W CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES . * _
A Merger of THE BEAUFORT NEWS (Established 1912) and THE TWIN CITY TIMES (Established .1936)
39th YEAR, NO. 96 THREE SECTIONS? TWENTY PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY, DEC. T, 1950 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
TB Society Requests Sending
Of Cards to 5-Year-01d Boy /
Santa Claus Will Arrive
In Beaufort Tomorrow
Santa Claus will arrive at the
Beaufort post office dock at 10 o'
clock Saturday morning and to
the first 2.000 youngsters who
bring him a letter he will give a
gift.
Santa Clans will be accompanied
down town by bands, fire trucks,
Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts in a
festive holiday parade.
Merry Saint Nicholas will make
his entrance aboard the Good
Ship Mistletoe, accompanied by
members of the Fort Macon Coast
Guard station.
The Christmas lights in town
will go on tomorrow night. There
will be many new decorations,
plastic Santa Claus figures, Eng
lish lanterns, and bells, all illum
inated.
The fire department cooperated
this week in putting up the decora
tions. Members of the fire depart
ment who did the work are Char
les Harrell, Gilbert Glancy, Kobert
Mades, Elmond Rhue, and Roma
Willis.
Five Countians
Will Begin Army
Service Monday
Four men will leave Beaufort at
6:40 Monday morning for Fort
Bragg where they will be inducted
into the Army. The county's quota
for December is five men and the
fifth will be inducted in San Fran
cisco, his place of residence.
The men are Gilbert Trott, Stel
la; Charles W. Newkirk, Marshall
berg; William K. Wallace, jr., Mer
rirnon; and Floyd W. Stewart,
Morehead Citj ^ :-rW Bcftram R.
Gillikin, fori <crly of Moiehead
'\ty.
Mrs. Ruby Holland, selective
service board clerk, remarked that
the county's low quota for Decem
ber is probably due to the num
ber of men in the National Guard
from this county who are now on
active duty. Although the National
Guard left in October, records on
ly recently were cleared, giving
the county credit for that number
of "inductees."
The county has received a re
quest for 35 men to report for pre
induction examinations Wednes
day. Dec. 13. at Fort Bragg. Mrs.
Holland stated that these 35 have
been notified.
JCs Will Collect
Scrap and Toys
Morehcad City Jaycees will con
duct their third monthly scrap
drive at 2 o'clock Sunday after
noon. This scrap collection will
also include collection of used
toys.
Jaycees are requesting that fam
ilies having second-hand toys place
them at the curb and the toys will
be picked up, as will rags and scrap
paper. They will be repaired by the
Jaycees and given away at the an
nual children's Christmas party.
Jaycce Richard McClain is in
charge of Sunday's drive. He an
nounced today that anyone having
an especially large load of scrap
paper, rags, or toys should phone
6-3298 Sunday, and ask for a Jay
cce. McClain can be contacted any
time Sunday at 6-3365.
It is hoped that all collections
will be made by 4:30 p.m. If some
scrap or used toys are not picked
up, the Jaycces should be notified
by phoning either of the above
numbers.
33,000 Voll Transformers
Will Co Up al Newport
Four 33.000-volt transformers for
th? new power sub-station at New
port arrived there Wednesday aft
ernoon.
G. W. Stovall, manager of Tide
Water Power co. in Carteret coilii
t.v. said the new sub-station will
take care of natural increase in
the use of electricity and also the
new veterans' housing project at
Newport.
Stovall announced that this in
novation is in line with Tide Wat
er's policies of continually improv
ing iU services. The station will
tap the 33.000 rait feeder line com
ing Into the county and Newport
will bo longer have to depend on
lines coming from Morrhead City
after the new transformers a re in
sulted. '
Club Sponsors i
Clothing Drive
i Used Clolhes Will Be Given
To Welfare Department
To Help Needy
The Carteret Business and Pro
fessional Women's elub has under
j taken a elothing drive for the coun
ty welfare department.
I At the request of the welfare
I superintendent, T. C. McGinnis,
the B&PW elub agreed Tuesday
night at their monthly meeting to
sponsor the project.
The clothing will be kept on
hand at the welfare department
where it will be distributed as
needed to families who do not have
sufficient elothing.
( hristmas Project
This will eonstitute the club's
annual Christmas project. All types
of good used clothing, especially
winter clothing and shoes, are
wanted.
