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A Merger of THE BEAUFORT NEVS (Established 1912) and THE TWIN CITY TIMES (Established 1936)
MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, MARCH 18, 1949
S8th YEAR NO. 20
SIXTEEN PAGES
PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
Gillikin., Guthrie Found Guilty on Arson Charges
Chambers of
Beaufort Junior Chamber of
Commerce ind Morehead City
Chamber of Commerce have join
ed the fight for better Saturday
movies.
The Jaycecs at their meeting
Monday night ordered that a let
ter lie sent to Stewart Everett
thcalie owners protesting against
Hie snoot 'em up dramas shown
on Saturdays when youngsters go
to the show.
The letter from Morehead City
Chamber of Commerce, in which
Stewart Everett holds member
ship, requested that the theatre
management take cognizance of
the situation rather than ignore
ii as they have thus far.
lieaufort Parent-Teacher asso
ciation at its meeting Tuesday
night suggested that, the Beaufoit
Chamber of Commerce join the
forces to clean up Saturday shows
and Morehead City Parent Teach
er association formally went on
record opposing murder shows at
their meeting Monday night.
This section is not unique in its
effort to have movie houses show
hotler pictures for youngsters on
Saturdays. At the request of Los
Angeles PTAs a western and a
classical movie, such as "Robin
Hood" and others are billed for
Saturdays.
Murder pictures aie not the con
stant bill of fare but for every
good (musical or comedy) show
with a Saturday western picture,
it has been noted that there are
two or thiee of the modern gang
ster type.
Since the campaign against
crime sliows began last month the
only recognition Siewart Everett
has taken of the situation is to
withdraw its advertising from
THE NEWS TIMES.
Planning Board
Lays Groundwork
For Zoning Town
The Beaufort planning board
laid tiic groundwork at their
meeting Wednesday night in the
town hall for zoing the town.
This will he placed before the
town board for consideraton at
the April meeting, by Dr. N. Tho
mas Enneit, member of the plan
ning board.
L. Leigh Wilson, field represen
tative for the League of Munici
palities, attended the Wednesday
night meeting and explained what
can and can't be done in zoning
and whether it would be advisable
to extend the town limits.
The planning board, though in
teersted in investigating the limit
exXension proposition, requested
Mr. Wilson to first explain zon
ing.
Mr. Wilson outlined the advan
tages in having a zoned town.
Property values are protected,
both in residential and business
sections, permits intelligent lay
ing of sewer and water lines
(making lines large enough for
towif growth), and creates an or
derly town.
Segregation lines (according to
race, color, or creed) cannot be
drawn in zoning, neither after a
zoning law is enacted can any
buildings standing at the time of
enactment be torn down. Although
town growth is a slow process, the
value of zoning can readily be
seen as years pass, Mr. Wilson
told the group.
He suggested a thorough sur
vey of the town followed by re
commendation from the planning
board to the town commissioners.
Before a zoning law can be en
acted, it must be explained to
citizens at a town meeting.' He
further stated that zoning lines
are flexible. They can be changed
if it is found advantageous to the
town. -
The planning board can regu
late placement of buildings on a
lot and should do so, Mr. Wilson
remarked. A front yard of at
least 8 feet should be required
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Commerce Join Fight to
Morehead City Commissioners Earmark
$4,000 for Carteret Recreation Center
Grand Jury Report Dwells On
Condition of County Schools
Bag limestone
Available Now
Adminislraior Summarizes
Conservation Practices
In County in 1948
Carteret county farmers who
desire bag limestone may now ar i
range to get it through the county
office of the Agriculture Conscr j
vation association located in the
j Beaufort post office. 1'MA Ad ,
nunistrator B. .1. May has an j
were able to get limestone in
bulk form only but that recent
regulations permit them to obtain
it in bag form. Interested farm j
ers should contact Mr. May. i
A recent summary of the liMMj
accomplishments of the county of
fice show that much was done.
Of tiie Til! farms in tiie county.
202 carried out one or more prac
tices in 1 !48 for which they re ;
ceived assistance through the pro
gram. These practices were car
vied out on 7,.r0() acres of crop
'end in the county.
