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A Merger of THE BEAUFORT NEWS (Established 1912) and THE -TWIN CITY TIMES (Established 1936)
8th YEAR NO. 20
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MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA, TUESDAY, MARCH 15, 1949
PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
Judge Williams Blasts Residents Failing to List Taxes
New Bern
Engineers OK
Proposed Oregon
Inlet Improvement
By Aycock Brown
MANTEO Shoal-filled Ore
gon Inlet will have deep channels
soon for navigational interests of
commercial fishing and other in
dustries afloat, if recommenda
tions for improving existing condi
Army Engineering corps' south
tions made public by the U. S.
Atlantic Division of Atlanta, are
approved in Washington.
Dare County Chamber of Com
merce officials were notified Fri
day that the South Atlantic Di
vision of Army engineers were
favorable to the improvements
and that its reporting officers
would recommend that the U. S.
(iovcrnment provide a channel 14
feet dep and 400 feeet wide over
the bar and through the inlet.
Channels of 12 feet depth and
100 feet in width would connect
this main channel with Pamlico
Sound and the harbors at Wan
chese and Manteo, and also neces
sary turning basins.
Estimated firs cost of the im
provement will be $860,462 by the
Army Engineering Corps, $26,865
by the Co.:st Guard's aids to navi
gation division and $8,750 by lo
cal interests. In addition to that
now required tnere would be an
annual maintenance of $97,000
for maintenance work on the
channels.
Representative Herbert C. Bon
ner of the First Congressional
District and Col. George W. Gil
lette, executive director, N. C.
State Ports Authority (and form
er District and Division Army En
gineer) have worked very closely
with parties inteersted in the pro
posed RnprovemcnU bince they
were initiated at a public hearing
here in Manteo on March 6, 1946.
Since that time also, and for
the past 15 months Alvah H.
Ward, chairnran of Dare County
Chamber of Commerce's fisheries
and waterways committee, assist
ed by Ben Dixon MacNeill who
prepared the brief which was pre
sented to the engineering officials
have led the movement to have
the improvements made.
Stanley James Serves
With 24lh Infantry
'with the eighth army
ift GIFU, Japan Pfc. Stanley
James of 421 Pine St., Beaufort,
,ia a member of the 24th Infan
try regiment, now stationed at
Gifu, Japan. The 24th Infantry
is a part of the 25th (Tropic
Lightning) division, commanded
by Major General William B.
Kean.
t Private Stanley is a rifleman in
Company L and was chosen as a
member of an honor guard for
Secretary of the Army, Kenneth
C. Royall, during his recent visit
to Japan.
Private Stanley entered the
Army in July 1947, received his
basic training al Fort Dix, New
Jersey, and departed for overseas
duty in December 1947.
' Before entering the service he
attended Queen St. High school.
Senior Class to Present
Play, 'Brides to Burn'
The senior class of Morehead
City high school has begun rehear
sals for their play "Brides to Burn"
which will be given Friday night,
(April 8, in the school auditorium.
'' The play, a farce in three acts,
Wakes place in a college town. It
is being directed by Mrs. Waldron
Bailey, senior class advisor.
The cast is as follows: Miss Lcti
.tia Gundy (Tish) a wealthy spins
ter, Marjoric Stone; Gilroy Gar
'field Gundy (Gil) her young nc
' phew and heir, Giles Willis; Cearice
i Borland, her girlhood friend, a wi
, dow, Jo Jayne Windell; Gertrude
Borland (Trudie) Clarice's daugh
ter, Nancy Derrickson; Harold Ha
'zard (Hap) Trudie's secret heart
i, throb, Luther Norris; Frank Ful
ton (Fats) Hap's side-kick, Richard
Spears; Sue Prentis, a maid, Lois
""Webb; Hotchkiss, English butler.
"Buck Matthews; Sapolia JUpp, the
hillbilly cook, Mary Anne Merrill;
..Madame Gasparilla, who looks into
the future. Elsie Jane Willis: and
J)r. Jonesby, a dentist who is deaf,
f'lUljih, Sterlcn.
lo Cooperate
New Bern will cooperate with
Beaufort and Morehead City to ob
tain a radio-telephone station for
the Carteret coast.
