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1 41?t YEAR, NO. 81. TWO SECTIONS TEN PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT. NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1952 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
^Firemen Call School Drills
For Fire Prevention Week
I Fire Prevention Week is being
I observed in Beaufort and More
bead City this week by fire de
i partments of both towns and in
I co-operation with the Junior cham
' ber of commerce in Morehead City.
L Fire drills in the schools in both
L towns were called without warning
r Monday morning in an effort to
I find out how quickly and efficient
Fire Prevention
Rules Listed
i Some rules that should be ob
served by residents of Carteret
county in relation to prevention of
fires have been issued by the More
head City Fire Department.
The Fire Department members
i report that although fire preven
tion is to be encouraged every
week, everyone is requested to co
operate in the fire prevention pro
gram scheduled this week in Mere
head City.
Some simple rules to follow in
observing Fire Prevention Week
are:
1. Discard all useless inflamma
i ble material, especially in attics
1 and other hard-to-get-to places.
2. Be sure all heaters are well
P ventilated before lighting.
V 3. Be sure to have grass and
I bushes cut short before fall arrives.
B 4. Be sure kerosene cans con
? tain kerosene, not gasoline.
V S. Do not smoke in bed.
6. Do not store gasoline or kero
I sene in your house. Guard against
I defective wiring.
7. Know your fire department
? phone number. The Morehead City
I Fire Department number is 6-4141.
?1 The Beaufort Fire Department
? number is 2-4371.
1 fleadlmers Set v
I For State Fair
? A musical comedian and one of
? the show world's outstanding magi
? Clans are among the entertainment
? headliners on the 1952 N. C. State
? fair program in Raleigh next week,
? according to Dr. J. S. Horton, man
? ager who also bosses the Cleveland
? county fair in Shelby and the
? Southern States fair in Chartotte.
I He recommcnds these two perform
H ers personally "for the enjoyment
?L of all members of the family."
V The comic musician who will ap
H pear in the George A. Hamid
? grandstand revue at the 85th an
? nual state fair starting Tuesday,
H 14, is Vic Hyde, the "honorary
? mayor of Niles, Mich." He enter
?: tains principally by blowing four
n trumpets at one time, plus the feat
? of beating a drum with one foot,
| the cymbals with another, while
? his hands are occupied with piano
? and trombone.
? The magician is "The Great Les
? ter" who has a show on the .lames
K E. Strates midway which will be
? an attraction of the fair through
? the five days and nights ending
B Saturday. Oct. 18. His most sensa
M tional stunt is to sa^w a woman in
? half, 'later exposing the trick.
? Dr. Dorton also announced the
? return ihls year of Jack Kochman's
?' Hell drivers in a "completely new
? program of thrills, spills and
? crashes" with automobile and mo
K torcycles on the grandstand track
?' Wednesday afternoon. The Satur
? day afternoon feature will be AAA
? sanctioned big car automobile
?traces.
?\ Harness horse races will be held
?^Tuesday, Thursday and Friday
H afternoons, the fair manager stated
M Fireworks will be displayed each
? evening. The afternoon programs
? on the race track will be inter
? apersed with circus, hippodrome
?I and aerial acta by the Hamid
?jtroupe, and the nightly grandstand
? feature will be a colorful dance
Hi and song revue called "George
? Hamid's Khantaaies of 1052."
Thunderstorm A
J
| Does No Damage
, That local atmospheric disturb
ance which knocked out lights In
Marehead City and Beaufort lait
Thursday night did no real damage.
Carolina Power and Light com
pany workmen had the lights back
on only a few minutes after they
went off.
, The lights went off when a tree
I blew down in the swamp back of
the ammunition dump area at the
old aection baae off highway 70
about 11:22 p.m. It hit a main high
teaaion circuit and the workmen
had to go into the swamp to move
and restore power.
A tree blew across a wire at
afield Park and blew .lights
la one bouse there. The same
occurred at Battle and New
ly the signals were being observed.
Fire department members in
Beaufort report that the Beaufort
high school was evacuated in two
minutes after the fire signal was
called. The Queen Street school was
- vacuated in one and one-half
minutes.
