North Carolina Newspapers

: CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES ?" . A Merger of THE BEAUFORT NEWS (Established 1912) and THE TWIN CITY TIMES (Established 1936) 39th YEAR, NO. 28 FOUR SECTIONS? TWENTY-TWO PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT. NORTll CAROLINA, FRIDAY, APRIL 7, 1950 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS Eight County Candidates File; "Scotl Slate' Partially Announced W. B. Chalk Heads Morehead Jaycees New Officers Elected; Men Plan Clean-Up Week for April 10 lo 16 W li (Bill) Chalk was elected! president of the Morehead City j Junior chamber of commerce M011- 1 day night at the Jaycec meeting I in the t ort Macon hotel dining | room. Previously Chalk had held the position* of vice president, direc- 1 tor, and the chairmanship of many committees. He succeeds James R. Sanders. Other- officers elected were Jim my Wallace, internal vice presi dent. o. H. (Hick) Allen, external vice-president, James Webb, treas urer, and Walter Morris, Warren j Beck. Bob Howard and H. S. Gibbs, j jr . directors. Retiring President Sanders automatically becomes a member of the board of directors. ! Pastor Speaks The Kcv. W. I) Ca.viness spoke j briefly on the need lor spiritual uplift in every person's life and urged all who could to attend Holy j \Y? rk servio Warren Beck stat- j cd that iv conjunction with Holy | Week the Merchants association; had distributed signs to individual twins stating that the stlne would be closed during tlif* services. He i said each merchant would decide whether to close his store. The committee appointed to 1 make' plans for an open house for j Marine families in May has met j and is in the process of finding out the number ol Marinr families in More head City's environs, Bernard! l.eary reported. As soon as this j is done other plans will be form ulated. lie said. Clean-Up Week Next week. April 10-1 H, will be ('leap-up Week in Morehead City, I chairman II S (iibbs. jr., aniiounc- j rd Assistance in accomplishing! the anns y?t the program will be given by the town and Jaycees wd* ^receive individual juftignigMfii in the ifll^ram al next fceeK's meeting, he stated. Hud Dixon was appointed chair man of the arrangements commit tee for the installation banquet to be held soon A 15 minute program by a Cherry Point magician will i be staged next week. Lester Wil- ] lis reported. Guests were Buck Norris, More head City, and Russell Abbitt, Wil son.. Seniors to Give Play April 14 The seniors of Beaufort high school will present their annual plav, April 14, 111 the school audi torium The selection for this year is a three act comedy - "The Adorable Imp." It is a riot of laughter from the opening line to the clos ing line. The seniors promise an evening of gay abandon The plot is funny: the characters are unus ual; and the situations provoke merriment. It you want an evening of gay relaxation, you must eomc and see "The Adorable .Imp," declared Miss Lena Duncan, senior class adviser and play director. Remember the date - April 14. Remember the time - 8 p.m. Remember the place - Beaufort school auditorium Robert Morris , Atlantic , fFiW Appear Monday, at Culiowhee Shrine Potentate, Divan To Visit Beaufort Tonight L-am S Taylor, potentate of Su dan Temple, and members of his divan, will be entertained by the Carteret Couny Shrine club at din ner at Holden's restaurant. Beau fort. at 3 p m tonight. .All Shrlner members of :>udan Temple 01 not. are invited to at tend the dinner, cost of which is bein~ borne by the county club. Dr. H. S. WiHii to :>pt?k An important cominj event to the local medic il profession is a visit of Dr H. S. Willis of McCain, superintendent of State Tubercu losis Saiitorium, who will address the Carteret County Medical so ciety Monday nieht. at Morehead City hospital. Dr Willis' subject will be The Newer Dr?j Treat ment. Modern Surgical Treatment and tuberculosis of the lungs. Robert Morris, 17-year old pian ist of Atlantic is one of eight North Carolina artists to be fea | tured with the North Carolina j Symphony orchestra in concerts during April and May in all parts of the state | Robert, better known here as Bobby, will play in the opening ' concert of the full