26ECARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES _*
A Merger of THE BEAUFORT NEWS (EsUbluked 1912) and THE TWIN CITY TIMES (EatablUhed 1936)
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38th YE^AR, NO. 66 TWENTY PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY/AUGUST 26, 1449 ? PUBLISHED TUESDAYS"" AND FRIDAYS
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Beaufort Remains Jittery ; Two Women 'Grabbed'' Monday Night \
Principal Cites j
Need for Better
School Sanitatioo
Morehead Cily PTA Execu
live Commitlee Meets at
President's Home
School sanitation requires much
improvement, it was pointed out
by Principal G. T. Windeil in hi?
report at a special meeting of the
executive board of the Morehead
City Parent-Teacher association
Monday night at the home' of its
president, A. B. Cooper. AI*> pre
sent were representatives -of the
County Board of Education and the
faculty.
The group was informed that
the Harry North building will be
moved and the county will erect a
building on this property for a new
cafeteria, a manual arts room and
four much-aecded class rooms.
Mr. Windeil also stressed the
need for a better signal system in
the school. He said there is still
much to be done in the way of
maintenance repairs before school
opens Sept. I. In his suggestions
for projects which the PTA might
be called upon to support he in
cluded paving the driveways at
either end of the building, painting
of the lunch room and purchasing
additional stage lights and equip
ment.
S. A. Chalk, Jr., chairman of
the ways and means committed,
told the group of the proposed'
plans of his committee to raise
money .'or the school, and the pos
sible financing of some of these
projects.
Bruce Goodwin, chairman of the
recreation committee received the
approval of the group when he
outlined the plans of his commit
tee to support a football team
which has been lacking in the
high school for the past ten years
wgMipn
for all ages.
Appreciation was voiced for the
work done by Clyde Jones, chair
man of the grounds committee, in
enlisting the help of the Rotary
club in the recent cleaning of the
school .grounds.
Mr. Chalk and Mr. Cooper vo
lunteered to purchase two dummy
policemen to mark the areas of
the school sone.
The first PTA meeting of the
year, a reception of the teachers,
will be Monday, Sept. 12, at the
school.
Oct. 21 was set for the annual
school carnival. Mr. Chalk is
chairman of the arrangements.
Captain Gillikin
Leaves Hospital
Capt. Noe Gillikin, Otway, who
was injured in an auto accident
Saturday afternoon in Beai|fort
was discharged from Morehead
City hospital Monday.
Captain Gillikin received a
sprained right shoulder when the
'46 Hudson in which he was riding
was involved in a collision at
Orange end Ann streets. The other
car was a '41 Plymouth driven by
Cpl. Samuel P. Guge of Camp
Lejeune. The driver of the Hud
son. Dewey Gillikin, Otway, was
uninjured. Other pasaengers in
both cars escaped without injury.
Chief of Police Louis B. Willis
and Officer Hiram Kerr, who in
vestigated, said the collision oc
curred at 2:30 p.m. in ? heavy
downpour of rain. Corporal Guge
was at the intersection, facing
south on Orange, while Gillikin
wis driving west on "Ann.
The Marine told the officers that
he looked both ways and did not
see the Hudson and proceeded out
on to Ann street. The right side
of the Hudson was smached in.
as well ss the front of the Ply
mouth. ,
Damage to the Plymouth la esti
mated at $473 and to the Hudson,
$430.
Chief of Police Willis stated
(hat he has informed the town
clerk that fellow itop sign* should
be placed at all intersections along
Ann street except where stop lights
arc located, The state assumes the
financial reaponsibility for erec
tion of these signs alobg state
maintained thoroughfares. The
clerk. William Hataell, will write
a letter to the district engineer,
the chief said.
At a hearing on the accident, the
?atter waa settle^ between the
parties involved. Corporal Guge
reported that he carries liability
Insurance
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Zoning Consultant Begins
Survey of Beaufort Property
The first step !n completing
Beaufort's proposed zoning got un
der way yesterday when Leigh
Wilson, field consultant of the
North Carolina League of Munici
palities arrived in Beaufort and |
began preliminary work.
