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w CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES "l. 40th YEAR, NO. 54. TWO SECTIONS SIXTEEN PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY, JULY 6, 1951 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS Police Arrest Curtis Brinson On Electric Shop -.Theft Charge 4 Three Motorists j Face Charges ^ ; Broad Creek, Sanford, New- < port Motorists Arrested < Following Accidents * Three motorists were charged with violations of the motor ve- t hide law as the result of accidents i over the weekend. ] Leo Daniel Gamer, Broad Creek, is charged with speeding, careless < and reckless driving, and drunken driving; Roy Lester Kimball, San ford, with following too closely be- , hind another vehicle; and Ray- , mond Tjeslie Garner, Newport, with failing to stop at a stop sign. The Broad Creek man was slight- , ly injured when his pickup truck i turned over twice after hitting a light pole at 2:55 p.m. Monday | afternoon on highway 24 just west of the Gale's Creek bridge. According to H. G. Woolard, highway patrolman who investigat ed, Garner was attempting to turn from the highway left on to the old highway 24. He skidded approx imately 294 feet and in the course of the skid hit the pole with the right front fender of the truck and then upset. He was taken to Morehead City hospital by ambulance, treated and discharged. At 8:15 Sunday morning a car driven by Kimball crashed into the rear of another car driven by Mrs. Katheryn Shute Pearson of Mon roe. The accident occurred on the Newport river bridge between Beaufort and Morehead City. Both cars were headed toward Beaufort. The draw had just clos ed and traffic started, then stop ped. Kimball, failing to stop, hit the Pearson car. Damage to Kim ball's car was $150 and to the oth er $100. A convertible driven by Robert Alvin Courtney of Cherry Point collided at 7 o'clock Sunday night with a coupe being driven by Gar ner of Newport. Courtney was proceeding east whan, according to Patrolman Wottlard, Garner . came out the prison camp road and entered highway 70 juritkout stop Damage to the {tayjrtible was estimated at (90, WMtircoupe $45. J? CM Probates y Jasper Mason Will The Inst will and testament of Jasper Frank Mason, naming his daughter, Beatrice Pittman exe cutrix, was tiled and probated June 22, 1951 in the clerk of court's office. J. H. Lynch and Roy W. Davis of Smyrna were witnesses. Executrix Beatrice Pittman re ceived 15 acres of her lather's land known as the "Home Place," together with the house where Mas on resided. She also was be queathed ill livestock, farm equip ment, household and kitchen furn iture belonging to her father. Mason gave to his daughter, Flos sie Pittman, 145 acres of woodland nearest to her farm and gave the remainder of the woodsland to sons and daughters, Donnie Mason, Durwood Mason, Elbert Mason, Be atrice Pittman, and Blanche Char ron to share alike. All residue of the estate after taking out legacies, according to Mason, was to be sold by the exe cutrix Beatrice, with any surplus remaining, after payment of debts, expenses, and taxes to be shared equally among the children. Red Cross Will ? Sell Paint Agan The Beaufort Red Crocs chapter will sponsor another paint sale in the near future, Mrs. James D. Rumley. home aervice chairman, an nounced yesterday. The chapter made *42 on the sale held Satur day in the Ramsey Grocery Whole sale building. Front at, but some paint ailll remains. ' The paint was donated to the Bed Cross by Rose's 5 It 10, Beau fort. Rose's 5 4 10, Morehead City, contributed its paint, $578 worth, to the county welfare de partment. The Rose stores are changing their paint line and man agers were directed to donate their paint to a worthy organisation in their respective communities. The date of the second paint aale will be determined when the i chairman of the chapter, the Rev. I W. L. Martin, returns from an out | of-town trip. Curtis Brinson, Beaufort, was" irrested yesterday morning on charges of breaking and entering Jie Hatsell Electric shop, Beaufort, te has been released under $300 >ond and will be tried in record ir's court Tuesday. fcrmson has been charged with emoving $80 in cash and two rhecks from the shop. Carl Hat ell, owner, said that neither the :ash nor checks