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NEWS-TIMES OFFICE > 504 Arendell St. Morehead City Phone 6-4175 CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES 10c FULL PAGE COMICS 41st YEAR, NO. 29. TWO SECTIONS SIXTEEN PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY, APRIL 8, 1952 PUBLISHED TUESDAY AND FRIDAYS Chamber of Commerce Will Attend Annual" Dinner April 24 >? ? EdwardS. Nelson Assumes County Civil Defense Job County Commissioners Make Two Appointments At Meeting Yesterday Edward S. Nelson of Beaufort was appointed county civil defense chairman by the county board of commissioners yesterday morning and Mrs. T. T. (Tom) Potter, Beau fort, was reappointed to the county welfare board. Nelson succeeds C. K. Davant, Morehead City, as civil defense chief for the county. Davant's re signation was accepted prior to the appointing of Nelson. His rea son for relinquishing the post was ill health. Davant informed the board through A. H. James, clerk of superior court. Several road petitions were ap- ' proved. The board placed its sec ond OK on a request for grading and drainage of a 2.800-foot road I at 'rab Point which serves 12 fami I lies. A delegation of five men from the Crab Point section attended the meeting. Also approved was a 125-yard , Marshallberg community road | which serves five families. Mayor Charles Gould, jr., New port. and town Commissioner Edgar Hibbs appeared and requested that the state re-route the Nine-Foot road to entec 70 at right angles in the town of Newport. Mayor Gould said that the A&EC railroad presi dent stated that the railroad would move a platform to permit the re quested relocation. The county board authorized the clerk to request the State Highway md Public Works commission to make the change. Two requests for road maintc nance in Highland Park were okay ed. One road runs from George j Piner's place past the Charles Phil ,"j>s home, a distance of 600 feet. Irving five faW?iies, *nd the sec ond is a loop road off highw'ay 70 through Highland Park, serving 13 families. i The board took under considera tion a matter regarding the valua tion on the Eastman building in Morehead City. George Eastman, owner, appeared before the board to object to the valuation placed on the building by the board of equalization Monday. March 17. af ter he had already listed the build mg in January. The building in January was list ed at $7,000 but the board of equal azation hiked the valuation to $10. 000. Eastman pointed out that the total cost of the building was $22. 194.75. Since the board of equali zation had adjourned for this year, Alvah Hamilton, county attorney, See BOARD, Page 6 Rotarians Serve j Id Town Project Morehead City Rotarians appoint ed members Thursday night to I serve on the town's Finer Carolina contest committee: Appointments are as follows: Dr. A. F. Chestnut, school improve I ment; David Murray, town beauti fication; library improvement, G. W. Dill; recreation center, Kenneth | Prest: and city park, S. C. Hollo way and Frank Exum. Rotarian J. R. Morrill spoke on I the necessity for new books at the , library in the civic center. He told the Rotarians that the books were neither up-to-date nor adequate for adult or school child. Morrill com mented that "the same old books are here now that were here 15 years ago." Rotarians met in the First Bap tist church Sunday school rooms. No business was transacted other than the appointment of mem bers to the cijy-wide improvement project. Advisers Release Cesniy 4 H Hob April Schedule The schedule of 4-H club meet ings has been released by county 4-H advisers Today the club at the Camp Glenn school meets at 1 p.m., grades 6 to 8. . Other meetings this week follow: tomorrow, tht senior club, grades ? to 12, will meet at 2 p.m. in the IJJewport school; at 2:44 the New sort junior club, grades 7 and 8. (kill meet Thursday at 9:45 the jkinior club meets at the Atlantic ?chool and the senior club at 10:30. In the Beaufort school the meet ing will be held at 10:49 Friday i| morning; at the Morehead City School at 1:47 p.m. Monday. The iunior club of Smyrna will meet at i:35 ajn. and the senior club at 10:30 Monday morning. Board oi Directors Adopts 4 Budget