S: CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES -??
A Merger of THE BEAUFORT NEWS (EtUbluHed 1912) and THE TWIN CITY TIMES (Eatibluhed 1936)
38th YEAR, NO. 43 _ MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA, TUESDAY, JUNE 7, 1949 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AnTTfRIDAYS
Carteret Approves Bond Issue by Large Majority
Road Petitions Flood County Board
Beaufort's New Power Station
Tide Water Power company
predict* that the 27 miles of
33,000 kilowatt transformer lines
and three miles of new line be
tween Beaufort and Morehead
City will give the Beaufort-More
head City area ample electric
service for many years to come.
The 27 miles of line is between
Cherry Point and Beaufort. The
three miles is a 33,000 KW tie
line between Beaufort's new KV
A sub station pictured above, and
the present sub-station in More
head City.
Beaufort's new substation is
located just south of the present
Tide Water plant.
The consistent and ?steady ex
pansion of this area and the bri
ght prospects for futuiv growth
is the principal reason for this
increase in electric facilities in
Carteret cunty, Tided Water offi
cials said. A particular advan
tage from this new circuit and
sub-station will be that Carteret
county will be provided with two
sources of power whereby, in the
event of a failure of service on
one circuit, current may be con
tTnued uninterrupted.
The latest type of reclosing
circuit breakers and regulators
are being installed in the sub sta
tions at Beaufort and Cherry
Point as additional protection
from storms and to insure con
sistent voltage.
Walking toward the camcra in
the picture above is George Sto
val local Tide Water manager.
Facility Chooses
Four to Attend
Boys' State, UNC
'* '??
Four Morehead City boys, Guy
Paul Dixon, Charles T. Macyr Rob
ert Lee Bowers and Bobby Oglesby,
have been selected by the More
head City high school faculty to
attend the annual Tar Heel Boys'
State in Chapel Hill June 12-19.
Expenses for the boys' trip will
t be paid by the American Legion,
Elks Club, Morehead City Jaycees,
Rotary and Lions Clubs. The Boys'
State program has been sponsored
by the North Carolina department
of the American Legion every year
since 1939 with the exception of
the war years.
The four local boys were re
quired to live up to strict standards
in order to be chosen. They were
judged on their mental alertness,
physical cleanliness, enthusiasm,
vigor, personality, potential quali
ties of leadership, adaptability, hon
esty, dependability and conscien
tiousness.
The Tar Heel Boys' State is con
sidered an outstanding chance to
study world, national and local
government. It is an introduction
to the duties and responsibilities of
citizenship.
The Institute of Government of
the Uniyersity of North Carolina
conducts the program of work for
Boys' State. Lectures and discus
sions by public officials, faculty
members and leading Legionaries
arc heard during the program. In
addition, the delegates organize
their own cities, counties and state,
elect their own officials, and put
into practice some of the theories
of government they study.
Field Director Speaks
Al Seoul Conncil Session
** Bill Wall, executive field direc
tor for the East Carolina Boy Scout
council, spoke at the meeting of i
the Carteret district council Tues- j
day night at the Scout hut in
Beaufort.
Mr. Wall suggested that local |
troops set themselves goals of j
achievement for each year and |
| work toward those goals rather
than pursue their courses in a
haphazard way. Hie added that
flic council would endeavor to
m?ke an award to those troopa
achieving their goals.
The si* different organized
Scout troops in the county report
ed on. the newly-organited Boy
Scout baseball league which has
been operating for two weeks. They
said that six teams were partici
pating in the league with all tbe
bovs enjoying the games.
It was reported at the meeting.
Which was preside over by
James Potter of Beaufort, district
chairman, that the Boy Scout camp.
Camp Charles, which ia located
near Wilson, will be open most of
^e summr. ]
EL
Thomas Ballon, Julia
Guthrie Win Awards
Eighth grade American I,CRion
awards at Morehead City school
this year went to Thomas Wayne
Rallou, son of Nr. and Mrs. W.
H. Ballou, and Julia Annette
Guthrie, daughter of Mr. and
Mr*. Leroy K. Guthrie.
The American Legio* awards
a medal, pin anif certificate an
rfually to the boy and girl in the
eighth grade who is outstanding
in scholarship, character; and
leadership.
