NEWS-TIMES OFFICE
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Morehead City
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CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES .!?_
40th YEAR, NO. 35. TWO SECTIONS TWELVE PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY, MAY 1, 1951 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS ANI) FRIDAYS
[Marine Dies in Harkers Island Crash Sunday Night
Port Commission
Pays $380,000 y
Debt, Bums Bonds
Slate Ports Authority Mem
bers Investigate Project
, At Morehead City
A $380 000 bonded debt of the
Morehead City Fort Commission
was wiped off the books in an in
formal ceremony outside the civ
ic center of Morehead City Thurs
#day afternoon as bonds were burn
ed.
This ceremony followed the for
mal transferral of Morehead City
port property to the State Ports
authority headed by A. G. Meyers,
chairman, of Gastonia.
Port Inspected
State Forts authority members
1 inspected construction at the port.
The meeting at the civic center was
attended by members of the More
,head City Port Commission and
other residents of the town.
Although the town port commis
sion will continue to exist unless
dissolved by legislation, H. S. Gibbs,
chairman, said it will have nothing
to do with operation of the port.
Members Attend
! Port commission members who
attended Thursday's session were
Gibbs, Dr. B. F. Royal, R. W. Tay
f lor, C. N. Bennett, and George Wal
lace.
Also at the meeting were Harry
McMullan, state attorney general,
and the following members of the
State Ports Authority: Col. George
Gillette, executive director, Harry
White and Avery Thompson.
Ports officials' visit here follow
ed a visit to the state port pro
ject at Wilmington.
_ :
Tobacco Support
Price Set at 50.1
The agriculture department has
set the minimum government sup
port price for 1951 flue-cured to
bacco at 50.1 cents a pound.
This is a record high minimum
price in the history of the tobacco
support program afld is more than
, iive cents a pound more than, the
1950 support price of 45 cents a
pound.
The -support price, based on 90
per cent of parity, was calculated
on the basis of March 15, 1951,
conditions. When a final computa
. tion is made later in the 'season,
it is possible that an increase will
be in order. Under the law, the
* loan rate for the coming season
cannot be lower than the figure
set on the basis of the March 15
calculations.
The government support price is
put into effect through loans made
by the Commodity Credit Corpora
tion on the basis of official stand
ard grades at specified rates for
each grade. The loans will be a
Vailable at 90 per cent of parity.
As of Feb. 28. 1951. tobacco
pledged to the CCC for loans from
the 1946-50 crops totaled 283,000,
000 pounds on a packed weight
basis. These stocks included ap
proximately 88,000,000 pounds of
flue-cured tobacco, 93,000,000
pounds of burley, 86,000.000 pounds
of fire-cured and dark air-cured
and 16,000,000 pounds of other
i types.
These carry-over figures ?re
much more favorable for tobacco
(rowers and the CCC program gen
erally than has been the case for
several years.
j Demand for tobacco ? particular
ly for flue-cured? is rising at a
consistent rate, and domestic con
sumption' of cigarettes seems head
ed for still another all-time record
high in 1931. Export demand for.
most tobacco is expected to be
better in 1951 than in 1950.
80 Carlarsi Sconls
Xttmmi Wilson ClUflNI
J More than 80 Carteret county
Boy Scout* attended the three-day
annual camporee of the East Car
olina district at Wilson over the
past weekend. The boys were reg
istered from Harker's Island, Beau
fort and Morehcad City.
The only mishap occurred when
the 18 Beaufort Scouts were strand
[ ad Sunday at Wilson without trans
portation home. Trucks carrying
/ the majority of the county group
' left Wilson about 11 a.m. Sunday,
the truck driven believing that an
other truck would come for the
Aeaufort boys.
Beaufort Scout* got home late
< Sunday on a Wilson truck obtained
by Beaufort parents
M le-Sarfaced
The Salter Path road is being re
iSurfBMd. Hiflhwav crews itartpd
Opposing Forces Draw Lines for Town
Election Battles Next jTuesday, May 8
Lines have been drawn in the Beaufort and More
head City municipal elections battle which will take place
next Tuesday, May 8. Voters' registration books closed
Saturday. Municipal residents already registered were
not required to re-register. Challenge day will be Sat
urday.