In Beaufort the clothing should
I be taken to the sheriff's office at
the court house and given to Mrs.
C. L. Beam. In Morehead City the
clothing will be collected at THE
NEWS-TIMES office. Persons hav
ing no means of getting the cloth
j ing to those collection points,
should phone THE NEWS-TIMES
, office, 6-4175, give their address,
and the clothing will be picked up.
Special Program
I The business session Tuesday
night at the Lottie Sanders build
| ing, Beaufort, followed a turkey
I dinner and a special harvest home
program. The dinner was served
bv wnmer.nf Ajnn Street Methodist
church
The club also approved a project
whereby they will help in locating
persons in the county who should
be drawing social security bene
fits.
Mi-s. George Henderson reported
that a request has been made to
the state health department, bu
reau of cancer control, in regard
to the state's requirements for set
ting up a cancer detection clinic.
Mrs. Zelma Talbert, finance
chairman, reported on the club's
fund-raising project, the sale of
plastic refrigerator bags, and the
group agreed to hold a December
meeting on the last Tuesday of the
month.
Guests at Tuesday's meeting
were H. F. Lindsay, Thomas Wil
son, Miss .Catherine, Gaskill, Harold
Sampson. Marshall Ayscue, Mrs.
Blanche Snell, Miss Mildred White
hurst, Mrs. Eva Johnson, Mrs. Ju
lia Tenney, Pete Kunenetz, and D.
F. Merrill.
As part of the tuberculosis
Christmas Seal campaign Carteret
countians. school children especial
ly, are being asked to send "get
well" cards, bearing a TB Christ
mas seal to 5-year-old Ammie
llarkley, jr., who is in the state
TB sanitorium at McCain.
The little Harkley boy is one of
a large family near Newport where
tuberculosis has already taken its
toll. His mother and father are
in the sanatorium at Wilson.
Sending of greetings to Ammie
at Christmas time also is requested
by the county tuberculosis society.
Mrs. Martha I,oftin. secretary
treasurer of the organization, an
nounced that by Wednesday of this
week $516.85 had been collected
in the current seal sale If seals
are not bought, many are being re
turned. she said, and return of the
seals is greatly appreciated. They
will be sold at booths throughout
the county Saturday.
Persons who have not received
seals through the mail may pur
chase them then. There will be
booths in Beaufort. Morehcad City,
and Newport.
T. H. Carrow,
Beaufort Native,
Leaves Railroad
Appointment of J. T. Williams
as superintendent of safety of the
Pennsylvania Railroad, with head
quarters at Philadelphia, was an
nounced yesterday. Mr. Williams,
now assistant to the Altoona Works
manager, succeeds T. II. Carrow.
who retired yesterday after more
than 50 years of railroad service,
of which 40 years have been devot
ed to safety work. Mr. Carrow is
a native of Beaufort and on sev
eral occasions has written articles
for THE NEWS-TIMES.
Williams, a native of Jersey City,
N. J., was graduated from the
Stevens Institute of Technology in
1934. and became a special appren
tice on the railroad the following
year, after having worked for the
road 'in various temporary posi
tions while attending school. He
advanced through numerous posi
tions, becoming assistant to the Al
toona Works manager in May 1947.
Mr. Carrow entered railroad
service in 1900. In 1910, after sev
eral promotions, he was appointed
to organize an employee safety pro
gram for the railroad, a pioneering
undertaking in the field. He be
came, successively, safety inspec
tor, supervisor of safety, and, in
1927, superintendent of safety.
Last month he was presented
with a special award of merit by
the railroad section of the National
Safety council, of which he is past
chairman and director. He is a
member of the committee of di
rection, safety section, Association
of American Railroads, and a past
president of the Philadelphia Saf
ety council.
State Utility Commission OKs
Tide Water's New Stock Issue
President Warren W. Bell of
Tide Water Power co., Wilming
ton announced that securities tot
aling $2,500,000 have been approv
ed to finance new electric and gas
construction operations to pro
vide service for new industries
going up in the area the com
pany serves.
Acceptance of company char
ter amendments to legalize of
fering for sale 132,000 shares of
convertible preferred stock by
the State Utilities commission and
the Secretary of States office was
announced in Raleigh this week by
Louis J. Poisson, company counsel
lor. An order making the issue ef
fective was issued shortly after
wards in Washington by the Securi
ties and Exchange commission.
