:3gE CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES 10e A Merger of THE BEAUFORT NEWS (Established 1912) and THE TWIN CITY TIMES (Established 1936) ~3i5th YEAR, NO. 63 EIGHT PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA, TUESDAY, AUGUST 16, 1949 PUBLISHED TUESDAY^ AND FRIDAYS Bill Dismisses Assault Case, Lack of Evidence O'Connell's Wife Fails To Appear In Court, Dill Has Warrant Sworn Out The charge of assault and bat tery against James F. O'Conner was dismissed for lack of evidence | in Morehead City mayor's court yesterday when O'Conners accu ser, Mary O'Conner, his wife, fail ed to appear in court. When Mrs. O'Conner failed to appear. Mayor George W. Dill, Jr., dismissed the case and had a war rant for her appearance sworn out. He stated that she was at tempt to use the course for her own purposes and that she would have to pay for filing a complaint on which she took no action. Willie J. West pleaded guiltyUo public drunkness and was fined $5 and costs when He showed the mayor his bus ticket and stated that he was leaving for Norfolk as soon as his case was over. The bonds of Raymond Harrcll and James Hodges, Jr., were for- ( feited when they did not appear , to answer the charge of vandal ism. The are reported to have torn down signs and turned over garbage cans in downtown More head City while on a rampage Saturday night. Citations were displayed order ing several persons into court for parking on the sidewalk. Chief of Police Willis stated that if citizens continued their failure to answer the citations, warrants would be issued and they would J be brought into court. Farmers Honor Rol! Posted Placards listing: honor roll n?7u.s of ' ? * y mers who have done a gOon j<J!> in following: Experiment Station and Extension Service recommen dations in establishing permanent pastures throughout the county may be observed in the following departments: Vocational Agricul ture Department, Newport; Soil Conservation Service; P.M. A. Of fice and the County Farm Agents office. Each of the above metioned departments played an important part in encouraging and assisting the farmers of the county in pro-> viding their livestock with these , pastures, stated R. M. Williams, County Farm Agent. The Extension Service and Vo cational Department in the New-J port community furnished farmers with the educational information ; ? on latest approved practices from j State College and the Experiment Station on establishing pastures. j The .Soil Conservation Service as sisted many of the farmers ill the actual seeding of the pastures while the PMA office assisted in providing from 50% to 80% of the cost of seeding. Most of these pastures where soil type and conditions would per mit were seeded to Ladino clover and Kentucky 31 fescue. Other pastures whose owners wanted a more complete grazing mixture and a little more sure continuous grazing program added Lespedeza and Dallas grass to their mixture. | Our goal jn Carteret County | this fall is to encourage every j farmer who owns livestock to es tablish one or more acres to per nffenent pasture. The seeding of permanent pas tures 'should never be- confused with the idea that they will always take care of all the livestock needs daring all seasons under varying weather conditions. Temporary 1 and supplementary grazing crops are always important to a com plete and well rounded livestock feed program. The following farmers in the county we feel are worthy of naming on the pasture honor roll list: Ball Brothers, Joel Davis, Ncal Campen, Primrose Gooding, D. S. Oglesby, J. T. Oglesby, Jack Fell, Farrior Brothers, Bernice Mann, Harold Simmons, Lawrence Garner, Carlyle Garner, Artis Gar ner, Clyde Gfcrner, Jessie Garner, Daniel Garner, M. D. Pridgeon, D. Upton Miller, Mrs. Dairy ICoonce, Ivey Kubanka, Archie Hardesty, , R. L. Gray, Kerney Merrill, Jr., Ernest Quinn, George Franks, Artia Garner, Samuel Pol lard, Gerald Pulcher, Sonny Long, Bernice Mann, Harry Lockejr, Jack Bell, and 2>aniel Garner. The honor roll placards were furnished the county agricultural officials. by Mr; Neal Bolton, our Better Farming for Better Living j Agent from Wilmington. M rs. Margaret Davis, Beaufort b? auty operator, is the inventor of a beautician's "work table" shown above, which was demonstrated to the Eastern Carolina Cosmetologi. ts guild convention at Atlantic Beach, which will end today. Miss Maggie Mason assists Mrs. Davis as she demonstrates the nse of the plastic {able, which keeps working materials almost at the finger-tips of the operator. Old Age Assistance Requests Swamp County Welfare Office School Deadline For Veterans Approaches There are only 30 more shopping ?ten ?