NEWS-TIMES OFFICE
504 Arendell St.
Morehead City
Phone 6-4175
CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES .
A Merger of THE BEAUFORT NEWS (Established 1912) and THE TWIN CITY TIMES (Established 1936)
39th YEAR, NO. 92 THREE SECTIONS? TWENTY PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY, NOV. 17, 1950 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
Oscar A. Kirkham to Dedicate
Harkers Island Recreation Hall
Rent Control
Board Allows t
Rent Increase
Landlords Must Petition
For Permit to Raise |
Rent 15 Per Cent
The New Bern rent advisory
board announce^ today that the
board has passed a resolution to
provide for a simplified proeedure
in petitioning for rent increases
which will be effective immediate
ly
The new petition is based on the
increase in cost of maintaining
housing accommodations at the
present time as compared with the
cost in 1942. After due considera
tion by the advisory board, it was
their opinion that rents should be
increased by 15 per cent to allow
for this increase in cost of upkeep.
The increase applies to all land
lords in the New Bern defense
rental area, which includes Carter
et. This is not an automatic in
crease, but the landlord must file
a petition, a new simplified form,
with the area rent office to obtain
this increase.
The rent advisory board further
stipulated that this increase should
be limited to landlords that have
not had a rent increase in the a
mount of 15 per cent since June
30, 1947 for increased cost. This
15 per cent does not include rent
adjustments for major capital im
provements, but any increased cost
adjustment since June 30, 1947 will
' be considered in granting this 15
per cent increase.
To get this new adjustment in
rent, the landlord must certify
| that lie is maintaining and will con
, tlnue to maintain, the essential ser
I vice, furnishings, furniture, or
equipment included in the maxi
mum rent.
Thi? new Increase applies to Car
teret and Craven counties, which is
the area served by the New Bern
office. Landlords may obtain these
petition forms at the area rent
office on the second floor in the
Dunn building in New Bern, tele
phone 2521, or at the city hall in
Morehead City on Tuesdays be
i tween 2 p.m. and 4 p.m.
Port Hearing .
Opens Today ;
The Army engineers' hearing in
deepening the channel to P rt
Terminal and enlarging the turn
ing basin will begin at 11 BO
this morning in the municipal
building, Morehead City.
The hearing will be conducted
by Col. R. C. Brown, district engi
neer of the Wilmington district of
the corps of engineers.
Col. Brown will be assisted by
T. J. Hewitt, P. M. Snell, H. E.
Hicks and N. C. Magnuson who
arc members of his staff.
The Senate authorized expendi
ture of $10,000 to survey the need*
of the port, and to finance opera
tions necessary prior to having a
hearing. After the evidence sup
porting or rejecting the proposed
improvements is heard this morn
ing. the report will be sent to the
head of the Army engineers at
Washington, D. C., who will ap
prove or disapprove the project.
If it is approved, it will be in
cluded in the next rivers and har
bors act.
Robert L. Hicks. Morehead City,
who supervises the major portion
of port activity, remarked yester
day that the opportunity for con
sideration of such a project as this
comes about once every 15 years.
Companies, agencies, and inter
ested parties which have prepared
briefs to be presented at the hear
ing today include the North Caro
lina Ports Authority, Trumbull As
phalt co.. Fry Roofing. Standard
Otfc Shell Oil, shipping companies.
Naval Amphibious forces. Cherry
Point Marines. Lejcune Marines,
the Coast Guard, the Merchant Ma
rine, and the Sixth Naval District.
Nonhead City Bod Will
Okurra Tag Bay Tomorrow
Morehead City Band Tag Day
will be observed tomorrow starting
at 9 o'clock. Members of the band
will go from house to house re
questing for donations to the band.
A tag will be given to each donor
so that when money is collected in
the business section during the aft
ernoon, those who have donated
?nn identify themaelve* with the
t*(s.
The afternoon affair, which
starts at 2 p.m., include*, music by
Oscar A. Kirkham, member of
the First Council oi the Seventy
o( the Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter-day Saints, and prominent
Scout executive will dedicate to
morrow the newly-erected recrea
tion hall on Harkers Island. The
hall has been built by the church
to provide recreation for its mem
bership. The dedication will be
gin at 2 p.m.
