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A Merger of THE BEAUFORT NEWS (EiUblUhed 1912) and THE TWIN CITY TIMES ( EsUblUhed 1936)
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39th YEAR, NO. 72 THREE SECTIONS? TWENTY PAGES \ MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY, SEPT. 8, 1950 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
Newport Will Contribute \
$100 Toward Power Rate Fight
Marine Corporal Fractures
Spine in Dive from Draw Bridgi
Calves Will Be Entered
In Dairy Show at Wil\
mington Oct. 12, 13
Cash prizes won by Carteret
county 4-H boys at the recent Jun
ior Dairy Cattle show. Wilson, a
motfcted to $78, R. M. Williams,
eour.y agent, announced today.
Cecil Gillikin of Bcttie and Bil
ly Simmons of Newport won a
blue ribbon and prizes of $10
each Winning second place with
four red ribbons and $10 prizes
each were Leo Watson of Pelle
tier, Henry Eubanks and Mark Eu
banks of RFD Beaufort, and Dar
rell Finer of Straits. Tommy Og
lesby of Crab Point and Herbert |
Page of the Bogue Sound commun
ity won white ribbons with their |
calves and $9 each in prizes.
Two hundred three calves, Jer
sey, Guernsey, Holstein, and Ayr
shire, were entered in the show I
and a total of $2,000 in prizes a- 1
warded.
In each age group classification I
of each breed only a small per- 1
centagc of the calves placed first,
said Mr. Williams. The majority I
of the calves fell in class two and |
were awarded red ribbons.
"We were well pleased with the |
judging," the farm agent declar
ed. "Each of the boys, as well as
their fathers took a great interest
in fitting and preparing the calves
and exhibiting them."
Plans are now under way to ex
hibit the calves at the Wilmington (
dairy calf show Oct. 12 and 13.
. Rufus Oglesby of Crab Point has
just completed a new modern A
grade dairy barn and has install
ed the Surge type stanchion. "This
type milking parlor will save la
bor and certainly the operators can
milk with more case and comfort,"
Mr. Williams commented. "1 feel
that this type barn will become
more popular in North Carolina a
mong dairymen in future years."
Mr. Oglesby purchased 12 Hol
steins recently in Wisconsin. He
has 19 cows in his herd at present
and plans to enlarge the number.
"There are a number of other |
farmers in the county at the pres
ent who arc making plans to put
in a dairy, Mr. Williams reports.
"I feel encouraged over the pos
sibility of Carteret county's posi
tion in becoming self-sustaining in
the production of a quantity of
milk to take care of our county's
needs.''
President to Tell i
Of Mothers' Duties
New duties for grade mothers,
as recommended by the executive
board of the Morehead City BTA
will be explained by President S.
A. Chalk, jr., at the PTA meeting
at 7:30 Monday night in the sciiool
auditorium, Morehead City.
PTA membership dues of 50
cents per parent will be expected
at that meeting, the first of the
current school year. The member
ship drive will continue through
this month and October, and will
culminate in awards being given
to each room where all parents
are members of the PTA.
Projects for the year will be out
lined and following the brief busi
ness session there will be a meet
ing of parents, who live within
the corporate limits, to discuss
bus service for their children.
Mrs. A. B. Roberts has planned
i a reception for the teachers in the
library and PTA members will
meet new teachers and welcome
the faculty. Since this meeting will
be short. Mr. Chalk said, no mov
ie has been planned as entertain
ment for the children, but they
will be shown at future meetings.
Killed
Stanley. Negro,
The only fatality during the Lab
or Day weekend in Craven county
occurred Monday night. James
?Stanley, 61, Negro was instantly
allied when struck by a car on
highway 70 nine miles cast of New
Bern.
Sgt. W. L. Spruill of the State
Highway patrol reported that wit
nesses stated Stanley walked in
front of the car and Buff LaSalle
Baker, of HaveloAt, who waa driv- i
'iat the automobile waa unable to J
avoid hitting him with hia fender
i.
As a result of a dive from the\
Atlantic Beach bridge Sunday1
morning, Cpl. Joseph W. Alba,
USMC, is lying in the Naval hos
pital at Camp Lejeune today with
a fractured spine.
Alba, with another Marine, was
waiting in a car for the draw bridge
to close. He decided that while
waiting he would go for a swim.
So he dived from the bridge rail
ing. a distance of 12 feet, to the
water. The water was 3 feet deep.
