?iSE CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES JL?
A Merger of THE BEAUFORT NEWS (EttablUhed 1912) and THE TWIN CITY TIMES (EtUblithed 1936)
39th YEAR, NO. 65 x EIGHT PAGES -MOREHBAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY, AUG. 15, 1050 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
Public Health
Workers Hear
Dr. Grady Dixon
Southeastern Health Wor
kers Association Meets
At Atlantic Beach
Dr. Grady G. Dixon of Ayden,
president of the State Board of
Health, in speaking to the South
eastern Health Workers associat
ion Friday following luncheon in
the Ocean King hotel, urged them
to remember the importance of
general medicine and the necessity
of their cooperation with the pri
vate practitioner.
His talk was followed by the elec
tion of officers. Heading the or
ganization for the coming year is
Miss Marie Farley, Jacksonville; |
W. C. Haas. Wilmington, vice-presi
dent; and James Caldwell Jackson
ville, secretary - treasurer.
Nominations
Nominations for officers were
presented by Dr. A. H. Elliott of
Wilmington who also invited the
association to Wilmington for its
next quarterly meeting. The in
vitation was accepted.
Miss Farley succeeds Dr. G. V.
Gooding of Kenansville, who pre
sided at the luncheon meeting. The
invocation was given by the Rev.
Priestley Conyers, pastor of the
Webb Memorial Presbyterian j
church, Morehead City, and the ad
dress of welcome by Dr. S. W.
Hatcher, president of the Carter
et County Medical society.
To illustrate his theme, the im
portance of cooperation between
public health and private practice.
Dr. Dixon envisioned a tree with
its roots representing science, the
trunk, general practice; the bran
ches, specialized fields of medicine;
and the leaves, research.
airengin in source'
All specialization, he explained, 1
must look to the source lor its
strength, the general practice of
medicine, Dr. Dixon stated.
"In the field of public heaith, to
you as public health workers it
seems to me always imperative to
remember that only as you go back
to . . general medicine can you
become effective in your program,"
he continued. "Everywhere private
practitioners arc ready to cooper
ate with the program of public
health . . .
"It is necessary that you keep
your medical society informed as
to your program and keep in mind
that your findings are to be re
ferred to the private practitionei
upon whose judgement the next
move rests . . . general medicine is
your strongest ally and to cut
yourself from if is to cut a branch
from its parent . . " the speaker
emphasized.
Dr. N. Thomas Ennett, Carteret ;
county health officer, extended a
welcome to the group on behalf of
the Carteret county health depart
ment, which was host. He intro
duced the special guests. Dr. K. P.
B. Bonner, chairman of the county
board of commissioners and the
county board of health, and Miss
Ruth Peeling, editor of the Car
teret County NEWS-TIMES.
Mrs. Job Nelson
Dies Saturday
Funeral services for Mrs. Hattie
Willis Nelson, Gloucester, wife of
Capt. John A. Nelson, former fish
eries commissioner, were conduct
.ed at 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon
at her home. The Rev. R. N. Fitts,
pastor of Marslullberg Methodist
church, officiated, assisted by the
Rev. H. G. Cuthrell, former pastor
of th? church. Interment was in
Marshallbcrg.
Mrs. Nelson, who was 71, cele
brated her 50th wedding anniver
sary Tuesday. Aug. 8. Captain
Nelson, who retired on July 1. had
served 49 years as head of the
State Commercial Fisheries divis
ion.
Surviving are her husband; four
sons. Stacy G. Nelson of Aulander.
Ernest Nelson of Morehead City.
Cranston and Clifton Nelson, both
of Gloucester: three daughters.
Mrs. Kel Gillikin of Marshallberg.
Mrs. Roy Willis of Beaufort, and
Mrs. Frank Krusz of Gloucester;
two sisters. Mrs. Cullie Piner and
Mrs. Madeline Wade of Williston;
one brother. Tom \fillis of Willis
ton. and eight grandchildren.
Pallbearers were Sammy Leffers,
Monroe Willis, Brady Wade. Leslie
Wade, Ira Willis. Guy Willis. Guy
Gaekill, and Joe Piner.
