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Beaufort: 120 Craven St
Morebead City: 867 Evans St.
A Merger oi THE BEAUFORT NEWS (Established 1912) and THE TWIN CITY TIMES (Established 1936)
S9th. YEAR No. 7.
EIGHT PAGES
MOREHEAD CITY, AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA, TUESDAY, JANUARY 25, 1949
EIGHT PAGES
PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAY!
Health Officer Releases
County Sanitary Grades
Dr. N. T. Ennett, health officer,
released today the ratings on' ho
tels, restaurants, meat markets,
abattoirs, pasterization plants and
dairies in the county, as graded by
A. D. Fulford, sanitarian for the
third and fourth quarters of 1948.
The grades of restaurants and ho
tels appear below. The grades on
the other establishments will ap
pear in Friday's issue.
Mr. Fulford commented partic
uarly on the splendid manner in
which school lunchrooms are be
ing operated at five schools in the
county, Camp Glenn, Newport,
Smyrna, Beaufort, and Morehead
City.
It is hoped, he said, that every
school will be equipped soon with
a lunchroom. The five serve a
total of 1200-1500 children each
school day.
'A" rating means a grade of 90
or above, "B" rating is 80 to 89
inclusive and "C" rating is 70 to
79 inclusive. When an establish
ment falls below 70 it is closed.
The law requires that the grade
card be posted conspicuously and
the health officer has suggested
that when entering a cafe, meat
market and etc., that the customer
look for the grade.
Beauford and RFD
Beaufort School Lunch Room.
93.5, A; Griddle, 91.5, A; Carolina
Grill, 90.5. A; Inlet Inn Dining
Room, 90.5, A: Fred's Barbecue,
90.0, A; Inlet Inn Hotel, 90.0, A;
Joe House Fountain Lunch, 90.0,
A.
Charles Place. 87.0, B; Dedrick
Morris Cale, 85 6. B, Broad Street
Lunch, 81.0, B; Davis Place Dining
Fnom. 81.0, B; Davis Place Hotel.
80.0, B.
Club "65', 75.0, C: Gordctte
Lunch, Permit Issued, Carrie's
Lunch, Permit Issued, Robert Tay
lor's Lunch, 1 Permit Issued, Gra
ham Lunch. Under Rt pair.
Best Grm.t,ttf-&
Cafe, 91.0, A; Jefefrson Hotel. 91.0,
A; Busy Bee Cafe, 90.5. A; Dave
Lewis's Lunch, 90.5, A; Earl's Cof
fee Shop. 90.5, A: High Hat Cafe,
90.5, A; Mack's Place 90.5, A.
Morehead Citv Fountain Lunch,
90.5, A; Blue Ribbon Club, 90.0. A;
Cartpret Recreational Snack Bar,
90.0, A; Dom's Sandwich Shop.
90.0. A: Fort Macon Hotel. 90.0,
A; Fred's Barbecue, 90.0, A; More
head City Lunch Room, 90.0, A:
Ocean Grill, 90.0, A.
GaTey. 87.5, B; Garment Lunch,
86.5, B; Busy Bee Lunch, 86.5, B;
rrv Inn. 86.5. B; Piner's Lunch.
85.0, B; Lummie's Drive Inn, 84.0,
B; Pine Tree Inn, 84.0. B.
Airnort Grill. 82.5. B: Big James,
82.5. B; Anchor Inn, 81.5, B; Amy's
Grill, 80.5, B; Broadway Cafe, 80.0.
B; Camp Glenn Lunch Room. 80.0,
n- Smith'. rhrifr Rar. 80.0. B:
Dudley's Cozy Nook, 80.5, B; Edge
water Club, 77.5, C; Willis Inn.jww
manager, permit issued. .$fV.'
Newport and RFD
Riviera, 91.0, A; Frank's Cafe,
90.0, A; Hibbi's Lunch, 90.0, A;
Newport School Lunch Room, 90.0,
A; Thompson Fireside, 90.0. A:
Highway Cafe. 85.0, B; Taylor's
Lunch, under repair.
Harker's Island
Ben i fWilson's Cafe, 90.0. A:
Harker's Lodge. 80.5. B: Chad
wick's Lunch, Pcrm't Issued.
Smyrna
Syrna School Lunch Room. 85.0,
B; Chadwick's Lunch, 80.5, B.
Atlantic
Mason's Lunch, 81.5. B: Atlantic
Cafe, 81.0, B; Mount Taylor Oyster
Bar, Permit Issued.