Elder Kirkham was named a
member of tiie First Council of
the Seventy at the General Con
ference of the Church in the Salt
Oscar A. Kirkham
Lake Tabernacle in October 1941.
As such, he serves as one of a coun
cil of seven men who direct the
extensive missionary work of the
church.
For almost forty years he has
been active in affairs of the Boy
Scouts of America. On six differ
ent occasions, twice in England,
once in Hungary, once in Holland,
once in France, and one? in Wash
See KIRKHAM, Page 6
Medical Society
Plans Diabetes |
Prevention Weft
The Morchead City hospital en
tertained the Carteret County Med
ical society at dinner at its regu
lar monthly meeting Monday
night. The chief topic for discus
sion was the control of diabetes.
In conjunction with a nation
wide movement along this line the
society, upon motion of Dr. F. E.
Hyde. Beaufort, has announced the
week of Dec. 11 to 16 as "Diabetes
Detection Week." During that
week all persons in the county who
desire it may get a free urinalysis
for diabetes. Uurine will be exam
ined for sugar by their own family
physician. The patient should take
from 2 to 4 ounces of urine to the
doctor's office. Each specimen
should have the name of the pa
tient and address attached to the
container.
Diabetes can be treated much
more successfully if discovered
early than if discovered late, and
the chief method of discovering it
early is by an examination of the
urine, doctors pointed out.
The health officer, Dr. N. Thom
as Ennett, whose chief work is in
preventive medicine, commended
the society on its interest in the
health of all the people.
Dr. S. W. Hatcher reported that
specimens of milk used in the hos
pital nursery are being examined,
bacteriologically. from time to time
to insure safe milk for the babies.
These milk examinations arc being
made by the Carteret County
Health department laboratory.
Voluntary health insurance
through the Blue Cross and Blue
Shield Insurance company was dis
cussed. Three representatives of
these insurance companies ap
peared before the society to ex
plain the important features of the
contract to the physicians. It was
stated that toluntary health insur
ance is growing rapidly and that
there were at present 800,000 to
900.000 persons in this state cov
ered by this type of health fend hos
See MEDICAL, Page 6
October Liqaor Salts
Amount to $47,010.40
October liquor sales in Carteret
county totaled $47,010.40. accord
ing to the report released by the
county auditor, James Pottec, yes
terday.
Sales in Morehead City totaled
S21.S84.30. In Beaufort. S14.350.30.
jand in Newport S11.07S.80. Divi
dends paid were as follows: More
head City hospital. S987.48: Beau
fort, $656.52; Newport, $506.72.
Gross profit was estimated at
$12,358.88 and net profit at $3,
533.13. Sales tax amounted to S3.
995.88. Operating expenses were
$2,679.15.
Paid to the aunty Oct. 8 was
$20,000, making a total of $16,000
90,000 Pounds Albacore
Taken Oil Bogw Banks
A sensational catch of alba
torf, 90,000 pounds, was taken
Wednesday off Hague Banks
near Fort Macon.
Sixty thousand pounds were
taken in a beach haul by crews
fishing for Ottis Purifoy. More
head City, and approximately
39,000 pounds was taken by
boats offshore.
Albacore in commercial quan
tities have been rare in these
waters in recent years and Wed
nesday's catch may indicate their
return.
The albacore were put in quick
freeze and later will be sent io
a fish cannery in South Caro
lina.
Carteret Farmers
Receive $21100
This Amount Paid by Fed
eral Government lo
prove Farmland A
Carteret county farmeufrecfcived
a total of $21, 000 in assistance in
1950 from the federal government
for approved agricultural pfactic
es carried out under the govern
ment's agricultural assistance pro
gram, county PMA secretary B.
J. May stated yesterday. /
May emphasized that this sum
was paid for only one-half the
cost of materials used. The other
one-half was paid for entirely by
farmers and the farmers did the
work of putting the materials to
use, he stated.