The $25 par-value, $1.35 cumu
lative preferred shares, each con
vertible at the holder's prefer
ence for ten years to common
stock at three-for-one ratio, will
be offered the general public by
December 4.
Tide Water Power common has
paid 60 cents per share and an
nually for several years. Predi
cated on metropolitan market and
company conditions at present first
offerings of the new issue arc ex
pected to be made at around $27
per share.
In addition to speeding up Tide
Water's $3,000,000 expansion pro
gram, which includes complete ren
ovation of gas properties and con
struction of at least one major
transmission line and over fifty
distribution lines mainly in rural
areas, successful sale of the new
stock will "put Tide Water in its
best fiscal condition since it be
came a home-managed utility in
1M4," according to President Bell.
Tide v Water Power company
.
serves some 60,700 customers in
13 counties in southeastern North
Carolina with electricity in 46
towns and incorporated communi
ties in addition to rural customers,
gas in five cities and water in
three. Home offices are in Wil
mington.
As interpreted by H. T. Buch
anan, secretary-treasurer of the
utilities firm, Bell's statement
marks the successful termina
tion of a financing battle waged
determinedly by Bell for seven
years as president of the Tide
Water Power company to render
assets of the company fluid
enough for quick conversion in
to working finances for what Bell
describes as "a home-managed,
home-operated utility."
NEWS TINES Subscription
Price to, Go Up Jan. 1 j
Effective Jan. 1, 1951. the
price of mail subscriptions to
THE NEWS-TIMES will advance
one dollar. Mail subscriptions for
perloda less than a year will ad
vance proportionately.
Subscriptions mailed to ad
dresses in Carteret county will
be S6 a year.
Subscriptions mailed to ad
dresses outside Carteret county
will be S7 a year.
Subscription renewals at the
current rates of S5 a year for
residents of Carteret county and
M a year for those residing out
side the codhty will be accepted
through Dec. 31.
Current Mbscrlptions expiring
on any date In 1951 may be ex
tended another year at the pre*
eat Ball rates provided renewal
notice I* received In THE NEWS
TIMES office by ar a* Dec. 1L
Morehead Man'
involved in Fatal
Accident Friday
Frank Piilman Escapes
Injury When Fish Truck
Goes into Skid
Frank Pittman. 41, of 1012 Shop
ard st.. Morehead City, escaped in
jury Friday night when the large
tractor-trailer he was driving was
involved in an accident in which
two sailors were killed four miles
north of Princess Anne, Md.
I The tractor-trailer was owned by
i Belhaven Fish co.. Morehead City,
i Puck O'Neal of the Belhaven co.,
saic[ the tractor, valued at $6,600,
is believed to be a complete loss
and damage to the trailer has been
estimated at $1,000.
Pittman was returning from New
York where he had taken a load
of fish. The tractor was towed to
the assembly plant in Baltimore
and the trailer to Norfolk for re
pair. Damage to the tractor is cov
ered by insurance. O'Neal said
the tractor-trailer was purchased
about three months ago.
Three persons were hurt in the
accident, in addition to the two
killed. The dead are Thomas Mar
tin, 34, and Eugene Fal low 32.
who were stationed at the Little
Creek, Va., Naval station.
Jetta Sparrow, 24. and Eugene
Fields. 24. also stationed at Little
Creek station, and Lcroy Cannon,
34, Negro of Princess Anne, were
injured.
The state police report on the
accident said:
Cannon was driving his truck
north on U. S. Route 13 when it
skidded and partially blocked the
| highway. He was removed and tak
I en to Peninsula General hospital
at Salisbury, with the truck left un
attended.
Pittman was driving south with
the tractor-trailer and in attempt
ing to avoid the stalled truck, start
ed into a skid.
Martin driving his car north saw
the skid begin and went to the left
side of the road. The car also went
into a skid and went across the
highway into a ditch.
Sparrows and Fields were taken
to the Chincoteague, Va., Naval
Station hospital.
Troopers said no charges had
been filed pending an investiga
tion.
4 Cars Damaged ,
Id Sunday Crash
Four cars were damaged to the
extent of $900 in an accident Sun
day night at 4th and Arendell
st., Morchead City and the driver
of the car, a '35 Ford, which po
lice say caused the smash-up, ap
peared before Mayor George W.
