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NEWS-TIMES OFFICE 504 Arandell St. Morehaad City Phone 6-4175 CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES 10c FULL PAGE COMICS TWO SECTIONS TWELVE PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1953 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS Coast Guard Struggles to Free Grounded Freighter Residents of Havelock Vote To Incorporate Community pavaot to Head Symphony Group The Beaufort-Morehead City Chapter of the North Carolina Sym >bony society elected C. R. Davant .o head its activities during the wxt year at a meeting in the Jef '?rson hotel Thursday night. Other officers elected were Dr. T. Ennett, vice-chairman; Mrs. i. L. Joslyn, treasurer; and Mrs. ?ockwood Phillips, secretary. Meeting with the group was Bob >avis of Chapel Hill who is a mem >er of the central staff of the sym phony society. Mr. Davis advised He local chapter on various ways >1 staging successful symphony tarives. The Carteret chapter is planning t drive for memberships this spring n order to guarantee a childrens' ?oncert next year in addition to he regular adult's concert. This ear the small number of member ships limited the concert to a sin gle appearance for regular mem %?rs January 28. The chapter will meet again at he Jefferson on Tuesday night, Feb. 17, at 8 o'clock. Definite plans vill be made at that time for the spring drive. The concerts next ear will be given in the auditorium >1 the Beaufort school. Memberships in the society are & for a regular adult membership, (5 for an active membership and 525 for a group membership. jlwo Address jPhone Meetings Representatives of the utilities ommittee of the Beaufort chamber it commerce spoke last night at two meetings designed to inform residents of the county about steps for obtaining telephone service. Two other meetings have been scheduled for tomorrow night and a fifth has been set for Feb. 19. Dart Walker, manager of the ?hamber of commcrce, and R. M. Killiams. county farm agent, were e speakers at last night's meet ings at the Sound View Baptist ?hurch, Rt. 1, Newport, and at Rog 4 Jones' store, Broad Creek. 4Mr. Walker and Mr. Williams ex plained the procedure for obtaining elephone service and gave applica tion blanks to those who were at the meetings. The application ilanks will be turned in to tho L'hamber of commcrce which is leading the drive to get telephone ifcrvicc for rural areas which do not have it. Meetings will be held tomorrow night at 7 p.m. at Joe Taylor's store, Bogue. and at 8:30 p.m. at Kphraim Smith's store, Cedar Point The fifth meeting will be held at White Oak. Feb. 19. Mr. Walker and Mr. Williams will also speak at these meetings. Meetings are being organized at Merrimon and South River and at several places in Jones county. The chamber hopes to obtain service for nlral sections of Carteret, Jones, Onslow and Craven counties. County Has Heavy Rain > A shift in wind to the south and west brought slightly winner weather and more heavy rain to the county oyer the weekend, ac cording to E. Stamey Davis, county teather observer. Rainfall over the weekend amounted to 2.17 inches. The total rainfall included .78 inches Satur day morning and 1.3B inches on tinday. Mr. Davis reports that ere was a slight trace of rain Fri day. Temperatures ranged from a low of 33 degrees Thursday morning to i high of 62 Friday. Max. Mia. Thursday. Feb. &_ 52 33 #riday. Feb. 62 SO Saturdav. Feb. T 60 53 Sunday, Feb. 8 - 58 43 Meetings Announced Miss Martha Barnett, home de monstration agent, has announced the schedule for club meetings this 'Week. The Russell's Creek club ?Will meet at 7:30 p.m. tomorrow tith Mrs. Leslie Springle, the North River club at 2 p.m. Thurs day with Mrs. S. B. Wilkins and Mrs. Josephine Styron and the Pel letier club it 2 p.m. Friday with "Mrs Spencer Row. * Residents of Havelock voted to Incorporate their community at a meeting held in the Cherry Point school auditorium last Thursday night. The vote was 60 for incorpora tion and 40 opposed. The commun ity will now petition the state legis lature for a bill of incorporation. Kenneth Tiffany, Havelock ac countant and car dealer, was elect ed mayor of the community. Named to a board of city commissioners were W. J. Wynne, Irvin Beck, James Godwin, Roger Bell and the Rev. H. L. Watson. The meeting was called by a citi zens committee which was named | at a similar meeting in December i to study all aspects of the incor poration problem. Robert L. Rose i was chairman of the committee. ; Mr. Rose presented the report of j Scouts Observe Anniversary Carteret county Boy Scouts and Cub Scouts opened their celebra tion of the forty-third anniversary of the Boy Scout movement Sun- j day. Scout Week ends on Friday. | The scouts went to their own churches in uniform and sat with their families. Dr. D. J. Eure, chair man of the district committee, re vealed. The leaders of the troops decided against attending a particu- ! lar