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NEWS-TIMES OFFICE 504 Arendell St. Moi^ud City Phone 6-4175 CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES * 41st YEAR, NO. 13. TWO SECTIONS TEN PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1952 PUBLISHED TUESDAY AND FRIDAYS Dr.* W. L. Woodard, BeauforV Resigns from Governing Units Disorderly House' Keeper Sentenced In Tuesday Court Two Cronies Found Guilty; Everett Taylor to Serve 18 Months on Roads Charlie Robinson, charged with permitting his house in Beaufort to be used by drunks, creating a nuisance, and violating the health laws, was given a six-month sen tence Tuesday in recorder's court. The sentence was suspended on condition he comply with health requirements within 60 days and pay court costs within six months. Others arrested at the same time with Robinson were Walter Henry , Sykes and Reuben Whitehurst. The state decided not to prosecute Sykes on a charge of driving drunk. He was found guilty, how ever, of illegal possession of whis key, and given a six-month sentence also, suspended on condition he pay $25 ?nd costs within two weeks. Whitehurst, charged with public drunkenness and being a public nuisance, was found guilty of the , drunkenness charge. He was given ! a month's jail sentence suspended on condition he remain sober for i six months. Sentence Suspended Ernest Morris was found guilty of assault on a female and was given two years in prison, not to be served providing he remain on good behavior five years and pay . tourt costs. Monroe Paylor, charged with as sault and larceny, who was found guilty at the Jan. 22 term of court of engaging in a fight, was given a three-month sentence, suspended on condition he remain on good behavior three years and pay court ' costs. , To Serve 18 Months Everett Taylor, charged with dis turbing the peace, being drunk. I constituting a public nuisance, and refusing to support his wife and children, urn found guilty and sen tenced to 18 months on the roads. ' The prosecuting witness failed to I appear in the case of J. T. Brown, charged with obtaining money on false promises, and the prosecuting witness was ordered to pay court I costs. I Gladys Daniels Lupton pleaded guilty to driving with improper registration and paid half the court I costs. Mildred Forbes Thomas inrt Wilson Davis, charged with failure to display valid license plates, i pleaded guilty and each paid half the costs of court. . ? Pleads Guilty George Bnbb Stringer pleaded guilty to having expired license plates and paid court costs. Nor man Willis pleaded guilty to pub lic drunkenness and was ordered to pay $10 and court costs or spend 60 days in jail. Gilbert K. Lawrence was found guilty of driving with ' improper brakes and paid court costs. Annie Pollard Pcnnucll pleaded guilty to speeding and paid costs. ? The state decided not to prose cute at present cases against Charles Lindberg Fraiier charged * with driving without a license and with insufficient brakes, and John Reed Sparks, allowing a minor to operate a motor vehicle. The following cases were con tinued: Ralph Willard Riggs, Reu ben Franklin Bell, John W. Burke, sr., Durant Chase, Vernon Edward Lee. John Joseph Bolduc, Richard ' W. Broton, Lillian Lewis, Plymouth H. Taylor, Samuel Jones, Ellis Worthington. Gurney Murray, Bet ty Ann Hardison. Ralph Edward Gore, charged with driving on the wrong side of the road, forfeited bond. *" Woman to. bo Tried on Two Charges in Court Today j Mrs. Bert Williams, route 4, New Bern, has been charged with driv ing drunk and with no* operator's license as the result of a collision at 6:30 p.m. Saturday on the Stella road. Patrolman J. W. Sykes who in vestigated, said that Mrs. Williams in a 1946 model automobile had been proceeding west on highway ' 24 and turned right into the Stella road. As she did so. she struck a car, stopped at the stop sign wait ing to enter highway 24. In that car, a 1990 model, were Lillian D. Benson, Pelletier, and Dalton Waters wh* told the patrol man who struck tbem and that she would not wait for an officer to arrive. Mrs. Williams is scheduled for trial in recorder's court today. ? ? Grass Fire Extinguished Beaufort firemen put out a grass fire at 12:30 p.m. Sunday near Ma chine and Supply co. Nq damage waa caused. I ? Beaufort town officials are searching today for a replacement for Dr. W. L. Woodard on the town planning board and the town board of adjustment. Dr. Woodard, who has served as chairmen of these boards (person nel on each board are identical) since, their organization, submitted his resignation to the town board last Monday night at the town hall. The resignation, in the form of a letter, was read by the town clerk. The board accepted the resigna tion with regret and expressed ap preciation for Dr. 