Material used included the fol
lowing: 1,083 tons of lime on 138
farms, 376,100 pounds of 2 12-12
fertilizer on 124 farms, 33,400
of 0-14-14 fertilizer on six farms
and 3,500 pounds of 20 per cent
superphosphate on three farms.
Most of the lime and mixed phos
phates were used on permanent
pastures. May explained.
Other materials used included
1,579 pounds of ladino clover used
to seed 790 acres on 54 farms,
6,110 pounds of fescue used on the
>ame number of acres on the same
farms, 156 pounds of oyster grass
used as a pasture mixture on five
farms, 410 pounds of vetch seed
ed m\ - ?^>ver crop <$> ro*ir farm*,
2,04 xkind*. of^ ufmson clover
seedrd on 30 fains, 3,094 pounds
of rye grass seeded on 32 farms
and 5,720 pounds of Austrian win
ter peas seeded on 22 farms.
Also, 49 farmers removed 72,
652 cubic yards of dirt in establish
ing drainage ditches on their farms. i
TB Seal Sale
ToBepMc
The Carteret County Tuben^ilo-j
sis association will launch the 1
Christmas seal sale Monday.
The aim of the association
year is to raise enough moij
through seal sale to purchase on
X-ray machine which will be ustd
{or mass examination and for
check-up work. Stanley Wood
land, Morehead City, president of
the county TB association, remark
ed that an X-ray machine for this
purpose would help tremendously
in making tuberculosis preventive
work in the county farther-reach
ing and more effective.
Wiley Taylor, Jr., Beaufort, has
been named chairman of the drive.
Christmas certificates were dis
tributed last week to businessmen
who were asked to place these cer
tificates in their window after
writing in the amount they con
tributed.
Letters to individual contribu
tors will go out next week.
The goal this year, in dollars
and cents, is the *me as 1849. $3,
000. Although last year'a goal was
not reached, it is hoped that the a
mount collected this year will ex
ceed 13,000.
Morehead City firemen answer
ed two calls Tuesday morning.
There was no serious damage caus
ed by either fire.
At 1:15 a.m. Tuesday a resident
of the apartment house at 412
Evans st. telephoned to ask fire
men to come help him pry a board
loose from his wall. The man said
smoke was coming from beneath
the board but that no fire could
be seen.
Since there was no fire an alarm
was not turned in. Instead Fire
man Dan Willis went to the apart
ment with an axe to assist in re
moving the boacd After it was
pried loose it was discovered that
a spark from an adjacent chimney
had landed on a beam and started
smoldering. >
A bucket of water was thrown
on the beam.
At 10:18 a.m. Tueaday an alarm
was received from the REA office
at 512 Arendell at. This time oil
from a heating store
?UN
Congressman Graham A. Barden Issues
Warning Against Enemies Within Nation
A. B. Cooper Gives Opinion
OnuProposed Bridge to Beach
A. B C'ocber of Morehead City
and AtlanticVBcach today threw in
his opinion art the proposed 24th
st. location oflthe new bridge from
Morehead Citjk to Atlantic Beach.
"We have ijeard only from the
people who da not want the bridge
located where the state engineers
want it," he declared. "I'm sure
if petitions were drawn up, there
would be as many in favor of hav
ing the bridge built at the state's
proposed location. But why should
we start arguing and trying to tell
the state's trained engineers where
and how a bridge should be built?"
New Bridge Wanted
Mr. Cooper continued, "There
has been much effort put forth in
the pa-t several years by the cham
ber of commerce and many citi
zens. urging the state to give us a
new bridge. Finally, we have been
assured of a new bridge and I
think we should all be thankful to
get a bridge, just a bridge, a new
bridge, regardless where our high
ly trained engineers decide to put
it," Cooper declared.
"Certainly they have considered
all the many technical angles in
volved in construction of this type.
Who arc we to tell the state that
we have a better location?" he ask
ed.
He added, "1 believe we should
all forget our selfish and personal
reasons and consider the facts in a
matter of this type. This concerns
so many people. After a construc
tion of this type is made, it is done
for many years to come."