Seten Deep Sea Trawlers
Catch 70.000 Pounds Fish
More than 70.000 pounds of trout
and croaker valued at approxi
mately $7,000 were unloaded at
Belhaven Fish and Oyster co. docks
In Morehead City Friday and Sat
urday, Puck O'Neil, company man
ager, reported today.
The catch was made by seven
deep sea trawls operating off Hat
teras and Ocracoke.
Four of the. trawls, owned by
Belhaven, were the Sara J. Ran
dolyn, Ethel Stowman. and Bud
and Doris. The independent trawl
ers were the Frederic H, Malolo
and Capt. Mel.
Work Proceeds on 4-H
Organization at Morehead
A letter to rural students at
tending Morehead City school will
be mailed this week from the
county agent and home agent's of
fice. The letter will request their pre
sence at the weekly 4-H club meet
ing at 1:45 p.m. Tuesdays at the
ichool. Enclosed in the same en
velope will be a pamphlet for par
ent on 4-H work -
Four Countians
WiU Attend State
Farm Convention
Oscar Seller. Lawrence Gar
ner Will Serve As Voting
Delegates
:-.tn T'ottin Man Ogles
by, Crab Point. Lonnio Howard wnd
Lawrence Garner. Newport will
represent the Carteret County
Farm bureau at the State con
vention in Asheville Feb. 13-16.
The local farm bureau is entitled
In t"-o ''Mine delegates These will
be Mr. Salter and Mr. Garner
A special lra;n to Die convention
will leave Gnldsbnro at 7 p.m. Sim-
dav. Fch. 13 and arrive at Ashe
ville at 5 p m A return train will
leave Asheville at 7 a. ni. Thurs
day. Feb 17 and arrive at Golds
born at 7:15 p.m. that night.
United States Senator J. Mel
vill Brouehton. Congressman Ha
rold I). Cooley and Allan B. Kline.
President of the American Farm
Bureau federation, will be among
the speakers at the convention.
The four-day meeting will begin
with a vesner service, sponsored
by the Associated Women of the
NCFB. at 8 P.m. Sunday night.
Broughton will speak Monday
night; Kline will talk Tuesday
morning on the Agrieulture-Indus-try-Labor
panel, and Cooley will
aive the annual banquet speech
Tuesday night.
..Jtfjnfl "portion nt the . meeting's
proaraiu .,whi ui nit: iii;
sudlterrumr adjacent to the George
Vanderbilt hotel, convention head
quarters. Already Asheville hotels
have assured the State office of
Farm bureau that they will guaran
tee accommodations for 1,000 per
sons, and if more than that number
of members indicate they will at
tend additional rooms will be made
available.
One of the highlights of the
meeting will be the six commodity
conferences scheduled for Monday
morning. Feb. 14. These will con
sist of full discussions of cotton,
tobacco, dairy and livestock, poul
try, peanuts, field crops, fruits and
vegetables. Tiiese discussions will
be led by commodity department
heads of the American Farm Bu
reau Federation.
Niece of Harvey L. Joslyn
Discovers Cure for Blights
CHAPEL HILL. Although
she started out looking for a drug
to cure certain human ailments
and hasn't found it yet Dr. Alma
J. Whiffen, niece of H. L. Joslyn,
Morehead City, scientist with the
Upjohn pharmaceutical laborator
ies in Kalamazoo, Mich., and gra
duate of the University of North
Carolina, has discovered something
very, very valuable to the farmer
a cure for the various blights of
major farm crops. '
Dr. Whiffen's discovery was
highly praised in a recent issue of
Time magazine, and the Upjohn
company, terming it "a splendid
piece of work," says "the vast
economic potential of this entirely
new type of fungicidal agent has
stimulated investigation now under
way cn a large scale."
The drug, called Aclidione, is an
"antifungal antibiotic," was discov
ered by Dr. Whiffen in her search
for an antibiotic effective against
fungi responsible for human dis
eases. Worthless for Humans
She noticed that the mold that
produces bacteria-killing strepto
mycin also produces s substance
that is deadly to fungi. She se
parated it from the "beers" (solu
tion in which the mold had been
growing), called it "acidione," and
tried it on fungi that cause human
diseases. The effort proved worth
less. "The Upjohn company gave the
new drug to the Michigan Agricul
tural . Experiment Station at East
Lansing to see what effect it had
on plants. In strong solutions it
killed young bean and oat seed
lings. Apparently acMdione was
good for nothing," Time said.
