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4l8t YEAR, NO. 18. TWO SECTIONS SIXTEEN PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 29, 1952 PUBLISHED TUESDAY AND FRIDAYS
Town Board Takes Action
?MM? ? e
A. B. Cooper to Fill Unexpired
Term of Atlantic Beach Mayor 1
B&PW Club Gives
{i (or Pupils' i i
School Lunches
Former Legislator, Head of ,
Polio Chapter, District
Director Address Club
The Carteret Business and Pro
fessional Women's club at its meet
ing Tuesday night at the civic cen
ter voted expenditure of $60 to
pay for lunches tor needy children
at Atlantic, Smyrna, Camp Glenn,
and Newport schools. Each school
will be given $15.
This decision was made during
the business session which follow
ed talks by Mayor George Dill,
Morehead City, A. H. James, chair
man of the county infantile paraly
sis chapter, and Mrs. Grace Aysciie,
past president of the Carteret club
and director of dis'trict 7, North
Carolina B&PW clubs.
Mayor Dill spoke on North Caro
lina legislation and was introduced
by Mrs. Blanda McLohon, program
chairman and head of the B&PW
legislative committee.
The mayor, who was Carteret
county's representative in the legis
lature in 1951, remarked that per
sons wait until about 30 days y ith
in adjournment of the legislature
and want all kinds of bills passed
at the last minute. He said that
certain types of legislation that
citizens want enacted in 1953
shoald be thought of and planned
now.
The mayor remarked that the as
sembly needs overhauling insofar
is the apportionment of represent
atives and senators is concerned.
He said that the men are now not
truly apportioned according to
population. He advised senatorial
re-districting.
The former legislator described
the methods of getting a bill on
the floor and the value of commit
tees.
In answer to a question by a
B&P^V club member, Mayor Dill
saidlhat there were no women
members of the legislature.
Thanks Expressed
The chairman of the county in
fantile paralysis chapter thanked
the B&PW club for sponsoring the
1952 March of Dimes and invited
the club to undertake the campaign
again in 1953. The club deferred
action orj the invitation until a
later meeting.
Mrs. Ayscue, presented by the
president of the club, Miss Ruth
Peeling, spoke on women in poli
tics. She urged club members to
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?Grsyden Paul Will
Emcee Stunt Night
Grayden Paul will be master of
ceremonies and Mrs. Claud Wheat
ly, jr., Mjs. T. T. Potter and Mrs.
U. E. Swann will be judges this
evening when the PTA sponsors
Stunt Night at the Beaufort school
auditorium.
A prize will be awarded the class
which presents the winning skit in
the primary, grammar and hjgh
school departments.
Skits to be presented will be
Shrimp -Boats Revue, grade 1;
Swinging on a Star, grade 2; Imita
tions, famous entertainers, grade
3; Redddy's Mammouth Show,
grade 4; The Zigfifth Follies, grade
5; Song Skits, grade 6; the Woman
less Wedding, grade 7; Battle
Royal, grade 8.
The high school will present sea
sons of the year; 9th grade, Spring;
10th grade, Fall; 11th grade, Win
ter; and 12th grade, Summer.
Money raised tonight will be
used for the music department of
the school, the main project of the
PTA this year.
Heavy Bains, North Winds
Hit County This Wooh
Close to 2 inches of rain fell in
the county Tuesday and Wednes
day. Cold north winds brought the
Carteret coast deluges of rain while
bther (arts of the state suffered
?record snowfalls. Ten inches of
-snow struck Greensboro and the
Surrounding area.
> E. Stamey Davis, official weather
'observer, reports the following
' temperature readings for the past
?week:
, The official rainfall reading for
Tuesday and Wednesday was 1.85
? inches.
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Max. Min.
59 39
49 40
46 44
54 43
46 40
51 38
A. B. Cooper, Morehead City,*
was named by the Atlantic Beach
town board Monday afternoon to
fill the unexpired term of Mayor
Newman Willis who died in Decem
ber. The unexpired term continues
until May 1953.
Cooper has been a member of the
board for the past several years.
As yet the board has not named
anyone to fill the vacancy left by
moving Cooper into the mayorship.
Mrs. Leslie Moore, Atlantic
Bcach; clerk of the board, present
ed her resignation to take effect
in May of this year.
The board discussed beach prob
lems and possibilities of carrying
out beach improvements. Begin
ning next month, the governing
board will meet at 1 p.m. the sec
ond Tuesday of each month
through August.
