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=gg CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES _?_ A Merger of THE BEAUFORT NEWS ( E*t>bli>h<xl 1912) and THE TWIN CITY TIMES (EiUbluhed 1936) 88th YEAR, NO. 87 SIX PAGES % MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1945* PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS M. T. Mills Heads County Civil Air Patrol Unit Council of State Approves Leases For N. C. Ports Porls Authority to Pay Morehead City Port Com mission $201,000 RALEIGH, N. C., ~(AP)~ The Council of State on Thursday gave its okay on two proposed leases for port facilities at Wilmington and Morehead City. One lease approved by the coun cil would allow the State Ports Authority to lease about 60 acres of government shipyard at Wilming ton for 50 years at an annual rental of $1. The lease would be between the authority and the U. S. Marine Commission. Authority Gets 40 Acres Under the other lease to be be tween the authority and the More head City Ports Commission - the authority would acquire about 40 acres of land at Morehead City at once. It would obtain present port facilities at Morehead later when the General assembly approves. The authority would pay the com mission $201,000 for this lease, which would run 75 years. Col. George W. Gillette, authority director, expressed hope that the leases can be signed within a few days by 4he authority, the Maritime Commission and the Morehead City Commission. Signing of the leases, he said would permit the authority to launch at once detailed planning of the facilities. Construction March 1 And. he added, "we hope if ev erything goes smoothly to get con struction actually under way by March 1. A total of $7,500,000 is available to the Sorts Authority for devplo*. ??rent of facilities at the two ports. Attorney General Harry McMul lan sM the lease with the Maritime commission provides that the Gov ernment can take back the facilities only in case of national emergency and the lease can be renewed by negotiation after 50 years. The re sponsibility for maintaining the property in good condition rests with the Ports Authority. tlSft.M* for Bonds McMullan said that $188,000 of the $201,000 to be paid the More head City Ports Commission would go t<j retire commission bonds held by the Reconstruction Finance Cor poration. The remaining $13,000 would go to settle a debt the commission owes the state-controlled Atlantic and North Carolina Railroad. The amount is only 10 per cent of the principal of the $130,000 debt M. T. (Tom) Mills of Morehead City was elected commanding offi cer with the rank of captain at Thursday night's Civil Air Patrol organizational meeting in Beaufort court house. Captain Mills immediately re quested those interested in join ing the group to make their rec ommendations for men to fill the four appointive positions on staff. These positions are executive officer, supply officer, operations officer and personnel officer. All present indicated their de sire to become charter members in the Carteret county squadron. Un fortunately, a CAP officer was not present to instruct the group on organizational procedure so anoth er meeting is planned soon to iron out preliminary details of organiza tion. Present from Beaufort were Dr. John Way, Bill Gillikin, Bobby Hudgins, Thomas H. Nelson, A. D. Ellsworth, Owen H. Lemmon, George H. Herbert, Jr., Leon R. Bridgers, Jack Savage and Dan Walker. From Morehead City were Bob Lowe, John A. Morrison, R. B. Bur rows, Lucky Rich, Robert F. Butler, Troy Morris, Jr., B. E. Newsonie, Francis P. Whitley, and Wade Pel letier. Also John C. Gaskill, Bar kers Island, and T. R. Cadenhead, Cherry Point. Stores to Close For Half an Hour Morehead City stores will closc from 10:43 until 11:15 Friday in observance of Armistice Day cere monies held in conjunction with i the Armistice Day parade. There will be a free dance at 9 o'clock Friday night at the Leg ion hut west of Morehead City, j Everyone is invited, Duffy Guth rie, parade chairman said. The parade will form at 11th! street on the south side of Aren dcll and face east. Order of march: state highway patrol, color guard, detachment of