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38tiT YEAR, NO. 56 SIXTEEN PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY,' JULY 22, 1940 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS |
$50,000 Fire Sweeps Shad
Boat After Engine Blows Up
. Bernard Leary
Reports on Slate
Jaycee Session
A report on last weekend's state
Jaycee executive board meeting in
High Point was made by district
vice president Bernard Leary of
Morehead City Jaycees at their
Monday night meeting in the Fort
Macon Hotel dining room.
Mr. Leary disclosed that the
state organization is considering
dropping its franchise for holding
the Miss North Carolina contest
and that if it is dropped, Morehead
City has an excellent chance of ob
taining it. He added that a large
amount of investigative work would
have to be done before the state
organization comes to a decision.
Jaycee Bob Howard stated that
though it would be a good thing if
Morehead City gained the fran
chise, he felt that the state or
ganization should retain it. He
said North Carolina Jayce%s were
the first in the nation to take over
sponsorship of the contest and they
would be setting a poor example
if they were the first to drop it.
President James R. Sanders read
several letters from participating
clubs and photographers who were
present for the recent Miss North
Carolina pageant in Morehead City.
1'it u 1 Cleland, ot the Carolina Rac
ing Association also extended his
congratulations on the manner the
pageant was staged and offered his
full cooperation in any future Jay
cee projects. Beaufort Juycees al
so congratulated the group on its
work.
President Sanders disclosed that
it last week's board of directors
meeting it was decided to donate
12 and one half per cent of the
, i n i hi 1 1 1 i|Hi fnni iHa ii?ir??i to
Rocky Mount Javfecs^ sponsors of
thin year's Miu .W,/' Carolina, to
helf defray the mpenses of send
ing Mils North Carolina to the nat
ional pageant at Atlantic City, N.
J? in September.
D. G. Bell disclosed that plans
for the August 4th Coast Guard an
niversary celebration in Morehead
City were nearly complete but
that Jaycees were being asked to
assist in providing entertainment
for 48 Coast Guardsmen and their
wives following the water show
which will be presented during
the day at the Port Terminal.
It was suggested that a' dance
would be the most appropriate af
fair and something in which Jay
cees themselves could participate.
Alvah Hamilton, Jr., was appointed
chairman of a committee to work
out details of the entertainment.
H. S. Gibbs, Jr., appealed to the
group to begin thinking about a
Jaycee program to be- operated in
conjunction with National Safety
Week in September. He said be
felt the best program would be
proper safety education work and
See LEARY Page Seven
Conservation-Development
Board Will Meel Monday
The Board of Conservation
and Development will meet in
the board room of the adminis
tration building, office of com
mercial fisheries, Monday, Tues
day, and Wednesday.
At that time commercial fish
ermen will appear before the
committee and present proposal*
for change in fishing rules and
regulations.
Reports will also be given on
various phases of conservation
and development work. It is ex
pected that the successor to Bill
Sharpe head of the state news
bureau who has resigned, will
be named at that time.
The new director of the board
of Conservation and Develop^
ment, succeeding Bruce Ether
idge, is George E. Ross.
Three Schools Get
New Principals
j Three new school principals will
begin work in the county when
i schools open in the fall, county
superintendent of schools H. L. Jos
I lyn announced today.
H. D. Epting, principal of the
school at Alliance, will assume the
principalship at Harker's Island
school which has eight teachers and
248 pupils Mr. Epting is a native
of Little Mountain, S. C., and rec
eived his A B Degree at Newberry
college. Newberry, S. C.
The new principal has done grad
uate work at the University ol
South Carolina, North Carolina :
State college and the University of
North Carolina. He is married
and has one daughter who is a col
lege student.
Bruce E. Tarkington, native of
, Belbaven, if Um new prtaeipai of
Smtiiu School. Mr. Tarkington, a
graduate of Wake Forest college
i with ilS degree in 1942, will be
I In charge of 13 teachers and 348
pupils at Smyrna.
I Smyrna's new principal served in
the Navy three years during the
war and gained his experience in
the Belhaven schools. At the pre
sent time he is ttudying for a Mas
ter's degree in Administrative Ed
ucation at Bast Carolina Teacher's
college, Greenville, and will move
to Smyrna with his wife and small
daughter later this summer.
