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NEWS-TIMES OFFICE 504 Arandall St Morehead City Phone 6-4175 CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES * 40th YEAR, NO. 99. TWO SECTIONS TEN PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1951 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS Fishing Boat Finds Body of Charles Daniels , Jr. Motorists Face Court Action j As Result of Two Accidents Pilot Bails Out Of Plane Near J Belhaven, Rescued Removed last week from a marsh near Belhaven were fragments of a plane from which Maj. R. J. Pat terson, jr., USMC, Morehead City, bailed out Saturday night, Dec. 1. Major Patterson, en route from . Cherry Point to Boston, was res cued by Leon and Paul Smith, brothers, of Belhaven. The plane, which crashed in the woods on Judge M. M. Jones' farm, across Pungo creek, was complete ly wrecked. Since it had less than five gallons of gasoline left in its tanks, the plane did not explode or burn. Major Patterson was forced to bail out when he ran out of gas. Earlier, his radio had gone out and | he had become lost. The area i around Belhaven, he said, seemed to be the best he could find to bail out, which he did after circling the town twice. Lands in Marsh He landed in the marsh, 500 yards below the bridge, while the Slane crashed half a mile from the ridge, on the other side of the road. Leon Smith, postal clerk, was the first person to reach Major Patterson. With his brother, Paul, a Navy recruiter in Goldsboro and Wilson, and the latter's roommate, Frank Gregory, Smith was having an oyster roast in the back yard at his home when the plane circled over town. When he heard the crash, the ? men jumped into his car and sped to the bVidge, where Smith shout ed until Major Patterson finally ? answered. By putting his car across the road so that he could focus the lights on t he marsh, he stopped traffic. Within minutes, 50 cars had been stopped. Rescue Made The men quickly put logs across the ditch and helped Major Pat terson out. He was hampered by his parachute, which he had gather ed up into a big bundle. After the major, who is a mili tary investigator for the Marines, notified officers at Cherry Point, * he spent the night at the Smith ' home. Next day helicopters from Cher ry Point brought officers to check into the accident. After they made sure Major Patterson was not in jufed, they arranged for the frag ments to be removed. It was not until Monday morn- I ling that Judge Jones learned that 1 ^ a plane had crashed on his proper ty. Although he heard the crash, and felt the jar, he said he thpught it was a yacht in the sound. The impact of the falling plane. Judge Jones said, tore a hole about 16 feet across in the ground. Col. Raymond B. Hurst, USMC, SMS 2, Cherry PoinJ, has been charged with driving drunk and careless and reckless driving as the result of a three-car collision at 8:45 Saturday night west of More head City, and Jackie Pritchett, Camp Lejeune, has been charged with driving on the wrong side of the road due to an accident at 1 a.m. Sunday at 28th st. and high way 70, Morehead City. John Sokolosky who was driving one of the three cars involved in the accident Saturday night, sus tained a cut on the lip and his wife who was riding with him suffered slight shock. Sokolosky of route 1 Beaufort was proceeding west, as was Ardon Francis Wade, also of route 1 Beaufort. Sokolosky was preced ing Wade when Colonel Hurst, headed east on 70. ran head-on into Sokolosky's car, bounced off and See ACCIDENTS, Page 2 Army Engineers Warn Fishermen Wilmington The practice ot fishing from small boats in the At lantic Intracoastal Waterway was cited today as a serious menace to fishermen themselves and to opera tors of tugs and barges. A complaint to this effect has been filed with the Wilmington District office of the Corps of En gineers, the federal agcncy respon sible for maintaining the water way for public navigation. Operators of tugs and barges who ply the waterway between Norfolk, Va., and Jacksonville, Fla., declare that fishing in the channel has mad? it extremely difficult to navigate 'around the small boats and, in several instances, the tows have gone aground in efforts to avoid collisions. They point out, the district of* f ice- reported, thrft ttie practice il| very dangerous, particularly to sport fishermen who arc risking personal injury approaching drowning if the small boats are run down by the tugs and barges. The mooring of boats in a chan nel is strictly forbidden by federal navigation laws. Section 15 of the River and Harbor Act adopted by Congress March 3. 