The Morehead City high school
was evacuated in three minutes.
At the time the fire department,
accompanied by several Jaycees,
sounded the fire drill, the lunch
room in the school was occupied.
It was evacuated in 40 seconds,
and was the first time a test had
been run on the clearing of the
lunchroom.
The W. S .King school in More
head City was evacuated in 50 sec
onds. This drill was called im
mediately following one held by
the school, and was unexpected, as
were the others called by the fire
departments.
Beaufort firemen report that
they had one-hundred per cent co
operation from the Beaufort
schools.
Murehead City Jaycees accom
panying the firemen to the More
head City schools yesterday morn
ing were Walter Morris, Gordon
Freeman, Floyd Chadwick, jr., and
Paul H. Geer, jr. The Junior cham
ber of commerce in Morehead
City is sponsoring Fire Prevention
Week here this year.
Morehead City firemen made
several recommendations after
Monday morning's drills.
They suggest that the schools
organize a fite patrol among the
County Library
Gets New Books
<
Books received recently at the
Carteret county library are juve
nile: The First Book of Eskimos;
Never Come Back, O'Rourke; Ron
nie, Rowntree; From Bobcat to
Wolf, Gardner; The Boy's Work
shop Companion, Oakley; Johnny
Cake, Jacobs; Susie. King; The Lit
tle I2I00, Beim; The Story About
Ping, Flack; The Little Rabbit Who
Wanted Red Wings, Bailey; Souod,
Baer, The Golden Trail, Evernden;
Thirty-Three Bunn Street, Clymer;
The Family That Grew and Grew,
Baker.
Secret of the Sleeping River,
Binns; A Little Maid of Maryland,
Curtis; Jareb, Powell; Larry's
Luck, Urmston; The Secret of the
Undersea Bell, Douglas; Scrubs on
Skates, Young; Son of the Stars,
Jones; Eagle Scout, McCormick;
the Pink Maple House. Govan; The
Leftover Elf, Stolz; Beach Boy,
Beim; The Edge of Danger, Scog
gin; Copperhead Hollow, Raferty;
Squaw Boy, Balch; Blue Barns,
Sewell and All Around the Town,
McGinley.
Teen age books are Betty White's
Teen-age Dance Book; Peddler's
Girl, Howard; Tamar, Malvern;
From This Day Forward, Lyon;
The Bells on Finland Street, Cook;
Tomorrow's Memories. Ayd; Can
dle in the Night, Howard; AH
Through the Night, Hill; The Blos
soming Year, Carpenter; Joan Fos
ter, Bride, Colver; Beauty for
Ashes, Hill; Ladybird, Hill; Amo
rele. Hill.
Copper's Chance. Mcllvaine; End
See BOOKS, Page 2
students and that those student
patrolmen be instructed by mem
bers of the fire department in
proper methods of handling first
aid equipment already in the
schools. The instructions would be
given during after-school hours.
The firement suggest also that
members of the fire patrol have
definite assignments in order that
each member would be at a definite
station when a drill is called.
In order that children not be
slammed with 4 swinging door, the
firemen suggest that those doors
should be held open by members
of the school fire patrol.
Firemen report also that the fire
doors in the schools work perfect
ly.
However, they report that all
existing fire extinguishers in both
Morehead City schols are out of
date.
Mayor George W. Dill suggests
that Morehead City bear the ex
pense and the Morehead City fire
men the responsibility of re-charg
ing all fire extinguishers in the
schools at the first of each school
year in order that they be ready
for use at all times. Mayor Dill
assompanied the firemen and the
Jaycees on their trial drills.
The firemen suggest also that two
fire extinguishers be put at each
side of the curtain in the auditor
ium of the Morehead City high
school. All emergency equipment
installed there now is behind the
curtain, making it difficult to reach
it hurriedly and causing time to
be lost when the equipment is
needed.
Exit lights at the W. S. King
school should burn at all times that
the building is occupied, according
to the firemen. They have been
burning only at night, but their
purpose is to warn children of
doors leading to exits during a
fire, and should burn dOring the
school day.
Gordon Freeman was in charge
of the Jaycee participation in Fire
Prevention Week and worked in
co-operation with Morehead City
Fire Chief Grady Bell.
