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41st YEAR, NO. 25. TWO SECTIONS TEN PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY, MARCH 2*. 1952 PUBLISHED TUESDAY AND FRIDAYS
George Dudley Faces Rape Charge
. Mayor A. B. Cooper Presents -t
Beach Problems to Town Board
Chairman Urges,
Early Purchase
Of Show Tickets
Beaufort Jaycees Promise
'Besl Yet' in Minstrel
Show Thursday Night
LATE BULLETIN: Odell Mer
rill, minstrel chairman, announced
j late yesterday that a special guest
star, Sir Charles Graham, Scottish
actor, now playing at the Capitol
theatre, Raleigh, will appear in the
Jaycee minstrel. He is coming
here, Merrill said, at request of
friends in Beaufort.
Persons planning to attend the
Beaufort Jaycee minstrel at 8 o'
clock Thursday night at the school
auditorium were urged by Ilolden
Ballon, ticket chairman, to obtain
tickets prior to Thursday if they
want to be sure of having a seat.
According to previews on the
show, it will top in both music,
plot, and talent, all previous Jay
cee minstrels.
Stage manager for Dennison's
Victory minstrel is Robert Ste
phens, with Willard Willis in
charge of costumes.
Among the comedy musical num
k bers are "I'd Feel at Home in the
Arm y," "Chiek-Chiek-Chicken,"
and "Somebody Lied" with solo
parts by the end men.
James Davis will sing "It's Time
to Say Goodnight;" Karl Willis's
solo will be "My Little Yankee
Rose," and Earl Lewis will sing
"Dancin' on the Steamboat."
The quartet's numbers are "Mem
ories." " Til We Meet Again," and
"My Buddy." Earl Smith, well
known pianist of Beaufort, will be
accompanist. In the quartet are
Ballou, Earl Lewis, Earl .Willis,
and James Davis.
End men arc Robert Davis, Gene
Smith, A. C. Blankenship, Hugh
Salter, Tom II. Potter, and Gray
Hassell with Graydcn Paul as in
terlocutor.
Directing the show are Mrs. Wi
ley Taylor, jr., and Mrs. James
Steed.
Tickets arc on sale at Beaufort's
three drug stores, Holden's restau
rant, the Beaufort Bar, and may
also be purchased from Jaycees.
?
Woman Motorist
Faces Charge
I Mrs. Louise Lockhart Small,
route 1, Morehead City, has been
charged with failure to yield the
'right-of-way as the result of an
accident 100 feet cast of the inter
section of highways 70 and 24 near
Morehead City.
Highway Patrolman R. H. Brown
reports that at 3:30 Sunday after
noon, Mrs. Small, in a 1949 four
door sedan, was entering highway
70 from a private driveway when
she collided with a 1947 coupe
dri'en by Duane Merle Rust of
Chrry Point who was . proceeding
eas on highway 70.
list's left front struck the right
' frat of the Small car causing $200
dangc to each. The case, sche
dud to be tried in Morehead City
retrder's court yesterday, was
codnued until next week.
W. C. Car lion Will Head \
Morehead City Rotarians
W. C. Carlton was elected
president of the Morehead City
Rotary club Thursday night at
the First Baptist church. He suc
ceeds George H. McNeill. The
nominating committee made its
report and candidates were
unanimously elected to hold of
fice for the coming year, begin
ning July 1.
Kenneth Prest is the new vice
president and Delfido Cordova
was re elected to the position of
secretary-treasurer, a place he
has held for 11 years.
TTm* board of directors is com
posed of Walter Freeman, Dr.
John Morris and J. R. Morrill.
; Two guests at the meeting were
Andrew Johnson of Charlotte
and Lebern Spence of Mel
j bourne, Fla.
Morehead City
Optometrist
Conducts Meeting
Dr. R. E. Outlaw. Morehead City,
presided at the monthly optometric
society meeting at Hamilton's cafe,
New Bern. Thursday night. Guest
of honor from Morehead City was
Guion Willis, license examiner of
this section. I)r. Outlaw is presi
dent of the society.
