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A Merger of THE BEAUFOBT NEWS (Established 1912) and THE TWIN CITY TIMES (Established 1936)
PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
38th YEAR NO. 21.
EIGHT PAGES
MOREHEAD CITY, AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA, TUESDAY, JULY 27, 1948
EIGHT PAGES
NEWS
Hew Softball League Starts Official
Play With Three Contests Tomorrow
Carteret Soft Ball League, organ
ized Friday evening at a meeting
at Fort Macon Hotel, Morehead
City, will swing into action tomor
,A row with three games called for 5
o'clock in the afternoon.
Morehead City Technical Insti
tute team will clash with Beau
fort's City Recreation nine on the
Institute's diamond; Morehead City
Fire Department team will play
the Morehead City Jaycees at
Wade Brothers park, Morehead
City; and the Morehead City Lions
Club team will play the Beaufort
Odd Fellows on the Beaufort ball
park diamond.
' The Fridav organization meeting
was attended by representatives of
the. six teams in play tomorrow
afternoon. Tht following were
elected league oficcrs: Bernard
Leary, representing Morehead City
Jaycees. president; F.arl Noe, re
presenting Beaufort Odd Fellows,
vice president; Pete Pctrokowski,
representing MCTI, secretary; and
Alvin Willis,' representing More
head City Lions Club, treasurer.
N Victor Wickizer was appointed to
make arrangements for night
games, a schedule of which will
be announced soon.
3-Month-Old Baby
Suffocates in Bed
A three-month-old Negro baby,
Joseph Webster, was found smoth
ered to death jn bed at 9 o'clock
Saturday morning at its home,
506 Craven street, Pritchard Lewis,
coroner, reported ' today. The
child's aunt discovered the body.
Suffocation is believed to have
resulted when the infant pulled
covers over its head. Mrs. Jose
phine Webster, the mother, was
Vorkfrig at Uxf tlmo of the1 fleaH
ana the fatner, King Webster, ii
on a fishing excursion in New
York with Captain Wiley Lewis.
Rumors that the child was
stricken with polio have no foun
dation, Dr. N. Thomas Ennett,
health officer, reported after he
made an investigation Saturday.
An investigation was also made
by the health officer at another
Negro home where a 5-year-old
child was reported to be seriously
ill. This child, Dr. Ennett said,
was either in a very deep sleep or
unconscious. After hearing it de
scribed by a neighbor as another
one of the child's "spells," Dr.
Ennett said that he believed the
youngster was a victim of a mild
type of epilepsy.
The baby, Joseph, was buried
yesterday morning in Ocean View
cemetery.
Coast GuardLooks
At late hour yesterday Coast
Guardsmen of Fort Macon and
Swansboro were still conducting
unrelenting search for the shrimp
er, Perry Lee, with three men a
board, which left Swansboro Sun
day afternoon.
The entire ocean side beach' of
Bogue Banks was being combed
on foot and Coast Guard rescue
boats were on the alert in ever
changing concentric circles far out
at sea.
The skipper-owner of the Perry
Lee, Delmas Guthrie, was known
to be aboard, as well as Clyde Phil
lips,' both of Swansboro. The iden
tity of the third man was unknown.
Coast Guardsmen report that the
men were said to have just gone
for a ride. Thev expressed the
opinion that the boat might have
come to Morehead City and dock
ed, but no one contacted yesterday
on Morehead City waterfront knew
the whereabouts of the shrimper.
Offices in Postoffice
Receive New Coal of Paint
Anyone interested in visiting B.
J. May, H. M. Williams or any
other person with an office in the
rear of the Beaufort post office
building will have to-crawl over
pai cans, under canvasses and
dodge painters, because the offices
are receiving; a summer coat of
paint.
Despite these handicaps the of
fices are conducting business as
usual. Near the end of this week
the fnterior will gleam with a
fresh coat of cream enamel and
working conditions will return to '
normal. ' I
For Lost Shrimper
8,000 Pounds of Paper
Collected in Drive
Eight thousand pounds of pa
per and 200 pounds of rags were
collected in the Morehead City
Jaycee waste paper drive con
ducted Sunday afternoon, Ken
neth Wagner, chairman, report
ed today.
