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NEWS-TIMES OFFICES Beaufort 110 Craven St ? Phone 2-4481 Morehead City 5M Arrndcll St. ? Phone 64175 CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES 1(k Eight Paget Color Comic* A Merger of THE BEAUFORT NEWS (Established 1912) and THE TWIN CITY TIMES (Established 1936) 39th YEAR, NO. 78 THREE SECTIONS? EIGHTEEN PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY, SEPT. 29, 1950 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS Beaufort Faces Financial Disaster, Expert Declarers Town Board Buys Fire Truck; Chie f Resigns B&PW Club Hears Talk by Attorney, C. R. Wheatly Business Women Will Rani Exhibit Space at Fait^ Cancer Committee Namad Claud R. Wheatly, Beaufort at torney, delivered an address, "The , Influence of Politics on Econom ies"^ the monthly meeting of the Beaufort Business and Profession al Women's club Tuesday night at the Scout building, Beaufort. Mr. Wheatly pointed out that slow industrial development in North Carolina is largely attribut able to tax structures that are ex tremely unattractive to large man ufacturing enterprises. "By our interest in politics, we make local government," Mr. Wheatly remarked, "but once that government takes office, it makes or changes us." Cites Scottsboro Case The attorney cited the famous Scottsboro case in Alabama in the mid-1930s when nine colored, boys were tried and convicted of rape. "* The case was given national pub licity and aroused such high feel ing that following conviction of the nine, the governor of Alabama j was refused loans from New York banks, the speaker stated. The \ loans were required to carry on a statewide improvement program in Alabama. Two years ago, Mr. Wheatly con- j tinned, the Becton-Dickinson com- 1 panv, manufacturers of surgical i instruments, was seriously consid ering Beaufort as a site for a plant which would employ from 500 to . 1,000 people. ^ The county'* tax r^ie, $1.80/ was considered too high, in spite of the fact that the concern was told that assessed valuation of the property would be at approximately one third the actual value, Mr. Wheatly reported. Secondly, the state's cor porate income tax laws would have required an intricate 'system of , keeping a separate set of books for the North Carolina branch of the mam plan which is located in Ruth erford, N. J. Efforts to obtain immunity to the state corporate income tax, through special legal ruling or legislative action, failed, the speaker declar ed. As a result the Becton-Dick inson company built the proposed $2 million plant in Nebraska. "This is our chance to grow," Mr. Wheatly emphasized. "Com panies are dispersing their assets for several reasons, accessibility to labor markets and variance in op eration costs, labor troubles, and See B&PW, Page 6 ?. Chamber oi Commerce \ Receives 15 Applications Fifteen applications have occn received for the general manager's f job, Morehead City Chamber \of Commerce, which will he vac*it next month, it was announced yes terday. ' These applications have been turned over to the chamber's ap plication screening committee com posed of II. S. Gibbs. chairman, John L. Crump and George H. Mc Neill. ? After the committee has care fully screened applicants, the com mittee will make its report to the board of directors and advisory council, stating what applicant or applicants it thinks should receive final consideration. The board of directors and ad visory council Ihen will choose a successor to Chamber Manager Robert G. Lowe. jr.. who has sub mitted his resignation, effective Oct 15. Beaniort Firemen Answer Two Alarms Tuesday Two fires occurred jn Beaufort Tuesday. Neither was serious and little damage Was caused. The first of the conflagrations occurred at 6 a.m. at Ruby's cafe on Turner st. when a water heater overheated. Slight smoke damage resulted but -nothing caught fire. Defective wiring caused the smoke, ilremen said. , At 2 p.m. another fire broke out at the house owned by Durwood Owens in the JOO block of Broad , st. A Marine family living in the house allowed an oil stove to over flow and the mantlepiece in the room caught fire. The mantle was burned and the room smoked up considerably. Oth erwise there was no damage. The Morehcad City Iowa' board authorized purchase ol^/a Four Wheel Drive fire truck A a meet ing Tuesday morning aC tic Town hall. Fire Chief Vo/non ^Guthrie resigned and members of tte fire department have threatened \o re sign in protest over the purcaase. This truck, for which the North Carolina Equipment company is agent, sells for $11,250. It does not meet the specifications set \ip by the fire department, Mr. Guth rie stated, and costs more than the piece of equipment the fire department recommended. Oren Recommended The department recommended the Oren truck. A letter to this effect was read by Mayor George W. Dill, jr., at a meeting of the town board Tuesday, night, Sept. 19. Mack Edwards, engineer, expres sing his opinion and the opinions of others in the fire department, said the commissioners bought themselves a truck, now they could come and make use of it. Mr. Edwards further stated that there is only one other FWD truck in the state, owned by the Kaleigh fire department, and they are not satisfied with it. Mr. Guthrie said he expects to present his resignation to the fire department at a meeting Monday night. 