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42nd YEAR, NO. 2. EIGHT PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY, JANUARY 6, 1953 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
Marine, Naval Units Arrive
To Prepare for Maneuvers
H
Negro to Face
larceny Charge
A Beaufort Negro will face an
automobile theft charge today in
Beaufort recorder's court Charles
Hester was arrested Tues ay night
by Chief Carlton Garner and Capt.
Maxwell Wade of the Beaufort po
lice department.
Hester is charged with trespass
ing on the property of William
May, Pollock street, Beaufort, and
With temporary larceny of an auto
mobile belonging to Lt. W. J. Per
rigo, USMC. Perrigo allegedly
lound Hester in his car when he
started to put some suitcases in it
before reluming to his station in
Portsmouth, Va.
Hester is in the county jail \
awaiting trial.
Buck Slade, colored, of Chad
bourn. N. C., will be tried today on
charges of driving without a license
and hit and run driving. He was
arrested Saturday by Garner and
Wade after he struck a car owned
by Earl Johnson.
Four men will face charges of
public drunkenness. They were ar
rested over the weekend by Beau
fort police officers. All four are
being held in the county jail.
Alex H. Neilson of Sea Level is
being held under $35 bond. George
Worthy of Beaufort, William
Smith of Lancaster, Va.. and Clif
ton Slade of Chadwin. N. C., all
colored, are all being held under
$25 bond
Robert Robinson was arrested
yesterday afternoon on a warrant
charging that he left his car unat
tended on the street in such a way
that it was able to move from a
parked position.
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William Golden who said that
Robinson's car moved and struck a j
car owned by his father Jasper '
Golden. William Golden was op- j
crating the car at the time of the j
accident. Damage to Golden's car J
amounted to S
Robinson vu
,;VAer Hc .
' ovfrn recogma
ancr today in recorders'*
Chief Garner arrested Stacy C. |
Jones, a truck driver, for failing to
stop at a stop light. Jones told
Garner that his home is in Beau- j
fort although his driver's license
lists a New Bern address. Jones I
was released on $25 bond.
Half-Brothers
Meet by Chance
Ogden, Utah (AP) ? Two half
brothers, DeVon Worsley of Clear
field, Utah, and Jay LaVerl Wors
ley of Salt Lake City, met for the
first time recently.
5 The two met when Jay noticed
he was working with a fellow who
had the same last name as his.
"Imagine how excited we were
when we got to comparing notes
tnd discovered we were half
brothers!" Jay said. "Neither of
us had any other brothers or sis
ters."
Fate, three wars and moving to
another state were the events j
which teamed up to keep the two j
brothers separated. When the old
est boy, Jay, was still a youngster,
his parents separated and his
father moved to Idaho. It was there
that DeVon, the younger boy, was
born from a second marriage.
Jay served a four-year hitch in
the airborne infantry during World
War II. DeVon returned from Ko
rea and Japan recently after four
years with the paratroopers. The
father, John Harold Worsley, a
World War I disabled veteran, has
spent the last 15 years in the Colo
rado veterans hospital.
Bronx Cowboy Has Banch
Scattered Over Borough
New York (AP)? Harry (Hopa
tong) Abramowitz is probably the
last cowboy in the Bronx section
Iff New York.
|l His "ranch" is scattered all over
borough. In a three-story stable
he keeps 43 horses, 12 goats and
? dog. On five lots he has a rare
assortment of wagons of all sorts ?
Covered wagons, buckboards. sur
reys. tallyhos, victorias and ba
rouches.
The 64-year-old "cowboy" rents
his equipment to advertise bond
Xjallies. movies, parades, political
candidates and commercial prod
ucts. He began his collection in
1910 when he bought 64 carriages
from a member of the Vanderbilt
family for a total price of $50.
Sign to Mark Dam
u Hungry Horse, Mont. (AP) ? The
Bureau of Reclamation has invited
bids for metal letters to spell out
"Hungry Horse" on the world's
fourth largest concrete dam.
? Advance units of the Sixth Ma
rines are staging equipment at Jhe
port terminal in preparation for
Caribbean maneuvers. The first of
a task force of 32 transports which
will take the marines to Puerto
Rico was scheduled to sail from
Norfolk yesterday and are due
here today.
