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30 Years Ago Today F^e Defrayed Town's First Brick Scfio? / Bui/ding This shows the town's first brick school, completed ia 192L It bursed ia lMt. This picture wis taken by F. C. Salisbury ia 11)23. By P. C. SALISBURY Thirty years have passed since the citizens of Morehead City were awakened by the fire alarm at 3 o'clock the morning of Dec. 12, 1928, to learn that the Graded School building of the town was on fire. Persons first on the scene report ed that the fire seemed to have started in the rear of the building where the auditorium and heating plant were located. Having a good head start, the fire was soon be yond control of the local fire de partment The Beaufort fir* department and a truck from the New Bern department responded to the call for help. Had the water supply been sufficient, part of the build ing might have been saved. With three pumpers drawing from the standpipe of the town's water sys tem, the pumps at the power house were unai)le to compete' with them. As a last resort to save part of the building, the pumper from New Bern was placed on the town dock to draw water from the sound and pumped through the water system, filling most of the mains with salt water. This method proved of lit tle use. To advise water users not to use the water in the mains until they could be thoroughly flushed, the Herald printing plant got out cir culars stating the condition of the water. These were distributed to the homes before most persons had occasion to use water for domes tic purposes. Fortunately, no con tamination resulted from this emer gency effort to check the fire. This building, the first brick structure of the town's public school system, had been in use only seven years. The three wooden structures that constituted the graded schools consisted of the for mer Atlantic Institute, known as the Baptist school, the Harry North building, known as the Methodist school and the small two-room building that was for several years the only school building owned by the town. Following the close of World War I, the town had outgrown the three antiquated wooden structures, un suitable for educational needs of the community. At this time pub lic spirited citizens started a cam paign for a modern building. At a meeting of the school board, May 31, 1919, a committee of two, consisting of E. A. Council and G. P. Hood were appointed to confer with architects as to the best style of school buildings. From the re port of this committee, the board at its meeting on June 19. 1919 voted to employ the firm of Ben ton and Benton, architects of Wil son to prepare plans for a school building at a flat rate of $2,900. TV plans submitted by this firm were accepted the following Sep tember and a contract was award ed Rhodes and Underwood of New Bern for $89,381. which with plumb ing and heating, amounted to $100,294. To make way for the new build ing the Atlantic Institute build was sold to Captain Oscar Kissam. whs moved it to 20th and Bridges Streets, converting it into an apart ment house. The small building was sold to Major Dudley. As the llarry North building was the most servicable of the three it was moved back to make way for the new structure in the center of the school grounds, and is still in use as a unit ol the school sys tem. By May 1921 the new building was completed and accepted by the school board, which at that time consisted of C. S. Wallace, chairman, E. A. Council, M. L. Willis, D M. Webb, J. B. Morton and J. B. Sawyer. Professor E. P. Mendenhall was the first principal to serve in the new building. He was followed by M. L. Joslyn who came into office with the opening of school, September 1922. He served for 25 years, resigning to accept the office of county su perintendent of schools. At the time of the fire, J. W. Willis was serving as caretaker and truant officer and Major Dud ley as janitor. Many Attend Davis FWB Church Homecoming By PEARL ALUGOOD A multitude of people packed the church and grounds of the Davil Free Will Baptist church Sunday, Nov. 23, when the members of the church observed an all-day homecoming. At 11 o'clock, th? Rev. L. R. Ennis of Goldsboro, former pas tor, brought the message. He related many incidents that transpired during his pastorate at the Davis church, and also recalled j that many of his old friends and , loved ones who lived and labored so untiringly with him while he | served th? church, had passed on to be with the Lord. He especially noted that the ckurch, under the leadership otiti more recant pastors, has' made rapid progress in many- waya; tha most recent being the renovation of the church auditorium. Dinnar was served on the church grounds, picnic style, wilh the Rev. D. W. Alexander, a former pastor, aciring God's richest M?st~ ings upon such a nice display of food. Everyone enjoyed the sweet Christian fellowship during Um noon hour. In the afternoon a special pro gram, A Sermon in Song, entitled The Threefold Triumph, was sung by the local choir, under the direc tor of the pa slur the Rev. Henry Van Kluyve. The evening service was conduct ed by the paetor, with Mr. Bonis bringing the message. Everyone enjfyed the eveata of the day and the fellowship. The pastor and members of the church wish to express their grati tude to all who had ? part in mak ing this day of homecoming a , great success, and to extend an invitation to visit our church and worship hare whenever possible. First Methodists Plan Pre-Christmas Services First Methodist Church, More head City, will have a carol ser vice Sunday, Dec. 21, at 7:30 p.m., at the time of the regular evening service. The adult choir of the church will be assisted at this service by the Junior Churchgoers Choir, which consists of children between the ages of S and 12. The children will sing two num bers. Mrs. Clifton Lynch will be the soloist for the adult choir. At the morning service. on the 21st the Rev. W. N. McDonald, head of the Department of Religion at Louisbuxg College, will conduct the service. Mr. McDonald last preached at the church on Nov. 23 and the congregation is delighted that he will return. Artie. 