'The chief is elected by the liremcn and the town board ap proves the officers). Chief Resigns When Chief Guthrie was inform ed at the board meeting Tues day that the FWD truck had been purchased, he told the commis sioners that he saw he was of no use to the board in effective op eration of the fire department and resigned. Mayor Dill said the FWD truck was purchased because it comes as one complete unit, all parts made by the same company, and is very effective in fighting fires in outlying districts. Chief Guthrie said he has been accused by one of the commission ers of being paid to recommend the Oren equipmfart. N* toltfo*WiSW TIMES reporter that trie themselves made the decision on the Oren truck and that this decis ion was merely forwarded to the board. In the past he says he has been offered money to recommend cer tain types of equipment but has consistently refused to do so, ev en when that equipment would have been the best. Chief Guthrie further charges that the order with the FWD com pany was placed three weeks ago and all subsequent delay and pa laver has been so much smoke screen. Rule Rescinded In addition to authorizing pur chase of the FWD truck, the board rescinded a rule which requires that all members of the board be present to make a purchase of $500 or more. A quorum will be all that is necessary in the future. The mayor was requested to look into the possibility of finding some town-owned property where vend ors and peddlers can sell their wares. This would eliminate the peddlers from setting up shop any where all over town, the board be lieves. The next regular meeting of the board will be Tuesday night, Oct. 17. Judge Imposes Road Sentences Giles Hill, George Gibbs Receive Tolal of Three Years' Imprisonment Giles Hill had a two-year suv ponded roads sentence invoked in I Tuesdays session of recorder's court while (jcorge Gibbs was sen fenced to one year on the roads. J Hill received a two years' sus pended sentence on April 11 fori temporary larceny of an automo bile. Ilis sentence was invoked f uesday tor failure to comply with the terms of suspension. Gibbs received the one-year sen tence for indecent exposure and j making a public nuisance ol him self. Judge Lambert Morris presid ed. Three drunken driving defend ants paid costs and fines totalling $350 on charges against them. J. 11 Edwards was lined $125 and costs for driving without a license and driving drunk. I.uther Styron paid a $100 fine and costs for similar offenses. Agnew Gillikin was fined $125 ! and costs for driving drunk, driv ing Oil the wrong side qf the road and driving without a license The charges of drunken driving ! against William Ba.vlon and .lohn I r ? Kiggs were not prosecuted. Rob ert I) Lancaster, charged with driv j ing after his license was revoked requested a jury trial and his case was hound over tq superior court under $200 bond. Probable Cause Found Probable cause was found on the I Charge of breaking and entering) and larceny against Willie Fullord, I ir. Ills case was bound over to su- j perior court under $500 bond Wal ter Disney, jr.. charged with as- , requested a jury tri.il. His --a;, wu.i hound ?over to superior cour, under $100 bond. After being found guilty of care less and reckless driving, Sam Fun dcrburk was fined $10 and costs, Robert E. Taylor was fined one Half the cost, oil one charge of giving a bad check and fined full costs on a second similar charge. . M- "fwett, found guilty of giv ing a bad check, was fined the costs and required to pay the a I mount of the check. The costs were charged to Wil m M. Baylyn for public drunk enness, disorderly conduct and dis turbing the peace. Washington C. Kcnmore was fin ed $25 and costs for reckless driv ing. Joel S. Smith was fined the costs for reckless and careless driv ing. . Forfeit Bonds George W. Mitchell, Evelyn T Meeks and Janice L. Starks, all charged with driving without a li cense. forfeited their bonds for failure to appear in court. Walter Goodwin, charged with the same offense, was fined the costs, $21.50. Herbert L. Gualick was fined $75 and costs for speeding. Stanley C. Peterson paid sih for the same of fense while Elvin L. Hanes, Dal las C. Greenwalt and Edward T. See JUDGE, Page 6 Post Writes About Their Artist Who Week-Ended in Beaufort Leo Hershfield, illustrator for . the Saturday Evening Post's Let ter to the Editors column broke into Post print last week on the "Keeping Posted" page. Mr. Hershfield, who merely signs his sketches "Leo" spent weekends in August at Beaufort. He and his family. Mrs. Leo, two sons, Peter and Sam, and their dog, Blackie, rented the Wilkins cottage at Front and