens Bank and Trust company which sell* tlae sUte liflpntgi reported that they sold more than 300 tags before the office closed Saturday at noon. Automobile owners were stand ing in line outside the office when it opened and there was still a line when closing time came. At times during the morning, the line ex tended from the bank to 9th street and around the block to Evans street. Business at the bank was not quite so heavy Monday, but 131 ! tags were sold. Except for early in i the morning, there was no line at the bank during the extra day of grace which the state extended. Town offices in both Beaufort and Morehcad City report a last minute rush to buy town tags. In Beaufort, 52 licenses were sold Sat urday and Monday. In Morehead City about 100 tags were sold dur ing the two-day period. Both of fices report that business was heavier during those two days than at any other time in the two months during which the tags were on sale. Mobley Bill Wins Approval Of Committee New Law Would Allow Pilotage Commission to Issue More Licenses A House of Representatives com mittee reported favorably Wednes day on a bill to remove the neces sity of obtaining the written ap proval of two licensed pilots in or der to become a pilot ip old Top sail inlet and the Beaufort bar Wednesday. The hill, changing a provision of j the 1947 law. was introduced by Carteret county's representative, II. Earle Mobley. Mr. Mobley intro- \ duced the measure, he repeated, j at the request of the Morehead City Navigation and Pilotage com mission. Under the 1947 law, a pilot could be licensed only with the written approval of two licensed pilots. : The bill now in the general assem bly would allow the pilotage com- j mission to examine applicants and license them without the approval of already licensed pilots. Mr. Mobley reported that there was no opposition to the bill before the House Counties, Cities and Towns committee. "There will j probably be opposition to the | measure when it readies the sen ate," he said, "but I see no reason why it shouldn't be passed by the assembly." The intent of the bill is to pro vide for the needs of the port in the future, Mr. Mobley continued. "The port is growing rapidly and needs more pilots," he said. "There are situations which might arise when the port would be without pilots and under the old law could not license new ones." At the present time there arc three pilots licensed for the local port. Captain Charlie Finer, sr., has said that under the new law the port will be unable "to get qualified pilots." He described the harbor here as one of the "tricki est on the east coast." The other pilots are Captain Charlie Piner, jr.. and Captain Ira Willis. Mr. Mobley reported that the bill would probably reach the senate within the next two weeks. Beaufort Permits Total lid, 10 Gerald Woolard, Beaufort build ing inspector, has reported that he issued permits for work amounfing to $19,400 during the month of January. The largest single piece of con struction is a business building be ing constructed by G. W. Huntley on Turner street. The building is being erected at a cost of $10,000. Repairs to the home of Julian Hamilton. Ann street, added an other $7,000 to the total. The Hamilton home was heavily dam aged by a fire in December. Mrs. John G. Jones was given a permit to alter a dwelling on Orange street at a cost of $1,000. Repairs to the home of Mrs. M. IL. Davis, Front street, cost $400. Chamber Manager Receives 42 Applications for Telephones Dan Walker, manager of the Beaufort chamber of commerce, re ports that he has received 42 appli cations for telephone service in the Stella-Pelletier area. The chamber is spearheading a drive to obtain telephone service for those sections of Carteret. Onslow, Jones and Craven counties which do not have such service. The applications were obtained as a result of a meeting Dec. 2 in Pelletier. At that time. Walker and a representative of the REA ex plained the procedures for obtain ing telephone service. Some appli cations were filled out at the meet ing and other* were obtained by canvassers who contacted those un able to attend the meeting. At a meeting in Beaufort last week, plans were made to extend the survey to other parts of the county. Local groups are being asked to set up meetings at which time representatives of the cham ber of commerce will explain the steps necessary to obtain service. Those who have applied for service in the Stella-Pelletier area are Mr. and Mrs. Wilber L. Jen kins of Stella. Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Littleton of Stella. Mr. and Mrs. Navl Morton of Silverdale. Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Cotton of Silverdale, Mr. and Mrs. John H. Gillette of Silverdale, George D. Mattock* of Stella. Mr. and Mrs. Odis H. Jones of Maysville. Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Morse of Stella. Mr. and Mrs. D. W. Truckncr of Pelletier, Mrs. D. C. Morse of Stel la, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Young of Stella, Mr. and Mrs George W. Jahn of Maysville, Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Meadows of Maysville, George Wainwright of Stella, Dr. Leland Woodard of Stella. Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Trott, jr., of Stella. Mr. and Mrs. John Brinkley of Stella. Mr. and Mrs. L. F. Wethering ton of Stella. Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Young of Maysville, Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Smith of Rt. 1, Newport, Mr. and Mrs. Gerlad Wellspeak of Swansboro. Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Ba ker of Stella. Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Godwin of Maysville, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Rose of Pelletier, Mr. and Mrs. S. B. Meadows of Pelletier. Mr. and Mrs. Herman Taylor of Stella, Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Hancock of Swansboro, Mr. and Mrs. Harry V. Hamilton of Swansboro, Mr. and Mrs. Effron S. Smith of Swansboro. Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Pelletier of Stella, O. E. and S. E. Smith of Rt. 1, Newport, Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Smith of Rt. 1, Newport. Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Morris of Stella, Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Blight of Stella. Mr. and Mrs. Jason Morris of Stella, Essie T. 'Smith of Rt. 1, Newport. H. II. Watson of Stella. Adam Pietras of Swunsboro and W. T. Casper of Swansboro. The canvassers who obtained the telephone applications from their neighbors were Milton Truckncr of Pelletier, J. W. Young of Stella. N. W. Morton of Silverdale, Effron S. Smith of Swansboro, Otis E. Godwin of Maysville, Leslie G. Dudley of Pelletier and E. F. Smith of Rt. 1, Newport. Each application was accom panied by $10. This money will be applied to membership fees If it. becomes necessary to organize a telephone cooperative in order to obtain the service. It the Carolina Telephone and Telegraph company provides the service, the -money will be refunded to the applicant. Ports Authority Allots $175,000 For Repairs at Port Terminal Harold Bass Sentenced To 11 Months on Roads Harold Bass of Morehead City was given jail sentences totaling 11 months Monday in Morehead City recorder's court. Bass was sentenced to serve 30 days for disorderly conduct, de stroying government property and forcible trespass and 90 days for resisting arrest. Judge George H. McNeil also in voked* two 3ft day suspended sen tences which he had imposed upon Bass on Oct. 20. Judge McNeil also passed sen tence on several charges to which Bass had entered guilty pleas Dec. 8. He had deferred passing sen tence at the time. He sentenced Bass to 30 days for being disorderly and disturbing the peace, 30 days for public drunkenness. 30 days for assaulting an officer and 30 days for resisting arrest. He also sentenced Bass to 30 days for using profane language Court Settles Five Old Cases Judge Earl Mason Tuesday in Beaufort recorder s court made dis position of five old cases, two of which have been on the court ! docket since the first session. 1 Otto Johnson was ordered to pay I costs for allowing his car to be 1 driven without brakes causing a wreck. James Harvey was ordered to pay costs for driving a car with out brakes, following too close in the line of traffic and causing a wreck. Johnson and Harvey have been on the court docket ^ince the first session. Oct. 23. They are residents of Craven county and the case had Imab rontinuii until capiaMfc OBllll) ' Dftvb Wfcs charged** with following too cldie and rausing a wreck and Ellison and Worthy were charged with pub lic drunkenness. The three men have left the county and can not be found. William C. Gillikin was fined $100 and costs for operating a mo tor vehicle while under the influ ence of alcohol. Cary Gordon Lewis was ordered to pay $5 of the costs for speeding in a school zone and driving on the wrong side of the street. Fred Patrick. William Allen Smith and Earl Kenneth Lawrence all paid costs for failing to stop at stop lights. John V. Weeks paid costs for failing to stop at a stop sign. Richard Hardesty paid $10 and costs for public drunkenness. Clar ence Wallace paid costs for public drunkenness and indecent expos ure. Leroy Sharpe paid costs for care less and reckless driving. Jjjdge Mason issued a capias for Abraham Williams for failing to comply with a judgment of the court. and disturbing the peacc in his home. The sentences are to be served consecutively. Held for Grand Jury Matthew P. Marshall, jr., was or dered held for the grand jury on a charge of forgery. Judge McNeil also bound him over to the superior court on two charges of issuing worthless checks in order that the three cases might be tried together. Marshall's bond was set at $1,000. Curtis Bell was ordered held for the grand jury on charges of break ing and entering and larceny of a watch. His bond was set at $500. Guy Copes was sentenced to 18 months on the roads for careless and reckless driving, speeding, fail ing to stop at a red light, failing to stop for six stop signs, failing to stop at the sound of a siren and transporting non tax paid whiskey. The sentence was suspended on condition that Copes pay a fine of $250 and costs, remain on good be havior for two years and refrain from operating a motor vehicle for 12 months. Judge McNeil ordered that Copes' car be advertised and sold. Files Appeal Copes served notice of an appeal to the March term of superior court and was released on $500 bond. Bond for the removal of the car was set at $750. Daniel Isaac Erwing was fined See BASS, Page 2 I "See the Atlantic before Myrtle Beach, S. C.," is the theme of a to Uwilop an Outer | irroup jproftosgs art Aflat! Ocracoke ferry and 18 milfes of