1899, provides: "That it shall not be lawful to tic up or anchor vessels or other craft in navigable channels in such a manner as to prevent or obstruct the passage of other vessels or praft." Also, the rules and regula tions governing navigation on pub lic waterways, as approved by the Secretary of the Army, provide that "No vessel, regardless of size, shall anchor in a dredged channel or narrow portion of a waterway for the purpose of fishing, if navi gation is obstructed thereby." The district engineer warns fish ermen to stop this practice at once for their own safety as well as to avoid violation of the law. First Three Weeks of County TB Seal Sale Yield $900.13 < The first three weeks of the 1951 Christmas Seal Sale have Htought in $900.13, Mrs. W. I. Lof tin, county executive secretary, an nounced today. Letters containing Christmas seals were mailed to 4,074 persons and 779, of these 481 with money, have been returned. Reminders are being mailed to all who have not responded by today. The Christmas seal sale began Nov. 19 with the mailing of sheets of Christmas seals, and will con tinue until Dec. 25. Funds real - ized from the Christmas seal sale > will be used to support the 1952 tuberculosis prevention and con trol program of the Carteret Tu berculosis association. In her announcement today. Mrs. Loftin paid special tribute to (hose who had made their returns so promptly, and to the county's post men who were "cheerfully accept J ing the extra burden of delivering Christmas seals and returns at this busy time of the year." "Many Carteret county resi dents who received Christmas seals on Monday the 19th acknowledged them by return mail," Mrs. Loftin said. "This is most encouraging, and makes us confident that we shall reach the county quota of $2,000." Business houses who have re sponded, in addition to those al ready announced, are the follow " ing: Beaufort: A4P Tea CO., C. D. Jones, Ideal Dry Cleaners. City Bakery, Dr. W. L. Rudder, .Tem ple's Lumber Yard, Sperti Products Inc., Roses 5 k 10 Cent Stores, Car l ' teret Fish Co., AAA Storage co.. I ' American Legion Auxiliary, Denny W. Glover. Morehead City: Willis Auto Sup t ply CO., Dr. S. W. Thompson, Charles L. Nelson co., Marine Rail ways, Morehcad City Drug co., Morehead Builders Supply co.. Ma ola Milk & Ice Cream co.. Lea's Fish House. Herald Printing co., George Watts Carr. L. Guthrie's Grocery store. City Bakery. Yellow Cab co.. Catholic rectory, O'Neal Fish and Oyster eo.. Carteret Glass CO., Belk's De partment store. Large personal donations. Adolph R. Robinson, Dorothy B. Robinson, of Morehead; Mrs. Daisy Koonce of Newport. Newport: Wilbur V. Garner, dis tributor "Toms'' Toasted Peanuts; also J. W. Pelletier, general mer chandise, east of Swansboro. Two Canadian Yachts Dock At Morehead en Boole Sooth Two Canadian yachts docked at Morehead City last week, the Lou vicourt and the Curlew. The Lou vicourt tied up Thursday at 7 a.m. Operating under a touring permit, it was owned by Byron W. New kirk of Toronto, and captained by Ervin Hudgins. Newport News. Va. The Curlew docked at 7 p.m. Saturday, captained by Capt. A. St. Pierre of Montreal. Each had per mission to tour the Atlantic coast of the United States. Tq Improve Court Room Commissioner M. T. Mills, in charge of municipal buildings and grounds, said today that informa tion on repairing and in\proving the municipal court room will be obtained this week and bids will probably be asked in the near fu ture. Farmers to Vote i Thursday for PMA Committeemen Polls Will Open at 9 A. M.; Couniy Committee Will Be Named at Convention