W CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES
40th YEAR, NO. 40. TWO SECTIONS TEN PAGES MOREHEAD CIW AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY, MAY 18, 1951 PUBLfcHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
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Korean Veteran to Receive Scroll Honoring Marines
Morehead Observes Armed Forces Day Today'
Morehead City will ob
serve Armed Forces day to
I ' day with a morning and aft
1 , ernoon program.
A sweep of jets over the town
at 10:43 will herald the beginning
of a parade at 11 o'clock. A sur
prise event at the Carteret Rec
reation center will highlight this
afternoon program which begins
at 4 o'clock.
Vessel Docks
Open for inspection by the pub
[ 11c is the USS Gherarili, destroyer
minesweeper, which docked at port
< terminal yesterday. The vessel
will be in port through Sunday.
Hours for inspection are as fol
4 p.m. Friay; and 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday.
The parade will begin at 11 a.m.
at 11th street, procecd east on the
south side of Arendell to 6th. and
return on the north side of Aren
dell street to 11th.
order of march is as fol
lows: Queen Street Band, Cub
Scouts, Brownies, Girl Scouts. Boy
Scouts, Morehead City school band,
i Coast Guard color guard. Coast
Guardsmen from the cutter Ag
assi?.: I.egionaires, unit of the
449th field artillery observation
battalion. Fort Bragg: ftavy men
from the USS Gherardi, a platoon
of Marines and the W. S. King
school band.
Concert at 4
At 4 o'clock this afternoon the
' second air wing Marine band will
present a concert at the Carteret
Recreation center and at 4:30 there
will be an address by Com. J. B.
Cline, Cherry Point.* Also on dis
play will be military equipment.
Should there be rain, the program
will be held inside the recreation
center.
Armed Forces day will be ob
served at Cherry Point Marine air
base tomorrow. Gates will open
to the public at 10 a.m. daylight
saving time.
Chairman of the program in
Morehead City is H. S. Gibbs, jr.
m Jimmy Wallace is publicity chair
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Jaycees to Select
Beauty Contestant
For State Pageant
Morehead City will be represent
ed in the Burlington Miss North
Carolina beauty pageant July 2?
21. In Monday's Jaycee meeting
at Hotel Fort Macon, it was decid
ed that a secret committee will
choose Miss Morehead City of 1951.
In regard to the North Carolina
Itate Jaycee convention to be held
if Asheville this weekend it was
suggested that the Jaycees pay
part of the expenses of delegates.
. And while at the convention, it
(was agreed that Merehead Jaycees
should endorse changes in the
state by-laws.
Dr. Russell Outlaw reported the
May G^^rap paper drive as' the
most 4antful to date. So many
pounds of paper were collected
that outside help had to be hired
to assist 4a loading.
' A committee will be appointed
in the future to work on June
Dairy Month. This decision fol
lowed a report by Robert Howard.
J. R. Sanders was appointed to
audit the treasurer's books for the
fiscal year just ending, and J. C.
Harwell will audit tha^ football
books. Club members fflen were
shown the technicolor film, "Va
riety Vacationland," produced by
the North Carolina Department of
Conservation and DevelAnent.
Guests attending th^ meeting
were Father Martin Yanaka, Don
ald Westall. Gerald Rosenberger.
and Robert Poulk.
Car Bans al Enre Home
Early Wednesday Morning
A 1949 model car owned by Dr.
Darden Eure caught fire at 2:30
a.m. Wednesday and was damaged
beyond repair, the owner said yes
terday.
The car Was parked in the drive
way it the Eure home, and accord
ing to. firemen, the horn started
to blow and wakened Dr. Eure.
He looked out the window and saw
Ahe car ablaze. The whole inside
%as gutted by the flames.
" Firemen said it is not known
tow the blaze started. They re
turned to the station shortly be
fore 3 a.m.
Film Foil MS
The, State Advertising Bureau's
film on North Carolina, "Variety
'Vacationland," was found this week
hy Mrs. Sallie Thomas on Craven
It. It was mutilated beyond use.
