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40th YEAk, NO. 82. THREE SECTIONS EIGHTEEN PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT. NORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1951 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
Home Teams to Battle for Mullet Bucket Tonight
fcRIME IN AMERICA
THE NEWS-TIMES Exclusively Brings
| Its Readers Eye-Opening Facts * '
Officers Clap
One of Four '
Escapees in Jail
David Barnes, Leader of
Newport Prison Break,
Picked up ai Pactolus
David C. Barnes, leader of a
four-man escape from a Newport
prison road gang Monday, was
captured Wednesday night at Fac
tious in Pitt county. Search for
the other three escapees, Willis
Moore, Charlie Moore, and Robert
Chase was continuing yesterday,
and Barnes was taken to central
prison, Raleigh.
Barnes, an honor grader, and his
t(lree companions made the break
at noon Monday as they were clear
ing right-of-way on the Adams
creek road eight miles from high
way 101 near Long cre^k.
Pick-Up Recovered
Recovered shartly before noon
yesterday on the Cahoque road,
about 15 miles from Newport, was
the second of two trucks the quar
tet used in their escapc. It was a
1950 pick-up which was later aban
doned when the prisoners appro
priated for their own use a car.
The car, with the shotgun taken
from Harry Simmons, guard of the
12-man road gang, was recovered
Tuesday at Duffy field in New
Bfern. A tire had gone flat.
Barnes, 25, sentenced in Pitt
Cbunty in May 1950 on a larceny
charge, effected the escapc by
'overpowering and disarming Sim
? mons. Simmons said he was walk
ing along the road with Barnes off
to the aide. Suddenly Barnes seized
him around the waist, grabbed his
pistol and ordered him to throw his
ihotgun down.
Simmons did and the honor
grader picked the gun up, only to
find it unloaded. He tflen ordered
'Simmons to throw down his shells.
Simmons obeyed and Barnes then
ltaded the gun.
Three More Join
With the guard disarmed, the
three others joined in the escape
attempt.
. They tied Simmons and gang
foreman George Wetherington to
two trees and then turned their
attention to a nearby state high
way truck. Its driver, Sonny Long,
1 was ordered in the back of the
iruck. The eight other prisoners
were ordered to climb in also.
"Then, with Barnes at the wheel, the
truck was started down the road.
Four miles away, the truck was
abandoned and the driver released.
The eight prisoners begged the
escapees to let them go too; they
vere released alto and soon after
ward guards found them sitting -be
aide the road waiting for someone
to come for them.
Barnes and his companions next
hailed a Harlowe Negro driving a
1990 model pick-up truck. They
threatened his life and took the
struck.
The truck was then abandoned
4n the Cahoque road, near the
J pater, and an automobile stolen,
t was reported that the four were
last seen in the car near James
City, across the Trent river from
New Bern.
Road blocks set up in the area
Monday failed to net the officers'
prey.
Willis Moore, 18. was serving
three years and six months for as
'sault. A New Bern boy. he was
convicted in Craven county Jan. 8.
Charlie Moore, 25. of New Bern,
was serving terms totaling 30
months for assault with a deadly
weapon. He was convicted in Sep
tember 1950, and had attempted to
escape three days after reaching
,? prison.
Chase, 25, was sentenced in Pitt
county last March 31 to a two-year
term for assault with a deadly
.^papon. He lived on a Greenville
?rural route.
v All three were A graders.
The Newport camp has only
colored prisoners who are serving
time for crimes other than felonies.
Pdfct DtpvtaMl Wa
faniiti JUbrat Fukiif
The More head City police depart
ment announced today that resi
iidents must refrain from parking on
? the side walks along the east and
.* treat aides of MoreheacLCity graded
school.
(I Unless this warning Is observed,
fthe department said, citations will
0? given violators.
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Starting Tuesday, THE NEWS-TIMES brings you Sen.
Estes Kefauver's sensational book, Crime in America.
THE* NEWS-TIMES is the only paper in eastern North
Carolina to obtain this startling and eye-opening compila
tion of facts on organized crime in the United States ? in
big cities and small.
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Superior Court
To Open Monday
Grand Jury Will Consider
Nine Cases; Judge Will
Be 0- K. Nimocks, Jr.
The October one-week term of 1
superior court will open Monday in
Beaufort. Nine cases are scheduled
to go before the grand jury.