Marines from Cbcr 'Vy Point, Morehead -CKy school band, school children, National Guard, Beaufort colored band, ministers' float, colored Legion post and colors. Boy Scout float, Red Cross, Morehead City colored band. Ladies Auxiliary float, Jay cee float. Girl Scouts, Cub Scouts, and Legion float. Placards between 11th and 14th will designate where each uhit shall asemble. The parade will be gin at 10:30. The parade's line of march will move east on Arendell street to 5th, west on the north side of A rendell to 8th, then south on 8th to the two monuments in front of the city hall where Chaplain W. D. Caviness will give a brief talk in memory of departed service men. Services in front of the monu ments will complete the Armistice Day observance. All business es tablishments have been requested to display flags and bunting in honor of the occasion. Search for Oil Along State's Coast May Be Resumed Soon It appear^ probable that the search (or oil along this coast will be resumed - on state - owned lands formerly leased lor that pur pose to the Coastal Plains company. The State Board of Education on Thursday agreed to a renewal of the Coastal Plains company lease covering lands the board controls, provided the State Board of Con servation and Development, con trolling a portion of the area, like wise agrees. Terrain Varied The area, partly well above sia level, partly marshlandt, and partly covered with water, is roughly a rectangle extending from Waihing ton to New Bern and from Okra coke inlet to Swan Quarter. The board of education controls the marshlands portion. Matt Alien attorney for the Coastal Plains company and Ed Buchan, president of the Atlantic and East Carolina railroad, told the board new capi tal has been interested in the ven ture. Standard Oil Leaaei Standard Oil company had also Tide Table HIGH LOW Tuesday, Nov. I 9:31 a.m. 9:48 p.m. 3:05 a.m. 3:39 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. ? 10:08 a.m. 10:27 p.m. 3:40 a.m. 4:38 p.m. TfcoraUy, Nw. It 10:49 a.m. 11:10 p.m. 4:18 a.m. 9:21 p.m. Friday, Nor. 11 11:37 a.m. 12 midnight 9:04 a.m. 6:08 f.m leased the lands to the north and the state kept an area between the two unencumbered, in order to have all of the right* there if oil was discovered. State Treasurer Brandon Hodges commented that "presumably the interests of the state were taken care of in the original leases, and if so we should renew them." Fall Consent Needed However, George Ross, director of the board of conservation and development, said a meeting of the C. and D. board and the Wildlife Resources commission will be ne cessary before full consent can be obtained for the leases. Buchan did not discuss before the school board the Identity of the newly interested financial interests but said they considered the Coast al Plains company should be made a party to the venture in view of the pioneering work they had doni But Allen declared, "We have reason to beleive they have the venture money." Telephone Companies Use $14100 to Make Survey George Eastman, chairman of the radio-telephone committee, re ported .today that the Carolina Tqlephdhe and Telegraph company and Southern Bell spent 11,000 making a survey in this area on how to best give radio-telephone service to boats having low watt age output. Mr. Eastman stated that as a result of conferences last week in Beaufort, officials of both com panies assure a solution. Two New Methodist Appointments Made Here The Rev. W. Y. Stewart, Beau fort, hat been assigned to the Ocracoke Methodist charge and Louie A. Lewis, Mor?head City, a supply pastor, has been l tu, lin ed to the Beaufort circuit of the Methodist church. These appoint ments were nude this past week at the conference at Sanford. All other Methodist appoint ments in the county remain as they have been the past year. ' Mr. Stewart replaces the Rev. CI J. Tilley and Mr. LewlsN appointment Is a new one on a newly-created circuit. District Governor To Visit Rotarians H. A. Marks Will Speak To Morehead Club Nov. 10, Beauiort Nov. 15 Rotary Clubs in Morehead City and Beaufort will be hosts on their meeting nights of Thursday, Nov. 10 and Tuesday, Nov. 15, respec tively to