NEWS-TIMES OFFICES
Beaufort
lit Craven St ? Phase 44*1
Morehead City
M4 Arendell St ? Phoae Mil
CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES
A Merger of THE BEAUFORT NEWS (EtUkluliod 1912) and THE TWIN CITY TIMES (E*U UUM 1936)
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88th YEAR, NO. 95 EIGHT PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND. BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1949 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
Dixie B. Burns Off Cape
Dr. J. H. Hilton Will Speak
At Farm Bureau Meeting
Utilities Board
Firs Petition
Tin A&EC Line
< cs of the Atlantic and East
( r Hailroad told the SUte
t't . s commission Thursday
t ,?? cannot afford to contin
v er.ger service.
Edwards of New Bern,
c i of the A&EC board and
? mrer, and other offi
' c : i passenger operations
I a losing proposition
i ? .1 3 of t*ic war
en the case is not ex
1 "veral weeks.
C, a privately-owned
cr fates by lease agree
l' ? ' ate-owned tracks be
t . rciitad City and Golds
b
! application before the
C.. .n:1' .on. it proposed to discon
ti- Train: No. 2 and No. 5 on
v ' and Trains No. 12 and
N r IT) on Sundays. The trains have
K. n oi"jrati:!g for approximately
61- years.
An exhibit filed showing the
line's financial condition listed a
total loss on passenger operations
of $126,090 a year. A&EC spokes
i man explained, however, that the
figure included indirect as well as
dircct costs. Indirect costs are de
termined by crediting part of gen
eral operating costs and mainten
ance to the passenger runs. When
indirect costs are not considered,
the balance between income and
expense u more favorable.
Matthew Alien of Kinston ap
peared as attorney for the line.
The case wai heard by Chairman
Steqjey. .winborne and Comiqla
sioner rred C. Hunter, Edwards
McMahan and Josh James. Com
missioner Robert Orady Johnson is
ill.
Secretary James Butler of the
Goldsboro Chamber of Commerce
and Merchants Association sat in
as a protestant. He told the Com
mission Goldsboro wanted to be
sure it would not lose services vi
tal to ita businesses and residents.
Dr. James H. Hilton, director of
North Carolina Experiment Sta
tions and dean of State College
School of Agriculture, will be the
speaker at the annual farm bureau
meeting at 6:45 Thursday night at
the American Legion hut west of
Mdrefcead City.
A barbecue supper will be serv
ed cafeteria Style at 6:45 and the
program will start at -8 p.m.
Raymond Ball, president of the
Farm Bureau, urges all members
and associate members, their wives
Dr. J. H. Hilton
and friends to attend. The supper
I is free to members, others will be
j charged for the supper.
; At this annual meeting officers
and members of the board of di
rectors will be elected and Oscar
Salter, chairman of the Farm Bu
reau membership comihittee. will
make a report on the recent mem
bership drive.
Speaker at last year's annual
Farm Bureau meeting was Frank
Jeter, Raleigh, editor of extension
ttUbllcatloqi. , t ?
Oifi ewr* M the FaVfti Bureau are
Mr. Ball, president Robert Laugh
ton, vice-president; Mrs. Made
Campen, secMtary-treoorer; Mr.
Salter, chairman of membership;
R. M. Williams, advisor.
Directors are H. T. Can-away, D.
W. Truck ner, T. C. Oglesby, Gor
don Laughton, Roy T. Garner, Neal
Campen, L. W. Pelletier, Floyd
Garner, and Guion Lewis.
Court Grants Four Divorces
In First Session of Civil Term
Four divorces were granted in
superior court yesterday morning.
The one-week term of civil cases
will continue through Thursday,
Judge R. Hunt Parker presiding.
Divorces granted were as fol
lows: Clarence Willis vs. Lola Pearl
Millis with custody of the child,
Georgia Carol, to the mother, Rose
Heath Gaskins vs. J. Robert Gas
kins; Virginia Webb Purifoy vs.
William Francis Purifoy. The
plaintiff was given custody of the
child, William Francis, Jr. The
oLh 'r divorce granted was Joseph
Lewis vs. Iris Adams Lewis.