County Publishes
8-Page Booklet
Probably the most complete
pamphlet ever published relating
to Carteret county's economic
status, will be mailed to tax-pay
ers this weex with their tax
notice*.
This pamphlet of eight pages
was prepared by James D. Pot
ter. county auditor, and was
authorized to be mailed to tax
payers by the county board ""of
commissioners.
The booklet contains brief
historical facts on Carteret co
unty, food fish and shell fish cat
ches is the county during 1948,
acreage and valuation of farm
crops for . 1948, number of
schools and how they are main
tained financially, an explana
tion of the debt service fund,
statement of tax levies, finan
cial explanation on the health
and welfare dedpartments appor
tionment of the 1949 tax levy.
Also listed in the booklet, for
comparision with Carteret county
ABC revenue are the revenues
gcing to certain other counties in
the state from the ABC stores.
Pages 6 and 7 carry a compar
ative balance sheet for the period
June 30, 1937 and June 30,
1948 and a summary of the coun
ty's annual budget estimate for
the fiscal year ending June 30,
1950.
The last gage lists the number
of gallons of gasoline used in the
county since 1944, number of
vehicles registered, cost of high
way construction in the state for
the 10 years endipg June 30,
1948, and the head of livestock
In the county listed on the tax
books lor 1948.
Women to Learn to Hake
uessons mm inui
The demonstration at. home dem
onstration club meeting! this week
will be "Attractive Deaaerts from
Fruit*."
?The Bettie clob will meet at 8
o'clock tonight with Mrs Roland
Salter and the North River club
will meet at 2 o'clock Thursday
afternoon with Mrs. M D. Pridgen.
A special demonstration on cake
decorating will be given at 2 o'
clock in the home agent's office.
Beaufort by Mrs R. F. Botwell,
Seaufort, RFD.
With the passage of the road
bond issue, Carteret countians be
lieve it was time to get their
name in early for road improve
ments.
The county board was besieged
yesterday morning with requests,
of "Fix my road."
A delegation from the western
part of the county appealed for
improvements on the CarWret
Jones county road. Ellis Fodrie,
Newport, requested that a loop
road be mad? of the present
thoroughfare which crosses the J
railroad and goes through the old
Noe Smith farm near Newport.
A petition from Marshallberg re
quested the addition to the coun
ty system of a 1,200 foot piece of j
road in that community, and a pe j
tition was also presented request !
ing improvements to a road lead- 1
ing across a branch of Core Creek
from highway 101.
Comprising the delegation
which appeared on behalf of the
Jones Carteret road were Allen J. |
Vinson, Pelletier, Herman Taylor,
J. C. Barker, and Jim Young, all
of Stella.
The county board told this
group of men that they have al
ready requested that the road be
improved and have made repeated
requests for immediat ?action.
The county commissioner do
cided to seek the cooperation of ,
the Jones county board in the)
matter.
The Marshallberg road, for j
which a petition was presented, |
runs from Delmas Lewi's fish I
house to the school. Twenty- ]
five persons signed the petition
j requesting for improvement of I
that road, but because there has |
also been an objection filed with ;
the commissioners, the board has I
deferre <ithe matter until the July;
meeting.
A petition was presented also I
requesting that the county take
over the road four miles north of
Beaufort leading off of route 101
and across a branch of Core
creek. Fourteen familien arc re
ported to live on that thorough
fare.
J. L. Humphreys, highway en
gineer in this county, was granted
his request for abandonment of
the former road at the beach
i which led on to the Salter Path
road. Cor.-truction of a new
j piece wf road leading from the
beach highway I.as made the other
unnecessary, Mr. Humphreys
stated.
In addition to considering road
matters, the board adopted the
county budget for 1949 50. A
10 per cent increase in all county
employe's salaries has been pro
vided in this budget.
The agriculture extension ser
vice budget for the county,
$6,357, was approved. This in
cludes $1,200 for an assistant
farm agent. The welfare de
partment budget was approved
also.
The former was presented by
H. M. Williams, farm agent, and
Mrs. Carrie Gillikin, home agent,
the latter by Charles Nelson,
chairman of the welfare com
mittee, and Mrs. George Header
son, bead of the welfare board.
The board ordered the delin
quent tax list be turned over to
the sheriff with an vrder that all
remedies at law should be exhaus
ted in an effort to collect the
taxes.. They amount to $7,000.