The ships, part of the Atlantic
fleet s amphibious force under the
command of Vice Adm. F. G.
Jaycees to Pick
ManofYear
The Beaufort Jaycees have an
nounced the opening of nomina
tions for their annual Young Man
of the Year award. Nominations
will open today and close at 6 p.m.
Saturday.
Candidates for the award may be
nominated by any citizen or organ
ization. Blanks may be obtained
from members of the Jaycees in
the downtown area or from Dan
Walker at the town hall. The seal
ed nominations should be returned
to the person from whom the
blanks are obtained.
Any male resident of Beaufort
under 36 is eligible for the award.
It is not necessary that he be a
member of the Jaycees. The award
will be based on achievement, con
tribution to state and community
welfare, leadership and ability,
participation in civic and commun
ity enterprises, evidence of a last
ing contribution to the community
and success in his vocation.
The nominations will be judged
by residents of Beaufort over 35
years of age. In this way, no mem
ber of the Jaycees will be able to
serve as a judge. The judges will
remain anonymous until after the
award is made The award will be
presented during Jaycee Week,
Jan. 18 to Jan. 24.
Rescued Sailors
Eight crewmen removed from
the "sinking" tug Mary McAllister
were landed at Morehead City Sat
urday by the Coast Guard cutter
Agassiz and returned to Norfolk.
The men were removed from the
small tug in a Coast Guard rescue
operation Thursday. It appeared
that the vessel would sink after
being damaged in a heavy blow off
Cape Hatteras while en route to
assist the Dutch freighter Hydra,
disabled in the same storm.
However, the McAllister, listing
to starboard, remained afloat and
was beihg towed to Norfolk by the
cutter Cherokee. The crewmen
were not put back on board be
cause of the sharp list.
The Hydra reachefl Norfolk Sat
urday under tow by the tug Eugen
ia Moran and was docked for re
pairs. The Hydra cut her engines
when a leak developed in the pro
peller shaft Monday and drifted
more than 150 miles off Cape Hat
teras.
Fahrion, will load men and equip
ment here between now and Jan.
23. The movement of marines irom
Camp Lejeune through Morehead
City will be one of the largest
peacetime troop movements in his
tory.
A tent camp has been set up at
the port terminal to house the ma
rines who will handle the staging
and loading of equipment and sup
plies for the maneuvers, A field ;
kitchen has been set up to provide i
meals for the men.
Plans call for the majority of
the ships to reach Morehead City
around Jan. 21, but some of the
ships will be here before then.
Some small landing craft arrived
here over the weekend and will re
main to assist in loading opera
tions.
Brig. Gen. Robert E. Hogaboom.
USMC, will direct the Fleet Marine
force training group of more than
6,500 personnel from the Sixth
regiment' and Force troops and
1,600 from the air element. Cap
tain C. N. Day, USN, commander
Transport Division 22, heads the
training support group of 7,500 j
Naval personnel for the exercise
known as LANT TRAEX III.
The training ashore in the
Roosevelt Roads- Vieques, Puerto i
Rico, area will last for about a !
month, starting Jan. 27. At the I
end of that time, the troops will
become "aggressors" and resist an
amphibious assault landing by
other marines from Camp Lejeune.
The Sixth Marine regiment later
will storm the beaches at Onslow
Beach.
Range Lights
To Be Installed
Pilings have been driven by the
j Army engineers for the first range
I lights to be installed in the harbor
1 here. The four lights will be in
stalled this week.
Two lights will be in operation
off Beaufort and two off Morehead
City. The lights will be known as
Uie^jjU^i^rmUand rear ranges
It* lack range lights has
hampered the progress of the new
state port terminal. Few ships have
entered the harbor at night and
even the Coast Guard eutter Agas- ,
siz has arranged to enter the port I
during daylight hours. Insurance ]
underwriters have always forbid- j
den commercial ships to enter an
unlighted harbor at night.
Welfare Department Seeks
Used Furniture (or. Needy
| Miss Gcorgie Hughes, county
j welfare superintendent, has an* |
nounced that her department is ,
seeking furniture for several pov
erty-stricken families who are mov- ;
ing into the new housing project
in Morehead City. The department ;
is particularly anxious to obtain j
some mattresses for a colored worn- ,
an with several children.