'Woodard's serv ices. The letter follows: February 4, 1952 Beaufort, N. C. Board of Commissioners Town of Beaufort Beaufort. N. C. Dear Sirs. It has been a great pleasure to me to have served as a member of and more recently as chairman of the Planning Commission and Board of Adjustment of the town of Beaufort, for the past few years. I say it has been a pleasure be cause it is always a pleasure and a source of satisfaction to serve in a civic capacity and to try to accom plish worthwhile objectives in the interest of your fellow citizens. It has also been a pleasure because of the high calibre of committee men with whom I served. I feel, however, that long and' continuous tenure in office is not ; in the best interests of govern- ; ment and civic matters; I feel that I am approaching, or may already have approached, what would be considered long tenure. I therefore herewith submit my See WOODARD, Page 2 ^ Glenn Adair Heads Group to Promote Little Symphony Glenn Adair. Beaufort, was elected president Friday night of the organization which will pro mote the North Carolina Little Symphony and its appearances in Carteret county. f Other officers, a vice-president, and secretary and treasurer for each town, Beaufort and Morehead City, will be named later. The meeting was held Friday night in the Jefferson hotel. Eighteen per sons attended. The purpose of the newly-formed group is to analyze the work to be done in connection with the sym phony. distribute the work fairly among those interested, and edu cate the public as to the need, for Little Symphony concerts. Adair said the group hopes to gear its program mainly for the benefit of children with a view to ward having two children's con certs annually instead of one. Ralph Wade, Morehead City, was named as head of the education program. It has been suggested that books on symphonic music and instruments be made readily avail able in libraries and that record ings of symphonic music be circu lated among the schools. Tentative dates for the sym phony campaign were set, Sept. 29 to Oct. 10, a period of two weeks rather than one as in the past. Miss Elizabeth Lambeth, More head City, was placed in charge of contacting business houses during the drive. Mrs. Ernest Davis, Beau fort, was named as liaison officer between the Little Symphony group and the newspaper and radio. Next year's symphony concert will be presented in Morehead City. Deputy Governor A talk on Lionism. given by the deputy district governor Jake Strother of Kinston, was the high light of the weekly Morehead City Lions club meeting Thursday at the Waterfront cafe. His talk de fined Lionism from the local or ganization to the international. Guests of the I.lons in addition to the deputy governor were James Merritt. Kinston; zone 3 chairman Norris Rcid, New Bern; Lion pres ident W. T. Aman, G. D. Walter and S. E. Lumpkin of Jacksonville; and R. A. Fredin. research special ist of the Fish and Wildlife com mission. Fivers Island. Immediately following the meet ing there was a zone meeting of representatives from New Bern, Bayboro. Jacksonville and More head City. The governor made it a double purpose meeting, to ful fill hit scheduled visits to each or ganization of Lions in district 31-E before his term of office expires June 31. Besides guests the following Morehead City Lions attended the zone meeting: Fred Lewis. Charles and James Bell, and Oscar Allred. The next zone meeting will be at Bayboro the last 6f March. Stockholders Cast Heavy Vote (or Merger Carolina Power and Light Will Take Over Tide Water Power Co. March 1 By an overwhelming vote last Monday, stockholders in the Caro lina Power and Light co. and the Tide ater Power co. voted to merge their two companies into ?ne. CP&L will take over Tide Water Power co. on March 1, according to President Louis V. Sutton. WJien the merger is complete, Carolina Power and Light ? which already serves 274,121 customers in 22,000 square miles of the Caro lina$ ? will extend its service to 52,500 new electric customers in 16 southeastern counties in North Carolina. Large Representation Over 78 per cent of all CP&L stock was represented in person i or by proxy at the Raleigh meeting and was voted almost unanimously for the merger. Less than two tenths of one per cent opposed it. Tide Water's stockholders met at the same time in Wilmington, and well over 72 per cent favored the merger. CP&L has 1,786,000 shares of stock outstanding. A total of 1, 395,720 shares were voted ? 