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' Judge L. R. Morris Gives Defendant ' Year's Suspended Sentence Tuesday 6 Attend ; Saturday Clinic Sixty-three patients attended the Crippled Children's Clinic in the , Morehead City Hospital annex Sat , urday. The clinic is sponsored by the . Morehead City Rotary Club and is held monthly. A total of 26 new cases and 37 old cases were handled during the day. Dr. L. D. Baker, orthopedist of Duke Hospital, and Dr. Eric Bell Jr., Wilson. National Foundation of Infantile Paralysis Fellow, Duke University, were in charge. Donating their service* were Mrs. Alvah Hamilton Jr., Mrs. W. C. Carlton. Him Lih Lambeth and Mrs. J. D. Holt, all of Morehead City. Also aiding at the clinic were H. A. llendrix, rehabilitation consult ant of Greenville, Miss Anne Weeks, physical therapist and Miss J. E. Longacre, nutritionist of the State Board of Health. Nurses who assisted were Mrs. Beatrice Lewis and Mrs G. T. Spivey of the Car teret County Health Department. Free ice cream was furnished pa tients by White Ice Cream and Milk Co. The next clinic will be held Au gust 14 Registration will begin at 8:30 a.m. Miss Beaufort Gives Talent Act Monday At Jaycee Meeting Mist Fay Merrill. Beaufort, Mist Beaufort of 1854, Monday preaent ed her pantomime of Betty Hutton singing "Square in the Social Cir cle" at a meeting of the Beaufort Jaycees at Markers Lodge, Darken Island. Miss Merrill will do this panto mime at the Miss North Carolina Beauty Pageant in Burlington this week Accompanying Miss Mer rill, and also a guest of the Jay cees. was her mother, Mrs. Dewey Merrill. Jake West, Kinston, vice-presi dent of the Ninth Jaycee District, was a visitor and gave a report on the national convention in Col orado Springs, Col., June 14 through 19. John Foltz, Kinston, publicity chairman for the ninth district, was present and also gave a report on the convention. ? Harold C. Whit* wu sentenced la a year on the roads Tuesday in 1 ' t'ouai; Kecorder'a Court by Judge L. R Morris. Charted with non support, White'! sentence will be auspended if he paya (60 a month for the support of his three minor children. , Martin Davis vas given sentence* of 30 and SO days on the roads. Judge Morris sentenced Davis to 30 days on charfM of an improp er muffler. The sentence will be suspended on payment of coats, but for failing to comply with a Feb.' 23. IBM court order, Judge Mor ris invoked the 60-day suspended sentence handed out at tlwt time. James Cliff Haynes, charged with no operator's license and drunk driving, waa sentenced to] six months on the roads. Sentence will be suspended if Haynes pays $110 and costs. Horace Jones, charged with be ing drunk and disorderly and being a public nuisance, was given three months on the roads. Norman Brother*, charged with no operator'sHicense and improper brakes, was given 30 days on the roads, suspended if Brother's pays $S and costs of court. Cornelious Small, charged with no muffler, was given 30 days, sus pended on payment of coats in two weeks. The state decided not to press charges of drunk driving against Neal S. Harrison. But Harrison pleaded guilty to reckless driving and was fined $100 and coats. Prayer for judgment was contin ued in the case of Hugh Whaley, charged with non-support. Caae Dismissed Judge Morris dismissed the charge of improper paaaing against Alvah Braxton Taylor, and the state did not press charges against Clyde Alvin George, charged with no license on a trailer. The following were fined $10 and costs: Benjamin Franklin Teachey, fail ing to yield the right of way; Wil lard Roland Mangum, Robert Hen ry Angevine, Samuel Erastus God win, Hiram Daniel Southerland, and Waddell Gillikin, all charged with speeding. Jimmie Dee Moore Jr., charged with having an expired operator's license and improper lights, was fined $10 and coats. The state did not prosecute Southerland on a charge of no operator's license. Forfelta Bond Otis D. Wolfe, charged with pub lic drunkenness, did not appear in court and forfeited bond Wil liam H, Barbee, charged with reck less driving atid causing $29 dam