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41at YEAR, NO. 3. EIGHT PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY, JANUARY 8, 1952 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
Fisheries Division to Buy Boat >
' Ututlga ' Owned by Marshallberger
Miss Georgie Hughes Assumes
Duties as Welfare Official J
Miss Georgie Hughes, Carteret
county's new welfare superinten
dent, started her duties at the wel
fare department Wednesday. Miss
Hughes, who has been working
with welfare departments since
March 1947 comes here from Pitt
county where she was a child wel
fare worker.
She is making her home at 608
Arendell St., Morehead City.
The new welfare superintendent,
who lived for a time in Pamlico
county as a child, said she likes
this section of the country. In re
gard to her new position, she re
marked, "I have a wonderful staff."
Although she met with the coun
ty welfare board in October, the
first meeting with the board in her
official capacity will take place at
7:30 p.m. fan. 16, in the welfare
department offices.
Miss Hughes received her bach
elor of arts degree at Woman's col
lege, Greensboro, took graduate
work in social studies at the Uni
versity of North Carolina, and was
a WAVE in the second world war.
WAVE in the second world war.
She succeeds Thomas C. McGin
nis, who is now serving with the
U. S. Army.
Others on the welfare staff are
Miss Wanda Hill, general senior
clerk, Mrs. Glenn Adair, Miss Mary
Rose Crisp, and Mrs. Peggy All
good, case workers, and Miss Mar
guerite Lewis, clerical worker.
Nelson Stevens of the state wel
fare department. Raleigh, who is
consultant on community service,
conferred Friday with Miss Hughes
on establishment of boarding
homes and day nursery care for
children in this area.
Squadron 233 -
Returns to Cherry
Point Air Base
Norfolk.? Marine Fighter Squad
ron 233, under the command Ma
jor Robert F. Graham, USMCR, has
returned to Cherry Point. It is
composed largely of the men of
the tidewater section of North
Carolina. The sqMadron was called
to active duty in October of 1951
and has been undergoing a rigid
training schedule here. It is the
only Marine Air reserve fighter
squadron in this area to be called
to duty.
Squadron 233 was formed in 1946
as a fighter squadron and has since
operated out of the Naval Air sta
tion. Norfolk, Va.t with the squad
ron holding its two weeks of sum
mer training in war games at the
Marine Corps Air station at Cherry
Point, N. C., along with other re
serve air units from east of the
Mississippi river.
The squadron was being air-lift
ed at Norfolk by transport planes
from Cherry Point.
Reservists from this area who
are with the reserve squadron ire
Pfc. Franklin R. Sample and Maj.
M. P. Holowiti, both of Morehead
City; First Lt. J. G. Murdoch, Wild
wood; T/Sgt. John H. Wilhelmsen,
route 2, Newport; and Sgt. Donald
V. Miller, Havelock.
New Bell Drug Store Will j
Have GrandOpening Thursday
Pennsylvania!) J
Writes Two Poems
Poems dealing with two of Car
teret county's TB patients, whose
itory was told in THE NEWS
TIMES during the Christmas seal
sale, have been written by Mrs.
Byron Stuart of Verona. Pa. Mrs.
Stuart, a friend of Mrs. G. T. Spiv
ey. chairman of the Carteret seal
campaign, wrote the poems at Mrs.
Spivey's request.
The poems were printed and
framed and given to each of the TB
patients as Christmas gifts.
Mrs. Stuart writes a poetry col
umn for a' Pennsylvania newspaper
and is co-author of a recently pub
lished hook of poems, "Betwixt and
Between." The poet also appears
regularly on a TV program.
Declared Mrs. Spivey, "Besides
doing all this, Mrs. Stuart is a
housewife and mother of three
children. Marylou, 16, Jim who is
15, and Gary now 12. Those of us
who are parents know that she
really has her hands full and I
think it was very nice for her to
take time out of her busy life and
write poems for two of our Carteret
county TB patients."
Countians Will
Go to Rocky Mount
Dr. D. J. Eure, chairman of the
Carteret District Scout council. Mr.
and Mrs. Kenneth Wagner, and Mr.
and Mrs. Robert Howard will at
.tend the meeting for Boy Scout
leaders tomorrow at Rocky Mount.
