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W CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES A Merger of THE BEAUFORT NEWS (ErtablUhed 1912) and THE TWIN CITY TIMES (ErtablUhed 1936) 40th YEAR, NO. 17. EIGHT PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY, FEB. 27, 1951 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS Police Search for Archie Wallace, Negro Jail-Breaker Town Board Hears Recommendation On Election \ to Extend Boundaries Stanley Woodland Takes Position j On Welfare Board Stale Board Names New Ap pointee Who Succeeds C. G. Nelson, Morehead Stanley Woodland, Morehead City, has accepted the appointment to the Carteret county welfare board. The appointment was made recently by the State Board of Pub lic Welfare. Woodland succeeds C. G. Nelson, Morehead City, who has been a member of the board for the past 14 years. At present the new board mem ber is president of the Carteret County Tuberculosis association, chairman of the Carteret District council Boy Scouts of America, and lay reader in St. Paul's Episcopal church, Beaufort. He is a past president of Morehead City Rotary club. Woodland will serve a three-year term and may succeed himself once. Other members of the board are Mrs. T. T. Potter, Beaufort, Cecil Morris, Atlantic, and Thomas C. McGinnis, welfare superinten dent. Or\e member of the board is ap pointed by the state, one by the county and the third by the state and county appointees. Since Nel son Was chairman of the board, a chairman to succeed him will be named at the March meeting. McGinnis commented yesterday that the duties of the welfare board are to appoint the county superintendent, prepare the an nual welfare budgets, handle the old-age assistance and aid-to-depen dent children programs, act in ad visory capacity and help interpret the welfare program. Carteret Ice Co. Wins Award 1 For the third consecutive year Carteret Ice and Coal co., has been awarded a safety certificate by the State Department of Labor for "outstanding work in accident prevention." Following is the letter received by the company president. L. D. Gore, from Forrest H. Shuford, commissioner of labor: "Dear Mr. Gore: "Congratulations on winning our safety award for outstanding work in accident prevention for the third consecutive year. Your De partment of Labor is proud of this splenaid record, and I am sure that > ou and your employees are equal ly as proud. "We are enclosing a special rib bon which has been prepared to show that you have again quali fied for an award. As you know, this award is only a symbol of your remarkable accomplishments. The true value is in the elimina tion of human suffering and the many losses which result from in dustrial accidents. "Again, the North Carolina De partment of Labor congratulates you, your company, and your em ployees for the fine cooperation which has made this award pos sible. "Very truly yours, "Forrest H. Shuford, Commissioner." Recommendation that an elec tion be held as quickly as possible to determine whether Beaufort's town limits shall be extended was made by the Beaufort planning board to Beaufort town commis sioners at a special, public meet ing last night in the town hall. The planning board further def initely recommended that the at j tempt to extend town limits by special legislation be abruptly hal ted. At a public hearing on the ex tension proposal Friday night in Beaufort high school auditorium, the planning board through its chairman. Dr. W. L. Woodard, stated that it had always been op posed both to the special legis lative action and the special se cret session of the town com missioners from which the action mushroomed. But he added the town board has done an excellent job in adminis tration of the town. In their ef forts to improve and better mat ters, they erred in initiating the town extension project, but "they did not intend to do so," declared the planning board chairman. More than 275 persons, the ma jority residents of areas outside Beaufort, attended the Friday night forum. Shortly after it started at 8 o'clock it was apparent that sentiment surged high against ex tension of town limits. When it | ended a little after 10 o'clock it : was as equally apparent that senti 1 ment had strongly veered in the | direction of favoring town limit extension. Blast Administration I During the first hour and a half ' antagonists cited thoir various reas sons for desiring to remain just citizens of the county, wrapping each of their reasons around a gen eral resentment against, as sever al expressed it, "the underhand ed tactics of the town atituriKy and town commissioners to legislate them secretly into the Town of Beaufort." Repeated accusations along this line and against Mayor Hassell by name and the town commission ers as a group, finally brought Wi ley Taylor, town attorney, out of his seat toward the rear of the auditorium