Being tried yesterday afternoon i
we s th" ease of Edwards vs. Jobn
sc . concerning an automobile ac- ;
ck ^nt which occurred several;
ye a "o upstate.
rving as jurors are the follow- 1
in Carl Hatsell, Mrs. Mary Tit
le C. "fgc- Eastman, Charles Lew
is. ! unk L. King, all of Beaufort;
O- ' (iillikin, C, R. Pate, both of
B' n urn.
. ; : Davis, W. G. Murphy,
V, " ii:rpiiy, c 1 1 of Davis; Wil
1'i Tvuc'.mer, Telletier; James
T ,? :a Lovel; Wilbert Good
v :? ie Kobinson, both of At
}? ; "ticy W. Davis, Allen
K ilarkers Island.
C. ''undine, B. J. Mann, C. H.
( r, 'Maude Garner. Eugene C.
Q. n, all of Newport; L A. Mur
C. T. Murdoch, both of Wild
v 1. E. Pitt man, Abbott Mor
jris. J. W. Whealton. Justin Robin
fcpn. ell of Morchead City.
Van B. Willis, Marshallberg; L.
N. i'igott, Gloucester. The follow
irp, were excused: W. R. Stewart,
Gloucester; Harvey Hamilton, An
drew English, and D. J. Hall, all
of Morehead City; and George W.
Lewis, Beaufort
HmMs ?< CUUnb
See CvInb Show Satartoy
A theater full of children
turned out Saturday morning to
give toy* for admission to ? ear
toon and comedy show sponsored
by Morehead City Jaycees at the
City theater.
Jaycees collected mote tk?s 10
large boxes of t*ys which will be
repaired at the fire department
u yd fctven to children at * Jhycee
Christmas pttty, December Jl.
Dr. K. T. Euwtl, Bod
Cross (Unuii Btriy*
Dr. N. Thomas Eunett, Beau
fart, has rntiaed ? chairman
?( the Beaufort chapter af the
American Id Crass.
to Ma letter of resignation
Saturday, Dec. 3, to headquar
ter! at Atlanta, Dr. Eattt ex
preaaed Ma full ayaspathy with
Red Crass work but laid that
ether duties make it impossible
to continue hia chaimanakip.
He explained that he subssit
ted hia reaiguaOaa m iu order
that hia auceaaear will have time
to asake arrangements for the
fund-raiaing program In March.
WeHart Saporialoadenl
WiU Speak to Lions
Thomas McGinnis, superinten
dent of welfare, Carteret county,
will speak to Morchead City Lions
Thursday night on work for the
blind done by the county welfare
department.
At last week's Lions club meet
ing, the men contributed $15 to the
Overseas Blind association.
Lions were told that the fund
would be used to aid blind persons
throughout Western Europe. The
money will purchase Braille slates,
writing paper, typewriters and oth
er educational Materials.
? During the buainess session, >
several requests for Christmas bas
kets were delegated to the health
and welfare committee for investf
1 gation and several members of the
group announced that they would
attend a charter night Jan. 3 at
Zebulon where a new Lions club
has been formed: - .
Program tor the evening was en
tertainment by George Washing
ton, 10-year-old Camp Glenn boy
who sang hillbilly songs and play
ed a guitar.
Paper Ceaaei Publication
The Beaufort Journal, a weekly
newspaper started last February,
ceased publication with it* Nov. in
issue. IU owaar* M. f. SUrren
and Brmano Mssotti. have offered
Its jhacMnery for tale
Bub oa SchMl Annex
Edncatian Bnri to Open
The county board of education
will meet tomorrow afternoon
for Ita December session.
Of major importance on ita
schedule it the opening of bida
for the proposed annex to the
Morehead City white school.
However, H. U Jotlyn, superin
tendent of schools, said, if the
bids are not low enough to fall
within the amount of funds a
vailable, it will be impossible to
start the building.
State REA Officer
Congratulates
Local CoeseiEt'vs
? *?
"Your 'bocrd < '
able msnager, I'1' '1
should be corgrattil H ' - t '???>
fine j(?b they h ivo <! t
year," Gwyn B. l'ric
the North Caroli:>:i . !
bers of the - '?! vi If.':
trie Electric Mer I. Vp c
ation at their annii.il i.v .?
urday afternoon in *?!; ??. ..'1 (.'it v.
Over 500 nfcnibm". ' c
attended the raect:n;? to in. r their
officers' annual report, elect <i
board of directors, and discuss the
co-op's business.
In addition to Price other REA
personages present were Kenneth
Hardy, R. M. Williams and Earl U.