symphony sea son at Cullowhee Monday night. He appeared with the Little Sym phony when it gave its concert for the Morehead City-Beaufort area in 1 February. The sotoisti were invited by Dr. j Benjamin Swalin, conductor, to ap I pear with the symphony during its coming two-month tour. Other artists who have been se lected besides young Moms are i Edward Cone, Greensboro and 1 Frinceton University; McRae Cook. I Graham; Norman Cordon, Chapel Hill; Josephine Cunningham. Ashe ville; Jeanne Mitchell. Wilming I ton and New York; Frederick Sahlmann, Elon College, and Jant Winfleld, Washington. Principals in Rape Case Haled into Court Again Two principal characters in a rape case last week in recorder's court found themselves hailed be fore Judge Lambert Morris at this week's session of court with the charge of cohabiting against them Mark Washington, charged last week with raping Evelyn Hugh, a charge that was dismissed, and Kvelyn Hugh were the two de- ! fendants in Tuesday's cohabiting I case. Judgment Withheld Prosecution testimony showed 1 that the two defendants had been living together, both before and after the rape accusation. Judg-i ment was withheld on condition the j man and woman got married. Ethel Jenkins and Willie Mc Clease, charged with cohabiting and possession of non tax-paid whiskey, were found not guilty 011 the cohabiting charge and guilty of possession of the booze. Each was fined $25 and one-half the costs. Odell DuBonte was fined $100 ! and costs for driving drunk. Three j other persons, Charles E. Moore, j Edmund T. Smith and Gerald Ty son. were charged with the same offense. Moore and Smith were found guilty of reckless driving and fined $50 each. Tyson was found guilty of reckless and care less driving and fined $100. Pleads Guilty A plea of guilty was entered in I he ease of Edward McNair. charg ed with reek less and careless driv ing. He was fined %2't and costs John Jones, Markers Island, i harged with trespass, requested a jury trial. His case was hound over to superior court under $300 bond. After hearing the evidence in the case of Fred Ferret ti, charg ed with aiding and abetting in the sale of mortgaged property, the case was dismissed. Ten persons were charged with i speeding. Dcliua J. Graham, Mar i cell Menier. Marion H. Roberson. Leonard C. Amos. Kldon C. K#rly. I McCoy Dudley, Charles Burton and (Ptaul K Wadsworth were fined the costs. Benjamin W. Ricks and Robert 1,. Davidson were fined SlO and costs. Theodore Smith was fined the j costs for exceeding the load limit on a bridge by driving a 19,400 I pound load across a five-ton limit bridge. Costs also were assessed against William A Godette. guilty of failing to display a red flag | on his load, and Raymond Taylor, guilty of driving with insufficient 1 brakes. Robert Ward, Arden G. Book I er and Raymond E. France paid costs also The first defendant pleaded guilty to driving without a driver's license while the latter ! two pleaded guilty to driving with expired license plates. Bonds Forfeited Thr tends of four persons were ' forfeited when they failed to ap ; pear in court. The defendants i were Fred R. Bennett and Louise i P. Yelverton, both charged with speeding. Nathan Whitney, charg ed with driving with improper use of his. license plates, and James T. I Dixon, charged with failing to stop 1 at a stop sign Sixteen cases were continued The defendants are Nathan Minor and Rudolph Sparrow, Geraldine 1 Barker, Willie Motley, Willie A. I 'oyner, Earnest B. F Matthews, R. R. Barbour. Robert L. Williams, Garland F. Fulcher, Joseph R. Wells, Marvin N. Willis, Tom Wa ters, Leroy Kearney, Lester L. Jones, Marvin G. Taylor, Peter R. Matthews and Fred Mallet, Floyd Lee and Willie Carter. 