W CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES
40th YEAR, NO. 29. TWO SECTIONS TEN PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY, APRIL 10, 1951 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
The Memakis Family Sets Off
For a Visit to Famous Greece
Three Vehicles
Damaged in Two
Weekend Mishaps
Two motor vehicle accidents
Saturday were investigated by
state highway patrolmen. One
accident happened at 7 o'clock
Saturday night on highway 24 and
the other at 5:50 p.m. Saturday on
the Merrimon road. No one was
injured.
. The accident on highway 24 oc
curred when a 1946 Hudson pick
up truck driven by Aaron Stanton
Taylor of route 1, Newport, attemp
ted to make a turn in the vicinity of
the O. E. Smith service station,
Bogue.
A 1948 Pontiac, driven by John
T. Pace, jr., Cherry Point, attempt
ed to pass the truck at the same
time and a collision resulted
Damage to the truck was estimated
at $50 and to the car $100. No char
'gps were preferred. Patrolman J
W. Sykes investigated.
Carl Leon Fulcher of route 1
Beaufort, was involved in the ac
cjdent on the Merrimon road which
occurred at Lynch's bridge, nine
miles east of Beaufort.
Fulcher, driving a 1950 Ford thre
quarter ton truck, was headed
east on the Merrimon road. He
rounded a curve and as he ap
proached the bridge struck the
side rail in a attempt to avoid hit
ting another vehicle on the bridge.
He skidded 250 feet and turned
over in a ditch. The right side of
the truck was slightly damaged,
according to Patrolman W. E. Pick
ard who investigated. He was as
sisted by Patrolman H. G. Woolard.
No charges were preferred.
Lions fo Sponsor
Donkey Ball Game
To stage a donkey baseball game
is the objective of Lion Albert Me
Elmon and his committee. The de
cision was made Thursday night
after Lions club members heartily
approved the amusing contest
^hich pits themselves against some
mother local, foolhardy team. They
hope to play two consecutive nights
sometime in May.
Though Lions are old hands at
this four-legged baseball, the con
tests promise to be as colorful as
ever. Experience or not, players
never can be sure just what the
donkey will do next. McElmon
hopes that this year's games will be
?as well attended as those in the
past.
Members also voted to dispense
with next week's meeting and at
tend, instead, the chamber of com
merce banquet April 12 at the Blue
Ribbon club.
Frank Moran staged a short Dr.
1 Q. program, wherein facts about
lome local citizen's life were given
?the object being for Lions to
juess who the prominent individ
ual was who was described. But
the game didn't last long. Presi
dent J. G. Bennett immediately
won the prize for guessing Dr.
John H. Bunn, and the game was
/ over.
Beaufort, Morehead Fire
Departments Answer Calls
Beaufort and Morehead City fire
departments put out a grass fire
and a brush fire during the past
several days.
Beaufort firemen were called to
the Beaufort - Morehead City cause
way Saturday afternoon where
burning trash spread flames to
> dry marsh grass which in turn
threatened to destroy railroad ties
piled by the railroad track.
At 3 p.m. Thursday. Morehead
City firetnen battled a Salter Path
brushfire for 15 minute before
controlling the flames.
A false alarm was turned in at
box 19, Port Terminal at 3:30 yes
terday afternoon.
Chief Grady Bell announced that
Saturday's square dance at the
recreation center was successful
and that another will be held this
Saturday.
Mayor Levies $90 is Cods,
Fines in Court Yesterday
A total of $90 in fines and costs
were levied on seven men found
feuilty of public drunkenness in
yesterday's session of mayor's
court, with Mayor W. L. Derrick
son presiding. One defendant, Joe
Stanley, paid $10 and coats for
apeeding.
Virgil (Dick) Brinkley was fin
ed $20 and Guy Van forfeited $20
for not appearing in court. Ed
,Fitipa trick, Wheeler Gaskill, Leo
GallUcin, Charlie Wickiier. and
lUchard Mobley each paid $10 and
John Memakis
Six Represent
Carteret County
At Medical Session
Five physicians and a dentist
from Carteret county attended the
Second District Medical society
meeting Friday night at Washing
ton, N. C. They were Dr. B. F.
Royal, Dr. John Morris, both of
Morehead City; Dr C. S. Maxwell,
Dr. John Way, Dr. N. T. Ennett,
and Dr. W. L. Woodard, all of
Beaufort.
Speakers were Dr. W. M. Nich
olson of Duke hospital. Dr. Clark
Rodman of Washington. N. C., and
Dr. D. A. Samms of Marshall.
