Army Engineers To Open Hearing At 11:31 Monday ? Col. H. C. Rowland Jr. Wilmington, to Preside At Beaufort Session ? Evidence on Carteret Hurricane Damage to Be Given by County A public hearing on hurricane damage to Carteret County and the coastal irt'a.i of Onslow, Pender and New Hanover Counties down to Wrightsville Beach will be con ducted by the Corpi of Engineers at Beaufort School at 10:30 a.m. Monday. Col. H. C. Rowland Jr., district engineer of the Corps' Wilmington District, will preside. He will be assisted by staff engineers. The Beaufort hearing is one of several being held in the state's coastal area to assemble informa tion on damages caused by hurri canes and measures to prevent such damages. Preparing Carteret's testimony is Gray Hassell, Beaufort engineer. Cites Law Colonel Rowland explained that Public Law 71 authorizes and di rects the Secretary of the Army, in cooperation with the Secretary of Commerce and other federal agen cies concerned with hurricanes, "to cause an examination and survey to be made of the eastern and southern seaboard of the United States with respect to hurricane! with particular reference to areas where severe damages have oc curred." This phase constitutes the pre liminary examination which will determine if a detailed survey is warranted. He said further that the law pro vides that the survey be made un der direction of the Corps of En gineers and "shall include the se curing of data on the behavior and frequency of hurricanes, and the determination of methods of fore casting their paths and improving warning services, and of possible means of preventing loss of human lives and damage to property, with due consideration of the economics of proposed breakwaters, seawalls, dikes, dams, and other structures, warning services or other meas ures which might be required." Presence Requested The district engineer added that all interested persons are urged to be present or represented includ ing federal, state, county, munici pal agencies, and commercial, civic, highway interests and prop erty owners concerned. They will be afforded full oppor tunity to express their views con cerning the character and extent of improvements designed for spe cific localities, as well as on a comprehensive plan for the entire area, and the need and advisability of their execution. Sponsors of improvements are urged to present factual material on the general plans of improve ment desired for specific localities and to give detailed supporting data and economic justification therefore. Included in the faetual Informa tion should be data on Observations of unusual occurrences of beach erosion, tidal flooding, ware action, and associated hurricane damages for separate localities. Bod Check Turns Up tl; CHATHAM COUNTY general county account r-n ' n ** PiMsboro, N. C., Pay to the ORDER OF CTb?rIyf iqnnmyf __ _? THt St/? ** i?$ MCS Aft} ^ ** j ' * * ? * - J-V 36 ,_,l?j?j $ f DOLLARS THE BANK OF PITTSBORO Financial Agent Chatham County | 64-418 FITT5BORO, N. C. 46-418 1P^ MS.. ? & ? - GENERAL COUNTY ACCOUNT Sheriff Hugh Salter warns bus inessmen and banks of this area to be on the lookout for bogus checks drawn on funds of Cha tham County. A reproduction of one of the bad checks is shown above. This check, cashed by Gus Davit, Morehead City, was made out to Charles Johnson. The sig natures at the bottom are ficti tious The sheriff said that the checks were stolen from a print ing plant in Chatham County where they were being printed. Sheriff Salter contacted the Chatham sheriff who says that 22 of the bad checks have come to light. All have been made out for the same amount. $116.42. Some have been cashed in South Carolina. The man cashing them ia al legedly "Charles I. Johnson". The Chatham sheriff also said that checks being printed for a wholesale grocery firm in Cha tham County have been stolen. Persons should be wary of cash ing checks on such a firm. The bogus check passer has a check writer, because the value of the check is stamped on, and not written in longhand. The sheriff said that if any one is asked to cash checks meeting the above description that they observe closely the per son attempting to cash the check and then notify the sheriff's de partment. The sheriff also said that per sons asked to cash checks drawn on any county account in North Carolina can check with his of fice to determine whether the signature! on the check are legitimate or fictitious. He also said that strangers who have legitimate cheeks to cash should not