NEWS-TIMES OFFICE
504 AramUl! St.
Morehaad City
Phone 6-4175
CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES *
Eight Pace* Color Comic?
P?t YEAR, NO. 2. TWO SECTIONS FOURTEEN PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY, JANUARY 4, 1952 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
I>m/ Sale Nets $1,823.21 to Dale;
tffficials Thank Public for Support
Keceived to date in the 1951*
iristmas seal sale, sponsored by
e county tuberculosis association,
$1,823.21, Mrs. W. I. Loftin, ex
utive secretary, announced to
ly. Yet, to be collected is money
om some of the schools.
Eight hundred thirty-nine letters
ere returned with contributions
lclosed amounting to $1,730.02
id received from three schools
as $93.19. Turned in by More
iad City high school was $38.37,
/ W. S. King school, $16.77, and
ueen Street high school, $33.10.
Booths in Beaufort for sale of
lis netted $4.65.
Following is a list of business
auses which recently sent their
?nations: Morehead City, The
?inning Wheel, Clyde Jones Gas
id Appliance co., Phillips Fish
ies, P. H. Geer, Distributor of
ulf Products.
Jefferson Stamps Oyster House,
ussell's Glass shop, Morehead City
loral co.. Copeland's Florist and
ift shop, Carolina Oil and Distrib
ting co. Large personal donation
ere received from John C. Deibert
id Mr. and Mrs. Roy D. Wade,
i Beaufort: Colonial Stores, Ann
treet Esso station, Holden's res
lurant, Rumley's Feed store, and
. R. Bell Drug store; Atlantic,
Winston Hill.
Although a goal of $3,000 was
?t, the total collected this year in
le seal sale exceeded the amount
i 1950.
Reminders to pay for seals h^ve
een sent out to those who hata
ot yet paid for or returned the
eals.
|t. Andrew's Will
[Condnct First 4
Service Simday
? St. Andrew's Episcopal church
??ill conduct its first services Sun
Jay.
Sunday school will begin at 9:30
i.m. with Dick McClain, superin
endent, in charge, and the morn
ng worship will begin at 11 a.m.
Sunday school and the worship
fervice will be conducted in the
Herbert Thornton home, 608
Bridges St.
Stanley Woodland, lay reader,
will be in charge of the 11 o'clock
iervice.
It was originally planned to hold
iervices in the former USO build
ng, Shepard St., but that building
is now undergoing repairs and is
lot available. Until the newly
established congregation builds a
sanctuary or locates another build
ing, services will be held in the
Thornton home.
St. Andrew's auxiliary will meet
at 7:30 Wednesday night at the
home of Mrs. J. N. Bridgman, 2113
Bridges st. The auxiliary has been
meeting for the past several
months and has already undertaken
several projects to raise money for
the church building fund.
J? Frances Lewis Hings i
In Cennly's Hew Tew v
Carteret county'? first baby of
the new year born at Morehead
City hospital was a little girl,
the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Joseph Lewis, 1404 Front St.,
Beaufort.
The baby has been named Jo
Frances and was weighed in at
6 pounds 10 ounces. She was -
born when the new year was
just seven hours and 35 minutes
old.
Female LaborPool
Exceeds Male, j
Report Shows
The male labor supply in Car
teret county is nil at present while
the female labor supply is abund
ant, Mrs. Julia Tenney, manager of j
the United States Employment Se
curity commission office, reported
today.
The continuation of the men
haden fishing season into this
month has taken a labor supply
that last year was available. For
the same reason not as many claims
for unemployment compensation
are being filed as at this time last
year, Mrs. Tenney remarked.
Fifteen laborers were badly
needed at port terminal Thursday
to unload freight cars, and the em
ployment office was desperately
trying to locate workers. Laborers
are also needed at the port and
workers, skilled or semi-skilled,
can readily find work on construc
tion jobs at Cherry Point, the em
ployment office manager stated.
"We can practically guarantee
placement of any able-bodied man
who wants to work," Mrs. Tenney
declared.
As for the availability of female
labor, she said this county could
provide labor for three plants the
size of the Morehead City Garment
CO.
Statistics , for December, as re
leased by Mrs. Tenney, revealed
that 1,322 persons visited the em
ployment office. On fiic are 225
applications' for work. Of these
109 are female and five veterans.
