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Attorney Contacts Sheriff in Regard To Crime Inquiry ?Col. Charles P. Green. United States attorney for the Eastern Dis trict of North Carolina, informed Sheriff C. G. Holland today that a special urand jury will convene in the federal court building. Raleigh, Thursday and will remain in ses sion for at least 30 days. The purpose of this grand jury is to inquire into the activities of racketeers, gangsters, organized crime, and other violations of the federal laws within the eastern district of North Carolina, Green explained. There is a further purpose of great importance and that is to give to any citizen in North Caro lina the opportunity to be heard before this grand jury and report any information relating to viola nons of federal laws in North Caro lina. he added. Without the aid, assistance and cooperation of the general public, law enforcement , cannot be successful. However, law enforcement can succeed with the support of the people, and the United States At torney. Post Office Drawer 2597. Raleigh, N. C., is soliciting infor mation from the citizens of the eastern district of North Carolina and they are urged to report such federal law violations or any infor mation concerning same that they might have. All communications received on this basis will be han dled in a confidential manner ind be used to the best advantage pos sible. Green stated. The United States attorney re iterates that he is most anxious 10 have any citizen appear before ?he grand jury and give information pertaining to any violations of fed eral laws. N?*WS from Fob. 11. ? Final rehearsals this week on the Ocracoke school PTA play, "The Old-Time Village School," promise the audience on Friday night, Feb. 15, when ihe show goes on stage in the school recreation .hall, an enjoyable eve ning. Marvin Howard as the school master is given ample opportunity by his mischievous pupils to wield a loud-sounding paddle and make good use of the high ounce stool. Theodore Rondthaicr as an old time singing teacher conducts class with auto-harp accompaniment, and the happy schoolroom of twen ty-four pupils resounds with their joyous songs. Present-day school pupils will doubtlessly learn a lot of new tricks from their parents on the stage that night. Act three of the production features a visit of the school committee ? top-hats and old time costumes ? on "Recita tion Day." Chairman Ike O'Neal, Mr. and Mrs. Murray Tolson. Mrs. W. Y. Stewart and Mrs. Huby Garrish make up this august group, to gether with some of the -ioting mothers of the "dear little chil dren." Each "child" is given an opportunity to speak a piece or sing a song, as well as do a little cutting up behind the teacher's back. Taking the parts of the school children are Iva and Monford Gar rish, Jesse and Lucile Garrish. Ben Spencer, Kermit and Ellen Robin son. Irvin Garrish, Calvin O'Neal, Bertha O'Neal, Elizabeth G. How ard, Virginia Austin, Wahab and Elizabeth Howard. Eph and Vir ginia Esham, Harvey Wahab, Thurston and Nora Gaskill, Lorena Williams, Janice Taylor, and play ing the parts of fond mamas are Iva O'Neal, Selma Spencer. Eliza Wahab, and Wilma Williams/ All are members of the local PTA and the proceeds of the play will go io the PTA treasury. The WSCS held its February meeting at the church. Circle 1 met with Mrs. Lucile Garrish, Mrs. Virginia Austin will be chairman of this circle; circle 2 met with Mrs. Flossie Spencer; circle 3 met with Mrs. Taft Howard. Work on the circles this spring will be to com plete the new social building north of the church for use for class Comedy lo Open Sunday C'ary Grant and Betsy Drake have a problem on their hands in five year-old Cieorge Winslow who plays their son in "Room for One More." The Warner Bros, film, directed by Norman Taurog, opens at the Morehead theatre Sunday. The Rev . A. C. Regan Speaks To Ministers Monday Morning "Some of God's Promises" wasji the topic of the address by the Kev. A. Regan, Straits Methodist 1 charge, at the meeting ot the C ar- I teret County Ministerial meeting Monday at the civic center. Mor.