*U *aiwai struts. and 'hose veterans who intend to make the first use of Iheir eligibility under the G. I Bill to enter a school this (all will need that much time for preliminary arrangements, the Veterans Administration reminded them today. There are two nccessary Items in the mail order category they must have in hand in order to enroll: First is assurance from the school of their choice that there will be room; and second is a certificate of eligibility from the VA. Both of these can be obtained through the mail, but at least 30 days should be allowed for deivery during this rush period. Those veterans who have never applied for a certificate for edu cation or training, may do so at their nearest VA office or by writ ing to the VA regional office at Winston-Salem. Certified or pho tostatic copies of separation papers giving all periods of war-time ser vice must accompany the applica tion for determination of eligibili ty. The approved certificate will be mailed directly to the veteran. The veteran holding an unused G. I. Bill certificate of eligibility issued before September 1, 1948, must exchange it for a new type certificate. Copies of separation papers also must accoirpany the exchange application for eligibility determination. If dependents are to be claimed for subsisteiMv allowance purpos es, veterans should start obtain ing evidence in the form of certi fied public records for submitting upon entrance into training. Tide Table (Tides at Beaufort bar) HIGH LOW Tuesday, August 16 12:40 a.m. 6:42 a.m. 1:17 p.m. 7:45 p.m. Wednesday, August 17 1:32 a.m. 7:33 a.m. 2:11 pm. 8:48 p.m. Thursday. Aufust 18 2:30 a.m. B:31 a. 3:11 p.m. 9:52 p.m. | Friday, Aifust 19 3:35 a.m. 9:36 a.m. I 4:11 un. 10:53 p.m. I Fourth Poll* fictim Enlen Camp LtjuM Hospital Mkmel M. Diepch. 21. of Brook lyn, N. Y , hospital mate third claaa, USN, is the fourth adult at the Marine Air Station at Cherry Point tn fall victim to polio thia summc/. it was announced in New Bern thia weekend by the Craven County Health Department. Hia caw was diagnoaed aa polio' at the Naval Hospital at Camp Le Jeune where 'he was taken for treatment. There has been a considerable increase in the number of Old Age Assistance applications dur- j ing the past several months in Carteret county and North Caro lina, according to Tom McGinnis, superintendent of the local wel- 1 I fare department. The total appli- ' I cations from January 1 to July 30, | . 1949 number 185. This figure, i when compared with the 352 per- ! sons ftow receiving Old Age As j sistance, shows the tremendous increase. To meet these demands the State had had to make certain changes in determining need of , persons applying and of those al- j ready receiving. The new chqn I ges tend to limit assistance pav I ments to . only those in need of ; help in meeting just the basis sub i sistancc requirements. These ba | sic items include, food, clothing, rent, and some household expen erplain that many people who ap ses. ? The superintendent went on to ply for Old-Age Assistance think that it is a pension to which they i | are entitled when they reach 65 years ot age. ^his thinking is fal- j | sc and should Jbe clarified. i It is not a pension but an as I sistance to help persons who do : not have sufficient income or con tributions to buy themselves the basic items mentioned above. They are, for the most part, per sons who have nothing in the way of earned income, property, pen sions, farm produce, or aid from I other agencies. Negro Youth Struck by Car, Sostains Fractured Pelvis Joseph Floyd, Morehead City 'Negro youth, received a fractured ?pelvis when he was struck at 6:20. Friday evening by an automobile; driven by Walter E. Clancy of i 602 Fisher strept. The accident occurred at the corner of 11th and Bridges streets. Clancy was traveling down Bridges street when Floyd step ped out in front of his car. An eyewitness stated that the driver had no opportunity to stop before he struck the boy. The boy was taken to Morehead City hospital where his condition ! was considered favorable follow-) ing an operation. No charges were filed against Clancy ponding the outcome of the youth's in juries. Dr. Prftkarck Quits Federal, Jet fo Remain Here Dr. H. F. Prytherch has resign ed his Federal position in Maine at Fishery Research biologist on i clam investigations in order to continue bis aerviees to the fish eriei of North Carolina