Dr. Nicholson spoke on thyroid
diseases and told the physicians
that there is great hope that drugs
may soon replace surgery in treat
ment of thyroid ailments. Dr. Rod
man read a pap^r on cortisone, the
drug used to combat arthritis, and
Dr. Samms, who is Madison coun
ty's representative in the legisla
ture, discussed < jislation of inter
est to members of the medical
profession.
Dr. J. W. Mewborn of Farmville,
Pill county, was elected president
of the second district for the com
ing term and Dr. E. B. Aycock
of Greenville was elected secretary
treasurer.
The second district, which con
sists of 10 counties, met in More
head City last year. Dr. John
C. Tayloe, retiring president, of
Washington, N. C., presided at Fri
day's meeting which was held at
the Country Golf club.
Charles Simpson
Commands VFW
Charles N. Simpson was install
ed Thursday night as commander
of the Jones Austin post. No. 2401,
Veterans of Foreign Wars, at a
joint installation service with the
auxiliary in the VFW rooms, Beau
fort.
The installing officer was Hugh
Salter, Beaufort, commander of the
post for the past two years.
Other officers in addition to
Simpson are Johnny C. Parkins,
senior vice-commander; Durward
Lewis, junior vice-commander;
David Modlin, chaplain: Frank W.
Heslep, quartermaster; Gene
Smith, judge advocate; James Ma
son, surgeon; and John N. Miller,
past commander, will serve as
trustee for the coming three years.
Officers of the auxiliary are as
follows: Mrs. Frances Mitchell,
president; Mrs. Hugh Salter, sen
ior vice-president; Mrs. Edna Hes
lep. junior vice-president; Mrs.
Novella Dunn, secretary; Mrs.
Jeanne Moffatt, treasurer.
Mrs. Lucy Gilmorc, Mrs. Mof
fatt, Mrs. Dorothy English, Mrs.
Lucy Eubanks, color bearers: Mrs.
May Keagle. patriotic instructor;
and Mrs. Lillian Pigott, musician.
The district VFW meeting will
take place at the recreation cen
ter in Morehead City Friday and
Saturday. A dance Saturday night
with Herb Carter and his orches
tra from East Carolina college will
Provide the music. The public is
invited.
Tide Table
Tides at Beaufort Bar
HIGH
LOW
Tuesday. April 1?
10:40 a.m.
11:01 p.m.
4:44 a.m.
4:40 p.m.
Wednesday, April U
11:20 a.m.
5:25 a.m.
5:20 p.m.
11:44 p.m.
Thursday, April It
12 Midnight
12:07 p.m.
6:09 a.m.
6:07 p.m.
Friday, April 11
12:31 a.m.
1:00 pja.
7:00 pan.
7:02 a.m.
By Lockwood Phillips
John Antonio Memakis of More
head City emigrated alone form
Greece to the United States in 1913
when he was 22 years of age. He
landed at New York with $150 in
United States currency in his pock
et.
On Thursday of this week, John
Antonio Memakis and the four fem
inine members of his family will
occupy a bridge deck suite on the
American Lines new luxury liner
S. S. Independence when she sails
at 11:30 in the morning from New
York for the Mediterranean ports
of Gibraltar, Naples, Cannes, Gen
oa and Pereaus.
At Pereaus Mr. and Mrs. Memak
is, their daughter Thelma, and
their married daughter, Mrs. Nich
olas Galantis and her daughter,
Koulla Johnise, will disembark
from the Independence and pass
the following two or three months
touring Greece.
Length of their stay abroad will
be governed by the war situation
and their return trip will be made
as expediency demands, either by
plane or ship.
Operates Cafe
John Memakis is best known in
Carteret county as proprietor of
the Busy Bee cafe on Arendell st.,
Morehead City. Little is publicly
S known of him, yet he is one of the
county's most important business
figures. His real estate holdings
are numerous and include part
ownership of the Hotel Fort Ma
con.
His first job in America was in
a hotel in New York. It paid $25
a month the work day was 12
hours, the work week was seven
days. Sign language was used to
direct him in his duties because he
comprehended not as much as one
word of English. The language he
knew was the language in which
the New Testament was composed
Greek.
By 1916 he had learned enough
of the English language to be ac
See MEMAKIS. Page 2, Sec. 2
Odd Fellows Offer
Hall 'For Defense'
The Odd Fellows lodge of Beau
tort has offered its lodge hall for
use in the civil defense program.