Alba's buddy, seeing what had
happened, went over after him.
With the help of Cpl. W. S. Clagen,
State highway patrolman, who said
he thought the two were just a
couple of drunks, the Marine cor
poral was rescued and taken to
Morehead City hospital
He was transferred to the Cherry
Point dispensary and then to Camp
Lejeune.
E. L Davis Will
Build New Court
House Office
The contract for construction of
the new register of dc?ds off <
and vault at the court house. Be
fort, has been let to E. L. Daws,
contractor, Beaufort, for $15,7 0.
Mr. Davis also got the heati lg
contract for which i.e bid $1,410.
Harry Whitchurst, Beaufo t,
was low bidder on plumbing and
received that contract for $1,540.
The contract for wiring was let
to Blanchard's Electric service,
Morehead City, for $385.
Other bidders were Ray Ransom.
Beaufort. $23,500 on construction; I
Garner and Carrawin, New Bern. |
$17,500; and E. L. Davis, Beaufort,
$1,570 on plumbing.
The contracts call for construc
tion to begin within 10 days from
the day the contracts were let,
which was Tuesday afternoon. Al
so specified is completion within
100 days, unless delays are caused
by situations beyond the contrac
tor's control, such as shortage ot
materials.
Man Injured When
Truck Overturns
Henry Bryan, colored man of
504 Marsh St., was injure^ ai 6:45
Monday night when a picjt-un truck
overturned at North Harlovu jc near
the Negro beach. /
Bryan, who was riding /on the
rear of the truck with a crowd of
people, was thrown out and in
jured. The truck was righted
by the people in it and proceed
ed on its way toward New Bern,
leaving Bryan lying in the road,
according to H. G. Woolard. Car
teret County state highway patrol
man who investigated.
Patrolman Woolard notified Cra
ven county highway patrolmen who
stopped the truck somewhere be
tween Cherry Point and New Bern
and charges will probably be lev
ied against the driver in Craven
county court. Patrolman Woolard
stated.
He picked up Bryan and brought
him to Morehead City hospital
where the accident victim was
treated for cuts about the face.
The patrolman then returned Bry
an to his home in Beaufort.
Strong Winds Prsvtnl
Mnllel Catches Outside
The cold stap which set in Tues
day has brought mullet to the nets
of fishermen working inside wat
ers, but strong winds have prevent
ed extensive operations on Atlantic
Beach.
The first chill winds of fall, us
ually known as the mullet shift,
are expected to bring tons of mul
let to fishermen along this coast.
As soon as the winds die and the
rough sea calms, larger mullet
catches are expected.
Newport Fire Department
Needs Few Nero Men
Four more volunteers arc needed
to round out the Newport fire de
partment's complement of 25 men.
Chief Benny Garner stated yester
day. Chief Garner said the depart
ment is below average with only
21 volunteers now.
Fireman Jim Kirby attended the
North Carolina'Firemen's conven'
lion in HendenonviUe this week,
the chief revealed.
The little town of Newiort rared
baek or. :ts hind legs Tuesday night
to trade blows with a comparative
giant, Tide Water Power company.
The town board, at its monthly ses
sion. agreed to pay $100 to fight
Tide Water's recently - granted el
ectric rate increase.
After discussing the recent rate
increase, the town board agreed
1 that the new rate will cause a re
duction in the town's light bill but
Will increase the bill of all resid
ential and commercial users living
in Newport.
Mayor Comments
In voting to pay the $100 to the
Tide Water Protestants committee
for court and attornies' expenses,
the board concurred with Mayor
Aaron Craig's statement: "The
towns have to stick together. Oth
er towns served by Tide Water
iK^d our help now and we may
need theirs later. Sticking to
gether is the only way we'll lick
this thing."
Also, members oi the board said,
protesting increases at present may
tend to discourage public utilities
from requesting other increases at
a later date.
Change Requested
A1 DeBlanc, representing the
Newport Hural Fire Protection as
sociation, appeared before the
board to request that a clause in
the contract between the town and
'the association be stricken out.
The clause stated that when the
truck (which is used by both
groups) is being used by one group,
the other assumes no liability. Mr.
DeBlanc wanted the town to as
sume liability for the rural assoc
iation when they used the truck to
answer an alarm.
His request was partially denied.
The town already carries public
liability insurance on the truck and
that is as much liability as the town
will assume.
The only change made in the con
tract was to add the statement the
town agrees to maintain, house and
insure the truck against public li
ability."