George P. Arrington, secretary
of-the New Bern Chamber of Com
merce, was invited to the commit
tee meeting which was attended
by members of both the Beaufort
and Morehead City Chambers of
Commerce Friday noon at the Ho
tel Fort Macon.
Beaufort and Morehead City are
interested in the project from the
standpoint of commercial fishing,
while New Bern is interested inso
far as pleasure craft "are concerned,
Mr. Arrington stated. Four men
from New Berg will be appointed
to the committee.
Statistics on the number of boats
operating out of these harbors and
the number of tragedies that could
have been averted, had there been
a radio telephone station here, will
be presented in the near future to
the proper federal authorities.
George Eastman, chairman of
the committee, stated that this sec
tion of the coast is the only place
along the eastern seaboard with
out shore-to-ship and shore-to-plane
communication facilities.
The chief obstacle to obtaining
a station at present is the report
that no frequency band is avail
able. Further inquiry will be made
into this matter.
The committee agreed that a 100
watt Station is necessary to ade
quately serve this area.
According to figures presented
at the meeting, 10,000 small boats
are registered at Beaufort in addi
tion to 418 vessels of S net tons
and larger, while at Wilmington,
where a radio-telephone station will
soon be located, there are only 152
vessels in the 5 ton and larger
class. No figure was given on the
small boats for Wilmington.
Those who attended the meeting
Friday, which was the first held
by the radio-telephone station com
mittee, were W. H. Potter, Dr. W.
L. Woodard, George Eastman, Dr.
John Morris, M. T. Mills, Dan
Walker, Harry McGinnis, Charles
Bonnet! Dvid Sever" isc, jlr.
Arrington, and Mr. Eastman.
Newport Delegation Returns
Happily from Washington
The delegation, from Newport
which went to Washington last
week to investigate the possiblity of
trading land for a portion of Croa
tan National forest returned . with
high hopes.
The assistant chief of the fores
try service stated that the exchange
could be effected. It is hoped
that a veterans' housing project
will develop on a portion of land
near Newport which is now part of
the Croatan forest.
Those who made the trip to
Washington were Aaron Craig,
mayor of Newport, Henry Edwards,
a commissioner, Roy Barnard, rep
resentative of the Cherry Point
Veterans' Housing cooperative,
George W Ball, Newport town
George W. Ball, Newport town
lowc.
Call Goes Out lo Form
Carteret National Guard
A call wat issued today from
Army headquarter to all Car
toret county resident interested
in forming a National Guard
company. They will meet torn or
row ercning at 7:30 o'clock in
the Recreation center (former
USO building) Morehead City.
While all are invited, those
with prior military experience
are especially urged lo attend.
Mayor Dill Sends A&ault
Case to Recorder's Court
Probable cause was found in the
case of William Fulford', charged
with assault and tried yesterday
afternoon in police court, More
head City, by Mayor George W.
Dill, Jr.
The case was bound over to re
corder's court with Fulford placed
under $100 bond.
The prosecuting witness, Ful
ford's wife, Marlenc, testified that
her husband accosted her on the
street, struck her, and a free-for-all
ensued. ,
She told the mayor that her hus
band had threatened to beat her up
the next time he found her on the
street alone. The couple do not
live together.
The warrant for Fulford's arrest
was sworn out by his wife Wednes
day and he wis released until yes
terday under $50 bond;.
on Tele-Radio Station
George W. Dill, Jr.
To Head Rotary Club
George W. Dill, Jr., has been
elected president of Morehead City
Rotary Club for the year 1949 1950
With him James I. Mason will serve
as vice-president. Delfido Cordova,
secretary-treasurer, and the follow
ing directors Dr John Morris,
Stanley Woodland, Gordo i Willis,
Clyde Jones, and W. C. Carlton.
Mr. Dill, mayor of Morehead
City and a director" in the League
of Municipalities, succeeds Louis
D. Gore. Mr. Mason succeeds
George McNeill. Mr Cordova was
re-elected.