Dr. Prytherch has resumed his position as consultant for the Texas A & M Research foundation on problems pertaining to the serious mortality of oysters caus ed by the sporozoan par.site and other natural enemies of tlte shell fish The Pytherchs will continue, to reside at 1410 Front street, Beau tort. 1 Paramount May Make Newrsreel On Shad Fishing Cameraman Tours Men-j haden Plants in Prelimi- 1 nary Investigation Preliminary work by a Para- ! mount News cameraman may re-| suit in a full-length newsreel fea-! ture on Carteret county's menhad en industry, it was revealed today. Two weeks ago the cameraman arrived in the county to investigate the possibilities oi such a fea ture. The New York office of the newsreel company had seen magazine photographs of the fish ing industry here and had sent the cameraman *to conduct a fur ther investigation. The newsreel man was shown through menhaden processing plants in the area, taken on a tour of several of the boats, flown over some of the boats at work at sea and shown the fundamentals of | the fathometer which is used to spot schools of the fish when they I are in deep water. He also made newsreel photo graphs, under simulated condi | lions,, of the use of the fathome- j ter under actual fishing condi tions. ? I Following his extensive lour of | the fishing areas and equipment i the cameraman returned to ,his office in Atlanta, Ga. Before de- ; parting he stated that he was most j I enthusiastic over what he had | I seen. He said it would be up to | the news company's main office to decide whether oi not to make a full-length feature on the men I haden industry, but that he felt j quite sure that such a feature | would be made. Beaufort Child Struck by Auto Barbara Sue Simpson, throe- 1 year old daughter of Mr. and Mm. j Monroe Simpson, Beau* it, su*W talned n broken leg and possible j internal injuries when she was' struck by a Model A Ford being driven by Thurston Hill at 3:45 yesterday afternoon in downtown i Beaufort. Hill was traveling down Front street in the business district j when the Simpson child suddenly J ran in front of his car. The car struck her, breaking her leg and causing other possible injuries. Little Barbara Sue was immed iately taken to the Morehead City hospital where x-rays were taken to determine the full extent of her injuries. Hospital officials stated that it would be some time before the results of the x-rays would be available. Couply ABC Sales Total $69,592.(3 lor July Sales at. the three ABC stores in the county last month totaled $69, 592.63, it was reported today by James Potter, county auditor. Morehead City sales amounted to $42,302, Beaufort's $15,902.75, and Newport's $11,387.90. Gross profit amounted to $18, 134.34 and estimated net profit $6,115.26. North Carolina sales tax totaled $5,915.38 and operat ing expenses $2,924.74. Beaufort's share of dividends was $727.55, Newport received $516, and the Morehead City hos pital $1,935.31. Beaufort Church Installs Chimes Ann St. Methodist Church Will Present Two Con certs Daily The chimcs given by Mr. and 1 Mrs. Henry D. Hatsel of Norfolk in mejnory of their parents, Mr. und Mrs. Allan Davis and Mr. and Mrs. Henry D. Hatsel, both of Beaufort, were installed Friday morning in Ann St. Methodist i chureh. The chimes can be played either ' electrically, by a record player, or manually, at the organ, end can be broadens! either way. They have a two mile radius. According to present plan they t will be played electrically at 8 o'clock in the mornings, and again at 6 o'clock in the evenings. During church service Sunday morning and evening Miss Neva Bell, organist, played the chimes while at the organ. Dedication plans will be made at the next Board of Stewards meeting which will be held Sept-i ember b. A plaque giving ,th? names of : the donors and those in whose me j mory the chimes have been given, ; will be olaced in the vestibule of the church. Tlio Hev. T. H. Jenkins, pastor of the church, read several letters during the service Sunday morn ing from people in town, saying . how much they are enjoying the music. Deputy District Governor Speaks ' To M. C Lions | Sid Gordon of Goldsboro, Lions deputy district governor, addrescd Morehead City Lions on Lionism aided by an hilarious sideshow at | Friday night's Lions meeting in the Fort Macon Hotel dining! room. The sideshow consisted of Louis Hinson standing on a chair in (W corner of the room shouting. 