Lester Haskctt appeared, repre
senting members of the veterans'
housing group that is preparing to
construct a veterans' housing pro
i ject on the Nine-Foot road. Mr.
Haskett wanted to know if town
authorities had any information re
girding when a water system would
| be installed and when the project
would be taken into town limits.
The only hitch remaining in tak
ing the project within Newport's
limits is a description of metes and
bounds which must be prepared by
the project surveyor, the town at
torney, George Ball said. A lay
out of the necessary water system
must be made before work can
begin on that phase of construction,
Mr. Ball added.
Bills presented and approved for
payment at the meeting included
Mutual Insurance Agency, $378.71
for liability and workmen's com
pensation insurance, North Caro
lina Products co., $203 for drain
age tile, and C. M. Garner, $150 for
police and street work.
Hearing Tomorrow
The case of several youngsters,
charged with stealing baseball
equipment at the Beaufort ball
park, will be heard tomorrow morn
ing before Juvenile Judge A. H.
James at the court house.
I Town Board to Meet
j The Beaufort town board will
meet at 7:30 Monday night at the
town hall.
Enrollment of 525
Sets New Record
At Newport School
Lunchroom Opens Under
Managership of IJrs.
Eleanor Garner
Newport school opened Tuesday
for the 1950-51 year witK the larg
est enrollment in its ftis ory, 525
pupils. Principal K. L. 1 ruit an
nounced yesterday.
In addition, the large! t senior
class in the school's hutory, HO
seniors, were present for the first
day. More pupils are expected
within the next two weeks and
there will probably be an addit
ion to the school's present faculty
which numbers 15), the principal
said.
The Rev. J. M. .lolliff ol the New
port Methodist church was princi
pal speaker at the opening assem
bly Tuesday. His talk concerned
the growth of the school.
The school lunch room opened
Wednesday under Mrs. Eleanor I
Garner's managership. Cost to I
the children for each meal will be
20 cents according to Mr. Pruit.
This year the teacherage will
b*> managed by Mrs L. E. Riser
who managed the New Bern teach
erage last year. Mrs. Kuby Wood
ruff will give private music lessons
at the school and instruct the glee
club. Mrs. Geraldine Garner, whose
name has not been previously been
released will teach the third grade
and act as school treasurer.
Five buses are used to bring
children to school and the addit
ion of a sixth is expected shortly
since at present it is necessary to
double up on some trips. The
school bus routes have been extend
ed near Wildwood to take in the
Arthur farm area.
Committee Orders
Plastic Figures
The merchants committor of \e |
Beaufort chamber of v-^mmei
has ordered 12 plastic decorative |
figures for Christmas ti/nc street I
decorations. E. W. Downfcim, chair
man of the merchants Committee, 1
announced today.
This order and plans for improv- 1
ed decorations this Christmas, is !
the beginning of a lo )g range pro
gram to make Beaufort a prettier
place at Christmas time than any
other small town in eastern North
Carolina, declared Mr. Downum.
Two 5-foot Santas have been I
ordered, four 30-inch English lan
terns, four 38-inch Christmas
bells, and two 36-inch Santa Claus
faces. Inside lighting makes illum
ination of each pieee possible. It
is hoped that the number of plas
tic figures owned by the town can
be increased each Christmas sea
son.
Purchase of these decorations
also entailed the signing of an a
greement with the manufacturer
that gives Beaufort exclusive right
to them in this vicinity.
Christmas decoration plans in
clude improvement of the entire
lighting system on both Front and
Turner streets.
Court Opens Oct. 16
The one-week October term of
Carteret county superior court will
open Monday. Oct. 16. Judge Ches
ter Morris will preside.
State Utilities Commission Refuses
To Re-Open Higher Power Rate Case
41 Leave ior Physical
Examination at Fori Bragg
Forty one men left Carteret
courty yesterday morninf and
reported to Tort Kragg for their
physical examinations* prior to
induction in the Army. These
are the first men to he called
in the draft in Carteret coun
ty.
The total call was for 55 men,
but Mrs. Kuby Holland, clerk of
local selective service hoard No.
lti, said several of the draftees
could not be located because
they are merchant seamen and
other men, residents of this
county who are working else
where, have been transferred to
various stations, other than Fort
Itragg for their physical exami
nations.
Names of those accepted for
military service will he releas
ed after notification of their se
lection reaches the local draft
hoard.