paved highway on Ocracoke to con nect with the highway running from Norfolk to Hatteras along the banks. Arguing that the lack of such a connecting link forces tourists to go through North Carolina on highway 17, the leaders point out that this means most of the heavy tourist traffic misses Morehead City and other recreational areas on the North Carolina coast. Since the traffic must detour many miles to visit this section of the coast, much of the advertising promoting North Carolina's coast line is wasted. The business group has prepared maps showing the existing highway and the sections needed to bring to completion the proposed road. The highway would 'ink the scenic, recreational and historic points of interest on North Carolina's coast. Such a coastal highway would also complement the scenic moun tain highways which have been built or are under construction in the western part of the state link ing Virginia and South Carolina. Two Get Suspended Sentences ForT reimporting Illegal Liquor Two men arrested last week on charges of transporting 432 gal lons of non-tax paid whiskey were given suspended sentences Tuesday in county recorder's court. William E. Hinton, driver and owner of the truck in which the whiskey was found, was sentenced to one year on the roads for trans porting non-tax paid whiskey. The sentence was suspended on condi tion that he pay a fine of .$250 and costs and remain on good be havior for a period of two years. James H. Durkley was given one year on the roads for aiding and abeting in the transporting of non tax paid whiskey. His sentence was suspended on condition that he pay a fine of $150 and costs and Tide Table Tldefl at Beaufort Bar HIGH LOW Friday, Feb. 6 12:38 a.m. 12:45 p.m. 7:02 a.m. 7:03 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 7 1:32 a.m. 1:41 p.m. 8:01 a.m. 7:59 p.m Sunday, Feb. S 2:33 a.m. 2:46 p.m. 9:06 a m. 0:04 p.m. Monday, Feb. 9 3:37 a.m. 3:85 p.m. 10:13 a.m. 10:11 p.m. TMfday, Feb. 10 4:42 a.m. 5:01 p.m. 11:14 a.m. 11:17 p.m. remain on good behavior for two years. Judge Lambert Morris ordered that the truck be confiscated and sold for the benefit of the county school fund. Michael Earl Salter was given one year on the roads after he was found guilty of driving after his license had been revoked and fail ing to stop at the sound of a siren. The sentence was suspended on condition that the defendant pay a fine of $250 and remain on good behavior for two years. Arthur G. Davis was fined $259 and costs for driving while under the influence of alcohol. Charles G. Hunter was fined $100 and costs for driving while under the influence of alcohol. Sentence Suspended James Allen Salter was sentenced to six months on the roads for driv ing while under the influence of alcohol and careless driving. The sentence was suspended on condi tion that he pay the prosecuting witnesses $800 in monthly install ments of $S0 each. Newton F. Pennington was fined $100 and costs for spccdingg. Ikic Kyndall Guthrie was fined $10 and costs for speeding. William T. Mc Guiness and Thomas Frank Mylett were ordered to pay costs for speed ing. The state declined to prosecute McGuiness on a charge of driving without a license. Edwin Copeland was ordered to Sec COURT, Page 2 " The State Porta authority has approve.) the expenditure of approximately $175,000 to make repairs on the old dock at the Morehead City port terminal. The decision was made at a regular quarterly meeting . of the authority in Wilmington Wednesday. Final approval on the expenditure must be made by the Council of State. A. G. Myers, chairman of the* group, reported that there is enough money in the budget to complete the project. On Tuesday night, members of the state group and other persons connected with the shipping indus try heard Lewis I. Bourgeois, di rector of commerce for the port of New Orleans, describe the growth of that port since 1940. Before 1940, Mr. Bourgeois said the port was tied to state politics and began to grow only after the ' legislature put it on a business basis. "If you work hard at it, busi I ness will come your way. It will I take a few years, but with courage I and determination, you can build j a port which will stand alongside , any on the Atlantic seaboard, and it will enjoy a share of world trade which all of us are building up," ; he continued. He estimated that a ship and its cargo at a port result in a direct or indirect expenditure of approxi mately $200,000. At the New Or leans port, he said, 4,000 ships a year give the port a total business of $1 billion. j The money set aside for Jock | repairs at the local port will be i used on 1,000 feet of the old dock. The remaining 350 feet is under contract to the Standard Oil com pany of New Jersey. The oil firm's contract specifies that it shall ! maintain that portion of the dock. In addition to the dock repairs, the port authority members also i discussed the advisability of build ing additional warehouse space at the Morehead City port for tobacco storage. The repair project here will in clude placement of cement sleeves aroun<l the present building, deep ening the present supports and other general improvements. The Quarterly meeting was held j !?.