ior 1952-53 at Meeting Thursday -J The annual banquet of the More head City chamber of commerce will take place Thursday night, April 24. at the Blue Ribbon club, west of Morehead City. Serving on the banquet commit tee are D. G. Bell, president of the chamber. Dr. Darden Eure, and George McNeill. At a meeting of the board of di rectors at the civic center Thurs day night a budget of $9,495 was adopted for the coming fiscal year. J. A. DuBois, chamber of commerce manager, stated that the current year will be closed without deficit. The chamber this year is operat ing on a $8,000 budget. During the past year addition of 33 new members netted the cham ber $1,700 in financial support. Dubois said the aim now is to not only meet the budget but build up a financial reserve. In setting up the budget, various committees were assigned operat ing expenses: $100 to the indus trial development committee; $25 each to the transportation, civic af fairs. public health, housing, and education committees; $100 to the agriculture committee; and $200 to the tourists and conventions com mittee. It is proposed, DuBois stated. !o offer information service on week end nights to tourists this summer. Karmarked for the advertising and publicity committee was 51, 500. A weekly five-minute radio pro gram. Business Viewpoint, was ap proved. Manager DuBois termed Thurs day's meeting one of the best-at tended in recent months. A guest was J. D. Holt, manager of the Morehad City port, who spoke on the proposal to lease port facilities to the Navy. A report on the chamber's ac complishments during the past year has been mailed chamber members. The report follows: Morehead City Housing: 50 mod ern, low rental units being built by the Public Housing administration, 14 new homes by Huntley-Prest, and 25 new homes by individuals. Atlantic Beaeft 'Housing: 15 apartments being built over the Heart of the Beach pavilion, 12 cot tages by individuals, 12 added mo tel units. Highways and Bridges: Salter Path road repaved. Crab Point road to Mansfield under construction (east end nearly completed), tri angle at the beach being resur faced. Evans street extension re paved. a drive off park near Fort Macon planned^ $4,500,000 beach bridge progressing. Port Development: 1951 saw the largest number of ships ever to enter the port terminal in one year, the new 1,200-foot dock and three huge warehouses are nearly completed. Fort Macon: Our fight to save the permanent improvements ap propriation, during the last session of the legislature is paying off. an archeologist and historian has been employed, the museum is to be en larged, a large picnic lodge is un der construction near the beach. Town Limits: The Morehead City town limits have been extend ed to include the rapidly growing housing development on N. 20th st., (Crab Point). Office Services: Over 3,000 in quiries from all parts of the U.S.A. and Canada have been answered. These inquiries are about the city, the beach, Fort Macon, hunting, fishing, bathing, history, housing, business opportunities, etc. Secretarial Service: Secretarial service and mimeographing at rea See CHAMBER, Page 6 Fertilizer Noi Explosive, I Products Official Says 4 Raleigh? (AP)? -There was no danger of explosion from a ship load of nitrates which the Coast Guard recently refused to let ' shippers unload at Wilmington, an official of a fertilizer com pany declared today. Henry Maddux, representative of the Synthetic Nitrogen Prod ucts corp., cf New York, said that the ship's cargo, calcium am monium nitrate, will not explode. He added that the Texas City disaster of several years ago was caused by ammonium nitrate ? which is explosive. Lifting of the restriction on North Carolina ports is under consideration. R. A. Fredin Supervises Shad Research Project H. A. Fredin, United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Beaufort, has been promoted to the position of supervisor of the shad research program of the Fish and Wildlife Service. He fills the position left by G. B. Talbot who was placed in charge of the Beaufort station upon the transfer of C. E. Atkinson to the Pacific coast. The shad research project em braces Atlantic coast states. This year the research