Thomas S. Hood, principal of
Smyrna school, will go to Atlantic
to replace principal M. R. Bartield
who is going into business in Golds
boro. George D. Hardesty, former
principal of Harker's Island school,
will be a member of Newport
school faculty this year.
j Numbers have been painted on
I Beaufort parking meters recently
I in an effort to assist both police
| and motorists. In the future, mo
| torists who find that their parking
I meters -vill not work can tell the
I police the number of the meter in
I order that repair ^ork can be done.
State Approves Issuance
Of Port Improvement Bonds
i ?
The Cout*il of State On tyonday
authorized the issuance of bond an
ticipation notes for $7500,000, the
amount approved by the general
assembly for improvement of the
Morehcad City and Wilmington
porta.
The action also cleared the decks
for issuance of (200,000,000 in se
condary road bonds and 929,000,
000 in school bonds. BecaOfe of the
State Conatitution'i clauria limit
ing the debt a General Aaaembly
might authorize without a vote of
the people to two-thirds of the debt
retirement during the previous bi
ennium. the port debt must be in
curred before either the road or
school bonds are issued.
The 1949 General Assembly ap
proved the port bonds, whereas the
people voted on the road and sch
ool bonds.
After the council acted on the
port debt. Governor Scott announ
ced the appointment of Staley A.
Cook, Burlington newspaper editor,
to membership on the State Ports
Authority, the group which will
supervise the port development
program.
Coak succeeds W. O. Huake of
Fayetteville. His term runs for six.
yeara.1
The Governor also reappointed
J. H. White of Winston-Salem for a
term of six years. White ia mana
ger of Brown-Williaauon Tobacco
Company.
The council authorized anticips
8m BONUS Page Sana
Beaniorl Jaycees Publish
First Nbws Bnllttin
The Beaufort Jaycee's first edi
tion of "Tide Table" the bi-weekly
Jaycee news bulletin, appeared
Wednesday under the editorship of
James Wheatley and Robert Step
bens. Artist is Rusty Dorrler.
The issue lists members of the
White and Blue attendance team
captained by Carl Chadwick and
George Cottingham.
It has also announced that guest
speaker at the Jaycee meeting Mon
day night at 7:30 at the Inlet Inn
will be T. G. Leary, principal of
Beaufort school, who will speak on
the need for a manual arts depart
I ment at the school.
HiKfi Coitiagkua Lnds
Beaideri JiycN Bewlers
Beaufort Jaycees bowling scores
to date show George (Fisher boy )
Cottingham in the lead with 426
points.
Rusty Dorrler is holding down
second place with 383 points. Carl
Chadwick third with 346. Odell
Merrill 338, Lawrence Rudder 314,
Albert C|iappell 290, Leslie Davis
?85, Joe House Jr., 283, Jarvis
Herring 2S2, and Dan Walker (48.
The Jjyeeet will continue their
bowling tournament Monday even
ing following their meeting at the
I Inlet Inn,
Contrary to early reports, three
Negro ciew members from Beau
fort were injured in the explosion
and fire on the menhaden boat
Mispillion Wednesday morning.
Willio Fulford received a foot
injury, Joe James sustained burns
on his hands, and George Davis,
engineer, suffered extensive burns
on his legs, arms, and the .side of
his face.
The 20 crew members were pick
ed up on the menhaden boat, Sea
King, and returned to Beaufort.
W. H. Potter, of Beaufort Fish
eries, icported today that $50,000
damage was caused to the Mis
pillion by- the fire which burned
on her for about five hours after
the main engine exploded at 11
o'clock Wednesday morning. The
tragedy occurred four miles off
Atlantic Beach.
Capt. Brady Wade, Williston,
ordered his men to abandon ship
when it was seen that they could
not battle the spreading flames
and that fuel tanks were in danger
of exploding.
The boat itself was not insured
but his company is protected, Mr.
Potter tcid, against injury to per
sonnel or death of crewmen while
fishing.
The 100.000 fish aboard at the
time of the tragedy were saved.
They remained in the hold and
were removed from the boat when
it was towed late Wednesday after
noon to the plant's pier by the W.
A. Mace.
The Mispillion, which was built
by the Fish Meal company, Beau
fort, in 1942, was purchased by
Beaufort Fisheries in 1944. She
is being stripped now at the plant
dock and the engine will be re
moved at Port Terminal within
the next few days.
Repairs will Tie made on ways
at Morehead City or New Bern and
she is expected to be ready for
fishing again by the middle of
October.
Morehead City
Adopts Budget
The Morehead City boa rd of
town commissioners adopted the
budget lor the 1949-50 fiscal year
at their meeting Tuesday night in
the municipal building.