and to the front where he said: "I had nothing to do toith the legislative bill. I just drew it." He said the bill had been drawn after "groups of out-of-towners had requested to come into town in a meeting with the commissioners. He did not state what "out - of - towners," or where and when the meeting was held. He said that the present board of commissioners is, "the best board Beaufort has ever had, and of the legislative bill, "I'm fbr it and proud of it." As the meeting continued re sentment against the "Secret leg islative action," gave way before a quickly developed sentiment of wanting the "right to vote." And both antagonists and protagonists of extension jumped on that band wagon. Except for use of just one pro fane word, and that a word a fire and brimstone preacher wouldn't be able to preach without, but which, nevertheless was ruled out ol order by Chairman Woodard, the meeting was both orderly and thoughtful. The preponderant majority, whether in^owners or out-of-town ers sensed the objective desire of the planning board to explain the proposal and to leave decision on it to the people. "It is not the aim of this board to ram anything down your throat." Dr. Woodard staled. "The object See TOWN BOARD, Page 8 Pawnbroker Aids in Capture Of Youth Who Admits Slaying Japanese Student Visits Rotarians Masami Koizumi Will En-! roll March 19 as Senior Ai University Masami Koizumi of Japan, who will enroll as a senior Monday, March 19, at the University of North Carolina, is visiting Carteret county Rotary clubs this week. Koizumi's study in this country has been arranged and will be paid for by Botary clubs of the 279th Ro tary district. He visited Newport Rotarians last night, will speak at Beaufort Rotary club tonight and Morehead City Rotary club Thursday night. For five years Koizumi has serv ed as interpreter for the United States Army. Navy and Marine corps in Japan. He was interpret er for Jean Booth, former 279th district governor, when Booth was sent to Japan to aid in reorgan ization of schools under the Army occupation program. Koizumi arrived at San Francis co Feb. 1 and since that time has been visiting Rotary clubs in this district. While in Carteret county he will be the guest of various Ro tary club members. He spent last night at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Al Walker, Newport. . % , j The Rev. T. R. Jenkins, 'pastor j of Ann Street Methodist church, Beaufort, and president of Beau fort Rotary club, announced today that Koizumi will speak tomorrow night at the mid week prayer meet- 1 ing in the church. Government Needs More Engineers ' College students of engineering or one of the physical sciences who expect to graduate within nine months arc being offered another opportunity to compete in the jun ior scientist and engineer exam ination. Ordinarily the junior scientist and engineer examination is held only once each year. Because of the heavy demand for physicists, chemists, metallurgists, mathemat icians, electric scientists and engi neers in the government service it has become necessary to rcan nounce the examination. In addi tion the usual written test has been waived. Applicants will be judged instead on the basis of their train ing and experience. Entrance salaries of the posi tions to be filled as a result of this examination are $3,100 and $3,825 a year. The positions are located at various Federal installations in Maryland, Virginia, North Caro lina, and West Virginia. Applica tions should be sent at once to the Director, Fourth U. S. Civil Serv ice Region. Temporary "R" Build ing. 3rd and Jefferson Drive, S.W., j Washington 25, D. C. Complete details and application blanks may be obtained from Les lie C. Long at the Morehead City post office. Coast Guard Cutter Agassis Pays v Visit to Frying Pan Slwals Lightship Once a month the U. S. Coast Guard Cutter Agassiz has an easy job. That is to take relief crew men and supplies,, including movie films, out to one or both of the lightships and bring back lightship crewmen who have been tossing about for 30 days either on the Diamond Shoals or the Frying Pan. Usually, when the Agassiz is a way from its Morehcad City dock, the weather is about as foul as it ever gets and the cutter is off on a rescue mission. Those are the trips armchair mariners like to read about. Last Thursday the Agassiz went out to Frying Pan lightship, 84 miles southwest of Morebead City and about 30 miles east of South port. When she left the dock at 0:45 a.m., a 23 to 30-mile northwest wind was ruffling port waters into a porcupine hide, and outside, pushing six or ten foot waves to ward Bermuda. But Frying Pan had radioed that weather out their | way was moderating and that by 5:40 p.m., when the Agassiz would reach her, seas would be calm enough to "work her." Some crewmen of the Agassiz were dubious about the reliability of the Frying Pan