The society had as their guests
! the motor vehicle drivers license
! examiners of the eastern area. Ex
aminers and society members rep
resenting New Bern, Morehead
City, Kinston, Greenville, Jackson
ville and Beaufort heard an ad
dress by Dr. Henry B. Day. Raleigh.
Dr. Day is one of the original
advocates of the use of visual
screening tests as an important
part uf the driver license examina
tion, and the meeting was held to
exchange views and information
about the state program.
Although the use of modern vis
ual screening equipment is com- 1
parativelv new, and North Carolina
is the first state in the country to
use the system for examining ap
plicants for driver's licenses, the
results have met with the approval
of both the motor vehicle depart
ment and the general public, he
said.
It now appears that the use of
such tests is the best way thus far
of finding out the true relationship
of highway safety to adequate or
good eyesight, the speaker de
clared.
Car Rams Bear of Another
On Highway Near Newport
A 1949 model car driven by E.
C. Lawrence of Beaufort rammed
the rear of a 1947 model automo
bile driven by Glenn D. Anderson,
Cherry Point, at 4:30 Sunday after
noon on highway 70 in front of the
South Seas restaurant, west of
Newport.
Both were proceeding east and
Anderson was starting to turn in
to the South Seas when the acci
dent occurred. According to High
way Patrolman W. E. Pickard,
Lawrence said it was raining so
hard he didn't see Anderson's hand
signal.
Damage to Lawrence's car was
estimated at $200 and to Ander
son's $40. No one was hurt and no
charges were preferred.
Siipment of High Explosives ?
| It be Unloaded at Charleston
? Mehead City Marine
Aives ior Korean Only
th the First Marine Aircraft
W in Korea.? Marine Sergeant
M?n L. Pierce, 23, whose wife.
Est, lives in Morehead City, has
arid in Korea for duty with a
jethter bomber squadron of Ma
, t rimir group 33.
will replace a veteran of the
Kin fighting who will be rotated
to States
(leant Picrcc was classified at
a ' echelon base in Japan, and
tHlown to his new outfit where
hd serve in the engineering of
<11
of Mr. and Mrs. Leo M.
P ol 804 N. Third st.. Clinton,
Mie enlisted in the Marine
C July 30, 1946. v
, ' Hatteras, former fisheries
dh vessel, is anchored near
P Island just west of Gallants
cH awaiting repairs. The
opf the vessel is Nash Grogan
? Wilmington. ? (AP) ? A large
shipment of calcium amonium ni
trate designated lor eastern North
Carolina will be unloaded at
Charleston, S. C., because of Coast
Guard restrictions against port fa
cilities here and at Morehead City.
Port officials said the Coast
Guard restrictions prevent the un
loading of high explosives. Cal
cium amonium nitrate is the same
chemical which caused the Texas
City disaster several years ago.
The shipment, which includes
80,000 bags of 100 pounds each, is
expected to arrive in Charleston
today. It will be shipped by rail
and truck to eastern North Caro
lina distribution points.
However, port authorities say the
price of the lOO pound bags which
the Tar Heel farmers eventually
will pay would be reduced by al
most SO per cent if the shipment
could be unloaded at Wilmington.
They said one international ship
per wants to ship 20,000 tons of
nitrate to eastern points through
the port at Morehead City, but that
the same restrictions are in force
there.
? A. B. Cooper, mayor of Atlantic
Beach, appeared before the More
head City town board Thursday
night at the municipal building to
discuss with town officials possi
bilities of jointly solving beach
problems.
The likelihood of Morehead City
and Atlantic Beach joining as one
municipality was taken under con
sideration. Each commissioner was ;
appointed by Mayor George W. Dill
to investigate the various phases
of the proposition. They will act
as a committee under Cooper.
Commissioner D. G. Bell will in
vestigate police and lifeguard re
quirements; Commissioners M. T.
Mills and S. C. Holloway will study
street construction and mainte
nance requirements; Commissioner
John Morris will investigate fire
protection needs; Commissioner 1
W. L. Derrickson will look into fi
nancial phases; Mayor Dill will
study administration problems and
taxes.