Patterson, all of the national REA
office in Washington, D. C.
Directors clectcd were L. W.
Pelletier, Stella; G. W. Ball, New
Jones, Swansboro; Wren Law
rence, Merrimon; Gilbert WhUe
hurst. Straits; George Brockway,
Havelock; Clarence C. Millis, New
port; and Karl C. Day, Lola.
Electrical appliance dealers dis
played their wares throughout the
meeting and also offered 22 gifts
as prises. Gerald Whitehurst of
Straits won the electric range,
Mrs. W. F. Sbolar won an electric
pump and Mrs. Henry D. and Mrs.
F. K. Smith won a combination
battery-electric radio.
Price and Hardy, head of the ap
plications and loans division of the
REA in Washington, spoke to the
group as did Paul H. Jernigan,
Carteret-Craven manager. Their
speeches dealt chiefly with REA
progress since its beginning and
with the progress made by the lo
cal unit in the last year.
The members were told that con
sumers in the local unit bad grown
from 1.380 to 1,648, an increase of
208; mileage of lines had grown
from 276 to 313, an increase of 37;
and that the unit itself had gone
from one that was in debt to one
that ia completely out of debt and
on a paying basis.
Driver Examiner
Issues Warning
Many L and M drivers who have
been operating motor vehicles for
a number of years do not realize
that they must pass a road test be
fore getting a license renewal,
driver's license examiner M. H.
Everett reported today.
Persons whose surnames h?j;n
with L and M must have ^hnir li
censes renewed before Dei'. 31.
"Every day or so somiT.c wh->
holds an old liccn.se Mis rac he did
not understand that he hat! to
stand a roid test since ho !-sd been
driving for years." Examiner Tver ?
ett said. "Usually "thess rppli- 1
cants report to me l.-te ir. the aft- j
ernoon and then h??e !o rc'urn the
next day because I d:> mt have;
time to give them a ri. : tcit be
fore the station closes, ' he contin
ued.
To avoid unnecessary loai of
time, drivers whose last n mc.. be
gin with L and M were urged by
Kxaaioer Everett to report at bis
station at Beaufort or Mciehcad ,
City la plenty or time to take the
entire examination, which consists t
of vision, road sign, road rules and '
driving teats.
The driver's license examiner .
unit Is a part of the Highway Saf -
ety division of tbe North Carolina
Department of Motor Vehicles.
County superintendent of schools.
H. LI Joetyo. will leave tomorrow
(or a thrte-dsy meeting of North
Carotiaa school superi itmdaptt la
Hatteras
The fishing boat, Dixie B. of
Morehead City, caught fin Thurr
day off Cape Hatteras and burned
extensively throughout the engine
room and cabin. All hands aboard
escaped uninjured. No estimate
has been made as yet as to the
cost of damage, according to E. C.
Ballou. Morehead City, owner of
the boat. Mr. Ballou said the in
surance adjuster is expected to
make an investigation the early
part of this week.
Aboard the boat when fire J
broke out were Alton Dickinson, j
captain. Douglas Edwards, Carl
ton Guthrie, Frederick Hughes, all
of Morehead City, and the en
gineer, a native of Maryland
Crew Abandons Ship
The spread of flames, which,
according to Mr Ballou, originat
ed in the engi-c room, caused the |
crew to abandon ship after putting i
in a call Hatteras Inlet Coast1
Guard station.
The boa' E:ii?!i, of Atlantic, hap-j
pened to be passing by am) used
its fire apfer 'j help extingu !
ish the I: !(? Hatteras res
cue bout ' i;<y W. Austin,!
Mr. ;:ooJ ?> the 0 83x27 i
from I" ? Boat sLt'mi,
comm. i i,'. j;'j> o.tis ;
readied ? I tpwol tin \
>ixn i, ? , r/r-.tn'.
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For County Groap
Committers from llirec of ihe
Carteret Coin'y Future Home
makers of America chapters in
the county met r.t the Lottie Son
dent Educational building in Beau
fort Wednesday night to make
plant for formatjo^qf | county
MM. Florence Cordova of More
head City was elected temporary
chairman, and Rachel Mundine of
Newport, temporary secretary.
It was decided to have eight of
ficers, as in the local chapters, and
after this year that any officer
should hold at least one degree.
Each chapter ia to elect two offic
ers, and these will be rotated each
year.