Last year's delinquent taxes a
mounted to $5,937.
The commissioners agreed to
pay for one day's extra clerical
help on the school and road bond
referendum. Seventy-five dol
lars was also accepted in settle
ment of back taxes owed by
Shelly Davis, Harkers Island.
District Forester R. C. Wink
worth and County Fire Warden
E. M. Foreman requested that the
comimssibners appropriate $800
for building of a fire lookout
tower.
Tbey were informed by the
auditor that the f 1,200 they re
quested in addition to their reg
ular budget could not be granted.
The board passed a resolution
that if $800 is found available
during the coming year it will be
set aside to help meet the cost of
building the tower.
Governor Scott on Friday for
warded requisition papers to the
Secretary of the treasury for Fran
cis Willis who is wanted in Carter
et county on a charge of seduction.
Willis is an enlisted man in the
Coast Guard which functions un
der the treasury department.
Floodlights Will Go On
At Ball Park Tomorrow
. ,
For the first time in Morehead
City sports' history permanent
floodlights will be used on the |
ball diamond at Wade Brothers
Park tomorrow night.
At that time, official play will
open in the Morehead C ity soft
ball league. Local civic groups
have been working for two years
to obtain the lights which were
recently installed at the park.
(For further details, see page 3). j
Judge Williams ;
To Preside At
June Court Term
29 Cases Comprise Crimi
nal Docket; 39 Crowd
Civil Docket
Judge Clawron L. Williams will !
preside ai the two-week term of su
perior court which wil! begin Mon- 1
day at the court hor.se in Beaufort, j
Criminal cases *vill be tried the '
first week and civil cases will be
heard the following week.
Twenty-nine cases are on the cri- j
minal docket. Fourteen are conti- \
nued from the March term of court,
two have been appealed from a
lower court and 13 are scheduled
to go before the grand jury.
Cases continued are the follow- 1
ing: James Edward Guthrie, charg- j
ed with abandonment, Gerald Byde
Gillikin, abandonment; Raymond
H. Wilson, abandonment; K. P. B.
Bonner, Jr., larceny; James How-'
ard Davi* faces three separate 1
charges of embezzlement.
William Thomas Davis is charg
ed with abandonment; Arnold M.I
Gibbs charged with driving drunk;
Claude Salter, embezzlement; Fran
cis Willis, seduction, and Johnnie
Lockey, non-support.
Appealed from a lower court is
the case against Lester H. Har
baugh charged with reckless driv
ing. Also on appeal is the case
oi Delmas Graham charged with
larceny.
Defendants and the charges
against them, (cases which will
be considered by the grand jury)
are as follows: Ben Vaden Rogers,
assault with a deadly weapon; O.
L. Prescott, driving drunk; Mil
lard M Vandiford, speeding; G.
W. Phillips, twjo separate charges j
of giving a bad check; Eugene A. j
Hesse, driving drunk.
Clifton Reel, public drunken
ness; ?hidrack liarrow, assault;
Benny Bell alias James Swindell, j
larceny; Edwin J. Cocklin, C. T.
Harvey and Sgt. Doyle Bowman,
all charged with larceny.
Of the 39 cases on the civil dock
et, 13 are uivorce, 10 arc motions
to be passed upon . by the judge,
and thie remaining 16 arc various
disputes coming under civil law.
County Board OKs
List of Holidays
The county board yesterday
approved holidays which county
employees will observe.
They are as follows: New
Year's day, Washington's birth
day, Easter Monday, Memorial
Day, (May 30), July 4, Labor
Day, Armistice Day, Thanks
giving, and Christmas. Time off
for Christmas may vary, Dr. K.
F. Bonner, chairman of the board,
pointed out, depending on what
day of the week the holiday falls.
The county board also discuss
ed the new set-up on granting i
of beer licenses. The county has
received numerous notices of ap
plications to the state for beer
licenses. The state now grants
"malt beverage permits" instead
of the county, but the county can
prevent the issuing of one.
Junius Bell, Newport, com
plained to the county board that
a road by Curt Cannon's home,
Newport, is frequently blockt-d
and rendered useless to others
accustomed to traveling it.
The board told him that they
had no jurisdiction in the matter
and suggested that Mr. Bell see a
lawyer. ^
Irvin Davis, register of deeds, es
timates the miles of secondary
roads In Carteret county at 135.
