Many Candidates
For Places On
Cage Teams Here
C.oacli Maynard Forrcd To
(ait S«|iiail Because Of
Crowded Conditions
With nearly three dozen candi
dates out for each team. Coach
Stuart Maynard this week was
forced to cut both his girls' and
boys’ basketball squads back to a
dozen and a half and a further cut
® is almost certain in a week or so
because of the crowded athletic
facilities here.
The first game of the season for
the two teams, and the only one
before Christmas, is scheduled for
the Williamstnn gvm at 7:30 next
Tuesday night. December 19. with
Oak City supplying the opposition.
The swarm of candidates was
very nice except for the fact that
there was little experience among
them except in the girls' division
Only one starter is back for the
boys team, Raymond (Jockey)
Davis, while in the girls’ div’-ioo
there are some starters returning
and several other experienced
players are back. These include
Alice Peaks. Jean Bailey. Edna
Coltrain. Priscilla Roberson. Veil.:
Leggett. Jean Mobley, and Louise
Corey. Add to these experienced
players is a transfer. Nancy
Koonce. who is reported to show
promise as a player. Dnnncth
Bailey, a substitute last year, is
also back along with Rhoda Faye
Peele. Others reporting for prac
tice include: Ann Raynor, Ann
Peele. Sarah Everett. Evelyn Roe
buck, Patricia Wynn, Wanda
Jones. Dorothy Cherry. Doll.
Wynn, who remain with the squad
and Pauline Lillev, Barbara P'-erk
Angeline Davis. Betty Sue Clark,
Lee Handy, Janet Ross. Betty
Mobley, Barbara Edwards, Geral
dine Williams, Marie Peal, Sybil
Goddard. Jackie Harris, Gloria
Taylor. Gerel Lamm, Jean Ed
wards, and Betty Jean Mizell.
Tn the boys' group those with
some experience include Reginald
Coltrain. Gloyden Stewart. Har
rell Everett. Watson McKee!, John
Rogers, and Bobby Clayton. Clay
ton probably will not play any
until after the first of the year be
cause of a foot injury. Others re
maining with the squad after the
cut include David Davis, Wilbur
Edwards, Buddy Fusselt, Bill Las
siter. Billy Harris, Herbert liar
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WATTS THEATRE SATURDAY
Bear Grass Wins
Over Oak City
The Bear Grass basketball!
teams won a doubleheader over
teams from Oak City High Tues
day night in the Bear Grass gym.
The boys won by 4.1 to 28 while
the score in the girls' game was
39 to 26.
Lib Cherry with 1!) and Nalher
Lee with 10 paced the Bear Grass
girls' victorious attack in the open
er while M. Bland with la and .1
Harrell with 7 paced the visitors
in the scoring lin* Defensively'
A. Bunting was be t for Oak City
while for Bear Grass the work of
Joyce Mendenhall and Louise
Moore was outstanding
The Bear Grass boys, sh wing
improvement with eat h game, re
tained their undefeated status by
leading the visitors all the way
Briley was high man for Oak City
with 1H points while Bear Gra s'
scoring was led by Sammy Biggs
with Hand Jimmy Terry with II
Defensively MeLawhorn. a big h i
low who gave (ink ('ity the advan
tage under tin baskets as he con
trolled rebounds pretty well,1 was
the leader for Ins team ,1 B. Roe
erson played a top defensive name
for Bear Gi n
In Sammy Biggs, a lanky Beat
Grass forward who appear- to he
rell, James Coltrain Bobby Mob
; ley, Don Fai son , Jack Edwards,
i Hugh LindsleV and Jack Ho- In
eluded among the early ratio-dates
were: Joe Williams. Ben Andrews.
Billy Ray MeKrel. Billy Glover,
i Wilber Stewart. Jacob Zi'tnun,
Melvip Mc Kei |, Russell Robe] Mill,
Wayne Roger.sop, Enoch Crisp,
Norwood Keel, Krne-t Can away,
William Bailey, Fletcher Thoma .
Ernest Goddard and Calvin Clies
son.
Praetici essions between now
and game timi Tuesday will de
termine tin tailing lineups but
right now it would appear that
Raymond Davis will start at cen
j ter fin tin- boys with Harrell Kv
jerett and Reg Coltrain at foi -
wards, Watson McKee! and John
! Rogers at guard
i For the girls Alice Peaks Edna
Coltvm and Nancy Knonce may
I start at the forward positions with
I Jean Bailey. Verb- Leggett and
| Priscilla Roberson at tlu- guard
j spot s.