Mrs. Grace Taylor and Mrs.
Frances Council will seek re-elec
tion to the Morehead City hospital
board. The terms of office are
two years.
In addition to incumbent com
missioners who are running for
election. Dr. John Morris has an
nounced his intention to run.
George W. Dill, jr., former mayor,
is unopposed.
The incumbent commissioners
are M. T. Mills, Walter Freeman,
D. G. Bel! nnd S. C. Holloway. W.
L. Derrickson. commissioner who
served as mayor during Dill's term
in the legislature, is running again
for commissioner.
The deadline for filing, noon
Saturday, smoked out candidates
who were reluctant to put their
names in the hat early in the
game.
Legion Selects
J. A. DuBois
As Commander
J. A. DuBois has been elected
commander of Post No. 46. Ameri
can Legion, and Mrs. Martin S.
Beaver was elected president of
the auxiliary at a meeting of the
Morehead City post Friday night
at the Legion hut.
DuBois succeeds James Meeks
and Mrs. Beaver succeeds Mrs. F.
M. Chsttwick.
Other post officers are Kenneth
C'apfiekl, first vice - commander;
Fred Beaver, -second vice-cdmfltand
er, Thurston Rioc.fsergeant-at-arms,
and Earl Dunn, finance officer.
Serving with Mrs. Beaver on the
auxiliary executive board are Mrs.
J, A. DuBois, first vice-president;
Mrs. James Meeks, secretary; Mrs.
Floyd Chadwick, treasurer; Mrs.
Walton Fulcher, historian; and
Mrs. Thurston Rice, sergeant-at
arms.
DuBois and Floyd Chadwick
were also selected as delegates to
the American Legion convention.
Department of North Carolina, at
Asheville May 30 and June 1 and 2.
The post will also send a high
school student to Boys' State at
the University of North Carolina,
Chapel Hill, in June. The stu
dent's expenses are paid in en
tirety by the Legion post.
Newport Stndenl Spends
Weekend al Marine Lab
Jean Mason. Meredith college
student from Newport, was one of
21 students of science who made a
weekend field trip to the Duke
University Marine laboratory at
Beaufort to study animal and plant
life Saturday and Sunday. The
trip, an annual project of the Bar
ber Science club at Meredith, was
made by automobile.
Activities of the study tour in
cluded specimen-gathering trips by
boat in the sound and in the oc
ean. inspection of the Duke labora
tories, the Institute of Fisheries
Research of the University of
North Carolina, Morehead City,
and the United States Fishery lab
oratory, Beaufort, as well as a
visit to the Sperti plant to observe
the process of removing agar from
seaweed.
In addition, officials of the fed
eral laboratory under director
Clinton E. Atkinson presented il
lustrated lectures for the students.
Two Acres Timber Barn
Suuby al North River
Two- acres of merchantable tim
ber burned Sunday afternoon on
the property of Marshall Johnson,
North River.
E. M. Foreman, county fire war
den, said the blaze is believed to
have started at 12:30. He was call
ed at 2:30 p.m. and the fire was
out by 5 o'clock.
Tide Table
IMm at Beaufort Bar
HIGH
LOW
Tuesday, May 1
4:45 a.m.
5:10 p.m.
10:56 a.m.
11:36 p.m.
Wednesday, May 2
5:38 a.m.
6:00 p.m.
11:43 a m.
12 Midnight
Thursday, May 3
6:25 a.m.
6:49 p.m.
12:25 a.m.
12:26 p.m.
Friday, May 4
7:07 a.m.
1:10 a.m.
C. Z. Chappell, former town and
county commissioner, is opposing
Mayor Lawrence W. Hassejl tor
Beaufort's top administrative po
sition. Chappell filed Saturday.
Mayor Hassell paid his filing fee
Friday as did all other members
ot the present town board, J. u.
Barbour, jr., G. W ?uncan. jr
Clifford Lewis, James Rumley, and
D. K. Merrill. None of the incum
bents filed personally.