Beaufort firemen report that
they run drills in Beaufort schools
each year during Fire Prevention
Week.
A check on Morehead City's
theatre* was made Monday after
noon by the Morehead City fire de
partment. Mayor Dill and Walter
Morris went on this run. They re
port that the exit doors worked and
the check-up was satisfactory.
Cemetery Has j
New Trash Cans
Thirteen 30-gallon garbage cans
have been purchased for the Bay
view cemetery in Morehead City,
according to Town Clerk John
Lashley.
The garbage cans will be placed
at each gate and in locations where
refuse may be deposited.
The galvanized cans will be
painted later.
A sign saying "Bayview Ceme
tery" is now being painted and
will be put up shortly.
Lashley says that town officials
are hopeful that the installation of
the garbage cans will help keep
dead flowers, papers and other
trash from littering the grounds.
Navy, Chamber of Commerce /
Seek Better Railroad Service
The Morehead City chamber of
commerce has joined with the
Navy in requesting railroad pas
senger service to Morehead City
and vicinity.
Three representatives of the
chamber of commerce appeared be
fore the commission Thursday.
They asked the commission to or
der the A&EC to provide passenger
service from Goldsboro to More
head City. The service was discon
tinued in 1949.
Mayor George W. Dill, jr., W. C.
Carlton and Joseph A. DuBois told
the commission of the potential
passenger traffic in the area. They
said that the potential is now
greater than it was at the time the
service was discontinued.
The Morehead City representa
tives told of the past performance
of the railroad with regard to pas
senger service. They pointed out
that the type of service formerly
offered had much to do with the
decline in passenger traffic. '
They said that they feel that
service with new equipment would
attract more traffic than at the
time the service ended.
DuBois pointed out that the Sea
shore Transportation company is
now operating a through bus to
New York. He said that if the bus
can operate at a profit, he sees no
reason why train service can not
be operated at a profit.
The hearing was called at the re
quest of the Navy department. The
Navy has asked that the railroads
be ordered to provide passenger
service to the Marine bases at
Cherry Point and Camp Lejeune.
Comdr. Leonard R. Hardy of tbt
office of the Judge Advocate Gen
eral, said minimum requirements
would be one passenger train mak
ing one round trip per day be
tween Goldsboro and Jacksonville
by way of New Bern, and one train
making one round trip per day be
tween Goldsboro and Havelock.
The Carolina Coach company
and Seashore Transportation com
pany, bus firms operating in the
area, argued that their service af
fords adequate tie-ins with through
rail lines at such points as Rocky
Mount and Wilson.
But company lawyers cross-ex
amined numerous Marines from
Chery Point and Lejeune who tes
tified on the inadequacy of trans
portation to <yid from the base
areas. Arch T. Allen, representing
Carolina Coach, pointed out that
the company operated four round
trips daily, without change of bus,
between Lejeune and Washington,
D. C.
The testimony of Mahne Private
Allen Chedron, stationed at Le
jeune, was typical. He told of wait
ting five hours at Rocky Mount to
catch Atlantic Coast Lines' East
Coast Champion to New York. He
was unable to get reservations on
the train until the night of depar
ture, then was told that no seats
were available. Chedron said that
with present service Marines often
waste, a good portion of their week
end liberties waiting for trans
portation.
Rail representatives claimed that
the schedules proposed by Marine
officials actually would not im
prove the conditions they were
complaining of.
County Commissioners to Advertise J
All Land to be Sold for Unpaid Taxes
New Trucks
For Moreheti
Purchase of two trucks for use
of the street department was ap
proved by Morehead City town
commissioners at a special meet
ing Thursday night.
Low bid submitted on the trucks,
accepted by the commissioners,
came from Robert L. Rose Motors.
Inc., Morehead City. The two Ford
trucks will cost the town $4100,
which includes a trade-in allow
ance on two trucks now in use by
the city. The price includes also
the exchange of the old Chevrolet
truck bodies to the new trucks.
Delivery on the trucks is expectcd
in about 30 days. The town will
ask for orange or yellow colored
bodies. The old trucks, which have
been in use for six years, are
orange colored.