- I head City. His address followed . the business session. The pastors nave official approv al to Brotherhood Week actviities ( as sponsored by the Morehead City t Jaycees and resolved that indiv.d ua'l churches and church groups follow a program of activity in linr with brotherhood next week. The ministers voted to send a card of sympathy to the fami y ot the late Dr. Dan Caldwell. Di . C aid- j well served several months recent- , ly as pastor of Webb Memorial,, Presbyterian church. The minutes of the lamiary ! , meeting, read by the secretary, the , Rev. A 1.. Reynolds, pastoi of , Franklin Memorial Methodist , chur h, were approved. The devotional speaker lot tno ] morning was the Rev. Thurman , Smith, pastor of the Free Will Bap tist church. Morehead C ity. H? |, used as a scripture the 133rd psalm , and stressed the importance of all people blending their eftoits loi The cause of right and righteous- 1 "The topics and speakers for the meetings during the rcmainder of , the year are as tollowv 1 h< In portance of Visitation. Uic jv . ; R llair. Xh? llunxt and the t luiiih. fh. ?ev. R. N Pit*! "?l>orl meetings, suppers, and other com munity affairs. .<tnv The Susanna class met on t nday night at the home of Mrs. t harlie McWilliams with Mrs. Laura Biagg as associate hostess. Revival services at the Assembly of God closed on Wednesday night following two weeks of "?P"'"* meetings with Rev. and Mrs. An I demon of Statesville preaching. The February meeting of the Civic club was held at the school library on Monday night. Follow ing the business session, two mov ing pictures were shown. Cooks for the delicious oyster stew .suppei were Murray Tolson. Marvin How ard C F. Boyette. and F.ph F.sham Eric Gregory Bragg. CBM, son of Mrs. Laura Bragg, was married on January 16 to Jane Tanksley, nt the F.pworth Methodist church in Norfolk. Following the ceremony, the groom's sister, Mrs. W. C. ul lifer entertained at a reception at heMr?and Mrs. Shoohrook of Wil mington. Del., visited recently with relatives here, coming particularly to sec Mrs Esther Spencer w ho is , very ill at her home. Little Martha Garrish and her mother, Mrs. lrvin Garrish have been visiting in Beaufort for the past week, following Martha s ton sillectomy. . . Mrs. Laura Bragg. Mrs. Lena Bragg, and Mrs. John Gaskins >pent several days in Beaufort recently. Rash O'Neal of Philadelphia, has been visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ike O'Neal. The February PTA meeting w ill be held next Monday night. Feb. 18, a? the school library, with Mon ford Garrish. president, in charge. A movie "Preface to a Life from the N. C. Board of Health will be On Tuesday night. Feb. 19. the Willing Workers class will meet at I tije Sunday school. Bowl lor Fan and Health At Try Duck Pins ? OPEN EVERY NIGHT The Idle Honr Amusement Center ATLANTIC BEACH . ince of Church Membership, the lev. C. H. Berry; The Need of a lencwed Call to Worship, the Rev. .eon Couch. The Sunday School as an Evan gelistic Agency, the Rev. J. Paul lones; The Importance of Rcgulaf IJible Study, I)r. J. 11. Bunn; The stewardship of Life, the Rev. W. C. 'ooke: The Problems of Youth, he Rev. W. W. Clark. Jaycees (Continued from page one) lucsting all veterans to stop at ?it her place and sign the petition. Fhe petition will then be forward 'd to the state Jaycee president in conjunction with the national fay ?ee program regarding veterans af fairs and the Hoover commission I)an Floyd and Willard Willis reported on the recent quarterly l)oard meeting at Havelock. Dan Walker and Jack Barnes also at tended. Smith reported that plans for the minstrel are progressing. The minstrel committee will meet to night at the home of Odell Merrill. Jaycees also discussed the possi bility of incorporating civic drives in a Community Chest campaign. NEWS BRIEFS. : Veterans Meet Members of the Cherry Point Veterans Mutual Housing associa tion met at 7:30 last night at the community building, Havelock, to discuss sale of lots to obtain money for pavint; streets in the housing development at Newport. Two Attend Meeting Attending a five-county county agents' meeting today at New Bern are R. M. Williams, Carteret agent, and James Allgood, assistant. Other counties in the organization are Onslow, Pamlico, Craven, and Jones. To Attend Classes Mr. and Mrs. O. II. Johnson, jr., Morehead City, who operate a nursery in Beaufort, will attend the short course on commercial flower growing being offered Tuesday and Wednesday at State college, Ral eigh. No Court Tuesday County recorder's court was can celled Tuesday because of the death of Mrs. J. R, Morris, mother of the judge, Lambert Morris. The next court session will be Tuesday. Feb. 19. 