1 "Roar. Lions, Hoar!" every 30 seconds, Earl Hessee ringing a bell every time Hinson shouted, and Victor Wickizer. newly in stalled zone chairman, washing his socks in a pail of water. Mr. Gordon was present at the meeting to install Wickizer as zone chairman but instead turned the evening into a carnival of laughs. Lions decided on a Ladies Night for next Friday night. Lions and *their ladies will meet at the Rex Restaurant at 8 p. m. Friday for the occasion. The merger of the Lions and Fire Department softball teams was approved wholehearted! v by the group. This merger will be efective for the remainder of the season. It was disclosed that the soft drink machine ordered wil be de livered and installed this week. No decision was reached on the question of the date for starting broom sales. The driver's license of D. W. Bengeson, Cherry Roint, has been revoked for drunken driving, ac cording to a report from the State Highway Safety Division. C. M. Biickhouse, district farm a^ent, will be in the county Fri day to work with the county agent's office in connection with matters pertaining to the local extension program. * Moreliead Cops League Flag; Beaufort Wins Two Games Morehead City won a pair of I panics, one of them a thriller over the weekend to clinch the Tide Water pennant. In Saturday's game at Midway Park, Craig gave up four hits and one run and struck out 12, as his teammates piled up five runs on nine hits to win, 6-1. Wallace and Robinson led the winners with two for four each. Sunday's game, termed by spec tators the most thrilling of the season, was a spectacular pitcher's duel between Julius Moore of, Morehead City and Noble ofj Midway Park, with the locals win ning by a 1-0 score. Moore al lowed only three hits while his mound opponent gave up but five hits. Ace Haftis scored the winning run on a single through the box by Bill Holt. Morehead's weekend victories plated them 6^4 games in front of their cloest competitor, East Carteret. fee MOREHEAD BEATS Page S Beaufort's baseball team took ; a , couple of victories over the 1 weekend, one of them via the forfeit route and the other by virtue of outhitting and outpitch ing the Jacksonville team. 1 Saturday Jacksonville failed to appear for it^ scheduled game in Beaufort and consequently Beau fort was handed a 9-0 forfeit. Sunday the Beaufort team showed tvidence of the strength and power it displayed in whipping ; Moreheay City last week by taking the Jacksonville team to the score of 16-3. Fitzgibbons was the big gun in Beaufort's attack, allowing on ly three hits while pitching the entire game and slugging a hom er with two on. Ben Hester also togged a homer with twi on. Jacksonville used two pitchers to try to stem the tide but their efforts were lost. Sunday was Beaufort's day to win". In one other Sunday game East Carteret trimmed Havelock, 4-3, in a 12 inning game. Barden Will Speak at Second. M C T I Commencement Friday Presbyterians Install Pastor Rev. Priestley Conyers, new pastor at Webb Memorial Presby terian Church, Morehead City, was officially installed during worship services recently at the church. Dr. li. Frank Hall, former pas tor of the church, delivered the installation qermon. He was as sisted in various phases of the procedure by Rev. James F. (Ira vin, Rev. Crarles Parrish, and Rev. L. A. Taylor. Reverend Conyers was born in ! Greenville, S. C., the son of W. Priestley Conyers and the former : Olivia Fitts Wallace of Wilming | ton, N. C. In 1926 the Conyers moved to Spartanburg, S. C., where they lived until 1933 when i they moved to Tryon, N. C. Af [ ter a three year stay in Tryon j they returned to Spartanburg where the minister's parents have made their home since. | The future minister studied in ' high school at Spartanburg and Tryon and graduated from Wood bery Forest School in Orange, Va. In 1939 he entered Davidson Col I lege where he graduated with a R. S. degree in Political Science in 1913. While a student at David son he was prominent in many campus activities. He was a member of Kappa Signia social fraternity, the Ku nianean Literary Society, Sigma Upsilon Literary Club, the debate j team, the College Glee Club, and ' the freshman and sophomore swim ming teams. He was also a ROTC ' X. I The Rev. W. Priwtly Conors III | cadet lieutenant, class orator, and j in the YMCA cabinet his senior { year. Kev. Conyers entered the Army i in August of 1943 and graduated a Second Lieutenant from the Armored Force Officer Candidate. School, Ft. Knox, Ky., the follow- j ing December. Following gradu ation he was assigned to the Ar-| mored Board at the fort for year and a half. This board