Bridge With Curve?
In regard to a counter proposal
that a bridge be built parallel to
the present structure, this |>ridgc
of necessity having a curve in it
as it leads off 2Sth St.. Cooper ask
ed: "Do we want a bridge across
our sound that will be there lor
k.t"i and j'oa.s ? ? th a d igerous
jufve in Il<"
"Remember," he warned, "our
sons and daughters will probably
be traveling across this bridge lor
the rest of their lives. As I un
derstand it, the state's proposed
bridge will be straight and will
eliminate the two dangerous curves
which now exist on the causeway
to the beach."
Death la Accidents
"I know of four deaths." he re
called which have occurred on the
present bridge and on causeway
curves and of many accidents
which have involved personal in
jury and property damage. 1 have
traveled this bridge many wintry
mornings and nights when there
was a v$ry thin coat of frost, slick
as glass.
"Suppose there was a curve on
the bridge and someone was driv
ing rather fast, as we all do at
times. This driver, who might be
your son or daughter, reaches the
curve, applies the brakes, and on
a slick surface an accident is prac
tically unavoidable.
Cooper concluded, "No natter
where the state decides to put our
new bridge, may it be a safe one.
eliminating hazards regardless of
the cost and type of construction
and regardless whose property it
goes in front ?f or whose property
it goes on."
Bonner L Takes
PogiesNear Marsh
In spite of a tear in the net, the
Bonner L. Willis took 85.000 men
haden Wednesday afternoon less
than 1,000 yards from Beaufort
waterfront.
The Bonner L. made a set Just
south of Piver's Island at the end
of Town marsh. Capt. Bonner Wil
lis, skipper, estimates that there
were 300,000 in the school, but the
net got fouled on an old sunken
purse boat, and thousands escap
ed.
The Bonner L. took 70,000 yes
terday morning in the inlet and
the Commander, Charles Plttman,
captain, caught between 35,000 and
40.000 yesterday near Hatteras.
CapUin Willis said fishing has
been mighty poor so far. The men
haden being taken are still the
summer fish and aren't as big and
fat aa the winter ones.
Firenea Waat Toys
Anyone having old or unwanted
toys was urged yesterday to con
tribute them to the Morehead City
fire department for firemen to re
pair and give to needy children
for Christmas. The toys may be
Mt at the fire department or fire
Commissioner L. Y. Ballentine
Will Speak at REA Meeting
' ? I 1 V Uallnntinn lIoIa Pnmmiw.
Woman's Clubs
Will Sponsor
Little Symphony
Both the Beaufort and Morehead
City Junior Woman's clubs are un
dertaking sponsorship of the North
Carolina Little Symphony this
year. The membership campaign
will begin Monday, Nov. 27 and
continue that week.
Due to the illness of Mrs. Eric
Moore, president of the Beaufort
Junior Woman's club, committees
there have not yet been appointed.
C irman for the Morehead City
club is Mrs. Laurence Vickers,
Mrs. Bud Dixon is chairman of the
telephone committee, Mrs. Marion
Mills, assisted by Mrs. William
Cherry, is in charge of member
ship. and Mrs. Eugene Roelofs is
publicity chairman.
Little Symphony headquarters
in Morehead City will be in Webb
Memorial civic center. phone
6-3012. Headquarters in Beaufort
has not yet been announced.
Mrs. Vickers emphasized that
the Little Symphony membership
drive is county-wide. Every com
munity will be contacted and the
Carteret County Little Symphony
board will be named in the very
near future.
The afternoon of the evening
the Little Symphony performs here
a concert will be given for school
children. They will be admitted
free. The date of the concert,
which will take place in the More
head City school auditorium, will
be announced later.
Seniors to Give
Flay at 8 Tonight
"Brides (o Burn," the senior play
to be given at 8 o'clock tonight at
Newport school, guarantees to keep
the audience in an uproar of laugh
ter from start to finish, Mrs. Em
ma W. Wade, director announced
yesterday.