Anyone with furniture to donate I
should contact Miss Hughes at the i
welfare office in the county court- 1
house, Beaufort.
Morehead City Women
Heard on Radio Program
Several Morehead City folks
were surprised and pleased late
Friday nisht to hear the Sanitary
restaurant and Morehead City be
ing discussed over radio station
WWL, New Orleans.
People who happened to be
tuned to that station heard Jo
Jackson interviewing celebrities in
Brennen's restaurant. After talk
ing to Tommy Dorsey. the famous
band leader, who is appearing at
the Roosevelt hotel in New Or
leans, Miss Jackson turned to a
lady sitting at one of the tables
and asked, "What's your name?"
"Mrs. George R. Wallace," was
her reply, "from Morehead City,
North Carolina." "And I'm Mrs.
W. C. Carlton," her companion
said. Right then everyone glued
their ears to the radio and listened
to the two Morehead City ladies
as they were interviewed for 15
minutes.
During the course of the inter
view Miss Jackson said she had
just been informed by Dorsey that
the Sanitary restaurant was THE
place to eat in Morehead City. Mrs.
Wallace said, "why yes it is, that's
Tony's restaurant." Dorsey then
talked to the ladies and told them
he remembered being in Morehead
City several years ago and stated
that it is on the Inland Waterway.
Mrs. Wallace said, "why it's on
the ocean." Dorsey said he knew ,
but yacht fans always thought of
it as being on the waterway. Dor
sey passed through Morehead City
March 17, 1M7, on his yacht and
spent part of the day here. He
dined at the Sanitary restaurant
and signed the guest book.
During the interview Mrs. Carl
I ton and Mrs. Wallace were asked,
if they'd like to say hello to their |
' families back home. Mrs. Carlton i
said hello to two of her children, j
! then she said hello to Tinker Bell,
| her husband and daughter, Ann. !
' She was asked if Tinker Bell was
her dog or cat and she replied,
I "why neither, it's my second old
I est daughter, who is 14." Then
1 they established the fact that she i
was named after a character in
Peter Pan.
Mrs. Carlton, in talking to Tom
my Dorsey, asked him if he rer
membered playing at Carolina in
1931. He said, "If you mean the
University of North Carolina, why
yes I did." She said she was there
at the time. Mrs. Wallace said,
"Well, that vfras before my time,
she's older than 1 am!"
The two Morehead City ladies
left Morehead City on Thursday
for New Orleans. They sailed from
there Saturday morning for a
three weeks Caribbean cruise.
Tide Table
Tide* at Beaufort Bar
HIGH LOW
Tuesday, Jan. S
6:03 a.m.
12:02 p.m. 6:24 p.m.
Wednesday, Jan. 7
12:38 a.m. 6:51 a.m.
12:43 p.m. 7:06 p.m.
Thursday, Jan. I
1:27 a.m. 7:46 a.m.
1:31 p.m. 7:53 p.m.
Friday, Jan. 9
2:19 a.m. 8:46 a.m.
2:27 p.m. 8:49 p.m.
Board of Commissioners Registers Opposition
To Appointment of County Medical Examiners
Construction In Moreliead City
Hits Lowest Point in Five Years
?By F. C. Salisbury
From a Jovv in building activities
in Morehead City for the month of
November, that was almost negli
gible, the month of December
shows an increase in construction
work as taken from the record of
building permits as issued by A. B.
Roberts, building inspector.
Structures for commercial pur
poses for which permits were is
sued during the month include:
Sinclair Refining company for two
one-story buildings for gasoline
storage on the company's proper
ty on Evans street between 6th and
7th streets. Qne structure will
house ten 20,000-gallon tanks to
cost $25,000 and the other struc
ture will house two 10,000-gallon
tanks to cost $5,000.
James C. Smith, who was given
permission by the zoning commis
sion for the erection of a building
for the purpose of a laundry on
Bridges street between 20th and
21st, gives the estimated cost at
$4,000. Parker Motors have added
a large garage building on their
used car lot east of the Jefferson
hotel at a cost of $1,500.