Docketed for Monday and Tuesday
are criminal cases and divorces and
civil cases will be heard when those
are concluded, according to the
calendar released this week.
The presiding judge will be Q.
K. Nimocks, jr.
Grand jury cases are the follow
ing: H. L. (Bert) Clark, fornica
tion and adultery and carnal
knpwledge of a female; Williaita A.
Boyd, breaking and entering and
larceny; H. M. Clark, assault with
a deadly weapon with intent to
kiH; J. D. Arnold, Earl Johnson,
and Levi Lilly, breaking, entering
and larceny; J. D. Arnold. Will
Gillikin, and Earl Joyner, break
ing, dntering, and larceny; and J.
D. Arnold, breaking, entering, and
larceny.
Criminal Docket
Scheduled Monday are the fol
lowing: Nehemiah and Levi Wil
liams, breaking, entering and lar
ceny; Nancy Moore, Lillian Chad
1 wick, Alice Davis, fornication and
adultery; Alton Robert Blanding,
John A. Wetherington, jr., and
William Franklin Lindsay, drunk
en driving.
William Bell, drunk and resist
See COURT, Page 6
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Marine Flyer Tells PTA offline
Months 9 Combat in Korean War
N. L Walker Heads
Beanlort Bed Cross
N. L. Walker, Beaufort, has
been appointed chairman of the
Beaufort Red Cross chapter. He
succeeds the Rev. W. I,. Martin,
former rector of St Paul's Epis
copal church.
Walker announced today that
there will be a meeting of all
Red Cross workers, from Beau
fort to Atlantic, at 7:31 Wednes
day night at the parish house.
The Beaufort chapter includes
Beaufort and the eastern part of
the county.
At this meeting directors will
be elected and plans for the year
outlined. The Red Cross drive
will take place In March.
Also to be considered will be
the proposal to place a Red Cross
exhibit at the county fair, Oct.
22-27.
Couple Receive
Jail Sentences
Dorothy Hester, Morehead City,
was sentenced to a year in prison
by Judge Lambert Morris in record
ers' court Tuesday and Charles
JacVson was sentenced to six
months on the roads. Both were
charged with fornication and adul
tery and possession of non tax
paid whiskey.
Allen Garner was found guilty
on a charge of careless and reck
less driving and ordered to pay $25
and costs. He appealed the case,
however, and his bond was placed
at >100.
Jesse Dolfred Lefler, charged
with drunken driving, pleaded
guilty and paid >100 and costs. E.
H. Dunn, charged with passing a
bad check, was ordered to pay
court coats and make good the
check.
Pleads Guilty
Virgil Lee Brinkley pleaded guil
ty to driving while drunk and with
out an operator's license. He paid
*100 and coats. The case against
John Tyson, sr., charged with as
saulting his wife and children, was
dismissed
Malicious prosecution was ruled
'in the cases of William Godette
See COUPLE, Page ( .
? The close air support of Marine
lighter planes has greatly bene
fited the United Nations ground
forces battling in Korea, First Lt.
Stanley J. Osserman told the More
head City PTA Monday night.
"Sometimes it was necessary,"
Osserman said, "to risk killing
some of our own troops in order
to prevent the Communists from
annihilating our entire Army re
treating last winter from frozen
Chongju on the Yalu river."
The young officer was intro
duced by William B. Chalk. PTA
program chairman, who informed
the audience that Osserman has re
ceived the Distinguished Flying
Crosa for participating in the de
fense of the Pusan perimeter Au
gust-September, 1950. The lieu
tenant, Chalk added, was awarded
the Air Medal with five gold
clusters, and is due to receive an
other DFC. After nine months of
combat in Korea. Osserman. a na
tive of Pennsylvania, returned td
Cherry Point and is living in More
head City with his wife.
The Marine arrived in Korea in
late summed of 1950. a pilot with
the First Marine Division Air arm.
At that time, he continued, the
only two operating air fields in
South Korea were being used by
the Air Force, thus he was sta
tioned on a carrier off shore.
In those days, he .went on. when
the Reds were only 30 miles from
Pusan. the Marine airmen would
take off two or three times a day,
being up as long as three to five
hours on each sortie.