age to- state property, was fined $25 and coats. The following were taxed with coats of court: PICK CORM...MHitMW! The day your corn Is ready . . . you are set to go Reduce weather and lnaact damage. Save more of your high yielda. Low gathering anouta of the Allis-Chalmers Two-Row Mounted Corn Harvester follow the ground . . . nose under leaning stalks and scoop up low-hanging ears. The low-built Allis-Chalmers Two-Row Har vester U quickly mounted on a WC, WD or WD-45 Tractor. Four-fifths of the weight is halaneii on rear wheels for more traction in wet fields. All working parts are below the operator and shielded for safety. Bast of all, here is a picker priced for home ownership. See us . . . ask the price. Find out for yourself how easy it is to power-pick your NEWPORT Tractor & Equipment Co. C T.CANNON. OWNER . SALES - SERVICE Willys Can - Truck* - Joopa Allb-Chalmor* Tractor* riflllwi ?mlih Hnainlna M f rvrTinivrSf amiinn/ougias- v -v. Tobacco Curort, Any Malt* NEWPORT, N. C Phono 237-7 John Henry Chancy, improper muffler; George Perry Willis, fol lowing toe. cloae; Kenneth W. Ryan, speeding and following too cloae; Donald Ray Grady, improper muffler; and Paul Vernon Gibaoa, pasting at an Intersection. Marshall David Otiiin, Hubert *>anW Palter Jr. and Paul Bd ward Hllterbrick Jr., all charged with speeding; Louis Emerson Creech, tailing to give a proper hand signal; Buddy H. Younghlood, allowing an unlicensed person to drive; and Marilyn Zolier, no op erator's license. Williford Allen Maiingo, parking on the highway; Jerry W. Cofield, no operator's license and having an improper muffler; and Robert F. Cox, driving on the wrong side of the road. Caaes Continued Cases continued were Herbert H. Jones, Arthur Gibbs Fulcher, William McKinley Harrison, and Elbert Gtllikin, speeding; Peter John Evers, reckless driving and following too cloae; and Roy Clin ton Raper, following too close. Jack R. Bell, Mildred Rose Sty ron, Charlotte Keberdre Scheall, Leon Pate, and Phiyllis Roberta Carruthers, all charged with no op erator's license. Matthew Abraham Marshall and Fernie B. Smith, drunk driving; Andrew Green Jr., and Sarah Reaves Smith, reckless driving; Ted Day and Mary Lee Rose, bad check; Alan Salisbury and Paul Hohweiier, improper muffler; and Jimmie L. Tolbert, expired oper ator's license. Vandie H. Alligood, non-support; Antoni Martinez, speeding and driving on the wrong side of the road; Sam Stevenson, public drunk enness; Jack Harlem Harmon, pass ing at an intersection; and Richard James Scheall, allowing an un licensed person to drive. Richard Deaver, improper turn ing; Charles T. Davis, public drunk enness and trespassing; Thomas La velle Quay, failing to stop for a stop sign; and Alonzo Thomas Redd Jr., no operator's license, drunk driving, and driving after his license was revoked. Otto Johnson, no muffler;; How ard Fulton Baker, fishing from a restricted bridge and lolitering on a highway bridge; Roderick Moore, two charges of assault; David Bowes, permitting an unlicensed person to drive; Lowell Harley Bailey, improper operator's li cense plates; and James Carroll, drunk and disorderly and trespass ing. Board (Continued from Page I) and to build a new driveway from Front Street. Mr. Betts stated that if the drive was widened on Pollock Street it would help solve the parking prob lem on that street. The board granted permission (or the changes. Street Opened W. G. Temple, commissioner, re ported that Arrington Street has been opened up. The board author ized the new town street at their last meeting. Vernon Guthrie, Morehead City, appeared before the board to clear up a situation concerning a Beau fort business privilege permit which hasn't been paid for two years. Mr. Guthrie said that he had bought a business from Lewis Hin son and had sold to Sam Erwln but the privilege permit had not been paid for 1052-53 and 1853-54. The question was who should pay for the permit. The board discussed the situa tion but could reach no conclusion. The board agreed that there should be stricter enforcement of the ordi nance concerning the collection of