Dr. Harold Hmmn
Accepts Position
At Florida College
Director of Duke Marine
Lab to Undertake New
Work in September
Dr. Harold Humm, director of
Duke University laboratory,
Piver'v Island, has resigned his
position there to become director
of the marine laboratory at Flor
ida State university, Tallahassee,
Fla.
Dr. Humm, who is one of the
foremost matine biologists in the
country, will assume his duties at
Tallahassee in the fall. He will
establish the proposed marine
laboratory at that university and
supervise the . ordering of equip
ment and setting up of class
schedules.
f)r. Humm, who is a native of i
Oberlin, ()., received his bachelor'
of scierce degree at the Univer I
sitv of Miami. He taught school
for four years in Florida and
later worked for the department
I)r. Harold Humm
of agriculture in Georgia. lie
studied for his master's degree at
t!)uke. university and won his doc
tor's degree there. He was as
sistunt director of Duke Marine
laboratory several years prior to
his becoming director.
Dr. Humm served as technical
consultant with the War Produc j
tion hoard during the world war!
II. He has surveyed the' sea '
weed resources from Virginia to
Louisana and this past winter
studied possibilities for utilization
of seaweed at Newfoundland.
The section on marine biology
in the recent annual volume of
the encyclopedia Americana was
written by Dr. Humm, who dur
ing the war was in charge of a
pilot agar plant at Dunedin, Fla.
Dr. Humm is a member of Phi
Betj? Kappa, scholastic honorary,
and Sigma Xi and Phi Sigma,
science honoraries.
He married Olga Minor of
Miami, Ha., and has two children,
Sandra and Roger.
Lions Nominate
'49-'50 Officers
Louis Norris, J. G. Bennett, I
Frank Moran and Duffy Howe were |
nominated for 1949 50 Morehead
City Lions club president at the
meeting of the Lions Friday night
in Ihc Fort Macon hotel dining
room. Elections will take place at
this week's meeting.
It was disclosed at the meeting 1
that a recent operation on a totally
blind Carteret county woman has
been successful and the woman will
have partial sight in one eye. Lions
president Dave B. Webb said that I
a second operation on the other
eye may be made if final results
of the first operation prove com
pletely successful.
Next Fridav night's meeting will
be held at 6:45 p. m. instead of 7
o'clock, so th*?* Lions can, attend
graduation exercises at the More
head City school.
Othw nominees to be voted on
Friday night arc: first vice presi
dent, Chislev Dennis and Billy
Guthrie: second vice-president,
Stanley Gillikin and Theodore Phil
lips: third vice-president, James
Smith and Jim Morgan; secretary,
Oscar Allred and Karl Hessee;
treasurer, Louis Norris and Alva
Willis; t a H t w i s t e r. Harry Van
Home and Stanley Dainwright;
Lion tamer, Gerald Davis and Clar
ence $all; and directors. Earl
Lewis. Frank Swindelle and Albert
McElmon. ?
How They Voted
PRECINCT
Stella
Pe Metier
Cedar Point
Bogue
Broad Creeic
Newport
Wild wood
Salter Path
Morehead City
Beaufort
Wire Grass
Harlowe
Merrimon
Bettie
Straits
Markers Island
Marsha 1 1 berg
Smyrna
Williston
Davis
Stacy
Sea Level
Atlantic
Cedar Island
Portsmouth
Otway
Total
FOR
# 47
50
31
23
160
154
25
165
245
457
24
48
82
38
87
300
150
35
43
la^
71
175
326
96
6
62
3,085
Roads
AGAINST
2
0
7
12
2
74
27
1
231
59
8
12
0
13
0
0
8
7
4
0
0
1
6
0
2
0
476
Schools
FOR AGAINST
43 | 6
48
28
25
160
175
30
166
423
479
24
47
77
33
82
300
150
35
47
184
71
176
321
96
6
61
3.287
Morehead City Firemen
Save Shrimp Trawler
Baptist Pastors
Deliver Sermons
At Baccalaureate
Beaufort and Morchcad City
high school .seniors attended the
first of this year's commencement
activities Sunday when baccalau
reate services were held in the
Beaufort and Morchcad City school
auditoriums.
