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Tayor Pedfield reports that he feels the Town representatives received a fair
hearing and were afforded every opportunity to present evidence and to croRs
examine. The meeting started at 10 and lasted imtil kxJO, Briefs will now be fi3ec
within 30 days and recommendations will be made to the State Utilities Commission
and they will then make a ruling in connection with the proposed rate increase,
NEWCOMERS OF PKS, Have you heard about The Carteret Newcomer Club, — well here
goes* Membership is open to any woman who has resided in the county less than two
years. We meet the first and third Thursday of each month, at 1 P.M. Webb Memorial
Library & Civic Center, IO7 S, 9th St,, Morehead City, The first Thursday,
Business meeting followed by a Social Hour, The Third Thursday, Business Meeting
followed by a program. Our dues ar^ $5#00 per year to be paid by second visit.
Length of membership two years from date of joining. Our purpose is to provide
opportunities for fellowship with other newcomers, and to acquaint them with the
area. We also plan evening social hours where we can get together for a pot-luck
supper or an occasional night of playing Casino with play money, we had a very
successful Casino night back in January and it was enjoyed by all|On these special
social events our husbands are invited and I am sure they have all enjoyed the above
two social events. If you have any q[uestions please call - 726-7^51 EVELYN McKEEN
President,
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PKS Garden Club met on Monday, February 2k, at Marj Johnson's, Before the meeting,
club members held a sale of crape myrtle trees. The crape myrtle is the Centen
nial plant of North Carolina, Profits from the sale are to go for further plantings
to make our area more beautiful. Speakers at the meeting were Dr, Jan Kohlmeyer
and his wife Erica, both with the Institute of Marine Science in Morehead, They
talked on wild flora of North Carolina and of fungi and mushrooms you do and don*t
eat.
The Nominating committee which will nominate officers for the coming Garden Club
year is made up of Gertrude Warner, chairman, Mary Catherine Smith and Evelyn
Kincaid, Next meeting will be at Mabel Hemphill's on March 24, Gert Warner, Co
hostess, Speaker will be Mr, James Bunce, County Agricultuiral Extension Agent,
And on April 25 the Club will meet for its annual luncheon at the Henderson House
in New Bern,
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The PKS CIVIL DEFENSE group has a "Medical Self-Help Training Kit” at its disposal,
furnished by the U,S,Civil Defense Dept, The kit contains various teaching manuals,
a slide strip projector, and a small screen. If anyone would like to use the
kit or set up an interested group for teaching, contact N, C, Hiltz (726-2088) or
Col, O'Neal (726-2350)* The kit is laid out so that anyone can teach the course,
BETTY and BARRY SMITH are renting the grey round house on Loblolly, They have
lived in Salter Path the ptst few months after arriving in the area from Durham,
Barry is a Shipping Clerk for Pine State Creamery and Betty is managing the lounge
at the nearby Holiday Inn, She is pleased that she can be at home during the day
with her littlest guy, Bany Lee 3it and greet her other two children, Bobby 9i
and Lynn, 14-|-, after school before she leaves for work.
New on Oakleaf, almost, are RUSSELL and DORIS FERENCZI who have been renting nearby
and moving back and forth a lot during the past months from New Jersey, On April 1
or thf.reaboiits they will be living there on the sound in their brand new house,
Russell tells \is the name is Hungarian - Ferenczi, that is, not Russell, Russell
has been in the hardware business but for the last years they have lived on a
boat which they have now sold. However, they are planning to have a sailboat down
here; boating is certainly a part of their lives, as axe their two dogs who will
be living with them.
You know the Kop Shops? Meet the young couple on Arbor Vitae who run them, all
fi’/e of them, including one in the mountains: LINBE(yup, that is her name) and
WADS BLAGKFOM, She's from Jersey and he's from Texas; he wais a Marine here for
awhile and they hitch-^'hiked here one time enroute to Florida, stopped, and simply
stayed. They love to water ski when they're not minding the stores, and they have
a vici.ggingly happy looking Irish Setter who's part of the family.
JOHN and PEG WRIGHT have just about finished their home on Miiriosa, and as soon as
they can settle things in Riviera Beach, Florida, they will be moving in, John is
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THE FINAL CTI FORUM is March 20th at 7j30 P.M. in Joselyn Hall at Carteret Tech
nical Institute — the Subject ’’People and the Political Process*' and some very
intoresting speakers ax’e expected.