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38th YEAR, NO. 101
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MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA,
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1949
PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
Community to Undertake Repair 9
Clean-Up Job at Former Church
Chairman Urges
Parents to Attend
Concert Feb. 14
Mrs. Baytrd Taylor, chairman of
the North Carolina Little Sym
phony membership drive, com
mented today that parent! of chil
dren attending the free concert
Tuesday afternoon, Feb. 14, should
. be extremely interested in buying
tickets to the evening concert.
Only through the cooperation of
adults is it possible to present a
free concert, Mrs. Taylor remarked
and it is highly beneficial to the
children to hear classical music ex
pertly interpreted.
She also urges high school stu
dents to purchase memberships at
only 60 cents- so that they, too,
may-hear the evening concert.
The drive in Beaufort is pro
gressing fairly well, the chairman
continued, ". . . there are quite a
number of good prospects, but we
don't expect to reach our quota
until next month due to the Christ
mas season."
Mrs. Robert Lowe is in charge
of ticket sales in Morehead City.
Memberships can also be obtained
from Mrs. B. K. Royal.
Owner to Improve
New Properties
Beautif ication of 150 feet of
Morehead City's waterfront is one
of the improvements Clyde A.
Douglass, Raleigh attorney, plans
as the result of his most recent
realty acquisition. The Galley Res
taurant and the small cottage op
posite on Evans street.
Mr. Douglass' purchase of the
property from John A. Lyons was
handled through John L. Crump,
realtor.
Douglass holdings in that sec
tion of Evans street now run from
the corner of Fifth street ISO feet
eastward and include two large
houses and the cottage on Evans,
the Galley Restaurant, the docks
in the area and all riparian rights.
Notice has already been given
boatmen to move by March 1 'when
Mr. Douglass will start demolition
of old docks.
B. Mace Shows
'Lost Boundaries
Borden Mace, son of Mrs. May
belle Mace, Beaufort, who is as
sociate producer of de Rochemont
studios, gave a pre-view uf the
film. Lost Boundaries, Monday
morning t? a group of friends in
the Beaufort theitre.
The picture, rated on of the ten
best of the year by movie critics,
is outstanding in the clarity of
the filming, the directing and act
ing.
An interesting sidelight is the
fact that Mrs. Peter Zilliacus of
Newfane, Vt? the former Lilliaq
Rice of Beaufort, has taken her
daughter, Margery Ray, to the
doctor in Keenham, N. H., about
whom the story is written.
' The picture will be shown again
in the county about the middle of
January.
The next picture to be made by
de Rochemont studi06 will be
"Prison Without Walls" and will
be filmed at Ossining, N. Y., Leav
enworth, Kan., and in Texas.
New Bern lifn Dies
i Sunday iron Ballet Wounds
Lee Jone>, 17,. Negro, died Sun
day night from bullet wounds al
legedly inflicted a few hours
earlier in a New Bern cafe by
, James H. Moore, 24, Negro.
City police are searching for
Moore. No motive for the shoot
ing has been learned. Witnesses
say that Moore asked Jones for a
match, then pulled out a pistol tad
shot hia.
Hears at boplepMd
Office te Change Jan. 3
Beginning Tuesday, Jan. 3, hours
at the Employment Security com
mission office, Morehead City,
will be Monday through Friday
from 8 a. m. to S p. m.
i The Employment Security' com
mission office is located at 7th
and Evans streets. It serves both
Onslow (Ad Carteret counties
At a recent meeting at the com
munity building, formerly known
as the Unitarian church building,
Pelletier, the trustees of the prop
erty, with citizens of the sur
rounding communities, agreed
that all interested parties, both
men and women, would meet at
the Community building Jan. 7,
1949, or Jan. 14 (in case the weath
er is too bad to meet on the 7th),
for the purpose of painting the
building, both exterior and in
terior, making repairs to seats and
all other necessary repairs, clear
ing undergrowth and undesirable
trees from the grounds, breaking
ground with tractors and seeding
with grass.