Out-of-town guests at the funeral
were the Rev. and Mrs. Leoland
Jackson of Salisbury, Md? Oscar
Breece, Fayetteville
Mrs.. Nelson was the daughter of
the late Isaac and Hannah Wade
Willi! of Williston.
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Town Commissioners \
Name Recreation Boa^d
Ports Authority
Meets Friday \ /
With Governor (
, The State Ports authority, meit
I ing with Gov. Kerr Scott Friday
afternoon at the Atlantic Beach
hotel, re affirmed the necessity for
additional land surrounding the
Morehead City port and gave Col.
George W. Gillette authority to go
ahead with condemnation proceed
ings if negotiations for desired '
properties fail.
Clyde Jones of Morehead City,
who has made entry into a small
island at the mouth of Calico creek,
was asked to come before the
board. Mr Jones explained that
he acquired at the end of world
War 11 60-acrc Calico ctvek is
land that extends fro i the yacht
basin eastward toward Newport
river.
Made Entry
Nearby is another small island
to which he has made entry and it
was indicated that the state will
deny Mr. Jones title to that smal
ler island on the basis that it wants
to develop such areas as public
land.
A. G. Myers of Gastonia, chair
man of the authority, assured Mr.
Jones that the port officials will
give further consideration to his
case before the right - of - entry
See PORTS, Page 8
Cherry Point
Greets Governor
CHERRY POINT, N. C. August
10 While on an inspection tour
of the local area with members of
the State Ports Authority and the
aboard of directors of the Atlantic
and East Carolina railroad. Gover
nor Kerr Scott paid a breif visit to
the Marine Corps Air station to
day. Accompanied by Mrs. Scott,
the Governor and his party arrived
by rail at 12:50 this morning and
were greeted by Major General L.
I E. Woods, Commanding General,
AirFMFLant and 2ni. MAW, and
Brigadier General W. L. McKit
trick, Commanding General. Ma
| rine Corps Air station and bases.
I Proceeding to the operations area
where he received a 17-gun salute
and the customary honors, Gov
evnor Scott inspected his guard of
honor. After witnessing a demon
stration of a helicopter rescue, he
was afforded an opportunity to
make a first hand inspection of the
various types of aircraft assigned to
the Second Marine Aircraft Wing
based here. He showed particular
interest in the latest jet fighters
currently being flown by Cherry
Point airmen, and donned some of
the gear worn by the "fire-can joc
keys."
Very much impressed with the
activity aboard the station, Gov
ernor Scott commented, "There
have been a lot of changes around
here since my last visit."
Upon completion of the inspec
tion tour, the combined guberna
torial and military party proceeded
to the officers club for lunch, af
ter which the visiting dignataries
departed and continued on their
j journey to Morehead City.
Included in the Governor's party
were Mr. M. G. Mann, president of
the Atlantic and East Carolina rail
road; A. G. Meyers, chairman of
the State Ports Authority; Guy
Hargett, highway commissioner,
second district; and Lloyd Fry of
Chicago, owner of the Fry Roof
ing company in Morehead City and
. in other cities throughout the coun
try.
Two Beaufort Boys Begin
Training al Lackland Base
Two Beaufort boys. Pvt. Robert
(Bill) Sammons, 18. son of Mr.
and Mrs. John R. Sammons. 104
Cedar st.. and Pvt. John W. Smith,
18. son of Mrs. Robert F. McLaren.
325 Orange St., have begun their
indoctrination courses at Lackland
Air Force base, San Antonio, Tex.
At Lackland they will receive
! military schooling preparatory to a
! specialized Air Foire career. Dur
ing this initial course they will
be given vocational and aptitude
testing and personal guidance
counseling to determine their suit
able technical training assignments
on leaving Lackland
Besides constituting the dnly
| Air Force station for indoctrination
training of all new airmen. Lack
land is a reassignment and train
ing cetter for re -enlistees, home of
USAF Officer Candidate School
and the Human Resource* Research
center.
yf
At a Friday afternoon meeting of
the Morehead City commissioners
which was continued from an Aug.
3 session, members of the More
head City Kecreation commission
^wcre appointed in accordance with
the general statute on operation
of municipal recreation programs.
The hoard adopted the statute as
their first step following the ap
proval in referendum of a 10-ccnt
levy for recreation, then they
named members of the commission.