Attending Monday s meeting in
addition to Cooper were Miss Ma
mie Ruth Tunstall and E. L. Baker,
both of Greenville, and Bert Tay
lor, New Bern, all members of the
board.
Cooper, who has been instrumen
tal in beach development, is a past
president of the Morehead City
chamber of commerce, past presi
dent ol' the Morehead City PTA.
and holder of the Morehead City
Jaycee distinguished service award.
He is owner and manager of the i
Idle Hour Amusement ccnter, At- 1
lantic Beach, and an official of At- !
Lantic Beach, inc.
Cooper said the next election at
the beach will take place in April
1953. Ballots are mailed beach pro
perty owners prior to April 1 and
the ballots are to be returned prior
to the April board meeting. At
that meeting the ballots are open
ed and counted.
To run for office a candidate j
must be a beach property owner j
and at least 21 years of age.
Spring Term Will
Open March 24
At Institute
Registration for f toe rpring term ,
at the Moreheao City Technical in
stitute, a branch of North Caro- j
lina State college, will be held on
Monday, March 24, James I. Mason,
director of the institute, announced
today.
New students may register for
the three major courses: building
construction technology, electrical
technology, and internal combus
tion engines.
Classes in electrical drafting, ra
dio, electronics, architectural draw
ing, frame and steel construction,
gasoline and Diesel engines will be
taught in addition to the basic en
gineering courses required of new
students.
Director Mason said the board
of directors of the technical insti
tute recently met in Morehead City
to make final plans for the new
term. Members present were Dr.
Darden J. Eure, H. S. Gibbs, L. D.
Gore, H. L. Joslyn, Robert G. Lowe,
J. A. DuBois and Director Mason,
all of Morehead City. It was also
announced that the institute would
be moved in the fall of 1952 to
Gastonia.
The technical institute is op
erated under the auspices of the
North Carolina State college school
of engineering, headed by Dean J.
H. Lampe, and the college's exten
sion division, headed by Director
Edward W. Ruggles.
Defendant Pays
$100 Fine, Costs '
A six-month sentence against
Thomas Arthur Matthews, issued
by Judge Lambert Morris in re
corder's court Tuesday, was sus
pended providing Matthews, who
was found guilty of reckless driv
ing, pays $100 and costs and stays
sober and on good behavior three
years. Matthews was charged with
drunken driving.
Betty Ann Hardtson, charged
with driving without a license and
driving drunk, was found guilty of
being drunk and disorderly and the
judge ordered her to pay court
costs within 60 days.
Vernon Grady Dixon, charged
with driving drunk, was found guil
ty and paid U 00 and costs.
The case wgainst Joseph Paul
Zajac, charged with speeding, was
dismissed. Found guilty of speed
ing were Paul Robert Piana who
paid $75 and costs and John Joseph
Bolduc who paid court costs.
Cecil Merrill pleaded guilty to
appearing in public in a drunken
condition. A 30-day jail sentence
was suspended on condition he pay
$10 and costs within 30 days.
Joseph Hershe# Ferguson, charged
with driving with expired license
plates, pleaded guilty and paid half
See COURT, Pace I
Bed Gross Drive io Open
The Red Cross drive in More
head City and the western part
of the county is headed this year
by James Webb. The drive will
open Monday and continue for
one week.
Three Men Seek
Morehead City '
Jaycee Presidency
Dick McClain, Bobby Bell, and
Walter Morris have been nom
inated for the presidency of More
head City Jaycees. The election
will take place the first Monday in
April.
Other nominees are as follows:
Ken Wagner, James Webb, execu
tive vice-president; James Meeks
Ralph Gardiner, treasurer; P. H.
(Jeer, jr.. and Lester Styron, in
ternal vice-president; and local di
rectors, Paul Cordova, Oscar Ely,
Frank Safrit, Dr. Russell Outlaw,
J. C. Harvell, Howard Ferguson,
Lesta Willis, and Sam Guthrie.
At Monday night's Jaycee meet
ing at Capt. Bill's Waterfront cafe
Bell gave a campaign speech for
Safrit as director and Wagner ex
tolled the virtues for Webb ns ex
ternal vice-president. Webb in
turn beat the drum for Wagner for
ihe same office.
Dr. Outlaw spoke on the duties
of a club vice-president. Men who
attended the state quarterly board
meeting last weekend at Raleigh
reported that the state convention
would be held at Charlotte May 16
and 17.
Leaflets were distributed on the
Jaycee scrap metal drive which will
take place Wednesday afternoon.