County Will Giv
Building Fund
To County
During the next 90 days (fcrtcr
(t county will turn over pi, 000
per month, ;i total of $3,000, Ro the
(arte ret County Airport commis
sion. This is the county's share
of expense in building the federal
ly approved $12,000 administration
building at the Beaufort Morehead
City airport.
M. T. Mills, Morehead City,
chairman of the commission, ap
peared before the board ot county
commissioners at their meeting
Monday in the court house and
requested that the money be made
available so that construction can
> wit.
' (.ov^rmncnt Pays *
The federal government is pay
ing $<>.000, the county $3,000, and
the remaining $3,000 will come
from airport revenue received by
the commission since its establish
ment several years ago. This rev
enue is derived from rental of I
office space to Piedmont Airlines |
and rental of hangar space, Mr.
Mills said.
The new administration build
ing will contain a waiting room,
offices, dinette, and rest rooms.
It will be built on the site of the
present administration building.
Presents Petition
Mr. Mills also presented a peti
tion to the board requesting that '
the state highway commission im
prove the road leading from west
Beaufort into the airport. The
board approved the petition.
The commission chairman said
improvement of the road would
prevent cars from using runways,
an extremely dangerous practice.
Cannon Painted
The cannon atop Otway Burns'
tomb in Beaufort cemetery has
been re-painted and the tomb
cleaned this week by Sam Darling.
Money for this work, held in trust
by the town clerk, has been set up
by Otway Burns' descendants.
Student Gives Demonstration
Lawrence Brown, student at the More head City
Technical institute, demonstrates the acetylene weld
ing torch to a (roup of visitors to the institute. Left
to rtfht: Misa Vivian Taylor, Eichlands; Miss Lata
Howard, Jacksonville; Brown; Mlaa Lillian Harris,
Greenville; Frank Toothman, Greenville; and Mr*.
C. V. Willii, Morehead City. Brown i> a atudent in
bnildin* construction at the Inatitale, a branch of
N. C. State college. (Photo by Roy Eubaaka.)
Raleigh ? The Utilities
commission has turncM thumbs
down on a motion that it teconsider
a rate increase it recently granted
the Tide Water Power company.
The vote was 3-2, with tne same
alignment that granted the Original
$200,000 a year increase to tie com
pany which serves the southeastern
section of the state.
Ruling Received
Wiley Taylor, jr., attorney for
the town of Beaufort, received
Wednesday the formal written ob
jection to the commission's re
opening the case.
Mr. Taylor said that the case
will now he taken to court, fie
seemed pleased at the prospect,
stating that had the commission
re-opened the hearing on the case,
circumstances may have made it
unlikely that the protesting
southeastern towns would win the
fight.
These towns allied themselves
with Beaufort and Whiteville, orig
inal protestors against the rate
rise. Although they could not file
a petition for rehearing, as did
Beaufort and Whiteville, they may
now enter the case when it's taken
to court.
Appeal Within 30 Days
The appeal from the utility com
mission's ruling must Ik* filed in (
New Hanover superior court with
in the next month.
The commission announced
Tuesday that it was rejecting the
request for a re hearing. Signing
the majority opinion were Com
mission Chairman Stanley Win
borne, and Commissioners Fred
Hunter and Edward McMahan. In
favor of a rehearing were Com
missioners Harry Westcott and
Joshua James.
Board Selects 51
For Jury Duty
Fifty one resident* of Carteret I
county hnw h"<*n selected for j?ry
? wivic. in tl Oct' *x?r term of WJ
perior court. The names were
drawn Monday by the county com
missioners.
They are listed, by communities,
below:
Beaufort, B. B. Arrington. Miss
Rubye Kespass, Webster J. Willis,
A. W. Fulford, W. J. Dail. Ivey
Mason. Carroll Arthur, RFI), O. S.
Clawson, G. W. Hamilton, jr.. John
G. Jones, Leslie G. Moore.
Morehead City, Kenneth Mc
Cabe, RFD, Leb Buck, J. T. Ogles
by, I). M. Webb, Lemmie Cottle,
Frank Swindell, Charles S. Free
man, I). G. Lewis, C. T. Whitehead,
RFI), Mrs. Charles N. Bennett,
John W. McCabe, RFI), Mrs. C. R.
Davant. Luther Finer. Troy Mor
ris. John B. Styron, R. C. Fodrie,
E. Stamey Davis.
Newport, J. Luther Garner. J. C.
Mundine. Allen Jones. B. J. Mann.