288 Tags Sold Beaufort auto tags for 1952 sold to ddte number 288. Beaufort resi dents without tags on their cars are liable for citation. Tags may be obtained at the town hall. The per capita rates of steel production in the leading Western European countries are mostly around two to three times as high as in Russia. n M w LairdS APPLE BRANDY 86.4 Proof PSnH LAIRD ANI) COMPANY Sf?fc?yTUle, If. I. I.TOM.N.Y.? Nertk Omrie?, Ti. Postmasters . (Continued from page one) James W. Hunt, June 26, 1840 * '? ''""T. luly 14, 1840; ?t hmPC?"e"' ,)oc u- 'Ml: Jelcher fuller. Feb. J, 1841 vVil ?lan ^ "e"- May 14 Mi-la Jell Dec. 6, 1850; William I. Pot- 1 er. Dec. 14. 1853; logeph J. Davis Nov' 19, \Z2i W,"ia,n ' Uusha,,'| ^ Dun'?n. Nov. 20. i?79, John Forlaw, Oct. 25, lag:,' David Pierce, June 30, 1885: Sol n ? jDn Dei,mar. April 16, 188? ; David I ,erce. May II. 189.1; George I hi b ?"?'? April "? 18fl7' Mala 1 Oil R leffrov, luly 18, 1901; Wil 1 Uam A. Mace. Aug. 7. 1901; C. U ' Whitehurst. lune ,r>, 1913; Benja- ! min B. Arrington. July l, 1917 | B wh,'"iy. lui.v i?: '?*1 (still serving in 1930). Mr. Dan L. Walker, the present manager of the Beaufort chamber of commerce, has noted that ;ome of the above names are no longer represented in the community. The ' He! tens seem to have had a dvnas ty of postmasters. Readers of .his anil the Morehead list will prob. ably recall many of the family names and possibly recall some in', teresting anecdotes connected with them. For instance the Postmaster Gen eral writing lo John M Verdin Jan. 27. 1796, says in part: | am well convinced that ihough the business is trifling at vour Office (Beaufort) it must be troublesome and (he commission is inadequate to your services . . . I ,m restrict ed to twenty per Cent (sic) Also a letter to David Hall ia'ted March 29, 1799. "Tomorrow morn ing you will proceed to Newport and take charge of the two horses purchased of Hardy at Mr. Milter's Mables . . And still another: . . The Of fico at Beaufort must be discon tinned unless someone will act as your successor. Will vou ndeavor to find out a suitable character "or d ? This to David Hall. Ian 21 1800. These tetters were from' I ostmaster General Joseph Haber sham; of Georgia who held i he of fice from Feb 25, 1795 Mav 1 1801 in the cabinets of Presidents Washington. John Adams, and Thomas Jefferson. A post office was established in Morehead City Feb. 28. 1859. Here are the names and dates of the postmasters appointed: i J}'1"1;"'1 'J; Kirksey, Feb. 28. 86 r ,W ?C0Mins' 24, 860, John I. Henshaw. Sept. 21. iHfin m,'!!'8'!' C ,ones- Feb- 10.' 1868. Philip l.epper. Feb. 1. 1871 Anson J. Phillips, Sept. 27. 1872 Sarah B. Arendell, lulv i, 1 87:i William W. Chadwick. Sept 15 875; Alvin S. Willis. Aug. 28 VJ8r>: Thaddeut C. Davis No 1 4886; William W. Chadwick, May 11. 1889; William H. Jones. Feb. ^o-, 5,: ,!0hn Wal|ace. June 16, 1893; William V. Mason. July ]?? ' ?oo Th?ddous c- ?avis. Dec. 1, 6^90.3 " Mol',on- Marth Alvin S. Willis. Ian. 31, 1906; William L. Arendell. April G, 1914; j'.va M. Hardesty, Sept. 3, 1918; Robert T. Wade, July 1, 1920; AI- 1 lie B. Morris. Feb. l, 1921; cieve land L. Willis, May \ 1922; John A. Klein, April 1, 1927 (still serv ing in 1930). There are incomplete files of site location reports to the topog rapher of the post office depart mcnt. Here is a specimen of one of them for Beaufort: As of November 20. 18 68: One mile east of Newport River and "reek sou,hpas(' ?f Town As of December 8, 1898: % of a mile east of Newport River and Creek " S?Uth of Town . ?ne wonders whether between 1868 and 1898 the Beaufort post Office had other sites and where. Such information may be more readily obtainable from old deeds or newspapers. Maybe, better ..till I trom native sons. Truning Demonstration Farmers attended a pruning demonstration yesterday afternoon at the farm of Alton be Blanc, Newport RFD. Proper methods of pruning fruit trees were demon strated. To? Young to Kiss? An unspoken declaration of war, with Van Johnson as (ho prize, is declared between Paula C'orday and June Allyson in "Too Young to Kiss," which will play Sunday and Monday on the East Drive-In screen. In the new M-ti-M romantic comedy, Van plays a concert manager who sponsors June in the belief that she is a pianist" child prodigy." The Bible Comes io Life Susan Hayward (Bathushe&a) looks admiringly at Gregory Pock (King David) in tho spectacular Technicolor achievement, "David { and Balhsheba," to have its local premier Sunday at the City theatre. Darryl F. Zanuck's production, directed by llenrv King from a screen play by Philip Dunne, features a cast of thousands including Raymond i Massey and Kieron Moore. This film is showing for the first time I at regular admission pricos. Court (Continued from page one) Morehead City he was fined $10 and costs and sentenced lo the county