The mayor directed that legal
problems which may arise in the
course of the investigation be taken
to George McNeill, town attorney.
Mutual Interest
In presenting Cooper, Mayor Dill
told the board that he invited the
beach official to come before the
board because the welfare of the
beach is of vital interest to both
Morehead City and holders of
beach property.
Mayor Cooper presented a sum
mary of beach problems t? the
Morehead City fathers.
"We are a town legally, but we
arc not operating as a town," he de
clared. "There are no taxes to pay
for police protection, to pay life
guards, to collect garbage, or main
tain streets." He pointed out that
the beach is a "limited corpora
tion" created by an act of the legis
lature and therefore a unit that can
be dissolved only by an act of the
legislature.
Mayor Cooper, in addition to
enumerating the needs listed
above, stated that more parking
! space is needed, street lighting is
| See ATLANTIC BEACH. Page 3
? George Dudley, Morehead City,
is being held in Morehead City
jail without bond on charge of
raping an 11-year-old colored girl
Saturday.
The case, docketed for trial in
Morehead City recorder's court
yesterday, was continued until next
Monday.
The warrant for Dudley was
sworn out by Jesse Holland who
alleges that the attack on the child
took place at his home about 6
p.m. Saturday while he was at At
lantic Beach where he is employ
ed.
Holland notified police and Dud
ley was arrested by Capt. Buck
Newsome and Lt. Carl Blomberg
at 7:45 Saturday night.
The child was examined by Dr.
B. F. Royal who informed police
that he had statements 011 the case
which he would make when so
requested by authorities.
Police report that Dudley has
formerly been tried on public
drunkenness charges.
Pamlico Favors
$100,000 Bond
Issue, ABC Stores
Bayboro ? Pamlico county citi
zens voted Saturday in favor of a
$100,000 bond issue to expand Neg
ro school facilities and also voted
in favor of establishing ABC stores.
Pamlico's 17 precincts cast 852
votes for and 601 against the bond
issue, which will enlarge the Negro
Training school at Bayboro to take
care of the Negro elementary
school at Oriental.
Voting in the liquor referendum
showed 768 votes for and 687
against establishing ABC stores.
In the school vote. Oriental. Flo
rence. Pamlico, Lowland, Arapahoe
and Hobuckcn voted against the
issue.
Voting against the liquor stores
were: Arapahoe, Florence. Hobuc
kcn, Pamlico, Olympia, Heelsboro
and Whortonsville.
Pamlico, already selling beer,
defeated ABC stores 8-5 three years
ago by a vote of 544 for and 839
against.
Non-Members Wishing to Goj
To Concert Should Call 6-3507
Persons wishing to attend to-<
night's Community Concert at
Morehead City school but who -do
not hold Community Concert mem
berships, may buy a single admis
sion to tonight's concert by phon
ing Mrs. George Dill, jr., 6-3507,
Morehead City.
Community Concert members
who will not be able to hear the
Graudans, piano and cello artists,
should contact Mrs. Dill and let her
know that their memberships are
available. Unless such information
is supplied. Mrs. Dill will not be
able to sell tickets to those who
want them. The membership cards
are not transferable and should not
merely be handed from one person
to another.
Tonight's concert will begin at
8:30 p.m. and will be the last of
three concerts presented this year.
The first was the Apollo Boychoir
and the second, Mac Morgan, bari
tone.
A reception in honor of the
Graudans will be held at the home
of Dr. and Mrs. S. W. Thompson,
1712 Shepard st., Morehead City,
following the concert. Officials of
the Carteret-Cherry Point Com
munity Concert association have
been invited.
Three Will Judge
Friday Speeches
Judges for the county Green Pas
tures speaking contest at 10:40 Fri
day morning, Beaufort school, will
be W. C. Carlton. George Stovall,
and Robert Howard, all of More
head City.
At this contest the winners of
the contest at individual schools
will compete. The winner will en
ter the district contest April 4 at
Jacksonville.