is centered in the Chesapeake Bay area and next year the research will be in North and South Carolina. Fredin, who lives with his wife and two daughters at 1007 Hancock park, Beaufort, was born at Green ville, Iowa, in 1923. He attended college two years prior to entering the Army in 1942. During his serv ice with the 7th infantry division in the Pacific theatre he participat ed in the Guam, Leyte and Okina wa campaign* -as a m^ical aid man and was imong the occupation forces on Hokkaido, northernmost island of Japan. \ Discharged from the Arm* in 1946, he returned to Iowa State college where in 1948 and 1949 he received bachelor of science and master of science degrees in zoo logy and statistics. He has taken ad ditional graduate study at Duke unversity. Fredin was employed by the North Carolina Wildlife Resources commission as fisheries biologist and acting chief of the fish division prior to acepting a position with the United States Fish and Wildlife Service in 1950. He has worked the past two years on the Hudson and Connec ticut river shad fisheries and has completed a report on the causes of fluctuation in size of Connecti cut river shad runs. Specialists from the laboratory now in the field working on the shad project are James Sykes and Richard Eggleston, James river; Burton Lehman and Edward Brad ley, Potomac; Charles Walburg,. Susquehanna river; mouth of the Chesapeake bay, James Cating and John Parkins. 4 Tagging fish, checking on per centage caught by the fishery, and on causes affecting abundance of shad is being carried on in co operation with the Virginia and Maryland fisheries divisions. The men went into the field the middle of March and will return I the first of June. With the Armed Force? Sgt. James iV. Nobles Joins Fighter-Bomber Wing 9 Korea 136th Fighter Bomber Wing, Ko rea -Sgt. James N. Nobles of More head City recently arrived in the Far East and has joined the 136th fighter-bomber wing in Korea as a jet aircraft and engine mechanic. F-84 Thunderjets of the 136th wing are hard at work blasting the Communists' rear-area rail and transportation facilities in the in terdiction campaign outline by Fifth Air Force The wing has knocked out 1,515 rail cars, 35 locomotives and 262 enemy supply trucks in 10 months of combat. In addition the wing has claimed 3,581 rail cuts, 110 vital bridges and 29 tunnels. The wing is also credited with 80 enemy MIG-15 jet fighters destroyed or damaged in air-to-air combat. Sergeant Nobles enlisted in the Air Force in April 1949. After com pleting basic military training he attended the jet aircraft and engine mechanics school it Sheppard AFB, Texas. Upon graduation he was asigned to Larson AFB, Wash ington, where he served until his recent transfer. His wile, Elizabeth, lives at 1903 Arendell St., Morehcad City. The Air Training Command of the Un'ted States Air Force has an" " ?he graduation of Pfc. Pau '.ly, son of Mr. and Mrs. John B. Kelly, Newport route 2, from the department of armament training at Lowry Air Froce base. Private Kelly, a graduate of New port high school, received training in the principles and procedures of repairing, maintaining and firing of guns and remote control turret systems. Private Kelly was graduated from the electronics school. Fol lowing graduation from school at Lowry. armament students are sent to serve as armament specialists in one of the many commands which make up today's global Air Force. Eugene B. Pond, boatswain's mate second class, son of Mr. and Mr*. Blakely Pond, Davis, is aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Mendota based at Wilmington. Strike Closes Telegraph Offices To date there has been no let up in the nationwiie strike* of Western Union employees, announced L. J. Norris, man ager of the Morehead City office, yesterday. The workers went out Thursday morning, ordered to do so by the Commercial Telegraphers' Union (AFL). Norris reported that he opened Thursday morning but since he could get no messages in or out^ could see no reason for staying I open. The office in Beaufort, man- j aged by B. C. Vickery, is also closed. Use Other Services In some cities, an increase in ; telephone calls and airmail and spe cial delivery letters was