Gordon streets. Parts of Mr. Leo's story, as it appeared in the Post, follow. "As his sketches are due in Philadelph ia on Monday morning, he tries to think up reasons lor not work ing on them until Sunday, and nearly always succeeds . . This summer Leo has week-ended with the family at their cottage in 1 Beaufort. North Carolina, where 1 there is a hammock. Delaying his work there is necessary, as it is impossible to hold a drawing easel on one's stomach in a hammock ... Hershfield signs his work only /?Leo" because: "I'm a fugitive from mistaken-identity horrors. Among other illustrators with simi lar last names is that talented chap who illustrates Pcrelmaa's monumental works in Holiday and has a reddish beard." Leo says some people assume that he does the Letter spots with a fine needle under a magnifying flits. Acta ally he draws them large, for he suffers from spot drawers' claus trophobia. lie says art directors often have to remind him that he is not drawing murals. Occasional ly a batch of I'ost letters unnerves him because only one suggests an idea for a drawing that really feels good to him. and that one suggests four good ideas. He does not work better when the family is away and the house quiet; he finds it more stimulating when the boys are home from school and there is an atmosphere of sus pense. suggesting that at any min ute all hell may break loose. Hershfield, a native of Chatta nooga. is probably wrong in ex plaining why he lives in Alex andria. He says that after war time scrvice in Washington as art director in OWf, he decided against returning Jo his former post with Ihc newspaper I'M in Nc\v York because he does not admire living in a big city. Ten to one, he is Free-lancing in Alexandria because his house is two blocks from the Potomac, where his boat swings icductively at anchor. "Did you ever capsize and drown ir work up any other interesting itorics to tell?" we probed. He ?xptaina that the hundred mile wil down ? river to Ctmapeake Say can be pretty tense at night in ?aafMrtea Jaycees \V\M 1 Collect Scrap Paper, Rush Sunday Afternoon The first of whdl is tb be a sc ries of monthly scrap taper and rai: drives in Moreheadlcity will take place Sunday Afternoon, Chairman Warren Beck announced at the Morchead City JayAee meet ins Monday night at the Fort Ma ton hotel. Beck said Jaycccs in trucks would cover the town. Residents and business firms were urged to place their contributions in front of their homes or outside then business establishments by 2 p.m. The drive will begin at 2 and last until all collections have been made, Beek said. Business firms were urged particularly to save corrugated cardboard boxes. Money from sale of sjrrap will go to the club's treasury. A committee was appointed by President Bill Chalk to investigate the traffic situation at the city school. It was reported at the meeting that at present traffic is not managed properly. Football committee chairman Jimmy Wallace stated that More head City's first home game was a success but that attendance must be stimulated at the four other home games this year. He asked the cooperation of all Jaycees in working at the games, handling ticket sales and concessions. A letter, sent to Rush Hamrick, state chairman of the Miss North Carolina pageant committee, was read. The letter submitted More head City's bid for the pageant and listed the advantages of staging the pageant here. Jasper E. Bell was recognized as a new member of the club. Guests were Dr. A I Chestnut. Morchead j City, and John Kimball of Ahoskie. How? Official Visits Beaufort Fmmctt Powell. Goldsboro, rep resentative of the East Carolina Regional Housing Authority, met Tuesday with Commissioners 1). F. Merrill and (J. W. Duncan, jr., representing the mayor of Beau fort, G. W. Duncan, representing the chamber of comniefte; and Dr. W. L. Woodard, representing the town planning board. "Mr. Powell was requested to meet with these officials as'the re sult concerning the proposed low cost housing project. The meet ing was arranged by the chamber of commerc^ at the request of chamber members. Mr. Powell staled that no sites in Beaufort have been definitely selected. Sites have been only tentatively approved. 50 Units Approved The East Carolina Regional Housing Authority requested 125 low cost housing units for Beau fort. Fifty have been approved. These will be allocated between the white and colored population on a basis of the number of each race and the percentage of sub standard dwellings, Mr. Powell ex plained. The homes will be of brick with colonial motif. Town to Share Rent After the homes are built and turned over to the town, Beaufort will receive 10 per cent of the shel ter rent in payment for managing the property, the housing authority continued. After the sites have been select ed, homes adjudged sub-standard will be bought and paid for at local appraiser's figures, and torn down. Homes which are not sub-stand ard may be moved by the owners who will be paid for the property on