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iititn \ EAR, NO. 93 EIGHT PAGES MOKEHEA1) CITY AM) UhAL'KORT, NORTH CAROLINA, ^ TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1949 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
Parrot 9 Cats , Dogs , Preserved Fish
Live with Henry Holt on Causeway
W?.. AH U All ?
dj vutci it. num
"My name is Paul-i-n-o."
That's what you'll be told if you
walk into the Rainbow Inn on the
Beaufort - Morehead City cause
way and say, "Hello, Polly." Henry
Holt's parrot likes to be called by
her correct name.
Holt is innkeeper extraordinary
It his combination fishing camp,
museum, tourist center, and road
house located about halfway be
tween Morehead City and Beaufort
on the causeway.
Within its four walls can be
found o.ie live parrot - a Panama
' yellow-head, two live cats, three
live dogs, and myriads of stuffed
ducks, eagles, alligators, hawks,
deer head, pheasants and moose
head plus all manner of marine life
preserved in formaldehyde.
Lacking for s Goose
"I don't have a goose yet but I'll
get one this winter," Holt remarks.
Th parrot leads the flock, though.
She kings, makes wise cracks,
wares Holt's wife and mother to
, death and in general is into every
thing in the inn.
"I bought her off a Marine," the
Bainbow Inn's genial host and story
teller recalls. The Marine liked the
parrot except for one eccentricity.
Paulino had the habit of waking
tip at 5 a.m. and shrieking at the
top of her lungs.
Baby Lost Sleep
'The Marine said it didn't make
for his baby getting much sleep
? 10 he sold the parrot to me. He
paid $50 for her when she was
young and I didn't have to pay
bi|t $60 for her when she was nine
years old. Most talking parrots cost
at least $150. I got a bargain. They
live to be a hundred years old."
Paulino is the center of attrac
tion at the inn. She has a partic
ular liking for children but oth
erwise doesn't get along to well
with strangers. Her influence on
children sometimes is slightly cor
ruptive as she occasionally pipes
up with, "Wanta Budweiser!"
She Sings Too
One of her main tricks is ac
companying Holt while he sings.
"Rock-a-bye baby," he sings.
"Squawk-a-squawk-a-squawk," she
crimes in, never actually singing
but coming close enough to high
ly satisfy herself and her pleased
master.
k None of the other animals are
quite as spcctaclar as Paulino but
one of the cats has taken a tip
from her actions.
The parrot spends a good deal of
time perched on Holt's shoulder
wficn she is out of her cage so the
cat will jump from the counter to
Mrs. Holt's shoulder where it rests
its nine-pound bulk against her
neck. Both cats are extremely large
and the youngest one who does the
neck reclining act looks more like
a small tiger than a large cat.
Holt's preserved fish array inclu
des sea robins or flying fish, as
soaie call them, sea horses, an oc
octupus, electric eels, giant shrimp
apd many more common items.
Museum, Too
In addition to his bird and an
imal menagerie he has a yard long
saw tooth blade from a saw tooth
shark, handsome ship models, bay
onets, a Polynesian war club, and
numerous sporta photographs of an
imals he has owned and hunting ex
peditions he has been on.
With Roy Eubanks of Beaufort
he recently purchased an ex-Coast
Guard station and 14 acres of
land at Portsmouth and they now
use it for hunting lodge and take
many private parties there each
yaar.
The Holt's came here from Walk
ertown, which is just outside of
Winston-Salem, in 1942. He says
4hey have a 10-rootn house full of
antiques there but doubts if hell
ever get back to Walkertown to
live.
"I like it much better down
here," he commented. "This salt
air has gotten into my blood."
Mr. Holt brought two of his stuffed birds down to a counter on
the level of Paulino. At first she squawked and flew madly into a
corner, but upon second introduction she just stared, as shown in
the picture. Then Mr. Holt asked her, "Aren't those pretty ducks?