A great community spirit has
been shown in the above under
taking, and a great many have
manifested this spirit by donating
cash, others by agreeing to help
do the work, it was reported.
Pigs are being furnished by Tom
West and D. W. Truckner for a
barbecue dinner to be prepared by
old reliable Tom Vinson. It will
be served on the ground, together
with cornbread and slaw, the lat
ter to be prepared by Mrs. W. P.
Vinson, Woodrow Bright and oth
ers.
Adrian Morris, Herman Norris,
and D. W. Truckner have been
appointed as leaders to give in
structions regarding work to be
done on the grounds, with Owen
White looking after the paint job.
All are asked to bring any car
penter tools, saws, axes, rakes,
bush axes, or any tools they have
available that might be of serv
ice, also paint brushes.
The Community building, which
was built by the Unitarians sev
eral years ago at a cost of several
thousand dollars was later sold
to the Universalists of North
Carolina.
The Universalists, having dis
continued use of the building, sent
a committee of some of their mem
bers proposing that they make a
gift of the property outright, to be
used by any denomination. Agri
cultural and Home Demonstration
meetings, or for any other pur
pose deemed proper by the board
of trustees. A public meeting
was held and the proposition ac
cepted and the following were
elected trustees: J. J. Rhue, Mil
ton Truck ner, H. K. Norris, Miss
Adelia Norris and Mrs. Mary Mc
C a us ley.
Inasmuch as this property was
given to the Pelletier-$tella com
munity and everyone has an equal
right to its use, it is felt -that all
citizens of the communities which
have had the use of the building
should show their apreciation by
| seeing to it that upkeep of the
building is maintained through the
years, the trustees declare.
Any person not being able to at
tend the above meeting or other*
wise wishing to help out with the
cost of paint and other materials
essential to the upkeep of the
building may give check or money
to Miss Adelia Norris, secretary
and treasurer to the trustees.
Cold Weather
Skipped Carteret
Unseasonable warm weather
made Christmas week seem more
like April with only one oay itt
the week, Saturday, showing any
real signs ol winter, E. Stamcy
Davis, official weather observer,
reported today.
Maximum temperature for the
week was reached Thursday when
the thermometer soared up to 70
degrees. The low of 34 degrees
was reached Friday and Saturday.
Very little rain fell during the
entire week, with only .22 of an
inch recorded.
The week's weather report from
Tuesday through yesterday fol
lows:
Tuesday 80
Wednesday .... 61
Thursday 70
Friday 65
Saturday 47
Sunday 63
Monday ....... 68
Min.
45
45
58
34
34
48
61
Wind
NE
W
SSE
SW
riw
NW
SW
Party Will ft* Given
At lacrralira Crate i
A New Year'i Eve party it the
Carteret County recreation center,
Shepard it., Morchead City, will
begin at ? o'clock Saturday night.
. There will be favors, noisemak
eri and refreshments, special dec
orations and a program arranged
by Ann Darden Webb.
Lois Webb will sing the solo,
"Why Do I Love You?" and a song
sqd tapdance number, "Darktown
Strutters Ball," will be presented
by Connfe Jorgensen, Faaella
Cooper, and Terry Lowe.
Jerry N orris will sing, "I Never
See Maggie Alone" and Mary
Piaster Paul, "Hood Indigo
Blues.''
Oil Wildcatling to Start
Near Camp Davis Property
WILMINGTON ? (AP) ?
The first tfoickload of 100 tons
of drilling equipment destined
for oil well operations near
Camp Davis, Onslow county,
passed through Wilmington
early Monday.
J. Sterling McCluskey, repre
sentative in charge of the work,
said additional equipment would
?follow from Texas immediately,
and that drilling was scheduled
! to begin within "at least 60
I days."
"We are sitting in an oil
| field down here," he said. "It's
up to us to find it."
Sergeant Wins
Markmanship
Medals at Lejeune
CAMP LEJEUNE Murhe
Technical Sergeant John A. Fowl
cr has been awarded the National
Rifle Association's U. S. Interna
tional Pistol Team Shot Medal and
the Department of the Army's In
dividual Pistol Championship Med
al here. Sergeant Fowler is a
member of Battery "A," 10th Ma
rines, stationed here. He is now
on temporary additional duty as a
pistol range coach.
