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4EWS-TIMES OFFICE 504 Aramiell St. Morebaad City Phone 6-4178 CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES 10c FULL PAGE COMICS 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.