Vhe film was missed Tuesday, May
1%, from the chamber of commerce
DEFENDERS OF FREEDOM
Dr. J. K . Long to Give v
Commencement Address
Sleel Scaffolding Falls
On Eastman Automobile
George Eastman, Beaufort,
was only two jumps ahead of se
rious injury or death Monday
morning when steel scaffolding
fell on his car a few minutes aft
qg he had gotten out of it.
| Yastman parked his car on
I Arendell street, Morehead C'ily,
in front of the new Eastman
Furniture company building. At
the same time a portable steel
scaffolding was being moved and
in the process it toppled over,
landing on the roof of Eastman's
car. The rocf was pushed 'in and
the windshield cracked.
? Eastman had just left the tar
* and walked into the building
when the accident occurred. The
damage, estimated at $200, is cov
ered by insurance held by the
contractor. Kay Kansom.
Airport Board
To Borrow Money
The county board of commis
sioners on Monday gave permis
sion to the Carteret County Airport
commission to borrow $l,000^o
complete ferk on the new adflh
istration building at the Beaulort
More head City Airport. ?
This $1,000 will be matched witf|
$1,000 by the federal governmei^"
according to Claud Wheatly, mem
ber of the commission, who ap
peared before the board. Wheatly
s$id that interest on the money
would be met out of revenue from
the airi^l.
The county board said that there
was no money in the general fund
at present to furnish the airport
commission with the amount re
quested.
Wheatly reported that Piedmont
airlines pays $50 a month for use
of the airport. $30 monthly for of
fice space, and other rental is ob
tained by pertons making use of
airport facilities. Piedmont also
pays a per centage on the amount
of business they do. *
The airport commission member
suggested that the board consider,
in the near future, new appointees
for the airport commission.
Body oi Newport Boy
Arrive* in This CMHtry '
The body of Pfc. Andrew J.
Slaughter, jr., formerly of Newport
who was killed in Korea, ii one of
352 bodies which were brought to
this country this week aboard the
East Point Victory, the Department
of Defense announced today.
Slaughter was the son of Andrew
J. Slaughter. Newport route 1. Next
of kin have been notified of arriv
al of the vessel at San Francisco
and the bodies will be sent with an
escort to the point designated by
next of kin.
Appointed Adjutant /
James Mecks, past commander of
Legion poft No. 46, Morehead City,
has been appointed adjutant by J.
A. DtiBois, recently-installed com
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Dr. J. K. Long, director of ad
missions, East Carolina college,
Greenville, will give the com
mencement address Tuesday night.
May 29. at Morehead City school.
Qtenmencement exercises will be
gfn at 8:15 p.m.
At the baccalaureate service at
11 o'clock Sunday morning, May
27, the address will be given by
Dr. E. I). Withcrspoon, Presbyter
ian pastor of St. Andrew's-C&ve
nant, Wilmington. Congregations
of the town's protestant churclles
will attend the service.
At commencement the Rotary a
ward tp U|e best all-around student
will be presented by W. C. Carlton,
vice-president of the Morehead
City, Rotary club. Winner of the
award will be selected by the sen
iors and members of the faculty.
Lions club awards to the best
boy and best girl athlete will be
made bp J. G. Bennett, president
of the Morehead City Lions chib.
Recipients of the awards will be
chosen by the coaches.
Merit awards, given through the
courtesy of Herff-Jones co. will be
presented by the principal, G. T.
Windell. These winners will be
chosen by the faculty.
The senior gift to the school will
be presented by Douglas King,
presiduit of the senior class, and
addreAb will be made also by
Jean and Jane Bowles, valedictor
ian and salutatorian.
The diplomas will be presented
by W. C. Matthews, chairman of the
school board.
VFff (o Seed Boy
To Chapel Hill y
Jones Austin Post No. 2401, Vet
erans of Foreign Wars, will send
a county representative to Boys'
State at Chapel Hill June 17 to 14.
A1 Thomas, of the VFW, announc
ed today.