Eight hundred fifty-four tons
of lime were spread on !S5 acres -
on 101 farms; lt),2l0 pounds of
winter cover crop seed consisting
of crimson Clover,.. vetch, Austrian
A'rrrter peas, and annual rye grass
wore seeded to G32 acres on (ill
farms; 25 farms reported 113
acres-nf "'V;eft lie? on lne
VfAMttAnoop - l',2H laims
Vjsed .... 1 ..nds of permanent
gesture seed on an' f ymated 7H
eg of permanent.' isture; 25
l .ins removed 26,644? ;ubic yards
I dirt in constructing trpen ditch
drainage, 68 farms seeded 353
acres . of summer legumes (soy
beans, velvet beans, c w peas) ;
i'nd one farmer seeded two acres
of crotalaria.
The total assistance rendered
by the government in the county
amounted to $8,188.0(5. This sum
represented slightly less than fifty
per cent of the actual cost of the
practices.
Administrator May states that
the drainage problem is the most
serTous situation facing the PMA
today. Consequently, the main
emphasis in Carteret county is on
farm drainage, use of lime and
phosphate, an destablishing per
manent pasturage.
Since the beginning of the Pro
duction Marketing Administration
in 1936, 186 million tons of lime
have been applied to 10"5 million
acres of land in the United States.
Also, 16 million tons of superphos
phate have been spread on 123
acres of farmland; 710 thousand
pasture and stock water develop
ments have been constructed; and
700 thousand miles of standard
terraces have been built to serve
14 million acres.
Construction Materials
Lying on Thoroughfares
Must be Fenced, Board Says
A. B. (Jack) Roberts, More
head City building inspector, was
given authority at the town board
meeting Tuesday night in the mu
nicipal building to order all con
tractors who use the street for
storage of building materials, to
fence these supplies and mark
fence with warning lights at night.
This order was given for pro
tection of pedestrians and motor
ists in areas where building is
under way. The commissioners
stated that town streets could be
blocked off to facilitate construc
tion but Bridges street (highway
70) had to remain open.
To provide sufficient space for
the new church being built by
the First Methodist congregation,
an additional 6 inches westward
into the alley on lot 14 square 14
was granted.
The commissioners also re-affirmed
the building inspector's or
der that the new elevator shaft
to be installed in Morehead City
hospital should be of fireproof
construction.
To establish a uniform building
line In the Montagus division, Sun
set Shores, the board decided that
the fronts of lots there should be
the south side of Sunset drive.
The grand jury report, return
ed to Judge Clawson Williams
Wednesday afternoon in superior
court, dwelled on the deplorable
condition of Carteret county's
schools.
The grand jury also inspected
the prison camp at Newport and
found it "in number one condi
tion in every respect." The re
port continued, "We would like
to say here that if other public
institutions were one half as well
kept, the conditions as we found
them mentioned below, would not
exist." The jurors then comment
eil on the school.-.
They further stated that the
schools were as II. L. .loslyn, in u'
interview, told them they wouid
be, and that the conditn ns are
due to lark of f'."uls.
"We think that the county sup
eiintendent and all professors and
teachers are doing a remarkable
job in operating the schools, hail
dicapped as they are," I lie gland
jury declared.
They found the jail to lu- in
fair condition, lacking, however,
hot water. It also needs electrical
repair and painl ing.
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19 Solicitors
Turn in Funds
In Red Cross Drive
Nineteen lied Cross soiiciti .
in Beaufort have turned in $522. I
thus far in the campaign for
funds, Mrs. Alma Potter, co-chair
man of the diive, has reported.
This leaves a balance of $).". (."
o be obtained in order to leach
the $1,188 goal.
Solicitors who have reported
are the following: Mrs. Leon
Swain, Mrs. Joe Pickett, Mrs. Del
phine Fuiford, Mrs. Calvin Jones,
Mrs. Frank King.
Mrs. Otis Willis, Mrs. C. Z.
Chappell, Mrs. Doruice Jarnian,
Mrs. Finest Tatum, Mrs. Milton
I.ipman, Mrs. Helen Nonis Jones,
Mrs. Jack Windley.
Miss Amy Muse, Miss Susan
Rumley, Hairy 1. McGinnis, Pies
.on Mason, Charles Davis, Harry
Willis (Lennoxviile) and Mrs. Or
ville Gaskill.