li. A. (Ham) Marks, gov ernor of the 279th district of Rot ary International, who is making annual visits to each of the 39 Ro tary clubs in his district. While here Mr. Marks will con fer with presidents George W. Dill Jr., and Thomas Ennett and secre taries Delfido Cordova and W. L. Woodard and other local Rotary officers on club admistration and Rotary service activities. Mr. Marks is President of the Marks Machinery company in Wil mington and is a member of the Rotary club of Wilmington. He is one of the 186 Rotary District Gov ernors who are supervising the ac tivities of some 7,000 Rotary clubs which have a membership of 33,000 business and professional execu ties in 81 counties and geograph ical regions throughout the world. Wherever Rotary clubs are lo cated, their activities are similar to those of the Rotary clubs of Beaufort and Morehead City' be cause they are based on the same general objectives developing bet ter understanding and fellowship among business and professional men, promoting community-better ment undertaking, raising the standards of business and profess ions, and fostering the advance ment of good will, understanding and peace among all the peoples of the world. Each year, this world-wide ser vice organization continues to grow in numbers and in strength. 1 Dur ing the last fiscal year, for example 347 new Rotary clubs were organ ized in 37 countries of North. Soutu and Central America, Europe, /sia, Africa, and the Islands of the Pa cific. Three Cars Wreck West of Beaufort Three cars were damaged to the extent of $825 in a crash Thurs day night shortly before 10 o'clock one-half mile east of the Morehead City drawbridge on the Beaufort Morehead Causeway. No one was injured. Drivers of the cars involved were Roland Glenn Buck, route X, More head City, Lloyd Murry Piner, Wil liston, and Clarence Henry Monroe 204 N. 13th st? Morehead City. Buck, driving a 1941 Oldsmobile was proceeding toward Morehead City when he swung to the left to turn in at a cottage on the south side of the causeway. As he did so, he collided with a 1946 Buick se dan, driven by Piner. which was proceeding east toward Beaufort, according to H. G. Woolard, high way patrolman who investigated. The Buick, from the force of the collision then struck a 1941 Mer cury, dfiven by Monroe, which was going west on highway 70. Damage to the Mercury was about $25, and damage to each of the other two cars was estimated at $400. No charges were preferred against any of the drivers. Twa Can Wrack Sunday On Harken Island load Two cars, a '47 Ford and a '41 Plymouth were involved in an ac cident at 4:45 Sunday afternoon on the Harkcrs Island road. Drivers of the cars were Lloyd Guthrie, Harkers Island, and Harvey Law renct. Jr.. of Beaufort RFD. Lawrence, in the Ford put on his brakes suddenly to avoid hitting a child on a bicycle, according to Cp). W. S. Clagen, highway patrolman who investigated. Guthrie, who was foltffcing behind, smashed into the rear, causing approximately $100 damage to each car. No one was injured, neither were charges preferred against either driver.* Morehead Stores To Remain Open On Wednesdays Merchants Discuss Christ mas Plans at Meeting Friday Noon Morchcad City stores willremain open all day Wednesday during the month of December. The week im mediately prior to Christmas they will close at 9 p.m. This decision was made at a meeting of the Merchants associa tion at noon Friday at the Jeffer | son restaurant. President Bernard | Leary was also requested to con sult civic organizations and the j town board in regard to obtaining Christmas decorations for the town that can be used year after year In observance of the Marine corps birthday Thursday, the secre- , tary of the chamber of commerce j was instructed to write a letter to the commanding generals of Cherry i Point and Lejeune wishing the Ma rine corps a "Happy Birthday" from the Merchants association. j The Christmas promotional plan | for this year has been changed to! | the giving of cash instead of mer I chandise, since the merchandise re ' ceived under a specially set up pro gram was reported to be of infer , I ior quality. Therefore the same plan carried