102 Attend County Rally of FHA Newporl Chapler Wins At tendance Prize; County Oiiicers Installed One hundred two Future Home makers of America attended the county rally Tuesday afternoon and night at the Morehead City high school and Newport chapter won the attendance prize, a red ro.se bush. There was also a rose ceremony during which bushes were planted on the school lawn. One of the bushes was presented by the Beau fort chapter. The band played "America the Beautiful" and "The Last Rose of Summer." Members of the Morehead FHA whi took part in the ceremony were liiliua finer, narrator, .lean Davis, Laurah Mitchell, Violetta Willia. Mary ISaUn, Jean Morton, and Anna Lee Bell. President Indicates Bushes Barbara Willis, Morehead HI A president, dedicated the bushes and corsages were presented to her and Jean Bowles, county pres ident The chorus sang "Our Bed Rose " A fried chicken sup|?er was [served in the hojue economics | room At the evening session Mar garct Hall, of the Morehead City club, conducted the devotional* | .md 0 T Windcll. principal, ex ; tended greetings. County officers were installed by Miss Jo Ann Collier, Pikcville, I state FHA historian \ quartet ; from Newport, composed of Cla" dette Slaughter. Jessie Bell. Fran ces Craig, and A rum) t a Lilly san "Moonlight aii'Wfio>es." The He j companisl was , ?sr Uacliel !tfun dine. j The Newport chapter also pre | sented the Future Homemqfters' i Sony, music by Miss Mundinc Mrs. Potter Speaks* | Following the .business session, Mrs. Gilbert Potter of Beaufort, spoke on Life in England County officers, in addition to 1 Miss Bowles, are Edith Lewis, | Beaufort, vice-president; Clare | Jean Oakley. Newport, secretary; | Callie Bland. Smyrna, treasurer; | Annette Guthrie. Morehead City, ; reporter; Fayc Merrill. Beaufort, parliamentarian; Kachcl Mundinc, Newport, historian; Genevieve Gwynee, Smyrna, song leader; and Mrs. Florence Cordova, Morehead City adviser. , Mrs. David Bevcridgc, Beaufort, adviser. Mrs. Y. Z. Simmons, New port adviser, Mrs. Louise Bowman, and Ralph Wade, band director, at tended. I Presbyterians Hear History Tracing the history of Webb Me morial Presbyterian church since its organization in 1929, H L. j Joslyn told younger members of the church at their men's meet ing Tuesday night in the Sunday School building that most of the "old hands ' were ready to give the younger group their chance at keeping the church gding. Part of the present church build ing was bought by Wilmington Presbytery as a one-room church j in 1926, Mr Joslyn related. Inter ested persons met there on Sun ! days and three years later the j church was officially organized, he said. Trials and tribulations 'have ta ken place all the years the church has been in existence, he added Complications developed with the Sunday School, the church bell, purchasing an organ and with the church cnoir, but these worries were forgotten n time. He paid tribute to Dr. S. W. Thompson, Mrs. Alec Lewis, and Mrs H L. ; Joslyn for their faithful service to the church and Sunday School There was the largest attend- j ance of any meeting of the Men of the Church since its organiza tion early this year. Following the meeting, the group went en masse to the recreation meeting in the municipal building. Circuit Out The west Morehead City lire ?lartn circuit, was out yesterday morning. Firemen believed a line to be broken. # Calls could still be received at the ..UUoa by phont, however. Easter Sunrise Services ! Atlantic Community service at j 5:30 a.W Sunday in the Baptist church (old building). The Hey. R C. Coodcluld. Methodist minis > tcr, will deliver the taster mcs- ' sage Beaufort Service at 0 30 a. m : Sunday in A mi Street Methodist church, the Rev. T. R. Jenkins, minister. Core Creek Service at r? : 1 r> a m in the Core Creek Methodist church, the Rev. Louie Lewis, min ister. A love feast, coffee and doughnuts, will be served in the Community house following the service. Russell's Creek Service at ,.r>:30 a in in the I ive Oak (irovc Chris tian church, the Rev. A. W. llaufl mail, minister. Census-Takers To Determine Marital Status Kuumerators of the 17th deeen- 1 nial census will inquire into the ! miritvl status of each individual as of April 1. 1950, when they rail on households this month to list all persons in the United States Alter listing the name of the in dividual, the census taker will' note ; personal ? li uaeteristics such as 1 race. sex, age, siat?