object to placing their fingers on an indelible stamp pad and putting their prints on the back of the check. Bike Stolen A bicycle was stolen early Sun day morning from the yard of Mr. and Mra. George Willis, 20S Pol lock St., Beaufort. It was a 26 inch girls' bicycle painted blue and white. h ? ? . Court . (Continued from Page 1) Mary and James Harvey, charged with burning down a house in Morehead City Jan. 22. Court is expected to continue today as Robert Rouse, solicitor, attempts to clear up docketed cases. Among the cases continued were John A. Baker and Richard Furlow Hill, charged with drunken driv ing. Both cases have been repeat edly continued. Also continued were the cases of Roderick Moore, Ernest Hutchings, James Baker, Carlton Pittman, and George W. Gray. M. A. Edwards. Aurora, charged with giving bad checks, posted $1,000 bond to guarantee that he would make good to oystermen in this county over $2,000 he owes them and had issued worthless checks for. Case Dropped The state did not prosecute the case against Bruce L. Goodwin, charged with embezzlement. Mr. Goodwin refunded In February 1957 the money he allegedly "em bezzled", a down payment on a house. The court ruled no grounds for a suit in the case against Richard P. Jolliff Jr., charged with drunken driving. The state decided not to prose cute cases against C. J. Jackson, resisting arrest; Harvey D. Lewis, assault and drunk and disorderly; Ernest L. Eubanks, driving drunk; F. M. Tomkowski, driving drunk. In another case against Tom kowski and the Tri- County Bonding Co., a $150 bond was ordered for feited because Tomkowski- failed to appear to answer to the drunk driv ing charge in the April term of court. The state dropped cases against Eddie Lee Howel, charged with careless and reckless driving; Eu gene Hessee, forcible trespass, and Sam Green Jr., assault. Found Not Guilty Two persons, Stanley M. Car penter and Gladys D. Jones, were found not guilty of driving drunk. Other drunk driving cases: J. E. Morris, six months suspended on payment of $50 and costs in 60 days; Bennie Willis, pleaded guilty to careless and reckless driving and was given a six-month sen tence suspended on payment of $50 and costs in 60 days. John James Jr., charged with driving drunk, pleaded guilty to careless and reckless driving and paid $25 and costs. Thomas B. Sta ton paid $100 and costs. Edward Turner Powell pleaded guilty to careless and reckless driv ing. His six-month sentence was suspended on payment of $50 and costs. Bernard A. DeGuire and Harvej Earl Lee were found guiity of drunken driving and ordered to pay $100 and costs. The state decided not to prosecute a case against Lee charging him with driving after his license was suspended. In one case against C. H. Smith, charged with passing a bad check, Smith was found not guilty. In an other case in which Smith was charged with selling mortgaged property, the charge was amended to "intent to delay creditors". Smith pleaded guilty and was given eight months on the roads Welfare (Coatiaaed from 1) $43 89 for Aid to the Disabled, and $19.00 per child In Aid to Depend ent Children. Goeial Security bene fits are generally larger. So are veterans benefits larger. 0. If the welfare budget cannot be cat without "catting oat ser vices", what services could he cut? la other wardi, If coMneUlaf with people with Marriage problems takes so mnch of a caseworker's Ume that another caseworker hn to be hired, would It he possible suspended on condition he pay costs and pay to F. E. Staticil, Wilson, $ 1,250 plus costs. Bonds Forfeited William Nash Bailey, charged with drunken driving and speed ing. forfeited $150 cash bond. Har old Snipes also charged with driv ing drunk, forfeited bond. Edward Thomas Powell pleaded guilty to speeding and was given a 30-day sentence suspended on pay ment of costs. The grand jury did not find a true bill in the case of Hugh Whaley, charged with driving with out an operator's license. Not a true bill was found in April 1957 against Norma Dene Harper, charged with racing, but by error the decision was not on record in the clerk's office, so it has been entered on the record in this term of court. Among the true bills returned were Dave Gaskill, Mary Gaskill Harvey and James Harvey, charged with arson, and Carlton Pittinan, charged with forgery. ? Ill ? t III 1 ? I ? to nfcce Mm Carriage counselling warkf A. Counselling urvicci (we call it casework services or aoelal work) is seldom given by itself. These services are around prob lems for which