Other bids submitted on the
trucks were: Parker Motors,
$439800; Allen Motor Co., $4466.
10: Moblcy Buick, $4519.62; llall
Motor Co., $4308.98.
Street superintendent J. V.
(Hooty) Waters indicated to the
commissioners that he felt the
town would be better off to pur
chase new trucks than to rent
Jobs Now Open <
At Cherry Point
Job openings for storekeepers
are open at the Marine Corps Air
station at Cherry Point.
According to an announcement
from the Marine base, the jobs
would pay $2750 per year.
Applicants for these jobs must
take a written test requiring about
two hours time. .The test will be
held at the office, Board of U. S.
Civil Service Examiners. Marine
Corps Air station, Cherry Point.
Age limits, waived to veteraniv
18 to 62.
Applicants should obtain appli
cation blanks from the civil service
office at Cherry Point or in the
post office buildings. Applications
should be sent to the Recorder,
Board of U. S. Civil Service Ex
aminers, Marine Corps Air station.
Cherry Point.
The announcement says that this
examination is announced for in
definite appointments only. Per
sons given appointment as a result
of this examination will not acquire
a competitive civil service status.
Nine to Report
For Induction
Selective service board No. 16
has announced that nine resident*
of Carteret county have been or
dered to report Thursday for in
duction.
The nine boys are George R.
I.aughton. jr., Beaufort; Edgar E.
Cole, Beaufort; Jesse G. Taylor.
Beaufort; James E. Culpepper.
Newport; Earl I). Nance, Newport;
Roland G. Buck, Morehead City;
Samuel T. Mullen, North Wilkes
boro; Robert J. Harvey, Fairfield.
Ala.; and Fred Jones, jr., Houston,
Texas.
The boys will be sent to Raleigh
for induction into the Army.
Two Arrested i
For Fighting
Two Morehead City Negroes
were arrested Sunday night as the
result of a fight. Capt. Buck New
some of the Morehead City police
arrested both men when he found
them struggling over a pistol.
James Stanley Jackson was
charged with fighting, disturbing
the peace and attempted assault
with a deadly weapon, a pistol
Tom Jones was charged with fight
ing and disturbing the peace.
Jones was released on bond.
Jackson was still in jail yesterday
morning. Both men were to have
gone on trial yesterday in More
head City recorder's court.
Newsomc reported that he ar
rived on the scene of the scuffle
just as Jones disarmed Jackson.
Meetings Announced
Home demonstration club meet
ings for this week were announced
yesterday by the home agent. Mica
Martha Barnett. The Ruisells
Creek club meets tomorrow at 7:30
with Mr*. W. G. Simpson; North
River, Thursday at 2 with Mrs.
Frances Arthur; Pelletier, Friday
<t 2 with Mil. W. W. Bright
Ordered
id City
a street resurfacing program* The
commissioners agreed that if
would be cheaper Cru'
,02 n Th . T J?hn S
l<" N. 8th st.. that he be granted
P?rm'"l"n to improve Shepard st
from 21st st. to the east side of the
present Derrickson property line
a distance of some 270 feet west
from 21st st., was tabled until the
n-;r(la' meeting on Oct. 16.
Major Georgc w. Dill, jr j?.
t>rk John L"hle"
h h ':0vins that Ihc matter
t".dhbce" ,ablcd an? him, along
with other interested property
STIi?' aPP<!ar for a discussion
meetingPr?P05al at lhc ncxt buard
sionerv'?h rPOr,<>d '? the c0
, cu,Tl'nt yoar taxes col
lected to date total $76,885.42.
A survey made by I.ashley in
dicates that there are some 376
zn1^ in !he city iimHs He
will betin mailing copies of the
city ordinance, passed at the last
regular meeting of the commis
sioners, requiring property owners
o, VhT T. Vacant lols' <? "wner,
of those lots this week.
The ordinance, which calls for
cleaning ot the lots when the grass
reaches a height of eight inches.
w hin ma . '? proPcr'y owners
within a certain section of the town
ofX'7 ?r lhrec Wl'Pks
of the town will be covered as
quickly as possible.