Commissioner Merrill. ,n *
statement to THE NEWSTIM ..
yesterday, emphatically stated that
he will not ?cek reflection. My
name was probably filed I with the
others," he remarked, but I will
not run."
Town Clerk Dan Walker stated
yesterday that Merrill s name will
not appear on the ballot.
Others seek inn election to the
town board are Charles Noe. Rich
ard M. Chaplain, and O. T. Mundy.
Noe. whose home is in Beautort,
is affiliated with the Richmond
Jewelers' Supply eo., Chaplain is
a carpenter-contractor, and Mundy
is manager of the A&P meat mar
ket. Beaufort.
Noe filed early last month, while
Chaplain and Mundy waited until
Saturday, final date for tiling.
Chappell is a former member ot
the county welfare board and serv
ed for one year as Beaufort s act
ing postmaster, lie now owns and
operates City Appliance co., Beau
fort.
OPS Head Urges
Early Filing v
Raleigh ? Merchants who last
week receifcd a 30-day extension
-until Mav 30-to file pricing
charts with the OPS at 700 Tucker
St., here, should complete charts
"at the earliest possible moment,
according to J. G. Clark, district
OPS director.
"This type of margin mark-up
price control is the very thing that
merchants all over the country
fought to get." Clark declared.
"Now, if business firms will com
ply with OPS regulations, it is like
ly that they will be able to keep
this type of control for the dura
tion of the emergency."
The marginal mark-up system of
control guarantees merchants of
their historic? or "usual"? margin
of profit over cost.
A dollars and-ecnts ceiling price
control system would be inflexible
and a more harsh restraint upon
business, Clark added.
Merchants who received the
time extension for filing charts
are those covered by Ceiling Price
Regulation 7 and Amendment 2 to
that regulation. This group in
cludes retailers of house furnish
ings, clothing, jewelry, crockery,
glassware, sporting goods and pawn
shops.
Businesses covered by other reg
ulations were unaffected by the
time extension.
Club Reports ,
Highlight Jaycee
District Meeting
Individual club reports highlight
ed the business session of the an
nual Jayeec eighth district confer
ence Saturday and Sunday at the
Ocean King hotel, Atlantic Beach.
During the Sunday morning
business meeting, Morehead Citv
Jaycees reported their most im
portant work in the last quarter as
improvements to the high school
baseball diamond and playground
the diamond was re-filled, rolled
and graded, while the adjoining
Playground was reconditioned.
Morehead Jaycees also plan to
send representatives to the
state conference at Asheville in
June.
Notable guests attending the
meeting were State Treasurer liar
ry Stewart, from Raleigh, who is
the only candidate for state presi
dent; Goldsboro's James Roe.
eighth district vice president; J R
Breme of Durham, candidate for
national director; Newport's Al
Ward, candidate for eighth district
vice president; and David Harris,
Charlotte Jaycee president.
Weekend festivities started with
a reception late Saturday afternoon
followed by a combination enter
tainment-dance program headed bv
master of ceremonies James Wal
lace And while district members
conducted their business meeting
Sunday morning, wives and guests
irolifked on the beach.
P. H. Geer, jr.. chairman of the
district conference expressed ap
preciation to Ocean King hotel
manager Bud Dixon, Al Cooper
the Idle Hour Amusement cen
l,er;.K;. J- Barncs of Wilson, and
A. M. Garner of Morehead City ior
helping to make the conference a
success. One hundred and eighty
Jaycees and their guest* attended.
Director Pleased
ffith Blackout /
Gene Smith, civil defense direc
tor, commented yesterday that
Beaufort's blackout Thursday night
was "fine".
Three business houses on Front
street left their lights burning but
Smith said that during the day
proceeding the next blackout, war
dens will call on businessmen and
remind them to turn off their
lights.
The blackout began at 9:15 and
ended at 9:30. A sound truck rid
ing the streets informed residents
of the practice alert and warned
them to get off the streets. Fire
trucks took their stations on the
outskirts of town.