church in a group. Each church recognized the j scouts during the service. To emphasize the youth move ment's many activities, displays arc j planned for store windows through out the county. A typical campsite with a pup tent has been erected on the lawn of the Morehead City Post Office. In the six troops and two Cub packs in Carteret county more than ; j 320 boys are enrolled, Dr. Eure J | sai^ [The tip* of the boy*- nr$ge ' from eight to 16. | Last night, the district committee ' held its regular planning session at the Morehead City recreation cen j ter. Penn T. Watson of Wilson, president of the East Carolina coun- 1 cil of the Boy Scouts, attended the j meeting. At the meeting plans were | made for various activities during the coming month. Chinese Marine Tours Lejeune The commandant of the Chinese .Nationalist Marine Corps began a [two-day tour of Camp Lejeune this morning. ! Full military honors were given in welcoming Major General Chow Yu-Huan to the headquarters of the Second Marine division. He will visit the camp accompanied by Major General Henry D. Linscott, camp commander, and Colonel B. T. Holcomb. American aide to the Chinese officer. He will tour the Engineer school battalion, rifle school battalion, the camp chapel, the naval hospital and elements of the Second divi sion. General Chow arrived at . San Francisco from Formosa Feb. 2. Following a brief visit of west coast Marine installations, his party flew to New York, Norfolk and Camp Lejeune. After his visit to Camp Lejeune, the general will return to Washing ton and later this month he will fly back to Formosa. the committee and presided over the meeting. Limits for the town as proposed I by the committee run approximate ly from Nunn street on highway 70 east to a point beyond the McMil lan and Wells Furniture company on highway 70 west. The railroad and the Cherry Point air base form the other boundaries. Considerable opposition to the plan was Voiced by property own ers who live west of Slocum creek. Gene Jackson was the principal spokesman for the opponents. Some residents of an area near the railroad known as Pine Acres were also opposed to the plan. Some opponents of incorporation for the community have reveaied that they plan to go to the general assembly in Raleigh to voice their opposition when public hearings are held on the bill by the legisla ture. Havelock is a community which grew up around the Cherry Point air station. When the Marine corps installation was started early in the last war approximately five families were living in the area. Since that time civilian arid mili tary personnel attached to the base and local businesses have made the community one of the largest non incorporated areas in the state. Solons Want Lighter Dredges Representatives Russell Swindell of Hyde county and T. J. Collier of Pamlico county have introduced a bill to reduce the weight of oyster dredges from 165 to 100 pounds. The higher weight limit was established last July by the Con servation and Development board aftrr it had first decided to con tinue with the old 100 pound limit. The board had already refused to increase the limit to 200 pounds. The increase in the weight limit raised a storm of protest from fish ermen, fish dealers and conserva tion officials. Clayton Fulcher, jr., Atlantic fish dealer, blasted the I board for its action in a speech at the conservation congress in Ra leigh last November. A few days later, Mrs. Roland McClamroch, chairman of the C&D board's fish eries committee, backed up Fulch er's charges in a speech before the board. The new bill provides a $50 fine for violation of the lower weight limit. School Band Plans Concerts The Morehead City school band will play two concerts tomorrow at schools in the eastern end of the county. In the morning, the band will play at the Atlantic school and in the afternoon, the 56-member band will play during an assembly period at the Smyrna school. The concert at Atlantic is scheduled to start at 10:15 and the one at Smyrna at 2 o'clock. The concerts are being played at the request of the two county schools, leaders of the band re ported. The band will make the trip in the school activity bus and Ralph Wade, director of the group, will accompany the students. The public has been invited to attend the two concerts. Commercial Fisheries Division Plans Deep ? Water Clam Survey C. D. Kirkpatrick. commissioner of commercial fisheries, has an nounced that work will begin Mon day on a survey for clams in deep water off the Carteret coast. The survey, to cost between $1,500 and $2,500, waa authorized by the Con servation and Development board at its January meeting. Mr. Kirk patrick said that the survey would last about three weeks. The survey was made necessary by the scarcity of clams in the shallow waters Where local clam mers usually operate. Unlike New Jersey and Maryland, where clams are harvested in deep water, local clammers operate in water only six to eight feet deep. Most