Dill in mayor's court Monday after
noon.
Edgar Bowen, driver, and Nath
an Morris, owner of the car,
were sent by the mayor to record
er's court.
Bowen was charged with driv
ing drunk, causing damage to three
automobiles, carrying a concealed
weapon, and attempting assault.
Morris was charged with pubFic
drunkenness and aiding and abet
ting Bowen.
The Ford hit one parked car
which in turn struck two others.
When police officer, Carl Blorriberg
and Constable Charlie Krouse, ar
rived on the scene, Bowden whip
ped out a .32 pistol which was in
the car.
Officers disarmed him and both
men were put in the town jail un
til court Monday afternoon.
Other cases were against Eliza
beth Jones who was fined $1 for
failure to have a covered re
ceptacle for collection of garbage:
Eddie Jefferson, fined $10 for
public drunkenness; and Bonnie
Kice who paid costs of court for
disturbing the peace.
Supervises Production
Mrs. Betty William Tarpey of
Morehead City is faculty advisor
for the Louisburg College Players'
comedy, "Our Hearts Were Young
and Gay," which will be presented
at the college Dec. 8. In the cast
is Jimmy Willis of Davis.
Tide Table
Ttdei at Beaufort Bar
HIGH LOW
Friday, Dec. 1
12:08 a.m. 6:12 ajn.
12:29 p.m. 7:00 p.m.
Saturday, Dec. 2
1:03 a.m. 7:13 a.m.
1:23 p.m. 7:52 p.m.
Sunday, Dec. 3
2:03 a.m. 8:18 a.m.
2:22 p.m. 8:45 p.m.
Monday, Dec. 4
3:02 a.m. 9:24 a.m.
3:22 p.m. 9:40 p.m.
Tuesday, Dee. 5
4:01 a.m. 10:28 a.m.
4:22 pjn. 10:34 pjn.
Farm Bureau Will Close Membership
Drive with Annual Meeting, fiarbecue
Carteret Fishermen Agree
To Repeal of Obsolete Laws
Following discussion of the num
| erous statutory fishing laws apply
? ins to Carteret county, fishermen
of this area agreed that the obso
lete laws and repetitious laws
should be repealed in the next ses
; sion of the legislature and rcgu
! lations regarding specific situations
in this county should be made by
the commercial fisheries commit
| tee of the Board of Conservation
and Development.
| Carteret fishermen were given
' an opportunity to express their
opinions at a hearing Wednesday
morning at the commercial fisher
i ies building, Morehead City.
This was one of a series of meet- !
, ings conducted this week by the
j commercial fisheries committee at
I points along the coast.
Chairman Presides
Roy Hampton, committee chair
man. presided. He explained that
! numerous laws have been passed
I by the state legislatures from 1900
up to the present and these laws
j .still remain on the books, even
though they are not in effect,
j Because of that fact it is almost
! impossible to tell a fisherman
| what he can or cannot do, the
j chairman remarked. He said that
I many of the laws served their pur
pose and arc now obsolete. He add
| ed, however, that it is not the in
1 tention of the commercial fisher
| ies committee to remove laws that
( should remain.
For that reason the committee
this week was seeking opinions of
| the fishermen themselves.
| The discussion on the statutes
J was conducted by Clifton Beck
! with, assistant attorney general.
Beckwith stated that approximate
ly 3.000 local acts on fisheries have
been passed. The attorney gen
eral's office has gone through all
those acts, he reported, and it is
believed that the next legislature
cart pass statutes applying general
l" 4o t'-.e entire ?oast of the Jlate,
living local regulations for the
' .nous 21 coastal counties to be
?t up by the commercial fisheries
( ommittee.
Suggestion Offered
W. H. Potter, Beaufort Fisheries,
suggested that each coastal county
have a representative as member
of a group which would serve as
an advisory body to the commer
cial fisheries committee. Hampton
said that such an advisory group
was being considered and that fur
ther development along that line
would probably be forthcoming.
Attending the hearing, in addi
tion to about 40 fishermen, were
the following legislators: George
W. Dill, Carteret county; W. J.
Woolard, Washington county; E.
G. Anderson. Martin county; and
Burl G. Hardison Craven county.
Sam M. Campen, senator of the
second district, was also present,
as well as Capt. John Nelson, for
mer fisheries commissioner, C. D.