The meeting will include a busi
ness session at 5:30 in the after
noon when Council committee re
ports will be heard and officers
will be elected for the coming
year. The wives of the leaders
will be entertained at a tea spon
sored by the Rocky Mount Girl
Scouts' Little House with Mrs. J.
B. A. Daughtrkige, council presi
dent, in charge. The annual coun
cil banquet will be at 7 o'clock at
the Ricks hotel.
Principal speaker for the ban
quet will be Sam D. Bundy, Farm
ville high school principal. Bundy
is president of the Pitt couaty
chapter of the Carolina "Christian
Men's Fellowship."
The banquet session will also see
the recognition of this year's win
ners of the Silver Beaver award,
which is given annually to from
. one to three men in the council
. for "distinguished service to boy
hood." and the installation of offi
cer? for the coming year. The in
stallation ceremony will be handled
by Penn T. Watson, Wilson busi
n ess man and v ice -chairman of
Region Six, which includes the
Carolinas, Georgia and Florida.
* Thursday will mark the formal,
opening of Bell's new drug store
on Front styi, B?auf?rt.
Sporting a plate fffess front and
marbleixel facing, -Bell's new store
is one of the most modern and at
tractive in Beaufort's business sec
tion. Located on the same spot as
when it was first established in
August 1919, Bell's new and mod
ern indoor decor is equally as at
tractive as the front.
The store is, owned and operated
by F. R. Bell who came to Beau
fort from Elizabeth City in Septem
ber 1910. Mr. Bell worked for a
time with Dr. C. L. Duncan at the
Beaufort Drug co., then spent 2
years in the Army during the first
world war.
He returned, however, to Beau
fort in 1919 and established Bell's
drug store. Because of ill health
he was forced to sell the store in
1921 and then spent 25 months and
eight days in a hospital recovering
from tuberculosis.
Having conquered the disease,
and in the meantime studying law,
he again returned to Beaufort in
1925 and bought the store from Dr.
Duncan to whom he had sold it.
Partner with him at the time was
Ivey Guthrie. The store was known
as Guthrie and Bell Drug store,
but subsequently Guthrie sold his
share to Mr. Bell and the store was
then known, as it is today, as Bell's
Drug store.
While the store was being com
pletely rebuilt. Bell's continued
business as usual on Craven street.
During that time Mr. Bell sponsor
ed a contest in which customers
guessed what day, hour and minute
the store would be completed.
The store was ready Dec. 5 and
to the winners in the contest Mr.
Bell presented $175 in cash prizes.
More than $200 in merchandise
prizes will be given away at 3:30
Thursday afternoon to persons who
register in Bell's Drug store this
week.
Drug store personnel, in addition
to Mr. Bell, are F. W. Heslep, Mrs.
Herbert Whitehurst, Mrs. Roma
oe. Freeman (Deacon) Germany,
all of Beaufort, and Phillip Simp
son, Beaufort RFD.
Firemen Answer Call
Sunday to Henderson Home
Morehead City firemen answered
a call at 5:45 Sunday night to the
home of Mrs. George Henderson.
1708 Evans St.. to put out a blaze
which resulted from an overheated
hot water heater.
Walls were smoked, but other
wise damage waa not extensive,
firemen said.
Released yesterday waa the fire
department's report for the year.
There were 72 in-town fir* rails
answered, 15 outside town, apd on?
general alarm to search for a lost
person.
lBSl's calls topped the previous
year's. In 1950 there were M in
town alarms and seven calls out of
town. Firemen remarked that the
number of alarms has been Increas
ing with each year.
'Committee Recommends
Stoppage of Outside
Shrimping Near S. C. Line
The Board of Conservation and
Development's commercial fish
eries committee will buy a new,
smaller patrol boat to replace the
110-foot Pamlico, which was sold
recently for $30,000.
The committee on Friday author
ized State C&D director, George
I Ross and C. D. Kirkpatrick, State
fisheries commissioner, to conclude
negotiations through the Division
of Purchase and Contract for a
48-foot craft owned by Dave Moore
of Marshallberg.
The 48-foot Unalga is strictly for
work, not for party purposes, as
serted Mrs. Roland McClamroch of
Chapel Hill, chairman of the fish
eries committee.
She said the boat had been of
fered to the division at a price of
$10,000. Three appraisers have
surveyed the craft at the request
of her committee and all valued
it in excess of that amount, she
said. The Unalga is about four
years old and was built by the
Willis Brothers boat yard at Mar
shallberg.