has been recov ;red. The checks were worth U 74.86. Brinson was arrested while on he job on Front street extended, iatsell said that as of yesterday Srinson, who has been working with him for five years, is no long er working for him. The electric shop was entered Sunday night, June 24. According to reports -from police, a man was seen entering the back door of the place and leaving between 8 and 9 o'clock that night. Hatsell said that Brinson carried a key to the back door at all times. Three nights after the Hatsell burglary, Herring Jewelry store was robbed. An arrest in the Her ring case was made Saturday. General Expresses Thanks to Mayor Mayor L. W. Hassell, Beaufort, recently received a letter of thanks from Maj. Gen. Louis E. Woods, former commanding officer of the Second Marine Air Wing, Cherry Point. General Woods expressed appreciation for the scroll present ed the Air Wing on behalf of the town of Beaufort. His letter fol lows: My dear Mayor Hassell: In behalf of the Marines at Cher ry Point, I wish to express our sin cere appreciation for the beauti ful scroll which was presented to the officers and men of the Sec ond Marine Air Wing by all the Religious, Civic, Fraternal and Ser vice organizations of Beaufort on Armed Forces Day, 19 May. 1951. During my career as a Marine Officer, I have always striven to achieve a more perfect harmony and Mutual understanding between the Marines under my command and the civil communities in which they have been stationed. There fore, this scrool is a source of much personal satisfaction to me as it is concrete evidence that my efforts have not always been in vain. Sincerely yours, L. E. Woods, Major General, U. S. Marine Corps, Commanding Two Accidents J Involve Six Cars Two accidents Involving three autos occurred recently in More head City. One driver, John Tuma of Cherry Point, is scheduled to appear in mayor's court Monday to answer charges of driving un der the influence of alcohol and causing a wreck. Tuma is under $200 bond. Wednesday at 8 p.m., Tuma, ac cording to investigating officers Carl Blomberg and Preston Ed wards, ran his two-door Buick into the sides of a Ford convertible owned by Willen J. Halligan, 112 Noyes ave., and a two-door Chevro let owned by an unidentified Ma rine stationed at Camp Lejeune. Both cars were parked between 9th and 10 St. on Evans. Halligan reported damage to his left rear fender, wheel, tire, and bumper, while the Chevrolet was damaged in the front bumper, back fender and wheel. Damage to Tuma'i auto was centered chiefly on the front fender, headlight, and bumper. The aecond accident, occurring at 5:30 p.m. last Thursday, resulted from a ball thrown into Arendell it. by a child. When James Meelu, Morehead Bluffs, saw the ball roll ing into the street followed close ly by the child, he applied his brakes. Mrs. Lottie Beacbem Clark, route 1, Morehead City, atopped her 1940 two-door Ford quick enough to a vert hitting Meeks' car in front of her. Mrs. Thomas McGinnis, 1608 Shepard St., however, wasn't as fortunate as her 1941 two-door Chevrolet plowed into the Foid. Damage to the Chevrolet amount ed to $200 and to the Ford, $190, according to the investigating of ficer, Herbert Griffin. UfktBtag Hits Hmsc Newport firemen put out a blaat caused by lightning Tuesday, June 28, at the home of Walter Prue, Lightning burned out the meter base and electrical wiring. Dam aage was estimated at more than ?ISO. Siy if |g famdmrt Huring On Fisheries Kexl Friday J A public hearing on ill rules and regulation? in connection with commercial fishing will be conducted at the commercial fteh erieo building, Camp Glenn, at lt:M next Friday morning, July 13. This bearing is the opening e vent on the three-day summer meeting of the State Board of Conservation and Development which is held regularly each year at Morehead City. Alleged Burglar Waives Hearing Id Court Tuesday Waiving preliminary hearing in recorder's court, Robert Clayton Batts Tuesday was bound over to superior court under $1,000 bond. He has been charged with breaking and entering the Herring jewelry store, Beaufort, and stealing ov er $2,400 worth of jewelry. Batts, who was on parole, has been returned to a prison camp upstate where he will serve time for breaking his parole. He will be tried here in the October