Kirkpatrick, law enforcement of
ficer of the commercial fisheries
division, and Marion J. Shuffler,
administrative assistant with the
Board of Conservation and Devel
opment.
Members of the commercial fish
eries committee who were present
in addition to the chairman, were
Eric Rodgers, Fred Latham, and
Mrs. Roland McClamroch.
Soil Conservation Officer
To be Elected Dec. 4-9 ?
All qualified PMA voters in the
county may cast a ballot Dec. 4
to 9 inclusive, to elect a soil con
servation supervisor of the Lower
Neuse Soil Conservation district
for Carteret county.
L. W. Howard and Leland Morris
have been nominated. The man re
ceiving the highest number of votes
will serve a three-year term be
ginning Jan. 1, 1951. He will re
place Lawrence A. Garner, jr.
Ballot boxes will be placed at
the court house in Beaufort. L. N.
Conner's store, Harlowe, Roy T.
Garner's store, Newport, James
Young's store, Stella and the Pelle
tier post office.
Scallops Season Opens
Today; Law Changed
C. 1>. Kirkpatrick, law enforce
? ment officer for the commercial
| fisheries division, has announced
that beginning today scallops
may be taken Monday, Wednes
day. and Friday until May 1.
i He mentioned that scallops are
a little more plentiful now than
they have been in many years
and since the season opens on a
Friday, Dec. 1, taking of scal
lops will be permitted on that
day, as well as following Mon
days, Wednesdays, and Fridays.
Heretofore, it was legal to take
scallops only on Monday and
Wednesday. The law on the
method of getting the shellfish
delicacy remains Hie same: eith
er by hand, tongs, or rakes, no
dredges allowed.
Judge Dismisses
Fish Theft Cases
Dewey Willis, Harkers Is
land, Will Be Tried in
Superior Couri
Charles M. Smith and William
(Budda) Collins, charged with
stealing fish several weeks ago at
Lea's fish house in Morehead City,
are free men today.
Judge Lambert Morris in recor
der's court Tuesday dismissed both
cases.
However, the state has reserved
the right to reopen a case against
Smith in which he is charged with
aiding and abetting in larceny of
fish.
A thousand dollar mortgage bond
lias been posted lor the appearance
of Dewey Willis, Markers Island, at
the next term of superior court.
Willis is charged with assault with
a deadly weapon, a knife, with in
tent to kill. Judge Morris found
probable cause and bound the case
over to the higher court.
William Eugene Brinson, charg
ed with careless and reckless driv
ing. gave notice of appeal to su
perior court when he was found
?uilty. He was placed under $200
bond.
Luke Mason was docketed for
trial in three separate cases. In
the first he was charged with tres
passing and assaulting a female.
He pleaded guilty to trespassing
and the charge of assault was dis
missed. In the second case he
pleaded guilty to public drunken
ness and he pleaded guilty also in
the third, a charge of destroying
public property. He was ordered to
pay the costs in all three instances.
Albert Hucks entered a plea of
guilty to the charge of possessing
a small quantity of non tax-paid
whiskey and paid court costs.
A charge of rape against Nelson
Ray Fulford was dismissed. An
other case against Fulford, charg
ing him with resisting arrest and
striking an officer, has been con
tinued arid he has been placed un
der $50 bond. Walton Haywood
Dew forfeited bond when he fail
ed to appear to answer to a charge
of public drunkenness.
Bonds Forfeited
Bonds were forfeited in the fol
lowing speeding cases: George Ron
ald Ballou (also charged with carc
less and reckless driving), George
William Tyndall, and Kenneth F.
Smith. Hermann Worley forfeited
bond also. He was charged with
driving on the wrong side of the
road.
Harold Floyd Fisher received a
six-month sentence, suspended,
when he pleaded guilty to speed
ing and driving drunk. He was also
fined $125 and costs.
George A. Bishop was found
guilty on the charges of driving
without brakes and failing to stop
See COURT, Page 3
It's Really a Family Affair
Lillian Francos Giddens is the I
only black sheep. All the rest are
kin in the cast of "Peek-a-Boo Pen- j
ny," a mystery comedy in three
acts which will be presented for
the second time tonight at 8 o'
clock at the Morehead City school.
Playing roles are Charles Willis,
?lames Willis. Reginald Willis.
