Tim* to Get Those Shots
Kenneth W. Smith, left, son of
'|>f r. and Mrs. Guy Smith Jr.,
305 Live Oak St., Beaufort, gets
{?11 his shots before going to the
preschool clinic at Beaufort
tc h o o 1 April 16. Diphtheria,
hooping cough, one tetanus
lot and a small pox vaccination
are required before a child may
"inter first grade.
These immunizations are given
at pre school clinics but since the
clinic is the child's first contact
with school, his getting jabbed
docs not leave a pleasant mem
ory, school and health officials
point out.
They suggest, therefore, that
preschool children have their
shots prior to registering for the
first grade. Dates of pre-school
clinics are carried in the calen
dar of meetings which appears
regularly in THE NEWS-TIMES
under the heading, Just a Re
minder.
Mrs. Louise Spivey, health
nurse, gives shots to Beaufort
high school pupils Donna Hud
nall, Ginny McGehee, Lois Teel,
Gail Norris, Joanne Allen and
Theresa Bellamah, right above.
Health nurse gives ahot to Joyce
Leonard. In the left background
is Helen Lupton. At the right arc
first graders in Mrs. Mary K.
Willis's class, Newport, who have
just received shots.
Hospitalization Costs Rise
Chapel Hill? Since 1949, the cosH
of hospitalization in North Caro
lina has risen over 50 per cent
and will continue to rise in 1958,
according to a statement issued
today by Hospital Saving Associa
tion, the North Carolina Blue Cross
and Blue Shield Plan.
In the report on its business in
1957, the association revealed that
hall the cost of hospitalization is
for accommodations ? ward, semi
private or private room? and the
other half of the bill is for other
services, soch as x-ray, laboratary,
drugs, etc.
. In the past nine years, hospital
charges for aacommodations have
increased M per cent. Since the
association pays for accommoda
tions under its comprehensive pro
grams, this' has resulted in the
same increase in Blue Cross pay
ments to its subscribers for these
i|cms? and it is estimated that
Kcommodations- costs will rise at
fast 6 per cent this year.
The report featured a 1957 in
crease in enrollment in Blue Cross
of 25;912 persona covered. The as
sociation's Blue Cross hospital
benefits programs now caver 530,
470 North Carolinians. The asos
ciation's Blue Shield Plan, which
pays doctor bills, reports an en
rollment of 506,129 persons.
Last year, the association, whiah
is a non-profit firm operating in
all 100 counties in North Carolina,
paid 110,548,318.54 in hospital, sur
gical and medical claims for its
subscribers. This figure represents
an average ot $1,204 in benefits
paid every hour of every day of
the year, a record high.
In 1957, Hospital Saving paid
13,394 more claims than it paid
in 1956.
Th{ - association maintains of
fices 1n nine North Carolina cities.
The home office i? in Chapel Hill.
Jaycees Meet
At Blue Ribbon
' The Morehead Jaycees had their
test attendance this year Monday
night when they met for the first
time at the Blue Ribbon Club. Dr.
11. O. Barnum, club president,
said there was over (0 per cent
attendance.
The Jaycees heard Ellis Harrell
of Kinaton, who is running for the
dictrict vice-presidency. Mr. Har
r?U diacusaed the aims of the Jay
cees on the state and natiooal
tavd.
Jaycees running for office in the
Morehead City club used most of
the remainder of the meeting with
campaign speeches. Each candi
date will have a chance to make
a speech before the election on
April 21.
A brief discussion of the new
Morehead City park and of the
football program concluded the
Almoct half o< all the eggs sold
io the United States are produced
In flea atatea? California, Mlnne
aota, Iowa, Pennsylvania and New
Jitraey. So aaya Oayton P. Libeau,
egg marketing specialist far the
North Caraiina Agricultural E?
tansion Service.
Frank Morning
Receives Award
Fruk Morning
... top producer
Frank H. Morning, Morrhead
City staff manager for the Home
Security Life Insurance Co., hai
been notified that be has won a
?ertifieate of merit for being the
company'a highest producer for
1957.