term of superior court. Judge Lambert R. Morris gave a suspended road sentence to Mil ton O'Neal on a charge of assault and non-support of his minor chil dren. Also under suspended sen tence are Victor D. Carson, driv ing intoxicated minus an operator's license, hit and run driving, and damage to property, and Albert sparrow, expired driver's license For assaulting James H. Lewis and non-support, O'Neal was given a two-year road term suspended on condition he remains sober and on good behavior for three years and pays $35 weekly for the support of his wife and minor children. He also paid costs. Traffic violator Carson was sen tenced to Mix months, on the road, suspended providing he m prosecuting witness Toler ?138, re imbursing him for loss sastained, together with $25 and costs, while Sparrow received a 90-day road sus pension with the proviso he pay costs within three months. For failing to support his il legitimate child, Dan Horton was ordered to pay the prosecuting wit ness $103 in addition to payment of $5 weekly for the support of his minor child. He also paid costs. on?' Nash Simmons, found guilty of careless and reckless driving re suiting in an accident, was fined $20 and costs. Speeders Franis Twohig and Mal colm J Williams paid $10 and cosU as did Richard W. Dubose, improp er lights, and Oscar Lee Waters, charged with being drunk on the highway. Costs were levied on "oy M. Perkins, failing to stop at a stop sign, Prentiss Gray Sal ter, obstructing a highway at night without lights, Calvert Robert Church, speeding and Ralph Meads passing a bad check. Meads must also make good the check. Leon Daniel Garner, charged with speed ing, reckless driving, and driving while Intoxicated, paid one-half costs. The state dismissed the case a gainst Robert George Young, charged with driving without a li cen?, and dropped Dan Horton s seduction case, along with the cases of Clarence Maynard, charg ed with assault on a female, and Margaret Louise Henderson, driv ing without a license. The state alao decided not to prosecute at thu time Otis Elliot, charged with female assault, and John Delbert, obstructing a public road, making it impassable, thereby creating a motor hazard. For failure to appear in court, bonds were forfeited by Merle Ed win Bradwell and Margaret Marie Campbell, speeding; Lillian Gas ?11. public intoxication; and M A Pauls, Jr., drunk and disorderly. Cases continued were Dave Bell Janies Nichels Weeks. Peggy Spray Paris Willis, John Joseph Farn em Jesaee Letters, Robert James Maltais, Carlton A. Brubake, Billy Ruffin, Easton Wayne Phillip?, and James Dow Bond. I Shrimping Opratbns I Tain Tmi lor Better Shrimping operation took a turn for the better about * week a go, and hauls have been the beat beat tince the season opened June 1. Excellent catches were reported in the sounds and better than us ual catches in creeks and rivers. During the month of June, ahrimp ert were barely able to meet ex penses, many were running in the red, and the shrimping outlook all along the coaat waa bleak and [Beaufort Finishes Payment on Town Parking Meters. Board Hears Report on Ex penditures, Income for Past Fiscal Year Beaufort made its last payment on parking meters June 30, 1951. The cost of the meters, $12,986, has been paid in monthly installments since installation of the meters in April 1948. Since that time the town general fund was replen ished to the tune of $13,000 from the meters. June's collections were $704.96. It is estimated that meter revenue during the coming fiscal year will be $8,500. Dan Walker, town clerk and tax collector, informed the town board which met Monday night at the town hall, that 85 per cent of the town's 1950 levy has been collected. The total levy was $44,531.06. Col lected was $39,009.70. The last of the fire department bills, some of them incurred as far back as 1947, have been paid. Interest paid on money borrowed to pay for the fire equipment and interest on bonds during 1950-51 a mounted to $17,295.08. Paid to Paul Motor co., Beaufort, and fire equipment companies was $1, 282. No Money Left Although the town opened the current fiscal year with nary a cent in the general fund, all bills are paid, the clerk told the board, with the exception of Tide Water Power company's bill and several small miscellaneous