Mrs. Cordova was elected ad
viser for the county group, and ft
was decided that the president
should come from the same chap
ter. It was also decided that the
officers be choaen in the same or
der in which the clubs were affili
ated. They are aa follows:
Morehead City, president and
reporter: Beaufort, vice-president
and parliamentarian; Newport, sec
retary and hiatorian: Smyrna,
treasurer and song leader.
The Morehead chapter invited
the others to attend a Christmas
party and dance at the Carteret rec
reational center Wednesday, De
cember 14.
The members from Beaufort and
Mrs. David Beveridge served the
group cokes and salted nuta.
The following attended: Beau
fort? Letty Eudy, Shirley Springle,
Mrs. Beveridge. adviser; Newport
? Rachel Mundine, Claudctte
Slaughter, Ann Mozingo, Mrs. Ru
by Simmon.- adviser; Morehead
City ? .Tane Ilowerton, Jean
Bowles. Betsy Wade, Mrs. Flor
ence Cordova, adviser.
Botarians Discuss
Business Wviors Thursday
Morchecd Rotaiians spent
their TI. >y ri^ht .*\s.sion in the
Carteret . n I Center dit
cusfin'' it- i'tfary business.
Se' tn.! rit! Ijiions for con
iW v ' Inrs were dis
cussed sc<! ,t*! Aiao.g. those
ii.-.-s . 5 cr . ;? !>t .ovofcc4 tor
arrivirj ; .! :r.tt!ings anJ an
orher pc r- .{ ?> Ko'ariau fails
to ??all c ttU^T member l>y hie
first name.
Ti;c Uub ".Ic.I to provide a
school ' n-rh s'rr r.no chill at More
head City ii'bool for the remainder
at the irl.^ol ;rs. t..t ?;11 be $0
p:r noon tit.
Club president Cleorge W Dill,
Jr.. urged mc.nbcrs to contribute
to the community band drive. The
group spect tome tin* in discuss
ing tbc dri.e and iuud raising for .
the band.
Clyde Jonef. procrara chairman, '
assigned to Rotarians programs for
the second half of the fiscal >ear. j
Ernest Davis Chairman
Ernest J. Davis has been appoint
ed Chairman of arrangements for
a men's supper at 6:30 tomorrow j
night in St Paul's Episcopal parish
hoOse It is hoped that tbe supper
will become a monthly affair, t
nucleus for organiutioi of i Mob's
diih. ?
Four W eekend Highway W recks
Cause Damage Totaling $2,135
Membership Drive for N. C.
Symphony Orchestra Begins
Notice of membership payment!
to tbe North Carolina Little Sym
phony were sent out over the
weekend, launching tbe Little Sym
phony Membership drive in Carter
et county.
The symphony will present a
free concert for school children
the afternoon of Feb. 14 and a con
cert that evening in Beaufort
school auditorium. The featured
soloist will be Bobby Morris of At
lantic, pianist.
Towns Added
Eight new towns Have been add
ed to the 1949-50 tour schedule of
the North Carolina Symphony or
chestra, Albin Pikutis, symphony
business manager .announced this
1 ' ' i
Ju-ksonvilie, Southern Pines,
' u'.lov^iee jinrl . Harrogate, Ten
? s>e will heaV the fill) orchestra
f tr, musicians for the first time
? : c&son. N*',v *U>i\s on the Lit- ,
Vtrr,' ftur Incluje North
? ?sUru, Mil, Wake For I
?. ! C\ .c! iiiil Tern.
fcuil Symphony
? ?. 'cun'.-fmen' of Jackson
? > ;n*.al)le foj; "the town has 1
. n the Little Symphony i
1 Ml s; iii>Vii?v j'.'ht.lule. Tlje '
? 1 >11 b - ;ti c njUrtc- ?
u . :i Ga.iip Lcjeunr. The or- 1
cK iiv :?t visited the camp in J
1, yii> concerts in the c,imp '
: ni(?r shd nuatflctf
( h-crir.n fcr the Jacksonville!
'drive an Mrs. K. p. Thompson,]
.til UsonViilc; Mrs. Ralph t'oneely, |
Midway i'aik, and Mrs. tfohert Bal
I :ice. Camp Lcjeune.
According to Pikutis, the tour ,
schedule for the state symphony !
l will be completed shortly although
other towns arc requesting concert j
reservations and dates are still un
der dUcusaion.