The County Agricultural commit
tee, sponsoring this contest in con
junction with the North Carolina
Bankers association, reports that
the participation this year has ex
ceeded that of any previous years.
Twenty-one pupils of Beaufort
and Morehead City schools toured
pastures on the Hugh Swan farm
Thursday. Tbe tour was required
of all contestants.
Friday's timekeepers will be B.
J. May and James Allgood of Beau
fort.
?
Brochures Ordered
Demand has necessitated the or
dering of 10,000 more brochures
on Morehead City and Atlantic
Beach, J. A. DuBois, manager of
the Morehead City chamber of
commarce, announced today.
Truck Hits Rail
Falls in Creek
Glihuc Davis of Davis sustained
a cut left thumb at 12:30 Sunday
morning when the fish truck he
was driving went through the rail
ing on the bridge across Smyrna
creek between Williston and Davis.
With Davis was his wife who was
not injured in the crash. She pulled
her husband from the cab after
they hit the water.
The truck tore away 18 feet of
the frame railing, some of the rails
?Shearing through the hood of the
cab and in through the dashboard.
The water in the creek was shal
low, covering the truck about half
way.
Patrolman H. G. Woolard who
investigated said Davis told him
that someone in a car proceeding
in the opposite direction directed
a spotlight in his face, causing him
to lose control of the truck, a ton
and a half vehicle owned by his
brother Grady.
The truck veered over to the left,
continued along the shoulder of
the road for 60 feet and then piled
into the left railing of the bridge,
finally toppling into the water.
Mrs. Davis got her husband out
of the cab and he was taken to the
hospital by a passing motorist. Da
mage to the truck is estimated at
more than $1,000.
Beaufort Polica Arrest
Two on Drunkenness Conn!
Two men were arrested on
charges of public drunkenness in
Beaufort over the weekend. Guy
Vann was arrested Sunday after
noon and Guy Hill Saturday. Each
posted $12 bond.
At the request of Sheriff C. G.
Holland. Police Chief Carlton Gar
ner picked up Alvin Congleton yes
terday morning because Congleton
had been released following a re
cent public drunkenness conviction
with provision that he pay court
costs within a certain period of
time. The costs had not been paid,
so the sheriff wanted him taken
into custody again.
Freddy Jones, who also owes the
county costs of court, was ordered
taken again because he was expect
ed to leave town and the county
wanted the money.
Case Continued
The case against Leo Simpson.
Morehead City, charged with
drunken driving, was continued in
Morehead City recorder's court
yesterday until nut Monday.
County Board of Elections
Divides Morehead Precinct
Carolina Telephone to Ask Utilities
Commission Today for Rate Increase
Carolina Telephone and Tele-<
graph company officers will come
before .he State Utiht.es commis
sion today with a proposal that
would raise their customers bills
lor the fifth time in five years
The customers have sent word
they won't submit without a struK
alc. From Murfreesboro Ahoskie,
Win. on and towns throughout taro
lina Telephone's territory, angry
letters and lengthy petitions have
poured in. all demanding that the
commission say no. iL
This time. Carolina Telephone is
seeking $900.000 more a year
"after taxes and additional ex
penses." To give that much, the
'commission would have to raise 'he j
monthly rates of approximately
?,000 Eastern North Carolinians
by' roughly $1.500.000 a year.
Four times since world war II.
Carolina Telephone has asked and
received similar rate increases.
In May. 1947. it asked for a tota |
of $328,000 In August. 1941.
was allowed $288,651. In Novem
lH. r 1948 it received permission to i
raise rural rates $63.500 a year. In
X soring of 1949. it applied for I
general increases of $900,000 a
year. I? April of 1949 it was a |
lowed $603.958. in December, 1950
it got $750,000. It had asked for
$1,273.359.
Dozens of individual telephone
users, civic groups, counly boards
.nd town commissioners nau tue<
protests. They claim the time hal j
come to draw the line.
The attorney general s office wi
be represented in .he case as coun
sel for (he public, and the Util
ties commission's rate and ?ecount
ng experts will take the stand to
analyze .he effect of the company s
application.