2* at T p.m., the church will hold its regular Christmas ?arty is the Sunday School audi torium. As is customary. Saata Glaus will he present to distribute rfctmas gift bags. the Jurior urchgoers Choir will sing sp? otal song* lor the eccasiaa. Ia charge of the program are Mrs, Fred Lewis, Mrs. Ethan Davis Jr., Mrs. A. B. Cooper and Mrs. lin wood Brineon. Ob the coming Sunday, Dec. 14, Chaplain Hughes will eonduet the Com minion Service. Commander ?ughes is at present serving with the Chaplain Corps at Camp Le jtane. He has psaached at first M*b?c8afc t? Ofcsarv* Cwnrmjaioa Sunday Canmnin will tw observed Shndhy ia Camp Siena Methodist Chun*, the Rev. Wr*3 N. Macro, pastor, ito morning wacsMp wiB start at 11 o'clock. The partbr^ sermon topic will be Pledge. Evening worship will begin at T- The aermoti topic win be Pur "pMT. " ' Church several times in the past few weeks. There will be no evening service on the 14th at the church. Mem bers 'will worship instead with other denominations at the More head City High School at their annul Christmas Service at 7:S> p.m. Everyone is urged to attend this service. Calf PA 6-5088 For Automatic D?liv6iy J. M. DAVIS T?xaco Products mnku* Cky HERDED WHISKEY 16 PROOF TNI STRAIGHT WHISKEYS I* THIS PRODUCT ARE 4 YUM 8B MORE 010. 401 STRAIGHT WHISKEY, M% NEUTRAL SPIRITS, MSMU0 FROM GRAIN $010 MM hit C*4* N?. 211 *3? ? CU? N*. Ill ?it own ItSTIHUV MATWIU, Lutheran Choir To Sing Sunday The senior choir of St. Timothy's Evangelical Lutheran Mission, Havelock, wilt present a program of Christmas music at 7 p.m. Sun day at the church. They will sing carols from the Service Book and Hymnal, the Magnificat, and lie Shall Feed His Flock from the Mc-siah. Children are asked to bring one or two Christmas ornaments to place on the Christmas tree in the church. Sunday School in the moiniag will begin at 9;45, followed by wor ship at U. The Rev. Aaron lip pard wiU speak on the topic, God'a Highway. The sermonette for children will be Mirrors and What They Say. Scout Executive Writes Upon Leaving Carteret ??tiring IS Scout rxecutiv*. Boy Scouts of America, In the Carteret district, Rudolph Alexander has written an Open letter to the peo ple of MM county. His letter follows: BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA Bast Carolina Council, Int. (436) Wilson, North Carolina Dec. 2, 1958 It Jias been my privilege to serve as the District Scout Executive for the Boy ScouU of Ameriea in Car teret District during the past three years. During that time the Scout ing program has grown and of this I am certainly proud. I should like to take this opportunity to ex presa to tfcose who h?ve made this record growth possible my appre ciation for the wonderful coopera tion that they have given me. First I want to thank THE NEWS-TIMES and the Radio Sta tions tor the woadarful coverage that aach has given tti? many Scouting activities that have hap pened in the district in the last three yean. Through your efforts the public has been made aware of the contribution that Scouting Is making towards cKizenhsip training and physical fitness train ing in the lives of the boys in this distirct. I want to thank the many peo ple who have contributed flnan daily to our Bay Scout finance campaigns ivh tin years. Through your support Scoating has been able to grow and to reach more boys with a better program. I sin cerely trust Mat financial support -from each who bus supported Scouting in ttw past will he gtveo in (he Maw. I trust that many more will rec ognize the place that Scouting has in the development of a boy. and through their aontributiona help make the program available to mate and more hoy*. Without your support Scouting cannot grow Last, but by all means not least, I want to cxyaeae my apprri.ation to the Seoutera of Carteret County for the wonderful support each has given me and to recognize each man and woman for the efforts being put forth in this program for the boys oi Carteret County. I certainly believe that there are no finer Scouteri ia any district in My council than arc working today is Cartcrat I trust that aaora and MIO pa rents will recognize the value of Scouting and their responsibility in making this program happen in the lives of thoir b*fs. With dor* active participation and support of parents the program will great ly improve. On Dec. 1 I began my new du ties as district^ executive of Pitt District, also part of the East Carolina Council. My good wishes are extended to all of the Scout* Cubs, and Explorers is Carteret County and t trust that each wit. continue to have enjoyable and beneficial experiences in Scouting activities. 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