jail for 30 days. The sec ond offense was assault on a fe male and he was fined $25 and 30 days in jail to begin at the con clusion of the first 30 days. The two sentences were suspended on condition that the defendant apply for and secure treatment for alco holism at Camp Butner for at least 90 days and that the defendant re main on good behavior for 12 months particularly as to the ex cessive use of alcoholic drink. The case of William Rhodes charged with having improper li cense plates on his truck was not prosecuted by the state. For run ning through a stop s*gn held by a school patrol boy, Winfield Hen derson paid half court costs. The state did not prosecute Gus Davis for having an expired license but he was found guilty of having improper registration plates and paid half costs. Kenneth .1. Slade, charged with public drunkenness on the streets of Morehead and the theft of two wallets, was given a suspended sentence of six months on condition he pay a fine of $25 and costs and remain on good be havior for two years. For having no registration card, a revoked op erator's license and allowing an un licensed operator to drive, Albert Pollock was fined $10 and costs. Henry Larimore was fined $25 J0R1MD* ? ?STARTS SUNDAY ? ? Happu feop/ef \ w GRANT a/nd BEBK DRAKE TW n*4 **? 1 doO*- ' and costs* for not having nn op- 1 frntor's license. For having no j operator's license and having ex- , pired license plates. James E. Eads was fined $25 and half costs, (lalf the court Costs was the fine <?iven to Jason Scarboro and Walter Odell Cline for having expired license plates. Guy Gaskill and A. L. Sasser were lined $10 and costs for being publicly, drunk. On the charge of public drunkenness. Klihiie Lewis and Jfimmie Long were found guil ty and paid costs. Cases continued were Harold Willis, Stamcy Dixon, James Reg inald Willis, Raymond Paul Ben der, license No. 70f>-096i Connie (). Oliver, jr.. Will Smith, William Ray Wiggens and. William Henry Ivey. The first jury trial since the re corder's court was organized in Morehead City is scheduled io be held Monday. THEATRE LAST TIMES TONKiHT Paramount pretentt tfowKwro IMfMC | TECHNICOLOR ") SATURDAY ? Double Feature PLUS? FIRST EPISODE OF "GOVERNMENT AGENTS PHANTOM LEGION" Sl'NDAY ? MONDAY Producers Use 44 Paris Sets Paris was brought to Hollywood by way of 44 elaborate sets on M-G-M sound stages for the new Technicolor musical. "An Ameri can in Paris," starring Gene Kelly Sunday and Monday at the Beau fort theatre. The backgrounds for the story of an ex-GI in Paris, who falls in love with a little salesgirl, are said to be the most authentic and realistic ever to have been reproduced lor a motion picture. Among celebrated spots of Paris shown in the film are the Champs Elysces, the Place de la Concorde, the gardens of the Tuilleries. the Rue St. Severin. the Rue de la Paix, the Place de l'Opera. the Isle de St. Louis and the famed flower markets of the Madeleine. Audi ences also will be given a tourist perspective of the Louvre. Notre I)ame. Pont Neuf. the Paris Ritz, Montmarte and Montparnasse. with the story's climax taking place at the famous Art Students' Ball. The new picture introduces Les lie Caron, star of the Champs Elysces ballet, in her motion pic ture debut, With Oscar Levant, Georges Cuetary and Nina Foch in leading roles. Its songs are by George and Ira Gershwin. Ravenna, an ancient Roman port, is 5 miles from the Adriatic Sea because rivers have extended the land by silting. OCEAN PARK DRIVE-IN LAST TIMES TONIGHT "FLAME OF ARABY" Maureen OTIara - .left Chandler SATURDAY "LOOK FOR THE SILVER LINING" June Haver -- Ray Bolger SUNDAY ? MONPA Y "CATTLE DRIVE" Joel McCrea - Dean Stockwell Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep come down from their lofty crags only when forced by heavy ?vftiter snowdrifts. CAST DRIVE-IN THEATRE One-Dai f Mile East of Beaufort On Highway 70 TWO SHOWS NIGHTLY ^ Also Selected Short Subjects Children Under 12 Admitted Free LAST TIMES TONIGHT CW"w?M&n CWWS^MAYO Nelson jwuar SATURDAY ? When your doctor band* you a prescription, turn your thoughts? and your footstep? ?toward this professional pharmacy. Each prescription will be compounded by an expert pharmacist with fresh, potent drugs? and you will find our price? always fairl MOREHEAD CITY DRUG CO. l'hone 6-4360 Arcndell St. Morehead City, N. C. "THE SHOWPLACE OF CARTERET COUNTY" CITY "SEE IT FROM THE BEGINNING" ? STARTS SUNDAY ? ost forbidden of the wild's great / great ' J love stories! / fL t& ? 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