Carolina Telephone claims that
? needs the additional money to
keep its profits high though to at
tract the new capital required for
expansion. It says Inflation, higher
operating expenses ?nd Uxe? piu.
iT'-.i. investments In n
meiit and lines, have combined to
cut its rate of return to 'ar less
than the 6 5 per cent considered
Standard for healthy
Carolina Telephone set iU earn
ings for 1951 at 3.5 per cent on ts
gross investment and approximate
ly 4.25 per cent on its net invest
ment. ? ..
"The present rate of return, t
warns, "will make it >?ost difficult
lo raise the additional capital to
carry on . . . present and proposed
nlans to improve and expand . ? ?
to meet the demands of the public.
'T evidence of its efforts to im
prove and expand service, the
company has told the commission
that it increased the number
telephones during the Pcr'od be
tween July 1. 19?. and October 30,
1951 by 10.075. or 11 per cent.
But even so. the company adds,
there remain many unfilled orders
plus "an unexpressed demand for
service for which there is no meas
ure." The wires cannot be provided
and the needed wires strung, it
said, unless more money is pro
vided.
Nursery Mails '
Flower Price List
Price lists for flowers and bulbs
to be sold by the Morehead City
Junior Woman's club have been
mailed from the nursery, Mrs. Eu
gene Roelofs, chairman of the ways
and means committee, announced
today.
As soon as they are received,
club members will start canvassing
the town. The town has been
zoned so that most members will
be working in their own neighbor
hoods.
The sale is expected to start
sometime this week and continue
through the next. Not only More
head City proper, but outlying sec
tions. Homes Drive area. Crab
Point. Noyes avenue section, and
Mansfield will be canvasscd.
Members will report on progress
of the sale at the club meeting
Wednesday night April 2.
Parked Automobile Hil
In Rear ji Beanlort
A 1937 model automobile, park
ed near the west end of Ann street,
Beaufort, was smashed from behind
sometime Sunday night, according
to I'olice Chief Carlton Garner.
The car was owned by Eugene
E. Buschc, 120 Attn St.. and damage
' is estimated between $40 and $50.
*l>.e car was headed west. It it
not known how the accident oc
curred.
Officii Bertie Clyde Piner in
veaUgatlfi.
Morehead Prohibits Parking
On North Side of Two Streets
Dr. C. S. Maxwell
Wins Scholarship 0
Beaufort Physician Takes
Course in Cardiovascular
Diseases at Bowman Gray
Dr. C. S. Maxwell of Beaufort
has been awarded a seholarship for
a short course in cardiovascular
diseases and is attending the three
day series of lectures at Bowman
Gray School of Medicine, Winston
Salem, beginning today. The short
ttl C. 8. Maxwell
course is sponsored by the heart
disease control section of the State
Board of Health.
Dr. and Mrs. Maxwell left yester
| day for Winston-Salem and will re
turn Friday.
Dr. Maxwell, 55 years a general
practioner and an outstanding phy
sician in Carteret county for 49
years, was 76 in January. In writing
to Dr. Maxwell in regard to the
scholarship. Dr. A. H. Elliott, di
rector of the personal health di
vision of the State Board of Health,
said: "Your apparent physical and
professional activities at your age
make us particularly interested in
arranging a scholarship for you at
the Bowman Gray School of Medi
cine . .
Dr. Maxwell, selected Doctor of
the Year in Carteret county in
1950, has been extremely active in
civic affairs. He holds membership
in medical profession groups and
is a recent past president of the
Carteret County Medical Society.
Members of the faculty for the
post graduate course in cardiovas
cular diseases are the following:
J Robert Andrews, MD; Parker
K. Beamer, MD, Howard H. Brad
shaw, MD, Harold D. Groen, MD,
George T. Harrell, jr., MD.
Wingatc M. Johnson, MD, Wes
torf M. Kelsey, MD, Robert B. Law
son, MD, Maxwell Little, MS, PhD,
Frank R. Lock, MD, C. Hampton
Mauzy, MD, Angus C. Randolph,
MD, C. Glenn Sawyer, MD, Charles
R. Welfare, MD, Ernest Yount,
MD, and Robert L. McMillan, MD,
director.