The new officers who will serve
one year, will be installed at the
first meeting in July.
Their next meeting will he held
at 6:30 Thursday nifiht in the homo
economics department of Morehead
City school. The dinner will be
served by members of Mrs. Delfido
Cordova's home economics class.
Jaycees Estimate
Profit at $350
The Beaufort Junior Chamber
of Commerce reported at its meet
ing last night at the Inlet inn that
approximately $350 was cleared
on the Minstrel show, Dixie
Bound, Friday nipht at Beaufort
school.
The red and white outfits, with
red and white toppers, formed a
'colorful scene against a similar
backdrop for the 1949 minstrel
which lived up to the famous re
putation the Jaycees have for pro
ducing good shows.
George Cottingham with his
electric eyes, the quartet, and the
washboard band (which included
anything else the boys could lay
their hands on) were standouts in
the show.
Miss Hazel Noe lent the only
female note to the production. Miss
Betty Lou Merrill, who is attend
ing Woman's college, Greensboro,
was scheduled to appear but could
not do so because of school work.
The rash of minstrel shows
which broke out in Carteret county
this month is believed to be ended
now. The show put on by More
head school pupils Wednesday was
a success and Morehead City fire
department cleared $64.80 on the
minstrel they presented Saturday
night al the school.
.14 Inch Rain Falls
SundayObserver Reports
Fourteen hundredths of an inch
of rain fell Thursday, E. Stamcy
Davis, official weather observer,
reported today.
Temperatures for Thursday
through Sunday were recorded as
follows:
Max. Min.
Thursday 63 40
Friday 59 34
Saturday 54 50
Sunday 54 43
Tide Table
HIGH LOW
Tuesday, March IS
8:30 a.m. 2:26 a.m.
8:58 p.m. 2:47 p.m.
Wednesday, March 16
9:27 a.m. 3:17 a.m.
9:48 p.m. ,. 3:33 p.m.
Thursday, March 7
10:14 a.m. 4:08 a.m.
10:39 p.m. 4:19 p.m.
Friday, March 18
11:53 a.m. 5:00 a.m.
11:31 p.m. 5:07 p.m.
Fire Chief Heqnests
Compliance with Law
Eldon L. Nelson, Morehead
City fire chief, stated yester
day that all motorists who do
not pull to the curb for three
minutes when the fire alarm
sounds, will be fined.
Members of the fire depart
ment should proceed immediate
ly to the fire. All other vehi
cles should get out of the way,
the chief continued, stating
that the three-minute stoppage
is in compliance with law.
Postmaster Lists
Morehead Boxes
Harold W. Webb, Morehead
City postmaster, today listed the
mail boxes throughout the tow n
and the times at which nutil is
picked up at each one.
11c pointed out that mail in Hie
liox by the time of the morning
collection will g- out the same
day, but mail picked up in the
afternoon collection will not go
out until the following day.
Mail, intended to leave here
as soon as possible, should be in
the pnstoffice by :( p. m. each
afternoon if it if not placed in
the boxen in time for the morning
collection.
Box locations and collection
times are as follows: 10th and
Kvans 8:15 a. m. and 1:3') p. in.;
12th and Kvans, ! a. m. and 2 p.
m.; 12th and Shepard, 10:l.r a. in.
anil 2 : 5 5 p. m.; 17th and Shackel
ford, 10:45 a. in. and 3:10 p. m.
18th Hnd Arendell, 11 a. m. and
4:05 p. m.; 14th and Arendell,
11:15 a. ni. and 1:25 p. in.; !tth
and Arendell, 11:30 a. m. and
4 :35 p. m.
12th and Arendell, it a. m. and
2:15 p. m.; Kith and Bridges, 0:30
a. m. ami 4:15 p. m.; 13th and
Fisher, 11:15 a. m. and 4 :30 p.
m. and the box at 22011 Arendell,
2 p. m.
Political
This is the second installment
of a two-part article on the pro
posed national health insurance
program. The first part appeared
in Friday's paper and concluded
with a paragraph stating that
New Zealand's national health
program absorbs 40 per cent of
all the government's revenue
and that deficit ficancing has
been resorted to in order to fur
nish the benefits promised).