"But in the greenhouse near the
slain seedlings were some grown
up bean planU badly infected with
powdery ' mildew. Remembering
that actidione was supposed to kill
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Phone Company Asked to Expand Service to Rural Areas;
Commercial Manager Addresses Morehead City Rotarians
W. C. Harrow, commercial man
ager of Carolina Telephone and
Telegraph company gave a "bird's
eye view" of the telephone situa
tion in Morehead City and plans
for the telephone future at the
weekly meeting of the Morehead
City Rotary club Thursday night in
th recreation center.
The new exchange building, un
der construction now on 9th street
south of Arendell. is expected to
be ready the latter part of the
summer or ear'y fall of 194!), Mr.
Harrow reported.
However, he sla'ed tat it
would probably be the end of the
year before new switchboard
equipment arrives, and although
work on additional cables, con
duits, etc.. will be started, a large
part of the work will extend into
1950.
Spent i:i Carteret count v since
December 1945 was $126,520. A
breakdown of this figure follows:
central office equipment. $22,915,
outside plant cable, conduit, etc.,
$52,734: sleet storm dama"c. Feb
ruary 1948. $50,871.
These are figures on Inc above
normal operating costs Mr. Har
row emphasized, and "do not in
clude additional phones, etc."
Up to 1945 total plant invest
ment in Morehead City was $130,
883.94. Bv November 1948 it was
$269,023.28. In three vcars there
was an increase of $138,139.34. or
105 per cent, the commercial man
See Harrow Page 8
House Committee
OKs Gibbs Bill
Reported baek favorably Friday
by the Mms judiciary committee
was a bill introduced Tuesday in
general assembly by Carteret coun
ty representative, H. S. Gibbs, Sr.
This bill, according to A. H.
James, clerk of superior court,
makes it legal for the clerk to ad
minister estates where the deceas
sed dies without a will and the
estate does not exceed $300 in va
lue. Mr. James stated that this rule
I is already in effect in about threc-
lourms ot inc counties 01 me siaie.
The bill reads as follows: HB 50
"To amend Section 2868 of the
General Statutes of North Caro-,
lina relating to payments to clerks
of superior court, sums not exceed
ing three hundred dollars due to
estates, by extending the applica
tion thereof to Carteret County."
fungi (including mildews), the
Michigan scientists sprayed them
With w weak solution. In 48 hours
the mildew disappeared. They
made the solution still weaker and
tried it on other afflicted beans. It
worked like a charm. This week
the Upjohn company proudly an
nounced it had something new for
agriculture: an antibiotic that
might save the lives of the farm
er's plants, as penicillin and strep
tomycin have saved the lives of
people."
Time magazine explained that so
far Actidione has been proved only
against powdery mildew of beans,
tomatoes and roses under green
house conditions, but agricultural
scientists are testing it on other
plants infected with a long list of
other fungus diseases.
"If Actidione kills the smuts,
blights, rusts and wilts of the ma
jor farm crops," the Time article
concluded, "it will have a tremen
dous cfefct on the world's food
supply: fungi probably steal as
much food from man as all the
world's insects."
"The significance of belter con
trol of plant diseases can be ap
preciated in view of recently ex
pressed fears that according to
current trends population may out
strip potential food production in
the not too distant future."
Dr. Whiffen. who is a native of
Hammonten, N. J., received her
master's degree in chemistry in
1939 and her Ph. D. in 1941.
She !s a graduate of Maryville
college, Tenu., was awarded a fel
lowship at the University of North
Carolina, and was one of 21 science
prize-winners in the United States
when she completed her doctorate.
Dr. Whiffen, who has visited the
Jrslyns frequently in Morehead
City, spent one year at Harvard
working on penicillin .
Join the March of Dimes
Health Returns to 11 of
Offshore Shrimp
Survey Begins
Scientists Work Aboard
'Penny;' Will Survey
Southport to Haiteras
! The shrimp boat "Penny," own
ed by Captain Meritt Moore, South
port and chartered by the Univer
sity of North Carolina Institute of
Fisheries Research, left Southporl
i last week to begin a survey of
j shrimping grounds in thai area.
: Drag nets will be used in an at
! tempt to locate trawable bottom
and plot it on the existing Coast
I and Geodetic charts. Other data
obtained will be recorded and en
tered on the charts in such a way
as to be of most value to fisher
men, according to Dr. W. A. Elli
son, director of the Institute.