which the home sat . The East Carolina Regional Housing Auth ority will assist the homeowner in finding a new location and the housing authority will also help the homeowner move his dwelling, Mrs. Powell said. Tide Table Tides at Beaufort Bar HIGH 1.0W Friday, Sept. 29 10:03 a.m. 10:13 p.m. 3:42 a.m. 4:23 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 30 10:39 a.m. 10:48 p.m. 4:15 a.m. ; 5:01 p.m. i Sunday, Oct. 1 11:16 a.m. 11:28 p.m. 4:50 a.m. 5:43 p.m. Monday, Oct. 2 11:38 a.m. 12 Midnight 5:29 a.m. 6:32 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 3 12:14 a.m. ?:14 a.m. 7:26 p.m. 12:41 p.m. State Withdraws Adams Creek Road from Letting The Adams Creek road |)ro ject, for whieh a contract 'was scheduled to be let Tuesday, was withdrawn from the letting and will ho included in a future let ting. according to State Highway Engineer W. II. Rogers, jr. No reason was given for the withdraw al. Bids on 44 other projects were ! opened by the highway commiss ion at Raleigh Tuesday. The low | bid for the letting was $;i,207,5!)2 ! M. The commission estimate was | $3,487,400. i The Adams Creek road project | I calls for 11.28 miles of hard-sur facing from NC 101 at llarlowc : northeast to Adams creek. Ap 1 proved in conjuction with this pro ject was the Ball road, 1.1 mile ; in length. Engineer Rogers said Tuesday's bids tend to confirm threatened increases in the price of bridge Construction lie said bridge contractors had informed him they can not get definite commitments on steel. As a result, prices arc climbing, and some projects in the new letting may be delayed unless the steel shortage abates. Outside of bridgework, Rogers said, the letting results were good. Contractors turned in a total of 205 bids and prices on paving and oth er road work were generally fav orable. The bids will be laid before Chairman "f-nry Jordan and High way Commission members at a meeting at Raleigh today for final approval. Recreation Group To Elect Offices Morchcad City's municipal rec i cation commission will mcit at 7 o'clock tonight at the municipal building to elect officers. George McNeill, town attorney, will meet with I hem to help in car rying out the election in accord ance with the state law on munic ipal recreation commissions. Members of the commission, ap pointed by the mayor and approved by the town board, are as follows: Thomas McGinnis, Walter Free man, Ralph Wade, and Dr. Darden Eure, cx-offieio members. Earle Mobley, Mrs. A. B. Rob erts, jr., to serve one-year terms; Bernard Leary, two-year term; and Mrs. O. II. Johnson and Bruce Goodwin, three-year terms. Mrs. George Wallace, appointed to serve a two-year term with Mr. Leary, has resigned. No one has been named as yet to replace her. Appointment of a recreation commission followed approval in referendum June 3, 1950, for the levying of a 10-cent tax in More head City to conduct a municipal recreation program. Beaufort Jaycees Sell Magazine^ To raise money for their treas ury, Beaufort Jaycees have unaer taken a two-week Saturday Eve ning Post subscription-selling cam paign. If the Jaycees sell 60 subscrip tions they will make WOO, George Cottingham, president told the men at their Monday night meeting at the Inlet inn. The Jaycees have been divided into eight groups of four each, headed by the following captains: Gene Smith, Albert Chappell, Carl Chadwick, Eric Moore, Robert Stephens, Charles Jarman, Leslie Davis and Jarvis Herring. Prizes will be given to the Jay cee selling the most subscriptions. Eight men volunteered to take tickets at the gate and operate the concessions at the ball field to night. but they will not be needed since arrangements have been made with Randolph Johnson, prin cipal. for others to handle the gate. Because Mrs. A. V. Pierson will be on vacation the next Jaycee meeting night, the group tentative ly agreed to meet at Harkers lodge on Harkers Island. National Guard Unit Boards Train At Camp Glenn Unit Returns Headquarters, Former Recreation Buil ding, to Town In the grey mist and rain of Wed nesday afternoon, Battery B of the National Guard boarded two Pull-, man cars and an express car at Camp Glenn, beginning theii trip to Camp Rucker, Ala. With full packs and rifles, the 83 enlisted men and four officers of the 449th field artillery obser vation battalion began the trip to Kinston and Smithfield where oth er batteries joined them. From Smithfield south to Camp Rucker, Battery B will serve as cook unit for the troop train. In addition to the two Pullman and express car, there were several cars of equipment for the local bat tery. More cars were added as the caravan progressed. Captain Ben Alford, commanding officer of the group, did not leave With the unit, but will go to Camp Rucker by automobile. He turned the battery headquarters, former ly the Morchead City recreation center, back to the town Wednes- 1 day afternoon. M ayor George W Dill, jr., and City Clerk John I?aslilcy made an I inspection of the property. "It's i clean and in better shape