THE ENTERPRISE IS READ BY
OVER 3.000 MARTIN COUNTY
* FAMILIES TWICE EACH W'EEK
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THE ENTERPRISE IS READ B£
OVER 3,000 MARTIN COUNT*
FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEP
VOLUME LVII—NUMBER 38
tf illiamston, Marlin County, North. Carolina, Thursday, May Id, #
ESTABLISHED I89‘v
County Democrats
To Hold Meeting
Saturday Morning
Convention To Organize
Ami Eleet Delegates To
State Meeting
Meeting in the courthouse here
Saturday morning at 10:30 o'
clock, Martin County Democrats
will perfect their organization for
another two years, elect delegates
_ to the State convention to be
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held in Raleigh later in the
month, and hear from the various
candidates.
As far as it could be learned
no caucuses were held in any of
the several precincts last Satur
day. and organizations will be ef
fected at the precinct level during
the meeting this Saturday morn
ing. All Democrats in “good
standing’’ are invited to attend the
meeting and Chairman J. H. Gray,
Sr., is expected a sizable attend
ance upon the session.
According to unofficial reports
reaching here a few days ago, the
present chairman, after serving
two terms, will not be a candi
date to succeed himself. It was
mentioned that C. B. Martin, prin
cipal of the Robersonville schools,
would consider the post and pos
sibly is bidding for the spot.
In perfecting their organiza
tions, the Democrats are to name
a chairman of the County Execu
tive Committee, a vice chairman
and, secretary-treasurer, Mr. C. G.
Gurkin of Jamesville now hold
ing the latter post. Members of
the several committees are to be
named also, including congres
sional, judicial, and second sena
torial. also two members of the
State Executive Committee.
C B. Martin is now vice chair
man of the county committee.
Clarence Griffin is on the judicial
committaa J H. Gray, Sr., and
Elbert S. Peel are on the con
gressional committee, and Paul
Q Roberson is the second senatorial,
district committee.
To perfect their organizations
on the precinct level, the Demo
crabs are to name a chairman,
vice chairman, secretary and
and two oemmittcc
members.
£ It isn.’t.likely: that fund raising
..... •“ pyvr>~"w1t:”Tyc-"TTient ioned
at the meeting, and all Demo
crats are invited to attend.
The hour has been changed
from 12:00 o'clock^ noon, to a
more convenient one—10:30 o’
clock Saturday, May 15, in the
courthouse.
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Two Tire Calls
Here Last Night
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Firemen were called out here
twice last night, but no damage
was done by the fires, a report
from the fire department ex
plained.
The first call came at 9:05 o'
clock when an oil heater went out
of control in the home of Ernest
Owens, 110 Riddick Street.
At 10:25 o’clock, the firemen
were called to the Joe Wilson
Cleaners on Warren Street where j
a pile of shavings around the j
plant caught fire. An overflow!
of traffic got tied up on the nar- 1
row dirt street, but no damage
was reported.
A third call since last night
was handled by the volunteers at
11:20 o’clock this morning when
an oil heater- went out of con
trol and threatened the John
Bonds home on Griffin Avenue.
A bit ill, Levon Joyner started to
light the heater, and oil had leak- j
ed into the bowl, the fire flaring
up and making the stove dance, j
Joyner cut the oii supply off and
went on to disconnect the line
to make certain it was off and be
1 ready for the quick removal of
the heater. No damage was done.
Quite a few oil heater fires |
have been reported where the op
erators run them on low, a gust
of wind blowing out the flame
and leaving the oil line open to1
feed more fuel into the bowl. It!
has been found advisable to mop!
out the accumulated oil from the
bowl before firing the stoves.
I Music Recital l/i The
High School Auditorium
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The pupils of Mrs. W. C. Man
ning, Jr., will he presented in a
piano recital tomorrow evening,;
Friday, at 8:00 o’clock in the Wil-j
hams ton High School auditorium. I
The public is invited.
Candidates For Three Places On Education Board
Four candidates, Messrs. Edward Lee Martin of Jamesville,
Howard Gaylord, also of Jamesville, Ernest Edmondson of Has
kell and Sherwood L. Roberson of Robersonville, are seeking the
three open places on the Martin County Board of Education.