Mr. Wilson's job will be to
survey ill property in Beaufort,
study the property's present use,
and make recommendations to the
Beaufort Planning Board as to
what areas should be zoned for
what specific purposes.
After the field consultant's re
commendations are received the
Planning Board will meet and
decide which ideas to accept. They
will then call a public meeting to
allow residents to voice any ob
jections to the plans and also to
present constructive criticism.
Following the public meeting,
the planning board's proposals
will be presented to the town
board for final approval and legal
enactment. When this is done
the town will officially be zoned
into its respective business, resi
dential and other areas.
The work of the field consultant
is usually of a short length and he
expects to complete the job by
tomorrow.
Pauline Gillikin
To Represent JCs
At Reidsville
Miss Pauline Gillikin, runner
up in the Miss Morehead City con
test held early this summer, was
chosen' Monday night by More
head City Jaycees to represent
Mor?hea4t;Oftty ~tr Hfc 'itWtiit
Festival to "be held in Reidsvflle
next month.
Mary Sue Tenney, Miss More
head City* was originally chosen
to represent Morehead City, but
when it was found that she was
unable to attend, Miss Gillikin
was chosen.
Jaycees voted to have a dele
gation attend the next regular
meeting of the county commission
ers and ask the commissioners to
request Cherry Point Marine au
thorities to have insect prevalent
areas in the county sprayed with
DDT. It was reported that the
Marine Corps will do this work
free of charge if they are so re
quested.
Walter Morris reported that
Morehead City has offered its
facilities for the 1060 North Caro
lina Jaycee convention but that
the convention will be held in Ra
leigh instead. The offer was ex
tended at last week's Jaycee quart
erly board meeting in High Point.
Mayor George W. Dill, Jr.,
agrees with the Jaycee intention
of seeing that better housing is
brought to Morehead City, Ethan
Davis reported. The mayor told
Mr. Davis that the town board
was investigating such a possibili
ty but that little is known of the
aspects of public housing for the
town at the present time. '
Money was appropriated at the
meeting to rent a film short on
fire prevention to be shown dur
ing local fire prevention week',
the film will be shown at local
theatres that week.
Tide Table
(Tide* (I Beau/art Bar)
HIGH LOW
Friday, August 2?
9:43 a.m. *3:31 a.m.
10:07 p m. 3:58 p.m.
Saturday, August 27
10:34 a.m. 4:15 a.m.
10:8# pm. 4:52 p.m.
Sunday, August 2S
11:26 a m. 5:01 a.m.
11:45 pm. 5:47 p.m.
Maaday, Aufut 29
12 midnight 5:49 a.m.
12:20 _p m. 6:46 p.m.
Tuesday, Auguat M
12:40 a.m. 6:43 s.m.
1:21 p.M. 7:53 p.m.
Coaat Guardsmen 'who assisted
in rescue work Sunday aftrnoon
following the wreck at the steel
bridge were William E. Willis, Ro
bert HHI, Bernard Rush, and Leo
nard I. Cooke. Cherry Point Ma
rina* and civilians also helped,
but their names are unknown.
Lloyd M. Pigott, fireman appren
tice, DSN, of Gloucester, Is parti
cipating in joint amphibious train
ing exarciaea along with 350 fellow
Seoad Class Midshipmen and a
similar number of Second Class
Cadets from the Military Academy
?t Wait Point, N. Y.
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Mrs, James Wheatley Narrowly
Escapes Wild Bullet from .22
Beaufort Jaycees
Push New Project
For High School
Principal T. G. Leary De
livers Address on Voca
tional Agriculture
Beaufort stands an excellent
chance of having a vocational
agriculture department added to
its school if Beaufort citizens will
assist in obtaining the necessary
money and the "proper pressure
is brought to bear," Beaufort Jay
ces were told at their Monday
night meeting in the Inlet inn.
T. G. Leary, principal of Beau
fort school, addressed the Jaycees
on the possibilities of obtaining a
manual arts department at the
Beaufort school.