Mayor George W. Dill, in announ
cing the commission, stated that
most of those appointed have not
had an opportunity to inform muni
cipal authorities whether they
would accept.
Four ex-officio members have
been named. They are Thomas C.
McGinnis, county superintendent
of public welfare; Walter Free
man, town commissioner; Ralph
Wade, high school faculty member;
and Dr. D. J. Eurc, who has been
designated as "health" commission
er in the program. They will serve
one year terms.
"Operative" members of the
board are as follows: Earle Mob
ley and Mrs. A. B. Roberts, jr.,
one-year terms; Skinner Chalk, jr.,
and Mrs. George Roberts Wallace,
two-year terms; Mrs. O. H. John
son, and Bruce L. Goodwin, three
year terms.
To Elect Officers
These directors are required by
law to meet periodically and at
their first meeting to elect officers.
At the Friday meeting the town
board also agreed to contribute
$100 to the Protestants' association
which is fighting the Tide Water
Power company rate increase.
Resolution Passed
A resolution concerning laying of
sanitary sewers was also passed.
This resolution stipulates that the
amount to be charged property
owners who want a sewer laid in
their block will be set alter a sur
vey has been made to determine
the overall cost. Levies will then
be apportioned accordingly.
A former resolution stated that
in 12 out ol 16 property owners in j
a block paid a fee of $50. the
sewer would be laid. This ruling
was adopted on an experimental
basis but the amount levied has
been found inadequate, according
to Mayor Dill.
Request (Granted
II. L. Joslyn, town resident, ap
peared before the board and re
quested a laying of a sewer in a
block in the western part of the
town on the $50 plan and his re
quest was granted because the town
had failed to amend the original
ruling.
They then passed the new regula
tion.
Hon
Honorary Tar
Heels to Visit
Prospects are that 12 to 15l!
orary Tar Heels will be gue$s in
Morehead City for three days in
September. Robert G. Lowe, More
head City chamber of commerce
manager, announced yesterday.
Lowe said the Honorary Tar
Heels, members of a group which is
composed of out-of-state writers,
photographers and publicists who
have sponsored North Carolina in
their particular field, would be
guests in Morehead City, Sept. 16
18.
While here they will spend most
of their time fishing and enjoying
recreational facilities in Carteret
county. All members of the group
will be guests of local merchants
and businessmen.
Some of those expected to be on
hand are Leonard C. Roy and Gil
bert LaGorce of the National Geo
graphic magazine, John Stewart of
Pathfinder magazine, Ray Trul
linger, field and stream editor of
the New York World-Telegram,
Ollie Atkins, Saturday Evening
Post Photographer, Joe Lowes, pub
licist, Tom McEvoy of Life maga
zine and Don Tracy and A1 De
Lardi, free lance writers.
Chester Davis, feature editor of
the Winston-Salem Journal and
Sentinel, also will be a special
guest.
Tide Table
Tides at Beaufort Bar
HIGH LOW
Tuesday, Aug. 15
9:09 a.m. 3:04 a.m.
9:28 p.m. 3:19 p.m.
Wednesday, Aug. 16
9:51 a.m. 3:41 a.m.
10:10 p.m. 4:05 p.m.
Thursday, Aug. IT
10:37 a.m. 4:20 a.m.
10:55 p.m. 4:54 p.m.
Friday, Aug. lg
11:28 a.m. 5:03 a.m.
11:44 p.m. 8:47 p.m.
National Guard Unit Gets 30-Day Notice;
Carteret County's First Reservist Called
Construction on Ocean
Toll Boad to Begin Soon
Manteo, N. C. ? Representing
an outlay of approximately $2,
500,000, work on the Virginia
Reach ? Nags Head oeeanside
scenic- toll road will begin with- i
in the next few weeks, it was
stated in Virginia Reach this 1
week by Sidney Ranks, president
of the Virginia Turnpike author
ity, which with the Carolina Vir
ginia Coastal Road corporation
will build the highway. It will
be America's first real ocean
highway, interested parties de
clared.
Route of the road will be
along the ocean's edge through a
maritime wilderness that extends ,
for 57 miles between the two
famous resorts. The only villages
it will pass will be Corolly, pop
ulation 22, and Duck, which has
a resident population of less than
50.