Gene Smith, defense director,
announced today that the hall will
be used as a meeting place for
1 first aid and home nursing classes.
The Odd Fellows have also coop
erated by requesting each member
to volunteer for some phase of
work in the defense program.
Should it be necessary, the hall
will also be used as a place to take
casualties. Smith added.
The civilian defense director
spoke Thursday night at an Odd
Fellows meeting and to Boy Scouts
who have been organized as a
messenger unit. He commented
that all the Scouts cooperated 100
per cent in the night alert two
weeks ago. x
The civil defense committee will
meet Thursday night at 7:45 in
the director's office in the Merrill
Professional building.
Legislators Hope
Adjournment Will
Come Saturday
George W. Dill, Jr., Terms
Present Period as Dan
gerous Time in Assembly
Legislators returned to Raleigh
yesterday, hoping that the general
assembly will adjourn this coming
Saturday. George W. Dill, jr., Car
teret's representative, commented
Saturday that "this is a dangerous
period in the legislature. Unless
you watch carefully, something
awful might get through."
He was referring to the rush and
scramble to get local bills jammed
into the hopper and made law be
fore the legislature adjourns.
Committees Dissolved
All the house committees were
dissolved yesterday and new bills
arc now referred directly to the
calendar committee. "If the bill
isn't drawn exactly right or if the
title doesn't clearly explain what
it's about, it more than likely will ;
get the ax," Dill remarked.
Carteret's legislator introduced
last week a bill which would au- 1
thorize the State Board of Conscr- j
\'ation and Development to levy a j
tax up to 30 cents a bushel on (
clams shipped out of this state in |
Ihe shell. The tax at present is 6
cents.
The bill was introduced at the
request of Carteret county clam
dealers. It was drawn by the
Board of Conservation and Devel
opment and recommended by the
board.
The measure, numbered HB
1130. is designed to prevent Vir
ginia dealers from taking young
clams from North Carolina clam
beds, replanting them in Virginia
waters and then selling them later
in competition with North Caro
lina clams. Dill explained.
In regard to two bills which were
requested to be returned to com
mittee last week for unfavorable
report (see today's issue, page 2,
"Reversal in Senate" story) Dill
said that the proposed legislation
will be reported out favorably a
gain this week as substitute bills.
The measure referred to eodifi-^
cation of the state's fishing rcgi?
lations and licensing out-of-state
trawlers. Carteret's legislator re
marked that the bills had been in
adequately drawn and were "work
ed over by the committee two days |
and nights."
Zoning Bill
Also introduced by Dill last
week was a bill to create the New
port Township Zoning commis
sion. Passed by the House were
bill 847, transferring certain de
linquent Carteret county taxes to
the debt service fund and bill 1016
providing for revaluation of prop
erty in Carteret county.
The Senate passed HB 846 which
fixes fees charged by the register
of deeds of Carteret county.
Dill attended the party for leg
islators given by Representative
Joe King Thursday night. "I never
saw such a crazy thing in all my
life," he declared. Legislators serv
ed as waiters. Page boys attended
the party and turned the tables by
running the legs off the waiters.
Mrs. Joe King sang Gay Nineties
songs while old-timey movie slides
were shown and then the climax
See LEGISLATORS, Page 5
Shell Tankers , Visitors to Morehead
Port , Derive Names from Sed Shells
Teen-Age Servicemen
Engage in Fighl Friday
A fight among teen-age Coast
Guardsmen at Jack's, a road house
on the Lennoxville road, was set
tled by the sheriff's department
and the Coast Guardsmen's com
manding officer Friday night.
Sheriff C. G. Holland said that
no one was seriously hurt, that
the boys were in for one night and ;
were due to shove off the next ,
morning. No charges were prefer- |
red.
Louis Johnson, Lennoxville. re
ceived contusions, bruises, and la
cerations of the scalp and nose
in a fight at Jack's Saturday nigbt.
Two Can Taayle Fenders
In Beaniort Snnday J
An accident occurred at 3 p.m.
Sunday on Queen St.. Beaufort,
when cars driven by Ralph Loom
is Herring of Kinston and Rome
Martin. 601 Broad St.. Beaufort,
tangled fenders. Police Chief
Louis B. Willis and G. R. Springle
investigated. Damage was estimat
ed at $32.
Beaufort police also booked Je
dicah Green, Roy Fulford, Cal
vin Sampson, and Elijah Hardesty
for public intoxication. The cases
were scheduled for bearing before
Mayor L. W. Hassell yesterday
afternoon.
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By Ruth Peeling ?