The NRA Medal was awarded in
recognition of the fact that Fowler
placed among the first 12 partici
pants on the U. S. International
Pistol Team. Five members of
that team are currently compet
ing in worki-wide competition at
Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Major Geieral Franklin A. Hart,
Commanding General of C?mp Le
*jeune and the Second Marine Di
vision, made the presentations at
informal ceremonies in his offices
and tendered personal congratula
tion to the sergeant. Noting that
Fowler is a Wirgman Trophy win
ner, the General told of his days
as a range officer with Colonel
Wirgman at Camp Perry, mecca
of crack-shooters the world over.
The modest technical sergeant is
a comparative newcomer to the
elite ranks of Marine super-shots.
He fired his first team competition
in the Eastern Division Matches ii
1946. The Marine Corps, tradi
tional producer of "crack-shots,"
resumed team competition, at that
time after a lapse during the war
time years.
Technical Sergeant Fowler
spends his leisure hours at his
Midway Park quarters "snapping
in." His wife, the former Miss
Betzy McMunn of Staten Island,
N. Y., shares his enthusiasm for
shooting and is rapidly becoming
quite a pistoleer in her own right.
Their two diminutive "Annie Oak
leys," Darlene, 2 1-2, and Arietta,
1 1-2 years, are already beginning
to learn the basic facts of pistol
marksmanship under their dad's
expert guidance.*
Two Negroes Held
On Suspicion Of
Attempted Holdup
Officers o New Bern Com
pany njured in Fray
Saturday Afternoon
Two Craven couqty Negroes are
being held in New Bern on sus
picion of attempted holdup follow
ing a shooting and cutting Satur
day afternoon. The men were
tracked down by the same blood
hound used after two recent-at
tcmpted burglaries in Morehead
| City.
The two men, Jasper Jones, 28,
of Bridget on and Lenwood Cog
dell, 22, of near Vanceboro, were
picked up Saturday after John S.
Weskett, president, and Whit M.
McCotter, assistant treasurer, were
injured in the attempted holdup
of the New Bern Oil and Ferti
lizer company.
Weskett Slashed
Weskett was slashed on the left
side of his face. The wound re
quired five stitches. McCotter was
seriously injured when one of the
Negroes shot him in the stomach.
The attempted holdup occurred
in the afternoon when two colored
mei walked into the fertilizer
company office in New Bern, fired
a shot into the air, and exclaimed,
"This is a holdup!"
McCotter Hurls Chair
McCotter hurled a chair at one
I of the men and the one with the
gun shot him in the stomach as he
did so. Simultaneously, the other
made an attempt to cut Weskett's
throat. Luckily, he missed and
j instead slashed the side of the
man's face.
Apparently the two Negroes
then became afraid the noise would
draw others. They fled, leaving
several thousand dollars in cash
! lying in plain view on an office
desk.
Search Started
A search to apprehend the ban
dits was begun immediately. Sher
iff Charles B. Berry of Craven
county lent the services of his
bloodhound, which was used suc
cessfully to track one Morehead
City burglar but unsuccessfully in
another trial, and the dog picked
up the track as soon as he was
brought in, officers reported.
The trail was followed from the
company's mill to a downtown
store across the Neuse river bridge,
and finally to Jones' home in
Brid^eton. Jqnes was arrested
and later Cogdell was picked up.
Both Negroes emphatically deny
being connected with the holdup.
If charges arc filed against them
they will be given a hearing Fri
day in city recorder's court, and
if probable cause is found, they
will be bound over to Craven su
perior court, Jan. 9.
McCotter is reported to be re
covering satisfactorily at a New
Bern hospital, the bullet merely
grazing vital organs and lodging
in his back from where it was re
moved. Weskett was treated at
the hospital and allowed to go
I to his home.