Farmers will ballot for Produc tion Marketing administration com munity committeemen from 9 a.m. tt> 6 p.m. Thursday at polls located throughout the county. Nominations for community com mitteemen and for delegates to the county PMA convention Friday were made last week. Nominees are as follows: White oak, committeemen, John D. Young, Woodrow Bright, both of Stella: Milton Truckner, Lee Saw rey, and Robert Rhue, all of Pelle ticr; Marvin Taylor, route 1, New port; convention delegates, Bright, Charles Barker, Stella, and Harvey Norris, Pelletier. Newport, committeemen, Y. Z. Simmons, Cecil H. Springle. Artis B. Garner, Carl W. Garner, Prentis M. Garner, Ennon O. Mann, all of Newport; delegates, L. W. Howard, Leon H. Quinn, and W. R. Roberts, all of Newport. Morehead City, committeemen, John T. Oglcsby, R. P. Oglesby, Ce cil Oglesby, all of Crab Point; Bon ner Bell, and Addison McCabe, Wildwood; Joe Barnes, route 1, Newport; delegates, John Oglesby, Laughton, McCabe. Beaufort - Harlowc, committee men. William J. Hardesty, Archie Hardesty, Raymond Dickinson, all of route 2, Newport, Kearney Merrill, jr.. Herman Merrill, and Manly Eubanks, all of route 1, Beaufort; delegates, Eubanks, Ar chie Hardesty. and Fred Worthing ton, route 1 Beaufort. East Merrimon, committeemen, Brondell Gillikin, Roy Keller, He ber Golden, all of Bettie, Guy Car raway, Merrimon, Bill Pigott, Glou cester, S. W. Lawrence, Otway; debate*. Oscar Salter, Hugh Pake, "EaJf A'rfmfr; air of Wttie. The county convention will take place at 7:30 p.m. Friday in the PMA office, Beaufort. At that time the county PMA committee will be chosen. Thursday's polling places are as fellows: Pelletier's store, Stella; commun ity building, Pelletier; Joe Taylor's store, Bogue; Quinn's store, Nine foot road and Roy Garner's feed store, Newport. Lee Murdoch's store, Wildwood; C. G. Gaskill Feed co., Beaufort; Cleve Gillikin's store, Bettie; post office, Merrimon, Lionel Conner's store, llarlowe. Marines Conduct Rites for Captain Cherry Point. ? Memorial serv ices were conducted Saturday in the station chapel for Capt. Jack Wood, 29, Marine jet pilot who dis appeared in a storm on June 10. Captain Wood, object of an ex tensive search made throughout Mississippi and Louisiana, was de clared officially dead Aug. 2. The captain and his wingman, Second Lt. C. A. Sewell, were on a routine cross country flight from San Angelo, Texas to the Air Sta tion at Cherry Point, when they ran into a severe storm near Mon roe, La. The weather took Cap tain Wood out of view of his wing man. who was battling to save his Panther jet which was thrown into a dive by the storm. Operating from Jackson, Miss., an air-aea-ground rescue team, composed of Marines aided by civil air patrol helicopters, searched in Vain over a large area for any sign of the musing pilot or aircraft. Captain Wood is survived by his wife, Mary Elizabeth Wood, a daughter, Jacquelin Beth, his pa rents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Wood, and a brother, Frank Michael, jr. Car Hits Puked Track Al Midnight Saturday A 1991 sedan collided with a truck at the intersection of 10th st. and Bridges st. at midnight Sat urday. Officer Murphy Jenkins investigated and found that the driver of the automobile was Thur mond Gray Morton of Newport. The car, Jenkins said, was owned by Lansey Morton. The truck, was parked and is owned by Walter Merrel, 911 Bridges st. Injured in the accident was Cathryn Robinson who received minor cuts about the face. She tfwas riding with Morton. Charges of reckless driving were preferred against Morton. The case came up in recorder's court Monday and was continued until next week. Packages Go to Korea ?or Korea ^ ^ Tf OKI tfct , ^EHERfcL fEOERATtOH o< WoifEHS Cuuas U 5 k . "t ? t I i J * The first 3,000 CARE food pack- 1 ages donated by the General Fed eration of Women's clubs as the result of its "CARE-for-Korea" campaign have already arrived in | CARE's warehouse in Japan, on its way to Korea. Two native clerks of the CARE mission staff are shown checking the stack of pack ' ages in a Yokohama dock-shed, j