The primary purpose of this
survey, which is being directed by
the University of North Carolina
I list it uc with the advice and co
operation of the North Carolina
Shrimp commission, is to chart off
shore fishing grounds and to
search for off-shore shrimn. Opera
lions will extend from the South
port region to Cape Haiteras and
a record will be kept of all shrimp
caught as to species, size and loca
tion will be obtained that will
tion wil Ibe obtained that will
prove of use to both shell and
finny fish interests. This survey
has been delayed for a number of
months due to lack of a suitable
boat. The first boat acquired, the
Reliance, was found inadequate
and the Penny was acquired only
last month.
Captain Moore, Donald St.
George, and Ivor Ludlum, will op
crate the boat. Topographical
work and shrimp investigation will
be under the direction of Carter
Broad. Hydrological data and finny
fish findings will be handled by
Dr. Eugene W. Roclofs, and shcll
tish work will be in charge of A.
L. Chestnut. Present plans call for
a six-month project, to terminate
about June 15.
All the webbing required for
nets, used in the experiment, has
been given by The Linen Thread
company and the Submarine Sigf
nal company of Boston is lending
the Institute their latest depth
sounding equipment for making a
permanent record of the depths of
the two.
Dr. Ellison, with Mr. Chestnut,
returned recently from Englchart
and Swanquartcr, where they made
a routine collection trip and check
ed on data.
Farm Program
To be Considered
Re-organization of the Better
Farming for Better Living council
of Carteret county is expected to
take place at 6:45 Thursday night
at a dinner at the Inlet inn when
member of the commercial com
mittee of the Beaufort Chamber
of Commerce meet with Neil Bol
ton, Tide Water Power company
representative.
Each year Tide Water Power
company awards cash prizes to the
farm families of southeastern coun
ties served by Tide Water lines.
The families keep a progress re
port throughout the year and these
reports- re judged upon comple
tion of the program.
Plans to honor 1948 Cfrterct
winners at the Thursday night din
ner have been discarded. The
cash prizes will be awarded per
sonally by the county agent to' the
winners, Mr. and Mrs. Rufus Ogles
by, Mr. and Mrs. Elwood Piner, and
Mr. and Mrs. Primrose Gooding.
Members of the Beaufort Cham
ber of Commerce commercial com
mittee arc John Haynes, chairman,
Leslie Moore, E. W. Downum.
Odell Merrill. E. D. Willis, Frank
Leonard, Calvin Jones, David
Jones, and John Dill.
Others who will attend the
meeting are Dr. W. L. Woodard.
president of the Chamber of Com
fierce. Mrs. Carrie Gillikin. home
demonstration agent, R. M. Wil
liams farm agept, and Dan Walker,
manager ot the chamber.
Willi the 1949 March of Dimes
entering its last week, a view of
Carteret county's 1941) infantile
paralysis patients and their pre
sent status of health helps one
realize the miracles science and
medicine has wrought in fighting
this rrippline disease.
Only one Carteret county child
fell victim to in.antilo paralysis.
This was 11-year-old Clarice Ma
son, of Atlantic, who died Sept. 9
en i mile to the hospital at Wil
mington. With tlje exception of two
voungstcrs. Jasper Lawrence. More
head City, who was the second
case in the summer epidemic, and
Ray Salter, of Salter Path, all pa
tients have completely recovered,
the health depaitnient reports.
Jasper wears a brace on his left
arm and undergoes periodic treat
ment at New Bern and Wilmington
hospitals. Doctors believe lie will
recover full use of his aim, but the
recovery will he slow.
Jean Chadwick, Beaufort, who
was completely paralyzed for a
time and for a while was thought
not to be able to recover, looks and
acts today as though she had never j
had the disease. j
There is a slight weakness in her j
sides, her mother, Mrs. key Chad
wick. reports, and for this weak
ness she is given massages daily.
Jean never complains and as a mat
ter of fact, never has.
Jean was 8 years old when she
became ill June 21, the county's
first case She was confined to
James Walker hospital, Wilming
ton, for two months and when she
was seriously ill even her parents
were not permitted to see her.
."Doctors say now that it's "a mi
racle she's alive," commented Mrs.
Chadwick, "and we are deeply
grateful to everyone who has help
ed us."
Jean is a member of Miss Lessie
Arrington's fourth grade class at
Beaufort school. When the March
of Dimes cards were distributed
to the pupils last Tuesday Jean
proudly told her mother that there
was extra one card and so they
gave it to her.
Richard Salter and David Tay
lor, each 8 years old, who live at
Sea Level, have completely re
covered, as has Barbara Allen Da
vis. of Harkers Island.