Frequent visitors to the port of
Morehead City are the Shell tank
ers I*abiosa, Paludina, and Patella,
rhe Labiosa sailed from Morehead
City for Norfolk Thursday after
discharging 26,000 barrels of as
phalt which were pumped from the
vessel to the Trumbull Asphalt
Co.. Morehead City.
A marine icientist may begin
to wonder upon reading the names
of the three tankers mentioned
above, because each is named for a
sea shell. That is a traditional
policy of the Shell Oil co., which
has 130 tankers under the British
[lag and 44 under the Dutch flag.
The various classes of ships be
gin with different letters of the
alphabet. Twelve, including the
Labiosa, begin with L. Others in
that class arc the I.ampania, Le
tia, Latirus, Limbulus. I-epton, Li
matula, Linga, Lingula, Liparus,
Lotorium, and I.yria.
And each ship carries, encased
in glass, the shell after which it
is named. In the dining hall of
the Labiosa. which is carpetcd and
beautifully decorated, is a small
case set in the wall. In the case are
two shells, each about two and a
half inches wide, similar to a small
white clam shell. Above the caae.
which is lighted by a small elec
tric bulb, is a metal plate bearing
the name "Labiosa," and then the
words, "Found in Florida."
Capt. Arthur Bamberry of the
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NEWS BRIEFS
County Raises $3,859.32
The slate oftiec of the National
Foundation for Infantile Paralysis
reports that $3,859.32 was raised
in this county during the 1951
March of Dimes The chairman was
A. II. James, Morchcad City. The
total collected throughout the state
was $1,125,000.
Meeting Cancelled
The meeting scheduled by Post
No. 46. American Legion, More
head City, for Friday night has
been cancelled because of the sen
ior play at Morchead City high
school. The next meeting will be
Friday night, April 27.
Specialist Visits Here
S. N Hawks, tobacco specialist.
State college. Raleigh, conducted
demonstrations in the county
Thursday afternoon. The meetings
were well attended, according to
R. M. Williams, county agent.
Agents to Attend Meeting
R. M. Williams. James Allgood,
farm agents, and Mrs Caririe Gil
likin, home agent, will attend the
Eastern District Farm and Home
agents' meeting Friday at Wash
ington. N. C.
Tanker Docks
The SS Enid. Norwegian freight
er, took on fuel at Morehead City
Sunday and sailed for New York
Cars Crash on Causeway Saturday
Night; Three Treated at Hospital
An Airport ? or Garbage Dump?
NEWS-TIMES Photo
Town Commissioners D. F. Mor
rill and Clifford Lewis have been
appointed by Mayor L. W. Ilassell
to rectify the condition pictured
above. Both scenes are of the
Beaufort - Morehead City airport,
Beaufort.
The top picture looks north from
the southwest end of the field. Pap
ers and trash litter the runway
while gulls light in droves on the
runway in the background. The
lower scene was also taken at the
southwest side of the field looking
eastward on a runway.
Garbage is dumped in the im
mediate vicinity of the airport by
the town of Beaufort. The County
Airport authority claims that un
less the runways and other airport
areas are cleared of the litter.
Civil Aeronautics Authorities will
take action;
The town of Beaufort claims that
the garbage that is on the airport
has not been put there by the
town but is dumped there by resi
dents of the west Beaufort road.
Hancock, Huntley, and Highland
Park sections. The town dumping
area was originally designated, of
ficials claim, as along the water
beyond the immediate vicinity of
the runways.
HEADACHE REMEDY
Clinic on Price Regulation
To Take Place at New Bern
if Offico of I*rice SlabU TMion j
(OPS) will conduct a clinic in Neu '
Bern Thursday, April 19 in the ?
city hall court room for the pur
pose of instructing merchants on
the price ceiling regulations.
There will be two sessions of
this clinic, the first beginning at 1
2 p.m. and continuing until 4 p.m.
and again at nignh beginning at 8
p.m. Merchants who cannot attend
the afternoon session may do so
at night.
Since this clinic embraces Crav
en-county, Carteret county. Pamli
co county, Jones county. Onslow
county and parts of Lenoir county,
the New Bern merchants have been
requested to attend the afternoon
session in order that the night ses
sion will not be so crowded.
It is hoped that the merchants
affected will make every effort to
attend this clinic so that they may
be fully informed concerning the
regulations as they affect their par
ticular business.
The New Bern Retail Merchants
association is acting as host to this
area clinic. Questions concerning
the clinic should be directed to the
office at 301 Hancock st., New
Bern, or telephone New Bern 2373.