Mr, Wagner said the towns
people were very cooperative
and expressed his appreciation
to all who made the drive a suc
cess. The next collection will
be made in September. The rags
and paper received then will be
sold with the lot collected Sun
day. Mayor Dill Speaks
At Rotary Meeting
Morehead City's Chief Exe
' culive Explains Town's
Finances
Mayor George Dill addressed the
regular weekly meeting of the Ro
tary Club of Morehead City Thurs
day night at the Carteret Recrea
tion center. This was the mayor's
first public statement following the
adoption of the 1948-49 budget for
Morehead City by the board of
commissioners a week ago. Mr.
Dill outlined the town's fiscal his
tory, reported on the condition of
the town's finances and explained
the details of the current budget
for Morehead.
The mayor's opening remarks
developed the fact that the bonded
indebtedness of the Morehead City
government in 1925 was $1,500,000.
This muunlcipal obligation was In
twrefl ifAltt i PW of Inflation
similar to-the conditions today.
The bonds issued were to provide
for the paving of the streets then
existing in Morehead City, the
erection of the presently existing
municipal building and other civic
improvements. Duuring the lean
years between 1925 and the days
prior to World War II the city, as
did other governments, found it
self unable to curtail these bonds
funding, a satisfactory arrange
ment was worked out with the
bond holders and the City Govern
ment to amortize these debentures
as they are being handled today.
The present bonded indebtedness
of the Moreheda City government
is now down to $653,000.
During the year 1946 47 bonds
were retired in the amount of $23,
627.61. So far during the 1947-48
fiscal year to date over $12,000 in
bonded indebtedness has been re
tired which is at a rate in excess
of the year now past. This is deem
ed a healthy situation and one
which will be maintained as long
as revenue warrants it, the, mayor
remarked.
The mayor pointed out that the
total valuation of Morehead City
amounted to $4,360,639 in 194849.
At the current tax rate of $2.00 the
total Tax Collection for 1947-48 is
set at $82,643.88.
The $2 tax rate is considered by
many to be available for the gen
eral fund of Morehead City. This
Isn't the case at all, Mayor . Dill
remarked. The $2 tax revenue is
broken down so that 10 cents goes
to the Port Terminal, 5 cents goes
to Morehead City hospital, and 85
cents is applied to debt service
leaving the remaining $1.00 for, use
in the general fund for the opera
tion of Morehead City. : , s
The current operating expense of
the city government was itemized
by Mr. Dill as $41,321.94 for the
current year. Debt service will
amount tq slightly over $39,000
with better than $2,000 going to
the hospital and $4,132.20 to Port
Terminal. Workman's compensa
tion and other insurance items
amount to slightly more than $700,
00 annually
In the past, according to records
available, municipal budgets have
been based on 100 per cent of the
'ad valorem tax and miscellaneous
revenues. This is not a realistic
premise although a desirable one,
the mayor commented. To place
the town's finances on a rock bot
tom foundation and to plan with
eyes open rather than with wish
ful thinking, the : Current budget
has been set up and adopted on
the basis of 90 per cent collection
of revenue by the city, he 'con
tinued. It should be pointed Put
that last year collections were 92
ner cent which, according to the
Iacue of Municipalities is a satis
factory figure. Mayor Dill pointed
out that for the first time in re
collection," this year all privilege
taxes have been paid. This in
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Ports Executive
Makes Inspection
At Local Terminal
Engineers to Draw Up Plans
For Improved Dock, Rail
Facilities
Col. G. W. Gillette.' director of
the North Carolina Ports Author
ity, and members of an Atlantic
engineering firm inspected the
facilities at Port Terminal Thurs
day with a view toward building
additional dock sheds and hiving
more rail spurs.