More Than 20 Persons Meet Violent
Death in State over Holiday Weekend
By The Associated Press
Thousands of North Carolinians
jammed highways in the State
[ Monday night as they ended a ;
| three-day Christmas holiday that
cost at least 23 persons their lives.
The end of the prolonged holi
day came in wet, foggy weather
lhat caused highway officials to
express concern that the death
toll would mount higher during
the night.
' Highway Toll High
As was expected, automobile ac
cidents was the biggest killer dur
ing the period. Of those who
died, 15' lost their lives on high
ways.
Three other victims died in slay
ings that resulted from Christmas
reunions and celebrations. And
house fires ? a heavy killer
throughout the North State this
fall ? claimed two other victims.
The lwpiway accident death
toll was even .heavier than had
been expected. State Highway
Patrol officials earlier had pre
dicted that 1Z North Carolinians
would die in automobile accidents
during the period.
Bride-to-Be Killed
James H. Williams, 21, a so* ier
from Fort Jackaon, S. C? and
Alta Burchett, 18, of Glenola,
planned to marry Christmas Eve.
But she was fatally injured the
night before when the soldier's ear
was in a collision on Main Street
in High Point.
Mrs. William Nunnery, 18, and
her four-month-old daughter, Bon
nie Je*4 were fatally injured is
an automobile collision near their
home at Sanford.
Earl White, 28, of Cove City,
lost his life when a car in which
he was riding collided with a
truck near Kinston.
Negro Dies
Another Kinston road accident,
the crash of two automobiles, was
fatal to a Wyear-old Negro, Har
rison Patrick. Up to the holiday
week-end Kinston had not had a
traffic fatality.
Fire destroyed a farm Ijome
near Camden, fatally burning two
Negroes. A. G. Scott, 33, and Rob
ert Hall, 41.
Eugene Crabtree, 26-year-old
Morrisville farmer, was killed in
an automobile collision near Dur
ham.
Train Hits Car
Bobby Jones, M. of Route 2,
China Grove, died when his cir
was struck by a passenger train at.
a crossing in China Grove.
Bernard E. Latum. 40, of Cana.
was fatally injured when his
truck overturned tin the Cedar
Creek road near the Davie-Rowan
county liM. -
Montgomery Booker was shot to
death with a shotgun near Tryon
Christmas morning. Polk County
Sheriff Walter D. Mines held the
man's son, WiUiim C. Booker, IT,
on a charge at murder.
Colored Maa Murdered
A shotgun charge killed Wesley
Tattle at Ma home in Midway.
His brother-in-law, Roy Wagner,
was arrested on ? murder charge.
3oth are 36-year-old Negroes. Mrs.
Tuttle is an expectant mother.
The holiday reunion of two bro
thers ended in the death of Reu
ben Gilbert Tjlley of near Walnut
Cove. James Tilley of High Point
wag charged with murder. A cor
oner's jury was told they argued
over bow much sense it takes to
be a tobacco buyer. Inquest wit
nesses testified Reuben got . a
butcher knife, refused a command
to leave the house, and was shot
dead with a shotgun. He leaves
a widow and five children.
Ernest Locust died en route to
a Kinston - hospital for treatment
of a shotgun wound. Sheriff H.
K. Cobb of Greene county said he
had arrested Locust's neighbor,
Byrd Swift, a Negro tenant far
mer, and charged him with mur
der. Both middle-aged men lived
in Greene county near the Lenoir
county line.
Earl Lee Jones, 17, Negro, died
after being shot in the stomach it
New Bern. * ,
Other road accident vjctims In
cluded:
Teea-Ager Killed
Jimes Jenkins. 16, Washington,
D. C? in a headon collision on
state highway 390, In Bertie coun
ty.
Noah Harris, 6S. of Powell's
Point, struck by what police said
wa? a hit and run driver oi U. S.
158 in Currituck county
Fred Sykcs, a Negro of Alexin
dria, Va. The Highway Patrol re
ported he va* speeding near Elixa
bethtown and was crushed to
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BABSON'S Authentic Statement
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Business and Financial Outlook for 1950
Roger W. Babson
Shooting Case
Readies Standstill
Beaufort police reported yester
day that no arrest has been made
as yet *in connection with the
shooting of Dieneihas Watts, 41,
colored fisherman.