Appointed observers also toured
the streets in cars with red-plastic
headlights to note how well home
owners were complying with the
lights out" order.
Smith will report to the town
commissioners at their next meet
ing.
Piedmonl Airlines Begins
Service to County Today '
, Piedmont Airlines will resume
summer service lo this area to
day.
The plane will arrive each day
at 2:37 p.m. and leave at 3:10 p.
m. at the Beaufort-Morehcad City
airport, Beaufort.
Air mail will be accepted at
the Morehcad City post office no
later than 2:15 p.m. for the day's
flight and no later than 2:30 p.
m. at the Beaufort post office.
Magazine Carries
Review of New
Fisheries Book
ino'?Fishf> '"'I'11 S"rW* of Mar
inc Fisheries of North Carolina
l-y Harden F Taylor ami associates '
.enri^l.T ,by ,)ani"1 Meriman. is
I ? t printed below.
, Taylor, an internationally known
(authority on fisheries of the world
m.lteee??^r "! ,h? rxec"'ive con,.'
mittee of the Institute of Fisheries
Research, Morehead City
Included in Taylor's " work are
staff of ih by mcmt>crs ?f ?hc
-taff of the institute. W. A Elli
Tho u" uirJector' ha" written on
C 'liest?/ h'' Dr A,Ph?nse F.
Ihestnut has contributed the sec
ion on The Oyster and Other Mol
lusks m North Carolina: The
wHttenSh",r.Nor,h t'arolin" was
written by Carter Broad, and The
Edible Finnishes of North Caroli
ThV f)r fc-"?eno W Hoelofs.
i he book, published by the Uni
,r?,l?,f?ort,h('"nii?.?f ?h,";,
Institute of Fisheries Research
Ihis yea?""1' ramt' ?" ,h" "ress
The review follows:
The title of this if?u>ressive work
;07" rvr ?n
h I f , M wraPPcr. W not the
-carrips " "Untitle whifch
stutfs thai the volume also contain*
i mnrehensive view or The Kco^
nmn.es of National and World ftaT
enes Since the section which deals
chMmn i" Wi,h ecnnomi"' not in
fidl hf t t *pp<'"<,'x' occupies a
no/a lie ' . k b0"k and 'S " ?*'
notable contribution, it is unfort
unate that the title proper lll(|j
cates no more than a local fisher
?OS survey. A reversal of the impH
cations in the title and subtitle
would have given better notice that
this ,s required reading for fishery
biologists and their students the
world over, to say nothing of econ
omists, sociologists, members of the
fishing industry, and the general
lay public who wish to be well in
formed in this field.
As is to be expected when there
orT :.'hr"hn"7 0f con,ril>u"ng auth
ors. the book is uneven. Some of it
f??" mC "?urve>,? of existing in
| formation which are useful locally
but much of it is provocative and
of wide application.
The book is in three major sec
ri"","' 3*l by kelson Marshall.
deals with the hydrography of
North Carolina marine waters. This
bin? "'"I "31""1 of Physical and
biological oceanography which sets
a standard for future surveys ?nd
has. some interesting, if speculative
material on productivity.
wi,h contributions by
nine different authors, discusses
he biology and natural history of
the economic spccics. Here, the in
See MAGAZINE, Page 2
Protest Against Carnivals
It is my opinion and belief that alf carnivals should be
banned from Carteret county, and that all necessary and
proper action should be taken by the county board of com
missioners to prohibit carnivals in this county.
I
Signed:
NAME:
ADDRESS:
Date:
(Clip Out and Hail To THE NEWS-TIMES, Morehead City, N. C.)
Scores of persona from all sec
tions of the county have commend
ed Sheriff C. G. Holland, who.
backcd by public opinion, ordered
a carnival out of the county last
week. The show was located on
the outskirts of Morehead City.
Many other persons have filled in
and mailed to THE NEWS-TIMES
the blank entitled Protest Against
Carnivals. The names of thot*
who had responded up to prett
time today appear below.
More than 40 others have signed
a petition circulated by Dr. L. A.
Eakin. Morehead City, to ban car
nivals from the county.