No estimate has been made as
yet on the cost of the proposed
improvements. Neither has a date
been set when construction would
begin.
Colonel Gillette said following
the inspection that he was con
vinced "we have lost 100,000 tons
of dry cargo during the past year
that would hive gone to More
head City had it h;id adequate
warehouses and terminals."
He declared that "present lim
ited facilities at Morehead City
?re filled and thry have had to
turn away business while making
no solicitation for business."
The new plans will include deep
ening of the harbor to 31 feet, one
or more transit sheds, better light
ing, and improvement of dock and
rail facilities.
A report from the ports author
ity office, Wilmington, states that
the cost of a large ship or tanker
coming into Port Terminal runs
into thousands of dollars daily.
Frequently average expense in
creases because part of the cargo
must be removed before the ship
docks.
Businessmen Urged to Refer
Fund Request
Architects End
Convention Today
The third day of the convention
of the North Carolina cnapter of
the American Institute of Archi
tects opens today at Atlantic Beach
with a report on the 80th institute
convention at Salt Lake City on
June 22-25.
The architects will also hear a
talk on "Light Aggregate" sponsor
ed by Smith Concrete Products, of
Kinston.
j Following 'luncheon at 1:30, ho-
noring the architects' wives, the
group will make a trip through the
, Madix Roofing plant, concluding
their three-day meeting here.
Highlight of yesterday's session
was an address in the morning by
Jens Frederick Larson, architect
for Wake Forest's new college
buildings at Winston-Salem, who as
it turned out, had to vigorously de
fend his choice of Georgian archi
tecture against vociferous senti
ments of the -Tar Heel architects
preferring modern, functional de
sign.
Mr. Larson, architect for Dart
mouth college, had the accusation
of "carpet-bagger" hurled at him
during the session of criticism, but
in the end, North Carolina archi
tects decided that the important
thing was that after all, he was the
one selected by Wake Forest to do
the job and that was that.
John Parker, head of the school
of City Planning, University oi
North Carolina, spoke on the
school and its aims following the
Wake Forest discussion.
During the business session a re
solution was passed recommending
that the budget bureau of North
Carolina permit undertaking of the
expansion program at the School
of Architecture, North Carolina
State college. More classrooms
and a laboratory are needed, it was
reported.
' Another resolution was passed
recommending that the State
Board of Licensing ''end Registra
tion suggest to the governor that
two younger members of the Archi
tects' ?roup be appointed to the
board when vacancies occur in
order that they may be trained in
the work of the, board. At present
the board is composed of five NC
AIA members. .. '..
Yesterday's afternoon and eve
nine schedule Included a boat trip,
cocktail party ana4 dinner at the
Blue Ribbon club, then the dog
raoes. '
Morehead City, Beaufort Undertake
Health Program of Rat, Fly Control
Conservation Board Hears
Reports o f Division Heads
Neal Willis Converses
With Owen Billy Goal
Man tried to get a goat's goat
yesterday morning in front of
THE NEWS-TIMES office, Beau
fort. "Billy," a pet gont owned by
little Jimmy Owen, was content
edly chewing up THE NEWS
TIMES lawn on Craven Street
when Neal Willis, charter mem
ber of the Craven Street Mer
chants association, sounded a
"Na-a-a-a-a!" through his loud
speaker system near THE
NEWS-TIMES office. The poor
animal bleated a meek, puzzled
answer to the loud blast from
the speaker.
A conversation between the
two ensued in the following
three or four minutes. Finally,
the goat, no doubt detecting a
strain of human emotion in Mr.
Willis' voice bounded away with
injured pride toward Front
street in pursuit of its master.
When asked bv a NEWS
TIMES reporter if there was any
blood ties between him and the
goat, Mr. Willis replied, MN-o-or
to Chamber
By Robert Lowe, Secretary
Morehead City Chamber of
Commerce
Unauthorized and unscrupulous
demands for funds are increasing
in Morehead Citv week by week.