bills that came in after June 30. Walker said that it is customary to settle the power bill when the power company pays its taxes. The current fiscal year closed with $3,300.29 in the debt service fund. The total collected for debt service was $18,245.64. Pri or years' taxes collected amounted to $5,789.32. To settle town debts (the 1950-51 See BEAUFORT BUDGET, Page 6 6372 Vbit Park 4 (L L.L r ,, il Ud July rourtn Attendance at Fort Macon State park totaled 6,372 on the Fourth of July, Douglas Starr, superin tendent, announced yesterday. He said that attendance probably would have been higher had not a stiff southwest wind sifted sana over sun-bathers. Not one accident occurred to mar the holiday. Starr reported that since May 1 visitors to the fort have averaged *,140 per week. George Ross, di rector of the State Board of Con servation and Development, who visited the park last week said that placing a motion picture in one of the fort rooms is under consid eration. The picture would show interert ing facts about the fort. He also commended Starr on the park op eration, stating that it is one of the cleanest parks in the state. Starr stated yesterday that the road to the new picnic shelter has been completed. Foundations for rest rooms were being poured yes terday and marl will be placed on walks leading to tha picnic tables outside the shelter. Visitors to the park Saturday totaled 2,409. There were 605 children, 1800 adults, 210 picnick ers,, 610 swimmers, 145 fishermen, and 775 visitors to the fort. Sunday's visitors totaled 5,029. There were 900 children, 4,129 a dults, 450 picnickers, 1,150 swim mers, 270 fishermen, and 1,050 vis itors to the fort. 7 -Year-Old Colored Boy Drowns; lO-Year-Old Saves Victim's, Brother If Town Enlarges, New Part Will Have Member on Board H Welfare Superintendent ?' To Take Leave oi Absence Thomas C. McGinnis, superin tendent of the county welfare de partment, has been granted a military leave of absence by the county welfare board. McGinnis will leave soon to be gin service with the Array at Fort Dix in the psychological services department. He was recently transferred from United States Naval Reservist to the Ar my. The superintendent of public welfare began his work in Car teret county in July 1949. Committee OKs I NavyExpenditures The House Armed Services com mittee tentatively approved Tues day appropriations for Naval Air projects and Marine Corps shore installations in this country. The committee has approved on ly the amount the military depart ments estimate they need in the next 12 months. The Navy told the committee it plans to spend $117,193,400 on the projects be tween now an next July. Projects approved by the commit tee and the amount asked in pa renthesis, include: Marine Corps auxiliary landing strip. Beau fort, S. C., $407,000 ($3.987.900) ; Marine Corps Air Station. Cherry Point, N.C., $15,058,000 ($29,226, 900). Authorized as requested: Ma rine Corps Air Facility, Peterfield Point, Camp Lejeune, N.C. $6,291, 000. Naval Air Facility, Weeksville, N. C., $1,320,000; Marine Corps Auxiliary Landing Strip, Wilming ton, N. C., $3,886,000. It madt^Rti cuts in the followi*ai Marine Headquarters BattaUqn, \rlmfton. Ya., 91,100 Marine Bar racks, Camp Lejeune, N.C., $10, 592,200; Recruit Depot, Parris la land, S.C., $738,100; Marine Corps School, Quantico, Va., $3,440,300. A. W. Pridgen Named Principal Aubrey W. Pridgen, Greenville, will assume his duties as princi pal at Atlantic school 4his fall. He succeeds Jesse McDaniel. Pridgen received his bachelor's degree at East Carolina college where he majored in business education and social studies. His mister's degree was obtained following study in school adminis tration and social studies. Pridgen. who is married and has one child, taught in the Bell Arthur high school, Bell Arthur, N. C., last year. Three schools in the county will open for the 1831-52 term with new principals. In addition to the At lantic school, Newport will have a new principal, W. H. Bryson, and Markers Island's new principal wfll be Mrs. Emma Wade of Davis who formerly taught at Newport. Bryson succeeds R. L. Pruitt and Mrs. Wade succeeds H. D. Epting. H. L Joslyn, county superintendent of schools, announced Pridgen's appointment Tuesday. * Commissioner J. O. Barbour an nounced at