Thr Little- Symphony personnel
will asseTblt in January and .tour
North Carolhu. Tennessee, an<J
Georgia through March. The full
symphony will play concerts in
April and May.
Pikutis emphasized the state
wide value of a symphony member
ship. Symphony society member
ship cards wilt: be honored for ad
mission to all- society-sponsored
eoncerts in every part of the state.
Jaycees Make
1250 Od Show
More head City Jaycees realized
an estimated $250 profit on their
show. "Then. Later, and Now,"
which waa presented Friday night
in the Morehead City school audi
torium. i
A portion of tbia money will go
to Morehead City school for foot
ball, if football is instituted io tbi
sports program next year.
Chairman of the sbow, Jimmy
Wallace, aaid he was pleased With
the Urge turnout, and expresses
his appreciation to all who assist
ed with the production.
Two outstanding numbers were
the evolution of the bathing suit
and the can-can girls. Al Dewey
was pianist and George W. Dill,
Jr., served as master of ceremon
ies.
The show was directed by Tres
sa Royal Vickers, assisted by Edith
Davis.
Missionary to Africa
Will Speak Thursday
An address by Mrs Vivian Now.
"'! missionary from Nigeria. West
Africa, will highlight the Week of
Prajcr for foreign Missions at
the Thursday evening meeting in I
the First Baptist church. Mrs ]
Jon Wacastcr, field representative [
u : Uc Woman's Mi.-sion-.ry Union
of North Carolina, will conduct I
tho devotions at that meeting. ?
The Week of Prayer with its ;
thema, "Uulo Us Is Give#? Give,
?i , " was opened at tht- Sunday
evening service when 'he young
piople hid charge Mrs Ben K.
Koyal was devotional speaker Mon
day when the Edith Broadway Cir
p)? presented the program, "His
Name thill Be Called Wonder
ful '?
The countries studied were Ja
pan, Hawaii, and China, with Mri.
Margaret Hall, Mrs D. A. S win
ford and Mrs. W. C. Carlton dis
cussing them respectively. Mri.
Ralph Wade furnished special mu
sic.
The Week of Prayer will K ob
served with meetings Tuesday aod
Wednesday afternoon. Thursday
evening, continuing through Fri
day which is World Day of
Primer.
Robert (Bobby) Morris
Up Tomorrow At
Postoffice Dock ;
Mrs. Santa finished packing her
jolly husband's pack last night and
already he is on his way to Beau
fort, traveling by reindeer and
sleigh through the North. He will
board the Mistletoe, his own pri
vate boat, tor the trip along the
coast tomorrow and at 4 p.m. he is
scheduled in tie up at the dock in
front pf the postoffice.
In a telegram to Dan Walker,
imiiaager of the chamber of com
rtiMVi Santa rat* may delay
his visit until the neKt day, 4 o'
clock Thursday.
However, his gifts are all ready
for each boy and girl who brings
i letter. After he leaves the boat,
he will climb into a shiny red
Beaufort fire truck and lead a
grand parade west, on Front st.
Jjl the parade will be bands, Boy
Shifts, Girl Scouts, and other
mkfCMng units.
Gtlly colored lights have already
been strung along Front street for
th<( holiday season and Beaufort
6ualne*am?n. as well as kiddles
frpm all over the county, guaran
tee the gay old fellow a splendid
welcome tomorrow.
Month's Bnttdmg
Projects Increase
New construction in Morehead
City took a decided increase dur
ing the month of November a
mounting tc $44,305 over * record
low of only $2,915 for the month
of October. The month's record
as given by A. B. Roberta, build
ing inspector, shows nine permits
issued for new homes, six for ga
rages and one each for a store
house ^nd a small office building.
Houses estimated to cost $10,000
?rc being built by Marion Mills on
Evans street in the 2500 block and
by K. B. Nelson at the extreme
end of Evans street at the corner
of 34th street and the Section
Base east line. The house being
crected by Mr. Nelson is a Lustron
house, all steel construction and
enamel porcelain with radiant
panel heating No wood at all is
used in the construction of this
building. This is the first Lustron
house to be UUilt in this section of
the state.
Other houses under construction
or about ready for occupancy are
R. W. Freeman, Evans street, $7.
700; Albert Lea, Fisher street.