out last year will be ! repeated. Two hundred dollars will be given Dec. 3, 10, and 17 and | $400 Dec. 24. The plan will be launched Saturday, Nov. 26, with a Dollar Day. The next meeting of the associa tion will be Friday, Nov. 18. Represented at the meeting were Huntley-Prest. Walter S. Morris, Jeweler, Hill's, Freeman Bros., WMBL, Leonard's, Learys, The Dress Shop, Blanchards, Morehead City Drug co., Sound Appliance. Morehead City Floral co.. Sara's Dress Shop, Economy Auto Supply, Dee Gee's Gift Shop, Weldon's Jew elers, Webbs. THE NEWS-TIMES Early 'Jewelers, and the chamber of commerce. New Nurse Joins Health Staff Mrs. Leonard Lewis, Morehead I City, has recently been added to the staff of the county health depart ment as public health nurse, Dr. N Thomas Ennett, county hearth ??'ficor, announced today. Mrs Lewis's work will be to do puolic health nursing in the west ern section of the county, the health officer stated, while Mrs. f^eota Hammer will handle the east ern part. The new nurse has had no public health training but ar rangements are being made for her to take a short course in the work, the health officer commented. Mrs. Lewis received her training at New Roehellc, N. Y., and did nursing work in New York before moving to Morehead City. Before joining the health department, to succeed Mrs. G. T. Spivey who moved to Raleigh, Mrs. Lewis did private nursing and general duty at the Morehead City hospital. Lions Offer Aid To Welfare Dept. Full cooperation will be given to the county welfare department in providing glasses for indigent pa tients. Morehead City Lions decided at their meeting Thursday night in the Fort Macon hotel dining room. Help to the welfare department will be given under the Lions wide ly-known aid-to-the-blind program. A discussion of the mid-winter Lions convention to be held in Goldsboro in January took place. International secretary Melvin Jon es of Chicago, founder of the Lions movement, will be present. Sev eral members indicated they hoped to attend the convention. Lions voted to cooperate with a group of local women who are planning to put on a minstrel, plana to he revealed later. Treasurer A. N. Willlfc reported finances of the club to be in fair condition. Lions will meet Friday night in stead of Thursday this week to hear a memorial speech on Armis tice Day by Rev. B. Frank Hall of Wilmington, former pastor of Webb Memorial Presbyterian church In Morehead City. Jacksonville Lions have been invited as guests to the meeting. Agents Go to Wilmington Mrs. Carrie Gillikin, A1 Stinson, assistant county agent, and R. M. Williams, county agent, will attend a Better Farming for Better Liv ing meeting Friday at Wilmington. Three Injured When Two Cars Collide on Harkers Island Road North River Club Wins Top Award Home Demonslralion Ladies Win Recognition at Pro gram on Achievement K"?. Rivcr H"c Dcmonstra ?;tur,c<"vcd thc uwar<| f?r >? veir A 1 . Pro*re"'ve club of the -" Ach.even.enl Night exer , Thursday at the Beaufort Willi T ?'enn was r?n"or up. Wildwood club was awarded ihe tan? .f?r, hCOm,ns the '"thest dis ?" c?t0 luhe Profam with the lar fh d of members. The Nor th R.ve. clubs award is a canner which moves from year to year to the winning organization wat"mTChmC? ?f thc awar<ls home agent." MrS' CarriC tiil,ikin R '? Pugh Speaks rr,srtr;' ,he eveninn ws nob "1 L. I ugh. superintendent of Cra ven county schools. Mr. ('ugh spoke on citizenship, emphasizing the t porta nt part women can plav in their community. The worthy type 0f citizenship he Mid ,s based on high and wor thy purpose, courage, work, unself. ishness. participation in organiza aunn! W7k "nd Passion of the qualit) of never being satisfied I Presents Awards cl.,b0rrTSUn? h0me d'monstration e^,obr'fopKr20ccrtin Mrs. Sue Bussell, Mrs. Bill Tav Smith u yd S,oy' Mrs Billie Smith. Mrs. Will Dail, Mrs Leslie Mrs. Kenneth McCabe. Mrs John M?kn<u' HcIen Uarner. Mrs SlilrsMRo!.M,??n' Mr,: Foreman, Mrs. M.die Patrick. Mrs.' ^moson CnCe' and Mrs W C.I Perfect attendance awards nre bt"the fl'n Mrs Gillikin werp' ??n I ,L L .WT.8: Mrs Howard Nel- 1 , son, Mrs. A. M. Fulcher Mrs cJ* I Mn".r:l"ikin' Mrs ^ank Simpson,, gette ' Mrs