Candidates will be accepted from
Smyrna, Atlantic, Markers Island,
Newport, Morehead City, and Beau
fort schools. Principals will Ake
recommendations and H. L. JoHyn,
superintendent of schools, will se
lect the boy to be sent by the VFW.
The selection is based on leader
ship. scholarship and grades dur
ing the turrent school year, cour
age. service, and athletics, Thomas
stated.
The candidates must be members
of the present junior class.
B?auf?rl Businessmen
Tc Attend Meeting Tuesday
F. W. Downum, chairman of the
Merchants committee of the Beau
fort chamber of commerce, an
nounced today that an important
meeting of Beaufort businessmen
will take place at 8 o'clock Tues
day night at the town hall.
Those expected to attend the
meeting are beauty shop operators,
service station operators, and *11
persona doing business in the
town.
A bill collection service and
trade promotion project will be
discussed. Ben Mac Donald. Wil
mington, representative of the
North Carolina Merchants associa
tion, will k* Um speaker.
Six Defendants Will Have
Cases Tried in Superior Court
4-H Club Members
Will Compete
In Health Contest
A senior king and queen of
health, representing Newport. At
lantic, Smyrna. Beaufort, and
Morehead City 4-H clubs, will be
chosen Saturday at 9:30 a.m. in the
county health office. T*he two win
ners then compete in the state 4-H
health finals a^ialeigh July 23-28.
According James Allgood,
county 4-II advisor, a king and
queen will be selected from junior
clubs in each community also, but
they will not compete in the state
contest. Judges for the county
competition will be local doctors
and nurses.
Senior contestants are Jean and
Howard Garner, Newport; Jean
Carrol Morris, Linda Smith. Rod
ney Nelson, and William Styron,
Atlantic; Barbara Fulcher, Carolyn
Willis, Larry Murphy, and Leton
Alligood, Smyrna; Anita Copeland,
Inez Smith, Mark Eubanks, and
Harry Taylor, Beaufort; and Lois
Whitehead, Tessie Kittrell, Tommy
and Vincent Oglesby, Morehead
City.
Competing in the iunior division
are Laura Mae Hardison, Jean
Mundine. Harlan Carraway. and
Jakie Wad*, Newport; Alberta
Dixon, Billy Gaskins, Elwood Bay
er, and Sammy Taylor, Camp
Glenn; Nancy Nelson, Beatrice
Salter, Lionel Gilgo, and Winston
Hill, jr., Atlantic; and Peggy Da
vis, Nancy Willis. Walk?? Gillikin,
and Roy Styron, Smyrna.
State Ms Bids '
On Roadrrojeets
The State Highway commission
this week requested bids on 32
road t>r?jects throughout the state,
including one in Carteret and an
other in Craven county near the
Carteret line.
Bids will be opened May 2R and
reviewed by the commission at a
meeting May 31.
Projects affecting Carteret resi
dents are the following:
Carteret ? 6.4 miles of paving on
NC lOlfrom US 70 near Beaufort
northwest to Laurel Koad approxi
mately seven miles south of Craven
county line.
Craven? (Bond Project) ? 8.2
miles of hard-surfacing from junc
tion withJJC 101, 1.2 miles west
of N. Harlowe thence northeast a
long existing county road to Club
foot creek and from junction with
NC 101 at N. Harlowe thence north
and west along existing county road
via Blades to junction with firpt
part.
Three women pleaded guilty to
cohabiting, two men charged with
double violations of breaking, en
tering, and larceny, and one man
charged with selling ice boxes not
belonging to him, had their cases
bound over to superior court by
Judge Lambert R. Morris Tues
day in recorder's court.
Waiving examination on the
breaking, erftering, and larceny
charges, James R. Ryan and Law
rence B. Green were placed under
$500 bond each, while Nancy Moore,
Lillian Chadwick, and Alice Davis,
pleading guilty to cohabitation,
received 12 months, 1? months,
and six months' sentences respec
tively. Upon appeal they were each
placed under $200 bond.