The three-act comedy was written
by Jay Tobias and the cast con
sists of five boys and six girls of
the senior class. They are as fal
lows: Miss Lctita Gundy, Louise
Jones; Gilroy Garfield Gundy,
Francii Mason; Clarice Borland,
Ann Henderson; Gertrude Borland,
Christobel Cannon: Harold Hazard,
Ernest Garner; Prank Fulton,
Paul Jenkins.
Sue Prentis, Nancy Hyder;
Hotchkiss, Clifton Piner; Sapolia
Pipp, Ann Dudley; Madame Gas
parilla, Pearl Fodrie; Dr. Jones
by, Burton Lockey.
Between acta two vocal num
bers will be presented by senior
boys. They will sing "Down In
the Valley" and "Red River Val
ley."
sioner of agriculture, will give the
address at the annual meeting of
the Carteret - Craven Electric
Membership corporation, (REA).
This announcement was made to
day by L. W. Pelletier, president
of the coroporation.
Ballentine is a well-known dairy
man of Wake county. He served
as lieutenant governor of the state
of North Carolina during the Cher
ry administration and prior to that
time was state senator for a num
ber of years, and a leader in leg
islative matters.
Ballentine is well-known in this
area and obtaining him as the
speaker for the annual meeting will
assure his many friends an op
portunity to hear him, Pelletier
said.
The annual meeting will be held
Saturday, Dec. 2, at the Carteret
Recreation center in Morehead
City. Ballentine, who will be
introduced by George W. Ball, at
torney for the corporation, will
speak during the afternoon busi
ness session of the members.
Plans for the meeting were com
pleted this week. The annual elec
tion of directors, reports of of
ficers, exhibits and demonstra
tions of electrical appliances will
be featured on the program.
A barbecue lunch for coropora
tion members and guests will be
served at noon, Pelletier announ
ced. Electrical appliance dealers
serving members of the corpora
tion arc contributing valuable door
prizes.
40 Drawn for Jury
Duty in December
One woman and thirty-nine men
have been drawn by the county
board for jury service for the De
cember term of superior court
which opens Dec. 4. Only civil
cases will be tried and the term
of court will be one week. Judge
Chester Morris is scheduled to
preside.
Jurors chosen are the following:
Mrs. Leota Hammer, Connie .Rob
inson. John D. Smith. Atlantic; W.
G. Murphy, Wordie Murphy, John
nie A. Davis, Cecil Gilgo, Davis.
Otto B. Slaughter, Carroll Jones,
E. D. Jones. Claude Garner, Ver
non Mann, Carl D. Cannon, R. M.
Velly, L. D. Garner, Charles Can
non, Newport; G. W. Pittman, Mer
rimon; Willie O. Guthrie, Dan
Yeomans, Harkers Island.
Otis T. Mades, Leslie D. Sprin
gle, George D. Martin, jr., A. B.
Hooper, Milton Lipman, Beaufort;
W. P. Freeman, George R. Lewis,
D. J. Hall, Jr., Kelly Willis, N. S.
Smith, D. W. Freshwater, Harry
Ball, Alfred W. Pittman, Percy W.
Howland, Lloyd Goodwin, More
head City.
Robert C. Murdoch, Wildwood;
Clayton Salter, Sea Level; John
Young, Charlie Barker, Stella; Tru
man Davi*, Smyrna; Waddell Dan
iels, Marshall berg.
Nigerian Want* Pen Pain
The NEWS-TIMES received this
week a letter from an 18-year-old
Nigerian boy who is looking for
pen pals in this country. He seems
to be under the impression that the
newspaper is in the pen pal nego
tiations business! His letter, which
was mailed Aug. 13 and has just
been received this week, appears
below:
Bslaasoa Adfboye Ogunyemi
P. O. Bo* 42#
Lagos, Nigeria
B. W. A.
Dear Editor,
My intention of taking up my
pen and ink to write you is that
your great obligation has been
known to me.
Recently a friend of mine intro
duce your kind action and your po
lite undertaking in publishing
names for advertisements and both
correspondence.