Trespasser Pays
$25 Fine, Costs j
In Monday Court
Charles S. McPhea, Seeking
Room in Rooming House,
Arrested Friday Morning
Charles S. McPhea. USMC.
charged with trespassing at ihe
home of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mit
chell. 610 Arendell street, was
j found guilty in Morehead City re
corder's court Monday and sen
tenced to 30 days in the county
! jail to work on the public roads.
' The sentence was suspended on
I condition that he remain on good
! behavior for the next 12 months,
[pay $25 fine and court costs.
I According to statements made by
| Mc Phea during the hearing, ho ap
I plied for a room at the Fort Macon
hotel around 3:30 last Friday
! morning. He was told they had
no rooms and was advised to try
at the rooming house at 610 Aren
dell. He then said he walked
around the block several times be
fore he went up to the house at
610 where the Mitchells live. It
was after 4, he testified, when he
finally went to the door and rang
the bell. When he had rung sev
eral times and received no answer
he opened the door and walked in.
There were no lights in the
house and after walking up and
down the stairs and seeing no one.
he decided to go in a bedroom
and lie down, he continued. He
had been drinking, but wasn t
trunk, he maintained. He said he
was tired and only wanted to go
to sleep.
When he entered the dark bed
room he felt around the bed to ;ee
if it was empty before lying down
and when he did. a woman scream
ed and jumped up. She ran to
ward the room occupied by Mr. and
Mrs. Mitchell, the owners, and
Mitchell called ihe police. Accord
ing to testimony, this was around
4:30. The lady whose room he had
entered was a roomer at the house
and she testified that she thought
he had no intentions of doing nore
than just lying down to rest when
he entered the room.
Warrant Amended
Stamev Dixon was charged with
speeding through a red light and
driving under the influence of in
toxicants Mf vtfce ? warrant
amended to read "careless and
reckless driving." He paid a fine
of $100 and costs. Others charged
with speeding were Alexander
Black rjid Stanley McVae David.
Black was fined- half court costs
and David, costs. David appealed
his case to superior court and his
bond is set at $35.
On a charge of giving a bad
check. N. L. Broughton went free.
The prosecution was found frivo
lous and the prosecuting witness
taxed with costs. Connie G. Oliver,
See TRESPASSER, Page 2
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Queen Street High School
Pupils Return to School
yueen aireet nign scnooi pupus
returned to school Wednesday
morning after staying out three
days in protest against physical
conditions at the school. Some of
the high school students went
back Tuesday afternoon.
In addition to a PTA school im
provement committee which last
wefck presented their requests for
improvements to the school to Ran
dolph Johnson, principal, another
group. United Workers for Equal
Facilities, was formed and this
week made a report on conditions
at the Queen Street school build
ing.
Representatives of this commit
tee, Mrs. Rosetta Williams and
Frances McClain said Wednesday
afternoon that the report the com
mittee had drawn up would be pre
sented to H. L. Joslyn, county su
perintendent of schools, yesterday
afternoon.
The superintendent when con
tacted yesterday morning said that
none of the colored folks had an
appointment with him and if they
were planning to see him yester
day afternoon, he was not aware
of it.
A group of United Workers for
Equal Facilities called on Johnson
Monday morning. According to
their report, the principal said he
See QUEEN STREET, Page 2
Tide Table
Tides at Beaufort Bar
HIGH
LOW
Friday, February 29
11:08 a.m.
11:37 p.m.
5:14 a.m.
5;21 p.m.
Saturday. March 1
11:37 a.m.
11:52 p.m.
6:05 a.m.
7:07 p.m.
Sunday, March 2
12:26 a.m.
12:40 p.m.
6:58 a.m.
6:58 p.m.
Monday, March 3
1:15 a.m.
1:35 p.m.
7:56 a.m.
7:54 p.n).
Tueaday, March 4
2:19 a.m.
9:00 a.m.
8:57 p.m.
2:39 p.m.
Seth Gibbs, 78, ?
Dies at Goldsboro
Seth Gibbs, 70. of Beaufort, died
Thursday morning in Wayne Me
morial hospital, Goldsboro, after a
short illness.
Funeral services will be held in
Mount Olive at 2 o'clock this after
noon.
Mr. Gibbs was born in Hyde
county and came to Beaufort as
general agent of the Norfolk and
Southern railroad, a position he
held until his retirement from ac
tive work in 1938.
He had served as mayor of the
town of Beaufort for several terms,
and also served as town commis
sioner.