From unbudgeted fuhds, mean
ing generally revenue from the
race track, $2,000 has been ear
marked to make the initial pay
ment on purchase of the east wing
of Morehead City hospital from the
federal government, $4,000 will be
given toward support of the Car
teret County recreation center on
Shepard stree}, $3,000 will go to
ward 1949-50 payments on the new
garbage truck, $3,000 for a motor
grader, and $3,500 will be used to
finance promotion of Morehead
City.
Disposition of nie $3,500 will be
supervised by the Chamber of
Commerce and Commissioner D. G.
Bell. The board stated that this
amount should in no way be inter
preted as a contribution to the
Chamber of Commerce. The board
is cohtinuilly plagued throughout
the year with requests for adver
tisements in one publication or an
other and they are merely trans
ferring the responsibility of spend
ing this amount to one of their
members and the Chamber.
They thought that in this way
the promotional fund would be
spent more intelligently and with
notable results.
The remainder of unbudgeted
funds has been earmarked for
street drainage, maintenance and
repair of throughfares throughout
the town.
John Lashley, city clerk, report
ed that $1,260.75 is as yet uncol
lected in 'privilege tax. A 10 per
cent penalty must be slapped on
backsliders without fail, the com
missioners ordered. To date
$4,066.62 has been paid," the clerk
announced.
He also (tated that approximate
ly half ot the town's parking
meters have been paid for, $5,611.
A total of $11,200 haa been collect
ed since the meters were installed.
Tide Table
<Tide* at Beaufort Bar)
HIGH
LOW
Friday, July 22
5:12 a.m.
5:41 p.m.
11:10 a m.
12 midnight
Saturday, Ally 23
6:05 a.m.
6:31 p.m.
12:17 a.m.
12:02 p.m.
Sundays July 24
6:56 am.
7:18 p.m.
1:04 a.m.
12:53 p.m. I
Monday, July 25
7:43 a.m. ?
8:05 p.m.
1:48. a.m.
1:43 p.m.
8:30 a.m. .
8:92 p.m.
Tueaday, July 26
2:31 a.m.
2:33 pjn.
Plans Progress
On Aug. 4 Coast
Guard Celebration
Three Coast Guard Cutlers,
Two Patrol Boats, Air
craft to Participate
By Aycock Brown
Plans were completed over the
week-end for the most complete
Coast Guard anniversary celebra
tion ever presented in the history
of this air, land and sea service
Thursday, Aug. 4, at Morehead
City. Demonstrations of just
about every type of equipment
used by the service will be present
ed in a gigantic display within near
visual distance of many thousands
of spectators who will be privileg
ed to attend the celebration at no
cost.
It will be the 159th birthday of
the service orginally designated as
the Revenue Cutter service by the
treasury department and officially
it will be called Coast Guard Day.
Last year the event was staged
very capably and witnessed by sev
eral thousand spectators at Cape
llatteras. Because the Fort Macon
Coast Guard crew won the surfboat
and capsize drill, the celebration
is being held in Morehead City this
year, and due to easy accessibility
to the Carteret coastal area, addi
tional thousands of persons will be
privileged to witness the great
show.
Plans were completed over the
week-end when Commodore J. E.
Whitbeck, Commandant of the
Fifth Coast Guard district, Norfolk
headquarters, his public informa
tion officer, Commander D. G Mc
gowan and Captain S. C. Linholm
of the Coast Guard air station in
Elizabeth City flew here to confer,
with Chamber of Commerce and
Coast Gua'rd officials. In the !
group drawing up the tentative
program, besides the visitors, were ,
Robert G. Lowe, General Manager J
Chamber of Commerce, the cham- j
ber's chairman of the coast guard j
event, D. G. Bell and Chief Boat
swain H. R. Daniels in charge of
til# BeauL>rt jr?up of Life Boat:
stations with headquarters at Fort
Macon.
It was announced following the (
meeting that participating equip
ment would include three coast
guard cutters, the Chincotcague, 1
Conifer aod Agassiz; and two pat- 1
rol craft, the 83427 and 83493. Air
equipment taking part in the dem
onstration will include a giant j
PB1G, two helicopters, and one sea
plane from the Elizabeth City air
station. The seaplane will be eq
uipped for a JATO (jet assisted
take off) demonstration. There
will also be one of the giant am- j
phibious DUKWs from the Ft.
Macon lift boat station and num
erous smaller boats participating
including the surf boats that will
be used in races and capsize drills.