Now 1 having a burning desire
in mind concerning correspon
dence, thereby make a polite and
humble request that you may pub
lish my nlme and address in your
newspaper in order to secure many
pen friends.
I am ? Nigerian boy, 18 yean
old, 1 have black complexion, black
educated it high school. My hob
bles are collecting magazines, belts,
knitting shirts, anck socks, ties and
candies.
I also exchange Nigerian goods
with American goods. Hope to hear
from you all.
Thanks in advance.
Yours faithfully,
Bolansoa Adeboye Ogunyeml
Botariuu Hear Program
Ob Mrahaden Industry
Rotarian L. A. Oakley presented
a picture of the menhaden indus
try, through transcription, to Beau
forf Kotarians at their meeting
Tuesday night at the Inlet inn.
The transcription featured in
terview^ with menhaden boat cap
tains, their crewmen, presented a
song that the fishermen sing aa
they haul in the seine, told how
the fish are caught, and what the
cooks feed their crews.
I President T. R Jenkins proudly
. announced that there was 100 per
' cent attendance at the meeting.
' There were two guests, Harvey
Joetyn, Morehead City, and Her
i bert Cox, Washington. N. C. Both
are past presidents of the Rotary
Russia is not the worst or
most dangerous of our po
tential enemies.
Worst and most danger
ous are the mentally mud
dled patriots in responsible
positions of national govern
ment who are spending the
United States into disaster.
Congressman Graham A. Barden,
speaking Wednesday night to the
Men's Club of St. Paul's Episcopal
parish in monthly dinner session,
made this charge in sharp words
that painted a picture of a United
States being wrecked by profligate
spending ? spending of money,
spending of man-power, spending
of national resources, spending of
industrial might.
"Next year's budget will be 70
billion dollars. Where's it coming
from?" Barden asked.
Necessity Recognized
"I recognize that we must spend.
And I'm ail in favor of giving the
military, the army, the navy, the
air force all the money it needs.
But multi-billion spending to buy
the doubtful friendship of other
nations must be re-examined in the
light of value received."
Barden said that not only did he
favor the United Nations set-up
but viewed it as the only hope of
the nations opposed to Russian
ideologies.
"But every member of the Unit
ed Nations must bear its propor
tionate share of the burdens. Nin
ety per cent of the men fighting
in Korea are United States troops.
If war breaks out in Europe, i ll
bet the European nations would
expect us to provide 98 per cent of
the troops.
Practicality Urged
"The United States is not strong
enough nor rich enough to fight
all the wars. We must foe practical
if we hope to survive."
Barden branded irresponsible
labor union leadership as another
of the nation's great enemies and
baldly declared that major strikes
arc in the Identical category as
bombs dropped on this country by
a warring power.
He said the nation could be par
alyzed and brought to its Knees
overnight if the leaders of the elec
trical workers, coal miners, rail
road and telephone unions were to
call a nation-wide strike.
"And many ol those leaders are
the very ones who violently oppose
the oath of allegiance section in the
Taft-Hartley bill, the only labor
measure ever devised in this coun
try that is fair to both employee
and employer." Barden said.
Prior to the congressman's ad
dress, officers of the men's club
were unanimously elected for the
ensuing year. They are George
Eastman, president; George Sto
vall, vice-president; Gray Hassell,
secretary; 11. Earle Mobley, treas
urer.
Building Permits
Total $16,400
Building Permits issued in Beau
fort during the month of October
represented an expenditure of
$16,400 for repair of buildings and
new construction, according to Ger
ald Woolard, building inspector.
Permits were issued as follows:
the Rev. H. A. Wolker, Sunshine
bungalow, Live Oak St.. re-roof
dwelling, $250; Clayton Murphy.
Mulberry St., build dwelling. $5,000
Willie Snooks, alter and repair
building. Broad St., $500.
Carroll Crockett, alterations to
fish house, east end of Broad St.,
$500; Ci. W. Temple, build four
bungalows. Orange st.. $10,000; and
Carrie Johnson, build garage, Cra
ven st., $150.