Island Blasted
During the pre-invasion bom
bardment of Inchon, the officer
stated, the Marine planes plastered
See FLYER, Page C
Ude Table
Tide* at Beaufort Bar
HIGH
LOW
6:20 p.m.
5:55 a.m.
FMday, Oct. 12
12:12 p.m.
Saturday, Oct. 11
6:45 a.m.
7:06 p.m.
12:32 a.m.
1:05 p.m.
Sunday, Oct 14
7:31 a.m.
7:48 p.m.
1:14 a.m.
1:52 p.m.
Monday, Oct. 15
8:13 a.m.
8:28 p.m. *
1:54 a.m.
2:35 p.m.
8:54 a.m.
9:07 p.m.
Tuesday, Oct. 1(
.
2:32 a.m.
3:1< p.m.
Morehead Cily Receives
$28,000 from Race Track '
Morehead City's dividend from
the Carolina Racing association
this year amounts to $28,000, an
increase of $10,000 over the
amount received in 1950.
The town has budgeted its race
track dividend this year. The
fund has been earmarked for ex
penditure on streets and in other
municipal operations. Part of
the fund is reserved for ex
penses incurred by the More
head City Race Track commis
sion.
Received through track opera
tion in 1948 was $25,000 and in
1949 $33,000.
Fuel Terminals v
Revises Proposal
On Island Pier
Objections by the State Ports
authority and the Marine Corps
has led to revision, by the Aviation
Fuel Terminals, inc., of its ap
plication to build an oil terminal
and doc* at the west side of In
let island.
According to Col. R. C. Brown,
U. S. Army, district engipeer, Wil
mington, 'the applicant has now
submitted revised plans for the
proposed pier and dredging. These
show the pier fronting on a line
between the northeast corner of the
turning basin, near black buoy "41"
and the intersection of the north
eastern limits of tangents "B" and
"C," near red buoy "18." The near
est breasting dolphin will be ap
proximately 280 feet shoreward
of the eastern edge of the turning
basin. The centerline of the pier
will be approximately 1,200 feet
south of the northeast corner of
the turning basin.
The pier will be constructed of
steel piling and will be 492 feet \
long, 19 feet wide with a 695-foot 1
tec at the end. The urea in front I
of the pier will be dredged to a '
depth of 80 feet at mean low water
and tne area behind the tee will be
dredged to a depth of 15 feet at
mean low water. Approximately
360,000 cubic yards are to be dred
ged and deposited on shore above
the high water line on property
owned by the applicant.
Plans showing the proposed work
may be seen at the Wilmington
office and at the post office at
Morehead City.
Persons or firms objecting to the
revised proposal should notify
Colonel Brown by Wednesday, Oct.
24, 1951.
The State Ports authority object
ed to the original proposal by Avia
tion Fuels on the basis that the
fuel terminal plan encroached on
proposed turning basin dredging
operations. The Marine Corps ob
jected on the basis that the termi
nal proposal will present an ob
stacle to their LST landing instal
lation on the west side of Inlet is
land.
Agassiz Retails i
From Chesapeake
The Coast Guard cutter Agassiz
docked Tuesday at Morehead City
Port terminal, concluding its trip
from Chesapeake bay where it took
part in the President's Regatta,
Sept. 23.
"Our duty was to patrol the wa
ters," said the cutter's new com
mander, Charles R. King, lieuten
ant J. g. "We were there Sept. 20
24, then we headed south for More
head City, with' some stops along
the way.,,
Lt. King, a native of Wilming
ton, joined the cutter Sept. 5, re
lieving Warrant Officer F. A. Gran
tham. King arrived here with his
wife and 14-year old son from Mi
ami and are living in a home on
Inlet island.
When interviewed by THE
NEWS-TIMES Wednesday. King
said, "This is the coldest day I
have seen since 1945 in New Eng
land." For the past six years, King
has been stationed in delightfully
warm climates: Hawaii, California,
and Florida.
Life on the Agassiz, according
to several of the crew, is very plea
sant. The cutter haa 29 enlisted
personnel and three officers, lt is
125 feet long and weighs 400 tons.
It will leave Morehead City in a
few days to go on a seven-day pat
rol between the Chesapeake and
Cape Hatteras. Then the Agassiz
will steam back to port terminal
for a 14-day rest.