* or country of j. birth, and whether the individual i is married, widowed, divorced, sep j arated oi has never, been mar ried. Inquiries on the marital stat us ol individuals enumerated in j the census have he*"i included foi the ijist loo vr-rs. ^ In;: first in *f?Mi#'od in tnb iflfik) f'ensus of j Population, hilt until 1880 the in : quirv was made of persons married | during the year preceding the cen MJS. The 1940 census report on mari- 1 tal status revealed that of each ' 1,000 persons 13 years old and over, 596 were married, 78 were widowed, 11 were divorced, and 312 were single. Of ea?-h 1 ,006 males in this age group, 597 were married. 42 were widowed, 11! were divorced and 348 were single. The division per 1,000 females was 59b married, 113 widowed, lti divorced, and 1176 single. According to a survey in April 1940, of each 1,000 persons 14 years old or over, 655 were mar ried, 81 were widowed. 121 were di vorccd. and 243 single This sur vey revealed also that 665 of each 1,000 males and 646 of each 1.000 females, 14 years of age or over, were married in 1948. Of an estimated 53.2 million males in this age group in 1948, 354 million were married, a little over 2 million were widowed, about a million were divorced, and 14 7 million were single; while of an estimated 55.4 million females, 35 8 million were married, 0.7 million widowed, 1.2 million divorced, anil 116 million single. Jaycees Nominate 1950-51 Officers Commillee Suggests Wiley Taylor, Jr., George Cot lingham for Presidency Wiley Taylor, jr., and (icorge t'ottingham have been nominated (or the presidency of the Beaufort junior chamber <?l commerae. Nominees for two other offices were presented by the nominating committee at Monday nights meeting at the Inlet Inn. The are as follows: Jarvis Her ring. interna) vice-president; Al Stinson and Gene Smith, external vice-president Men will he elected to the above postilions at the next meet ing and the nominating committee will also present candidates for the office of treasurer, correspon ding secretary, and recording sec- j ret an Serving on the nominating com mit tec are John Butler, Claud Wheat l.v, (ieiic Smith and Dr. Lawrence Kuddcr. Dr. Hndder, in chaige of fill- 1 ances on the .laycec minstrel, said | yesterday that they estimate $30(1 was taken in. Kxpenses remain to j he paid. The minstrel was given Friday night in Beaufort school j auditorium before a crowd of | about MK). At Monday night s meeting the Jaycees discussed the district meeting to which Morehead City Jaycees will be host April 22 and i 23 at the Ocean King hotel, At | lantic Beach. Beaufort Jaycees agreed lo offer the Morehead City 1 club their full support and have a | large delegation attend the two- . day so ion. Town Launches t Clean-up Drive , Yard rakes, weed cutters and paint brushes will be in order in Morehead City next week as a lull scale clean up, paint-up campaign ^cts underway under the joint sponsorship of the Morehead City | Junior chamber of commerce and town authorities. Primary purpose of the cam paign is to make Morehead City j more attractive to local residents, and the many out of -town visitors! due within the next six months, H. S. Gibbs, jr., Jaycee chairman of the drive, stated. Town authorities have offered I their full assistance .n the pro- 1 qram Mayor George W. Dill has issued an official proclamation set- j tin? aside April 10-17 as, CleanUp, i Paint-Up Week and town em- i ployces will aid in improving the town's appearance. Members of the Junior Chamber ef Commerce will inspect each ! block, making a list of unsightly j homes and lots. Each owner of un- 1 sightly property will receive writ ten notice to make improvements ; Any persons desiring to burn off weeds or brush from their proper- j ty should notify the fire chief, Vernon Guthrie, Mr. Gibbs said The fire chief then will inspect the land to be burned and give ! advice for safe burning. Beaufort Adopts Fee System To Pay for Fighting Fires action living within "three mile'j of Beaufort will be required to pay an annual fee if they arc to receive fire protection from the Beaufort fire department. Beau fort commissioners decided at at their Monday night meeting in town hall. Upon motion of Commissioner J. O Birbour, jr., the town board \oted to charge residents who live within one mile of Beaufort a $10 annual fee and those living within the next two miles a $5 annual fee Fire., outside the three mile limit will be answered only by the permission of