reported i in the wake of the Western Union strike. Although mapy parts cf the na tion were without telegram service, : the company appeareu optimistic about further extensions of service despite its first national strike in : 33 years. Company Claims In many cities, the company claimed employees were disregard- j ing the strike call, despite \ union ! warning of a $100 fine for crossing picket lines. An estimated 31,000 members of the CTU quit work in the first mo ments of Thursday morning. They are demanding wage increases and other benefits worth in estimated 50 cents per worker. Western Union has not made public *iny counter-offer. Pay Figures 'Erroneous* W. H. Lee, president of Raleigh's Local 10, Southern Division of the Commercial Telegraphers Union (AFL), charged Friday that West ern Union officials are releasing erroneous salary figures in the cur rent strike. Lee said the hourly wage rate among 40 employes in the Raleigh office is $1.26 and not $1.63 as the company reported. The union head said the $1.26 average is computed* from salaries See STRIKE, Page 6 Brothers Face J Charge of Theft Ernest and Edward Barrett, brothers, have been released from the county jail under $100 bond each. They are -scheduled to a;9^f& in recorders' court, Beaulfrri, day, to answer to a charge of steal ing clothing from George Burgess aboard the boat, Tenderheart, in January. Police Chief Carlton Garner said that Byrgess swore out the warrant against them Saturday alter he re cognized some of his clothes on one of the brothers. The chief arrested the two Saturday. Awaiting trial today in the coun ty jail is Lee Gosier, who was ar rested Saturday on a charge of drunk and disorderly conduct. He was placed under $50 bond. Willie Mosely and Harry Simp son, each charged with public drunkenness, forfeited $12 bond for failure to appear In mayor s court yesterday. Lions Club Helps ' Support Eye Clinic A Lions club near Philadelphia is sponsoring "Will's Eye clinic" in an effort to prevent blindness. Morehetd City Lions were told Thursday night. The club is con ducting a drive this month to raise money to open the clinic and if enough clubs send in money they will continue to sponsor it. If not, the money that is sent in will be returned. Lion Alva North Willis explained. ^Morehead City Lions voted to give $10 to the project. They approved $25 to send the new president and secretary, who will be elected soon, to the state convention at Wrightsville Beach in May. President Oscar Allred was asked to buy the 'athletic awards for the outstanding boy and girl athletes, these awards to be given at the close of school by the Lions club. This year the club will send a boy to Boys' State and they voted $30 toward the project. Police Investigate Accident Saturday Morning Morehead City police investigat ed an accident on Bridges street between 18th and 19th, Saturday morning at 1:05 a.m. A car driven by Guy Avery of Beaufort was trav eling west on Bridges when the driver fell asleep. The Avery car hit a car owned by Maurice L. Bi zelli of Morehead City that was parked on the north tide of the street. Avery was slightfy injured. He was bruised and hurt his side. Da mage to the Avery car was approxi mately $600 and to the BitelU car $700. There were no charges. Lt. Guy Springle, Patrolmen Murphy Jenkins and Robert Gray investi gated. Morehead Pastor Will Conduct J Summer Seminar Raleigh.- The Rev. Leon Coueh, a North Carolina minister well known in alcoholic counseling cir cles over the south, will conduct a special seminar for North Caro lina's summer studies on facts about alcohol to be held at Chapel Hill June 9-13. A former Durham minister and pastor of the Morehead City First Methodist church, Mr. Couch has conducted alcoholism workshops in eleven southeastern cities. He will direct a seminar on pastoral coun The Rev. Leon Couch | seling and the alcoholic, according to S. K. Proctor, director of the i N. C. Alcoholic Rehabilitation pro I gram which is sponsoring the studies. cial and health worktvs, the stu ! dies will give a digested picture of the social, medical, religious and educational problems of alcohol. Registration and curriculum infor mation can be secured through The