The cutter is under Norfolk jur
isdiction and oporataa independent
ly of the Port Macon Coast Guard
station.
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Officers Probe .j
Hardware Store
Entry,- Newport
Rifles, Radios, Merchandise
Valued at $400-5600
Taken Early Tuesday
Sheriff C. G. Holland and depu
ties were continuing yesterday in
vestigation of the burglary early
Tuesday morning at Allen and Bell
Hardware store. Newport. The
store was entered some time be
tween midnight Monday and 7:45
a.m. Tuesday morning and stock
valued between $400 and $600 re
moved.
The sheriff said good finger
prints have been obtained. Taken
from the store was a Winchester
rifle, Mossburg rifle, two radios
(one with clock) pocket knives,
cartridges, cigarettes and shotgun
shells.
Stancil Bell, part owner of the
store, said other items are undoubt
edly missing, but their absence
will not come to light except day
by day. The store is in the process
of being remodeled.
Entry was gained through a rear
door which had just been installed
Monday. The molding was taken
off the door, glass removed, and
several locks forced to gain access
to the store. The office was wreck
ed in a search for money. Records
were thrown on the floor and
things left in a m^ss.
Bell said there was no money in
the place The burglar or burglars
also attempted to enter Hibbs' Soda
shop next door to the hardware
store. They removed the glass but
were unsuccessful in entering be
cause the door also had bars across
it.
Bell said they carry no theft
insurance. The store was entered
about 10 months ago but most of
the stolen items were recovered.
Investigation? and Arrests in the
case were handled by Marin? au
thorities at Cherry Point.
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Chairman Reports
On Sale of Plants
The results of the Junior
Woman's club flower sale thus far
has been fairly satisfactory, Mrs
Kugene Roelofs, chairman of the
ways and means committee, report
ed yesterday. Orders will be ac
cepted by club members no later
than 1 p.m. today, since the sale
which started Oct. 4. was scheduled
to run only one week.
Persons wishing to - i?e
hardy perennials, bul' ,es
from the Junior Wc ?<i s ciub.
should telephone Mrs. Roelofs,
6-3842. Junior Woman's club
members will then call at the home
to take the order.
Bulbs and perennials will be re
ceived within the coming 10 days
and will b? delivered by club mem
bers to the persons who placed the
order. Roses, however, wUI be
shipped directly to the person who
placed the order, when the bushes
are ready to be placed in the
ground. With them will oome in
structions for planting.
Proceeds frr -i the sale will be
used for the ii0r Woman's club
projects.
Coaches Charles Hester, left, and John Evans, right, will pare the
sidelines tonight as their respective teams, Morehead City and Beau
fort, tangle on the fifeld. Biographies of the two mentors appear today
on the sports page.
Paroles Officer Says He Will i
Not Change Hancock Sentence
Mayor Cites Need
For Employment j
Of Handicapped
Mayor George W. Dill, Morehead
City, this week called upon the
citizens of the town to observe Na
tional Employ the Physically Han
dicapped week.
The mayor, who is also chairman
of the Area Labor Management
committee, commented, "Carteret
county is reaching deep into the
barrel to combat a labor shortage.
This shortage makes it more neces
sary than ever before for employers
to hire the physically handi- i
capped."
He emphasized that, even with a
tight labor market, it is necessary
to Cully utilize tike local mrcpower
supply before calling for outside
help.
"In order to help relieve the la
bor situation in this area, it is im
portant that employers examine the
job qualifications of all physically
handicapped persons registered at
the office of the North Carolina
State Employment Service," Chair
man Dill emphasized.
"And it is just as important that
handicapped persons who are pre
pared to work register at the local
employment office. Those not now
prepared for an occupation may be
surprised to learn what a rehabili
tation course will do for them."
Mrs. Julia Tenney, manager of
the USES office, 700 Evans St.,
Morehead City, states that disabled
workers represent one of four ma
jor sources of new workers in a
tight market. * Others are older
workers, women and youth.
"Physically-handicapped persons
represent a source of manpower
which employers can count on with
confidence," she added. "Numer
ous surveys, as well as the experi
ence of many employers, have
shown these workers are eminently
satisfactory when placed in jobs
matching their skills and physical
abilities.
"They not only arc productive
and efficient workers, but they
have good safety and absenteeism
records."