Crowd Turns Out
To See Amateurs
The Morehead City Lions Club's
annual talent search got into full
sway Tuesday night at the Hark
er's Island school auditorium. A
full house turned out to see what
Master of Ceremonies Grover
Munden termed " a surprising
amount, of tale-. ted performers."
High school boys and girls from
Harker's Island put on a prelim
inary performance that pleased
the entire audience. They entered
the stage in couples while singing
"Easter Parade." The girls were
decked out in Faster bonnets and
the boys were dressed similarly.
Winners were the glee club
which was composed of boys and
girls from the Harker's Island
school; a quartet composed of Bil
ly Brafford, Henry Wayne Davis,
Marena G. Nelson, and Ann John
son; Raymond Dan ell Willis who
sang the "Whiff en poof Song;" and
Ova Gray Moore who played a
piano solo.
The next talent, search contest
will be held in the Morehead City
high school auditorium tonight.
Finals will be held in the Beaufort
High school auditorium on Friday,
April 1.
Morehead Ctiy town commis
sioners at their meeting Tuesday
night gave orders that the town
dog ordinance should - be strictly
enforced. This ordinance prohi
bits dogs from running at large
and provides for imponnding and
eventual disposal of those that
axe unlicensed.
Improve Saturday Movies
To maintain tiie Carteret Conn
ty Recreational center, Shepard
street, the Morehead City commis
sioneis agreed that the center
shouid receive $4,000 of the next
fiscal year's unhudget funds anil
."00 immediately to meet current
bills.
The $1,000 will, in all proba
biiity, come from l'.t-l'.l race track
reiurns. The $500 will be taken
from the fund which the race
tiack commission has held in re
serve.
Presenting the case for the re
creation center were W. ('. (Iluck)
Matthews, chairman of the board
of directors for the center, Dr.
Harden Fine and George R. Wal
lace, members of the board.
Mr. Matthews reported that the
center cannot be operated on less
than $6,000 a year. This pays the
salaries of a manager, recreation
director, janitor, fuel anil light
lolls. The fuel was donated for
the current year by Mr. Wallace.
Total income for the center
during ihe past year was $!,
210.38. This came from teenage
memberships, rental of various
dub rooms, and serving of dm
nc is. Expenses were $5, '.'78. 87.
This would mean a piofii of
207.4'.i were it not for a $000 loss
on a boxing ring purchased soon
after tiie rciiter,was taken over by
he town, Mr. Matthews explain
ed.
More than J.'l.OOO pcrso.is used
the building since us opening the
ia'tei- pur, jf Febiuaiy HUN, he
told the hoaril. Tnis and other
factors, especially use by the teen
agers, indicates thai tiie center
fill a vital need in the town, he
continued.
Mr. Matthew., suggcslcd that
$4.00(1 be granted the cfnt'.t while
I'r. Fine Miggesied tnat perhaps
$.r,H00 would more adequately
met t expenses.
T coinmi.-sioners compromised
... 1 court house, in general,
was' nd to be in good condition,
"wit) te exception of the jury
seats ch should be replaced bv
t
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Shrimp Survey Vessel, Peiw
Arrives in Carteret Waters
By Suzi Humm
The shiimp boat Penny, leased
by I he University of North Caro
lina's Institute of Fisheiies Re
search for a survey of off shore
shrimping grounds, arrived in
Morehead City Friday and began
work this week in adjacent waters.
According to Carter Broad, staft
member in charge of the opera
tion, she will be in this vicinity
for six weeks before returning to
Southport. A return trip to this
part of the state is tentatively
planned for early summer.
"We are trying to cover as
much ground as possible with the
fathometer," Mr. Broad says," and
to locate and chart trawlahle hot
toms as well as obstacles to trawl
ing and bottoms unsuitable for
trawling as, for instance, gravel."
Following work with the fatho
meter and bottom sampling, which
will show where nets can be pull
ed and locate uneven bottoms,
rocks, wrecks, and reefs, the crew
of the Penny will drag with try
nets and an otter or small shrimp
trawl.
Specimens of shrimp found (n
the various suitable spots are
being preserved and a record
made of the position of the ship
when each drag was made. Con
:urrent with this operation, the
esearch group is making tempera
Lure and salinity observations and
ilankton tows to obtain ecologi
cal data information as to habi
at, food supply, and favorable
conditions for the sometimes-elia
uve shrimp population.