town authori ties The lesser amount for residents living farther from town was sit up because the board believes the fire department cannot give as full protection beyond the mile limit. This due to the trucks' booster tanks being limited in capacity. Out-ef-Towners Attend Member., of the town board reached this decision only alter a lengthy discussion in which two residents living just outside Beau fort. Hugh Hill and .Tack Neal. expressed their opinions Originally the city fathers dis custc. levying a flat fee of $2o an ually. Hill and Neal said this fee was en'ireiy too much and not in line with the tax rate Beaufort residents arc required to pay. The two men proposed instead that the $10 fee he adopted. Their pro posal was accepted. Legionaires Make Request , Representatives from the Amer ican Legion, Tom Kelly, Hugh Hill and Marcus Mason, requested the town to use its motor grader to level land in the Legion park west of Beaufort, land that is used for the annual Legion Kair. Approval of this request was voted in addition tp approving use of the grader to level land around Beaufort school. In other business the town board prohibiting overnight parking of fuel truck:, within Beaufort's busi ness and residential districts, vo ted to require the placing of tops on all garbage cans in the town, after being requested to do so by Mrs. W L Woodard and Mrs Graham Duncan of the Woman's club, and required that building permits issued by the town build ing inspector be good for 60 days only unless renewed. $758.91 Collected Beaufort parking meter receipt, for the month oi March amounted to $758.91. Newport Rotary Elects Officers William H. Bell, funeral director and civic leader has been elected president of the Newport Rotary club He succeeds R. L Pruit. D. Ira Garner was elected vice president and Charles S. Long, secretary-treasurer Walter I), sr., and Walter D. Roberts are the new directors. Charles Mon roc Garner will perform the duties of sergeant at arms. The installation of new officers will take place in the school cafe teria. July 3, 1950 Th? membership of the Newport club which organized in June 1949, has grown from a charter enroll ment of 18 members to 21 mem ber The per cenUge of attend ance for the month of March was 97 62 per cent. PtA to Meet The Morehead City Parent Tetchtr association will meet at 3 o clock Monday n:?'ht in the school auditorium. County Commissioner Pelletier Will Not Seek Re-Election Might candidates have filed their intentions of running i .? the Dcm- ! ocratic primaries in May and Mayor , Lawrence? W- Massell, leader of the j Scott party in Carteret county, yes- j tcrday announced Ins candidates for the board of county coinmis sioncis Candidates who have filed' are the following: for coistable. More head < " 1 1 v township, Charlie K rouse and II. B. Turner. both of More head City; for county commission er. Tilton Davis of Markers Island, incumbent; Julian Brown, Mar sha libera; Moses C. Howard, New port; and Allen S. Vinson. Pelle tier; for sheriff, Leo 1'. Simpson, More head City; and for coroner, Prilchard Lewis. Beaufort. Mayor llassell's candidates for the county hoard are Victor Wick i/.er. Morehead City; (ierald Hill, Beaufort; Karl. Davis. Markers Is land; John W Smith. Atlantic; and Vinson of Pelleticr Vinson is the only one ol these five who had tiled by press tune yesterday. V K Seelcy, chairnian of the county board of electio.s, with whom candidate, hie their inten tion of running, -aid he expects at least I'! or 1't to run for coun ty commissioners' seats Lionel IVIIetier has announced that be does not seek reelection as a member of the county bo.ud. Brow n is m ining independent of an\ ticket, while tlie county Detn ocrahv party now in office expects Howard to replace l'ellctier. Shciifl C. (Jehrm.mn Holland, M. Leslie Davis, solicitor; A 11. .lames, clerk oi superior court, and Lam bert Morns, recorder, intend to ion for. re election. The\ have nine ?la.vs move hi which to tile. The deadline is Saturday, April 1 !