the business license fees and agreed also that It was the town's fault that the taxes weren't collect ed when they were due. Gene Smith, town attorney, was instructed by Mayor Clifford Lewis to write the attorney general about the overdue licensed to get a rul ing. In other business before the board, the clerk read a letter from Congressman Graham Barden con cerning the property on Front Street Extension which Beaufort deeded to the Coast Guard during World War II. Congressman Bar den stated that he was continuing his efforts to get the property back Into the hands of the town. J. P. Harris, (ire commissioner, requested that the Beaufort Fire Department be permitted to store hoae in the section of the town building housing the Rural Fire Association truck. Permission was granted. Mr. Harris also asked for *5 (or gaaoiine and oil in providing trans portation for firemen attending the Eastern Fin Aasoclstion meeting in Snow Hill Tuesday night. His request was approved. Gerald Hill, commissioner, said that he had a complaint from a citiaen that one of the Beaufort police oars waa seen outside the town Umlts. He pointed out that the cars were not suppaeed to B> outside the town limits on routine Hlwl The Beaufort Fire Department put out a graaa fire on the cause way veeterday at B a.m. It took the memberi of the department 90 minutes to extinguish the blase Driver Pays SB Fine in Court Monday Morning Earl Hicks White pled not guil ty to ? charge of operating a car while under the influence at in toxicants, bat pled guilty to a charge of careleas and recklaaa driving in the Morehead City Re corder'! Court Monday morning. Judge George McNeill found White guilty of careleas and reek lex driving and imposed a fSO fine plui costs of court. Charges of speeding were brought against six defendants. They were Louis V. Kee Jr., Ken neth L. Patterson, Haywood Ed Tnundson, Neil Crocker, Robert Eu gene Reid, and David Livingston Ward Jr. Reid, W?rd, Patterson, Edmund son and e pled guilty to the charges and all but Edmundson were fined costs of court. Two charges of speeding were brought against Crocker but he was found guilty of only one. He was ordered to pay coats of court* with one-third of the costs to be remitted. Edmundson faced two charges of speeding and pled guilty on both counts. He was fined $10 and costs. Three defendants faced charges of not stopping at a red light and five were charged with not stop ping at a stop sign. Lowell Hoseth, Myrtle Smith Guthrie and Elizabeth J. Perry were charged with not stopping at a red light., Hoseth also was charged with speeding. He pled guilty and was fined $10 and costs of court. Myrtle Guthrie pled guilty and paid court costs. Elizabeth Perry was charged costs of court with half the costs to be remitted. Five Plead Guilty Paul Presley Ramsey, David Thurman Harris, James Henry Mc Ewen, Willard W. Johnson, and Barbara Ellen Clark pled guilty to failing to stop at a stop sign and all paid court costs. One third of Johnson's costs were to be remit ted. Charged with drunken driving and allowing an unlicensed person to uperate an automobile, William Edis Melvin pled not guilty to both charges. He was found not guilty. Three charges were brought against Betty Gray. She was charged with operating an automo bile without an operator's license, driving an automobile while under the influence of intoxicants, and, reckless driving. She pled guilty to operating an automobile without ah operator's license but not guil ty to operating an automobile while under the influence of intoxi cants. She was found guilty of having no driver's license and reckless driving but not guilty to driving while under the influence of intox icants. She was fined $10 on the first charge and $35 on* the charge of careless and reckless driving, plus court coats. Herbert Henry Harris pled guil ty to a charge of using loud and profane language and was charged the costs of court. One half of the costs are to be remitted. ca?e Appealed Charged with being drunk on the highway, Jimmy Long pled not guilty. He was found guilty and sentenced to 30 days in the