Watts was injured in the fore
head by what Chief Louis B. Wil
! lis termed "one of those new
j fangled guns that just knock you
I out." He said there was a wound
in the man's head but no bullet
could be found.
Watts was admitted to More
head City hospital following the
"shotting" Tuesday night, Dec. 20,
at Broad and Turner street inter
section. Beaufort. He was dis
charged Wednesday.
The chief said Watts was argu
j ing with another man near a* taxi
cab and the incident was witnessed
by half a dozen others. All were
questioned but no load could be
obtained on the identity of the
| man having the gun.
' Join Bennett, colored, was held
in jail two days, but questioning
j him was of no avail, Chief Willis
I reported. The sheriff's department
! also worked on the case.
! All men involved were fishing
| for Harvey Smith on the boat
I "Shinecock."
I Relays Changed
| Street lights were burning at ap
' proximately 10 o'clock Tuesday
I morning in Morehead City while
relays were being changed. George
Stovall, manager of Tide Water
Power' company, commented that
their only difficulties during the
Christmas season with the extra
amount of electricity being used,
| "were the same as usual."
Tide Table
Tides at Beaufort Bar
HIGH LOW
Tuesday, Dec. 27
1:53 a.m. 8:06 a.m.
2:00 p.m. 8:22 p.m.
Wednesday, Dec. 28 ,
2:47 a.m. , #:07 a.m. j
2:52 p.m. 9:11 p.m.
Thursday, Dec. 29
3:40 a.m. 10:03 a.m. I
3:36 p.m. 10:01 p.m. |
Friday, Dec. 30
4:29 a.m. 10:58 a.m. J
4:40 p.m. 10:49 p.m.
1950 IN A NUTSHELL
General Business: Off 5%
National Income: Off 5%
Farm Income: Off 15%
Bituminous Coal: Up 9%
Anthracite:.. Off 5%
Crude Oil Porducts: Up 5%
Steel Output: Off 5%
Automobile ManAfactures Off 15%
Building & Construction: Off 7%
Natural Gas: Up 5%
Foreign Trade: No change
Airline Passenger Miles: Up 5%
Military Activities
Including Aircraft: Up 20 '/?
Retail Trade ($ Volume): Off 3 ' > to 10%
By Roller W. Bahsun
1. ' The total volume of business for 1950 will be less
than that of 1949, due primarily to the unfortunate labor
conflicts. Considering: that the innocent consumer will
be the chief sufferer and will be obliged to pay the bills,
it seems too bad that labor troubles should upset the ap
plecart.
Labor Outlook
2. Even with all the threats, there will be few wage
increases during 1950. On the other hand, all labor ne
gotiations take the minds of both the employees and the
management off their regular business. However these
negotiations come out, tney result ,
in a loss from the standpoint of
the country as a whole.
3. There will be fewer strikes
in 1950 than in 1949, but there
will not be fewer extended nego
tiations which are very expensive
i in themselves.
4. The Taft-Hartley Law will
continue to stand throughout 1950,
although many schemes for de
touring this law will be devised.
5. The great drive against the
big companies will be for pen
sions and/or for sick and other
benefits. These will probably be
helpful to the wageworkers and |
may aid in ironing out the busi
ness cycle, but they will be paid
for by consumers.
6 It is hoped that all parties
will begin to realize during 1950 j
that the real road to national j
progress is through increasing
production and greater efficiency.
This is the bright light we see in
the labor situation.
ComirodUy Prices
7. Movements in commodity
prices during 11)50 will vary with i
different groups of industries and !
of products, but altogether there
will be a general lowering (taring
I960.
8. We, therefore, advise going
easy on inventories. 1950 is a
time to get out of debt and stay
out of debt. Speculation in com
modities should be discouraged in i
, 1950.
j 9.1 We believe that the cost of
I living index has turned down for
the present. The average for 1950
will be less than for 1949.