One hundred forty persons were
referred to jobs and 105, of those
were women. Placed were 119. Of
those, 90 were women and 11 vet
erans.
The employment office recently
moved from 700 Evans st. to the
building formerly occupied by the
Jefferson restaurant, 4th st., More
head City.
Pamphlet Available
Available upon request at the
chamber of commerce officc, Beau
fort, are copies of the Defense Pro
duction Act, No. 17, which informs
manufacturers how to obtain V
loans for production of defense
materials.
? Stanley Woodland, president of
the Carteret County Tuberculosis
association, today made public a
resolution adopted by the execu
tive committee of the association,
expressing appreciation to resi
dents of the county for their gen
erous support of the 1951 Christ
mas seal sale, conducted by the
association to raise funds for its
tuberculosis control work.
Christmas seal sale funds to date
are $1,176.79 short of the county's
quota, but Woodland said it is
hoped that the' difference will be
made up in late returns.
He added that "an enthusiastic
vote of thanks"1 was due all resi
dents of Carteret county for their
"generous purchase and, wide
spread use of Christmas seals."
"Over and over, people who sent
returns or phoned during the cam
paign told us that they were glad
of the opportunity to support our
crusade against tuberculosis." de
clared Mrs. G. T. Spivey, chairman
of the campaign.
"Many had benefitted from one
or more of the association's serv
ices, some knew what it' was to
have tuberculosis strike a loved
one. and some simply said that
they wanterl the excellent work of
the association to continue.
"But all wanted to help, regard
less of their reasons. The entire
membership of the TB association
wish to go on record as whole
heartedly thanking the people of
Carteret county for their unselfish
cooperation during the 1951 Christ
mas seal sale, and for making our
campaign work a pleasant and in
spiring experience."
Postmasters Give
Report on Year's
Business Volume
1951 Transactions al Beau
fort, Morehead City Post
Offices Exceed 1950
Business at both Beaufort and
Morehead City postoffices for 1951
exceeded by far the volume in 1950,
Postmasters John Betts and Harold
Webb reported ioday.
Postmaster Betts said that the
increase was approximately 12 to
15 per cent. He attributed this
partially to the increase in parcel
post rates the latter part of the
year but that accounted for a rela
tively small part of the higher
volume, he added.
The Christmas mailing volume at
both postoffices exceeded 1950's
and the Beaufort postmaster said
there was an increase in the num
ber of Christmas cards sent first
class.
Postmaster Webb reported that
1,160,402 pieces of mail passed
through the postoffice in 1951.
This includes 109.000 pieces of
metered mail posted by firms which
hold postage permits. There are
five such firms in Morehead City.
In 1950 cancellations totaled
940,909.
Gross receipts for 1951 were $61,
377.17?as compared with $50,731.84
for 1950.
Postmaster Webb attributed the
higher volume for last year to an
increase in population and a gen
eral increase in business activity.
Parents of Adopted Children
Express Thanks to Society
By Ed Rankin *
Who are the happiest people in
North Carolina?
They are the new parents of
adopted children, according to a
lady who should know ? Miss Har
riet L. Tynes, executive director
of The Children's Home Society of
North Carolina.
The Children's Home society has
handled thousands of adoptions to
North Carolina parents during the
past 48 years, and Miss Tynes has
played a vital role in so many of
these warm and personal experi
ences. She has plenty of proof to
back up her belief that new parents
of adopted children are certainly
among North Carolina's happiest
people.
"Just let their letters speak for
themselves," Miss Tynes said. "A
sampling of the flood of mail we
receive daily will help reveal what
an adopted baby means to child
less parents, and what love, care
and affection can accomplish with
a homeless baby."
Here's part of a recent letter:
"We are enclosing our gift for your
annual Christmas fund. We could
never give enough to show our
gratitude for the fact that we have
twp little stockings to hang up at
our house this year. We are quite
See PARENTS, Page 5
The Truth Will Out
Appearing in the Dec. 18 issue
I of THE NEWS-TIMES was a pic
I turc of the St. Paul's Episcopal
[ school band. Beaufort. The picture
was taken in 1916 and is reprinted
above because Vernon Harrell,
Raleigh, who was a member of the
band at the time the picture was
taken, has been able to identify
members which THE NEWS
TIMES was unable to identify.