1,392, 733 or 99/.8 per cent in favor of the merger and 2,987 shares or 0.16 per cent against it. Tide Water has 610,172 shares outstanding. A total of 440,893 shares were voted ? 438,757 or 99.51 per cent for the merger and 2,136 shares or 0.49 per cent against it. 45-Minute Voting The voting formality took not more than 45 minutes and most of that was used in reading the legal explanations of what the merger involved. Holders of Tide Water common stock now may swap their shares at the rate of 1.1 shares of CP&L stock. Holders of Tide Water $1.35 cumulative preferred stock may: ( 1 ) Convert to Tide Water common and exchange for CP&L common; (2) convert to CP&L $5 preferred at the rate of four for one; or (3) surrender Tide Water preferred and receive $28.50 per share plus accrued dividends. Letters giving .the details are being mailed to all holders of Tide Water preferred and they have 20 days to act. The "agreement of merger" will be filed with the Sec retary of State at the close of busi ness on February 29. and the mer ger will become effective at the beginning of business on March 1. Budget Affected One immediate effect of the mer ger will be to increase consider ably CP&L's expansion budget for the current year, Sutton said. Di rectors already have voted to spend $22,500,000 for expansion in the old CP&L territory, and this figure will be increased to $27, 000,000 to allow for construction in the combined area during the re mainder of the year. Current plans, he added, call for spending $66,500,000 for expansion in the combined systems within the next three years. Director Lists J Band Program Ralph Wade, director of the Morehead City high school band, today announced the program for the annual winter concert at the school at 8 o'clock tomorrow night. The opening number will be Ode ttf Music (Chopin). Pacific Gran deur, overture (Olivadoti). Panis Angelicus (Franck), Prelude in C minor (Rachmaninoff). Pierrot and Pierette, clarinet duet (Buchtel). favorite Strauss waltzes. E Pluribus Unum. march (Jewell), The Gypsy Baron (Strauss). Look for the Silver Lining (Kern), Drumnastics, drum solo (Buchtel), Americans We. march (Fillmore), and Fete Irvingshal, concert march. There arc 64 pieces in the band. No admission will be charged. Leland F. Garner Escapes Injury When Track Wrecks Leland Frances Garner, New port. escaped injury at 12:30 a.m. Saturday when the 1931 station wagon he was driving struck a power pole on highway 70 near the Rex restaurant. Damage to the station wagon, owned by D. I. Gar ner and used as a delivery truck by Newport Dry Cleaners, was esti mated at $400. Highway Patrolman J. W. Sykes who investigated said that Garner told him he was proceeding toward Newport when the station wagon ran off the edge of the road. He tried to pull it back, the wagon went into a skid and struck the pole. No charges were preferred. Newport Man Dies After Fire Destroys Home; Forest Fire Rages Through Sea Level Sunday v A 72-year-old colored man, Silas ? Campbell of Newport, died Sunday night in Morehead City hospital as the result of burns he sustained Sunday afternoon when his three room frame dwelling at Newport burned. Graveside services will be held at 10 o'clock this morning at the cemetery on the Nine-Foot road, Newport. Fireman Bonnie Garner. New port, said ttampbell lived alone in a broken-down shack and that the fire is believed to have started when a kerosene lamp exploded. Campbell, who was feeble, was able to stand but could not move around easily and was trapped by the flames. Fireman Vernon Mann rescued him from the "middle" room where the fire was about waist high and Wheeler Smith took him to Morehead City hospital. The shack did not burn to the ground. Newport firemen put the ; blaze out soon after they arrived, j Carteret Will Receive M From Forestland A. U. S. treasury check for $84. 