The Penny began offshore ob
servations Jan. 17 near Little
ftiver, S. C, and has been work
ing northward ever since.
"The area south and west of
Frying Pan Shoal," states Mr.
Broad, "has been covered pretty
thoroughly as fur aut 90
fathoms on the western side. Here
we have done some deep-water
work and some trawling on the
easte rn side. The plan .m to con
tin ue north, working the area be
tween Morehedd City and Cape
Hatteras."
The extent of eoveraira is limit
ed by the time available, equip
ment being used, and funds al
located for the work. The pro
See SURVEY Page I ;
C. G. Hollaed
Heads Elks Lodge
New Officers Will Be In
stalled at First Meeting
In April
Gehrmaiin Holland, lieaufort,
was elected exalted ruler of the
I'.enevolent and Protective Order
Gehrmann Holland
'of K I k -- las; night at the lodge,
j .Arendell street, Morehead City.
I He succeeds Louis D. Gore.
j '. Othei officer- ir the coming
v ar are P. S. Gibhs, Jr., leading
'knight; Hi y Fubi.nks, loyn
! knight; Fltlon Nelson, lecturing
knight; Jim Bob Sanders, secre
jtary; and J. O. Baxter, Jr., irons
' urer.
These officers will he installed
at tne fits! meeting in Api-i
Thursday, April 7.
Negotiations Progress
On Purchase of Hospital
Wing by Morehead City
Under way this week were ne
gotiations between the town of
Morehead City and the Federal
Works agency, represented by
Frank A. Buck, Columbia, S. C,
for the purchase of the east wing
of Morehead City hospital by
Morehead City.
Mr. Buck, district engineer for
the FWA, met with Mayor George
W. Dill, Jr., and the town board
Wednesday afternoon at the mun
icipal building.
The east wing of the hospital
was built by the federal govern
ment during World War II to
care for the wounded brought in
to Morehead City from foundered
vessels and torpedoed tankers.
The purchase price is $17, MM)
plus 3 per cent interest for eight
and three-quarters years. The only
factor hindering final transfer of
the property are three-month au
dits of the hospital books for thai
period of time.
When these are presented to tne
FWA, the deal can be closed, Mr.
Buck stated.
The contract for the First Melh
odist church, Morehead City, has
been let to J. Luther Helms, Golds
boro, for $130,000.
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Our New Telephone Numbers
In Morehead City Are
8611 arid 8621
THE CARTERET COUNTY KEWS-TIMES
OUR NUMBER IN BEAUFORT REMAINS
THE SAME " '
B-4181
Additional Unit Will
Re-Take Necessary X-Rays
Dr. N. T. Ennett, county
health officer, dated yesterday
that thoe persons who have
been told to return for second
x-rays should try to do so by
Saturday,
However, the health officer
was informed yesterday by Dr.
William A. Smith, director of
the Division of TB control, of
the State Health department,
that a follow-up x-ray unit will
be sent here as long the the
health officer feels there is
need for one.
Figures for x-rays given
tl, rough Wednesday show that
6,990 have been given and 4,488
readings have been obtained to
date. Of the 4,448, 88 persons
have been ordered to return for
a second x-ray. Thirty-four have
complied thus far.
The present units will leave
the county after Saturday.
10 Groups WiU
Convene on Coast
During Summer
Robert G. Lowe, Chamber
Secrelary, Reports 10
Others Probable
The Morehead City Chamber of
! Conime-c,. has received 10 coin
mi.ments for envon! ions or meet
ings to be held at Atlantic Beach
and Morehead City during the
summer months. Approximately 10
others are in the process of ar
langement but have not been deli
nilely scheduled according to
Chamber of Commerce secretaiy
i Hubert I. owe.
I I ,we id that, a.recen', suiwy
i: ,itwi "W tin' -av.ihge person at
11 convention sp- nd $-0 a day in
'the cnmmtiniiy, that the average
convention lasts three days, and
jtnat the.averuge attendance at a
convention is T2ti persons. If these
figures are accurate, there should
be ijU.OIIO spent during the
ol m- of the 10 conventions and
:s in Morehead this stun
conventions and meetings
iled are: A coiininiiy at
Alacon by the United Daugh
' of the Confederacy May 11.
ling the ceremony, ihe (.'unfed
ci ale, state, and national flags
will be raised. The restoration of
Fort Macon is the main project
of the ll.D.C. this year. About l'J")
persons are expected to be in at
tendance.