Property owners must have their
lots cleaned within five days after
receipt of the ordinance If they
do not comply within five days
notification by the super, n
endent of streets or the mayor,
lots will then be cleaned by the
work a"d th? owner bi,led for the
Present at Thursday night's
meeting were commissioners D. G.
Bell, W. i_. Derrickson, Dr. John
V^Ntefu 3"*" ,AUornt? George
- ''CHI. (iyor George W p *! it
and Town Clerk John Lashley. "
Beaufort Police
ArrestThree 1
Adrian Dearest Willis rt 1
Morehcad City, will appear in re
corder s court today on a charge of
careless and reckless driving.
He was picked up about 2:30
p.m. Sunday at the corner of Ann
and Turner sts., in Beaufort.
11c is free on his own recogniz
ance. Beaufort Police Chief Carl
cer Garner was 'he arresting offi
Hiifus Fair, Negro, is free on $35
bond after being arrested for pub
lic drunkenness on Friday night
He was arrested by Chief Garner
and (apt. Maxwell Wade
William Thomas Oden, Negro, is
also free on $35 bond after being
arrested Saturday night on a
charge of public drunkenness. His
case will be heard in recorder s
court today also. The arrest was
made by Chief Garner and Capt
Wade. , '
Local Teachers v
Chosen Speakers
A Morehead City and a Beaufort
high school teacher will git as
members of panels during the thir
tieth annual convention of the
Northeastern district of the North
Carolina Education association at
East Carolina college at Greenville,
Oct. 10.
Mrs. Olivia Floyd, Beaufort high
school, will participate in a panel
on modern language. Morehead
City high school teacher Mrs. Zel
ma Phillips, will sit in on a panel
on Latin.
Both teachers have been desig
nated as presidents of the depart
mental meetings.
More than 1500 teachers and
school officials from 22 counties,
inclu Jins Carteret, are expected to
attend the sessions.
Tide Table
Tide* it Bei uf art Bar
HIGH
LOW
Tuesday, Oct. 7
10:46 a.m.
11:02 p.m.
4:26 a.m.
5:19 p.m.
Wedneaday, Oct. g
11:33 a.m.
11:51 p.m.
5:11 a.m.
6:09 p.m.
Tburaday, Oct. *
5:59 a.m.
7:04 p.m.
Friday, Oct. 1*
12:46 a.m.
? 55 a?
Scouts Open >
Fund Drive
Kick-Off Breakfast Begins
Week's Canvass for
$2,000 County Goal
A kick-oft breakfast at the Jef
ferson coffee shop this morning
opened the official drive for funds
for the Boy Scout drive in this
county.
The drive, currently in progress
in all counties of the East Carolina
Council of the Boy Scouts of
America, will continue through this
week. Businesses and individuals
will be contacted this week in an
effort to raise the goal of $2,000
set for Carteret county this year.
Speaker at this morning's kick
off breakfact was a Boy Scout
field representative. Bill Wald.
Some 30 workers from all over the
Carteret district attended the
breakfast
Co-chairman of the finance cam
paign are Tjr. ?. W. Hatcher, More
head City, and N. F. Eure, Beau
fort.
Dr. Hatcher reports that only
one cent out of every dollar col
lected goes into the national fund. J
Of each dollar collected. 54 ccnts
is spent for salaries of Boy Scout
executives. These directors are
professional Scouting men and
spend much of their time visiting
the various Boy Scout troops, ad
vising and instructing them.
Eleven cents of each dollar goes
to maintain the Boy Scout camp at
Wilson. The summer camps at
Camp Chat leg are attended by a
large number of boys from this
county each year.
Ten cents of each dollar goes for
training of local scoutmasters.
Nine cents goes to expenses in
volved in the setting up of new
Boy Scout troops.
Or. iltichcr reports that the
Jseuut^* this county hope to or
ganize two new troops during the
coming year. They are hopeful that
a troop ran he organized at Atlan
tic or Marshallberg and one at Har
lowc.
Fifteen cents of each dollar goes
for office help.
The size of the local Boy Scout
area has been reduced by one third,
according to Dr. Hatcher, which
means that the local Boy Scout
field man will be able to spend
more time here.