The Rev. Winfrey Davis of the
First Baptist church, Beaufort, de
livered the sermon at Beaufort
school, with Dr. John H. Bunn, of
the First Baptist church, Morchcad
City, speaking at Morehcad's
school. A large crowd attended
both services.
Rev. Mr. Davis sflokc to the se
niors on the subject of their res
ponsibility to themselves, their
communities and their God. Dr.
Bunn's topic was "Partnership
with God."
Ministers assisting in the Beau
fort program were the Rev. T. R.
Jenkins, the Rev. W. L. Martin
and the Rev. W. E. Anderson.
Those assisting in Morchcad City
were the Rev. R. T. Willis, Jr., the
Rev. R. L. Lawrence and the Rev.
J. C. Griffin.
Neva Dail was chief marshal at
Beaufort and Helen Paul. Jean
Hopkins, Peggy Piver, Elizabeth
Bell, Sheila Smith and Gary Cope
land served as her assis nts.
Morehead City's chief marshal
was Charles Macy and his assis
tants were Betty Jo Midgett, Mary
Lee Arthur, Colleen Swinson, Guy
P. Dixon, Jane Howerton, Etta
Ruth Jones and Margaret M.
Leary. Alternates were Betty
Thornton and Mary Ruth Mc
Knight.
Little Jennifer Rose and Guy
Dickinson, III, served as mascots
in the Beaufort program.
Class night will be held at Beau
fort school tonight at 8 o'clock.
The class valedictorian, salutatori
an and other outstanding class
members will be heard at that time.
Beaufort commencement pro
gram will take place Thursday
night at 8:15 in the school audi
torium. The commencement pro
gram follows: processional by the
high school band, invocation by the
Rev. W. Y. Stewart, speech, Your
War Bond Responsibility, by Rosa
lie Chadwick, pageant. Our Ame
rica. with Colon Wilson as master
of ceremonies.
Those taking part in the pageant
are Neva Allen who will speak on
Liberty, Anne Norris on Unity, Sa
rah Mason on Democracy, Marie
Smith on security, Charles Davis
and Laura Davis on Amer^a, Our
Challenge, and Jesse TaJTor and
Dowd Davis on America, Our Fu
ture.
A. C. Bhnkenship will then pre
sent the class gift which will be
accepted by J. R. Ball, chairman
of the Beaufort school board of
trustees Principal T. G. Leary will
award the diplomas and Mary
Fond Mason will make the diploma
acceptance speech. The final
event will be the presentation of
awards by Mr. Leary.
Commencement will be held in
Morebead City Friday night. The
program will be published in Fri
days NEWS-TIMES. ?
Quick thinking and fast work by
Morehead City firemen were re- .
sponsible for the saving of a I
shrimp trawler and possibly the j
life of one of its crew in an early
morning fire last Tuesday.
Eugene Lupton, owner of the
trawler, was preparing to start a
fire in a small stove on his boat
which was tied to Ted Hall's dock
behind the Morehead City frre sta
tion. When he struck a match it
ignited gasoline which had leaked
into the bilges and the deck of the
boat was immediately covered with
flames.
Firemen received the alarm at
4:30 a.m. and rushed to the dock
to render assistance. When they
arrived they found that the dock
was# in such poor shape that they
were almost unable to walk upon
it. One of the boat's crew mem
bers had leaped to the dock from
the flaming vessel and gone
through its planking before the
firemen arrived.
Despite the hazardous condition
confronting them, Fireman Eric
Lewis, Rufus Guthrie and Walter
Smith managed to approach the
boat after Fireman Jesse Lewis had
also fallen through the rotten
planking.
When the boat was reached it
appeared to be a homeless fire.
Water hoses and the full tank of
a carbon dioxide extinguisher were
used, but to no avail. Finally,
Fireman Smith conceived the idea
that saved the boat. He flooded
the deck of the boat and the gaso
line flames floated into the cabin
where they were extinguished with
another carbon dioxide extinguish
er.
Eugene Lupton suffered third
degree burns on his hands and
feet but was able to leave the
hospital that same day. Mattresses
and bedding were burned beyond
salvage but the boat was saved.
Bogue Sound Melon Growers |
Receive Pal on Back
Bogue Sound watermelon grow
ers received a fine compliment on I
their melons from an agricultural |
specialist this week.