Eddie Lee Colling charged with
illegal ice-box sefuAg, requested
a jury trial. His bond was set at
$200 also.
After hearing intoxication and
neglect - of - child evidence, the
court sentenced Daisy Rowe to one
year in Women's Prison for fail
ure to comply with the terms of her
April 24, 1951 sentence. She had
pleaded not guilty.
The stiffest fine was levied a
gainst Leo F. Murphy for driving
with improper lights and while in
toxicated. Pleading guilty, he re
ceived a suspended judgement,
and was ordered to pay $125 and
costs. Milton Carlton Hall, jr.,
pleading guilty to speeding at 75
miles per hour, paid $50 and
costs, while a drunk-on-highway
count cost Horace Jones $10 and
costs. Jones' 30-day jail sentence
was suspended.
Costs and $10 also were levied
on Robert m ter DcsJardins for
possessing non-tax paidriiquor, and
Dorothy Juanita Roberts for driv
ing without a license and failing to
stop before enftping a highway.
Daniel Jouepn Kolinski and Jo
George Gnesik paid posts
tor no* possessing operators' licen
ses. as did William R. Wheeler,
driving with an expired license.
Marion Eldrige Addison and Rob
ert James Gillette, charged with
speeding and James Raymond Neal,
charged with having improper
lights also paid costs. Eugene
Francis Capps paid one-half costs
for driving an unlicensed trailer.
The state dropped the case a
gainst Leroy Blango, charged with
exceeding the road limit, while
th? prosecuting witness was taxed
widl costs in the case of Walter
Joyner. He was charged with us
ing loud, boisterous language.
For failing to appear in court,
bonds were forfeited by John
Thomas Young, jr., charged with
allowing an unlicensed person op
erate a vehicle; Lea? Thomas Hor
ton, driviig with insufficient
brakes; Clinton Respass, no oper
ator's license; Charlie LA Wilson,
improper lights; ToniJohnston
Kearns, failing to stpp at a stop
sign; and Roy M. Cole, public
intoxication.
Cases continued were James Ni
chols Weeks, Lee Bryant, Billy
Byford Trantham, Eddie Lee Had
dock, William Clyde Lockhart,
William T. Taylor, Dave Bell, Wil
liam Godette, Willard Edward Witt,
Cicerto Jones, Thomas Toppins,
Floyd Hollington, and Charles D.
Guthrie.
Agriculture Department Gives
Statistic f on Carteret County
Information on Carteret county, c
obtained in the 1951 (arm census, i
has been released by the North <
Carolina Department of Agricul- <
ture. division of agricultural sta- I
tistics. C I
Information on crops, obtained i
by township tax listers, is for the i
year 1950. Livestock and popula
tion items are as of Jan. 1, 1951. i
The census, f hich is subject "to
further review." according to the
division of statistics, reveals that '
farms in the county total 103,396
acres. Crop acreages are as fol- ,
lows: corn 3,908; cotton 103; tobac- ,
co l,63G0peanuts 791; wheat 68: ,
oats 381; soybeans alone 983; soy
beans interplanted 82.
? Lespedeza seed 40; soybean and
rpea hay 489; small grains ci<|
hay 81; lespedeza cut for hay 1
205; alfalfa cafc for hay 20; all oili
er hays cut ^V: Irish potatoes 1,
317; sweet potatoes 1,113; veget- i
ablcs grown for ssW 1,768.
The following statistics are by
number: peach trees, bearing age
333; sows and gilts farrowing (Dec. '
1, 1990 to June 1. 1951 instead of
sows on hand) 481; cows and heif
ers 2 years and over kept mainly '
for milk 214, kept mainly for beef
1B7; sheep, ewes 1 year and over,
35; hens and pullets, laying age,
15,221, rural population 3,822.
Um of all land on farm, 9*.
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:i'ntagc wise, follows: pasture 1
mt cent; idle 3 per cent; harvest
;d 12 per cent; wooded and all
jther land 84 per cent; use of cul
tivated land percentage-wise: to
jacco 12 per cent; vegetables 31
per ccnt; corn 30 per cent; all other
:rops 27 per cent.
rkrefl School Properties
Auctioned at Ifoon^ Monday
Three school properties, declared
unnecessary to operation of the
:ounty school system by the board
if education, were auctioned at
noon Monday at the court house,
Beaufort.