You were afraid of them, weren't you?" And Paulino objected
loudly, "Oh no. Oh no!" NEWS-TIMES PHOTO
Covering the Waterfront
By Ajcock Brown
Wilmington, N. C. - Honorary
Tar Heel Hamilton Cochran, author
of "Rogues' Holiday", a recent and
by far the most exciting and auth
entic novel about the notorious pi
rate Blackbeard, is putting the fin
ishing touches on another histor
ical novel, this time dealing with
the North Carolina coast during
the War between the States. The
novel should be of widespread gen
eral interest in the South and of es
pecial interest in the Cape Fear
county where most of its scenes
are laid.
Called "The Dram Tree," the
book recounts the activities of
Southern blockade runnel's which
were so successful in eluding
Yankee cruisers and transporting
cotton to the outside world. On
their d?neerous return trips they
brought in sorely needed arms, am
unition, medicines and other sup
plies for the Confederate Army.
| Cochran attended the Honorary
I Tar Heel meeting at Tom and Judy
[ Alexander's Catalooqhie Ranch
,: near Waynsville a few weeks ago
We were talking about "Rogues
Holiday," in which he had woven
a turbuilent tale of love, intrigue
and contest of wits and brawn be
tween Lieutenant Robert Maynard,
a young Britisher and Blackbeard
the most infamous rogue of the
early 18th century, whe i he men
tioned his latest book. "The Dram
Tree."
Interested in any book or story
that breathes of potential publicity
for North Carolina's coast, I asked
Cochran to tell me about his forth
coming book.
"The importance of the block
ade runners to the Southern cause
has never been adequately evalu
ated either by historians or the
general public," he said. "It was
these fast little steamers that kept
open the channels of trade between
the Confederacy and Europe. They
were unarmed and depended en
tirely on their speed and their com
mander's knowledge of the coast to
elude the Federal cruisers which
sought desperately to hunt them
down and destroy them. Had it
not been for the blockade runners
the Confederate armies would nev
er have been able to fight as long
as they did. Furthermore, by run
ning cotton out of the South and
delivering it into the hands of for
eign merchants, particularly the
British, the Confederacy was able
to finance a great part of the war."
"The scene of the novel", contin
ued Cochran, "is laid in Wilming
ton, which was the chief head
quarters of blockade runners,
thanks to the protection of Fort
fisher and Fort Caswell at the
mouth of the Cape Fear River. The
central character of the book is Jef
frey Ryall, a young pilot who be
comes a famous blockade - running
captain. He personifies the courage
and resourcefulness of the many
North Carolina skippers who ran
the blockade."
The new Cochran novel takes in
the entire period of the war. He
has been working on it for nearly
three years and has done an im
mense amount of historical re
search. During the summer of 1947
he spent weeks here in Wilming
ton's library and did extensive field
survey along the coast from
Wrightsvillc Beach south to Fort
Fisher and Fort Caswell At Fort
Fisher he excavated a number of
shell fragments and other relics
of the battle.
Manuscript for "The Dram Tree"
will be delivered, to his pubilbhlHfc
The Bobbs Merrill Company of In
dianapolis in April for autumn 1950
publication. i
As an Honorary Tar Heel Coch
ran has traveled extensively
throughout North Carolina. O.ily
recently his ties were strengthened
by the marriage of his daughter
Clare, to Robert Nixon Tavlar, son
of Mr. ard Mi s. Jul; n T: y'.or of
Wilmington.
"The Dram Tree'' will !;<* h1:
fifth novel end his .centh book.
His novels inc!? <' in a.idltio to
"Rogues J folic! y" t! book about
Bbckbearri ? ? .! u'en
ant Maynard. ' V. ?????; .1 Pa.* igc,"
"Captain F!? ' i
Shoals " i ll wi'ii a nai'- ' ',ack
ground.
Cochran s. ^ S
Coast Gu:irrl in both V ' ' Wars
and his voy^'el to r . j of
the world. Ml h n) is
done in his s;>arv i n- ;.???? ause
Cochran is, a bu.>y exitw'.ve in ih:
advertising and tvomotirn dep rt
ment of The Saturday Evening
Post in Philadelphia.