On May 1", 10, and 17, tu an
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Proprietor of Station
Prevents Gasoline Theil
Fester Hall of Hall's Service
station prevented three Marines
from breaking open his gas pump
Monday morning by holding them
at bay with a shotgun. The service
station is located two miles cast
of Gale's creek on highway 24.
The Marines, James S. Trippett,
I'ete C. Paulson, and Robert H.
Switser, were charged with break
ing and entering and larceny.
They pleaded guilty to forceable
trespass in superior court after the
grand jury returned a true bill
Monday.
Judgment was susended on
payment of $25 an dcosts and they
were placed in custody of the
provost marshal. The defendants
attempted to get gas at the station
ai 5 a. m. Monday morning.
Tony Seamon, Morehead City,
h is been elected vice-president of
the North Carolina restaurant, an
sociation which met this week at
Charlotte.
C. ti. Gillikin was foand guil
ty and sentenced to 3-5 years,
suspended on payment of court
costs, and placed on probation
five years. Cecil Guthrie, who
pleaded nolo contendere, was
given two to four years, suspend
ed, and he was placed on probation.
The jury went into deliberation
on the case in which George En
nett Gillikm is charged with ar
son at 2:110 yesterday afternoon.
Court re convened at 1 :30. A ver
diet had not been returned by
press time late yesterday after
noon. The trial began at 11 o'clock
Wednesday morning. Choosing a
jury satisfactory to both the state
and defense attorneys required an
hour and a half.
Mr. Gillikin is charged with de
liberately burning his store located
between I lth and 12th streets, on
Shepard, Morehead City. The fire
occurred early Thursday night,
Oct. 2H.
Cecil Guthrie, Moiehead City,
who worked in the store as clerk
is also charged with arson, lie did
not contest the charge
Ycinon Guthrie, Morehead
City's fue chief last year, was the
first ot the state's witnesses to
take the stand.
He testified that at the time the
fire trucks arrived, the hack part
of the store, where Mr. Gillikin
lives, was afire.
Firemen entered the back part,
believing that Mr. Glliikin was
piohahly in the store, the chief
said. In a few minutes he was
' called to the front of tne store
! where, he leported, there was
kerosene all over the floor and
the shelves.
lie estimated that 10 per cent
of the building was damaged by
fire, and lit) to 7T per cent by
water and smoke. After noting
that the fire was probably deliber
ately set, Mr. Guthiie loid the
court that he notified the deputy
insurance commissioners at Ra
leigh. C. C. Duncan, deputy insurance
commissioner, was placed on the
stand Wednesday afternoon and
read a signed statement by Cecil
Guthrie ir 'vhjch Guthrie stilted
that Gil!1 threw kerosene all
over th" .e, tlun asked Guthrie
to stay ami watch the place until
a candle, placed near the head of
Gillikin's lied, burned down and
caught u kerosene soaked blanket.
Guthrie then reported in this
statement, which was witnessed by
Charles W. Lewis, C. C. Duncan,
I deputy insurance commissioners.
and Morehead City I'olice Otficer
Herbert Griffin, that he went out
the back, into the water (the store
is located on the waterfront) wad
ed about a block, went home,
changed his pants, ami returned
to the scene of the fire.
Guthrie, however, testified in
court Wednesday that he was the
one who threw kerosene all over
the store and not Gillikin, as he
maitnained in his signed statement
and during the hearing Nov. 1 hi
fore Mayor George W. Dill, Jr.,
Morehead City.
See AkSONIST page 7
PTA To Present
Fashion Revue
As their final project of Hie
year, the ways and means commit
tee of the Beaufort PTA will pre
sent a fashion Rhow Wednesday
evening at 7:45 at the High school
auditorium.
Clothes will he modeled by 21
students of the achool, and tho
younger grades will present skitj
during the evening.
Mrs. Dick Parker. Mrs. Gilb'-rt
Potter, Mri Leonard Register,
Mrs. Harvey Smith and Mrs. V.
W. Hcslep will also he models.
Tickets will cost 50 cents for
adults and 25 cents for children.
The money raised will go tword
books for the library, so that
the school may attain u number 1
rating, a rating higher than the
present one. Doors will be open
at 7 :15 p. m.