weather fore cast and were advising that, no matter how sick, it was really very, very unwise to lie down flat in the head. "If you do," one of them said, "you'll just be trampled to death and we'll have to lay to for a sea funeral, which will make things worse yet." Past the last sea buoy, course for Frying Pan was set, and call for 11 o'clock dinner was heard. And it sure was everything the word dinner connotes. T-bone steak, German fried potatoes, bak ed beans, string beans, tomato and lettuce, hot bread and butter, cof fee. milk and some kind of fancy dessert. As the sun turned down from its noon high, waves and wind did likewise, and the 125-foot cutter slipped along smoothly with a heavy push from behind from the waves that were still running fair ly strong. The lightship relief crewmen sprawled over the deck, naked to the waist, getting in the first layer of a sun-tan which would probably be deepened to near-blackness by the end of their 30-day stint. At 4:30 p.m. came the supper See COAST GUARD, Pace I New York ? (AP) ? An alert pawnbroker on Saturday trapped a 22 year-old youth who police said admitted killing a trusting Florida constable with his own gun Feb. 17. The constable, Luther Hardison, Coral (tables, Fla., was uncle of C. S. Hardison. jr., 1511 Shepard st., Mo re head City. The youth was caught when he tried to sell his gun for $15 at a Manhattan pawnshop. Police said the man, Harry Mullis, jr., admit ted killing Hardison near Mobile, Ala., while he was being taken from Los Angeles to Miami to lace a burglary charge. This is the story police told of Mullis' capture: Mullis walked into the pawnshop of Harry Weisenberger, laid a large revolver on the counter and offered to sell it for $15. Weisenberger, his suspiciosn a roused when he noticed the gun held a single cartridge, went to an unobserved part of the shop and called police. He held Mullis in conversation until three detectives arrived. Mullis reached for his pocket as the detectives pounced on him. After they subdued him, they found in the pocket a pen-type tear gas gun and bullets for the revolv er. Questioned at a mid town police ; station. Mullis admitted the slay ing between sobs and then fainted. Revived, he said, "1 feel better now. 1 couldn't sleep and 1 was scared to death to be taken back." Hardison had refused to hand cuff Mullis as they left Los Angeles by car. saying "there is no such thing as a bad boy. 1 have four children of my own." His buUfl^ riddled body was found in a dmJ* Saturday, Feb. 17. According to police, Mullis gave these details of the killing: He said he was driving the car j between Pascagoula, Miss., and Mobile, and faked weariness. When . Hardison started to get out of the ' car to change drivers, Mullis grab bed up his gun from the seat and fired. He stole $200 from the dead man's pockets, and drove back to New Orleans where he abandoned the car. He hitched-hiked north by way of Fort Worth and Chica go. arriving here five or six days ago. While here he sold blood to a blood bank to get money. Hardi son's $200 went for clothing, food and lodging, and he had only $1.05 in his pockets when arrested. Police said Mullis, who said his home was Jacksonville, Fla., told them when he was 13 he was sen tenced to 10 years in Marianna, Jackson county, Fla., reformatory for housebreaking. He served sev en and one naif years, he said. Clab Women Study Music at ECTC Three home Demonstration elub members, Mrs. Roy West, Mrs. Michacl Mason, and Mrs. Cleve land Gillikin, also Mrs. Carrie Gil likin. home agent, and Mrs. T. T. Potter of Beaufort, are attending a music appreciation training course at East Carolina Teachers college today. The course is being offered by the extension service, State col lege. in connection with a propos ed home demonstration club pro gram on music appreciation. It is being taught by Dr. R. R. Willman. director of music, ECTC. Mrs. Potter has been requested by Mrs. Gillikin to assist in bring ing the music appreciation pro ject to Carteret club members. Mrs. Gillikin also announced to day the following Home Demon stration club meetings to be held this week: Russell's Creek, 7:50 p.m. today with Mrs. George Rus sell; Williston. 