Tide Table
Tides at Beaufort liar
HIGH
I.OW
Tuesday, J?'av. 29
3:39 AM
3:45 PM
9:54 AM
10:07 PM
Wednesday, Nov. 30
4:30 AM
4:36 PM
10:48 AM
10:52 PM
Thursday, Dec. 1
5:12 AM
5:18 PM
11:00 AM
11:32 PM
Friday, Dec. 2
5:53 AM
6:04 PM
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Flames Destroy Ballou Barn
Morehead City Mate Plans
Far Christmas Dacaratians
Elaborate and colorful plans lor
decorating downtown Morehead
City {or Christmas have been an
nounced
The town h?s agreed to erect
and decorate a large Christmas tree
at the corner of 10th and Arendeil
streets where the traffic island be
gins. In addition the town has
?greed to provide the labor to pat
put any other Christmhs decora
tions.
Arrangements have been made to
purchase large Santa Clauses from
Raleigh and 20 of these will be at
tached to telephone poles down
town. Other Chris tm?s lights and
"greepery wllk be purchased if the
money can be raised.
. Tide Water Power co , has ?
greed to string the lights free of
A barn owned by Darius Ballou,
Morehcad City, was destroyed by
(ire early Wednesday night. Cause'
of the fire is unknown.
firemen were called at 7:35 p.m.
and arrived at the property at 23rd
and Bay streets to find Ballou's
barn engulfed in flames. They
were prevented from coming near
the fire in their truck since Bal
lou's truck blocked the only road
leading to the barn.
He had his truck jacked up to
make repairs on it and only when
he' followed the fire trucks did he
realize that it was his barn burn
ing.
Finally the truck was moved and
firemen were able to come close
enough to the b?rn to prevent
flames from spreading to nearby
brusb and timber. Water from
the booster tank was used because
the nearest fire hydrant was a half
mi!e away at 24th and Bridge!
streets. /
'As estimate on the amount of 1
damage was not made but the
building, along with nets, plumb
ing fixtures, hay and tools stored
inside, was a total loss.
Sunday afternoon at 2:40 fire
men were again summoned to the
residence of Vernon Arthur, on
18th street between Fisher and
Bridges, to extinguish a fire caus
ed by an overflowing oil stove.
Not much water was required to
put the fire out and damage was
mainly from smoke. No one was
injured in either fire.
BMurforl Bnriausmen
Will Meet Thursday Right
Beaufort merchants will meet
Thursday night at 7:30 in the
Scout hut on Pollock street to dis
cuss and review Chamber of Com
merce plans for Christmas. Christ
mas decorations, public relations,
and other matters.
Refreshments arc planned. All
businessmen are Invited.
Utilities Board I
Ml
in
S 8 11 J* C w Cl'ViCG
liiohatt Utilities rani mission
will met" Thursday at Hakitjh to
Consider the request by the Atlan
tic and Ea-?t Carolina railroad to
remote i<s d:.jtv passenger t^m3
No. 2 and 5 vukdays and IV: and
15 Sund.y irom Goldsboro to
{Morehc. i City.
Pretests against 'removal of
these trains have been tiled with
the Utilities commission by cham
bers of commerce, the Morehead
City town board has objected to
the proposal as well as individuals,
and newspapers have commented
editorially against it.
Reasons Cited
Protests filed with the Utilities
commission cite that the A & EC
leased their passenger stations at
Kinston and Morehead City to the
| Seashore Transportation company,
allegedly to enhance bus transpor
| tation and therefore make it un
necessary to improve the railroad's
service; that in the Atlantic and
! North Carolina's lease to the A &
j EC it is stated that the "same pas
senger service or better" would be
maintained during the period of
the lease.
The Utilities commission has al
so been informed that not only are
passengers handled at Goldsboro,
Kinston, New Bern and Morehead
| City, but at other regular stops:
Newport, Havelock-Cherry Point,
Dover, Cove, and LaGrangc, in ad
dition to flagstops: Camp Glenn,
Edgewater. Wildwood, Pine Grov
e, Croatan, Riverdale, Thurman,
1 Jones City. Clarks, Tuscarora, Cas
aalks&f
/. :i To Proposed
aa.ics rf fai
well, Hines Junction, I'arrotts,
Falling Creek, Fields, Best, and
Millers. It has been pointed out
that many of the above flag stops
are not on the highways, therefore
removing train passenger service
would cause a hardship.