The Morehead City Chamber of
Commerce is in a position to aid
in the control of such public nui
sances. All merchants, business
and professional men are strongly
urged to refer any and all requests
for donations, subscriptions, contri
butions and advertising to the
Chamber's offices in the Municipal
Building for investigation.
The drain on the business com
munity is enormous. It has been
estimated that, without control, bu
siness men are bilked to the extent
of $10,000 annually for each 10,
000 population. This is money
spent with no value received.
By no means does the Chamber
of Commerce attempt to deny the
appeals of worthy causes or worth
while business propositions. On
the contrary it is their aim to fos
ter any such operation of value to
either individual business or the
community as a whole. What the
Chamber is trying to accomplish,
however, is to eliminate the pest,
the nuisance and the sharper
whose only purpose in a request
for funds is for personal gain or
to promote an unsound venture.
The only way control of these
activities can be effective is to re
fuse to talk to any solicitor who
does not have credentials from
the Chamber's Solicitation Control
Committee. The only answer to a
request for money from an indi
vidual who has not beAi so identi
fied is to refer him to the Cham
ber offices where his or her propo
sition will be thoroughly and im
partially investigated.
Along this same line of thought
it is well to remind all those in
business to obtain positive identi
fication of those who ask that
checks be cashed for them. There
seems to be an even larger number
than usual of hot check artists in
North Carolina at this time and
reports indicate that they are ply
ing their trade in the coastal areas.
Mayor Mistakenly Credited
With Statement on Track
' In the story on the Morehead
City Racing commission which ap
peared in Friday's paper, Mayor
George W. Dill, Jr., was credited
with a state,, ..it he did not make:
that the racing commission did not
deem, it feasible to report on track
returns until the end of a 30-day
period.
This statement came from an
other source, close to track admi
nistration. ,
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The Board of Conservation and Development, meeting at the
commercial fisheries building west of Morehead City yesterday aft
ernoon, heard reports from heads of the various divisions.
The report of Capt. John A.
missioner, appears here in full:
In compliance with your memor
andum of June 2.,rd to the Divi
sion Heads, 1 am .submitting the
following brief report covering our
activities from July 1, 1947 to
June M, 1948.
The production of food fish the
past year was less than it has ever
hern In-fore in the history of the
Department. The fall is always
the best season for fishing and the
fishermen depend on it to even
up the slack season in the spring
and .summer but fishing last fall
was the poorest I have ever seen
Ihc largest catches are mullet and
spots and the bulk of them are
caught by established fisheries on
the beach from the middle of Aug
ust until the first of November,
and last year they practically did
f.othing compared with previous
years. Some of the fishermen on
the beach reported they sighted
large schools of mullet but they
passed on by. The men could not
catch them because of weather
ijnditions. As a rule we have good
lue fish and mackerel fishing in
the spring but this year it was a
complete failure. We also had a
poor shad and herring season this
spring as compared with other
springs.. There was not so much
difference in the catch of shrimp;
we produced this year 4,264,8:13
pounds as against 4,783,700 pounds
last year with heads-on.
We had more menhaden boat!
fishing here last fall than ever be
fore (about fifty fished out of
Bcjufort Inlet, including the non
resident boats) and the fishermen
calimed there were as many men
haden as usual but the wind ruled
to the northeast and the fish werr
so far off shore they could not
catch them. Some of the fisher
men told me that when they put
their seines around a school of
fish off shore it would not slant'
bottom so the fish would go un
der the seine before they coulf
get it up and then the fish would
rise again. The catch this sesior
was somewhat below normal. Nine
falls out of ten the menhaden
fishermen would do good fishinr
if there was enough water in Ore
-on inlet so they could fish out o(
there. They could fish there ir
September while the weather i'
eood but by the time the fish get
down here it is the middle of Oc
tober or first of November. As e
rule the weather through Novem
ber is bad and the boats canno
fish one-half the time for purse
seining.