Beaufort's town board meeting Monday night that he will resign from the board in order to allow appointment of a repre sentative from the section now outside town, should residents of those outlying areas vote to join the town in the referendum Aug. 11. Commissioner Barbour has stat ed in the past that he is not in favor of being a permanent figure on the board and consented to run in the recent election only be cause other candidates were not forthcoming. If Commissioner Barbour resigns, the new appointment will be made by Mayor L. W. Hassell. H. C. Jones Protests In regard to the proposed town extension, H. C. Jones appeared before the board and protested that his farm is included in the area and he said that he was as sured by the chairman of the plan ning board that his farm would not be in the area. The board recommended that he contact a member of the plan ning board and request them to consider his protest. Appearing with Jones was Victor Wickizer, owner and manager of the East Drive-In theater, whose property borders on Jones' farm. The board approved re-appoint ment of tne following municipal employees: Dan Walker, town clerk; L. B. Willis, chief of po lice; Carlton Garner and Guy Springle, police officers; Clyde Pe terson, street superintendent; El mond Rhue and Roma Willis, fire truck drivers. Oath Administered All commissioners were sworn in for the coming two year term. They are Clifford Lewis, James Rumley, Barbour, Math Chaplain and O. T. Mundy. The oath was administered by F. R. Seeley, justice of the peace The board that no more intufanr slu., I b? carried on town i automotive equipment. This de ciaion had been made previously but the matter was railed again be cause the firm with which the town has been carrying the insur ance submitted a bill for $207.36 for the coming year. The board s decision was based on a ruling by (he attorney general wherein it was stated that towns are not lia ble. The possibility of providing ad ditional burial Kround for colored people was discussed. Commis sioner Barbour suggested that the colored cemetery be extended from the present west line west to the wall of the white cemetery. Sewage Problem The necessity for correcting the open sewage ditch condition be tween the school and Hancock Park was discussed and referred to the sanitation committee. The commissioners urged that the un paved town streets be measured and the figures be sent to the State Highway commission as soon as possible in order to qualify tor financial aid under the Powell bill. The building inspector, Gerald Woolard. reported that the Stan dard Oil company oflered to co operate with the town in finding new locations for storage tanks now located at Hooper's Esso sta tion, Front st. For the remainder of the sum mer the board approved 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. office hours at the town hall. Morehead Hospital-Welfare Board Problem Seems No Closer to Solution The Morehead City hospital and county welfare financial differenc es seem no closer to solution today than more than a month ago when the hospital entered a claim for more money to pay charity patient expenses. The hospital board of trustees points out that the hospital is sup ported, in addition to payment of bills by patients, by a 5 per cent tax levy plus dividends from More head City's liquor store, and a payment of $5 per day for 10 days from the welfare department for each charity case. Two dollars during the past year has also come for charity patients, (1 from Duke Endowment and $1 from the Med ical Care commission for each day an indigent patient has been in the hospital. This income has been insufficient to meet hospital ex penses. Beginning July 1, 1991, the fed eral government will pay $2 a day for certain public assistance r? cipients under the recant eitenstoa of the social security act. In this special program North Carolina will pay $1 and Duke Endowment $1. The hospital and the town of Morehead City have also requested $8 a day from the county. Daily Coat Cited H. L. Green, hospital adminis trator, reports that the cost per day for treating patients is (13.36. The figure is based on actual cost, he emphasized and constitutes the lowest possible "charity rate." The cost of treating patients at the hospital last year was 1150, 