It has also been charged that
figures quoted by train ^officials,
usee I to ?***? JfcJk* F<c
losing money.' siV not ilrf iHf. **^1
1 THE NEWS TIMES opposes dis- 1
I continuation of the passenger ser
vice and The Greensboro Daily 1
News has commented on the pro- i
posal, pointing out that if passen- 1
Ler trains ar; eliminated t ho nj^il |
i service wovld "ffer proportion- 1
: tely. TKF N " WS TIM i S con
! 'ends that once the service is riis
:oiitinuc.l, it ? ill l>e virl ally im
p?:>.;iblc ?.ver lo hire re instated.
-m'.i c u^tcd
Tiv I) iiiv *>('? i i't rial of '
4 : s in part: -. . . As
? > r. ?;-! % a : ? mail
"'iU.v -i'y ?> r;v. ? [hi ea, but
r o bed ? h-tr Ci-n !?,<? : i:J :,u* the
: t c L : erv.ee t ? ip plied
. : ; Vh;>! :t if. ujv'ete... 'v smy. (
And v A.i such clir *'.?:? 'ion (rernov
, rf ; 1 r trains; it would be ,
;? rti.l 1 crJingV. thus moving
j iron? bad to worse. i
"... Nor. only is a question of
| '-ufciic necessity and convenience
| involved, but there is a financial
jangle in that the compensation for
! handling mail is a sizeable item on
the railroad's credit side . . .
"The Atlantic and North Caro
lina js another of these state-own
ed lines, and thus the obligation
rests all the more heavily upon a
I state agency, which so often seems
I more disposed to protect the utili
ties which it is entrusted with con
trolling, than the public in whose
name and authority it acts, to see I
that this line lives up to the gen
eral purpose for which the people
themselves constructed it."
I Special to THE NEWS-TIMES
i In i statement by telephone last
night H. P. Edwards, chairman of
the baord of directors of the At
lantic and East Carolina railroad,
said, "We are going to provide the
same mail service and express ser
vice (if passenger trains are re
moved) and are contemplating
hauling it on the highway, making
better all-around service than now.
"I havfc been discussing the mat
ter with the post office department
and they are agreeable. There will
be clerks on the mail trucks and
scrvicc speeded up bccausc now
time is consumed in carrying mail
from some railroad stations to the
postoffices."
When Mr. Edwards mentioned
that he heard there was opposition
here to discontinuance of passen
ger service, he added. "We have
as much interest in Morcbead at
you people do and don't intend to
do anything detrimental that
would hurt our business."
When asked if he thought that
the proposed port development
would increase (he number of
train passengers here, he said, "I
doubt it wrioualy because there it
good bus service and much travel
ing is done now by automobile."
He farther stated that during
the war six pas?enger trains a day
were run into Morehead City for
six months but (hey had to be tak
en off because it didn't pay.
Thief Enters Griddle, Steals
Cash, Cigarettes, Canned Milk
aiinn Club Officials
Pictured above with Mrs. Carrie Gillikin, left, county home
agent, are the recently-elected officers of the county council, the
governing body for home demonstration clubs. Reading left to right,
they are Mrs. Gillikin, Mrs. Leslie Brinson of Camp Glenn, treasur
er, Mrs. Kenneth McCabe of Camp Glenn, secretary, and Mrs. Billy
Smith of Beaufort RFI), president.
1950 License Plates
To Go on Sale Thursday
Automobile license plates for
1950 will be placed on sale
Thursday at Parker Motors,
Motehead City, it was announc
ed today.
Mrs. Robert G. Lowe will be
in charge of selling the plates
and hours of sale will be from
9 a.m. to 5 p.m. License plates
in Carteret county will be sold
only at Parker Motors.
City license tags for automo
biles and bicycles will also be
placed on sale Thursday in the
municipal building, Morehead
City.
Teen-Age Club
To Hold Bazaar
"The' Beaufort Tetn-AgfTTui* will
sponsor a bazaar next week, Mon
day. Dec. 5. through Saturdav, Dec.