Lee Prynnt Jenkins, whose
home is in Kinston, but who was
stricken July 30 while with his fa
mily at their summer home in
Morehead City has a slight defor
mity in his one leg. but this can be
noticed only when he runs.
Four-year-old Dorothy Lane
Murray, a little colored girl of
Beaufort route 1, (North River)
now rides her tricycle and seems
to have completely recovered. She
was treated at St. Agnes hospital
in Raleigh.
Rosa Lee Brilton, of North Ri
ver, 27 years old, also colored, was
stricken Aug. 17, five days after
the Murray child. She was treat
ed at Duke hospital and then Mon
roe hospital at Camp Sutton, and
has now recovered.
The remaining two on the fully
recovered list are 3-ycar-old W.
Preston Willis, Jr., Williston, and
4-month-old Barney Sutton, a color
ed baby of Beaufort.
A. II. James, county March ot
Dimes chairman, hopes that the
county's gbal of $7,000 will be met,
for if campaigns throughout the
slate and nation are not success
ful, future epidemics will lake a
terrific toll because there will be
no money with which to treat pa
tients. Recently appointed as chairman
of the March of Dimes drive in
Morehead Citv is Miss Charlotte
See Polio Page 8
Something New Has Been
Added to THE NEWS-TINES
An innovation lo THE CAR
TERET COUNTY NEWS
TIMES this week is a special
heading over each piece of
county news.
The name of the community,
superimposed on a map of
Carteret county, is in keeping
with THE NEWS TIMES pol
icy to make pages as attractive
typographically as they arc In
news value.
Readers will note when
Ocracoke news Is curried,
Ocracoke is superimposed on
the Carteret map. Even
though, geographically, Ocra
coke Is a party of Hyde county
we consider it very much a
pari of Carteret county and to
all Intents and purposes, we
believe it should bEiL
Carteret's Polio Patients
The First Two 1948 Polio
Jean Chadwick, 9, who lives in Highland Park Beaufort, was
the county's first case (.f polio last summer. Although she was so
seriously ill that it was believed at one time that shr couldn't sur
vive, she is normal and heallhv today, rides her bicycle, and tan do
anything lei two sisters, who were not stricken, ran do.
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l ive year-old Jasper Lawrence, pictured standing above, who
lives at 2009 Fishrr street, Morehead City, returned Nov. 22 from
James Walker hospital, Wilmington, where he was a patient for five
months. His left arm, now in a brace, was affected. Pictured with
him is his cousin, Donald Lawrence, who is busily ripping apart an
orange crate.
Beveridge Boys Treasure
Souvenirs of By-Gone Days
Governor to Visit
Camp Lejeune
Governor W. Kerr Scott and
members of the House and Senate
will visit Camp Lejeune Wednes
day, Feb. 2, it was announced this
week. Both houses have passed a
resolution to visit the giant Marine
training base, accepting the invi
tation of Brig. Gen. H. D. Linscott.
Brig. Gen. Linscott, Assistant Di
vision Commander, addressed both
houses at Raleigh and extended an
invitation to all members of the
General Assembly to visit Lejeune
with the Governor. i
The tentative schedule of events
for the visit is as follows: j
Governor Scott will receive a j
10 gun salute upon arrival and four!
ruffles and flourishes. The 2nd Di
vision band and honor guard will
be formed on the parade ground.
Following the rendering of hon
ors, the group wil proceed (o Mess
Hall 54 for luncheon where the
Commanding General. Maj (ien.
Franklin A- Hart, will deliver a
welcoming address.
After the luncheon, the Gover
nor and members of the General ,
Assembly will lake a guided tour
of the base with such points of in-'
tcrest aa the museum of the Naval
Field Research Laboratory, the In
dustrial Research 'Laboratory, the
Industrial Am, Artillery Park,
I weapons display and Tank Park. '
Victims
By Suzie lluinm
One of the most interesting mini
ature boats around here is owned
by Dave Bcveridge. It is made of
some 20 or 25-year old pine which
was taken from the waist of the
schooner sailed by his father, Cap
tain John Bevcridge, and later
shipwrecked. Captain Bcveridge
followed the sea for many years,
taking shingles and other domestic
products down to the Indies and
returning with spices, molasses
aid other tropical cargoes.