Mr. Harrell identified the "mys-.
tery members" in a letter, part of
which follows:
"While I was in Beaufort last, in
fact spending Christmas, I saw a
copy of the News-Times dated De
cember 18th. and the picture on
the front page of the St. Paul's
School Band . . . 1918. Being one
of the members 1 was very much
pleased to see this. It certainly
recalls many pleasant memories.
"It seems that it proved quite
| difficult in obtaining the proper
names of everyone in the picture,
< in {act there are some in the pic
ture that no one seems to know
just who they are. I would like
to identify them all if you will so
permit. Of course this will call
for another squint at the picture
and possibly a reprint, which I'm
sure would be more than appre
ciated by your readers.
'The group oa the left are all
correct except it is not Elizabeth
Hodges, but Christine Hodges. The
group on the right are all correct
exc?pt you failed to name the fel
low next to Mr. Robeson. This is
Richard May.
"I noticed you named Joseph
Poland, he is not in the picture.
I believe the one identified as
Joseph Poland is Jason Duncan,
next to William Herring.
"The Piner boy spoken of is sit
ting directly behind (Dr.) Larry
Moore. He is Joe Piner. Between
Larry Moore and Charles Skarren
is Fredrick Baxter, nickname, Jap.
Directly behind Fredrick Baxter is
Ross Ihrie. Sitting behind Ross
Ihrie is Walter Campbell, on Wal
ter Campbell's left is William Rob
inson, brother to Stephen Robin
son. Directly behind Charles Claw
son is Ben Arrington. and between
Ben Arrington and Joe Delamar is
Forest Flowers.
"The other names mentioned in
the story are of course correct.
"I believe the above is a perfect
score, or can somebody top it?
"The Band Director's name was
Robeson, not Robinson.
"I hope the above proves to be
of great value to some of your
readers who I'm sure have been
trying to identify them all."
Others in the picture are Eliza
beth Tilman, James Smith, Oliver
Springle, Clyde Owens, Eugene
See TRUTH, Page I '
J. B. Harkers Receive
Airmail at Lodge
It's not unusual for the J. B.
Harkers of Harkers Lodge on Har- |
kers Island to receive mail by air.
There's net regular airmail serv- I
ice to the island, but nevertheless
mail is delivered by plane!
One package was dropped this
summer. It was a graduation gift
for one of the girls working at^he
lodge. And thrn just tWo v ks
ago, one of the men who vacations
each summer at the lodge delivered
a Christmas card from his plm*\
Mrs. Harker says the planes cir
cle to attract their attention and
then on a low swoop, drop their
"cargo."
What happens twice, happens
three times, she declares, so they're
looking now for their third airmail
delivery!
B&M Engine Hits
Parked Auto
A 1939 model car, owned by Miss
Ella D. Davis, 301 .Ann St.. was
damaged to the extent of $100 at 2
o'clock Wednesday afternoon when
engine No. l of the Beaufort and
Morehead railroad tore off the
rear left fender.
Miss Davis was not in the car at
the lime. It was parked in front
of the Fred Xorris home on Broad
St.
According to Chief of Polic?
Carlton Garner, the engineer, M. L.
Tutter, said he did not see that the
car was parked too close to the
track. The engine was headed cast
and Miss Davis's car was headed
west. The engine missed the front
of the car but hit the, rear.
Assisting Chief Garner in the in
vestigation was Officer Bertie
Clyde Finer. No charges were pre
ferred. Police said that damage to
the car was not covered by insur
ance. There was no damage to the
engine.
4-11 Advisers Announce
Schedule ior Next Week
Fouf-H advisors, James Allgood
and Miss Martha Barnett, today an
nounced the 4-H club schedule Tor
the coming week.
The schedule follows: Tuesday.
1 p.m. Camp Glenn school; Wednes
day, Newport Senior club 2 p.m.,
Newport Junior club 2:44 p.m.:
Thursday, Atlantic Junior club
9:43 a.m., Atlantic Senior club,
10:30 a.m.
Friday Beaufort club 10:49 a.m.:
Monday. Jan. 14, Morehead City
club 1:47 p.m.: Smyrna Junior club
9:35 a.m., Smyrna Senior club,
10:30 a.m.
Building Uupocior Issues J
Two Per mils Last Month
Two building permits were is
sued in Beaufort during December.
Gerald Woolard, building inspector,
reported yesterday that a permit
was issued W. V. B. Potter to re
pair a business building on Front
ft. $200.
Another wu given Rufus Beard.