No Court
No Carteret county recorder's
court was held Tuesday since the
court solicitor, M. Leslie Davis,
was out of town.
The Morehcad City town board
will meet at 7:30 Tuesday night ill
the town hall.
Tide Table
Tide* it Beaufort Bar
H1C.H LOW |
Friday, Nov. 17
2:18 a.m. 8:31 a.m.
2:44 p.m. 9:11 p.m. |
Saturday, Nov. IS
3:24 a.m. 9:41 a.m. |
3:42 p.m. 10:06 p.m.
Sunday, Nov. 19
4:23 a.m. 10:43 a.m.
4:37 p.m. 10:54 p.m.
Monday, Nov. M
5:14 a.m. 11:35 a.m.
5:25 p.m. 11:37 p.m.
Tandsy. Nov. tl
5 58 a.m., 12 Midnight
?taMNMMI
Highway Officials
Visit Carteret _>
New Bridge Will Have Pe
destrian Walkways; Will
Be Made of Concrete
Dr. Henry W. Jordan, state high
way commissioner, Ralph A. Pol
lock, district engineer, R. Mark
ham, division engineer, and Guy
Hargctt, district two highway com
missioner, paid a visit to Carteret
county Wednesday afternoon.
Making a routine visit here, they
were accompanied by the county
road superintendent, John Humph
rey, on their visit to the Salter
Path road project and to the site
of the proposed bridge across
Bogue Sound. The new bridge will
be located at 24th street, More
head City, according to approved
state plans.
These plans call for sr 24-foot
roadway from end to end, pedes
trian walkways, a concrete bridge
which will make for quieter riding
than the present structure, and an
arch which will permit passage of
small craft without opening the
draw.
Mayor George W. Dill. Morehcad
City, and Town Commissioner W.
I,. Derrickson. were with the of
ficials in their Morehead City tour.
Humphrey announced yesterday
morning that placing of rock on
the Mill Creek road has been com
pletes!, and the crews started to
put rock on the Ball road yester
day.
The Masontown road is under
construction and practically im
passable at some points, Humphrey
warned.
Service Officer
RemiodsWidows
Of Benefits
C. L. Beam, county veterans' ser
vice officer, requested yesterday
that anyone who knows of widows
or other persons entitled to pen
sions or benefits, should supply
him with the name of that person.
lie also reminded unremarried
widows of World War I veterans
who were honorably discharged
from the armed force? between
April 6, 1917 and Nov. 11, 1019
that they are eligible for $42 a
month if they have no children
and income is less than $1,000 a
year.
If a widow has minor children,
her income is proportionately more
and her income must be more than
$2,500 a year before she's eligible
for payments.
These payments are not automat
ic, however. They must be applied
for and application blanks can be
obtained from Beam at the Amer
ican Legion hut, Beaufort.
He also has preliminary appli
cations for social security benefits
under the new law. All World War
U widows (unremarried) are en
titled to social security benefits
now even though they get pay
ments from the Veterans adminis
tration, Beam explained.
He added that any World War
II widow (unremarried) who is
working for the county, state, or
federal government (where social
security payments arc not deduct
ed from pay) is entitled to social
security payments regardless of
income.
Widows of light house keepers
are now eligible for pensions also.
George Barrett Awaiis
Trial in Jail Bond $200
George Barrett, charged with be
ing drunk and disorderly, resisting
arrest, and assaulting an officer, is
in the county jail under $200 bond,
Beaufort Chief of Police L. B. Wil
lis reported today.
Four fishermen were scheduled
for trial in Monday's mayor's court
but did not appear because they
were out on the boats. They are
James P. Chadwick, charged with
public drunkenness, Willie Taylor,
charged with reckless driving. Wil
lie Fuller and Herman Winfrey,
both charged with public drunken
ness.
Their cases were continued.
HoltaMI Distinction
Mrs. C. G. Holland. 219 Ann it,
is not Mrs. Ruby Holland, clerk oi
the selective service office. Mr?.
C. G. (Mildred) Holland, requests
that prospective draftees contact
Mr*. Ruby Holland at the court
house annex, and not her, because.