The Pamlico, purchased original
ly from the U. S. government as
war surplus, proved too big and
too expensive for the off shore pa
trol work for which she was assign
ed. Hence the decision to sell.
The new boat also will be used in
off-shore patrol work but is small
enough to maneuver in the sounds,
something the Pamlico was too un
gainly for.
Mrs. McClamroch said the com J
mittee also voted to recommend to |
the full C&D board that outside
shrimping be stopped from Frying
Pan Shoals to the South Carolina
line from Jan. 1 to March 14 of
each year. This is in line, she
said, with an agreement worked
out with South Carolina, Georgia,
and Florida through the Atlantic
States Marine Fisheries committee.
Car Burns Near j
Newport Saturday
A car valued at $1.000 was de
stroyed by fire at 2 o'clock Satur
I day afternoon on the Mill Creek
road about 100 yards east of
Walker's pond.
The owner, Roy William Cot
trell, jr., who was driving, ?aid
that he was proceeding toward
Newport when the car started to
bum. He told Highway Patrolman
W. E. Pickard that he jumped out
and let the car run in the ditch at
the left of the road.
Cottrell, who lives at 707 Bay
st., Morehead City, was not injured.
The Newport fire department
answered a call which was placed
by Moses Howard, owr^r and op
erator of a Newport garage and
service station. Howard was call
ed to the wreck and phoned the
department from the Walker resi
dence.
It was the first time the new
alarm system, installed last week
in Newport, had been used. A call
to the fire station automatically
sounds the alarm and the phone
keeps ringing until a fireman an
swers it to get information regard
ing location of the fire.
Sally Bell Willis. 6. Earns
$15 as Movie Extra J
Six-yeat-old Sally Bett Willis,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James B.
Willis earned $15 Friday as an ex
tra in the moving picture, "Mr.
Congressman." Vvhich is being film
ed at Washington. D. C. Starring
in the picture are Van Johnson and
Patricia Neal.
According to Sally Bett's mother,
the family, including Sally Bett's
two brothers, Jimmy, 15, and Bar
ry, 10, were watching the shooting
when the director asked the little
girl to walk across the stage with
"a group of sightseers" in the film.
Sally Bett at first refused but her
mother finally talked her into it
and for walking across the set twice
she earned the standard rate of pay
of $15 a day for extras.
The Willis family went to Wash
ington last Monday to take home
Miss Joyce Willis and her mother,
Mrs. D. B. Willis. The James Wit
lis's returned Sunday.
Mrs. Willis stated that the movie,
"Mr. Congressman" is not expected
to be released until the letter part
of this year.
Tide Table
Titles at Beaufort Bar
HIGH
LOW
Tuesday, Jan. 8
5:29 a.m.
5:42 p.m.
11:51 p.m.
12:04 p.m.
Wednesday, Jan. ' 9
6:17 a.m.
6:11 p.m.
12:52 p.m.
7:06 a.m.
7:15 p.m.
Thursday, Jan. It
12:37 a.m.
1:33 p.m.
Friday, Jan. 11
7:40 a.m.
7:56 p.m.
1:21 a.m.
2:13 p,m.
Case Spotlights Harkless,W ooten
Former Constable
Faces $12S Bad
Check Charge
Judge George H. McNeill
Gives Two Drunken Dri
vers Suspended Sentence
Charles M. Krouse. former con
stable of Morehead township, made
an appearance in Morehead City
recorder's court yesterday on a
$125 bad-check warrant sworn out
by Leroy Guthrie.
Judge George II. McNeill sent
the case to county recorder's court,
stating that the warrant had been
filed in December 1951 before his
court 'could assume jurisdiction
over the case.
Krouse resigned his constable
ship several months ago in a sur
prise move and left Carteret coun
ty. He is said to have returned to
Morehead City about two weeks
ago.
Two drunk driving cases held
the spotlight of the early morning
court session.
First case was that of James
Warren. Beaufort route 1, charged
with drunk driving, damage to an
other vehicle and leaving the scene
of an accident. Warren pleaded
guilty on all three counts. Judge
McNeill sentenced him to six
months on thoi roads, suspended,
fined him $150, court costs, direct
ed him to pay for damages to the
vehicle he hit and placed him on
two years' probation.