Wake Forest Band Director V
Commends BeaufortHighBand
The Bcaufor high school band
has the best t< < balance of any
band here, said Professor Thane
McDonald, musical department
head of Wake Forest college Sat
urday after the Beaufort band had
soloed three numbers.
The group under the direction of
Dale G Browder, played Washing
ton Post March, Promotion, and
Starter.
Followed Wake Forest
"Our band followed Wake Forest
in the half-time solos," Browder
said, "and they played with deter
mination."
Beaufort's band was one of aix
visiting bands which participated
in the half-time entertainment at
the Wake Forest-Richmond game.
Browder estimated the crowd at
10.000.
Professor McDonald said he
chose Beaufort's band because of
their brass balance. This pleased
Browder very much, for last year
he was assistant to the Wake For
est band director. Thua Browder
felt very much at home being on
the alma mater field.
AssoclaUM Pay?
The band left Saturday morning
for Wake Forest, their transporta
tion paid by the Beaufort Bant
Boo* ter association. Ea route they
stopped (or a picnic lunch and al
ter the game they went to Raleigh
where all 53 members invaded a
drive-in.
"I didn't want to risk swamping
a restaurant with them," Browder
smiled. "The drive-in served our
purposes very well."
Commenting on the white shirts
and trousers the members wore,
Browder said he did not want new
uniforms this year. "At present,"
he continued, "we have 33 uni
forms in fair shape, but to buy
more now for a band of 93 would
be ill-advised."
Hit 92 Beginners
"I have at present 92 beginners
in band. Next year many of them
will be ready for marching places,
so it is better to wait until next
year and buy uniforms for a lar
ger band."
Last year, he stated, the band
had only 24 Viembers. "So if we
increase as much next year as we
did this, Beaufort's 1932 band
should be something to behold."
Receipt? Total U84.67
Beaufort parking meter receipts
for the month of September
amounted to ?884.67, Dan Walker,
town clerk, reported today.
? Melvin Hancock, Otway, under
suspended sentence for non-sup
pdrt, who on Aug. 24 received a
00-day reprieve, yesterday received
notification from the paroles com
missioner. Dr. T. C. Johnson, Ral
eigh, to the effect that no com
mutation of the sentence would be
forthcoming and he will be re
quired to serve time on the roads
at the conclusion of the 60 days,
Oct. 23.
Hancock, who was disabled in
world war II, and is suffering from
a ruptured disc in his back, has
been unable to obtain work be
cause of his disability. The re
prieve granted in August, after he
consulted Governor Scott, was
given to allow further examination
of Hancock by the Veterans Ad
ministration at Winston-Salem.
Exam Given
This examination was given,
Hancock stated, but the Veterans
Administration has made no state
ment as to hiq ability to go to work
or to the effect that imprisonment
or hard labor would aggravate his
condition. evoral private practi
tioners who have examined Han
cock, including Dr. C. S. Maxwell,
Heaqfort, now treating him, have
made written statements as well as
oral statements to that effect in
court.
P. L. Lindley, adjudication of
ficer, Veterans Administration,
Winston-Salem, wrote to Hancock
Tuesday. A portion of his letter
follows: "Jnformation has been re
ceived from the chief medical of
fical to the effect that the exam
ination referred to (Sept. 12, 1951)
was made in connection with an
See PAROLE, Page 6
Pile Driver Starts
Work on Bridge >
Pilings for the new bridge, from
Morehead City to Atlantic Beach,
are being driven in Bogue sound,
according to John L. Humphrey,
county superintendent of roads.
Reports from Raleigh recently said
that the steel shortage would de
lay many highway projects. Al
though slow delivery may hamper
work here, highway officials say
that the steel has already been pro
cured for the bridge.
The Atlantic Beach bridge, which
the new structure will replace, re
cently received treatment of
asphalt and gravel.
Rain has stowed down work on
the Mundine road which runs from
the Nine-foot road near Newport
into Havelock at Trader's store.
The road, a distance of nine miles,
is being graded. Half of the road
is in Carteret county and half in
Craven.
Superintendent Humphrey stated
that work will be resumed on the
Crab Point road which extends
from the intersection of highways
70 and 24, west of Morehead City,
through Crab Point to the Blair
farm. Length' of the road is 6.2
miles.