Hore head City jail to be assigned to work under the supervision of the superintendent of streets. Long entered an appeal to Superior Court and was placed under $90 bond. Will Smith pled guilty of public drunkenness and was sentenced to 30 days in the Morehead City jail. Charged with failing to comply with a court judgment of June 7, 1954, Reginald Conway had his caae continued for two weeks. Corbin C. Sanders was charged with stealing a headlight and was found guilty aa charged and fined *23 and costs of court. Marie Godwin was charged with fighting on the streets of Morehead City and pled guilty to the charge. She was fined costs of court with one-third of the costs to be re mitted. Charges of public drunkenness, resisting arreet and assaulting an officer with a knife were brought againat Claude Salter. . Salter pled guilty to public drunkenneaa and resisting arrest. He was sen tenced to 30 days in the Mpre head City )aU- The sentence waa auspended. however, upon pay ment of a $10 fine and coata of court He waa given three weeks to pay the fine and coata. ' Joe Clark was charged with pub He drunkenneaa, disorderly eon duct, resitting arrest. ' He waa found guilty and waa fined $10 plus coat*. Charged with having an expired tag on his automobile, Ralph Woodson Albares pled guilty and was charged coata of court with two-thirds of the coats remitted, rays $2S, Casta Mary L. James pled guilty to a charge of not toying an automobile operator's Ucenae and was fined *2.'' and coata of court The coat aad floe will be remitted, however, if she shews a North Caroline op erator's license to the clerk of court within two weeks. Forreet Edwin Mingea waa charged with following toe cieeely Wade waa charged with falling to give a proper band signal aa a re To Spook Tonight Ray Jennings, Taylorsville, will ipeak tonight at the Republican Clam Bake at the Willis Brother! clam house. Williston. Mr. Jen nings is chairman of the Republi can State Executive Committee. The clam bake begins at 8 p.m. Roy T. Garner, chairman of the Caunty Republican Executive Com mittee. asks folks to note the change of place. The clam bake was originally scheduled for the Smyrna School. Horace Loftin Conducts Quiz Horace Loftin, Beaufort, con ducted a quiz program at the meet ing of the Rotary Club Tuesday night at the Inlet Inn. Beaufort. Mr. Loftin asked 10 questions covering current events as report ed by Sunday's New York Times for the week ending Saturday, July 10. Mr. Loftin said, "Apparently the Rotarians failed to read the news papers last week. None of them scored a passing grade of 70." He said he conducted the quiz in an effort to create a greater in terest in today's happenings on the part of the Rotarians. In stressing the need for such knowledge, Mr. Loftin quoted Dav id Lowe, "I believe that ignorance is the enemy of Democracy, there fore education in current affairs is the most urgent public need so that a citizen may be informed and grow responsible. I am for using all persuasion and pressure short of fracturing his skull to teach him about the matters concerning his life or death." Ketch Awaits Customs Okay The 46-foot ketch, Rima, enroute to Norfolk from Walker Cay in the Bahamas, was waiting at Morehead City Yacht Basin yesterday for clearance by customs officials. The Rima made port at Morehead City late yesterday afternoon due to a bit of fuel line trouble off shore. The ketch, with four aboard, an chored temporarily near the More head City drawbridge and later tied up at the yacht basin. This was her first port in this country since leaving the Bahamas July 10. Her owner and master, according to Coast Guard officials, is Jacques DeWolfe of Westport, Conn. After clearance by immigrations and customs officials from Wil mington. she will continue her trip north. The Rima was flying her quarantine flag as she entered the Morehead City channel to notify the Coast Guard that she bad been okayed at other ports and that this was her first port in this country. suit of a collision between the two last week. Both pled not guilty and Judge McNeill granted prayer for judgment