Bertie Mld-| Mrs. Guy Gillikin, Mrs. Leslie I Bnnson, Mrs. Julius Lewis, Mrs ris "ISrs MpCaJ>e' Mrs- Abbott Mor ris, Mrs, Gorden Laughton. Miss Alice Laughton, Mrs. R. p. Oglcsby Mrs. Thomas Oglcsby. Mrs. Wrenn Lawrence, Mrs Thurman Pittman. Mrs. Paul Be? h sSi,hMMrs^ia^de^rs? M" W^Cmo^TajiorDUdlCy' I Mrs B- F Copeland, retiring! the T C?Tn Presidpnt '"staJled presidrnl B'lli0 SmiUl president, Mrs. Mike Mason, vice Resident, Mrs. Kenneth McCabc =y.a"d Mr, Leslie Bri^; The Rev. R. t vvilliv ir ? ducted the devotional*, and music! was pro;;jded by (he Nor"(dh ?y aEent?lr ? M Wi,liams' tant rnnii * Stinson, assis Joyner Yonngsler Sets Fin to Living Boom v Fire started by a youngster burn ed ourtains and furnishings in the living room of Walter Joyner, Len noxville road, Beaufort, Friday af ternoon causing several hundred dollars damage. Thi child's mother reported that she was in her yard when she smelled smoke. She thought her child was asleep, she declared, but when she ran into her house she found that instead the youngtser had set fire to curtains in the liv ing room. Firemen were called at 1:45 and by the time they arrived, furni ture in the room was also on fire. They were able to keep the flames from spreading but not before some of the woodwork and furni ture and all of the curtains had burned. Smoke damage was also done to the rest of the house. Salvation Army Fond Drive Nets $733.35 Carteret county's 1940 Salvation Army fund drive ended Saturday with only $733.35 contributed to ward the goal of $1,000. chairman Sam Adler, Morchcad City, report ed today. Mr. Adler stated that even though the drive is officially end ed, contributions still will be ac cepted. Anyone wishing to con tribute should contact Mr. Adler or George Stovall tn Morehead City or W. A. Mace in Beaufort. Three persons, a Harkers Island girl, and two Ma rines, were injured in an accident at 7:45 Sunday night on the Harkers Island road. The injured are Fanny Doris Lewis, 18, of Harkers Island, who remained yesterday in Morehead City hos pital, hut wax much improved, and Philip G. Butcher and John B. Raper, both Marines, -who received emergency ircaimeni ai me nospitai ana were discharged. J. W. Sykes, highway patrolman who investigated, reported that Haper, driving a '47 Mercury se dan. collided with a '47 Chrysler being driven by Manley G. Smith of Route 1, Newport. Raper was going in a westerly direction on the Harkers Island road and passed a Ford on a curve at a high rate of speed, said Mr. Sykes. The driver of the Chrysler, which was proceeding east, saw that a collision would probably occur and stopped, according to the highway patrolman. Raper, however, skidded and struck the Chrysler, causing approximately $350 damage to the Chrysler and $150 damage to his own car, the officer reported. Raper is being charged with speeding and attempting to pass on a curve. He received cuts about the head and Butcher sustained back injuries. Smith was uninjur ed. Airport Operation Will Continue Manteo. N. C., ? Continued oper ation of Roanoke Island airport here, the former U. S. Navy-built auxiliary facility, has been assured by action of stockholders who met following the death of Dave Dris kill. Driskill had operated the local airport for three years before he lost his life several weeks ago In a helicopter disaster in New Jersey while serving as a tent pilot for the Kellett corporation. A. II. Ward, local business man was elected president of the new operating company and Mrs Bessie Driskill. widow of Dave Driskill was elected to the board of di rectors. Other officials include O J. Jones as vice president, W. W. Tar kington, secretary-treasurer, L. D. Hassell and John E. Ferebee, di rctors. 