from where they will be trans ( shipped to Korea in time for Christmas distribution among needy women, children, refugees and other Korean war victims. This shipment was the first of a total of 150,000 CARE packages which the General Federation set as goal of its "CARK for-Korea" campaign. Because of the ever growing need in the fare of the unsettled military situation in Ko rea, it was decided by the federa tion to extend its original Thanks giving season appeal to the end of the year. Women's clubs in Carteret coun ty contributed $200 to the cam paign. Farmers Elect Floyd v Garner as Supervisor Floyd Garner of Newport was elected soil supervisor during the week of balloting last week. Votes were counted yesterday afternoon. Garner received 60, W. J. liar desty 2t, and there was one write-in vote for Orville Gaskill. The two soil supervisors be sides the newly-elected man, are L. W. Howard and Carl Gar ner, ail of Newport RFD. All of the supervisors are from New- ; port, Roy Beck, soil conservation ist said, because "the Newport people get out and vote." Auto Hits Parked Car in Beaufort Douglas R. Mumpford of More head City has been charged with careless and reckless driving as the result of an accident at 1:15 yester day morning on Queen st., Beau fort. He will be tried in recorder's court today. Mumpford, driving south on Queen st. in a 1949 model car ran head-on into a parked 1951 model car owned by Capt. Louis H. Layne, USMC, who lives in the Queen Anne apartment house, Ann st. Layne's car was on the west side of the street headed north. Mumpford sustained a cut on the mouth and Columbus Franks, who was riding with him had his lips severely cut and a tooth knocked out. Franks told Highway Patrolman J. W. Sykes who investigated that Mumpford was driving between 45 and 50 miles an hour and that he had told him to slow down. Damage to each car was esti mated at $800. Patrolman Charges Driver With Causing Accident James Wilbur Taylor, route 1 Newport, has been charged with failure to give a hand signal, thus causing an accident at 3:40 p.m. Sunday five miles west of the in tersection of highways 70 and 24 on highway 24. Taylor, riding in a 1942 truck with his wife was headed east when, according to J. W. Sykes, highway patrolman, his wife sug gested they stop at a house to make a call. Taylor put on the brakes suddenly, Patrolman Sykes said, and Daniel Dale of Jacksonville, rammed the truck from the rear. No one was hurt but damage to Dale's car was estimated at $500 and to the truck $50. Tide Table Tidea at Beaufort Bar HIGH LOW Tuesday, Dec. 11 8:47 a.m. 12:17 a.m. 8:58 p.m. 1:13 p.m. Wedneaday, Dec. 12 7:28 a.m. 1:00 a.m. 7:45 p.m. 1:58 p.m. Tburtday, Dec. 13 8:08 a.m. 1:40 a.m. 8:20 p.m. 2:35 p.m. Friday, Dec. 14 8:45 a.m. 2:19 a.m. 8:00 p.m. 3:12 p.m. Aycock Brown Wins Award Aycock Brown, well-known pub licist of the North Carolina coast and former editor of The Beaufort News, was one of seven North Carolinians to receive Charles A. | Cannon awards Thursday night. | The presentation was made for con ittis to' Tar pie ceremony took puce at tic meeting of the North Carolina So ciety for the Preservation of An tiquities at Raleigh. The awards were silver replicas of a stirrup cup carried by an an cestor of Mrs. Charles Cannon of Concord, the donor. The trophies went to Gerald Johnson, Baltimore author, his torian and critic, for the body of his work; Alonzo Dill, jr., associate editor of the Norfolk Virginian Pilot, for his writings on the Gov. Tryon Palace; Mrs. W. H. Belk of Charlotte for her work in restoring the old Hc/ekiah Alexander Home in Mecklenburg county; to Ben Dixon MacNeill. poet and author of Buxton who has campaigned for restoration of historic coastal sites; to Dr. Chalmers Davidson, of Da vidson college, historian; to Brown, of Manteo. publicist and historian of the Outer Banks; and to Mrs. Claude Foy of New Bern for her work in restoration of Tryon Pal ace. Only MacNeill was absent at the ceremony. i OPS Regulates Christmas Sales Raleigh ? The Raleigh OPS has reminded merchants of the man datory filing of pricing charts