217.15 has been received by the treasurer of the state of North Carolina to cover totals due 26 counties within the Nantahala, l'isgah, and Croatan National for ests from the gross receipts of the 1951 fiscal year, Supervisor E! W. Kenshaw of the Nantahala National forest and I). J. Morriss of I'isgah Croatan National forests announced today. Carteret will receive $3,390.28 because 56.169 acres of Carteret land are located in Croatan forest. The total North Carolina check represents a n<jw earning by the North Carolina National forests, the supervisors pointed out, and, consequently, correspondingly rec ord totals to the 26 counties which annually profit by a return of 25 p?r cent of gross recei^-aof preceding year. This foui*.i uf re ceipts is returnable through- the state treasury and is apportioned to counties according to areas of national forest land each eontain. The money is used annually for schools and roads. Aside from cash returns, the su pervisors said, counties benefit from an additional 10 per cent of gross receipts returned to the for ests for road construction and maintenance. "It is very gratify ing that both timber production work accounting for this revenue and road work resulting from it are increasing employment in these counties measurably," the super visors added. Officials Commend Boy Scouts Chamber of Commerce v Sponsors Emeritus Civic Club At a second meeting of a com ? mittee on club organization, at tended by a group ot retired citi zens of this area and representa tives of the civic affairs committee of the Morehead City chamber of commerce Thursday night, a name was chosen for a newly-formed group. The Emeritus Civic club. As Webster puts it. the definition of the word emeritus is: "dis charged from duty with honor be cause of long service." A committee was appointed to draw up a set of by-laws to be pre sented to the membership for ap proval at the next mpeting to be held at the civic center Thursday night at 7:30. The aims of the club have been outlined as follows: "To develop and maintain a friendly and helpful contact with the many residents of the area who have limited their business and so cial activities but still have so much in common "To cooperate in every way pos sible with the chamber of com merce and other civic organizations in working for the betterment of the entire area, making it a local ity in which all may live, prosper and retire happily." Men present at the next meeting I will be charter members of the ! club and will help form plans for the coming months. "There are no strings attached, no funds have been requested; it is just you and your friendship that the club de sires," stated J. A. DuBois, man ager of the chamber of commerce, in a letter to prospective members. The men also, in the near future, intend to organize an auxiliary for their wives The following have been invited to Thursday's nwetuiu and if t hey km v .?f iriej #' -ould ii .% n join, they should bring them, Du Bois stated. James R. Masi n, L.'G. Norris, H. J. Gillikin, R. C. Dixon, W. S. Kidd, Waldron Bailey. Howard Barrow. J. F. Giddens, C. R. Davant, Col. G. D. Gamble, E. P. Spence. W. P. Freeman. N. R. Webb. William Riley Willis, George Huntley. 1). K. Ward, H. B. Utley, J. W. Kellogg, Basil Wood. I)r. G. C. Cooke. Allan Ferebee. E. W. Olschner. R. H. Dowdy, Judge Luther Hamilton. R. J. Mebane. ft. T. Willis, J. M. Coates, F. C. Salisbury. I). M. Webb. H. M. Blanchard, R. W. Safrit, Charles V. Webb and N. F. Eure. Morehead City Jaycees J To Promote Brotherhood Through their religious activities committee, Morehcad City Jaycecs have undertaken promotion of Brotherhood Week. Feb. 1 7-24. By contacting the Carteret Coun ty Ministerial association, they have requested that each pastor de vote a sermon that week to brother hood. At the Morehead City Jaycee meeting next Monday night, H. L. Joslyn, leading Presbyterian lay man and superintendent of Car teret county schools, will speak on brotherhood. The Rev. I.eon Couch, minister of' the First Methodist church, Morehead City, will show a film on "Human Relationships" Wed nesday, Feb. 29, at 6:30 at the church. The mayor of Morehcad City. George W. Dill, has proclaimed next week "Brotherhood Week." J. C. Harvell, chairman of the Jaycee religious activities commit tee, commented on Brotherhood Week in a recent letter to min isters, as follows: "It is my belief that the objec tive of Brotherhood week is to promote justice, amity, under standing. and cooperation