>
Hum Days oi Bain
Follow Tomporatwo Drop
Carteret county temperatures
took a downward dive over the
weekend, from a high of 90 Friday
to a minimum of 63 degrees early
Monday morning. The drop was
followed by three days of rain,
Monday through Wednesday, to
talling 2.16 inches.
Temperatures, as recorded by
SUmey Davis, Morehead City, the
county weather observer, were as
follows:
Max. Min.
Friday I. BO 67
Saturday 87 71
Sunday 85 75
Monday 78 63
Tuesday 68 58
Wednesday ?4 58
The Beaufort Sea Dogs
will be out tonight ? weather
permitting ? to regain the
mullet bucket they saw
Morehead City carry away
last Thanksgiving after the
latter toppled them 21-12.
Game time is 8 p.m. at the
Beaufort ball park. Should
it be raining tonight, how
ever, the game cannot be
played because only a third
of the field lights are water
proof. .
Probably Play Monday
Although no definite arrange
ments have been made for this
eventuality, it is expected that the
game would be played Monday
night. Oct. 15, so as not to inter
fere with either team's scheduled
games next Friday.
The mullet bucket is the most
valuable trophy either team can
hope to win. Morehead. therefore,
will be fighting just as hard to keep
it as Beaufort will to get it.
If the Sea Dogs defeat Morehead
City, the mullet bucket will pass
for the first time across the cause
way to stay unchallenged until the
two teams meet for their second
tussle, Thanksgiving day.
The J)rize in question is an unpre
tentious looking, galvanized con
tainer with the words "Mullet
See TEAMS, Page 3
Coast Guard Finds
No Trace of M
The Coast Guard's unsuccessful
search for the 22 foot skiff in which
John Holt and Hoke Matthews lost
their lives last Thursday was dis
continued Monday night.
According to information re
from THE NEWS-TIMES corres
pondent on Ocracoke, Holt and
Matthews, whose bodies were found
several days later in Core Sound,
left Portsmouth early Thursday
morning, prior to the departure of
the Ocracoke mailboat which
passes Portsmouth lsla?au about
4 1 a.m. "
Since Mrs. Holt and Mrs. Mat
thews were not expecting their hus
bands before Friday, they did not
become concerned until Friday
afternoon. Then they phoned the
Coast Guard at Fort Macon and
Capt. Henry Peele at the Ocracoke
station was contacted.
He sent a boat to Portsmouth to
inquire about the men and it was
learned that they had left the day
before. On Sunday the Atlantic
lifeboat station located Matthews'
body near Drum inlet and on Mon
day, Benjamin E. Spencer, Ocra
coke shrimper discovered Holt's
body bloating near Royal shoals
while he was lowering his shrimp
trawl.
He notified the Ocracoke station
and a boat was sent to pick up the
body and take it to Atlantic.
Funeral services for Matthews were
conducted Monday morning in
Ocean View cemetery, Beaufort,
and rites for Holt took place Tues
day afternoon in Bay View ceme
tery, Morehead City.
Scoot Fund Hits
Halfway Nark
Dr. S. W. Hatcher, in charge of
the Boy Scout fund campaign in
Morehcad City, today announced
that more than half of the ll.SOO
county goal has been achieved.
To date $800 has been collected
in Morehead City. Beaufort's cam
paign. in charge of the Rotary club,
is still in progress. Because of the
ilness of N. F; Eure, James Davi?
was named Tuesday night at Rot
ary club to supervise colectiona
this week.
Rotarians have been divided into
teams in order to facilitate the
collecting. Persons wishing to make
contributions, who have not been
contacted by a solicitor, should
contact Davis at the First Citizens
Band and Trust co., Front at., Beau
fort.
Dr. Hatcher stated that thii
year's drive has been more success
ful than any previous one, from
$300 to $400 more is anticipated.
Beanlort Rotarians H mi
Talk by Weather Observer
E. Stamey Davis, weather ob
server for Carteret county, told
Beaufort Rotarians Tuesday night
at the Inlet inn that meterological
data aids farms through the United
States. He cited in particular, how
Carteret farmers can benefit from
the service.
Rotarians. sponsors of a Beau
fort Boy Scout troop, made plana
to solicit funds in the Boy Scout
fund campaign. .
Leslie Moore, Beaufort, was a
guest.