But even if the cost were several
times greater than the present cost
of medical service to the American
people, might it not be worth it if
everybody got better medical care?
Let us sec.
In the first place, there is no
magic in the mere spending of
money. The Government cannot
create more physicians or nurses
by appiipriating vast sums to bu
reaucrats for the control of physi
cians and nurses. Only medical
schools and hospitals can produce
such qualified practitioners, and
no Federal funds can make the
numbers who will graduate greatcs
than they will be anyway.
In the second place, the history
of political medicine in every
country where it has ever, been
tried has presented one outstand
ing fact. Nothing is so dear to the
heart of a bureaucrat as rules and
regulations. There is no record in
any department of any government
telling of rules that have at first
been long and complicated, and
have then been made short and
simple. It always works the other
way.
.The pioneer country in politi
cal medicine was Germany under
Bismarck. There, the early rules
were simple. Forty years later,
they had become so complicated,
that no single mind in the land
knew then .all. Dr. Walter Sulz
bach, a recognized authority on the
subject, has said that in the 1920's
"so many changes in laws on so
cial insurance were made that the
pertinent commentaries were no
longer published jo book form but
Judge Clawson Williams submitted to Solicitor William J. Bundy
during his charge to the grand jury yesterday morning a list of 650
Carteret county residents who have not listed their 1949 taxes, ordering
that all who have not listed taxes by the next term of superior court
(June) shall be prosecuted to the full extent of the law.
1 say to you, frankly, unreservedly, and candidly that it is a mark
of dishonor for a man not to list his property," declared the judge.
He announced to the courtroom that he was astounded to learn
that so many had failed to comply with the law. "It is a criminal offense
for anyone to willfully fail to list taxes," he continued. "When the
taxes arc paid there will be an additional 10 per cent levied," the
Talent Search
Begins Tonight
First Contest Will Be Held
At Harkers Island School,
Beginning at 7:45 P. M.
The Lions second annual county
wide talent search will begin at
7:45 tonight at Harkers Island
school. Proceeds will go to the
Lions club aid-to-the blind and vi
sually handicapped fund.
Two hundred twenty-five dollars
in cash prizes will be offered at the
finale which will take place April
1 at Beaufort school following pre
liminary contests at schools
throughout the county. Victor Wic
kizer. chairman of the talent
search, announced today.
No cash prizes will bo given at
oieliniinary contests. These win
ners, however, will be qualified to
enter the finals.
In the age group 115 two cash
prizes, $35 each, will be awarded.
One will go lo the winner in the
vocal number classification. Con
testants may be a soloist, members
f a duet, trio, or any singing
group up lo six in number.
Thirty-five dollars will also be
awarded to winners in this age
classification who present an in
strumental or novelty number.
These same classifications, with
a $35 prize in each, also apply to
contestants 16 years of age and
older.
The winner in the glee club or
chorus classification will receive
$60 and in addition a grand prixe
winner will be selected and this
winner will receive an extra $25.
Five winners will be selected at
each local contest, if there are en
tries in the five classifications and
if the judges deem the entries
worthy to proceed to the finals.
At the nreliminary contests the
judges will be chosen by the local
school principal.
The complete schedule is as fol
lows: tonight, Harkers Island
school: Friday night, Morehead Ci
ty; Tuesday night, March 22. New
port school: Thursday night, March
24, Smyrna school; and Friday
night. March 25, Beaufort school.
Finals will be held Friday night.
See TALENT Page 8
Medicine
in loose-leaf catalog form, so that
any entry could quickly be replac
ed by another."
The story is the same every
where. In England at first na
tional health insurance covered on
ly 20,000,000 people, yet within 30
years the rules and regulations re
quired a volume of 1,300 pages to
set them forth.