- . _ port, ?Uended the-WMKinC Boy to Compete For Scholarship David Hales Freshwater, a senior at Morchead City high school, is one of 36 candidates from all sec tions of the state who arc compet ing for John Motley Morchead scholarships to the University of North Carolina. The 36 candidates chosen by dis trict committees will be interview ed March 2 or March 3 at Chapel Hill. The central committee will | then choose several recipients of , the scholarships. Freshwater was first chosen by j the county committee headed by Claud R. Wheatly, jr. Freshwater ; then competed with 18 other candi- 1 dates last week in Greenville. He i was one of six chosen by the dis- 1 trict committee to compete at i Chapel Hill. Freshwater is the son of Mr. and Mrs. D. W. Freshwater of Coral Bay. He is a top-ranking student at Morehead City high and is one | of the top stars of the Eagle bas- j ketball team. The Morehead scholarships were established by John Motley More head. New York industrialist and grandson of the founder of More head City. For the first time, the scholarships are being offered to j high school seniors for undergrad uate study at UNC. Previously, the ; scholarships were offered only to college students for advanced study. Each scholarship is worth $1,200 per year for four years. The com mittee has not announced the num ber of scholarships to be given. Beaufort Police Department ??perls One Traffic Arrest Beaufort police report one arrest this week. Isaac Murray, colored, Rt. 1. Beaufort, was arrested Tues day for failing to stop at a stop sign. He was arrested by Chief Carlton Garner and was released on $25 bond, lie will be tried Tues day in municipal recorder's court. Chief Garner has thanked ihe Jaycees for the signs which they have erected on Ann and Live Oak streets and for their assistance with traffic control problems. Report Not Ready Officers of the B&I'W club which sponsored this year's March of Dimes drive report that ill returns are not yet in. A report on the amount collected in the drive will be issued as soon as final returns are made. Newport Board Extends Limit For Town Tags The Newport board of commis sioners extended the time for pur chasing city automobile tans until Tuesday. Feb. 10. at their regular monthly meeting Tuesday night. Ormsby Mann, Newport police chief, reported to the board that many residents in the town had not bought their tags before the scheduled deadline of Jan. 31. The board then extended the period by ten days. After the ten-day period is over, the commissioners instructed the police department to arrest ;ill res idents whose automobiles do not have the required tags. Under the town ordinances, failure to display a curent city tag constitutes a mis demeanor. Miss Edith Lockey, town clerk, was instructed to write a fire equip ment company to obtain informa tion about a new sirou for the town's fire department It was pointed out that the present siren needs repairing, and the commis sioners ordered its immediate re pair. Several members of the town's volunteer fire department attend ed the meeting and urged the board to purchase a stronger siren than the present one. They reported that members of the department fre quently came to the fire house af ter an ambulance or police car had gone through the town through a confusion in the sounds of the si rens. Tbe commissioners decided to flsfcrlftr a tri?l period on a Kfwieii horn to test its workabil ity in relieving the confusion. The board also passed a resolu tion requiring that all tickets for repairs and gasoline for Newport automotive equipment should be signed by the person ordering the repairs or gasoline. Ira Garner presided over the meeting in the absence of A. Gould, jr.. mayor of the town. Oth er commissioners present were Charles Hill, Edgar Ilibbs, M. C. McCain and S.E. Mann. George Ball, town attorney, was also pres ent. Dental Clinics Begin Operation Dental clinics for underprivileg ed Carteret county school children started this week under the direc tion of the county health depart ment. The clinics are held through the cooperation of the state school health coordinating service and lo cal dentists. The four dentists in the county make their services available to the school children at a great financial sacrifice. Children are selected for the cliaic by county health nurses co operating with the teachers at the schools. The children are carried to the individual dentist's office by a nurse and returned to the school after the work has been done. All clinics are held in the morning from 9 to 12 o'clock The health department sends a notice to the parents of selected children asking their permission for the work. The parent may choose the dentist to be seen so far as is practical Last year, health department of ficials reported the clinics started in April and continued after school was out through the month of June. The program is beginning earlier this year in order to avoid the difficulties of finding the chil dren after school has recessed for the summer vacation. Dr. N. Thomas Ennett. county health officer, reported that the clinics were highly successful last year. February Brings Rain, Colder Weather io County F ebruary brought more rain rind cooler weather with it to Carteret county. Temperatures dropped from a high of 70 degrees Sunday to a low of 32.5 degrees early yes terday morning. There have been 1.07 inches of rainfall since Sun day. Sunday, Feb. 1 Monday, Feb. 2 Tuesday, Feb. 3 Wednesday, Feb. 4.. Max. Min. 70 50 57 4i 52 47 . 52 43
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