$5,000; Jack May, Bridges St., $2.
000; E. D. O'Neil, Shackleford
street, $2 000; James fisher. Fish
er street, $300; Ed Jones. Fisher
street, $125; Ruby M. Willis. Fish
er street, $1,500. The estimated
cost of these nine houses total
$36,625. Li. K. Norris is erecting
an Office building on Arendell
street to bouse the Western Un
ion (t ? cost ?f 93.000. E. C. Wil
lis a storehouse. $500. and six ga
rages about tbe city totaling $2,
180.
Tbe record for November ia the
highest for tbe construction of
new homes in tbe city the past
year, tbe nine buildings are esti
roated at ? cost of 138,625.
> 'Bruce Goodwin, chair nan of the
Community Band usociatioa an
nounced that there will be prac
tice at 7.30 Wednesday nlgkt
State highway patrolmen over the weekend Investi
gated four accidents which caused damages amounting
to $2,135. No one, however, was seriously injured. ,
A car tore away the front of a service station on high
way 70 Friday morning, a truck overturned several times
Saturday afternoon on highway 101, two cars collided just
Station Damaged
C?v?T 'T Wrst 01 ,hc Morehe'ild
m h i J ? W,"'H >' '4fi Olds
??bllr d"w" by Kandolpl, Jul .
front of "i SmaS"fd >?>'
Johnson's fool was slightly in
lured and damages to the tn.?
boon estimated at $sno
Aecordini; t? Patrolman 1 w
Sykes who invostk" ,i. .
?f the Oidsniehil-' v .
such high 'ivil i
when npproai i ,
from 1 1].. , i ,
travi lir;; , , - 1
{ ?U" Skirfs
The riHhl rv:;r
struck I' . .(
Chevrolet, driven t,v ?
cits 1' riinks, .'.kiiit.'i i -j.j'
an iron po 1 0(11
station, just ((l.
a couple ie. t i ,
lolet 15 estimated i
Charges of mn i ,, ,
'irhinK I,,,, ,,
against Mr .tohrv ? , , '
that lie will pay all ,|
cording t? Patrolman Sykes.
Truck Overturns
A 'II pjck?p tntek
James Howell Smith oi Heaa'o.
'urn,,1d ???'? several t,,..
?'?JO Saturday all,,
Wau ,V" ?PP??im?li|.v ,
in! . ' "'c hi' ''?ay 70 .', ,|
101 intersection.
The (ruck skiddel 135 f, , , , ,
turner? 103 " fcncc a,ld
turned over several time: ,/id 1,11
ed a hog owned by Manlv St,,
? gle ?
The truck is a i?ta| |^^ attl.
'"KtoO. 11. w-oolard, I* i rL
tnjlman who invvstig^n iffi
truck Ig valued at $#)u and |jIt.
sh.v ' .The dr,ver- who was
aken up a bit, has been charged
With careless and reckless driving
. ??Car' Truck Collide
A 49 Chevrolet pickup truck
and a 49 Nash collided at 7 15
! as? ,r
ssssTcSr*"
According to Patrolman R. H
JBrown who investigated, the
Cher? PVC". by C' D Shores
Cherry Point, attempted to pass
l''e P'ck"P driven by Charles Kitz
gerald of Morchead City. Both
were proceeding west on highway
j The vehicles collided when KHz
n.m attempted to turn left.
MO1 f1, ,C1Cl! uas cstim?'ed at
liih , ! P" c,t hos be?" charged
I with failure to give a hand signal
causing an accident. '
Truck Burns
A 42 Chevrolet pickup truck
burn*! at 9 o'clock Sunday mo,"
2 1# ? e* c"5t of Bogue and
owned "h ?' r?Ulc 24 Thc tr"ek.
Port RFn Jam? Tayl?r of New
Taylo^, Newport by
coming from I he
SUfllng Robinson residence on a
private drive when the steering
Fire l0ckcd and 'lit a tree!
ire broke out, destroying the ve
! 'c; which was valued at $7<M>
Patrolman Brown and Cpl. W
I ? ClaKen investigated.
! Veterans fey Lsls
In Hancsc!: f:r':
I All lots in Haneo ?.
j of Beaufort, eonti'cu '
Tidewater Veterans Housing co
I operative, haw l?\ :i
barring complicaiiu s, m.:sUu '
' tjon will begin about Jan. 1. Doug
las Mcrrell, chairman of tin; cro, ;?
announced today.