cov ering the sale of toys and Christ mas decorations. Where the merchant has already filed a chart, he must file a sup plementary chart showing prices of toys and Christmas decorations, the OPS stated. If no chart has been filed be cause the dollar volume in 1950 did not make such filing necessary, and the sale of toys and Christmas decorations in 1950 boosted this volume to the required figure, the merchant must now file a pricing chart on all items covered by CPR 7, it was explained. In warning of these additional filing requirements, the OPS urged that merchants who have not filed the supplements to their original filings contact the Raleigh office immediately to avoid being held in violation of Ceiling Price Regula tion 7. School Music Groups Will Prosenl Program Dec. 16 The annual program of Christ mas music at Morchead City school will be presented ? Sunday night, Dec. 18, at 7:30 p.m. There are no services in the churchcs that evening and congre gations are invited to the program. G. T. Windell, principal, announced today. Music will be presented by the choral and instrumental groups of the school under the direction of Ralph Wade. Marine Officials j Investigate Death Of Core Creek Nan M-Sgt. Loren R. Clevenger Found Dead from Bullet Wound Sunday Afternoon Marine officials are investigat ing today the death of M/Sgt. Loren R. Clevenger, USMC, of Core Creek. Sergeant Clevenger, who started out hunting at 8:30 Saturday morning with his dog was found dead at 12:45 p.m. Sunday three-quarters of a mile north of highway 101 and 300 yards west of the inland waterway. When he didn't return home Sat urday night Mrs. Clevenger noti fied E. M. Foreman, Core Creek, the county forest ranger, and Sun day morning a helicopter from Cherry Point and nine Marines, on foot, started a search. Sergeant Clevenger was found, however, by two residents of the Core Creek community, Cliff Tay lor and Edsel Bell. The dog was with the body and the gun by his master's side. The men said that the single barrel shotgun was loaded but had not been fired, al though the hunter died from a gun wound in his right temple. Foreman reported that when Mrs. Clevenger notified him he went along the inland waterway firing his gun. There was no re sponse and the following morning he contacted Captain Smedley, USMC, who also lives at Core Creek. Captain Smedley assisted in or ganizing a search. About 28 hours after Sergeant Clevenger left home Taylor and Bell came upon his body lying in a fire trail. The body was taken to Cherry Point. Surviving besides the sergeant's wife are three children. He was 35 years of age and a veteran of 11 years in the Marine corps. His home was McMinville, Ore. Santa Arrives j Saturday Via Boat Welcomed by throngs, Santa Claus arrived in Beaufort Saturday afternoon aboard the Mistletoe. The Mistletoe docked in front of the post office, Santa, flanked by an echelon of Boy Scouts to keep back the crowds, clambered aboard the town fire truck and then the annual Christmas parade proceed ed west on Front st. Boy Scouts assisted Santa in col lecting letters from the youngsters ind handing out presents to them. Marching in the parade were the 3eaufort school band. Queen Street band. Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts, and Cub Scouts. Beaufort officially launched the Christmas season Saturday morn ing when the Pirate's Chest of Sil ver was opened and prizes award ed Christmas shoppers. Winners were George D. Lewis, Hancock Park, $50, and H. H. Lewis, Ann st., Beaufort, $50. Prizes will be given to shoppers daily at 10 a.m. at Front and Craven st. Monday's winner was J. T. Scog gins, 108 Gordon st., Beaufort, $50. Officials Conduct Inquest On Mysterious Death Funeral services were conducted Sunday afternoon for Charles Daniels, jr., 31, of Morehead City, whose body was recovered Thursday by a fishing boat at South River. Coro ner Leslie Sprinkle conducted an inquest on the death at 6 o'clock last night at the court house. Attending the inquest were crew members of the tug from which Daniels disappeared^ and others who were believed able to