Mr. Leary stated that there
were four possible setups of a j
vocational nature that a school
could obtain. The first is a home
economics department which
Beaufort school already has, the
second, a manual arts department,
the project Jaycees were primarily
interested in, the third, a voca
tional agriculture department, and
the last one a diversified occupa
tions program. i
The principal said there was
little chance of a manual arts pro
ivrvnm "beiJUM attained i ince Use
state department in charge of al
locating the programs did not lifce
to locate them close together and
there was one already in More
head City. However, he said,
Beaufort might possibly obtain a
vocational agriculture department,
a department that would be a defi
nite asset to the school and the
eastern part of the county.
"The school does not have space
for such a department at the pre
sent time," Leary said. "How
ever, the cost of a building and'
equipment would only amount to
$15,000., The county board of
education has over $360,000 to
spend on schools in the county
and if the proper pressure is
brought to bear there is no rea
son why $15,000 of that amount
can not go to Beaufort school."
The principal went on to say
that he had already talked to
County Superintendent of Schools
Harvey Joslyn and that Mr. Joslyn
had said that if a vocational ag
riculture department were added,
an arrangement could be worked
out whereby Beaufort* students
could travel to Morehead City "for
the manual arts course and More
head City students travel to Beau- i
fort foj the vocational agriculture j
course. He added that what was)
needed was for Beaufort Jaycees;
??? Beaufort Jaycees Page Sim ,
Mrs. James R. Wheatlcy narrow
ly escaped serious injury Sunday
afternoon at her home in Beaufort
when ar unknown person fired a
.22 cartridge into her bedroom.
Mr. and Mrs. Whcatley had re
turned from an afternoon outing
and Mrs. Whcatley was taking a
nap wncn she was awakened by
a loud crash. Mr. Whcatley rushed
into the room to find her prostrate
with fright. Someone had shot into
the room.
After a prolonged searching in
the room the spent bullet was fin
ally found under the pillow where
Mrs. Wheatley's head had been
resting. Mr. Whcatley immedia
tely went outside to look for the
person who had fired the bullet
while his, wife called the police.
Neither the police nor Mr.
Wheatlcy were able to find any
traves of the unknown gun totcr.
Their conclusion was that the
bullet was fired by someone who
was practicing in their back yard.
State Charges
Shrimp Fishermen
On Night Trawling
Twenty-seven shrimp boat cap
tains will be tried in Tuesday's
session of recorder's court, Beau
fort, for alleged violations of sec
tion 159 of the State shrimping
law, it was revealed today. The
law .prohibits shrimping between
B p.m. and 4 a.m. and on Sundays.
Warrants were sworn out for the
captains following their apprehen
sion early in the morning of Mon
day, Atg. 15 when they were
reported to have been caught red
handed shrimping in Core Soi|nd
and Nelson'* Bay. Fourteen of
them were- arrested between 2 and
2:46 a.ni in Core Sound and the
other 13 between 3:10 and 3:33
a.m. in Nelson's Bay.
Officers who nabbed the alleged
"shrimpleggers" were Capt. Ernest
Nelson end Roy Brown, patrolling
Core Sound waters aboard the
State boat, Cape Fear. According
to reports, many other shrimpers
were out that night but the State
Fisheries .officers only were able
to catch 27 of them.
The names of those on the war
rant follow: Leslie Nelson, Claude
Brown, Roland Willis, Will Davis.
Vernon Hill, Mack Hill, and Odell
Guthrie, all of Marshallberg; Da
vid Lewis and Cicero Jones, both
of Harker's Island; Ira Davis, Fran
cis Murphy, Cccil Murphy Char
lie Bowser and Harold Willis, all
of Davis; Leslie Hamilton, James
W. Fulcher, Alvah Fulcher, Ervin
Lewis, Willis W. Gaskill, Elbert
Lewis and Makely Salter, all of
Stacy; James Salter, Mitchell Tay
lor and Robey Jalter, all of Sea
Level; Earl Wade of Williston and
Bernie Gillikin of Smyrna Tusk.
Legion, VFW to Make
Survey Among Veterans
A veterans' survey (o determine
if there are any veterans in the
county who are not receiving the
benefits to which they are entitled
will begin Tuesday, C. L. Beam,
county veterans service officer, an
nounced today.
All four American Legion posts
in the county, Davis, Newport,
Morehead City, and Beaufort, and
the VFW post in Beaufort will
assist in making the survey, Mr.