JCs to Entertain Wives
At Dinner Dance Monday
Beaufort Jaycees will entertain
their ladies at a dinner dance
Monday night at the Blue Ribbon
club.
At their meeting this week in
the Inlet Inn, Beaufort, they also
planned a bowling tournament. In
charge of bowling teams are
James Potter and Joe House, Jr.
Osborno Davis, Dan Walker, and
J. O. Barbour, Jr., we'-p appoint
ed to investigate the possibility of
producing their .minstrel show at
a school down east.
Final report on the revenue
from the show indicates t'lat pro
fit will be 1342.50. Total collected
at the door and through ticket
sale wag $342.50.
County to Receive
1825 from Receipts
On Forest Land
Federal Government Pays
Portion of Revenue to
National Forest Counties
Carteret county will receive
$H2.'i.2H tint of $00,(i!l7.:t" sent
to North Carolina by the United
States Forest service in payment
of 2.r) per cent of the I'.I-IH re
ceipts from the l'isgah Croatan
and Nantahala National forests,
Carl (!. Krueger, supervisor of
the l'isgah Croatan forest, an
nounced today.
Craven eotimy will receive
$8.ri.r).01 and Jones county
$102. HI. The money received by
the state is distributed to 25
counties in proportion to the na
tional forest area in counties.
Carteret's national forest area
is ff,72 acres, Craven !!I,7JK,
and Jones If 1, 271.
Forest receipts are derived al
most entirely from the sale of
timber. There is a possibility fu
ture payments may decline with
a slump in the lumber industry
but all indications are that re
ceipts will stay high and may
even increase as young stands of
timber become productive, Ml".
Krueger states. In addition to
the payment to the state, 10 per
cent of the gross receipts arc re
turned to the forest every year
for construction anil maintenance.
Of the amount paid to the state,
$22,4iri.OO was derived from the
Nant: ha!a, and the balance $37,
2H0.22 from the various units o"
the l'isgah Croatan. This does not
include a small amount, which
Ashe county receives through the
Cherokee National Forest. Macon
county will receive more than any
olhftr county on either Foo(M.
Transylvania win receive
thU
laicest nnvment of anv li? I
county. The Macon check ' j
be for about $H,l!00, w'hile tn..
Transylvania check will be for $5;
120. The highest return on a
per acre basis is on the ainall
Uwharric unit in the Piedmont.
This unit is handled as part of
the l'isgah.
H. S. Gibbs Resigns
From Purl Croup
Carteret county Representative
II. S. Gibbs of Morehead City, one
of the seven members of the State
Ports Authority, turned in his re
signation along with the others
to Governor Kerr Scott Wednes
day. All seven members stated that
they would be very glad to serve
on the Authority if Governor Scott
wishes to appoint them again.
Sources in Raleigh said that the
resignations were routine in order
to give Scott the opportunity to
appoint members who would be in
full accord with his "Go Foward"
program in regard to the Ports
Authority. Other sources said the
move was a step towards reorgan
izing the Authority on a state-wide
rather than sectional basis. The
majority of the resigning members
come from the eastern part of the
state.
The next step will be asking the
Legislature to approve a $7,500,
000 bond issue for ports develop
ment. The bill is expected to reach
the General Assembly this week.
Under North Carolina law, an is
sue of that amount may be ap
proved without a referendum.
Col. George W. Gillette, director
of the Ports Authority, remains in
his position as director.
Four Reauiort Legionnaires
Attend Go-Getters Ranquel
Four delegates from the Beaufort-American
Legion post attend
ed the annual Go-Getters banquet
held in Goldsboro Tuesday night.
Invitations to the banquet were
extended to Legionnaires in the
Second Division, composed of 21
counties, who had solicited 10 or
more memberships in last fall's
membership drive.
Over 500 Legionnaires were
present at the banquet which was
held in the Goldsboro Legion hut
at 7:30 p. m. Roy McMillan, past
department commander, was the
principal speaker and the banquet
was presided over by Fred Parker'
of Whiteville who is a candidate
for the office of department com
mander at the 1949 Legion conven
tion to be held in Raleigh.
Hugh Hill, Tom Kelly, Lance
Smith, and C. L. Beam attended
from Beaufort. -