Four contracting firms, three
front Virginia and one from
South Carolina have been assured
of sharing in the project's con
struction. Toll charges are not
expected to exceed $1 per auto
mobile.
Phone Official
Talks Rate Rise |
With Rotarians
Public utilities, such as Carolina
Telephone and Telegraph company,
have only one source of raising ad
ditional money if they need capital
to improve their service, and that
is by increasing rates, W. C. Har
row, eommcreial manager of the
telephone company told Morehcad
City Kotarians at their Thursday
ntflifrt meeting.
Darrow said that luidci* regula
tion of public utilities Ht i>iu? t.f
Carolina, it is impossible for any
utility to accumulate a surplus for
future improvements. He said that j
if any surplus was left over an
nually after stockholders were paid
their dividends, it went for the
purchase of new equipment instead
of to a regular surplus fund.
If the company does accumulate
a surplus annually, the State Utili
ties commission forces it to re
duce its rates, the source of the
[surplus is gone and no equipment
whatsoever can be purchased, eith
er for present 01 future use, Dar
row said.
Therefore, the commercial mana
ger added, the small surplus that
accumulates each year is used to
buy small amounts of new Equip
ment and when large amounts of
equipment are needed, the com
pany necessarily has to raise its
rates in order to obtain funds io
buy it. This need for large
amounts of new equipment was
the cause of Carolina's recent re
quest for a rate increase he con
cluded.
Guests at the meeting were H.
F. Davis, district manager for the
telephone company, and Larry
Jones, guest of his father, Rotari
an Clyde Jones.
/
Lions Receive /
Bronze Plaque
Former I. ions president, Frank
Moran. presented the club Thurs
day night with a bronze plaque in
recognition of a net gain of 12
members during the year ended
June 30, 1950. ^
It was also reported at the reg
ular weekly meeting in the Kort
Macon hotel that Liois Interna
tional now has 8,055 clubs in 28 dif
ferent- countries on five continents,
with a membership of 402,841.
Lion Charles I.. Price, jr., ex
tended the club an invitation to at
tend MCT1 graduation excercises
Thursday night. The group decided
to go to the exercises in a group,
following their meeting.
Lion Fred Lewis, chairman of
a Ladies Night committee, reported
thit a fried chicken supper at At
lantic Beach has been planned for
the night of Aug. 24.
Governor Will Visit
Gov. W. Kerr Scott will arrive
at the nation's capital Friday to at
tend ceremonies rommemorating
Aug. IS as North Carolina Day la
conjunction with th? Saaquieenten
nial celebration now going on at
Washington. North Carolina l? the
26th of 48 states and five territor
ies to be so honored.
Photographers
Include Carteret
In Two Movies
Two photographers. John Ehly
and C. Sommcr, have been in the
county the past week taking movie
shots for two reels of film which
will be released next year by the
advertising division of the State
Board of Conservation and Develop
ment.
One documentary film will be 30
to 40 minutes in length, Mr. Ehly
stated, and the other film, a trav
elogue will be 15 to 20 minutes
in length. Both movies will be
in color, with sound.
The films will be distributed on
a national scale, in accordance
with plans made by Charlie Park
er, the bureau's director. Shoot
ing of the films is under the di
rection of the communications cen
ter of the University of North Car
olina.
hi Carteret county the photog
raphers have made pictures of fish
ermen mending nets at Markers Is
land, Fort Macon, boat building,
the beach, commercial and sports
fishing, and the race track. They
also plan a trip to Ocracokc.
Mr. Ehly and Mr. Sommcr plan
to leave tomorrow, but stated they
may have to return. Prior to com
ing here, they were in Dare county.
Shooting of the films began six
weeks ago and is expected to be
complete by Jan. 1, 1951.
Officers Dynamite
500 - Gallon Still
Carter* i craven county 'aw !
enforcement officers and ABC men |
Saturday raided and confiscated a j
whiskey still described by one as ;
a "full-scale factory" and by Sher
iff C. B. Berry of (fhiven county
as "the largest woods still I've ever
seen."
Discovered by Sheriff Berry and
a deputy Friday night, the still was
in the Cahooque section off high
way 101 near Cherry Point. It was
a 500-gallon steam rig with 17, ()00
gallons of mash on hand.