Permits were issued to Vernon
Smith for the construction of a
new house on Shepard street be
tween 14th and 15th street io cost
$2,400 and to Mildred Bell, Avery
street, for a small house to cost
$250. A garage costing $250 was
erected by B. H. Stevens on his
Arendell street property between
2t>th and 27th streets. Total esti
? ? , J"
Long Announces j
Farm Training
C. S. Long, teacher of agricul
ture at the Newport school, has
announced that Korean veterans
interested in obtaining institutional
ou-farm training should cootact
him at the (raining center as soon
as possible.
Long will inform the prospective
trainees about steps which they '
must follow in order to obtain cer
tificates of eligibility. If veterans
X !
C. S. Long
can qualify, they may be able to
enter training Feb. 1 or March 1.
Long says that after March 1 they
probably will not be able to enter
training until Oct. 1.
Veterans cannot be placed in
training until training programs ,
have been completed and farms ap- '
proved by the state approval agen- '
cy. Veterans must submit evidence
that they are assured of control of
the farm by ownership, lease, man
agement agreement or other tenure
arrangements until the end of the
training period.
Tuition in the on-farm training
program will be $27 per month.
Veterans will be required to pay
two months tuition in advance
when they enter training.
Maw Assistant Agent
Assumes Duties Here
Al Newsome of Ahoskitj has as
sumed his duties as assistant to R.
M. Williams, county (arm agent.
Newsome replaced C. H. Kirkman
who left to bccome county agent
of Bertie county.
Newsome is a graduate of State
college where he majored in agron
omy. Since graduation in March,
he has been employed in the plant
food division of Swift and company
in Wilmington.
Newsome and his wife, the for
mer Virginia Snyder of WinAon
Salem. arc making their home in
Beaufort.
Officers- Elected
Myrna Fulcher has been elected
president of the Atlantic high
school chapter of the Future Home
makers of America. Other officers
elected were Jeanelte Chandler,
vice-president; Barbara Hill, sec
retary-treasurer, and Dianne Dan
iels, reporter.
mated cost of structures covered by
the December permits totals $38,
400.
Morehcad City's building permits
for *1952 cover the lowest construc
tion work of any year over the
period of the past five years. As
no permit was issued for the con
struction of the two housing
projects, the cost of these is un
known. Not including the hous
ing projects the total amount of
permits issued for all classes of
work amounts to $329,640.
Construction of new houses for
the year total 24 against 57 for the
year 1951. Although fewer houses!
were built the total of the 24
amounted to $184,825 against the
sum of $174,739 covering the cost
of the 57 houses in 1951. This dif
ference is due to the construction
of higher cost homes. Six new
houses costing from $7,250 to $40.
000 total $106,600. The six were
listed to cost as follows: $7,500.
$8,000, $15,350, $ 16.0(H). $20,000
and $40,000. The other 18 houses
were all under $5,000. Alteration
and repairs to various buildings to
tal $13,540, while $7,420 covered
the cost of garages.
The largest con mercial structure
was the warehouse of the W. P.
Freeman Wholesale company, cost
ing $39,940; Sinclair Refinery com
pany for storage purposes, $30,000;
Parker Motors for two buildings.
$3,500 and $1,500. Two fine church
structures are included in the
year's report. The Penticostal Holi
ness church on Bridges was erect
ed at a cost of $20,000 and St. An
irews Episcopal church, now un
der construction on Arendell
street, is estimated to cost more
than $50,000. Sound Chevrolet
company, a building costing $2,500.
Both the Loftin Motor company :
and the Central Motors erected
buildings for ues on their used car
lots at $1,000 each. .lames Smith
has a building underway on
Bridges street for laundry purposes
to cost $4,000. i _ y ?
Monthly totals for the year were:
January. $8,700; February, $14,115;
March, $4,025; April. $33,150; May.
$35,735; June, $44,745; July. $44.
530: August. $3,290; September,
$12,700; October. $39,450; Novem
ber. $800; December. $38,400.
During the five years that the
NEWS-TIMES has given its read
ers the monthly issuing of build
ing permits as well as a summary
at I he close of the year, the yearly
amounts covering the five year
period are as follows: 1948. $360,
595; 1949. $468,532; 1950, $578,208;
1951. $473,716; 1952, $329,640.