Cedar ? it. to construct a small
building to cost $500.
Nine Carteret Countians Will
Enter Army at Raleigh Tuesday
Coin collectors for the March of Dimes have been placed through
out the county. Mrs. Roma Noe, chairman of the campaign, requests
persons to make their contributions by depositing money in the coin
collectors or mailing a check to Mrs. C. L. Beam, March of Dimes
Treasurer, Beaufort, N. C.
Newport Board i
Reconsiders Work
At Homes Project
Tentatively scheduled for tonight
is a meeting of the Newport town
boar i to ?w.?,i<ier complain*
the well and erection of the water
tank at the Newport veterans
housing project by Laurence Viek
ers i r Morehcad City.
Vickers started work several
months ago but obstacles, including
posting of performance bond, put
the work at a standstill.
At the regular meeting of the
town board Tuesday night it was
reported that street lights will be
installed on the prison camp road
and also two lights on the Walter
Mann subdivision.
Newport town auto tags for 1952
are now on sale at Edwards Soda
shop and must be placed on all
Newport cars no later than Jan. 31,
Miss Edith Lockey, town clerk, an
nounced yesterday.
Attending Tuesday night's meet
ing were Commissioners Edgar
Hibbs, Ira Garner, Murray McCain,
S. E. Mann, Mayor C. A. Gould, jr.,
and the town clerk. Absent were
Commissioner Ormsby Mann and
George Ball, town attorney.
Countians Buy
1,667 Licenses
Only 1,667 license tags for 1952
had been sold in Carteret county by
Dec. 31, according to a report from
the Carolina Motor club office in
the First Citizens Bank building
where the tags are sold.
Tags* must be purchased by the
last day of this month, Thursday,
Jan. 31. Owners of vehicles with
out 1952 tags will .be subject to
prosecution Feb. 1 and thereafter.
Sale of tags by the close o t 1951
were as follows: 1.387 auto tags,
3 motorcycle, 170 private trucks. 32
farm trucks* 63 V trailers and 3 C
trailers. A V trailer weighs less
than 2,500 pounds and a C trailer
weighs more than 2,500.
This year's license tags have
white numerals on red and are re
portedly the non-fading type. Paint
faded on 1951 tags and by the end
of the year many were unread
ables.
Vehicle owners this year receive
only one tag which is to be placed
on the rear of the vehicle.
Home Agent Announces
Club Topic ior Jannary
"Homes Designed for Living"
will be the topic of Home Demon
stration club study this month, Hiss
Martha Barnctt, home agent, an
nounced today.
The Merrimon club will meet at
2 o'clock Monday with Mrs. Guy
Carraway and the North River
club will meet at 1:30 Thursday
afternoon with Mrs. M. D. Pridgcn.
The Bettie club, originally sched
uled to meet today, will meet, in
stead, at 7:30 next Ffiday night,
Jan. 11.
Junior Woman's Club Will
Collect Scrap Sunday
The Beaufort Junior Woman's
club will hold their monthly
scrap paper drive Sunday, Jan. 6.
Residents are asked to put their
papers, magazines and boxes at
the curb at 1 o'clock.
Money received from the sale
of this paper will be used to aid
the club in its projects.
Polite Send Two
To County Court
Sherwood Ford, Crisfield, Md.,
and Inez Godette, Beaufort, will be
tried in recorder's court, Beaufort,
today. Ford is charged with driv
ing drunk and having no registra
tion card. The Godette woman is
chargcd with assault on her hus
band with a bottle.
Ford, whose bond was set at
$200, was arrested by Police Chief
Carlton Garner. Beaufort, Officer
Bertie Clyde Piner, and Deputy
Sheriff Marshall Ayscue at 5 p.m.
Tuesday. He was followed from
Beaufort west where he was arrest
ed on the causeway. He was driv
ing a pick-up truck with an Ala
bama tag.
Bill Godette swore out a warrant
for his wife Wednesday morning.
He alleged that she tried to drive
away Tuesday in their car and he
attempted to stop her. When he
did so. she picked up a bottle and
i hit him, Godette told officers.
The police chief arrested her at
1 9 o'clock yesterday morning. Her
j bond was set at $50.
! Adron Brooks, Beaufort, was ar
I rested at 5 p.m. Saturday on a
I charge of public drunkenness and
! disturbing the peace. The arrest
was made on Turner st. by Officer
Maxwell Wade and Chief Garner.