Beam said. The survey is being
handled by the veterans organi
zations nationally for the Veterans
Administ-ation. ;
Veterans were requested by the
service officer to cooperate in ev
ery way with the survey. He add
ed that it would be neceasary for
them to bring their discharge with
them at the time of tiling in order 1
for the survey to be made correct
ly. Veterans claim numbers, if
designated, will also be necessary.
When filing, the yeterans will be '
asked routine information about 1
his time in service, injuries, over. I
??as duty, service-connects^ dis
ability and any other Items eon- ;
nected with his service or business i
with tlie VA. It is hoped that
many-veterans who have not been i
taking advantage of their benefits I
i
will benefit by the information
gained in the survey.
Mr. Becm added that application
blanks for National Service Life
Insurance dividends will not be
available in the county until after
mid-September.
BtTolnlioti! Baaniori
Paints Town Hall Office
"It's a momentous roadmark In
Beaufort's history," commented
Beaufort town hall employees Jo
kingly this week upon the com
pletion cf a repainting job on the
interior of the city offices.
Workers began the job a week
ago Monday and completed it Taw
day. The floors were painted a
[Irebousc red, the wood trim along
the walls brown and the walls and
celling cream. An additional and
much appreciated feature was the
Installation of Venetian blinds."
Sam Darling waa in charge of the
job with Josephua Skarren acting
is his assistant The work was
authorised by Beaufort commis
sioners at their meeting early this
Judge Suspends
Year Sentence
Against Youth
Waller Carler, Negro, ?
Placed on Three Years'
Probalion
A one year sentence on the
roads was suspended in Tuesday's
recorder's court on condition that
the defendant, Walter Carter, re
mains sober and on good behavior
for three years.
Young Carter, Negro youth of
Beaufort, pleaded guilty to driv
ing without a license and reck
less and careless driving, resulting
in damage to property and en
j dangering life on a public street.
An additional penalty was that he
I was required to pay a $50 fine
! and costs.
I Judge Lambert Morris found
J Richard D. Jones guilty of non
j support and sentenced him to six
' months on the roads. His sen
tence was suspended on condition
! that he pay the costs and $7.50
per week for the support of his
i minor child. He was given 30
I days in which to make payment.
John Q. Ragsdale pleaded guilty
to driving drunk and paid the
costs and $100. Joseph E. Ellerbe,
originally charged with drunken
driving, was found guilty of reck
less driving and was fined $100
and costs.
The following pleaded guilty
I to the charges against them and
; paid the costs: Jepsic Warren and
j Robert C. Sroupe, public drunk
| enness; Robert G. Yoifng and
i Patrick M. Pecorino, speeding;
i Mis. Cluy Styron, drunk and dis
orderly; George Dudley, operat
I ing a bicycle while under the in
j fluence of intoxicants or narcot
. ics; Frank R. Grantham, driving
without a license; and Belford
Dudley and Augustine T. Pincr.
driving with an expired driver1*
license. *
James A. Tyndall was fined
$10 and costs for speeding. Wil
liam Oglasby paid the coxla when
he was found guilty of public
drunkenness.
The court withheld prowevtiuo
in the cases of ()m? Kran???
Baker, charged with marrying
without a divorce, and ?
Smith, charged with aMiult with
a deadly weapon with inWnt t*>
kill.
County Samves
Hig Hurricane'
The outer edge of "Harry"*'
hurricane," named for President
Harry S. Truman snce it got it*
start off Florida while he wan
ill Miami, swept through Carte
ret county early Wednesday
morning causing no death or de
struction but left fallen tree
branches and power lines.
Center of, the hurricane passed
over Cape Hatteras and North
Carolina's Outer Banks, causing
one death and destruction esti
mated in the tens of thousands
of dollars. It swept out to' sea
at midday Wednesday, sweeping
northeast and away from land.
Locally the storm began with
strong winds and rain at about
1 a.m. Wednesday. By 4 a.m.
winds and rain had increased in
intensity but still were far from
anything resembling hurricane
force.