Joyce Witlis. Madeline Royal. Bet
ty Ruffin Willis. Dave Battle Webb.
H. S. Gibbs. and Lillian Frances.
Grandfather of the four Willis
boys was a brother to Madeline's
grandmother and to Betty Ruffin's
grandfather whoae name inciden
tally. was "Increase Willii." Si
Gibbs' great great grandfather was
? brother to all Um grandpirtntft I
previously mentioned. Dave Bat
lie Webb's kinship is so fir back
that it would take several para
graphs to explain it. but neverthe
less, it's there, the Willis's declare.
Tressa Royal Vickers, director
of the play, haftiens to be Made
line's sister.
And of course, they're all Bap
tists. The play is being sponsored
by the Baptist Sunday school to
raise money for the building fund.
It was first given on Nov. 17 and
was so well received that a second
presentation was icheduled by pop
ular demand.
Tickets are available at Leary's
in Morehead City or it the door
tonight.
The Carteret County Farm
Bureau will mark the close
of its annual membership
drive Thursday nijrht, Dec.
7, with a barbecue supper
and business meeting at the
American Legion hut west of
Morehead City.
Officers for the coming year will
be elected and the prineipul ad
dress will be delivered by K. Y.
Floyd of the Plant Food institute.
Raleigh.
Floyd, a former tobacco spceial
ist with State College Kxtension
service, and a former official in
.the Production Marketing adminis
tration, is well known throughout
the state, commented R. M. Wil
liams, farm agent.
The Farm Bureau is nearing i
its membership goal for 1951. ae
cording to the report released
I Wednesday from the farm agent's
office. At that time 45 more mem
bers were needed to meet the quo
ta.
Ballots for election of Farm Bu
reau officers were mailed to mem
bers yesterday. They should be
returned by mail to the farm
agent's office or they may be turn
ed in at the Farm Bureau meeting
next Thursday.
Nominees, selected by the board
of directors, are the following:
president. J. R. Ball, Robert Laugh
ton; . vice-president, Milton Truck
ncr, Curtis Pake; chairman, mem
bership drive, Oscar Salter, Neal
Cam pen.
Fruit and vegetable chairman.
11. T. Carraway. Kerney Merrill,
jr.; tobacco. 1). W. Truckner, En
non Mann; swine. T. C. Oglesby.
Harry Loekey; poultry, Gordon
Laugh! on, Raymond Dickinson.
Dairying, J. T. Oglesby, Walter j
Stewart; general crops. John Fel
ton, jr., Leslie Springle; forestry,
L. W. Pelletier, Will Hardcsty;
soil conservation, Floyd Garner,
Leland Morris; sweet potatoes,
Guion Lewis. Brondell Gillikin.
Between 250 and 300 are expect
ed for the barbecue and annual
meeting.
Floyd Jones Heads
Red Cross Chapter
Floyd Jones of Morehead City
has been appointed ehairman of
the Morehead City Ked Cross chap
ter, according to an announcement
from the Southeastern district of
the American Red Cross with head
quarters at Atlanta. He succeeds
Charles Willis who has held the
chairmanship for several years.
Jones announced yesterday that
other officers in the organization
remain the same. Henry White is
treasurer, James R. Sanders, home
service chairman. Mrs. J. C. Taylor,
camp and hospital chairman, and
Gordon C. Willis, disaster chair
man. A Red Cross fund chairman
remains to be appointed, however,
and Jones said this will be done in
the near future.
The Morehead City Red Cross
chapter has been awarded a cer
tificate of merit every year for the
past several years because the quo
tas in each fund drive have always
been exceeded.
"We'll definitely meet the quota
this year," Jones declared. The
fund-raising campaign is scheduled
for March,
The chairman remarked that the
home service committee is active
throughout the year in helping lo
cate living quarters for servicemen
and giving aid on the local level.
Jones, a graduate of the Uni
versity of North Carolina School
of Pharmacy, is employed at More
head City Drug co. While at col
lege he was head of Pharmacy
Senate and he recently established
an award to be given annually to
a pharmacy student.
Used Toy Will Admit
Child to Movie Tomorrow
A used toy will admit a child to
a show for youngsters at 10 o'clock
tomorrow morning at the City
theater, Morehead City.
The toys will be repaired by
Jaycees who will distribute them
to youngsters at the annual Jay
cee Christmas party. The movie
will last until 11:45. according
to George Veach and Bob Howard,
co-chairmen of the Jaycee Christ
mas social committee.