In the United States, less homo
geneous, vhcre there is greater
variation in every way, and where
148,000,000 people would be affect
ed, rules and regulations would
pass beyond the power of any in
dividual to understand and inter
pret. Physicians, dentists, phar
macists, nurses, hospitals, and ap
plicants for medical treatment
would alike be overwhelmed by
them. A vast policing system
would have to be set up to enforce
them. Such matters as the num
ber and cost of all prescriptions
issued by physicians and the prices
the 80,000 pharmacists could charge
the Government for every "free
prescription would be among the
many matters to be controlled.
Every item of expense in every
hospital would be subject to bit
rcaucratic scrutiny. Such a system,
in which physicians would have to
spend hours daily writing out re
ports, would lead to deterioration
of medical service, if not to down
right disintegration.
One major respect in which po
litical medicine would work ad
versely to the interest of the indi
vidual would be in the freedom of
choice in selecting his physician.
Despite assurances that freedom
of choice will be preserved, such
freedom is impossible if the sys
tem is to work al all. Many advo
cates admit as much privately. It
is generally agreed that a "capi
tation system means that each phy
sician will be permitted to have
so many patients sign up in ad
vance to be, treated by him, and
when his quota, to be fixed by the
bureaucrats, is filled, he may take
on no more. He will be paid so
See MEDICINE Page 8
judge warned.
The jurist told the grand jury
men that they were fulfiling in
their capacity as grand jurors one
of the highest offices of the state.
After giving a brief history of the
origin of the grand jury, he charged
the 18 men to kep all their pro
ceedings secret, to act iairiy and
impartially.
"Law," Judge Williams declared,
"is the greatest strength a man has,
aside from his own mother. "It
must be enforced! Into your hands
has been committed this high
charge."
The sacrifice the grand jurors
make in leaving their farms or
places of business to serve at court
is nothing, the jurist continued, in
comparison to the sacrifices made
by America's young men who
fought in world wars I and II to
preserve the nation's legal, politi
cal, and social rights
They fought to preserve the be
lief that the individual, he con
tinued, is the core of our nation,
a fact upheld by the North Caro
lina constitution.
The presiding official in Carteret
county's 1949 March term of su
perior court told the jurors that
dislike of a certain law is no rca-
I son to disobey it.
i "If a law Is bad," he declared,
J "the only way to get rid of it is to
rigidly enforc eit. If it's no good
! the people will demand a change.
1 If there are benefits to be derived
I from the law. then it should be
rigidly enforce it. If it's no good
those benefits."
He spoke vehemently against
drunken drivers. In a discusion on
lawlessness, he commented that it
is attributable to a combination of
factors, but he continued, "... a
man never breaks the law. That's
the greatest misnomer there ever
was. The law stands supreme, the
man breaks his own lite against
the law."
He instructed the jurors to in
vestigate the various county offices,
the schools, with particular atten
tion to the colored schools, and
ended with a quotation from a let
ter written by Gen. Robert E. Lee
to his son: "Remember, duty Is the
sublimes! word in the English lan
guage." Beaufort Cannery Company
Goes Into Receivership
Beaufort Cannery company en
tered receivership Saturday on the
grounds of insolvency and defraud
ing creditors.
At the conclusion of a four-hour
tr.al held Saturday at Snow Hill
Judge J- Paul Frizelle named S.
A. Chalk, Morehead City, receiver.
The case was scheduled for trial
in the last term of superior court
here but was postponed at the re
quest of parties concerned.
The plaintiffs were the Pierce
Butler Radiator corporation and
others. Attorneys for the plain
tiffs were George W. Ball and
Harvey Hamilton, Morfchcad City.
Attorneys for the defendants, A.
Sorrentino and Nick Sbarra, were
Claude Wheat lev, Jr., and J- F.
Duncan, Beaufort.
Ministerial Association
Discusses Constitution
The Coastal Ministerial associa
tion discussed its constitution and
by-laws at its monthly meeting
yesterday morning in the civic
center. The Rev. L. A. Tilley, chair
man of the committee on drawing
up the constitution, led the discus
sion. This followed the devotional by
the Rev. J. R. Davidson, of Davis,
and a talk on the theology of St.
Paul by Dr. John Burrn, Morehead
City.