By dawn a slack in the weather
could be seen and by 8:30 a.m.
the tail end of "Harry's hurri
cane" had swept past, but not
without leaving traces.
Power supplying the engine at
Beaufort draw was cut off for
an hour Wtween 8 and 9 a.m.
with the dra\^ bridge raised.
Traffic between Beaufort and
Morehead City was cut off dur
ing that time with the exception
of the few stout souls who chose
to travel between the two towns
by way of Cherry Point.
Beaufort's electric , power also
was cut off twicc during the
early morning but was restored
shortly both times. The cutoff
caused Tide Water Power com
pany plant superintendent,
George Stovall, to wring his
hands and proclaim that Beau
fort was a jinx ? with the newest
power equipment in the state
and the most power trouble.
Dr. Thomas Ennett, county
Health officer sent a reply that
from Red Cross headquarters in
^Ltlatota early that morning in
quiring if there was sufficient
damage in the county to warrant
the Red Cross stndnif aid. After
checking the local situation, the
health officer sent a deply that
all was well.
Onslow Sheriff Denies
Jacksonville Raids Bnnor
Rumors that the sheriff's of
fice of Onslow county recently
conducted raids on alleged gam
bling establishments in Jack
sonville were declared false byj
Sheriff I. Dan Sanders Wed
nesday.
Sheriff Sanders said that one
pij?ce, newly-opened, was re
quested by him to remove their
slot machines. This order orig
inated with his office, he de
clared, and was not a request
from higher state law enforce
ment authorities.
Said Sheriff Sanders, "The
situation here is well under con
trol."
It was rumored that the re
cent "gambling expose" at At-?
lantic Beach had repercussions
throughoi^t all eastern North
Carolina.
Eight Girls Will
Compete for Title
At Atlantic Beach
i F.ight of North Carolina's beau- '
tiful girls will competc lor the '
, title "Miss Atlantic Bcach of 1949"!
at the second annual Atlantic
Beach "Showcase of Beauties"
contest and coronation ball at the
? Surf club tomorrow night Four
(?other Nerth Carolina queens will
participate in the show .... the
. biggest, most colorful event ol its
kind on the Carteret Coast.
| Music lor dancing will be fur
nished by the popular Jack White
orchestra Irom Washington, N. C.
Dancing will get underway at 9:30
pm and will continue until 1:30
am.
Many state and county promi
nent personalities are expected to
atlcnd 'fbc eight contestants will
arrive here Saturday morninf to
launch the ear's activities. Bwu J
lies who will be seekinc the crown
are Miss Ann Bailey ol Rocky I
i Mount. Miss Anna Frances Bunn,
Oxford. Miaa Ann Miles. Durham:
Mis. Belt) l.loyd Raleigh: Miss
T?b? Aun Cohen ol Roanoke, Va ; '
Mi?? Jcm Kairior of Morehoad '
<rt>. Mi* ? IVkux Utllelon Golds
ba.u and Mia. Ruth I'age of
(itmilllr
*? . Hadnolt ol New
T ? present "Mtu Atlantic
hrarh will reign over the cere
mmmirt i Mil the new queen is se
Irrted Thr queen's attendants
will he Mm Mary Sue Tenny, Miss
Morrh<a't ? ily of IMS" and Miss
Kliuheth Willis, "Miss Beaulort
ol IMIT'
One ol the hall's celebrated
guest> will be Miss Nancy Yelver
ton. the present "Miss North Ca
rolina." Miss Agnes Harden, daugh
ter ol Congressman and Mra. Gra
ham BaMcn ol New Bern will be
another special guest.
"Miss Atlantic Beach of 1949"
will be awarded the beautilul
"Miss Atlantic Bcach" loving cup'
and about $200 in merchandise
prizes. She will occupy the throne 1 1
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Rotarians Plan
Governor's Visit
Beaufort Rotarians ipent (he
major part of their Tuesday night
meeting in the Inlet inn discus
sing the program to be presented
when H. A. Mark", Rotary gover
nor* nf district 279, makes an of
ficial visit on Sept. 13.
At that time it is planned to
hold a club asaembly when the
officers, directors and committee
chairmen will make a full report,
to Mr. Marka on the year's plans
for the club and its financial sit
uation.