in that way than before the National Guard j took over, but physically the j building is in bad condition," he reported Health, Welfare ; Departments Send Out Flea for Help Though many cases of illness and destitution exist in Carteret coun ty. and are never called to the pub lic's attention, there is one case in dire need of public assistance, the county welfare and health depart ments stated yesterday. The case is that of the Harkley family, colored, of the Mill Creek road near Newport. Thomas Mc Ginnis, welfare superintendent, and Dr. N. Thomas Ennctt, health officer, reported. The father of this family is in the tuberculosis sanitorium at Mc Cain. the mother is suffering from TB and waiting admittance to the sanitorium, one child recently died from TB and meningitis and an other is in the sanitorium suffer ing from the same two diseases and in a critical condition. In addition, 10 other of the 19 children born to Mrs. Harkley are at home with little income other than what they receive from the welfare department. Clothing and money were re cently given to the family. The clothing is sufficient for their needs but all the money, over $200, had to go to pay an undertaker for the funeral expenses of the 11 year-old who died. The greatest need of the family now is for money, though clothing and food will be accepted, McGin nis said. Last week the 10 chil dren at home with ages ranging from four-and-a-half to 20, were taken to Wilson to be X rayed. County TB society funds were not available for the X-rays so the wel fare department had to take mon ey from its already small funds to pay the bill. Money for such services as this is needed. Also, health department personnel plan to clean the house inside and out and paint it in an effort to make it safe for tht chil dren to remain living in it. Ef forts have been made to obtain another home for the family but without success. Donations will be used entirely for the family itself and not for any administrative charges. McUin nis said. The health department in Beaufort will receive donations or they can be left at either of the NEWS-TIMES offices in Morehead City or Beaufort. Doctor Stricken Dr. K. P. B. Bonner, Morehead City, chairman of the county hoard of commissioners, was stricken with a heart attack Wednesday. His physician. Dr. S. W. Thompson, jr.. said he had no comment to make on Dr. Bonner's condition. County Board to Meet The county board of coramis-4 sioners will meet at 10:30 a.m. Mon day at the ocurt house. Speiuling Must Stop, ) Town Officials Told ' In a meeting preliminai Beaufort town budget for th Franklin, counsel for the L< town officials Wednesday th l>e taken immediately if bon from taking the; town over in Mr. Franklin met with Clerk Dan Walker, and Commis sioner J. O. Barbour. Commission er Clifford Lewis said he would l>e at the meeting but did not ar rive. Commissioner Graham Dun ean said he doubted if he could attend the meeting and did not ar rive and Commissioners I). F. Mer rill and James Kumley could not be reached. Slashing the budget and other means of bringing town expendi tures and income in line, agreed upon tentatively, will be presented to the town board in regular scs sion Monday night. Retirement Necessary Outstanding bonds to be paid off bv 1954 amount to $45,643. Mr. Franklin reported. That means that approximately $11,000 in bonds must be retired annually until that time and under the pres j ent financial set up this cannot be done, he declared. The estimated budget for 1950 51 is set up on the basis of 100 per cent collection of taxes which is totally unrealistic, the League of Municipalities counsel explain ed. Collection is actually about 80 I per cent of the total levy. Expenditures have consistently ? exceeded income and to meet ob ' ligations, taxes paid on the current levy are used to meet bills incur | led in the prior fiscal year. T his j absolutely cannot continue, said; Mr. Franklin, if the government of Ilea u fort is to remain in the hands! of the town. Seeable revenue for the 1950 511 fiscal year is approximately $40,138 while expenditures are estimated at $6H,754, the municipalities ex pert pointed out. hark Picture The picture looks dark, but Mr. | Franklin believes that with un merciful budget slashing, drastic tax collection methods, and strict adherence to the modified budget.! the town's bonded debt can be met I on time. He said the budget must be strictly followed, not only this year but in years to come. In the past the town has been buying bonds which mature in 1974 because they can be bought at a very low figure. Mr. Franklin said. But 1954 is coming closer with 1954 bonds ready to be retired and there is no money with which to do it. he continued. Buying bonds which are due 20 years hence is | fine, he added, if the town is in ; excellent financial shape. But at present Beaufort can't afford to I See DISASTER, Page 6 Two Cars Collide At Intersection Two cars were damaged Wednes day at 12:80 p.m. in Moreheaa City when they