10, on Front st.. next to Dr. Ful
cher's office at the new newsstand
occupied by George Baer.
Members of the Teen- Age club
will heln to contribute gifts, baked
and canned goods to be sold at
the baz'zar. The affair will be sup
ervised by members of the Teen
Ape Recreation program committee
of the Parent-Teachers association.'
Each lii;;N school studt nt has re
ceived a letter requesting !? ?aar
donations and those who have not
returned the letter are requeued to
tent*# Mr?. Martha Loftin,
B 572-6. Kach contribul i v:'t be
notified by card or telephone when '
and where to send their gilts. j
Cookies and candies v ill l>e on;
sale Wednesday. Dec 7 aid other j
perishables on Saturday.
Suggestions for contril utions to i
the bazaar are as follow : aprons,
embroidery, knit-ting. i oclreting,
tei towels, hot pads, doll clothes, |
baby clothes, baby sh stuffed i
toys. cake?:, pies, cool u randy.)
pickles, canned goods, home-made
jellies.
Members of tho PT \ ircrcalioi'
committee are Mrs. Loft in, Lena
I.ipman. Mamie Lau^hton. Doro
thy II. Ipoek. Lou Longest. Alice]
Eastman, Rosebud Simnson. Sara
Brooks, and Elizabeth Woodard.
NEWS BRIEFS
Symphony Group to Meet
The North Carolina Symphony
committee for Carteret county will
meet at 8 o'clock this evening at
the home of Mrs. T. T. Potter,
Front St., Beaufort.
Patrol Receives Equipment
Members of the safety patrol at
Beaufort school received rain capes
and hats. Sym Brown belts, and
silver badges yesterday morning
during assembly, The equipment
was presnted by Al Stinson. chair
man of the Jiycec safety commit
tee. The Jaycees purchased the
outfits A picture of the patrol will
appear next week in THE NEWS
TfMES.
ECTC Alumni to Meet
Efforts will be made at 7:30 to
night to organize a county alumni
chapter of East Carolina Teachers
college The meeting, announced
by Miss Gertrude Styron, will Ukc
place In the Scout hut, Pollock
street Beaufort. All ECTC alumni
will be welcome, she said.
Manager to Speak
Dan Walker, manager of the
Beaufort Chamber of Commerce,
will speak on Operation Economy
on today's Beaufort Horizons pro
gram over WMBL at 2 3a Ills talk
will be an explanation of the find
ings of th? rtoover commission
which investigated and recommend
ed reforms in the* federal govern
ment.
Judge Hamilton
Delivers Address
At B & PW Club
Judge Luther Hamilton, speak- '
! ing to members of the Carteret
Business and Professional Wom
en's club Tuesday night at the rec
reation center, Morehcad City,
commended them on the goals for
which the organization strives and
also reminded them that not many
; decades ago such an organization
as theirs would not have been tol
erated.
He pointed out, however, that
the Bible tells of businesswomen,
Deborah who was a judge and
Lydia who sold purple. The rights
of women in America were few, if
any. and not until 1918 were they
^iven the right to vote, the judge
continued.
"Until recent years in North
Carolina, he added, "neither wo
rn? n. Catholic, nor Jew, could hold
office. It was once believed," the
speaker 1'cmarked, "that the only
place woman was worthwhile was
in the home."
Judge Ham i I'on cited certain I
points under law where the rights j
of a wife exceed those of her hus- 1
band. ?but.'' he admonished, I
"since the privileges are here for j
woman, there are responsibilities i
also."
The speaker commented that
this land is perhaps the last bul
wark of human liberties. These
liberties are a heritage which
must not be squandered away, the
judge said, and it is the duty of
organizations such as the Business
jnd Professional Women's club to
help preserve those liberties.
To do this, he explained, each
individual must do his part. Should
the movement of one pebble start
a mountain avalanche, it is impos
sible, he declared, to locate the
pebble responsible after the catas
trophe is ended. The judge cited
ignorance and indifference as the
greatest enemies in preserving hu
man rights and liberties.
He told the women that their ob
jectives could be reached only by
1hc concerted efforts of every
member, suggesting that they keep
well-informed politically. "No
one's talent is too little," he con
cluded.