In his later years, he settled
down here to live a quieter, if less
colorful life. Making the water
side land south of the draw his
headquarters, he built up a busi
Scc Souvenirs Page 8
Tide Table
HIGH LOW
Tuesday, Jan. 25
5:27 AM 12 noon
5:43 PM 11:50 I'M
Wednesday, Jan. 26
6:21 AM 12:01 AM
6:37 PM 12:51 PM
Thursday, Jan. 27
7:09 AM 12:41 AM
7:25 PM 1:30 PM
Friday, Jan, 28
7:52 AM 1:29 AM
8:09 AM 2:19 PM
Bike Tags Arrive
The second order of bicycle tags
has arrived at the city clerk's of
fice, Morehead Citv, John Lashley,
clerk, has announced. They can be
obtained there now during the
hours of B-&
Two delegations ot farmers and
rural businessmen asked the State
Utilities commission Friday at a
heal ing on Carolina Telephone and
Telegraph company rates at Ila
leigh lo provide for county-wide
telephone service in rural areas.
Spokesmen lor the two groups.
Waller Fuller. Franklin county
farm agent, and Paul Kdmonds,
Gales county civic leader, claimed
I' rolina should be required to ex
pand rural service throughout its
territory which also includes Car
teret county.
The telephone is even more im
portant to the rural dweller than
to eily residents, they cnuteded.
Miles o! needless travel could be
saved, they said, if fanners were
able to call doctors, veterinarians
n:l farm supply dealers when
emergencies ari-e.
Fuller contended Carolina should
be ordered lo run its lines where
ever it cn gel as many as one cus
tomer every three lourlhs of a
mile
Carolina, pleading increased op
erating costs, told the commission
it must have at least $700,000 more
a year to meet demands for new
service.
The rale schedule necessary lo
produce the added income would
be left to the commission.
The company's president . L. W.
Hill of Tarlioro. said a utility must
lie able lo show a sound financial
structure in order to sell slock and
bonds necessary to finance its ex
pansion. During the I:-." ' ' ' months it
1948, he said, w . :.J 9,-
386 telephones lo its system.
"This is the greatest gain in tele
phones ever attained in a similar
period," he claimed. "Nevertheless
the company on December 1, 194ft,
had 12,000 unfilled orders, or a de
crease of only 300 from January 1.
Hit said the company expected
to spend uf least $3,000,000 for 1
aodnion:, to ils system during 1949,
and then would not be able to com
plete the job.
J. F. Havens of Tarboro, assist
ant to the president, testified the
cost of equipment and labor both
have climbed during the past year.
Carolina has added 25,000 tele
phones since August, 1945, he said,
and now has more than 73,000 tele
phones, including 10,700 rural tele
phones, on its lines.
The application was the third
filed -by the company in the past, 18
mouths. On August 1, 1947, it Was
allowed rate increases totaling
$288:651. Merc recently, it was
allowed to raise its rural rates by
sn estimated $83,500 a year. ;
Carolina serves 93 eastern North
Carolina communities, including
Taihoro, its headquarters, and
Ahoskic, Aulander, Aurora, Aydcn,
Beaufort, Belhavtui,. Benson, Beth,
el, Bladenhoro, Clayttip, Colerain,
Columbia, Conway, Diran, Eliza
bcthlown, Elm City, Enfielil, Farm
ville, Faycttcville, Greenville, Ha
lifax, Jacksonville, Kinston, Louis
burg, Morehead City, Oxford, Roa
nokc Rapids, Rocky Mount, Wake
Forest, Warrenton and Wilson.'
The commission said an order
would be drawn on the latest ap
plication possibly within the next
few weeks or as soon as the record
and finances of the company can
be studied.
North State Fills
I Crop Box Cars
It. J, May, chairman of the
Chrisfian Rural Overseas program
in Carteret county in December,
today released a state and nation
al report on CROP as given him by
Wayne McLain, chairman for :
North Carolina. '';
One million four hundred forty
thousand, nine hundred seven
pounds of food have been collect- '
ed to date. Forty-seven carloads
have been shipped from North Ca
rolina and five more arc sche
duled to leave, making a total of
52 carloads from this state's towns
and f-.rms. .
Mr. McLain said, "Fifteen hun
dred carloads went out from - 24
st- tcs during the Chirstmas period. (
At least 500 more are expected. :
"In terms of cold figures this is ;
w hat North Carolina and the nation
have accomplished through CROP.
The meaning, however, of this na- -iiunal
gift to our neighbors over-'
seas is inestimable. It will mean1
health again to children dying of
tuberculosis. To Displaced Per- '
sons, wandering across Europe,
homeless, without food, and with
out hope, it will mean a warm bowl
of soup, a nourishing bUn, jind
cheer in a cheerless world. ' k