Messrs. Gaylord, Edmondson and Roberson are the incumbents.
While the office is not an elective one, it has been customary
down through the years for candidates to enter the primary,
subject to a countv-wido vote with no districts prevailing, mean
ing that one or more candidates may get the nomination in a
■'ingle township. The legislature, in making appointments to
the board, generally recognizes the will of the people as ex
pressed in the primary.
Saturday Is Last Day To
Register For The Primary
Saturday of this week is the
last day to register for the De
mocratic primary to be held on
May 29, apd a last appeal is being
directed to those who have not
registered, urging them to get
their names on the books that
day.
Very little interest was show
in the registration when the books
were first opened, but increased
activity was shown last Saturday
when at least 143 new names
were added to the books, as com
pared with 59 the previous Satur
day. No report could be had im
, mediately from Williams and
Hamilton precincts, Williamston
No. 2 handled sixty new registra
tions last Saturday to lead the
movement. Robersonville was
second with 16 and Goose Nest
j had 15 new ones. Jamesville re-.
ported 14 and Williamston No. 1
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added thirteen new names to the
list.
In Williamston Township. Reg
istrar Wendell Peel is holding the
books open in (he courthouse for
No. ! precinct, and S. H. Grimes is
keeping the books open for No. 2
precinct at his office just to (he
rear of Davis' Pharmacy.
Martin County should add at
least 1,000 new names to the
books before the books close on
Saturday, May 15, but present
indications point to an increase
of hardly more than 500 new
names.
It has been pointed out that
those women, who have married
and are still registered in their
old names, should register again,
listing their given first name and
their new sir name.
Don’t forget to register Satur
day, May 15.
REPORT
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A report on the autopsy
performed on the body of the
late Branch Marslcnder, Sr.,
of this county, was released
by fiie 'liu'ite TdHiMWy De
partment this week. The find
ings have not been disclosed
and no date has been deter
mined for a coroner’s inquest.
The report, said to cover
quite a few pares, roes into
exactinr details, and a study
of it is beinr made.
It was unofficially learned
that the subject’s back was
damared and possibly broken
between or just below the
shoulders.
Coroner W. W. Birrs said
that an inquest is to be held
just as soon as arranre
ments can be made for it.
Clyde Hoey Dies
Ai Office Desk
U. S. Senator Clyde Roark
Hoey, following an extended po
litical career, died at his desk in
the Senate office building in
Washington, D. C. yesterday aft
ernoon at 3:45 o'clock, the victim
of a stroke of paralysis. He was
76 years old.
The death of the former North
Carolina Governor came unex
pectedly, and the Senate adjourn- j
ed soon thereafter as a tribute of
respect to his memory.
Funeral services will be con
ducted in the Central Methodist.
Church in his home town, Shelby,
Saturday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock.
Interment will be in the Shelby
cemetery.
The Senator’s deo*h stirred the,
political waters in the State, but
no action to fill the position made
vacant by his death is expected
until after the# May 29 primary,
meaning that the farm progiam
will be short another vote should
a showdown come before an ap-'
pointment is made. Governor Win.
R. Umstead will make the ap
pointment for the period ending
next November 2 when the candi
date to be named by the Demo
cratic Executive Committee nomi
nates a man. The commmitce will'
be formed by the State Demo
cratic Executive Committee nexti
Thursday. It is possible and like-1
ly that the committee will nomi-!
nate the man Governor Umstead
appoints. Senator Hoey’s term had
two more years to run, !
'Registration
Places Listed
For the convenience of those
! whs- teav«>. net registered and want
! to get then ThTuV* WTtW" Mwwfr.i
j before the deariline at sunset Sat
1 urday, May 15, the names of the
i registrars and registration places
1 are-listed below:
F. C. Stallings at Town House
in Jamesville,
Grady Godard at No. 50 Station
1 in Williams,
S. Oscar Peele at Jim Manning's
store in Griffins,
A. B. Ayers at bis home in Bear
Grass,
Wendell Peele at courthouse
for Williamston No. 1 precinct
which includes that portion of
Williamston Township on the
south side of Main Street and the
Everetts Highway,
S. H. Grimes at office back of
Contral Cafe for Williamston No.