There are currently eight Boy
Scout troops in this district, which
includes all of Carteret county.
There are three troops in More
head City, three in Beaufort, one
at Harker's Island, and one at New
port.
Dr. Hatcher says that any indi
vidual or business not contacted
but wishing to contribute to this
drive may mail a contribution
either to him or to Eure.
North River j
Woman Stabbed
Frances Davis, colored, of North
River was stabbed Saturday night
during an argument. She was treat
ed at the Morehead City hospital
for stab wounds in her back, shoul
der and arms.
Her assailant, Elnora Johnson,
also colored, was arrested by Depu
ty Sheriff Hugh Salter who inves
tigated the assault. The Johnson
woman is charged with assault with
a deadly weapon. She will be tried
today in county recorder's fcourt,
Beaufort.
The Carteret county com
meeting yesterday morning d
tax sales of land will be advei
sold to the highest bidder.
Although towns are compe
property, counties do hot have
decided, however, that it is in the<
public Interest to sell the property
at public auction.
If an offer is made for any such
property, it will be advertised for
sale. The offered price will be the
starting price for bids. Previously,
the land was often sold for the first
offer.
The first property to be adver
tised under the new policy will be
the land on Marsh street, Beaufort,
which is owned jointly by the coun
ty and ihe town of Beaufort. Town
Clerk Dan Walker reported to the
commissioners that he has received
an offer of $405 for the property.
Two Lots for Sale
Two lots in More head Bluffs will
also be advertised for sale. The
commissioners have received an of- j
fer of $100 for the lots.
The streets in the Mansfield
Park development were adopted
into the county road system. The
commissioners voted to ask the
state highway commission to main
tain the roads.
The action came as the result of
a petition signed by 21 families
living in the subdivision. The peti
tion was presented by Hugh Rice
who represented the other home
owners in the area.
Rice told the commissioners ihat
the roads are in poor condition and
asked that they be put in passable
condition. J. L. Humphrey, county
road superintendent, said that he
considered the roads to be in a
dangerous condition.
Add 1.3 Miles
The streets in Mansfield Park
will add 1.3 miles to the county
road system. The county's allot
ment for roads for the present fis
cal year is three miles.
K. W. Wright. Beaufort. RFD,
asked that the old New Bern road !
at Russell's Creek be widened and |
drained. The board of commission
ers anwnvwi tlx# petition, and -
wacdHrjA * / the highway commis
sion
Dr. Ben Royal asked the commis
See COMMISSIONERS. Page 2
School Health J
Check Completed
County health nurses have just
completed their September inspec
tion of school children in Carteret
county. The children were inspect
ed for minor contagious diseases.
The number of children inspect
ed were: white, 2,367; Negro, 526; I
total, 2,893. The number of cases
of pediculosis (parasites in the
hair) were 14. All of these were
white children. Negro children do
not appear to be susceptible to this
type of infection, according to Dr.
N. T. Ennett, county health officer.
The number of cases of ring
worm were three, (one white, two
Negroes).
No cases of scabies fitch) were
found in either race.
According to Dr. Ennett, this
year's report on minor contagious
diseases was better than in any
previous year. The health nurses
say that the improvement of the
children in personal hygiene in re
cent years has been remarkable,
showing greatly improved home
care.
The health department makes an
inspection of the children twice
yearly, once in September, and
again in January. Such children as
have a contagious disease, in an
active stage, are excluded from
school, thus protecting the other
children.
Physically Handicapped Week
Proclaimed In Morehead City
This week has been officially pro
claimed as National Employ the
Physically Handicapped Week,
1952, by Morehead City Mayor
Geoize W. Dill.
The proclamation reads:
Whereas physically handicapped
men and women seeking employ
ment should have equal opportun
ity with others; and
Whereas performance records
have proved that handicapped
workers, when properly prepared
and placed, can perform their tuk
crediub0 in a great variety of
fields, including business, indus
try, farming and the professions;
Whereas in recognition of our
responsibility for c< .tens who have
been physically handicapped by
war or disabled in civilian pursuits,
the nation has provided special fa
cilities for the training and re
habilitation of these citizens and
has established placement services
for them in various communities;
and
Now therefore. I, Gcoriie W.