amons Protestant. Catholic, and Jew, and to analyze, moderate, and finally eliminate intergroup prejudices which disfigure and distort religi Tide Table Tldei at Beaafart Bar HIGH LOW Tuesday, Feb. 12 8:02 a.m. 9:20 p.m. 2:57 a.m. 3:23 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 13 9:35 a.m. 9:53 p.m. 3:34 a.m. 3:52 p.m. Thonday, Feb. 14 10:08 a.m. 10:31 p.m. 4:10 a.m. 4:24 p.m. Friday, Feb. IS 10:44 a.m. 11:11 p.m. * 4:4? a.m. <:M p.m. ous. business, social and political relationships, with a view to the establishment of a social order in which the religious ideals of brotherhood and justice shall be come the standards of human rela tionship. "Brotherhood week serves to give people an opportunity to re dedicate themselves as individuals to the basic ideals of respect for others and for the human rights which are essential to the good way of life and to dramatize the prac tical things which people can do to promote an understanding to these ideals and also to enlist the support of a larger number of peo ple in year around activities to build brotherhood. "If intergroup attitudes and habits of action are to be changed from conflict, that change will re sult from the activities of those agencies which create attitudes, namely, the home, church, school, clubs, and community organizations and the medium of communication, radio, motion pictures, press, and advertising. "It is therefore urged that every community form a committee to develop programs of intergroup education which are suitable and practical for the many types of ac tivity represented in a community. Together all these programs form an integrated, comprehensive ap proach to intergroup relations in volving the entire community. "This is why we urge or suggest year round activities to build brotherhood. We should all main tain close relations with everyone not only during this week of brotherhood but the weeks and years to come. Through organiza tions and churcbes this can be ac complished." Navy Veaaels to Dock Due today at Morehead City port, returning from the Mediterranean tre the (hipi Lattimore, Ogk 1 tfaorpe, and C?mbria. J . Navy Seeks Bids On Construction Of New Railroad Jacksonville.? The Navy depart ment called Saturday for bids for construction on a 27% -mile rail road from Camp Lejeune to Cherry Point linking the two mammoth Marine installations and the Atlan tic Coast Line and East Carolina railroads and providing rail service to the Morehead service port of entry. Invitations to bid were in the mails today to approximately 500 contracting firms throughout the United States. Funds for constructing the rail road at a cost of three million dol lars were contained in an omnibus appropriation bill passed in the j closing days of the 82nd Congress, j The bids will be opened March j 14 at Camp Lejeune for the rail- j road including turnouts, switches, clearing, trestles, communications lines, warning signals and fencing. The government will furnish cross ties. Right of way surveys and acquisi tions have been under way some time. It is also understood the right of way is of sufficient width to accommodate a direct highway linking the two bases if one is ever sought and approved. The spur railroad will cut considerable travel time off movement of Ma rines and equipment between the two bases and Norfolk, hcadquar of KM Mrarne AMantJ*. \ .*?, pic.suM men move by rail from Lejeune to Wilmington and the nee to Norfolk via ACL or they move by highway; rail shipments to Cherry Point and Morehead City port via New Bern or they go by highway. The railroad, according to the appropriations measure, is neces sary "to provide alternate rail service to facilitate troop and sup ply movement" to the Marines in major ports of entry at Norfolk and Morehead City, and is critical ly needed to afford passenger and freight service for both military and civilian populations. Paludina Sails ? Friday Afternoon The M/V Paludina, after dis charging 17.000 barrels of asphalt for the Trumbull Asphalt co., left Morehead City Friday afternoon. The Paludina. owned by the Anglo Saxon Petroleum co.. was the first vessel to dock at the new state constructed pier. She was welcomed Thursday afternoon by officials of the State Ports authority, members of the Morehead City Port commission, and municipal authorities. In re spect for the late King George VI of England, the Shell tanker was flying the British flag at