2 precinct which includes the re
mainder of the township, or all
territory on the north side of the
main street and Everett High
ways,
H. M. Ayers at office in Ever
etts, .
Clinton House at his office in
Robersonville,
Harry Roberson ih his home in
Gold Point,
W. Mayo Hardison at his home
in Poplar Point,
George Haislip at his home in
Hamilton,
E. K. Edmondson at Edmond
son’s store hi Hassell,
H. M. Ainsley at Ayers and Hy
man's store in Oak City for Goose
Nest precinct.
The registrars will be at their
respective places from 9:00 a m.
until sunset Saturday, May 15.
Registrations may be handled by
appointment on other days.
Political Rally
Held In County ;
A big political rally, attended
by more than 150 politician;-, lead
ers and “cam followers” was held
at the Legion Hut near Hamilton
last Tuesday evening, and a
sumptuous chicken-pot dinner
was enjoyed.
The affair was arranged by
friends of R. Frank Everett, can
didate for -county representative
in the next General Assembly.
Several candidates briefly ad
dressed tile group. I
Sixteen Speeders
In The Recorders
Court On Monday
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Jmlut* 11. O. IVrlr Imposes
Fines Kanpiitp From
$10 To $50.00
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Motorists found it easy sailing
on the highway^ in this county
last week, but it was rough going
for the speeders in the Martin
County Recorder's Court last
Monday In two eases. Judge H. O.
Peeie imposed fines in the amount
of $50 and recommended that the
defendants' licenses be suspend
ed lor a year. The judgment in
one case carried a provisional
road term.
Sixteen cases, charging speed
ing, were handled during a long
session of the court last Monday,
as follows:
Jesse Moore of Hamilton, plead
ing guilty of speeding 85 miles an
hour, was sentenced to the roads
for three months. The road term
was suspended upon the payment
of a $50 fine and eosts. The court
recommended that the defend
ant's license be revoked for a
year.
^ Charged with speeding not less
than (15 and not more than TO
miles and hour, the following
were taxed with the court eosts:
William Jos. Woolurd and
Woodrow Collins, both of Ply
mouth, John Riccillo of Rego
j Park, New York, Phillip Muller
I of Amsterdam, New York, Franc
e's I). Cozart of Greenville, Alex
ander A Miklineviek of Derby,
■ Connecticut, Charles H. Frank
enback of Westfield, New Jersey,
1 Bernard Shell of Norfolk and
; Lawyer Bell of Elizabeth City.
Charged with speeding not less,
than 67 and not more than 72 j
miles an hour, the following were !
fined $ J 0, plus costs:
Charles A. Babikean, Jr., of
Leonia, New Jersey, Calvin Jack
Cook of Bell Glade, Florida, Hy
man Rubin of Brooklyn, Lennart
Muhlsteph of Chicago, and Ray
mond P. Stankw.sk] of Center
Line, Michigan.
Pleading guilty of speeding 80 •
miles an hour, Eli V. Johnson of
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Native Of County
Dies In Ahoskie
Mrs. Floyd Bellamy Inscoe, a
nativo of Hamilton, died in an
Ahoskie hospital Tuesday night
following a short illness. She suf
fered a stroke ui her home there
the day before.
Mrs. Inscoe was born in Hamil
ton 71 years ago, the daughter of
the late Ciaro N and Pattie Mat
thews Bellamy. She married '
Edward Burrell Inscoe, and fol
lowing his death she located in
Ahoskie about a quarter century
ago, making her home with a
daughter.
Surviving are her daughter,
Mrs. Lonnie Davis; a brother, Z
V. Bellamy, also of Ahoskie; two
half sisters. Mrs. Lather Hughe
of Raleigh and Mrs. Newton 1
Bridges of Mooresboro, a step
son, D. Staton Inscoe, Raleigh
postmaster, and a grandson.