Highest bids received can be
raised within the next 10 days.
The high bid on the Stacy school
was $525, on the Sea Level school
(260 and on the Davis school $260.
The auction was conducted by Al
vah Hamilton, county attorney.
Town Wins Recognition
Morehead City is one of 10 North
Carolina towns, members of the
National Safety Council, to be
placed on the honor roll of the Na
tional. Safety council for going
through 1950 without a traffic fa
Ulity.
Two-Day Cancer
Drive Will Begin
Thursday, May 24
'Burn-the-Porch-Light' So
licitation Will Take
Place Friday, May 24
A thorough two-day solicitation
period, headed by L. A. (Jack)
Oakley. Beaufort, will get under
way Thursday, May 24, Clyde
Jones, chairman of the Cartewt
County Cancer fund, announced
Tuesday night at a cancer meeting
at the health office. Beaufort.
On Thursday solicitors iiom all
over the county, working in pairs,
will canvass business and profes
sional people. Special letters will
be sent to other citizens who are
not engaged in business. Starting
at 8 p.m. Friday, May 25, a burn
the-porch-light project will be un
dertaken.
County citizens are requested to
leave their porch lights offend at
cach home where a light is burn
ing, cruising solicitors will stop
and make collections. If a porch
light is not available, a lantern will
suffice, says the committee.
Oakley, as county solicitation
chairman, will line up numerous
town leaders by that time so that
cach area in the county will be
covered. Grayden Paul heads
Beaufort solicitors, A. R. Craig is
Newport chairman, and Charles
Willis, assisted by Louis Norris,
ha* charge of Morchead City soli
citation. These individual town
chairmen will get their workers to
gether and assign a few blocks to
each so that a thorough job will
be done.
, leaders of the cancer drive dis
cussed the possibility of Huiator
John Larkin of Trenton speaking
at a mass meeting before solicita
tion begins. K. M. Williams, farm
agent, stated that he would make
a recording of the speech, if and
wben given.
Ot Carteret county's $1,000 goal,
wrtl tVmain in the county for
t h?' treatment of local cancer pa
tients. Tha.remainder will be giv
en to the Mkerican Cancer society,
the State Cancer association,
and national cancer research pro
grams.
Another meeting of county can
cer officials will take place Tues
day, May 22 at the health office.
X-JRay Trailer .
Due Here Tuesday
Dr. Thomas Ennctt has an
nounced that the X-ray trailer due
in the county Tuesday will be a
vailablc for patients needing fol
low-up X-rays, patients referred by
physicians, persons exposed to tu
berculosis in the home, persons
who at some time have had tuber
culosis and other persons who
have symptoms of tuberculosis.
Between 10 a.m. and" 4 p.m.
Tuesday the trailer will be near
the post office in Newport: lC^a.
m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday, it will be
near the City theatre, Morehead
City, and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thurs
day it will stop in front of House's
drug store, Beaufort.
The health officer commented
that since he doesn't know how
long.it will be before the state will
send another X-ray trailer to this
locale, all persons who have the
slightest symptoms of tuberculosis,
or who feel for any reason that
they should be X-rayed, should
take advantage of thin free X-ray
opportunity.
Dr. Enneit also stated that pre
school examinations have been
completed in all county white and
colored schools. A total of 412
students were examined, accom
panied by 398 parents. This, ac
cording to the health officer, is the
highest percentage of parent at
tendance he has ever known.
In addition, doctors and nurses
vaccinated 299 children for small
pox, 282 for diphtheria, and 243
for whooung cough.
Tide Table
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Tides at Beaufort Bar ?
HIGH
LOW
Friday, May 1*
9:26 a.m.
9:93 p.m.
11:28 a.m.
12 midnight
Saturday, May IS
8:19 a.m.
?:42 p.m.