1 *? The local aviation company will continue to operate the airport and conduct a taxi service to points along the Outer Banks. Club to Meet The North River Home Demon stration club will meet at 7:30 Thursday night at the home of Mrs. H. M. Cox. This meeting will be held instead of the usual after noon session. Boy Scouts Will Camp At Core Creek Nov. 18 The Boy Scout camporee for Scouts of the Carteret district will take place Friday and Sat urday, Nov. 18 and 19, at Core Creek on the inland waterway Included on the program will be instruction in campcraft. pioneering, first aid, health, and safety. The troops will participate in competitive events such as knot tying and signaling and the pat rols of each troop will be grad ed on their type of camp site and activities. The camp staff will be Floyd Chadwick, Jr., More head City, C. R. Hassell and Bobby Steph ens, Beaufort, Abram Willis, Salter Path, and W. C. Wall, New Bern, field executive. Governor. Party Will Visit Banks Governor W. Kerr Seott will board the state boat, Hatteras. at Englehard tomorrow morning for the trip to Ocrakoke and Hatteras. Accompanying him will be Attor ney General Harry McMullan, Dr. Henry Jordan, highway chairman, Bill Snyder, highway public rela tion chief, and several newspaper men and photographers. They will arrive at Ocracoke in the afternoon to inform the island ers that road building machinery will arrive at the island in the near future to work on present roads and construct new ones. The Governor and his party will continue to Hatteras for celebra tion Thursday morning after spend ing the night at Ocracoke. It was originally planned cn that day to re-activate old Cape Hatteras light but due to weather, repairs on the light have been held up, and it is reported that actual reactivation may be postponed. However, the American Legion at Avon will give the big fish fry as planned and there will also be the planting of orange trees on Cape Hatteras. Coast Guard officials who will attend the events will arrive by helicopter from Elizabeth City. The helicopter will also be made avail able for use by Governor Scott, if he desires it, to permit him to meet his sceduled engagmcnts upstate on Friday. Dot Moon , Native of Beaufort Raises Cheers at University Hy Carroll E. Ltety University of Alabama A photographer camc up to Dot Moon, University of Alabama cheerleader, at the recent Alabama Tulane football game in Mobile. He asked her to pose for him. "lie said the picture was for a college magazine," she mused. "But I forgot to ask him which one, so I'll probably never see it." Dot enjoys being a cheerleader even though she has to practice several afternoons n week. She takes her duties quite seriously. An education major at the un iversity, Dorothy Moon is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Moon of Wedowe, Ala., and grand daughter of Mrs. Lutie Jones, Beau fort. Her father has been connec ted with the State Soil Conserva tion service for the past eight years Her married brother, James, is also a University student, enrolled in journalism. Dot is friendly, spirited, opti mistic, and deeply sincere. The at tractive blond is S feet, 5 1/2 inches tall and welghes 124 pounds. Beaufort's Her Birthplace She was born at Beaufort, N. C.. her mother's home, twenty years ago. But two years later the fam ily moved back to Mr. Moon's na tive Alabama. Dot's most vivid expcricncc as a child was Ihe time she and sev en other people were caught in a storm off the North Carolina Coast "We were sailing over to Cape Lookout when we saw the storm ap proaching," she recalled. "We madr it across before the storm came up. but were stranded there. We had to call the Coast Guard and ask them to rescue us." Enters University Dot was graduated from the Line ville, Ala., high school in 194C- She entered the University of Alabama that fall. A year later the Moons moved to their present home in Wodowce. After spending her second year of college at Jacksonville State Teach ers college. Dot returned to the University in 1948. Dot is fond of college life. And she likes the University better than a small college because she meets more people, there are more ac tivities, and she can choose from a wider variety of courses. Live and Let Live As her attitude toward life she quoted the old axiom: "Live and Let Live." To take up her spare time Dot likes football games, swimming, and dancing. She fs very much in terested in children, small puppies and people generally. "1 like to meet people," she ex claimed. 