The List of Carteret's
Mysteries Grows
One of Carteret's unsolved mys
teries today remains as much of a
puzzle as it was five months ago:
George Robinson. 20, of Marshall
berg, who disappeared from his
home Dec. 9, 1950, has not yet
been found.
No word has been received from
him. No clues have been uncovered
as to his whereabouts. At the time
of his disappearance a description
of him was given to police, publish
ed in newspapers and put on the
air ? all to no avail.
George was the son of Mr. and
Mrs. George M. Robinson, Marsh
allhcrg, and was last seen on the
afternoon of Dec. 9 walking along
the road from Marshaliberg to
Smyrna.
Rotarian Tells
Of Other Nations
Morchead City Rotarians were
laken on a make-believe around
theworld tour Thursday night
*hen former club member, Robert
E. Lee. now residing in Pennsyl
vania. gave an interesting talk on
his hobby ? corresponding with
people of 37 various countries.
Giving excerpts from memory on
Greenland. Iceland, the Scandinav
ian countries, Germany, the Neth
erlands. Austria. Italy, Sicily, and
Egypt, he compared the living con
ditions of each country with the
United States.
Through faithful European cor
respondence. Lee learned second
hand, of the lives of other people,
their happiness, and their troubles.
Vienna, for example, is a unique
Austrian city where a person can
work in the Russian zone, live in
the French zone, and call on his
girlfriend in the American zone.
And Lee hears that Great Britain's
rationing program is being felt by
all. Imagine, four ounces of sweets
and four ounces of fats allowed
each person per week!
But. according to Lee. the cen
tral thought that he reads in the
letters, is that most countries
throughout the world are praying
for peace, and look for America
to lead a tranquil world.
After the talk, preparations for
the annual district Rotary confer
ence scheduled at Greenville, April
12-13, were discussed.
Passes Exam
Herbert Orlandah Phillips, III,
Morehead City, has passed the
state bar examination. The exams
were given to 107 persons at Ral
eigh March 13-15 by the State
Board of Law Examiners. Phillips
U the son of, Mr. and Mrs. H. 0.
Mm
Three young people of
Beaufort were slightly injur
ed at 10:20 Sunday night in
an auto accident on the,
Beaufort - More head City,
causeway. They were Miss
Betsy Fulford, Miss Marie
Webb, and Robert Thomp
son.
All were treated at Morehcad
City hospital and discharged. Miss
Fulford suffered bruises ami lac
erations. Miss Webb a bruised foot
and nose, and Thompson received
cuts on the forehead. Thomas Da
vis, also of Beaufort, riding in the
same ear with the other three, es
caped injury.
Charge Preferred
Thompson, driver of the car. a
1950 Buick. has been charged with
reckless driving.
According to Patrolman W. J.
Smith, jr., a 194H Ford which was
proceeding toward Morehcad City
slowed down to allow a car ahead
of it to make a left turn. The pa
trolman stated that the Buick
came up behind thiv Ford at a high
rate of speed, ramming into the
rear.
$1,000 Damage
Damage to the Buick is estimat
ed at $700 and to the Ford $300.
Driver of the Ford was James Lee
Johnson of Morehcad City. The
accident occurred several hundred
feet west of the Fiver's Island
road.
The injured were taken to the
hospital by ambulance. Assisting
Patrolman Smith in the investiga
tion was Patrolman R. H. Brown.
Veterans' Service
Officer Reports
To County Board
C. L. Beam, Carteret county
veterans' sqrvice officer, in an an
nual o county commission
era states thM veterans, dependents
and other qualified persons in )
Carteret county receive approxim 1
ately $150, IKK) per year through
the county veterans' service office. I
Beam stated that during the'
year, April 1050 to April 1951, nu
merous letters have been written
to veterans, their wives, children,
and widows pertaining to benefits,
applications have been made for
veterans who lost or destroyed their
discharge papers, letters have been
written to the insurance division
for adjustment in payment of Na
tional Service Life Insurance divi
dends, forms were filled out for
dependents of men now entering
the service, and letters were writ
ten to all draftees telling them the
procedure in filing for dependent
benefits available under present
laws and regulations.
The veterans' service officers
statistical report follows: 21 appli
cations filed for service connected
disability, 17 approved; 102 applica
tions filed for non service connec
ted disability, 89 approved.
Fifty - one applications tiled for
widow's pensions. 50 approved; 31
applications filed for dependent
children benefits, 31 approved; 24
applications are pending for non
service connected disability and
five are pending for service con
nected disability.