12:22 a.m.
12:18 p.m.
Sunday, May t?
7:09 a.m.
7:32 p.m.
1:13 a.m.
1:07 p.m.
Monday, May 21
7:90 a.m.
2:03 a.m.
1:98 p.m.
8:24 p.m. o
Tuesday, May 22
8:90 a.m.
?:M PA
2:94 a.m.
3:90 p M.
Presentation Will Take
Place Sunday at 2 P.M.
The town of Beaufort and
representative organizations
of the Beaufort Armed Serv
ices Hospitality committee,
will present a scroll to the
officers aud men of the Sec
ond Marine Air wing during
the Beaufort Armed Services
day program at the court
house Sunday afternoon.
Receiving the scroll on behalf
of the men stationed at Cherry
Point Marine Air base will be C pi.
John A. Ormand. USMC, veteran
of the Korean war. The presen
tation will be made by Mrs. George
Brooks, president ol the American
Legion auxiliary.
Wording on Scroll
Wording on the scroll will be as
follows: "This scroll is presented
to the Officers and Men of the
Second Marine Air Wing by all of
the Religious. Civic Fraternal, and
Service organizations of the Town
of Beaufort, North Carolina, on
Armed Forces Day, May 1951, in
recognition of the many contribu
tions thev have made to the Relig
ious, Civic, Fraternal and Service
life of this community and for the
heroic efforts daily expended in
the service of the Nation
"Moreover, the good citizenship
of these Officers and Men is rec
ognized. as manifested by the
depth of quality of their conduct
as American citizens and United
Slates Marines."
The scroll will be signed by the
heads of the 23 organizations rep
resented on the BASH committee.
Program at Z
The program, on tile west court
house lawn, will begin at 2 p.m.
The invocation by the Rev. T. R.
Jenkins, pastor of Ann Street
Methodist church, will be followed
by a concert by the Second Air
Wing Marine band.
The speaker will be Lt. Col. O.
A. Chambers. USMC, who will
come to Beaufort by helicopter. He
will circle the court house and
land at the t}eaufor< airport and
be trarapwttfl to 1 1* court house
by automobile.
On display, by courtesy of Cher
ry Point Marine Air base, will be
a Westinghouse Turbo jet engine,
two 500-pound water-filled bombs,
two 5-Inch rockets, practice rock
ets, and a pilot's flight equipment.
Following formal cercmonies,
there will be a reception for serv
icemen at the American Legion
hut. Turner st. This reception will
formally open the hut as an en
tertainment place for servicemen
each Tuesday and Friday night.
Opening the hut for this purpose
has been made possible by Carteret 1
Post No. 99, American Legion, in
cooperation with the BASH com
mittee.
Refreshments will be served by
the Legion and VFW auxiliaries.
Boy and Girl Scouts will be a
vailable for guide duty Sunday af
ternoon to conduct visitors to 1
places of historic interest through
out the town. ?
Morehead Pupils
Win Art Prizes i
Student winners in the art con- i
test sponsored by the Literary and
Art department of the Woman's i
club were announced Monday night .<
at the Parent-Teacher meeting at
Morehead City school.
Mrs. Robert W. Taylor of the ]
Literary and Art department an
nounced names of winners who
were presented with small decora
tive dHk baskets. The baskets are i
to be used on the teacher's desk
in the winners' rooms.
Winners are as follows: Danny
Scherer, grade 1; Sylvia Thompson,
grade 2; Suzanne Beck, grade 3;
Gerald Jones, grade 4; Jack Law
rence and Eaton Coleburn, grade
5 and 0 combination; Neil Hyatt,
grade 0; Daisy Brock and Jimmy
Blair, who worked together on one
entry, grade 7; Pauline Guthrie,
grade 8; and Jean Smoyer, high
school winner.
Aaoual Event
The Literary and Art depart
ment will sponsor the contest an
nually and make public recogni
tion of pupils' artistic abilities.
Outstanding entries were exhibited
at the School Monday night a^)
have been on display this week at
the civic center.