shed some light on Daniels' mys terious disappearance and death. Daniels was employed by the Loveland Towing co., of Philadel phia and was the member of a crew aboard a tug towing two barges from Key West. Fla., to Philadelphia. The tug. after secur ing its tow to dolphins west of the Atlantic Beach bridge, tied up early last week at the old city dock, foot of 8th st., Morehead City. Tug Leaves The tug is reported to have left the dock Tuesday to pick up its tow and continue on its trip north, but somehow failed to take Daniels along. Daniels then asked Leo Gil likin of Morehead City, who has a fishing boat, to take him to the tug and Gillikin put him aboard Tuesday afternoon at the Atlantic Beach bridge. The Coast Guard, Fort Macon, received word Thursday that Dan iels was missing off Oriental and sent its rescue boat 30345 to look for the body. While it was search ing it received a radio message from the fishing boat Silver Spray, notifying them that Daniels' body had been found in South river near Turnigan bay by the fishing boat. Linda C\, owned by Paul Cahoon of South River. Pilot Identifies Body The Linda C. did not have a radio and asked the Silver Spray to no tify the Coast Guard. The Coast Guard in turn received clearance from Coroner Leslie Springle re garding removal of the body from the water and the Linda C. took the body into the llardv landing at South River. There it was picked up by the Coast Guard and identi fied by Charlie Piner, a pilot for the port of Morehead City. Although it is rumored thai there is evidence of foul play, Piner said that there were no marks on Daniels' body which may have indicated that he had been struck. Aboard the Coast Guard boat were Marvin Brooks, coxswain, Wil bur Austin, and Percy Davis. Gillikin. who put Daniels aboard the tug Tuesday, returned yester day from Hampstead, N. C., in his boat the Leona. He was expected to appear at the inquest last night. Officiating at the funeral were the Rev. R. T. Willis, jr., the Rev. W. E. Anderson, and Dr. John Bumi, all of Morehead City. In terment was in Bay View ceme tery. Surviving arc Daniels' parents of Morehead City route 1, and three sisters, Mrs. Johnny Raz, Mrs. D. J. Matthews, both of Morehead Bluffs, Mrs. Carrie Lewis, Broad Creek, also a half brother, Jack Daniels, Miami, Fla. Railway Draw to Close The corps of engineers, U.S. Army, has announced that the Atlantic and East Carolina railway draw across the Trent river at New Bern will be closed to navigation two and a half days beginning at noon Saturday, Dec. 15, and extending to 10 p.m. Dec. 17, for the purpose of lowering the drawspan to its permanent foundation. Capt. E. L. Lewis Returns From Japan, Visits Folks Here An Army officer with nearly four years' duly in Japan visited relatives in Carteret county last week. He is Capt. Eric L. Lewis, re cently returned to America, who spent a few days last week with his brother, the Rev. Louie Lewis, Methodist circuit minister, More head City. The infantry veteran told his brother that the people of Japan seem to worry no more about the war in Korea than do persons in America. Commenting on the dismissal of Gen. Douglas MacArthur last spring, Lewis said the soldiers in Japan seemed more disturbed over the manner in which Washington removed the five-star commander, rather than the act or the need of the removal itself. The soldiers, he said, felt that the general should have been or dered home, then relieved of his post rather than cut off while "on the joh." Lewis told his brother that the soldiers seem satisfied and confi dent under the new UN leader, Gen. Matthew Ridgeway. Not having been in America for well over three years, Lewis said he saw many changes in the states. About the biggest was the huge jump in prices. The captain, i native at Carteret county and a graduate of Smyrna high school! is married and the father of a 4-year-old daughter. lie, his wife and little girl left Morehead City Friday for Rhode Island where they will spend the remainder of his furlough and await his next assignment. It will be here in the states. Foot Botarians