boats in this area are not equipped for deep-water opera tions. The pressure pumps required for such operations are expensive and few Carteret county clammers would be able to purchase them unless clams could be found in .commercial quantities in deep wa ter. The survey is expected to find out whether or not such quantities of clams do exist in the deep wa ters of Core sound and around Cape Lookout and other areas off the coast. Mr. Kirkpatrick said that if the expected quantities of clams are found the ciammers will be able to purchase the deep-water equip ment The commissioner has appealed to ciammers to assist in the sur vey. He has asked any ciammers knowing of areas where they be lieve clams can be found in quanti ty to let him know about them. He said. "We want to survey as many areas as possible in order to tell ciammers where the clams can be found after the survey is completed." Mr. Kirkpatrick said that the re sults of the survey' could mean an increase in the clam harvest which has been declining in recent years and an Increase in revenue for the county. Senate Passes Bill Authorizing Reorganization of C&D Board The North Carolina Senate Fri day passed without a dissenting vote a bill to give Governor William B. Umstead authority to reorganize the Conservation and Development board. Under the proposed legislation, Governor Umstead would have the power to name a completely new 15-member commission on June 30 The terms of the members of the board are regularly staggered on a two-year basis, but the governor has asked for a bill dismissing ' every member on June 30. Only 10 of the present members would be affected by the bill. Five I members will retire May 1 of this | year; five more terms end May 1, 1955; and the remaining five, Mav 1, 1957. Senator R. Grady Rankin of Gas- ; ton, chairman of the Senate Con servation and Development com mittee, reported that the governor \ wishes to appoint members to the Bill Would Tax Oyster Growers A bill to make private oyster growers pay the tax on oysters and comply with the state oyster laws was introduced in the General As sembly last week by Representa tive Russell Swindell of Hyde coun- 1 ty The legislation was written on the recommendation of the Insti tute of Fisheries. Included in the measure was a complete rewriting of the chapter of the general statutes dealing with licenses and taxes on commercial fisheries. The bill was prepared by the Conservation and Develop- ? ment board. The law is rewritten to make it ' conform to recent rulings of the ! U. S. Supreme Court which have made unlawful any discrimination ; against non-residents in the taking of migratory fish. The severance tax on all fish pro ducts exeept oysters would also be reinstated. This provision was left out of the 1951 bill, as an over sight, and the state board estimates i its loss in the last two years at $25,- I 000. The legislation was sent to the i House Commrecial Fisheries com mittee which Representative Swin dell heads. Firemen Want Commissioner The Beaufort fire department at its meeting Thursday night voted to ask the town eommissioners to appoint a fire commissioner. A committee was appointed to present the request at the next meeting of the town board. Mem bers of the committee are Chief Charles Harrell. Assistant Chief William Longest, Capt. Herb White hurst, Secretary Gerald Woolard and Julius Adair. The committee will also nominate a man for the job if the commissioners should so desire. New tags were distributed to the firemen at the meeting. The tags are about the size of state license tags and have been coated to reflect light. The new tags are permanent, unlike the old ones which were re newed every year. Roof ng Expert Addresses Club Walter Edwards of the Lloyd A. Fry Roofing company described the expansion of his firm at Thursday's meeting of the Morehead City Ro tary club. Mr. Edwards told the Rotarians that the company has re cently opened a plant in Jackson ville, Fla., and that it is now pro viding roofing materials for the en tire southeastern section of the country. Mr. Edwards showed movies and described the processes used in the manufacture of roofing materials. He was accompanied to the meet ing by J. M. Molt, also a member of the roofing firm. Floyd Chadwick, jr., was present ed as | new member of the club. He was sponsored by George R. Wallace. Harvey Joslyn and District Gov ernor Stanley Woodland reported on last week's district conference jn New Bern. Mr. Woodland said that he was pleased with the en thusiasm shown by thoae attending the conference. Visiting Rotarians at the meet ing were Rudolph Glately of Spruce Pine, Jack Styron of Lake Charles, I La., and Bill Bailey of Coco, Fla. commission who will represent every phase of its activities. This would include representation of commercial fisheries which are regulated by the board. Criticism of the existing com mision by fishermen has been growing for sortie time, and Repre sentative T. J. Collier