Brooks was placed in the county
jail but later released upon guar
antee he would stay out of town.
noreneaa Lily rouce
Recover Car Wednesday
Morchcad City police recovered
Wednesday night a car which dis
appeared New Year's eve from the
Robert L. Rose Used car lot, Aren
dell st.. Morehead City.
The car was loca^d by Officer
Robert Gray as he was patrolling
on Bridges st. It was parked be
tween 8th and flth st. The keys
were in the ignition and the bat
tery was dead.
The car was a gun metal gray
1942 model Ford.
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Tide Table
Tide? at Beaufort Bar
HIGH
LOW
Friday, Jan. 4
1 40 a.m.
1:57 p.m.
8:05 a.m.
8:18 p.m.
Saturday, Jan. 3
2:41 a.m.
2:55 p.m.
9:10 a.m.
9:14 p.m.
Sunday, Ian. 6
3:41- a.m.
3:53 p.m.
10:12 a.m.
10:09 p.m.
Monday, Jan. 7
4:37 a.m.
4:4B p.m.
12:12 a.m.
11:01 p.m.
Tuesday, Jan. S
5:29 a m.
5:43 p.m.
11:51 p.m.
12:04 pjn.
Nine Carteret county boys will report Tuesday for induc
tion into the Army at Raleigh.
Mrs. Ruby Holland, clerk of county draft board No. 16,
today released their names. They are Chester M. Meares,
jr., and James A. M i 1 lis both of Newport; Harry P. John
son, Markers Island ; .Dallas C. Arthur and Burlson VV.
Lawrence, both of route 1, Beau ? - ? ? ? ^
fort.
Norman T. Fisher and John A. i
Wetherington. jr.. both of More
head City; Dallas B. Gillikin, Wil
liston, and Clinton Respass, route
1 Newport.
Beginning with Jan. I, 1052 the
induction station* for the station at
Fayetteviile, closed. It had been
located there since the current se
lective service program went into
operation. Fayetteviile was a tern- .
porary induction station and all in ;
(tactions are now being handled at
Charlotte and Raleigh.
Beginning Jan. 2, Carteret coun i
ty's draft office, located on the i
second floor of the court house an- <
nex, started observation of 8:30
a.m. to 5 p.m. office hours Monday
through Friday. Until that time the i
office was open only until 1:30
p.m.
Men who became 18 years of age <
during the holidays, when the of
fice was closed, should register im |
mediately.
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Morehead City
Building in '50
Drops Below 51
By F. C. Salisbury
December's report from the of- |
fice of A. B. Roberts, building in
spector for Morehead City, shows
only five building permits issued j
during the month, totaling $20,430.
Two commercial buildings were .
startedNtaring December, an office
building for the insurance firm of
Chalk and Gibbs to cost $16,000.
This structure ie being erected on
Arendell street between 10th and
11th streets. Tommy Russel is
building a small business block on
Shepard street on the marine rail
way property to house his glass
business, to cost $2,000.
E. C. Willis has been granted a
permit to erect a house on Bridges
street between 14th and 15th street
to cost $990; C. L. Sharkey, an of
fice building on Bridges street be
tween 14th and 15th .streets to cost
$490; addition to the home of Ar
thur Midgett on Fisher street to
cost $950.
n r t ac 1
ncva|>iiui(iiiuii i 1
Construction work in Morehead
City consisting of commercial
buildings, homes, garages, altera
tions and repairs did not total in
dollar value as high as for the year
1950. Two large projects started
during the year, the port terminal
development and the new highway
bridge over Bogue sound to Atlan
tic Beach, are not included in the
following summary. Including these
two large projects would establish
a record above any past years.
A total of 13 commercial build
ings at an estimated cost of $277,- 1
100 were built during the year as
follows: Eastman Furniture store,
$20,000; Be Ik's store. $85,000; East
man's storage, $2,100; Tidewater
Power company storage, $25,000;
Trumbull Asphalt plant. $7,000;
Whittle Dry CleaneP. $2,000; thea
tre building. $50,000; Dairy Queen,
$2,000; Standard Oil office, $30,000;
Fry company garage. $0,000; Chalk
& Gibbs office. $10,000; Russel's
store, $2,000; First Baptist church,
remodeling. $30,000. Listings for
the year 1950 show 14 commercial
structures erected, totaling $263,
440.