He was a member of St. Paul's
Episcopal church.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Pat
tie W. Gibbs, a daughter, Gladys,
by a former marriage, and a foster
daughter, Josephine Morton.
Farmers Gondnci Tyro Leal
Variety Demonstrations v
Two tobacco variety demonstra
tions are being conducted in Car
teret coupty. Elmore Smith of
Newport RFD and Addie McCabc
of Wildwood have planted the fol
lowing varieties in their seed beds:
Dixie Bright 101, 102, 101-2, Vesta
1, 5, 30, 47, Oxford 1, Oxford 1-181,
402, Hicks, and 0504-2 variety.
On three tobacco farms in the
county a liquid material, DD, has
been applied to tobacco plant beds.
This is a weed control solution
and is valuable as a disease pre
ventative. Farmers using the solu
tion are Clarence Mills, Newport;
Prentis Vinson, Pelletier, and Gus
Godwin, Stella.
Tobacco growers will be invited
to view the test pUti.
Recreation Commission Sets
April 1 for Building Opening
Carteret county 4 H clubs, with other 4 II members throughout the
nation will observe National 4 II week starting tomorrow and continu
ing through next Sunday.
Community Concert Artists
To Appear Here March 25
The Ciraudans, piano-cello duo
scheduled to appear in (he Com
munity concert series Feb. 15.
will give a concert in Morehead
City Tuesday night. March 25,
it was announced today.
This wi'l become the third
concert this season rather than
the second. Mac Morgan, tenor,
will appear Tuesday night, March
11, at I he Morehead #?ty school.
The fi randans could not keep
their February engagement due
to the illness or Nikolai <?rau
dans, cellist.
Tax Returns Due
wili of March V
! North Carolina state income tax
returns are due to be filed on or
before March 15, 195?.
A single person with an income
of $1,000 or more, or a married
man with an income of $2,000 or
more is required to file a state in
come tax return. A married woman,
with a separale income of $1,000
or more from that of her husband,
is required to file a return.
Taxpayers who have previously
filed should use forms received
which bear their names and ad
dresses.
Failure to receive a form does
not relieve a person of liability to
file.
A local representative of the
North Carolina department of reve
nue can be contacted at the court
house in Beaufort Feb. 27 and
March 11 and at the city hall,
I Morehead City. Feb. 28 and March
i 12. He will give assistance in fil
ing returns.
County Agents
Propose Dairy
Calf Show in Fall
At ;i recent meeting in New
Bern farm agents- of five counties
made tentative plans for a dairy
calf show nt New Bern in the fall
The counties represented were ('ar
teret. Pamlico, Jones, Craven, and
Onslow.
The purpose of the show will be
to stimulate greater interest in
bringing more dairy cows to this
?Tea, stated K. M. Williams, farm
agent p- , ,
i r/??jrc and gta c? calves may
be entered by any boy or girl be
tween the ages of 10 and 21 years.
Arrangements arc being worked
out. Williams said, to assist young
sters who need financial help in
buying the calves.
A. V. Thomas and George Wig
gins, agricultural representatives
of the New Bern Oil and Fertilizer
eo. and Maola Ice Cream co., met
with the agents from the five coun
ties and offered their support in
the dairy calf show.
Williams commented: "Just as
long as we have to import a large
proportion of milk and other live
stock products into North Carolina,
we will continue to maintain an
unbalanced agriculture program.
A huge sum of money is being sent
out of North Carolina each year
for livestock products that should
remain here in our state."
Boys and girls between 10 and 21
years of age who are interested in
entering a calf in the New Bern
show should contact the county
agent.
Red Cross Publicity Chairman
Defines Work of Organization
J. C. Iiarvell, publicity fhairmani
for the Morehead City Red Cross
lampaign, today issued a statement
on the purpose of the Red Cross
and the needs it fills.
His statement follows:
What is the Red Cross? What
does its symbol mean to you and
yours of America? What is its
work, and who does it?
All too many Mr. and Mrs. Amer
ica's have come to think of the or
ganization as something apart from
their lives. They sneak of the Red
Cross, not "our" Red Cross. They
little realize or appreciate their
own role in making the Red Cross
symbol mean what it is intended to
mean ? an expression of the in
herent goodness in human beings,
a practical application of religious
teachings.
Particularly at fault for this at
titude and feeling by many people
are those of us who have the job
of telling the Red Cross story, of
appealing for support of the organ
ization. We have failed to inter
pret, to humanize, to present the
ideals of the Red Cross. We have
assumed in a large measure that
figures and statistics would suffice
I for interpretation of the Red
Cross, both to the people we serve
and to the individual who serves
people through this organization.