Dill, mayor of the town of More
head City, do hereby call upon the
people of Morehead City to observe
the week beginning October 5,
1B52. ai National Employ the Phy
sically Handicapped Week t also
call upon other public officials, as
well at upon leaders of industry,
and labor, of civic, veterans, farm,
women's, and fraternal organiza
tions, and of other groups repre
sentative of our community life,
to lend their full support to the ob
servance of the week in order to
enlist local interest in employment
of the physically handicapped.
In witness whereof. I have here
unto set my hand and caused the
Seal of the Town of Morehead City
to be affixed.
Done at the Town of Morehead
City, this first day of October in
the year of our Lord nineteen hun
dred and fifty-two
Georga W. Dill
missioners at their regular
ecided that henceforward all
?tised. The lands will then be
lied by law to advertise such
; to do so. The commissioners
Manager Plans
Fumigation Plant
At Wilmington
Plans for a proposed fumig^ion
plant at the Wilmington state port
have been drawn by Morehead City
Port Manager Jaek Holt.
State Ports Authority officials
'hope that Morehead City will have
a similar plant in the not too dis
tant future.
Construction on the plant at Wil
mington should be completed in the
early fall of 1953, according to Holt.
In drawing the plans for the fum
igation plant, Holt considered the
two types of plants now in use at
various ports. One system in use
calls for loading the commodity to
be fumigated on trailers and run
ning them into the fumigation
plant. The other system is to fill
the fumigation chamber manually
with the product to be fumigated.
According to Holt, the first method
is by far superior and the plans
for the plant at Wilmington will
make use of this type of operation.
The plans drawn by Holt call for
a glorified trailer system where
fumigation tanks will be enlarged
by some 50 per cent over those now
in use at other ports. The increase
in the size of the tanks will double
the capacity of the plant. The plans
he has drawn call for running ma
terials to be fumigated into the
tanks on trailers (eliminating the
time-consuming process of manual
ly placing commodities in the tanks
and then removing them the same
way) where tfc* size of the tank
will permit exposure of twice as
much material as is now possible
under systems now in use.
According to Holt, if the plans
are successful, the fumigation sys
tem at the Wilmington port will be
superior to any in the country.
fumigation systems are extreme
ly important because of the reve
nue they bring to the port. Under
Department of Agriculture rulings,
all imported cotton must be fumi
gated. A great deal of the tobacco
which is shipped must also be fum
igated as well as certain other
products.
Holt points out that if the plant
at Wilmington is successful, the
port there should get a great deal
of the cotton business. If More
head City had such a plant, it
would mean that some cotton trade
and much tobacco trade would
move through this port.
Accidents Cause
Minor Damage
Two accidents in Morehead City
causcd minor damage over the
weekend. One man was arrested as
a result of one of the accidents.
Donald LeRoy French of Have
lock was charged with following
too close after his car struck one
operited by Gordon Lewis of More
head City. Lewis told police that
he stopped to avoid hitting a dog.
When he stopped, he was struck
from the rear by French's car.
Mrs. Geraldine Burns of More
head City suffered minor injuries
Saturday afternoon when she was
involved in an accident at 24th and
Arendell streets.
Mrs. Burns told Patrolman Carl
Bunch that she was proceeding
west on Arendell when she hit a
car operated by Mrs. Marie L.
Laughton, also of Morehead City.
Mrs. Laughton told Bunch that
she stopped at the intersection be
fore proceeding south on 24th. She
said that her view was obstructed
by a tree on the corner.
Damage to the Burns' car was
estimated at $75. Damage to Mrs.
Laughton's car amounted to $100.
Beaufort CoiCl* Install
Benches Along Waterfront
Plans for the purchase and in
stallation of concrete benches along
the waterfront in Beaufort are be
ing made by (he Beaufort Chamber
of Commerce.
Glenn Adair, member of tbe
board of director* of the Chamber
?f Commerce, lays that the benches
will be set up along Front st. in
Beaufort between the street and
sidewalk so that summer visitors
or just casual strollers may sit
down and look (Ait over the water
in comfort.