The year 1952 witnessed the
completion and putting in opera
tion of the $2,250,000 port terminal
and its dedication on Aug. 14 with
appropriate ceremonies. Under
the direction of the state highway
department *a new highway bridge
connecting Atlantic Beach with the
mainland was started. Also the
construction of a new stretch of
road from Camp Glenn to connect
with the west end of Arendell
street at the city limits.
Zoo Romance
Hits Rocks
New York (AP) ? Penelope has
lost interest in Ceeil so their en
gagement is off ? at least tem
porarily. reports the Bronx zoo.
Penelope and Cecil are the duck
billed platypuses brought from
Australia five years ago. Hale and
hearty, they are the only ones in
captivity anywhere in the world
outside their native Australia.
Only twice before have platypus
couples bred in captivity so the ro
mantic attachment of Cecil for
Penelope was looked upon with
great interest and fondest expecta
tions.
"But Penelope." repgrts William
Bridges, zoo curator1 of informa
tion. "has actively resented Cecil's
overtures and shown her displeas
ure by rolling over and over i" the
water.
"This," he said, "is a characteris
tic sign of platypus annoyance and
we had to separate them."
The haughty Penelope has been
provided with a box about two feet
square, lined with dirt. If she
shows any indication of nesting,
the courtship will be renewed. Ce
cil, it seems, is willing.
Sharks Are Hunted
Port Sudan (AP) ? An all-out
campaign against sharks in Mo
hamed Gul area of the Red sea is
underway, but not for safety pur
poses. The drive is designed to
produce revenue through the sale
of fish meal and valuable shark
oil. Recently a fisheries officer
caught nine sharks in 40 minutes,
including one that weighed 600
pounds, in thtie waters.
School Board
Receives Bids
H. L. Joslyn, superintendent of
schools, has announced that the
county board of education has re
ceived bids on the proposed ad
dition to the Newport school.
Bids were asked lor general con
struction. plumbing, heating and
electrical work. In each case the
board voted to accept the low bid.
Before contracts can be awarded,
however, the bids must be approved
by the Federal government which
is providing part of the funds for
the work.
J. L. Batton. with a bid of $79,
750 was the low bidder on the gen
eral construction. Other bidders
II. L. Joslyn
were II. L. Coble. $105,000; J. Ray
mond Ransom. $95,600; M. L. Skin
jier. $99. 9(H); J. N. Bryan and son,
$94,048; Davis and Safran, $98,642;
King-Hunter, inc., $93,854; Sparling
Construction company, $91,000;
Wrenn-Wilson company, $89,887;
U. L. ShackleforU. $93,393.
Stallings Brothers with a bid of
$10,584.64 were the low bidders on
the plumbing- Other bidders were
J. T. Pearson company. $13,645;
Kennan and Corey. $12,861; C. L.
Buss. $15,454, and Z. A. Norris,
$13,523.09.
J. E. Provo with a bid of $7,900
was low bidder on the heating.
Other bidders were J. T. Pearson,
$8,485; Stallings Brothers, $9,322 - ;
80; Kennan and Corey, $11,119;
C. L. Russ. $8,994; W. M. Wiggins
company. $8,725; Henry Baker
Heating company. $8,928, and Z. A.
Norris, $9,041.86.
Dick's Electric was low bidder \
on the electrical work with a bid |
of $3,997. Other bidders were Blan
chard's Electric, $4,489; Whitley's J
Electric. $5,244, and Modern Elec- !
trie, $5,165.
Calendar Club to Pick
Finer Carolina Projects
The Morehead City Calendar of j
Events club will meet at 7:45 p.m.
Thursday at the civic center to
pick the five projects for the 1953
Finer Carolina contest.
The club is made up of one rep
resentative from each of the civic,
church and fraternal organizations
in Morehead City. The officers arc
G. T. Windell, president: the Rev.
C. R. Berry, vice-president; and
Joseph A. DuBois.* secretary.
Home demonstration club meet
ings for next week were announced
yesterday by Miss Martha Barnett.
home agent. The North River club
meets Thursday at 2 p.m. with Mrs.