We must get back on the right
track. We must re-establish the
relationship of the Red Cross with
the American people. People must
be made to see within the deeds
of the Red Cross, the reflection of
their own deeds, that the Red Cross
See RED CROSS, Page 2
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Jaycees to Make
Report to Board '
Beaufort Jaycees, who made a
survey of residents living on Front
and Ann streets extended in regard
to their joining the town, will sub
mit their findings to the Beaufort
town board meeting Monday night.
The Jaycees met Monday at Hoi
dens' restaurant. They decided to
sponsor night high school baseball
this season. President Gene Smith
named the following committee to
handle the project: Wiley Taylor,
jr., A. C. Blankenship, and Albert
Chappell.
Odell Merrill reported on the
minstrel which the Jaycees will
give this spring.
The club voted to have George
Franklin, counsel for the League
of Municipalities, speak to them
next month on municipal govern
ment.
: Teachers to Meet
! The Carteret county unit of the
j North Carolina Education associa
! tion will meet at 3 o'clock Wednes
day afternoon at Smyrna school to
I elect state officers.
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Barbecue Tonight
i Morehead City-Beaufort lodge
No. 1710 Order of Elks, will spon
sor a barbecue supper at 6:30 to
' night at the Elks club.
' Members of the Morehead
commission, meeting Tuesday
ing, set April 1 as the tentativ.
USO and recreation center.
Attending the meeting we
head City civic organizations \
in operating the recreation center. ?
Grady Rich, Rotarian and con
tractor in charge of repairs to the
building, reported that inside re
pairs and re-roofing were near
completion. Outside painting will
begin as soon as weather permits j
with painters being hired to do the |
outside trim. Jaycees will paint
flat outside surfaces.
Aiming to have the recreation |
center in efficient operation as i
soon as posible, the recreation com
mission has asked that each civic
club assume responsibility for plan
ning entertainment at the building ,
two weeks at a time. The sponsor
ing club would also be responsible |
for cha i>e rones.
The recreation commission pro- ,
poses, however, to hire a person to |
keep the building clean and to ;
open and close it. Friday night ,
will he *ct aside for icen-auers
with the following recreation com
mission members supervising teen- |
age activities: W. C. Carlton Dr.
1). J. Eure, and Mrs. O. II. John- ,
son. I
Planned entertainment for older |
groups is anticipated also.
Representing civic organizations |
Tuesday night were Walter Mor- .
ris. I'TA; Fred Lewis and Oscar (
Allied, Lions; .1. A. DuBois, Legion ?
and chamber of commerce; Mrs. (
o. II. Johnson, Woman's club, and ,
II. Earlc Mob ley. Rotary.
Veterans Fail
To Collect NSLI
Dividend Funds
There is $105,000,000 lying idle
in the national treasury that can
be had for the asking by some
>000,000 wor'fi w>r (i * or
their si'-.' ?> v rv?,.orts C. L. Beam. |
Beaufort, Carteret county service
officer of the N. C. Veterans coin
mission.
It is made up of the portion of '
the $2,800,000,000 made available
through the veterans administra
tion for the payment of the first
dividend, for the period to Jan. 1,
1948, on the National Service Life
insurance policies held by the vet
erans.
Simple application on a postcard
had to be made by the veterans ior
the first dividend, but 600,000 out
of the 16 million eligible failed to
take that step, despite the inten
sive publicity campaign of notifi
cation at the time of its payment.
Some of the failures to apply for
the first dividend can be attributed
to the death of the veterans, but in
those cases the dividends are pay
able to their survivors on applica
tion, Beam said.
Application for the first divi
dend, if never received by the vet- J
j eran or his survivors, should be i
made, no matter how small a divi- |
lend. The dividend amount can !
be as high as $588.
The first divident. for which ap
plication has to be made, .should
not be confused with the second
NSLI dividend of $685,000.000.
which has been, or i$ in the process
of being paid, to veterans whose
policies wsre in force from Jan. 1,
1948 to the anniversary dates of I
the policies in 1951. The second
dividend was payable automatical
ly without application.
The third NSLI dividend, for the
individual policy year 1951-1952 in
the total amount of $200,000,000,
will be automatically applied to the
payment of premiums on policies j
still in force, unless the policy- 1
holder signs and returns to the j
Veterans administration the postal j
card sent to him requesting pay- ;
ment of the dividend in cash. Pay- 1
ment of the third dividend is ex
pected to begin in March.