>. at p. in Claud Whcatly, chairman of the county Kcpublican committee, said yesterday th;<t their ticket was not reidy to be announced. Piospec the candidates have yet to be con t tact eft to nam their consent Candidates lor office mu;.t pay aj filing fee equal to I per cent of j their annual salary. Candidates! for sheriff, clerk of court and reg ister of deeds must pay $42.90 ? each; judge oi county court (re corder), $24,412; county commis sioners. $;t, and tee officers, such as coroners and constable ?. $;?. Turner, constable candidate for Morehead township, is a native of Pitt county and lived at Crab l'oint prior to moving to Morehead City. Brown, seeking office as a coun ty commissioner, is in favor of lower taxes, lower salaries, raising teachers' salaries and i icreasiug old age benefits. Platforms of other candidates have not been announced. Tide Table fides at Beaufort Bar HM.H LOW Friday, April 7 11:47 a m S:bO a m. 12 Midnight 5:53 p.m. Saturday, April S 12:21 a m. ti:b3 a.m. 12:49 p.m. S58 p.m, Sunday, April 9 1:28 am. 8:03 a.m. 1:S9 p.m. 8:13 p.m. Monday, April 10 2 41 a ill 9:13 a m. 3:11 p.m 9 29 p in. Tuesday, April 11 3:1)0 a m. 10: 1H a m. 4:17 p m. 10.36 p m. $25 Offered to Anyone Who Can Locale Still ! Marshall M. Aywiir, county ABC officer, lias offered $25 to anyone who can tell him where a st. II is to he found in Carteret cou illy. Il?* saitl yesterday that he be lieves there are none in opera tion at present. "They have all been cleaned out." he declared. lie added, however, that a half gallon jar of bootleg whiskey was found under tlu> Queen si. Itaptist church in Beaufort the other day. !>1r. Ayscue and l>cp uty Sheriff !\lurray Thomas say the owners can i laim il by (all ing al the sheriff's office in the court house. Attorney Suggests Joint Referendum Primary for Town Crol'jpe Hall, N<"? pot I' . Inwii .it | tonics stljV'rstrd .if Hit lowtl Imi, ml mnhiir, Tiirsi|a\ iiir'ht ii New j pol l that ;i i < l< i ci|<|iil)l ? ? 1 1 cvvIcihI j in:1, (hp town's rntporatr limits lit- i brill III t'OH jlllU'tlon Willi llu? M;i\ [ I!7 i i iiii.it \ . i move v Iih Ii would savr Hie town approximately $,'11)11 j < 'oiiitiiissioiti'i s ili .ru r.| t|i trim- ! int.' in i : null ,m?l hound- imt noi lirtloll was t.-l ??II o'i I'l 'lrrilf , ,i i rteirudiim. Vein ?iiis IMa\cd I Irin v I .Kv.n.l .. eoimiils lollCl , i .stated that the veterans .tic briny 1 drl.ivitl |?> not li.? v I ii : ! the topo graphical map of I lir boosim; .hi* i ' 'llio map. being pn piMf'l by < ?ray )J:i si ll rnt'inrr. . was snpportl lo1 br ready .i nioiitli t};o, Mi Mdwanl . haul The board .igrrnl t h.i I tlir town's vehicle;* should be massed ami serv iced al all town service stations, dealing Willi each one month at a time Poller < If < harlr li.norr w.is authorized to rail oil pei.ons who hnvr not paid drainage tilr bills or purrhasrd town ta?:-, and ask for remittance. .Thr clrrk. Miss Kdith l.ockc.N, was requested to order Umi new Hoj; taps and Ofliccr (iainn- was also asked lo trll oyster hucksters not, to throw shells on thr town's streets Delegates from tlir fire depart mrnt appeared to sign thr rural lire protection contract, Imt since thr <-o ltract had not yrl been drawn, they could not clow thr matter. I con Mann. jr.. reported that no progress had been made on getting a new tire siren Title Papers Received Firemen also learned that the title to thr iirw fire truck, pnr chaseri at Cherry Point* had been rereived. Miss Lockey was an thori/cd to send ?t to Raleigh to complete transfcrral ot title Commissioner M. 1> McC'an aig jested that town l.?bor be used to clear up property behind the fire house. Thr board wra:< informed by the Public Housing administration that 3ft homes had not been plotted Newport as was intimated in re rent correspondence to the clerk The board accepted by formal res olution two street:, through Waltrr Mann's property, and Mayor A H Craig announced the mcrting of the North Carolina League of Mu nicipalities Wednesday in New Bern. Mayor Craig, Commissioner t>J wards, and Attorney Hall expert to attend Cohabitation Case Sent By Mayor lo Recorder Probable cause on the charge! of cohabiting, against Ethyl Jen kins and Willie McClease, 'Ne groes, tt.ij found in Monday's ses sion of Morehead City mayor court. Jhe defendants Were bound over to recorder's court under SIM) bond Police Officer Kdmopd Willi:, and Constable Charlie Krou tes tified