The entire demonstration will be
presented in the harbor adjacent
to the Morehead City Port terminal
and thus it will be possible for up
to 15,000 or more persons to see |
the show which will demonstrate
air and sea search techniques, plus
a realistic simulation of a ship in
distress. The public generally for
See COAST GUARD Page Seven
n i 11
Agents dcbedule
Dairy Meetings
To promote interest in dairying
and inform farmers of the need of
building this enterprise in the co
unty, a series of meetings featur
ing motion pictures will" be held
throughout the county next week.
| The meetings will be conducted
by R. M Williams, county agent,
and A1 Stinson,' assistant county
agent.
Mr. Williams said. "The latest
farm census reports indicate that
there are only three hundred thir
ty five milk cows in this county. I
This is an average of one cow for
around three rural farm families
in the county, not to speak of the
needs of all our town population.
The county production of milk is
exceptionally low lifc companion to
the needs in meeting our demands.
"Approximately one half million
dollars of hard earned cash is leav
ing Carteret County annually for
dairy and poultry products.
"In order for our county tt> make
the normal progress and reach
the degree of proaperlty which
might be expected, wc must bal
ance our livestock production more
in line with local needs.
The meetings are as follows:
Monday. 8 p.m., Cleve Gi'.likin'a
?tore,' Bettie; Tuesday. 8 p m ,
court house, Beaufort; Wednesday, j
8 pm, Lionel Connor's stol-o, Har
lowe; Thursday. ? p. m. vocational
agriculture department. Newport
school; Friday, 8 p. m , Unitarian I
church, Peiletier.
Leaf-Growing Farmers
To Go ,to Polls Tomorrow
Thai's Tomorrow! ' > 4
July 1949
n n? m ? sjws .
"I'm no tobacco farmer," says young Larry Allen of Wake
County, N. C., "but tomorrow, July 23, is an important date for
everybody. That's Jthr day every flue-cured grower ? landowner,
tenant, and sharecropper ? should go to his community polling
placc to vote on TOBACCO ASSOCIATES and MARKETING
QUOTAS. My Daddy says tobacco farmers have the best program
they've ever had, but they must vote ' tomorrow to keep that
program."
Arkansas Travelers Receive
Two Shocks as Result of Swim
Rotary President
Nantes Chairman
Dr. N. Thomas Ennett. newly-in
stalled Beaufort Rotary president,
outlined his program for the com
ing year and appointed chairmen
for the four principal Rotary com
mittees at Tuesday night s meeting
in the Inlet Inn dining room.
President Ennett stated that he
believed the club could serve the
community much more elfectively
if it had an increased membership.
He said his two major objectives
of the year would be to bring into
the club ail eligibles and desir
able personnel and to further more
active community service by the
club.
Chairmen appointed wer* B. J.
May, community service; W. E.
Downum, club service; L. A.
"Jack" Oakley, vocational service;
and Rev. W. Y. Stewart, internat
ional service. Each committee
chairman is to select two other Rot
arians to serveon his committee.
The community service commit
tee was asked to begin' an immed
iate survey of Beaufort and the co
unty and bring in recommendations
for the chief project for the club
this year. When brought in, the
club will determine which project
shall be undertaken.
The treasurer was instructed to
draw up a quarterly financial re
port and attendance record which
will be mimeographed and put in|o
the hands of each member.
Blanks for Insurance
Befands Available in Fall
World War II veterans who arc
expecting insurance rfeunds for
money they paid the government
during the war were advised to
day by C. L. Beam, veterans Ser
vice officer, that application
blanks for the refunds would lot
be available before late Octoter
or early November.
Mr. Beam stated that the blanks
would be in his office in the
American Legion hut, fieaufort,
in the fall. He said that the
blanks , should be filled out at d
application made before Jan. I.
According to information r<-,
ceived by the service officers, the
estimated average refund to'
received by each veteran will
amount to between 30 and 40
per cent of the amount paid on
insurance by the veteran between
the time it was taken out and
January 1, 1946.
As a parting word Mr. Beaai
suggested that veterans use tie
refund checks when they are re
ceived to reinstate their National
Service Life insurance or pay lot
the insurance in advance.
Tb" -fining of June 17 a dis
tress motorist is bathing suit walk
ed into i he Sound Chevrolet coiiv
pany, Morehead City.
He and his family had- been
swimming at an isolated spot on
the beach. When they returned to
their car, they found that every
thing in it had been stolen, includ
ing their clothes and car keys!