She was a member of the Ahos
kie Baptist Church and the fun
eral service is being conducted
there by the pastor this afternoon
at 2:00 o’clock. Interment will be
in the family plot in the Hamil
ton Cemetery.
f LAST MEETING )
The Williamston Parent
Teacher association will hold
its last meeting of the cur
rent term next Monday eve
ning at 7:45 o'clock. Sche
duled for the 24th, the meet
ing was moved to the 17th to
avoid a conflict with the com
mencement program. Presi
dent Asa Crawford explained.
The Melody Masters will
appear on the entertainment
program, and newly elected
officers are to be installed.
Re-Elect Faculty
At Meeting Here
All members of the Williamston
school faculties were re-elected at
a meeting of the local committee
early this week, according to un
Mficial information gained today.
Accompanying the re-elections
were six teacher resignations, all
supported acceptable explana
tions, such as ^matrimony, sick
ness and so forth.
Mis- Maude Thomas, after sev
eral years if faithful service as
teacher of social studies in the
high ^'hoi 1 1.'.to
home in Biimingham to be with
her mother. Others resigning are:
Mrs. Nancy Winslow, sixth grade;
Miss Evelyn Jernigam third grade;
Miss Carolyn Hines, high school
English; Lynn Parker, assistant
coach, and Mrs Robert Everett,
eighth grade
Most of the local committees
throughout the county have held
their elections, but reports could
not be bad immediately.
Start Measuring
County Cropland
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The task of measuring all allot
ment crops in this county is get
ting under way fairly rapidly,
according to information gained
from the ASC office today. Twen
ty men have been assigned to the
task, and others are to be added
as soon as possible.
The allotment crops, including
tobacco, peanuts, cotton and
wheat, are to be exactly measur
ed, and all other crops are to be
checked, it was explained.
Farmers are being asked to co
operate in handling the measure
ments as their help will help will
hold the cost down. The survey
or check is to be completed by
July 1.
I THE RECORD
SPEAKS . * .
The Grim Reaper stalked the
highways in this county last
week and boosted his count to
two The report on the fatal acci
dent points out the need for a
greater care on the part of pedes
trians.
Ttie following tabulations
offer a comparison of the ac
cident trend first, by corres
ponding weeks in this year
and last and for each year to
the present time
18th Week
Wrecks Inj’d Killed Damage
1954 3 1 1 $ 600
1953 510 625
Comparison* To Date
1954 82 33 2 $31,225
1593 87 21 1 22,045
Reviews History j
Hamilton Church I
At Anniverewy
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Several Hundred Attended
llonieeoniing There
Last Sunday
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Observing the fiftieth anniver
sary of the construction of their.
present sanctuary, Hamilton ;
Methodists last Sunday held a big
homecoming event and reviewed
Methodism there since 1847. More
than 350 were present for the
special event, and an interesting
program was rendered under the
direction of the pastor, the Rev.
J. Bus# mi Hurley. A goodly num
ber of visitors attended from vari
ous parts of this and other coun
ties, a few returning to their old
home from other states.
The Rev. Daniel Boone, a form
er pastor, delivered the morning
sermon, and Ben H James read
a brief history of the church. Mr.
Lane, one of the builders of the
present church, was present and
spoke briefly during the Sunday
school hour.
Following the organization of
a church there, the Methodists
constructed their first house of
worship in 1847 on a lot on the
opposite corner from the Slade
Rhodes and Company store. The
first church was destroyed by fire
; and a second one was built in
1881 on a lot beside the Methodist
Cemetery. The building was of
the Mount Vernon type, with a
porch and columns. There was a
gallery for the slaves. The found
ation gave way, and the building
was abandoned, the Methodists
using the sills and much of the
timber in building the present
structure on the lot donated by
the late Mrs. Henry Sherrod.
Plans for the present building
were advanced when the ladies
| of the church met January 31,
1901. The leaders of the movement
i included the Misses Purvis and
Cherry, Lizzie Slade, Fannie
! SlHde, Georgia Pritchard, llenne
I Waldo.and Belle Carstarphen and
Mesdames Arch Sherrod, D. C.
Jones, C. H. Baker, Bill Sherrod,
Mary E. Richards, Lenora Col
lins, Fannie Melson and Sally
Ewell. The building was occupied
in May, 1904, free of debt except
lor the furnishings winch wen
paid for about nineteen years lat
er, according to the old records.