half mast when she docked. The 17,000 barrels of asphalt pumped through the new 1,200 steam-jackctcd line to the Trum bull co., was only part of the Paul dina's cargo. Her total capacity is 58.000 barrels. The remainder was scheduled for discharge at Jackson ville. Fla. Among officials greeting the Paludina and its master. Capt. C. A. Waters of London, were W. Avery Thompson of Hallsboro. vice chairman of the N. C. State Ports authority; H. V. Conley of Wil mington, assistant executive direc tor of the authority; II. S. Gibbs and Dr Ben Royal of the Morehead City Port commission; Mayor George Dill of Morehead City; D. G. Bell, president, and Joe Du bois. manager of the Morehead City chamber of commerce; J. D. Holt, recently named manager of the Morehead City port; Jim Meade of Wilmington, authority engineer; C. D. Maffitt of Wilmington, the ship per's agent; W. A. Townes, en gineer for T. A. Loving co., and F. E. Seelbinder. superintendent of the Trumbull company. Firemen Answer Call Morehead City firemen answer ed a call to box 33 Friday after noon at 1:30 but a small fire in the house at 1400 Arendell St. had been put out when they arrived. It was believed to have started from a gas stove. Then was no damage. ? Beaufort Boy Scouts, who acted as town officials yesterday in ob servance of National Boy Scout week, dispatched their duties effi ciently, the adult town officials ob served. Mayor Charles Take, jr., when asked his opinion of the Scouts' work as town officials, replied "they're doing pretty well." The mayor presided at a meet ing of the town board yesterday at 1 p.m. Not only were the commis sioners present, but all members of the fire department, police de partment. sanitary department, the town attorney and the town clerk. The only one absent was the building inspector, "who probably stayed at school," the mayor re marked. The Scouts discussed the disposal ! of sewage in Taylor creek and said j that if the town couldn't stop 1 dumping sewage in the creek, a j swimming pool should be built. When they were advised that the town had no authority to build a swimming pool, the acting town at torney suggested that all the sew age be pumped into a big tank, then hauled away by the garbage truck and dumped. Hay Hunnings. chief of police, suggested that another man be added to the force. "The chief of police is worked to death." he de clared. The mayor reported that the commissioners were especially anxious to have sewer pipes in back of the school covered up. lie said that several of the pipes have leaks too. The Scouts said they could see no reason why the town fire de partment should go out of town to fight fires for people who don't See BOY SCOUTS, Page 2 Few Building v Permits Issued Building activities in Morchead City got off to a slow start this year. According to the January records of A. B. Roberts, building inspector, only five permits were issued, showing a total estimated cost of $8,7<M). Permits cover only one new house, a new parsonage for the Christian church at Bridges and 22nd street. This house is being erected next to the church. Alteration, additions and repair permits were issued to C. A. Lewis, $300; Sanitary Fish Market, $400; Frank Swindell, $200; and Dorothy I'ospisil, $400 for a garage. Per mits issued for January of 1951 to taled $31.390. From the office of the OPS comes instructions to give contract ing and construction companies worries similar to those given mer chants and others who have been placed under price control. This price regulation will, effect all phases of contracting And construc tion business. The OPS regulation covers all general contractors, con struction companies, plumbers, electricians, excavators, well drill ers, road builders, and in general, all types of contracting services. District Director Alton G. Mur chison explained that under certain m^hods of pricing contracts, the filing of prices was obligatory, and records covering the method of de termining the ceiling prices for all jobs should be maintained at the place of business. Murchison advised contractors to contact the Raleigh office for in formation concerning details of the regulation. A forest fire threatened several homes at Sea Level Sunday afternoon. One ga rage on the Eugene Gaskill property burned and sparks set the roof of the Gaskill home afire, but other prop erty damage was averted. The fire occurred in the woods in the