Loans lor house.* to !>r huilt in
the project probably will be pro
cessed by Christmas. Merrell eon
tinucd, and alter that construe
lion can begin.
Three lots still to be sold were
purchased by the co-op and will
be sold to interested parties at
cost, he stated- Persons interfil
ed should contact Dan Walker .it
the Beaufort Chamber of Com
merce.
Members of the cooperative wii!
meet Friday night at ? 7:30 in
Beaufort town hall to consider
letting of bids on the houses, wa
ter. and electrical work- All mem
bers hive been urged by Mcrrell
to be pretest.
Farm Contest
Families Will
Receive Prizes
Awards in Better Living
(' niesi Will Be Made at
' ":i Bureau Meeting
? n an 1 home
' c nnouitcd that
ri ! . :i> soaring Bet
i for Better Living
' milk's will receive prizes
! T\ m Bureau meet
i iyht v t the Ameri
? 1. ion, hut west of Morehead
li. M. Williams and
i?.!! ' n. :tatcd that 26
'?'li t oi.t i;i -JtJ who enter
t .it the beginning of
y > completed and turned in
! books. Kach of these
he j. resented with
in recognition of their
;h ?? ?I'.hments during the year
ement of their farm
' the highlights which
;; worked on during
la" improvement of liv
i..> include J activities
mtinity life, the pro
II I) ?I -I need diet for
. improvement of the
? of their homes, carry
many recommended
.ticiiS on the fsrm as
i'l planning an even
tjl the
V ? 4aTaneT -t ca?b
1 n 'i livestock production.
! fs remarked that they
pleased with the pro
le through this program.
I prize of $15 cash will go
to Uu. ;i l ake. Bettie; second prise,
$10 to R. P. Gooding, Beau*
fort RFD, third prize, $5, to Alton
Dei. lane, Newport, and fourth
pri/c, $5, to Y. Z. Simmons, New
port.
Other prizes will be given also
to the following: fifth place, Noah
Avery, Beaufort ;sixth place, C. A.
McCabc, Wildwood; seventh, Le
land Morris, Stella; and eighth,
Norman Bell, Newport.
Thb eighteen other participants j
are as follows: Bettie ? Dyon Simp
son. Roland Salter, Gardner Oilli- j
kin ,Guy Gillikin, C. R. Pake, and
Martin Lawrence.
Newport ? G. C. Pollard, Leo L. <j
Higgins, James Kelly, G. C. Gar
ner: Beaufort RFD (route 101) ? .']
J. G. Broda, L. D. Springle, W. B. j
Norris.
D. W. Truckner, Pelletier; John
i D. Young, Stella; Joe C. Barnes,
Wildwood; Elwood Piner, Straits;
and Rufus Oglcsby. Crab Point.
Mr. Oglesby, the 1948 county win
ner, was not eligible for a prise
this year because of his winning \
, last year.
Twenty-five dollars of the prise <
money is contributed by Tide Wst
"V Power company, and $10 by the '?
First-Citizens Bank and Trust Co.,
Beaufort and Morehead City.
Newro Cut by Kniie
In Argument Over Woma
(i n Hudson. Beaufort Negro,
re (I cuts about Ihe neck Sun
;: it 1 1 tn affray on Queen
sll " in Bcillfort. <ifcB
! i mI polic stated thai Gad
id another Negro. Booker
T. I '(Us, were e ? Rased in an ar
; ; vivor a woman when Pitt*
? ' . t a knife and slashed
C.,ids<m in the neck several times.
U-x'.-on was taken to Dr. L. W
ha sewed the wounds up
?r.i ieim '1 njuries ?minor."
I'.tla could not be found y ester
'.i.v njJ police said they under
lie was out lishiny on a men
boat. They said they in- >
i.r.l Lo :.r,e I him on a charge of'
, nit vith a deadly weapon.
Tide Table
~i ' s at Beaufort Bar
HIGH
Tuiiday, Dec. 6
>. 2:05 i
Jf.oi ji m. 2:08 |
iVidnesday, Dec. 1
'V : m. >41 I
>? ? - i ''-M 3:43 ;
. Thnrjfay. Pec. ?
U : - a tu. 3:3
10:11 I'M. 4:1
I'riOey. Pet ?
10.30 in
1C:J? >.JS.