Mr. Morning will reccive a sil
ver memento at the company con
vention in New York May 7-10.
Others going from the Morehcad
City area are Mrs. Morning. Mr.
and Mrs. Walter Schoper and Mr.
and Mrs. Cliff Tilghman
The Pennsylvania State Univer
sity Library, which today has
more than half a million volumes,
began in. 1859 with 14 books. AU
th? latter wer? on the subject of
agriculture.
Three Beaufort
RotariansGo
To Wilmington
Three members of the Beaufort
Rotary Club attended ^the district
Rotary conference in Wilmington
Monday and returned in time to
attend their own meeting Tuesday
night at the Scout Building. They
were president David Jones, B.
E. Tarkington and Jim Wheatley.
Mr. Tarkington reported on the
conference, mentioning some of
the interesting facts of the bus
iness sessions.
Glenn Adair introduced Henry
Eubanks who has volunteered to
serve as assistant Scoutmaster for
troop SI. John Duncan will be
Scoutmaster when the troop is re
activated.
Mr. Adair introduced Bob Sey
mour, sports editor of THE NEWS
TIMES. Mr. Seymour discussed
the value of local news to the
paper.
"Despite some opinions to the
contrary, we believe that people
are more interested in reading
about folks they know than about
current affairs in places they never
heard of before," he pointed out.
Mr. Seymour told the Rotarians
that it was a simple process to
have a story printed in the paper.
"Just call the facts in, as early
as possible, and THE NEWS
TIMES staff will do the rest," be
concluded.
"?Wheat Pit" ,in Minneapolis is
one of the world's largest cash
grain markets.
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Eight Years Ago, March 31, Last
Passenger Train Left Morehead City
By F. C. SALISBURY
"All aboard" was sounded (or the
last time by Conductor A. H. Cow
ard, at train time on the afternoon
of March 31, 1950, ai the passenger
train over the A&NC Railroad
from Morehead City to Goldsboro,
left on its final rim between these
two stations. The run ended 92
years of passenger service.
The State Public Utilities Com
mission had authorized the re
moval of passenger trains between
Morehead City and Goldsboro, the
order to go into effect one minute
past midnight March 31.
Few, if any citizens took notice
of this fact. The clanging of the
locomotive bell by Fireman W. H.
Peterson could well have been call
ed the tolling of the death knell
for this old-time mode of trsvel
from the coast to the hinterlsnd.
Under the throttle hand of En
gineer H. A. Lewis, the locomotive
and cars rumbled along over the
rusty rails to be checked out at
the end of the 96-mlie run. From
the door of the baggage car, Bag
Rage Master R. S. Avery, as he
had done many a time, answered
friendly salutes ss the train passed
through the business section of the
town.
On the rear platform stood Con
ductor A. II. Coward and Brake
man C. E. Herrington, watching
the disappearing scene, so familiar
to them over their years of ser
vice on this run.
History records that the date,
June T, 1858, marks the occasion
of the tint passenger train to pan
over the whole length of the new
road from Goldsboro to Morehead
City. State paperi made little men
tioa of thia event. Yet some facta
have gone down through the years
by word of mouth describing it.
Hie locomotive was described as
a "fiery monster," resembling a
meteor as it came rumbling into
town at the rate of IS miles an
hoar It belched large burning cin
ders from its smoke stack to the
annoyance of the hurrahing onlook
ers lined along the track to wel
come this new mode of transporta
tion.
This celebration at Morehead
City was of little note compared
to the one at New Bern following
the completion of the railroad the
previous year between New Bern
and Goldsboro.
Big Celebration
The New Bern News describing
this celebration of April 29, 18S7,
states "Free excursions from all
points of the state brought 10,000
people to help celebrate the open
ing, with ceremonies lasting three
days."
On the coach arriving at More
head City on that occasion were
members of the State Railroad
Commission and other state digni
taries as well as stockholders of
the road headed by John M. More
head, under whose guidance this
last link of the A&NC was con
structed.