F.scallopin? used to be one o'
our largest industries but in reccn
years it has been .very inactive
There were encouraging signs thi;
last year that the eel grass was re
turning to some of our sounds anr
as a consequence the catch of es
callops was greatly increased. W
produced 6,102 gallons this year a
against 361 gallons last year. W
produced 153,740 tubs of oyster
this year as against 300,476 tub
last year. One cause for this dif
ference was that the Legislature
prohibited the shipping of oyster
in the shell out of the State b
imposing a 50 cents per tub oi
them, and too, the season was on'
month shorter. We only shipped
out of the State 553 tubs of ovf
ters in the shell which cut ou
market tremendously. We pro
duced 24,473 bushels of clams a
against 22,807 the previous yeai
We had plenty of clams' the pas
several years but there has no'
been a demand as much for then
(his year.
We produced 36,812 dozen sof
crabs this year as against 24,894
dozen the previous year. We ha'
an increase in hard crabs this year,
the production being 4,102,471
pounds the previous year. In com
rliance with resolution of the
Board at the January meeting w
released our portion, which wai
1,400 brood stock diamond-tact
terrapin in Pea Island Game Reg
ervation.
' The last Legislature passed a
bill requiring the oyster shuckew
to give to the State one-half of
their accumulated shells, and that
is all the planting we did this year.
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4
Nelson, commercral fisheries com
Summaries of other reports
The polio epidemic in the state
has hit all the resorts hard, Bill
Sharpe, director of the depart
ment's News Bureau, said in ans
wer to questions following delivery
of his formal report.
In fact, he added, many resort
husim-ss men will be broken finan-ri.-ilh.
Nags Head and Carolina
Beach are suffering badly he said.
Only the Morehead City area,
which h,v: been relatively free of
polio, has experienced next to no
drop oil ol summer business.
l;ilo ts will be made, Mr. Sharpe
said, in step up fall vacation resort
promotion, many resort business
having announced that they will
remain open in an effort to re
coup siiimm r loses.
He said tlii:t cost of promotion
had risen materially, with printing
costs up moie than 37 per cent and
newspaper advertising space rates
up more than 40 per cent due to
the high cost of newsprint.
Paul Ktlly, of the Commerce and
Industry division, reported that
summaries compiled by his grour
for the three-year period 1945-47
show tlu.t 1040 was the most event
ful year wjth a total of 613 new
projects and 228 expansions. '
'The year 1947 saw the building
of the Madix Asphalt Roofing plant
in Morehead City and the building
of a meat pricking plant at Ply
mouth as industrial expansion
highlights in the eastern section
of the state.
W.'nle the Plymouth plant will
orni lov only 65 persons as against
Madix's more than 300, the Ply
mouth plant will buy approximate
ly S9.000.000 worth of hogs annual
ly in the Plymouth area, about the
same amount as the dollar value of
Hie enMie Plymouth tobacco crop.
Interested in Mr. Kelly's report
on Madix, the committee moved to
visit the Mi.dix plant at 9 o'clock
th:s morning.
W. K. Bcichler, state forester in
charge of the forestry division,
stated in his report that it is his
belief that it is of the utmost im
portance that the Department
make every effort to achieve ade
quate state-wide forest fire control
through the current Advisory
Budget commission and the 1949
General Assembly.
"It is the most important single
reed in our forestry program," he
said. "As I have pointed out be
fore, state-wide fire control has
been for a year or two an accom
plished fact in our neighbor states
of Virginia and South Carolina."
Of the total of 1,651 fires in the
stale in the first six months of this
year the responsible party was de
termined in 634 of the fires, Mr.
Beichler said. Of this number 232
were prosecuted and 183 others
oaid tints.
In answer to searching questions
rdm Chairman Home, Mr. Bcich
er said that sufficient funds
ihould be set aside to pay forest
fire fighters in the tvent that the
state cgain suffered the fire ra
vages of 1941.
While his division has been
pending less than set aside for it,
'he surplus funds have to be re
turned to the state and thus no
eserve fund is ever large enough
l take care of extraordinary fire
fighting expense, the forester ex
olaincd.