Horticulture Specialists
Will Meet Farmers Monday
Dr. Fred Cochran, head of the
vegetable crops section of the hor
ticulture department. Slate college,
and Harry M. Covington, horticul
ture specialist, will meet with seed
dealers and potato farmers from
2:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. Monday in the
(arm agent's office, Beaufort.
They will discus* methods of
shipping potatoes, washing and
drying equipment, and type and
quality of seeds.
Symphony Drive
Proceeds Well '
Drive Will Continue Nexi
Week, Mrs. Laurence
Vickers Announces
The membership. drive for the
; North Carolina Little symphony
is progressing satisfactorily, Mrs.
Laurence Vickers. chairman, re
ported today, and the drive will
continue next week.
That will give the Beaufort Jun
ior Woman's club, which meets
Monday night, more opportunity to
I contact prospective members there,
Mrs. Vickers commented.
Challengers for the title of most
traveled group in the State disap
j pear as rapidly as fried chicken at
;i church picnic when the record
of the North Carolina symphony
is mentioned.
"We covered 7,000 miles on our
Inst tour and the season 'ahead may
be even more comprehensive," says
Mrs. Benjamin Swalin. represen
tative of the Symphony society who
was here recently to organize the
annual membership drive. More
than 120 concerts were played be
fore thousands of highly-satisfied
listeners last spring, in addition to
75,000 school children in every sec
tion of North Carolina.
Memberships in the society are
now on sale at the civic center,
Morehead City, and 121 Craven st.,
Beaufort.
"The orchestra appeared in some
(>() communities from Manteo to
Murphy," she said, "and during
104050 it visited Tennessee and
Georgia. Millions heard the Sym
phony on NBC's feature program
'Pioneers of Music' last April,
which was broadcast overseas by
i he Voice of America."
Last season was quite different
from the one Conductor Benjamin
Swalin led in 1943. "That :~rr
Jt-w just 13 | and we
were able to reach about 8,000 cnil
dren," Mrs. Swalin said. "The aud
iences have grown tremendously
with the years, so much, in fact,
that last season the orchestra play
ed to students from 418 schools
and performed in 07 schools."
The most rapid growth of the
orchestra has been since 1045 due
to its expansion program. It was
then that the symphony was put
on a professional basis. Since then,
out-of-state engagements in Geor
gia, Tennessee and Virginia have
been filled, and "pop" concerts
have been popular "extras" in sev
eral towns on the regular tour.
"Through articles and picture
stories in Time, Pathfinder, the
state press, and on the radio, the
North Carolina Symphony is not
only gaining national recognition
lor itself, but for all of North Car
olina as well." Mrs. Swalin said.
Truck, Car Collide
On Ann Slreet. Beauiori
Approximately $100 damage was
caused to the rear of a 1950 Pon
tiac driven by Robert PL Howard
of Winston-Salem Wednesday at
1:30 p.m. when a White Milk and
Ice Cream truck ran into the rear
of the car on Ann st., Beaufort.
Both the truck and the car were
entering Beaufort, proceeding east
off the bridge. The truck was be
ing driven by Robert Kittrell of
Morehead City RFD.
Beaufort police said the truck
was following too closely behind
Howard's car. No charges were
preferred.
Sale oi 1950 Automobile
Tags Will Begin Today
The sale of North Carolina State
automobile license plates begins
today through the office of the
Carolina Motor club, Manager
Joyce Vick announces. The club
office is located iQ the loan de
partment of the First Citizens
Bank building. Morehead City.
The new 1951 license plates have
been received and mark a new de
parture in color. Since 1940, state
automobile license plates have
been orange and black. The new
1951 tags will have red numerals
on a white background.
Co only ABC Officer Aids
In Getting Havelock Still
Marshall Ayscue, Carteret coun
ty ABC officcr. accompanicd Crav
on county officers and federal men
Tuesday afternoon when a 100- gal
lon copper still was found in op
eration in the Havelock section
and a white man. whose last nam*
is Johnson, was arrested.
The officers were in hiding and
apprehended Johnson when be
came to the still. The prisoner was
taken to New Bern (or a hearing
before the marshal where he wai
placed under $300 bond lor hi* ap
I pearance in federal coiu$.