The 100th anniversary of this
event occurs June 7 of this year.
Here is an opportunity for the
larger town* along this line to uae
the occasion as the basia lor a
centennial celebration.
As the first passenger train waa
made up and started from Goids
boro, it would seem fitting that the
promotion of the idea should ema
'nata frjm that city, to be entered
into by Kinaton, New Bern and
Morefcead City on tha receiving
end.
Pageantry, celebrating the af
fair, could be carried out by the
use of the oldest locomotive and
cars obtainable, starting with a
group of costumed passengers of
the 1858 period, others to b? picked
up al Kinston and New Bern. Stops
for brief ceremonies could be made
at the smaller stations along the
line.
Arriving at Morehead City the
"special" could be run onto the
siding at the port terminal, along
side tha wharf and warehouses
where the results of a century of
effort to establish a port have been
realized.
Young Girl Gets 'Stuck'
When Ring Won't Move
Greenfield, Ind. (AP) ? Young
Janet Blue didn't have much
choice on which ring t? buy in a j
Greenfield jewelry store.
"I believe I'll take this one,"
she told the clerk.
The clerk asked if she wanted
it wrapped.
"No," Janet replied casually.
"I'll just wear it. As a matter of
fact, I can't get it off my finger."
Examiner Lists
Schedule Changes
The crowded condition at the
Morehead City municipal building
on Monday haa caused a change
in the daya for driver'! license
examinations.
David Morris, license examiner,
says the following schedule will
become effective next Monday:
Mondays at Havelock, Tuesdays
and Wednesdays at Morehead City,
Thursdays and Fridays at the
courthouse, Beaufort.
Under the present schedule Mr.
Morris la in Morehead City on
Mondays (court dsy), at Havelock
on Wednesdays and in Beaufort
on Thursdays and Fridays.
News from
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March 26 ? A series of meetings
was held in Oak Grove Church
last week. The Rev. Roy Sparrow
of Cape Hatteras was the guest
preacher.
Mrs. E. Claude Taylor was hos
tess to the WSCS Tuesday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Taylor of
Miami, Fla., are visiting in the
community.
Mrs. Florence Salter of Merri
mou spent Sunday with Mr. and
Mrs. Carroll Smith.
Mr and Mrs. J. L. Smith Sr.
were in Beaufort Wednesday.
Many friends and relatives from
other places attended the funeral
of A. H. Tailman in the Oak Grove
Cemetery Sunday afternoon.
V
March ?-Mrs A. N. Bell, Mr.
Clyde Bell and Mr. Carey Temple
were at Ft. Jackson, S. C., Satur
day.
Pvt. Daniel Bell, Pvt. Roger Bell
and Pvt. Gene Small are home on
leave after completing their boot
training at Ft. Jackson, S. C.
Mrs. Burner Wetherington and
Miss Alexis Williams ol Vanceboro
visited Mr. and Mrs. Kuch Wil
liams Sunday.
Mrs. Romas Jones and son of
Kinston visited Mr. and Mrs. Wil
lie Bradshaw last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Rodman Taylor
and children of Bachelor visited
Mr. and Mrs. Edsel Bell Sunday
afternoon.
Mrs. Willis Earl Jarman and
sons of Beaufort visited in the
community Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Pake of
Bettie visited Mrs. A. N. Bell Sun
day afternoon.
Mr. Tull Jarman of Kinaton is
visiting his sister, Mrs. Willie
Bradshaw and family.
Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Bowlin vis
ited Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Bcasley
at Morehead City last Friday
night.
Mrs. Emma Davis spent last
Wednesday at Morehead City with
Mrs. D. G. Bell.
Mr. and Mrs. Obie Turner of
Beaufort visited Mr. and Mrs.
Luke Turner and Mr. and Mrs.
Edsel Bell Monday night.
Mrs. Kuch Williams and Mrs.
E. R. Bowlin attended the sewing
class at Beaufort School Monday
night.
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