Allen Graham, jr., RFD, E. D.
Sharpe, RFD, Brady A. Lewis,
RFD.
Straits, A. H. Chadwick, M. M.
Chadwick, L. H. Watson; Pelletier,
S. B. Meadows, J. G. Weeks, Allen
Vinson; Roe. James W. Lupton, G.
B. Goodwin, Elmer H. Lupton.
Davis, Burgess Davis. Calvin
Mason; Atlantic, Murray Robinson;
Markers Island. Billie Guthrie, Al
fred Willis; Marshallberg. J/
Lewis.
r
Two Cars Damaged iiyEtash
Sunday West of IMehead
One car crashed mt oJ the rear
of another at H o'cloA Sunday
night on highway 70 near the air
port just west of Morehead City.
No one was injured^ but damage
to both cars totalcq approximate
ly $300, according to Patrolman
W. E. Pickard who investigated.
Mrs. Hattie Potter, Morehcad
City, driving a 1941 Oldsmobile,
ran into the rear of a 1950 Buick
being driven by Walter I). Wad
dell of Cherry Point. Both cars
were proceeding toward Morehead
City.
Waddell slowed down while a
car in front of him made a turn
and Mrs. Potter said the accident
occurred because she didn't notice
the Buick had decreased its speed.
No charges were preferred.
Tide Table
Tides at Beaufort Bar
HIGH LOW |
Friday, Sept. 8
4:56 a.m. 11:00 a.m. |
5 22 p.m. 11:53 p.m.
Saturday, Sept. 9
5:46 a.m. 11:53 a.m. I
6:10 p.m. 12 Midnight
Sunday, Sept. le
6:43 a.m. 12:36 a.m. I
6:55 p.m 12:42 p.m.
Monday, Sept. 11
7:18 a.m. 1:15 a.m. I
7:40 p.m. 1:30 p.m. |
Taeaday, Sept. 12
8:01 a.m. 1:54 a.m. I
8:22 p.m. 2:16 p.m. I
County Bokrd Comments
On Conditio^ of Atlantic Road
County commissioners in i&gular
session Monday morning diseased
deterioration of highway 70 tfrom
Beaufort to Atlantic and informal
ly recommended lo .1 I. llumprey.
county road superintendent, that
it should be re surfaced and widen
cd.
Mr. Humphrey stated that 110
road bond money could be used for
improvement of the highway be
cause the bond issue was floated
only for improvement of secondary
roads. The highway from Beaufort
lo Atlantic is on the primary sys
tem.
Heavy Trucks
Commissioners staled that heavy
fish trucks and heavy logging
trucVs arc "tearing the road all to
piece*." Mr Humphrey told the
board that stale maintenance crews
"arc doing the best they can to
V it in shape
The county road superintendent
also reported on the six-tenth mile
nf road from Straits post office to
the water which the board was re
quested to close lasl month. Com
missioners decided that the ruad
should not be closed.
Irvin Davis, clerk, read a letter
received by I he chairman ol the
board, Dr. K. !'. B. Bonner, from
W. Guy Hargett, second division
highway commissioner. Mr. liar
gelt wrote in regard to the reso
lut ion passed in July concerning
the Salter Hath road
11c stated that early this summer
rains and high tides hail prevented
work on the road and that the high
way commission has 110 intention
to neglect the Salter Path road. (
He further stated that the reso
lution "has no bearing on our ori
ginal intention to hard surface the
road from Atlantic Beach to Sal
ter Hath. 1
Petitions Approved
Three road petitions were ap
proved They were the airport .
road, Beaufort; the road between
NC f. anit the Jones county line
(five-tenths mile). Pelletier; and
the Chadwick road which covers
:I05 yards, from the Gloucester road
to the Krcd Chadwick property.
Dr. Bonner announced that old
record books in the register of
deeds office and the court clerk's
office have been rebuilt and re
bound at a cost of $1,87(1.
The following lax problems were
handled. John Brooks of the aud
itor's office was appointed to in
vestigate the present assessed val
uation of the Lexie II. Garner, jr.,
property, Newport; $20 was accep
ted in back taxes from Mrs. Isaac
Kelts, colored widow; $265 was ac
cepted in payment of taxes, l()27
1050. from Martin T. Lewis. Ilark
crs Island; $300 was accepted in
settlement of 1950 and prior tax
es on the W. A. Willis, heirs prop
erty. Harkers Island.
All these adjustments were made
subject to payment within 30 days.