It was located on a high plateau
of dense pine trees which com
pletely hid it from view in all di
rections. The mash was in thirty
four 500 gallon boxes.
Officers used around a half box
of dynamite Saturday morning to
destroy the "gin mill." "Everything
was in good shape, clean as a pin,"
said the sheriff.
No arrests were made, but the
sheriff intimated he believes the
still was run by Negroes in the im
mediate area. ABC Officer M. M.
Ayscue and Deputy Sheriff T. M.
Thomas of Carteret county aided
Craven county officers in making
the raid.
A raid Friday afternoon in the
Craven Corner section near Har
lowc turned up a 50 gallon steam
rig with 800 gallons of mash. No
arrests were made in this raid,
cither, authorities said.
Mr. Ayscue reported that this still
was also destroyed by dynamite.
Battery B Heceives
Alert Friday
The National emergency made it
self fel\ in many Carteret eounty
homes during the weekend with the
alerting r^r a call to active duty
of the county's National Guard
unit. Battery B. 449th Field Artil
lery Observation battalion, and the
first call to active duty of a re
servist in the county, Sgt. Floyd
M. Chad wick, jr., of Morehcad
City.
Battery B received its alert Fri
day and was told to be ready for a
call to active duty within 30 days, i
Its post when called to active ser- 1
vice was not revealed due to mili- '
tary security.
Sergeant Chadwick on Friday
received orders to leave Thursday
for Keesier Field, Biloxi, Miss., for
active duty with the Air Force, of
which he is a reservist. His orders j
stated that after two days process
ing at Keesier Field he is to pro
ceed to Kobins Air Force base in
Georgia for regular duty.
Lt. Alford Commands
Batter\ B is commanded by T,t.
Ben Alford of Morehead City. Oth
er ofiicers in the unit arc Lts. I
Howard I,. Rivers. Morehead City, '
Merrltt K. Bridgman, Havclock, 1
Norman E. Masters, New Bern, and
McDonald Nelson. Havclock. Mas
ter-Sergeant William T. French of
Newport, RFD 1, is first sergeant.
The 44!)th Field Artillery Obser
vation battalion has headquarters
in Smithfield with Lt.-Col. Norman
Grantham its commanding officer.
Battery A is located in Kinston.
Sergeant Chadwick is a radio
operator with the Air Force Air
ways Communication service. He
entered the Air Force Feb. 11,
1943, and served in South Dakota.
Kansas. Iowa and California before
going overseas to Hickan Field,
Hawaii.
Served in Pacific
From Hickan Field he was sent
to Kwiyalein Inland in tlie Marsh
alls g oup. He i**? on Kwa
jalein for 1H months, except for a
30-day tour of duty on Majuro Is
land. In December of 1945 he re
turned to the United States and
received his discharge at Ft. Bragg.
Notice of the call to active duty
came as a complete surprise, Serg
eant Chadwitk stated. His was the
first call to active duty of any re
servist in Carteret county since the
beginning of the Korean crisis.
67 Men
Sixty seven enlisted men, in ad
dition to M/Sgt. French, comprise
the remainder of Battery B. Their
names follow: Hugh W. Gas kins,
William L. Yeager, Charles K.
Broadhurst, Harold L. Hooks, Ar
thur K. Lewis, Willie W. Moore,
Frederick G. Nelson, William <).
Ball, John C. Brewer, Albert S.
Brogden, William G. Lovick, Wil
liam M. Porter and Martin N. Wil
lis, all of Morehead City.
Also from Morehead City are
Lester L. Hall, jr.,- Roger L. Hog
gard, Samuel L. Hughes, Mart T.
Lewis, Elbert D. O'Neal, jr., Gar
land R. Smith, Donald L. West,
Clarence F. Bell, Andrew Guthrie.
David L. Guthrie, Thomas E. Lewis,
Milton Robinson, jr., Hubert W.
Smith, Reginald T. West, Linwood
E. Willis, Calvin T. Flayer and Hor
ace L. Piner.