Following the club assembly,
which is closed to the general
membership, a regular meeting
will be held, with the diatrict gov- 1 ]
emor making the principal ad- .
dress. I
Graham Duncan, chairman of
the classification committee, turn
ed over to president Thomas En- t
nett a list of 110 classifications j
for the town of Beaufort. This |
list represents 110 different types 0
of business from which Rotary i
members might be drawn. j r
President Ennett announced )
that the aims and objects commit- t
tee had been appointed. The J
committee is composed of the pres- c
ident, Wilfred Downum, Jack Oak
ley, B. J. May; W. Y. Stewart, 1
and Dr. W L. Wood|rd. Numa |
Eure was also appointed chairman S
of the information committee. i;
Visitors were George Wallace t
and Stanley Davis of Morebead t
City and James Fleming M Green- I
Till*. J
Victims Fail lo Identify II
Suspect Police Pick Up j
Residents of Beaufort remained
on edge this week even though
recent night* have been free from
alarms reporting break-ins.
Two women were "grabbed" by
a white man Monday night, ac
cording to Chief of Police Louis
B. Willis, who said it may be pro
bable that a sexual pervert is on
the loose
In two recent "robbery" attempts
women have been touched' while
they were sleeping, causing them,
of course, to awaken screaming.
The women assaulted Monday
night were Mrs. Lola Pearl Willis
and Mrs. Maggie Smith, both of
Beaufort.
Mrs. Willis told police that she
was walking between Gordon and
Fulford street on Front at about
10:30 Monday night when a man
grabbed her around the upper
part of her body.
At 9 o'clock that night Mrs.
Smith reported that she was as
saulted near the post office. She
told police she had not intended
to inform them of it, but changed
her inind when she learned that
Mrs. Willis had had a similar ex
perience
Police apprehended one suspect
who wes clpiined by the women
not to be the one.
Chief Willis declared that people
are jittery and become alarmed
at the slightest noise. Alarms arc
received at the police station for
things that at another time would
cause no undue attention.
Police, however, are maintain^
ing constant vigilance. All Strang
era in town are questioned if
they are found abroad at unusual
hours. It's difficult to check
every fisherman and person on
the sfteets after dark, but that
is what is being done, the chief
stated.
The night officer, Carlton Gar
ner, knows who persons arc and
where they are going, and if he
doesn't, "he finds out," the chief
continued.
The last major disturbance oc
curred vory early Sunday morning
when it was rtporte<rtii)iU sonwont
was on the from jxfrth M the tiuy
Smith residence on Fulford street.
Arf extensive search was made
in the neighborhood, but no sus
picious character was 4t>prehend ,
Williston Church
Work Proceeds
Construction is continuing on
the Williston Methodist church,
which is expanding under a rec
ently-launched building program.
The church is making use of
property on which the home dem
onstration building stood before
it was moved and sold at auction.
Members of the Williston Home
Demonstration club,, who claim
that the church illegally approp
riated their property, state that
their building stood on school
property for dver 80 years and
that it was not on church proper
ty, as reported in this paper sev
eral weeks ago.
The building, which was deeded
by the county board of education
to the home demonstration club
fot a community building March
J, 1947, was moved by church
members to the property of Elmo
Wade two months ago It was
told July 2 for $60 to Paul Davis
md then was torn down.
Mr. Wade attempted to turn the
WO over tb the couny board of ed
jcation. When H. L. Joslyn. c fl
inty superintendent, refused to
:ake the money on grounds that
he matter was not within scope
)f the education board's business,
Hr. Wade merely left a check for
(SO and a 10-dollar bill in the ed
ication. When H. T. Joslyn, co
Mr. Wade was given this money
igain on Wednesday, Aug. 10.
In regard to the dispute, the
tome demonstration club consult
ed the bishop of the Methodist (
?hurch and also hired legal coun
lel.