Speak Al Thursday Meeting Stanley Woodland. H. Karl E. Mohlcy, William Carlton, and A. F. Chestnut gave impromptu talks at Thursday night's Rotary meet ing in the Sunday school rooms of the First Baptist church, Morehead City. Woodland told about the opera tion of the B&M railroad. Mobley related some of his experiences in scouting football. Carlton explain ed how a rural electrification co operative operates, and Chestnut spoke on shellfish. Trainees Sought Former Navy and Coast Guard personnel interested in joining a Coast Guard training unit on a drill pay status should contact Lt. Cmdr. Edward Cardwell at the post office building, Morehead City, to day from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. Police Chief Leaves Hospital Carlton Garner, chief of police, Bcaulort. was released Friday from Morehead City hospital but has not yet returned to duty. He was injured Wednesday in a police car log truck wreck at Pollock and Broad st., Beaufort. Officer Ber tie Clyde Piner who was with him remains in the hospital but is steadily improving Because the police car was de molished, the town is seeking bids on a new one. It has not been de termined whether the driver of the car. Raymond Courtney. Mer rimon. has insurance. Officials re ported today that Courtney, who owned the truck, was working for the International Paper co. The truck was not company property. Courtney is a white man and not colored, as stated in Friday's paper. Two colored men were riding with him at the time of the accident. None were injured. Bids on the new police car will be received until noon Tuesday, Dec. 18. at the town hall. Specifi cations appear in the legal adver tising section of today's NEWS TIMKS. Parties Reach $585 Compromise A compromise was reached in the case of Maxton W. Mason, son of Mrs. Theodore Barnes, vs. Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Flowers in superior court Thursday. The defendants agreed to pay $585.82 to be dis tributed as follows: $390.82 to Morehead City hospital. $95 to Theodore A. Barnes, and $100 to Alvah L. Hamilton. The Mason child was struck early last year by a station wagon driven by Mrs. Flowers. In the case of Borden Adams vs. Arthur Leon Starling, arising from an auto collision, the court ruled that each was damaged in the same amount $400. and there fore neither would recover any thing and costs of the action would be split between the plaintiff and defendant. Judge Q. K. Nimocks changed site of trial in the Francis Willis vs. Iris Edwards Willis case to Greene county for trial in the term of court beginning Dec. 17. Divorces granted in last week's court are as follows: Reginald T. Styron vs. Vivienne Jill Piper Sty ron, Katherine Dorrler Jones vs. Russell A. Dorrler, Evelyn Mitzke /s. Leon Mitzke, and Fred W. Tay lor vs. Ann Campbell Taylor. Cases not heard last week have *)een continued until the next term of superior court. Firemen, Town ' Hang Decorations The fire department of More head City is in the process of lecoratinR the firehouse with Yule tide paraphernalia. Six flood lights will shine upon the facade which is topped by a star of 60 lights. The firemen will trim an outside tree this week with 50 to 60 colored lights and they have ordered a number of Christ mas carol records which will be played via a public address system. Last week Tide Water Power co. assisted the department in stringinfi*up the Santa and reindeer which arc suspended above Evans st. in front of the firehouse. The town's tree will be lighted very soon, said Doily Hancock, who has been doing the Arendell st. decorating. The tree will be 25 feet high, he said, and has been placed at 10th and Arendell streets. The cedar, he added, was a gift to the city. Other Yule trimming includes six strings of colored lights, each 374 ft. long and containing 44 bulbs. The Santas with peppermint sticks were installed during the first week of December. Calendar Club to Meet The Morehead City Calendar o I Events club will meet at 8 p.m. Thursday at the civic center. Offi cers will be elected.
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