Dwelling Buildings Drop
There was a slight drop in the
construction of new homes over
the previous year. Houses includ
ing garage apartments for the cur
rent year, $57, cost $174,739. For
1950 the total was 64, costing $293,
225. New homes ranged in prices
from an estimated cost of $100 to
$15,000. Only two houses costing
over $10,000 were erected, eight
costing over* $5,000, the balance un
der this amount. Addition and re
pairs totaled $19,085, miscellane
ous, $1,540.
Houses and garage apartments:
1948, 44 buildings totaling $124,345
1949, 46 buildings totaling $181,825
1950, 64 buildings totaling $293,225
1951, 57 buildings totaling $174,739
Commercial buildings:
1948, 13 buildings totaling $236,250
1949, 12 buildings totaling $262,250
1950, 14 buildings totaling $263,440
1951, 13 buildings totaling $277,100
Total amount of permits covering
all building construction for the
past years 1948. $360,595, 1949,
$468,532; 1950, $578,208; 1951,
$473,716.
Meter* Yield $714.50
Parking meters, during the
month of December, collected
$714.50 for the town of Beaufort.
Residents Seek
Entry to Town
Beaufort Town Board Will
Receive Petition at
Meeting Monday Night
Residents of Front and Ann
streets extended will present a po
lit ion to the town board of Beau
fort Monday night requesting in
clusion within the town boundaries.
The petition will be received by
Mayor I. W. Hassell and the town
board in regular session at 7:30
Monday night in the town hall.
This new request for extension
)f the town limits oroginated with
Ann street residents. The petition
lias been placed in the hands of
Wiley Taylor, town attorney, and
an invitation has been extended
o interested property owners in
the area to sign the petition before
noon Monday if they, too, wish to
become a pare of Beaufort.
Those who have already signed
the petition are Mr. and Mrs. Paul
VVoodard, Mr. and Mrs. Glenn L.
Harris, Mr. and Mrs. Leo Haskins,
Dr. and Mrs. J. O. Baxter, jr., Mr.
and Mrs. Odell Merrill, Mr. and
Mrs. E. H. Bradbury, and Mr. and
Mrs. Daniel E. Sadler.
Chamber Issues
Report on 1951
Issued thi* wwefrwas a report
by the chamBrt* m commerce or
activities during 1951.
One hundred fifty members be
long to the chamber this year as
compared with 129 last year and
the membership committee has
seheduled a membership barbecue
for Thursday. Jan. 24.
J. A. DuBois, manager of the
chamber, has announced the sched
uling of two conventions for next
summer, the County Commission
ers Association of North Carolina
and the North Carolina Veteri
narians association.
The 1952 chamber of commerce
directory has been sent to the
printers and an ad on Morehead
City will run ip the State magazine
until spring, according to the re
port.
Projects suggested for considera
tion and completion, if possible,
within the near future, arc the fol
lowing:
An over all plan for the expan
sion of the city and suburbs, more
parking space in the business dis
trict, expanded recreation facilities,
more paved streets, extension of
sewer lines to many homes in the
city limits still using 1890 style,
provide more accommodations for
summer visitors, provide more dock
space on the waterfront, get action
on legislation to provide adequate
school facilities for town and coun
ty. before present schools are hope
lessly overcrowded, new or better
street markings.
Harkers Islander
Wins Promotion
Promotion of James Morton Wil
lis of Markers Island to the rank
of cadet captain in the Army ROTC
at North Carolina State college was
announced this week by Col. Leroy
C. Wilson, professor of military
science and tactics at the college.
The Army ROTC curriculum sup
plements the students* major field
of study with practical and theo
retical instruction in military sci
ence. Upon completion of the
course of study, a student is com
missioned as a second lieutenant
in the Organized Reserve Corps.
Students designated by the pro
fessor of military science and tac
tics as "Distinguished Military Stu
dents" are tendered commissions
in the regular Army.
There arc five Army ROTC
branch units at State collegc, in
cluding infantry, quartermaster
corps, engineer corps, signal corps
and ordnance corps with a total
enrollment of 1,150 students in the
Army ROTC.
Agent s Return
R. M. Williams, farm agent,
James Allgood, assistant farm
agent, and Miss Martha Barnett,
home agent, will return today from
a two-day District Home Agents
association meeting at Elizabeth
City. They left Wednesday after
noon.