. From Newport RFD 1, Vernon
B. Taylor, Lonnie P. Henderson,
Charles T. Pringle. Neal A. Cagle,
See GlIARI), Page 8
Civic Leaders
Discuss County
Youth Programs
Thirty-five civic, church, and
fraternal leaders met Thursday
night at the municipal building,
Morehead City, to report on the
work being done for children and
youth in Carteret county.
This meeting was called by Mrs.
F. M. Chadwick, Morehead City, lo
cal chairman of the work which is
being done preliminary to the Mid
century White House Conference
on Children and Youth which will
be held in Washington, I). C., in
December.
Among the outstanding reports
presented were those from Beau
fort where children are guided in
a summer recreation program
sponsored by civic organizations.
K. M. Williams, chairman of the
program, and the director. Kaz
Autry, spoke.
Mrs. Chadwick reported that it
was a very successful meeting and
as a result it has l>ccn agreed that
organization of a county coordi
nating committee on children and
youth should be given serious con
sideration.
Each person attending Thurs
day night's meeting received a
blank to be filled out and returned
by mail to Mrs. Chadwick. From
this information. Mrs. Chadwick
will compile a report to be sent to
the slate superintendent of public
welfare. Dr. Ellen Winston.
In conjunction with the program
Mrs. (^hadwick was interviewed ov
er the radio Thursday morning.
Body of Crash
Victim Identified
Identification of Lieut. Robert
W. Barnes. USMC, as the victim of
a plane crash last May 18 on Os
sabaw Island near Savannah, (?a.,
was determined by the dental de
partment at the Jacksonville Naval
Air station, it was learned yester
day.
Lieutenant Barnes, the husband
of Mrs. Margaret Barnes, formerly
of Morehead City, was returning to
[Cherry Point air base from Jacks
onville, Fla., when his Navy Cor
sair exploded and reportedly fell
into St. Catherine's sound, 15 miles
south of Savannah.
The identification was establish
ed by comparing seven or eight
teeth with the chart on the Ma
rine pilot's health record. The rec
ords were sent to Jacksonville, Fla.,
from the Bureau of Medicine and
Surgery, Navy Department, Wash
ington, D. C.
The deceased pilot was assigned
to the Second Radar Air wing,
Cherry Point. Memorial services
ifor him were conducted at the base
I Tuesday, May 23.
A&NC Re-Elects Officers;
Fry Roofing i Magnate Speaks
Town Attorney Sends
Petition !o Commission
Wiley H. Taylor, jr., attorney
for the town of Beaufort, yester
day mailed the petition request
ing the State Utilities commission
for a re hearing of the Tide Wa
ter Power company rate case.
"I mailed It air mail special
delivery," declared Mr. Taylor.
It was expected that the petition
would be in the hands of the
commission last night.
Beaufort is one of only three
towns which has legal right to
proAM the rate Increase which
the utilities commission recent
ly granted the power company.
Other towns served by Tide Wa
ter have banded together to fight
the increase if the caae should
go to rant.
Records Arrive
Mrs. Ruby Holland, clerk at lo
cal draft board IS, anonunced yes
terday that record! from Kinston
arrived in Beaufort Friday.
All officers, directors and mem
iers of the
he Atlantil
executive co/nmittcc of
t and North Carolina
railroad, state-owned line, were re
flected at tnr A and NC's annual
neeting Frftlay at Atlantic Beach
lotel.
Re-elected president was M. G.
Hann, fornjprly of Newport and
tow living in Raleigh. Others
vho will serve with him are W
iuv Hargett of Richlands. secre
ary-treasurcr, R Mayne Albright
>f Raleigh, attorney, L. V. Morrill
>f Wilson, inspector, and Hilton
imith of Raleigh, expert.
Executive Committee
As president of the railroad.
Hann was also elected president of
he executive committee. Others
>n that committee are II. S. Gihbs.
Morehead City. T?. Frank Sey
nour, Goldsboro, and Judson
Mount. (irccnville.
Besides Blount, those on the
>oard of directors are Mann, Sey
nour, Gibbs, L. W. Hassell. may
>r of Beaufort, Dempsey Hodges of
tinston, William Dunn of New
iern, Thomas W. Davis of Pink
4111, W. O Abbitt of Williamston,
George D. Folk of Edenton, George
W. Ipock o( Ernul and Maj. J. T.
Kingslcy of Norfolk, president of
the Norfolk Southern Railroad.