10. Practically all retail prices
will average less in 1950 than in
1949, notwithstanding the excess
of money mentioned under 27, 28
and 29 below.
Firm Outlook
11. The total farm .noome [or
1950 should be less than that of
1949, which means lower prices on
the average for wheat, corn, pork,
poultry, eggs and certain dairy
products. Farmers should diversi
fy more in 1950, get out of debt
and put their surplus money into
savings, in preparation for the
next crop failure.
12. The supply of certain |
canned vegetables and fruits (ex-j
cept citrus) . should be greater
during 1950 than at the same time
during 1949. The prices of these
products should fall off. barring ;
some weather, insect or blight ca
tastrophe.
13. Poultry and dairy products
will especially increase in volume
during 1950 with prices averaging
less than in 1949.
14. Farmers will continue to
work to hold present subsidies It
is popular to criticize the vast
amount of crops which the Gov
ernment owns or is making loans
on. but this surplus in storage may
be a great blessing when the next
crop failure or war edmes.
Tim
15. The Federal Budget will be
increased during 1950 over that
for 1949.
16. Over-all Federal Taxes will
not be increased during 1950 and
there may even be some readjust
ments to encourage venture capi
tal. Moreover, some of the nuis.
ance taxes may be eliminated or
reduced.
17. The long-term capital gains
tax of 25 per cent will remain un
changed.
18. There will be many in
creases in' local and state taxes,
and more reaching of relief by
"sale*" taxes or other forma of
raiaing needed funds.
Retail Trade
19. Goods on counters will be
of better grade in 1950 than they
were in 1949.
20. Markdown sales will con
tinue during 1960 as consumer
spending slackens due to a decline
in employment and other factors.
21. The dollar value of all re
Ail sales in 1660 will b? moder
ately downward, and the unit vol
ume of retail sales will also be
las in I960 than in 1949.
22. htt will be sprat on new
buildings a id equipment by store*
and factories during 1950.
Foreign Trade
23. Our exports will be down
during 11350 and our imports will
be up during 1950 comparing
both with 1049. This will partly
be accounted for by the devalua
tion of the English Pound and
other foreign currencies.
24. Foreign credits will con
tinue to be granted during 1950,
but some of these will be direct
by American business firms and
investors. If our Government will
get foreign governments to agree
that such investments will be ex
empt from any new tax or other
legislation by the foreign coun
try in which the investments arc
made, considerable progress would
be noticeable along foreign trade
channels.
25. American interests will
have more competition from for
eign producers of raw materials
and of manufactured goods during
1950 than they had during 1949.
This will benefit some American
concerns, but be harmful to oth
ers.
26. Fear of war with Russia
will continue during 1950. World
War III will come sometime; but
it will .not start during 1950.
Those in large vulnerable cities
should use these years of peace
to get some small farm or country
home to which they can go ir case
of war. Such places will be al
most unobtainable when war ac
tually comes.
Deficit Financing
27. The supply of money will
be increased during 1950, but the
price of Government bonds will
not change much one way or the
other during 1950. *
28. In addition to the antici
pated Federal deficit the $3,000,
000,000 being distributed as in
surance refunds to veterans will
be mostly spent.
29. Congress will not change j
the price of gold during 1950.
Stock Market
30. Most stocks will work up
and down in about the same range
during 1950 as during 1949.
31. Stocks of companies with
asSets mostly in natural resources,
known as inflation stocks, should
have the greatest demand.
32. There will be more invest
ment buying for income during
1950 and utilities and companies
making labor-saving machinery
may be more popular than other
industrials or railroads.
33. The widest investors will
keep a fair amount of their funds
liquid throughout 1950 pending
the great break in stock prices
which will come some day.
Bonds
34. High-grade taxable corpor
ate bondi bearing low coupon
rates should continue at about
the same prices during 1950, but
of course, they will sell for much
lower prices when money rates in
35. 1950 will see a further fad
ing off in certain tax-exempt
bonds due to the new Housing Au
thority Obligations to be issued
during 1950.