A. M. Musser, head of the de
partment of horticulture at Clem
son college in South Carolina, has
written the North Carolina Ex
tension service that a produce
dealer informed him that Bogue
Sound melons were the best of
any he bought last year. Mr. Mus
ser added in his letter that he I
firmly agrees with the dealer's |
statement.
Tide Table
high low I
Tuesday, June 7
4:55 a.m. 10:58 a.m. |
5:25 p.m. 11:57 p.m.
Wednesday, June I
5:51 a m. 11:52 a.m
8:20 p.m. 12 midnight |
Thursday, June 9
8 44 a.m. 12:51 a.m
7:12 p.m. 12:44 p.m.
Friday, June le
7:35 a.m. 1:43 a.m.
8:01 p.m. 1:33 p.m.
James Potter, auditor, was re
quested by the county board yes
terday to obtain estimates on put
ting a rolled galvlnized root on the
.court bouae annex. ,
?
Carteret county voters went to
the polls Saturday and proved to
Governor Kerr Scott and the rest
of the state that they were whole
heartedly behind him and his "Go
Forward" program by voting for
his road bond issue with a more
than six to one majority and his
school bond issue by a slightly less
than 13 to one majority.
A total of 3,561 voters turned
out for the election, approximately
one third of total county registra
tion.
The school bond issue received
tho largest majority with 3,287 vot
ing tor it and 258 voting against
it. Those in favor of the road bond
issue totalled 3,085 and it had 476
opponents.
Three county precincts, Ilarker's
Island, Cedar Island and Stacy,
voted 100 perceni in ravor of both
issues. Many other precincts had
four or less disenting votes cast
on both issues.
Indications from other counties
throughout the state showed that
Carteret county supported the bond
issues wih a far larger majority
than the state average. Both is
sues were approved but the road
bond issue in the state as a whole
was approved with only a small
majority as compared with the
county's more than six to one ma
jority.
In addition tu bclr." a victory
for Governor Scott, the victory was
a personal one lor Mayor Lawrence
Ilassell of Beaufort. Carteret coun
ty was one of the few rural coun
ties in the state that gave Charles
Johnson a majority in last year's
election. Mayor Ilassell was Scott's
county campaign manager at that
time.
When the statewide Better
Schools and Roads Committee was
formed recently, Mayor HassAH
was appointed chairman of the
committee in Carterei County.
NEA Secretary
Corimends Work
Of Graham Harden
Washington, I). C. ? "The lead
ership of Craljam A. Harden,
Chairman of the United States
House of Representatives sub
committee on Federal Aid to Ed
ucation and representative from
North Carolina's third congress
ional district, elicits the admira
tion of educators as the commit
tee headed by the North Caro
lian congressman continues to
shape legislation to help equalize
educational opportunity in the
United States," says Williard E.
("livens, executive secretary of
the National Education associa
tion. "H. R. 4643 introduced by
Congressman Harden, and which
is on the agenda of the hearings,
has objectives similar to S. 246
which passed the senate by the
overwhelming vote of 58-15 on
May 5.
"The amount of the authoma
* ion of H. R. 4643", says Secre
tary Givens, "is $314,500,000 per
year. The bill excludes federal
control of school policies by mak
ing no grant of power to any fed
eral agency or officer.
"The funds would be appor- \
tioned to the states on an ob
jective formula in direct ratio to
the number of children to be ed
ucated an in indirect ratio to the
financial ability of the several
states as measured by the total
income of the population of the
State. The funds would be avail
able to help finance tax support
ed grade schools and high schools
which are under public supervi
sion anil control." .
"The federal money would be
ivailable for teachers salaries
and certain other expenditures
for current operation of the
schools. Safeguards will be includ
ed in the legislation against re
laxation of state and local effort
to support local schools. A
minimum floor of support per
See NEA Page 7
+ _________________ * i
Watermelon Demonstration
In Process at Bogne
A wilt resistant watermelon dem
onstration is being undertaken on
the farm of Alvin Taylor of Bogue
R. M. Williams has announced.
In this demonstration several
wilt resistant varieties of water
melons are being grown to cheek
their resistance against the wilt
disease. A non-resistant variety la
being used adjacent to theae plants
as a check to compare the reals- J
tance of the other varieties.
Mr. Wllilams It preparing a mail
ing list of watermelon grower* In
the Bogue Sound and surrounding
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