The Rev. H. L. Harrell, ol
Straits, president of the associa
tion, presided. Approximately 15
ministers were present.
L. Leigh Wilson To Make
Tour Of Beaufort Tomorrow
I.. Leigh Wilson, fiold represen
tative for the North Carolina Lea
fue of Municipalities, will make a
survey of Beaufort tomorrow af
ternoon Hnd meet with the plan
ning board at 7:30 Wednesday
night in the town hall.
Members of the town board and
the planning board arc expected to
accompany Mr. Wilson on hia tour
of the town. Mr. Wilson's visit
here has been arranged by the
Chamber of Commerce.
He is one of the few graduate
municipal managers in North
Carolina.
Taylor's Creek Project
Goes to Congressmen
The recommendation for the
deepening of Taylor's creek to
12 feet with a channel width of
100 feet went to Congress Thurs
day among several recommenda
tions from Secretary of the
Army Royall.
This project is included in the
dredging of waterways connect
ing Pamlico Sound and Beaufort
harbor. The 12-foot channel will
extend from the east end of
Beaufort harbor to Lennoxville
point.
Cost was' estimated at $82,200
and upkeep at $4,500 annually.
Official Requests'
More Teachers To
Affiliate with NE A
According to a recent survey.
South River, Otway, Morehead
City, and Beaufort schools are the
only ones with 100 per cent facul
ty membership in1 the National
Education association. M. L. Joslyn,
superintendent of schools reported
recently.
In a letter to teachers, urging
them lo develop a more profes
sional attitude toward their jobs,
Mr. Joslyn commented that those
who do not belong to NEA are
"hHch-hikers on the NKA road of
progress."
Carteret county is 100 per cent
behind the North Carolina Educa
tion association, but this year there
was a loss of 12 members when, the
superintendent continued, there
should have ben an increase of 45.
At present 52 per cent of the
county teachers are members of
NEA. Mr. Joslyn said, "There is
a lack of professional development
in our county with 48 per cent of
our group satisfied to exist, yet
expecting our local and state or
gan.'TJtions o work .whi1 belter
schools."
The school official made a plea
that more schools attain a 100 per
cent teacher membership in NEA
during 1948-49.
NEWS BRIEFS
Teachers wil attend a meeting
of the county unit of the North
Carolina Education associatio"
Thursday afternoon at Morehead
City high school.
Benjamin Dean Walker. Jr..
Morehead City, has had his license
revoked on a charge of drunken
driving, according to a report from
State highway division.
The Crab Point home demon
stration club will meet with Mrs.
Joe Williams at 2 o'clock Thurs
day .iftcrnoon. The demonstration
will be "Know Your Public Health
Department."
Chief of Police E. J. Willis.
Morehead City, last year smoked
3,700 cigars. He keeps account by
saving the ring from each stogie!
There was no recorder's court
Friday. The next session will be
at 10 o'clock Tuesday morning,
March 22.
Passed by the State Senate Fri
day was HB 469 permitting Car
teret county board of education to
lease school property for athletic
or recreational purposes. This bill
was introduced at the request of
Beaufort Athletic association which
wished to erect a stadium on the
grounds of Beaufort school.
The Morehead City Merchants
association will meet at noon
Thursday at the Jefferson res
taurant. The 4-H Service club will meet
at 7:30 Thursday night at Taylor's
Community hall, Harlowe.
Under Way this week is a revival
at the First Christian church, More
head City. Leading the revival
is the Rev. Charles Riggs, La
Grange. A girls' trio will sing
Thursday night.
The Iront end of the car driven
by Gordon Hardcsty, Jr., Beaufort,
was slightly damaged at five min
utes past midnight Saturday when
the car ran over the curb at Marsh
and Front streets, Beaufort. Young
Hardcsty and four -others in the
car escaped without injury.
The House committee on propo
sitions and grievances approved
Friday a bill which authorizes the
holding of an election in Currituck
county on the question of legalii
ins horse or dog racing and pari
mutttel betting.
Remains of Four
Men Due Here
Bodies Dis-Inierred From
Temporary Cemeteries In
Europe Shipped lo U. S.