This petition as well as all sign
ed "Protest Against Carnivals"
blanks will be presented to tbe
county commissioners at their May
meeting:
If certain county organization
continue to sponsor carnivals Sher
iff Holland will not be able to
cope with the situation. A police
officer can function only within
(be lUaita of public sentiment.
Back him up. back up the right
minded citizens of the county who
want to ace an end of carnivals in
Carteret county by signing the
Protest Against Carnivals and mail
the blank to THE NEWS-TIMES
today.
Let the county commissioners
know that YOU are against carni
vals.
Those who have already signed
protests are:
Smyrna? Mrs. Bertie Simpson.
* CAKNiVJ
Little Smokey'
To Visit County
Schools This Week
Bear Cub Rescued from Fire
Two Weeks Ago to Aid in
Fire Prevention Drive
Purine the next few days .school
children of Carteret county will be
favored with a visit by a real live
son of Smokey, the forest fire pre
vention bear. Carteret County
Forest Warden E. M. Foreman an
nounced today that rangers of the
N. C. Department of Conservation
and Development will tour the
schools with the six weeks' old
bear cub which was rescued April
Iti from a raging forest fire in
Carteret county.
Foreman said that no definite
schedule on visiting the schools
has been set up, but he and L. W.
Davis, New Bern, district forest
ranger, will probably visit Mcrri
mon and South Kiver schools to
day.
Cage Built
Through permission of the N. C.
Wildlife Resources commission,
the bear cub will be exhibited as
living proof that forest fires de
stroy the state's valuable wildlife
resources. A special cage lias been
constructed to give young Smokey
comfortable quarters in the tank
trailer of the Division of Forestry's
jeep power pumper. Appropriate
Smokey Bear posters, mounted on
the pumper, will convey the forest
tire prevention message to the
children and County Warden Fore
man will deliver a conservation
message. Parents are assured that
the bear will be confined and that
there will be no danger.
Dangerous Month
County Warden Foreman stated
yesterday that woods fires in April
come at a time when both bear
and deer are giving birth to their
young. Since the largest fires in
this area burn during April, it
.nusf*w that a heavy toll
of iwtfplcss youn* game animals is
\ taken every year.
\ Evidence of this destruction was
keen last year when forest rangers
found 2(? dead deer in one trip
tnfcmigh the area burned by the
Kcfm?wm forest fire during April
1950. TKt^^ounty warden appeals
to all citizcnSL especially sports
men. to assist irv cutting down this
needless destruction of game by
heeding fire prevention rules in
the forests. \
Businessmen
Study Credit Plan
W. C. Matthews, George Kast man.
and J. A. DuBois were named to a
credit association Friday at the
Morehcad City Merchants associa
tion meeting Friday at the Hotel
Fort Macon.
The committee will investigate
possibilities of establ1 hing a cred
it association and will report on
their findings at the next mer
chants' meeting.
Warren Beck, who presided in
the absence of the president, Clyde
Jones, presented a plan for a
credit association, as did DuBois.
Advertising in upstate papers
and on upstate radio stations was
discussed. Businessmen who at
tended ,ihe meeting were Walter
Morris. Bernard Leary, Beck. East
man, William Willis, Oscar Allred.
C. E. Styron, Matthews, D. G. Bell,
DuBois, A. H. James, jr.
Driver Faces Charges; J
Another Marine Injured
James Bernard Ewald, 20. a Ma- 1
rim* stationed at Cherry Point. ?va*
killed instantly at 8:45 p ni. Sunday
when an automobile in which lie
was riding with four other Marines
crashed on the llarkers Island
road.
Another passenger, James \V. j
Edwards. Cherry Point, was treat- I
ed for minor euts at Morohead City j
hospital and discharged. Three oth
ers, the driver. Orville Joseph
Creel, Varnel II Hardin... and
Henry Miehael Welski. atl I station
? d at Cherry Point, were uninjur i
ed. Creel has lieert charged with i
careless and reckless driving.
Coroner Leslie Sprinkle con
ducted an inquest on the fatality
in the sheriff's office at the court !
house last night.