ARP, Box 9118, Raleigh, or the UNO Extension Division, Chapel Hill. Last spring Mr. Couch joined Duke's Russell Dicks in nine alco holic counseling clinics over west ern North Carolina. Working close ly with Alcoholics Anonymous, he has developed counseling insights highly successful with many suf ferers. Graduate of Emory and Henry college and Duke's Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, he has studied at UNC, Harvard and Co lumbia. He has also attended Yale Uni versity's School of Alcohol Studies, written on alcoholism, and has in structed pastors' schools in North Carolina. Alabama. Georgia and and Mississippi. His seminar will be held Thursday afternoon, June 12. Veterans Sell 3# Lots at Newport C. D. Bohannon, president of the Cherry Point Veterans Mutual housing association, today an nounced that 30 lots in the west Newport subdivision have been sold. Seventeen remain to be sold at $318 each. The lots are 100 by 200 feet. The payment for lots is being held in escrow. If all are not sola by May 1, 1952, the money will be returned to the buyers. Approxi mately $14,000 is needed to obtain funds for putting in streets in the subdivision. Streets must be approved before FHA loans can come through, Ba hannon explained. Persons interested in purchasing a lot in the development on the I Nine-Foot road near Newport I should write C. D. Bohannon, 4-J j Stacy dr., Havelock, N. C. Tide Table Tidei at Beaufort Bar HIGH LOW Tuesday, April 7 6 47 a.m. 7:0? p.m. 12:49 a.m. 1:00 p.m. Wednesday, April ! 7:26 a.m. 7:43 p.m. 1:29 a.m. i:33 p.m. Thursday, April It 8:03 a.m. 8:21 p.m. 2:09 a.m. 2:09 p.m. Friday, April II H 8:41 a.m. ?:00 p.m. 2:46 p.m. 2:49 a.m. Scouts Brave Chilling Wind During Beaufort Camporee yj By Ruth Peeling ? There were no sissies among the Scouts who camped Saturday and Sunday at the I.egion fairgrounds in Beaufort. In the teeth of a gale that tugged at tents and made fire building an ordeal, more than a hundred Carteret Scouts went through camporee paces in prepara tion for the Kast Carolina council camporee at New Bern April 25, 26. and 27. By noon Saturday Scouts had ar rived at the fairgrounds and patrols were assigned their areas for set ting up camp. The afternoon was packed with planned events, com pass reading, observation tests, knot-tying rescue, and the pioneer ing aspects of Scouting, climaxed by supper. Each patrol was required to bring enough food for Saturday night supper, Sunday breakfast and ! lunch. At 6 p.m. Saturday night several patrols were struggling with fires so they could cook their food while others, even though they had a fire going, watched the flames being whipped low by the high wind. i On the menu for members of troop 61, Newport, were pork and beans, steak, marshmallows, pota j toes and rolls. Among those par taking of the feast were Alton I Hardison, Clifton Mundine, Albert i Wallace, Larry Wallace, Tommy | Garner, Harley Garner, Richard Blake* Donald White, Jakie Wade, | Leston Gillikin and Delance Mann, j Markers Island troop 75 was re i presented by three patrols, the i Flaming Arrow, Tiger, and Apache, i Holding the fort at the Flaming I Arrow camp area were Stacy Guth rie. James Mason. William K. | Moore, and Barry Johnson. In the Tiger patrol were Miles Willis, j Kenny Willis, I)an Rose, and Blaine I Johnson. Apaches Ruild Table i The Apaches lined in style. They I made themselves a table and four chairs. When 1 commented on the I apparent com tort in which the boys . vcrc i'l't; to l.avc a pper, they etf gci4? ol-v.aii. 'Ya' want us to eat now?" The table was laden with food and evidently they were look ing for a good excuse to pitch in. I said no, but they had better keep their eye on the chow or the wind would blow it away. The Apache complement was William Earl Nelson, Johnny In gram, Jim Rose, and Charles Rus sell. The Sea Gull patrol of troop 101 ; 130 Morehead City, was well under I control. Manning the Sea Gull unit were Robert McNeill, patrol leader, | Harden Eure, assistant patrol lead j er, Gordon Patrick, A1 Conner, and i Watson Morris. j The Sea Gull patrol of troop 101 See SCOUTS, Page 6 Officers Will Organize VFW Auxiliary Tonight Superior Court Clerk Rules On Five Cases