7:30 p.m. tomorrow with Mrs! Adelaide Mason. Core Creek Harlowe club, 2 p.m. Thursday with Mrs. Michael Mason; Bettit, 7:30 p.m. Friday with Mrs. Gardner Gillikin. The Bettie club has changed its regular meeting night from the first Thursday of each month to the first Friday. Oriental Man Wounded Cpl. Jennings B. Caraway, son of Mrs. Senie M. Caraway. Oriental, has been wounded in Korea, ac cording to an announcement re ceived today from the Department of Defence. Beaufort police and Carteret county authorities were turning things upside down yesterday morning in search of Archie Wallace, Beaufort Negro, who escaped from the county jail at 11 :30 Sunday night. Wallace entered jail one week ago Sunday, charged with theft of United States government property, county property, breaking and entering the county garage and County's 1951 March of Dimes Nets $4,000 Miss Anna Lou Laughton, Beaufort, Wins Queen Title at Dance The March of Dimes, climaxcd in Carteret county wtih a dance Thursday night. netted $4,000. The goal was $7,200, the same as last year but this year's collections were $1,000 less than in 1950, re ported A. 11. James, March of Dimes chairman. Miss Anna Lou Laughton of Beau foil school, was crowned March of Dimes queen by Grover Munden of Morehead City. The coronation took place at the dance which was held in the former USO, More head City. Others competing for the title were Jan Davis, also of Beaufort school; Lena Taylor. Atlantic; Rebecca Davis, Markers Island; Barbara Willis, Lois Willis, and Luetta Lewis of Morehead City; Geneva Hhue, Newport, and Joyce Willis, Smyrna. The March of Dimes ball was originally scheduled for Saturday night. Feb. 3. but had to be post poned until Feb. 22 because of the snowstorm Feb. 3. James commented, " In spite of the fact that our goal was not attained, I feel the campaign was a success. I belive the quota for our county was excessive. The state goal was a million dollars and per capita, our collection was in keeping with the state quota. "1 pa rlif larr want t<j thRr^. all those who participated in th?; cam paign". he continued, "the con testants in the queen contest and their teams who sold tickets to the ball, WMBL who sponsored the queen contest program, chairmen in the various communities, con tributors and THE NEWS-TIMES. He added that the dance netted approximately $250 of which $153 was received at the door. The town of Morehead City gave the rec reation center, tree of charge, to the March of Dimes for the ball. Duke Scientist . Studies Rare Fish Dr. Henry Kritzlcr, resident inves tigator at Duke Marine laboratory, Pivcr's Island, is extremely pleas ed about recent rare fish finds. One fish, a naked sole, was locat ed at Ottis Fish market, Morehead City, and the other fish were taken on the Dixie B. Carroll Willis, cap tain. * The Dixie B. is owned by Davis Brothers, Beaufort. The naked sole, now reclining in formaldehyde in Dr. Kritzler's office, is extremely rare. It has no scales and no teeth. It's a rela tive. Dr. Kritzlcr says, to the "hog choker, " a Little sole found in these waters. The naked sole, looking some what like a closer relative to the zebra ? it has black and white stripes was discovered by the scientist in a big mound of puf fers (blow-fish) at Ottis's fish mar ket, Morijhcad City. Dr. Kritzler has not certainly identified the creature as yet. He says if it's one type of naked sole, this is oply the fifth or sixth that has ever come into a scientist's hands and if it's another kind, it is probably only the first or second to be recorded by a scientist. The naked sole, now in the pos session of Dr. Kritzler, is about 3 1/2 inches wide and about 4 inches long. Its two eyes are x>n the top - side, like a flounder to which it is distantly related. There is no pectoral fin on the blind side and the pectoral fin on the eye side is very degenerate. The naked sole turned up in a catch made by Captain Herman of the Victory 12 miles east of Knuc kle buoy. Approximately two dozen rare fish were taken by the Dixie B off Diamond lightship Feb. 12, 1951. Dr. Kritzler says that six of these are extremely rare. Among the finny treasures were deep big-eyed, round batfish, sand diver, red scorpion fish, swellfish, phoebe, squirrel fish and goat fish. Dr. Kritzler will gratefully ac cept any type sea creature believed by fishermen to be rare. court house and driving without a driver's license. Wallace was ap prehended following a fire in the court house Sunday morning. Feb. 18. Authorities believe Wallace is responsible for theft of a station wagon on Fiver's Island and at tempts to open the tax collector's safe in the court house. The at tempted robbery preceded the fire. " Sheriff C. G. Holland places Wal lace's time of exit with a fellow prisoner. James Foole Chadwifk, at 11:30 because the jailer. Deputy Sheriff Km Chapman, checked at 11:10 and the prisoners were still there. Chadwick has been recap tured. Mother Fhones It was not known that the pris oners had escaped until Chadwick's mother phoned police and told them that her son and Wallace were out of jail. According to the sheriff, the two hack-sawed their way to freedom. Both were on the first floor of the jail. Sheriff Holland said that the bars were supposed to be hack saw proof. Jail breaks are becom ing common occurrence, Billy King Taylor, another prisoner, left jail via a window last month. Homes Searched Beaufort police have searched several homes where Wallace was believed to be hiding. The sheriff, when asked if he thought the es capee was still in the county, re