collided at the intersec tion of 11th and Arendell st] Charles Alligood of Davis was proceeding south on 11th in a 1946 Pontiac. As he reached the inter section of 11th and Arendell he said he looked both ways to see if any traffic was coming. Alligood told police he did not sec any other cars heading his way and proceeded across the in tersection. However, a steady rain had obstructed his vision partially, causing him to miss seeing the approaching car of Mrs. Leitha Wil lis Moore of Morehead City, police said. The two cars met on the south j side of Arendell st. Mrs. Moore was proceeding east in a 1946 Ford. The Pontiac struck the left side of i her car, spinning it half way | around until it stopped on the shoulder headed west. Damage to the Ford's door and side amounted ty over $100. The Pontiac's front end was pushed in but damage was not as severe as to the other car. Since Alligood did not have in- 1 surance he was cited to next week's I mayor's court to straighten the j matter out. Investigating officer | in the accident was Buck Ncwsom. j Mrs. G. T. Spivey Will Manage School Ltmchroom Mrs. G. T. Spivey will manage the Beaufort school lunchroom this year and the lunchroom will open 1 Monday. T. G. l.eary, principal, an nounced today. Meals will be 25 rents. Mrs. Spivey, formerly a public health nurse in this county, moved ! to Raleigh, but has returned to the j county. She succeeds Mrs. B. F. I Copeland as lunchroom manag^ , ?y to completely revising the u 1950-51 fiscal year, George ?iiKUe of Municipalities, told at drastic action will have to dholdcrs are to be prevented 1954. Mayor L. \V. Ilassell, Town Three Pay Fines In Mayor's Court As Result of Fight I Three men, one a Cherry Point taxi driver and the others, two Ma rines, were lined in Monday after noon's session of Morehead City | mayor's court for indulging in a | fight at 3:45 Sunday morning on ! 18th st. i (J. I. Thompson, the taxi driver, j was charged a total of $39.90 in fines and costs, a portion of which was for several windows he drove Ins list through during the course ? of the early morning battle. Marines Fined The Marines. Kdward O'Toole and Robert 1" Taylor, were fined | $15 and costs each. In passing judgment Mayor George W. Dill, jr.. said he would have made their fines more severe except that he knew they would be fined again at Cherry Point. Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Arthur, witnesses in the- case, said they lived a half block away from the scene of the fight which took place in front of Dom's shop between Bridges and Arendell st. on 18th st. The Arthurs said that from sounds of the fight they judged that the two Marines were going to kill Thompson. They testified that at one time they heard one Marine say to the jjtiier, as they, were leaving. "We said we wore See FIGHT, Page 6 Mayor Dill Issues Proclamation Mayor George W. Dill to(|dy opened the Morehcad City drive lor creator employment opportuni ties for the physically handicapped by signing a proclamation desig nating Oct. 1 to 7 as "Employ the Physically Handicapped Week." The proclamation stressed "equal ity of opportunity" for the handi capped and urges Morehead City employers, civic leaders and citi zens to lend their support to the observance of the week. Mayor Dill said he was certain that most of the people in More head City were aware of the need for rehabilitating and employing disabled veterans and other handi capped persons. "We must see that they have an equal chance for gain ful employment," he pointed out. He said, too, that industry and busi ness should make full use of the handicapped workers' immensely valuable assets and abilities. The proclamation stated that im partial surveys have shown that disabled veterans and handicapped workers are superior employees when placed on jobs that utilize their abilities. Mayor Dill urged all unemployed handicapped work ers. who had not already done so, to register with the N- C. State Em ployment Service, 700 Evans st. He requested local employers to place their- job orders with the employ ment service "so that disabled vet erans and other handicapped work ers may prove their value to More head City." Mayor Dill's proclamation fol lowed similar action by President Truman and Governor Scott earlier this month. Rolarians Hear Talk On High School Football Beaufort Hotarians were inform ed of the advantages of high school football, particularly in Beaufort, by Javcee Wiley H. Taylor, jr., at (heir Tuesday night meeting in the Inlet inn. Taylor said that football, more than any other sport, built school spirit and instilled character in the players. In addition, he stated, it is one of the best body-building forms of athletics. Beaufort Jaycees have spent well over a year working on reinstate ment of the sport at school, Taylor explained. He said this was done not through desire for financial gain but from a desire to see a well-rounded program of athletics at the school.
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