''Trf’Tlu ,oT-/*po!r■*
chased during that nineteen-year
period. Serving on the board of
stewards when the present church
was built were, T. B. Slade, C. H.
Baker, D. C. Jones and W. K.
Gardner.
The old church building, con
structed in 1881, was torn away
in its entirety in October, 1903.
Mr. Sherrod Dalsbury and Miss
Mary Baker were the last couple
to be married in it, the wrecking
crew starting the dismantling task
on the structure the next day.
Besides Mr. Lane, now of Scot
land Neck, the other contractor,
J. M. Baker of Rocky Mount, was
present for the anniversary ob
servance Sunday.
When the first church, con
structed in 1847, was burned, the
old records were lost, and the
history of the church is not com
plete from 1881 to 1874.
The Rev. W. S. Chaphen was
the pastor in 1881, but there is
no record of the pastors or refer
ence to the church during the
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Migrants Moving
To 'Taler Fields
Elizabeth City is heralding thei
1954 Irish potato season with a
colorful festival this week end.
The event is to attract notables
from North Carolina and a fore-,
ign country. Thirty-four bands'
are to be in the big parade Satur-j
day along with fifty floats, drill;
teams and clowns. Williamston’s!
high school band is to be in the;
line-up.
Canada’s Minister of Agricul
ture, is to address the crowd fol-'
lowing the parade
The event is to be a lug one, I
to he -ore. and the E. City folks'
are making extensive prepara
tions for it
While extensive plans are be- J
ing made for the merry event,
migrant workers, traveling in
old-model trucks equipped withj
crude bodies, are moving through
here for the potato fields. About
the first of the 1954 migrant wave
rolled through here yesterday, but
their coming is not to be heralded.
Forty-Five Cases In
The Reeorders Court
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DEMONSTRATION
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Conducting the first official
test on the use of anhydrous
ammonia in this county, the
Mathieson Chemical Corpora
tion Friday afternoon of this
I week at 2:00 o'clock will
! handle the second in the ser
| ies of tests on the Sherrid
farm near Hamilton.
Kefore the corn was plant
ed, anhydrous ammonia was
applied to the soil. The next
| application will be in a new
i plot where the corn is al
ready up. A third application,
it is understood, is to be made
later in another plot. The
tests are expected to deter
mine the most effective time
j to apply the liquid fertiliser
which is the latest thing in
plant food.
The public is invited.
Delinquent Tax
Accounts Gaining
Fur the third straight year the
number of delinquent tax ac
counts has shown an increase,
jumping from an even 400 for
1952 to 475 for the 1953 tax
year. There were only 373 de
linquent tax accounts in 1951.
While the number of delinquent
accounts was increasing, the ac
tual amount of unpaid taxes was
less for 1953 than in 1952. The
1953 unpaid tax total on real es
tate is $10,369.79, an amount
$110 66 less than the figure for
the 1952 tax year.
The 114 white property owners
; fur 1953 owe $4,500.32 as com
pared w ith $5,469.86 owed by 101
owners at advertising time last
j year. The 361 colored delin
quent tax accounts for 1953
amount to $5,869.47 as compared
with $5,010.61 owed by 299 own
j ers a year ago
A review of the delinquent list
and amount of taxes due, by
I townships, folk ws for both white
and colored property owner.-:
fownsRip I"" '
Jamesville
Williams
Griffins
Bear Grass
Williamston
Cross Roads
Robersonville
Poplar Point
Hamilton
Goose Nest
tfKftc
No.
15
4
4
4
34
5
30
3
11
24
Amount
$ 520.61
60.82
96.17
154.65
1,175.59
134.80
864.68
86.93
710.50
365.81
Jamesville
Williams
Griffins
Bear Grass
Williamston
Cross Road:
Roberson vi
Poplar Point
Hamilton
Goose N
Colored
114 $4,500.32
81
10
o
149
6
le
69
0
st
24
20
$1,238.55
107.12
44.00
.00
2,246.30
194.80
1,253.00
.00
365.81
419.89
Totals
Totals
These
1953
1952
figures
361
475
400
do
$5,869.47
$10,369.79
10,480.47
not include
I unpaid taxes on personal proper
ty which is now subject to con
fiscation or garnishee.