Joseph Hester, colored of More
head City, pleaded guilty to
charges of driving drunk and with
having faulty brakes. He was sen
tenced to 90 days on the roads,
suspended, fined $100 and court
costs and placed on one year's pro
bation.
Harold Kenneth Adams, Wash
ington, D. C., and Captain Wilson
C. Terry. USM^yere each charged
court costs "and fined $10 on a
charge of speeding at 60 miles per
hour.
Mrs. Maie Alna Riggens, for
speeding, was ordered to pay court
costs; Joseph Felton, colored, for
public drunkenness, court costs;
Mrs. Eunice Blanche Hunter for
failing to stop for a school signal
in front of Morehead City school,
court costs; Randolph Tootle, color
ed, for speeding, court costs.
Police Charge 13
With Drunkenness
"If drunks don't like the way
the new police car rides, they had
better do their drinking behind
doors," declared Chief of Police
Carlton Garner yesterday when he
reported the arrest of 13 on
charges of public drunkenness
within an hour and a half Satur
day night.
Two of the men, Willie Steward
and George Johnson, were put in
the county jail and will be tried
this morning. Steward is charged
with being drunk and constituting
a nuisance and Johnson with pub
lic drunkenness and fighting in
jail.
Johnson was just released from
jail Friday after serving 60 days.
He had been charged with tres
passing and was in jail two months
awaiting trial. Judge Morris gave
him 60 days with credit for the
time he had already spent behind
bars.
Three others, John Washington,
Joe Anderson, and Elijah Braxton
were placed in the town jail. The
remainder were out on bond. Each
was under $12 bond each: Ned
Jackson. Sherman Selph. Joe Oden,
R. T. Robinson. Willie Well, Bar
ton Brown, Dave Smith, and Mar
shall Melters.
All 13 were members of shad
boat crews.
Meihodisl Workers Will
Attend School Tonight
All workers in Methodist church
schools of Carteret county are
urged to be present for the church
school institute in First Methodist
church. Morehead City, at 7:30 to
night. Registration begins at 7:15.
Leaders in the different areas
of church school work are the Rev.
H. L. Harrell, adult work; the Rev.
R. L. Bame. youth work; the Rev.
W. N. McDonald, intermediate
work; Miss Mary Hester Hunt, chil
dren's work.
The Rev. H. K. King, superinten
dent of New Bern district, will as
sist the Rev. Paul Mane is in work
ing with pastors, church school su
perintendents, board of education
chairmen and secretaries.
A skit and appropriate films will
be features of the meeting.
Norehead Drawbridge
To Close Thursday
The bridge across Newport
river, between Morehead City
and the Morehead City-Beaufort
causeway, will be closed from 9
a.m. to 3 p.m. Thursday for re
pairs. Neither highway traffic
nor water traffic will be able to
pass, announced R. Markham,
Greenville, second division high
way engineer.
Traffic going to and from
Beaufort during those hours will
be required to use highway 101.
The prison camp road (or Mill
(reek road) turning off from
highway 70 at Newport connects
with 101 just beyond the Core
Creek bridge. This will make it
unnecessary for travelers be
tween Beaufort and Morehead to
go all the way to Cherry Point.
Detour signs will be jtosted to
direct traffic while the repair
job is under way. Boats should
use Gallants channel, Beaufort,
as a detour route.
4-H Adviser Calls
Attention to 4-H
Postage Stamp ?
Issuance by the U. S. postoffice
department of a 4-H Club com
memorative 3-cent postage stamp
will be of special interest to all
North Carolina 4-H club members,
according to James Allgood, coun
ty 4-H adviser.
As announced by the postmaster ;
general, the special stamp will go
on sale at Springfield, Ohio, Jan.
15.
Club members desiring first day
cancellations should send a limited
number of addressed envelopes
(not more than 10) to the Post
master, Springfield, Ohio, with
money order remittance to cover
the cost of the stamps to be iffixed.
An enclosure of medium weight
should be placed in each envelope
and the flap either sealed or turn
ed in. The outside envelope to
the Postmaster should be endorsed
"First Day Covers."
The stamp will be 0.84 by 1.44
inches in dimensions, arranged
horizontally, printed by the rotary
process, electric-eye perforated,
and issued .in sheets of 50. The
color will be green. An initial
printing order of 110,000,000 has
been authorized.