? The new grand piano was ac
cepted on behalf of the school by
W. C. Matthews, chairman of the
board, and G. T. Windell, princi
pal. Making tbe presentation was
E. A. Council, .president of tbe Wo
man's dab.
Ciactft Presented
The Chorus, Girls and Boys' Glee
club preiented their spring con
cert under the direction of Ralph
Wade. Accompanists for the chor
Board Reappoints
Town Employees
Requirements (or Bus Line
Operation to be Drawn
?Up; Fireman Appointed
The newly-elected Morehead City
hoard of commissioners has re-ap
pointed for the coming two years
the town clerk, John Lashley; town
treasurer. Mrs. Blanda McLohon,
police chief, E. J. Willis, fire chief,
Grady Bell. Commissioners also
approved the continued employ
ment of all persons on the town
pay roll.
At their monthly session Tues
day night at the municipal build
ing the organizational set-up was
determined. I). G. Bell was elect
ed mayor pro-tern. Mayor George
W. Dill. jr.. appointed W. L. Der
rickson as finance commissioner,
M. T. Mills commissioner of build
ings and grinds; Bell. polig& and
traffic commissioner; S. C.'flbllo
wa^f Street. sewers, and sanitation
commissioner; Dr. John Morris,
fire commissioner.
To Draft Franchise
The town attorney. George Mc
Neill, Commissioner Mills and the
mayor were designated to meet and
draft a franchlfta under which the
town would set forth specifications
that the Gillikin Bus Service should
meet. ^
At the April meeting the opera
tors of the bus service were re
quested to submit to Commission
ers Beli and Mills a schedule. A
schedule was submitted, but the
board, after reading it, came to
the conclusion that it meant noth
See BOARD, Page 3
Four Students -
Will Speak May 29'
At Graduation
Dorothy Wallace. Patsy Mason,
Albert Small, and Billy Downum,
seniors, will bo the speakers at
commencement May 29 at Beaufort
school. Graduation exercises will
begin at W o'clock.
The Kev. T. H. Jenkins, pastor
Df Ann Street Methodist church,
will deliver the baccalaureate ser
mon at the school at 11 o'clock
Sunday morning. May 27. Assist
ing in the service will be the Rev.
Winfrey Davis, pastor of the First
Baptist church, and the Rev. W. L.
Martin, rector of St. Paul's Epis
copal church.
There will be no morning serv
ice at those churches the day of
baccalaureate.
Class Night May 25
The seniors will attend class
night Friday. May 23. at 8 p.m. .at
the school. Final exams are sched
uled for May 22, 23, and 24. Eighth
grade graduation exercises will
lake place in the high school audi
torium at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday morn
ing. May 29.
The marshals for senior gradu
ation exercises are Shelia Smith,
chief, Gary Copeland, ?nd Connie
Lewis, all juniors; A#dy Mason
and Corinne Scurlock. sophomores;
Pat Daniels. Janice Keller, and
Evelyn Graham, freshmen.
Averages Considered
Class members with the highest
average are chosen as marshals.
Among the freshmen were two
with the same average and for that
reason three were selected.
Awards to be prewited jjA com
mencement are tm folmving:
school bus drivers, the scholarship,
loyalty and achievement award to
a senioiwsledictorian award which
includes a gear's subscription to
the Readeflt Digest, activities a
ward to a boy and girl, home eco
nomics award, athletics award to
a boy and girl, scholarship award
to the high school student with
the highest average, student coun
cil, glee club, and band awards.
Two Cars Ullida Tuesday
Dm AruuUll St. Monktad
Two care collided on ArcndeU
at.. Morehcad City, at 12:45 p.m.
Tuesday. No one was injured and
no charges were preferred.
According to Officer. Herbert
Griffin who investigateWa
driven by Robert Arvoa J
Arapahoe backed out 1
in front of the Broadway cafe and
struck another car driven by Don
ald Gray Westall, Morehcad City.
Westall was proceeding Mat on
Arendell street Damage to his
car was estimated at 173, to the
coupe, none?