that they had found thi two living together and neilhet could produce evident, of their marriage. McClease said he r?nt ed a room from the worpan but that they were not living together as husband and wife. Lillian Montgomery wju found guilty of being drunk and disor derly. She was fined $15 and costs. Commissioner Sworn la M?yor L. W Hasse!! swore in Commissioner James R. Rumlty Monday afternoon. Commissioner Rumley attended his fust town board meeting in an official ca pacity Monday night. Morehead Citizens Okay Referendum On Recreation City Clerk Reports That lOCenl Levy Will Raise Only $4,300 Annually Morehead City commissioners will bo iskrd to rail for a referen dum to decide whether a 10 cents per hundred dollar valuation tax levy, now being used to support port terminal, will he used to fi nance a municipal recreation pro gram. This decision was reached at a public meeting Tuesday night in the Morehead City municipal budding. Major. tv Sup|H?rts Tax Majority opinion of those pres ??'it was to eontinuc the tax rate to .support a recreation program, even though it was determined that inone\ from the tax would not supply the amount needed Prior to the meeting it was thought that between $7, (MM) and $H,ooo a year could be provided by the |ev\ City ? lei k John Lash lev .ud tin supposition was in correet, that only $4,300 a year could be tar.ed opponent-, of the levy stated they \v< m not opposed to the reel cation procram hut felt that the money piovid?d wa. mil enough. Also, 1 lies' ..ud, there were olliei needs th-ii out weighed |f?e need for a m timn proi:r.'in. chieCly an im provement' program at the frhool. Some of those favoring the tax lew for recreation said they did not believe 10 cents per hundred dollar valuation was enough They proposed a lew of 20 o| l!.r> rents ^ hundred until they weie told that st.ile law I of bids a levy of more tli n in cent', pei hundred to sup port rccreatitm. Committee Appointed Finally, Chairman W L. I)er ritfcson appointed a committee of \V < Matthews. 11 I,. Joslyn, Dr. Harden Kure. Robert G. Lowe, and (irorge It. Wallace to investigate recreation programs elsewhere and determine what program could be established with the $4,300 provid ed by the 10 cents levy Alter their investigation they are to meet with the city fathers, make their report an deliver the resolution asking for a referendum on the proposed levy Mayor George W Dill, scheduled to preside at the meeting, could not be present because of the ill ne ? > ol his son. County's Churches Observe Easter c hurchcs throughout the county will observe Easter this Sunday All Christendom will celebrate the resurrection <>n thr very anniver sary o( the day it occurred in 30 ,\ l> . according to astronomers' calculations This is the last time in this century that Faster will occur on April, !> Only one other day in the 'Oth century did Easter fall cm the actual day of the Lord's rcsurrccton and that was in 1939. Master is reckoned each year as the first Sunday after the first full moon alter March 21 March "1 usually marks the arrival of spring. In addition to sunrise services, special programs will be present ed in the Sunday schools, many of these programs to be given by children. Holy Week services end today. Ten minute morning devotions have been held each day at 8:15 in Ann Street Methodist church. Beaufort and morning services at 1 1 o'clock haw been conducted this week in the First Baptist church, Morehead City. These services will be held for the laat time to day The First Methedist church of Morehead City will be the site of a three. hour Good Friday service beginning at noon today Minis ters of Morehead City will spc<Jt en the 'even Last Words of Christ The public is invited. The Young I'cop'-i's rhoir of the First Metho dist church wi'l present an Easter cantata at 7:30 Sunday night. The 11th sunrise service in is r?jny Kirs will take place at Core Creek church at 5:15 Sunday morning During the servicc, Earl Lewis will sing a solo, "Sun rise." A -pecial Good Friday service will be conducted at 2 o'clock this afternoon in St. Paul's Episco pal ihurih Beaufort. There wlM be choral communion at *7:30 Son day mormAg and the Easter scr See CHURCHES, FlK Six i i