plied. "1 wouldn't be in the county if 1 were he!" Chadwick was in jail, charged with breaking and entering Hill's grocery store. Front street, the night of Jan. 28, and theft of cig arettes. candy, chewing gum. and pocket knives. He has been in the hands of police on many occasions j and has also served time on the i roads. County Gets OK On Federal Funds For Local Schools H. L. Joslyn, county superintend ent of schools, reported yesterday that he has received from the Fed eral Security agency, office of ed ucation, approval for expenditure of $229,278 in fcdc&il funds for school improvements in Carteret county. This entitlement does not mean, he explained, that the county will receive the money immediately. That is the maximum amount the government will allow to compen sate for the strain on county schools due to the influx of child ren whose fathers arc affiliated with military installations near here. Now application is necessary for a portion of that amount for spe cific purposes. On advise of a federal representative of the of fice of education, Carteret county has requested two-thirds of the amount for Newport and Camp Glenn schools. That application was mailed Feb. 13, the superin tendent stated. Approval of federal funds for Carteret county schools is the re sult of more than a year of work and recent frequent trips to Ral eigh by Joslyn to confer with state board of education officials. 150 Chicks Die in Fire At Burnley Feed Store One hundred fifty chicks died in a fire at Rumlcy's Feed and Seed store. Front street, Beaufort, Fri day morning. Also lost was an oil burner, be ing used as a brooder. The fire started when the oil burner explod ed, James Rumlcy, owner and man ager of the store, stated. Damage and loss, estimated at $200, is cov ered by insurance. Beaufort fire department ans wered the alarm at 11:25 and re turned to the station in 30 min utes. Tide Table Tides at Beaufort Bar HIGH LOW Tuesday, Feb. 27 12 Midnight 12:03 p.m. 6:07 a.m. 6:10 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 28 12:43 a.m. 1:01 p.m. 7:10 p.m. 7:09 a.m. Thursday, March 1 1 :S0 a.m. 2:09 p.m. 8:21 a.m. 8:22 p.m. Friday, March 2 3:04 a.m. 3:24 pjn. 9:34 a.m. 9:38 p.m. Operation Piano Nets > Woman9 s Club $2,318.50 NEWS-TINES Faim Edition to Appear Friday The Carteret County NEWS TIMES annual farm edition Hill appear Friday in tabloid fornv The issue will earry farm news of loeal interest and articles on the statewide agriculture pro gram. businessmen interested in placing their farm merchan dise be/ore Carteret county's farmers by running ads in Fri day's edition should contact THE NEWS-TIMES office no later than 4 p.m. today. Bills Relating To County Rest With Committees The bill exempting Newport from the regulations of the Cherry Point Air Station zoning arid or dinance is now in the hands of the committee on counties, cities, and towns and the bill extending Car teret county's tax collector to four years, to run concurrently with county commissioners, has been re ferred to judiciary II committee. Assemblyman George W. Dili m troduccd the /ftning exemption bill Monday night and the Urm-exten sion bill Wednesday. Neither com mittee. to which the bills have been referred, has reported on them as yet. To dale, Carteret county's as semblyman has introduced three bills, the two above, and the Inll which makes it unnecessary lor an officer of the law to reside in the precinct where he makes an arrest. Much Oratory Dill stated yesterday that the most or.. ' y ? has yet heard on the flooi of Ihe hoti.se look plaee lasl N^th d,'baU' on ul"'""'r worth Carolina should ratify the proposed amendment to the United state, constitution limitinK Ihe presidents, term of office to two terms. ? amendment was approved after Ihey reviewed the whole history of Ihe United Status." com menled Dill. Thursday s hearing on Ihe I'owell street .id bill was .he largest put, lie hearing lo dale, ihe assembly man reported. There were so many people that the hearing was moved Irom the committee room lo Ihe comml , h"""' Tht' f,nanct' coma uttee reported favorably on }{* ,b.'" aml ,hl' bi? now noes l? the floor of the house. The Sen ate has already passed it. Attending the hearing were rep rescntativcs of towns all over the stale, including Mayor W. I. |w r'slison. Morchead City, and Com missioner M. T. Mills. The bill which would restore Judge Luther Hamilton's retire ment pay has been referred to the committee of court and judicial districts and should be reported out this week, Dill stated. l-iquor Hearing The committee on propositions and grievances, which sets all li quor bills, conducted a public hear ins last week There was much dls cussion and reviewing of statistics, Carteret s assemblyman said Proponents of a slate wide li quor referendum declared that as things now stand, there is a lot of transportation of liquor into dry counties whereas