Although it was after closing
hours, Ed Oglesby employee at the
garage, towed the car to Morehead
City, and Malcolm Collins, mech
anic, made a new set of keys.
It so happened that the victims
of the robbery were the Rev.
David Shcpperson, pastor of the
First Presbyterian church, El.
Dorada, Arkansas, his wife, son,
and daughter.
Among the stolen articles was a
wrist watch, two pairs of glasses,
small pieces ol jewelry, several of
the minister's cards, some cash
that was in the toe of a shoe, and
a New Testament.
The unbelievable happened June
25, when the postman delivered to
{ the Shepperson'i door in Arkan
sas a package postmarked New
Bern, beariflg a feturn address, and
containing every article that had
been removed from the car, in
cluding a small wrench- and a
handful of ntckles and dimes.
M. T (Tom) Mills, owner and
manager of Sound Chevrolet com
pany, received the following letter I
from Mrs. Shepperson:
"You were so kind to < car of
Arkansas travelers several weeks
ago, 1 thought you'd be interested
in the outcome of our mishap in
your city. On June 25th the post
man brought us ? package contain
ing every article that had been
stolen from our car the evening of
June 17th, there was even a return
address on it and it was mailed at
New Bern. Not only that, but the
person spent 31 cents postage to
mail it to us
Cordially
Mrs. David Shepperson
Enclosed with the letter was a
clipping from an El Dorado paper
which reported the unusual inci
dent.
Maybe the New Testament serv
ed to convert some misguided soul,
or perhaps a "practical joke" was
played on the wrong party ... in
this day and age, this just shows
that miracles DO, happen.
t ________
A traffic light was installed at
the corner of 28th and Evans
streets, Morehead City Wednes
day. The light was authoriied by
town commisai oners a month ago
: but delivery waa delayed until
1 Tuesday It is hoped that tbe new
light will aid in regulating the
bad traffic situation to and (rom
i Atlantic Beach. I
B. J. May, county Production
Marketing administrator, today re
leased a statement on the market
ing quotas and Tobacco Associates
referendum to he held in Carteret ,
county and every flue-cured to- j
bacco producing county in the I
United States tomorrow. His state
ment follows:
"Flue-cured tobacco farmers |
will go to the polls tomorrow to
vote on the proposition of whe
Polling places for the referen
dum tomorrow follows: Stella,
Pelletier's store; Pelletier, Uni
tarian church; Bogue, Joe Tay
lor's store; Newport, Town Hall;
Wildwood, Murdoch's store; Har
lowe, Connor's store; Merrimon,
Dula Salter's store. All tobacco
producers living east of Beaufort
will vote at Gaskill's store in
Beaufort. Polls will be open
from 7 a. m. to 7 p.m.
ther to continue marketing quotas
after 1949.
"Congressmen from flue-cured j
tobacco states have battled to con
tinue marketing quotas and price
support on llue-cured tobacco. The j
number of tobacco producers vo
ting in the Saturday referendum !
will have a far-reaching effect on
future policy of the government in
reference to quotas and price sup
ports.
"If a large number vote to
morrow, the future will be well
assured. if only a small number
vote, the prospect of government
support will be lessened.
"Marketing quotas have been in
effect since 1938, with the excep
tion of 1939. Whea quotas were
lifted in 1939, a number of farm
ers who had never grown tobacco
planted it for the first time, there
by establishing a base. In 1940
when quota* were reinstated and
a natimal goal establishad these
: new grower* had to be tfeken into
I consideration.
"In order to take care of them,
I North Carolina lost over 15 per '
cent of her 1938 allotment. To
; bacco producers can readily see 1
! what might happen if marketing
| quotas were discontinued for even
j one year.
"The poll* open at 7 o'clock to
i morrow morning and close at 7 1
' tomorrow night. I urge every to !
bacco growing farmer in the coun
i ty to go to the polls and vote,
| thereby showing his interest in
a subject that vitally effects their
| economy."
Morehead Water
Found Polluted I
Mayor. George W. Dill, Jr.,
Morehead City, announced today
that he has been informed by the
county health department that
Bogue Sound beaches, along More
head City waterfront, contain bac
cillus coli, and are, therefore, a
potential typhoid fever threat.
The mayor stated* that t'.e
I health department has requested
the town to post signs along the
waterfront warning people of the,
pollution.
Samples -of the water, taken
i about a week ago, were analyzed !
at the state laboratory. Although j
baccillus coli is not the typhoid i
fever germ, a potential danger
of typhoid has been found to ex
| ist where that germ is found.