was the service testing 'agency for testing and proving all new and experimental tanks and tank guns and ammunition which were under development during the war. In July of 1915 he went over seas for a year to serve on Okina wa. While there he was appoint ed assistant adjutant-general of j Headquaters, Okinawa Ba:>c Com ? mand. He was relic zed from ac- < tivte duty in September, 1946 with j the rank of Captain. While at Fort Knox in January | of 1945 he married Miss Marguer ite Mason, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James D. Manor., Charlotte, Mrs. Conyers is a graduate of j Charlotte high school and Queens j College, where she graduated Cum Maude with a B. S. degree in both Music and Bible in 1943. ? The follox^ing year the attend ed the Biblical Seminary, New . York City and New York Univer-I sity. Later she was awarded a I Master of Ar?s regree in Educa-! tion. She was a teacher of Bible | at Moatrcat College iti the fall j of 1914. While Mr. Conyers was j overseas she taught Bible at Mit- j chell College in Statesville. The Conyers have one daughter Anne Marguerite, aged 11 .months i Reverend Conyers fulfilled a long hoped for desire in 8eptem- 1 ber of 1946 when he entered Un ion Theological Seminary. He grad uated in May oi this year with a Bachelor of Divinity degree. Fol lowing graduation he accepted the ' caii to Wildwood and Webb Mem orial Presbyterian churches in Carteret County. He was ordained to the Gospel ministry by Wilmington Presbyte ry on July 12 of this year. Representative Graham A. Bar- ? den of the Third District will be the principal speaker at the second annual commencement exercises of the Morehead City Technical nistitute. Director Edward W. Hug- 1 gles of the North Carolina State ? College Extension division an nounced today. Barden is the author of the Bar den Bill, a proposed legislative act providing Federal aid to education, and is a member of both the Edu cation end Labor committees of the House of Representatives. Carteret County citizens are in vited to attend the exercises, which will be held at 8 p.m. Friday at the Morehead City High school audi torium. Director Jaines I. Mason, of the institute, expressed the hope that there would be a good turnout of Carteret citizens to hear Representative Barden. Mr. Mason said th. t if a great enough interest in outside speakers were shown, the institute hoped to bring more speakers to the county. Twenty-six students will receive certificates from State college for completing the one-year technical course at the Institute. Chancellor J. W Harrelson of State college will preside and in troduce Barden. Dean J. H. Lampe of the College's School of Engi neering will present the certifi cates to the graduates. Officers of the graduating class are Roger Evans of Kinston. presi dent; Charles Dunman of Greens boro. vice-president; Lawrence Benedict gf Binghampton, N. Y., ! secretary; and David Carmichael i of High Point, treasurer. The Institute is conducted by the College's Extension division in cooperation with the School of En gineering. James I. Mason of Morehead City is director of the Institute Fire Damages Beaufort House Fire of unknown orgin caused ' an uncstimatcd amount of damage i to a unoccupied two story frame 1 house in the 100 block of Broad street, Beaufort yesterday morn- ; ing. Beaufort firemen received a j call slightly before 10 a. m. and i arrived to find the rear of the house engulfed in flames and smoke. Apparently the fire had begun in a rear room of the small u n pa in ted house and gained con- ! sidcrably headway bctore it was reported. The back of the house, one side, and a rear wing were badly dam aged as a result of smoke, flames and water. The asphalt roofing on the rear wing fed the flames to an even greater intensity than did the rest of the hou*e. The burned building belonged to Mrs. Alice Roberts, and had been unoccupied for almost two years since she vacated it. It was not insured. District Legionnaires Will Picnic al Beach American Legionnaires from the Seventh North darolina district j will make the Carteret coast their , headquarlqrs tomorrow when they ' meet for a beach party and social get together. legionnaires. . their wives and 1 families will gather at Atlantic ! Beach during the afternoon for a session of fun in the sun. Later in j 1 the afternoon all present will hold j a Dutch supper on the beach and ! 1 at 7:30 they will meet at the Ame- | rican Legion hut west of Morehead ' 1 City for dancing. 