M. D. Pridgen. Pefletier club will
meet Friday at 2 p.m. with Mrs.
Lee Fawrey.
The Carteret county comi
monthly meeting yesterday w
hill calling for the appointme
each county.
The proposal was reporte
Coroner Leslie D. Springle wl
introduced in the legislature when+
it meets this week. Sprinkle said I ]
that the bill calls for the appoint- m
ment of a medical examiner in
each county unless it is specifically ;
exempted. The medical examiner's J
salary wuuld be set at $10,000 per ,
year. i ;
The commissioners said that they y
felt that the county could not af
ford to pay such a salary and that ;
they are satisfied with the coroner ,
system now in use here. j j
Ask Exemption
They instructed the clerk to ask
Representative H. Earle Mobley to t
oppose the passage of the bill. In j
the event that the bill is passed, ;
the commissioners asked that Mob
ley exempt Carteret county from (
; its provisions. j i
Springle thanked the commis- i
j sioners for giving him the oppor- (
tunity to attend the recent coro- ;
ner's school at Chapel Hill. He said <
that the training would prove very
helpful to him in the performance ;
of his duties. I <
Springle reported that Carteret
county- is the fourth lowest county
in the state for the costs of the
coroner's duties. He reported that j
he had handled 41 cases in 1952, v
an increase of eight over the 33 ,
cases which he handled in 1951. (
Luther Ausbon, of the accounting |
film of Williams and Wall, report- ;
ed on the audit of the county's \
'books for the fiscal year ending ,
June 30. He submitted two written
reports, one for the county and {
one for the office of the clerk of v
court. r
Commends Clerk j
Ausbon reported that court re- <
ceipts amounted to $93,092.45 and \
disbursements totalled $91,651.15.
Ausbon commended the clerk ind 1
Brake Failure
>
Causes Wreck jj
A car and a truck receive-;! '
| minor damage early Saturday night '
when the brakes on the car failed <
to hold and it struck the truck at t
24th and Bridges. Morehead City. |c
The driver of the truck. James
Davis of Beaufort, said that he was
driving west on Bridges street. He
told Patrolman Carl Bunch of the , s
Morehead City police department (
that he had stopped at the new t
traffic light when his truck was ;
struck from behind. Damage to i
the truck was estimated at $75. 1 1
The driver of the car. Pfc. An- 1 *
thony S. Salerno of Cherry Point, t
told Bunch that he was proceeding
west on Bridges behind Davis' t
truck. He said that he attempted [
to stop for the light but his brakes t
failed to hold. Salerno's car re- i
ceivcd damage estimated at $125.
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Woman Receives Minor 1
Burns in Bedroom Fire
A Morehead City woman suffer- <
ed minor burns yesterday morning <
when her bed caught fire. Mrs. C.
B. Arthur was treated at home and
later taken to the Morehead City
hospital.
Mrs. Arthur lives in the home of .
Mrs. D. G. Bell, 705 Bridges street. |
The fire destroyed the bed and ;
mattress on which Mrs. Arthur was |
sleeping. The cause of the fire is
unknown. The fire was extinguish
ed by Morehead City firemen who }
[were called to the scene at 7:45 ,
I a.m. ,
With the Armed Forces
Beaufort Marine Veteran
Returns from Overseas
T/Sgt. Billic C. Murphy of Beau-*
fort was among 530 Korean veter
ans who arrived in California Dec.
17 aboard the transport General
A. E. Anderson. Murphy has been
serving in Korea with the First
Marine Air wing.
Washington, D. C. - John H.
House. Beaufort, has been appoint
ed a second lieutenant in the Reg
ular Army after a competitive tour
of duty.
House, who holds an infantry
commission, was among 111 officers
whose status was changed from
reserve to Regular Army. /
The appointment followed a one
year period of close observation,
during which he was judged for his
leadership, military bearing and
efficiency.
Pvt. Bobby Salter, rt. 1 Newport,
is now serving in Germany with the
112th Infantry regiment of the
i Army's 28th division.
Concert Secretary
Asks Cooperation
Mrs. G. Henry Jackson of
Morphrad CUy, secretary of the
community concerts association, >
has requested that anyone who
has not received a membership
card for the community concerts
please contact her before next j
Tuesday evening.