Mr. Dill said that the Bogue
Sound beaches are not to be in
terpreted as the beaches at At
lantic Beach. They are the beach
es in Morehead City proper.
Victim oi Vicious Attack
Discharged from Hospital
Mrs. John T. Noc of Bcautort, !
victim of a brutal bludgeoning
about the head last Friday morn
ing, was discharged from Morehead
City hospital yesterday but the j
identity of her attacker still re
mained a deep mystery.
Mrs. Noe was beaten badly in j
(he early hours of the morning
Friday by an unknown assailant j
who entered her home on Broad
street, went outside and procured
a large piece of timber, and re- !
turned to beat her on the head six
or eight times. She suffered a
brain concussion and fractured
skull.
Beaufort police, with the assis
tance of the State Bureau of In
vestigation, are still working on
the ess*. Rumors in Beaufort have
it that there art several suspects I
but little evidence for conviction.
Morehead City
Boys Road Grader
Board Appropriates $100
For Purchase of Bike
Reflector Tape
Morehead City commissioner!
ordered the rental purchase of 4
motor grader from Carolina Equip
ment company at their session i*
the municipal building Tuesday
night.
The grader, total cost $3,000, to
be paid in 10 months without in
terest, will be used to grade unpav
ed streets in town. Clyde Jonee
who has advised the board o^
street improvement problems, rec
comendcd purchase of the grader
suggested that in the following
year more equipment be bought
which will make macadamizing of
dirt streets possible.
Mr. Jones said the one of the
most important problems at pre
sent is drainage. Bringing street!
up to grade, will accomplish noth
ing.
He recommended purchase of
local labor can then be used, and
secondly, road contractors will be
available only at a premium in the
coming few years because of the
state's $200,000,000 road building
program.
M. A. Mcars, salesman from the
Carolina Equipment company, at
tended the meeting. The grader
being purchased is a used machine
but has been inspected by Mayor
George W. Dill and "Hooty" Wa
ters and adjudged in good condl*
tion. The equipment company will
place two new tires on the grader
and take the town's old grader.
Mayor Dill reported that prog
ress has been made on the drainage
problem ai 32nd strelt on Evan^ ,
and Sunset drive. T
H. S. Gibbs, Jr., Jayceft chairman
of safety, received a promise from
the board of $100 from bicycle li
cense tag revenue in January to
purchase reflector tape for all bl*
cycles in town. John Lashley, city j
clerk, reported that 350 bike tags
have been sold this year.
The board authorized Mayor \
George W. Dill. Jr., to attend thq
public utilities commission heaiw
ing at Wilmington next Thursday J
to register protest against the
posed Tide Water 1'ower i
increase in rates. " |
W. C. Matthews and Dr. Johtt
Morris, representatives of thf
Morehead City Chamber of Com*
mercc appeared and requested th4 t
board's support of the Chamber of
Commerce advertising and j?romoV
ion campaign.
Chamber Opposes
Power Rate Raise
The net increase in revenue t6
Tide Wuer Puwer company, if the
proposed ra'.e increase goes throu
gh, will be about $169,000 after
state and federal taxes are pai4>
engineer for the power company
told members of Beaufort's Cham,
bcr of Commerce board of director* -
at a meeting Wednesday night. , ]
The board invited George Coii
ant. commercial manager, Georgf
Stovall, local manager, and Mr.
Gallagher to explain the reason*
lor the proposed increase.
Following the power company'^
presentation of their case, the
board voted to oppose the increaa* j
Braxton Adair was appointed <
chairman of a committee to go ta
Wilmington Thursday to the hear-' '
ing before the utilities commission. i
Persons wishing to accompany hint }
ihould contact him as sooa a*
possible, Mr. Adair reported todk]>.
The board of directors was toid
expenses have made the request
:or increased rates necessarx*
There will be no increae in coot of
itreet lighting in cities or in stat*
>r federal housing projects,
Whereaa the residental rate is
tow $1 per 20 kilowatt hours, it
?rill be *1.50 per kilowatt hours it
he utilities commission approves
he raise.
On the oommercial rate, now
111.23 for 290 kilowatt hours, tar
?xample, the new rate would
(13. an increase of $1.77.
Mr. Gallagher said that under tla
tew commercial rate struct art,
>uslness enterprises csn convert to
tingle meter service, which In ***a
r cases means a saving over ha*
ng several meters Single mM
ervice does swsy with the aec??
See POWEK RATE