Thomas W. Morse, superinten
dent of state parks, reported that
in the first six months of this
yea; approximately 240,000 persons
visited stale parks.
"At Fort Macon State Park," he
wid, "operation for public use con
tinues to be limited because the
Marine corps retains control of the
bathhouse and beach development.
Efforts to persuade the Marine
Corps to cancel its lease on this
portion of Fort Macon State park
have, so far. been unsuccessful. To
improve public service at the Fort
itself, two temporary park wardens
hava been employed to provide
guide tervice through the Fort,"
Mr. Morse reported.
The Department of Conservation
and Development received net re
venue in the fiscal year ending
June 30, 1948 in the amount of
See REPORTS Page I
Morehead City and Beaufort,
with the cooperation of the Car
teret county and state health de
partments, have declared war on
rats, mosquitoes and flies.
"D -Day" for these pests in More
head City will be tomorrow when
DDT powder in solution will be
used in sprayers on garbage trucks
and when rat poison, known as 10
80, is spread on the city dump.
This is culmination of a malarial
control program which Morehead
City took under consideration sev
eral months aco, according to
George W. Dill, Jr., mayor of More-
head City.
The State board of health is
providing the poison, 1080. and
DDT. but the towns are supplying
the fishmeal bait to mix with rat
poison and spread on the dumps.
In the rat control program l lit?
state provides everything except
the labor. Without this aid. Dr.
Ennelt. health officer, estimates
that the cost to each town would
he approximately $200.
According to the present sche
dule the noison will be spread on
the dump in Morehead City tomor
row night and on the dump in
Beaufort Thursday night.
Dr. Ennett remarked that the
DDT is not fatal to (logs or cats
but that rat poison is. The State
supplies it for use on city dumps
only if the towns promise 24-hour
supervision after the poison i;
"planted."
Morehead Citv has already pur
chased two spray attachments for
the garbage trucks. Both towns, i'
is reported, have brought DDT tc
use in the Carbage-can spraying
program. Although this is expect
ed to prevent prolific breeding of
flies and mosquitoes, Morehead
City officials point out that wash
1 ing garbage cans will continue to
be of help.
According to the present plan
the DDT, in oil solution will be
sprayed on the cans after they are
emptied.
Work at the dumps will be su
pervised by Clifford Jones of the
State Board of Health.
Final plans on the sanitation
program were made at a meeting
Friday morning at the health of
fices in Beaufort. Those present
were E. L. Hinton. sanitation en
gineer of the State Board of
Health, Mayor Dill, Mayor Law
rence Hassell, Beaufort, Dr. En
ntt pnd A. D. Fulford, county
sanitarian.
12 Students Enroll
For Second Term
Twelve students have enrolled at
Duke Marine Summer school, Pi
ver's Island, for the second term
which opened yesterday, Dr. Ha
rold J. Humm, director, has an
nou need.
Teaching the courses on marine
algae and marine animals are Dr.
I. E. Gray and Dr. H. L." Blom
quist. The students are Miss Anne C.
Zipplies, Michael A. Canaso. Ed
win L. Tyson, William Sutcliffe,
Edwin Potter, Jean Davis, James
Steel, Luisc Schmidt-Baemlcr, J.
O. Manly.
Also Marshall B. Evster, Grace
M. Loescher, and William B. Ro
bertson. Doing research at the lab
are Dr. and Mrs. C. S. Apgar, from
Elizabethtown college, Elizabeth
town, Pa.. Dr. and Mrs. Karl Wil
bur, Mr. and Mrs. Norman Ander
son, and Dr. and Mrs. Reinard Har
kema. all of Duke university.
With Dr. Blomouist at Piver's
Island is his wife. Dr. Blomquist
will be in charge of the lab while
Dr. Humm is in Newfoundland do
ing research for the Newfoundland
government on seaweed.
Tide Table
HIGH LOW
Tuesday, July 27
. 6:03 a.m.