Veterans can obtain assistance j
with their insurance problems at
the county office of the veterans
commission in the American Legion
hut in Beaufort.
Beaufort Railroad Draw
Closes; Will Open March 9
The Beaufort railroad draw U
undergoing repairs and will not
open to allow passage of water
traffic until March 9. A. T. Leary.
jr.. of the B&M railroad announced
today.
The closure, he said, has been au
thorized hy the Corps of Engineers,
U. S. Army, Wilmington. N. C.
The recent fire in the drawbridge
tender's house has made permanent '
repairs necessary. Leary explained. 1
To Attend Meeting '
R. M. Williams, farm agent, will :
attend a Dairy Herd Improvement '
association meetinf today at Ken
ansville. i i
City .Municipal Recreation
night at the municipal build
? date for opening the former
re representatives of More
vhose cooperation was asked
Broiher of Two
Beaufort Women
Killed by Car
Walter Jones, SO, the brother of
M-s. Henrietta Dudley and Mrs.
Carl Rice, Beaufort, died ;;t 10:30
Tucs l^y tricrni: in St. Luke's hos
pital, New Bern, as the result of
injuries received Monday night
u hen he was struck by an automo
bile at the intersection of Broad
in-d Cieorge .st.. New Bern. He
lied without regaining conscious
less.
Jones was struck by a car driven
by Fred II Whaley, New Bern. as
Jones stepped from between two
narked ears along Broad street near
! lie emergency entrance to St.
t.uke's hospital.
Police Officer R. C. Whitley, jr..
reported that the car struck Jones
about 20 feet from the corner of
he intersection, carrying him about
72 feet before he fell back to the
pavement. Whaley was driving
west on Broad at the time of the
iccident.
Officer Whitley said the right
front light of the Whaley machine
was knocked out and the right side
of the hood dented. He said there
was no evidence of skid marks.
Funeral services were conducted
lit 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon
in the chapel of the Willis funeral
home, New Bern, with the Rev. J.
L. Hodges officiating. Burial was
in the Bridgeton cemetery.
I'm addition to his two sisters of
Beaufort, Jones, a logger, is sur
vided by his wife. Catherine, three
sons, Karl Jones of New Bern, El
bert Jones of Bridgeton and Le
Ittrd Jones. uver$e?^ the U. y
S. Navy: four step son!? George
Campbell of New Bern. Roosevelt
Campbell, of the U. S. Navy, Boyd
Campbell and Donald Ray Camp
bell. both of New Bern; two daugh
ters. Mrs. Mildred Lush of Wash
ington. I). C., and Miss Joyce Lee
Jones of Bridgeton; two step-daugh
ters, Mrs. Loe Murphree of Wash
ington. I). C\, and Miss Ann Camp
bell of New Bern; three brothers,
Louis Jones, Clarence Jones and
Johnnie Jones, all of Bridgeton
Union Organizer ,
Explains Set-Up
C. A. Simmons, organizing repre
sentative obthe International Fur
rier and Leather Workers Union
of the United States and Canada*
said during an interview Wednes
day afternoon at the union offiee,
514 Pine st.. Beaufort, that fisher
men working for any of the men
haden plants in this area are eligi
ble to become members of the
union.
Local 710 is in process of or
ganization now and officers will be
announced in the near future, Sim
mons reported.
Me stated that organization of
about 99 per cent of the menhaden
fishermen in this area has been ef
fected. The union, which is inde
pendent of both ihe American Fed
eration of Labor and the Commit
tee for Industrial Organization is
for both white and colored, accord
ing to the organizer who came here
from Greenville, N. C., about two
weeks ago.
Simmons, whose territory is Car
teret and Brunswick countics, said
that the union's objective is to ob
tain more pay for the menhaden
fishermen and thereby raise their
living standards. ?
The newly-organized local holds
meetings regularly at 512 Pine st.
Grounds Commiliee Works '
On Survey oi Goli Property
Dr. John Morris reported at the
Kolf meeting .Monday afternoon
that the grounds committee was
already working on a survey of the
property at Crab Point on which
the golf course wil Ibe located.
The membership committee is
contacting all members and pros
pective members and they hope to
obtain 60 members in town and
the surrounding areas. Dr. Russell
Outlaw talked to the represenU
lives of the civic organizations who
were present and asked their co
operation in the membership drive
which began Monday.
Another meeting is scheduled
for Monday at the civic center,
at 4:30.