Samuel Sorin, pianist, will dive
the second of the series of con
certs Tuesday evening, Jan. 13,
at the Morehead City school audi
torium.
Motorcycle Burns
The Beaufort fire department
was called Thursday night to a
motorcycle which was on fire at
Pine and Turner streets. The mo
torcycle, which was parked, receiv
ed minor damage. The owner i? un
known.
nissionera at their regular
ent on record as opposing a
nt of a medical examiner in
d to the commissioners by
ho said that the bill will be
Ills staff for the fine eondition of
the records of ihe office.
The auditor reported that the
assets of the county and the board
Df education total $5,920,000. He
>aid that liabilities amount io only
52.1123.000. Bonds outstanding to
tal SI. 950.000.
The county's operating surplus is
5154.800. That for the board of od
ication is $4,528. The county's cap
ital fund surplus is $1,900,900. The
education board's capital fund sur
plus is $1,620,000
Ausbon reported that the coun
t's expenditures for the fiscal
/ear were $36,000 less than the
imount budgeted.
The auditor commended the
?ounty employees for the manner
n which they have kept their fi
nancial record and for bringing ihe
?ounty from insolvency 15 vears
igo to its present strong financial
?ondition.
Ausbon's firm was again hired to
ludit the county's books for ihe
current fiscal year.
Ask Improvement
The commissioners instructed
he clerk to write to the state hieh
vay commission asking that the
ord running from the Smyrna
Irive-in theatre to Smyrna creek
>e made an all-weather road. The
iction was taken at the request of
he eight families who live on the
oad.
J. I.. Humphrey, county road su
)erintendent, reported that work
vil I soon begin on the Deep Creek
oad in Newport. Commissioner
Hoses Howard said that residents
?f the section are anxious that ihe
verk begin as soon as possible.
Humphrey said that the paving
las been approved by the highway
?ommission and the money has
wen appropriated for the work.
Ic said that the only thing re
naming is to award a contract for
he job.
Eugene O. Moore, county tax col
ector. was instructed to reduce to
u-dgment all unpaid taxes on
vhich the time limit has expired,
kfoore was given blanket authority
o do so each year as the time limit
?xpires. Prior to this time, he had
o obtain instructions from the
?om in issi oners every year.
Appointment Approved
R. M. Williams, county farm
igent. appeared to introduce Alvin
r. Newsome, the new assistant
?ounty auent. The commissioners
iccepted the resignation of C. H.
<irkman and approved the ippoint
nent of Newsome. Kirkman re
iigned to accept a position as coun
y agent of Bertie county.
II. L. Joslyn, county superin
endent of schools, was granted
xrmission to make alterations in
he school department storerooms
n the courthouse annex.
Present at the meeting were Dr.
K. P. B. Bonner, chairman of ihe
ward; Commissioners Most* How
ird, Walter Yeomans, Tildeu Davis
ind E. II. Potter; Irvin Davis, clerk
)f the board; and Alvah Hamilton,
:ounty attorney.
Reds Encourage
Tale-Bearing
Vienna (AP) ? Communist Hun
gary looks upon children who run
a ith tales to teacher as the best
ype of pupil.
This came to light in a report
>f a teachers' conference held in
Budapest recently in the presence
)f Hungary's communist boss, Pre
ttier Matyas Rakosi. ^he progress
made in encouraging tale bearing
wu a main theme of the confer
ence. The slogan: "One child must
:ontrol another" was adopted.
The communist teachers applaud
ed enthusiastically when one of
heir number addressed the con
ference and sakl: "Who would
lave thought, who would have
Ireamed. that the pupils them
jclves today control the truancy of
:heir comrades. The best and
model students elect control com
missions who watch the lazy stu
dents and the truants, who repri
mand them and report them to ihe
eachers. if their behavior does not
improve.
"How much nicer this is than in
ihe past, when the pupils protect
ed themselves behind the backs of
the teachers."
More Fishing Boats
Pusan. Korea (AP) ? The Repub
lic of Korea plans to build 1,450
fishing boats next year to help bol
iter its food supply. Eighty per
cent of the $3,036,000 co6t will be
paid by the United Nations Recon
struction agency in Korea.