12:20 p.m. 6:35 p.m.
Wednesday, July 28
12:23 a.m. 6:41 a m
1:01 p.m. 7:28 p.m
Thursday, July 29
1:10 a.m. 7:28 a.m.
1:54 p.m. 8:30 p.m
Friday, July 30
2:05 a.m. 8:23 a.m
2:53 p.m. 0:33 p.m
Transport Anchors Offshore
A Navy transport was anchored
offshore yesterday morning.' Ma
rines, bound for Camp Lejeune,
were brought ashote at Port Ter
minal by small boats.
State Board Told
Shrimpers Violate
No Fishing Rules,
Approximately 300 shrimpers
violated State commercial fisheries
regulations and fished Sunday In
Pamlico Sound, making the biggest
catch of the season, the State
Board of Conservation and De
velopment was told during public
hearing yesterday morning in the
commercial fisheries building, wert
of Morehead City.
This report was made bv D. B.
Woodard, Bayhoro, who requested
that the commercial fisheries divi
sion enforce the Sunday and night
shrimping restrictions.
Elmer Willis, of Williston, de
claring that he was not in favor
of Sundav or night shrimping told
the hoard that regardless how big
an attempt would be made, it
would be impossible to enforce
these laws.
Mr. Woodard, and W H. I.npton.
also of Pamlico county, said that
Sunday was the first time that the
law had been so flagrantly viola
'cd. Dr. H. F. Prytherch, ma
rine scientist, defended the fisher
nen by suggesting that the strong
?outhwst wind which has been
llowing for the nast two weeks
made fishing impossible and that
Sunday brought the first break in
the weather.
Other petitions were presented
b Ltipton, of Pamllco.i.'ouBty,
George Clarlt, of Bclhaveh;; R.
Sadler, Hyde county, Franklin
Fields, Wilmington, Walter M.
Stincland, Brunswick. Dick Bur,
ictt, Wilmington. Emil Styron
John While, and Thomas B. Wood".'
Action on these petitions is ex
pected to be taken at the meeting
of the commercial fisheries com
mittee this afternoon. Today's ses
sion will open at 10 o'clock this
morning with an address by Gov
ernor it. Gregg Cherry.
Following the governor's address
a report on the fisheries institute
will be made by Chancellor J. W.
Harrelson, N. C. State college, Pr.
Frank P. Graham, president of the
University of North Carolina, Dr.
Harden F. Taylor and Dr. R. E.
Cokcr, both of the University of
North Carolina.
Mayor George W. Dill, Jr.. gave
the address of welcome at the
opening of the board meeting yes
terday morning. J. Wilhur Bunfl,
chairman of the parks committee,
responded on behalf of the board.
The Invocation was given by tht
Rev. Harold G. Cuthrell, Marshall
berg. Local Polio Cases
Remain at Three
No more cases of polio have
been reported to the county health
department, Dr. N. Thomas Ennett,
henlth officer, said today.
To date three have been report
ed Jean Chadwick, "Beaufort, Jaw
per Lawrence, Morehead City, an4
Richard Salter, Seal Level. AH
were sent to James Walker Me
morial hospital, Wilmington. '
There are rumors of other cases,
especially where doctors are called
in and children are found to have
symptoms of infantile paralysis. '.
Dr. F. E. Hyde reported Friday
afternoon that the Salter boy, who
was taken ill last Tuesday, was ex
amined by him late Wednesday
night and did not come in contact
with any patients who called at his
office that day. f''
The Salter child was then taken
to Morehead City hospital where
his case was definitely diagnosed
as polio. He was not admitted' to
the local hospital, but sent immedi
ately to Wilmington, Dr. Hyde r
oorted.
Dr. Ennett said that definlti
tteps may he taken within the ne:
few days in regard to regulation
children gathering together.
TB Association to Meet
Board members of the Car
"ounty Tuberculosis associa
nill meet at 8 o'clock tonigb
the Inlet inn, according to a
louncement today by Su
Woodland, president v
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