Pickup Track Hits Car
Al Atlantic Saturday
A 1946 model pickup truck, own
ed by Norwood Lupton, Lola, back
ed into a 1949 model car owned
by Burnis Morris of Norfolk at
Atlantic Saturday night.
Highway Patrolman H. G. W09I
ard said Lupton backed away from
in front of the Wayne cafe and
hit the Morris car which was park
ed on the oposite side of the street.
Damage to the parked car was es
timated at $15.
Highway patrolmen are still in
vestigating. The truck continued
on its way after the accident, they
said.
Tide Table
Tidea at Beaufort Bar
II IUII
I.OW
Tuesday, March 25
7:46 a m.
8;07 p.m.
1:43 a.m.
1:57 p.m.
Wednesday, March 26
8:30 a.m.
8:51 p.m.
2:31 a.m.
2:41 p.m.
Thursday, March 27
0:13 a.m.
9:35 p.m.
3:17 a.m.
3:23 p.m.
Friday, March 28
10:19 p.m.
8:54 a.m.
4:02 a.m.
4:04 pun.
? The Morchead City town board
passed ordinances Thursday night
prohibiting parking on the north
side of Evans street east of 28th
and on the north side of Bridges ?
from 28th east to 4th.
They also ordered that all cars
parking on those streets on the
south side must face east.
Prohibiting parking on one side
of both of those streets has been j
under consideration and has been
discussed frequently for more than
a year. The board finally decided
that some action should be taken
because they felt the traffic haz
ards on the streets were becoming
increasingly dangerous.
Commissioners John Morris and
S. C. Holloway pointed out that
cars parked on both sides of Evans
allow space for traffic moving in
only one direction. Cars going in
the other direction must temporari
ly stop.
Better Signs Suggested
George McNeill, town attorney
and recorder's court judge suggest
ed that stop signs on streets be
repainted or else upright octagonal
signs be erected. In compliance
with another suggestion by the at
torney. it was directed that 20-mile
speed limit signs be erected at 7th
,and 10th streets at the east and
west entrances on Arendcll.
At the request of J. V. Waters.
See ATLANTIC REACH. Page 3
Agriculture
Department Sees
Good Leaf Year
Washington. ? (AP) ? The agri
culture department said today the
domestic market for tobacco is ex
pected to continue strong in the
year ahead, but that exports may
ease off some from last year.
In a review of the tobacco situa
tion, the department said that be
cause of high level employment,
consumption of tobacco products
probably will be as large or larger
than last year.
Cigarette consumption is expect
ed to exceed the 1951 record.
The department said growers of
flue-cured and burley tobacco, the
principle cigarette type,^ are ex
pected to harvest about the same
acreage this year as last year. Total
supplies of both kinds or the 1952
53 season probably will exceed
those of the current season, the
review said.
The 1952 government price sup
port levels for flue-cured and bur
ley tobacco probably will be about
as high or perhaps slightly higher
than the support levels of the 1951
crop. The option market average
price for flue-cured in .1951 was
slightly above 52 cents a pound
or about 5 per cent lower than the
1950 crop average.
The option market average for
burley in the recent marketing sea
son was about 51 cents, or 4.5 per
cent above the 1950 crop average.
Farm Specialists
Will Visit Here <
Three agriculture specialists will
be in the county this week, R. M.
Williams, farm agent, announced
yesterday.
A demonstration on construction
of the Oxford type tobacco barn
ventilator will take place at 3
o'clock this afternoon on the farm
of Lionel Pcllctier, Stella.
R M. Ritchie, agriculture en
gineering specialist, Raleigh, ac
companicd either by S. N. Hawks
or R. R. Bennett, leaf specialist,
will be present. Farmers are in
vited to attend and witness the
demonstration.