129.57. Patient days totaled 11,048 (newborn babies are not counted as patients). Other hospital coaU were as fol lows: administration $10,737.43; dietary ?30,713.41: laundry $8, 184.73: housekeeping 8S.8S2.49; plant operation $10,800.73; medical expenses and surgery $18,275.96; pharmacy and drugs $12,231.80; nursing $80,819.88; X-ray $3,531.13, and laboratory expenses $3,401.95. Were th? county to pay tb* boa pital the 88 requested, recipients of welfare fundi who enter the hospital would have expenses paid at the rate of >12 a day and others certified as medically indigent would have hospital expenses paid at the rate of $10.30 a day, accord ing to figures presented Monday to the county board of commission ers by Thomas C. McGinnis, super intendent of the welfare depart ment. The hospital has informed the welfare department that no more indigent patients are being accept ed until the $8 per day appropri ation is forthcoming. The welfare department has replied that an <8 appropriation is Impossible because of insufficient funds, but the de partment has offered an alterna tive: the present county rate of 18 a day will continue with the 10 day limit lifted for a trial period of six months. This action waa supported by a ?300 increase in country appropriations for hospit See HOSPITAL, Page Z A colored boy, Robert De-' witt Lovick, 7-year-old son of Mrs.'Sarah Lovick, Beaufort, drowned at 9:30 yesterday morning when he fell off the west Beaufort bridge. The bridge is located on Turner street extended. Robert's brother, Charles, aged 9, also fell into the water but was rescued by 10-year old Bateman Jones. The children were swim ming off the bridge. The tide was high and the Jones child, accord ing to Coroner Leslie D. Springle. tried to rescue both but succeeded only in saving the older. No inquest will be conducted. The coroner said the drowning was accidental. Surviving besides the mother and Charles, is another ?on. Ron nie. 3. The boy's father is dead. Robert's body was taken from the water by Ronda Stony who is a pilot at the Beaufort Morehead City airport. Storey and Douglas Guion, manager of Piedmont Air lines, administered artificial res piration and then the boy was tak en to Morehead City hospital where an additional three-quarters of in hour was spent in trying to revive him. The body was sent to a funeral home at New Bern. Funeral ar rangements remained incomplete yesterday afternoon. Jaycees to Stage Fish Fry July 11 ' The Ole Timey Fish Fry, spon sored by the Morehead Jaycees, will be held Wednesday. July 11 I from 5 to 7:30 p.m. The place | has not yet been decided. At their regular meeting at Ho- 1 tel Fort Macon Monday night, Jay cees decided on the rescheduled date, and will circulate handbills announcing the place. Tickets for the affair can be purchased from Jaycees. With Sam llatcher in charge, plan* are being formulated for ?praying marali and wooded areas ?r?<-.l Morq? ar to Vsaen the m tquito mat!?" during hot weath er. Leo Sponar, chairman of last week's scrap paper drive, reported that his staff was too small. Only five Jaycees reported for work. Paul Branch will captain the Au gust paper drive. On the sports front, it was an nounced that additional lighting will soon be installed at the high school athletic field to brighten up the playing field for current Softball and later for football ac tivity in the fall. Jaycees were urged to support their Softball club, currently resting in fourth place in the city Softball league race. Attending the meeting as a guest | was Robert Freeman. Three Marines ^ Hurt in Accident An automobile driven by H. E Askew, Cherry Point, turned over I one and a half times at 9 o'clock Monday night on highway 70 one mile east of Newport. Three pas sengers, all Marines, were injured, but the driver was unhurt. He has been charged, however, with driv ing without an operator's license. The injured, who were taken to the Cherry Point dispensary by a passing motorist were Joseph E. Maynard, suffering possible frac tures; James Springer, possible fractures; and Stephen Krwawicz, who received lacerations on the head. Patrolman H. G. Woolard, who investigated, said that Askew had Just purchased the car about four hours before the accident. Dam age to the auto, a 1949 Ford, was estimated at $850. According to