Only change made in finance
committee officers was the elec
tion of C. A. Eury of New Bern to
replace G. Allen Ives. Others on
the committee arc II. L. Joslyn of
Morchcad City, Thurinon Williams
of (iriffon and Ray Henderson and
Ben O. Jones, both of New Bern.
In his address to the stock
holders. President Mann empha
sized the part Morchcad City should
play as a part in the railroad's
developemcnt. He said it was the
closest port in the cast coast to
shipping lanes and had the lowest
pilot charge in and out of the
port.
Port Possibilities
Development of the port will
tiring added revenue to the rail
road, not only ii the Morehcad City
area hut along its entire trackage to
Uoldsboro, Mann declared. He
asked the stockholders to renew
their efforts toward improvement
and development of Morehead
port facilities.
Col. George W. Gillette, State
See AANC, Page I
32 MCTI Students
Will Graduate
Thursday Night
Henry Lee Bridges, Stale
Auditor, will Deliver
Commencement Adress
Thirty two students of Morchead
City Technical institute who have
completed a one-year course will
receive their graduation certifi
cates at ceremonies Thursday night
at the institute. The graduation
exercises will begin at 8 p.m.
The guest speaker will be Hen
ry Lee Bridges, state auditor. Col.
J. W. Harrelson. chancellor of
North Carolina State college, will
preside and the certificates will
be presented by E. W. Kuggles, di
rector of State college extension
division.
The Rev. L A. Tilley, pastor of
the First Methodist church. More
head City will give the invocation.
This will be the third annual
commencement and the first to be
held at the institute. Former grad
uating classes received their cer
tificates at programs in the More
head City high school auditorium.
James 1. Mason director of the
institute, extends an invitation to
the public to attend the ceremonies.
Members of the graduating class
were honored at a dinner last night
at the MCTI dining hall. Sidney
Childress was toast master. John
Kimbcrly gave a toast to the sen
iors and Vernon Suits responded.
Mrs. William Lewis provided piano
music. Also attending the dinner
were members of the faculty. \
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At A&NC Meeting
Development of the port at More
head City ties in directly with
Noith Carolina's growth and im
provement within coming years,
Governor Kerr Scott told stock
holders of the Atlantic and North
Carolina railroad at their annual
meeting Friday on Atlantic Beach.
Port development locally will
have much to do with increasing
industrialism in eastern North
Carolina and making the state
more self-sufficient, the chief exe
cutive stated. He said it could be
seen easily that eastern North Car
olina was badly in need of indus
trial development simply by look
ing at statistics that showed that
only five per cent of North Caro
lina's industries were located east
of Haleigh.
In former years thp state has neg
lected its responsibility to the peo
ple but such is not the case now,
Scott commented. In addition to
developing ports at Wilmington and
Morehead City he said satisfactory
results were being achieved in road
improvement, rural telephone ex
tension, school construction and
hospital construction.
Waited 30 Years
It may take a little prodding on
the state s part to complete these
programs. Governor Scott observed,
but they will be finished. "After
all," he commented, "I tried to get
a telephone for 30 years and it was
only after I ran for governor that
I got one!"
"And," he chuckled. "If any of
you don't have a phone now I'll
lie for you if you go to the extreme
I did!"
*. 1 1 1 us ui inc Kovi'riior s pro
gram have been sadly mistaken in
their charges that the state is go
ing into debt on a heavier scale
than the federal government. Scott
remarked. He said that on the con
trary the last legislation reduced
taxes and that the only tax in
crease. a one cent per gallon gaso
line tax. was voted by the people
of the state themselves to remove
the "mud tax."'
Expressed Faith in State
Governor Scott said he had noth
ing but the deepest faith in the
state's ability to pay off its in
debtedness. Reflection of this faith
from financial experts is shown in
the low interest rate, slightly more
than one-and a half per cent, asked
by banking syndicates on the state's
roacl bonds, he remarked
The governor concluded tnal tho
people of the state want to "Go For
ward" and that with the help of
everyone in the state his program
of making North Carolina greater
will be a success.
No Mayor's Court
There was no Morehead City
mayor's court yesterday afternoon
because the mayor was out of town
on business.
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