Pelletier. who has several barns
with> the Oxford type ventilator,
will be present to answer ques
tions in regard to cost of the ven
tilator as compared with the con
ventional types, also to explain
other advantages in operation.
W. A. Andrews, extension poul
try specialist, will visit in Carteret
county Thuoday Poultrymen in
terested in conferring with him
should be at the farm agent's of
fice in Beaufort by 9:30 Thursday
morning. Andrews will visit
throughout the county in the after
iiooc .
' The Carteret county board of
elections in special session Friday
mot-ning divided Morehead pre
cinct into two voting precincts.
Precinct No. 1 includes all of
Morehead City lying east of the
center of 19th street and precinct ,
No. 2 embraces all territory west
of the center of 19th to the pre
sent Wildwood precinct line, all
territory on Bogue Sound east of
the Salter Path precinct, and all
territory north of Calido creek
which now lies in Morehead City
precinct.
Re Registration Authorized
This division necessitates a re
registering of all voters in the
Morehead precinct, stated F. H.
See ley. elections board chairman,
Friday. Voters will register in their
respective precincts, the registra
tion to begin May 3.
At present the Morehead pre
cinct has 3,600 voters, "more than
The state board of elections
Saturday re-appointed F. K. See
ley elections board chairman
with l>. Ira (Earner, Newport,
and James tl. Davis, Keaufort,
members. Seeley and Warner are
Democrats and Davis a Republi
can.
the required number to authorize
its subdivision," according to the
board.
The polling place for the new
Morehead precinct No. 1 will be
the municipal building. The chair
man of the elections board was au
thorized to arrange for a polling
place for precinct No. 2.
Chairman Seeley commented that
a new registry of Morehead City
voters is extremely necessary. This
wil enable obtaining the proper
addresses of all voters. At present
he commented, there are seven
Tom Willises registered, and none
with an address.
Voting Qualifications
Those eligible to register are
persons 21 years of age who have
lived in North Carolina one year
and in their precinct 90 days. Re
gistration will continue until May
17. The primary is May 31. Chair
man Seeley warned that to vote in
the May primary everyone in More
head City will have to register be
tween May 3 and May 17. No names
will be transferred from old re
gisters.
He also commented that the Beau
fort precinct, with 2,300 voters,
should be divided, but made no
prediction as to when that may
occur.
Attending Friday's meeting in
addition to the chairman were I).
Ira Garner. Newport, and Graham
W. Duncan, jr. Beaufort, both
members of the board.
ihamber to Move
Office Quarters
The Morehead City chamber of
commerce has obtained permission
to re locate its office in the re
modeled and renovated recreation
building, J. A. DuBois, chamber
manager, announced today.
"In the new quarters the cham
ber will have much more room and
vastly better facilities with which
to welcome the hundreds of visitors
to our community during every
month of the year," he remarked.
The new office will be in the large
northeast room, which was former
ly the USO office The room is
large, spacious and light, with win
dows on the north and east sides.
"Here there will be plenty of
room for all office equipment with
space left over for a much-needed
conference table, information dis
plays, reading table and lounging
space for visitors/' declared Du
Bois.
"What better spot could be found
for your chamber of commerce?"
he asked. "Here in the heart of
the city, its offices will be readily
accessible to all and right at the
focal point of all civic and recrea
tion activities."
Signs on Bridges and Arendell
streets will direct visitors toward
the chamber and the waterfront as
they enter town from the west.
"By the time the recreation project
is completed, the entire block
should be an object of civic pride,
a park of which we will be justly
proud, a real show place," DuBois
said enthusiastically.
The move, having been approved
by the chamber board of directors
following an OK by the recreation
commission, will be made as soon
as the interior work has progressed
to a point where the office is
usable, said the chamber manager.
Department Answers Calk ?
The Morehead City fire depart
ment answered calls to two grass
fires Saturday. One occurred at
the miniature golf cfllirse west of
28th st. at 11:45 a.m. No damage
resulted. The second occurred at
3:30 p.m. near the. Bogue Sound
club. Both grass and woodsland
burned. Fires are believed to have
started through carelessness of
persons buring trash. *