the patrolman, the car ran off the shoulder of the road as Askew was proceeding toward Morehead City. After a long skid, it turned over in the woods. ? Tide Table Tides at Beaufort Bar HIGH LOW Friday, July 6 9;32 a.m. 3:33 a.m. 9:40 p.m. 3:23 p.m. Saturday, July 7 10:08 a.m. 4:05 a.m. 10:18 p.m. 4:03 p.m. Sunday, July t 10:45 a.m. 4:38 a.m. 10:43 p.m. 4:43 p.m. Moaday, July 9 11:25 a.m. 5:13 a.m. 11:34 p.m. 5:30 p.m. Tucaday, July 1* 12 Noon 5:51 a.m. 12:10 p.m. 8:21 p.m. Newport Raises Tax Rate to $1 Board Tentatively Adopts Budget for Coming Year; Clerk's Salary Raised ? The Newport town board voted unanimously Tuesday night to raise the ta xrate to $1 per hun dred dollars valuation. The pres ent rate is 35 cents. Each commissioner expressed re gret at the necessity of having to raise the rate but they agreed with Commissioner Ira Garner who said "we can't do anything unless we have something to do it with. We're going to get cussed anyhow so we may as well get cussed for doing something." The town's total tax levy last year was $1,132.60 and of that only 64 per cent or $734.89 was collect ed. This is about half of the chief of police salary alone. Expenses of running the town have been met with funds from the ABC store, privilege taxes, auto tags, and beer and wine tax rebate from the state. Received last year from the ABC store was $4,865.80 but revenue during the coming year is expected to drop due to the establishment of a liquor store at Havelock. Privi lege taxes during 1950-51 yielded $376.75, beer and wine rebate $655.91, auto tags $114, and taxes from prior years' levies $345.40. The town's total income was $7, 092.82. The town's total property valu ation is $376,202. The tax collec tions next year, if all come in, will be $3,762.02. The 1951 levy will be based on the new rate. Salary Raised The town board raised the clerk's salary from $40 a month to $50 a month, tile street budget was increased to $3,500, lights to $500, poll tax was estimated at $107, and ABC revenue at $2,500. According to the estimate, next year's coats of town operation will be $5,5?*) an* r will be $6, 694. The present fiscal year open ed with a balance in the general See NEWPORT, 9age g Two 4-H Boys Get Pigs from Chain ? Bruce Howard and Leonard Par ker, Newport 4-H club members, have received two purebred pigs from the county pig chain. The decision to give the pigs to the boys wflf* made by the Carteret County 4-H Livestock Improve ment association. James Allgood, 4-H club adviser, reports that Ernest Lee Willis, son of Ross Willis, has done a com mendable job in raising nine pigs that were farrowed by the gilt given him from the pig chain. How ard and Parker received two of that litter. Allgood defines the purpose of the swine project as follows: To encourage interest in swine breed ing. to promote the breeding of superior purebred hogs on Carteret county [arms, to teach 4-H club members the importance and place of the purebred hogs in a well rounded farm program and to train 4-H club members to be good herds men, Harry Taylor of North Harlowe and Ronnie Kelly of Newport, both 4-H club members, also recently deceived pigs that were passed on by the Livestock Improvement As sociation. Roy Garner of Newport, presi dent of the association, states that he is well pleased with the progress that is being with the county pig and calf chains. The original chains of eight pigs and eight calv es have not been broken. If any 4-H club boy is interest ed in getting a pig or calf he should write a letter to Allgood explain ing the pasture and water facilit ies he Aould provide for the pig or calf. His letter will be presented to the Board of Directors for approval. After his application has been approved, he will get the pig or calf as soon as it Is available to be parsed on by the association. Recorder's Court Yields J $2,199.26 Doriag Jane A. H. James, clerk of superior court, has reported that recorder'? court receipts (or June were *2, 199 26 Superior court receipti were *1,846.10, probate fees ??8.40, miscellaneous fees *84.16. The total amount paid into the clerk's office during the month was *5,072,96. Of this amount *4,307. 92 was paid to the county. The remainder was paid to designated parties by court order.
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