No action was taken on a re
quest that valuation lie reduced on
property in Morehead City, lot 2,
block 204, owned by E. 11. Gorham,
heirs.
JCs WU1 Sell Football
Tickets Until Sept. 15
Football season tickct sales will
continue until the night of More
head City's first game, Sept. 15,
the Jaycee football chairman, Jim
my Wallace, reported at the Mon
day night Jaycee meeting in the
Fort Macon hotel, Morehead City.
Wallace said sales are in process
now and season tickets at a 20 per
cent reduction from gate prices
could be obtained from any Jay
cee. He urged all Jaycees to push
the sales since most of the equip
ment ordered for the team had not
been paid for.
Picnic Chairman O. H. Allen an
nounced that the Jaycee picnic
planned for Sept. 13 had been mov
ed up to Sept. 20. in order that
more Jaycees could attend.
District Governor Meets
Wilh Beauiort Botarians
Howard J. McGinnis. Greenville,
governor of Notary district 279,
made his official visit to Beaufort
Hotary club Tuesday night when
Rotarians met at the Inlet inn.
Prior to the regular meeting.
Governor McGinnis met with the
aims and objects committee and
discussed plans for the coming
year.
Following dinner, Mr. McGinnis
spoke oh the principles of Rotary
and the various services Rotarians
Hprform. He was introduced by the
Rev. T. R. Jenkins, president of
the club.
The district governor last week
paid his official visit to the More
head City club.
Mountain School
Teacher Moves I
To Outer Banks
Because she made the county
and state aware of her children,
Nora Edmondson, mountain school
teacher, got a road built to her
isolated school house. Now authori
ties, realizing the value of better
improving the lot of those children,
have transferred them to a larger,
consolidated school.
This, of course, means that no
teacher is needed at the little Low
er Elk school house in Watauga
county, and Miss Kdmondson an
nounced this week at Kaleigh that
she will teach at Ocracoke.
Until last winter, when Miss Ed
niondson, a 70-year-old former
Georgia school principal, decided
something should be done about
the road to the Lower Elk school,
children could get there only by
tramping through mud. In fair
weather, it was reported, an exper
ienced driver could make the trip
by jeep. In winter. Nora Edmond
son traveled a mule drawn sled.
When local authorities refused
lo help the school teacher, she
wrote to Governor Scott and got
action. The State Highway com
mission sent road machines. By the
pnd of the school year last spring,
school busses and automobiles
could drive right into the school
yard
Under the state's program of con
solidation. however, the little Low
er K.Ik school is being closed and
now there is no place for Miss Kd
mondson.
When she arrives at Ocracoke,
she will see that there, too, new
roads h"v been built. But a teach
er is needed just the same.
Phone Company
Cites Money Need 1
Carolina Telephone officials told
the State Utilities commission Wed
nesday that their company needs
the rate increase it is seeking in
order to raise new capital for im
provements.
Robert (J. Lowe, manager of
Morehead City's chamber of com
merce. represented the town at the
hearing in Raleigh and entered a
general complaint against the pro
posed increase.
President L. W. Hill explained
that Carolina, like other industries,
must have money to get money.
"The company can expect to ex
tract new capital from investors
only so long as its earnings and
equity are adequate to provide pro
tection to its earnings," he said.
Hill testified with J. F. Havens,
CT&T's assistant to the president,
at a commission hearing on the
company's application for state in
creases totaling approximately $1,
000,000 a year. The proposal would
affect approximately 80,000 tele
phone users in 40 eastern North
Carolina counties.
The telephone users served
notice they felt Carolina's rates
should remain as they are. At least
17 communities sent representa
tives or messages asking that the
application be set aside.
Court Clerk's July
Receipts Total $6,595
Total receipts at the clerk of
superior court's office for the
month of July amount to $6,595.79.
A. II. James, clerk, told the county
board Monday.
Received through recorder's
was $4, 393.65, through superior
court. $58.62, and probate and
clerk's fees amounted to $109.60.
Other funds received were paid out
to dependents by court order or
were posted as bond.
Participates in Assault
Climaxing the C AMID operation
with a full scale amphibious assault
on a ocacn in Virginia recently
was the patrol craft USS 873 of
which Leo Alton Higgins. electron
ics technician, first class, DSN, of
Newport, is a member.
Meter Receipts
Parking meter receipts is Beau
fort -for the month of August ?
mounted to ?880.74, according to
Dan Walker, town dark.