Decisions in five cases were ren dered by A. H. James, clerk of su perior court, Wednesday. In the case of William E. Mc Neill vs. Claude R. Morey. jr.. the clerk directed that McNeill recover $135 from the defendant and the j defendant pay court costs. The clerk also directed that the sheriff sell the property involved in the issue. In the alleged breach of contract case, Mrs. C. 1). Jones trading as the C. I). Jones eo. vs. Kelly Willis and wife, Vesta, it was directed that the plaintiff recover $276.93 i plus interest from Dec. 30, 1950. and the defendant pay the cost of court action. | James ruled in favor of the plain ; tiff in the case of C. I). lonos co. vs. Bertram Davis and wife, Kay, ordering that the company receive I $362.35 with interest from July 13, 1951 and that the defendant pay costs of the action. In a third case in which C. I). Jones co. was plaintiff, ihe clerk ruled that the company shall re ceive from Louis and lona Dixon, defendants, $217.11 plus interest I from Sept. 2. 1950. I In the case of C. G. (iaskill (('. G. Gaskill Co.) vs. T. C. Gillikin, the clerk ruled that since the two parties had agreed to compromise, the cas^A be dis.nissed, the plaintiii paying tire costs. In the case of the divorce suit initi*.W?d at the March term of su perior court. Robert K. Keyscr vs. Constance I'aula Fields Keyser, which was taken before Judge John Burney at Greenville the week after court closed in this county, the judge stated that there is ques tion as to the paternity of the child born to the defendant Feb. 22, 1952. The judge stated that the ques tion of paternity would be settled ! "by further pleading" and that | meanwhile the plaintiff, who de nies paternity, was to pay the de fendant $50 a month. The de fendant did not appear in court at Greenville. i _ 4 J New Bern District, WSCS9 Meets In Methodist Church , Moreliead Engineers to Inspect I Beaufort Waterways Assurance was given Thursday by T. J. Hewitt, executive officer, corps of engineers, Wilmington, that an examination will be made of Taylor's creek and Gallant's channel within the next few days. In a letter to W. H. Potter of Beaufort Fisheries, Hewitt said, . . should serious shoaling at less than the authorized project depths of 7 feet and 12 feet, re spectively, be encountered, efforts wil be made to correct such con ditions as soon as practicable." Hewitt also commented that dredging operations in the Back Sound-Lookout Bight channel and at the eastern end of Taylor's creek at Dey's Point is expected to be completed within the next 30 days. Signs to Direct Visitors To Chamber's New Office I.argc signs in black, white, and yellow, bearing the insignia of the Morchcad City chamber of com merce, a ship's helm, will direct visitors to the chamber of com merce office located in the re creation building on Shepard st. One sign will be located on Bridges at 16th, another on Aren dell at 16th and the third on Evans at the rear of the recreation build ing. There will a|so be a sign at the front of the building, announc ed J. A DuBois. chamber manager. j Azaleas Bloom Azaleas in the court house square at Beaufort are in full bloom. In addition to the Formosa azaleas flanking the main entrance to the court house, Formosa and dwarf | azaleas are also blooming beneath the grove of live oak trees to the west. ? The theme of the annual New ! Bern district Women's Society of Christian Service meeting Thurs day in Morehead City was also the topic of the morning address by the Rev. Leon Russell, pastor of Jarvis Memorial church. Greenville. The meeting theme was "The Earth is the Lord's and We Are His* People." Meetings were held in the First Methodist church with the WSCS, Mrs. G. II. Jackson, president, as hostess. The meeting opened with the hymn. Advance O Church of God, followed by the devotional, a story on symbolic prayer, by Mrs. B. F. Royal. Mrs. Jackson gave the wel come address to which Mrs. Wiley Sauls of Eureka responded Following the reading of the pur pose of the WSCS in unison, Mrs. Charles Boyd of New Bern was elected promotion secretary of the district, Mrs. D. Lester Lathaiti of Washington, treasurer, and Mrs. R. E. Brown, student secretary. Mrs. Boyd, following the