1 No Legion business will be dis- 1 cussed at the meeting. Cecil 0. Fodrie Gets Promotion to Stall Sgt. Cecil O. Fodrie, son of Mr. Van ton T. Fodric, RFI) 1, Beaufort, has been promoted from the rank of Sergeant to Staff Sergeant. S/8gt. Fordrie is assigned to i the 13th Air Force which is a part of the Far East Air Command ; for duty with the 18th Mainten- ; ance Squadron Fighter (SE), Lu- ; 7.on, Fhillipine Islands. He is as signed as a Personnel Equipment I man in the Flight Test Section of 1 Base Maintenance. < S/Sgt. Fodrie is enjoying the i many recreational facilities both i at Clark Air Force Base and in |] the mountainous regions of oNrth- ] ern Luzon, where Camp John Hay i is located. This Camp is main i tained for the recreational use of , 1 Military Personnel stationed here i in hte Philippines. |j Health Officer Releases Sanitation Grades Dr. Thomas Knnett, county health officer, recently released the fol lowing health grades for this quar ter; i Pmteuriied Milk ? Grade A ? Farmer's Cooperative, Chapel Hill, N. Mania Milk & Ice ('ream Co., New Bern, N. C.; White Ice Cream & Milk Co., Wilmington, N. C. Retail Raw Dairies? Grade A? Ivey Kubank's l>airy, Beaufort* ; Rt., N'. C.; D. B. Turner's Dairy, Newport, Rt., N. C.; Riverside Dairy, Mo re head City, Rt., N. C-Jj Stewart's Dairy. Gloucester, N?? C? Thelma Whitehurst's Dai ry, Gloucester, N. C. Rcitauran1 and Hotel Grades ? Beaufort ? A ?Fred's Barbecue, Inlet Inn Dining Room, Joe House Fountain Lunch, Carolina Grille, The Griddle, Inlet Inn Hotel, Causeway Lunch; Grade B ? Guth rie Jones Fountain Lunch, Broad Street Lunch, Carrie's Snack Bar, Graham Lunch, Charlie's Place, Annie Clyde's Cafe, Gordette Lunch, Davis Place. Morehead City Grade A ? San- ] itary Fish Market Restaurant, '{ Morehead City Fountain Lunch, ?' Blue Ribbon Club, Jefferson Ho- < tel, Air Port Grill, Race Track Concession, Jefferson's Restau- ' rant, Whal^y's Drive Inn, Busy Bee Cafe, Camp Morehead, Sut ton's Dairy Bar, Copeland's Kdge water, Restaurant, Carteret Rec- i reational Snack Bar, Ft. Macon 2 Hotel, ("apt. Bill's Restaurant, IJedy'# Lunch, Amy's Grill. Grade B ? I'ine Tree Inn, The Curce Inn, Willis Inn, S. & W. Galley, Lummie's Drive Inn, Fountain Lunch, Kennell Club, Busy Bee Lunch, Anchor Inn, \ Garment Lunch, Ocean Grille, ' Rex Restaurant, Broadway Cafe, j Dudley's Cozy Nook, Mack's Place, Mansfield Food ('enter, Edgewat er Club. Dom's Place ? Under Repair. Atlantic Beach ? Grade A ? } Ocean King Hotel, Frontier Vil- ; lagc, Moore's Motor Court, Villa Queen Hotel, Villa Queen Tea Room, Atlantic Beach Hotel, At lantic Beach Hotel Dining Room, Ocean King Dining Room, Beach View Cafe. t Grade B ? Surf Club Patio, r* Duck's Burger Palace, O c e a fi Drive Hotel, Barefoot's Lunch. Idle Hour, Robley's Lunch, Clark . Bro. Snack Bar, Beach Head, Pop Smith's Cafe, Sombrero, Surf Club Bar & Grille ? Permit issued, no grade issued. Smith's Cafe, Sombero. Surf Club Atlantic ? Grade B ? Mason'a Lunch, Atlantic Cafe. Harker's Island ? Grade A ? - ; Ben Wilson's Cafe, R. J. Chad- ' wick's Food Center. Newport and R.F.D. ? Grade A ? Riviera, Hibbs Fountain Lunch J > Grade B ? Frank's Cafe, Smith's Sec GRADE'S Page 2 . 1 State Polio Rate Is Below Average Raleigh Reports of the in- 4 creased incidence of polio in the United States, particularly in Tex- j as, California and Arkansas, are coming in but North Carolina is well below the average for the ? country as a whole, it was pointed "< out today by Dr. J. W. R. Norton, / State Health Officer. Dr. Norton j cited the fact that, through July { of this year, only 100 cases of i polio had been reported to the ?) North Carolina State Board of Health, as compared with 1,098 for the same period last year, J when the largest epidemic of our i history occurred. Dr. Norton also stated that only 42 cases were reported for the single month of July this year, j against 783 in July. 1948. "It is to be regretted, of cour- j sc," Dr. Norton went on, "that j polio is prevalent in epidemic j form in any part of the country. However, we have taken punish- ? ment in this respect, in both 1M4 -! and 1948, and if our incidence 'i this year is low. we can be grate- g ful without reflection on any part Df the country Of course, we do not know what the future holds la ' store There might be a flare up later on in the year, but just now ; none is indicated and I think we should be very grateful that oup summer habits are not being in- "4 terrupted this year by the preval ence of any acourage or epide mic." '

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