center of the Sea Level com munity. Large pines and other growth were burned over. E. M. Foreman, forest ranger, said it is not known how the fire started. He and men from the community fought the blaze which was fanned by wind and fed by dry under brush. The garage which burned was used as a storage place and dumage was estimated at $100. The fire on the roof of the Gaskill home was put out by persons visiting there at the time. Access to I he roof was gained by tearing out a screen in a second ptory window and buckets of water were poured on the smoldering shingles. Other homes narrowly escaped the raging flames. A small woods fire also occurred on Markers Island Sunday after noon Approximately one quarter acre burned. Persons seeing forest fires should report them immediately to Fore man. phone 2-4135 or to the Otway fir?' tower, 2-8115. Mrs. Dorothy Willis is on duty at the tower. Newport Gives Land for Church Newport commissioners, in ses sion Tuesday night at the town hall, agreed to give land for a Mis sionary Baptist church in the pro posed Veterans' housing develop ment. The request for the property was made by B. T. Burroughs, sr. Burroughs said that members of the church had selected a central location, but the board felt that another location at either one of two extremities of the development would be more advantageous to the town, the church, and the fu ture residents of the housing de velopment. Burroughs said he would convey the board's sugges tion to the congregation. The church members have been meeting in the room over the Moses Howard garage. The Newport church is sponsored by the Davis Missionary Baptist church, the Rev. M. R. Ha ire, pastor. George Ball, town attorney, re ported that investigation is under way to obtain a federal loan or grant for installation of the town water system. Because $14,000 for paving streets in the veterans' housing de velopment is necessary before the FHA loans can be obtained, C. D. Bohannon and L. S. Bercegeay of the Cherry Point Mutual Veterans Housing association, asked the town to guarantee a loan of $14,000 from the First Citizens Bank and Trust co. The commissioners said they could not obligate the town to that extent because the town does not have the funds. Attorney Ball suggested that the veterans "sell" lots at $300 a piece, the money to be put in escrow. If the $14,000 is raised in that man ner in a specified amount of time, the persons putting up the $300 would become lot owners, the $14, 000 would be on hand and paving could begin. Attending the meeting in addi tion to representatives of the vet erans' group. Mayor C. A. Gould, jr., Commissioners Kdgar Hibbs, Ira Garner, M. D. McCain. S. E. Mann, were F. C. Noyes, Fireman B. R. Garner, and Police Chief Charles Garner. Ocean Lodge Members Collect J Clothing for Korean Orphans In response to a request by a" member of Ocean lodge No. 405. Morehcad City Masons are collect in? clothing tor an orphanage in Korea. Today is the last day tor carrying clothes to the collection points. The clothing may be taken also to the lodge meeting at 7:30 tonight at the Masonic temple. The request for help came from H. K. Zaguary. Part of his letter follows: "The Masons at this air base in Korea have formed a Masonic club. We have named it the Kangnung Square and Compass club. Our aim is to aid the orphans in this arra and there are many, brethren. As in all wars the real sufferers are the children, bewildered, helpless, homeless and without adequate food or clothing and wandering across the countryside half frozen and lost. "These children arc collected at several points and brought to the three or four orphanages that have been thrown together with what See CLOTHING, Page 2 Oiiicers Dynamite Two v Stills in Craven County Two stills were dynamited Thurs day in the Craven Corner section by Sheriffs C. R. Berry and Gehr mann Holland of Craven and Car teret counties, and ABC Officer M. M. Ayscue. Two hundred forty-nine and a half gallons of whiskey were found and 2.800 gallons of mash. One of the stills was in operation when the officers came upon it. Morehead City Merchants Will Moot at 11:38 Te*ay The Morehead City Merchant? association will meet at 11:30 this morning at the Waterfront cafe to elect officers for the coming year and discuss Red Tag sales days. Clyde Jones, president, said lunch will be free. Jones will pre side during the business session.