Following Judge Hamilton's ad
dress, the group decided during
the business seFsion that there
would be no December meeting,
but they would meet in January
and each member would bring an
other person with her.
Grace Ayscuc, president, an
nounced that the club could rec
ommend a worthy student to re
ceive the $300 loan fund offered
by the Business and Professional
Women's club and Mrs. Rose Mer
rill was appointed to carry out the
Christmas charity project.
Price of Stock Lnrnid
For Proposed Soli Club
The charter of the Enchanting
Waters Country club, proposed golf
club for Morehead City, has been
amended to lower the price of
shares of stock. Dr. John Morris,
chairman of the Morchcad City
Chamber of Commerce's golf club
committee, announced today.
Previously, shares of stoek have
been costing WOO each. Upon In
vestigation, though, it was found
that more money would be taken in
by the club if the price of each
share were reduced.
Accordingly, the $500 price was
dropped to $130 this week With
this step, plana for selling stock is
the dub and letting blueprints has
begun, persons interested in pur
? basing stock shoul^ contact Dr.
Morris or the Chamber of Com
merce.
A thief broke into the Griddle ,
restaurant on Front street, Beau- !
fort. Sunday night and stole cash,
cigarettes and several cans of
milk.
Corbett Lewis, deaf mute em
ployee of Biggs Shoe shop next
door to the Griddle, stopped off
at the shoe shop at 1 a.m. yester
day morning and noticed that the
door to the Griddle was open
slightly.
Police Summoned
Lewis paid little attention to
what he had seen but at 6 30 yes
terday morning he noticed that the
door was wide open and summon
ed Clifford Lewis from a nearby
dry cleaning plant and he in turn
summoned the police.
Police arrived to find that some
one had broken open the rear door
of the restaurant and entered to I
rifle the juke box and what money
there was in the cash drawer. Ap
parently, the thief then stole all
the cigarettes he could find, nine
cartons, and put them in a crate
with five cans of milk and left.
Juke Box Opened
Amount of money stolen from ,
the juke box was uncertain. How- j
ever, it is known that there were !
several dollars in pennies in the
cash box.
Police took fingerprints in the
restaurant yesterday morning and
continued their investigation thru
out the day. They stated that they
had no lead on the identity of the
culprit is.
Tickets to Go
On Sale for Play
Tickets will go on sale this week
for t he Little Theatre's three-act
Broadway production, "Claudia,"
written by Rose Frankcn.
"Claudia," besides being on the
legitimate stage, was also made In
U-a movie, a ill U?o cxjwrivm* of
Claudia and iicr husbanlfr Bavid,
have been followed by hundreds of
thousands of readers in current
popular magazines.
The company holds all of the
charm, humorous incidents, and
lovable characteristics that have
made the "Claudia" stories so pop
ular. Its setting is on a Connecti
cut farm in the present day and
age. The play is fast-moving and
Claudia's utter ignorance as to the
behavior of farm animals and farm
operation leads from one funny
moment to another.
Claudia is so utterly innocent !
that 110 one believes her capable
of intrigue or paying attention to
any other man except her husband.
Complications pile high when a ,
handsome young writer, Jerry Sey
mour, rents a little cottage near i
Claudia and David's farm.
This play is completely different
from last year's "Joan of Lor- 1
raine," the first production staged
by the Little Theatre after it was
organized in the fall of 1948.
"Claudia," directed by Carter
Broad, will be presented two
nights.' Thursday and Friday, Dec. j
8 and 9, at the recreation center,
Morehcad City.
Welfare Staff
Needs Worker
At the recent monthly meeting
of the Carteret county board of
welfare emphasis was placed on the
need for case workers.
At present the department has
only one case worker, but salary
for another has been provided in
the budget for 1949-50, according
to Thomas McGinnis, welfare sup
erintendent. However, he added,
no qualified person can be located
In order to fill th cnacavETAlON
In order to fill the vacancy, one
must have a college degree.
Mr. McGinnis explains that a ease
worker's job consists of calling on
the aged, studying their problems,
working with children and handi
capped groups such as the blind J
deaf, crippled, and mentally ill I
The welfare departmct offers
services to juvenile offenders, tru
ant cases, adoptive parents, .and
parolees from mental hospitals and
prisons.