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Put Grand Master Visits
Concordia Lodge, I00F
Al Lane, of Greer :,boro, past
;rand master of the N. C. Grand
-odge of Independent Odd Fel
ows. was present at the meeting
>f Concordia Lodge No. U, in
iaufort Thursday evening. He
nade an address in which he out
ined the plans which led to the
>uilding of the new Odd Fellows
lome in Goldsboro, now under
onstructon
He urged that as many Odd Fel
ows as possible attend the annual
lomecoiring In Goldafcoro Sunday,
iept" 4, and see the progreu that
? being made on the new struc
ure. which will be one of the moet
oodern of its kind in the country,
t will be completed the first of
anuary, 1990.
Business Women
Hear Health Norse
Talk Follows Dinner at
Ann Street Educational
Building Tuesday
Mrs. (? T. Spivey county public
health nurse, spoke on the county
public health program Tuesday
night at the Business and Profes
sional Women's club meeting which
was held in the Ann Street Edu
cational building, Beaufort.
With the opening of school,
Mrs. Spivey said, persons should
show increased interest in the
work the health department un
dertakes in the schools.
Twice a year children in grades
1 to 8 are examined. Pupils in
high school are examined when
requested by the principal of the
particular school.
Typhoid shots are given the
children in the spring. In some
schools every child willingly takes
the inoculation, even though they
are not required to do so. This
! is especially true in the colored
i schools, declared the nurse.
| This past spring, Mrs. Spivey
gave 1,860 inoculations in her
; territory, which is Morehead City
westward.
Residents in isolated communi
ties depend on the public health
nurse to a large extent, the speak
' or told the business women. In
most ontlying residential areas,
I the nurse sounds her horn three
I times as she goes through and
i children rim out, shouting, "Here
I comes the nurse! Here comes the
; nurse!" Then folks gather around "
her car when she stops to tell
her of thdr wants and needs.
Dr. N. Thomas Ennett, count/ u
health, officer, gK** physical ex-.*
amrnaflons ttf fnMUbers of school
basketball teams and conducts^
preschool clinics each spring, with
the assistance of nurses and pri- )
vate doctors.
Mrs. Spivey stressed the various '
j clinics through which persons can
i receive attention. Immunization ?
I clinics are held twice a week in
Beaufort, 1 to 4 p.m. Tuesday, J
9 a.m. to 12 noon Saturday, ?nd
in Morehead City 6:30 to 7:30
Thursday.
Out-of-town clinics which Car- J
teret countians may attend are !
as follows: orthopedic clinic, the
first Tuesday of every month at
Naw Bern; cancer clinic, every
Thursday at Kinston; TB clinics, 5
8:30 to 11 each day at the State :
sanatorium, McCain, and 3 to 12
Wednesday and Friday at the
Eastern North Carolina sanatori
um, Wilson.
Mrs. Spivey commended the
work of the county tuberculosis
association. She reminded mem
bers of the Business and Profes*
sional Women's club that the sal4 '
of tuberculosis Christmas seal fi- ''
nances the tuberculosis program
in the county. Each case, the
nurse said, costs the county ap
proximately $10,000,
Just recently discovered she
continued, is a far advanced case
of TB near Newport. The victim
is the father of 18 children. ]
Tests on all of the youngest child-; i
ren show that they have the di
See BUSINESS WOMEN Page f
Fanners Urged
To Join Bureau
Farmer* in thp county were ur- .'J
ged to join the North Carolina !
Farm bureau in order to increase j
their benefits from the govern
nient at a district Farm Bureau
meeting in New Bern Wednesday, j!
The speaker waa R. Flake Shaw,- '
executive vice-president of the i
state bureau. Mr. Shaw's speech \
covered various larm legislation j
now before Congress and then en- ,
compassed the program of the "j
American Farm Bureau and what 'J
it does for the farmer. 'J
"The American Farm bureau is j
the greatest single organization in >1
the United States oday," he said, j
"It haa achieved more benefit* j
for its members than any other ?
association."
Carteret county s share of the ,1
Farm Bureau's 80,000 North Caro- 3
bna members' drive was set at 3
500 Last year its quota was 550 !
and 550 members signed up.
Raymond Ball, Harlowe; Robert >
Laughton, Crab Point; home agent J
Carrie Gillikin: and assistant co
unty agent. A1 W. Stinson. were *
Cartereta county's representatives i
at the meeting. Approximately
60 persons were present from aa
11 -county are*.