The accident occurred on the i
same curve where two other crash- 1
es took place during the past year. 1
All vehicles snapped off the power
pole on the curve, in an accident.
March 10. 1050, I' ran k <iillikm of
otway was killed as the ear m i
which he was. riding wrecked when
it attempted to follow the twist in
the road in front of M. L. Yeomans'
store.
Sunday night's death car. a '47 !
model sedan, traveled 167 feet
from the highway before flipping 1
over on its top. II. (I. Woolaid,
investigating state highway patrol
man, said the car is a total loss.
According to Patrolman Wool
aid. the ear traveled 115 feet be
fore snapping off the poll, then
continued 52 feet where it struck
a tree, n la nee I off <nd rolled over.
In the course of its wild fir lit.
the car knocked over poles 12
inches in diameter .which had
been sunk 8 feet in the ground by
"Bo" Willis who placed the fence
along his property to prevent the
frequent uncontrolled vehicles
from crashing into his house.
Klibue Lewis of llarkers islam)
rushed to the car and helped pull
out its occupants. A woman mo
torist took Edwards to the .hospit
al while an ambulance was -ailed
ior HViUl * lip v*us , taken u> t,be
Adair Tit te . , * Beaufort,
then to Clieny jfofttt
Assisting Patrolman Woolard in
the investigation was Cpl. W. S.
Clagon.
Lions Nonanale
19 for Offices j
Nineteen Lion members were
nominated for 1951 -52 offices by j
Chairman Frank Moran and his i
nominating committee of Victor j
Wickizer and Dave Battle Webb.,
Nominations were made Thursday
night at the Hotel Fort Macon. The
election is scheduler! for May 10.
Duffy II. Rowe, Harry Van Horn,
and Oscar Alired were candidates
for president, Albert Mcb'lmun,
and Alvah N. Willis, second vice
president, and Lewis IlinsoH and
Frank Swindell, third vice-presi
dent.
James W. Bell and Kdward
Faucettc were secretary candi
date, and Stanley Wainwriuht and
Allred treasurer nominations.
Lloyd Slocks and Charles V Hell
were nominated as fine collectors
(Tail Twisters), and Kohert G.
Bell, jr., and Kdward McLawhorn,
grceters ( Lion-Tamers ) .
Nominations for the hoard of di
rectors were Fred (?. Lewis, los
eph I). Hose, jr., Webb. Moran,
and Willis.
Following nominations. Allred
announced that 14 karat gold med
als will be ordered for outstanding
Morehead City boy and tfirl at h
letes to be honored by Lions.
Grand Piano Arrives u
At Morehead City School
A 6 foot 3 inch, specially treat
ed, ebony-finished Baldwin piano
now stands on the Morehead City
high school auditorium stage.
Its acquisition can be accredited
to the efforts of the Morehead City
Woman's club, working in coop
eration with Principal G. T. Win
dell and a generous public.
When A. B. Roberts, serving on
one of the two piano-purchase com
mittees, presented the check to
Marcus P. Milne, Maus Piano sales
man and technician, Friday after
noon in the .school auditorium, the
dreams of February's "Operation
Piano" were fulfilled. Original
piano price was $3,230, but it was
obtained for a lesser price.
Already high school pianists
Ann Garner. Maxine McLohun.
Mary Lou Norwood, Patricia Wil
lis, Bern ice Willis, and Ann Carle
ton have tried out the beautiful
instrument to their satisfaction.
Mor? students will obtain the same
enjoyment.
new instrument.
Kalph Wade, music director, is
staging a choral concert May 14
at 7:30 in the high school auditor
ium . At this special concert, the
piano will be formally presented
and dedicated to the school. A
pupil of each piano teacher in
Morehcad City will play.
Operation Piano steering com
mittee members were Mrs. Harden
Kure, chairman: Mrs. George R.
Wallace, and Joe DuBois. The
canvassing committee consisted of
Mrs. Ben Royal, Mrs. George Ball,
and Mrs. A. B. Huberts, while se
lecting was dune by Mrs. II. L.