Forty two cases were appealed
to the veteran's administrator, HI
approved, and 19 are pending; 100
applications were filed for on the
job training and schooling, 103
veterans are now in training and
attending schools.
Fifty six applications were filed
for raise in pav to retired Coast
See VETERANS, Page 5
86 Boy Scouts
Attend Camporee
Rain Causes Camp Break
Up Early Sunday Morn
ing; Boys Find Relics
Eighty six county Boy Scouts at
tended the camporee at Fort Macon
Saturday, hut rain caused the
Scouts to break camp early Sun
day morning. Even though the
wind was blowing a gale, and it
looked is though the rain would
never stop, the boys were having
such a good time they didn't want
to leave.
Kenneth Wagner, activities chair
man who was in charge of the cam
poree. reported that two tents
blew over and he was surprised
that so many of the boys managed
to stay dry.
The camporee began early Sat
urady afternoon with registration
at the Ocean Kins hotel. The
boys hiked to the state park
camp site, pitched tents, and then
played soft ball. They also en
gaged in compass events and fol
lowed a landmarked trail.
Seventy five parents and guests
attended the campfire program Sat
urday night. Stanley Woodland,
chairman of the district Scout coun
cil, spoke and each troop present
ed a skit.
Among Scout officials present
were Robert Howard. Scout com
missioner, Ethan Davis, neighbor
hood commissioner for Morchead
City, Billv Wall, district field rep
resentative from New Bern, and
t h e following Scoutmasters:
Charles Hassell, Beaufort; Lin wood
Hancock, llarkers Island: Floyd
Chadwick, Gerald Davis, Morehead
City, Marion Mills and Frank Sa
frit, assistant Scoutmasters of
Morehead City.
Some of the boys found relics of
the civil war, cannon balls, parts
of cannon balls', ami musket balls.
Vngncr termed the camporee a
bii? success. "Nobody got <fclc and
nobody got hurly-' he reported.
Many of the boys are planning
to go to the state camporee at Wil
son the latter part of this month.
The county camporee was in
preparation for the state event.
George Stovall ,
Fills Defense Post
George Stovall has been appoint
ed head of the utilities division
of Morehead City civil defense,
Robert Howard, deputy civil de
fense director, announced today.
Stovall will be in charge of pow
er and water problems in case of
emergency.
Morehead City firemen have al
so offered their services in the de
fense program, J. A. DuBois, dep
uty director, stated yesterday. It
is planned that the firemen will
serve in their own neighborhoods
where auxiliary firemen are need
ed.
The town has been divided into
zones and sectors in order to facil
itate operation of air raid war
dens. Howard, who is chief air
raid warden, has obtained coopera
tion from Jaycees. Any other vol
unteers should < ontact Howard at
his home. 6-3287, or at his place
of business. 6-3014.
Attending the meeting were
Mrs. Potter, Nelson. Cecil Morris,
board member of Atlantic. Stanley
Woodland, incoming board mem
ber of Morehead City, and McGin
nis.
Board to Consider Proposal
Tomorrow on Enlarging Town
Beaufort town board will meet
at 7:30 tomorrow night in the
town hall to consider adopting an
ordinance which would extend the
town limits of Beautort.
The area considered for annex
ation will include Front and Ann
streets extended, Lennoxville,
Highland. Hancock, and Huntley
parks, and the airport, as well as
undeveloped lands surrounding
these areas.
Should 15 per cent of the quali
fied voters in the area proposed
for annexation present a petition
requesting a referendum, the town
board will be required by law to
request a referendum on taking in
more territory, this referendum to
be held only in the new area un
der consideration.
Should 13 per- cent of the quali
fied voters residing in the town
present a petition requesting a ref
erendum, the town is required by
law to hold an election in both the
town and outlying area on the
Those permitted* to vote in the
election, which would be conduct
ed by the county board of elec
tions, must be 21 and a legal resi
dent. They need not be property
owners.
Should the petitions presented
be invalid or should no petitions be
presented, the town board may
legally pass an ordinance taking in
the proposed territory.
Building Inspector Issues
Two Permits Last Month
Two building permits were is
sued by Gerald Woolard. Beaufort
building inspector, during March,
one for an apartment house and
another (or a dwelling. Estimated
cost of construction of both was
$6,300.
The permits were isuuec" as fol
lows: Charles B. Noe, apartment
house, 122 Ann st., $3,800: Charles
D Hill, dwelling, 210 Harsh St.,
$2,300.