of Pamlico early in the session prepared a bill, not yet introduced, which would set up a separate fisheries commis sion divorcing that aspect of the state's natural resources from the Conservation and Development board. There was a feeling among many legislators that the reorgani zation measure was designed to re lieve the fishing industry's com plaints without setting up a separ ate board. Committee action on the bill j was just as unanimous as the later j Senate passage. Senator Rankin reported that the committee re- ! ceived only one telegram in oppo- 1 sition to the measure. W. H. Potter of Beaufort, menhaden boat and processing plant operator, wired the committee, "this agency is too important to allow a complete change of personnel, policy and prestige in one sudden move, polit ical or otherwise." Proponents of the legislation predicted that the House would pass the bill with as little opposi tion as was found in the Senate Local fishermen have long favored inclusion of fishing experts on the board. Senator Rankin said that Gover nor Umstead had authorized him to report that the reorganized com mission would include a represent ative of commercial fisheries. Lions Club To Aid Blind The Morehead City Lions club will hold a door-to-door sale of ? brooms and door-mats Thursday Jlifht in Beaufort, Fred l^ewts. pr??i<?ckit of the civic g; kip, re ported this week. The brooms and mats were made by the Guilford Industries for the Blind in Greensboro. Proceeds from the sale wi.l be used to help blind persons in Carteret county, Mr. Lewis said. At the meeting of the club last Thursday night, final plans were made for the spelling contest in county schools. Medals for tbe win ners have been ordered. Elimination contests will be held in each school during February fol lowed by a county-wide contest in the Morehead City school auditor ium on March 19. There will be two groups in the contests. Stu dents from the fourth, fifth and sixth grades will make up one group and the seventh and eighth grades the other. Mr. Lewis said that the club will have a short business meeting be ginning at 6:30 on Thursday night. The members plan to begin their canvass in Beaufort at 7 o'clock. ! Raymond Hilbert was inducted into the Lions club at Thursday's meeting. Phillips to Open Hardware Store John D. Phillips has announced the grand opening of Phillips Hardware at 920 Arendell street, Morehead City, to take place on Feb. 13 and 14. Phillips Hardware is the franchised dealer for West inghouse appliances. The store will carry in addition to general hard ware lines, household wares, plumbing supplies, sporting goods, paints and electrical supplies. The Phillips family was asso ciated with retail trade in More head City as early as 1862. In that year Mr. Phillips' grandfather. John D. Phillips, and his brother, Solomon C. Phillips, purchased a site on the north side of Arendell street between 9th and 10th streets. Shortly afterward another brother, Anson Jasper Phillips, bought into the partnership which traded as Phillips and Bros., deal ing in general merchandise of that e" The second John D. Phillips, more familiarly known as "Tobe," embarked in the mercantile trade at the age of 12 fallowing his father's death. For a number of years he was employed by Mr. Adams who operated a grocery store on S. 10th street. Later he established his own general mer chandise store, known as J. D. Phillips grocery, on the north aide of Arendell street where he was ac tively engaged in business for more than 30 years. The present John D. Phillips has been aaaoelaWd with the hardware trade for the past several years. Ship Arrivals Keep Port Busy Business at the port terminal continued heavy as five ships ar rived over the weekend. Two tank ers arrived to unload fuel while three freighters arrived to take on fuel. The USNS Wacissa arrived Thursday from Camden. N. .1., with a cargo of aviation gasoline. The tanker sailed Friday. The Esso Shreveport arrived Friday from Baytown, Texas, via Philadelphia with jet fuel. It sailed Friday for Baytown. The American freighter Trojan Seaman arrived at the port Thurs day to fuel while enroute from Norfolk to Italy. The Panamanian freighter Arsena also arrived from Norfolk Thursday to take on fuel. The Canadian freighter Irving Dale arrived Saturday for fuel. The collier Seacommentt arrived Sun Dale arrived Saturday for fuel. Dimes Drive Exceeds Goal Mrs. C. G. Holland of Beaufort, county chairman of ihe National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, reports that the 1953 March of Dimes in Carteret county was a suc cess. The drive exceeded its $5,000 goal by at least $1,000. Mrs. Holland said that incom plete returns show that at least $6,000 has been collected through individual contributions, radio pro grams,. road blocks, Mothers March on Polio, block of dimes in Beau fort and Morehead City, theatres, iron lungs, a dance, schools and parking meters in Morehead City and Beaufort. Mrs. Holland