?loslyn, Mrs. N. R. Webb. Mrs. S.
W. Thompson, Mrs. Royal. Miss Ar
thur, and Wade. W. B. Chalk, Rob
erts, and Ball formed the business
committee.
The piano is specially treated
for damp coastal climate, and ha*
an unconditional guarantee against j
defective material and workman
ship. Its A440 concert pitch can
i be used in conjunction with any
orchestra instrument.
11.111 Kill Ullll
D. G. Bel! Heads
Commerce Group
J. Warren Beck lo Serve
As Vine President; Three
Directors Retire
I) (1. Hell has been eleeted
picsidcnt of the Morehead City
( hamhcr of commerce for the eom
i n ju year. The new president was
chosen bv the? hoard of directors
ud member. of the advisory eoun
< .1 at a meeting Thursday night
.it the ti?ie eenler. J. Warren Beek
was eleeted vice-president. J. A.
l)u ?iervi s as general manager
of the chamber.
Boll. who is a member of More
lie. nI lily s town board', has served
as commodore of the Morehead
City Sailing Club. is a past presi
dent of the Junior chamber of
commerce, and has served on num
erous chamber of eommerce com
m it lee v
Beck is a past president of the
Morehead Ci t ; Merchants' associa
tion ;iM(l is active in the Jaycees
and chamber of commerce,
I ]\ presses Appreciation
Or. Harden Ktire, retiring presi
dent. expressed his gratitude to ihe
directors for their support and co
operation during the past year and
bis leadership was acknowledged
l)y a vote oi thanks from the di
rectors and advisory council.
William Carmichael business
manager of the University of North
Carolina, was accepted as a mem
ber of the organization. Carmi
chael mailed his $25 membership
tee following his engagement as
speaker at the recent chamber of
commerce banquet.
Three Ketjre
Manager DuBnis was' requested
to write letters of appreciation to
the Hirer fetirtri; roclr^ the
< nizat ion. W. C. Matthews, L.
I). (Jore, and S. A. Chalk, jr.
A report on the year's chamber
activities was read by the manager
and Albert Uaskill, treasurer, gave
the financial report which showed
that the organization operated last
year on almost $2,000 less than
had been budgeted.
'l'rcsent at the meeting, in addi
tion to those mentioned above,
were M, i'. Mills. A. 15. Itoberls,
George Kast man, and Ci rover Mun
den.
Four Pay Fines,
Court Costs '
A tot jiI of $60 in costs were lev
ied on four men by Mayor W. L.
Derrickson in mayor's court Mon
day with one case being bound over
to recorder's court.
Walter Davis. Morehead City,
paid $2.) and costs for being intox
icated and using indecent language
in the Freeman ami Nelson groc
ery store, w'hile a public intoxica
tion conviction cost II. L. Hooks
$10 and costs.
Klmer John McKenna, Beaufort,
paid $10 and costs for speeding,
while Gerald Taylor of Newport,
also charged with speeding, for
feited a $15 bond for failing to
appear in court.
The court decided to move an
assault case against Dave Bell, No
gro, to today's recorder's court.
Bell is charged with assaulting an
11 year-old colored lad who was
chasing a baseball on Bell's prop
erty, 1300 Fisher st.
According to a witness. Henry
Ward, the lad had told him that
Bell pushed and kicked him sev
eral times in the side when he at
tempted to pick up the ball. And
when the boy returned, with his
mother. Bell, he said, pulled out a
pocket knife and attempted to
slash him.
New Bern District
Methodists Will Convene
The New Bern district of the
Methodist church will conduct its
annual district conference at the
Havelock Methodist church, Have
lock, Thursday, May i.
The eonii rence, which begins at
9:30 a.m.. marks the half way pe
riod In the conference work. The
churches will give their reports
and district and conference leadera
will bring the latest information in
their fields of work.
Methodist ministers, director* of
Christian education, delegates, and
the various officials of the Sunday
school and church are invited.
Senior* Give Gift
Smyrna seniors have presented
a flag pole to the school as a fare
well gift. ' ,