offer ing and prayer of dedication, spoke on the WSCS and the solo. The Lord is My Shepherd, was sung by Mrs. B. Selvitelle of Morehead City. Mr. Russell's address was follow ed by lurich. A panel discussion of The Laywoman's Viewpoint on the Mission of the Church was the fea ture of tne afternoon session. Members of the panel were Mrs. M. B. Andrews. Goldsboro; Mrs. T. E. Newbold, Rocky Mount; Mrs. J. B. Kittrell, sr., of Greenville; Mrs. J. E. Peterson and Miss Char ity Holland, both of Kinston. Mrs. Andrews commented on deeds of women characters of the Bible, Mrs. Newbold spoke on soc ial conditions and Christianity, Mrs. Kittrell on the part the woman in the local community should play, Mrs. Peterson on spiritual life, and Mis Holland on the employed wo man. Mrs. Morgan Maxwell, district See WSCS, Page 6 Al F. Thomas. Beaufort, past VFW fourth district commander, who instituted the recently-organ ised Royal Svundell-Wadc post No. 4791. Morehead City, announced iO dav that the auxiliary would be or ganized at 7:30 tonight at a meet ing at the civic center. Morehead City. Conducting the organization pro cess will he Marddie Bowersox, Jacksonville, fourth district ladies' auxiliary president. Accompany ing her will be her husband. Ray, national aide de camp. Other vis itors at tonight's meeting will be Al Claus, commander of VFW post No. 9010, Jacksonville, and Past District Commander Thomas. Officers of the new post were elected last Tuesday niyht. At that time Karl Knauff. Jacksonville, past state commander, showed a movie of the FVW National Home, and officers were installed by C. B. (Andy) Penny of Wallace, VFW fourth district commander. They are Ray (larris, comman der; Lewis Hinson, senior vice commandcr; Fail Dunn, junior vice ? commander; Boyce Royall, quartermaster; Jolly McLawhorn, judge advocate. Francis Purifoy, furgeon; J. W. Rumbclow. jr.. chaplain, three-year trustee. Bill Kacglc; two-year trus tee. Floyd Jones; and one-year trus tee. Howard Zach?w. The post is named for ihrec Morehead City servicemen killed in action overseas: B. F. Royal, jr., son of Dr. and Mrs. B. F. Royal; Troy Swindell, son of Mr. and Mrs. Bryant Swindell; and Thomas Wade, son of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Wade. , U.S. Imports Spanish Spuds Now York. (A l') ? Not so very long ago this country had more potatoes than it knew what to do with. Now we're importing spuds from Spain to tide us over i short age. The first shipment, amounting To about 72,000 bags (100 pounds each ) arrived here this week, was released by customs yesterday and will move into the market Monday. Another shipment is due early next week. Agriculture department spokes men said the Spanish potatoes were reported to include seven varieties, but in general resembled Maine potatoes. The Office of Price Sta bilization was expected to set i ceiling price on them of around $5.03 a bag for primary receivers. The supply of white potatoes is expected to continue tight in many sections of the nation for the next few weeks until early crop ship ments from Florida pick up volume and are followed by increasing shipments from California, Ala bama and elsewhere. Legion Post 99 Elects Officers Frank Nance has been elected commander of Carteret post No. 99, American Legion, for the year 1952 53. Nance and other officers will be installed by the outgoing commander. A1 Thomas, Friday night. May 2, at the American Le gion hut on Turner street, Beau fort. Serving with Commander Nance will be Alphia Wooten, first vice commander; C. Z. Chapped, second vice-commander; C. L. Beam, fi nance officer; David Modlin, chap i lain. T. E. Kelly, historian; John Thaxton, sorgeant-at arms; David Hill, adjutant. Chosen as delegates to the Le gion convention June 7-10 were Nance, Beam. Wooten, Thomas, and Hill. Alternates arc Nick Simpson, Thaxton, Kelly, Modlin, and David Rhue. Also elected were members of the Carteret County Fair board. The fair is sponsored annually by Carteret post No. 99. President of the board is Hill. Thomas is first vice-president; Kelly, gentral man ager, and Napce, chairman. Other members of the board are Wooten. Simpson. Chappell, Beam, Jarvis Herring, Lance Smith, and Marcus Mason.