The central design of the stamp
depicts a group of typical farm
buildings at the left, while in the
center appears the symbolic four
leaf clover, with the letter "H,"
in white face Gothic, superimposed
on each of the four leaves, repre
senting head, heart, hands, and
health. Directly beneath this in
scribed "The 4-H Clubs," in dark
Gothic.
Dominating the right side of the
design are a teen age boy and girl,
facing the club symbol. In the low
er left corner of the design the de
nomination "3c" is shown in shaded
modified Gothic.
Few Cases Cleared
From Heavy Court
Docket Friday j
Majority of Cases Continued
Will be Tried in Today's
Session
More cases were continued than
tried in Friday's special session of
recorder's cowrt, Beaufort. Court
was held because two sessions were
missed due to the Christmas and
New Year's holidays. Most of the
cases which were continued will be
tried today.
James Allen Salter pleaded guil
ty to failing to stop at a stop sign,
thus causing an accident. The
judge. Lambert Morris, stated that
he need not serve a six month jail
term if he pays $300 to the prose
cuting witness. Mrs. Johnie Davis,
within six months plus $10 fine and
costs of court.
Both Henry Lane and Dago Sam
uel Dent were found guilty of as
sault with a deadly weapon. Lane
was given a three-month sentence,
suspended on condition he remain
on good behavior three years and
pay $25 plus court costs within 30
days. Dent was ordered to pay
$10 and costs.
IMeads Guilty
Rufus Fair, sr., pleaded guilty !
to being drunk and disorderly in j
Beaufort. The judge suspended a j
three month sentence on condition |
he remain on good behavior two
years and pay $10 and court costs, i
Horace (Honey Bee) Jones;
waived hearing on a public drunk |
enness charge and was bound over |
to superior court under $35 bond.
Malicious prosecution was ruled
in the cases of J. D. Small, jr., Fred
Taylor, and Inez Godette.
Mitchell Reels was found guilty
of driving without an operator'*
license, having insufficient brakes
and an improper muffler. A 60
day sentence was suspended pro
viding he pay $25 and Court costs
within 60 days.
Sherwood Ford, charged with
having no registration card and
driving under the influence of nar
cotics or intoxicants, pleaded guil
ty and paid $100 plus court costs.
Thomas Edward Goss pleaded
guilty to speeding and paid court
costs. J. H. Johnson pleaded guil
ty to driving without a license and
paid $25 plus costs. Harry Wynne
Shelton pleaded guilty to having
improper equipment and paid court
costs. The state decided not to
prosecute the case against Russell
L. Janson charged with having an
expired operator's license.
Clifton Reels, charged with driv
ing without a muffler and having
an improper operator's license, was
found guilty. A 60 day sentence
was suspended providing he pay
court costs within two weeks.
George Johnson pleaded guilty
to trespassing and was given 60
days in jail.
James Ogal Hagen pleaded guil
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Radio Station at Marina Base
Goes into Operation Saturday
Home Society
Nears Fund Goal
Greensboro? (AP)? The North
Carolina Children's Home Society
Christmas (und drive for $40,000
is nearing its goal with a total of
$38,700.23, Harriet Tynes. execu
tive director, reports.
Already 436 persons have con
tributed. more than in any previous
year, and the drive will not end
until Jan. 15. Many prefer to con
tribute at the first of the year.
Miss Tynes said.
The fund is designed to supple
ment the society's budget in caring
for more than 300 homeless babies
each year. It helps finance exten
sive casework with real and adop
tive parents of the babies.
Balance of the money needed to
operate the home is raised in a
September <Jrive by the State's
Junior Woman's clubs. The home's
budget this year is $90,000.
Thousands ?i Menhaden
Litter Beach Sunday *
Hundreds of thousands of men
haden littered the beach from Mon
ey Island northward to Fort Macon
Sunday as the tide brought in fish
reportedly jettisoned from the shad
boat Admiral.
The boat was said to be overload
ed and had to get rid of part of its
catch. Permanent residents along
the beach were fearful of odor the
fish may cause but it was believed
cold weather and tides would elimi
nate the probability of stench.
A carrier current radio station,
WCPR, went into operation Satur
day noon at Cherry Point Marine
Air base. The station has been in
the planning stage for a year and
has been operating on a trial basis
since October.
The station will operate daily
from 6 a.m. until sundown. Pro
grams will feature music and news
announcements of interest to mili
tary personnel and special broad
casts will describe Cherry Point
sports events. Studios are located
in the old Women's Marine mess
hall near the administration build
ing.