38. The Federal Reserve will
continue during 1950 the same
general policy which it followed :
in 1949.
37. The importance of diversi
fication will be gives more atten
tion in 1950 and wise investors
will watch their bond maturities
to see that they are either short
or systematically staggered.
Real Estate
38. The city real estate outlook
is uncertafti. It should continue
to hold firm throughout 1950 due
to less available rental space
caused by pulling down old struc
tures to save taxes and to provide j
parking spaces. Owing to high!
coats and the fear of World War
III, there will be little inclination
to build new city property. On
the other hand, the continual
movement out of our Urge eittoa? i
1?? BAB SON, Fag* 1 I
Madix Mortgage
Holders Receive
Checks Friday
Second and third mortgage
holders of the bankrupt Madix As
phalt corp. were paid in full Fri
day when checks signed by Fed
eral Judge Don Gilliam and W.
H. Potter, trustee, reached them
through the mails.
The first mortgage holder was
the First Citizens Bank and Trust
company. /
Total of the sccond mortgage
was $50,000, and the third, $24,
000.
This winds up the financial af
fairs of Madix. Accounts payable
went by the boards as well as all
stockholders' investments.
The defunct Madix corporation
went into operation in May 1948
with plans to turn out daily 18 car
loads of asphalt shingle and by
products. The plant, established
largely by Morehcad City capital,
cost $350,000 to construct* and
was headed by C, C. Brewen, pres
ident.
At a cost of $550,000 Southern
Felt corporation, Durham, built
the adjoining felt plant. Assets
of both corporations were pur
chased recently by Loyd A. Fry
Roofing company.
These Morehcad City plants are
the only ones of their type in an
area bounded by Baltimore, Sa
vannah a id Memphis.
60 Youngsters
Attend Party
Morehead City Jaycees and
many business firms did their part
toward making Chrisimas happier ?
for 80 Morehead City children
Wednesday at a Christmas party.,.
The party begai Wednesday
morning when a special movie was
given for the group at the City
Theatre. After the show, the chil
dren were taken to five restaurants
and treated to Christmas dinner.
Restaurants serving the youngsteri
were the Re*. Busy Bee, Jefferson,
Sanitary Fish Market and Broad
way cafe.
- After dinner the group trekked
to the Carteret Recreatioial cen
ter where a full schedule of en- '
tertainment took placc. (James
of all sorts were played, there war
group singing, and two Jaycees J
who arc ministers, Priestley , ,'of I
yers and W D. Caviness, told tttr '
story of Christmas to the chil
dren.
At 3:30 old Santa Claus him
self was ushered in to the sound
of sirens loaned by the town of ?
Morehcad City. He gave out toyi -
to each of the children and then
refreatuneuts were .x.ved. White's
Dairy donated ice cream, cakes
came from W. P. Krceipan whole
sale grocers, candy and fruit
from Ourley Motors and chewing .
gum from Carteret Wholesale
company. ,
County Has
Quiet Christmas
Holiday tragedies gripped the
state and nation over the weekend
with 24 dead in North Carolina*
and at least 486 dead in the nation.
Carteret county's Christmas holl- ,
day was different, however, with
not a single act of violence or
tragedy reported.
Beaufort and Morehead City '
firemen reported that no alarm
had been turned in during the
past seven days. Beaufort police
made no arrests during the holi
days while Morehead City police
made only one, a fellow was pick
ed up for public drunkenness
Monday night.
Jaila in both towns were empty
over Christmas. County officers
Stated that they made no arrests
or investigations and that the only
lodgers in the county Jail were
those arrested before Christmas.
Tickets Go on Salt
For Homo ot David Sum
Tickets for the House of David
baaketball game Friday night, -
January 6, in Morehead City gym- <
nasium can be bought now from >
members of the Lions chib, and at .
the following stores D B. Webb,
Morehead City Floral company, or j
Eastman's Furniture. ,
' The House of David will play-i
Morehead City All-Stars and the j
WMBL Atomic Buma Sponsor 1
qf 'he gam* is the Lions ctab. ]