the state either wet or dry would eliminate thai and also said ihe present sys tem is undemocratic. Opponents of ihe liquor refer. ,. vtT^n0 as tlu,,r 'Pokesman Victor Bryant of Durham, refuted !n? 1h f"I^Ta"C ar^urnt'nl by slat 'hat ,he "Wem is being op w?v zHH? ln,ihe ?nly dem"<-T?tic adding that a statewide li quor referendum would impose the will Of one group on Ihe other. J ' ",a,ed ,hi|t the committee on propositions and grievances, may meet again next week. A report by the committee has not been made yet. Carteret's assemblyman said that fuMry/y ?f 'hC PaSt Weck wa? full of committee meeting,. Coun Hn '.J;1 ' and ,owns also con ntwelr h? PHb'IC hrar,n? <"? Pio posed boundary changes for the h^t" hi.,".? Unt1..0',Ve No 4oU' un that bill ha# been taken as yet. Nursing Classes Postponed J. ,pock' Be??fort. home nursing instructor in the civil de ednZL?r0Jr"" announc ed yetterday thai home nursing ed ,0 s,srt lh"i week nTnSi P?l"Ponf<l indefinitely Pending recovery of Mrs. Ipock trom an ankle injury. Lots of folks said it coudn't be done, but they were wrong. Raised in Operation Piano last week was $2,318.50. The campaign sponsored by the Morehead City Woman's club, was launched Wed nesday and ended Saturday. Its purpose was to raise money for purchase of a grand piano for Morehead City school. Mrs. Da r den Eure, in charge of the campaign, said that approxim ately $2,800 is needed for purchase and for that reason more contri butions of any amount will be appreciated by the Woman's club. To Appoint Committee Mrs. K. A. Council, president of the club, will appoint a committee of Woman's club members this week to select the type of grand piano to be purchased. Mrs. Eure stated that bids will be requested and the instrument bought at the lowest possible price. The Woman's club and Mrs. Eure today expressed their appreciation lo everybody who participated in Operation Piano civic organiza tions. canvassers, and individual contributors. Track Contributes j The largest contribution, $500, was received from the Carolina j Racing association, $50 each from Maola. White Ice Cream and Milk ! co., and T. A. Loving co., and $25 : from the Atlantic and East Caro lina railroad. There were numer ( oiis individual contributions of $25 also. j Mrs. Eure remarked that she was ! extremely pleased with the results and thanks is due anyone who sup ported the campaign morally or otherwise. Several Beaufort resi dents also contributed, she added. Two programs climaxing the campaign took place Saturday at the municipal building where Op eration Piano headquarters were located. The high school band played at the morning program. Present at the afternoon program were Geor#e W. Dill Carteret county's representative in the leg islature. Mrs. Council, Grover Mun den, chairman of the Operations Piano public relations committee, I Miss Ann Arthur, and Ralph Wade, music instructors at the school. I Persons who wish to contribute to purchase of the piano should j contact Mrs. Harden Eure, 6-3297 or Mrs. Council, 6-3012. Businessmen Hear D. Strawbridge Duanc Strawbridge, program ad visor for the southeastern division of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States, told members of the Morehead City chamber of commerce Friday night at the civic center that individual citizens should show more interest in gov ernment affairs. He said that one of the most im portant duties of local chambers of commerce is to present both sides of government issues to the people and urge them to make their decisions known to their rep resentatives in Washington. Chambers of commerce can do that, he continued, by sponsoring forums, discussing current events and legislation .and sponsoring debates in high schools. Strawbridge deplored the apathy of Americans in voting and point ed out that it is the ddty of the chamber of commerce to help ;iwakcn them and make them rea lize the value of visiting the polls. The speaker told of the chamber of commerce's activities in de fense and described the produci tive capacity of the coutnry. He also commented on defense pur chasing contracts. Invited to the meeting in addi tion to Morehead City chamber of commerce members, were mem bers of the Beaufort chamber of commerce. , Track, Anlo Collide Sunday on Merrimon Road Willie Budget, route 1 Beaufort, has been charged with careless and reckless driving as the result of an accident at 3:15 Sunday afternoon on the Merrimon road Budget, driving a 1937 Chevro let, collided with a 1940 Ford truck operated by Mrs. Nannie Arthur, route 1 Beaufort. Accord ing to t'pl. W. S. Clagon who in vetitigated, Mrs. Arthur was at tempting to turn into the resi dence of George Martin when the Chevrolet struck the truck on the left side. Damage to Budget's ear has been estimated at $100. There was only slight damage, if any, to the. truck.
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