for four weeks. Charges of public drunkenness were brought against George Shipp and he pled guilty. He was sen tenced to 10 days in Jail with the sentence suspended upon payment of costs. Donald Ray Grady pled guilty to carelesa and reckless driving and was fined $25 and costs of court. Thirteen cases were continued until next week. There were no deaths from plague in the United States be tween IMS and 19M. flFTI $5.05 PINT $3.15 Toastmasters Receive Manuals Basic traiaing manuals were giv en memberi of the Carteret Coun ty Toastmasters Club Wednesday it a meeting of the club at Hold er's Restaurant, Beaufort. These manuals take a member progressively through a course in public speaking from his first speech to his final "masterpiece." Making impromtu two-minute speeches were Ralph Wade, Bill Sutton, P. H. Geer Jr , CHtf Lewis, Dr. W. L. Woodard, and Ted Da vis. J. P. Harris served as table topic master and president Ronald Earl Mason served as toastmaster. Five-minute speeches were given by Dr. Woodard, Halsey Paul, and Mr. Lewis, who made their initial talks before the club with "break ing the ice speeches '' Mr. Davis made his fourth speech past basic training, using as his subject: "Increasing Your Word Wealth." Individual evaluators were Gil bert Peel, Jerry Schumacher, Mr. Geer, Mr. Mason, and Vic Bella mah. The club will beet again Wed nesday, July 28. at llolden's in Beaufort. Speaker's will be Mr. Schumacher, Mr. Bellamah, Dr. David Farrior, and Mr. Geer. Mr. Davis will be topic master and .Mr. Peel will be topic critic. Toastmaster will be J. P. Betts. There are still a few vacancies for members before the 30-member limit is reached, the president said. Interested persons are invited and should contact any of the members or attend the next meeting. NEWS BRIEFS House Bought The home formerly occupied by the late Daisy Hatsell, Queen Street, Beaufort, has been bought from the Hatsell heirs by Clyde Douglass, Raleigh. The home is being painted. Danger Area The area in the vicinity of Browns Inlet and Bogue Inlet will be dangerous to mariners from 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. today because of field firing exercises, announce Army Engineers. New Commander Maj. Gen. Lewis B. Puller, US MC, Monday became the new com manding general'of Camp Lejeune, succeeding Major General Henry D. Linscott, USMC, who had been assigned to duties in San Francisco. General Linscott had been camp commander since August 195*. The lermentation that takes place in the brewing of wine and beer is the same process that takes place in making bread with yeast. Marines | (Continued from Pa* 1J riding turf mats when we noticed this man and woman bobbing up and down in the surf At first it appeared they were ridiag the waves the same as we were, but then we policed that when the woman went- down and came up again she was struggling and screaming for help "Jim (Traver) was about 1& yards away and I was about 25 yards away. We started swinuning toward them and by the time we reached them they were both under the water and the woman was un conscious. We had to dive under them and when we did somehow the woman got a hold on my arm and they both cant down on top uf u?. ^ "The water was about 11 feet deep and the undertow was terrific. When we reached them we were about 15 feet oU ah an aad whan we finally got them and started pulling them back to shore we were about 25 yards out. "It waa pretty rough having to fight the undertow and the break era tea. We Hnaliy got them to shore and the waves threw us on to the beach. If it had been 10 yards further we never would have made it. When we hit the beach we took them to the aid station where they received first aid." The couple have recovered. DR. WM. I. GAUSE & ASSOCIATES ANNOUNCE THE OPENING OF THE HAVELOCK CHIROPRACTIC CLINIC U. S. Highway No. 70 West of Havelock * DAILY CLINIC HOURS ? >-12 and 25 Other Hours by Appointment PHONE HAVELOCK 2751 . . . whan you build or ra-modat convart your porch or patio into a comfortabla oll waathar, oll-purposa room. 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