Mr. McGinnis stated that any
qualified person interested in this
type of work should contact him
at the welfare officc, court house
annex, Beaufort.
Services Tomorrow
Ciders Travaktha and Robbing
will preach at services at 7:30 to
morrow night iff the Primitive Bap- 1
list church, 1Kb *L
Concert Group
Ropes to Start
Association Here
There is a strong possibility that
a Community Concerts association
fo I.enutort and Morehead City
will be organized within the next
two months, it was announced to
day.
\'rs Marjorie Leo of New York,
N Y . organizational director of
Corv^nu;iity Concerts service, a di
vision (.1 Columbia Artists Manage
ment. inc., stated this week that
she had tound a tremendous a
niount ?i interest in organizing an
association in the twin cities.
Interest Evident
Mrs. Lee said she had spent
three days here and found many
persons who were interested in,
and willing to work for the organ
ization of a local Community Con
certs association.
If such an association is organ
ized by the end of January, at
least three concerts will be ar
ranged for late winter and early
spring of 1950. Mrs. Lee explain
ed. Even more artists or groups
of artists will be booked in com
ing years if the first season proves
successful.
Early January will probably be
the starting date for the member
ship drive. Mrs. Claud Wheatly,
Jr.. Dan Walker, both of Beaufort,
and Boh Lowe of Morehead City
will be in charge of organizational
plans for the group
In addition to attending concerts
here, members will be allowed to *
attend concerts elsewhere free of
charge if seating capacity permits.
There are 1045 such Community
Concert groups in the United
States and 33 in North Carolina.
Nearby Towns Participate
. Towns nearby that pjw?icipaie in
the concerts are New Bern, Kin
ston. Washington. Wilson, Clinton,
Wbitcville. and Elizabeth City.
Columbia Artists Management,
inc., is the world's largest booking
organization, Mrs. Lee stated. It
handles 165 different artists and
attractions. Some of its stars are
Nelson Eddy, Helen Jepson, James
Melton, Rose Bampton, Lawrence
Tibbeftt, Rise Stevens, Donald
Dame, Dorothy Kirsten, the Co
Iambus Boy's Trio, the Don Cos
sack chorus and the St. Louis
tie symphony.
Mule Meets Death
On Highway U
A man killed a mule Sunday.
The mule, acting like many peo
ple walked out on highway 24 just
west of the Nine-Foot road-high
way 24 intersection at 3 o'clock
Sunday afternoon, in front of an on
rushing '49 Oldsmobile driven by
liilly Jones Weeks. Weeks is >
paratrooper stationed at Fort
Hraug.
The ear which was proceeding
toward Swansboro, was damaged to
the extent of $400.
The mule is dead He was the
property of Hubert T. Long, route
I. Newport, and the second mule
to be hit by an auto in Carteret ?
county in less than a month.
The accident was investigated by
patrolman W. E. Pickard.
Two Tracks Collide
Yesterday On Canseway
Two trucks collided at 8:30 yes- j
terday morning just east of the j
Molchead City drawbridge, but no A
one was injured.
One truck, a '48 Ford, owned by j
Scarboro Safrit Lumber company, J
Beaufort, was driven by James G. ,
Moore, Beaufort. The other, a I
Quinn Fisheries truck., was oper- ?
atcd by Telford Gaskill of Stacy, j
According to Highway Patrolman ' J
W J. Smith. Jr., Gaskill stopped 1
sudd nly in back of a school bus,, J
and Moore's truck ran into him 1
from the rear. Estimated damage 3
to the lattcr's vehicle is $150, to 1
the fish company truck $10.
Band To Appear
The Beaufort school band wilt
play Tuesday Dec. S, at New Bern
in honor of the Shriners' imperial
potentate. Harold Lloyd, who will
he entertained there by Sudan
Temple.
PTA Males *205
Beaufort PTA's profit on Ura
dance Thanksgiving night amount
ed to $805, according to Mrs. Wiley
Lewis, chairman ot the ways and
means commitu*.