said that she wishes to thank the Carteret County Busi ness and Professional Women's club who sponsored this year's drive in the county. I Those who still have contribu ; t' ';>? or Iron lungs to turn in have rt>een asked to give them to Mrs. Florence Beam in the sheriff's of j fice, Beaufort. The B&PW club i hopes to have a complete report ' on the drive ready for Friday's is I sue of THE NEWS-TIMES. Second Clinic Set for March 4 A second eye clinic will be held for Carteret county school children I beginning March 4, Dr. N. Thomas Ennett, county health officer, an nounced this week. The eye clinics are held for un I derprivileged children through the cooperation of the state blind com mission. The last clinic was held Jan. 21. In the clinics, specialists brought to the health department by the blind commission examine the eyes of children for visual defects. Glasses to correct tbe defects are fitted at the same time. The children to be examined are selected by the county nurses with the cooperation of school tcachers. Since the clinics started a continuous improvement has been noted in the children. Mnny children have reported to their tcachers that they see their work clearly for the first time after ! getting glasses through the pr.o | gram. It has also been pointed out that many students who appear to be slow in learning find their school work much easier after hav ing glasses fitted. Prior to taking a child to the clinic, a home visit is made by a nurse and the parents of the child are educated to the importance of glasses in correcting visual handi caps and improving the mental and physical well-being of the child. During the January clinic, 33 per sons were examined. The second clinic has been scheduled due to an accumulation of eye cases in the county, Dr. Ennett said. Agent Urges Dairymen Te Attend Conference R. M. Williams, county farm agent, has urged all Carteret coun ty dairymen to attend the two-day dairyman's conference which will begin tomorrow at State college, Raleigh. The purpose of the conference, sponsored by the extension service, is to show dairymen more efficient methods of milk production. Mr. Williams said, "The U. S. bureau of agricultural economics reports that production costs will probably go up this year while milk prices will remain about the same. Dairymen will have to increase pro duction in order to keep profits on the sun* levels aa last year." 1 Coast Guard ships were still working late yesterday afternoon to free the 6,800-ton freighter Seaeonnett, aground on Beaufort bar south of Fort Macon Coast Guard station. The sea-going tug Cherokee and the buoy ten Jer Conifer were waiting for high tide at 3:55 p.m. before trying again to pull the ship from its resting-* place on the sand bar about 200 yards west of the main channel. The Cherokee, dispatched from Norfolk to aid the Conifer which was already on the scene, arrived at 6:30 a.m., several hours after the morning high tide. After sev eral attempts to move the ship had failed, it was decided to wait for the high tide before trying again. Coast Guard spokesmen said ihat the Seaconnctt's 45- man crew is in no danger although the ship has a slight list. The freighter ran aground in heavy fog early Sunday morning j while her captain was attempting to anchor off the bar. The captain j intended to anchor until daybreak when a pilot was scheduled to I bring the ship to the port terminal. ! The bow'of the ship struck first and then the stern swung around las the tide ran out. Soon the ship wrfs broadside to the beach and most of its 422-foot length was aground in 20 feet of water. The ship draws about 28 feet of water. The Conifer, commanded by Lt. A. E. Armstrong, was dispatched from Morehead City at 4 a.m. Sun day to answer the ship's radio mes sage for help. The Conifer stood by until high tide that afternoon when it attempted to pull the Sea- < connett off the bar. The buoy tender lacked the power to move the freighter and suspended opera tions pending the arrival of ihc Cherokee. The Seaconnett, owned by the Sprague Steamship company of Boston, was bound from Norfolk to Italy with a cargo of coal. It was comin/; into Morehead City to re fuel before sailing for Europe. The ship is operated by the Wilmington Shipping company of Wilmington, N.C. I r ? Rotarians Hear Plans for Clinic Alfred Garner, chairman of the crippled children's committee of the Newport Rotary club, described the work and function of his com- j mittee at last Monday's meeting of the club. Mr. Garner said that he had re cently discussed with Dr. N. Thomas Ennett, county health of ficer, the organization of an ortho pedic clinic in Morehead City. The clinic is being sponsored by the Morehead City Rotary club. Dr. John Morris of the Morehead City club told the Rotarians that the clinic will treat adults as well is children and will be of county wide scope. Visitors at the meeting were Dr. Morris, George Dill, jr., David Mur ray, Bill Blair and