The bodies of four soldiers,
former residents of this section,
are being returned to the United
States aboard the United States
Army transport Barney Kirsch
baum, the Department of the Army
has announced.
These men are Cpl. Frederick
B. Cannon, whose next of kin is
listed as Fred S Cannon, 1905
Bridges street, Morehead City; Pvt.
William D. Blake, Jr., whose next
of kin is William D. Blake. Sr.,
711 Mulbery street, Beaufort, T5
William J. Gaskins, whose next of
kin is Ethel Gaskins, Ocracoke;
and Pfc. Johnny A. Gates, whose
next of kin is Lawrence L. Gates,
513 Arendell street, Morehead City.
These remains are among 8,785
which are being returned from
temporary military cemeteries in
France. Belgium, Holland, Luxem
bourg, and England.
The Army stated that each next
of kin would bp notified in ad
vance of the arrival of the vessel,
and again after arrival of the re
mains al the region d Distribution
Centers of the American Graves
Registration service.
Under the program for final bur
ial of World War II dead, next of
kin may elect to have remains re
turned to the United States for
burial in a private or national
cemetery overseas or a private
cemetery in a foreign country
which is the homeland of the de
ceased or of the next of kin. '
Court Dissolves
11 Marriages
' Eleven divorces were granted
yesterday, the first day of superior
court. No criminal cases were
tried.
The divorces acted upon were
' the following: Evelyn Branch
Copes vs. Guy Copes. Alonzo Bell
I vs. Helen Jones Bell, Eloise .C.
English vs. Loonidas E. English,
Jamy A. Vandiford vs. Millard M.
Vandiford.
Irene G. Claypool vs. Robert
Lcroy Claypool, Margaret H. Lewis
vs. Hardy H. Lewis, George W.
Lewis vs. Pearl G. Lewis, Gerald
V. Troyer, Jr., vs. Elizabeth G.
Troycr.
Leah F. Lewis vs. Hugh L. Lewis,
Garner J. Gillikin vs. Maggie Gil
likin. Serving on the grand jury for
this term of court arc the follow
ing: Ira D. Garner, foreman, James
Kelly, A. M. Hill, Carroll Arthur,
Bertram Daniels, Willie B. Guth
rie, Sterling Arthur, Manly Mur
phy. Aaron Craig. A. B. Cooper, Lu
ther Gaskill, M. M. Eubanks, A.
E. Garner, Joshua Hardy, J. R.
Smith, C. D. Cannon, Marvin E.
Willis, and C. H. Freeman.
George Lewis was sworn in as
guard of the grand jury.
Serving on the petit jury yester
day were Murray Robinson and No
lie G. Fulcher, Atlantic; Willie O.
Guthrie, Vannie P. Guthrie, and
Dan Yeomans, Harkers Island; Kit
by Salter, Davis; H. H. Smith. New
port; Graydcn M. Paul, W.C. Ed
wards, and Everett S. Mason, Beau
fort; Herbert Styron, Cedar Island;
Ivy Gaskill. Smyrna; E. D. Jones,
Broad Creek.
Fire Departments Answer
Four Calls Over Weekend
Beaufort and Morehead City
fire departments answered four
alarms over the weekend.
Beaufort fire department was
called to the home of Hiram Kerr,
Orange street, yesterday morning
when the chimney became over
heated. There wag little if any
damage, firemen reported. They
also answered an alarm at 1 1 :80
Sunday morning when the car be
longing to Bill Gillikin caught fire
at Leroy Mcintosh's garage. This
was extinguished in several min
utes. Morehead City firemen put out
a grass fire at 3:15 Saturday
afternoon in the block betwoe-n
25th and 26th etrcets, Arendell
and Evans. The alarm was sent
in from box 38.
They answered a call to the
home of Harry N. Merrill at 12:05
Sunday afternoon where , an oil
neater flooded. Damage was main
ly from smoke, the alarm was sent
m from box 46.
Two Jurorfe who failed to report
'or duty were fined $20 each. They
were I. W. Lewis and G. B Good