Frequent substitutions may be
expected for both teams until the
I coach ha a chanct tu see most of
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BLOODSHED
BOXSCORE
ON N.C.HI6HNATS
Killed Doe. 8 through
December 11 14
Injured December 8
through Dec. 11 1 fi!)
Killed through Decem
ber 11 this year 904
Killed Ihrnugh Decem
ber 11. 194!) 795
Injured through Decem
ber 1 1 this- year 1 1.41 fi
Injured through Decern
her 11, 1949 9,098
rinding .himself this season, and
McLawhorn, the game presented
what are perhaps two of the most
improved hall players in the coun
ty this year.
Bear Grn had a game cancell
ill b\ 1’antego for this Ki iday or
Thursdtiy night and today wn»
looking for an opponent to piny
during the remaining days before
the Christmas holidays begin on
the 20th.
Edenton Guards
At Jamesville
The Jamesville All Stars with
Spit Martin back in the fold this
si ason, will be at home tonight lor
a game with a strong Edentnn Ns
tional Guard team. The lilt starts
at 11:00 itj the Jamesville gym.
The Jamesville team has not
been stopped this vein and has
won both IP stalls in the Goober
Beit League Besides Spit Martin
the all st;u have a deadly shot in
Edward Lee Martin while defen
lively, Edward Brown, Buddy
Gardner .and Henderson Mizelle
provide a handicap to scoring by
their opponents.
Reviews Patrol
Work Last Month
The month of November found
North Carolina highway patrol
men traveling approximately 10!)
miles per day per patrolman
while peil'oiming their duties, tin
North Carolina Department ol
Motor Vehicles reported today
The patroman totaled 1,380,10!)
miles traveled during the month
and averaged approximately 10
hours on duty per day per patrol
man.
In addition to ,14.,070 courtesies,
extended, the patrolmen weighed
328 vehicles and found 125 over
loaded They issued 2,088 equip
ment ticks ts arid 574 light ticket.
A total ot 79,580 vehicles were
inspected and lights .corrected n
25,858 vehicles.
The Patrol investigated 1,873
accidents irt which 70 persons
were killed and 874 injured A
total of 0,727 warning tickets
were issued and 7,258 complaints
were Investigated
During the month, patrolmen
made 5,885 arrest: Driving in
toxiealed was charged in 577 eas
es. Of persons brought to trial,
5,558 were found guilty and si n
teneed to 02 years, three months
and eight days Four hundred and
eighty-four were found not guilty
First aid was rendered in sev
en cases and fire; extinguished
m three.
The Patrol assisted in the re
covery of 71 stolen vehicles Val
ue of cars arid property returned
to individuals following thefts
was estimated at $70,511 Fines in
cases brought to trial totaled $ 152,
815.22, vvhich was turned over to
county school funds Costs
amounted to $71,153.45, which
went to the county general funds
in counties where cases were tri
ed. Highway revenue collected on
over loaded vehicles and vehicles
with insufficient licenses totaled
$1,236.11.
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North Carolina's apple crop this
year is estimated at 1,184,000
bushels, 21 per cent greater than
average, and 104 per cent larger
than the short apple crop of 1040
The nation's crop is expected to
be 11 per cent below the 1040
crop.
One of the history's greatest un
derwater demolitions was the
blasting of the nine acre Flood
Rock, near Long Island Sound, in
1858.
The South mar weft -find • it
possible to support a profitable
livestock industry three times as
large is it now has Dr. Robert
Salter.
NOTICE Ol' SALE
North Carolina. Martin County
Under and bv virtue of the
power of stile contained in a cer
tain, deed of trust executed to the
undersigned Trustee for Reuben
I. Rogers and wife. Kh/ahethe
Rogers, on the 5th day of May,
1950. and of record in the Public
Registry of Martin County in
Hook V 4. page 504, said deed of
trust having been given for the
purpose of securing a certain note
of even date and tenor therewith,
default having been made in the
payment of said note, and the
stipulations contained in the said
deed of trust not having been
complied with, and at the request
of the owner of said note, the un
dersigned Trustee will, on Fri
day, the 12th day of January,
1951, at 12 o'clock noon in front
of the courthouse door in the
Town of Williamston, offer foi
sale to the highest bidder for
cash, the following described real
estate, to wit:__
[ All that, certain tract or parcel
< f land and improvements there
on lying and being near the Town
of Williamrton, bounded on the
Southwest by the Prison Camp
ftoad, bounded on the Southeast
by the Bailey property, bounded
on the East by the C. II Godwin
land, and on the South by the
Tvner land, same being the house
and lot and also Ihe adjoining lot
described by deed of record in
Book X-4. page 440
This the 12th dav of December,
! 950.
Elbert S Peel, Trustee,
de 14-21-28 ja 4
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