T/Sgt Frank R. Dorraugh is NCO
in charge of WCPR. and works
with Sgt. John E. Webb, on the
programming and management.
Cpl. Hazel Calden who is in
charge of the station's women's
programs, also works in the sta
tion's library.
Everyone on the station's staff
arc announcers, but the bulk of
the announcing will be done by
Pfc. Charles W. Elford, Pfc. Rich
ard Joseph, and Pfc. Peter Johl.
The station is a joint effort of
the Public Information office and
Special Services. The funds used
for broadcasting will come from
the Spccial Services Recreation
fund.
T/Sgt. Dorraugh hopes that even
tually WCPR will be heard on a
18-hour, seven-day a week schedule.
The station is received at 550 on
the radio dial.
Pelletler Club to Meet
The Pelletler Home Demonstra
tion club will meet at 2 o'clock to
day with Mrs. Herman Taylor. The
topic will be "Homes Designed for
Living."
> Ilarkless Wooten, Negro p
hotel, Morehead City's Negrc
roles before Judge George H
recorder's court y est 3rd ay in
of Wooten 'a alleged shooting
in the hotel early on the mon
The first case was that in
by the state with "assault with a*
deadly weapon, to wit, a .22 calibre
revolver, with attempt to kill
Charles Holland."
At the crucial point when Har
vey Hamilton, jr., attorney for ,
Wooten. had drawn under cross
examination a complete reversal of
previous testimony from Charles
Holland. George Ball, substituting (
for H. O. Phillips as prosecuting
attorney, jumped to his feet and
demanded that Holland cither be
charged with perjury or the reason
for his reversal of testimony fer
retted out. (
With the court room in minor
pandemonium. Judge McNeill or
dered a recess. j
Under direct examination by (
Ball. Holland told the court that \
he was in the upstairs hallway of
the Edgewater hotel about 1 a.m., |
Dec. 15 when Wooten came up the ,
stairs and started arguing with him ,
about the contents of a loaded bag
in Holland's possession. I
The bas. Holland said, contained ,
empty whisky bottles which he had
been gathering to sell. One word ,
led to another. Holland said, when <
Wooten told him to take his hands ,
out of his pockets. I
When he did this Wooten shot j
twice at him and he ran into i I
bathroom and locked the door. He i
said when he tried to wash his j
hands he could not move his ight
arm. It was only then that he I
knew he had been shot. I
He said he jumped out of the i
bathroom window, ran to the near- i
by home of his sister, Mrs. George
Murray, then took a taxi to More i
head City hospital. There he was <
treated for a bullet wound in the ;
right upper chest. I
When he returned to the stand
to undergo Hamilton's cross exam- |
See WOOTEN, I'age 7 I
RailFreigbt
Rates to Go Up
Raleigh.? (AP) ? Railway freight
shipments between North Carolina
points are going Up six per cent.
The State Utilities commission,
going along with the Interstate
Commerce commission, authorized
the increase Thursday. Recently
the ICC approved o similar boost
for interstate traffic.
The increase will cost North
Carolina shippers an estimated
$250.000 more a yeur. It carries in
trastate rates to approximately 74 '
per cent above 1946 levels.
Asphalt and road aggregates ?
such as sand, gravel, slag, and I
crushed stone ? were exempted s
from the order. t
Commissioner Edward H. Mc- i
Mahan dissented to the portion of i
the order allowing the exemptions, i
He said if one or two industries t
are entitled to exemptions, then j
all should get the same considera
tion. <
The state has a big stake in both <
the exemptions. It has a huge road <
building program underway ? and *
it is trying to develop asphalt '
plants within North Carolina's bor
ders. 1
The new rates become effective ]
Jan. 15 and expire Feb. 28. 1953, l.
unless cancelled, changed or ex- '
tended. ;
Beaufort Firemen Answer ,
Call to Menhaden Boat i
Beaufort firemen answered a 1
call to put out a fire on the men- *
haden boat. Commander, which <
was tied up on Beaufort waterfront '
Sunday night.