T. D. Lewis, all of the Morehead City club, Jim Cray ton of Smithficld and Jack Hill and Leon A. Mann, sr., of New port. Joslyn to Attend School Meeting H. L. Joslyn. superintendent of the Carteret county school system, will leave this week for Atlantic City, N. J., where he will attend the annual meeting of the Ameri can Association of School Adminis trators. The convention of school officials will begin Saturday, Feb. 14. and close Feb. 19. The architectural firm of Stevens and Stevens which is the county school architect will be among the firms with exhibits at the convention. Included among the speakers at the meting are Dr. Ralph J. Bunche, director of the trusteeship department of the United Nations; Walter Eeuther, president of the CIO labor union; and A1 Capp, well known cartoonist and creator of "L'il Abner." Tide Table . Tides at Beaufort Bar HIGH LOW Tuesday, Feb. It 4 42 a.m. 11:14 a.m. 5:01 p.m. Ihl7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 11 5:42 a.m. 6:03 p.m. 12:11 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 12 6:40 a.m. 12:16 a.m. 7:00 p.m. 1:02 p.m. Friday, Feb. 13 7:30 a.m. 1:12 a.m. 7:51 p.m. 1:51 p.m. Police Report Nine Arrests Chief Carlton Garner of the Beaufort police department reports that his department made nine ar rests, six of them for traffic viola tions, during the five day period from Thursday to Monday. Chief Garner arrested William Boone, jr., of New Bern. Thursday for failing to stop at a stop sign. Boone was released on his own recognizance fur an appearance to day in municipal recorder's court. Samuel Ballon of Morehead City was arrested Friday for failing to stop at a stop sign, lie was also arrested by Chief Garner and was released on his own recognizance. Arnold Chapman of North 1 1 ?? r lowe and George Lawrence of lit. 1. Beaufort, were arrested Sunday by Chief Garner for failing to stop at stop signs. They were released on their own recognizance. Chief Garner arrested Nathaniel Watson Sunday for operating a motor vehicle without a license. Watson was released on $25 bond. Lt. Otis Willis arrested Clyde Merrill of Morehead City Friday for public drunkenness. Merrill was released on $25 bond. William Haw kins is being held in the county jail on a public drunkenness charge. He was arrested Sunday by Capt. Maxwell Wade. Captain Wade also arrested Ar chie Simpson of Wild-wood, N. J., for failing to stop at a stop sign. Simpson was released on his own recognizance. Luke Taylor of Sea Level was ar rested yesterday afternoon for pub lic drunkenness. He is being held in the county jail and will be tried today in municipal recorder's court. Vets to Obtain Wage Credits Veterans may obtain wage ere dit; under the amended Soeial Se curity act tor military service since September 16. 1940, ind continu ing through Dec. 31. 1953. N. A. Avera, manager of the Wilmington social security office, reported that the credits may be obtained for all branches of service regardless of where the service was given. The new wage law provides for wage credits of $160 per month for every month of service. Under ihe previous law, such social security coverage was available only for the period beginning with World War 11 and ending July 24, 1947. The amended legislation provides 'that all persons w ho have served, or are serving, in the military forces will be given credits for each month of active service since 1947 and con tinuing through 1953. In making the announcement, Mr. Avera pointed out that an ex tremely important phase of the new amendments is that service men may be insured even though they were never employed by pri vate businesses. The military cov erage is expected to be sufficient to provide an insured status for many of them under the social se curity program. Survivors of servicemen who have died since July 24, 1947, may be entitled to monthly benefits on the basis of the credits given un der the new law. Wage credits will be given to veterans automatically at the time a claim is filed, based on ihe mili tary record required to be filed at the same time. Veterans and servicemen currently in the armed forces do not need to do anything at the present time to ostablish these wage credits. Any person planning to file claim under the new military serv ice amendment should bring into the social security office the serice record of the deceased service person to assist in speedy determination as to whether or not there is an insured status. Flooded Floor Fnrnace Causes Fire Sunday A flooded floor furnace caught fire Sunday morning and caused minor damage in the home of Cap* tain Kirby, 210 Mansfield parkway, west of Morchcad City. The More head City fire department respond ed to the alarm in time to prevent the fire from spreading. Water from Saturday night's heavy rain ia believed to have en tered the furnace and forced oil from the carburetor into the burner where it caught fire. Damage was confined to Uw furnace.
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