'They Interest me in all possible ways. I enjoy noticing the strange differences between peop le." Her fondness for children is the chief reason Dot is taking educa tion at the University. After her graduation in 1951 she plans to teach - in some elementary school. "I don't think I could stand high school kids," Dot said, "really." H. C. Morris Elected Horace C. Morris of Stella, jun ior at East Carolina Teachers coll ege, was elected recently vice-presi dent of the Jarvis Forensic club at ?ast Carolina Tachen oollege. The Jarvis Forensic club . began work preparatory to a series of in tercollege debates to be conducted in the spring of 1990 both in North Carolina yd out ol tbtkUte. Work Progresses Oo County Roads County Board Approves Three More Projects, Ad justs Back Taxes Road conditions in Carteret county are improving. Two miles of the Merrimon road, from Mer rimon toward Beaufort, have been hard-surfaced, and John Humph rey. highway engineer in the coun ty, reported to county commission ers yesterday morning that stone was being hauled in at that mom ent on the Broad Creek loop road. Carl Garner, of Newport EFD, requested that the road east of Newport through the Deep Creelr section be widened, graded and drained. He presented a petition signed by all the homeowners af fected. Although the road is a part of the county system, it is not being properly maintained, Mr. Garner told the commissioners. Petitions ('resented Two petitions were also present ed requesting maintenance work from Karl Carapen's home on the old New Bern road up to Core Creek bridge and on the road in Davis from the post office to the boat basin. The commissioners aproved a reduced valuation on the summer home of Alfred Williams at At- - lantic Beach. Valuation is now $4,000. The board accpted $54 in payment of back taxes on the W. M. Ilaye property, Newport RFD. Mrs. Have reported that her husband has been in the state hos pital 10 years, and she had the deed to the property, four acres and a home, registered in her name, Mrs. Lillian Ilaye. C. B. Merrill Appears Cleo B. Merrill appeared before the board and requested- an ad justment in tax valuation. He re ported to the bo?rd that he bought fifteen acres of woods land from his father, S. T. Merrill, and has been assessed for fifteen acres of cultivated land. Upon investigation, it was dis covered that Cleo Merrill had not listed his personal property or paid poll tax and the board decided i that no adjustment could be made at present. Paul Beachem. resident of the North River road, appeared before the board to make certain that he has not been billed for taxes on land he has sold. John Brooks, of the tax office, was appointed to investigate a re quest for lowered valuation on 12 acres of cleared land in the L. B. Willis estate, Bcttie. R. Hugh Hill, Beaufort, was granted a reduced valuation on land on which a warehouse stood until Fed. 14, when it burned. Commissioners present were Tllden Davis, Hugh Salter, Wallace Styron, and Chairman K. P. B. < Bonner. Attorneys Bequest Ll if? Register of Deeds Vanll Alvah Hamilton!, Julius Dun can and Claud Wheatly, attorneys, ' appeared before the county board yesterday morning and requested enlarged quarters (or the register of deeds vault. The board instructed James Pot- , tcr, auditor, to contact an archi tect and have plans drawn for en largement, probably into whit is now the outer register of deeds ; office. Thomas McGinnis, welfare sup- . erintendent. appeared before the board to explain what the auditor termed as extremely high expenses by the welfare department and A. H. James, clerk of court, reported to the board on the grand jury report. The commissioners instructed . the auditor to obtain estimates < placing a partition in the jail i nex, as recommended by the grand ] jury. 2,000 People Attend Opening oi Gftlkric-Jous Free prizes, ice cream, cokes, ci| arettes and candy were passed to the more than 2,000 people i visited Guthrie-Jones drug for its grand opening in Friday. Prizes were given away timea during the day with the | prize of a $39 ball point pen. tain pen. and pencil going to 1 Wanda Owens. Prizes of a l pencil set were won by Wil lor, Jr. Mrs. Lucy Willis m Theodore Salter. Winners fountain pen were Hiss j Mrs. Earl Willis ai is o^ Davis.