Heavy Frost In
County Nay 11th
One of the latest and heaviest
frosts recorded at this season of
year over a long period struck
this area last Tuesday morning,
May 11
Roland Beddard, Poplar Point
Township farmer, said he was up
early, that everything was white,!
and that he raked the frost off
his ear by the handful. The frost
adhered to metal, but it pinched
tender crops, turning corn a pink
red and blacking sweet potato
plants.
Reports from over the area
mauitaui that no material dam
age was done to crops by the *
frost, farmers explaining that the
cold, dry weather hud retarded
most crops.
The mercury dropped to an un- j
official low of 35 degrees early |
that morning, a reading about
seven degrees lower than any
other one recorded in May.
Fines Levied In
Amount Oi $1,425
By Judge Peele
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Court Was In Session Until
Late In The Afternoon
Last Monday
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With an unusually large docket,
Judge H. O. Peele and Solicitor
Clarence Griffin worked until
late Monday afternoon handling
forty-five cases, including sixteen
in which motorists were charged
with speeding. Fines were im
posed in the amount of $1,025, and
bonds were forfeited in the sum
of $400.
A mother was sentenced to
prison for six months when she
was adjudged guilty of neglect
ing and abandoning her children.
Proceedings.
In the case in which Harry Me
Creight was charged with drun
ken driving, the court ordered the
$200 bond forfeited. The case had
been pending trial since March 19,
and the defendant had failed to
appear for trial.
Adjudged guilty over his plea
of innocent, Earl V. Tetterton was
fined $100, plus costs, for drunken
driving. He appealed and bond
was required in the sum of $150.
Charged with an assault with
a deadly weapon, Kelly Ayers
pleaded not guilty. Adjudged guil
ty he was fined $25 and taxed
with the costs.
After he was adjudged guilty
of an assault with a deadly wea
pon, James Lee Bradley had his
case continued under prayer for
judgment.
The case in which Jemmie Bos
ton was charged with assaulting
a female, was nol pressed, sub
ject to be recalled at a later date.
Pleading guilty of careless and
reckless driving, Willie Wynn was
sentenced to the roads for three
months, the court suspending the
u,ad term upon the payment of
a $50 hne and costs. The court re
commended that the defendant’s
operator's license be suspended
for one year.
Ro> Jackscn! charged vfttfTnon*
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Damage Mounts In
Two Auto Wrecks
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No one was injured but prop
erty damage amounted to more
than $1,000 in two automobile ac
cidents on Williamston streets
during recent days.
The autos driven by Woodrow
Tice and Floyd Gorham were
damaged about $250 each when
they crashed at the Church-Syca
more intersection yesterday
morning about 8.30 o’clock. Gor
ham, driving a 1050 Dodge taxi,
was traveling south on Sycamore,
and Tice was driving east on
Church Street in a 1954 Ford.
Last Saturday morning at 11:00
o’clock, Cecil Edward Perry of
Windsor and Norfolk was driv
ing west on East Main Street and
stopped his 1951 Ford to allow
an approaching car to make a left
turn near H ■nderson Street. Rich
ard Nicholson Vick, driving a
Chevrolet behind Perry, also stop
ped. Charlie Wesley Leggett of
RED 2, W dsor, came along be
hind Vick and plowed into Vick's
car with a 1953 Chevrolet. Dam
age to the .hi. 1 car was estimat
ed by police at $100, that to Vick's
car at $2f<\ and that to the Leg
gett car at $400.
No one was hurt in either of
the two accidents.
Local Boy Gets
RCTC Position
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Duke University student Rob
ert H. Clayton, son of Mr. and
Mrs. H. V. Clayton of Williatns
ton, was appointed next year’s
midshipman viec commander of
the Duke Naval ROTC Battalion,
it was announced this week.
Selected for the position on the
basis of military aptitude, schol
astic standing and leadership
ability, he will enter upon his
new duties at special ceremonies
to be held at the university next
Wednesday. He. is currently lead
er of the Precision Drill Team