The blaze was caused when a ,
crewman attempted to light the
stove and didn't know how, accord- j
ing to W. H. Potter of Beaufort
Fisheries, company which owns
the Commander. Damage by the <
fire was minor but will necessitate ?
replacing a motor blower. J
The alarm was sounded shortly
after 7:30 p.m. and firemen re- 1
turned to the station about 8:15 '*
p.m. 1
Agents Will Jointly
Conduct Club Meetings
R. M. Williams, county agent, t
and Miss Martha Barnett, home
agent, will jointly conduct the
Home Demonstration club meetings
this month throughout the county. !
Color slides on planning, remod
eling and improving the {arm 1
home, as well as landscaping the I
grounds will be shown. Topics to I
be discussed Include planning the I
farmstead, selecting the site, water 1
systems, heating systems, and fur- i
nishing the home. t
Miss Barnett stated that persona I
planning to build new homes oc I
who have a home under construe- I
tion will find the meetings ex- t
tremely helpful. (
roprietor of the Edgewater
> rendezvous, played stellar
. McNeill in Morehead City
three cases, the outgrowth
of Charles Holland, Negro,
ling of Dec. 15.
which Wooten was charged
County Will Sue ,
Tax Delinquents
County Commissioners Act
On Road, Tax Matters
At Meeting Yesterday
The county board has authorized
the inauguration of suits for pay
ment cf delinquent county taxes
[or Ur.fi and prior years. This ac
tion was taken yesterday at the
county board meeting in the court
house.
The board approved suing de
linquents after the auditor said
there had to be more money ob
tained to meet bills.
The board was confronted with
little business yesterday and re
cessed at 1 1 :30.
Commissioners approved a peti
ion presented by Henry Tolson of
Swansboro and bearing approxi
mately 200 signatures. The peti
tion asked that a walkway be built
across the "new bridge" at Swans
boro. The petitioners said they
inderstood that such a bridge was
kjoing to be built.
County road superintendent, J.
L. Humphrey, said that if a new
bridge is going to be built, he felt
confident that it would have a
walkway.
A request to grade and drain the
road from highway 24 through
"amp Ho llo to Bogue Sound was
approved "when and if the mileage
becomes available."
A settlement of $73.06 was ap
proved on back taxes owed by Levi
Fulcher, heirs. Sea l^evel, and a
settlement of $75 on taxes owed
by Dcnard Guthrie. Morehead City.
Payment of $5 was accepted
from T. T. Potter, Beaufort, for in
acre c t land on Portsmouth Island.
The property had been taken 4 rr
by the county for taxes
Commissioner Hugh Salter and
the auditor were appointed to ap
praise land in Beaufort township
iwned by A. D. Knnett who told
the board yesterday that the land
is assessed as being under cultiva
tion, when actually it is waste land.
Board Settles ,
Office Dispute
L. F. Wetherington, eastern dis
rict supervisor of the highway
lafety division, appeared before
he county board yesterday morn
ng in an attempt to straighten out
ight of "possession" of the office
n the court house annex used by
he license examiner of the de
partment of motor vehicles.
Wetherington stated that the li
:ense examiner needs an office
?ach Thursday and Friday and on
>ne occasion when he came to use
he office, everything in it was
iitting in the hall.
The board was about to pass a
esolution saying that the office
vas to be used by the license ex
iminer when the auditor, James
hotter, called the board's attention
o the fact that several months ago
hey said the welfare department
:ould use the office.
The commissioners then decided
hat the office shall be used by
)oth agencies, the welfare depart
nent having access tp it Monday
hrough Wednesday and the li
cense examiner privileged to use
t Thursday and Friday.
F wo Can Collide Sunday
M Beauiori Intersection
Two cars collided at 3:32 Sun
lay afternoon at Live Oak and Ann
streets, causing damage to one
imounting to $50.
The damaged car was driven by
Virgil White of route 1 Beaufort
ind the other was driven by Robert
l.ee Jones of 912 Bay St., Morehead
City.
Officer Bertie Clyde Piner who
investigated said that White was
proceeding north on Live Oak and
lones east on Ann Each said the
jreen light was in his favor.
No charges have been preferred.
serves in Korea
With the IX torps in Korea.?
>fc. Milton L. Chadwick, route 1
viewport, is serving on the central
<orean front with the 74th En
[ineer Combat Battalion, a part o I
X Corps. The unit builds and
naintains supply rout? rad
nidges and alto install? :a?hat
ortificatlons such as land mills
ind barbed win. Chadwick is
ervinj as a carpenter. Mm en
ering the Army, he in?dad
Jueen Street high school